mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A reinforced composite structure (100, 200), comprising: a first composite skin including a plurality of fibers embedded in a polymer matrix; a second composite skin including a plurality of fibers embedded in a polymer matrix; a core positioned between at least portions (102,104) of the first composite skin and the second composite skin and bonded thereto, the core including a plurality of cells defined by cell walls, each of the plurality of cells having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the at least a portion of the first and second skins; a transition region at which one or more of the first composite skin or the second composite skin transition from a first geometric region having a first geometric configuration to a second geometric region having a second geometric configuration that is different from the first geometric configuration; and a plurality of reinforcement fibers defining one or more patches, each of the one or more patches positioned in the transition region and attached to one or more of the first composite skin or the second composite skin. a first composite skin including a plurality of fibers embedded in a polymer matrix; a second composite skin including a plurality of fibers embedded in a polymer matrix; a core positioned between at least portions (102,104) of the first composite skin and the second composite skin and bonded thereto, the core including a plurality of cells defined by cell walls, each of the plurality of cells having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the at least a portion of the first and second skins; a transition region at which one or more of the first composite skin or the second composite skin transition from a first geometric region having a first geometric configuration to a second geometric region having a second geometric configuration that is different from the first geometric configuration; and a plurality of reinforcement fibers defining one or more patches, each of the one or more patches positioned in the transition region and attached to one or more of the first composite skin or the second composite skin.
A composition comprising a crystalline form of L-ornithine phenylacetate, wherein the crystalline form exhibits an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least three characteristic peaks, wherein the characteristic peaks are selected from the group consisting of 5.8°±0.2° 2θ, 14.1°±0.2° 2θ, 18.6°±0.2° 2θ, 19.4°±0.2° 2θ, 22.3°±0.2° 2θ, and 24.8°±0.2° 2θ.
A leaf lifter (17, 17') for a window, for a door or the like which has a frame and a leaf movable with respect to the frame, wherein the leaf lifter (17, 17') comprises a base body configured for fastening to the frame or to the leaf; and a support lever which is supported at the base body, which is pivotable with respect to the base body between a pivoted out position and a pivoted in position and which cooperates via a contact section with a support element arranged at the other one of the frame and leaf such that, on a running of the leaf onto the frame, the support element impacts the contact section of the pivoted out support lever, whereby the support lever is pivoted into the pivoted in position and is supported at the support element in the pivoted in position on the raising of the leaf, characterized in that a support axle carrying the support lever is displaceable with respect to the base body to adapt the vertical position of the contact section, with a conversion device (60, 60') being provided which effects a displacement of the support axle in an adjustment direction on a pivoting of the support lever in the direction of the pivoted in position and which, in contrast, suppresses a displacement of the support axle against the adjustment direction on a pivoting of the support lever in the direction of the pivoted out position, with the conversion device (60, 60') comprising a one-way coupling (38, 39, 70, 71) effective between the support lever and a transmission element (49, 61) displaceably acting on the support axle.
Hand-held power tool, comprising a tool holder for receiving a tool on a working axis, a percussion mechanism having on the working axis a striker which acts upon the tool in the striking direction, a machine housing in which the percussion mechanism is arranged, a handle oriented along a handle axis which is inclined with respect to the working axis, which handle is mounted to the machine housing with three suspensions (24, 25, 26), wherein the first suspension is arranged closer to the working axis than the second suspension, the third suspension is arranged offset along the working axis with respect to the first suspension and the second suspension, the second suspension has a lever arm disposed along the handle axis, the first end of which lever arm is fastened to one of machine housing and handle, and characterised in that the second suspension has a guide which is fastened to the other of machine housing and handle, wherein a second end of the lever arm can be deflected by force in the guide against a spring arrangement on a path which is inclined or perpendicular with respect to the working axis.
