mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A polyurethane foam comprising the product of a reaction mixture comprising: 40 to 70 weight percent of a polyol; 20 to 40 weight percent of an aromatic isocyanate compound having an average of at least 2 isocyanate groups per molecule; 2 to 30 weight percent of a particulate poly(phenylene ether) having a mean particle size of 1 to 40 micrometers; and 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a blowing agent; wherein the weight percent values are based on the total weight of the polyol, the aromatic isocyanate compound, the particulate poly(phenylene ether), and the blowing agent; wherein the reaction mixture is characterized by an isocyanate index of 65 to 95; and wherein the polyurethane foam has a density of 0.01 to 0.16 grams/centimeter 3. 40 to 70 weight percent of a polyol; 20 to 40 weight percent of an aromatic isocyanate compound having an average of at least 2 isocyanate groups per molecule; 2 to 30 weight percent of a particulate poly(phenylene ether) having a mean particle size of 1 to 40 micrometers; and 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a blowing agent; wherein the weight percent values are based on the total weight of the polyol, the aromatic isocyanate compound, the particulate poly(phenylene ether), and the blowing agent; wherein the reaction mixture is characterized by an isocyanate index of 65 to 95; and wherein the polyurethane foam has a density of 0.01 to 0.16 grams/centimeter 3.
A lubricating oil composition for automatic transmissions which comprises a lubricating base oil, phosphorus-based additives, calcium-based detergents, boron-containing additives and sulfur-based additives, wherein the mass ratio of phosphorus: calcium: boron: sulfur determined by elemental analysis is 1: (0.1 to 2): (0.06 to 2): (0.2 to 20), the concentration of phosphorus is from 0.01 to 0.06 percent by mass, the concentration of the sulfur derived from the base oil is from 0 to 0.005 percent by mass, and the concentration of the sulfur derived from the sulfur-based additives is from 0.01 to 0.15 percent by mass, based on the total amount of the composition, wherein said lubricating base oil is a mineral base oil, wherein said sulfur-based additive is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of thiadiazoles and/or benzothiazoles, dithiocarbamates, dithiophosphates, trithiophosphites, polysulfides, and derivatives of through, wherein said phosphorus-based additive is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, and monophosphates, diphosphates, triphosphates, monophosphites, diphosphites, triphosphites, salts of phosphates and phosphites, and zinc alkyldithiophosphates, which each have a hydrocarbon group having 2-30 carbon atoms, and mixture thereof, wherein said calcium-based detergent is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of calcium sulfonate, calcium phenate and calcium salicylate and has a total base number of 20 to 450 mg KOH/g, which is measured by the perchloric acid potentiometric titration method in accordance with section 7 of JIS K2501, and wherein said boron-containing additive is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid-modified succinimides and an alkali metal borates and hydrides thereof.
A limiting amplifier comprising:: a plurality of cascaded stages comprising a first stage and one or more subsequent stages, wherein each stage of the plurality of cascaded stages comprises: an input stage configured to amplify input signals; a first stage output; a second stage output coupled to a common bus; an amplifier stage coupled to the input stage and the first stage output; and a transconductance stage coupled to the input stage and to the second stage output, wherein at least one of the amplifier stage or the transconductance stage is configured to operate in a plurality of states, and wherein further: the stage of the limiting amplifier is configured to operate in a plurality of states based at least in part on the state of at least one of the amplifier stage or the transconductance stage; an input port of the amplifier stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and the amplifier stage provides a signal to the first stage output; and an input port of the transconductance stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and an output port of the transconductance stage is connected to the second output port, wherein the input stage of each of the one or more subsequent stages of the plurality of cascaded stages is coupled to the first stage output of a previous stage of the plurality of cascaded stages; and a current-to-voltage converter coupled to the common bus. an input stage configured to amplify input signals; a first stage output; a second stage output coupled to a common bus; an amplifier stage coupled to the input stage and the first stage output; and a transconductance stage coupled to the input stage and to the second stage output, wherein at least one of the amplifier stage or the transconductance stage is configured to operate in a plurality of states, and wherein further: the stage of the limiting amplifier is configured to operate in a plurality of states based at least in part on the state of at least one of the amplifier stage or the transconductance stage; an input port of the amplifier stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and the amplifier stage provides a signal to the first stage output; and an input port of the transconductance stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and an output port of the transconductance stage is connected to the second output port, the stage of the limiting amplifier is configured to operate in a plurality of states based at least in part on the state of at least one of the amplifier stage or the transconductance stage; an input port of the amplifier stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and the amplifier stage provides a signal to the first stage output; and an input port of the transconductance stage is connected to an output port of the input stage and an output port of the transconductance stage is connected to the second output port,
A cargo transportation container comprising a ceiling and side walls, a connecting plate connecting a side wall with said ceiling, said connecting plate being connected to said side wall and to said ceiling by a respective intermediate layer capable of adhering to metals and plastics materials when heated, i) said side wall and said ceiling being made of metal and said connecting plate being made of a plastic material or ii) said side wall and said ceiling being made of a plastic material and said connecting plate being made of metal, the intermediate layer comprises at one side an adhesive that is adhered to said metal and at an other side a hot melt material that is welded to said plastic material.
