mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A variable-effect lighting system comprising: a lamp assembly and a lamp controller coupled to the lamp assembly, the lamp assembly comprising a plurality of multi-coloured lamps in series with an AC voltage source and in series with each other, the voltage source having a frequency, each said multi-coloured lamp comprising a first illuminating element for producing a first colour of light, and a second illuminating element for producing a second colour of light, the lamp controller varying the colour produced by the lamps, characterized in that the lamp controller is configured to vary a conduction interval of each said illuminating element according to a predetermined pattern and to terminate the variation upon activation of a user-operable input to the controller, and wherein the lamp controller includes a non-volatile memory, and is configured to retain in the non-volatile memory a datum associated with the conduction interval of one of the illuminating elements upon the activation of the user-operable input, the lamp controller being further configured to set the conduction interval of the one illuminating element in accordance with the retained datum upon re-application of power to the lighting system. a lamp assembly and a lamp controller coupled to the lamp assembly, the lamp assembly comprising a plurality of multi-coloured lamps in series with an AC voltage source and in series with each other, the voltage source having a frequency, each said multi-coloured lamp comprising a first illuminating element for producing a first colour of light, and a second illuminating element for producing a second colour of light, the lamp controller varying the colour produced by the lamps, characterized in that the lamp controller is configured to vary a conduction interval of each said illuminating element according to a predetermined pattern and to terminate the variation upon activation of a user-operable input to the controller, and wherein the lamp controller includes a non-volatile memory, and is configured to retain in the non-volatile memory a datum associated with the conduction interval of one of the illuminating elements upon the activation of the user-operable input, the lamp controller being further configured to set the conduction interval of the one illuminating element in accordance with the retained datum upon re-application of power to the lighting system.
Printer for printing marking strips made of at least one plastic material, wherein the marking strip has a plurality of marking elements (9a, b, c) for marking electrical devices, in particular electrical devices which can be arranged next to one another, for which purpose each of the marking elements has a marking plate with at least one inscription field which can be printed with information such as an inscription, and wherein each of the marking elements further has, on the side facing away from the inscription field, a latching contour which is integrally connected to the respective marking plate and has latching lugs, wherein the printer has a rotatably mounted feed shaft, which can be driven by a motor, and a print head, characterized in that the rotatably mounted feed shaft has at least one section provided with protrusions, a protrusion section, which, when the feed shaft is rotated, rests directly against the marking strip so that the advancing speed of the marking strip is synchronized with the circumferential speed of the feed shaft, wherein the protrusion section rests directly against the marking strip when the feed shaft is rotated in such a way that a positive fit is formed between the feed shaft and the marking strip by the protrusions during the advance, as a result of which the advancing speed of the marking strip is synchronized with the circumferential speed of the feed shaft, wherein the section of the feed shaft provided with protrusions is designed as a toothed section and wherein the feed shaft has toothless sections (15a, 15b), wherein the toothless sections (15a, 15b) are designed in such a way that the latching lugs of the latching contour of the marking strips can move without contact in the toothless sections (15a, 15b).
System including an uninterruptible power supply unit and an external power supply, the uninterruptible power supply unit comprising: an input/output terminal connected in parallel with a power line for supplying power from the external power supply to a load device; a battery unit which includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack, which are connected in series, and wherein a rated voltage of the battery unit is the same as the voltage of the external power supply; a voltage converter configured to convert the voltage of the external power supply into a voltage corresponding to a difference between the rated voltage of the battery unit and the charging voltage of the battery unit; a charging circuit configured to charge the first battery pack with the output voltage of the voltage converter, and configured to charge the second battery pack with the voltage of the external power supply; and a discharging circuit configured to discharge power from the battery unit to the load device through the input/output terminal in an event that the external power supply is interrupted. an input/output terminal connected in parallel with a power line for supplying power from the external power supply to a load device; a battery unit which includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack, which are connected in series, and wherein a rated voltage of the battery unit is the same as the voltage of the external power supply; a voltage converter configured to convert the voltage of the external power supply into a voltage corresponding to a difference between the rated voltage of the battery unit and the charging voltage of the battery unit; a charging circuit configured to charge the first battery pack with the output voltage of the voltage converter, and configured to charge the second battery pack with the voltage of the external power supply; and a discharging circuit configured to discharge power from the battery unit to the load device through the input/output terminal in an event that the external power supply is interrupted.
Steering shaft for a motor vehicle, comprising a first shaft part and a second shaft part that is telescopable with respect to the former, wherein the first shaft part comprises at least one spline region with at least one guide element which is in form-fit engagement with the second shaft part for guiding the first shaft part relative to the second shaft part during the telescoping and with at least one transmission element which is in engagement with the second shaft part via a loose form-fit for transmitting a torque, wherein the spline region is at least partially overmolded with a plastic and the guide element is formed in the overmolding, characterized in that the spline region comprises a spline system with splines of the same geometry, wherein at least one missing spline is provided, in the position of which the guide element is formed by the overmolding.
