mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A vibration wave actuator (10, 20) having a vibration member (11, 21) including an elastic member (11a, 21a) and an electro-mechanical energy transducer (11b, 21b), and a contact member (12, 22) in contact with the vibration member (11, 21), the contact member (12, 22) and the vibration member (11, 21) configured to move relative to each other in a relative movement direction, the vibration wave actuator (10, 20) comprising: a detected portion (14, 24) configured to move, together with the contact member (12, 22), relative to the vibration member (11, 21); and a detection means (13, 23) configured to move, together with the vibration member (11, 21), relative to the contact member (12, 22) to detect displacement information or position information for the detected portion (14, 24), characterized in that: the vibration member (11, 21) has two projections (11c, 21c) provided side by side in a direction intersecting with the relative movement direction, wherein the contact member (12, 22) contacts the two projections (11c, 21c), and wherein the detection means (13, 23) and the detected portion (14, 24) are located between the two projections (11c, 21c) in the direction intersecting with the relative movement direction. a detected portion (14, 24) configured to move, together with the contact member (12, 22), relative to the vibration member (11, 21); and a detection means (13, 23) configured to move, together with the vibration member (11, 21), relative to the contact member (12, 22) to detect displacement information or position information for the detected portion (14, 24), characterized in that: the vibration member (11, 21) has two projections (11c, 21c) provided side by side in a direction intersecting with the relative movement direction, wherein the contact member (12, 22) contacts the two projections (11c, 21c), and wherein the detection means (13, 23) and the detected portion (14, 24) are located between the two projections (11c, 21c) in the direction intersecting with the relative movement direction. the vibration member (11, 21) has two projections (11c, 21c) provided side by side in a direction intersecting with the relative movement direction, wherein the contact member (12, 22) contacts the two projections (11c, 21c), and wherein the detection means (13, 23) and the detected portion (14, 24) are located between the two projections (11c, 21c) in the direction intersecting with the relative movement direction.
A surgical apparatus comprising: a tray having a plurality of recesses located on a first side of the tray, the first side of the tray having a sterile surface; wherein the tray has two ends (13,14) extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the tray is U-shaped and is configured and sized to surround the periphery of a patient's head; a plurality of surgical instruments, each of the surgical instruments being removably positioned in a corresponding one of the recesses; and a cover removably affixed to the trav at the first side of the tray, said surgical apparatus being characterized in that said cover covers at least the first side of the tray and the surgical instruments, the cover being adapted to preserve the sterility of the first side at least until the cover is removed. a tray having a plurality of recesses located on a first side of the tray, the first side of the tray having a sterile surface; wherein the tray has two ends (13,14) extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the tray is U-shaped and is configured and sized to surround the periphery of a patient's head; wherein the tray has two ends (13,14) extending along a first direction and spaced apart from each other along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the tray is U-shaped and is configured and sized to surround the periphery of a patient's head; a plurality of surgical instruments, each of the surgical instruments being removably positioned in a corresponding one of the recesses; and a cover removably affixed to the trav at the first side of the tray, said surgical apparatus being characterized in that said cover covers at least the first side of the tray and the surgical instruments, the cover being adapted to preserve the sterility of the first side at least until the cover is removed.
An illumination device, comprising: a housing portion having an opening for inserting an object to be housed, and a bottom face capable of supporting the object to be housed; a light source; and a light-guide plate having a light-emitting face and guiding a light of the light source to emit light from the light-emitting face, whereby the housing portion includes an opening-side housing portion and a bottom-face-side housing portion, the light-guide plate is sandwiched between the opening-side housing portion and the bottom-face-side housing portion, the opening-side housing portion includes a wall portion covering the light-guide plate on an opening side relative to the light-guide plate, and characterized in that the light-emitting face of the light-guide plate is annular and is arranged to form an acute angle of 5 to 85 degrees with respect to the bottom face so as to directly irradiate the bottom face from a diagonal direction. a housing portion having an opening for inserting an object to be housed, and a bottom face capable of supporting the object to be housed; a light source; and a light-guide plate having a light-emitting face and guiding a light of the light source to emit light from the light-emitting face, whereby the housing portion includes an opening-side housing portion and a bottom-face-side housing portion, the light-guide plate is sandwiched between the opening-side housing portion and the bottom-face-side housing portion, the opening-side housing portion includes a wall portion covering the light-guide plate on an opening side relative to the light-guide plate, and characterized in that the light-emitting face of the light-guide plate is annular and is arranged to form an acute angle of 5 to 85 degrees with respect to the bottom face so as to directly irradiate the bottom face from a diagonal direction.
