mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A fastener apparatus, which comprises: a handle; an elongate body connected to the handle, the elongate body defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends; a fastener cartridge disposed adjacent the distal end of the elongate body, the fastener cartridge having at least one fastener; a pusher at least partially disposed within the elongate body, the pusher adapted for longitudinal movement through a firing stroke to eject the at least one fastener from the fastener cartridge; a linear position sensor mounted within the elongate body and dimensioned and positioned to engage the pusher during movement through the firing stroke, the linear position sensor adapted to send at least one output signal; and a controller configured and adapted to determine a position of the pusher within the firing stroke based upon the at least one output signal, characterised in that the signal is representative of strain imparted on the linear position sensor by the pusher during the firing stroke and that the linear position sensor includes a spring member dimensioned to be engaged by the pusher during movement through the firing stroke and a strain gauge mounted to the spring member, the strain gauge adapted to send the at least one output signal. a handle; an elongate body connected to the handle, the elongate body defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends; a fastener cartridge disposed adjacent the distal end of the elongate body, the fastener cartridge having at least one fastener; a pusher at least partially disposed within the elongate body, the pusher adapted for longitudinal movement through a firing stroke to eject the at least one fastener from the fastener cartridge; a linear position sensor mounted within the elongate body and dimensioned and positioned to engage the pusher during movement through the firing stroke, the linear position sensor adapted to send at least one output signal; and a controller configured and adapted to determine a position of the pusher within the firing stroke based upon the at least one output signal, characterised in that the signal is representative of strain imparted on the linear position sensor by the pusher during the firing stroke and that the linear position sensor includes a spring member dimensioned to be engaged by the pusher during movement through the firing stroke and a strain gauge mounted to the spring member, the strain gauge adapted to send the at least one output signal.
A method of controlling flap loading on a wind turbine blade, the method comprising: measuring a flap loading on a wind turbine blade; estimating a wind speed; determining a thrust force based on the estimated wind speed; defining a system model based on the determined thrust force; predicting flap loading on the blade over a prediction horizon using the system model; determining a dynamic flap loading limit based on the predicted flap loading and the measured flap loading; defining a constraint to limit the flap loading on the blade based on the dynamic flap loading limit; optimising a cost function comprising the predicted flap loading subject to the constraint to produce an optimized cost function; determining at least one control output based on the optimized cost function; and controlling a pitch of the blade based on the at least one control output such that the flap loading on the blade remains below a flap loading threshold. measuring a flap loading on a wind turbine blade; estimating a wind speed; determining a thrust force based on the estimated wind speed; defining a system model based on the determined thrust force; predicting flap loading on the blade over a prediction horizon using the system model; determining a dynamic flap loading limit based on the predicted flap loading and the measured flap loading; defining a constraint to limit the flap loading on the blade based on the dynamic flap loading limit; optimising a cost function comprising the predicted flap loading subject to the constraint to produce an optimized cost function; determining at least one control output based on the optimized cost function; and controlling a pitch of the blade based on the at least one control output such that the flap loading on the blade remains below a flap loading threshold.
Mechanical joint system with electrical and/or thermal conduction capability by means of an invisible adjustable hinge, for general purpose, applicable as part of a bigger system that mechanically connects two bodies and allows rotation of one respect another; a male body and female body to be rotated one respect another around a virtual rotation axis, i.e. without any physical shaft or pivot support, located on a face of the female body, by means of a J-shaped joining part with arbitrary cross-section, such as a rectangular cross-section on a laminar J-shaped joining part, a circular cross-section on a tubular J-shaped joining part or an elliptical one, which passes perpendicularly through an access opening on the above-cited face of the female body at any rotation position; and such that the J-shaped joining part end outside of the female body is mechanically fixed or coupled to the male body, in such a way that the geometry of the curved end of the J-shaped joining part is the result of a sweep of the cross-section of the J-shaped joining part along a circumference arc whose axis is placed on the female body opening face; being the female body internally equipped with a brake system that couples, guides and fixes the curved end of the J-shaped joining part and blocks its rotation movement, which comprises two brake components integrated in the female body and controlled by mechanical parts, such as screws, clamps or wing nuts, acting as retainer or blocking elements, being the hinge essentially characterized by the J-shaped joining part and/or the brake system built in electrical and/or thermal conductive material, for electric energy and/or heat transfer between the male and female bodies, and/or by a rigid J-shaped joining part, totally or partially hollow, with one or more longitudinal conduits or channels.
