mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of reconstructing an internal surface geometry of a hollow or semi-hollow part, said method comprising: registering a thickness map for the part and obtaining a plurality of external surface data representing an exterior surface profile of the part, the thickness map comprising a plurality of thickness data; and generating a plurality of internal surface data representing the internal surface geometry of the hollow or semi-hollow part using the thickness map and the external surface data. registering a thickness map for the part and obtaining a plurality of external surface data representing an exterior surface profile of the part, the thickness map comprising a plurality of thickness data; and generating a plurality of internal surface data representing the internal surface geometry of the hollow or semi-hollow part using the thickness map and the external surface data.
A leaf assembly comprising a leaf and a frame, the leaf being pivotally mounted in the frame, the leaf having a leading face, a trailing face, a bottom edge and side edges (35, 36), and being pivotally moveable relative to the frame between an open position and a closed position, the leaf assembly further comprising a locking device comprising at least a first cam rotatable between an unlocked condition and a locked condition, the plane of rotation of the cam being perpendicular to the plane of the leaf when in the closed position, wherein in the locked condition the cam is engageable with a cam engaging surface on the leaf or the frame, engagement of the cam with the cam engaging surface preventing the leaf from moving away from the closed position, the assembly including a first cam sealing member which is located such that the sealing member is disposed between said cam and the cam engaging surface when said cam is in the locked position, wherein the or each cam is mountable within a corresponding carrier recess in the frame, the assembly being adapted such that when the cam is in the unlocked condition, the cam is housed fully within the carrier recess wherein the or each cam comprises a cam surface and a lever portion, the cam surface being engageable with the cam engaging surface when the cam is in the locked condition, said cam surface having an arcuate profile, characterized in that the locking device is adapted such that when the or each cam is in the locked condition, the exertion of a leaf opening force on the trailing face of the leaf urges the cam to rotate in the direction of the locked condition.
A method of making a knitted shoe (100, 100'), comprising: preparing a tube member made of a knitted material, the tube member having a tube main body, the tube main body having a front end formed with a first opening, and a rear end formed with a second opening; closing the first opening to form a front joined part on the front end of the tube main body, and then cutting away a portion of the tube main body that extends forwardly of the front joined part; cutting an oval shaped opening in an outer peripheral surface of the tube main body in proximity to the front joinedpart and closing the oval shaped opening to form a side joined part extending in a direction transverse to the front joined part; preparing a three-dimensional rigid foam sleeve and sleeving the foam sleeve on a shoe last, the foam sleeve defining an accommodation space that has a foot-insertion opening; adhering the tube main body to an outer surface of the foam sleeve so as to form a tubular knitted upper (3, 3'); placing the shoe last together with the tubular knitted upper (3, 3') in an oven for heating; removing the shoe last together with the tubular knitted upper (3, 3') from the oven; adhering a sole to a bottom side of the tubular knitted upper (3, 3'); and removing the shoe last from the tubular knitted upper (3, 3'). preparing a tube member made of a knitted material, the tube member having a tube main body, the tube main body having a front end formed with a first opening, and a rear end formed with a second opening; closing the first opening to form a front joined part on the front end of the tube main body, and then cutting away a portion of the tube main body that extends forwardly of the front joined part; cutting an oval shaped opening in an outer peripheral surface of the tube main body in proximity to the front joinedpart and closing the oval shaped opening to form a side joined part extending in a direction transverse to the front joined part; preparing a three-dimensional rigid foam sleeve and sleeving the foam sleeve on a shoe last, the foam sleeve defining an accommodation space that has a foot-insertion opening; adhering the tube main body to an outer surface of the foam sleeve so as to form a tubular knitted upper (3, 3'); placing the shoe last together with the tubular knitted upper (3, 3') in an oven for heating; removing the shoe last together with the tubular knitted upper (3, 3') from the oven; adhering a sole to a bottom side of the tubular knitted upper (3, 3'); and removing the shoe last from the tubular knitted upper (3, 3').
