mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for generating inert gas comprising: a fuel tank including an inner storage volume containing a fuel; a fuel stabilization chamber having an inner volume containing fuel and an ullage, said fuel within said inner volume being separate from said fuel within said inner storage volume, wherein said fuel stabilization chamber and said fuel tank are coupled such that said fuel is movable from said inner storage volume to said inner volume; an inert gas device operably coupled to the inner volume of said fuel stabilization chamber, wherein inert gas output from said inert gas device interacts with a fuel in said inner volume to remove dissolved oxygen from said fuel in said inner volume; the system further comprising: a first pump for moving said fuel from said inner storage volume to said inner volume; a second pump for providing said fuel from said inner volume to a downstream component; and a conduit extending from said inert gas device into said inner volume, said conduit being operable to expel said inert gas therefrom as a plurality of bubbles; and the system being characterised in that said fuel stabilization chamber is integrally formed with said fuel tank, and said fuel in said inner storage volume and said fuel in said inner volume are separated by a dividing wall. a fuel tank including an inner storage volume containing a fuel; a fuel stabilization chamber having an inner volume containing fuel and an ullage, said fuel within said inner volume being separate from said fuel within said inner storage volume, wherein said fuel stabilization chamber and said fuel tank are coupled such that said fuel is movable from said inner storage volume to said inner volume; an inert gas device operably coupled to the inner volume of said fuel stabilization chamber, wherein inert gas output from said inert gas device interacts with a fuel in said inner volume to remove dissolved oxygen from said fuel in said inner volume; the system further comprising: a first pump for moving said fuel from said inner storage volume to said inner volume; a second pump for providing said fuel from said inner volume to a downstream component; and a conduit extending from said inert gas device into said inner volume, said conduit being operable to expel said inert gas therefrom as a plurality of bubbles; and the system being characterised in that said fuel stabilization chamber is integrally formed with said fuel tank, and said fuel in said inner storage volume and said fuel in said inner volume are separated by a dividing wall.
A medical safety needle, comprising: a needle body having a needlepoint; a covering body (9; 9A-E) having a detent portion slidable on the needle body to catch the needlepoint so as to cover the needlepoint, and a resilient cantilever (31; 31A) supporting the detent portion; and a collar portion slidably fitting on the covering body (9; 9A-E), the collar portion being configured to get in contact with the cantilever (31; 31A) to press the cantilever (31; 31A) radially inwardly; characterized by a housing having an end face on which the collar portion is capable of being seated, the housing being configured to carry the covering body (9; 9A-E) from a first position to have the needlepoint exposed to a second position to have the needlepoint covered by the covering body. a needle body having a needlepoint; a covering body (9; 9A-E) having a detent portion slidable on the needle body to catch the needlepoint so as to cover the needlepoint, and a resilient cantilever (31; 31A) supporting the detent portion; and a collar portion slidably fitting on the covering body (9; 9A-E), the collar portion being configured to get in contact with the cantilever (31; 31A) to press the cantilever (31; 31A) radially inwardly; characterized by a housing having an end face on which the collar portion is capable of being seated, the housing being configured to carry the covering body (9; 9A-E) from a first position to have the needlepoint exposed to a second position to have the needlepoint covered by the covering body.
A mobile cleaning robot comprising: a bin seating; a drive system operative to move the mobile cleaning robot; a blower to generate a supply air flow; a debris bin removably and replaceably disposed in the bin seating; a filter unit disposed in the debris bin and in a path of the supply air flow; and characterized by: a bin retention system to retain the debris bin in the bin seating, the bin retention system including a latch mechanism selectively movable between a locking position, wherein the latch mechanism prevents displacement of the debris bin from the bin seating, and a releasing position, wherein the latch mechanism permits displacement of the debris bin from the bin seating, wherein: the debris bin includes a handle pivotable between a stored position and a raised position; and the bin retention system is transitioned from the locking position to the releasing position by pivoting the handle from the stored position to the raised position. a bin seating; a drive system operative to move the mobile cleaning robot; a blower to generate a supply air flow; a debris bin removably and replaceably disposed in the bin seating; a filter unit disposed in the debris bin and in a path of the supply air flow; and characterized by: a bin retention system to retain the debris bin in the bin seating, the bin retention system including a latch mechanism selectively movable between a locking position, wherein the latch mechanism prevents displacement of the debris bin from the bin seating, and a releasing position, wherein the latch mechanism permits displacement of the debris bin from the bin seating, wherein: the debris bin includes a handle pivotable between a stored position and a raised position; and the bin retention system is transitioned from the locking position to the releasing position by pivoting the handle from the stored position to the raised position. the debris bin includes a handle pivotable between a stored position and a raised position; and the bin retention system is transitioned from the locking position to the releasing position by pivoting the handle from the stored position to the raised position.
