mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A tile assembly (22, 23) which, in use, is fitted to a base structure (16, 52) to form at least part of a fluid washed surface having a fluid flow thereover, whereby the tile assembly (22, 23) comprises: a housing provided with a mechanical fixing for cooperation with a complementary fixing on the base structure (16, 52) to thereby lock the tile assembly (22, 23) to the base structure (16, 52); at least one plenum being provided within the housing; a wall of the housing provided with a plurality of flow passages which extend from the plenum side of the wall to an outer surface of the wall providing said at least part of the fluid washed surface; actuators and flow passage closures coupled to the actuators which are each operable to open and close respective said closures to open and close at least some of the flow passages; characterised in that the tile assembly further comprises a fluid flow sensor to measure the fluid flow over the outer surface of the wall of the housing comprising the flow passages and to generate a signal indicative of the fluid flow for communication to a control unit operable to send a control signal to one or more of the actuators. a housing provided with a mechanical fixing for cooperation with a complementary fixing on the base structure (16, 52) to thereby lock the tile assembly (22, 23) to the base structure (16, 52); at least one plenum being provided within the housing; a wall of the housing provided with a plurality of flow passages which extend from the plenum side of the wall to an outer surface of the wall providing said at least part of the fluid washed surface; actuators and flow passage closures coupled to the actuators which are each operable to open and close respective said closures to open and close at least some of the flow passages; characterised in that the tile assembly further comprises a fluid flow sensor to measure the fluid flow over the outer surface of the wall of the housing comprising the flow passages and to generate a signal indicative of the fluid flow for communication to a control unit operable to send a control signal to one or more of the actuators.
A restriction system for forming a restriction in a patient, comprising: an implantable restriction device that is adjustable and configured to form a restriction in a patient; and an implantable pump in fluid communication with the restriction device and having a plurality of actuators (322a-322e) configured to change shape upon the application of energy thereto such that sequential activation of the plurality of actuators is effective to create pumping action to move fluid through the pump, at least one of the actuators being configured to be in an expanded configuration to prevent the passage of fluid when in a relaxed state. an implantable restriction device that is adjustable and configured to form a restriction in a patient; and an implantable pump in fluid communication with the restriction device and having a plurality of actuators (322a-322e) configured to change shape upon the application of energy thereto such that sequential activation of the plurality of actuators is effective to create pumping action to move fluid through the pump, at least one of the actuators being configured to be in an expanded configuration to prevent the passage of fluid when in a relaxed state.
Lock system for a motor vehicle comprising a handle for opening a door or a hatch of the motor vehicle, an actuating device connected to the handle, a control device, connected to the actuating device, which is suitable for checking an access code of a mobile ID transmitter, and a lock device for the door or hatch, wherein the handle is designed to be movable between a non-operational position in which it is flush with the outer contour of the door of hatch, and an opening position in which it protrudes, at least in parts, from the outer contour, wherein for opening or closing the door or hatch the actuating device is connected and designed in such a way that during opening or closing it moves along a movement path, along which the actuating device and the handle move outwards in their opening position and move inwards in their non-operational position, and also operates the lock device characterised in that when moving along the movement path the actuating device moves from a basic position via a first operating position into a second operating position, and wherein the actuating device between the basic position and the first operating position is designed to move the handle from the non-operational position into the opening position or from the opening position into the non-operational position and between the first operating position and the second operating position to operate the lock device, wherein the handle and the actuating device are connected in such a way that operating the handle in the opening position activates the actuating device in such a way that actuating device moves from the first operating position into the second operating position and that during its movement into the second operating position the actuating device triggers the lock device.
