mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A switch assembly, comprising: (a) a lens having a hollow interior; (b) an actuator moveably engageable by the lens; (c) an elastomeric switch activatable by the actuator in response to movement of the lens, the elastomeric switch having a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly received within a portion of the hollow interior of the lens; (d) a display assembly a portion thereof covered and enclosed by the lens comprising: (i) a display and (ii) a cable; (e) a display box configured to appropriately position and removably secure the display such, that the display may be moved with a display box top member between an open and a closed position, wherein the display may be moved into and out of the display box top member in the open position, and wherein the display is visible through the lens in the closed position when the display assembly is appropriately positioned beneath the lens in that the display box top member and the display are positioned within the hollow interior portion of the lens. (a) a lens having a hollow interior; (b) an actuator moveably engageable by the lens; (c) an elastomeric switch activatable by the actuator in response to movement of the lens, the elastomeric switch having a lens-receiving portion that is sealingly received within a portion of the hollow interior of the lens; (d) a display assembly a portion thereof covered and enclosed by the lens comprising: (i) a display and (ii) a cable; (i) a display and (ii) a cable; (e) a display box configured to appropriately position and removably secure the display such, that the display may be moved with a display box top member between an open and a closed position, wherein the display may be moved into and out of the display box top member in the open position, and wherein the display is visible through the lens in the closed position when the display assembly is appropriately positioned beneath the lens in that the display box top member and the display are positioned within the hollow interior portion of the lens.
A method of controlling an interconnected system that supplies power to a power system, and includes a natural energy power generator that changes in output, an electric power storage-compensation device comprising a sodium-sulfur battery and a bidirectional converter, and a local load, the method comprising setting the interconnected system in a non-power transmission mode in which a planned power generation value of a power generation schedule of the interconnected system is set to the sum of power generated by the natural energy power generator and local load power of the interconnected system, when the planned power generation value is 0 kW or less, and the sum of the power generated by the natural energy power generator and the local load power of the interconnected system has reached a value at which power is supplied to the interconnected system from the power system; wherein the electric power storage-compensation device charges or discharges the sodium-sulfur battery to absorb a change in output from the natural energy power generator by changing the amount of control of the bidirectional converter based on the output from the natural energy power generator so that power that compensates for a change in output from the natural energy power generator is input or output.
A method for determining consumption of electrode material during an operation of an electric arc furnace for producing steel, the method comprising that the weight of at least one electrode column disposed inside the electric arc furnace or is to be introduced into the electric arc furnace, by at least one weighing device at at least two different points in time und that the weighing device is configured such that said weigning device 42) determines the weight of the at least one electrode column continuously or at least quasi-continuously with a temporal resolution of from 1 to 500 Hz.
A battery pack (1a, 1b) comprising: a plurality of battery modules, each including at least one cell and a control device for managing the at least one cell; a main control device configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the control devices; and characterized by a plurality of structures each corresponding to one of the plurality of battery modules, each of the structures being configured to adjust signal intensity of a respective radio signal transmitted to the main control device from the control device of the corresponding battery module from among the plurality of battery modules, wherein each of the plurality of structures is configured to perform the adjusting the signal intensity of the respective radio signal according to a position of the corresponding battery module. a plurality of battery modules, each including at least one cell and a control device for managing the at least one cell; a main control device configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the control devices; and characterized by a plurality of structures each corresponding to one of the plurality of battery modules, each of the structures being configured to adjust signal intensity of a respective radio signal transmitted to the main control device from the control device of the corresponding battery module from among the plurality of battery modules, wherein each of the plurality of structures is configured to perform the adjusting the signal intensity of the respective radio signal according to a position of the corresponding battery module.
