mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A circular stapling instrument comprising: a casing; an anvil assembly configured to move back and forth between an open position away from the casing and a closed position adjacent the casing; a staple driver configured to move within the casing from a pre-fired position to a fired position; and a locking mechanism comprising detents and flexible detent members that are adapted to engage the detents to lock the staple driver in the pre-fired position and adapted to disengage therefrom, and a reciprocating drive shaft attached to the anvil assembly; and wherein the reciprocating drive shaft comprises a first portion and a second portion of smaller size than the first portion, wherein whenever the anvil assembly is in the open position the first portion of the reciprocating drive shaft is adjacent to the flexible detent members and blocks their disengagement from the detents, thereby preventing the staple driver from disengaging from the casing, and wherein whenever the anvil assembly is in the closed position the second portion of the reciprocating drive shaft is adjacent to the flexible detent members and does not block their disengagement from the detent bumps, thereby allowing the staple driver to disengage from the casing; characterized in that the detents comprise detent bumps on the casing, and the flexible detent members are on the staple driver and adapted to bend, thereby disengaging from the detent bumps on the casing and allowing the staple driver to disengage from the casing, only when a predetermined amount of force is exerted on the staple driver. a casing; an anvil assembly configured to move back and forth between an open position away from the casing and a closed position adjacent the casing; a staple driver configured to move within the casing from a pre-fired position to a fired position; and a locking mechanism comprising detents and flexible detent members that are adapted to engage the detents to lock the staple driver in the pre-fired position and adapted to disengage therefrom, and a reciprocating drive shaft attached to the anvil assembly; and wherein the reciprocating drive shaft comprises a first portion and a second portion of smaller size than the first portion, wherein whenever the anvil assembly is in the open position the first portion of the reciprocating drive shaft is adjacent to the flexible detent members and blocks their disengagement from the detents, thereby preventing the staple driver from disengaging from the casing, and wherein whenever the anvil assembly is in the closed position the second portion of the reciprocating drive shaft is adjacent to the flexible detent members and does not block their disengagement from the detent bumps, thereby allowing the staple driver to disengage from the casing; characterized in that the detents comprise detent bumps on the casing, and the flexible detent members are on the staple driver and adapted to bend, thereby disengaging from the detent bumps on the casing and allowing the staple driver to disengage from the casing, only when a predetermined amount of force is exerted on the staple driver.
Liquid substrate tank for a biogas plant, having a tank interior space which has a cylindrical interior contour and which can be filled with a liquid substrate and having a tank base wall which delimits the tank interior space at a base and which is in particular at least regionally planar, wherein, in the tank base wall, there is formed at least one trough-like depression which extends over a predefined subregion of the tank base wall, to which and/or into which depression at least one extraction line of an extraction device is led, wherein the extraction device has a control and/or regulation device by way of which the extraction device can be actuated such that a substrate-sand mixture which collects in the at least one trough-like depression for operational reasons can be extracted from the at least one trough-like depression, and thus from the tank interior space, via the at least one extraction line, and wherein the extraction device furthermore has at least one receiving and/or sedimentation tank, in particular a separator, which is connected in terms of flow to the at least one extraction line and in which the substrate-sand mixture extracted via the at least one extraction line can be received, in particular can be separated into a substrate phase and into a sand phase, characterized in that the at least one trough-like depression is formed by at least one elongate extraction channel formed in the tank base wall, in that the liquid substrate tank has at least one flow-generating device (9a to 9e) which when actuated causes the liquid substrate to have imparted to it a rotating flow about a vertical tank axis, wherein the at least one extraction channel is arranged in the tank base wall such that said extraction channel lies in the flow path of the liquid substrate flowing over the tank base wall, and the at least one extraction channel is, with regard to its longitudinal side, oriented and arranged substantially perpendicular to the substrate flow direction in the tank interior space.
