mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Process for the production of an aqueous solution of a salt of a diamine and a diacid, comprising the step of feeding into a first reaction zone a feed stream comprising the diamine, a feed stream comprising the diacid and optionally further feed streams, the flow rates of the feed streams being adjusted so that the diacid/diamine molar ratio in an output stream leaving the first reaction zone is greater than 1.1, characterized in that the first reaction zone contains an aqueous medium and in that the flow rates of the feed streams are adjusted in response to a change in sound velocity and/or density of the aqueous medium in the first reaction zone.
A Susceptor for a CVD reactor, consisting of a flat body with at least one circular surface section arranged on a broadside, on which a substrate holder is mounted, the surface section having channels which are open in the direction of the substrate holder, which are flow-connected to an in-feed opening arranged at the end of a gas supply line in such a way that by feeding a gas flow into the respective channels the substrate holder is raised into a ventilation position and driven in rotation, wherein one or more influencing elements (10, 11) influencing the local heat transfer are arranged in the surface section, which are formed as elevations, open depressions in the plane or as insert pieces inserted in the depressions, characterised in that in that the influencing elements (10, 11) are arranged in azimuthal interspaces between the channels, wherein, in the case of the influencing elements (10, 11) being designed as an open depression, a bottom of the depression is surrounded by a wall continuously running around between the bottom and the plane.
A diaphragm for a tweeter loudspeaker drive unit, the diaphragm comprising: a rigid dome-shaped member comprising: a first, ring-shaped, part (30, 32) in the shape of a truncated dome-shaped member and a second, dome-shaped, part (40, 42), the first and second parts being joined to each other by means of an adhesive layer defining an innermost boundary of the first, ring-shaped, part, there being a step-wise change in thickness of the rigid dome-shaped member in the region of the innermost boundary such that the rigid dome-shaped member has a thickness that varies from a first thickness at a first location at the periphery of the rigid dome-shaped member and located outwardly away from the step-wise change in thickness to a second thickness at a second location, which is located inwardly of the step-wise change in thickness and thus nearer to the centre of the rigid dome-shaped member than the first location; wherein the first thickness is more than twice the second thickness; the rigid dome-shaped member has a diameter at its periphery and the step-wise change has a diameter at the innermost boundary; and the diaphragm is substantially circular in front elevation; the adhesive layer, together with the first and second parts, forms a constrained layer damping system; the diaphragm diameter is substantially equal to the diameter of the rigid dome-shaped member; characterised in that the diameter of the step-wise change is between 85% and 95% of the diameter of the rigid dome-shaped member. a first, ring-shaped, part (30, 32) in the shape of a truncated dome-shaped member and a second, dome-shaped, part (40, 42), the first and second parts being joined to each other by means of an adhesive layer defining an innermost boundary of the first, ring-shaped, part, there being a step-wise change in thickness of the rigid dome-shaped member in the region of the innermost boundary such that the rigid dome-shaped member has a thickness that varies from a first thickness at a first location at the periphery of the rigid dome-shaped member and located outwardly away from the step-wise change in thickness to a second thickness at a second location, which is located inwardly of the step-wise change in thickness and thus nearer to the centre of the rigid dome-shaped member than the first location; wherein the first thickness is more than twice the second thickness; the rigid dome-shaped member has a diameter at its periphery and the step-wise change has a diameter at the innermost boundary; and the diaphragm is substantially circular in front elevation; the adhesive layer, together with the first and second parts, forms a constrained layer damping system; the diaphragm diameter is substantially equal to the diameter of the rigid dome-shaped member; characterised in that the diameter of the step-wise change is between 85% and 95% of the diameter of the rigid dome-shaped member.
Device (2.1) comprising communication means for communicating within a physical communication network with a set of apparatuses, characterised in that it comprises: - means (2.6) for local self-diagnostics; - means (2.2) for managing a virtual hierarchical communication network with the set of apparatuses within the physical communication network; - means (2.5) for determining a diagnostic status relating to the result of the local self-diagnostic means and of the self-diagnostic means of the apparatuses that are dependent on said device in said virtual hierarchical communication network. - means (2.6) for local self-diagnostics; - means (2.2) for managing a virtual hierarchical communication network with the set of apparatuses within the physical communication network; - means (2.5) for determining a diagnostic status relating to the result of the local self-diagnostic means and of the self-diagnostic means of the apparatuses that are dependent on said device in said virtual hierarchical communication network.
