mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A position sensor system (1500a; 1500b; 1500c) for determining a position of a sensor device (1520a; 1520b; 1520c) movable along a predefined path relative to a magnetic source (1510a; 1510b; 1510c) or vice versa, the position sensor system comprising: - said magnetic source (1510a; 1510b; 1510c) comprising a first plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a first track having a first periodicity or pole distance, and comprising a second plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a second track having a second periodicity different from the first periodicity, wherein a centreline of the first track is spaced from a centreline of the second track by a predefined track distance (dt), and wherein the first magnetic track is spaced from the second magnetic track by a non-coded region; - said sensor device (1520a; 1520b; 1520c) being configured for measuring a first set of at least two orthogonal magnetic field components (By1, Bz1; By1, Bx1, Bz1) at a first sensor location, and for measuring a second set of at least two orthogonal magnetic field components (By2, Bz2; By2, Bx2, Bz2) at a second sensor location, wherein the first sensor location is spaced from the second sensor location by a predefined sensor distance (ds) smaller than the predefined track distance (dt), in a direction transverse to the tracks (T1, T2); and wherein a projection of one or both of the first and second sensor position (P1, P2) is located vertically above said non-coded region; and wherein the sensor device (1520a; 1520b; 1520c) further comprises a processing unit configured for determining said position based on at least some of the measured signals (By1, Bz1, By2, Bz2). - said magnetic source (1510a; 1510b; 1510c) comprising a first plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a first track having a first periodicity or pole distance, and comprising a second plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a second track having a second periodicity different from the first periodicity, wherein a centreline of the first track is spaced from a centreline of the second track by a predefined track distance (dt), and wherein the first magnetic track is spaced from the second magnetic track by a non-coded region; - said sensor device (1520a; 1520b; 1520c) being configured for measuring a first set of at least two orthogonal magnetic field components (By1, Bz1; By1, Bx1, Bz1) at a first sensor location, and for measuring a second set of at least two orthogonal magnetic field components (By2, Bz2; By2, Bx2, Bz2) at a second sensor location, wherein the first sensor location is spaced from the second sensor location by a predefined sensor distance (ds) smaller than the predefined track distance (dt), in a direction transverse to the tracks (T1, T2); and wherein a projection of one or both of the first and second sensor position (P1, P2) is located vertically above said non-coded region; and wherein the sensor device (1520a; 1520b; 1520c) further comprises a processing unit configured for determining said position based on at least some of the measured signals (By1, Bz1, By2, Bz2).
Bearing device for supporting a shaft of a gas turbine engine, the bearing device comprising a bearing housing element, a first support disk which is mounted to the bearing housing element, first tilting pads, which are tiltably arranged one after another along a circumferential direction at the first support disk, a second support disk which is mounted to the bearing housing element spaced apart from the first support disk along an axial direction, second tilting pads, which are tiltably arranged one after another along the circumferential direction at the second support disk, wherein the first tilting pads are arranged with respect to a first thrust collar mounted to the shaft such that a first axial thrust is transferrable from the first thrust collar to the first tilting pads, and wherein the second tilting pads are arranged with respect to a second thrust collar mounted to the shaft such that a second axial thrust which is orientated in opposite direction with respect to the first axial thrust is transferrable from the second thrust collar to the second tilting pads, and wherein a first number of the first tilting pads is greater than the half of a second number of the second tilting pads but smaller than the second number of the second tilting pads, characterised in that the thrust capacity of the first tilting pads is larger than the thrust capacity of the second tilting pads, wherein the first tilting pads are unequally distributed onto the first support surface along the circumferential direction, and wherein the second tilting pads are equally distributed onto a second support surface of the second support disk along the circumferential direction.
