mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A self-compensating drip irrigation emitter, which comprises a body to be fastened to a pipe, which body has a flat inner surface at the bottom of a cavity, a flexible flat membrane flexibly hung along its perimeter on an annular shoulder above said cavity, the top surface of the membrane being compressed by the fluid flowing in the pipe, and which has an internal central orifice formed inside said flat surface and perpendicular thereto, which orifice communicates with the exterior of the pipe, and which further includes at least one groove, formed in said flat surface, which extends radially outwards from said central orifice to the peripheral edge of said flat surface so that when pressurized fluid is introduced from said pipe inside said emitter, the membrane is resiliently deformed toward the interior of said cavity and against said flat surface, whereas the groove and the internal central orifice operate to limit the flow of the emitter to a substantially constant value, within a range of very low to very high pressures of the fluid flowing in the pipe, characterized in that one or more extensions (13, 16, 16') of the flat surface are provided in the orifice, said extensions having a flat top surface (113, 116, 116') and consisting of a thin extension projecting or connected to the diametrically opposite end of the edge of the orifice or a thin projecting surface extension of the flat surface inwards toward the center of the central orifice provided on at least one of the two lateral portions directly adjacent to the edge of the groove formed in the flat surface or possibly at a certain distance therefrom or a rib also extending at least partly in the axial direction of the orifice so that the flat top surface of said extensions forms rest members for supporting the membrane in the critical portion of the groove and at the upper aperture of the orifice, thereby preventing the membrane from being excessively deformed therein.
Household washing appliance comprising a wash chamber with a sump region at teh bottom in communication with filtering means (24, 32, 34) housed in a filter chamber, said wash chamber operatively receiving wash liquid from a wash pump downstream said filtering means, biocide means (40, 52, 54, 58) being located in said wash chamber, characterised in that a biocide element (40, 54, 58) is located in said filter chamber and it is detachably mounted on a support (38, 56).
A method for considering whether a portable key device is located inside or outside a barrier, the method being performed in an access control device and comprising the steps of: measuring a first signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device using a first antenna, the first antenna being directed towards the outside of the barrier with a first antenna lobe; measuring a second signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device using a second antenna, the second antenna being directed towards the inside of the barrier with a second antenna lobe, wherein the second antenna lobe is wider than the first antenna lobe, and a gain towards the outside by the second antenna is greater than a gain towards the inside by the first antenna, and the signal strength from the portable key device using the second antenna is greater than using the first antenna at all positions of the portable key device on the inside; and considering the portable key device to be located on the outside of the barrier only when the first signal strength is greater than the second signal strength. measuring a first signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device using a first antenna, the first antenna being directed towards the outside of the barrier with a first antenna lobe; measuring a second signal strength of a radio signal from the portable key device using a second antenna, the second antenna being directed towards the inside of the barrier with a second antenna lobe, wherein the second antenna lobe is wider than the first antenna lobe, and a gain towards the outside by the second antenna is greater than a gain towards the inside by the first antenna, and the signal strength from the portable key device using the second antenna is greater than using the first antenna at all positions of the portable key device on the inside; and considering the portable key device to be located on the outside of the barrier only when the first signal strength is greater than the second signal strength.
A respirator 1 comprising: an air supply unit 2 arranged to deliver air at its output; a headgear 200 comprising a cradle 210 for interfacing with a user's head, and a face covering 220 from within which the user breathes; a tube 4 to receive air from the air supply unit 2; and an interface component 100 to receive air from the tube 4 and to deliver said air within the face covering 220, wherein the interface component 100 provides a frame for supporting the face covering, and comprises an overhead branch 130 and a forehead branch 140, wherein the overhead branch comprises one or more circular bleed holes 135, with a cross sectional diameter of 1mm to 10mm, wherein the circular bleed holes 135 are angled through the overhead branch 130 so that the airflow therethrough makes an acute angle in the range of from 20 to 80 degrees to the direction of airflow in the overhead branch such that in use vibrations from the air supply 2 and tube 4 are reduced. an air supply unit 2 arranged to deliver air at its output; a headgear 200 comprising a cradle 210 for interfacing with a user's head, and a face covering 220 from within which the user breathes; a tube 4 to receive air from the air supply unit 2; and an interface component 100 to receive air from the tube 4 and to deliver said air within the face covering 220, wherein the interface component 100 provides a frame for supporting the face covering, and comprises an overhead branch 130 and a forehead branch 140, wherein the overhead branch comprises one or more circular bleed holes 135, with a cross sectional diameter of 1mm to 10mm, wherein the circular bleed holes 135 are angled through the overhead branch 130 so that the airflow therethrough makes an acute angle in the range of from 20 to 80 degrees to the direction of airflow in the overhead branch such that in use vibrations from the air supply 2 and tube 4 are reduced.
