mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for switching PANs (110, 150), wherein a first parent node (A-5) and at least one child node (A-6, N) are joined to a first PAN, comprising: maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization with the first PAN; identifying, by the first parent node (A-5), a second PAN; obtaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization information for the second PAN; maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization with both the first PAN and the second PAN; transmitting, by the first parent node (A-5), a message to the at least one child node (A-6, N), wherein the message includes synchronization information for the second PAN and a time for switching from the first PAN to the second PAN, the at least one child node (A-6, N) maintains timing synchronization with both the first PAN and the second PAN based on the received synchronization information; switching, by the first parent node (A-5), from the first PAN to the second PAN at the time for switching; and maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), a parent-child relationship with the at least one child node (A-6, N) in the second PAN. maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization with the first PAN; identifying, by the first parent node (A-5), a second PAN; obtaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization information for the second PAN; maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), timing synchronization with both the first PAN and the second PAN; transmitting, by the first parent node (A-5), a message to the at least one child node (A-6, N), wherein the message includes synchronization information for the second PAN and a time for switching from the first PAN to the second PAN, the at least one child node (A-6, N) maintains timing synchronization with both the first PAN and the second PAN based on the received synchronization information; switching, by the first parent node (A-5), from the first PAN to the second PAN at the time for switching; and maintaining, by the first parent node (A-5), a parent-child relationship with the at least one child node (A-6, N) in the second PAN.
A curtain wall of a building, comprising a number of pillars fixed to the building, a number of glass pane assemblies disposed between said pillars, each comprising an inner pane and an outer pane separated with spacing means at the perimeter thereof, wherein at their perimetric faces parallel to the longitudinal axes of the pillars said glass pane assemblies are provided with longitudinal mounting grooves, and a number of connectors engaging said grooves and fixing adjacent glass pane assemblies to said pillars wherein said pillar is provided with a mounting slot, said connector is a longitudinal L-shaped profile having a first fixing portion disposed inside said mounting slot of said pillar and a second fixing portion disposed within said groove of said glass pane assembly, wherein said connectors are disposed in sequence with the second fixing portions projecting at the opposite sides, and the gaps between the adjacent glass pane assemblies are thermally insulated, wherein said first fixing portion of said connector is longer than its second fixing portion, said first fixing portions of said connectors are press-fitted inside said mounting slot, said pillar comprises a fastening profile provided with said mounting slot, said mounting groove is embedded in the spacing insulation between the panes (41, 45) of the glass pane assembly, characterized in that, the second fixing portion of the connector is provided at its end with a longitudinal fixing rail having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the mounting groove. a number of pillars fixed to the building, a number of glass pane assemblies disposed between said pillars, each comprising an inner pane and an outer pane separated with spacing means at the perimeter thereof, wherein at their perimetric faces parallel to the longitudinal axes of the pillars said glass pane assemblies are provided with longitudinal mounting grooves, and a number of connectors engaging said grooves and fixing adjacent glass pane assemblies to said pillars wherein said pillar is provided with a mounting slot, said connector is a longitudinal L-shaped profile having a first fixing portion disposed inside said mounting slot of said pillar and a second fixing portion disposed within said groove of said glass pane assembly, wherein said connectors are disposed in sequence with the second fixing portions projecting at the opposite sides, and the gaps between the adjacent glass pane assemblies are thermally insulated, wherein said first fixing portion of said connector is longer than its second fixing portion, said first fixing portions of said connectors are press-fitted inside said mounting slot, said pillar comprises a fastening profile provided with said mounting slot, said mounting groove is embedded in the spacing insulation between the panes (41, 45) of the glass pane assembly, characterized in that, the second fixing portion of the connector is provided at its end with a longitudinal fixing rail having a width substantially corresponding to the width of the mounting groove.
A structure for a front portion of a vehicle, comprising: a dashboard upper member extending frontward from an upper portion of a dashboard lower member isolating an engine room from a passenger compartment; a windshield lower member supporting a lower end portion of a windshield glass; and a cowl top member covering an opening formed between the dashboard upper member and the windshield lower member, wherein the windshield lower member includes: a windshield lower member main body; and an extended portion formed so as to extend frontward from a front end portion of the windshield lower member main body, characterized in that the extended portion includes: a base portion formed so as to continue from a front end portion (21 a) of the windshield lower member main body; a weight portion extending in an obliquely front-upward direction from a front end portion of the base portion; and a weak portion extending in a vehicle width direction at a boundary between the base portion and the weight portion, the weak portion having lower rigidity than the base portion. a dashboard upper member extending frontward from an upper portion of a dashboard lower member isolating an engine room from a passenger compartment; a windshield lower member supporting a lower end portion of a windshield glass; and a cowl top member covering an opening formed between the dashboard upper member and the windshield lower member, a windshield lower member main body; and an extended portion formed so as to extend frontward from a front end portion of the windshield lower member main body, a base portion formed so as to continue from a front end portion (21 a) of the windshield lower member main body; a weight portion extending in an obliquely front-upward direction from a front end portion of the base portion; and a weak portion extending in a vehicle width direction at a boundary between the base portion and the weight portion, the weak portion having lower rigidity than the base portion.
