mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Detection process of a signal that is transmitted over a communication channel, said signal consisting in a sequence of a same symbol which is repeated during N sequential slots within one Transmission Time Interval, said symbol being extracted from a ternary alphabet, said process involving the steps of: - subtracting the symbol received at a certain time instant k from the following symbol received at the following time instant k+1 so as to eliminate symbol contribution and isolate the noise contribution; - estimating a noise variance v by performing said subtracting step N-1 times corresponding to a period of N symbols in the received signal and thus isolating N-1 contributions, and estimating the variance by summing squares of the N-1 contributions; - summing all consecutive received signals of the same TTI so as to isolate the transmitted signal contribution, plus some residual noise so as to generate a signal sum; - squaring said signal sum so as to obtain a chi squared distribution; - determining a threshold proportional to said variance; - comparing said threshold to a value comprising the chi squared distribution and a sign of the signal sum to determine which element of the ternary alphabet was originally transmitted over the communication channel - subtracting the symbol received at a certain time instant k from the following symbol received at the following time instant k+1 so as to eliminate symbol contribution and isolate the noise contribution; - estimating a noise variance v by performing said subtracting step N-1 times corresponding to a period of N symbols in the received signal and thus isolating N-1 contributions, and estimating the variance by summing squares of the N-1 contributions; - summing all consecutive received signals of the same TTI so as to isolate the transmitted signal contribution, plus some residual noise so as to generate a signal sum; - squaring said signal sum so as to obtain a chi squared distribution; - determining a threshold proportional to said variance; - comparing said threshold to a value comprising the chi squared distribution and a sign of the signal sum to determine which element of the ternary alphabet was originally transmitted over the communication channel
A method of facilitating flow of a flowing substance on a surface comprising a phase-changing material, the method comprising: providing a surface comprising the phase-changing material having a melting temperature and/or sublimation temperature at operating pressure lower than the flowing substance temperature; and introducing the flowing substance onto the surface, thereby causing at least a portion of the phase-changing material to locally transition from a first state to a second state, thereby forming a lubricating intermediate layer between the flowing substance and the surface. providing a surface comprising the phase-changing material having a melting temperature and/or sublimation temperature at operating pressure lower than the flowing substance temperature; and introducing the flowing substance onto the surface, thereby causing at least a portion of the phase-changing material to locally transition from a first state to a second state, thereby forming a lubricating intermediate layer between the flowing substance and the surface.
A method for determining latency across a bus coupling a field programmable gate array FPGA and a processor comprising a first counter having first clock ticks with a first incrementation rate, and a processor comprising a second counter having second clock ticks with a second incrementation rate, wherein said first and second incrementation rates are not equal, the method comprising the steps of: counting, by said first counter, a plurality of first clock ticks, wherein the plurality of clock ticks of said first counter represents an entry time of a packet in the FPGA, wherein said first clock ticks are derived from a reference clock; counting, by said second counter, a plurality of second clock ticks, wherein the plurality of clock of said second counter represents a point of time in the processing within the processor, wherein said second clock ticks are derived from the reference clock; determining a calibration offset, wherein the calibration offset is a difference in a number of counted clock ticks of the first counter measured during a calibration and a number of counted clock ticks of the second counter measured during the calibration; converting, using said first and second incrementation rates and the determined calibration offset, the plurality of first clock ticks to second clock ticks; determining the difference between the converted plurality of first clock ticks and the plurality of second clock ticks. counting, by said first counter, a plurality of first clock ticks, wherein the plurality of clock ticks of said first counter represents an entry time of a packet in the FPGA, wherein said first clock ticks are derived from a reference clock; counting, by said second counter, a plurality of second clock ticks, wherein the plurality of clock of said second counter represents a point of time in the processing within the processor, wherein said second clock ticks are derived from the reference clock; determining a calibration offset, wherein the calibration offset is a difference in a number of counted clock ticks of the first counter measured during a calibration and a number of counted clock ticks of the second counter measured during the calibration; converting, using said first and second incrementation rates and the determined calibration offset, the plurality of first clock ticks to second clock ticks; determining the difference between the converted plurality of first clock ticks and the plurality of second clock ticks.
