mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An anti-fouling system, designed to be used with a wet compartment having at least one inlet opening for allowing water to enter the wet compartment, the anti-fouling system being configured to receive and operate at least one anti-fouling source for emitting anti-fouling light in order to keep at least one surface (26, 104) as present in the wet compartment free from biofouling, and the anti-fouling system comprising a controller for controlling operation of the at least one anti-fouling source when the anti-fouling source is received in the anti-fouling system and the anti-fouling system is used with the wet compartment, characterized by the controller being configured to determine at least one operation parameter of the at least one anti-fouling source in relation to at least one of: - at least one surface-related parameter; - at least one opening-related parameter; - a rate of a flow of water along the surface (26, 104) to be kept free from biofouling; - a temperature of water inside the wet compartment; - an algal content of water inside the wet compartment; - a concentration of copper ions in water inside the wet compartment; - a concentration of chlorine in water inside the wet compartment; - a temperature of the surface (26, 104) to be kept free from biofouling; and - a rate of a flow of water through the at least one inlet opening of the wet compartment, and the anti-fouling system also comprising at least one sensor (51, 52, 53, 59) for detecting an actual value of the at least one parameter, the sensor (51, 52, 53, 59) being associated with the controller so as to be capable of providing feedback about the value to the controller. - at least one surface-related parameter; - at least one opening-related parameter; - a rate of a flow of water along the surface (26, 104) to be kept free from biofouling; - a temperature of water inside the wet compartment; - an algal content of water inside the wet compartment; - a concentration of copper ions in water inside the wet compartment; - a concentration of chlorine in water inside the wet compartment; - a temperature of the surface (26, 104) to be kept free from biofouling; and - a rate of a flow of water through the at least one inlet opening of the wet compartment, and
Dispensing assembly for beverage from a container, comprising an outlet channel for beverage and a valve body operable to open and close said outlet channel, wherein the channel defines a direction of flow of the beverage towards an outlet end, and wherein the valve body is provided at or near the outlet end of the outlet channel and has a shape with a base facing in a direction against the direction of flow and a tip with an end facing in the direction of flow, wherein the tip, between the base and the end, has an outwardly curved outer surface, such that beverage engaging the base can be guided from the base over the outer surface to the end forming a beverage jet when leaving the surface at or near said end, characterized in that the valve body is connected to a stem extending through the outlet channel, wherein preferably the stem is guided at least by an inside wall part of the outlet channel, wherein in said outlet channel a chamber is provided, at least partly closed by a flexible membrane connected to said stem.
A battery pack comprising an output terminal part, an input terminal part, a battery pack case and a bus bar, the bus bar comprising: a power input part located at one end of the bus bar such that the power input part is connected or fastened to the output terminal part of the battery pack; a power output part located at the other end of the bus bar such that the power output part is connected or fastened to the input terminal part of the battery pack; a plate-shaped main body connected between the power input part and the power output part, the plate-shaped main body comprising a vapor chamber; and a fastening part formed at the power input part to fix the bus bar to the battery pack case, wherein the power input part is bent toward a terminal connection member and is fastened to the terminal connection member by rolling. a power input part located at one end of the bus bar such that the power input part is connected or fastened to the output terminal part of the battery pack; a power output part located at the other end of the bus bar such that the power output part is connected or fastened to the input terminal part of the battery pack; a plate-shaped main body connected between the power input part and the power output part, the plate-shaped main body comprising a vapor chamber; and a fastening part formed at the power input part to fix the bus bar to the battery pack case, wherein the power input part is bent toward a terminal connection member and is fastened to the terminal connection member by rolling.