A navigation method, comprising: a step, performed by a navigation apparatus, of detecting a current position of a user; a step (S1-1), performed by the navigation apparatus, of searching for a route from the current position to a destination; a step (S1-3), performed by the navigation apparatus, of producing a code based on information associated with the destination and the current position en route to the destination and displaying the produced code on a display; a step (S1-4, S1-7a, b, S3-4), performed by a portable terminal, of acquiring the image information of the code by capturing the image of the code displayed on the display, and a step, performed by the portable terminal, of providing route guidance based on the acquired image information. a step, performed by a navigation apparatus, of detecting a current position of a user; a step (S1-1), performed by the navigation apparatus, of searching for a route from the current position to a destination; a step (S1-3), performed by the navigation apparatus, of producing a code based on information associated with the destination and the current position en route to the destination and displaying the produced code on a display; a step (S1-4, S1-7a, b, S3-4), performed by a portable terminal, of acquiring the image information of the code by capturing the image of the code displayed on the display, and a step, performed by the portable terminal, of providing route guidance based on the acquired image information.
Method for manufacturing a sheet metal component, cured in sections at least, in a press, which comprises a press table, a press ram and several die stations (2; 3; 4), characterised by the following steps: - heating, at least in sections, of a sheet metal plate to a temperature of greater than the austenitisation temperature Ac3, - laying of the heated sheet metal plate in a first forming die station of the press, - hot forming of the sheet metal plate to form the sheet metal component in the forming die station, wherein here the press carries out a closing movement, - keeping shut the forming die station for a first holding time (t 2 '), - cooling the formed sheet metal plate during the first holding time (t 2 '), and - transfer of the formed sheet metal plates (26; 27) into a second die station, wherein the sheet metal component is conveyed by a transfer system, as a linearly guided transfer bar with grippers, in a transfer time (t3, t5) of 1 to 4 seconds between at least two die stations (2; 3; 4), - curing, at least in sections, of the sheet metal plate by cooling in the second die station within at least one second holding time (t 4 '), wherein the forming die station during the closing movement is moved from an upper return point to a lower return point of the press by means of at least one resilient actuator relatively to the press, such that the hot forming is ended and the keeping-shut starts, before the press reaches the lower return point and/or that the keeping-shut of the forming die station on the part of the resilient actuator is ended only during the upward movement of the press after the lower return point of the press has been completely traversed. - heating, at least in sections, of a sheet metal plate to a temperature of greater than the austenitisation temperature Ac3, - laying of the heated sheet metal plate in a first forming die station of the press, - hot forming of the sheet metal plate to form the sheet metal component in the forming die station, wherein here the press carries out a closing movement, - keeping shut the forming die station for a first holding time (t 2 '), - cooling the formed sheet metal plate during the first holding time (t 2 '), and - transfer of the formed sheet metal plates (26; 27) into a second die station, wherein the sheet metal component is conveyed by a transfer system, as a linearly guided transfer bar with grippers, in a transfer time (t3, t5) of 1 to 4 seconds between at least two die stations (2; 3; 4), - curing, at least in sections, of the sheet metal plate by cooling in the second die station within at least one second holding time (t 4 '),
A parcel handling and tracking system for reading identifying features (ID1, ID2, ID3, ID4) on parcels moving through the handling and tracking system, comprising: - a scanning window movable from a reading position to a transfer position, the scanning window being configured to support a parcel at a resting surface of the parcel when in the reading position, - a first scanning device positioned at the scanning window on an opposite side of the parcel when the scanning window is in the reading position, the first scanning device being configured to scan identifying features on a parcel, wherein the scanning window is light permeable to allow scanning therethrough of an identifying feature at the resting surface of the parcel by the first scanning device when the scanning window is in the reading position, the system being characterized in that the scanning window is configured to be flipped to the transfer position to move the parcel off the scanning window. - a scanning window movable from a reading position to a transfer position, the scanning window being configured to support a parcel at a resting surface of the parcel when in the reading position, - a first scanning device positioned at the scanning window on an opposite side of the parcel when the scanning window is in the reading position, the first scanning device being configured to scan identifying features on a parcel, wherein the scanning window is light permeable to allow scanning therethrough of an identifying feature at the resting surface of the parcel by the first scanning device when the scanning window is in the reading position, the system being characterized in that the scanning window is configured to be flipped to the transfer position to move the parcel off the scanning window.
