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A vibrating gyro element that is formed of a piezoelectric material having a trigonal crystal structure and having a trigonal axis with respect to the Y-axis, includes a base portion, a detection arm extending in the Y-axis direction from one side of the base portion, and a pair of drive arms extending from the detection arm. One of the pair of drive arms extends in a direction at an angle of substantially +120 degrees with respect to the Y-axis direction. The other of the pair of drive arms extends in a direction at an angle of substantially −120 degrees with respect to the Y-axis direction. The drive arms exist on substantially the same plane as the base portion and the detection arm.

A vehicle control system includes: a chemical storage unit 110 such as a lithium ion battery; a physical storage unit 120 such as a capacitor; an inverter 140 that is driven upon receiving a direct current from the storage units 110 and 120; and a motor 150 that is driven upon receiving an alternating current output from the inverter 140. The vehicle control system comprises: a position determination unit 180 for determining, based on present position information acquired by a present position information acquisition unit 170, whether a vehicle is approaching a parking position indicated by parking position information 161; and a control unit 190 for, when the vehicle is determined to be approaching the parking position, controlling the use of the electric power of the physical storage unit 120, such as charging the chemical storage unit 110 with electric power from the physical storage unit 120.

Rotor assembly for an electrical machine, wherein a body of generally cylindrical shape having an inner opening for coaxially mounting the body on a shaft, permanent magnets embedded in said body, wherein at least one of the permanent magnets is split in at least two magnet sections which extend from about the inner opening towards the outer periphery of the body and are inclined towards a plane, which extends in a radial direction of the body.

A golf club (40) having a club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft body (61) is disclosed herein. The face component (60) has a striking plate portion (72) and a return portion (74). The aft-body (61) is composed of a crown portion (62), a sole portion (64) and optionally a ribbon section (90). The face component (60) is composed of a metal material, and the aft-body (61) is composed of a non-metal material such as a composite material or a thermoplastic material. The striking plate portion (72) preferably has an aspect ratio less than 1.7. The striking plate portion (72) preferably has concentric regions of thickness with the thickness portion in the center (102). The club head (42) has a volume in the range of 290 cubic centimeters to 600 cubic centimeters, a weight in the range of 165 grams to 300 grams, and a striking plate portion (72) surface area in the range of 4.00 square inches to 7.50 square inches. The golf club head (42) has a coefficient of restitution greater than 0.81 under test conditions such as the USGA test conditions specified pursuant to Rule 4-1e, Appendix II, of the Rules of Golf for 1998-1999.

At all points Pa included in zone “A” away from the central point of the core 4 at a distance of 1 mm or greater and less than 5 mm, the following mathematical expression (I) is satisfied, and at any point Pb included in zone “B” away from the central point of the core 4 at a distance of 5 mm or greater and 10 mm or less, the following mathematical expression (II) is satisfied.

Ha2−Ha1<5  (I)

Hb2−Hb1≧5  (II)

Ha1 represents the hardness at a point Pa1 that is located inside the point Pa along the radial direction and away from the point Pa at a distance of 1 mm, and Ha2 represents the hardness at a point Pa2 that is located outside the point Pa along the radial direction and away from the point Pa at a distance of 1 mm. Hb1 represents the hardness at a point Pb1 that is located inside the point Pb along the radial direction and away from the point Pb at a distance of 1 mm, and Hb2 represents the hardness at a point Pb2 that is located outside the point Pb along the radial direction and away from the point Pb at a distance of 1 mm.

A corona igniter (20) includes an ignition coil (26) providing a high voltage energy to an electrode. The coil (26) is disposed in a housing (34) and electrically isolated by a coil filler (36) and a capacitance reducing component (38) which together improve energy efficiency of the system. The coil filler (36) includes an insulating resin permeating the coil (26). The capacitance reducing component (38) has a permittivity not greater than 6, for example ambient air, pressurized gas, insulating oil, or a low permittivity solid. The capacitance reducing compound (38) surrounds the coil (26) and other components and fills the remaining housing volume. The coil filler (36) has a filler volume and the capacitance reducing component (38) has a component volume greater than the filler volume.

A rolling-element bearing includes an inner ring made of steel and having an inner-ring raceway, an outer ring having an outer ring raceway, and ceramic rolling elements which roll on the inner-ring raceway and on the outer-ring raceway. The inner ring has been subjected to a heat treatment to harden it. The heat treatment is concluded with the performance of a final heat-treatment step at a predetermined temperature. In the inner ring, compressive residual stresses are formed in an outer layer by cold working in the region of the inner-ring raceway. The inner ring also has been subjected to a bluing treatment.

The present invention involves a golf tee used in the game of golf. The golf spike offers a variety of benefits to a golfer's swing and the game. The flexible top structure offers the golfer's swing less impact due to the flexible outer walls of the cavity which offer reduced resistance and less energy loss at the point of impact. Thus, allowing the ball to be driven further. These tees are more durable than the average tee. This present invention can be constructed from single or multiple component parts. The preferred embodiment includes a tapered rigid shaft connected to a flexible cup-shaped structure with a rim which holds the golf ball. The flexible top structure benefits the golfer by allowing for slight distortions and still holds the ball in place. The flexible cup like structure can further act as a space to house advertising media. The golf spike can be manufactured from a variety of materials such as, but not limited to, plastic, metal, wood, hard and pliable composites, foam or from any other material that will benefit the design concept and intent.