A direct circular rotary internal combustion engine with static combustion chamber, toroidal expansion chamber and rotor without moving parts, which transforms a controlled expansion of combustion into rotary motion of the shaft characterized by being composed of the following elements: a. a solid side plate with a hole (1.1) that permits passage of a fixed axis (3.1) of an expander rotor; b. a solid body fixed to the solid side plate, wherein the solid body comprises: a cylindrical recess (2.1) concentric with the hole (1.1) of the side plate; a chamber forming a static combustion chamber in whose inner side are located cavities (2.2, 2.3, 2.4), with their respective intake valve of pressurized oxidizer, spark plug, and fuel injection valve; by-pass valve connecting static combustion chamber to cylindrical recess (2.1); a cavity (2.5) containing an expansion valve angled with respect to a radius of the cylindrical recess (2.1); and a cavity forming exhaust outlet (2.6) also open to cylindrical recess (2.1); c. a cylindrical expander rotor perpendicularly crossed by a shaft (3.1) in its circular center, fixed to it, which passes through the hole (1.1) of the solid side plate centering it on cylindrical recess (2.1) and an expander head (3.3), which protrudes from the cylindrical rotor line and is perfectly adjusted with the inside of the cylindrical recess (2.1) of the solid body; d. a solid side plate, mirror image of the solid side plate with a bore (11.1) which passes the fixed shaft (3.1) of the rotor and which fixes the solid body to the other side, forming the engine. a. a solid side plate with a hole (1.1) that permits passage of a fixed axis (3.1) of an expander rotor; b. a solid body fixed to the solid side plate, wherein the solid body comprises: a cylindrical recess (2.1) concentric with the hole (1.1) of the side plate; a chamber forming a static combustion chamber in whose inner side are located cavities (2.2, 2.3, 2.4), with their respective intake valve of pressurized oxidizer, spark plug, and fuel injection valve; by-pass valve connecting static combustion chamber to cylindrical recess (2.1); a cavity (2.5) containing an expansion valve angled with respect to a radius of the cylindrical recess (2.1); and a cavity forming exhaust outlet (2.6) also open to cylindrical recess (2.1); c. a cylindrical expander rotor perpendicularly crossed by a shaft (3.1) in its circular center, fixed to it, which passes through the hole (1.1) of the solid side plate centering it on cylindrical recess (2.1) and an expander head (3.3), which protrudes from the cylindrical rotor line and is perfectly adjusted with the inside of the cylindrical recess (2.1) of the solid body; d. a solid side plate, mirror image of the solid side plate with a bore (11.1) which passes the fixed shaft (3.1) of the rotor and which fixes the solid body to the other side, forming the engine.
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: (a) a stent body including a generally tubular annulus region having a proximal-to-distal axis, the stent having a radially expanded condition when the stent is implanted; (b) one or more prosthetic valve elements mounted to the stent body and operative to allow blood flow in the distal direction through the annulus region but to substantially block blood flow in the proximal direction through the annulus region; and (c) a cuff arranged such that, in the radially expanded condition, material of the cuff is pleated, characterised in that the pleats define a plurality of valley regions and ridge regions and the pleats are attached to the stent body in the valley regions. (a) a stent body including a generally tubular annulus region having a proximal-to-distal axis, the stent having a radially expanded condition when the stent is implanted; (b) one or more prosthetic valve elements mounted to the stent body and operative to allow blood flow in the distal direction through the annulus region but to substantially block blood flow in the proximal direction through the annulus region; and (c) a cuff arranged such that, in the radially expanded condition, material of the cuff is pleated, characterised in that the pleats define a plurality of valley regions and ridge regions and the pleats are attached to the stent body in the valley regions.
