mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Crash attenuator apparatus including at least one guardrail support extending upwardly from the ground and a guardrail structure (18, 20) supported by said guardrail support, said guardrail support including a guardrail support base, a guardrail support post extending upwardly from said guardrail support base and a guardrail support brace structure bracing said guardrail support post to resist sideways tilting movement of said guardrail support post caused by vehicular impact on a guardrail (18, 20) on a side of the crash attenuator apparatus, said guardrail support brace structure including a double-ended brace member secured at the ends thereof to the guardrail support base and to the guardrail support post at a location thereon spaced from the guardrail support base, said double-ended brace member having bends formed therein between said guardrail support post and said guardrail support base enabling the overall length of said double-ended brace member between the ends thereof to shorten in response to opposed compressive forces being exerted at the ends thereof and the overall length of said double-ended brace member between the ends thereof to lengthen in response to opposed tensional forces being exerted at the ends thereof.
A fluidic component comprising a flow chamber which can be traversed by a fluid flow that enters the flow chamber through an inlet opening of the flow chamber and exits from the flow chamber through an outlet opening of the flow chamber, wherein at least one means (104a, 104b) for forming an oscillation of the fluid flow at the outlet opening is provided in the flow chamber, wherein the flow chamber includes a main flow channel, which connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening to each other, and at least one secondary flow channel (104a, 104b) as means for forming an oscillation of the fluid flow at the outlet opening, wherein the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel (104a, 104b) are separated from each other by at least one inner block (11a, 11b), characterized in that the flow chamber has a variable shape and is delimited by a boundary wall, - wherein downstream of the outlet opening an outlet expansion adjoins, which widens in downstream direction proceeding from the outlet opening, wherein the outlet expansion comprises two portions (53a, 53b) of the boundary wall, which extend substantially perpendicularly to an oscillation plane and are formed to be movable with respect to the remaining boundary wall, and/or - wherein for the purpose of changing the shape of the flow chamber the at least one inner block (11a, 11b) is deformable and/or movable with respect to the boundary wall. - wherein downstream of the outlet opening an outlet expansion adjoins, which widens in downstream direction proceeding from the outlet opening, wherein the outlet expansion comprises two portions (53a, 53b) of the boundary wall, which extend substantially perpendicularly to an oscillation plane and are formed to be movable with respect to the remaining boundary wall, and/or - wherein for the purpose of changing the shape of the flow chamber the at least one inner block (11a, 11b) is deformable and/or movable with respect to the boundary wall.
A safety device for use in a fall arrest system, the safety device comprising: an energy absorber arrangement (22,51); a safety line drum mounted for rotation; a speed responsive engagement mechanism (10,11) responsive to the speed of rotation of the drum, which is activated, above a predetermined rotational speed of the drum; a shaft configured to rotate with the drum only when the speed responsive engagement mechanism (10,11) is activated; the energy absorber arrangement (22,51) being coupled to the shaft to be operable in response to rotation of the shaft; characterised in that the energy absorber arrangement (22,51) comprises: a coiler member; a plastically deformable strip; and a deformer structure; the plastically deformable strip having a first end attached to the coiler member and a second free end remote from the first end; the plastically deformable strip extending past the deformer structure at a position intermediate the first and second ends; wherein relative rotation of the coiler member and deformer structure driven by the shaft causes the plastically deformable strip to be drawn past the deformer structure, thereby plastically deforming the strip and winding the strip in a coil about the coiler member. an energy absorber arrangement (22,51); a safety line drum mounted for rotation; a speed responsive engagement mechanism (10,11) responsive to the speed of rotation of the drum, which is activated, above a predetermined rotational speed of the drum; a shaft configured to rotate with the drum only when the speed responsive engagement mechanism (10,11) is activated; the energy absorber arrangement (22,51) being coupled to the shaft to be operable in response to rotation of the shaft; characterised in that the energy absorber arrangement (22,51) comprises: a coiler member; a plastically deformable strip; and a deformer structure; the plastically deformable strip having a first end attached to the coiler member and a second free end remote from the first end; the plastically deformable strip extending past the deformer structure at a position intermediate the first and second ends; wherein relative rotation of the coiler member and deformer structure driven by the shaft causes the plastically deformable strip to be drawn past the deformer structure, thereby plastically deforming the strip and winding the strip in a coil about the coiler member. a coiler member; a plastically deformable strip; and a deformer structure; the plastically deformable strip having a first end attached to the coiler member and a second free end remote from the first end; the plastically deformable strip extending past the deformer structure at a position intermediate the first and second ends; wherein relative rotation of the coiler member and deformer structure driven by the shaft causes the plastically deformable strip to be drawn past the deformer structure, thereby plastically deforming the strip and winding the strip in a coil about the coiler member.
