mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An autoinjector with a longitudinal axis for dispensing a liquid product, comprising: a) a housing and a product container, in particular a syringe, arranged in the housing, the product container comprising a piston displaceable in a dispensing direction for dispensing the product contained in the product container; b) a drive member for displacing the piston during the product dispensing; and a first spring for displacing the drive member, wherein the first spring is pretensioned such that it can dispense the product from the product container by displacing the drive member by a dispensing stroke (H A) and by displacing the piston; characterized by c) a signal element; a signal stop; and a second spring, wherein the second spring exerts a spring force on the signal element opposite the dispensing direction, and wherein the signal element, during a first part stroke (Hs) of the dispensing stroke (H A) and via a first engagement element, is coupled with the drive member in an axial coupling such that, as the drive member is displaced, the signal element is displaced in the dispensing direction and the second spring is tensed, and wherein when the axial coupling between the signal element and the drive member is released, the signal element may be accelerated by the second spring opposite the dispensing direction and relative to one or more of the drive member or the housing, whereby the signal element accelerated by the second spring strikes the signal stop of the housing thereby generating one or more of an acoustic or a tactile signal. a) a housing and a product container, in particular a syringe, arranged in the housing, the product container comprising a piston displaceable in a dispensing direction for dispensing the product contained in the product container; b) a drive member for displacing the piston during the product dispensing; and a first spring for displacing the drive member, wherein the first spring is pretensioned such that it can dispense the product from the product container by displacing the drive member by a dispensing stroke (H A) and by displacing the piston; characterized by c) a signal element; a signal stop; and a second spring, wherein the second spring exerts a spring force on the signal element opposite the dispensing direction, and wherein the signal element, during a first part stroke (Hs) of the dispensing stroke (H A) and via a first engagement element, is coupled with the drive member in an axial coupling such that, as the drive member is displaced, the signal element is displaced in the dispensing direction and the second spring is tensed, and wherein when the axial coupling between the signal element and the drive member is released, the signal element may be accelerated by the second spring opposite the dispensing direction and relative to one or more of the drive member or the housing, whereby the signal element accelerated by the second spring strikes the signal stop of the housing thereby generating one or more of an acoustic or a tactile signal.
A method for a computing device (504, 506, 508), the method comprising: receiving a set of voice recordings comprising at least first and second voice recordings, wherein each voice recording in the set was detected via a respective networked microphone device, NMD, (512, 514, 516, 600); determining that two or more particular NMDs of the set of NMDs are acoustically coupled; identifying, from among the set of voice recordings, a subset of voice recordings from which to determine a given voice command, including identifying voice recordings detected via the two or more particular NMDs as part of the subset of voice recordings; and causing the identified subset of voice recordings to be analyzed to determine the given voice command. receiving a set of voice recordings comprising at least first and second voice recordings, wherein each voice recording in the set was detected via a respective networked microphone device, NMD, (512, 514, 516, 600); determining that two or more particular NMDs of the set of NMDs are acoustically coupled; identifying, from among the set of voice recordings, a subset of voice recordings from which to determine a given voice command, including identifying voice recordings detected via the two or more particular NMDs as part of the subset of voice recordings; and causing the identified subset of voice recordings to be analyzed to determine the given voice command.
A method of operating a quadrupole device comprising: applying a main drive voltage to the quadrupole device; and applying three or more auxiliary drive voltages to the quadrupole device; wherein the three or more auxiliary drive voltages correspond to two or more pairs of X-band or Y-band auxiliary drive voltages. applying a main drive voltage to the quadrupole device; and applying three or more auxiliary drive voltages to the quadrupole device; wherein the three or more auxiliary drive voltages correspond to two or more pairs of X-band or Y-band auxiliary drive voltages.
A flow delivery article to deliver a gaseous flow to the mouth of a user, comprising: a flow pathway; and a flow-driven vibration component (40, 57) configured to provide vibration driven by flow passing along the flow pathway, thereby to provide tactile stimulation to the user, the flow-driven vibration component (40, 57) comprising a contact surface and a movable member (44, 61) to repeatedly contact the contact surface to cause vibration, and wherein the flow delivery article comprises a smoking article. a flow pathway; and a flow-driven vibration component (40, 57) configured to provide vibration driven by flow passing along the flow pathway, thereby to provide tactile stimulation to the user, the flow-driven vibration component (40, 57) comprising a contact surface and a movable member (44, 61) to repeatedly contact the contact surface to cause vibration, and wherein the flow delivery article comprises a smoking article.
A high-strength and highly-wear-resistant sintered diamond object comprising sintered diamond particle having an average particle size of at most 2μm and a binder phase as a remaining portion, wherein content of said sintered diamond particle in said sintered diamond object is at least 80 volume % and at most 98 volume %, said binder phase contains titanium, of which content is at least 0.5 mass % and less than 20 mass %, and contains cobalt, of which content is at least 50 mass % and less than 99.5 mass %, a part of titanium is present as carbide particle having an average particle size of at most 0.8μm, a texture of said carbide particle is discontinuous, and adjacent said diamond particles are bound to each other.