A rotary engine includes separate chambers for receiving pressurized air and fuel. An air chamber stories pressurized air that is routed into a combustion chamber to be mixed with fuel for combustion to drive a piston. The combustion chamber is forced open during a firing cycle to allow expanding gases into a piston chamber. A valve door serves as a base against which the expanding gases react to force a piston in a forward direction. The piston is coupled to a crank shaft which may in turn be coupled to a transmission or other power drive device to harness energy created by the turning crankshaft. A lifter includes a gear that rotates to raise and lower the valve door such that it moves towards and away from the crankshaft to optimize the amount of energy that is directed against the piston. Through series of multiplier gears, the amount of movement necessary to lift the door is minimal.

The invention relates to an MVR (Mechanical Vapor Recompression) continuous evaporating crystallizing system. The system comprises a raw material inlet, a water compensating inlet, a preheater, a climbing film evaporator, an air-liquid separator, a compressor, a pipeline heater, a crystallizing separator and four control circuits; an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet and a third outlet are formed in the air-liquid separator; the preheater is connected with the climbing film evaporator through a pipeline; the climbing film evaporator is connected with the inlet of the air-liquid separator; the compressor is connected between the air-liquid separator and the climbing film evaporator through a steam conveying pipeline; a circulating evaporator is connected between the second outlet and the inlet; cooing water subjected to heat exchange through the climbing film evaporator and cooling water subjected to heat exchange through the circulating evaporator are treated as heat sources of the preheater; the cooling water output end of the preheater and the water supplementing inlet are used for compensating water to the system together; the crystallizing separator is connected with the third outlet of the air-liquid separator; the four control circuits are arranged in the system. The system has optimal and stable parameters, achieves water saving, energy saving and raw-material saving effects and also has a good crystallizing effect.

The stimulated Brillouin scattering optical amplifier includes a first control optics assembly, a driver element, a second control optics assembly, a Brillouin active medium, and egressing optics. The first control optics assembly receives an incoming laser beam and adjusts that incoming laser beam in accordance with first desired wavelength, polarization and beam propagation parameters. A driver element produces a driver laser beam. A second control optics assembly receives the driver laser beam and adjusts that driver laser beam in accordance with second desired wavelength, polarization and beam propagation parameters. A Brillouin active medium receives an output from the first control optics assembly and an output from the second control optics assembly. The Brillouin active medium provides a non-linear optical interaction between the outputs such that the incoming laser beam is amplified producing an amplified Brillouin active medium output laser beam and a depleted driver laser beam. Egressing optics receives the amplified Brillouin active medium output laser beam and the depleted driver laser beam. The egressing optics controllably transmits the amplified Brillouin active medium output laser beam in accordance with third desired wavelength, polarization, and beam propagation parameters and prevents transmission of the depleted driver laser beam. The output of the egressing optics includes an amplified egressing optics output laser beam.

In a method for detecting the freezing of water within a fuel cell, precise detection can be performed using a phenomenon specific to the time when water starts to freeze to allow a reduction in erroneous activation. Detection at an early stage after the start of freezing is allowed, and hence measures can be taken against an output reduction before the water within the fuel cell completely freezes.

A sealed monolithic photo-electrochemical system (1) comprising an electrically insulating substrate (2), an electrically conducting pattern (3) including carrier areas (4) arranged to support working electrodes (12), contact portions (10) connected to counter electrodes (14), a first set of contact paths (5) connecting said carrier areas (4) with a first terminal (6), and a second set of contact paths (7) connecting said contact portions (10) with a second terminal (8), the system furthermore comprises an array of porous structures (111-112n) arranged on said substrate (2), where each porous structure (11) comprises a working electrode (12), an insulating layer (13) and a counter electrode (14), an electrolyte at least partially filled in said porous structures (111-112n) for forming a plurality of electrochemical cells and an encapsulation covering said array of porous structures (111-112n) and a method for manufacturing a sealed monolithic electrochemical system.

An axial bearing between a first part and a second part that presses with an axial load against the first part and can rotate around a rotation axis relative to the first part comprising a circular or arc-shaped ridge on the first part centered around the rotation axis, a pressure source for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid on a first side of the circular or arc-shaped ridge, an adjustable gap between the circular or arc shaped ridge and a bearing surface on the second part, wherein the pressurized hydraulic fluid flows through the adjustable gap to a second side of the circular or arc-shaped ridge. In accordance with the invention the circular or arc-shaped ridge or the bearing surface include a ridge chamber for locally creating a larger adjustable gap between the circular or arc-shaped ridge and the bearing surface.

An autonomously movable agricultural vehicle for agricultural applications, a method for controlling the autonomously movable agricultural vehicle, and software for managing the autonomously movable agricultural vehicle. The autonomously movable agricultural vehicle includes a motor to drive the vehicle and a battery to supply energy to the motor. The autonomously movable agricultural vehicle also includes a control circuit to control the motor to adjust the speed of the vehicle, wherein the control circuit is configured to set the speed of the vehicle, wherein energy drawn from the battery over a predefined distance is minimal.