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A highly efficient fast charger for high capacity batteries and methods for fast charging high capacity batteries. The fast charger preferably comprises a rectified AC input of single or preferably three phases, with an optional power factor corrected input, minimally filtered with high frequency, high ripple current capacitors, which is switched with a power switching circuit in the “buck” configuration into an inductor / capacitor output filter. Metallized film capacitors are employed, to minimize the rectified 360 Hertz AC component filtering while providing transient switch protection and ripple current requirements for the buck regulator, to provide a high current fast charger with substantially improved power factor. High power, high frequency switching with minimized output filter size provides a highly filtered DC output. The fast charger is adapted to be constructed in a modular design for simple maintenance.

A highly efficient fast charger for high capacity batteries and methods for fast charging high capacity batteries. The fast charger preferably comprises a rectified AC input of single or preferably three phases, with an optional power factor corrected input, minimally filtered with high frequency, high ripple current capacitors, which is switched with a power switching circuit in the “buck” configuration into an inductor / capacitor output filter. Metallized film capacitors are employed, to minimize the rectified 360 Hertz AC component filtering while providing transient switch protection and ripple current requirements for the buck regulator, to provide a high current fast charger with substantially improved power factor. High power, high frequency switching with minimized output filter size provides a highly filtered DC output. The fast charger is adapted to be constructed in a modular design for simple maintenance.

A technique for efficiently boosting the priority of a preemptable data reader in order to eliminate impediments to grace period processing that defers the destruction of one or more shared data elements that may be referenced by the reader until the reader is no longer capable of referencing the data elements. Upon the reader being subject to preemption or blocking, it is determined whether the reader is in a read-side critical section referencing any of the shared data elements. If it is, the reader's priority is boosted in order to expedite completion of the critical section. The reader's priority is subsequently decreased after the critical section has completed. In this way, delays in grace period processing due to reader preemption within the critical section, which can result in an out-of-memory condition, can be minimized efficiently with minimal processing overhead.

An apparatus and method for matching the radio channel measurement timing of Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) cycle with timings of the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle are provided. The radio channel measurement method of a terminal according to the present invention includes configuring a DRX cycle, receiving a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) cycle, comparing the DRX cycle and the MDT cycle, measuring, when the MDT cycle is an integer multiple of the DRX cycle, the radio channel at DRX timings matching with MDT timings, and storing a result of the measurement.

A silicon-containing film is formed from a heat curable composition comprising (A-1) a silicon-containing compound obtained by effecting hydrolytic condensation of a hydrolyzable silicon compound in the presence of an acid catalyst and removing the acid catalyst, (A-2) a silicon-containing compound obtained by effecting hydrolytic condensation of a hydrolyzable silicon compound in the presence of a basic catalyst and removing the basic catalyst, (B) a hydroxide or organic acid salt of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium, or a sulfonium, iodonium or ammonium compound, (C) an organic acid, and (D) an organic solvent. The silicon-containing film allows an overlying photoresist film to be patterned effectively.

Disclosed are liquid nutritional compositions comprising: carbohydrate; lipid having from about 0.1% to about 20% of an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, or combinations thereof by weight of the composition; a protein matrix having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the composition; and a limonene-containing material, cranberry oil, or combinations thereof. The compositions are preferably aseptically packaged, and provide enhanced oxidative stability, flavor, and aroma, especially when formulated with relative high polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations.

Motor vehicles designed as station wagons having a large roof opening have a tendency toward body shaking. To minimize body shaking, at least one foam composite component is provided in the node region of a rear pillar and an additional body structural component. The foam composite component includes a base body which is coated in places with a foam material. As the result of heat treatment the foam material expands and fills the cavity in the node region in a manner which increases rigidity.

The invention relates to a method for the calibration of sensors of the type that comprises a plurality of sensor elements, such as focal plane arrays, FPAs, for detecting infrared radiation, IR-FPA, the calibration being performed at least two temperatures. According to the invention, the sensor's dynamic range is divided into a plurality of intervals (5), a correction map is updated on a miming basis in each interval by a scene-based non-uniformity correction (6), the correction terms between adjacent intervals are interpolated (7), and the interpolated correction terms are made to correct the sensor elements of the relevant sensor (8). The invention also relates to a computer program and a computer program product. By way of the invention, a method is provided which effectively minimizes the fixed pattern noise to near zero across the entire dynamic range of the sensor, regardless of the type of non-linearity.

