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A drive assembly for use in a drug delivery device is proposed, the drive assembly comprising: a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; an axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end; at least one drive member; a piston rod adapted to be driven along the axis by the drive member; an indicator adapted to provide positional information about a position of the piston rod relative to the proximal end, wherein the indicator and the piston rod are configured to convert a movement of the piston rod with respect to the housing into a rotational movement of the indicator. Additionally, a drug delivery device comprising the drive assembly is provided for.

A catheter assembly including a catheter handle and a catheter assembly with a catheter element and a container for accommodation of the catheter element. In a first compact configuration, the catheter element and the catheter handle are separated to reduce the length of the catheter assembly. The catheter element is in the container and the catheter handle is attached on the outside of the container assembly. The catheter handle can be detached and interlocked with the catheter element to constitute, in a second configuration, a catheter device.

The present invention relates to a catheter assembly comprising a catheter handle and a catheter assembly comprising a catheter element and a container for accommodation of the catheter element. In a first compact configuration the catheter element and the catheter handle are separated to reduce the length of the catheter assembly. The catheter element is in the container and the catheter handle is attached on the outside of the container assembly. The catheter handle can be detached and interlocked with the catheter element to constitute in a second configuration a catheter device.

A connecting system for connecting a ventilation tube to a respiratory humidifier (1) is provided, wherein the ventilation tube comprises an electrical line and the respiratory humidifier (1) comprises a housing (2) and a liquid container (4), the connection system including a first connection element (6) arranged on the liquid container (4); a first electrical contact element (24) arranged on the housing (2); and a second connection element (14), which can be connected to the ventilation tube (7, 9) and comprises a second electrical contact element (16), which can be connected to the electrical line of the ventilation tube (7, 9); wherein the first connection element (6) and the second connection element (14) can be connected to each other in a first connecting direction in such a way that, by establishment of the pneumatic connection of the ventilation tube (7, 9) to the liquid container (4), the electrical connection of the first contact element (24) to the second contact element (16) is produced. The electrical connection of the first contact element (24) to the second contact element (16) can be established in a second connecting direction different from the first connecting direction, preferably in a direction essentially perpendicular to the first connecting direction.

A hair styling apparatus includes a handle, a styling head and a heater. The handle has a pair of pivotally joined arms, and the head includes a pair of styling members which cooperate to form styling surfaces of the styling head. Each styling member is extendable from and retractable into the handle.

The invention discloses a movable-type static synchronous compensator with a compact structure design. The compensator has high compensation capacity and rapid adjusting speed and compact structure, is convenient for transportation, and can be rapidly transferred, installed and put into operation at the urgent place needs reactive power support, thus the planning, the arrangement and the operation of a dynamic reactive power compensation device of a power grid are more flexible and effective. The movable-type static synchronous compensator comprises three functional module containers with the same structure, an auxiliary equipment container and a movable base, wherein, the functional module container comprises a single-phase converter chain and a converter chain arrester; the auxiliary equipment container comprises a control protective system, a water-cooling system and a three-phase starting loop; and the movable base comprises a connection reactor, a main breaker, an isolation switch and an earthed switch. The compensator provided by the invention has the obvious advantages of rapid response speed, wide adjustment application, low harmonic output content, adoption of compact design, mobility, less occupation area and the like.

A flashlight assembly includes a bistable safety bail to prevent inadvertent depression of an operational push button switch. The flashlight assembly further includes a bistable pivoting mode selection lever which controls operational modes of the flashlight. Further, the flashlight operates with a thermal optimization circuit which automatically, over time, reduces the duty cycle of the control circuit to reduce the temperature of the LED junction, improve LED performance and increase battery life.

The invention belongs to the technical field of machine transmission, and particularly relates to a three-gear planet speed change mechanism suitable for an electric vehicle. The speed change mechanism is composed of two planet rows, two gear-shifting brakes and one gear-shifting clutch. The first planet row and the second planet row are both internal and external meshed single planet rows; the first planet row is composed of a first sun gear, a first planet carrier, a first gear ring and four first planet wheels; and the second planet row is composed of a second sun gear, a second planet carrier, a second gear ring and four second planet wheels. The three-gear planet speed change mechanism has the beneficial effects that the transmission scope is large, the gear order ratio is relatively large, and the motor rotating speed requirement under the high-speed working condition is reduced through an overgear while the requirement of the electric vehicle for climbing an abrupt slope is met; and in addition, the transmission scheme is exquisite, the structure is simple, and the compact design is facilitated.

