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Damping valve comprising a valve body with a stepped opening for receiving a pretensioning spring acting on a tension rod which is positioned radially in a guide channel as part of the stepped opening and on which there is arranged a valve disc which at least partially closes off an outflow opening of a flow channel which connects two opposite valve body sides (17; 21) to one another, wherein a damping force which counteracts a vibration movement of the valve disc acts on the tension rod in addition to the pretensioning spring force, and a lifting-off force acts on the valve disc when a flow from the working chamber impinges on the valve disc , characterized in that the tension rod extends through the valve body in an axial direction, wherein the additional damping force is formed by a tension rod-side displacement means in the form of a disc arrangement which forms, with a section of the stepped opening , a throttle chamber, wherein the damping medium is displaced from the throttle chamber into the working chamber , and an annular gap between the disc arrangement and the inner wall of the throttle chamber is larger than a guide gap between the tension rod and the guide channel , wherein, during a lifting-off movement, the displacement means or the disc arrangement is moved into the throttle chamber and damping medium is consequently displaced from the throttle chamber in the direction of the working chamber , wherein, for a damping medium with low viscosity, an overpressure valve can open.
Assembly composed of a saddle and of a saddle compartment for a motorcycle, wherein the saddle comprises a padded upper portion, which constitutes the seat for the rider and/or passenger of the motorcycle, and a substantially rigid bottom portion , operatively connected to the saddle compartment by hinge means , and wherein the saddle compartment is configured to be integral with a fixed portion of the motorcycle, said hinge means enabling the saddle to pass from a closed position, in which said saddle is positioned substantially horizontally above the saddle compartment and permits the rider and any passenger of the motorcycle to sit on it, and an open position, in which said saddle is positioned in a substantially vertical position and permits access to the saddle compartment , the assembly comprising at least one gas spring configured to be attached at the bottom to a fixed portion of the motorcycle and operatively connected, at its upper end, to the saddle , wherein between the upper end of the gas spring and the saddle articulated connection means are interposed which permit said saddle to maintain a stable open position; characterised in that the gas spring is guided, in its extension and contraction movements corresponding respectively to the opening and closing movements of the saddle in relation to the respective saddle compartment , inside a casing made in the side wall of the saddle compartment so that the gas spring always remains hidden during the opening of the saddle .
A connector for transfer of an implantable device from a loading tube to a delivery catheter, comprising: a first connecting portion having a first distal end configured to hold a delivery catheter in a predetermined position; a second connecting portion having a second proximal end receiving a loading tube extending towards the first distal end, the second connecting portion movably connected to the first connecting portion; and a biasing element connecting the first and second connecting portions, having a relaxed configuration in which the first distal end and the second proximal end are spaced apart by a predetermined distance, and configured to bias the first distal end and second proximal end to the relaxed configuration when the first distal end and second proximal end are moved apart; such that when the delivery catheter is in the predetermined position, the loading tube is biased to the delivery catheter to form a connection having a continuous transition between the loading tube and the delivery catheter for the transfer of the implantable device. a first connecting portion having a first distal end configured to hold a delivery catheter in a predetermined position; a second connecting portion having a second proximal end receiving a loading tube extending towards the first distal end, the second connecting portion movably connected to the first connecting portion; and a biasing element connecting the first and second connecting portions, having a relaxed configuration in which the first distal end and the second proximal end are spaced apart by a predetermined distance, and configured to bias the first distal end and second proximal end to the relaxed configuration when the first distal end and second proximal end are moved apart; such that when the delivery catheter is in the predetermined position, the loading tube is biased to the delivery catheter to form a connection having a continuous transition between the loading tube and the delivery catheter for the transfer of the implantable device.