An aerosol-generating article comprising: a tobacco rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by a wrapper; a filter rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by the wrapper, and comprising a structure supporting the wrapper in a transverse direction and at least one channel formed between the wrapper and the structure; and an airflow obstruction configured to obstruct an airflow of aerosol passing through the at least one channel, wherein the structure comprises a plurality of support surfaces contacting an inner circumferential surface of the wrapper in a longitudinal direction, wherein the structure further comprises a plurality of plates (232-1, 232-2, 232-3, 232-4) extending from a longitudinal axis to the inner circumferential surface of the wrapper, wherein the airflow obstruction comprises a plurality of colliding bodies (238-1, 238-2, 238-3) perpendicularly coupled to at least one of the plurality of plates (232-1, 232-2, 232-3, 232-4). a tobacco rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by a wrapper; a filter rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by the wrapper, and comprising a structure supporting the wrapper in a transverse direction and at least one channel formed between the wrapper and the structure; and an airflow obstruction configured to obstruct an airflow of aerosol passing through the at least one channel, wherein the structure comprises a plurality of support surfaces contacting an inner circumferential surface of the wrapper in a longitudinal direction, wherein the structure further comprises a plurality of plates (232-1, 232-2, 232-3, 232-4) extending from a longitudinal axis to the inner circumferential surface of the wrapper, wherein the airflow obstruction comprises a plurality of colliding bodies (238-1, 238-2, 238-3) perpendicularly coupled to at least one of the plurality of plates (232-1, 232-2, 232-3, 232-4).
Telephone device arranged to receive a microphone signal from a microphone and a speaker signal from a line interface, the telephone device being arranged to transmit the microphone signal to the line interface and the speaker signal to a speaker, characterized in that the telephone device is arranged to determine a substantial similarity between a first frequency component of the speaker signal and a second frequency component of the microphone signal for at least a predetermined time interval, wherein the substantial similarity is determined if the amplitude of the first frequency component of the speaker signal and the amplitude of the second frequency component of the microphone signal have a substantial similar shape during the at least predetermined time interval, and attenuate the second frequency of the microphone signal for the at least predetermined time interval if the substantial similarity is determined, wherein the first frequency component has a first frequency and the second frequency component has a second frequency, the first and second frequency being in an harmonic relation with respect to each other.
A multi-band wireless communications terminal comprising: a metal backplate covering a multi-band transceiver circuit configured to provide communications for the multi-band wireless communications terminal via a plurality of frequency bands, the metal backplate defining a slot between spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the metal backplate being a housing of the multi-band wireless communications terminal, the metal backplate including a coupling feed element and a grounding element; characterized by the grounding element bridging the slot between the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the grounding element including a discrete circuit element; and the coupling feed element bridging a portion of the slot between the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the coupling feed element being spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to one of the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, wherein the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate comprise a body portion of the metal backplate and an end portion of the metal backplate adjacent the body portion of metal backplate, respectively; wherein the slot separates the body portion of the metal backplate from the end portion of the metal backplate; and wherein the coupling feed element is spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to the end portion of the metal backplate. a metal backplate covering a multi-band transceiver circuit configured to provide communications for the multi-band wireless communications terminal via a plurality of frequency bands, the metal backplate defining a slot between spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the metal backplate being a housing of the multi-band wireless communications terminal, the metal backplate including a coupling feed element and a grounding element; characterized by the grounding element bridging the slot between the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the grounding element including a discrete circuit element; and the coupling feed element bridging a portion of the slot between the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, the coupling feed element being spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to one of the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate, wherein the spaced-apart regions of the metal backplate comprise a body portion of the metal backplate and an end portion of the metal backplate adjacent the body portion of metal backplate, respectively; wherein the slot separates the body portion of the metal backplate from the end portion of the metal backplate; and wherein the coupling feed element is spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to the end portion of the metal backplate.
A power supply connector to be attached to a vehicle, said vehicle being provided with a connection signal line and a control pilot line, wherein the electric potential of said connection signal line is modified when a connector of a power charging cable is attached and a pilot signal is transmitted from said power charging cable to said control pilot line, said power supply connector comprising: a first connection portion to be connected to said connection signal line; and a second connection portion to be connected to said first connection portion and said control pilot line, said power supply connector being characterized by further comprising: a connection circuit provided between said first connection portion and said second connection portion, said connection circuit being configured to cause synchronization between a change pattern of the electric potential of said connection signal line and a change pattern of the electric potential of said control pilot line when said power supply connector is attached to said vehicle. a first connection portion to be connected to said connection signal line; and a second connection portion to be connected to said first connection portion and said control pilot line, said power supply connector being characterized by further comprising: a connection circuit provided between said first connection portion and said second connection portion, said connection circuit being configured to cause synchronization between a change pattern of the electric potential of said connection signal line and a change pattern of the electric potential of said control pilot line when said power supply connector is attached to said vehicle. a connection circuit provided between said first connection portion and said second connection portion, said connection circuit being configured to cause synchronization between a change pattern of the electric potential of said connection signal line and a change pattern of the electric potential of said control pilot line when said power supply connector is attached to said vehicle.
