mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An image pickup lens comprising: an optical system including a lens; a lens position detector configured to detect a position of the lens; a manipulator manipulated so as to instruct driving of the lens; a controller configured to control the driving of the lens in an optical axis direction based on a manipulation of the manipulator to instruct the driving of the lens when power is turned on or when a mode that is allowed to drive the lens according to the manipulation of the manipulator is selected; and a manipulator position detector configured to detect a manipulation position where the manipulator is manipulated, a memory configured to store the manipulation position of the manipulator detected by the manipulator position detector and the position of the lens detected by the lens position detector when power is turned off or a mode that is not allowed to drive the lens according to the manipulation of the manipulator is selected; characterized in that when power becomes turned on or the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid, the controller is configured to control the movement of the lens based on the position of the manipulator when the power becomes turned on or the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid and the position of the lens detected by the lens position detector when the power is turned off or the manipulation of the manipulator is invalid. an optical system including a lens; a lens position detector configured to detect a position of the lens; a manipulator manipulated so as to instruct driving of the lens; a controller configured to control the driving of the lens in an optical axis direction based on a manipulation of the manipulator to instruct the driving of the lens when power is turned on or when a mode that is allowed to drive the lens according to the manipulation of the manipulator is selected; and a manipulator position detector configured to detect a manipulation position where the manipulator is manipulated, a memory configured to store the manipulation position of the manipulator detected by the manipulator position detector and the position of the lens detected by the lens position detector when power is turned off or a mode that is not allowed to drive the lens according to the manipulation of the manipulator is selected; characterized in that when power becomes turned on or the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid, the controller is configured to control the movement of the lens based on the position of the manipulator when the power becomes turned on or the manipulation of the manipulator becomes valid and the position of the lens detected by the lens position detector when the power is turned off or the manipulation of the manipulator is invalid.
A method for operating a tag according to any one of claims 10 - 14, comprising: actuating a telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) coupled to a housing of the tag to transition a pin from an unengaged position in which the pin is retracted into a first portion of the housing to an engaged position in which the pin extends through an insert space and into a second portion of the tag's housing; mechanically securing the pin in the engaged position using a securement mechanism disposed in the second portion of the housing; wherein the pin is securely coupled to a movable component of the telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) so as to be integrated into the tag's body, and the first and second portions of the housing are coupled to each other so as to form a unitary piece; selectively adjusting a size of the insert space by moving a portion of the telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) into the insert space; and maintaining a free end of the pin in a safe position to prevent the external exposure of the free end at all times. actuating a telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) coupled to a housing of the tag to transition a pin from an unengaged position in which the pin is retracted into a first portion of the housing to an engaged position in which the pin extends through an insert space and into a second portion of the tag's housing; mechanically securing the pin in the engaged position using a securement mechanism disposed in the second portion of the housing; wherein the pin is securely coupled to a movable component of the telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) so as to be integrated into the tag's body, and the first and second portions of the housing are coupled to each other so as to form a unitary piece; selectively adjusting a size of the insert space by moving a portion of the telescoping actuator (812, 1810, 2512) into the insert space; and maintaining a free end of the pin in a safe position to prevent the external exposure of the free end at all times.
Polyphase biodegradable compositions having good resistance to ageing comprising: (a) a continuous phase comprising at least one hydrophobic polyester, (b) at least one dispersed phase comprising at least one polymer of vegetable origin, in which the hydrophobic polyester of the continuous phase is incompatible with the polymer of vegetable origin, said compositions being characterised by the fact of comprising 2-70 % by weight, with respect to the weight of the polymer of vegetable origin, of a plasticizer comprising at least 75% by weight, with respect to the total weight of said plasticizer, of a mixture of diglyerol, triglycerol and tetraglycerol, said compositions being further characterised by the fact that said hydrophobic polyester of said continuous phase (a) is selected from polyesters showing an Elastic Modulus of less than 200 MPa and an Elongation at break of more than 500 %, measured on a 20-30 microns film at 23 °C, 50 % of RH and Vo = 50 mm/min according to standard ASTM D882. (a) a continuous phase comprising at least one hydrophobic polyester, (b) at least one dispersed phase comprising at least one polymer of vegetable origin,
A method, implemented by a management node that directly manages one or more managed devices in one or more capillary networks, for balancing load amongst different capillary-cellular gateways to indirectly account for load attributable to self-managed devices that are not directly managed by the management node, the method comprising: determining, for each of the one or more managed devices, a weight metric that describes a collective load attributable to not only the managed device but also to any self-managed devices that connect to a cellular network via the managed device; and balancing load amongst the capillary-cellular gateways based on the weight metrics, by requesting that at least one managed device move its entire collective load to a different capillary-cellular gateway or reduce its weight metric by shedding load. determining, for each of the one or more managed devices, a weight metric that describes a collective load attributable to not only the managed device but also to any self-managed devices that connect to a cellular network via the managed device; and balancing load amongst the capillary-cellular gateways based on the weight metrics, by requesting that at least one managed device move its entire collective load to a different capillary-cellular gateway or reduce its weight metric by shedding load.