A flashlight assembly includes a bistable safety bail to prevent inadvertent depression of an operational push button switch. The flashlight assembly further includes a bistable pivoting mode selection lever which controls operational modes of the flashlight. Further, the flashlight operates with a thermal optimization circuit which automatically, over time, reduces the duty cycle of the control circuit to reduce the temperature of the LED junction, improve LED performance and increase battery life.

The invention provides a reflecting surface antenna double-beam forming design method. Through creatively introducing a double-beam covering area shape characteristic analyzing step in a designing process, a targeted initial beam acquiring manner and a corresponding antenna structure configuration strategy are made. Based on searching of a reflection plane scattered field focusing point under planar wave excitation according to a conjugate field matching theory, a rotation rule in long axis direction of a longitudinal movement beam of feed sources at two sides of a focusing point is utilized, and wave beam covering matching design is performed. Through feed source position adjustment, axial torsion of the whole reflection surface antenna system is performed, thereby improving beam covering matching property of double beams and performance of a restraining area, and furthermore improving gain of a double-beam coverage area after optimization. According to the reflecting surface antenna double-beam forming design method, according to a wave beam shape characteristic relationship, antenna layout and the like, and design principles such as a wave beam shape is adjusted according to the feed source position. A design order, a parameter selecting principle and technical details in double-beam design are described, and gain improvement of the double-beam coverage area is realized.

The invention provides a dual-reflector antenna of a C / S band beam sharing main reflector and a realizing method. The invention relates to a novel high-gain dual-band antenna which improves an original C band dual-reflector antenna structure of a shaped offset Gregorian type, enhances the S-beam performance and keeps the original C band beam performance. The dual-reflector antenna of the C / S bandbeam sharing main reflector comprises a main reflector, an auxiliary reflector and feed source assemblies (a C band feed source, an S band feed source, and the like), a C band corrugated loudspeaker is used as a feed source illumination auxiliary reflector of the antenna C band for excitation; and the S band microstrip feed source is used as a feed source of the antenna S band to directly illuminate the main reflector for excitation. By the special design of the antenna structure configuration and the smart combination with the S feed source design, the S beam is realized through sharing the main reflector and the antenna is wholly designed so that the antenna becomes a dual-reflector antenna of the C / S band beam sharing main reflector, which has the C band anti-interference capability, can carry out S band transceiver operation and has favorable antenna performance.

The present invention relates to a fuel filter component containing a heating device for heating a fluid; a detection device for detecting a level of a further fluid, located in a reservoir; and an outlet conduit for the further fluid. The component is a one-piece component, in particular the heating device, detection device, and outlet conduit are embodied. The present invention further relates to a fluid filter, in particular a fuel filter, having such a component.

A novel flashlight assembly that includes an interface integrated into the housing thereof to facilitate mounting of the flashlight to the dovetail rail on a modern combat weapon. The outer body of the flashlight includes a head mounted to a flashlight body at one end and a tapered tail extending outwardly at the other end of the body. Further, the flashlight includes a clamping interface that is a seamless and integrated feature of the outer housing of the flashlight itself for interfacing the flashlight with a firearm. The operational modes of the flashlight are controlled by a single push button and a selector switch. To facilitate a highly compact design the flashlight employs two circuitry arrangements positioned remote from one another and in communication with one another via a single conductive trace to operate at a first signal frequency or a second signal frequency.

A cyclone assembly includes a first cyclonic cleaning stage. The first cyclonic cleaning stage includes at least one first stage cyclone having a first stage cyclone chamber. Each first stage cyclone chamber has a height extending between a first stage cyclone chamber air inlet and a first stage cyclone dirt outlet. The cyclone assembly also includes a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The second cyclonic cleaning stage includes a plurality of second stage cyclones in parallel. Each of the plurality of second stage cyclones has a height extending between a second stage cyclone chamber air inlet and a second stage cyclone dirt outlet. The second cyclonic cleaning stage has a larger number of second stage cyclones than the first cyclonic cleaning stage, and the height of each second stage cyclone chamber is greater than the height of each first stage cyclone chamber.

