Abstract: A bicycle including a frame with a fork, the fork having dropouts between which a wheel axle is mounted. The wheel axle includes a sensor and/or an electric component arranged to be connected to a control element. A detachable electric connection is provided between the sensor and/or electric component and the control element. The detachable electric connection is positioned between the wheel axle and the thru-axle.

Abstract: Bicycle including a frame with a fork, the fork having dropouts between which a wheel axle is mounted. The wheel axle includes a sensor and/or an electric component arranged to be connected to a control element. A detachable electric connection is provided between the sensor and/or electric component and the control element. The detachable electric connection includes a short range wireless connection.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that employ a combination of dielectric dispersion measurement(s) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) measurement(s) to determine data that characterizes tortuosity of rock and data that characterizes tortuosity of fluid phases in the rock independently from one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary battery circuit for an LED driver for driving at least one LED group. The LED driver is adapted to be powered by a main energy source. The auxiliary battery circuit comprises: a battery, a conversion circuit adapted to be connected to the LED driver and to the battery. The conversion circuit has: a first mode wherein the battery is adapted to receive energy from the LED driver, and a second mode wherein the battery is adapted to provide energy to the LED driver. A control unit of the auxiliary battery circuit is adapted to detect when the main energy source is in a failure mode, and control the conversion circuit. The control unit is adapted to arrange the conversion circuit in the second mode when the main energy source is in the failure mode.

Abstract: A low profile garage door attachment which deters loose debris from entering the contained space without unduly restricting movement in and out of said space is disclosed. The disclosed garage door attachment system and apparatus deters loose debris from entering the contained space by providing, in one embodiment, an easily attachable, robust netting system to block unwanted debris while the door is open. The garage door attachment may be configured to be low or small enough not to unduly restrict movement in and out of said space. The disclosed garage door attachment can also be configured to be retractable to a small size for storage when not in use.

Abstract: A clutch or brake system for a torque transmission. The clutch or brake system includes a first rotatable unit connectable to an input or output, including at least one first abutment surface and a second rotatable unit connectable to an output or input, respectively, including at least one second abutment surface arranged for selectively engaging the first abutment surface. The first and second abutment surfaces are adapted to each other so as to allow disengaging under load. The system includes a third rotatable unit including at least one retaining member, the third unit being arranged for selectively being in a first rotational position or a second rotational position relative to the second rotatable unit, wherein the at least one retaining member in the first rotational position locks the at least one second abutment surface for rotationally coupling the second rotatable unit to the first rotatable unit.

Abstract: The invention is in the field of semiconductors. The invention is directed to a composition, a method for producing a layer, a layer, a photoconducting device and a photovoltaic device. The composition of the invention comprises a matrix comprising a polymer, and dispersed in said matrix one or more perovskite materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion heater (100) for providing controlled heat (H) to an endothermic reaction process. The combustion heater comprises an integrated burner (20) to yield a hot burner exhaust gas (35) flow from burning a first fuel. The burner exhaust gas mixed with oxidant flows to a flue gas outlet along a flue gas flow path (FGP). Provided to the combustion chamber at a position outside a direct reach of flames from the burner is a secondary fuel conduit (30) with a plurality of nozzles (31) from which a second fuel (32) is transferred into a flow along the said flue gas flow path (FGP). The resulting combustion of the second fuel can be used to provide controlled heat to the to endothermic reaction operated in a reaction conduit (40) that is in thermal heat exchange with the combustion chamber.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a personal care device (52) for performing a light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation on a body of a subject. The personal care device (52) comprises a housing (54) that includes a first window or opening (68), a light source configured to generate light to perform the light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing such that light emitted by the light source illuminates a part of the body, a receiving member in or on the housing (54) for receiving and retaining a consumer electronic device (62) in or on the personal care device (52), and an optical system (80) in the housing (54) for enabling an imaging unit (78) of a consumer electronic device (62) retained in the recess (60) to obtain images of a part of the body via the first window or opening (68).

Abstract: Disclosed is an advancement in provoked chemical cleavage. Thereby the invention provides the use of a diene as a chemically cleavable group attached to a Construct, and the use of a dienophile to provoke the release of the Construct by allowing the diene to react with a dienophile capable of undergoing an inverse electron demand Diels Alder reaction with the diene. The invention includes a kit for releasing a Construct CA bound to a Trigger TR, the kit having a tetrazine and a dienophile, wherein the Trigger is the tetrazine. The invention also includes the use of the formation of a pyridazine by reacting a tetrazine having a Construct CA bound thereto and a dienophile, as a chemical tool for the release, in a chemical, biological or physiological environment, of the Construct.

Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device comprising a domeshaped, cylindrical lens (7) having an optical focal line (19) and a plurality of light sources (3) arranged along the focal line and configured to emit light during operation. Said lens being disposed to receive and to deflect said light as a light beam having an angle y in a transverse direction, wherein 0?<=7<=30?. In transversal cross section the cylindrical lens comprises a central portion (21) flanked by a first side portion (23) and a second side portion (25). The illumination device further comprises an axially extending screen (27) disposed adjacent to the first side portion; and an axially extending diffuser (33) provided at the second side portion.

Abstract: Recycled carbon fibers are processed by rotational tumbling in a mixture with binder material to prepare fiber-containing particles having a dual-tapered shape and general alignment of fibers with a longitudinal direction of the particles. Bulk products including such fiber-containing particles are compounded with polymer and pelletized to prepare fiber-reinforced composite pellets, which are useful for applications such as injection molding to prepare molded products of carbon fiber-reinforced composite material with recycled carbon fibers.

