mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Contact module (3, 3') for an electrical connector element (1, 1') having at least one contact element receiving member for receiving an electrical contact element, the contact module (3, 3') being constructed so as to be able to be introduced with a rear end at the front in an introduction direction into a module shaft of a housing (2, 2') of the connector element (1, 1') and having at least one counter-catch element (38, 38') in order to secure the contact module (3, 3') against being pulled out of the module shaft counter to the introduction direction, wherein the at least one counter-catch element (38, 38') is arranged at the rear end, characterised in that the at least one counter-catch element (38, 38') is arranged at least partially in a pocket which is formed on the contact module (3, 3'), wherein side walls (36a, 36b) of the contact module (3, 3') extending substantially parallel with the introduction direction at least partially flank the at least one counter-catch element (38, 38') and wherein the at least one counter-catch element (38, 38') is arranged between two rows (30a, 30b) of contact receiving members, which extend substantially parallel with the introduction direction and which are arranged beside each other in a transverse direction of the connector element (1, 1') said transverse direction extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the introduction direction, wherein each contact receiving member extends substantially parallel with a vertical direction of the connector element, the vertical direction extending substantially perpendicular to the introduction direction and to the transverse direction.
An apparatus for managing the control of an electrical device, said electrical device being suitable for being controlled by infrared control signals (IR_Cmd) from an infrared remote control associated with the electrical device, said control management apparatus including an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and an interface module able to receive control signals (Tiers_Cmd) sent by a third-party management system, said control management apparatus being suitable for being placed opposite an infrared reception module of the electrical device so as to receive, on the infrared receiver, any infrared control signal (IR_Cmd) from said remote control and to prevent any infrared control signal (IR_Cmd) from said infrared remote control from directly reaching the infrared reception module, and including a controller able to control the transmission to said electrical device, via the infrared transmitter, of infrared control signals generated from infrared control signals (IR_Cmd) received by the infrared receiver or control signals (Tiers_Cmd) received by the interface module, based on a set of compatibility and/or priority rules relative to the execution of the received control signals.
A method for assessing the presence or absence of lesion(s) in an image, comprising a) establishing at least one starting point representative for a lesion in the image, b) selecting at least one starting point, estimating a subset of the image corresponding to a candidate lesion by growing q isocurves around the starting point, q being an integer of at least 1, until the periphery of the candidate lesion area is established, the isocurves being grown from a vector of one or more visibility features, c) determining a visibility feature value of the visibility of the candidate lesion area, the visibility feature value being determined from a visibility feature different from the visibility features used for growing in step b), and comparing the visibility feature value of the visibility of the candidate lesion area with a predetermined threshold, d) classifying the candidate lesion area detected in b) with respect to the predetermined threshold as a visible lesion or not, e) optionally repeating steps b) to d) until all candidate lesion areas have been classified. a) establishing at least one starting point representative for a lesion in the image, b) selecting at least one starting point, estimating a subset of the image corresponding to a candidate lesion by growing q isocurves around the starting point, q being an integer of at least 1, until the periphery of the candidate lesion area is established, the isocurves being grown from a vector of one or more visibility features, c) determining a visibility feature value of the visibility of the candidate lesion area, the visibility feature value being determined from a visibility feature different from the visibility features used for growing in step b), and comparing the visibility feature value of the visibility of the candidate lesion area with a predetermined threshold, d) classifying the candidate lesion area detected in b) with respect to the predetermined threshold as a visible lesion or not, e) optionally repeating steps b) to d) until all candidate lesion areas have been classified.
