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This document provides methods and materials related to hair care. For example, hair care compositions containing one or more quaternized polysiloxanes, one or more zwitterionic surfactants, one or more anionic surfactants, one or more botanical compounds, one or more amino acids, one or more vitamins, or any combination thereof as well as methods for using such hair care compositions are provided.

A seal assembly is configured to seal a tile gap between a pair of tiles. Each of the tiles may include a tile side surface. At least one of the tiles may include a groove which may be formed along a length of the tile side surface. The seal assembly may comprise a gasket assembly including first and second bulb portions which may be interconnected by a web. A spacer rope may be positionable along the web. The gasket assembly may define a folded configuration for mounting within the tile gap when the web is wrapped around the spacer rope such that the second bulb portion is positioned between the spacer rope and the first bulb portion. The second bulb portion may be receivable within the groove.

A turbomachine includes a casing, a rotor, and a plurality of cooled ring segments installed between the casing and the rotor, each ring segment containing a main cooling cavity and being attached to the casing by a fastening device. The fastening device can include a clamping screw positioned more or less radially and pinning the ring segment against the casing. The clamping screw is crossed through by a cooling airway that communicates with the main cooling cavity of the ring segment.

An inductorless LED driver powers a string of low current LEDs. A phase controlled triac dimmer, serially connected to a full-wave rectifier circuit, performs as an LED current and triac holding current control element. The output of the full-wave rectifier circuit is divided into two circuit paths; the first path provides power to drive a string of serially-connected low-current LEDs, and the second path connects to a dynamic load, which supplies a holding current that flows through the triac dimmer. There are two feedback control systems; the first regulates the luminance of the LEDs; the second regulates the triac holding current to eliminate lamp flicker.

A socket is described for a lighting assembly having a socket body and an electrical connector with a seal in the socket to seal around a light source. The socket is preferably configured to be independent of the mounting arrangement for the lighting assembly. An insulator is also disclosed for a lamp such as a fluorescent lamp having a body which covers the contact on the lamp so as to form a recessed lamp conductor. The combination of a socket and lamp insulator is also disclosed for providing a socket and insulator assembly for reducing the possibility of injury or damage due to high open circuit voltage, environmental effects and the like. Additionally, a lighting assembly is disclosed incorporating the insulator, socket and mounting arrangements.< / PTEXT>

An aerated refractory is provided comprising a mixture containing a phosphate compound, a metal oxide, a calcium containing compound; and an agent for increasing the volume of the mixture. Also provided is a method for protecting a substrate with aerated refractory, the method comprising dry mixing mono-potassium phosphate with a metal oxide and a calcium containing compound (i.e. hydroxyapatite) to produce a homogenous dry mixture; adding water to the mixture to produce a slurry; adding a foaming agent to the slurry; applying the slurry to the substrate; and allowing the slurry to dry.

In one aspect, the invention provides a body comprising particles containing an insulating aerogel material intermingled with particles containing a phase change material, and a binder forming a matrix retaining the intermingled particles. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of forming an insulating body comprised by applying first and second streams onto a substrate; the first stream comprising a binder and the second stream comprising particles containing aerogel material; and simultaneously applying a phase change material onto the substrate.

The invention relates to a power battery module of an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle. The power battery module comprises cells, an upper cover, a middle end plate, two oppositely arranged end plates, and two oppositely arranged lateral plates. Two end plates are respectively welded to two lateral plates to form a shell without any bottom surface or a top surface. The middle end plate iswelded to two lateral plates so as to divide the interior of the shell into at least two installation cavities. Multiple cells are installed in each installation cavity. The upper cover is arranged onthe upper end of the shell. The overall installation structure is formed by connecting the middle end plate, the end plates, and the lateral plates, the number of stored cells is increased, the number of stored cells is equal to the number of cells of two or more individual modules, compared with two or more individual modules, the size is reduced in the length direction, the module length is increased, the occupied space is small, the uniformity of the module is increased, the inner space is saved, the whole structure of the module is more compact, the space utilization rate is increased, and thus the energy density and capacity of the whole battery system are both increased.