Blister pack comprising: - a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member, wherein each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel, the blister film having a sealing surface which extends about the periphery of the first and second recesses and each connecting channel, - a lidding film sealed to the sealing surface of the blister film so as to close each compartment comprising a first recess and a second recess connected to each other by a connecting channel while keeping the connecting channel open, characterised in that the blister pack further comprises a reinforcing strip having a support configured to at least partially cover the at least one second recess of the blister film while being in contact with the sealing surface of the blister film in at least one contact region at the periphery of the at least one second recess, wherein, in the sealed configuration of the blister pack, the support of the reinforcing strip is sealed between the lidding film and the blister film in the at least one contact region. - a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member, wherein each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel, the blister film having a sealing surface which extends about the periphery of the first and second recesses and each connecting channel, - a lidding film sealed to the sealing surface of the blister film so as to close each compartment comprising a first recess and a second recess connected to each other by a connecting channel while keeping the connecting channel open,
A method of downmixing multi-channel audio signals to target channels, the method comprising: determining a type of block employed for encoding a corresponding audio sample with respect to each of a plurality of multi-channel frequency coefficients; downmixing frequency coefficients to which a type of block that is most frequently used with respect to each of the target channels is applied based on a result of the determining; converting frequency coefficients generated as a result of the downmixing and frequency coefficients that are not downmixed into signals in the time domain; and generating signals of the target channels using the signals in the time domain. determining a type of block employed for encoding a corresponding audio sample with respect to each of a plurality of multi-channel frequency coefficients; downmixing frequency coefficients to which a type of block that is most frequently used with respect to each of the target channels is applied based on a result of the determining; converting frequency coefficients generated as a result of the downmixing and frequency coefficients that are not downmixed into signals in the time domain; and generating signals of the target channels using the signals in the time domain.
A modified vaccinia Ankara virus or recombinant MVA or variant thereof in a liquid or liquid-frozen composition, wherein the composition comprises 5% mannitol (w/v) as a stabilizing agent which promotes the maintenance of virus titer between 10°C and 0°C or -10°C and -30°C as compared with an equivalent composition lacking the agent, the composition comprising a buffer having a pH between 7-9, and the composition comprising not more than 0.1% (w/v) non-viral protein.
A filament winding apparatus configured to wind a fiber bundle around a liner, comprising a plurality of fiber supplying guides (80A, 80B) each being configured to supply a fiber bundle to the liner, characterized in that each of the fiber supplying guides (80A, 80B) includes a bottom portion that is thin and long in a direction, in which the fiber bundle passes and that guides a wide surface of the fiber bundle, side portions respectively disposed along both sides of the bottom portion, and an opening portion formed between the side portions, through which the fiber bundle is fitted.