An mechanical circulatory support device, comprising: an inner casing defining a fluid flow path, the fluid flow path defining a longitudinal axis; a rotor mounted within the fluid flow path and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis; and a housing, the inner casing and the rotor being substantially disposed within the housing, the housing having a cross-sectional shape in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis which decreases in thickness extending from a medial position to opposite lateral positions, and characterised in that the housing defines first surface disposed about the longitudinal axis and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface having a medial portion, the first surface being sloped on opposite sides of the medial portion toward the second surface. an inner casing defining a fluid flow path, the fluid flow path defining a longitudinal axis; a rotor mounted within the fluid flow path and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis; and a housing, the inner casing and the rotor being substantially disposed within the housing, the housing having a cross-sectional shape in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis which decreases in thickness extending from a medial position to opposite lateral positions, and characterised in that the housing defines first surface disposed about the longitudinal axis and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface having a medial portion, the first surface being sloped on opposite sides of the medial portion toward the second surface.
A message transmitting and receiving method performed by a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising a processor and a memory configured to store a middleware and a library, the middleware being configured to cause the processor to operate as a middleware unit configured to manage a message published by a publisher in a publish/subscribe system in which a message is exchanged between the publisher and a subscriber via a broker, the library including functions configured to cause the processor to operate as the broker and being incorporated into the middleware, the functions of the library comprising a callback function, the method comprising the steps of: performing, by the middleware unit, subscribing to topics on the broker by setting the callback function to the broker; upon receipt of a first message published to a topic of the topics by a first device, passing, by the broker, the first message to the middleware unit by calling the callback function; transmitting, by the middleware unit, the first message to a second device in response to receipt of the first message from the broker; when the callback function is called, returning, by the middleware unit, a function in which whether or not predetermined processing including storage of the first message has succeeded is assigned to a return value, wherein the functions of the library further comprise the function; and transmitting, by the broker, to the first device information indicating whether or not the first message has arrived at the middleware unit, depending on the function returned by the middleware unit. performing, by the middleware unit, subscribing to topics on the broker by setting the callback function to the broker; upon receipt of a first message published to a topic of the topics by a first device, passing, by the broker, the first message to the middleware unit by calling the callback function; transmitting, by the middleware unit, the first message to a second device in response to receipt of the first message from the broker; when the callback function is called, returning, by the middleware unit, a function in which whether or not predetermined processing including storage of the first message has succeeded is assigned to a return value, wherein the functions of the library further comprise the function; and transmitting, by the broker, to the first device information indicating whether or not the first message has arrived at the middleware unit, depending on the function returned by the middleware unit.
A braking device, comprising: a brake mechanism that presses a friction material against a braking target member of a railroad vehicle to brake the railroad vehicle; a spare electric motor that drives the brake mechanism and that is different from a regular electric motor; a spare power supply that supplies electricity to the spare electric motor and that is different from a regular power supply; and an electricity supply controller (42, 61) that controls supply of electricity from the spare power supply to the spare electric motor in response to a spare brake command; characterized in that the regular electric motor drives the friction material based on alternating-current electricity, and the braking device further comprises an inverter that generates AC electricity to be applied to the regular electric motor based on electricity supplied from the regular power supply. a brake mechanism that presses a friction material against a braking target member of a railroad vehicle to brake the railroad vehicle; a spare electric motor that drives the brake mechanism and that is different from a regular electric motor; a spare power supply that supplies electricity to the spare electric motor and that is different from a regular power supply; and an electricity supply controller (42, 61) that controls supply of electricity from the spare power supply to the spare electric motor in response to a spare brake command; characterized in that the regular electric motor drives the friction material based on alternating-current electricity, and the braking device further comprises an inverter that generates AC electricity to be applied to the regular electric motor based on electricity supplied from the regular power supply.
A packaging system having a packaging machine for filling bulk materials into open bags and a bag attachment device for attaching the open bags to a filling port of a product feeding device and filling with at least one bulk material, characterized in that at least two selectable product feeding devices are assigned to the bag attachment device and the at least two product feeding devices and the bag attachment device are positioned movable relative to one another to select a product feeding device and to attach a bag to the filling port of the selected product feeding device by means of the bag attachment device and to fill bulk materials into the open bag by means of the associated filling port, wherein at least one separate sealing station is provided.
