Abstract: A method for executing a first application program of a first control unit on a computer, wherein functions for controlling actuators and/or sensors and/or functions for processing and/or providing data from actuators and/or sensors are executed by the first application program. A first interface between a control unit hardware and a first application program of the control unit is established by the control unit operating system. A first virtual control unit operating system and a first virtual application program are generated by compilation. A simulation environment interface is made available by the simulation environment for transfer of a data item and/or of an event to the first virtual application program and/or the virtual control unit operating system. The simulation environment initiates and controls an execution of the first virtual application program within the control unit operating system within the first virtual machine through the simulation environment interface.

Abstract: A bearing system including a wheel assembly transmitting load to a damping assembly, wherein the wheel assembly is configured to rotate angularly relative to the damping assembly.

Abstract: A co-rotating twin screw extruder for forming fragments is disclosed. The extruder comprises of an intake zone for receiving one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage or one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage along with one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient, a melt zone for softening at least one excipient to form a viscous mass or melt and a fragmenting zone for fragmenting and cooling the viscous mass into cooled fragments and an extruder outlet for recovering the cooled fragments from the extruder.

Abstract: A positive stopping system with an adjustable stopper apparatus positioned along an automated guided vehicle navigation pathway. The adjustable stopper apparatus includes a linear actuator moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. A stopper end is coupled to the linear actuator. The stopper end is positioned within the automated guided vehicle navigation pathway when the linear actuator is in the extended position and removed from the automated guided vehicle navigation pathway when the linear actuator is in the retracted position.

Abstract: A method for automatically determining models signals of an FPGA program which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback following an FPGA build, including the following steps: generating an FPGA model and generating an FPGA code from the FPGA model, the method comprising the additional step of an automatic analysis for the purpose of identifying signals which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback, prior to the completion of the step of generating the FPGA code from the FPGA model, and the method comprises the step of outputting signals which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback. A data processing device is also provided for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A core-shell elemental sulfur sub-micron particle having a core of elemental sulfur and a shell of a membrane containing alternating layers of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes is provided. A functionalized conductive carbon material is optionally present in one or more of the core and an outer layer. A cathode containing the core-shell elemental sulfur sub-micron particle and a lithium-sulfur battery constructed with the cathode are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a sprayer nozzle support to a pump mechanism of a trigger sprayer assembly. The sprayer nozzle support generally comprises a tower portion and a first and second side protrusions. The tower portion is configured to convey stability to the pump mechanism when a screw cap of the trigger sprayer assembly is screwed onto a neck of a container. A top of the tower portion is configured to support the pump mechanism and a bottom of the tower portion is configured to contact the screw cap. The first and second side protrusions provide structures whereby the sprayer nozzle support may be removed from the trigger sprayer assembly. A curved proximal surface of the tower portion and the first and second side protrusions facilitates an unobstructed grasping of the trigger sprayer assembly in a hand.

Abstract: A support may include a hollow metallic tube extending over an axis and may include two opposing ends. The tube may include a plurality of sections disposed along the axis. A first section may be disposed at an end of the tube and include a first inner diameter, a first outer diameter, and a first wall thickness. A second section may be separated from the first section via a first transition zone. The second section may include a second inner diameter, a second outer diameter, and a second wall thickness. A third section may be disposed remote from the first section and be separated from the second section via a second transition zone. The third section may have a third inner diameter, a third outer diameter, and a third wall thickness. The wall thickness, inner diameter and outer diameter may vary along the tube between the plurality of sections.

Abstract: A temperature control system for safely controlling the rate of flow of a flammable fluid at generally constant pressure is disclosed. The system may include a flow control apparatus that is free of a regulator mechanism, for affecting the flow of the fluid. The flow control apparatus may be operable between at least a first flow rate and a second flow rate, and may have at least one upstream opening and at least one downstream opening. The system may also include a first burner in fluid communication with the downstream opening of the flow control apparatus and a conduit in fluid communication at one end thereof with the upstream opening of the flow control apparatus, and configured at the other end thereof for connection to a fuel supply. A thermocouple may be located in the vicinity of the burner or an appliance used in conjunction with the burner. The thermocouple converts a sensed thermal state into an electrical signal.

Abstract: A modular filter assembly for use in a fluid filtering system comprising a housing for a filter media. The housing has an open end and a closed end. The modular filter assembly further comprises a collar for attachment to the open end of the housing. The collar defines a collar orifice. A removable locking element is configured to be received at the collar orifice. The modular filter assembly also comprises cooperating structure between the collar and the removable locking element for releasably attaching the removable locking element to the collar for selective access to the filter media within the housing. The housing can be one of a plurality of select lengths to receive a filter media that is a corresponding one of several lengths.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for the pretreatment and subsequent conveying or plastification of plastics, with a container with a mixing and/or comminution implement that is rotatable around an axis of rotation. In a side wall, an aperture is formed, through which the plastics material can be removed, a conveyor being provided, with a screw rotating in a housing. The apparatus is characterized in that the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, there being, on the outflow side, an offset distance between the longitudinal axis and the radius that is parallel to the longitudinal axis, that the L/D ratio of the screw is greater than or equal to 7, and that the compressing format of the screw begins only from a distance (A) of more than 1.5 times the diameter (d) of the screw.

