mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A steering column assembly comprising: a steering column shroud, which surrounds a steering shaft for a steering wheel; a mounting bracket, which is fixed in position relative to a part of vehicle; and a clamp mechanism, which is movable between a clamped position in which the clamp mechanism fixes the steering column shroud in position relative to the mounting bracket and a released position in which the clamp mechanism permits movement of the shroud relative to the mounting bracket; in which the mounting bracket comprises a main body portion with two bracket arms depending from and extending away from the main body portion to form a U shape, the arms embracing a portion of the steering column shroud, and in which the clamp mechanism when in the clamped position squeezes the two arms together thereby clamping the steering column shroud in position; characterised in that the mounting bracket is provided with one or more stiffening ribs in areas where the highest forces are carried by the mounting bracket in the event of a crash where a load is applied axially to the steering column shroud, wherein one stiffening rib extends diagonally across the main body portion of the mounting bracket at an angle of between 10 degrees and 40 degrees of a line normal to the main axis of the steering shaft. a steering column shroud, which surrounds a steering shaft for a steering wheel; a mounting bracket, which is fixed in position relative to a part of vehicle; and a clamp mechanism, which is movable between a clamped position in which the clamp mechanism fixes the steering column shroud in position relative to the mounting bracket and a released position in which the clamp mechanism permits movement of the shroud relative to the mounting bracket; in which the mounting bracket comprises a main body portion with two bracket arms depending from and extending away from the main body portion to form a U shape, the arms embracing a portion of the steering column shroud, and in which the clamp mechanism when in the clamped position squeezes the two arms together thereby clamping the steering column shroud in position; characterised in that the mounting bracket is provided with one or more stiffening ribs in areas where the highest forces are carried by the mounting bracket in the event of a crash where a load is applied axially to the steering column shroud, wherein one stiffening rib extends diagonally across the main body portion of the mounting bracket at an angle of between 10 degrees and 40 degrees of a line normal to the main axis of the steering shaft.
An apparatus for processing an image from a plurality of camera modules (2A to 2D) for display on a monitor or the like as a panoramic image derived from multiple images (31A to 31D) generated by the plurality of camera modules (2A to 2D), the apparatus comprising an image conversion part for reading address conversion tables (15A to 15D) for respective camera modules (2A to 2D) from a table memory part, for reading camera image data (31A to 31D) generated by the camera modules (2A to 2D) from input addresses of an input buffer (12A to 12D), and for storing the read camera image data (31A to 31D) to output addresses of an output buffer designated by the address conversion tables (15A to 15D) with reference to the address conversion tables (15A to 15D), so as to convert said camera image data (31A to 31D) into panoramic image data for display on the monitor, wherein the apparatus is adapted - to reconfigure the address conversion tables (15A to 15D) for correcting installation errors in the camera modules (2A to 2D), - to reconfigure the address conversion tables (15A to 15D) based on deviations between a template image and a respective camera image obtained while an underlying vehicle is parked at a prescribed position on a road surface where prescribed white lines are drawn, and - the template image is an image of the prescribed white lines captured - when the vehicle is parked at the prescribed position and - when the camera modules (2A to 2D) are free of installation errors. - to reconfigure the address conversion tables (15A to 15D) for correcting installation errors in the camera modules (2A to 2D), - to reconfigure the address conversion tables (15A to 15D) based on deviations between a template image and a respective camera image obtained while an underlying vehicle is parked at a prescribed position on a road surface where prescribed white lines are drawn, and - the template image is an image of the prescribed white lines captured - when the vehicle is parked at the prescribed position and - when the camera modules (2A to 2D) are free of installation errors. - when the vehicle is parked at the prescribed position and - when the camera modules (2A to 2D) are free of installation errors.
A composition comprising HFO-1234yf, HFO-1243zf and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HCFC-243db, HCFC-244db, HFC-245cb, HFC-245fa, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFC-253fb, HCFC-234ab, HCFC-243fa, ethylene, HFC-23, CFC-13, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-236fa, HCO-1130, HCO-1130a, HFO-1336, HCFC-133a, HFC-254fb, HCFC-1131, HFO-1141, HCFO-1242zf, HCFO-1223xd, HCFC-233ab, HCFC-226ba, and HFC-227ca, wherein the total amount of HFO-1243zf and said additional compounds in the composition is less than 1 weight percent.