A multi-axis industrial robot, in particular of a SCARA type, comprising: - a base structure; - a first arm pivotally connected to the base structure about a first axis of rotation; - a second arm pivotally connected to said first arm about a second axis of rotation parallel to said first axis; and - an operating unit carried by a shaft, which is mounted on said second arm and can be driven, by means of an actuation assembly (M1, M2, R, 22, 24), in a first movement of translation along a third axis and in a second movement of rotation about said third axis, said third axis being parallel to said first and second axes, wherein said second arm comprises: - a base body fixed on which is said actuation assembly; and - a covering body, which is mounted on said base body, wherein said base body and said covering body constitute a housing within which said actuation assembly is enclosed and separated from the external environment; said robot being characterized in that said second arm comprises an intermediate body, which is fixed on said base body and has a structure that is set at least in part between said covering body and said actuation assembly and is provided with portions for fixing said covering body on said intermediate body in such a way that said covering body is fixed on said base body through said intermediate body without any direct fixing between said covering body and said base body, and constitutes, together with said base body, a housing within which said actuation assembly and said intermediate body are enclosed. - a base structure; - a first arm pivotally connected to the base structure about a first axis of rotation; - a second arm pivotally connected to said first arm about a second axis of rotation parallel to said first axis; and - an operating unit carried by a shaft, which is mounted on said second arm and can be driven, by means of an actuation assembly (M1, M2, R, 22, 24), in a first movement of translation along a third axis and in a second movement of rotation about said third axis, said third axis being parallel to said first and second axes, - a base body fixed on which is said actuation assembly; and - a covering body, which is mounted on said base body,
A clutch module comprising: A first rotating member including at least one strut actuation module (14, 14'); A second engaged member (16, 16') including cam surfaces (17, 17') thereon for engagement by said strut actuation module (14, 14'); said strut actuation module (14, 14') including a frame with a strut pivotally moveable with respect to said frame, said strut including an engagement end and a base end including a first side and a second side thereof, a pin/post portion extending from said frame and having an insulated bobbin with an energizable coil (36, 36a) surrounding said bobbin, a U-shaped member including a pair of actuation legs (38, 40) attached to said pin/post portion and forming a magnetic gap between said base end of said strut and peripheral ends (46, 48) of said legs (38, 40), such that when said coil (36, 36a) is energized the peripheral ends (46, 48) of said legs (38, 40) are polarized in a first polarity and said frame and said strut are polarized with an opposite polarity thereby biasing said strut toward said peripheral ends (46, 48) and pivoting said engagement end into engagement with a cam surface (17, 17') of said engagement member (16, 16). A first rotating member including at least one strut actuation module (14, 14'); A second engaged member (16, 16') including cam surfaces (17, 17') thereon for engagement by said strut actuation module (14, 14');
A laminated coil component having a magnetic body part containing at least Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn and Ni, and a coil-shaped conductor containing Cu as a main component, wherein the magnetic body part is divided into a first region which encapsulates the coil-shaped conductor within it, and a second region which contains the first region within it, wherein a weight ratio of the content of Cu, in terms of CuO, in the second region of the magnetic body part to the content of Cu, in terms of CuO, in the first region of the magnetic body part is 0 to 0.6.
A heating module comprising a resistance heating element placed in an electrically non-conductive frame and at least two contacts arranged between the frame and the heating element, the contacts supplying electric current to the heating element the side walls of which are directed towards the frame, characterised in that the heating element is mounted to the frame by means of the at least two contacts (7, 7') arranged at opposite side walls (3, 3') of the heating element, wherein each contact (7, 7') comprises at least two brackets (8, 8') releasably coupled to a side wall (3, 3') and at least one separate resilient element (10, 10', 10") connected to the brackets (8, 8') and to at least one catch releasably coupled to the frame, wherein each resilient element (10, 10', 10"), arranged in contact with a side wall (3, 3') of the heating element is tensioned and exerts an expanding force acting on the connection of the contact (7, 7') with the frame and the heating element.
A container having an opening and a closure movable between a first position in which the container is in a normal upright position and the opening is closed, and a second position in which the container is tilted in order to dispense its contents in use and the opening is exposed, the closure comprising a closure flap located within the container and a pivot arm, the pivot arm having a first arm portion secured to the closure flap and a second arm portion having a weighted portion, the pivot arm being pivotally mounted within the container at a pivot point located between the first and second arm portions (40, 42), characterised in that when the container is in a first position, the second arm portion hangs vertically from the pivot and acts to bias the closure flap to close the opening and when the container is rotated in a first direction to a second position, the weighted portion causes the pivot arm and the closure flap to rotate relative to the container in a second direction opposite to the first direction, thereby to bias the closure flap away from the opening in order to expose the opening.
A method for manufacturing a rubber composition containing a rubber component, a resin, a reinforcing filler and a crosslinking agent, the method comprising: a first step of adding the resin to the rubber component to produce a master batch; a second step of kneading the master batch with the reinforcing filler to produce a filled master batch; and a third step of kneading the filled master batch with the crosslinking agent, wherein the resin is a phenolic thermosetting resin and the rubber component is at least one selected from natural rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and polybutadiene rubber and a curing agent is added to the phenol thermosetting resin.