Vibration reducing module having - a support structure, - a pendulum system having a pendulum mass and having a suspension system for suspending the pendulum mass on the support structure, wherein the suspension system has a pendulum mass suspension which extends in the direction of a suspension axis and which is secured by means of a suspension head to the support structure, wherein - the suspension system has a number of resilient pendulum elements which extend in the direction of the suspension axis parallel with the pendulum mass suspension, wherein in the non-deflected state of a resilient pendulum element a spring axis of the resilient pendulum element extends parallel with the suspension axis, and - the suspension head of the pendulum mass suspension has an articulated head which is secured to the support structure, characterised in that - the suspension head has a pendulum bearing which is constructed as a plain bearing, and - the resilient pendulum element has a spring which is configured as a pressure spring and a spring retention member which is constructed for variable adjustment of a spring length of the spring and/or for adjustment of a resilient pressure force of the spring, wherein a spring plate is spaced apart at one side of a base plate which at the other side has a carrier profile which carries a variably adjustable adjustment mechanism and the carrier profile has a stop and an adjustment means. - a support structure, - a pendulum system having a pendulum mass and having a suspension system for suspending the pendulum mass on the support structure, wherein - the suspension system has a number of resilient pendulum elements which extend in the direction of the suspension axis parallel with the pendulum mass suspension, wherein in the non-deflected state of a resilient pendulum element a spring axis of the resilient pendulum element extends parallel with the suspension axis, and - the suspension head of the pendulum mass suspension has an articulated head which is secured to the support structure, - the suspension head has a pendulum bearing which is constructed as a plain bearing, and - the resilient pendulum element has a spring which is configured as a pressure spring and a spring retention member which is constructed for variable adjustment of a spring length of the spring and/or for adjustment of a resilient pressure force of the spring, wherein a spring plate is spaced apart at one side of a base plate which at the other side has a carrier profile which carries a variably adjustable adjustment mechanism and the carrier profile has a stop and an adjustment means.
A keystone jack (100,300,400,500,600,700) for use as a port in a wired computing network, comprising: a housing (10,110,210,310,610); a plug receptacle (20,220,320,420,520,620) within said housing configured to receive a plug connector therein; a termination portion (30,230,330,430,530,630) of said housing for connecting a network cable thereto; a first circuit (40,240,340,640) disposed between said plug receptacle and said termination portion; a plurality of conductive terminals (50,350,650) disposed within the plug receptacle and configured for defining together with the first circuit a communication channel for electrically communicating between the plug receptacle and the termination portion; and an interfacing unit (60,260,360,460,560,660) being in electric communication with at least a portion of the communication channel and configured for interfacing with a detachably attachable supplementary electric unit (80,90,120,380,390, 480,490,580,590) to provide electrical communication thereof with said at least a portion of the communication channel, wherein the interfacing unit comprises a plurality of pin terminals (65,265,365,665) associated with different portions of the communication channel and configured for connecting with corresponding receptacles of the supplementary electric unit, thereby establishing electric communication between the corresponding portions of the communication channel and the supplementary electric unit. a housing (10,110,210,310,610); a plug receptacle (20,220,320,420,520,620) within said housing configured to receive a plug connector therein; a termination portion (30,230,330,430,530,630) of said housing for connecting a network cable thereto; a first circuit (40,240,340,640) disposed between said plug receptacle and said termination portion; a plurality of conductive terminals (50,350,650) disposed within the plug receptacle and configured for defining together with the first circuit a communication channel for electrically communicating between the plug receptacle and the termination portion; and an interfacing unit (60,260,360,460,560,660) being in electric communication with at least a portion of the communication channel and configured for interfacing with a detachably attachable supplementary electric unit (80,90,120,380,390, 480,490,580,590) to provide electrical communication thereof with said at least a portion of the communication channel, wherein the interfacing unit comprises a plurality of pin terminals (65,265,365,665) associated with different portions of the communication channel and configured for connecting with corresponding receptacles of the supplementary electric unit, thereby establishing electric communication between the corresponding portions of the communication channel and the supplementary electric unit.
Method for operating a distribution machine having first distribution members for discharging liquid or granular material into core zones of an agricultural area and second distribution members for the adapted distribution of agricultural material in edge regions of an agricultural area, wherein the second distribution members are designed to be operated in combination with the first distribution members or separately, wherein the distribution machine has a location-determining system and a control unit with a memory, wherein the control unit is designed to activate and to operate the first and second distribution members for distributing agricultural material, and wherein the first and second distribution members are activated and operated in a location-dependent manner in accordance with a cultivation map stored in the memory of the control unit; characterized in that the control unit is furthermore designed to save operating settings of the first and second distribution members in a geo-referenced manner during the operation of the distribution machine and, upon approaching the same agricultural area again, to retrieve said stored data for the operation of the first and second distribution members and to activate and to operate the first and second distribution members in accordance with the stored data.