The invention discloses a method for constructing foundation pits for a station which can protect the adjacent running tunnel of operating subways, which comprises the steps of constructing underground continuous wall, reinforcement of the foundation in the pits, constructing precipitation well points in the pits, excavating the foundation pits, structure reconstruction, reinforcement of outer row of soil outside the foundation pits and reinforcement of inner row of soil outside the foundation pits. The construction of the underground continuous wall adds the construction of sealing wall; the excavation of the foundation pits and the structure reconstruction adopt a top-down method below the medium plate of the foundation pits corresponding to where the adjacent running tunnel is buried deeply and a bottom-up method over the medium plate; the reinforcement of outer row of soil outside the foundation pits is to reinforce the soil between the foundation pits and the adjacent running tunnel and 3m far away from the foundation pits; and the reinforcement of inner row of soil outside the foundation pits is to reinforce the soil between the foundation pits and the adjacent running tunnel and within 3m from the foundation pits. The method of the invention adopts comprehensive protection measures during the whole process of construction, thereby protecting the adjacent running tunnel of operating subways overall and reducing the effect on the adjacent running tunnel of operating subways to the utmost extent during constructing a subway station.

A combustor liner includes panels joined together at a cooling nugget including a bridge and a lip extending therefrom. The lip defines a slot terminating in an outlet. Thermal barrier coating covers inboard surfaces of the panels and lip with a nominal thickness. The lip has a distal end at the slot outlet which is spaced from the coating aft of the slot less than about the coating nominal thickness.

A method for applying a highly porous alumina material that is useful in the hot section of a jet aircraft engine. In order to apply the porous alumina, an aluminum-based metal / alumina material known in the art is first placed onto an aircraft engine component substrate. The aluminum-based metal is then dissolved using a solution that will not affect the alumina or the underlying substrate. The alumina is then washed with deionized water and dried. The aircraft engine component may be first masked by applying a non-porous metal oxide material to the component or by oxidizing the surface of the component. The resulting alumina has a porosity in the range of about 20% to about 45%. The alumina has globular interconnected surface features in the range of about 0.5 μm to about 20 μm.

A monolayer foamed corrugated sleeve for protecting elongate substrates is disclosed. The sleeve is extruded from a polymer and a foaming agent. The polymer may be a non-elastomeric thermoplastic, a thermoplastic elastomer or a combination of the two. The sleeve is extruded from a nozzle having a cross sectional area which decreases along its length to maintain pressure on the extrudate and prevent premature foaming. The extrudate is released from the nozzle into moving mold blocks. A blow rod within the mold blocks provides gas pressure to force the extrudate against the blocks. An obturation device is mounted on the blow rod to control the gas pressure.

In one aspect, the invention provides a body comprising particles containing an insulating aerogel material intermingled with particles containing a phase change material, and a binder forming a matrix retaining the intermingled particles. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of forming an insulating body comprised by applying first and second streams onto a substrate; the first stream comprising a binder and the second stream comprising particles containing aerogel material; and simultaneously applying a phase change material onto the substrate.

The invention provides a light-weight high-performance heat-insulating protective clothing fabric and a preparation method thereof. The light-weight high-performance heat-insulating protective clothing fabric is prepared by successively compounding the following functional structure layers from a direction close to a fire source to a direction close to human body: a flame-retardant outer layer with flame-retardant effect, a waterproof moisture-permeable layer with waterproof and moisture-permeable effects, and a heat-insulating layer with heat-insulating effect. The heat-insulating layer has a three-layer composite structure, wherein the inner and outer layers are non-woven fabric layers; the middle layer is a mixed layer of aerogel and a microencapsulated phase change material; and the structure has high heat insulation performance, effectively reduces natural thickness and weight of clothing, thereby providing excellent protective properties and wear comfortableness for firefighters. The light-weight high-performance heat-insulating protective clothing fabric has the advantages of light weight, convenience in combination and shaping, good reusability and wide range of application, can be used for clothing in emergency lifesaving environments like fire ground and battle ground, and can be also used as an aerospace protective material.

The invention provides a method for lowering the influence on the copper interconnection reliability from the online WAT testing. The method comprises the steps that at least one layer of to-be-tested copper interconnection structure comprising a testing component is formed on a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric barrier layer is deposited on the surface of the to-be-tested copper interconnection structure in advance, and a wafer to be tested is obtained; a testing probe penetrates through the dielectric barrier layer and keeps contact with the copper surface of the testing component, and online WAT testing is carried out on the wafer to be tested; surface activation and reduction treatment are carried out on the tested dielectric barrier layer and a small part of copper exposed after making contact with the testing probe through reducing plasma gas; the dielectric barrier layer continues to be deposited to be at the preset thickness. Through the method for combining the pre-deposited dielectric barrier layer serving as an isolation protection layer before the testing with the surface plasma activation and reduction treatment after the testing, defects in copper and dielectric materials are effectively restrained from being generated in the online WAT testing process, and the influence on the copper interconnection reliability from the online WAT testing is lowered significantly.

