mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A data communication network, including; a first sub-network including: at least two master clocks (112,122), and a synchronisation system connected to said master clocks, for determining a time-base for said master clocks and controlling said master clocks according to said determined time-base; wherein said synchronisation system has an input for receiving clock data representing time base information from said at least two master clocks (112,122), and wherein said synchronisation system is arranged to determine a common time-base based on said time information from said master clocks (112,122) and to control said master clocks based on the determined common time-base; said first sub-network includes at least one slave synchronisation data source for generating slave clock synchronisation data derived from time information of at least one said master clocks; and said network includes a second sub-network connected to said first sub-network, said second sub-network including: at least one slave clock; and a slave clock time-base controller connected to said slave synchronisation data source, for receiving said slave clock synchronisation data and controlling at least one of said at least one slave clock in accordance with the slave clock synchronisation data. at least two master clocks (112,122), and a synchronisation system connected to said master clocks, for determining a time-base for said master clocks and controlling said master clocks according to said determined time-base; at least one slave clock; and a slave clock time-base controller connected to said slave synchronisation data source, for receiving said slave clock synchronisation data and controlling at least one of said at least one slave clock in accordance with the slave clock synchronisation data.
Damper valve for damping a relative movement between a first mass and a second mass, having the following features: a valve housing with a housing wall which has valve openings, wherein the valve housing is designed to be connected to the first mass; a valve body which has through-going openings and which, within the valve housing, is arranged to move between a first displacement position and a second displacement position, the through-going openings being arranged in such manner that the valve openings are closed by the valve body when the valve body is displaced to the first or second displacement position, whereas the valve openings and the through-going openings overlap at least partially when the valve body is in an intermediate position between the first and second displacement positions; a fastening element (218; 918) which is connected to the valve body, and a coupling element which has a first end connected to the fastening element and a second end which is designed to be connected to the second mass, wherein the damping valve has a valve base which is connected to the valve housing and to the valve body, characterised in that the valve base can be adjusted as a function of the pressure. a valve housing with a housing wall which has valve openings, wherein the valve housing is designed to be connected to the first mass; a valve body which has through-going openings and which, within the valve housing, is arranged to move between a first displacement position and a second displacement position, the through-going openings being arranged in such manner that the valve openings are closed by the valve body when the valve body is displaced to the first or second displacement position, whereas the valve openings and the through-going openings overlap at least partially when the valve body is in an intermediate position between the first and second displacement positions; a fastening element (218; 918) which is connected to the valve body, and a coupling element which has a first end connected to the fastening element and a second end which is designed to be connected to the second mass, wherein the damping valve has a valve base which is connected to the valve housing and to the valve body, characterised in that the valve base can be adjusted as a function of the pressure.
A method of preparing a two-phase working fluid in a degasification system for charging a thermal management system (103, 310), the two-phase working fluid having a liquid phase and a gas phase, comprising: purging a non-condensable gas from the liquid phase of the two-phase working fluid; purging the non-condensable gas from the gas phase of the two-phase working fluid by condensing the gas phase of the two-phase working fluid; and storing the purged two-phase working fluid; and characterised by: maintaining the degasification system at a higher pressure than the environment surrounding the degasification system to reduce leakage of the non-condensable gas into the degasification system. purging a non-condensable gas from the liquid phase of the two-phase working fluid; purging the non-condensable gas from the gas phase of the two-phase working fluid by condensing the gas phase of the two-phase working fluid; and storing the purged two-phase working fluid; and characterised by: maintaining the degasification system at a higher pressure than the environment surrounding the degasification system to reduce leakage of the non-condensable gas into the degasification system. maintaining the degasification system at a higher pressure than the environment surrounding the degasification system to reduce leakage of the non-condensable gas into the degasification system.
