Abstract: A tubular connecting arrangement includes, a first tubular having a first shoulder and first threads, a second tubular having a second shoulder and second threads, a seal sealingly engagable to both the first shoulder and the second shoulder, an insert and a sleeve. The insert is attachable to the second tubular and configured to provide radial support to the second tubular. The sleeve threadably engagable with both the first threads and the second threads in response to being rotated in a same direction relative to both the first tubular and the second tubular such that the first shoulder and the second shoulder are moved toward one another to compress the seal therebetween without rotational movement of the first tubular relative to the second tubular.

Abstract: A needle cover assembly can be used with a medicament delivery device, wherein said needle cover assembly is disposable and comprises a retainer element connectable to a medicament container holder; a hub having a longitudinal axis and comprising a double pointed injection needle with a proximal needle end and a distal needle end, wherein the proximal needle end projects a distance from the hub along the longitudinal axis, and a shield covering at least the proximal needle end and a portion of the hub. Said shield comprises a detachable element, that the shield is attached to the hub when said detachable element is attached to the shield, corresponding to an untampered state, and that the shield is released and is telescopically movable in relation to the hub along the longitudinal axis when said detachable element is detached from the shield corresponding to an activated state.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.

Abstract: A driving system for an automated drive for a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel display with a lighting strip structure. The lighting strip structure of the steering wheel display is luminous in a defined lighting color for a duration which can be modified according to the actuation. The driving system is designed to control the steering wheel display such that the lighting strip structure is luminous in the lighting color over a starting length during the automated drive. Upon approaching an end of the automated drive lying ahead, the driving system determines that the vehicle has approached an end point of the automated drive lying ahead in such a manner that a specified approach condition has been satisfied.

Abstract: A driving system for an automated drive for a motor vehicle has an indicator for marking regions on the steering wheel, in particular on the steering wheel rim. The indicator is preferably an optical steering wheel display which is integrated into the steering wheel rim for example. During an automated drive, the driving system is designed to ascertain that the vehicle has approached an end of the automated drive lying ahead in such a manner that a first approach condition has been satisfied. If the system has ascertained that the vehicle has approached the end of the automated drive in such a manner that the approach condition has been satisfied, the indicator for marking regions on the steering wheel are actuated in response thereto such that a left and a right marking region on the steering wheel are marked. The driver is thus prompted to position their hands on the marked regions of the steering wheel in order to take over the task of driving.

Abstract: An injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongated housing having a dispensing end and being configured to accommodate a cartridge filled with the liquid medicament, a drive mechanism configured to operably engage with the cartridge for expelling of a dose of the medicament from the cartridge via the dispensing end, a protective cap releasably attachable to the housing to cover the dispensing end, a first electronic circuit attached to the protective cap and electrically connected to at least a first cap electrode arranged on the protective cap, and a second electronic circuit arranged inside the housing, coupled to the drive mechanism and electrically connected to at least a first housing electrode that is located on the housing.

Abstract: A belt webbing for a safety belt device of a motor vehicle, the belt webbing being wider in a first section than in a second section relative to its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A wired pipe system includes a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end and a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end. The system also includes a transmission line disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends. The transmission line includes an inner conductor, an insulating material surrounding the inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the insulating material and the inner conductor for at least a portion of a length of the transmission line, the other conductor being formed by deforming around the inner conductor a sheet of material into a substantially tubular member.

Abstract: A driving system is operatable at least in a first automated driving mode with automated longitudinal and/or lateral control, and in a different second automated driving mode with automated longitudinal and/or lateral control. The driving system has a steering wheel display with luminous elements for illuminating the steering wheel, which can be operated in different illumination states that are distinguishable by the driver. The luminous elements may illuminate the steering wheel rim, and are typically integrated into the steering wheel rim. The driving system specifies which illumination state of the different illumination states the steering wheel display has. The driving system specifies that, during operation of the driving system in the first driving mode, the steering wheel display is illuminated in a first illumination state.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.