An electric-motor drive system having a drive motor and a drive train comprising a worm gear, designed such that the overall dimensions are comparatively small and the pivot angle of rotation of the component cooperating with the output member of the drive system is comparatively large. The worm gear is the output member of the drive train. The worm gear has a central shaped hole for positive-fit connection to a rotatable input member of an adjustable device. The worm gear has a further gear step, preferably a worm drive, on the output side.

The invention belongs to the field of power electronics and particularly relates to an absorption circuit of a high-power electronic device. RC (Resistor-Capacitor) buffer absorption circuits are used as absorption circuits and are connected in parallel with the anode and the cathode of a direct-current bus bar; absorption resistors are made of heatproof high-resistance materials and are designed in pairs; holes are arranged at both ends of the absorption resistors and used for connecting, fixing and mounting; one end of each absorption resistor is connected with an absorption capacitor and the other end of the absorption resistor is fixed on the direct-current bus bar; the absorption capacitor is fixed by a pair of absorption resistors; and the absorption resistors have the functions of connecting an absorption circuit and fixing the absorption capacitor while being used as resistors. The application of the resistors made of materials of iron, chromium and aluminum greatly reduces the volume of the absorption resistors, reduces the cost, ensures high resistance power, flexible design of resistor structure and convenient connection with absorption capacitor, effectively reduces the stray inductance of the absorption circuit and has the function of fixedly installing the absorption circuit.

The present invention provides a compact design and provides an improved viewable area. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention comprises a container having a height, a depth and a width. The container comprises a main cavity, a lower cavity, at least one side cavity and a filtration system. The lower cavity is located below the main cavity and a first plate separates the lower cavity from the main cavity and allows limited fluid communication between the lower cavity and main cavity. The volume of the lower cavity is substantially less than the volume of the main cavity. The side cavity is located adjacent to the main cavity and a second plate separates the side cavity from the main cavity and allows limited fluid communication between the side cavity and main cavity. The side cavity has a volume less than the main cavity and more than the lower cavity.

The present invention provides an apparatus for distributed pressure sensing. The apparatus comprises a series of Bragg gratings, a light guide incorporating the series of Bragg gratings and a plurality of a moveable wall portion. The moveable wall portions have opposite first and second sides and each moveable wall portion is positioned so that a change in pressure at one of the sides relative to a pressure at the other side will move the moveable wall portion. The moveable wall portions are coupled to respective Bragg gratings so that the movement of one of the moveable wall portion causes a force on the respective Bragg grating resulting in a change in strain of the respective Bragg grating. The apparatus also comprises at least one rigid member that is attached at attachment regions between which a sensing region of at least one Bragg grating is defined. The rigid member is arranged so that a strain in the sensing region is not directly influenced by a change in strain of the light guide outside the sensing region.

A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has a first cyclonic cleaning stage and a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The first cyclonic cleaning stage has a first cyclonic stage air outlet and the second cyclonic cleaning stage has a plurality of second cyclonic stage cyclone air inlets and a second cyclonic stage air inlet end. The first cyclonic cleaning stage air outlet communicates directly with an annular flow region that extends around the second stage air inlet end of the second cyclonic stage.

An electrical connector for connecting the bare end of an insulated conductor with a circuit on a printed circuit board, including a horizontal printed circuit board having an electrical circuit thereon, an electrically conductive contact arrangement mounted on, and electrically connected with the circuit of, the printed circuit board, the contact arrangement including at least two spaced resilient contacts having adjacent end portions that are biased together, a housing formed from electrically insulating material and containing a conductor opening for receiving the conductor bare end; and a positioning arrangement operable by an actuating tool for positioning the conductor bare end in a clamped position between the contact end portions. When the contact arrangement is in the form of a pair of leaf spring contacts connected in a V-shaped manner, an adjusting device is provided for adjusting the space between the adjacent ends of the contacts.