A biopsy needle assembly configured for use with a tissue biopsy device, the biopsy needle assembly comprising: an outer tubular member comprising a distal end portion configured to sever a first portion of a tissue sample; and a cutting member (120, 120') slidably disposed within the outer tubular member, wherein the cutting member (120, 120') comprises a distal end portion (122, 122'), and wherein the distal end portion (122, 122') of the cutting member (120, 120') is configured to displace inward to sever a second portion of the tissue sample, wherein the distal end portion (122, 122') of the cutting member (120, 120') further comprises one or more sectioning elements (124, 124'), and wherein displacement of a portion of at least one of the sectioning elements (124, 124') toward a central axis of the cutting member (120, 120') is configured to sever the second portion of the tissue sample, characterized in that, the cutting member (120, 120') further comprises a spiral cut disposed proximal of the one or more sectioning elements (124, 124'), wherein the spiral cut is configured to longitudinally compress in response to relative displacement of the outer tubular member in relation to the cutting member (120, 120'), the compression of the spiral cut is configured to rotate the one or more sectioning elements (124, 124') around the central axis of the cutting member (120, 120'). an outer tubular member comprising a distal end portion configured to sever a first portion of a tissue sample; and a cutting member (120, 120') slidably disposed within the outer tubular member, wherein the cutting member (120, 120') comprises a distal end portion (122, 122'), and wherein the distal end portion (122, 122') of the cutting member (120, 120') is configured to displace inward to sever a second portion of the tissue sample, wherein the distal end portion (122, 122') of the cutting member (120, 120') further comprises one or more sectioning elements (124, 124'), and wherein displacement of a portion of at least one of the sectioning elements (124, 124') toward a central axis of the cutting member (120, 120') is configured to sever the second portion of the tissue sample, characterized in that, the cutting member (120, 120') further comprises a spiral cut disposed proximal of the one or more sectioning elements (124, 124'), wherein the spiral cut is configured to longitudinally compress in response to relative displacement of the outer tubular member in relation to the cutting member (120, 120'), the compression of the spiral cut is configured to rotate the one or more sectioning elements (124, 124') around the central axis of the cutting member (120, 120').
Method for managing the recharging of an energy storer of a motor vehicle comprising a thermal engine in operation, a first non-thermal driving source coupled to the thermal engine and to at least one first wheel of the motor vehicle, as well as a second non-thermal drive source coupled to at least one second wheel of the motor vehicle, the first source non-thermal motor and the second non-thermal motor source each being capable of exchanging energy with said energy store, the management method comprising a step of prohibiting the exceeding of a value of so-called shedding recharging torque (Vd) for recharging the energy storer by the sum of the torques (Cel1, Cel2) of the first and second non-thermal driving sources (102, 104), the management method being characterized in that it comprises a step of controlling an overall torque at the wheels n negative, this overall torque being distributed between the at least one first wheel and the at least one second wheel, a step of detecting an overrun of the recharging torque value (Vd) that can be relieved by the torque of the second non-thermal driving source and, in response to said step of detecting, a step of limiting the torque generated by the first non-thermal driving source and of authorizing exceeding of said recharging torque value (Vd) which can be shed by the sum of the torques (Cel1, Cel2) of the first and second non-thermal driving sources (102, 104) for recharging the energy storer.
An exhaust purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine, in which cylinders are divided into a pair of cylinder groups (1, 2), exhaust gas exhausted from each cylinder group (1, 2) is exhausted to a common catalyst, and, when said catalyst should be held in a raised temperature state, an average air-fuel ratio of one cylinder group (1; 2) is made rich and an average air-fuel ratio of other cylinder group (2; 1) is made lean so that an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into said catalyst becomes the substantially stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, wherein at least two different target air-fuel ratios are preset for each operating state of the engine for the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said one cylinder group (1; 2) when the average air-fuel ratio is to be made rich, at least two different target air-fuel ratios are preset for each operating state of the engine for the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said other cylinder group (2; 1) when the average air-fuel ratio is to be made lean, and the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said one cylinder group (1; 2) is made a target air-fuel ratio selected from the corresponding at least two said target air-fuel ratios corresponding to the operating state of the engine and differing among at least part of the cylinders of said one cylinder group (1; 2) and the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said other cylinder group (2; 1) is made a target air-fuel ratio selected from the corresponding at least two said target air-fuel ratios corresponding to the operating state of the engine and differing among at least part of the cylinders of said other cylinder group (2; 1) so that the temperature of said catalyst is made to become a predetermined target temperature, characterised in that the at least two target air-fuel ratios preset corresponding to the operating states of the engine for the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said one cylinder group (1; 2) are comprised of a first target rich air-fuel ratio and a second target rich air-fuel ratio with a rich degree higher than said first target rich air-fuel ratio, the at least two target air-fuel ratios preset corresponding to the operating states of the engine for the air-fuel ratio of each cylinder of said other cylinder group (2; 1) are comprised of a first target lean air-fuel ratio and a second target lean air fuel ratio with a lean degree higher than said first target lean air-fuel ratio, an average value of the first target rich air-fuel ratio and first target lean air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and an average value of the second target rich air-fuel ratio and second target lean air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.