An apparatus for selectively opening up a portion of a cable, the apparatus comprising: a first guide arranged to receive a core of the cable; a second guide (18, 20) spaced laterally apart from the first guide and arranged to receive one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable; and a plurality of first support members (26, 28) coupling the first guide to the second guide (18, 20), wherein the second guide (18, 20) is arranged to draw a portion of the one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable away from the core of the cable as the cable is passed through the apparatus when in use, and wherein a lateral displacement (D 1, D 2) between the first guide and the second guide (18, 20) is variable, characterised in that each of the first support members (26, 28) is moveable between a first position and a second position and a lateral displacement (D 1, D 2) between the first guide and the second guide (18, 20) is greater when the first support members (26, 28) are in the first position than when in the second position. a first guide arranged to receive a core of the cable; a second guide (18, 20) spaced laterally apart from the first guide and arranged to receive one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable; and a plurality of first support members (26, 28) coupling the first guide to the second guide (18, 20), wherein the second guide (18, 20) is arranged to draw a portion of the one or more outer wires (22, 24) of the cable away from the core of the cable as the cable is passed through the apparatus when in use, and wherein a lateral displacement (D 1, D 2) between the first guide and the second guide (18, 20) is variable, characterised in that each of the first support members (26, 28) is moveable between a first position and a second position and a lateral displacement (D 1, D 2) between the first guide and the second guide (18, 20) is greater when the first support members (26, 28) are in the first position than when in the second position.
A saddle ride type vehicle comprising: a knee grip part adapted to be gripped by the knees of a rider; and a front cowl for covering the front side of said vehicle to straighten a running wind, wherein each side surface of said front cowl extends from the front side of a handlebar to said knee grip part in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle; and the front portion of said front cowl is provided with a pair of left and right air inlets for introducing a part of said running wind, and the left and right side surfaces of said front cowl are formed with a pair of left and right air outlets located on each side surface of said front cowl and on the rear side of said left and right air inlets, respectively, characterized in that each air outlet is located on the front side of a middle position defined by the half of the longitudinal length of each side surface of said front cowl; each air outlet opens to the rear side of the vehicle; a recessed portion is formed on the just rear side of each air outlet; and the front side of the recessed portion is formed by inclined surfaces inclined inward of the vehicle body to each air outlet. a knee grip part adapted to be gripped by the knees of a rider; and a front cowl for covering the front side of said vehicle to straighten a running wind, wherein each side surface of said front cowl extends from the front side of a handlebar to said knee grip part in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle; and the front portion of said front cowl is provided with a pair of left and right air inlets for introducing a part of said running wind, and the left and right side surfaces of said front cowl are formed with a pair of left and right air outlets located on each side surface of said front cowl and on the rear side of said left and right air inlets, respectively, characterized in that each air outlet is located on the front side of a middle position defined by the half of the longitudinal length of each side surface of said front cowl; each air outlet opens to the rear side of the vehicle; a recessed portion is formed on the just rear side of each air outlet; and the front side of the recessed portion is formed by inclined surfaces inclined inward of the vehicle body to each air outlet.
A stent forming a tubular body, the stent comprising: a first strut (140, 240), the first strut having in transverse cross section a first strut nickel titanium alloy layer (142, 242) and a first strut nickel titanium soluble core (144, 244), the first strut nickel titanium alloy layer being disposed around and immediately adjacent to the first strut nickel titanium soluble core; and a second strut (150, 250), the second strut having in transverse cross section a second strut nickel titanium alloy layer (152, 252) and a second strut nickel titanium soluble core (154, 254), the second strut nickel titanium alloy layer being disposed around and immediately adjacent to the second strut nickel titanium soluble core, the second strut nickel titanium alloy layer being connected to the first strut nickel titanium alloy layer with a weld (160, 262, 310); wherein the first strut nickel titanium alloy layer and the second strut nickel titanium alloy layer are made of a nickel titanium alloy, the first strut nickel titanium soluble core and the second strut nickel titanium soluble core are made of a nickel titanium soluble material, the weld is made of an alloy of the nickel titanium alloy and the nickel titanium soluble material, and the weld further connects the first strut nickel titanium soluble core and the second strut nickel titanium soluble core. a first strut (140, 240), the first strut having in transverse cross section a first strut nickel titanium alloy layer (142, 242) and a first strut nickel titanium soluble core (144, 244), the first strut nickel titanium alloy layer being disposed around and immediately adjacent to the first strut nickel titanium soluble core; and a second strut (150, 250), the second strut having in transverse cross section a second strut nickel titanium alloy layer (152, 252) and a second strut nickel titanium soluble core (154, 254), the second strut nickel titanium alloy layer being disposed around and immediately adjacent to the second strut nickel titanium soluble core, the second strut nickel titanium alloy layer being connected to the first strut nickel titanium alloy layer with a weld (160, 262, 310);
A compound selected from a group consisting of: and for use in the treatment of hypertensive gastropathy bleeding, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, prolonged and severe hypotension, intradialytic hypotension, cardiac arrest, trauma related blood loss, vasodilatory shock induced by cardio-pulmonary bypass, milrinone-induced vasodilatory shock in congestive heart failure, hepatorenal syndrome type I, anaphylactic shock, cardiovascular instability induced by brain death, for use in the treatment of hypotension in severe sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome or acute lung injury, or for use in the treatment of inadequate tissue oxygenation, shock induced by metformin intoxication, mitochondrial disease or cyanide poisoning, vascular leak syndrome induced by interleukin-2 or other, cytokines, denileukin diftitox or other immunotoxins, or ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, hypertension induced by end-stage renal disease, severe burns, thermal injury, reperfusion injury, ascites, vasodepressor syncope, including vasovagal syncope, postural hypotension with syncope or neurocardiogenic syncope, toxic shock syndrome or idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson's disease).