A connector assembly comprising: a circuit board, a housing having a wall with a plurality of openings formed therein, a plurality of connector units (20A, 20B, 20C), each of the connector units (20a, 20b, 20C) comprising a base plate, an array (24A-24C) of electrical connecting elements attached to the circuit board and mounted in and projecting from the base plate into a hollow shroud (26A-26C), the hollow shroud (26A-26C) surrounding the array (24A-24C) and extending away from the base plate, and a skirt surrounding the shroud (26A-26C) and projecting radially outwardly from the base plate, the shroud of at least one of the connector units (20A, 20B, 20C) having an outer peripheral size which differs from an outer peripheral size of the shroud of at least one other of the connector units (20A, 20B, 20C), characterized in that all of said openings have the same size and shape, that all of said skirts have the same outer peripheral size and shape and that each skirt covers a groove in a portion of the wall surrounding a corresponding one of the openings and engages with a sealing material in the groove. a circuit board, a housing having a wall with a plurality of openings formed therein, a plurality of connector units (20A, 20B, 20C), each of the connector units (20a, 20b, 20C) comprising a base plate, an array (24A-24C) of electrical connecting elements attached to the circuit board and mounted in and projecting from the base plate into a hollow shroud (26A-26C), the hollow shroud (26A-26C) surrounding the array (24A-24C) and extending away from the base plate, and a skirt surrounding the shroud (26A-26C) and projecting radially outwardly from the base plate, the shroud of at least one of the connector units (20A, 20B, 20C) having an outer peripheral size which differs from an outer peripheral size of the shroud of at least one other of the connector units (20A, 20B, 20C), characterized in that all of said openings have the same size and shape, that all of said skirts have the same outer peripheral size and shape and that each skirt covers a groove in a portion of the wall surrounding a corresponding one of the openings and engages with a sealing material in the groove.
A non-aerosol foam pump for producing high quality foam sanitizer having more than about 50 percent of the dispensed foam bubbles (1902, 2002) with a size of less than about 250 μm, the foam pump comprising: a sequentially activated multi-diaphragm foam pump (206; 1100; 1206) having a liquid pump diaphragm (310A; 1106) for pumping a foamable sanitizer containing more than 30% by volume of ethanol, water and a surfactant; and two or more air pump diaphragms (310B, 310C; 1108) for pumping atmospheric air; wherein the liquid pump diaphragm (310A; 1106) operates first followed by sequential distributions by the air pump diaphragms (310B, 310C; 1108); a foam cartridge (210, 1210, 1400), wherein the foam cartridge (210; 1210; 1400) includes a plurality of sponges (1301A, 1301B; 1401A, 1401B), wherein at least two sponges have different properties; and a mixing chamber (325; 1130. 1225) for mixing the foamable sanitizer with the atmospheric air to form a foam having foam bubbles (1902, 2002) that is dispensed from the pump after being forced through the foam cartridge (210; 1210; 1400). a sequentially activated multi-diaphragm foam pump (206; 1100; 1206) having a liquid pump diaphragm (310A; 1106) for pumping a foamable sanitizer containing more than 30% by volume of ethanol, water and a surfactant; and two or more air pump diaphragms (310B, 310C; 1108) for pumping atmospheric air; wherein the liquid pump diaphragm (310A; 1106) operates first followed by sequential distributions by the air pump diaphragms (310B, 310C; 1108); a foam cartridge (210, 1210, 1400), wherein the foam cartridge (210; 1210; 1400) includes a plurality of sponges (1301A, 1301B; 1401A, 1401B), wherein at least two sponges have different properties; and a mixing chamber (325; 1130. 1225) for mixing the foamable sanitizer with the atmospheric air to form a foam having foam bubbles (1902, 2002) that is dispensed from the pump after being forced through the foam cartridge (210; 1210; 1400).
A method for an electronic device, comprising: detecting a voice signal (700, 710, 720) comprising a wake-up command followed by a voice command and recognizing speech thereof; when the speech is recognized to contain the wakeup command, determining a silence duration between the wakeup command and the voice command, activating a voice command mode and transmitting a signal containing the voice command of the detected voice signal to a server; and receiving and processing a control signal or a result signal generated and transmitted by the server in response to the voice command within the signal recognized by the server. detecting a voice signal (700, 710, 720) comprising a wake-up command followed by a voice command and recognizing speech thereof; when the speech is recognized to contain the wakeup command, determining a silence duration between the wakeup command and the voice command, activating a voice command mode and transmitting a signal containing the voice command of the detected voice signal to a server; and receiving and processing a control signal or a result signal generated and transmitted by the server in response to the voice command within the signal recognized by the server.
A method for recycling a polystyrene based material containing organohalogen flame retardant and/or freonen, comprising the steps of: (i) dissolving the polystyrene based material in a high-boiling, apolar, organic reaction solvent; (ii) heating the polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent to a temperature so as to release halogen from the flame retardant and/or freonen; (iii) contacting released halogen with a base so as to form a halogen salt; (iv) removing the halogen salt; (v) pyrolyzing polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent at a temperature so as to depolymerize polystyrene; and (vi) distilling the depolymerized mixture into at least a styrene fraction. (i) dissolving the polystyrene based material in a high-boiling, apolar, organic reaction solvent; (ii) heating the polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent to a temperature so as to release halogen from the flame retardant and/or freonen; (iii) contacting released halogen with a base so as to form a halogen salt; (iv) removing the halogen salt; (v) pyrolyzing polystyrene contained in the reaction solvent at a temperature so as to depolymerize polystyrene; and (vi) distilling the depolymerized mixture into at least a styrene fraction.