A resin composition comprising 50 to 99 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A) and 1 to 50 parts by weight of a polyester resin (component B), the component B being a polyester resin polymerized in the presence of a titanium-phosphorus catalyst obtained by a reaction between a titanium compound represented by the following formula or a titanium compound obtained by reacting said titanium compound with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid represented by the following formula or an anhydride thereof and a phosphorus compound represented by the following formula, wherein each of R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 is independently an alkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, k is an integer of 1 to 3, and when k is 2 or 3, each of two or three R 2 s and R 3 s may be the same as, or different from, each other or every other, wherein m is an integer of 2 to 4, wherein R 5 is a substituted or non-substituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
A telecommunications network having one or more network termination devices (10, 20, 30, 40), having provision for communications addressed to a given network termination device to be routed to a primary network address, and means for associating a secondary network address with the primary network address, having monitoring means for detecting a loss of connectivity between the network and the primary network address, and diversion means for causing the network termination device to connect with the network over a secondary routing (8, 16) using the secondary network address when such loss of connectivity is detected characterised in that the monitoring means and the diversion means are comprised in the or each network termination device, and the secondary connection (8, 16) is provided by a wireless distribution point associated with a plurality of fixed line terminations.
Driving apparatus for an electric motor comprising: - an inverter connectable to the windings of said electric motor for supplying electrical current to the latter; - accumulator means to provide a continuous electrical current, connected to said inverter to provide electrical supply thereto; - a transformer device comprising first connecting means suitable to be coupled to the power grid to absorb power, and second connection means, suitable to be coupled to said accumulator means; characterized in that said transformer device comprises - two buck converters (100, 200) connected in parallel to form an interleaved configuration; - a boost converter connected in series with respect to said buck converters (100, 200); - a control device connected to said converters (100, 200, 300) and configured to operate the latters such as to obtain a preset constant voltage to the ends of said second connection means regardless the voltage and the electrical supply type provided at the ends of said first connection means; characterized in that said transformer device is configured for alternatively operating: - in a pre-charge mode, for charging said accumulator means at least until reaching a predefined minimum threshold voltage, by activation of said buck converter (100, 200), and - in a regime mode in which are selectively activated said buck converters if the electrical supply of said transformer device is three-phase, or said boost converter if the power of said transformer device is single/two-phase respectively. - an inverter connectable to the windings of said electric motor for supplying electrical current to the latter; - accumulator means to provide a continuous electrical current, connected to said inverter to provide electrical supply thereto; - a transformer device comprising first connecting means suitable to be coupled to the power grid to absorb power, and second connection means, suitable to be coupled to said accumulator means; characterized in that said transformer device comprises - two buck converters (100, 200) connected in parallel to form an interleaved configuration; - a boost converter connected in series with respect to said buck converters (100, 200); - a control device connected to said converters (100, 200, 300) and configured to operate the latters such as to obtain a preset constant voltage to the ends of said second connection means regardless the voltage and the electrical supply type provided at the ends of said first connection means; - in a pre-charge mode, for charging said accumulator means at least until reaching a predefined minimum threshold voltage, by activation of said buck converter (100, 200), and - in a regime mode in which are selectively activated said buck converters if the electrical supply of said transformer device is three-phase, or said boost converter if the power of said transformer device is single/two-phase respectively.