An optical processing device, comprising: a plurality of optical ports; a dispersion element for spatially dispersing an optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components; and an optical path conversion system for receiving the plurality of wavelength components and selectively directing at least one of the wavelength components to a prescribed one of the optical ports, said optical path conversion system including a digital micromirror device from which at least one wavelength component is reflected at least twice before being directed to the prescribed optical port and a reflective element for receiving the reflected wavelength components from the DMD and directing them back onto the DMD, characterized by a telescope having an adjustable magnification for receiving an optical beam received from any of the optical ports, said magnification of the telescope being adjustable to compensate for variations in spacing between the DMD and the reflecting element, and in that the dispersion element is for spatially dispersing the optical beam received from the adjustable optical arrangement. a plurality of optical ports; a dispersion element for spatially dispersing an optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components; and an optical path conversion system for receiving the plurality of wavelength components and selectively directing at least one of the wavelength components to a prescribed one of the optical ports, said optical path conversion system including a digital micromirror device from which at least one wavelength component is reflected at least twice before being directed to the prescribed optical port and a reflective element for receiving the reflected wavelength components from the DMD and directing them back onto the DMD, characterized by a telescope having an adjustable magnification for receiving an optical beam received from any of the optical ports, said magnification of the telescope being adjustable to compensate for variations in spacing between the DMD and the reflecting element, and in that the dispersion element is for spatially dispersing the optical beam received from the adjustable optical arrangement.
An ultrasonic surgical handpiece (400, 500, 602) comprising: a transducer; a single-piece connecting body that tapers to a blade and then to a sharp chisel shape to form a work tip at its distal end, said transducer directly attached to said connecting body; a housing for containing at least part of the connecting body and the transducer, said housing being formed without provisions for water proofing; irrigation and aspiration fluid lines (560, 560') that extend along the blade to the chisel shape, but extend around the housing; and a power cord for providing an ultrasonic signal to said transducer, said power cord being attached to said housing and being formed without provisions for water proofing or corrosion resistance. a transducer; a single-piece connecting body that tapers to a blade and then to a sharp chisel shape to form a work tip at its distal end, said transducer directly attached to said connecting body; a housing for containing at least part of the connecting body and the transducer, said housing being formed without provisions for water proofing; irrigation and aspiration fluid lines (560, 560') that extend along the blade to the chisel shape, but extend around the housing; and a power cord for providing an ultrasonic signal to said transducer, said power cord being attached to said housing and being formed without provisions for water proofing or corrosion resistance.
System comprising a marking and/or levelling device having at least one light source for projecting a marking onto a projection plane, and positioning means, which have means for detachable fixing to the marking and/or levelling device and which serve for the positioning of the marking and/or levelling device in different positions along the vertical, wherein the positioning means have a flexible, band-like and/or cord-like holding element for the suspension of the marking and/or levelling device at a fastening point, wherein the positioning means have roller means for the rolling-up and unrolling of the holding element, characterized in that the marking and/or levelling device is in the form of a self-levelling device in which the light source, in particular a laser beam source, can be oriented, independently of a housing orientation, so as to generate an in particular horizontal and/or vertical laser beam which is oriented with respect to the vertical and which is preferably linear in cross section.
Drive arrangement for a shading apparatus or security apparatus having an adjustable closure element such as a roller shutter or the like, wherein a drive motor and possibly a gear mechanism, which is connected downstream of the drive motor, are provided for motorized adjustment of the closure element, wherein a drive control means is associated with the drive motor, and wherein the drive control means has a travel-measuring arrangement for determining the position of the closure element, wherein the travel-measuring arrangement has a sensor device and a position counter for determining the coarse position, wherein the sensor device, during motorized adjustment of the closure element, generates periodic sensor signals which preferably provide periodic counting events for the position counter, and wherein the occurrence of a counting event in the position counter produces an increment or decrement by one counting step depending on the adjustment direction, wherein the travel-measuring arrangement has a time-measuring device for determining the fine position, it being possible to use the time-measuring device, triggered by a counting event, to measure the current interval of time - time interval - to this counting event, wherein the drive control means has a buffer memory and always or cyclically stores the respectively current counter reading and possibly the current time interval, characterized in that the buffer memory additionally stores the sensor signal or the sensor signals from the sensor device, and in that the arrangement is made such that the drive control means, when the drive motor is restarted after being turned off or after a power cut, compares the sensor signal or the sensor signals from the sensor device with the sensor signal which is stored in the buffer memory or with the sensor signals which are stored in the buffer memory and, in the event of a deviation on account of an adjustment during the turned-off state, triggers a correction routine for correction, which may be necessary, of the counter reading.