A safety stoppage device of an autonomous road vehicle having a localization system and sensors for monitoring the autonomous road vehicle surroundings and motion, and a signal processing system for processing sensor signals enabling an autonomous drive mode of the autonomous road vehicle by an autonomous drive control unit thereof, characterized in that it comprises processing means arranged to continuously: predict where a drivable space exists, based on data from the sensors; calculate and store to memory means of the autonomous drive control unit a safe trajectory to a stop within the drivable space; determine from at least the localization system and the sensors a current traffic situation; determine any disturbances in sensor data, vehicle systems or components enabling the autonomous drive mode of the autonomous road vehicle; and if a disturbance is determined, such that the autonomous drive mode is incapacitated, signal to a driver environment of the autonomous road vehicle a request for a driver to take over control of the autonomous road vehicle and, determine if control of the autonomous road vehicle has been assumed by a driver thereof within a pre-determined time, and,upon a negative determination to control the autonomous vehicle by the autonomous drive control unit to follow the most recently calculated safe trajectory to a stop within the drivable space in a safe stoppage maneuver, wherein, during performance of such a safe stoppage maneuver or after the autonomous road vehicle has stopped, the safety stoppage device further is arranged to perform one or more risk mitigation actions adapted to the determined current traffic situation. predict where a drivable space exists, based on data from the sensors; calculate and store to memory means of the autonomous drive control unit a safe trajectory to a stop within the drivable space; determine from at least the localization system and the sensors a current traffic situation; determine any disturbances in sensor data, vehicle systems or components enabling the autonomous drive mode of the autonomous road vehicle; and if a disturbance is determined, such that the autonomous drive mode is incapacitated, signal to a driver environment of the autonomous road vehicle a request for a driver to take over control of the autonomous road vehicle and, determine if control of the autonomous road vehicle has been assumed by a driver thereof within a pre-determined time, and,upon a negative determination to control the autonomous vehicle by the autonomous drive control unit to follow the most recently calculated safe trajectory to a stop within the drivable space in a safe stoppage maneuver, wherein, during performance of such a safe stoppage maneuver or after the autonomous road vehicle has stopped, the safety stoppage device further is arranged to perform one or more risk mitigation actions adapted to the determined current traffic situation.
Body having a device for receiving a fireplace, in particular for the domestic sector, comprising a receiving unit with at least one displacement element, wherein the receiving unit has a receiving region, wherein the receiving region is designed for receiving the fireplace, wherein the receiving unit is arranged within the body, which at least partially surrounds it and which extends along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the displacement element is designed to provide a displaceability of the fireplace substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis, characterized in that the receiving region is formed by at least one rail whose maximum extent is oriented substantially along an insertion direction along which the fireplace can be inserted into the body, wherein the at least one displacement element is arranged in and/or on the at least one rail.
