mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a housing (102, 104); a microelectromechanical systems-based (MEMS-based) sensor (110, 200) within the housing and configured to detect a pressure on the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200) caused by airflow through at least a portion of the housing, the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200) being configured to convert the pressure to an electrical signal, and output the electrical signal; and a microprocessor configured to receive the electrical signal from the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200), and control operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device based thereon, wherein the MEMS-based sensor is a MEMS microphone including a die (202, 304) with a micromachined, pressure-sensitive diaphragm and a backplate that form a variable capacitor, the MEMS-based sensor packaged in an integrated circuit package excluding audio-grade filtering and amplification stages, and wherein in an instance in which an input voltage is applied to the variable capacitor, the pressure causes movement of the diaphragm and thereby a change in a capacitance of the variable capacitor, the change in capacitance causing a change in an output voltage across the variable capacitor, the output voltage or a digital representation thereof being output by the MEMS microphone as the electrical signal. a housing (102, 104); a microelectromechanical systems-based (MEMS-based) sensor (110, 200) within the housing and configured to detect a pressure on the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200) caused by airflow through at least a portion of the housing, the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200) being configured to convert the pressure to an electrical signal, and output the electrical signal; and a microprocessor configured to receive the electrical signal from the MEMS-based sensor (110, 200), and control operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device based thereon, wherein the MEMS-based sensor is a MEMS microphone including a die (202, 304) with a micromachined, pressure-sensitive diaphragm and a backplate that form a variable capacitor, the MEMS-based sensor packaged in an integrated circuit package excluding audio-grade filtering and amplification stages, and wherein in an instance in which an input voltage is applied to the variable capacitor, the pressure causes movement of the diaphragm and thereby a change in a capacitance of the variable capacitor, the change in capacitance causing a change in an output voltage across the variable capacitor, the output voltage or a digital representation thereof being output by the MEMS microphone as the electrical signal.
A method for operating a manipulator system, comprising in particular a driverless transport system and further in particular a driverless transport vehicle, wherein a protective field of the manipulator system is monitored by means of a monitoring device, the method comprising: providing environmental information concerning an environment of the manipulator system, wherein providing the environmental information comprises detecting an adaptation signal, wherein detecting the adaptation signal comprises wirelessly receiving the adaptation signal, wherein the adaptation signal is wirelessly transmitted from a stationary transmitter; adapting the protective field based on the environmental information; and monitoring the adapted protective field by means of the monitoring device. providing environmental information concerning an environment of the manipulator system, wherein providing the environmental information comprises detecting an adaptation signal, wherein detecting the adaptation signal comprises wirelessly receiving the adaptation signal, wherein the adaptation signal is wirelessly transmitted from a stationary transmitter; adapting the protective field based on the environmental information; and monitoring the adapted protective field by means of the monitoring device.
A method for providing, for a portion of a road, an approximation of a roughness figure in accordance with a roughness index, the method comprising: - receiving speed data of a first vehicle travelling along the portion of the road and receiving, from a measuring device mounted fast on the first vehicle, measured acceleration data of the device perpendicular to the road surface, the first vehicle falling in a first class of a plurality of classes of vehicles, a respective set of speed-based conversion equations being pre-derived for each of the plurality of classes of vehicles, a first set of the respective sets of speed-based conversion equations (46.1) relating to the first class of vehicles, the first set of speed-based conversion equations comprising a plurality of conversion equations, wherein each of the conversion equations of the first set relates to a different predetermined speed; - processing (200, 202) the acceleration data, to provide a parameter value relating to the acceleration data for the portion of the road; - characterized in that based on the speed data a first speed-based conversion equation is selected from the first set of speed-based conversion equations, in that the first speed-based conversion equation is used to convert said parameter value into an approximation of a roughness figure for the portion of the road in accordance with the roughness index. - receiving speed data of a first vehicle travelling along the portion of the road and receiving, from a measuring device mounted fast on the first vehicle, measured acceleration data of the device perpendicular to the road surface, the first vehicle falling in a first class of a plurality of classes of vehicles, a respective set of speed-based conversion equations being pre-derived for each of the plurality of classes of vehicles, a first set of the respective sets of speed-based conversion equations (46.1) relating to the first class of vehicles, the first set of speed-based conversion equations comprising a plurality of conversion equations, wherein each of the conversion equations of the first set relates to a different predetermined speed; - processing (200, 202) the acceleration data, to provide a parameter value relating to the acceleration data for the portion of the road; - characterized in that based on the speed data a first speed-based conversion equation is selected from the first set of speed-based conversion equations, in that the first speed-based conversion equation is used to convert said parameter value into an approximation of a roughness figure for the portion of the road in accordance with the roughness index.