Abstract: A canted coil spring made from multi-metallic wire to achieve combinations of desired material characteristics of different metals is discussed. Wire to be used in canted coil springs can have two or more metals oriented co-axially along such wire, such as an outer layer of one metal having one set of properties, and a core of a different metal having a different set of properties, that will achieve a single solid, multi-metallic wire with enhanced performance over a single material canted coil spring. Such features may be found advantageous in electrical applications, such as where both high electrical conductivity and high strength properties are desired.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for generating photovoltaic power. The system for generating photovoltaic power is characterized by including: a light collection part shaped like a dome bulged outward and having a light condenser lens unit for condensing incident light rays; a light diffusion part having a light diffusion lens unit for diffusing the light rays collected by the light collection part; and a solar panel for receiving the light rays diffused by the light diffusion part.

Abstract: An adjustable collimator for shaping a beam of particles, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. The adjustable collimator has an obscuring element substantially opaque to passage of the particles in a propagation direction that is radial with respect to the axis of rotation of a ring of apertures. A gap in the obscuring element may be characterized by a length taken along a long dimension and a jaw spacing taken along narrow dimension, and at least one of the length of the gap and the jaw spacing is subject to adjustment, either manual or automatic. The adjustable collimator may be disposed either inside or outside the ring of apertures, and, in some embodiments, the jaw spacing may be a function of distance along the long dimension relative to an edge of the gap.

Abstract: A working device has a base designed as a stationary support column, a motor-driven rotary head and a stack of arms made up of several mast arms which can be moved with respect to each other in pairs, using articulated or sliding joints, supporting a concrete transport line. The stack of arms is articulated on the rotary head about a horizontal rotational axis by a first mast arm. The working device also includes a control mechanism which can be actuated by a control element or a radio path and which is arranged in a control box, and a hydraulic assembly including an oil tank and a motor-driven hydraulic pump for controlling working groups for moving the rotary head and mast arm. A working platform fixed with respect to the frame is arranged in the region of the bearing block for emergency operations.

Abstract: Methods are provided for synthesizing crystals having a ZSM-5 framework structure from synthesis mixtures suitable for synthesis of ZSM-12 framework structure crystals in the absence of seed crystals with a ZSM-5 framework structure, such as in the absence of any seed crystals. For synthesis mixtures with a sufficiently high XO2:Y2O3 ratio, seeding a synthesis mixture with ZSM-5 seed crystals can result in production of pure phase ZSM-5 crystals with a new morphology. The morphology can include rod-like primary crystallites with a length of about 0.5 ?m or less that are organized/aggregated into larger secondary crystal structures. The aggregation of the primary crystallites into a secondary crystal structure can allow for an unexpectedly large mesoporous surface area for the ZSM-5 crystals.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus 1 which is able to print high quality images by changing ultraviolet intensity in the sub-scanning direction. The inkjet recording apparatus 1 includes a carriage moving back and forth in the main scanning direction, inkjet heads 5 mounted on the carriage 4 for discharging ink droplets, and an ultraviolet irradiator 6 mounted on the carriage 4 for irradiating ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet irradiators 6 include a plurality of UVLEDs 63 provided on a center of a bottom surface of a concave portion 62 of the irradiators 6 and arranged in the sub-scanning direction, and a plurality of partition walls 64 provided between the UVLEDs 63 and having a flat plate shape extended in the main scanning direction. The ultraviolet intensity in the sub-scanning direction can be changed by controlling each UVLED 63.

Abstract: A method for recycling exhaust gas from Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The method includes: 1) introducing raw gas to a shift reactor to conduct a water-gas shift reaction, and collecting shift gas; 2) introducing the shift gas to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis device to yield a hydrocarbon fuel and exhaust gas, returning part of the exhaust gas as recycle gas; 3) introducing another part of the exhaust gas to a methanation reactor, allowing a methanation reaction to happen between the part of the exhaust gas and water vapor; 4) introducing a mixed gas product from the methanation reaction to a methane reforming reactor; 5) transporting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide resulting from the methane reforming reaction to a gas separator, separating the hydrogen and obtaining a mixed gas including carbon dioxide; and 6) returning the mixed gas including carbon dioxide to the methane reforming reactor.

Abstract: Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed.

Abstract: A diesel fuel product with beneficial cold flow properties can be produced. A suitable feedstock for forming a diesel boiling range product can be hydrotreated to have a sulfur content of at least about 100 wppm and then dewaxed. This two stage process can allow for production of an arctic or winter diesel without use of high pressures. Optionally, a divided wall column fractionator can be used to allow a single separation stage to handle the effluent from both the hydroprocessing and the dewaxing stages.