A pressure sensitive adhesive assembly suitable for bonding to a substrate provided with an uneven surface, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive assembly comprises a polymeric foam layer comprising a polymeric base material, characterized in that the polymeric base material is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylates whose main monomer component is selected from the group consisting of iso-octyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, 2-propylheptyl (meth)acrylate, 2-octyl (meth)acrylate, butyl acrylate, and any combinations or mixtures thereof; wherein the polymeric foam layer comprises a filler material selected from the group consisting of microspheres, expandable and expanded microspheres, glassbeads, glass microspheres, and any combinations or mixtures thereof; wherein the polymeric foam layer has a complex viscosity comprised between 2,000 Pa.s to 80,000 Pa.s, when measured at 120°C with a standard rheometer, RDAAII (Rheoservice) in plate-plate geometry, wherein the plate diameter is 8 mm, wherein the temperature control is achieved at a heating rate of 20 K/min, wherein a deformation of 1% is applied at an oscillation frequency of 1 Hz; and wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive assembly is obtainable by subjecting the polymeric foam layer to a heating step, wherein the heating step is performed by subjecting the polymeric foam layer to any of induction heating, ultrasonic vibration heating, and any combinations thereof.
A fused buss bar assembly for bussing battery cells of a battery module, the fused buss bar assembly comprising: a plate (152, 154) configured to be terminated to a cell terminal (126, 128) of a corresponding battery cell; a buss bar fuse in the plate (152, 154), the buss bar fuse having at least one connecting strip between a first base section and a second base section, the buss bar fuse having a fuse channel associated with the at least one connecting strip, the fuse channel reducing the cross-section of the buss bar fuse at the corresponding connecting strip such that the connecting strip has a reduced fused cross-section relative to a first cross-section of the first base section and a second cross-section of the second base section; and a fuse bridge coupled to the buss bar fuse, the fuse bridge spanning the fuse channel to electrically connect the first base section and the second base section, wherein the fuse bridge is separate and discrete from the bus bar fuse and is configured to be removed from the buss bar fuse during shipping and handling of the battery module and the fuse bridge is configured to be installed and coupled to the buss bar fuse during normal use of the battery module in the vehicle. a plate (152, 154) configured to be terminated to a cell terminal (126, 128) of a corresponding battery cell; a buss bar fuse in the plate (152, 154), the buss bar fuse having at least one connecting strip between a first base section and a second base section, the buss bar fuse having a fuse channel associated with the at least one connecting strip, the fuse channel reducing the cross-section of the buss bar fuse at the corresponding connecting strip such that the connecting strip has a reduced fused cross-section relative to a first cross-section of the first base section and a second cross-section of the second base section; and a fuse bridge coupled to the buss bar fuse, the fuse bridge spanning the fuse channel to electrically connect the first base section and the second base section, wherein the fuse bridge is separate and discrete from the bus bar fuse and is configured to be removed from the buss bar fuse during shipping and handling of the battery module and the fuse bridge is configured to be installed and coupled to the buss bar fuse during normal use of the battery module in the vehicle.
A method for controlling regeneration for a motor, the method comprising: identifying an instantaneous voltage provided by a power supply to the motor using a voltage signal received from a voltage sensor; computing a new average voltage for the motor using the instantaneous voltage, a previously computed average voltage, and a weight factor for the instantaneous voltage; comparing a difference between the new average voltage and the instantaneous voltage to a selected threshold to determine whether a regeneration condition exists; and controlling operation of the motor such that a duty cycle of the motor does not decrease in response to a determination that the regeneration condition exists. identifying an instantaneous voltage provided by a power supply to the motor using a voltage signal received from a voltage sensor; computing a new average voltage for the motor using the instantaneous voltage, a previously computed average voltage, and a weight factor for the instantaneous voltage; comparing a difference between the new average voltage and the instantaneous voltage to a selected threshold to determine whether a regeneration condition exists; and controlling operation of the motor such that a duty cycle of the motor does not decrease in response to a determination that the regeneration condition exists.