A reconfigurable wireless modem adapter, comprising: a control board having at least two user-data interfaces for respective ones of at least two modems the at least two modems including at least one diversity/multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) modem, wherein the control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle, and wherein the control board is configured to determine which of the at least two modems to use based on at least one of a plurality of parameters including: available service providers; a cost of using the available service providers; a quality of service provided by the available service providers; data bandwidth; a cost/performance value; a network availability; a time of day; an amount of traffic at an airport at the time; geographical location; and operator selection; and to activate one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem interfaced to one of the at least two user-data interfaces when the one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem is selected by the control board; and a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board via a modem-select interface and via the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to communicatively couple one of at least one diversity/MIMO antenna on the vehicle to the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem based on a control signal sent from the control board to the radio frequency switch via the modem-select interface. a control board having at least two user-data interfaces for respective ones of at least two modems the at least two modems including at least one diversity/multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) modem, wherein the control board is configured to communicatively couple to at least one onboard system in a vehicle, and wherein the control board is configured to determine which of the at least two modems to use based on at least one of a plurality of parameters including: available service providers; a cost of using the available service providers; a quality of service provided by the available service providers; data bandwidth; a cost/performance value; a network availability; a time of day; an amount of traffic at an airport at the time; geographical location; and operator selection; and to activate one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem interfaced to one of the at least two user-data interfaces when the one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem is selected by the control board; and a radio frequency switch communicatively coupled to the control board via a modem-select interface and via the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem, wherein the radio frequency switch is configured to communicatively couple one of at least one diversity/MIMO antenna on the vehicle to the selected one of the at least one diversity/MIMO modem based on a control signal sent from the control board to the radio frequency switch via the modem-select interface.
A device for multidimensional mobilization of lumbar, pelvic, and hip joints comprising a generally concave upper surface connected to a generally convex lower surface, with a peripheral edge, wherein the generally concave upper surface has a recess to cradle a sacrum, characterised in that the generally upper concave surface of the device is approximately 15 cm (6 inches) in overall diameter (i) wherein the recess is generally ovate-trapezoidal in contour with a top base arc length (ii) of about 11 cm (4.5 inches), with an opposite bottom base arc length (iii) of about 3.8 cm (1.5 inches), with left and right side arc lengths (iv) connecting the top and bottom base arcs of about 10 cm (4 inches), with a distance (v) between the top base arc and bottom base arc of about 13 cm (5 inches), and with a depth (vi) of the indentation of the recess of 1.9 cm (3⁄4 inch) to 3.2 cm (1 1⁄4 inches).
A cooling article, comprising: a body portion separating an inner region and an outer region; an aperture in the body portion, the aperture fluidly connecting the inner region to the outer region for directing a cooling fluid from the inner region to the outer region; and a cooling feature extending away from an outer surface of the body portion, wherein the cooling feature includes a semi-circular geometry; wherein: the cooling feature is positioned to disturb fluid flow in the outer region by directing hot gas cross-flow within the outer region away from the cooling fluid exiting the aperture, so as to decrease or eliminate cross-flow effects on the cooling fluid exiting the aperture; and wherein the cooling article is arranged and disposed for insertion within a hot gas path component of a turbine engine. a body portion separating an inner region and an outer region; an aperture in the body portion, the aperture fluidly connecting the inner region to the outer region for directing a cooling fluid from the inner region to the outer region; and a cooling feature extending away from an outer surface of the body portion, wherein the cooling feature includes a semi-circular geometry; wherein: the cooling feature is positioned to disturb fluid flow in the outer region by directing hot gas cross-flow within the outer region away from the cooling fluid exiting the aperture, so as to decrease or eliminate cross-flow effects on the cooling fluid exiting the aperture; and wherein the cooling article is arranged and disposed for insertion within a hot gas path component of a turbine engine. the cooling feature is positioned to disturb fluid flow in the outer region by directing hot gas cross-flow within the outer region away from the cooling fluid exiting the aperture, so as to decrease or eliminate cross-flow effects on the cooling fluid exiting the aperture; and wherein the cooling article is arranged and disposed for insertion within a hot gas path component of a turbine engine.