A sensor arrangement for a vehicle includes a sensor element and a connection cable at least partially encased with plastic by means of injection moulding in order to form a sensor housing. The sensor housing is connected to a fastening tab which comprises a base body having fastening means. The fastening tab includes an insertion sleeve which is connected to the base body and into which a sensor housing body of the sensor housing is inserted. The sensor housing and the insertion sleeve each comprise fixing means which are designed in such a manner that there are different angular positions for fixing the sensor housing and the fastening tab. The sensor housing and the fastening tab are fixed in one of the different angular positions with respect to one another.

A lightweight portable fire resistant containment system comprises an outer shell and a lid. Free surfaces of the outer shell and lid are covered to prevent ingress of hot gas. The outer shell may have an inner shell forming an insulating air gap. Outer shell, inner shell and lid are fabricated from inorganically bonded high temperature resisting ceramic fibers. The outer surface of the inner shell has a metallic infrared reflecting wrap. An encased phase change material containment absorbs heat by melting or decomposition. A wooden or plastic lightweight portable box enclosure with cover is placed within the interior surface of the containment for storage of valuable documents, photographs and magnetic media. A jump drive within the portable box preferably houses the magnetic media. When the fire resistant containment system is exposed to 1550° F. for 30 minutes the interior of lightweight portable box enclosure remains below 125° F.

This invention is a producing method of the nanometer crystal floppy magnetism alloy powder polymer mulriple electromagnetism shield body. The method adopt the technology of melting body fast curdling to produce the Fe-B-Si-Nb-Cu or the Fe-Si-Al serial of alloy squamas, and stave them to obtain the floppy magnetism alloy particulates, then anneal in vacuum; use the vacuum vaporing and plating technology to deposit a layer of polymeric opposite two methylic benzene membrane on the surface of the magnetic powders; add the magnetic powders into the polymeric monomer solution to produce the suspending system; use the pressed pieces to extrude a pressed and extended technics to produce the mentioned nanometer crystal floppy magnetism alloy powder polymer mulriple electromagnetism shield body. The technics of this invention is simple, its cost is low, the anticorrosive produced magnet has very high chemistry stability, and the magnet shield effect is improved.

A hybrid variable area fuel injector is provided. The fuel injector includes a main body portion and a head portion carried by the main body portion. The fuel injector defines a fixed area port provided by the head portion for use during low flow conditions. The fuel injector defines a variable area port for use during high flow conditions. The variable area port is provided between the main body portion and the head portion. The area of the variable area port is adjustable due to the position of the head portion relative to the main body portion. The fuel injector also includes a shield portion surrounding at least a portion of the head portion. The shield portion reduces the amount of cross-flow that impinges on the head portion to reduce heat transfer to the head portion.

A thermally protective coveralls style suit having a plurality of separate water trapping regions between the suit and a user. The suit has a front slide fastener from crotch to neck with water entry retarding arm closures at the wrists and leg closures at ankles or thighs forming water trapping regions, leaving hands and feet free for swimming. Upper and lower chest straps cooperate forming water trapping regions by blocking pocket or water exchange between upper and lower torso regions. Permissive water entry at wrists, ankles or thighs, and neck or face, without circulation or exchange to surrounding water, allows separate pockets or thin film layers of water in the upper, lower, and central torso regions to insulate the body somewhat like a wetsuit where a single film provides insulation. An optional hood is provided to form another pocket or thin film layer without water circulation. Floatation pads assist buoyancy. A jacket embodiment is truncated at the lower chest strap.

A method of improving the material properties of a composite by electrodepositing particular polymers, organic compounds or inorganic compounds onto electrically conductive fibrous substrates, whether individual fibers or as a fabric, to form composites of improved structural properties and having particular physical properties such as being ice phobic, fire resistant, or electrically conductive.

A method is disclosed for placing a satellite in an operational orbit. The satellite is equipped with its own satellite propulsion system as well as a detachable separate propulsion device. The satellite and separate propulsion device are launched into a transfer orbit by means of a space launcher. The separate propulsion device is controlled by a satellite. The satellite is transferred from the transfer orbit to an intermediate orbit by means of the separate propulsion device. The separate propulsion device is separated from the satellite in the intermediate orbit. The satellite then enters and operational orbit from the intermediate orbit by means of its own satellite propulsion system. The intermediate orbit is disposed between the transfer and operational orbits, and is in relatively close proximity to the operational orbit but is far enough away from the operational orbit to prevent possible interferences.

The invention relates to a protective device for elongated objects, and in particular a protective device for electrical wiring, fluid lines and the like in motor vehicles, having a corrugated tube (1) for receiving the elongated object, a textile layer (3) arranged on the exterior of the corrugated tube (1), as well as a metallic layer (5) arranged on the outside of the textile layer (3).