Material comprising: (a) a glass foam support, (b) metal nanoparticles in which at least 90% are constituted by a metal at oxidation state 0 directly adsorbed on said support, - said glass foam having an open porosity of at least 75% with respect to the total porosity, advantageously at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, - said material being devoid of a washcoat between the glass foam and the metal nanoparticles, - said glass foam being amorphous or partially crystallized, the crystallinity being less than 20%, determined by X-ray diffraction, - said glass foam having a density form 0.15 to 0.8 g/cm 3, - said open porosity of the glass foam being determined according to the equation: %P open = 1 − ρ app ρ pyc × 100, in which: ρ app is the apparent density determined by the ratio between the mass of the foam and its total volume including the pores ρ pyc is the density measured by helium pycnometry, in said material the mean diameter of the pores of the glass foam d p is from 0.01 mm to 1 mm, advantageously 0.2 to 0.8 mm, in particular 0.4 to 0.7 mm, determined by image processing of the surface of a glass foam, in particular carried out with the ImageJ software. (a) a glass foam support, (b) metal nanoparticles in which at least 90% are constituted by a metal at oxidation state 0 directly adsorbed on said support, - said glass foam having an open porosity of at least 75% with respect to the total porosity, advantageously at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, - said material being devoid of a washcoat between the glass foam and the metal nanoparticles, - said glass foam being amorphous or partially crystallized, the crystallinity being less than 20%, determined by X-ray diffraction, - said glass foam having a density form 0.15 to 0.8 g/cm 3, - said open porosity of the glass foam being determined according to the equation: %P open = 1 − ρ app ρ pyc × 100, in which: ρ app is the apparent density determined by the ratio between the mass of the foam and its total volume including the pores ρ pyc is the density measured by helium pycnometry, - said glass foam having an open porosity of at least 75% with respect to the total porosity, advantageously at least 80%, preferably at least 85%, - said material being devoid of a washcoat between the glass foam and the metal nanoparticles, - said glass foam being amorphous or partially crystallized, the crystallinity being less than 20%, determined by X-ray diffraction, - said glass foam having a density form 0.15 to 0.8 g/cm 3, - said open porosity of the glass foam being determined according to the equation: %P open = 1 − ρ app ρ pyc × 100, in which: ρ app is the apparent density determined by the ratio between the mass of the foam and its total volume including the pores ρ pyc is the density measured by helium pycnometry, ρ app is the apparent density determined by the ratio between the mass of the foam and its total volume including the pores ρ pyc is the density measured by helium pycnometry,
A control device (62, 110) for controlling a vehicle oil supply device having a mechanical oil pump driven by an engine for supplying oil to an oil supply destination, an electric oil pump for supplying oil via a check valve to the oil supply destination and the check valve being a portion of an oil passage (50, 52) connecting a discharge port of the mechanical oil pump and a discharge port of the electric oil pump, the check valve allowing a flow of the oil from the electric oil pump side to the mechanical oil pump side while blocking a flow in a direction opposite to the flow, the check valve being closed when an output oil pressure of the electric oil pump is lower than an output oil pressure of the mechanical oil pump, characterized in that an output oil pressure characteristic of the electric oil pump is set in advance such that a maximum output oil pressure of the electric oil pump is lower than an output oil pressure of the mechanical oil pump during an idling state of the engine, the oil discharged from the electric oil pump is blocked in an oil passage connecting the electric oil pump and the check valve regardless of the output oil pressure of the electric oil pump, when the check valve is closed, the check valve is closed under an oil pressure condition in which the electric oil pump outputs the maximum output oil pressure of the electric oil pump while the mechanical oil pump is driven by the engine in the idling state, the control device is configured to drive the electric oil pump during stop of the mechanical oil pump and to stop the electric oil pump based on a load increase of the electric oil pump after start of driving of the stopped mechanical oil pump.