A graft copolymer characterized in comprising: a seed comprising units derived from an alkyl methacrylate monomer; a core formed on the seed and comprising units derived from an alkyl acrylate monomer; and a shell formed on the core and comprising units derived from one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, a vinyl cyanide-based monomer and an alkyl methacrylate monomer, wherein an average particle diameter of the core is 40 to 90 nm, and a graft ratio of the shell is 10 to 30%. a seed comprising units derived from an alkyl methacrylate monomer; a core formed on the seed and comprising units derived from an alkyl acrylate monomer; and a shell formed on the core and comprising units derived from one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, a vinyl cyanide-based monomer and an alkyl methacrylate monomer,
A method for producing a continuous aggregate of carbon nanotube fibers by spinning a raw material containing a carbon source in the presence of a carrier gas containing a reducing gas, the reducing gas being hydrogen, at a temperature of 1150 to 1250°C, comprising controlling the molar ratio of the carbon source to the reducing gas in the carrier gas and [carbon source/reducing gas] to 0.047 or more and less than 0.065 to produce the aggregate composed of single-wall carbon nanotubes, wherein the raw material is a catalyst precursor dispersed in a gaseous carbon compound further comprising a catalytic activator, wherein the catalytic activator is a sulfur element or a sulfur-containing compound, the gaseous carbon compound is methane, wherein the catalyst precursor includes at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt, platinum, ruthenium, molybdenum, vanadium and oxides thereof wherein the supply flow rate of the raw material is selected in the range of 80 to 150 ml/min, and the supply flow rate of the carrier gas is selected in the range of 1.5 to 3 L/min, and wherein the molar ratio of the carbon source to the reducing gas and the value of IG/ID are selected in the range of the following Equation 1: − 4.06 × 10 2 A + 29.4 ≤ IG / ID ≤ − 4.06 × 10 2 A + 37.5 wherein, the IG/ID of the carbon nanotube fibers means the maximum peak intensity IG in the range of 1560 cm -1 to 1600 cm -1 and the maximum peak intensity ID in the range of 1310 cm -1 to 1350 cm -1, by the resonance Raman scattering measurement scheme, and wherein the IG/ID value of the carbon nanotube fibers satisfies IG/ID > 6. wherein the raw material is a catalyst precursor dispersed in a gaseous carbon compound further comprising a catalytic activator, wherein the catalytic activator is a sulfur element or a sulfur-containing compound, the gaseous carbon compound is methane, wherein the catalyst precursor includes at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, cobalt, platinum, ruthenium, molybdenum, vanadium and oxides thereof wherein the supply flow rate of the raw material is selected in the range of 80 to 150 ml/min, and the supply flow rate of the carrier gas is selected in the range of 1.5 to 3 L/min, and wherein the molar ratio of the carbon source to the reducing gas and the value of IG/ID are selected in the range of the following Equation 1: − 4.06 × 10 2 A + 29.4 ≤ IG / ID ≤ − 4.06 × 10 2 A + 37.5 wherein, the IG/ID of the carbon nanotube fibers means the maximum peak intensity IG in the range of 1560 cm -1 to 1600 cm -1 and the maximum peak intensity ID in the range of 1310 cm -1 to 1350 cm -1, by the resonance Raman scattering measurement scheme, and wherein the IG/ID value of the carbon nanotube fibers satisfies IG/ID > 6.
Device for driving light-emitting diodes, wherein the light-emitting diodes are distributed over at least two parallel-connected strands, wherein each of the at least two strands comprises one of the light-emitting diodes or at least two light-emitting diodes, arranged in series of the light-emitting diodes, wherein an operating current is applied to the at least two parallel-connected strands, wherein the applied operating current is divided over the at least two strands, wherein the device comprises: - at least two constant current sources, wherein each of the at least two constant current sources is designed to generate a constant current for each one of the at least two parallel-connected strands based on a setpoint value, wherein each of the at least two constant current sources has a first low-pass filter; - an averaging circuit for forming an average from each of the provided constant currents, wherein the average formed by the averaging circuit is the setpoint value, wherein the averaging circuit has at least one second low-pass filter; and - a biasing unit that is designed to define a respective operating point in each of the at least two constant current sources using the average formed by the averaging circuit, characterized in that the biasing unit has at least two transistors (132, 134) and a Zener diode and is designed in a manner that a first transistor of the at least two transistors and the Zener diode generate an offset voltage, wherein a second transistor of the at least two transistors mirrors the voltage present at the Zener diode, whereby the voltage present at the Zener diode is converted into a drive current for defining the respective operating points. - at least two constant current sources, wherein each of the at least two constant current sources is designed to generate a constant current for each one of the at least two parallel-connected strands based on a setpoint value, wherein each of the at least two constant current sources has a first low-pass filter; - an averaging circuit for forming an average from each of the provided constant currents, wherein the average formed by the averaging circuit is the setpoint value, wherein the averaging circuit has at least one second low-pass filter; and - a biasing unit that is designed to define a respective operating point in each of the at least two constant current sources using the average formed by the averaging circuit,