Method for controlling an electric machine by means of an inverter, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, wherein the inverter has a plurality of controllable power switches which are designed to convert a direct voltage of a voltage source, coupled to the power switches, into an alternating voltage for supplying the electric machine with electrical energy, characterized by the steps: - switching the electric machine into an open-circuit mode by opening all the power switches of the inverter, - detecting a phase current of the electric machine, - switching over the electric machine from the open-circuit mode into a short-circuit mode as a function of a comparison of the phase current or of a first variable, which is derived from the phase current, with a first reference value, wherein in the short-circuit mode the power switches which are assigned to a first potential of the voltage source are closed, and wherein the power switches which are assigned to a second potential of the voltage source are opened, and - switching over the electric machine from the short-circuit mode into the open-circuit mode as a function of a comparison of the phase current or of a second variable, which is derived from the phase current, with a second reference value. - switching the electric machine into an open-circuit mode by opening all the power switches of the inverter, - detecting a phase current of the electric machine, - switching over the electric machine from the open-circuit mode into a short-circuit mode as a function of a comparison of the phase current or of a first variable, which is derived from the phase current, with a first reference value, wherein in the short-circuit mode the power switches which are assigned to a first potential of the voltage source are closed, and wherein the power switches which are assigned to a second potential of the voltage source are opened, and - switching over the electric machine from the short-circuit mode into the open-circuit mode as a function of a comparison of the phase current or of a second variable, which is derived from the phase current, with a second reference value.
A vacuum insulated structure, comprising: a first panel having an inner surface and an access aperture disposed therethrough; a mesh member positioned on the inner surface of the first panel; a filter member covering the mesh member to define a channel between the mesh member (30 and the filter member, wherein the channel is in fluid communication with the access aperture of the first panel; a second panel operably coupled to the first panel to define a vacuum cavity therebetween, wherein air can be drawn from the vacuum cavity through the filter member and through the channel to a vacuum port disposed over the access aperture; and an insulation material disposed in the vacuum cavity, characterized in that the mesh member covers the entire inner surface of the first panel and that the filter member covers the entire inner surface of the first panel. a first panel having an inner surface and an access aperture disposed therethrough; a mesh member positioned on the inner surface of the first panel; a filter member covering the mesh member to define a channel between the mesh member (30 and the filter member, wherein the channel is in fluid communication with the access aperture of the first panel; a second panel operably coupled to the first panel to define a vacuum cavity therebetween, wherein air can be drawn from the vacuum cavity through the filter member and through the channel to a vacuum port disposed over the access aperture; and an insulation material disposed in the vacuum cavity, characterized in that the mesh member covers the entire inner surface of the first panel and that the filter member covers the entire inner surface of the first panel.
A pultrusion process for making a pultruded strip suitable for stacking with one or more similar strips to form a spar cap for a wind turbine blade, the process comprising: drawing resin-coated reinforcing fibres through a pultrusion die in a process direction to form a core of the strip; applying further resin to one or more surfaces (54a, 54b) of the core to form a sacrificial resin layer defining an adherend surface of the strip (62a, 62b); and removing resin from the sacrificial layer to activate the adherend surface (62a, 62b). drawing resin-coated reinforcing fibres through a pultrusion die in a process direction to form a core of the strip; applying further resin to one or more surfaces (54a, 54b) of the core to form a sacrificial resin layer defining an adherend surface of the strip (62a, 62b); and removing resin from the sacrificial layer to activate the adherend surface (62a, 62b).
A fuel cell system comprising: a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell; and a fluid supply configured to supply the fuel cell with a fluid containing an antioxidant of a gaseous phase, wherein the antioxidant has a reversible redox-ability. a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell; and a fluid supply configured to supply the fuel cell with a fluid containing an antioxidant of a gaseous phase, wherein the antioxidant has a reversible redox-ability.
A floor-space saving NBC filtration system for collective protection shelters comprising: an NBC filter unit; an electric blower; a manual air exchange backup for operation during electric power failure; and a changeover valve configured for changing the NBC filtration system state between a ventilation mode, effective during normal times or conventional hazard, and an NBC protection mode, effective during NBC hazard; characterized by said NBC filtration system being fixedly contained in a space located higher than an average person height thereby saving usable floor-space, wherein at least one of said changeover valve and said manual air exchange backup is remotely operated from a location within the comfortable reach of said shelter occupants at the arm height of an average person, by usage of a human power interface (24, 94) and mechanical or electric linkage (96, 95, 70) for operation of said manual air exchange backup, and an extended state selector handle for switching the state of said changeover valve.