A computer-implemented method for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment, the method comprising: detecting a location of at least one input device on the multi-touch surface; defining at least one region on the multi-touch surface proximate to the location of the at least one input device; monitoring the multi-touch surface for any changes in the location of the at least one input device; in response to a change in the location of the at least one input device, changing a location of the at least one region to substantially match the change in the location of the at least one input device, and displaying a user interface tool in the at least one region on the multi-touch surface, comprising displaying an enhanced task bar in a first portion of the at least one region on the multi-touch surface, and wherein a location of the first portion is based at least in part on the location of a keyboard device detected on the multi-touch surface, and the enhanced task bar comprises user interface elements (531, 532, 533) configured to control different application windows that are displayed via a display device, wherein a size and location of each user interface element within the enhanced taskbar conveys a size and location of a corresponding application window displayed within the display device, whereby an application window associated with a user interface element is re-sized by a multi-touch gesture of moving two fingers apart or together on the user interface element to shrink or expand the size of the application window. detecting a location of at least one input device on the multi-touch surface; defining at least one region on the multi-touch surface proximate to the location of the at least one input device; monitoring the multi-touch surface for any changes in the location of the at least one input device; in response to a change in the location of the at least one input device, changing a location of the at least one region to substantially match the change in the location of the at least one input device, and displaying a user interface tool in the at least one region on the multi-touch surface, comprising displaying an enhanced task bar in a first portion of the at least one region on the multi-touch surface, and wherein a location of the first portion is based at least in part on the location of a keyboard device detected on the multi-touch surface, and the enhanced task bar comprises user interface elements (531, 532, 533) configured to control different application windows that are displayed via a display device, wherein a size and location of each user interface element within the enhanced taskbar conveys a size and location of a corresponding application window displayed within the display device, whereby an application window associated with a user interface element is re-sized by a multi-touch gesture of moving two fingers apart or together on the user interface element to shrink or expand the size of the application window.
An electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and a microporous separator separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population, the populations of electrodes and counter-electrodes being arranged in an alternating sequence in which members of the electrode population are separated from each other by members of the counter-electrode population with the alternating sequence proceeding in a first direction, each member of the electrode population comprising an electrode active material layer (49, 50) and an electrode current collector (47, 48), each member of the electrode population having a bottom, a top, a length L E, a width W E and a height H E, the length L E being measured from the bottom to the top of each such electrode, the width W E and the height H E being measured in directions that are perpendicular to each other and to the direction of measurement of the length L E, the ratio of L E to each of W E and H E being at least 5:1, respectively, the ratio of H E to W E being between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, respectively, the electrode current collector of each member of the electrode population having a length L E-C that extends along the electrode in the same direction as length L E, and is at least 50% of length L E as measured in the same direction as length L E, wherein members of the population of electrodes extend from an inner surface of an electrode bus for pooling current from each member of the population of electrodes, and members of the population of counter-electrodes extend from an inner surface of a counter-electrode bus for pooling current from each member of the population of counter-electrodes, the inner surfaces of the electrode and counter-electrode buses opposing one another, with the bottom of each electrode being proximate to the inner surface of the electrode bus, such that length L E of each electrode is measured from the bottom proximate the inner surface of the electrode bus to the top distal from the inner surface of the electrode bus, in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the electrode bus, wherein the electrode current collector comprises a first current collector layer (47, 48) and a supplemental current collector layer, the supplemental current collector layer (47A, 47B, 48A, 48B) having a supplemental current collector layer length L E-C that extends along at least 50% of the length L E of the electrode as measured in the same direction as length L E and the first electrode current collector layer having a first electrode current collector layer length L E-C that extends along at least 50% of the length L E of the electrode as measured in the same direction as length L E and wherein an electrical conductance of the supplemental current collector layer exceeds that of the first electrode current collector layer.
A brake actuator for pressing a friction member against a rotating body that rotates with a vehicle wheel, the brake actuator comprising: a housing; an electric motor in which a hollow motor shaft rotates; a rotating shaft disposed inside the motor shaft so as to be coaxial with the motor shaft; a piston having a rear end that is disposed inside the motor shaft and a front end that is engaged with the friction member; a speed reduction mechanism configured to decelerate rotation transmitted from the motor shaft and transmit the rotation to the rotating shaft; and a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotating motion of the rotating shaft into an advancing and retracting motion of the piston; wherein the motor shaft is rotatably supported by the housing at an outer peripheral surface of the motor shaft, and the rotating shaft is rotatably supported by an inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft via rollers at an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft as well as rotatably supported by the housing via a thrust bearing at a rear end of the rotating shaft; and wherein the thrust bearing is a thrust ball bearing. a housing; an electric motor in which a hollow motor shaft rotates; a rotating shaft disposed inside the motor shaft so as to be coaxial with the motor shaft; a piston having a rear end that is disposed inside the motor shaft and a front end that is engaged with the friction member; a speed reduction mechanism configured to decelerate rotation transmitted from the motor shaft and transmit the rotation to the rotating shaft; and a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotating motion of the rotating shaft into an advancing and retracting motion of the piston; wherein the motor shaft is rotatably supported by the housing at an outer peripheral surface of the motor shaft, and the rotating shaft is rotatably supported by an inner peripheral surface of the motor shaft via rollers at an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft as well as rotatably supported by the housing via a thrust bearing at a rear end of the rotating shaft; and wherein the thrust bearing is a thrust ball bearing.