A small-sized vehicle where an engine main unit provided with a water jacket is mounted on a body frame, a radiator is arranged on the side of a crankcase forming a part of the engine main unit, a cooling fan that sucks cooling wind to pass the radiator is attached to one end of a crankshaft rotatably supported by the crankcase and is arranged inside the radiator and a shroud having an exhaust port and covering the cooling fan from the side is provided between the radiator and the crankcase, wherein the shroud is integrally provided with a cylindrical part that surrounds the cooling fan from the side; wherein the exhaust port open downward is provided to a lower part of the cylindrical part; and wherein a current plate for obstructing a flow of cooling wind from the cooling fan to the side of the crankcase in a part corresponding to the exhaust port is attached to the shroud, and is fixed not on the sides of the exhaust port and the cooling fan but on the side of the crankcase, characterized in that a radially inner end of the current plate is formed in the shape of a circular arc along a rotational locus of an outermost end in a radial direction of the cooling fan in a side view so as to radially surround the cooling fan in the part corresponding to the exhaust port as seen along the crankshaft.
Multichamber bag opening aid for opening peel seams (5, 5a, 5b) in a multichamber bag system, comprising a rod-shaped central part with two distal gripping elements, characterized in that the central part consists of a rod, and the gripping elements are designed as a gripping disc, as a gripping disc with handle, or as a handwheel.
A method involving a component comprising a first fastener aperture that extends through the component, the method comprising: machining the component to enlarge the first fastener aperture to provide an enlarged aperture; friction plug welding the component to plug the enlarged aperture with friction plug welded material; and machining a second fastener aperture in the friction plug welded material, the second fastener aperture extending through the component, wherein: the component comprises a tubular base, one or more annular flanges and a tubular liner; the first fastener aperture extends through a first of the annular flanges; the tubular base and the one or more annular flanges are part of a unitary monolithic body formed from metallic material; and the tubular liner comprises composite material and is bonded to the tubular base via a composite material adhesive. machining the component to enlarge the first fastener aperture to provide an enlarged aperture; friction plug welding the component to plug the enlarged aperture with friction plug welded material; and machining a second fastener aperture in the friction plug welded material, the second fastener aperture extending through the component, wherein: the component comprises a tubular base, one or more annular flanges and a tubular liner; the first fastener aperture extends through a first of the annular flanges; the tubular base and the one or more annular flanges are part of a unitary monolithic body formed from metallic material; and the tubular liner comprises composite material and is bonded to the tubular base via a composite material adhesive. the component comprises a tubular base, one or more annular flanges and a tubular liner; the first fastener aperture extends through a first of the annular flanges; the tubular base and the one or more annular flanges are part of a unitary monolithic body formed from metallic material; and the tubular liner comprises composite material and is bonded to the tubular base via a composite material adhesive.
Hydraulic bearing, in particular a controllable hydraulic bearing, having a first fluid chamber, preferably a working chamber, a second fluid chamber, preferably a compensation chamber, and a throttle channel, which can connect the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber such that fluid can flow, wherein at least one pressure compensation element is arranged and formed within the throttle channel in such a way as to produce a fluid-carrying connection between the throttle channel and one of the two fluid chambers (20; 25) when a predetermined pressure is exceeded, wherein the throttle channel is formed between an upper throttle disc and a lower throttle disc, wherein the pressure compensation element is formed by a cut-out in the upper throttle disc and an elastic flap of the lower throttle disc, characterized in that the elastic flap is formed as an integral constituent part of the lower throttle disc or vice versa. a second fluid chamber, preferably a compensation chamber, and a throttle channel, which can connect the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber such that fluid can flow, wherein at least one pressure compensation element is arranged and formed within the throttle channel in such a way as to produce a fluid-carrying connection between the throttle channel and one of the two fluid chambers (20; 25) when a predetermined pressure is exceeded, wherein the throttle channel is formed between an upper throttle disc and a lower throttle disc, wherein the pressure compensation element is formed by a cut-out in the upper throttle disc and an elastic flap of the lower throttle disc, characterized in that the elastic flap is formed as an integral constituent part of the lower throttle disc or vice versa.