A BLDC motor controller for controlling a BLDC motor which comprises at least one coil, the BLDC motor controller comprising a first and a second terminal for applying a first voltage on the first terminal and a second voltage on the second terminal to obtain a driving current for driving the BLDC motor wherein the first voltage is higher than the second voltage, the BLDC motor controller comprising a remote control unit which is adapted for monitoring a current through at least the first or the second terminal, characterized in that the BLDC motor controller, is adapted for increasing the monitored current by applying an additional current, which is not driving the BLDC motor, wherein the additional current is different from zero if the motor is rotating, and wherein the additional current does not go through the at least one coil of the BLDC motor, the BLDC motor controller, moreover, being adapted for determining whether the motor is rotating or not based on the monitored current. the BLDC motor controller comprising a remote control unit which is adapted for monitoring a current through at least the first or the second terminal, characterized in that the BLDC motor controller, is adapted for increasing the monitored current by applying an additional current, which is not driving the BLDC motor, wherein the additional current is different from zero if the motor is rotating, and wherein the additional current does not go through the at least one coil of the BLDC motor, the BLDC motor controller, moreover, being adapted for determining whether the motor is rotating or not based on the monitored current.
Ejector device effective to generate a negative pressure by means of compressed air that is fed to an ejector included in the device via a compressed-air duct, furthermore comprising an air suction duct, a pressure sensor arranged in the air suction duct as well as an electrically activatable valve member arranged in the compressed-air duct and effective for the regulation of the flow of compressed air to the ejector, as well as electrically supplied control electronics which at least is adapted to actuate the valve member in response to the pressure in the air suction duct detected by the sensor, furthermore comprising an energy-storing member in the form of an accumulator by which the control electronics is supplied with electricity, characterized in that, in addition to the compressed-air duct and the air suction duct, the device also comprises a charging air duct, which in a first end connects to the compressed-air duct and with another end opens at a generator that, via the charging air duct, is in flow communication with the compressed-air duct and is driven by compressed air for the generation of electrical energy, which is brought into the accumulator for charging the same, wherein the first end of the charging air duct connects to the compressed-air duct downstream the valve member as seen in the direction of flow of the compressed air through the ejector device, and in that the generator is driven in synchronization with the work cycle of the ejector for generating negative pressure.
Device for extracting a hydrocarbon-containing substance, in particular bitumen or extra-heavy oil, from a reservoir, wherein thermal energy can be applied to the reservoir in order to reduce the viscosity of the substance, for which purpose at least one conductor loop (10, 11) for inductively supplying electric current is provided as a means of electric and/or electromagnetic heating, wherein a fluid conducting means for transporting and introducing a solvent fluid into the reservoir is provided for the purpose of further reducing the viscosity of the substance, wherein the fluid conducting means is perforated such that when the solvent fluid is supplied the solvent fluid permeates out of the fluid conducting means into the reservoir by way of a perforation, characterised in that the perforation has holes which are embodied in terms of shape and/or size and/or distribution in such a way that when the solvent fluid is supplied under a predetermined pressure the solvent fluid is discharged in a distributed manner into the reservoir over a length of the fluid conducting means through the perforation into an environment of the fluid conducting means.
A method for programming a hearing assistive device, including: - initiating the programming session by requesting write access from a programming device to the hearing assistive device; - sending, in response to the request, a first message from the hearing assistive device to a programming-rights-management server, the first message includes a unique identity of the hearing assistive device and a request concerning the permissions of the programming device; - generating, in the programming-rights-management server, a programming rights permission list containing a whitelist of memory addresses with associated access rights for the programming device in question; - sending a second message containing the programming rights permission list from the programming-rights-management server to the hearing assistive device; - transferring programming data in a programming session from the programming device to the hearing assistive device; - writing the received programming data as control data sets permitted according the programming rights permission list received from the programming-rights-management server; and - terminating the programming session once data writing has been completed. - initiating the programming session by requesting write access from a programming device to the hearing assistive device; - sending, in response to the request, a first message from the hearing assistive device to a programming-rights-management server, the first message includes a unique identity of the hearing assistive device and a request concerning the permissions of the programming device; - generating, in the programming-rights-management server, a programming rights permission list containing a whitelist of memory addresses with associated access rights for the programming device in question; - sending a second message containing the programming rights permission list from the programming-rights-management server to the hearing assistive device; - transferring programming data in a programming session from the programming device to the hearing assistive device; - writing the received programming data as control data sets permitted according the programming rights permission list received from the programming-rights-management server; and - terminating the programming session once data writing has been completed.