A lock cylinder comprising a cylinder housing and a cylinder core which is rotatably supported in the cylinder housing about a cylinder axis and which is secured by means of a circlip against an axial movement relative to the cylinder housing, wherein the cylinder core has a keyway for the introduction of an associated key, wherein the cylinder core can be rotated between a locked position and an open position by means of the introduced key, and wherein the lock cylinder has a plurality of tumblers which can be actuated by means of the associated key, wherein the circlip and the cylinder housing together form a rotary abutment for limiting an angle of rotation of the cylinder core to a predetermined rotary angle range, wherein the circlip is rotationally fixedly held at the cylinder core, wherein the circlip has an abutment section which projects in a radial and/or axial direction, characterized in that the abutment section engages into a free space which is provided at the cylinder housing and which is bounded in a tangential direction, with the free space of the cylinder housing being formed as a recess relative to an end face of the cylinder housing, said recess being provided at the end face of the cylinder housing and extending in the axial and tangential direction. wherein the cylinder core can be rotated between a locked position and an open position by means of the introduced key, and wherein the lock cylinder has a plurality of tumblers which can be actuated by means of the associated key, wherein the circlip and the cylinder housing together form a rotary abutment for limiting an angle of rotation of the cylinder core to a predetermined rotary angle range, wherein the circlip is rotationally fixedly held at the cylinder core, wherein the circlip has an abutment section which projects in a radial and/or axial direction, characterized in that the abutment section engages into a free space which is provided at the cylinder housing and which is bounded in a tangential direction, with the free space of the cylinder housing being formed as a recess relative to an end face of the cylinder housing, said recess being provided at the end face of the cylinder housing and extending in the axial and tangential direction.
A method comprising: determining, by a first provider edge PE device of a plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C) that participate in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network EVPN, that a first multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device; in response to determining that the multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device, sending, by the first PE device, a source-active SA route to the plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C) to indicate the first multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device; receiving, by the first PE device and from a second PE device of the plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C), a second SA route that indicates that a second multicast traffic flow has started for the second PE device; and using an election mechanism, to perform, by the first PE device, an election of a core-facing designated forwarder from among the first PE device and second PE device, wherein the core-facing designated forwarder is configured to forward the multicast traffic into the EVPN. determining, by a first provider edge PE device of a plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C) that participate in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network EVPN, that a first multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device; in response to determining that the multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device, sending, by the first PE device, a source-active SA route to the plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C) to indicate the first multicast traffic flow has started for the first PE device; receiving, by the first PE device and from a second PE device of the plurality of PE devices (10A, 10B, 10C), a second SA route that indicates that a second multicast traffic flow has started for the second PE device; and using an election mechanism, to perform, by the first PE device, an election of a core-facing designated forwarder from among the first PE device and second PE device, wherein the core-facing designated forwarder is configured to forward the multicast traffic into the EVPN.