Fastening system for masonry walls, comprising: - a vertically extending connection rail to be anchored in a positionally fixed manner, - at least one first brick, wherein the brick has a cuboidally shaped body with an upper side and with an underside, and wherein the brick has an anchoring which is embedded into the body and which has at least one elongate guide for a fastening element, which guide extends parallel to a plane coincident with the upper side of the body, and - a wall anchor which can be connected to the connection rail and to the guide of the anchoring, characterized in that - the connection rail has a C-shaped cross-sectional profile, and the wall anchor has a head portion which can be connected to the cross-sectional profile of the connection rail in a form-fitting manner. - a vertically extending connection rail to be anchored in a positionally fixed manner, - at least one first brick, wherein the brick has a cuboidally shaped body with an upper side and with an underside, and wherein the brick has an anchoring which is embedded into the body and which has at least one elongate guide for a fastening element, which guide extends parallel to a plane coincident with the upper side of the body, and - a wall anchor which can be connected to the connection rail and to the guide of the anchoring, characterized in that - the connection rail has a C-shaped cross-sectional profile, and the wall anchor has a head portion which can be connected to the cross-sectional profile of the connection rail in a form-fitting manner.
A fluid level probe, comprising: a cylindrical housing comprising a light metal and having a first outer diameter and a first inner diameter; a tube disposed within and coaxial with the cylindrical housing, the tube having a second outer diameter and a second inner diameter, the second outer diameter smaller than the first inner diameter of the cylindrical housing and defining an annular space between the second outer diameter of the tube and the first inner diameter of the housing, and a printed circuit board, having a plurality of circuit components provided on a surface of the printed circuit board for processing an output signal from a photodetector, wherein the printed circuit board is disposed in the tube and press fit into the tube, the printed circuit board having a first thickness, a first width and a first length, wherein the printed circuit board defines a first inner space between the tube and a first side of the printed circuit board and defines a second inner space between the tube and a second side of the printed circuit board, wherein each of the first and second inner spaces is free of solid material, characterised in that the tube is integral with a prism holder disposed at one end of the tube and comprising a partial cutaway region for receiving a prism, wherein the tube does not contact the housing, and wherein the annular space between the tube and the cylindrical housing is filled with a potting material to prevent the tube from moving within the housing. a cylindrical housing comprising a light metal and having a first outer diameter and a first inner diameter; a tube disposed within and coaxial with the cylindrical housing, the tube having a second outer diameter and a second inner diameter, the second outer diameter smaller than the first inner diameter of the cylindrical housing and defining an annular space between the second outer diameter of the tube and the first inner diameter of the housing, and a printed circuit board, having a plurality of circuit components provided on a surface of the printed circuit board for processing an output signal from a photodetector, wherein the printed circuit board is disposed in the tube and press fit into the tube, the printed circuit board having a first thickness, a first width and a first length, wherein the printed circuit board defines a first inner space between the tube and a first side of the printed circuit board and defines a second inner space between the tube and a second side of the printed circuit board, wherein each of the first and second inner spaces is free of solid material, characterised in that the tube is integral with a prism holder disposed at one end of the tube and comprising a partial cutaway region for receiving a prism, wherein the tube does not contact the housing, and wherein the annular space between the tube and the cylindrical housing is filled with a potting material to prevent the tube from moving within the housing.
A method performed by a user node for maintaining a connection with a network node of a wireless communications network when operating in a multi-carrier mode using a first filter configuration to receive multiple frequency carriers simultaneously for downlink communication, the method comprising: - applying a mode switching scheme comprising first intervals for the multi-carrier mode and second intervals for a single carrier mode using a second filter configuration to receive a single carrier for the downlink communication, and - switching temporarily from the multi-carrier mode to operate in the single carrier mode during the second intervals according to the mode switching scheme, thereby enabling the user node to maintain the connection by receiving messages and/or control signalling from the network node over the single frequency carrier during the second intervals. - applying a mode switching scheme comprising first intervals for the multi-carrier mode and second intervals for a single carrier mode using a second filter configuration to receive a single carrier for the downlink communication, and - switching temporarily from the multi-carrier mode to operate in the single carrier mode during the second intervals according to the mode switching scheme, thereby enabling the user node to maintain the connection by receiving messages and/or control signalling from the network node over the single frequency carrier during the second intervals.