An apparatus for measuring an impedance of a laminated battery, comprising: a laminated battery in which a plurality of power generating elements is laminated; a load connected to both ends of the laminated battery; a superimposing unit (11, 61) configured to superimpose a pulsating current or a pulsating voltage on an output of the laminated battery; an impedance measuring unit configured to measure, when the pulsating current is superimposed on the output, the internal impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of the pulsating current and a pulsating voltage generated by superimposing the pulsating current, the impedance measuring unit being configured to measure, when the pulsating voltage is superimposed on the output, the internal impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of the pulsating voltage and a pulsating current generated by superimposing the pulsating voltage; a resistance component provided between the superimposing unit (11, 61) and the load; and a potential difference suppressing circuit configured to suppress a pulsating potential difference between both ends of the resistance component. a laminated battery in which a plurality of power generating elements is laminated; a load connected to both ends of the laminated battery; a superimposing unit (11, 61) configured to superimpose a pulsating current or a pulsating voltage on an output of the laminated battery; an impedance measuring unit configured to measure, when the pulsating current is superimposed on the output, the internal impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of the pulsating current and a pulsating voltage generated by superimposing the pulsating current, the impedance measuring unit being configured to measure, when the pulsating voltage is superimposed on the output, the internal impedance of the laminated battery on the basis of the pulsating voltage and a pulsating current generated by superimposing the pulsating voltage; a resistance component provided between the superimposing unit (11, 61) and the load; and a potential difference suppressing circuit configured to suppress a pulsating potential difference between both ends of the resistance component.
Powertrain for a motor vehicle, having - a drive motor for providing a drive output; - a transmission assembly for specifying a gearing ratio between the drive motor and drive wheels (VL, VR, HL, HR); and - a hydraulics assembly for activating components of the transmission assembly; wherein the hydraulics assembly has a main pump which is connected to a hydraulic consumer portion, and wherein the hydraulics assembly has a secondary pump which according to requirements is powered by a secondary-pump electric motor and which is connected to the consumer portion, wherein the secondary pump is connected or capable of being connected to an output transfer installation for variably distributing drive output to two axles, characterized in that the secondary pump is connected to the output transfer installation by way of a valve assembly, and the valve assembly has a directional valve having at least a first position and a second position, wherein the secondary pump in the second position is connected to the output transfer installation, and the directional valve for specifying the first and/or the second position (88, 90) has a first and a second hydraulic activation connector (92, 94), and the first hydraulic activation connector for specifying the second position is connected to a pressure connector of the main pump. - a drive motor for providing a drive output; - a transmission assembly for specifying a gearing ratio between the drive motor and drive wheels (VL, VR, HL, HR); and - a hydraulics assembly for activating components of the transmission assembly; wherein the hydraulics assembly has a main pump which is connected to a hydraulic consumer portion, and wherein the hydraulics assembly has a secondary pump which according to requirements is powered by a secondary-pump electric motor and which is connected to the consumer portion, wherein the secondary pump is connected or capable of being connected to an output transfer installation for variably distributing drive output to two axles, characterized in that the secondary pump is connected to the output transfer installation by way of a valve assembly, and the valve assembly has a directional valve having at least a first position and a second position, wherein the secondary pump in the second position is connected to the output transfer installation, and the directional valve for specifying the first and/or the second position (88, 90) has a first and a second hydraulic activation connector (92, 94), and the first hydraulic activation connector for specifying the second position is connected to a pressure connector of the main pump.