Installation for transmitting electrical power between a wind farm arranged in a sea or a lake and a land-based energy supply network having a land-based converter that can be connected to the energy supply network, said land-based converter being connected to a lake-based diode rectifier via a DC voltage connection, wherein the diode rectifier is coupled to the wind farm via a lake-based AC voltage network, wherein energy supply means are provided for feeding electrical power into the lake-based AC voltage network, wherein the energy supply means have at least the DC voltage connection that extends at least partly into the sea and that connects the lake-based AC voltage network to a lake-based or land-based coupling-in component, which is configured to feed power into the DC voltage connection, and wherein the diode rectifier has a plurality of partial diode rectifiers connected in series or in parallel on the DC voltage side, characterized in that at least one self-commutated partial converter is connected in series on the DC voltage side with the partial diode rectifiers, said partial converter being able to be connected to the coupling-in component via the DC voltage connection, the partial diode rectifiers can each be bypassed by means of a bypass switch, each partial diode rectifier is connected to the AC voltage network via a separate partial transformer, and each of the partial diode rectifiers is connected to a string, wherein a plurality of wind energy installations are arranged in each string.
A rudder for watercraft, in particular for ships, comprising a rudder shaft that can be arranged in a trunk pipe, a rudder blade connected to the rudder shaft and a bearing bushing arranged between trunk pipe and rudder shaft as well as a bearing clearance measuring device, wherein the bearing clearance measuring device comprises at least one sensor (26, 26a) for abrasion-free measurement of a bearing clearance, characterized in that the sensor (26, 26a) is arranged in a contact-free manner and at a distance from the rudder shaft, and/or in that the at least one sensor (26, 26a) is an eddy current sensor or an ultrasound sensor.
A cutting insert for a gear milling cutter comprising an insert body having a longitudinal axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the insert body, the insert body being generally shaped to fit inside an imaginary rectangular cuboid, and comprising a first major side portion and a second major side portion extending in the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the insert body, a first rake face side portion and a second rake face side portion extending in the longitudinal direction on opposite sides of the insert body, a first minor side portion and a second minor side portion extending across the longitudinal axis on opposite sides of the insert body, and four curved cutting edges (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d), each curved cutting edge (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) extending along a rim portion formed at an intersection between the first or second rake face side portion (12a, 12b) and the first or second major side portion (10a, 10b) continuing into the first or second minor side portion (14a, 14b), wherein each curved cutting edge (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) comprises a tooth flank cutting portion and a tooth root cutting portion, characterized in that the first major side portion is provided with a first recess having a first bottom surface and the second major side portion is provided with a second recess having a second bottom surface, the first and second bottom surfaces (24a, 24b) extending substantially in parallel with the longitudinal axis, and wherein the first minor side portion is provided with a third recess having a third bottom surface and the second minor side portion is provided with a fourth recess having a fourth bottom surface, the third and fourth bottom surfaces (28a, 28b) extending across the longitudinal axis.
Liquid dispenser device (1, 20) for guiding through a body cleansing procedure, in particular a hand washing procedure, including an operable dispensing unit for hygienic liquid, and an optical display unit communicating with the output unit, wherein the liquid dispenser device (1, 20) is arranged such that the optical display unit, upon actuation of the dispensing unit, displays visual signals to an operator about a stored time duration of a recommended body cleansing procedure, characterized in that the optical display unit is arranged to simultaneously display different visual signals concerning concurrent body cleansing procedures of several operators, and the optical display unit comprises a plurality of optical progress indicators (4-6, 21-23) for body cleansing procedures in the form of a plurality of juxtaposed optical display bars. an operable dispensing unit for hygienic liquid, and an optical display unit communicating with the output unit, wherein the liquid dispenser device (1, 20) is arranged such that the optical display unit, upon actuation of the dispensing unit, displays visual signals to an operator about a stored time duration of a recommended body cleansing procedure, characterized in that the optical display unit is arranged to simultaneously display different visual signals concerning concurrent body cleansing procedures of several operators, and the optical display unit comprises a plurality of optical progress indicators (4-6, 21-23) for body cleansing procedures in the form of a plurality of juxtaposed optical display bars.