A method for forming a monolithic gas generant grain characterized in that: admixing a pre-formed gas generant material comprising a water-soluble co-fuel with a ballistic performance modifier to form a mixture; granulating said mixture; and forming a pressed monolithic gas generant grain (110;424) by applying pressure to said granulated mixture, wherein said water-soluble co-fuel consists in guanidine nitrate or dicyandiamide; wherein said water-soluble co-fuel acts as a non-polymeric binder in the gas generant grain; and wherein said pressed monolithic gas generant grain has an actual density of at least about 95% of the maximum theoretical density of the gas generant; and wherein said pre-formed gas generant material is prepared by forming a gas generant powder via one or more of the following processes: spray drying and wet granulation. admixing a pre-formed gas generant material comprising a water-soluble co-fuel with a ballistic performance modifier to form a mixture; granulating said mixture; and forming a pressed monolithic gas generant grain (110;424) by applying pressure to said granulated mixture, wherein said water-soluble co-fuel consists in guanidine nitrate or dicyandiamide; wherein said water-soluble co-fuel acts as a non-polymeric binder in the gas generant grain; and wherein said pressed monolithic gas generant grain has an actual density of at least about 95% of the maximum theoretical density of the gas generant; and wherein said pre-formed gas generant material is prepared by forming a gas generant powder via one or more of the following processes: spray drying and wet granulation.
A motor drive system comprising: a motor for driving a vehicle; an inverter including a plurality of switching devices and configured to convert direct-current power into alternating-current power; and an electronic control unit configured to generate a switching signal of each of the switching devices, by performing, based on a carrier wave, pulse-width modulation of a modulating wave indicating a command value for the motor, the electronic control unit being configured to change a carrier frequency as a frequency of the carrier wave, according to operating conditions of the motor, the electronic control unit being configured to set the carrier frequency to a protection frequency for protecting the switching devices, when the motor is in a first state in which an operating point determined by a rotational speed of the motor and torque of the motor lies in a lock region that is defined in advance, characterized in that: the motor is not in an accelerating or decelerating state in the first state, and the electronic control unit is configured to set the carrier frequency to a non-protection frequency (F1; F2) that is higher than the protection frequency, when the motor is in a second state in which the operating point lies in the lock region, and the motor is in the accelerating or decelerating state. a motor for driving a vehicle; an inverter including a plurality of switching devices and configured to convert direct-current power into alternating-current power; and an electronic control unit configured to generate a switching signal of each of the switching devices, by performing, based on a carrier wave, pulse-width modulation of a modulating wave indicating a command value for the motor, the electronic control unit being configured to change a carrier frequency as a frequency of the carrier wave, according to operating conditions of the motor, the electronic control unit being configured to set the carrier frequency to a protection frequency for protecting the switching devices, when the motor is in a first state in which an operating point determined by a rotational speed of the motor and torque of the motor lies in a lock region that is defined in advance, characterized in that: the motor is not in an accelerating or decelerating state in the first state, and the electronic control unit is configured to set the carrier frequency to a non-protection frequency (F1; F2) that is higher than the protection frequency, when the motor is in a second state in which the operating point lies in the lock region, and the motor is in the accelerating or decelerating state. the motor is not in an accelerating or decelerating state in the first state, and the electronic control unit is configured to set the carrier frequency to a non-protection frequency (F1; F2) that is higher than the protection frequency, when the motor is in a second state in which the operating point lies in the lock region, and the motor is in the accelerating or decelerating state.
A method for detecting a malfunction of an air conditioner comprising: measuring an indoor unit pipe temperature around an indoor heat exchanger during operation of the air conditioner; actuating an indoor expansion valve connected to the indoor heat exchanger to a first state; and detecting whether or not a variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal by measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature after actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state; initializing the indoor expansion valve, if it is detected that the variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal; measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature when the air conditioner is operating after the initialization of the indoor expansion valve; actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state; and detecting whether or not a variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal by measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature after actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state, wherein the initializing the indoor expansion valve comprises, completely opening the indoor expansion valve, and then completely closing the indoor expansion valve. measuring an indoor unit pipe temperature around an indoor heat exchanger during operation of the air conditioner; actuating an indoor expansion valve connected to the indoor heat exchanger to a first state; and detecting whether or not a variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal by measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature after actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state; initializing the indoor expansion valve, if it is detected that the variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal; measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature when the air conditioner is operating after the initialization of the indoor expansion valve; actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state; and detecting whether or not a variation of the indoor unit pipe temperature is abnormal by measuring the indoor unit pipe temperature after actuating the indoor expansion valve to the first state, wherein the initializing the indoor expansion valve comprises, completely opening the indoor expansion valve, and then completely closing the indoor expansion valve.