A rope (35/35') suitable for forming a pelagic mesh in pelagic trawls, the rope (35/35') including: (i) at least one helixing strand or helixing bead ; and (ii) a braided sheath formed about a strength member core , the braided sheath being formed of multiple strands ; the helixing strand or helixing bead being larger in cross section than the strands of the braided sheath , the rope characterized by the fact that the helixing strand or helixing bead is adhered to the braided sheath and situated mainly about the outside of the braided sheath without the helixing strand or the helixing bead forming the braided sheath , so as to form a series of cambered sections capable of either or both causing lift and reducing drag when such rope is subjected to water flow about the rope. (i) at least one helixing strand or helixing bead ; and (ii) a braided sheath formed about a strength member core , the braided sheath being formed of multiple strands ;
A method, comprising: signaling, by a femto base station, a pico base station or a micro base station , information about changes in downlink transmission power of reference symbols in at least one downlink subframe in a frame to at least one associated user equipment ; and adapting, by said base station , the downlink transmission power of the reference symbols in accordance with the signaling. signaling, by a femto base station, a pico base station or a micro base station , information about changes in downlink transmission power of reference symbols in at least one downlink subframe in a frame to at least one associated user equipment ; and adapting, by said base station , the downlink transmission power of the reference symbols in accordance with the signaling.
Monitoring and operating system for a manufacturing workstation for at least one worker (W) for carrying out at least one manual manufacturing step, the manufacturing workstation comprising a plurality of objects in a changeable configuration or movement state, the system comprising a controller with a graphical or acoustic user interface (2.1) for displaying a workstation dialog for the manufacturing step and a sensor arrangement for monitoring a manufacturing step carried out by the at least one worker (W), characterized in that the sensor arrangement comprises at least one camera , and the controller is designed to detect, as a function of the image data acquired by the camera , the completion of the manufacturing step, to record it, and to automatically display the work instructions for the following manufacturing step, the controller being configured to detect the completion of the manufacturing step when it has detected the completion of a plurality of substeps of the manufacturing step from the image data, the substeps comprising at least one combination of: a. the taking of a component, or a gesture of the worker, and b. the assembly of said component the assembly of the component being detected by a target/actual image comparison in which it is checked whether, after the intervention, the component to be assembled is detected in the dimension stored in product data minus defined tolerances in the corresponding dimension at an assembly position. a. the taking of a component, or a gesture of the worker, and b. the assembly of said component
A medical fluid vessel insertion device comprising: a puncture member arranged for location within a sleeve , and a retraction mechanism for actuating the puncture member relative to the sleeve in use between a first condition in which an end of the puncture member protrudes beyond an end of the sleeve , and a second condition in which the end of the puncture member is retracted within the sleeve , wherein the end of the puncture member is a puncturing end for insertion into a fluid vessel in use, wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a chamber , the puncture member extending into the chamber and comprising an aperture for fluid communication with the interior of the chamber , and characterised in that the interior of the chamber is substantially sealed from the exterior of the device save for via the puncture member aperture , and the chamber is maintained at substantially ambient pressure in an at-rest state and retraction of the puncture member by the retraction mechanism between the first and second conditions is caused in response to a pressure sensor sensing a positive external fluid pressure at the end of the puncture member that is greater than a pressure level within the interior of the chamber . a puncture member arranged for location within a sleeve , and a retraction mechanism for actuating the puncture member relative to the sleeve in use between a first condition in which an end of the puncture member protrudes beyond an end of the sleeve , and a second condition in which the end of the puncture member is retracted within the sleeve , wherein the end of the puncture member is a puncturing end for insertion into a fluid vessel in use, wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a chamber , the puncture member extending into the chamber and comprising an aperture for fluid communication with the interior of the chamber , and characterised in that the interior of the chamber is substantially sealed from the exterior of the device save for via the puncture member aperture , and the chamber is maintained at substantially ambient pressure in an at-rest state and retraction of the puncture member by the retraction mechanism between the first and second conditions is caused in response to a pressure sensor sensing a positive external fluid pressure at the end of the puncture member that is greater than a pressure level within the interior of the chamber .