A synthetic aortic root comprising at least two regions, wherein in at least one region the synthetic root has a multi-layered structure comprising a support layer formed of a knitted, woven, braided or 3D-printed material, or a combination thereof; the support layer being disposed between an inner and an outer nanofiber layer; and wherein the support layer comprises at least a first support layer region and a second support layer region wherein the pattern, material, density and/or tension of the support layer in the first support layer region is different to that in the second support layer region.
A retractor assembly for a twin shoulder strap harness, the retractor assembly comprising a load distribution mechanism having an intermediate shaft, a first webbing spool for a first of the shoulder straps and a second webbing spool for a second of the shoulder straps, the first and second webbing spools being located on opposite sides of the load distribution mechanism, each webbing spool (48a, 48b) being rotatably mounted to and drivingly coupled to the intermediate shaft through a respective first load-limiter to provide vehicle occupant restraint in use, and at least one locking mechanism for selectively coupling a respective one of the first and second webbing spools (48a, 48b) to the intermediate shaft, the load distribution mechanism having a load regulator operative on the intermediate shaft to apply at least one of the following load regulation functions: a. pre-tensioning; b. further load-limiting; c. webbing pay-out limiting; and/or d. active seatbelt control. a. pre-tensioning; b. further load-limiting; c. webbing pay-out limiting; and/or d. active seatbelt control.
A dressing, comprising: a polyurethane evaporative film layer comprising a wound-facing side and a non-wound-facing side, the polyurethane evaporative film layer having a high moisture vapor transfer rate; a carrier film layer coupled to the non-wound-facing side of the evaporative film layer and comprising a plurality of holes extending through the carrier film layer, the carrier film layer being made of a thicker material than the evaporative film layer; a superabsorbent layer coupled to the wound-facing side of the evaporative film layer; and a wicking layer coupled to the superabsorbent layer, the superabsorbent layer positioned between the wicking layer and the evaporative film layer; wherein: the wicking layer is configured to wick fluid from a wound; the superabsorbent layer is configured to absorb the fluid from the wicking layer; and the evaporative film layer and the carrier film layer allow evaporation of the fluid from the superabsorbent layer through the plurality of holes, the carrier film layer providing structural support to the evaporative film layer. a polyurethane evaporative film layer comprising a wound-facing side and a non-wound-facing side, the polyurethane evaporative film layer having a high moisture vapor transfer rate; a carrier film layer coupled to the non-wound-facing side of the evaporative film layer and comprising a plurality of holes extending through the carrier film layer, the carrier film layer being made of a thicker material than the evaporative film layer; a superabsorbent layer coupled to the wound-facing side of the evaporative film layer; and a wicking layer coupled to the superabsorbent layer, the superabsorbent layer positioned between the wicking layer and the evaporative film layer; wherein: the wicking layer is configured to wick fluid from a wound; the superabsorbent layer is configured to absorb the fluid from the wicking layer; and the evaporative film layer and the carrier film layer allow evaporation of the fluid from the superabsorbent layer through the plurality of holes, the carrier film layer providing structural support to the evaporative film layer. the wicking layer is configured to wick fluid from a wound; the superabsorbent layer is configured to absorb the fluid from the wicking layer; and the evaporative film layer and the carrier film layer allow evaporation of the fluid from the superabsorbent layer through the plurality of holes, the carrier film layer providing structural support to the evaporative film layer.
