mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector having a first and a second contact (20A, 20B), a second connector having a first and a second contact (38A, 38B), a first interlocking contact and a second interlocking contact arranged in the first connector, in which the first and second connectors (10, 12) are adapted to mate and unmate along a mating axis between an unassembled position and an assembled position in order to connect and disconnect the first contacts together (20A, 38A), the second contacts together (20B, 38B) and the interlocking contacts together (22C, 22D), in which the second connector comprises a blocking system adapted to block the first and second connectors (10, 12) in an intermediate position upon the unmating of the first and second connectors (10, 12), in which, in the intermediate position, the first contacts (20A, 38A) are connected to each other, the second contacts (20B, 38B) are connected to each other and the interlocking contacts (22C, 22D) are disconnected from each other, wherein the second connector comprises a securing system adapted to secure the first and second connectors (10, 12) in the intermediate position, wherein the first connector comprises a first casing accommodating the corresponding first and second contacts (20A, 20B) and the interlocking contacts (22C, 22D), and a guiding pin projecting from the first casing, wherein the second connector comprises a second casing accommodating the corresponding first and second contacts (38A, 38B), a slider slidingly mounted on the second casing along the mating axis and a cam gear rotatably mounted on the second casing around an axis perpendicular to the mating axis, wherein the guiding pin, the slider and the cam gear are adapted to cooperate with each other so as to assist the mating/unmating of the first and second connectors (10, 12), wherein the cam gear comprises a guiding groove adapted to receive and drive the guiding pin, wherein the securing system comprises a retaining shoulder arranged in the guiding groove and adapted to retain the guiding pin in the guiding groove, wherein the guiding groove comprises an entrance aperture and a side wall delimitating the outer periphery of the guiding groove, wherein the retaining shoulder is arranged on the side wall adjacent the entrance aperture, characterized by that, in the intermediate position, the guiding pin is retained in the guiding groove by the retaining shoulder, a tangent of the guiding pin at a point of contact with the retaining shoulder being angled relative to an axis perpendicular to the mating axis with an angle (α) between 10° and 20°.
A system, comprising: a turbine frame vane including a groove; a piston seal that includes a nickel base alloy, the piston seal seated in the groove; one or more shims located in between the piston seal and the vane, wherein the nickel base alloy includes a Ni 3 (Al,X) type precipitated phase in an amount greater than 40% by volume, wherein the one or more shims are composed of the same material as the piston seal. a turbine frame vane including a groove; a piston seal that includes a nickel base alloy, the piston seal seated in the groove; one or more shims located in between the piston seal and the vane, wherein the nickel base alloy includes a Ni 3 (Al,X) type precipitated phase in an amount greater than 40% by volume, wherein the one or more shims are composed of the same material as the piston seal.
A glenoid implant, comprising: a body (52, 200) comprising: an articular surface (57, 206) configured to mate with or receive another component configured to mate with a complimentary component; and a scapula-engaging surface (54, 202) opposite the articular surface, the scapula engaging surface including first and second portions (54A, 210A, 54B, 210B) angled relative to each other and an edge connecting the first and second portions; wherein the first and second portions are each planar; wherein the first portion (54A, 210A) is parallel to the articular surface (57, 206); wherein the second portion (54B, 210B) is oblique to the first portion and the articular surface; and a fixation feature extending from the scapula-engaging surface. a body (52, 200) comprising: an articular surface (57, 206) configured to mate with or receive another component configured to mate with a complimentary component; and a scapula-engaging surface (54, 202) opposite the articular surface, the scapula engaging surface including first and second portions (54A, 210A, 54B, 210B) angled relative to each other and an edge connecting the first and second portions; wherein the first and second portions are each planar; wherein the first portion (54A, 210A) is parallel to the articular surface (57, 206); wherein the second portion (54B, 210B) is oblique to the first portion and the articular surface; and an articular surface (57, 206) configured to mate with or receive another component configured to mate with a complimentary component; and a scapula-engaging surface (54, 202) opposite the articular surface, the scapula engaging surface including first and second portions (54A, 210A, 54B, 210B) angled relative to each other and an edge connecting the first and second portions; wherein the first and second portions are each planar; wherein the first portion (54A, 210A) is parallel to the articular surface (57, 206); wherein the second portion (54B, 210B) is oblique to the first portion and the articular surface; and a fixation feature extending from the scapula-engaging surface.
