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A non-hybrid pyrotechnic filterless inflator, i.e., gas generator, for an automotive passive restraint air bag having a generally discoidally-shaped pressure vessel having a diameter that preferably is greater than or about equal to its height formed of a cup-shaped closure cap and a base member and having at least one exhaust nozzle for directing gaseous products out of the inflator and into the air bag. The pressure vessel contains two separated and independently initiated initiator assemblies. By initiating either one or both initiator assemblies, the inflator can generate a modulated gas output between a first minimum output level and a second maximum output level in response to passenger and driver conditions.

A method and a computer system are provided for installing a first software component into a computing environment, the computing environment comprising an already installed second software component. The method involves aborting the installation if the first and second software components have matching component identifiers and a current-version identifier of the first software component signifies an earlier version than an earliest-compatible-version identifier of the second software component.

The present invention is directed to an adjustable bra having first and second bra cups; one or more adjustable back bands connected to the respective bra cups; first and second detachable shoulder straps connected at one end to the respective bra cups and connected at the other end to the adjustable back band or bands; a removable or non-removable underwire in each bra cup that is shorter in length than standard underwire; and a plurality of shoulder strap fastener receiving elements incorporated along an entire length of the back band or bands, wherein the shoulder strap fastener receiving elements are adapted to receive and attach the first and second shoulder straps anywhere along the entire length of the back band or bands, including to both single and double layer back bands to enable a wearer to adjust the fit and comfort of the bra to a wearer's breast size and dimension.

A device intended to reduce the risks of overexposure to harmful solar radiation. The device includes a detection arrangement, including at least one sensor sensitive to solar radiation, in particular UV. In addition, an arrangement is linked to the detection arrangement to generate a signal representing the quantity of radiation received by the detection means. An attachment arrangement is provided to attach the device to the head of a subject, such that the sensor(s) is (are) oriented in a substantially perpendicular manner to the vertical plane of the subject when the latter is active in the sun. The device is preferably configured in the form of a cap, with the detection arrangement arranged on a first visor intended to be positioned over the back of the individual's neck. The cap also preferably includes a second visor located opposite the first.

A system for multimodal biometric identification has a first imaging system that detects one or more subjects in a first field of view, including a targeted subject having a first biometric characteristic and a second biometric characteristic; a second imaging system that captures a first image of the first biometric characteristic according to first photons, where the first biometric characteristic is positioned in a second field of view smaller than the first field of view, and the first image includes first data for biometric identification; a third imaging system that captures a second image of the second biometric characteristic according to second photons, where the second biometric characteristic is positioned in a third field of view which is smaller than the first and second fields of view, and the second image includes second data for biometric identification. At least one active illumination source emits the second photons.

When apparatuses controllable via a network exist inside and outside a user's visual range, a user remotely controls at least one of the apparatuses via the network using a predetermined control point in a remote control system. The remote control system includes the following: a mechanism that causes the control point to transmit a command for specifying an apparatus to be controlled via the network to an apparatus to be specified in accordance with a user's apparatus specifying operation; and a mechanism that causes the apparatus that has received the command for specifying an apparatus to be controlled to transmit a response via the network to the control point as well as to perform an operation using a device attached to the body of the apparatus in response to the command.

The invention relates to personal communications devices and casings for such devices. The casing for a portable communications device comprises at least a front face having edge portions, a housing element having a portion that extends over the edge portions of the front face, the housing element being fixed in a position such that the portion of the housing element overlying the edge portions of the front face and the front face are pressed together so as to hold them firmly with respect to each other.

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for operating a multicopter experiencing a failure during flight, the multicopter comprising a body, and at least four effectors attached to the body, each operable to produce both a torque and a thrust force which can cause the multicopter to fly when not experiencing said failure. The method may comprise the step of identifying a failure wherein the failure affects the torque and / or thrust force produced by an effector, and in response to identifying a failure carrying out the following steps, (1) computing an estimate of the orientation of a primary axis of said body with respect to a predefined reference frame, wherein said primary axis is an axis about which said multicopter rotates when flying, (2) computing an estimate of the angular velocity of said multicopter, (3) controlling one or more of said at least four effectors based on said estimate of the orientation of the primary axis of said body with respect to said predefined reference frame and said estimate of the angular velocity of the multicopter. The step of controlling one or more of said at least four effectors may be performed such that (a) said one or more effectors collectively produce a torque along said primary axis and a torque perpendicular to said primary axis, wherein (i) the torque along said primary axis causes said multicopter to rotate about said primary axis, and (ii) the torque perpendicular to said primary axis causes said multicopter to move such that the orientation of said primary axis converges to a target orientation with respect to said predefined reference frame, and (b) such that said one or more effectors individually produce a thrust force along said primary axis.

A temperature sensor plausibility diagnosis unit performs plausibility diagnosis of a temperature sensor disposed inside a storage tank in an exhaust purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine that delivers an additive inside the storage tank to an exhaust pipe upstream of a reduction catalyst and selectively reduces and purifies NOx in the exhaust. The temperature sensor plausibility diagnosis unit includes an additive heat capacity calculating portion that calculates the heat capacity of the additive, a heat quantity variation calculating portion that calculates an increase or decrease in the quantity of heat that the additive receives, and a plausibility diagnosing portion that determines the plausibility of the temperature sensor by comparing an estimated temperature course of the additive estimated from the heat capacity of the additive and the increase or decrease in the quantity of heat with a sensor temperature course of the additive detected by the temperature sensor.

The invention relates to an architecture exterior-protected construction heat transfer rate on-site detection method which comprises: attaching heat flow meter and temperature sensor, connecting heat flow meter, temperature sensor and temperature heat flow automatic patrol testing equipment by transmission line, attaching automatic temperature-controller with the inner wall which has heat flow meter and temperature sensor, adjusting automatic temperature-controller, automatically reading storage measuring value, computing architecture exterior-protected construction heat transfer rate. It uses differential temperature measured by temperature sensor and electromotance E outputted by heat flow meter to reflect heat flow density. It uses formula to compute heat transfer rate K.

A compact fan motor including a motor body having a tubular case accommodating a rotor, a permanent magnet, and brushes, and a pair of spring terminals that are connected to the brushes, sticks out from a peripheral wall of the tubular case, and has elasticity in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a shaft; an impeller fixed to the shaft sticking out from a front end of the tubular case; a holder having a case accommodating portion that is provided in a housing accommodating the motor body and impeller and has an inner wall surface extending in the direction of the axis of rotation of the shaft, and a motor body insertion opening provided at an edge of the case accommodating portion; and a pair of conductors provided on the inner wall surface of the holder while contacting with the spring terminals.

A medication delivery device having a housing including at least one needle receiving port comprising a septum and a needle entrance opening. The entrance opening in accordance with the invention comprises an elongate slot having a length L and a width W where L is significantly greater than W and where W is dimensioned to pass only needles smaller than a certain size.