A component imaging method for simultaneously imaging a plurality of components that have different optimum lighting intensities for component imaging, the component imaging method comprising: an imaging preparation step of obtaining, for each of the plurality of components, an optimum lighting intensity at which a component image (G1, G2), eligible for component recognition, can be obtained; a component imaging step of using a lighting device that illuminates the plurality of components and a line sensor that images a line image including images (G1,G2) of the plurality of illuminated components at a predetermined timing and outputs the obtained line image as an image for each imaging line, to integrally move the plurality of components in a sub-scanning direction of the line sensor relative to this line sensor, with the plurality of components being aligned in a main scanning direction of the line sensor, and to acquire images (G1,G2) of the plurality of components while switching a lighting intensity of the lighting device for each imaging line during the relative movement, the lighting intensity being switched sequentially to the optimum lighting intensity of one of the components for each imaging line during the relative movement; characterized by an image processing step of compensating a line image, which is imaged at a lighting intensity other than the optimum lighting intensities, on the basis of a ratio of the lighting intensity at which the line image is obtained and the optimum lighting intensity of each of the plurality of components of the obtained component images (G1,G2), for the component image (G1,G2) of each of the plurality of components. an imaging preparation step of obtaining, for each of the plurality of components, an optimum lighting intensity at which a component image (G1, G2), eligible for component recognition, can be obtained; a component imaging step of using a lighting device that illuminates the plurality of components and a line sensor that images a line image including images (G1,G2) of the plurality of illuminated components at a predetermined timing and outputs the obtained line image as an image for each imaging line, to integrally move the plurality of components in a sub-scanning direction of the line sensor relative to this line sensor, with the plurality of components being aligned in a main scanning direction of the line sensor, and to acquire images (G1,G2) of the plurality of components while switching a lighting intensity of the lighting device for each imaging line during the relative movement, the lighting intensity being switched sequentially to the optimum lighting intensity of one of the components for each imaging line during the relative movement; characterized by an image processing step of compensating a line image, which is imaged at a lighting intensity other than the optimum lighting intensities, on the basis of a ratio of the lighting intensity at which the line image is obtained and the optimum lighting intensity of each of the plurality of components of the obtained component images (G1,G2), for the component image (G1,G2) of each of the plurality of components.
A turbine ring assembly comprising a plurality of adjacent ring sectors forming a turbine ring extending circumferentially around an axial direction (D A), each ring sector having a platform with, along a radial direction of the turbine ring, an inner face defining the inner face of the turbine ring and an outer face from which an upstream lug and a downstream lug extend along the radial direction, each ring sector comprising a first groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the inner face of said platform, a second groove present in the platform in the vicinity of the outer face of said platform, the first and the second groove extending along the axial direction of the turbine ring, an upstream groove extending radially into the upstream lug and a downstream groove extending radially into the downstream lug, a first sealing tab extending into the first groove, a second sealing tab extending into the second groove, an upstream sealing tab extending into the upstream groove and a downstream sealing tab extending into the downstream groove, characterized in that the second sealing tab includes one or several opening(s) (26, 27).
A classification system comprising: a memory device; a processor communicatively connected to said memory device; and an input communicatively connected to said processor, wherein said input is configured to receive image data concerning a scene comprising at least one object that is to be classified as one of an object of interest, OOI, and a nuisance of interest, NOI, based upon at least one non-Boolean attribute of said object, the classification system characterized in that: said at least one object that is to be classified as an OOI is at least one of a headlight from an oncoming vehicle and a tail light of a leading vehicle, said processor is configured as a Bayesian classifier to classify said object based upon said non-Boolean attribute using a probability function of said non-Boolean attribute that is computed using the likelihood that said non-Boolean attribute occurs in an OOI and using the likelihood that said non-Boolean attribute occurs in a NOI, wherein said non-Boolean attribute of said at least one object includes at least one of brightness, color, and location within the image, and wherein said processor is further configured to combine a plurality of said non-Boolean attributes through multiplication to produce a probability of said object's classification. a memory device; a processor communicatively connected to said memory device; and an input communicatively connected to said processor, wherein said input is configured to receive image data concerning a scene comprising at least one object that is to be classified as one of an object of interest, OOI, and a nuisance of interest, NOI, based upon at least one non-Boolean attribute of said object, the classification system characterized in that: said at least one object that is to be classified as an OOI is at least one of a headlight from an oncoming vehicle and a tail light of a leading vehicle, said processor is configured as a Bayesian classifier to classify said object based upon said non-Boolean attribute using a probability function of said non-Boolean attribute that is computed using the likelihood that said non-Boolean attribute occurs in an OOI and using the likelihood that said non-Boolean attribute occurs in a NOI, wherein said non-Boolean attribute of said at least one object includes at least one of brightness, color, and location within the image, and wherein said processor is further configured to combine a plurality of said non-Boolean attributes through multiplication to produce a probability of said object's classification.