Textile machine comprising components for processing fibres or yarns, wherein the textile machine is equipped with an electromechanical energy converter and an energy store, which is connected to the electromechanical energy converter, wherein the electromechanical energy converter converts kinetic vibration energy arising at a component during the production operation into electrical energy and wherein the energy store stores the electrical energy, characterised in that the textile machine comprises a winding apparatus for producing a cross-wound package, having: a pivotably mounted package cradle for holding a cross-wound package; a package drive roller for rotating the cross-wound package by frictional engagement; and a thread traversing device and that the winding apparatus is equipped with the electromechanical energy converter and that the electromechanical energy converter converts the kinetic vibration energy arising at the package cradle during the production operation into electrical energy. wherein the textile machine is equipped with an electromechanical energy converter and an energy store, which is connected to the electromechanical energy converter, wherein the electromechanical energy converter converts kinetic vibration energy arising at a component during the production operation into electrical energy and wherein the energy store stores the electrical energy, characterised in that the textile machine comprises a winding apparatus for producing a cross-wound package, having: a pivotably mounted package cradle for holding a cross-wound package; a package drive roller for rotating the cross-wound package by frictional engagement; and a thread traversing device and that the winding apparatus is equipped with the electromechanical energy converter and that the electromechanical energy converter converts the kinetic vibration energy arising at the package cradle during the production operation into electrical energy.
A support frame for producing a dental workpiece, the frame having a Z axis and comprising wall sections defining a hole that extends along the Z axis through the frame, wherein at least one of the wall sections comprises an adhesive-directing surface (3a, 3b) extending along the Z axis in a non-parallel relationship, wherein the at least one wall segment forms a fixation wall for affixing a blank within the through-hole, wherein the fixation wall further comprises a bonding zone adjacent the adhesive-directing surface, the frame comprising the blank, wherein the blank is affixed at the fixation wall by adhesive bond with at least the bonding zone, wherein the through-hole comprises an adhesive barrier to hinder adhesive that flows between the fixation wall and the blank in flowing past the adhesive barrier.
A method for testing an air interface device using per user equipment Doppler shifted signals, the method comprising: at a network equipment test device: generating uplink signals to be transmitted from plural simulated user equipment (UEs) to an air interface device under test; applying per-UE Doppler shifts to the signals, wherein applying per-UE Doppler shifts includes: - applying different Doppler shifts to at least some of the uplink signals and - utilizing a plurality of per UE Doppler shifters located upstream from discrete Fourier transformation units in the network equipment test device that apply Doppler shifts to the uplink signals in the time domain prior to discrete Fourier transformation and subcarrier mapping of the uplink signals; and transmitting the uplink signals to the air interface device under test. generating uplink signals to be transmitted from plural simulated user equipment (UEs) to an air interface device under test; applying per-UE Doppler shifts to the signals, wherein applying per-UE Doppler shifts includes: - applying different Doppler shifts to at least some of the uplink signals and - utilizing a plurality of per UE Doppler shifters located upstream from discrete Fourier transformation units in the network equipment test device that apply Doppler shifts to the uplink signals in the time domain prior to discrete Fourier transformation and subcarrier mapping of the uplink signals; and - applying different Doppler shifts to at least some of the uplink signals and - utilizing a plurality of per UE Doppler shifters located upstream from discrete Fourier transformation units in the network equipment test device that apply Doppler shifts to the uplink signals in the time domain prior to discrete Fourier transformation and subcarrier mapping of the uplink signals; and transmitting the uplink signals to the air interface device under test.