An OFDMA, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, signal transmission apparatus including a reception section, the reception section comprising: orthogonally demodulating means for orthogonally demodulating received signals to which sub-carriers are assigned only at intervals of a power of 2 by the OFDMA signal transmission; A/D, Analog/Digital, converting means (152, 252) for converting the orthogonally demodulated signals to digital signals and means for dividing the digital signals into successive signal parts for each effective symbol period of the OFDMA signal, wherein said signal parts comprise the same data; a plurality of sequences of signal processing means (153 - 164, 253 - 264), each sequence of signal processing means (153 - 164, 253 - 264) being configured to process one of the signal parts, and each sequence of signal processing means (153 - 164; 253 - 264) being configured to convert the processed signal part to parallel signals, to thereafter Fourier transform the parallel signals, and to convert the Fourier transformed parallel signals to serial signals; wherein the reception section further comprises synthesizing means (165, 271 - 273) for synthesizing the serial signals output from the plurality of sequences of signal processing means to obtain received data. orthogonally demodulating means for orthogonally demodulating received signals to which sub-carriers are assigned only at intervals of a power of 2 by the OFDMA signal transmission; A/D, Analog/Digital, converting means (152, 252) for converting the orthogonally demodulated signals to digital signals and means for dividing the digital signals into successive signal parts for each effective symbol period of the OFDMA signal, wherein said signal parts comprise the same data; a plurality of sequences of signal processing means (153 - 164, 253 - 264), each sequence of signal processing means (153 - 164, 253 - 264) being configured to process one of the signal parts, and each sequence of signal processing means (153 - 164; 253 - 264) being configured to convert the processed signal part to parallel signals, to thereafter Fourier transform the parallel signals, and to convert the Fourier transformed parallel signals to serial signals; wherein the reception section further comprises synthesizing means (165, 271 - 273) for synthesizing the serial signals output from the plurality of sequences of signal processing means to obtain received data.
A radiation detector comprising: a substrate including a sensor unit layer having a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material; a conversion layer that is provided on a surface side of the base material provided with the pixel region to convert the radiation into light; and a fixing member that is provided between the substrate side and the conversion layer to fix the sensor unit layer to the base material; wherein the fixing member fixes the sensor unit layer to the base material at an end part of the sensor unit layer; and characterized in that, the fixing member fixes the sensor unit layer to the base material by covering a region ranging from at least a portion of a surface of the sensor unit layer on the conversion layer side to at least a portion of a surface of the base material on the sensor unit layer side via an end surface of the sensor unit layer. a substrate including a sensor unit layer having a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation in a pixel region of a flexible base material; a conversion layer that is provided on a surface side of the base material provided with the pixel region to convert the radiation into light; and a fixing member that is provided between the substrate side and the conversion layer to fix the sensor unit layer to the base material; wherein the fixing member fixes the sensor unit layer to the base material at an end part of the sensor unit layer; and characterized in that, the fixing member fixes the sensor unit layer to the base material by covering a region ranging from at least a portion of a surface of the sensor unit layer on the conversion layer side to at least a portion of a surface of the base material on the sensor unit layer side via an end surface of the sensor unit layer.
A method of encoding comprising: obtaining a stream of information bits; encoding the stream of information bits into a plurality of forward error correct, FEC, codeblocks by: encoding the stream of information bits at a first layer to obtain a stream of FEC bits, partitioning the stream of FEC bits into a plurality of subsets of FEC bits, and encoding each subset of FEC bits at a layer lower than the first layer using a secondary FEC code to obtain the plurality of FEC code blocks, wherein each FEC codeblock is independently decodable without relying on data of the other FEC codeblocks for supporting successive interference cancellation, SIC, at a receiver; mapping the plurality of FEC codeblocks to a plurality of resource blocks, wherein each FEC codeblock is mapped to a single one of the resource blocks to obtain independently decodable resource blocks and a resource block refers to a collection of resources in a network; and transmitting the plurality of FEC codeblocks as a data stream in accordance with the independently decodable resource blocks; and wherein encoding each subset of FEC bits at the layer lower than the first layer comprises encoding each subset of FEC bits using a unique one of a plurality of secondary FEC codes to obtain a corresponding one of the plurality of FEC codeblocks; the method characterized by (i) at least some of the plurality of secondary FEC codes used for encoding have different coding rates and (ii) use an FEC convolutional code in the encoding of the steam of information bits at the first layer. obtaining a stream of information bits; encoding the stream of information bits into a plurality of forward error correct, FEC, codeblocks by: encoding the stream of information bits at a first layer to obtain a stream of FEC bits, partitioning the stream of FEC bits into a plurality of subsets of FEC bits, and encoding each subset of FEC bits at a layer lower than the first layer using a secondary FEC code to obtain the plurality of FEC code blocks, wherein each FEC codeblock is independently decodable without relying on data of the other FEC codeblocks for supporting successive interference cancellation, SIC, at a receiver; mapping the plurality of FEC codeblocks to a plurality of resource blocks, wherein each FEC codeblock is mapped to a single one of the resource blocks to obtain independently decodable resource blocks and a resource block refers to a collection of resources in a network; and transmitting the plurality of FEC codeblocks as a data stream in accordance with the independently decodable resource blocks; and wherein encoding each subset of FEC bits at the layer lower than the first layer comprises encoding each subset of FEC bits using a unique one of a plurality of secondary FEC codes to obtain a corresponding one of the plurality of FEC codeblocks; the method characterized by (i) at least some of the plurality of secondary FEC codes used for encoding have different coding rates and (ii) use an FEC convolutional code in the encoding of the steam of information bits at the first layer.
