Method and arrangement for providing a powertrain ( 1, 3, 9 ) for motor vehicles that includes an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) and a stagegeared gearbox ( 9 ), which has a direct gear and an indirect gear with intermeshing toothed gears ( 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 ,). A control element ( 45, 48 ) is configured, in response to an input signal indicating that a direct gear is engage...

Method and arrangement for providing a powertrain ( 1, 3, 9 ) for motor vehicles that includes an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) and a stagegeared gearbox ( 9 ), which has a direct gear and an indirect gear with intermeshing toothed gears ( 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 ,). A control element ( 45, 48 ) is configured, in response to an input signal indicating that a direct gear is engage...

A composite article includes an acrylic layer, a UV-cured layer formed from a UV-curable composition, and a polyurethane backing layer. A method of forming the composite article includes applying the UV-curable composition to the acrylic layer such that the composition is between the acrylic layer and the polyurethane backing layer to enhance bonding between these layers. The UV-curable compositio...

A method of content distribution over a communication network comprising the steps of: an End User sending a request to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access content from a Web site, via a local network interconnecting said End User to said ISP; said ISP forwarding said request to a Web Server maintaining said Web site; and said Web Server: obtaining information regarding said local network...

A flexible duct construction and method of manufacture is provided in which the duct is formed from a continuously wound elongate member comprising a core of insulating material, a reinforcing wire element and a casing comprising a strip of substrate material extending around the core and the reinforcing element. In the preferred method of manufacture, adhesive is applied to one side of the strip ...

A clamp for connecting a cylindrical temperature sensor axis-parallel with a tube has a bendable metallic tension band which tension band on its one end portion has a first jaw and at its other end section is shapewise connectable with a second jaw, and which clamp also has a tension screw. The tension screw is inserted through a bore in the first jaw and is threaded through a threaded bore in the...

Connection device for application of one or more measurement and/or operating devices is connectable an upstream pipe conduit and selectively additionally with a downstream pipe conduit. It is also connectable with a through passage aperture (1) and in a connecting area to several fitment devices (2) for application of one or more of the measurement and/or operating devices. The height of the conn...

A radio controlled clock includes a main unit and interchangeable antenna modules. The main unit includes an operating circuit and contacts. The circuit has a CPU and decoders for decoding RF time signals having different carrier frequencies received by the modules. The decoders are connected to the contacts. Each module has a body connectable to main unit body, an operating circuit, and contacts ...

The device has a multi-pole breaker with a contact system per pole, an actuating mechanism connected to a switch shaft and a remote drive block with a motor-gearbox unit for operating a pivot lever, an indication lever (20), a locking sliding element and a transfer arrangement for detecting the shaft position with a transfer rod (32) linked to the indication lever and to the switch rod of an auxil...

A three part laminated material for use in making blister packages and a method of making such a material. The material is comprised of a central core layer of fluoro- polymer based sheet material to each side of which a separate polymer film is adhesively attached. These separate films may be symmetrical or asymmetrical as regards each other. In the preferred embodiment, each of the polymer elms ...

A method for gene mapping from genotype and phenotype data utilizes linkage disequilibrium between genetic markers mi, which are polymorphic nucleic acid or protein sequences or strings of single-nucleotide polymorphisms deriving from a chromosomal region. All marker patterns P that satisfy a certain pattern evaluation function e(P) are searched from the data, each marker mi of the data is scored ...

An apparatus for facilitating fusion of adjacent vertebral portions includes an implant member dimensioned for positioning between adjacent vertebral portions and defining a longitudinal axis. The implant member includes an outer member having an exterior wall defining an internal cavity and a clip receiving opening subtending a peripheral portion of the exterior wall, an inner member telescopical...

A method of treating residual acid from production of chlorine dioxide is described. The method is characterized in that a compound containing iron is added to the residual acid to react therewith and form a product, which contains iron in trivalent form. As iron compound preferably ferrous sulphate is added, which under oxidation reacts with the residual acid to form ferric salt. Preferably sodiu...

The toy building set comprises several elongated components formed by wooden boards with their fiber direction running longitudinally and recesses in at least one end part in opposing narrow edges for forming knot timbering heads. Each building component has a neck between the recesses and the head. The knot timbering head incorporates a separte wooden component (50) which is connected with the ne...

A safety kit 10 is provided for use with a flexible hose 2 for interconnecting a portable tank 14 with a another tank 12 to transmit fluids between the tanks. The safety kit includes a control housing 5 adapted for securing to one end of the hose, and a cable support housing 36 for securing to the opposing end of the hose. A valve member 20 is moveable relative to a seating surface for opening and...