The present invention provides an apparatus for pressure sensing. The apparatus comprises a light guide, a Bragg grating incorporated into the light guide and a moveable wall portion. The moveable wall portion has opposite first and second sides and is being positioned so that a change in pressure at one of the sides relative to a pressure at the other side will move the moveable wall portion. The moveable wall portion is coupled to the Bragg grating so that the movement of the moveable wall portion causes a force on a side of the Bragg grating. The force has a component that is transversal to the Bragg grating and effects a change in strain of the Bragg grating and thereby a change in an optical period of the Bragg grating.

The present invention provides a compact design and provides an improved viewable area. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention comprises a container having a height, a depth and a width. The container comprises a main cavity, a lower cavity, at least one side cavity and a filtration system. The lower cavity is located below the main cavity and a first plate separates the lower cavity from the main cavity and allows limited fluid communication between the lower cavity and main cavity. The volume of the lower cavity is substantially less than the volume of the main cavity. The side cavity is located adjacent to the main cavity and a second plate separates the side cavity from the main cavity and allows limited fluid communication between the side cavity and main cavity. The side cavity has a volume less than the main cavity and more than the lower cavity.

A cold wind table cabinet includes a main body, inside which a refrigeration device is configured. The refrigeration device includes a housing, blower, and refrigeration box, where refrigeration components are installed inside the refrigeration box. A blower air inlet is in communication with a housing air outlet, a refrigeration air inlet faces and is in communication with a blower air outlet, and a refrigeration air outlet a housing air outlet. Whereby, the present invention allows the table cabinet to have the function of selecting cold wind or natural wind to blow out, and especially, eliminates the configurations of an air fan or air pipe.

An electrical connector for connecting the bare end of an insulated conductor with a circuit on a printed circuit board, including a horizontal printed circuit board having an electrical circuit thereon, an electrically conductive contact arrangement mounted on, and electrically connected with the circuit of, the printed circuit board, the contact arrangement including at least two spaced resilient contacts having adjacent end portions that are biased together, a housing formed from electrically insulating material and containing a conductor opening for receiving the conductor bare end; and a positioning arrangement operable by an actuating tool for positioning the conductor bare end in a clamped position between the contact end portions. When the contact arrangement is in the form of a pair of leaf spring contacts connected in a V-shaped manner, an adjusting device is provided for adjusting the space between the adjacent ends of the contacts.

The present invention provides an apparatus for distributed pressure sensing. The apparatus comprises a series of Bragg gratings, a light guide incorporating the series of Bragg gratings and a plurality of moveable wall portions. The moveable wall portions are coupled to respective Bragg gratings so that the movement of one of the moveable wall portion causes a force on the respective Bragg grating resulting in a change in strain of the respective Bragg grating. The apparatus also comprises at least one rigid member that is attached at attachment regions between which a sensing region of at least one Bragg grating is defined. The rigid member is arranged so that a strain in the sensing region is not directly influenced by a change in strain of the light guide outside the sensing region.

A disc brake for a vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, is provided. The disc brake includes at least one application-side brake pad and a back-side brake pad held in a form-fitting mannerin a brake carrier. At least the application-side brake pad is provided with at least one pad-retaining spring which is supported at least on one brake carrier horn of the brake carrier and exerts aradially outwardly acting tensile force on the brake pad.

A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has a first cyclonic cleaning stage having a first end moveable between a closed position in which a first stage cyclone chamber and a first stage dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position in which the first stage cyclone chamber and the first stage dirt collection chamber are open, and a second cyclonic cleaning stage having a second end moveable between a closed position in which a plurality of second stage cyclone chambers and at least one second stage dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position in which the second stage cyclone chambers and the second stage dirt collection chamber are open.

An asymmetrically shaped chip-scale packaging (CSP) light-emitting device (LED) includes an LED chip, a photoluminescent structure (or a light-transmitting structure), and a reflective structure. The photoluminescent structure covers the upper surface and / or the edge surface of the LED chip; and the reflective structure at least partially covers the edge surface of the photoluminescent structure. The reflective structure partially reflects the primary light emitted from the edge surface of the LED chip or the converted secondary light radiated from the edge surface of the photoluminescent structure, therefore shaping the radiation pattern asymmetrically.