A method of determining a position of a submersible vehicle within a body of water, comprising: determining an initial position of the vehicle while the vehicle is at or near the surface of the body of water; characterized by coupling the vehicle and a base node to a weight configured to descend the base node and the vehicle to the floor of the body of water; determining a position of the base node once the base node and vehicle have reached the floor of the body of water, wherein determining a position of the base node comprises exchanging acoustic signals between a first acoustic modem of the vehicle and a second acoustic modem of a surface vessel decoupling the vehicle from the weight; and determining a position of the vehicle based on the position of the base node and acoustic signals exchanged between the first acoustic modem of the vehicle and a third acoustic modem of the base node. determining an initial position of the vehicle while the vehicle is at or near the surface of the body of water; characterized by coupling the vehicle and a base node to a weight configured to descend the base node and the vehicle to the floor of the body of water; determining a position of the base node once the base node and vehicle have reached the floor of the body of water, wherein determining a position of the base node comprises exchanging acoustic signals between a first acoustic modem of the vehicle and a second acoustic modem of a surface vessel decoupling the vehicle from the weight; and determining a position of the vehicle based on the position of the base node and acoustic signals exchanged between the first acoustic modem of the vehicle and a third acoustic modem of the base node.
A combination weighing apparatus comprising: a distributing unit that distributes articles supplied from above; a plurality of radiation units that conveys the articles distributed from the distributing unit; a plurality of detection sensors disposed above the radiation units to detect the articles conveyed by the radiation units; a plurality of weighing units disposed below the radiation units on a downstream side in an article conveying direction to accumulate and weigh the articles conveyed from the radiation units; a controller that controls the distributing unit or the radiation units based on detection by the detection sensors; and a sensor cover that incorporates the plurality of detection sensors, wherein the sensor cover is disposed at a different position from an end portion of each of the radiation units on the downstream side when viewed in a vertical direction. a distributing unit that distributes articles supplied from above; a plurality of radiation units that conveys the articles distributed from the distributing unit; a plurality of detection sensors disposed above the radiation units to detect the articles conveyed by the radiation units; a plurality of weighing units disposed below the radiation units on a downstream side in an article conveying direction to accumulate and weigh the articles conveyed from the radiation units; a controller that controls the distributing unit or the radiation units based on detection by the detection sensors; and a sensor cover that incorporates the plurality of detection sensors, wherein the sensor cover is disposed at a different position from an end portion of each of the radiation units on the downstream side when viewed in a vertical direction.
Method for winding a sheet of homogenized tobacco material into a bobbin, the method comprising: ∘ providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end; ∘ connecting the free end to a center core; ∘ rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin; characterized in that it also comprises: ∘ applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between 42 N/m and 93 N/m. ∘ providing a sheet of homogenized tobacco material having a free end; ∘ connecting the free end to a center core; ∘ rotating the center core so as to wind the sheet of homogenized tobacco material around it forming the bobbin; characterized in that it also comprises: ∘ applying a force per unit length to the sheet of homogenized tobacco material during winding to pull the same having a magnitude comprised between 42 N/m and 93 N/m.