Apparatus for detecting the presence of a targeted group of hydrocarbons, such as diesel / fuel oil, lube oil, motor oil, hydraulic oil, jet fuel, mineral oil and crude oil in a highly reliable manner even though present at only extremely low concentration. A high power, pulsed light source is focused into a collimated beam that is reduced by a set of filters to a band of pulsed light within a precise set of wavelengths and directed vertically onto a target surface, such as a body of water. All but a precise band of light wavelengths returning to the apparatus are blocked so that substantially all light which then reaches an internal photodetector is within such precise band of wavelengths; as a result receipt of such light programmed intervals following such pulses is indicative of the presence of a member of the targeted hydrocarbon group.

A silicon-containing film is formed from a heat curable composition comprising (A) a silicon-containing compound obtained through hydrolytic condensation of a hydrolyzable silicon compound in the presence of an acid catalyst, (B) a hydroxide or organic acid salt of Li, Na, K, Rb or Ce, or a sulfonium, iodonium or ammonium compound, (C) an organic acid, (D) a cyclic ether-substituted alcohol, and (E) an organic solvent. The silicon-containing film ensures effective pattern formation, effective transfer of a photoresist pattern, and accurate processing of a substrate.

An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, having a first exhaust tract and a second exhaust tract, wherein a first silencer device is arranged in an end section of the first exhaust tract and a second silencer device is arranged in an end section of the second exhaust tract, and the two exhaust tracts are connected in an inter-communicating manner by a crosstalk point, and, in the first or second exhaust tract downstream of the crosstalk point, there is provided a valve for the selective closure of the respective exhaust tract, wherein a distance between the valve and the crosstalk point is dimensioned such that, at a particular rotational speed of the engine, an exhaust line path between the valve and the crosstalk point serves as a quarter lambda resonator such that, at the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, disturbing noises of the exhaust system are reduced.

An environmental impact information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and obtains the environmental impact at each process done in an organization, according to each product. The environmental impact information collection system then obtains a set of environmental impacts in a product's life cycle.

A mullion-less door system for refrigerated display cabinets, chillers, cold rooms or freezers, incorporates offset seal members on the respective vertical stiles of adjacent doors, to form a labyrinth seal or gasket between the doors, while still allowing free operation of each, and without requiring indirect sealing via door mullions of the cabinet body or frame. Secondary seal members, incorporating magnetic gaskets, seal the top and bottom rails of the peripheral door frames, supporting transparent door panes, to the adjacent cabinet body or frame portions. Lighting assemblies may be incorporated in the vertical stiles to illuminate the contents of the cabinets; and the hinge assemblies may incorporate self-closing mechanisms for the doors.

In a muffler comprising a shell formed by joining a pair of shell halves each including a bottom wall and a side wall and defining an opening opposite to the bottom wall, the shell halves being joined to each other at the openings thereof, the muffler further comprising an inlet pipe for introducing exhaust gas into the shell and an outlet pipe for expelling exhaust gas from inside the shell, a depth of one of the shell halves is greater than a depth of the other shell half, and the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are connected to the side wall of the one shell half so that the overall plane stiffness of the shell is well balanced and maximized. Therefore, without adding any reinforcement or increasing the wall thickness of the shell, the acoustic emission from the muffler can be minimized.

The disclosure provide a sulfur-free and halogen-free synergistic additive concentrate for a fuel injected engine. The additive concentrate includes (a) an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt of the formula (R1)nN[(R2O)xH]m, wherein R1 contains from 1 to 25 carbon atoms, R2 contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n and m are each integers from 1 to 3, provided n+m=4, and x is an integer of from 1 to 5; and (b) a material containing a hydrogen-bonding group other than an alkyl hydroxyl group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl acid; hydrocarbyl polyacid; hydrocarbyl substituted hydroxybenzene; hydrocarbyl substituted succinic diamide, acid / amide, diacid, diester, ester / acid, amide / ester, imide; aminotriazole, and mixtures thereof, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent has a number average molecular weight of from about 100 to about 1500, and wherein a weight ratio of (a) to (b) in the additive ranges from about 1:5 to about 1:1.