A method for determining the resistive state of at least one resistive change element within a resistive change element array, comprising: providing a resistive change element array, said resistive change element array comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; and a plurality of resistive change elements, wherein each resistive change element has a first terminal and a second terminal and wherein said first terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a word line and said second terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a bit line; charging all of said bit lines and all of said word lines within said resistive change element array to a preselected voltage level simultaneously; selecting one word line within said resistive change element array and allowing said selected word line to float while driving all of the other word lines and all of the bit lines to ground; observing the current through those resistive change elements that are in electrical communication with said selected word line as said selected word line discharges through those resistive change elements to measure at least one read current value for at least one resistive change element; and determining from said at least one read current value the resistive state of at least one resistive change element. providing a resistive change element array, said resistive change element array comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; and a plurality of resistive change elements, wherein each resistive change element has a first terminal and a second terminal and wherein said first terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a word line and said second terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a bit line; a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; and a plurality of resistive change elements, wherein each resistive change element has a first terminal and a second terminal and wherein said first terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a word line and said second terminal of each resistive change element is in electrical communication with a bit line; charging all of said bit lines and all of said word lines within said resistive change element array to a preselected voltage level simultaneously; selecting one word line within said resistive change element array and allowing said selected word line to float while driving all of the other word lines and all of the bit lines to ground; observing the current through those resistive change elements that are in electrical communication with said selected word line as said selected word line discharges through those resistive change elements to measure at least one read current value for at least one resistive change element; and determining from said at least one read current value the resistive state of at least one resistive change element.
Elastomeric spring for antiroll bar comprising at least one first part made of elastomer and one second part made of elastomer distinct from the first part, characterized by the first part and the second part each comprising at least one latching portion configured to work together by latching with an anti-roll bar support armature.
A method of reducing heating at an electrode on a lead (2006, 2106, 2206, 2306, 2406) of an implantable medical system (2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400) during an MRI scan, wherein the lead (2006, 2106, 2206, 2306, 2406) includes one or more stimulation conductors and a shunt conductor (2052, 2240, 2320, 2408), the method comprising: monitoring a temperature at the one or more electrodes during an MRI scan; and upon detecting that the temperature being monitored exceeds a threshold, then shunting, within the shunt conductor (2052, 2240, 2320, 2408) of the lead (2006, 2106, 2206, 2306, 2406), electrical current from the one or more stimulation conductors to a heat sink (2044, 2144, 2246, 2346, 2412) externally located on the implantable medical system (2200, 2300, 2400). monitoring a temperature at the one or more electrodes during an MRI scan; and upon detecting that the temperature being monitored exceeds a threshold, then shunting, within the shunt conductor (2052, 2240, 2320, 2408) of the lead (2006, 2106, 2206, 2306, 2406), electrical current from the one or more stimulation conductors to a heat sink (2044, 2144, 2246, 2346, 2412) externally located on the implantable medical system (2200, 2300, 2400).
A pharmaceutical tablet formulation suitable for sublingual administration comprising particles of: (a) zolpidem or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) a mucoadhesion promoting agent, which particles of components (a) and (b) are each presented, at least in part, upon the surfaces of larger carrier particles, and wherein the dose of zolpidem or salt thereof per tablet is in the range of about 5 mg to about 12 mg for use in a method of treatment of insomnia which method comprises the sublingual administration of said formulation to a patient suffering from, or susceptible to, such a condition, and wherein said sublingual administration provides for: (i) a measurable plasma concentration of zolpidem within 10 minutes of administration; (ii) a time difference between: the first measurable; and the maximum measured plasma concentration of zolpidem following administration of the formulation, which time difference is within the range of about 80 minutes to about 160 minutes; and (iii) a plasma concentration of zolpidem that is capable of maintaining sleep at least about 6 hours after administration. (a) zolpidem or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) a mucoadhesion promoting agent, (i) a measurable plasma concentration of zolpidem within 10 minutes of administration; (ii) a time difference between: the first measurable; and the maximum measured plasma concentration of zolpidem following administration of the formulation, which time difference is within the range of about 80 minutes to about 160 minutes; and the first measurable; and the maximum measured (iii) a plasma concentration of zolpidem that is capable of maintaining sleep at least about 6 hours after administration.