A dissimilar material solid phase bonding method comprising: bringing one member into contact with another member to form an interface to be bonded, the one member and the other member having different compositions; and being characterised by: applying a bonding load to apply a pressure substantially perpendicular to the interface, the applied pressure being set so that, at a bonding temperature, it will be equal to or higher than the yield stress of the one member and the other member and equal to or lower than the tensile strength of the one member and the other member at the bonding temperature, wherein the bonding temperature is the temperature at which the one member and the other member have substantially the same strength; and subsequently, while maintaining the bonding load, raising the temperature of the interface to the bonding temperature by frictional heat generated by sliding of the one member relative to the other member, or by resistance heating to form new surfaces of the one member and the other member at the interface and thereby bond the one member and the other member. bringing one member into contact with another member to form an interface to be bonded, the one member and the other member having different compositions; and being characterised by: applying a bonding load to apply a pressure substantially perpendicular to the interface, the applied pressure being set so that, at a bonding temperature, it will be equal to or higher than the yield stress of the one member and the other member and equal to or lower than the tensile strength of the one member and the other member at the bonding temperature, wherein the bonding temperature is the temperature at which the one member and the other member have substantially the same strength; and subsequently, while maintaining the bonding load, raising the temperature of the interface to the bonding temperature by frictional heat generated by sliding of the one member relative to the other member, or by resistance heating to form new surfaces of the one member and the other member at the interface and thereby bond the one member and the other member. applying a bonding load to apply a pressure substantially perpendicular to the interface, the applied pressure being set so that, at a bonding temperature, it will be equal to or higher than the yield stress of the one member and the other member and equal to or lower than the tensile strength of the one member and the other member at the bonding temperature, wherein the bonding temperature is the temperature at which the one member and the other member have substantially the same strength; and subsequently, while maintaining the bonding load, raising the temperature of the interface to the bonding temperature by frictional heat generated by sliding of the one member relative to the other member, or by resistance heating to form new surfaces of the one member and the other member at the interface and thereby bond the one member and the other member.
A method of operation of a network node, the method comprising: determining that data is available for Downlink, DL, transmission of a first traffic type to a User Equipment, UE; identifying a DL transmission of a second traffic type to be punctured; transmitting the DL transmission of the first traffic type by puncturing the identified DL transmission of the second traffic type; receiving a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, Negative Acknowledgement, NACK, associated with the punctured DL transmission of the second traffic type; and excluding the HARQ NACK associated with the punctured DL transmission of the second traffic type from a DL Contention Window Size, CWS, adjustment operation of the network node. determining that data is available for Downlink, DL, transmission of a first traffic type to a User Equipment, UE; identifying a DL transmission of a second traffic type to be punctured; transmitting the DL transmission of the first traffic type by puncturing the identified DL transmission of the second traffic type; receiving a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, Negative Acknowledgement, NACK, associated with the punctured DL transmission of the second traffic type; and excluding the HARQ NACK associated with the punctured DL transmission of the second traffic type from a DL Contention Window Size, CWS, adjustment operation of the network node.
A two-wheeled vehicle, comprising: a frame; a plurality of ground-engaging members (6, 8) for supporting the frame; an engine supported by the frame and operably coupled to the ground-engaging members; a windshield assembly operably coupled to the frame; an adjustment member operably coupled to the windshield assembly; and a vehicle control unit operably coupled to the adjustment member, the vehicle control unit being configured to automatically actuate the adjustment member for adjusting the position of the windshield assembly, characterized by a transmission coupled to the engine and having a plurality of gear speeds, wherein the vehicle control unit is configured to automatically actuate the position of the windshield assembly based upon the gear speed of the transmission. a frame; a plurality of ground-engaging members (6, 8) for supporting the frame; an engine supported by the frame and operably coupled to the ground-engaging members; a windshield assembly operably coupled to the frame; an adjustment member operably coupled to the windshield assembly; and a vehicle control unit operably coupled to the adjustment member, the vehicle control unit being configured to automatically actuate the adjustment member for adjusting the position of the windshield assembly, characterized by a transmission coupled to the engine and having a plurality of gear speeds, wherein the vehicle control unit is configured to automatically actuate the position of the windshield assembly based upon the gear speed of the transmission.