Process for preparing a body having an osseointegrative topography formed on its surface, the process comprising the subsequent steps of A) providing a primary body made of a titanium-zirconium alloy containing 13 to 17 wt-% of zirconium, the alloy further containing iron as an alloy component in an amount of less than 0.05 wt-%, B) sandblasting the primary body, C) at least partially removing the native oxide layer formed on the titanium-zirconium alloy by treating the implant with a pickling solution comprising HF and HNO 3 ; and D) etching the sandblasted primary body with an etching solution comprising hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and water, the temperature of the etching solution during the entire etching being higher than 80°C, wherein the sandblasted primary body is pre-heated to a temperature above room temperature immediately prior to step D). A) providing a primary body made of a titanium-zirconium alloy containing 13 to 17 wt-% of zirconium, the alloy further containing iron as an alloy component in an amount of less than 0.05 wt-%, B) sandblasting the primary body, C) at least partially removing the native oxide layer formed on the titanium-zirconium alloy by treating the implant with a pickling solution comprising HF and HNO 3 ; and D) etching the sandblasted primary body with an etching solution comprising hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and water, the temperature of the etching solution during the entire etching being higher than 80°C,
A hydraulic actuator system for an aircraft, the actuator system comprising: a hydraulic actuator having a housing with a piston having a piston shaft arranged within the housing, wherein the housing is formed to have first, second and third regions (R1, R2, R3), wherein the first, second and third regions are cylindrical, wherein the first region has a first diameter and second region and third regions have a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, wherein the first region is between the second and third regions and has a larger diameter than the second and third regions; first, second, and third piston heads connected to the piston shaft with the first piston head being between the second and third piston heads, wherein the first piston head is within the first region and divides the first region into a second (V2) and third (V3) volumes, the second piston head is in the second region and defines a first volume (V1) and the third piston head is in the third region and defines a fourth volume (V4); and a mode selection device operably connected to the first, second, third and fourth volume; wherein in a first mode the mode selection device connects the second volume to the third volume and characterised in that in a second mode the mode selection device connects the first volume to the second volume and connects the third volume to the fourth volume. a hydraulic actuator having a housing with a piston having a piston shaft arranged within the housing, wherein the housing is formed to have first, second and third regions (R1, R2, R3), wherein the first, second and third regions are cylindrical, wherein the first region has a first diameter and second region and third regions have a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, wherein the first region is between the second and third regions and has a larger diameter than the second and third regions; first, second, and third piston heads connected to the piston shaft with the first piston head being between the second and third piston heads, wherein the first piston head is within the first region and divides the first region into a second (V2) and third (V3) volumes, the second piston head is in the second region and defines a first volume (V1) and the third piston head is in the third region and defines a fourth volume (V4); and a mode selection device operably connected to the first, second, third and fourth volume; wherein in a first mode the mode selection device connects the second volume to the third volume and characterised in that in a second mode the mode selection device connects the first volume to the second volume and connects the third volume to the fourth volume.
An oral dosage form comprising: 1) an amorphous solid dispersion of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a hydrophilic polymer; and 2) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient; and wherein the dispersion consists of from 15% to 25% by weight of the compound of formula (I) and from 75% to 85% by weight of hydrophilic polymer; and wherein the dosage form comprises from 33% to 67% percent by weight of the dispersion; and wherein the dosage form comprises 24% by weight of microcrystalline cellulose.
A system for damping undesired oscillations in a movably arranged crane structure being hydraulically driven by means of an arrangement comprising at least one hydraulic actuator mechanically connected to an engagement structure attached to the crane structure , wherein the at least one hydraulic actuator is in fluid communication with a hydraulic unit through one or more conduits , wherein said hydraulic unit is connected to a hydraulic pressure source , wherein the hydraulic unit comprises a valve configured to direct hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pressure source , to the at least one hydraulic actuator , characterised in that the system comprises a damping member comprising an additional hydraulic unit hydraulically connected to the hydraulic pressure source and to the at least one hydraulic actuator , where the additional hydraulic unit is connected to the hydraulic pressure source via a conduit arranged in such a manner that the additional hydraulic oil flow can be delivered to the additional hydraulic unit by the hydraulic pressure source without flowing through the hydraulic unit , whereby the additional hydraulic unit is configured to deliver an additional hydraulic oil flow and hereby damp the motion of the at least one hydraulic actuator .