A method for checking a secure registration to a service provided by a web server from a communication terminal in a telecommunications network, said method comprising the following steps executed within the web server: after a communication terminal connects to the web server that prompted the user to provide an e-mail address, saving a code (CodC) dynamically generated as a match for the IP address of the communication terminal and transmitting a message containing the code (CodC) to the e-mail address provided by the user; transmitting an application (App) to the communication terminal that automatically installs the received application (App), the application being able to generate an automated test in order to distinguish computers from humans and able to transmit a response to the test directly to the web server; decrypting a response to a test generated by the application (App) that was provided by the user and transmitted from the communication terminal, the response having been encrypted with the IP address of the communication terminal and the code (CodC) contained in the message transmitted to the e-mail address provided by the user; and comparing the decrypted response with an expected response in order to allow access to the web server by the user if the decrypted response matches the expected response. after a communication terminal connects to the web server that prompted the user to provide an e-mail address, saving a code (CodC) dynamically generated as a match for the IP address of the communication terminal and transmitting a message containing the code (CodC) to the e-mail address provided by the user; transmitting an application (App) to the communication terminal that automatically installs the received application (App), the application being able to generate an automated test in order to distinguish computers from humans and able to transmit a response to the test directly to the web server; decrypting a response to a test generated by the application (App) that was provided by the user and transmitted from the communication terminal, the response having been encrypted with the IP address of the communication terminal and the code (CodC) contained in the message transmitted to the e-mail address provided by the user; and comparing the decrypted response with an expected response in order to allow access to the web server by the user if the decrypted response matches the expected response.
Laundry care appliance having a drain pump, wherein the drain pump has a suction chamber with a suction port, wherein the suction port is designed to be fluidically connectable to a suction line, a pumping pressure chamber with a pumping port, wherein the pumping port is designed to be fluidically connectable to a pumping line, and a drainage pressure chamber having a drainage port, wherein the drainage port is designed to be fluidically connectable to a drainage line, and a filter element which is accommodated in the suction chamber, wherein the filter element has a wall section which is arranged between the suction chamber and the pumping pressure chamber in order to delimit the suction chamber and the pumping pressure chamber from one another, wherein the wall section has a wall opening in order to fluidically connect the suction chamber and the pumping pressure chamber to one another, wherein the drain pump has a further partition wall which is arranged between the suction chamber and the pumping pressure chamber in order to delimit the suction chamber and the pumping pressure chamber from one another, wherein the further partition wall has a further opening, characterised in that the wall section of the filter element is accommodated in the further opening in order to ensure a fluidic seal between the further partition wall and the wall section.
A process for the reduction of nitrile groups of partially or completely hydrogenated nitrile rubber with a degree of hydrogenation, based on the C=C double bond originating from the conjugated diene, of at least 80% having a weight average molar mass Mw of from 20.000 to 1.000.000, preferably of from 100.000 to 800.000, and most preferably of from 200.000 to 500.000, as determined by gel chromatography, wherein the hydrogenated nitrile rubber is contacted with Raney-Co in the presence of hydrogen, wherein the catalyst is employed in a ratio of from 0.01 to 5.0, more preferably from 0.07 to 3, further preferably from 0.1 to 2 and most preferably from 0.2 to 1 gram of catalyst per gram of partially or completely hydrogenated nitrile rubber, wherein the reaction time is in the range of from 1 h to 72 h, preferably in the range of from 2 h to 36 h and particularly preferably in the range of from 4 h to 24 h, wherein a hydrogen pressure in the range of from 0.5 MPa to 25 MPa, preferably in the range of from 1.5 MPa to 18 MPa, more preferably in the range of from 3 MPa to 15 MPa and particularly preferably in the range of from 5 MPa to 12 MPa is applied, wherein a temperature of from 170°C to 220°C is applied, and wherein not more than 66 %, more preferably not more than 46 %, most preferably not more than 33 % of the nitrile groups of the HNBR are reduced to amino groups.
Carbon fibre-metal composite material comprising at least one carbon fibre-reinforced Thermodur composite which is at least partially enclosed by a metal in the solid physical state, Thermodur comprising compounds from the group consisting of phenolic resins, resol resins, mixtures of phenolic resins and resol resins, and polymers from the group of carbosilanes, and the metal being taken from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, copper, zinc, iron or steel or the alloys thereof, characterised in that a. the carbon fibre-reinforced Thermodur composite is contained in the metal in a non-positive manner due to different thermal expansion coefficients when the metal is cooled from the melting point to the ambient temperature, and b. the metal penetrates into the naturally existing surface irregularities of the Thermodur composite and said composite is thus held in a positive manner, c. the Thermodur prevents direct contact between the carbon fibre reinforcement and the metal, and d. the metal is connected to the carbon fibre-reinforced matrix. a. the carbon fibre-reinforced Thermodur composite is contained in the metal in a non-positive manner due to different thermal expansion coefficients when the metal is cooled from the melting point to the ambient temperature, and b. the metal penetrates into the naturally existing surface irregularities of the Thermodur composite and said composite is thus held in a positive manner, c. the Thermodur prevents direct contact between the carbon fibre reinforcement and the metal, and d. the metal is connected to the carbon fibre-reinforced matrix.