A method for operating a wind farm connected to a power grid that demands a reactive power requirement that varies with active power, the wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines each including a generator coupled to a power converter, the method comprising: monitoring a wind speed at each of the plurality of wind turbines in the wind farm; when the wind speed is within a cut-in wind speed range, determining, via a controller of the wind farm, a reactive power margin of the wind farm based on the reactive power requirement at an active power output corresponding to the wind speed and a reactive power availability of each of the plurality of wind turbines at the wind speed; characterised by determining, via the controller, a lowest possible cut-in rotor speed for each of the plurality of wind turbines that satisfies the reactive power margin; and, commanding, via the controller, each of the plurality of wind turbines to cut-in and begin to produce power at the lowest possible cut-in rotor speed that satisfies the reactive power margin; wherein the cut-in wind speed range refers to the wind speeds that allow the wind turbine to begin to generate active power. monitoring a wind speed at each of the plurality of wind turbines in the wind farm; when the wind speed is within a cut-in wind speed range, determining, via a controller of the wind farm, a reactive power margin of the wind farm based on the reactive power requirement at an active power output corresponding to the wind speed and a reactive power availability of each of the plurality of wind turbines at the wind speed; characterised by determining, via the controller, a lowest possible cut-in rotor speed for each of the plurality of wind turbines that satisfies the reactive power margin; and, commanding, via the controller, each of the plurality of wind turbines to cut-in and begin to produce power at the lowest possible cut-in rotor speed that satisfies the reactive power margin; determining, via a controller of the wind farm, a reactive power margin of the wind farm based on the reactive power requirement at an active power output corresponding to the wind speed and a reactive power availability of each of the plurality of wind turbines at the wind speed; characterised by determining, via the controller, a lowest possible cut-in rotor speed for each of the plurality of wind turbines that satisfies the reactive power margin; and, commanding, via the controller, each of the plurality of wind turbines to cut-in and begin to produce power at the lowest possible cut-in rotor speed that satisfies the reactive power margin;
A compression garment comprising a waist portion and a pair of leg portions, the garment further comprising a first panel of stretchable material, the first panel extending from the waist portion and to an end of a first of the pair of leg portions, the first panel being joined to a second panel of stretchable material by a seam, the second panel extending from the waist portion and to the end of the first of the pair of leg portions, characterized in that the seam defines a continuous contour line, at least part of which, in use, corresponds to at least part of a lateral edge of the gluteus maximus near the sacrum, a ridge of the hamstring tendon, and an area over the popliteal fossa between the heads of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius.
A compound having the formula: where X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydroxy-protecting group, and where R is selected from: or or or or wherein the hydroxy-protecting group is selected from an alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, alkylsilyl, alkylarylsilyl groups and alkoxyalkyl group.
A method for use with a system comprising a multiplicity of controllers, each controller comprising a radio transceiver, each radio transceiver in radio communication with at least one other radio transceiver but in radio communication with less than all of the other radio transceivers, at least one master controller issuing commands to the controllers, at least a first controller not in radio communication with the at least one master controller, at least a second controller disposed to receive a message addressed to the first controller and not to itself, and to forward the message to the first controller, characterized in that the at least one master controller is issuing opaqueness level commands to the controllers, one or more controller comprising means controlling the opacity of at least one respective suspended particle device, where the SPD comprises small, anisotropically shaped particles suspended in a liquid suspending medium, and in the absence of an applied electrical field, the particles in the liquid suspension assume random positions due to Brownian movement, and hence a beam of light passing into the SPD is reflected, transmitted or absorbed, and the SPD is thus relatively dark in the OFF state, and when an electric field is applied through the suspension in the SPD, the particles become aligned and for many suspensions most of the light can pass through the SPD, hence the SPD is thus relatively transparent in the ON state, at least one of the one or more controllers further responsive to manual control information for controlling the opacity of its respective SPD differently than indicated by the at least one master controller, and the method comprising the step of: modulating the frequency of applied potential through a variable range, or varying the voltage driving the SPD. the at least one master controller is issuing opaqueness level commands to the controllers, one or more controller comprising means controlling the opacity of at least one respective suspended particle device, where the SPD comprises small, anisotropically shaped particles suspended in a liquid suspending medium, and in the absence of an applied electrical field, the particles in the liquid suspension assume random positions due to Brownian movement, and hence a beam of light passing into the SPD is reflected, transmitted or absorbed, and the SPD is thus relatively dark in the OFF state, and when an electric field is applied through the suspension in the SPD, the particles become aligned and for many suspensions most of the light can pass through the SPD, hence the SPD is thus relatively transparent in the ON state, at least one of the one or more controllers further responsive to manual control information for controlling the opacity of its respective SPD differently than indicated by the at least one master controller, and the method comprising the step of: modulating the frequency of applied potential through a variable range, or varying the voltage driving the SPD.