A ring network protection method, comprising: sending, by a first node, a protection switching request message on a link protection tunnel of a link between the first node and a second node, and on a node protection tunnel of the second node when a fault occurs in a ring network, wherein the first node and the second node belong to the ring network; receiving, by the first node, a protection switching response message on the link protection tunnel of the link between the first node and the second node, or on the node protection tunnel of the second node; and switching, by the first node, services to the protection tunnel where the protection switching response message is received. sending, by a first node, a protection switching request message on a link protection tunnel of a link between the first node and a second node, and on a node protection tunnel of the second node when a fault occurs in a ring network, wherein the first node and the second node belong to the ring network; receiving, by the first node, a protection switching response message on the link protection tunnel of the link between the first node and the second node, or on the node protection tunnel of the second node; and switching, by the first node, services to the protection tunnel where the protection switching response message is received.
A blood pump for pumping two streams of blood, comprising: a housing (40, 50); a stator supported in the housing; and a rotor assembly comprising a rotor supported in the housing for rotation relative to the stator about an axis; a centrifugal first pumping stage including a first impeller operatively coupled to a first axial end of the rotor for rotation with the rotor about the axis, and a centrifugal second pumping stage including a second impeller operatively coupled to a second axial end of the rotor, opposite the first axial end, for rotation with the rotor about the axis, the stator comprising a stator core; a first lamination wound around an axial portion of the stator core and a second lamination wound around a second axial portion of the stator core, the first and second laminations being spaced from each other along the length of the stator core, and separated by a non-magnetic spacer; and the rotor comprising a rotor core; a first magnet assembly that extends around an axial portion of the rotor core and a second magnet assembly that extends around a second axial portion of the rotor core, the first and second magnet assemblies being spaced from each other along the length of the rotor, and separated by a non-magnetic spacer. a housing (40, 50); a stator supported in the housing; and a rotor assembly comprising a rotor supported in the housing for rotation relative to the stator about an axis; a centrifugal first pumping stage including a first impeller operatively coupled to a first axial end of the rotor for rotation with the rotor about the axis, and a centrifugal second pumping stage including a second impeller operatively coupled to a second axial end of the rotor, opposite the first axial end, for rotation with the rotor about the axis, the stator comprising a stator core; a first lamination wound around an axial portion of the stator core and a second lamination wound around a second axial portion of the stator core, the first and second laminations being spaced from each other along the length of the stator core, and separated by a non-magnetic spacer; and the rotor comprising a rotor core; a first magnet assembly that extends around an axial portion of the rotor core and a second magnet assembly that extends around a second axial portion of the rotor core, the first and second magnet assemblies being spaced from each other along the length of the rotor, and separated by a non-magnetic spacer.
A method for a first playback device of a media playback system comprising the first playback device and a plurality of second playback devices, the method comprising: accessing, by the first playback device (102-124, 200, 604) from a file stored in data storage of the first playback device, first network parameters, wherein the first playback device previously established a valid network connection to a first WLAN using the first network parameters; attempting, by the first playback device, to connect to the first WLAN via a wireless network interface using the first network parameters; when the first playback device is unable to establish a valid network connection to the first WLAN using the first network parameters, broadcasting, via a network interface of the first playback device, a probe request message over multiple wireless channels; after sending the probe request message, receiving, via the wireless network interface of the first playback device from multiple second playback devices (602, 606) of the media playback system, messages indicating respective network parameters and respective version numbers of the network parameters, the network parameters stored in files of respective data storages of the multiple second playback devices; and determining the most recent network parameters based on the respective version numbers of the network parameters indicated in each of the received messages; and establishing, via the wireless network interface, a valid network connection to a particular WLAN indicated by particular network parameters having the latest version number, using the network parameters having the latest version number. accessing, by the first playback device (102-124, 200, 604) from a file stored in data storage of the first playback device, first network parameters, wherein the first playback device previously established a valid network connection to a first WLAN using the first network parameters; attempting, by the first playback device, to connect to the first WLAN via a wireless network interface using the first network parameters; when the first playback device is unable to establish a valid network connection to the first WLAN using the first network parameters, broadcasting, via a network interface of the first playback device, a probe request message over multiple wireless channels; after sending the probe request message, receiving, via the wireless network interface of the first playback device from multiple second playback devices (602, 606) of the media playback system, messages indicating respective network parameters and respective version numbers of the network parameters, the network parameters stored in files of respective data storages of the multiple second playback devices; and determining the most recent network parameters based on the respective version numbers of the network parameters indicated in each of the received messages; and establishing, via the wireless network interface, a valid network connection to a particular WLAN indicated by particular network parameters having the latest version number, using the network parameters having the latest version number.