Method for transporting containers with gripping action on a handling and transporting device for containers, comprising at least one gripping element for holding or gripping a container, and comprising at least one transfer region from one transport element (8,9) to another transport element (8,9), characterised in that, on the transport element (8,9), force-introducing elements (14,15), circulating on both sides at the height of the gripping area and at a spacing distance from the base are arranged relative to one another in such a way that, at a pivoting movement of a gripping finger (2.1 or 2.2) by means of a control element and a base element, by interaction with a control rail (16, 26) arranged in the transfer region, one side of the gripping region is pressed against a force-introducing element (14 or 15), and therefore, dependant on a previous pivoting movement about the base, a sickle-shaped opening or closing movement and/or opening or closing deformation is carried out.
A device for supporting a bone conduction receiver, comprising a plate-shaped bearing spring which can be connected to the bone conduction receiver and a capsule element which has a suspension section and a volume for accommodating the bone conduction receiver, wherein the plate-shaped bearing spring is connected to the suspension section, wherein the bearing spring comprises a resilient core, wherein a surface of the plate-shaped bearing spring, preferably of the resilient core, facing away from the volume comprises a damping layer at least in sections, wherein the resilient core of the bearing spring comprises an inner spring element and an outer spring element, wherein the inner spring element is arranged in the center of the bearing spring and the outer spring element surrounds the inner spring element like a frame, wherein the inner spring element and the outer spring element are sheathed by the damping layer of the bearing spring, characterized in that the inner spring element is connected to the outer spring element exclusively via the sheathing damping layer, or that the inner spring element is connected to the outer spring element via at least one web, and the at least one web has a predetermined breaking point in order to release the connection between the inner spring element and the outer spring element after the production of the bearing spring or the assembly of the device.
A method, comprising: dispersing a layered tetravalent metal phosphate composition and a first corrosion inhibitor in an aqueous solution and stirring to form a first solution; collecting a precipitate of the first solution; washing the precipitate of the first solution to form a first corrosion inhibiting material, the first CIM comprising the first corrosion inhibitor intercalated in the layered tetravalent metal phosphate composition; and adding the first CIM to a first sol-gel composition to form a first CIM-containing sol-gel composition; wherein the first corrosion inhibitor comprises cerium, a vanadate, a molybdate, a tungstate, a manganous, a manganate, a permanganate, an aluminate, a phosphonate, a thiazole, a triazole, an imidazole, or a combination thereof. dispersing a layered tetravalent metal phosphate composition and a first corrosion inhibitor in an aqueous solution and stirring to form a first solution; collecting a precipitate of the first solution; washing the precipitate of the first solution to form a first corrosion inhibiting material, the first CIM comprising the first corrosion inhibitor intercalated in the layered tetravalent metal phosphate composition; and adding the first CIM to a first sol-gel composition to form a first CIM-containing sol-gel composition; wherein the first corrosion inhibitor comprises cerium, a vanadate, a molybdate, a tungstate, a manganous, a manganate, a permanganate, an aluminate, a phosphonate, a thiazole, a triazole, an imidazole, or a combination thereof.
A hair treatment method comprising the following step (i) and step (ii) in this order: Step (i): a step of applying a composition containing the following component on a hair: a compound represented by the following general formula or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a π bond; R 1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or -COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and Step (ii): a step of giving a shape to the hair while applying a temperature of 140°C or higher and 220°C or lower to the hair. Step (i): a step of applying a composition containing the following component on a hair: a compound represented by the following general formula or a salt thereof: a compound represented by the following general formula or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a π bond; R 1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or -COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and Step (ii): a step of giving a shape to the hair while applying a temperature of 140°C or higher and 220°C or lower to the hair.