A method of applying a retroreflective surface to a non-horizontal surface on a structure, said method comprising the steps of: applying a liquid binder material to at least a portion of the non-horizontal surface, wherein a thickness dimension of the applied binder material is at least 254 μm (10 mil); and at least partially embedding a plurality of retroreflective granules within the thickness dimension of the binder material, the plurality of retroreflective granules having a density of at least 29 mg / square centimetre (0.06 pounds/square foot) as embedded in said binder material, each retroreflective granule comprising a glass member having a refractive index of at least 1.5 and at least 50% of the reflective granules having a diameter greater than 305 μm (0.012 in); wherein said retroreflective granules are applied onto the non-horizontal surface from a nozzle moving in a forward direction with respect to the structure, the nozzle being aimed in a discharge direction which is in a backwards direction relative to the movement of the nozzle with respect to the structure, said discharge direction being oriented at an acute angle of between 30 degrees and 50 degrees with respect to the non-horizontal surface. applying a liquid binder material to at least a portion of the non-horizontal surface, wherein a thickness dimension of the applied binder material is at least 254 μm (10 mil); and at least partially embedding a plurality of retroreflective granules within the thickness dimension of the binder material, the plurality of retroreflective granules having a density of at least 29 mg / square centimetre (0.06 pounds/square foot) as embedded in said binder material, each retroreflective granule comprising a glass member having a refractive index of at least 1.5 and at least 50% of the reflective granules having a diameter greater than 305 μm (0.012 in);
Sorting method for sorting, preferably coarse ceramic, refractory, shaped products (1;1a;1b), preferably bricks, wherein the products (1;1a;1b) are sorted at least on the basis of their mineral and/or chemical composition, wherein the products (1;1a;1b) comprise a transponder which is read out for sorting and the products (1;1a;1b) are sorted at least with regard to their mineral and/or chemical composition on the basis of or by processing the read-out information, and wherein the products (1;1a;1b) are a) at least partially products used in an aggregate, preferably a furnace or a transport vessel, and broken out of this after use, and/or b) at least partially products (1;1a) that are unusable for use, in particular waste products (1;1a) that incur during manufacture and/or products (1;1a) that have changed, preferably hydrated, during storage and/or transport. wherein the products (1;1a;1b) comprise a transponder which is read out for sorting and the products (1;1a;1b) are sorted at least with regard to their mineral and/or chemical composition on the basis of or by processing the read-out information, and wherein the products (1;1a;1b) are a) at least partially products used in an aggregate, preferably a furnace or a transport vessel, and broken out of this after use, and/or b) at least partially products (1;1a) that are unusable for use, in particular waste products (1;1a) that incur during manufacture and/or products (1;1a) that have changed, preferably hydrated, during storage and/or transport. a) at least partially products used in an aggregate, preferably a furnace or a transport vessel, and broken out of this after use, and/or b) at least partially products (1;1a) that are unusable for use, in particular waste products (1;1a) that incur during manufacture and/or products (1;1a) that have changed, preferably hydrated, during storage and/or transport.
Motor vehicle which is operable in a self-propelled state, wherein the motor vehicle comprises an adaptive lighting system for generating adaptive light signal messages to individual road users, which lighting system comprises at least one lighting device and a control device for controlling the at least one lighting device, wherein the at least one lighting device comprises - at least one light source, - at least one scattering optics associated with the light source, which is arranged to scatter the light emittable by the at least one light source by refraction in order to enable a diffuse luminous impression of the scattering optics - a support element on which the at least one light source is arranged, the support element comprising a cable duct for guiding at least one electrical line which connects the at least one light source to the control device, and a first fastening means for fastening the support element or the lighting device to the motor vehicle - a cover which can be fastened to the support element by means of a second fastening means, the cover being arranged in combination with the support element in a state fastened to the support element, the scattering optics, and wherein the at least one lighting device is arranged circumferentially around the motor vehicle in such a way that, when the at least one lighting device is switched on, the scattering optics can be perceived as an optically continuously illuminated illuminated ring. - at least one light source, - at least one scattering optics associated with the light source, which is arranged to scatter the light emittable by the at least one light source by refraction in order to enable a diffuse luminous impression of the scattering optics - a support element on which the at least one light source is arranged, the support element comprising a cable duct for guiding at least one electrical line which connects the at least one light source to the control device, and a first fastening means for fastening the support element or the lighting device to the motor vehicle - a cover which can be fastened to the support element by means of a second fastening means, the cover being arranged in combination with the support element in a state fastened to the support element, the scattering optics, and wherein the at least one lighting device is arranged circumferentially around the motor vehicle in such a way that, when the at least one lighting device is switched on, the scattering optics can be perceived as an optically continuously illuminated illuminated ring.