A photosensitive flexographic printing original plate being developable by water in which at least a support, a photosensitive resin layer containing 25% by mass or more of latex having gelation degree of 55% or more and an adhesion-preventing layer are successively laminated, characterized in that the adhesion-preventing layer contains a cellulose derivative.
A control circuit for a generator of an ultrasonic surgical instrument, the control circuit configured to: determine an impedance of an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade during a transection process; analyze the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer; profile the ultrasonic blade based on the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer; and adjust a power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer during the transection process based on the profile of the ultrasonic blade, wherein the control circuit is further configured to: receive a complex impedance measurement data point corresponding to the contact of the ultrasonic blade with a clamp arm pad, and adjust a power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer to a power value to prevent the clamp arm pad from melting. determine an impedance of an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade during a transection process; analyze the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer; profile the ultrasonic blade based on the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer; and adjust a power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer during the transection process based on the profile of the ultrasonic blade, receive a complex impedance measurement data point corresponding to the contact of the ultrasonic blade with a clamp arm pad, and adjust a power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer to a power value to prevent the clamp arm pad from melting.
Wiper blade adapter device having at least one fluid channel (46, 48) for conducting a fluid, having at least one connecting unit for connecting the fluid channel (46, 48), in particular fluidically, to a wiper arm, in particular to at least one fluid line element of the wiper arm, and having at least one valve element (52, 54), which is provided to make the fluidic connection of the fluid channel (46, 48) to the wiper arm, in particular to the fluid line element, closable, characterized in that the valve element (52, 54) has at least one blocking and/or passage direction, and is arranged in such a manner that the blocking and/or passage direction are/is aligned at least substantially parallel with a connecting direction of the connecting unit, wherein the connecting unit comprises at least one connector (102, 104), which is provided for force-fitting and/or form-fitting connection to the fluid line element, and wherein the valve element (52, 54) is at least partially arranged within the connector (102, 104) and is activatable mechanically, pneumatically and/or hydraulically.
A process for forming a product comprising a platinum organosiloxane complex, wherein the process comprises: 1) combining starting materials comprising A) a platinous halide; B) a ketone; C) an enone additive distinct from any other starting materials or rearrangement products thereof where the enone additive is a compound of formula and/or formula, where formula is and formula is where R1 to R10 are each independently selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group, or where any two of R1 to R10 may combine to form one or more carbocyclic groups; with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, one of R2 and R3 is hydrogen and the other of R2 and R3 is methyl, and R5 and R6 are both hydrogen;then R4 is not methyl; and D) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and any remaining silicon bonded organic groups being monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 12 carbon atoms. 1) combining starting materials comprising A) a platinous halide; B) a ketone; C) an enone additive distinct from any other starting materials or rearrangement products thereof where the enone additive is a compound of formula and/or formula, where formula is and formula is where R1 to R10 are each independently selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group, or where any two of R1 to R10 may combine to form one or more carbocyclic groups; with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, one of R2 and R3 is hydrogen and the other of R2 and R3 is methyl, and R5 and R6 are both hydrogen;then R4 is not methyl; and D) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and any remaining silicon bonded organic groups being monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 12 carbon atoms. A) a platinous halide; B) a ketone; C) an enone additive distinct from any other starting materials or rearrangement products thereof where the enone additive is a compound of formula and/or formula, where formula is and formula is where R1 to R10 are each independently selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group, or where any two of R1 to R10 may combine to form one or more carbocyclic groups; with the proviso that when R1 is methyl, one of R2 and R3 is hydrogen and the other of R2 and R3 is methyl, and R5 and R6 are both hydrogen;then R4 is not methyl; and D) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms and any remaining silicon bonded organic groups being monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 12 carbon atoms.