Device (1; 201) for sanitising by photocatalysis the air inside a vehicle, in particular a means of public transport, such as a bus or the like, comprising: - a removable support structure designed to be mounted at the ends of air delivery and intake ducts inside the vehicle; - at least one lamellar module formed by a perimeter frame supporting a plurality of lamellae placed parallel one to the other and inclined with respect to the plane of said perimeter frame, said lamellae having one face turned towards the air inlet on which a photocatalytic nanomaterial is applied; - at least one light source at said at least one lamellar module capable of illuminating the face of said lamellae on which the photocatalytic nanomaterial is applied; wherein said at least one lamellar module and said at least one light source are carried by the support structure, characterised in that said photocatalytic nanomaterial is tungsten trioxide (WO 3), said support structure supports several lamellar modules joined one to the other in lamellar assemblies and said perimeter frame of each lamellar module has the outer edge shaped, comprising recesses and protrusions in such a way that it can be coupled on any side to another lamellar module in order to form said lamellar assemblies. - a removable support structure designed to be mounted at the ends of air delivery and intake ducts inside the vehicle; - at least one lamellar module formed by a perimeter frame supporting a plurality of lamellae placed parallel one to the other and inclined with respect to the plane of said perimeter frame, said lamellae having one face turned towards the air inlet on which a photocatalytic nanomaterial is applied; - at least one light source at said at least one lamellar module capable of illuminating the face of said lamellae on which the photocatalytic nanomaterial is applied;
A device for pressure-packaging a container to be processed at least partially filled with contents and stoppered in a tight manner by a stopper arranged over a head space of the container, said device comprising a cap that comprises, inside it, a piercing needle (15; 29), fluid injection means and a heating cannula for sealing by melting, said cap being configured to be engaged sealingly over the outer surface of the stopper, said needle (15; 29) being adapted to move linearly to pierce a hole through the stopper, said fluid injection means being configured to introduce a fluid in the head space via said hole, said heating cannula being adapted to move linearly to seal said hole by melting the material of the stopper, characterized in that the needle (15; 29) and the heating cannula are arranged in the cap such that their respective axes of movement are secant at a point located in the material of the stopper or above the material of the stopper when the cap is engaged over the stopper, and by the fact that the end of the heating cannula is convex.
An actuator for a panel audio loudspeaker, comprising: a frame (320, 340a, 340b) comprising: a plate extending in a plane; and a stub extending perpendicular to the plane; an elongate flexure attached at a first end to the stub and extending away from the stub in a first direction parallel to the plane; an electromechanical module (314a, 314b) attached to a portion of the flexure unattached to the stub, the electromechanical module (314a, 314b) being configured to displace a second end of the flexure that is free of the stub in a direction perpendicular to the first direction during operation of the actuator; two or more tabs (330a-330c), wherein at least one of the tabs extends from an edge of the elongate flexure in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the plane, and wherein at least one other of the tabs extends from an end of the elongate flexure opposite the first end; and a vibration damping material (350a-350f) located between each of the two or more tabs (330a-330c) and a corresponding feature of the frame (320, 340a, 340b) for receiving the tab, wherein for certain vibrations of the electromechanical module (314a, 314b), one or more of the tabs (330a-330c) engage the corresponding feature of the frame (320, 340a, 340b) through the vibration damping material (350a-350f). a frame (320, 340a, 340b) comprising: a plate extending in a plane; and a stub extending perpendicular to the plane; a plate extending in a plane; and a stub extending perpendicular to the plane; an elongate flexure attached at a first end to the stub and extending away from the stub in a first direction parallel to the plane; an electromechanical module (314a, 314b) attached to a portion of the flexure unattached to the stub, the electromechanical module (314a, 314b) being configured to displace a second end of the flexure that is free of the stub in a direction perpendicular to the first direction during operation of the actuator; two or more tabs (330a-330c), wherein at least one of the tabs extends from an edge of the elongate flexure in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the plane, and wherein at least one other of the tabs extends from an end of the elongate flexure opposite the first end; and a vibration damping material (350a-350f) located between each of the two or more tabs (330a-330c) and a corresponding feature of the frame (320, 340a, 340b) for receiving the tab, wherein for certain vibrations of the electromechanical module (314a, 314b), one or more of the tabs (330a-330c) engage the corresponding feature of the frame (320, 340a, 340b) through the vibration damping material (350a-350f).
A method of synchronizing a receiving device with a transmitting device in a wireless communication network, said method comprising receiving one or more reference signals transmitted by the transmitting device to the receiving device; Characterized by reducing a search space for timing and frequency offsets by performing timing offset estimation based on a first set of reference symbols selected from said one or more reference signals, or performing frequency offset estimation based on a second set of reference symbols selected from said one or more reference signals, or both; and performing joint timing and frequency offset estimation over said reduced search space using a third set of reference symbols selected from said one or more reference signals to obtain estimates of said timing and frequency offsets, by computing a metric for pairs of values for timing offset and frequency offset within said reduced search space, and selecting the pair of values having the largest metric as said estimates of said timing and frequency offsets.