Stretching apparatus of fibre tows in a pressurized steam environment, of the type comprising at least a stretching chamber having a generally rectangular section of a low height, within which the tows are treated with saturated or overheated steam at high temperature and pressure and simultaneously undergo a mechanical stretching operation, said stretching chamber being formed within a metallic stretching chest consisting of two opposite, mutually facing half-chests (1b, 1t) and being open outwards in correspondence of the two transversal edges of the stretching chest through tow entry and exit openings, said half-chests (1b, 1t) being free to expand in the directions of the length within surrounding, rigid and pressure-resistant supporting structures (3, 4, 6) which univocally define the position of said stretching half-chests (1b, 1t) in the direction of the height of the same and being mutually mobile for causing the opening of the stretching chest for the insertion of the tows to be processed, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of stretching chests and relative supporting structures (3, 4, 6), arranged side by side, on one or more planes, on a support frame, in that each stretching chest is provided with a control mechanism apt to cause the opening and the closing of each stretching chest, through the opening/closing of the upper half-chest with respect to the lower half-chest, independently from the other stretching chests of the apparatus and in that said control mechanism is a leverage system wherein hinges have rotation axes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the stretching chest.
Method for assembling profiles, constituting a frame (1, 1') of wood or equivalent material for panels (30, 32, 33), comprising two uprights (10a, 10b) to be coupled to two end cross-pieces (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e) of an assembly of at least two parallel cross-pieces (20a to 20e), the cross-pieces (20a to 20e, 20'a, 20'e) being arranged transversely facing the uprights (10a, 10b), wherein each coupling between an upright (10a, 10b) and an end cross-piece (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e) is produced by at least one screw introduced into a through-bore (41; 41a, 41b) preformed in the upright (10a, 10b) in order to be screwed into the facing end cross-piece (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e), characterized in that the cross-pieces (20a to 20e, 20'a, 20'e) and uprights (10a, 10b) have in their thickness, along facing vertical edges (22, 11), respectively an assembly of tenons (24; 24a to 24c) and a mortice which fit together during the assembly, and in that at least a first metal insert is fixed in a first step in each end cross-piece (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e), this first insert being positioned in the end cross-piece (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e) by integration between two tenons (24a, 24b, 24c) of each end cross-piece (20a, 20e; 20'a, 20'e), these tenons (24a, 24b, 24c) being separated by spaces (e1, e2) sufficient to allow the access of this first metal insert between the tenons (24a, 24b, 24c) and then its integration into the end cross-pieces (20a, 20e) flush with the end cross-piece edge in order, during a subsequent assembly step, to be in the continuation of the through-bore (41; 41a, 41b) formed in the upright (10a, 10b) such that the screw engages, in a final mounting step, and after introduction into said through-bore (41; 41a, 41b), in said first metal insert until butting in the bore (41; 41a, 41b) of the upright (10a, 10b).
A semiconductor device comprising: a rectangular semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor circuit region and four corners; a first insulating film (24; 230) formed above the rectangular semiconductor substrate; a second insulating film (38; 234) formed above the first insulating film (24; 230); a plurality of groove-shaped vias formed in the second insulating film (38; 234), each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias surrounding the semiconductor circuit region; and a conductive layer formed in the first insulating film (24; 230); wherein: the conductive layer (34; 232) includes copper; an upper surface of the first insulating film (24; 230) and an upper surface of the conductive layer (34; 232) are together planarized; each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias is connected to the conductive layer (34; 232); each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias includes a pattern which is bent twice each time at an angle of 135 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate; and the pattern is bent totally at 90 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate. a rectangular semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor circuit region and four corners; a first insulating film (24; 230) formed above the rectangular semiconductor substrate; a second insulating film (38; 234) formed above the first insulating film (24; 230); a plurality of groove-shaped vias formed in the second insulating film (38; 234), each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias surrounding the semiconductor circuit region; and a conductive layer formed in the first insulating film (24; 230); wherein: the conductive layer (34; 232) includes copper; an upper surface of the first insulating film (24; 230) and an upper surface of the conductive layer (34; 232) are together planarized; each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias is connected to the conductive layer (34; 232); each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias includes a pattern which is bent twice each time at an angle of 135 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate; and the pattern is bent totally at 90 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate. the conductive layer (34; 232) includes copper; an upper surface of the first insulating film (24; 230) and an upper surface of the conductive layer (34; 232) are together planarized; each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias is connected to the conductive layer (34; 232); each of the plurality of groove-shaped vias includes a pattern which is bent twice each time at an angle of 135 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate; and the pattern is bent totally at 90 degrees at each of the four corners of the semiconductor substrate.