A laundry washing machine comprising: - a casing supporting a washing tub external to a washing drum suitable to receive the laundry to be washed; - a detergent supply system (5; 35; 55; 65; 105) comprising a mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) and an inlet water line (9, 89) to supply clean water into said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), said inlet water line (9, 89) comprising at least one supply pipe (10, 90) connected to an external water supply line provided with a input controlled valve (12, 92), said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) being suitable to receive detergent and said water and comprising a mixing device (20; 40; 100) suitable to mix said detergent and said water in said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) to form a washing solution, wherein said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) and said mixing device (20; 40; 100) are disposed inside said casing and said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) comprises an inlet (7; 57; 87; 107) accessible from outside of the casing for the insertion of said detergent and an outlet (14; 94) for delivering said washing solution in said washing tub, said mixing device (20; 100) comprises a recirculating device (20; 100) including a recirculating circuit (22, 23; 102; 103) with a recirculating pump (21; 101), an inlet connecting line (22; 102) connecting the recirculation pump (21; 101) to the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), and an outlet connecting line (23; 103) connecting the recirculation pump (21; 101) to the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), wherein said mixing chamber (56; 106) is slidable with respect to said casing. - a casing supporting a washing tub external to a washing drum suitable to receive the laundry to be washed; - a detergent supply system (5; 35; 55; 65; 105) comprising a mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) and an inlet water line (9, 89) to supply clean water into said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), said inlet water line (9, 89) comprising at least one supply pipe (10, 90) connected to an external water supply line provided with a input controlled valve (12, 92), said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) being suitable to receive detergent and said water and comprising a mixing device (20; 40; 100) suitable to mix said detergent and said water in said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) to form a washing solution, wherein said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) and said mixing device (20; 40; 100) are disposed inside said casing and said mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106) comprises an inlet (7; 57; 87; 107) accessible from outside of the casing for the insertion of said detergent and an outlet (14; 94) for delivering said washing solution in said washing tub, said mixing device (20; 100) comprises a recirculating device (20; 100) including a recirculating circuit (22, 23; 102; 103) with a recirculating pump (21; 101), an inlet connecting line (22; 102) connecting the recirculation pump (21; 101) to the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), and an outlet connecting line (23; 103) connecting the recirculation pump (21; 101) to the mixing chamber (6; 56; 86; 106), wherein said mixing chamber (56; 106) is slidable with respect to said casing.
Mold for flexibly forming a mold surface comprising a plurality of pin segments each having an end face, which together form the mold surface, comprising a first guide element having a plurality of through-openings and comprising a clamping element having a plurality of through-openings, wherein the pin segments extend linearly and movably in parallel with one another along their longitudinal extension direction through the through-openings of the first guide element and through the through-openings of the clamping element, wherein the first guide element and the clamping element are movable relative to one another along the pin segments and wherein the edges of the through-openings of the clamping element are designed to be resiliently flexible at least in portions and are bent away from the plane of the clamping element in order to be pressed against the pin segments by the first guide element in a clamping manner. comprising a plurality of pin segments each having an end face, which together form the mold surface, comprising a first guide element having a plurality of through-openings and comprising a clamping element having a plurality of through-openings, wherein the pin segments extend linearly and movably in parallel with one another along their longitudinal extension direction through the through-openings of the first guide element and through the through-openings of the clamping element, wherein the first guide element and the clamping element are movable relative to one another along the pin segments and wherein the edges of the through-openings of the clamping element are designed to be resiliently flexible at least in portions and are bent away from the plane of the clamping element in order to be pressed against the pin segments by the first guide element in a clamping manner.