A component feeding device having: a first sprocket for transporting a component feeding tape; a second sprocket arranged on a downstream side in a transportation path for the component feeding tape beyond the first sprocket; and a first driving portion for rotating the first sprocket and the second sprocket, wherein a first backlash of the first sprocket is larger than a second backlash of the second sprocket, and the component feeding device is configured to perform a step of: rotating the first sprocket and the second sprocket such that the component feeding tape is transported from the upstream side toward the downstream side, and in succession, rotating the first driving portion reversely such that in a state where the component feeding tape does not fit with the second sprocket, the first sprocket does not rotate while the first driving portion rotates by a backlash quantity and hence the component feeding tape is not transported due to driving of the first sprocket. a first sprocket for transporting a component feeding tape; a second sprocket arranged on a downstream side in a transportation path for the component feeding tape beyond the first sprocket; and a first driving portion for rotating the first sprocket and the second sprocket, wherein a first backlash of the first sprocket is larger than a second backlash of the second sprocket, and the component feeding device is configured to perform a step of: rotating the first sprocket and the second sprocket such that the component feeding tape is transported from the upstream side toward the downstream side, and in succession, rotating the first driving portion reversely such that in a state where the component feeding tape does not fit with the second sprocket, the first sprocket does not rotate while the first driving portion rotates by a backlash quantity and hence the component feeding tape is not transported due to driving of the first sprocket. rotating the first sprocket and the second sprocket such that the component feeding tape is transported from the upstream side toward the downstream side, and in succession, rotating the first driving portion reversely such that in a state where the component feeding tape does not fit with the second sprocket, the first sprocket does not rotate while the first driving portion rotates by a backlash quantity and hence the component feeding tape is not transported due to driving of the first sprocket.
System for controlling access to a data record (111, 112) to be protected, wherein - the system comprises a secure runtime environment which is designed to execute decryption software; - the decryption software is embodied to decrypt an encrypted data record to be protected and to store the same in a decrypted manner on a secure storage unit; - the system comprises the secure storage unit, which is embodied so that access to the secure storage unit is possible exclusively by way of the secure runtime environment; and - the secure runtime environment is embodied to prevent a repeated execution of the decryption software during operation of the system, wherein with each commissioning of the system, the data record to be protected is decrypted by a one-time execution of the decryption software and stored once in the secure storage unit, and wherein - the secure runtime environment is embodied to store a flag for the executability of the decryption software; - the secure runtime environment is designed to change a state of the flag in order to prevent a repeated execution of the decryption software; and - the secure runtime environment is designed to check the state of the flag before execution of the decryption software and to enable or prevent the execution of the decryption software as a function of the state of the flag. - the system comprises a secure runtime environment which is designed to execute decryption software; - the decryption software is embodied to decrypt an encrypted data record to be protected and to store the same in a decrypted manner on a secure storage unit; - the system comprises the secure storage unit, which is embodied so that access to the secure storage unit is possible exclusively by way of the secure runtime environment; and - the secure runtime environment is embodied to prevent a repeated execution of the decryption software during operation of the system, wherein with each commissioning of the system, the data record to be protected is decrypted by a one-time execution of the decryption software and stored once in the secure storage unit, and wherein - the secure runtime environment is embodied to store a flag for the executability of the decryption software; - the secure runtime environment is designed to change a state of the flag in order to prevent a repeated execution of the decryption software; and - the secure runtime environment is designed to check the state of the flag before execution of the decryption software and to enable or prevent the execution of the decryption software as a function of the state of the flag.
A gas turbine engine comprising an electrical harness, wherein: at least a part of the electrical harness is formed by a rigid structure having an electrical system comprising electrical conductors embedded therein forming an electrical raft, the rigid structure further having one or more sensors embedded therein such that the electrical conductors and the sensors are surrounded, and thereby fixed in position, by the rigid material of the rigid structure; and the rigid structure is formed of rigid composite material; wherein the electrical conductors embedded in the electrical raft comprise electrically conductive tracks in a flexible printed circuit board and at least one electrically conductive wire which is individually surrounded by an electrically insulating sleeve. at least a part of the electrical harness is formed by a rigid structure having an electrical system comprising electrical conductors embedded therein forming an electrical raft, the rigid structure further having one or more sensors embedded therein such that the electrical conductors and the sensors are surrounded, and thereby fixed in position, by the rigid material of the rigid structure; and the rigid structure is formed of rigid composite material; wherein the electrical conductors embedded in the electrical raft comprise electrically conductive tracks in a flexible printed circuit board and at least one electrically conductive wire which is individually surrounded by an electrically insulating sleeve.