A percussion primer composition obtainable by using a water processing technique, the composition comprising: an explosive consisting essentially of at least one relatively insensitive explosive in the amount of about 5 wt-% to about 40 wt-% of the primer composition; a sensitizer in an amount of about 0 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of the primer composition; fuel particles having an average particle size of about 100 nanometers to about 1500 nanometers and in an amount of about 1 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of the primer composition; an oxidizer; and at least one buffer. an explosive consisting essentially of at least one relatively insensitive explosive in the amount of about 5 wt-% to about 40 wt-% of the primer composition; a sensitizer in an amount of about 0 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of the primer composition; fuel particles having an average particle size of about 100 nanometers to about 1500 nanometers and in an amount of about 1 wt-% to about 20 wt-% of the primer composition; an oxidizer; and at least one buffer.
Treatment method for hardening the surface of a metallic shaft of a gearbox, notably for a motor vehicle, which chronologically comprises: - a thermal treatment step during which the shaft is exposed to a high temperature (Tt) followed by a quenching operation which causes a bending deformation of the shaft, the shaft thus exhibiting a permanent distortion; - a straightening step which consists in imposing a plastic bending deformation in the direction opposite to the distortion such that the axis of the shaft is rectilinear overall; characterized in that at least one portion of the shaft, said portion exhibiting a geometry which promotes mechanical stress concentrations with respect to the rest of the shaft, is selected, and in that the selected portion is subjected to a localized tempering treatment, in a tempering step which is carried out after the thermal treatment step and before the end of the straightening step for straightening the shaft. - a thermal treatment step during which the shaft is exposed to a high temperature (Tt) followed by a quenching operation which causes a bending deformation of the shaft, the shaft thus exhibiting a permanent distortion; - a straightening step which consists in imposing a plastic bending deformation in the direction opposite to the distortion such that the axis of the shaft is rectilinear overall;
A laser-arc hybrid welding apparatus that uses laser and arc, the laser-arc hybrid welding apparatus comprising: a laser torch (40; 40A) that emits laser toward a joined portion; and a welding torch that generates arc between the welding torch and the joined portion, the laser torch including an adjustment mechanism (41; 44, 45) that adjusts a shape of an irradiated region irradiated with laser, characterized in that the adjustment mechanism enlarges the irradiated region in a direction of width of welding as compared with irradiation without the adjustment mechanism in the laser torch and adjusting a shape of the irradiated region to allow a distribution in the direction of width, of a quantity of heat input by laser to exhibit a prescribed profile, the prescribed profile being such a profile that the quantity of heat input in a central portion in the direction of width is equal to or smaller than the quantity of heat input at an end in the direction of width. a laser torch (40; 40A) that emits laser toward a joined portion; and a welding torch that generates arc between the welding torch and the joined portion, the laser torch including an adjustment mechanism (41; 44, 45) that adjusts a shape of an irradiated region irradiated with laser, characterized in that the adjustment mechanism enlarges the irradiated region in a direction of width of welding as compared with irradiation without the adjustment mechanism in the laser torch and adjusting a shape of the irradiated region to allow a distribution in the direction of width, of a quantity of heat input by laser to exhibit a prescribed profile, the prescribed profile being such a profile that the quantity of heat input in a central portion in the direction of width is equal to or smaller than the quantity of heat input at an end in the direction of width.
An immunogenic composition comprising: a) a nanoemulsion comprising a solvent, an oil phase, and aqueous phase; in combination with b) a respiratory syncytial virus immunogen; for use in stimulating an immune response to RSV in a subject. a) a nanoemulsion comprising a solvent, an oil phase, and aqueous phase; in combination with b) a respiratory syncytial virus immunogen;
A progeny soybean plant obtainable by a process comprising the step of crossing the soybean plant deposited with ATCC under accession number PTA-10830 and comprising: (a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 2 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 3 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4 and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 4 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; or (b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 2 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 3 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4 with another soybean plant lacking said nucleic acid sequences, said process optionally further comprising one or more further crossing steps to obtain soybean plants of further generations that contain said nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides as set forth in (a) SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4 and 6; or (b) SEQ ID NOS: 2 and 4. (a) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 2 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 3 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4 and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 4 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; or (b) a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 2 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a mutant raffinose synthase 3 polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4
A fixed leaf lock, in particular, with panic function, with a lock housing having a face-plate with latch opening, with a lock nut provided in the lock housing, with an electrical door opener provided in the lock housing in the area of the latch opening and with a latch ejector device having a latch ejector for ejecting a latch engaging the latch opening, characterized in that the latch ejector device is independent of the electrical door opener and that the latch ejector is mounted outside of the electrical door opener in the lock housing.