Film gripping and releasing device for pallet wrapping machines which comprise a turntable and a fixed frame, characterised in that said device comprises a gripper and movement means for the gripper on board the table, and a movable contact element constrained to the frame, the contact element being suitable for going from a retracted home position to an operating position projecting from the frame, wherein the movement means for the gripper comprise a closed chain provided with a pair of projections (122a,122b) fixed to the chain, which are suitable for being alternately intercepted by the movable contact element in the operating position, in such a way as to shift the gripper in opposite directions along a guide, on said guide there being opening means and closing means for the gripper which are suitable for making the gripper go from a closed position in which it clamps the film to an open position in which it releases the film, and vice versa.
A sanitary fitting having a fitting body with a hollow cylindrical mixer shaft space, in which a mixer shaft, which a user can actuate by turning, is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis, wherein a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet and also a mixed water outlet open into the hollow cylindrical mixer shaft space, and wherein the mixer shaft has a control contour on its outer circumference that delimits a mixing chamber, which fluidically connects the hot water inlet and/or the cold water inlet, depending on the turning position of the mixer shaft, to the mixed water outlet in order to adjust a mixed water temperature, wherein in at least one mixer shaft end position, the mixer shaft mixing chamber is fluidically disconnected from the hot or cold water inlet opening, forming a fluidically sealing valve aperture between a sealing surface of the mixer shaft control contour and the inner peripheral wall of the hollow cylindrical mixer shaft space, wherein the sanitary fitting has at least one pressure element acting between the fitting body and the mixer shaft, which presses the control contour sealing surface of the mixer shaft against the inner peripheral wall of the hollow cylindrical mixer shaft space with a compressive force and with reduction of the valve aperture; characterized in that the outlet opening of the mixed water outlet and the inlet openings of the cold and hot water inlets (17, 19) are arranged in a wet area of the hollow cylindrical mixer shaft space, and that the wet area, in the axial direction, is separated on the outside on both sides from dry areas by means of fluid seals, in particular O-ring gaskets, and that the pressure element is arranged in at least one of the dry areas.
A display room mirror system, comprising: a camera module comprising a first camera and a second camera configured to capture left and right rear view images of the vehicle; a display module configured to output images inputted from the camera module; and a room mirror in which the display module is received, wherein the room mirror comprises a half mirror having both properties of transmitting and reflecting light such that when the display module operates, a driver of the vehicle is able to see information displayed in the display module due to the transmission property of the half mirror and when the display module does not operate, the half mirror is able to be used as a mirror due to the reflectance property of the half mirror, and wherein the display module is disposed at ends of left and right sides of the room mirror, respectively, and individually outputs images obtained from the first camera and the second camera; characterized in that the system further comprises a camera control unit adjusting capturing directions of the first camera and the second camera and in that the camera control unit changes the capturing directions of the first camera and the second camera depending on a variation in steering angle of a handle of the vehicle. a camera module comprising a first camera and a second camera configured to capture left and right rear view images of the vehicle; a display module configured to output images inputted from the camera module; and a room mirror in which the display module is received,
A driving method of a liquid crystal display apparatus, comprising: generating gray scale data of sub-pixels according to received image data; taking a plurality of sub-pixels as a processing unit and setting a gray scale voltage polarity signal corresponding to the gray scale data of a first sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels as an initial value; and outputting the gray scale data and the corresponding polarity signal of each sub-pixel to a source driver of the liquid crystal display apparatus; characterized by, in step, further setting a gray scale voltage polarity signal corresponding to the gray scale data of each n-th sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels as a polarity signal opposite to a polarity signal obtained by summing the gray scale voltages corresponding to the gray scale data of previous n-1 sub-pixels, wherein 2≤n≤M, M>2, and M is the total number of sub-pixels included in the plurality of sub- pixels. generating gray scale data of sub-pixels according to received image data; taking a plurality of sub-pixels as a processing unit and setting a gray scale voltage polarity signal corresponding to the gray scale data of a first sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels as an initial value; and outputting the gray scale data and the corresponding polarity signal of each sub-pixel to a source driver of the liquid crystal display apparatus;