An optical coherence tomography - OCT - imaging system comprising: a tunable laser source configured to provide a wavelength-scanned beam; an interferometer configured to split the wavelength-scanned beam into a reference beam and an object beam; a splitter configured to split the object beam into a first path corresponding to ar anterior chamber imaging component and a second path corresponding to a retinal imaging component, wherein the anterior chamber imaging component comprises a first scan mirror configured to image an anterior chamber of an eye, and wherein the retinal imaging component comprises a second scan mirror configured to image a retina of the eye; a first aperture through which the portion of the object beam on the first path is configured to pass and a second aperture through which the portion of the object beam on the second path is configured to pass, wherein the first aperture is separate from the second aperture; a first lens system associated with the first path and a second lens system associated with a second path, the first lens system comprising a single lens, the second lens system comprising two lenses, wherein the first aperture is positioned between the single lens of the first lens system and the eye, and wherein the second aperture is positioned between the two lenses of the second lens system; and a detector configured to detect a signal caused by interference between the reference beam and at least a portion of the object beam reflected from the eye. a tunable laser source configured to provide a wavelength-scanned beam; an interferometer configured to split the wavelength-scanned beam into a reference beam and an object beam; a splitter configured to split the object beam into a first path corresponding to ar anterior chamber imaging component and a second path corresponding to a retinal imaging component, wherein the anterior chamber imaging component comprises a first scan mirror configured to image an anterior chamber of an eye, and wherein the retinal imaging component comprises a second scan mirror configured to image a retina of the eye; a first aperture through which the portion of the object beam on the first path is configured to pass and a second aperture through which the portion of the object beam on the second path is configured to pass, wherein the first aperture is separate from the second aperture; a first lens system associated with the first path and a second lens system associated with a second path, the first lens system comprising a single lens, the second lens system comprising two lenses, wherein the first aperture is positioned between the single lens of the first lens system and the eye, and wherein the second aperture is positioned between the two lenses of the second lens system; and a detector configured to detect a signal caused by interference between the reference beam and at least a portion of the object beam reflected from the eye.
A system having a frame comprising a support on which a transport unit with a plurality of closely packed objects arranged side by side is placed, and having a code reading device for parallel mass reading of a plurality of codes on the plurality of closely packed objects, wherein the code reading device comprises a camera unit fixed to the frame and having at least one camera head for taking an image of the objects, a control and evaluation unit configured to find code areas of the codes in the image and to read the code information of the codes and a display unit for displaying the image and marking the read codes and/or objects with read codes, wherein the code reading device further comprises a hand-held reading unit for reading codes (36, 40) in order to re-read unread codes that could not be read from the image of the camera unit, and to transmit the re-read code information to the control and evaluation unit, the control and evaluation unit being configured to check whether a re-read code (36, 40) has already been read before.
Electromagnetically operated spring-applied brake comprising a brake disc which can be arranged on a shaft in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner and is formed from a non-magnetic carrier material, an electromagnet which has a magnet housing and a coil accommodated by it, an armature plate which is arranged in an axially displaceable manner between the brake disc and the magnet housing, and a flange which is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the magnet housing, wherein the brake disc and the armature plate are arranged between the flange and the magnet housing and wherein the armature plate is arranged on the magnet housing so as to be non-rotatable but nevertheless axially displaceable relative to the magnet housing with the interposition of compression spring elements, wherein metallic friction pairings (19, 20) are provided between the brake disk and the flange on the one hand and between the brake disk and the armature plate on the other hand, wherein a friction partner of one of the two friction pairings (19, 20) provides a friction surface equipped with sintered material, characterized in that the armature plate or the flange provide a friction surface equipped with sintered material on the brake disc side, the brake disc being designed without friction lining.
A method for feeding card blanks into a device for processing card blanks wherein several card blanks of a first type are provided using at least one hopper, wherein the card blanks are withdrawn one by one from the hopper and supplied to the transport belt which is driven in a cycled manner and passes through the at least one device, characterised in that the at least one hopper containing card blanks of the first type and at least one further hopper containing card blanks of another type are associated with the transport belt on one or both longitudinal sides thereof, in that during a standstill phase of the transport belt, one or several card blanks withdrawn from the hopper (s) are supplied to the transport belt, in that for processing a job, a sequence is determined in which the card blanks are to be supplied to the device and in that the hoppers are activated in accordance with the determined sequence by means of a control device so as to permit the withdrawal of the respective card blanks.
