The present application discloses a liquid seal method for on-off of gas pipeline and a device thereof, wherein a liquid-sealed U-shaped container being provided in the gas pipeline that requires to perform on-off control; a lifting mechanism using a leading screw controls the slider having a certain volume to immerse in or leave the liquid so as to raise or lower the liquid level. The U-shaped container has a structure with a wide top and a narrow bottom, the space of the U-shaped container is divided into two spaces with different sizes by a separating plate, and a liftable liquid-occupying device is located at the space having a larger volume; the upper and lower parts of the slider are tapered; and the driving device can be motor or hand wheel.

A fluid check-valve for venting gas from a fluidic system comprises a retention body defining a fluid aperture having an upstream side and a downstream side, a hydrophilic porous material held by the retention body and disposed to cover the fluid aperture, and a hydrophobic porous material held by the retention body and disposed to cover the fluid aperture and adjacent the hydrophilic porous material. One face of the hydrophilic porous material is in fluid communication with the upstream side of the aperture, and one face of the hydrophobic porous material is in fluid communication with the downstream side of the aperture. The hydrophilic porous material is configured to retain liquid from the upstream side to hinder passage of gas from the downstream side to the upstream side, and the hydrophobic porous material is configured to hinder passage of liquid from the upstream side to the downstream side.

A fluid check-valve for venting gas from a fluidic system comprises a retention body defining a fluid aperture having an upstream side and a downstream side, a hydrophilic porous material held by the retention body and disposed to cover the fluid aperture, and a hydrophobic porous material held by the retention body and disposed to cover the fluid aperture and adjacent the hydrophilic porous material. One face of the hydrophilic porous material is in fluid communication with the upstream side of the aperture, and one face of the hydrophobic porous material is in fluid communication with the downstream side of the aperture. The hydrophilic porous material is configured to retain liquid from the upstream side to hinder passage of gas from the downstream side to the upstream side, and the hydrophobic porous material is configured to hinder passage of liquid from the upstream side to the downstream side.

Disclosed is to an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes an integrated master cylinder having a simulation chamber, a first master chamber, and a second master chamber arranged in order from a side of a brake pedal, wherein the integrated master cylinder includes a simulation piston provided to be displaceable by the brake pedal to pressurize the simulation chamber, a first master piston configured to pressurize the first master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the simulation piston, a second master piston configured to pressurize the second master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first master piston, and an elastic member interposed between the simulation piston and the first master piston to provide the brake pedal with a reaction force.

Disclosed herein an electronic brake system includes a hydraulic pressure supply device including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber partitioned by a hydraulic piston, and a hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic control unit comprises a first hydraulic flow path connecting the first pressure chamber and one of the first and second hydraulic circuits, a second hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path to connect to the other one of the first and second hydraulic circuits, a third hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path on upstream side of a branch point of the second hydraulic flow path to connect the second pressure chamber, and a fourth hydraulic flow path branched from the first hydraulic flow path on upstream side of a branch point of the third hydraulic flow path to connect the third hydraulic flow path.

Provided is an electronic brake system including: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; an integrated master cylinder including a simulation chamber, a simulation piston provided in the simulation chamber to be displaceable by a brake pedal, a master chamber, a master piston provided in the master chamber to be displaceable by a displacement of the simulation piton or a hydraulic pressure of the simulation chamber, an elastic member provided between the simulation piston and the master piston, a piston spring elastically supporting the master piston, a simulation flow path connecting the simulation chamber to the reservoir, and a simulator valve provided in the simulation flow path to control a flow of a pressurized medium; a hydraulic pressure providing unit provided to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of the brake pedal; a hydraulic pressure control unit including a first hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to two wheel cylinders, and a second hydraulic circuit provided to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred to other two wheel cylinders; an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal; a backup flow path connecting the simulation chamber to the first hydraulic circuit; an auxiliary backup flow path connecting the master chamber to the backup flow path; and an inspection valve provided in the auxiliary backup flow path to control a flow of the pressurized medium.

A work machine includes an operation intention determining section that determines whether or not an operator has an intention of operating an operation member based on a state change of the operation member, a current supply section that supplies a current to a solenoid valve device based on an operation of the operation member, and a current control section that permits supply of a standby current from the current supply section to the solenoid valve device when it has been determined by an operation position determining section that the operation member is disposed within a preset neutral range and it has been determined by the operation intention determining section that there is an intention of operating the operation member, the standby current being lower than a current of the time when a hydraulic actuator starts driving.

A work machine includes an operation intention determining section that determines whether or not an operator has an intention of operating an operation member based on a state change of the operation member, a current supply section that supplies a current to a solenoid valve device based on an operation of the operation member, and a current control section that permits supply of a standby current from the current supply section to the solenoid valve device when it has been determined by an operation position determining section that the operation member is disposed within a preset neutral range and it has been determined by the operation intention determining section that there is an intention of operating the operation member, the standby current being lower than a current of the time when a hydraulic actuator starts driving.

A method for the fail-safe termination of in vivo drug delivery from an implantable drug delivery system, the method comprising: providing an implantable drug delivery system comprising: a housing having a reservoir for containing a drug, and a port for dispensing the drug to a patient; and an emergency deactivation unit disposed between the reservoir and the port, the emergency deactivation unit comprising a composite structure comprising a biocompatible ferromagnetic mesh open to fluid flow and a hydrophobic meltable material, the hydrophobic meltable material comprising at least one hole therein for enabling a fluid to pass through the hydrophobic meltable material; implanting the implantable drug delivery system within a patient; enabling the drug to flow from the reservoir, through the at least one hole in the hydrophobic meltable material and out the port; and when drug flow is to be terminated, applying a magnetic field to the composite structure, such that a current is induced in the ferromagnetic mesh which heats the ferromagnetic mesh and melts the hydrophobic meltable material, thereby closing the at least one hole in the hydrophobic meltable material and blocking drug delivery to the patient.

A method for the fail-safe termination of in vivo drug delivery from an implantable drug delivery system, the method comprising: providing an implantable drug delivery system comprising: a housing having a reservoir for containing a drug, and a port for dispensing the drug to a patient; and an emergency deactivation unit disposed between the reservoir and the port, the emergency deactivation unit comprising a composite structure comprising a biocompatible ferromagnetic mesh open to fluid flow and a hydrophobic meltable material, the hydrophobic meltable material comprising at least one hole therein for enabling a fluid to pass through the hydrophobic meltable material; implanting the implantable drug delivery system within a patient; enabling the drug to flow from the reservoir, through the at least one hole in the hydrophobic meltable material and out the port; and when drug flow is to be terminated, applying a magnetic field to the composite structure, such that a current is induced in the ferromagnetic mesh which heats the ferromagnetic mesh and melts the hydrophobic meltable material, thereby closing the at least one hole in the hydrophobic meltable material and blocking drug delivery to the patient.