An absorbent composite comprising: a nonwoven substrate, an absorbent layer, and a cover layer, wherein the nonwoven substrate comprises a nonwoven support sheet hydroentangled with a carded fiber web; wherein the absorbent layer comprises super absorbent polymer particles coated with microfibrillated cellulose; wherein the cover layer is a tissue or a nonwoven fabric and is co-extensive with the absorbent layer and is not mechanically or chemically treated adhere to the absorbent layer, wherein upon drying the microfibrillated cellulose binds the cover layer to the superabsorbent polymer particles and to the carded fiber web through hydrogen bonding, and wherein no adhesive is utilized to adhere the cover layer to the absorbent layer. a nonwoven substrate, an absorbent layer, and a cover layer, wherein the nonwoven substrate comprises a nonwoven support sheet hydroentangled with a carded fiber web; wherein the absorbent layer comprises super absorbent polymer particles coated with microfibrillated cellulose; wherein the cover layer is a tissue or a nonwoven fabric and is co-extensive with the absorbent layer and is not mechanically or chemically treated adhere to the absorbent layer, wherein upon drying the microfibrillated cellulose binds the cover layer to the superabsorbent polymer particles and to the carded fiber web through hydrogen bonding, and wherein no adhesive is utilized to adhere the cover layer to the absorbent layer.
A cylinder for a lock having a longitudinal axis of main development, a first and a second longitudinal end and a continuum of sections orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, and comprising a main body with a main longitudinal development provided with a hollow with longitudinal development, and a rotating body turnably housed in said hollow with an axis of rotation parallel to said longitudinal axis, the rotating body being provided with a groove with a main longitudinal development for the introduction of a coded key, so that the rotation of the key and of the rotating body, when the cylinder is mounted to the lock, causes either directly or indirectly the snapping of the lock, the cylinder further comprising a coating body distinct from said main body and having a bottom wall and a side wall with longitudinal development, which define a respective longitudinal hollow, wherein the main body comprises a first portion, which is an end portion arranged on the side of said first longitudinal end, having a tapering on at least one portion of the peripheral development of its outer side surface considered on the orthogonal section, said first portion of the main body being inserted longitudinally into said longitudinal hollow of the coating body, and wherein the shape of the coating body and of the main body are such that the contour of the outer surface of the cylinder basically on all the orthogonal sections considered on the longitudinal development of said coating body is the same as, or inscribed in, the contour of the outer surface of the cylinder having its maximum size among all the orthogonal sections considered on the remaining part of the cylinder, wherein the main body and the rotating body comprise each at least one hollow (50, 51), preferably a plurality of hollows, having the same section and a development orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, which can be aligned two by two, i.e. such that there is an angular position of the rotating body in which each hollow of the main body is aligned with a respective hollow of the rotating body, wherein the cylinder comprises at least one pin which can be inserted at least partially into said at least one hollow of the rotating body so as to prevent the latter from rotating, characterized in that the side wall of the coating body comprises at least one through hollow with a development orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and aligned with a respective hollow of the first portion of the main body, and wherein the cylinder comprises at least one plug partially inserted both into the at least one through hollow of the side wall of the coating body and into the respective hollow of the first portion of the main body.
An entrained polymer, comprising: a base polymer; an active agent that is immiscible with the base polymer and acts on, interacts or reacts with a selected material, wherein the active agent is a desiccant and the selected material is moisture; and a channeling agent that is immiscible with the base polymer and transmits the selected material through the entrained polymer at a faster rate than in solely the base polymer, wherein the channeling agent is a water insoluble propylene oxide polymerisate-monobutyl ether which has a migration in compliance with at least one member selected from the group consisting of: United States Pharmacopeia Standard 661 regarding physiochemical tests to plastics and heavy metals and nonvolatile residue in polyethylene containers, European Union Regulation No. 10/2011 of January 14, 2011, and Notification No. 20 of the Japanese Ministry of Welfare regarding food packaging and containers. a base polymer; an active agent that is immiscible with the base polymer and acts on, interacts or reacts with a selected material, wherein the active agent is a desiccant and the selected material is moisture; and a channeling agent that is immiscible with the base polymer and transmits the selected material through the entrained polymer at a faster rate than in solely the base polymer, wherein the channeling agent is a water insoluble propylene oxide polymerisate-monobutyl ether which has a migration in compliance with at least one member selected from the group consisting of: United States Pharmacopeia Standard 661 regarding physiochemical tests to plastics and heavy metals and nonvolatile residue in polyethylene containers, European Union Regulation No. 10/2011 of January 14, 2011, and Notification No. 20 of the Japanese Ministry of Welfare regarding food packaging and containers.
A control strategy for an electric motor of an electric power assisted steering system of the kind in which a control means produces motor current demand signals that are fed to a motor drive means, the demand signals being dependent on the amount of assistance torque demanded from the motor, the motor drive means being arranged to cause currents to flow in each phase of the motor as required to meet the demanded assistance torque, characterised by the control strategy comprising limiting the rate of change of current that is drawn from the electrical supply of the vehicle by the motor in the event that it would otherwise exceed a threshold rate of change.