Combination of a drilling installation for drilling a well (W) and a control and signal lines deployment module , wherein the drilling installation comprises: - a drilling tower ; - a rig floor having a well centre opening and a rig floor surface ; wherein the control and signal lines deployment module is adapted to deploy a tubulars string to which one or more control and/or signals lines are externally secured through said well centre opening into the well (W); which control and signal lines deployment module comprises: - a support structure adapted to be positioned over the well centre opening in an operative position; - a work platform supported by the support structure , which work platform is at a height above the rig floor surface in the operative position of the control and signal lines deployment module ; - a module slip device supported by the support structure , which module slip device is at a height above the rig floor surface in the operative position of the control and signal lines deployment module and is adapted to suspend the tubulars string through the well centre opening ; - one or more line guides (129; 329) below said work platform and adapted to guide one or more control and/or signal lines from one or more supply spools along a path to a securing level (S) below said module slip device allowing an operator to secure said one or more control and/or signals lines externally to said tubulars string suspended from said module slip device ; characterized in that the control and signal lines deployment module in an operative position is provided heave compensated above the well centre opening . - a drilling tower ; - a rig floor having a well centre opening and a rig floor surface ; - a support structure adapted to be positioned over the well centre opening in an operative position; - a work platform supported by the support structure , which work platform is at a height above the rig floor surface in the operative position of the control and signal lines deployment module ; - a module slip device supported by the support structure , which module slip device is at a height above the rig floor surface in the operative position of the control and signal lines deployment module and is adapted to suspend the tubulars string through the well centre opening ; - one or more line guides (129; 329) below said work platform and adapted to guide one or more control and/or signal lines from one or more supply spools along a path to a securing level (S) below said module slip device allowing an operator to secure said one or more control and/or signals lines externally to said tubulars string suspended from said module slip device ;
A method for determining the amount of underivatized estrone in a human plasma or serum sample, said method comprising: (a) adding deuterated estrone to a human plasma or serum sample; (b) acidifying said sample with an agent in an amount sufficient to free estrone from a protein that may be present in said sample; (c) purifying the sample by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); (d) ionizing estrone and deuterated estrone in said processed sample with electrospray ionization (ESI) in positive ion mode to produce one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry; and (e) detecting the amount of the ions by tandem mass spectrometry; (f) comparing the amount of said one or more ions of estrone and said one or more ions of deuterated estrone to determine the amount of estrone in the sampler ; wherein said method has a limit of quantitation less than or equal to 500 pg/mL. (a) adding deuterated estrone to a human plasma or serum sample; (b) acidifying said sample with an agent in an amount sufficient to free estrone from a protein that may be present in said sample; (c) purifying the sample by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); (d) ionizing estrone and deuterated estrone in said processed sample with electrospray ionization (ESI) in positive ion mode to produce one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry; and (e) detecting the amount of the ions by tandem mass spectrometry; (f) comparing the amount of said one or more ions of estrone and said one or more ions of deuterated estrone to determine the amount of estrone in the sampler ;
A system comprising: a generator to generate electromagnetic (EM) signals; and a rotational device configured to operate within a wellbore , the rotational device comprising an antenna to direct the EM signals to a formation to increase a temperature of the formation from a first temperature to a second temperature, wherein the EM signals comprise at least one of microwaves, radio frequency (RF) signals, infrared (IR) signals, ultraviolet (UV) signals, and X-rays, characterised in that : the rotational device comprises multiple sides, the antenna being on a first side of the multiple sides, and the rotational device further comprises a purging system to apply a cooling agent to the formation to cause the temperature of the formation to decrease from the second temperature to a third temperature, thereby creating fractures in the formation, the purging system being on a second side of the multiple sides, wherein the second side faces a different direction to the first side. a generator to generate electromagnetic (EM) signals; and a rotational device configured to operate within a wellbore , the rotational device comprising an antenna to direct the EM signals to a formation to increase a temperature of the formation from a first temperature to a second temperature, wherein the EM signals comprise at least one of microwaves, radio frequency (RF) signals, infrared (IR) signals, ultraviolet (UV) signals, and X-rays, characterised in that : the rotational device comprises multiple sides, the antenna being on a first side of the multiple sides, and the rotational device further comprises a purging system to apply a cooling agent to the formation to cause the temperature of the formation to decrease from the second temperature to a third temperature, thereby creating fractures in the formation, the purging system being on a second side of the multiple sides, wherein the second side faces a different direction to the first side. the rotational device comprises multiple sides, the antenna being on a first side of the multiple sides, and the rotational device further comprises a purging system to apply a cooling agent to the formation to cause the temperature of the formation to decrease from the second temperature to a third temperature, thereby creating fractures in the formation, the purging system being on a second side of the multiple sides, wherein the second side faces a different direction to the first side.