Method for controlling start-up of a network, the method comprising a) receiving a message from one node of a plurality of nodes (port... port[n]) at a guardian while the network is in an unsynchronized state, wherein the network after power-on is in the unsynchronized state as long as the timely startup and safe startup properties are not satisfied, wherein timely startup properties are satisfied, if in case that at least a minimum configuration of nodes and channels is powered-on, a startup algorithm has established synchronous communication of the correct components within an upper bound in time, wherein the minimum configuration of nodes comprises at least 3k + 1 nodes, wherein k is the number of faulty nodes, and wherein the minimum configuration of channels comprises at least two channels, and wherein safe startup properties are satisfied when the startup algorithm terminates, which is the case if all correct nodes that communicate synchronously are synchronized to each other, characterized in that b) the contents of said message received form the one node is analyzed by the guardian (Analysis) and the guardian blocks said message if said message does not conform to a priori defined criteria (Filtering), and c) in case that the network remains in an unsynchronized state, the guardian blocks (Access Control) all messages from the said one node of the plurality of nodes until a specifiable period of time (τ block) has lapsed, said specifiable period of time (τ block) being as long as said node is configured to minimally wait between sending two successive messages. a) receiving a message from one node of a plurality of nodes (port... port[n]) at a guardian while the network is in an unsynchronized state, wherein the network after power-on is in the unsynchronized state as long as the timely startup and safe startup properties are not satisfied, wherein timely startup properties are satisfied, if in case that at least a minimum configuration of nodes and channels is powered-on, a startup algorithm has established synchronous communication of the correct components within an upper bound in time, wherein the minimum configuration of nodes comprises at least 3k + 1 nodes, wherein k is the number of faulty nodes, and wherein the minimum configuration of channels comprises at least two channels, and wherein safe startup properties are satisfied when the startup algorithm terminates, which is the case if all correct nodes that communicate synchronously are synchronized to each other, characterized in that b) the contents of said message received form the one node is analyzed by the guardian (Analysis) and the guardian blocks said message if said message does not conform to a priori defined criteria (Filtering), and c) in case that the network remains in an unsynchronized state, the guardian blocks (Access Control) all messages from the said one node of the plurality of nodes until a specifiable period of time (τ block) has lapsed, said specifiable period of time (τ block) being as long as said node is configured to minimally wait between sending two successive messages.
A lubricant composition comprising: a hydrocarbon base oil; a polyoxypropylene polymer prepared by polymerizing propylene oxide with an initiator containing a labile hydrogen; and a polyoxyalkylene polymer prepared by polymerizing an alkylene oxide feed with an initiator containing a labile hydrogen, the alkylene oxide feed comprising from 100 to 25 percent butylene oxide and from 0 to 75 percent propylene oxide, each by weight based on the total weight of the alkylene oxide feed, provided that when the alkylene oxide feed contains greater than 50 weight percent propylene oxide, the initiator is a C8-C20 alkyl alcohol, the initiator for the polyoxypropylene polymer and the polyoxyalkylene polymer is independently a diol or a monol; the hydrocarbon base oil, the polyoxypropylene polymer and the polyoxyalkylene polymer being soluble with one another at room temperature. a hydrocarbon base oil; a polyoxypropylene polymer prepared by polymerizing propylene oxide with an initiator containing a labile hydrogen; and a polyoxyalkylene polymer prepared by polymerizing an alkylene oxide feed with an initiator containing a labile hydrogen, the alkylene oxide feed comprising from 100 to 25 percent butylene oxide and from 0 to 75 percent propylene oxide, each by weight based on the total weight of the alkylene oxide feed, provided that when the alkylene oxide feed contains greater than 50 weight percent propylene oxide, the initiator is a C8-C20 alkyl alcohol, the initiator for the polyoxypropylene polymer and the polyoxyalkylene polymer is independently a diol or a monol;
Sensor system (1, 2) for detection and localisation of changes in or values for at least one environmental condition, comprising: a source of pulses of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the source is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of different wavelengths; an optical fibre in optical communication with the source of pulses, wherein said optical fibre includes one or more fibre Bragg gratings having a reflectance and/or transmittance which varies in dependence on the at least one environmental condition; a detection unit for detecting, at a plurality of different times, electromagnetic radiation which has been reflected or transmitted by at least one of the fibre Bragg gratings, wherein the detection unit is configured for detecting electromagnetic radiation at the plurality of different wavelengths, such that a spectral response can be determined for different spatial regions along the optical fibre, wherein a change in or value for the environmental condition at a spatial region may be determined based on the respective spectral response, and a data processing apparatus configured to receive data derived from the detection unit and to determine the spectral response for different spatial locations based on the received data, wherein the one or more fibre Bragg gratings includes first and second neighbouring fibre Bragg gratings, and wherein the duration of a pulse of the electromagnetic radiation exceeds twice the time taken by the pulse to travel from the first fibre Bragg grating to the second fibre Bragg grating. a source of pulses of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the source is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of different wavelengths; an optical fibre in optical communication with the source of pulses, wherein said optical fibre includes one or more fibre Bragg gratings having a reflectance and/or transmittance which varies in dependence on the at least one environmental condition; a detection unit for detecting, at a plurality of different times, electromagnetic radiation which has been reflected or transmitted by at least one of the fibre Bragg gratings, wherein the detection unit is configured for detecting electromagnetic radiation at the plurality of different wavelengths, such that a spectral response can be determined for different spatial regions along the optical fibre, wherein a change in or value for the environmental condition at a spatial region may be determined based on the respective spectral response, and a data processing apparatus configured to receive data derived from the detection unit and to determine the spectral response for different spatial locations based on the received data, wherein the one or more fibre Bragg gratings includes first and second neighbouring fibre Bragg gratings, and wherein the duration of a pulse of the electromagnetic radiation exceeds twice the time taken by the pulse to travel from the first fibre Bragg grating to the second fibre Bragg grating.