Shading apparatus for a motor vehicle, the shading apparatus comprising a passenger display with a switchable privacy device which is switched active in predetermined operating states, so that display contents shown on the passenger display are unrecognisable from the seat region of the driver, wherein the shading apparatus comprises an illumination means, which can be oriented towards the passenger display and is activated by a control unit and which illuminates the passenger display to prevent display contents which are still recognisable from the seat region of the driver despite an active-switched privacy device and contain residual fragments, characterised in that the control unit controls the brightness of the illumination means as a function of the brightness of the passenger display on the basis of a brightness signal received by the passenger display.
Lock mounting device comprising a connection means (14, 14'), which is arranged to connect a first element with a second element mounted on both sides of a door leaf between which elements and in said door leaf a third element is mounted, wherein the connection means (14, 14') is formed for the mounting of lock details, which connection means is arranged to connect the first element with the second element, which two elements surround a third element, which connection means comprises a first screw means, which is provided with a threaded part intended to co-operate with a corresponding threaded part in a second screw means (16, 17) in order to provide an interconnection of the first element and the second element, that the connection means (14, 14') comprises an intermediate part (16, 16'), which, in its first end, is provided with a first thread (31, 71, 91), which is arranged to co-operate with the first screw means for the connection to said first element, and which intermediate part (16, 16'), by its second end, is connected to the second element, the intermediate part (16, 16') in addition being provided with a third thread (33, 73, 93, 103, 123) orientated perpendicular to said first thread, the third element being mounted to the third thread of the intermediate part by an element fixation means (20, 141, 161), that the first element is an inner plate, that the second element is an outer plate, and that the third element is a lock housing having a selvage, that the selvage is connected to the intermediate part (16, 16') of the connection means (14, 14') by the element fixation means (20, 141, 161), in order to fix the lock housing, selvage, inner plate, and outer plate to each other in the door leaf, that the element fixation means is connected perpendicular to and through the selvage to the third thread (33, 73, 93) of the intermediate part (16, 16'), that the element fixation means is formed as a threaded screw arranged to be screwed into the third thread (33, 73, 93) of the intermediate part, characterized in that the head of the screw being formed with a collar situated outside the selvage, this collar being arranged to engagingly co-operate with a security striking plate mounted in a doorframe, by the collar being arranged to be inserted through a slot in the security striking plate in order to prevent a removal of the selvage from the security striking plate when the collar is inserted in the slot.
Overrunning clutch having a first clutch member, a second clutch member and an intermediate member which interacts with the first clutch member and second clutch member and which, depending on the direction of the rotational loading of the overrunning clutch, can assume an overrunning position or an engagement position, wherein a change between the overrunning position and the engagement position occurs by an axial displacement of the intermediate member, and wherein at least one control mechanism is provided which initiates the axial displacement of the intermediate member from the overrunning position into the engagement position by means of a control element, characterized in that the first clutch member axially overlaps the second clutch member in the engagement position with formation of an effective toothing width, and the control element is arranged on the intermediate member at least partially within the toothing width.
A control method for a laundry treatment apparatus, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus comprises a first laundry treatment device, a second laundry treatment device, a drying and filtering device and a flushing water passage for flushing the drying and filtering device, and the control method comprises: controlling the flushing water passage to flush the drying and filtering device according to operating states of the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device by the laundry treatment apparatus, characterized in that when both the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device conduct the drying process, the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device operate alternately the drying process, and the laundry treatment apparatus controls the drying and filtering device to be flushed when switching between the operations of the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus comprises a drying fan, the drying fan is controlled by the laundry treatment apparatus to suspend working in a process of flushing the drying and filtering device. the control method comprises: controlling the flushing water passage to flush the drying and filtering device according to operating states of the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device by the laundry treatment apparatus, characterized in that when both the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device conduct the drying process, the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device operate alternately the drying process, and the laundry treatment apparatus controls the drying and filtering device to be flushed when switching between the operations of the first laundry treatment device and the second laundry treatment device, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus comprises a drying fan, the drying fan is controlled by the laundry treatment apparatus to suspend working in a process of flushing the drying and filtering device.