Abstract: A device for determining and displaying a dose of a medicament to be administered to a user based, at least in part, on a measure of physical activity of the user described herein includes a determining unit configured determine a measure of physical activity of the user using information provided by one or more sensors. The device also includes a computer readable memory storing a set of predefined templates comprising predefined actions, rules, and parameters defining at least an initial medicament dose value, the measure of physical activity of the user, a time elapsed between an instance of physical activity and a current time, and a target blood glucose value, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine the medicament dose based, at least in part, on the measure of physical activity of the user, by execution of one or more templates from the set of predefined templates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyamide cord for use as carcass strength member in a pneumatic vehicle tire, wherein the polyamide cord has a residual shrinkage in the range from 0% to 2% and a shrinkage at 180° C. in the range from 0% to 4.5%, where the residual shrinkage of the polyamide cord and the shrinkage at 180° C. of the polyamide cord are determined to ASTM D 855. The invention also relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire comprising one or more polyamide cords and to a process for producing one or more polyamide cords, to a process for producing a rubberized reinforcement ply and to a process for producing a pneumatic vehicle tire.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of calcium complex and calcium sulfate complex lubricating grease compositions as lubricants for wire ropes. The invention further relates to a method for producing the wire ropes and to wire ropes provided with the lubricating grease composition.

Abstract: A wired pipe system includes a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end and a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end. The system also includes a transmission line disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends. The transmission line includes an inner conductor, an insulating material surrounding the inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the insulating material and the inner conductor for at least a portion of a length of the transmission line, the outer conductor being formed by deforming around the inner conductor a sheet of material into a substantially tubular member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for a medicament delivery device according to the disclosure comprises a compression member comprising a first cavity containing a first volume of fluid, said compression member also comprising a second cavity containing a second volume of fluid; a passage for fluid communication between the first cavity and the second cavity; a first movable piston arranged to seal the first cavity; a second movable piston arranged to seal the second cavity; wherein movement of the first movable piston or of the second movable piston, by an applied force, causes a relative change of volume between the first volume of fluid and the second volume of fluid, via a fluid flow through said passage, such that the respective second movable piston or the first movable piston is also moved.

Abstract: A connector for use in connecting a communication element to a transmission line in a wired pipe segment includes a first female end adapted to surround and make electrical contact with a coupler connection that extends away from a communication element of the coupler; a second female end adapted to receive an inner conductor of a coaxial cable; and an inner connection element formed on an inner surface of the connector adapted to electrically connect the coupler connection and the inner conductor, the inner connection element formed such that it does not completely surround at least one of the inner conductor and the coupler connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling device for filling a reservoir, the filling device comprising a housing configured to hold a container for a liquid; a conduit arranged for fluid engagement with the container; a drive unit configured to expel a liquid from the container through the conduit; and a connector configured to be attachable to a reservoir, wherein the connector comprises at least one contact element; the filling device further comprising a trigger assembly arranged to act on the drive unit such that when the trigger assembly is activated the liquid is expelled from the container through the conduit.

Abstract: A sub for a wired pipe system that includes a body includes an outer surface and a pin end and a first transmission device located in or near the pin end. The sub also includes a communication collar that at least partially surrounds the outer surface and that is rotatable relative to the body, a second transmission device in electrical communication with the first transmission device and a transmission line that electrically connects the first and second communication devices and that passes at least partially through the body. The sub further includes a third transmission device located in the communication collar in communication with the second transmission device. In the disclosed sub, the first, second and third transmission devices are all of the same type.

Abstract: An apparatus for locking a transmission line in a tubular includes a first clamp segment configured to surround at least a portion of the transmission line of the tubular, the transmission line having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus also includes a second clamp segment configured to surround at least a portion of the transmission line, the second clamp segment and the first clamp segment configured to apply radial forces in opposite radial directions when the first clamp segment is engaged with the second clamp segment, the opposite radial directions being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the radial forces operating together to maintain the transmission line in a fixed position relative to the tubular and maintain tension in the transmission line.

Abstract: A hybrid fitting for connecting to pipe end and having a metal base; a connection body for supporting the end of the pipe, the connection body being formed separate from the base body and being made from a plastic material, wherein the connection body has a axial end; the base body comprises an opening for accommodating the axial end; the axial end of the connection body being insertable into the opening such that a form-fitted connection to the base body is formed; a locking element is slid over the connection body to engage with the base body such that the locking element is mechanically locked in an axial direction with respect to the base body; and in the locked state the locking element engages with the inserted connection body such that the inserted connection body is mechanically locked in the axial direction with respect to the base body.