A photoelectric conversion device, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer including a first material, a second material, and a third material, the first material and the second material forming a pn junction, and the third material being different from the first material and the second material, and the third material being configured to modify a distribution of energy levels of the first material or the second material, wherein the third material is included in an amount of 1% by volume to 30% by volume based on a total volume of the first material and the third material, and characterized in that a dipole moment of the third material is greater than or equal to 5.5 Debye. the photoelectric conversion layer including a first material, a second material, and a third material, the first material and the second material forming a pn junction, and the third material being different from the first material and the second material, and the third material being configured to modify a distribution of energy levels of the first material or the second material, wherein the third material is included in an amount of 1% by volume to 30% by volume based on a total volume of the first material and the third material, and characterized in that a dipole moment of the third material is greater than or equal to 5.5 Debye.
A method for avoiding a runaway condition of an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder, comprising detecting (S1, S2) an operational characteristic of the engine, presumed to be caused by an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder, derating the engine in dependence of the detection, and performing while the engine is derated a test procedure to detect an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder, the engine comprising an inlet guide (203, 212) for guiding air to the cylinder, and the cylinder comprising a piston connected to a crankshaft, the engine further comprising a crankcase for housing the crankshaft, characterized in that the engine comprises a crankcase ventilation system which is arranged to assume an open condition in which a fluid in the crankcase is guided to the atmosphere, and a closed condition in which a fluid in the crankcase is guided to the inlet guide (203, 212), wherein the test procedure comprises - determining a first value of an operating parameter while the engine is operated in a first predetermined operating condition with the crankcase ventilation system in the closed condition, - determining a second value of the operating parameter while the engine is operated in the first predetermined operating condition with the crankcase ventilation system in the open condition, and - determining, based at least partly on the first and second operating parameter values (n1, n2), whether or not there is an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder. - determining a first value of an operating parameter while the engine is operated in a first predetermined operating condition with the crankcase ventilation system in the closed condition, - determining a second value of the operating parameter while the engine is operated in the first predetermined operating condition with the crankcase ventilation system in the open condition, and - determining, based at least partly on the first and second operating parameter values (n1, n2), whether or not there is an unrequested introduction of hydrocarbon into the cylinder.
Hydraulically damping sleeve bearing comprising an external sleeve and an inner bearing part (4, 4', 4") received by the external sleeve, having a rigid sleeve-shaped or tubular metallic bearing core (1', 1''), an elastomeric bearing body which surrounds the bearing core (1', 1") and being connected to said bearing core by means of vulcanisation and at least two chambers (5, 6) for a fluid damping agent, each comprising at least one elastomeric gas wall (7', 7'', 8', 8") and receiving a radial stop (9, 10), which chambers are separated from one another in the peripheral direction (u) of the bearing by means of crosspieces (11, 12) of the bearing body and are connected to one another by means of at least one channel formed as a mass damping channel or restriction channel, whereby the inner bearing part (4, 4', 4") is segmented relative to the longitudinal axis of the bearing and the gas walls (7', 7'', 8', 8") of the chambers (5, 6) are formed in a lying manner, in other words transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bearing and as part of two front segments (4', 4") each arranged on an axial end of a main segment of the inner bearing part (4', 4"), held onto the main segment by the bearing core (1', 1'') and the outer sleeve, which chambers consist of an inner ring (15', 15"), an outer ring (16', 16'') and an elastomeric element (17', 17") arranged between the inner ring (15', 15") and the outer ring (16', 16"), characterised in that the inner rings (15', 15") of the front segments (4', 4") are pressed on the axial ends of the bearing core (1', 1'') in a tight fit such that there is a material covering between the elastomeric elements (17', 17") of the front segments (4', 4") and the crosspieces (11, 12) of the bearing body, through which the chambers (5, 6) are sealed in the region of the crosspieces (11, 12) against the bearing body and therefore against one another, so the channel which connects the chambers (5, 6) outside of the sealed bearing body is formed in a rigid channel carrier element arranged between the bearing body and the external sleeve and connected to the bearing body by means of vulcanisation.