A method of transmitting RLC data, the method comprising: detecting an expiry of a poll retransmit timer, characterized in that the method comprises the further steps of further detecting whether a positive or negative acknowledgement for a RLC data PDU was not received, the further detecting step being performed until a next transmission opportunity; if the positive or negative acknowledgement was not detected or received, setting a polling bit in the RLC data PDU; and transmitting the RLC data PDU having the polling bit set therein. detecting an expiry of a poll retransmit timer, characterized in that the method comprises the further steps of further detecting whether a positive or negative acknowledgement for a RLC data PDU was not received, the further detecting step being performed until a next transmission opportunity; if the positive or negative acknowledgement was not detected or received, setting a polling bit in the RLC data PDU; and transmitting the RLC data PDU having the polling bit set therein.
Sowing coulter for a seed drill having metering elements from which the material to be dispensed is fed to the sowing coulters in settable quantities via seed lines, wherein the sowing coulter has a coulter body and is in the form of a double-disc coulter with two coulter discs arranged in a V-shape with respect to one another, wherein the coulter body is fastened to the frame of the seed drill by means of a holder and has a furrow former connected releasably to the holder of the coulter body via a connecting device, wherein the connecting device has, between the holder and the furrow former, a conical or wedge-shaped connecting region with a connecting element connecting the furrow former to the holder, characterized in that the connecting device between the holder and the furrow former is arranged and oriented between the coulter discs by way of the connecting element such that the connecting element is releasable and fixable from below with the sowing coulter raised.
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining that a first balloon is at a location associated with a legally-defined geographic area, wherein a balloon network provides service in a plurality of legally-defined geographic areas, and wherein an area profile identifies geographically-restricted data that must not be removed from the legally-defined geographic area; determining that the first balloon contains at least some of the geographically-restricted data; determining that the first balloon is likely to move out of the legally-defined geographic area; and responsively removing the geographically-restricted data from the memory of the first balloon. determining that a first balloon is at a location associated with a legally-defined geographic area, wherein a balloon network provides service in a plurality of legally-defined geographic areas, and wherein an area profile identifies geographically-restricted data that must not be removed from the legally-defined geographic area; determining that the first balloon contains at least some of the geographically-restricted data; determining that the first balloon is likely to move out of the legally-defined geographic area; and responsively removing the geographically-restricted data from the memory of the first balloon.
Security adapter (1, 1') comprising an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, wherein the inner sleeve has at a first sleeve end region a fastening thread provided for connection to a first fluid line portion and has at a second sleeve end region an outer thread provided as a movement thread, which outer thread can be screwed with an inner thread of the outer sleeve, and wherein the inner sleeve is screwed by way of the outer thread thereof into the inner thread of the outer sleeve in a screwed-in end position such that a stop surface on the inner sleeve bears against a counter stop surface on the outer sleeve, characterised in that a stop is provided on the sleeve inner circumference of the outer sleeve, against which stop a counter stop arranged on the outer circumference of the inner sleeve bears, in a rotational end position of the security adapter (1, 1'), such that the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are freely rotatable in relation to one another without engagement of the inner and outer threads (7, 6) which form the movement thread.
Robot arm comprising several joints and several links which can be adjusted relative to each other by the movements of the joints of the robot arm, wherein a drive device is assigned to each driven joint and the respective drive device is designed to adjust the joint of the robot arm assigned to it, specifically by respective automatic actuation of a motor of the respective drive device, comprising a distal end link which is designed as a tool flange, a hand link which is arranged directly upstream of the distal end link in the kinematic chain of the joints and links and on which the distal end link is rotatably mounted about a flange rotation axis, and an additional output link which is rotatably mounted on the hand link about a rotation axis, which is parallel to the flange rotation axis, and is arranged on the hand link so as to lie opposite the distal end link, characterized in that a first drive device (6.1) is assigned to the distal end link and is designed to move the distal end link and a second drive device (6.2) that is different from the first drive device (6.1) is assigned to the additional output link, the second drive device being designed to move the additional output link.