A device for assembling an oscillator including a spiral spring to an assembly or to a movement of a timepiece, the assembly device including: - a first movement-blank for pivoting the oscillator, - a second movement-blank for pivoting the oscillator, - a first element (7a, 7b) for positioning the first movement-blank relative to the second movement-blank, the first positioning element (7a, 7b) being arranged and/or configured so as to position a spiral spring relative to the first movement-blank and/or relative to the second movement-blank in a plane of the assembly or of the movement, said assembly device being characterised in that it does not comprise a support movable in rotation relating to a movement-blank (5, 6) in a plane of the assembly or of the movement, the support being used for fixing the spiral spring. - a first movement-blank for pivoting the oscillator, - a second movement-blank for pivoting the oscillator, - a first element (7a, 7b) for positioning the first movement-blank relative to the second movement-blank, the first positioning element (7a, 7b) being arranged and/or configured so as to position a spiral spring relative to the first movement-blank and/or relative to the second movement-blank in a plane of the assembly or of the movement,
An anti-theft device for a motor vehicle including: - a barrel intended to be rotated by a key insert, - a bolt intended to take a locking position of a steering column of the motor vehicle and an unlocking position of the steering column; - a first kinematic chain between the barrel and the bolt so as a rotation of the barrel moves the bolt from its locking position to its unlocking position, - a second kinematic chain between the barrel and a device for detecting the angular position of the barrel, the antitheft device being characterized in that it includes a fusible link (L 104/108) common to the first and second kinematic chains (302, 304) and having a breakdown threshold which is the weakest of the links of the first kinematic chain, so that the fusible link (L 104/108) is the first of the first kinematic chain to break in case the bolt is blocked in the locking position when said breakdown threshold is crossed. - a barrel intended to be rotated by a key insert, - a bolt intended to take a locking position of a steering column of the motor vehicle and an unlocking position of the steering column; - a first kinematic chain between the barrel and the bolt so as a rotation of the barrel moves the bolt from its locking position to its unlocking position, - a second kinematic chain between the barrel and a device for detecting the angular position of the barrel,
An ACC inhibitor for use in combination with an FXR agonist for treating and/or preventing primary biliary cirrhosis or primary sclerosing cholangitis, wherein the ACC inhibitor is a compound of Formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and the FXR agonist is a compound of Formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
An appliance configured to contact tissue, comprising: (a) a tissue interface portion comprising a viscoelastic foam that exibits a tack configured to provide a tissue contact surface of the appliance, wherein the viscoelastic foam has a level of tack measured using the Standard Test Method for Pressure-Sensitive Tack of Adhesives ASTM D2979-16 between about 0.5 and about 9 mJ/cm 2, a Shore A of about 10 or less and preferably a Shore 00 durometer of about 30 or less, more preferably of about 20 or less, and still more preferably of about 10 or less, as measured using the Standard Test Method for Rubber Property -Durometer Hardness ASTM D2240-15; a density (specific gravity) of about 0.9 g/cm 3 or less; an elastic (storage) modulus between about 1 kPa and about 15 kPa; a viscous (loss) modulus of between about 0.8 kPa and about 7 kPa; and (b) a non-contacting portion configured to support the tissue interface portion and to be separated from the tissue by the tissue interface portion. (a) a tissue interface portion comprising a viscoelastic foam that exibits a tack configured to provide a tissue contact surface of the appliance, wherein the viscoelastic foam has a level of tack measured using the Standard Test Method for Pressure-Sensitive Tack of Adhesives ASTM D2979-16 between about 0.5 and about 9 mJ/cm 2, a Shore A of about 10 or less and preferably a Shore 00 durometer of about 30 or less, more preferably of about 20 or less, and still more preferably of about 10 or less, as measured using the Standard Test Method for Rubber Property -Durometer Hardness ASTM D2240-15; a density (specific gravity) of about 0.9 g/cm 3 or less; an elastic (storage) modulus between about 1 kPa and about 15 kPa; a viscous (loss) modulus of between about 0.8 kPa and about 7 kPa; and a density (specific gravity) of about 0.9 g/cm 3 or less; an elastic (storage) modulus between about 1 kPa and about 15 kPa; a viscous (loss) modulus of between about 0.8 kPa and about 7 kPa; and (b) a non-contacting portion configured to support the tissue interface portion and to be separated from the tissue by the tissue interface portion.