A downhole induction or propagation resistivity logging tool, comprising: a tool body having a longitudinal axis; a set of co-located antennas (204, 206) carried on the tool body, wherein the set of co-located antennas comprises a first coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, a second coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a third coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the dipole moment of the second coil antenna, the antennas comprising oval or elliptical windings; one or more additional antennas (204, 206) carried on the tool body spaced longitudinally apart from the set of co-located antennas; an electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding the set of co-located antennas, wherein the shield has slots therethrough; and an electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding each of the one or more additional antennas; characterized in that each of the shields is made of a conductive, non-magnetic metal, and the electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding the set of co-located antennas has vertical (210a,210b), horizontal, and sloped slots therethrough, each of the slots being substantially perpendicular to the most proximate windings of an underlying antenna, and the path length around a slot being more than twice the path length between two adjacent slots along the arc of a winding. a tool body having a longitudinal axis; a set of co-located antennas (204, 206) carried on the tool body, wherein the set of co-located antennas comprises a first coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, a second coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a third coil antenna having a dipole moment substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the dipole moment of the second coil antenna, the antennas comprising oval or elliptical windings; one or more additional antennas (204, 206) carried on the tool body spaced longitudinally apart from the set of co-located antennas; an electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding the set of co-located antennas, wherein the shield has slots therethrough; and an electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding each of the one or more additional antennas; characterized in that each of the shields is made of a conductive, non-magnetic metal, and the electromagnetically transparent shield circumferentially surrounding the set of co-located antennas has vertical (210a,210b), horizontal, and sloped slots therethrough, each of the slots being substantially perpendicular to the most proximate windings of an underlying antenna, and the path length around a slot being more than twice the path length between two adjacent slots along the arc of a winding.
A carbon composite comprising: expanded graphite; and a reinforcement; characterised in that the carbon composite further comprises a filler which comprises a metal which comprises copper, aluminum, titanium, tungsten, nickel, silicon, chromium, iron, alloys thereof, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and wherein the expanded graphite comprises a plurality of randomly oriented basal planes. expanded graphite; and a reinforcement; characterised in that the carbon composite further comprises a filler which comprises a metal which comprises copper, aluminum, titanium, tungsten, nickel, silicon, chromium, iron, alloys thereof, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and wherein the expanded graphite comprises a plurality of randomly oriented basal planes.
A method for transmitting, by a user equipment, UE, information for device-to-device, D2D, operation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: Establishing, by the UE, a radio resource control, RRC, connection with a network Transmitting, by the UE, D2D information indicating that the UE has interest to perform reception of a D2D discovery signal to the network; receiving, by the UE, a configuration of a D2D gap from the network, wherein the configuration of the D2D gap includes a periodicity of the D2D gap; and receiving, by the UE, the D2D discovery signal in the D2D gap. Establishing, by the UE, a radio resource control, RRC, connection with a network Transmitting, by the UE, D2D information indicating that the UE has interest to perform reception of a D2D discovery signal to the network; receiving, by the UE, a configuration of a D2D gap from the network, wherein the configuration of the D2D gap includes a periodicity of the D2D gap; and receiving, by the UE, the D2D discovery signal in the D2D gap.
A framer comprising: a time slot allocation unit that is adapted to, in a case where damage has occurred to an optical wavelength corresponding to a time slot to which a logical path having a high transmission priority is allocated, allocate the logical path having the high transmission priority to at least one of a plurality of time slots of an optical channel while a damaged time slot which is the time slot corresponding to the optical wavelength to which the damage has occurred is avoided, to change the time slot to which the logical path having the high transmission priority is allocated, characterized in that the time slot allocation unit is adapted to allocate a damaged logical path to a time slot to which a first logical path is allocated and which corresponds to a normal optical wavelength among the plurality of optical wavelengths, the damaged logical path being the logical path allocated to the damaged time slot, and the first logical path having a lower transmission priority than that of the damaged logical path, and is adapted to allocate the first logical path to the damaged time slot. a time slot allocation unit that is adapted to, in a case where damage has occurred to an optical wavelength corresponding to a time slot to which a logical path having a high transmission priority is allocated, allocate the logical path having the high transmission priority to at least one of a plurality of time slots of an optical channel while a damaged time slot which is the time slot corresponding to the optical wavelength to which the damage has occurred is avoided, to change the time slot to which the logical path having the high transmission priority is allocated, characterized in that the time slot allocation unit is adapted to allocate a damaged logical path to a time slot to which a first logical path is allocated and which corresponds to a normal optical wavelength among the plurality of optical wavelengths, the damaged logical path being the logical path allocated to the damaged time slot, and the first logical path having a lower transmission priority than that of the damaged logical path, and is adapted to allocate the first logical path to the damaged time slot.