A method for providing and using a reference interval for an analyte to aid in evaluation of test subject's test result for the analyte, comprising: (a) pooling data from a database in which measurements of the analyte from the a reference population have been stored, wherein the reference population comprises both healthy and unhealthy subjects and wherein all subjects in the reference population have at least one characteristic of the test subject; (b) plotting cumulative frequencies of data against a range of analyte measurements from the reference population to form a distribution; (c) transforming the plotted data to normalize the distribution if the mean of the plotted data is located in the first or fifth quintile of the distribution thereby resulting in transformed plotted data; (d) calculating a linear regression of the plotted data, or if transformed, of the transformed plotted data, resulting in a curve and a value for maximum residual error; wherein the linear regression is constrained so that the maximum residual error of the linear portion of the curve is below a predetermined threshold to account for a within-individual biological variation for the analyte; (e) selecting a linear portion of the curve and determining a reference interval for the analyte in the reference population; (f) in a biological sample obtained from the test subject having the at least one characteristic used to select the reference population; determining a measurement of the analyte in the biological sample; and (g) comparing the measurement of the analyte in the biological sample to the reference interval of step (e). (a) pooling data from a database in which measurements of the analyte from the a reference population have been stored, wherein the reference population comprises both healthy and unhealthy subjects and wherein all subjects in the reference population have at least one characteristic of the test subject; (b) plotting cumulative frequencies of data against a range of analyte measurements from the reference population to form a distribution; (c) transforming the plotted data to normalize the distribution if the mean of the plotted data is located in the first or fifth quintile of the distribution thereby resulting in transformed plotted data; (d) calculating a linear regression of the plotted data, or if transformed, of the transformed plotted data, resulting in a curve and a value for maximum residual error; wherein the linear regression is constrained so that the maximum residual error of the linear portion of the curve is below a predetermined threshold to account for a within-individual biological variation for the analyte; (e) selecting a linear portion of the curve and determining a reference interval for the analyte in the reference population; (f) in a biological sample obtained from the test subject having the at least one characteristic used to select the reference population; determining a measurement of the analyte in the biological sample; and (g) comparing the measurement of the analyte in the biological sample to the reference interval of step (e).
Underwater motor module for a water sports device, which forms at least one flow channel each having at least one inlet opening and an outlet opening and has a motor which is in the form of an internal rotor motor and comprises a hollow rotor, which concomitantly forms the flow channel by way of its inner side, which on its outer side directed away from the flow channel is mounted outside the flow channel, and which bears blades, and also comprises an external stator arranged in a housing, characterized in that a module portion which has at least one guide blade and concomitantly forms the flow channel is arranged downstream of the rotor in the flow direction, in which module portion, radially from the guide blade as viewed in the flow direction, are arranged motor electronics.
Sulphur-bridged compounds, characterized in that within the molecule there is at least one fatty acid bonded by way of at least one sulphur bridge to at least one polyalkylene glycol ester, the reaction product of at least one fatty acid with a polyalkylene glycol, and these have from 8 to 29% by weight sulphur content.
A method for detecting "sugar end" defects in potatoes, comprising: irradiating potatoes with at least one light source, for a plurality of locus points (P1-P4) on each potato, wherein locus points (P1, P2, P4) lie on both end regions of the potato and other locus points lie in a central region of the potato, selectively projecting the light (LP1-LP4) reflected from and/or transmitted through the respective locus points (P1-P4) onto at least one photo sensor, generating, by means of the at least one photo sensor, light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) for each locus point (P1-P4) from the received light (LP1-LP4) and intermediately storing such light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) generated for each locus point (P1-P4), determining at least one classification feature from the light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) and classifying potatoes as having "sugar end" defects if at least one classification feature corresponds to a predefined "sugar end" criterion, wherein irradiating the potatoes with wide-band light, generating the spectra of the light (LP1-LP4) reflected from and/or transmitted through the locus points (P1-P4) as light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) by means of the at least one photo sensor and determining at least one classification feature from the spectra or the nth (n=1, 2,...) derivative of the spectra, the respective light reflected from and/or transmitted through the locus points is received by splitting up the spectrum into a plurality of spectral components and each spectral component is then projected onto one of the light-sensitive pixels (Bxy) associated with this spectral component of a photo sensor having a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels (Bxy) of the photo sensor are optionally arranged in a two-dimensional way, wherein the first dimension represents the locus points and the second dimension represents the spectral components of the light, wherein determining at least one classification feature from the respective spectrum or the nth derivative of the respective spectrum of the locus points comprises calculating the difference curve for the respective locus point (P1-P4) by calculating the differences between the spectral light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) of the respective locus point (P1-P4) and the spectral values of a reference spectrum for a number of wavelengths or by calculating the differences between the nth derivative of the spectral light measurement signals (LM1-LM4) of the respective locus point (P1-P4) and the nth derivative of the reference spectrum for a number of wavelengths, and wherein the classification feature is thus determined by the difference curve (D -D) calculated in this way.