A washing machine comprising a cabinet and a self-contained and self-supporting top adapted to match and close from above said cabinet, the top being formed as a ready-to-mount part ready to be mounted to the cabinet, the washing machine housing: - a chamber for receiving goods to be washed, - a heat pump comprising a circuit comprising a refrigerant, a first heat exchanger (30, 101), and a second heat exchanger (40, 102), the first heat exchanger (30, 101) being adapted to heat said refrigerant and to cool/solidify a fluid adapted to cool down/solidify, the second heat exchanger (40, 102) being adapted to cool said refrigerant and to heat process water to be used in the chamber, characterized in that the top comprises at least one of: -- a first tank adapted to hold an amount of said fluid adapted to cool down/solidify and housing a first portion of said refrigerant circuit immersed therein, embodying said first heat exchanger and -- a second tank adapted to hold an amount of process water to be used in the chamber and housing a second portion of said refrigerant circuit immersed therein, embodying said second heat exchanger. - a chamber for receiving goods to be washed, - a heat pump comprising a circuit comprising a refrigerant, a first heat exchanger (30, 101), and a second heat exchanger (40, 102), the first heat exchanger (30, 101) being adapted to heat said refrigerant and to cool/solidify a fluid adapted to cool down/solidify, the second heat exchanger (40, 102) being adapted to cool said refrigerant and to heat process water to be used in the chamber, -- a first tank adapted to hold an amount of said fluid adapted to cool down/solidify and housing a first portion of said refrigerant circuit immersed therein, embodying said first heat exchanger and -- a second tank adapted to hold an amount of process water to be used in the chamber and housing a second portion of said refrigerant circuit immersed therein, embodying said second heat exchanger.
A knotless suture anchor construct, comprising: a substrate having a first end and a second end; a filament woven through a plurality of passing locations along the substrate, the filament forming a first loop extending to a passing limb and to a reducing limb; a passing portion in the reducing limb between two adjacent passing locations of the plurality of passing locations; wherein in a pre-deployment configuration, the first loop of the filament extends from a first surface and the first end of the substrate and the passing limb and the reducing limb extend from the first surface or a second surface and the second end of the substrate; characterised in that in the pre-deployment configuration, the passing portion extends through the first loop, forming a second loop in the reducing limb. a substrate having a first end and a second end; a filament woven through a plurality of passing locations along the substrate, the filament forming a first loop extending to a passing limb and to a reducing limb; a passing portion in the reducing limb between two adjacent passing locations of the plurality of passing locations; wherein in a pre-deployment configuration, the first loop of the filament extends from a first surface and the first end of the substrate and the passing limb and the reducing limb extend from the first surface or a second surface and the second end of the substrate; characterised in that in the pre-deployment configuration, the passing portion extends through the first loop, forming a second loop in the reducing limb.
A method of inserting a cut card into a package of randomly shuffled playing cards (i), wherein the package comprises a predetermined number of decks of randomly shuffled playing cards, the package having a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces that are front and rear faces, right and left side faces, and top and bottom faces, and the package encasing the playing cards, and wherein the package has a marking indicating a first place in an order of steps for removing one of the left or right side faces of the package so that an index surface of a playing card on which an index is printed is not exposed in an upward direction of the playing cards when the package is opened, the method comprising the steps of: based on the marking: removing one of the side faces (5, 6) of the package along a cut line such that a side face of the playing cards within the package is exposed, the cut line being in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped; and inserting a cut card into the shuffled playing cards from the exposed side face, so that the index surface of the playing card on which the index is printed is not exposed in the upward direction of the playing cards. removing one of the side faces (5, 6) of the package along a cut line such that a side face of the playing cards within the package is exposed, the cut line being in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped; and inserting a cut card into the shuffled playing cards from the exposed side face, so that the index surface of the playing card on which the index is printed is not exposed in the upward direction of the playing cards.
A non-therapeutic method for creating a mist, comprising: introducing a fluid in a housing; and activating a switch on the housing such that the housing expels a mist of the fluid from a first outlet in the housing, the mist being drawn into an inlet of a pump in the housing and being expelled by a second outlet of the pump into a path of the mist from the first outlet in the housing such that droplets of the mist collide and break apart. introducing a fluid in a housing; and activating a switch on the housing such that the housing expels a mist of the fluid from a first outlet in the housing, the mist being drawn into an inlet of a pump in the housing and being expelled by a second outlet of the pump into a path of the mist from the first outlet in the housing such that droplets of the mist collide and break apart.