A system is disclosed that provides a solid-liquid separator which can transport sludge and other material for treatment without clogging and can efficiently separator liquid from such material for treatment. The system includes movable plates and fixed plates alternatingly disposed and two screws disposed in holes formed in the movable plates and fixed plates. The screws have blades that partially overlap. As the two screws rotate, the material for treatment is transported and the effluent is discharged through the gaps between the movable plates and fixed plates.

A marine vessel propulsion device includes an engine arranged to generate a driving force by combustion of a fuel by an ignition unit, a thrust generating unit arranged to be driven by the driving force of the engine to generate thrust underwater, a shift mechanism unit arranged to switch between a transmitting state of transmitting the driving force of the engine to the thrust generating unit and a cut-off state of cutting off the driving force of the engine from the thrust generating unit, a shift drive unit arranged to drive the shift mechanism unit, and a control unit arranged to electrically control the shift drive unit based on a position of a shift operational unit that is arranged to be operated by a user to perform a shifting operation to a first shift position corresponding to the transmitting state, and a second shift position corresponding to the cut-off state. When changing from the first shift position to the second shift position, the control unit temporarily lowers an engine speed by starting misfire control of the ignition unit. After the start of the misfire control, the control unit controls the shift drive unit such that the shift mechanism unit starts the switching from the transmitting state to the cut-off state after a delay time period corresponding to a time from the start of misfire control to a point in time when the ignition unit actually starts to misfire.

An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, having a first exhaust tract and a second exhaust tract, wherein a first silencer device is arranged in an end section of the first exhaust tract and a second silencer device is arranged in an end section of the second exhaust tract, and the two exhaust tracts are connected in an inter-communicating manner by a crosstalk point, and, in the first or second exhaust tract downstream of the crosstalk point, there is provided a valve for the selective closure of the respective exhaust tract, wherein a distance between the valve and the crosstalk point is dimensioned such that, at a particular rotational speed of the engine, an exhaust line path between the valve and the crosstalk point serves as a quarter lambda resonator such that, at the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, disturbing noises of the exhaust system are reduced.

The invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a region of interest from energy-dependent projection data, wherein the imaging system comprises a projection data providing unit (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) for providing energy-dependent first projection data of the region of interest. The imaging system comprises further an attenuation component image generation unit (12) for generating attenuation component images of the region of interest by generating energy-dependent second projection data using a model in which the projection data depend on attenuation component images. The component image generation unit (12) is adapted for generating the attenuation component images such that deviations of the second projection data from the first projection data are reduced.

Disclosed are liquid nutritional compositions comprising: carbohydrate; lipid having from about 0.1% to about 20% of an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, or combinations thereof by weight of the composition; a protein matrix having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the composition; and a limonene-containing material, cranberry oil, or combinations thereof. The compositions are preferably aseptically packaged, and provide enhanced oxidative stability, flavor, and aroma, especially when formulated with relative high polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations.

The present invention relates to a rotor chamber for a centrifuge, in particular an air-cooled laboratory centrifuge, having a chamber wall, comprising an inner side facing toward the chamber interior, the chamber interior being implemented to receive a centrifuge rotor, and an outer side facing away from the chamber interior, and having a sound barrier which is implemented to reduce the sound emitted from the rotor chamber, which comprises a multilayer damping lining. The present invention also relates to a centrifuge having such a rotor chamber, and methods for reducing the sound emanating from the rotor chamber of a centrifuge, in particular an air-cooled laboratory centrifuge.

In a muffler comprising a shell formed by joining a pair of shell halves each including a bottom wall and a side wall and defining an opening opposite to the bottom wall, the shell halves being joined to each other at the openings thereof, the muffler further comprising an inlet pipe for introducing exhaust gas into the shell and an outlet pipe for expelling exhaust gas from inside the shell, a depth of one of the shell halves is greater than a depth of the other shell half, and the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are connected to the side wall of the one shell half so that the overall plane stiffness of the shell is well balanced and maximized. Therefore, without adding any reinforcement or increasing the wall thickness of the shell, the acoustic emission from the muffler can be minimized.