Vinyl-based floor panels provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and/or horizontal locking of a first edge and a second edge of adjacent floor panels, the adjacent floor panels comprising a plastic wear layer and one or several plastic core layers (5a, 5b), wherein one plastic core layer comprises several essentially vertical flexing grooves with a vertical extension of at least about one third of a core thickness of the plastic core layer, the vertical flexing grooves are essentially parallel with long edges of the floor panels, characterized in that the vertical flexing grooves have a length that is smaller than a distance between the locking systems on short edges of the floor panels, and the vertical flexing grooves are discontinuous.
Internal combustion engine with: a fuel pump which supplies fuel to an internal combustion engine, a fuel-pump-driving device for said fuel pump, a cylinder head (4A, 4B), a crankshaft, a rotational drive member fixed to the crankshaft, a rotational driven member, and an endless torque transmitting member wrapped around the rotational drive member and the rotational driven member, wherein the fuel-pump-driving device comprises a rotational fuel-pump-driving member which is engaged with the endless torque transmitting member between the rotational drive member and the rotational driven member and drives the fuel pump when rotated, characterized in that the fuel pump comprises a plunger and supplies fuel to the internal combustion engine as the plunger performs a reciprocating motion, and the fuel-pump-driving device further comprises a cam unit with the rotational fuel-pump-driving member and a cam which causes the plunger to perform the reciprocating motion, wherein said cam unit is rotatably supported on a shaft supported on the outer surface of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. a fuel pump which supplies fuel to an internal combustion engine, a fuel-pump-driving device for said fuel pump, a cylinder head (4A, 4B), a crankshaft, a rotational drive member fixed to the crankshaft, a rotational driven member, and an endless torque transmitting member wrapped around the rotational drive member and the rotational driven member, wherein the fuel-pump-driving device comprises a rotational fuel-pump-driving member which is engaged with the endless torque transmitting member between the rotational drive member and the rotational driven member and drives the fuel pump when rotated, characterized in that the fuel pump comprises a plunger and supplies fuel to the internal combustion engine as the plunger performs a reciprocating motion, and the fuel-pump-driving device further comprises a cam unit with the rotational fuel-pump-driving member and a cam which causes the plunger to perform the reciprocating motion, wherein said cam unit is rotatably supported on a shaft supported on the outer surface of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine.
A straddled vehicle, comprising: a head pipe; a steering device rotatably supported by the head pipe; a fuel tank disposed behind the head pipe; a seat disposed behind the fuel tank; an air cleaner disposed below the fuel tank or the seat; a side cover (25, 26) including an air passage for guiding air to the air cleaner, and an intake port communicating with the air passage and opening forward, at least a portion of the side cover (25, 26) being disposed to a lateral side of the fuel tank; and a radiator unit disposed below the side cover (25, 26), wherein the radiator unit includes a supporting portion (66, 76) that supports the side cover (25, 26), the side cover (25, 26) includes a supported portion (67, 77) directly supported from below by the supporting portion, the supporting portion is provided with a pin member, the pin member protrudes upward from the supporting portion, extends in a vehicle up-down direction, and is made of metal, an elastic body is attached to the supported portion, and has a hole into which the pin member is inserted, an opening is provided on a bottom surface of the supported portion, and the elastic body is fitted into the opening a head pipe; a steering device rotatably supported by the head pipe; a fuel tank disposed behind the head pipe; a seat disposed behind the fuel tank; an air cleaner disposed below the fuel tank or the seat; a side cover (25, 26) including an air passage for guiding air to the air cleaner, and an intake port communicating with the air passage and opening forward, at least a portion of the side cover (25, 26) being disposed to a lateral side of the fuel tank; and a radiator unit disposed below the side cover (25, 26), wherein the radiator unit includes a supporting portion (66, 76) that supports the side cover (25, 26), the side cover (25, 26) includes a supported portion (67, 77) directly supported from below by the supporting portion, the supporting portion is provided with a pin member, the pin member protrudes upward from the supporting portion, extends in a vehicle up-down direction, and is made of metal, an elastic body is attached to the supported portion, and has a hole into which the pin member is inserted, an opening is provided on a bottom surface of the supported portion, and the elastic body is fitted into the opening