A graft fixation device for fixing a graft member within a bone tunnel, the device comprising: a radially expandable sheath having proximal and distal ends with first, second and third sidewalls extending therebetween and defining a central lumen, the sheath having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape; and a sheath expander adapted to be disposed in the central lumen of the radially expandable sheath and configured to flex the three sidewalls (20, 22, 24) to radially expand the sheath so as to fix the graft member within the bone tunnel, characterized in that the first, second and third sidewalls are each connected by a proximal attachment point and a distal attachment point, and are at least partially separated by three longitudinally oriented cut-outs (26, 28, 30) extending between the proximal and distal attachment points, wherein the first and second sidewalls include surface features formed on the outer surface of the first and second sidewalls that are angled towards the proximal or distal end of the sheath and angled in an opposite direction to surface features on the outer surface of the third sidewall. a radially expandable sheath having proximal and distal ends with first, second and third sidewalls extending therebetween and defining a central lumen, the sheath having a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape; and a sheath expander adapted to be disposed in the central lumen of the radially expandable sheath and configured to flex the three sidewalls (20, 22, 24) to radially expand the sheath so as to fix the graft member within the bone tunnel, characterized in that the first, second and third sidewalls are each connected by a proximal attachment point and a distal attachment point, and are at least partially separated by three longitudinally oriented cut-outs (26, 28, 30) extending between the proximal and distal attachment points, wherein the first and second sidewalls include surface features formed on the outer surface of the first and second sidewalls that are angled towards the proximal or distal end of the sheath and angled in an opposite direction to surface features on the outer surface of the third sidewall.
Ballistic protection comprising at least two perforated plates each having openings of width and of length, in which: - at least two successive perforated plates are superposed such that the solid portion of one perforated plate partially covers the openings of the next perforated plate; - at least two successive perforated plates are spaced apart from each other by a distance strictly less than 15 mm, preferably less than 10 mm, and more preferably less than 5 mm, - at least two successive perforated plates are linearly offset from each other in the width direction of the openings, - each of the openings of at least two successive perforated plates has a length which is at least six times greater than their width, and more preferably twelve times greater than their width, - The openings of a same perforated plate are distributed in several lines of aligned openings, the general direction of these lines of aligned openings are parallel, and - A bridge of material is present between two openings of the same line, the bridges of material of two successive lines of aligned openings are not aligned in the direction of the width of the openings. - at least two successive perforated plates are superposed such that the solid portion of one perforated plate partially covers the openings of the next perforated plate; - at least two successive perforated plates are spaced apart from each other by a distance strictly less than 15 mm, preferably less than 10 mm, and more preferably less than 5 mm, - at least two successive perforated plates are linearly offset from each other in the width direction of the openings, - each of the openings of at least two successive perforated plates has a length which is at least six times greater than their width, and more preferably twelve times greater than their width, - The openings of a same perforated plate are distributed in several lines of aligned openings, the general direction of these lines of aligned openings are parallel, and - A bridge of material is present between two openings of the same line, the bridges of material of two successive lines of aligned openings are not aligned in the direction of the width of the openings.
Method for operating a substation for medium or high voltage, containing switchgear or controlgear with unmanned operation and maintenance, wherein an inner space, where the switchgear or controlgear are located in, is enclosed by a switchgear or controlgear enclosure, characterized in that the inner space is hermetically locked against an internal space, enclosed by an outer housing of the substation, by an automatically operated door, and that locking and unlocking of that door is logically controlled by evaluation of an automatic sensoring of the presence of a human operator inside the internal space AND the energizing status on current carrying parts of the switchgear and that a robot system is implemented such that the robot system predefined movement area is extended from the inner space of the switchgear or controlgear enclosure, into the internal space enclosed by the outer housing of the substation, in which outer housing also a spare parts handover region area is arranged which stores spare parts for maintenance, where the robot system autonomously takes needed parts and stores replaced parts.