A stator vane for a gas turbine engine comprising: an airfoil extending in a radial direction and supported by a platform having a gas flowpath surface and including a circumferential support to which the airfoil is mounted and an annular flange extending in the radial direction from the circumferential support, a cooling passage arranged within the annular flange and including a circumferential passage fluidly connected to an inlet passage extending through an edge of the annular flange, and film cooling holes extending from the gas flowpath surface to the circumferential passage, wherein the cooling passage includes multiple circumferentially spaced dead-ended radial cooling passages being interconnected to the inlet passage, said dead-ended radial cooling passages extending to the edge provided by the annular flange and being separated circumferentially by ribs, with at least one of the dead-ended radial cooling passages being blocked by a plug weld to provide said at least one of the dead-ended radial passages.
A computing device for coprocessor task offloading, the computing device comprising: an application processor; a coprocessor; one or more sensors; a sensor management module configured to receive, by the coprocessor, sensor data associated with the one or more sensors; a sensor profiling module configured to: detect, by the coprocessor, a plurality of events associated with the sensor data; and determine, by the coprocessor, a resource usage cost value and a power state transition cost value associated with the events; a task schedule module to receive, by the coprocessor, an offloaded task request from the application processor; and a machine learning module configured to: determine, by the coprocessor, an aggregate coprocessor load value associated with the plurality of events as a function of a frequency of the events, the resource usage cost value associated with the events, and the power state transition cost value associated with the events; and determine, by the coprocessor, whether to accept the offloaded task request based on the aggregate coprocessor load value and a coprocessor load value associated with the offloaded task request. an application processor; a coprocessor; one or more sensors; a sensor management module configured to receive, by the coprocessor, sensor data associated with the one or more sensors; a sensor profiling module configured to: detect, by the coprocessor, a plurality of events associated with the sensor data; and determine, by the coprocessor, a resource usage cost value and a power state transition cost value associated with the events; detect, by the coprocessor, a plurality of events associated with the sensor data; and determine, by the coprocessor, a resource usage cost value and a power state transition cost value associated with the events; a task schedule module to receive, by the coprocessor, an offloaded task request from the application processor; and a machine learning module configured to: determine, by the coprocessor, an aggregate coprocessor load value associated with the plurality of events as a function of a frequency of the events, the resource usage cost value associated with the events, and the power state transition cost value associated with the events; and determine, by the coprocessor, whether to accept the offloaded task request based on the aggregate coprocessor load value and a coprocessor load value associated with the offloaded task request. determine, by the coprocessor, an aggregate coprocessor load value associated with the plurality of events as a function of a frequency of the events, the resource usage cost value associated with the events, and the power state transition cost value associated with the events; and determine, by the coprocessor, whether to accept the offloaded task request based on the aggregate coprocessor load value and a coprocessor load value associated with the offloaded task request.
A multirotor aircraft with at least two thrust producing units (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d), the multirotor aircraft being adapted for transportation of passengers and comprising an aircraft operating structure (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 14a) that is adapted for operation of the multirotor aircraft in failure-free operating mode, and a redundant security architecture (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 14b) that is at least adapted for operation of the multirotor aircraft in case of a failure of the aircraft operating structure (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 14a) in operation, wherein at least one of the at least two thrust producing units comprises at least two rotor assemblies (7d, 8d), each one of the at least two rotor assemblies (7d, 8d) defining an associated rotor plane (21, 22), wherein a first one of the at least two rotor assemblies is associated with the aircraft operating structure (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 14a) and a second one of the at least two rotor assemblies is associated with the redundant security architecture (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 14b), at least one first engine being provided for driving the first one of the at least two rotor assemblies in operation and at least one second engine is provided for driving the second one of the at least two rotor assemblies in operation, the at least one first engine being associated with the aircraft operating structure (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 14a) and the at least one second engine is associated with the redundant security architecture (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 14b), characterized in that the multirotor aircraft is provided with an energy storage system comprising at least two energy providing units (25c, 25d), at least a first one of the at least two energy providing units being connected to the at least one first engine for providing energy to the at least one first engine in operation and at least a second one of the at least two energy providing units being connected to the at least one second engine for providing energy to the at least one second engine in operation, the at least first one of the at least two energy providing units being associated with the aircraft operating structure (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 14a) and the at least second one of the at least two energy providing units being associated with the redundant security architecture (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 14b).