A passenger vehicle seat unit comprising: a row of a plurality of at least three adjacent seats, each including a separate seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest supported by a support frame, the leg rest of each seat moveably mounted relative to the support frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition, and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest are substantially coplanar, and wherein each said leg rest is supported solely by the support frame, and wherein in a fully deployed condition, the leg rest of adjacent seats are contiguous each other, and wherein the leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can all cooperate to define a horizontal surface to support at least two passengers in a reclined or lie-flat position extending in a direction parallel to the row direction and occupy at least two seats of the row, and wherein all the leg rests and seats pans of said three seats are re-configurable to be able to define a horizontal support surface that can assume each of a T-shape, L-shape and U-shape and I-shape when viewed in plan view. a row of a plurality of at least three adjacent seats, each including a separate seat back, a seat pan and a leg rest supported by a support frame, the leg rest of each seat moveably mounted relative to the support frame in a manner to allow it to move between (a) a stored condition, and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest are substantially coplanar, and wherein each said leg rest is supported solely by the support frame, and (a) a stored condition, and (b) a fully deployed condition where the seat pan and the leg rest are substantially coplanar, and wherein each said leg rest is supported solely by the support frame, and wherein in a fully deployed condition, the leg rest of adjacent seats are contiguous each other, and wherein the leg rest and seat pan of each seat in the row can all cooperate to define a horizontal surface to support at least two passengers in a reclined or lie-flat position extending in a direction parallel to the row direction and occupy at least two seats of the row, and wherein all the leg rests and seats pans of said three seats are re-configurable to be able to define a horizontal support surface that can assume each of a T-shape, L-shape and U-shape and I-shape when viewed in plan view.
A blocking mechanism for a sliding door of a vehicle, including: - a mechanical blocking device arranged so as to mechanically block or release a movement for opening a sliding door of a vehicle, - a mechanical sensor arranged so as to detect opening of a fuel tank flap of the vehicle and to mechanically control the blocking device as a function of opening of the fuel filler flap so as to block the movement for opening the sliding door when the fuel filler flap is open, characterized in that the sensor includes a cam track arranged to permit an electrical detection of the mechanical movement of the sensor. - a mechanical blocking device arranged so as to mechanically block or release a movement for opening a sliding door of a vehicle, - a mechanical sensor arranged so as to detect opening of a fuel tank flap of the vehicle and to mechanically control the blocking device as a function of opening of the fuel filler flap so as to block the movement for opening the sliding door when the fuel filler flap is open, characterized in that the sensor includes a cam track arranged to permit an electrical detection of the mechanical movement of the sensor.
A walking assistance device (100, 200) configured to assist a user, the walking assistance device comprising: a hip joint actuator configured to generate power to assist a hip joint of a user; an upper thigh frame connected to the hip joint actuator, the upper thigh frame being configured to rotate about a first axis in response to power received from the hip joint actuator, and to rotate about a second axis intersecting the first axis; a motion frame (1, 2) connected to the upper thigh frame, the motion frame (1, 2) including a plurality of segment frames (11, 12; 221, 222, 223) configured to rotate relative to each other based on a shape of a thigh of the user such that the motion frame (1, 2) is deformed based on a thigh shape of the user; and a lower thigh frame connected to the motion frame (1, 2); characterized in that the upper thigh frame is supported by the hip joint actuator and configured to adjust an angle with respect to the hip joint actuator; wherein the walking assistance device (100, 200) further includes a wearable portion attached to an inferior end of the lower thigh frame, the wearable portion configured to secure the thigh of the user, and wherein through the angle adjustment of the upper thigh frame and the deformation degree of the motion frame (1, 2), the walking assistance device (100, 200) is configured to closely fit the thigh of the user. a hip joint actuator configured to generate power to assist a hip joint of a user; an upper thigh frame connected to the hip joint actuator, the upper thigh frame being configured to rotate about a first axis in response to power received from the hip joint actuator, and to rotate about a second axis intersecting the first axis; a motion frame (1, 2) connected to the upper thigh frame, the motion frame (1, 2) including a plurality of segment frames (11, 12; 221, 222, 223) configured to rotate relative to each other based on a shape of a thigh of the user such that the motion frame (1, 2) is deformed based on a thigh shape of the user; and a lower thigh frame connected to the motion frame (1, 2); characterized in that the upper thigh frame is supported by the hip joint actuator and configured to adjust an angle with respect to the hip joint actuator; wherein the walking assistance device (100, 200) further includes a wearable portion attached to an inferior end of the lower thigh frame, the wearable portion configured to secure the thigh of the user, and wherein through the angle adjustment of the upper thigh frame and the deformation degree of the motion frame (1, 2), the walking assistance device (100, 200) is configured to closely fit the thigh of the user.