A display device, comprising: a first display configured to bend; a second display placed adjacent to the first display and configured to bend; a support coupled to the displays (110; 120) to support the displays (110; 120); and a first connector, wherein a first end of the first connector is rotatably coupled to the first display and a second end of the first connector is slidably coupled to the support; and a second connector, wherein a first end of the second connector is rotatably coupled to the second display and a second end of the second connector is fixed to the support, wherein, when the first and second displays (110; 120) are controlled to bend, the first connector rotates relative to the first display and simultaneously slides toward the second connector, and the second connector rotates relative to the second display without sliding with respect to the support. a first display configured to bend; a second display placed adjacent to the first display and configured to bend; a support coupled to the displays (110; 120) to support the displays (110; 120); and a first connector, wherein a first end of the first connector is rotatably coupled to the first display and a second end of the first connector is slidably coupled to the support; and a second connector, wherein a first end of the second connector is rotatably coupled to the second display and a second end of the second connector is fixed to the support, wherein, when the first and second displays (110; 120) are controlled to bend, the first connector rotates relative to the first display and simultaneously slides toward the second connector, and the second connector rotates relative to the second display without sliding with respect to the support.
An apparatus, comprising: an insulating guide sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the insulating guide sheath being moveable into and out of an ear of a mammalian subject; an electrode having a proximal end and a distal tip, the electrode being moveably disposed within the insulating guide sheath, wherein the distal tip of the electrode is disposed for translation out of the distal end of the insulating guide sheath to be exposed and placed in proximity to a tympanic membrane of the ear or wherein the distal tip is disposed to remain inside the insulating guide sheath to be placed in proximity to the tympanic membrane while within the insulating guide sheath; a stimulus generator in electrical communication with the electrode for supplying a stimulus energy to the electrode for stimulating one or more components of the facial nerve system; and a power source in electrical communication with the stimulus generator for providing power to the stimulus generator for supplying the stimulus energy to the electrode; and characterised in that the apparatus further comprises an ear piece attached to the stimulus generator, wherein the ear piece is insertable into an ear canal of the ear and the stimulus generator is shaped to be placed against the external ear. an insulating guide sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the insulating guide sheath being moveable into and out of an ear of a mammalian subject; an electrode having a proximal end and a distal tip, the electrode being moveably disposed within the insulating guide sheath, wherein the distal tip of the electrode is disposed for translation out of the distal end of the insulating guide sheath to be exposed and placed in proximity to a tympanic membrane of the ear or wherein the distal tip is disposed to remain inside the insulating guide sheath to be placed in proximity to the tympanic membrane while within the insulating guide sheath; a stimulus generator in electrical communication with the electrode for supplying a stimulus energy to the electrode for stimulating one or more components of the facial nerve system; and a power source in electrical communication with the stimulus generator for providing power to the stimulus generator for supplying the stimulus energy to the electrode; and characterised in that the apparatus further comprises an ear piece attached to the stimulus generator, wherein the ear piece is insertable into an ear canal of the ear and the stimulus generator is shaped to be placed against the external ear.
A microwave heating device, comprising: a heating chamber configured to accommodate a heating target object; a microwave generating unit configured to generate a microwave; a waveguide configured to transmit, to the heating chamber, the microwave generated by the microwave generating unit; an opening disposed in the wall surface of the waveguide and configured to extract a part of the microwave from the waveguide; and a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect a part of a reflected wave being a microwave propagating from the heating chamber toward the microwave generating unit, the part of the reflected wave being extracted through the opening, characterised in that the reflected-wave detection unit is disposed within a range from the opening to a distance equal to 1/2 of a maximum opening length of the opening. a heating chamber configured to accommodate a heating target object; a microwave generating unit configured to generate a microwave; a waveguide configured to transmit, to the heating chamber, the microwave generated by the microwave generating unit; an opening disposed in the wall surface of the waveguide and configured to extract a part of the microwave from the waveguide; and a reflected-wave detection unit configured to detect a part of a reflected wave being a microwave propagating from the heating chamber toward the microwave generating unit, the part of the reflected wave being extracted through the opening, characterised in that the reflected-wave detection unit is disposed within a range from the opening to a distance equal to 1/2 of a maximum opening length of the opening.
A redispersible cellulose nanocrystal wherein said CNC is comprising non-covalent ionic adduct of a cationic groups formed from a protonated amine compound and anionic groups formed from titrable acidic groups, wherein said titrable acidic groups are located at the surface of said CNC, wherein said titrable acid group is comprising sulfate half-esters, wherein said amine compound is an amine-terminated polyalkane, an amine-terminated polyalkylether or an amine-terminated polyalkylene imine, and wherein said redispersible CNC is in an isolated dried form.