A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread portion; a self-sealing sealant layer disposed on a tire inner cavity (i) side of the tread portion; and a sound-damping body attached to the sealant layer, characterized in that the pneumatic tire is configured such that, when a foreign matter that has penetrated the tread portion comes into contact with the sound-damping body, the sound-damping body becomes separated from the sealant layer, and an adhesive force between the sound-damping body and the sealant layer is not greater than 5.0 N/cm 2, the adhesive force being measured by cutting out a test piece having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a thickness of 10 mm and an adhesion surface formed as a square of 30 mm * 30 mm from the sound-damping body, bringing the adhesion surface of the test piece into close contact with the sealant layer, adhering the opposite surface of the test piece from the adhesion surface firmly to a jig, pulling the test piece perpendicularly to the sealant layer using the jig, measuring a force when the test piece is peeled off from the sealant layer, and obtaining the adhesive force by dividing the measured force by the area of the adhesion surface of the test piece, wherein the tensile speed of the jig is set to 300 mm/min. a tread portion; a self-sealing sealant layer disposed on a tire inner cavity (i) side of the tread portion; and a sound-damping body attached to the sealant layer, characterized in that the pneumatic tire is configured such that, when a foreign matter that has penetrated the tread portion comes into contact with the sound-damping body, the sound-damping body becomes separated from the sealant layer, and an adhesive force between the sound-damping body and the sealant layer is not greater than 5.0 N/cm 2, the adhesive force being measured by cutting out a test piece having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a thickness of 10 mm and an adhesion surface formed as a square of 30 mm * 30 mm from the sound-damping body, bringing the adhesion surface of the test piece into close contact with the sealant layer, adhering the opposite surface of the test piece from the adhesion surface firmly to a jig, pulling the test piece perpendicularly to the sealant layer using the jig, measuring a force when the test piece is peeled off from the sealant layer, and obtaining the adhesive force by dividing the measured force by the area of the adhesion surface of the test piece, wherein the tensile speed of the jig is set to 300 mm/min.
A refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage chamber (11, 13) formed therein; a door (20, 30) to open and close the storage chamber (11, 13); and a door opening device including a housing connected to an external surface of the main body to open the door (20, 30), and a pushing unit operated by a driving unit installed in the housing, wherein the pushing unit includes a push member (56, 58) moved forward and backward by the driving unit, characterized in that the driving unit is connected with a spark killer to reduce noise generated during a standby mode of the driving unit, and the pushing unit includes a photo-interrupter to detect a distance of the forward and backward movement of the push member (56, 58). a main body having a storage chamber (11, 13) formed therein; a door (20, 30) to open and close the storage chamber (11, 13); and a door opening device including a housing connected to an external surface of the main body to open the door (20, 30), and a pushing unit operated by a driving unit installed in the housing, wherein the pushing unit includes a push member (56, 58) moved forward and backward by the driving unit, characterized in that the driving unit is connected with a spark killer to reduce noise generated during a standby mode of the driving unit, and the pushing unit includes a photo-interrupter to detect a distance of the forward and backward movement of the push member (56, 58).
A negative electrode comprising: a current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes first particles, second particles, and third particles; the first particles include a first core including artificial graphite; and a first shell disposed on the first core and including an oxide of the artificial graphite, sphericity of the first particles measured through a particle shape analyzer is from 0.94 to 0.98; the second particles are artificial graphite having sphericity measured through the particle shape analyzer of 0.70 to 0.92; the third particles include a second core including natural graphite; and a second shell disposed on the second core and including an oxide of the natural graphite, and sphericity measured through the particle shape analyzer is from 0.94 to 0.98; and a weight ratio of the first particles, the second particles and the third particles is 10 to 30:40 to 80:10 to 30. a current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes first particles, second particles, and third particles; the first particles include a first core including artificial graphite; and a first shell disposed on the first core and including an oxide of the artificial graphite, sphericity of the first particles measured through a particle shape analyzer is from 0.94 to 0.98; the second particles are artificial graphite having sphericity measured through the particle shape analyzer of 0.70 to 0.92; the third particles include a second core including natural graphite; and a second shell disposed on the second core and including an oxide of the natural graphite, and sphericity measured through the particle shape analyzer is from 0.94 to 0.98; and a weight ratio of the first particles, the second particles and the third particles is 10 to 30:40 to 80:10 to 30.