A medical device for modifying a left atrial appendage of a heart, the medical device comprising: a hub defining an axis; an occluder portion comprising an occluder frame, the occluder frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end with the proximal end coupled to the hub, the occluder portion independently moveable relative to an anchor portion Z between an occluder non-deployed position and an occluder deployed position; and the anchor portion comprising a first end and a second end, the second end being hingably coupled to the distal end of the occluder frame and the first end being coupled to a collar arrangement, the anchor portion pivotable relative to the occluder portion between an anchor non-deployed position and an anchor deployed position upon the occluder portion being in the occluder deployed position. a hub defining an axis; an occluder portion comprising an occluder frame, the occluder frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end with the proximal end coupled to the hub, the occluder portion independently moveable relative to an anchor portion Z between an occluder non-deployed position and an occluder deployed position; and the anchor portion comprising a first end and a second end, the second end being hingably coupled to the distal end of the occluder frame and the first end being coupled to a collar arrangement, the anchor portion pivotable relative to the occluder portion between an anchor non-deployed position and an anchor deployed position upon the occluder portion being in the occluder deployed position.
Low-pressure plasma system comprising an at least partially evacuable treatment chamber, a gas inflow valve, a plasma generator and a controller, wherein the controller comprises a vacuum circuit, a gas inflow circuit and a plasma circuit, wherein the vacuum circuit controls a pump, which can be connected to the low-pressure plasma system, and/or a pump valve of the low-pressure plasma system, the gas inflow circuit controls the gas inflow valve and the plasma circuit controls the plasma generator, wherein the controller comprises a sequential switch element having successive switch positions for setting successive process steps, wherein the sequential switch element in each switch position is formed by a plurality of electrically isolated switches (56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66) in order to respectively interrupt and close the vacuum circuit, the gas inflow circuit and the plasma circuit, wherein the sequential switch element has a first switch position in which the vacuum circuit is closed but the gas inflow circuit and the plasma circuit are interrupted, wherein the sequential switch element has a second switch position in which the vacuum circuit and the gas inflow circuit are closed but the plasma circuit is interrupted, wherein the sequential switch element has a third switch position in which the vacuum circuit, the gas inflow circuit and the plasma circuit are closed, wherein the sequential switch element has a plurality of switches (56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66) for controlling the vacuum circuit, the gas inflow circuit and the plasma circuit in each case, which switches can be successively opened and closed, and wherein the sequential switch element is designed to close a plurality of electrically isolated switches (56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66) of the sequential switch element in each switch position.
A mass spectrometer comprising: an ion mobility spectrometer or separator, said ion mobility spectrometer or separator being arranged and adapted to separate ions according to their ion mobility; one or more ion-optical devices arranged upstream of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator; and a first fragmentation, collision or reaction device arranged downstream of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator; and characterised by: voltage means arranged and adapted in a first mode of operation to progressively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator relative to said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device so as to respectively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential difference between said ion mobility spectrometer or separator and said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device whilst maintaining said one or more ion-optical devices at a substantially constant or unaltered potential. an ion mobility spectrometer or separator, said ion mobility spectrometer or separator being arranged and adapted to separate ions according to their ion mobility; one or more ion-optical devices arranged upstream of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator; and a first fragmentation, collision or reaction device arranged downstream of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator; and characterised by: voltage means arranged and adapted in a first mode of operation to progressively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator relative to said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device so as to respectively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential difference between said ion mobility spectrometer or separator and said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device whilst maintaining said one or more ion-optical devices at a substantially constant or unaltered potential. voltage means arranged and adapted in a first mode of operation to progressively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential of said ion mobility spectrometer or separator relative to said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device so as to respectively vary and/or alter and/or scan and/or step the potential difference between said ion mobility spectrometer or separator and said first fragmentation, collision or reaction device whilst maintaining said one or more ion-optical devices at a substantially constant or unaltered potential.