An endoscopic instrument having a distal elongate insertion portion for insertion into a cavity, wherein the insertion portion has at least one illumination path and an imaging path, wherein the at least one illumination path has an LED at a distal end of the insertion portion, characterised in that the at least one illumination path has, distally of the LED, a metal lattice structure, which transmits a first component of the light of the LED with a certain linear polarisation at least partially distally and reflects a second component of the light of the LED without this polarisation at least partially proximally, and the at least one illumination path is lens-free distally of the metal lattice structure, wherein the LED has a reflective layer proximally, which at least partially reflects distally the second light component reflected proximally by the metal lattice structure, wherein the at least one illumination path has a polarisation-mixing medium between the LED and the metal lattice structure. the at least one illumination path has, distally of the LED, a metal lattice structure, which transmits a first component of the light of the LED with a certain linear polarisation at least partially distally and reflects a second component of the light of the LED without this polarisation at least partially proximally, and the at least one illumination path is lens-free distally of the metal lattice structure, wherein the LED has a reflective layer proximally, which at least partially reflects distally the second light component reflected proximally by the metal lattice structure, wherein the at least one illumination path has a polarisation-mixing medium between the LED and the metal lattice structure.
An apparatus for optical inspection of objects, in particular metal lids, comprising: - a camera oriented according to a vertical viewing axis to see the object to be inspected positioned in an inspection station and to capture an image of the object; - a first illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a first frequency, and being inclined at a first inclination angle to the viewing axis to subject the object in the inspection station to grazing light at the first frequency; - a second illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a second frequency different from the first frequency, and being inclined at a second inclination angle to the viewing axis, smaller than the first inclination angle, to subject the object in the inspection station to top-down light at the second frequency; - a third illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a third frequency, different from the first and second frequencies; - a processor connected to the camera and programmed to process the captured image and generate from it a first, a second and a third filtered image corresponding to the illumination contributions of the first, second and third illuminators (10, 11, 12), respectively and separately, characterized in that the third illuminator is mounted on a three-dimensional surface positioned around the inspection station and around an optical path defined by the camera, so that the light rays emitted by the third illuminator are inclined at a plurality of different inclination angles to subject the object in the inspection station to diffused light at the third frequency, wherein the third illuminator has plurality of lighting elements oriented in at least three different orientations, according to a first, a second and at least a third angle, wherein the first and the second angle correspond to said first and second inclination angle of the first and second illuminator (10, 12), respectively, and the third angle is intermediate between the first and the second angle. - a camera oriented according to a vertical viewing axis to see the object to be inspected positioned in an inspection station and to capture an image of the object; - a first illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a first frequency, and being inclined at a first inclination angle to the viewing axis to subject the object in the inspection station to grazing light at the first frequency; - a second illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a second frequency different from the first frequency, and being inclined at a second inclination angle to the viewing axis, smaller than the first inclination angle, to subject the object in the inspection station to top-down light at the second frequency; - a third illuminator configured to emit rays of light at a third frequency, different from the first and second frequencies; - a processor connected to the camera and programmed to process the captured image and generate from it a first, a second and a third filtered image corresponding to the illumination contributions of the first, second and third illuminators (10, 11, 12), respectively and separately,
A method for processing device failure in a distributed storage system, the distributed storage system including a cluster management node and a plurality of storage nodes, each storage node including a shared storage device, and each shared storage device being associated with a control device and a standby device, and the method comprising: detecting, by a target standby device associated with a target shared storage device, an operating status of a target control device that stores and reads data in the target shared storage device and manages the target shared storage device; if the target control device fails, sending, by the target standby device, a management request to the target shared storage device, and sending, by the target standby device, a replacement request for the target control device to the cluster management node; setting, by the target shared storage device, the target standby device as a local management device; and determining, by the cluster management node, that the target standby device is a replacement device of the target control device, such that the target standby device stores and reads data in the target shared storage device and manages the target shared storage device, whereby the target standby device replaces the target control device in providing data storage and reading services. detecting, by a target standby device associated with a target shared storage device, an operating status of a target control device that stores and reads data in the target shared storage device and manages the target shared storage device; if the target control device fails, sending, by the target standby device, a management request to the target shared storage device, and sending, by the target standby device, a replacement request for the target control device to the cluster management node; setting, by the target shared storage device, the target standby device as a local management device; and determining, by the cluster management node, that the target standby device is a replacement device of the target control device, such that the target standby device stores and reads data in the target shared storage device and manages the target shared storage device, whereby the target standby device replaces the target control device in providing data storage and reading services.
A method of masking tonal noise from a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a noise generator and a rotor-nacelle-assembly, the RNA comprising a nacelle and a rotor configured to rotate about a rotor axis with a horizontal projection; the method comprising: feeding a drive signal into the noise generator so that the noise generator emits directional masking noise, wherein the directional masking noise at least partially masks tonal noise from the wind turbine and points in a masking direction with a horizontal projection, characterized in that the horizontal projection of the masking direction points away from the horizontal projection of the rotor axis.