An extensible dispensing wand for washing devices which comprises at least a first tubular section a first end of which is connectable to a gripping and support body of a supply conduit of a pressurized washing fluid and a second end that is open and able to telescopically receive a second section connectable, at an end external of the first section, to a dispensing nozzle, where the first section comprises a connector at the first end thereof, and the second section comprises a further connector at an internal end thereof, resolvable blocking means being provided to reciprocally block the first section and the second section, characterised in that it comprises a flexible conduit which connects, internally of the first section, the connector of the first section with the further connector of the second section, a length of the flexible conduit being such as to enable formation, internally of the first section of a ring-conformed loop even when the second section is completely extracted from the first tract, characterized in that, when the second section is fully retracted into the first section, the conduit, still bent in a ring, is arranged at the side of the second section, with this arrangement of the flexible conduit the water pressure internally thereof causes the dilation of the loop and the subsequent recall of the second section internally of the first section.
A method for selective operator guidance for operator inputs in a domestic appliance, comprising the following steps: - providing a panel component comprising a sensor layer which is covered by a cover layer, which extends areally, and which is configured to detect operator inputs in the form of operator gestures, wherein the sensor layer is sectionally activatable, wherein the panel component comprises a basic configuration and can be controlled variant-specifically, - defining a present input mode, comprising: - flexibly, software-based or circuit-based, allocating at least one defined field to be evaluated, which corresponds to a portion of the sensor layer, for operator inputs in the form of operator gestures, on the sensor layer, depending on the desired input mode, and - detecting and evaluating operator inputs in the field to be evaluated. - providing a panel component comprising a sensor layer which is covered by a cover layer, which extends areally, and which is configured to detect operator inputs in the form of operator gestures, wherein the sensor layer is sectionally activatable, wherein the panel component comprises a basic configuration and can be controlled variant-specifically, - defining a present input mode, comprising: - flexibly, software-based or circuit-based, allocating at least one defined field to be evaluated, which corresponds to a portion of the sensor layer, for operator inputs in the form of operator gestures, on the sensor layer, depending on the desired input mode, and - detecting and evaluating operator inputs in the field to be evaluated. - flexibly, software-based or circuit-based, allocating at least one defined field to be evaluated, which corresponds to a portion of the sensor layer, for operator inputs in the form of operator gestures, on the sensor layer, depending on the desired input mode, and - detecting and evaluating operator inputs in the field to be evaluated.
A hose for attachment to a dispensing cartridge for placement in a peristaltic pump and for stretching over a rotor of the peristaltic pump and conveying a medium by external mechanical deformation of the hose, said hose being produced by an injection molding process and having a length of preferably from 20 mm to 200 mm, and thickenings being formed at both ends of the hose, whereby the distance between the thickenings is between 40 mm and 100 mm, characterized in that the hose has an internal cross-sectional area of from 0.07 to 7.07 mm 2 and a wall thickness of from 0.3 mm to 2.2 mm, preferably from 0.3 to 1.5 mm, the internal cross-sectional area has a tolerance of not more than ± 33% and the hose is suitable for closing completely when stretched over the rotor with a tension force of 1 to 10 N. said hose being produced by an injection molding process and having a length of preferably from 20 mm to 200 mm, and thickenings being formed at both ends of the hose, whereby the distance between the thickenings is between 40 mm and 100 mm, characterized in that the hose has an internal cross-sectional area of from 0.07 to 7.07 mm 2 and a wall thickness of from 0.3 mm to 2.2 mm, preferably from 0.3 to 1.5 mm, the internal cross-sectional area has a tolerance of not more than ± 33% and the hose is suitable for closing completely when stretched over the rotor with a tension force of 1 to 10 N.
A pourable or blowable loose-fill insulation product comprising: a) glass fiber insulation wool, said glass fiber insulation wool comprising a plurality of glass fibers each having hydroxyl groups on the surface thereof; b) an aminoalkylsilane modifying agent chemically interacting with said hydroxyl groups which promotes hydrolytic resistance in said glass fiber insulation wool; and wherein said modifying agent comprises less than 25% monomeric units. a) glass fiber insulation wool, said glass fiber insulation wool comprising a plurality of glass fibers each having hydroxyl groups on the surface thereof; b) an aminoalkylsilane modifying agent chemically interacting with said hydroxyl groups which promotes hydrolytic resistance in said glass fiber insulation wool; and