Running gear for a rail vehicle, in particular an internally supported running gear, comprising at least one first drive unit and at least one running gear frame to which at least one wheelset is coupled by means of a first wheelset bearing and a second wheelset bearing, wherein the at least first drive unit is supported by means of a first spring device and a second spring device on a first wheelset bearing housing or a first swing arm and by means of a third spring device and a fourth spring device on a second wheelset bearing housing or a second swing arm, characterised in that at least between the first wheelset bearing housing or the first swing arm, on the one hand, and the at least first drive unit, on the other, a first damper device, which comprises a damper and, connected effectively in series thereto, a first stop buffer and a second stop buffer, is arranged in an effective parallel connection to the first spring device, the second spring device, the third spring device and the fourth spring device.
A rotary electric shaver comprising: a blade unit including an outer blade having multiple hair inlets formed therein and an inner blade which, in use, rotates while coming into sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade, wherein the inner blade has multiple small blades, and each said small blade has a shape in which rake angles of a blade edge are different at different radial positions; characterized in that each said small blade has a shape in which a rake angle β at a radially center position of the blade edge is a relatively small angle, and in which a rake angle α at a radially outer position and a rake angle γ at a radially inner position of the blade edge are relatively large angles. a blade unit including an outer blade having multiple hair inlets formed therein and an inner blade which, in use, rotates while coming into sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade, wherein the inner blade has multiple small blades, and each said small blade has a shape in which rake angles of a blade edge are different at different radial positions; characterized in that each said small blade has a shape in which a rake angle β at a radially center position of the blade edge is a relatively small angle, and in which a rake angle α at a radially outer position and a rake angle γ at a radially inner position of the blade edge are relatively large angles.
Automotive light comprising at least one main cup-shaped body having the inner surface structured so to direct the incident light towards the mouth of the same main cup-shaped body, and at least one light source which is located within the main cup-shaped body, and is structured so as to emit light when electricity powered; wherein the inner surface of the main cup-shaped body is provided with a first decorative optical pattern which is cyclically repeated on said inner surface with a predetermined spatial periodicity, the automotive light being characterized by further comprising at least one additional optical filter which is made of a transparent or semitransparent material, and is arranged so to be crossed by the light produced by the light source; said at least one additional optical filter being provided with an optical surface structured so to have a second optical decorative pattern which is cyclically repeated with a predetermined spatial periodicity; the shape and/or spatial periodicity of the decorative optical pattern on the additional optical filter being different from the shape and/or spatial periodicity of the decorative optical pattern on the main cup-shaped body, and such to cause, in the light coming out from the main cup-shaped body, an interferometric effect with Moiré deterioration which generates a virtual decorative optical pattern different from the decorative optical patterns on the main cup-shaped body and on the additional optical filter.
A method of decorating a metal can body and comprising: printing an ink pattern onto the can body using an ink, wherein the spacing between printed features in the pattern is less than 1mm and the area of the pattern features comprises 40-60% of the total surface area of the surface on which a textured pattern is to be created; and applying a varnish over the printed ink pattern while the printed ink remains wet, the ink being antagonistic with the varnish to cause the applied varnish to agglomerate, the pattern being configured to give rise to the textured pattern in the varnish once the varnish has dried. printing an ink pattern onto the can body using an ink, wherein the spacing between printed features in the pattern is less than 1mm and the area of the pattern features comprises 40-60% of the total surface area of the surface on which a textured pattern is to be created; and applying a varnish over the printed ink pattern while the printed ink remains wet, the ink being antagonistic with the varnish to cause the applied varnish to agglomerate,