Method for monitoring the condition of at least one of two or more current-carrying electrical components (18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 41, 42, 43) to which electrical energy can be supplied from an electrical energy source via a common current feed line and from the common current feed line in each case via a separate current supply line (28.1, 28.2, 28.3) which can be opened or closed individually by way of a switching process, having the following steps: - recording measured values of an electrical variable in the common current feed line before and after a switching process in one or more of the current supply lines (28.1, 28.2, 28.3); characterized by the following steps: - calculating a difference between a measured value recorded before the switching process and a measured value recorded after the switching process; and - determining a condition change of at least one of the two or more components (18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 41, 42, 43) on the basis of a time series of differences, wherein the measured values are recorded in a first time frame before and in a second time frame after the switching process in the one or more current supply lines (28.1, 28.2, 28.3), wherein parameters of the time frames (51, 52), in particular the length of the time frames (51, 52) and the temporal distance of the time frames (51, 52) to a point in time (t6, t106) of the switching process, can be set. - recording measured values of an electrical variable in the common current feed line before and after a switching process in one or more of the current supply lines (28.1, 28.2, 28.3); - calculating a difference between a measured value recorded before the switching process and a measured value recorded after the switching process; and - determining a condition change of at least one of the two or more components (18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 41, 42, 43) on the basis of a time series of differences,
A breast imaging apparatus (100, 200) comprising: a locator for positioning a patient's breast (108, 208) within a predetermined frame of reference having a predetermined axis BB extending away from a boundary plane BPBP of the predetermined frame of reference, wherein an axis AA of a patient's breast that extends from a patient's chest wall through a patient's breast nipple is alignable with said predetermined axis BB for imaging; an imaging beam source (111, 211) for transmitting an imaging beam through said predetermined frame of reference; an imaging signal detector (102, 202) for receiving said imaging beam and providing an output signal in response thereto, wherein each of said imaging beam source (111, 211) and said imaging signal detector (102, 202) is independently movable relative to the other about said predetermined axis BB of said predetermined frame of reference and wherein said apparatus is operable so that said output signal comprises projection image data corresponding with a predetermined angular range of projection views of a patient's breast; and a processor for computed tomography processing said projection image data to provide a reconstructed image. a locator for positioning a patient's breast (108, 208) within a predetermined frame of reference having a predetermined axis BB extending away from a boundary plane BPBP of the predetermined frame of reference, wherein an axis AA of a patient's breast that extends from a patient's chest wall through a patient's breast nipple is alignable with said predetermined axis BB for imaging; an imaging beam source (111, 211) for transmitting an imaging beam through said predetermined frame of reference; an imaging signal detector (102, 202) for receiving said imaging beam and providing an output signal in response thereto, wherein each of said imaging beam source (111, 211) and said imaging signal detector (102, 202) is independently movable relative to the other about said predetermined axis BB of said predetermined frame of reference and wherein said apparatus is operable so that said output signal comprises projection image data corresponding with a predetermined angular range of projection views of a patient's breast; and a processor for computed tomography processing said projection image data to provide a reconstructed image.
A system for controlling a lid of a trash receptacle for use in an aircraft lavatory, the system comprising: a housing defining a volume for the trash receptacle, the housing defining an access opening to the trash receptacle through which trash can be inserted; the lid pivotably coupled to the housing adjacent the access opening to the trash receptacle, wherein the lid is configured to be pivotable between at least an open position and a closed position relative to the access opening; an actuator coupled to the lid; and a controller electrically coupled to the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to command the actuator to perform an opening actuation to pivot the lid to the open position and a closing actuation to pivot the lid to the closed position; and characterized by further comprising a lavatory occupancy sensor electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to command the actuator to maintain the lid in the closed position in response to the lavatory occupancy sensor reporting vacancy of the aircraft lavatory. a housing defining a volume for the trash receptacle, the housing defining an access opening to the trash receptacle through which trash can be inserted; the lid pivotably coupled to the housing adjacent the access opening to the trash receptacle, wherein the lid is configured to be pivotable between at least an open position and a closed position relative to the access opening; an actuator coupled to the lid; and a controller electrically coupled to the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to command the actuator to perform an opening actuation to pivot the lid to the open position and a closing actuation to pivot the lid to the closed position; and characterized by further comprising a lavatory occupancy sensor electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to command the actuator to maintain the lid in the closed position in response to the lavatory occupancy sensor reporting vacancy of the aircraft lavatory.