A tubular composite structure deployable by shape-memory effect having two ends (3, 4), the tubular composite structure deployable by shape-memory effect comprising a single heating envelope formed of fibers of a single electrically resistive material, impregnated with a shape-memory resin and defining an interior space circumscribed by the heating envelope, the fibers ensuring an autonomous deployment of the tubular composite structure and ensuring structural integrity of the structure in the deployed and retracted position, characterized in that the fibers are braided.
System for measuring an intensity of a current flowing through an electrical conductor, the system comprising a first component comprising the electrical conductor and a second component separate from the first component and comprising an evaluation device, as well as a magnetic field sensitive sensor element and a connection cable, wherein in one operating state said sensor element is mounted positionally fixed to the first component in an operating position determined relative to the electrical conductor and is connected to the second component by the connection cable, the connection cable being connected with a first end to the sensor element and with a second end to the second component, wherein the connection cable is an optical conductor, wherein in the operating state the two components (1, 2) are galvanically isolated from each other and are detachably connected to each other by means of the connecting cable with a light-guiding connection, wherein an energy supply of the magnetic field sensitive sensor element by the second component and a transfer of sensor data from the magnetic field sensitive element to the evaluation device is ensured by the light-guiding connection, wherein the sensor element comprises a material having different energy levels for its electrons, wherein at least one of the energy levels is variable in the presence of a magnetic field, wherein the second component comprises a light source and a light sensor, wherein in the operating state the material can be excited by a light beam, which is generated from the light source of the second component and transmitted to the sensor element via the connection cable and has a first wavelength-dependent intensity curve, to emit a fluorescent radiation with a second wavelength-dependent intensity curve which can be transmitted to the second component via the connection cable in the operating state, wherein the second wavelength-dependent intensity curve depends on the magnetic field while the first wavelength-dependent intensity curve is kept constant, wherein the second wavelength-dependent intensity curve of the fluorescent radiation can be resolved by the light sensor, characterized in that a diamond crystal having a plurality of nitrogen vacancy centers is used as material of the sensor element.
Method for testing the oxidation capability of an NO oxidation catalytic converter installed in the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine which is operated with an excess of air, characterized in that, for the testing of the oxidation capability of the NO oxidation catalytic converter, a defined quantity of carbon monoxide as reducing agent is metered in and/or generated upstream of the NO oxidation catalytic converter through variation of at least one defined internal combustion engine operating parameter, such that the carbon monoxide emissions of the internal combustion engine are increased in relation to a setting in a non-testing phase, in that said carbon monoxide is oxidized at the NO oxidation catalytic converter with the aid of the oxygen contained in the exhaust-gas flow upstream of the NO oxidation catalytic converter, and in that the change in the oxygen content in the exhaust-gas flow within and/or downstream of the NO oxidation catalytic converter caused as a result of the oxidation of the metered-in and/or generated carbon monoxide is detected and/or ascertained as an oxygen actual value and is compared with a predefined oxygen setpoint value, wherein, in the presence of a defined deviation of the oxygen actual value from the oxygen setpoint value, an impaired oxidation capability of the NO oxidation catalytic converter is inferred.
A method of forming a gradient index (GRIN) lens for propagating an electromagnetic wave, the method comprising: receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a model comprising data specifying a plurality of layers, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises an arrangement of one or more volume elements comprising a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material, wherein the at least one layer of the plurality of layers has a dielectric profile that is made up of a plurality of different effective dielectric constants of the volume elements in the layer, wherein a first one of the plurality of layers has a spoke pattern, and wherein a second one of the plurality of layers has a ring pattern; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the GRIN lens based on the model. receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a model comprising data specifying a plurality of layers, wherein at least one layer of the plurality of layers comprises an arrangement of one or more volume elements comprising a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material, wherein the at least one layer of the plurality of layers has a dielectric profile that is made up of a plurality of different effective dielectric constants of the volume elements in the layer, wherein a first one of the plurality of layers has a spoke pattern, and wherein a second one of the plurality of layers has a ring pattern; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the GRIN lens based on the model.