A beam shaping apparatus for use in an X-Ray analysis device, wherein the X-Ray analysis device comprises a sample holder, for holding a sample at a variable tilt angle (χ) about a tilt axis, the beam-shaping apparatus comprising: a beam shaping element adapted to receive an input beam from an X-Ray source, and generate an output beam having an output beam shape, and a controller operatively coupleable in use with the X-Ray analysis device, the controller adapted to control movement of the output beam shape in dependence upon the variable tilt angle (χ) of the sample, wherein the output beam shape is an elongate shape, defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, wherein the movement includes rotation, and wherein the controller is configured to control rotation of the output beam shape so as to maintain the longitudinal axis substantially parallel with a plane defined by a surface of the sample held in use by the sample holder. a beam shaping element adapted to receive an input beam from an X-Ray source, and generate an output beam having an output beam shape, and a controller operatively coupleable in use with the X-Ray analysis device, the controller adapted to control movement of the output beam shape in dependence upon the variable tilt angle (χ) of the sample, wherein the output beam shape is an elongate shape, defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, wherein the movement includes rotation, and wherein the controller is configured to control rotation of the output beam shape so as to maintain the longitudinal axis substantially parallel with a plane defined by a surface of the sample held in use by the sample holder.
An anti-Flt-1 antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, for use in treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, wherein the anti-Flt-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, inhibits binding of VEGF to Flt-1 receptor.
A controller for an active noise system adapted for use with an ICE exhaust system of a vehicle equipped with an ICE, wherein the controller is adapted to receive a signal to obtain a reading of noise in the ICE exhaust system and to control the active noise system to modify the noise in the ICE exhaust system in dependence on said reading of noise, wherein the controller is adapted to receive a signal indicative that the ICE is inactive and to switch from controlling the active noise system to modify noise in the ICE exhaust system to controlling the active noise system to generate noise in the ICE exhaust system when the ICE is inactive whilst the vehicle is in motion or at a standstill, in dependence on said signal indicative that the ICE is inactive, wherein the generated noise when the ICE is inactive is substantially replicative of noise that is generated by a vehicle ICE and/or ICE exhaust system when the ICE is active, and wherein the noise is generated in dependence on one or more of: vehicle acceleration, vehicle pedal position.
A secure container for storing value documents having respective value document identification numbers marked thereon, said secure container comprising: a storing unit configured to store the value documents; an intrusion sensor configured to detect an unauthorized intrusion into the secure container and configured to deliver an intrusion signal upon detection of said unauthorized intrusion; a neutralization unit configured to receive a neutralization agent having a neutralization agent identification number, and configured to neutralize the stored value documents with said neutralization agent upon reception of the intrusion signal delivered by the intrusion sensor, characterized in that it further comprises an alarm unit connected to the intrusion sensor and configured to receive the intrusion signal, the alarm unit comprising a memory storing the value document identification numbers and the neutralization agent identification number, and a communication unit operable to send data stored in the memory over a communication network upon reception of the intrusion signal, wherein the alarm unit is configured to transmit in real time via the communication unit an alert message to a database through the communication network upon receiving of the intrusion signal from the intrusion sensor, the alert message containing the value document identification numbers and the neutralization agent identification number stored in the memory. a storing unit configured to store the value documents; an intrusion sensor configured to detect an unauthorized intrusion into the secure container and configured to deliver an intrusion signal upon detection of said unauthorized intrusion; a neutralization unit configured to receive a neutralization agent having a neutralization agent identification number, and configured to neutralize the stored value documents with said neutralization agent upon reception of the intrusion signal delivered by the intrusion sensor, characterized in that it further comprises an alarm unit connected to the intrusion sensor and configured to receive the intrusion signal, the alarm unit comprising a memory storing the value document identification numbers and the neutralization agent identification number, and a communication unit operable to send data stored in the memory over a communication network upon reception of the intrusion signal, wherein the alarm unit is configured to transmit in real time via the communication unit an alert message to a database through the communication network upon receiving of the intrusion signal from the intrusion sensor, the alert message containing the value document identification numbers and the neutralization agent identification number stored in the memory.