Abstract: An LED driver is described, the LED driver comprising: a back end module BE comprising a switch mode power converter SMPS configured to operate in a self-oscillating current control mode, the back end module BE further comprising: an input terminal configured to receive a DC bus voltage; an output terminal configured to output a supply current for powering an LED fixture; a control unit configured to control the back end module to operate the SMPS in a voltage control mode by: determining a switching frequency of the SMPS when operating in the self-oscillating current control mode; determining a minimal switching frequency of the SMPS and receiving an input signal representative of the supply current for powering the LED fixture; wherein the control unit is further configured to control the switch of the SMPS in the voltage control mode by: operating the switch of the SMPS at a substantially constant frequency based on the determined minimal switching frequency and modulating a duty cycle of the switc

Abstract: An X-ray imaging device with an X-ray conversion area on a flexible circuit such as a Thin Film Transistor circuit with an array of detector cells is manufactured in a method comprising the steps of — providing a flexible carrier layer on a substrate plate, with a first surface of the flexible carrier layer attached to the substrate plate and a second surface of the flexible carrier layer exposed, whereby the substrate plate hinders the flexible carrier layer from bending; — creating an array of detector cells on a part of the second surface; — mounting a peripheral circuit on the second surface outside said part, interconnected to the array of detector cells; — attaching a further layer to the second surface, after or before mounting the peripheral circuit, the further layer comprising an X-ray conversion area at least over the array of detector cells, the further layer being attached to the flexible carrier layer beyond a first edge of the array of detector cells, and beyond the peripheral circuit, the furt

Abstract: A bicycle includes a transmission having two switchable drives between a driver body on which rear sprockets are positioned and a wheel hub of a rear wheel. The bicycle has actuation elements for switching between drives and operating elements for operating the actuation elements. The bicycle includes only a single front sprocket. The actuation elements are embodied in an electrical version and the operating elements are electrically coupled to the actuation elements. By advantageously selecting the drives of the driver between the cassette housing and wheel hub, a front derailleur may be omitted. The driver allows operation with only little energy, since the chain need not be shifted. consequently, the actuation elements require little energy for changing the drive between the crank axle and the wheel hub of the bicycle, so that it is pre-eminently suitable for these actuation elements and their operation to be executed as an electrical version.

Abstract: Disclosed is an advancement in provoked chemical cleavage. Thereby the invention provides the use of a diene as a chemically cleavable group attached to a Construct, and the use of a dienophile to provoke the release of the Construct by allowing the diene to react with a dienophile capable of undergoing an inverse electron demand Diels Alder reaction with the diene. The invention includes a kit for releasing a Construct CA bound to a Trigger TR, the kit having a tetrazine and a dienophile, wherein the Trigger is the tetrazine. The invention also includes the use of the formation of a pyridazine by reacting a tetrazine having a Construct CA bound thereto and a dienophile, as a chemical tool for the release, in a chemical, biological or physiological environment, of the Construct.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic system for a vehicle transmission, comprising: a hydraulic circuit arranged for generating a pressure, a hydraulic actuator arranged for engaging a park lock system, wherein the hydraulic actuator is hydraulically connected to the hydraulic circuit for actuation of the hydraulic actuator using the pressure, and a back-up system configured to keep he pressure above a predetermined pressure threshold for maintaining an actuation of the hydraulic actuator for a predetermined period of time in case of an operational interruption of a transmission control unit of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a kit of parts comprising DC, low voltage system of an elongated track and a plug. The elongated track has a first and a second end and comprises an elongated slot formed by a central groove with at least one shielded lateral groove, both grooves lying in a plane P. Typically two electric conductors are accommodated in said at least one lateral groove. A connector portion of the plug having a connector cross section which matches with a cross section of the slot. Both said slot cross section and connector cross section are asymmetrical with respect to a plane Q extending over the length axis perpendicular to plane P, and at least one of the slot cross section and connector cross section is mirror symmetrical with respect to said plane P.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a vehicle transmission with at least two friction elements, the system comprising a first hydraulic circuit comprising a pump for supplying hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic circuit. A flow restriction may be provided in the first hydraulic circuit between an output of the pump and a sump for providing leakage of hydraulic fluid into the sump. Further, a second hydraulic circuit comprising a second pump may be arranged, wherein the hydraulic pressure in the first circuit is higher compared to the second circuit. A flow control element operated using hydraulic pressure from the first circuit may be arranged for controlling flow/pressure in the second circuit. Further, the hydraulic system may be arranged for generating a line pressure, wherein an actuator for engaging a park lock system may be connected to the first hydraulic circuit for enabling direct actuation by means of the line pressure.

Abstract: A torque support assembly, for supporting a torque of a hollow shaft onto a frame of a bicycle, comprising a cam comprising a cam hole for receiving therein a distal end of the shaft, wherein the cam hole and the shaft are interlockingly shaped for rotationally locking the cam and shaft with respect to each other, an adapter interface comprising a first face defining a seat for the cam, and an adapter interface through hole which extends from the seat on the first face and is coaxial with the cam hole for allowing a thru-axle to extend there through. The adapter interface comprises an upstanding wall, extending outward from the first face, defining an inner support surface of the seat on which the cam is supported against rotation.