A security label with tamper evidence, comprising a carrier substrate, a partial separating lacquer layer and a functional layer, wherein the functional layer is located on the partial separating lacquer layer, characterized in that the carrier substrate is a paper substrate which is provided with a priming lacquer layer which seals the surface of the paper substrate, and in the event that the paper substrate has a Bendtsen roughness according to ISO 8791-2 of < 50 ml/min and a Bendtsen porosity according to ISO 5636-3 of < 70 ml/min, the priming lacquer layer is based on a 2-component polyurethane dispersion or an acrylate/polyurethane hybrid dispersion or on radiation-curable, in particular UV-curable lacquers based on acrylic methacrylates, such as trimethylolpropylene triacrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylic epoxy resins, polyfunctional aliphatic urethane acrylates or amine-modified polyfunctional polyethyl ether copolymers or mixtures thereof, to which one or more photoinitiators are added for crosslinking, and in the event that the paper substrate has a Bendtsen roughness according to ISO 8791-2 of > 50 ml/min and a Bendtsen porosity according to ISO 5636-3 of > 70 ml/min, the priming lacquer layer is based on radiation-curable, in particular UV-curable lacquers based on acrylic methacrylates, such as trimethylolpropylene triacrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylic epoxy resins, polyfunctional aliphatic urethane acrylates or amine-modified polyfunctional polyethyl ether copolymers or mixtures thereof, to which one or more photoinitiators are added for crosslinking, wherein the partial separating lacquer layer is applied to the priming lacquer layer and the security label is provided with a self-adhesive coating on the functional layer.
A method of processing an audio signal stream comprising voice to attenuate an unwanted signal portion, the unwanted signal portion comprising sibilance, the method comprising the steps of (a) providing a filter block having an input port and an output port the filter block having an inactive state in which audio signals of the audio signal stream pass from the input port to the output port without being filtered and an active state in which signals are filtered to attenuate the unwanted signal portion as the audio signals pass from the input port to the output port; (b) providing the audio signal stream to the input port of the filter; and, (c) whilst the audio signal stream is being provided to the input port of the filter - (i) calculating the entropy of at least a portion of the audio signal stream; (ii) comparing the calculated entropy to a threshold value; and, (iii) setting the state of the filter block to be either active or inactive depending on the comparison between the calculated entropy and the threshold value; wherein the filter block is set to be active when the calculated entropy exceeds the threshold value and set to be inactive when the calculated entropy is less than the threshold value. (a) providing a filter block having an input port and an output port the filter block having an inactive state in which audio signals of the audio signal stream pass from the input port to the output port without being filtered and an active state in which signals are filtered to attenuate the unwanted signal portion as the audio signals pass from the input port to the output port; (b) providing the audio signal stream to the input port of the filter; and, (c) whilst the audio signal stream is being provided to the input port of the filter - (i) calculating the entropy of at least a portion of the audio signal stream; (ii) comparing the calculated entropy to a threshold value; and, (iii) setting the state of the filter block to be either active or inactive depending on the comparison between the calculated entropy and the threshold value; (i) calculating the entropy of at least a portion of the audio signal stream; (ii) comparing the calculated entropy to a threshold value; and, (iii) setting the state of the filter block to be either active or inactive depending on the comparison between the calculated entropy and the threshold value;
A screw element for use in spinal, orthopedic or trauma surgery, the screw element including a screw axis and a screw thread; a drive portion for engagement with a screw driver, wherein the drive portion comprises a first recess with a wall and substantially longitudinally extending drive grooves formed in the wall, a second recess between a free end of the screw element (1, 1') and the first recess, wherein the second recess has a wall and a gradually increasing inner diameter towards the free end; wherein in the wall of the second recess guide grooves are formed at positions corresponding to the position of the drive grooves that allow an engagement portion of a screw driver to be guided to engage the drive grooves, wherein the guide grooves comprise a bottom line (B g) that is further away from the screw axis than a bottom line (B d) of the drive grooves.
Method for discharging at least one battery cell or a battery module including at least one battery cell, including at least the following steps: - providing the at least one battery cell as a separate battery cell or as a component of the battery module; - moving the at least one battery cell provided into a conditioning unit such that the at least one battery cell is surrounded in the conditioning unit at least in part by a cooling agent, to maintain the cell temperature of the at least one battery cell below a temperature limit; - setting a discharging current by a discharge current source connected to the at least one battery cell and introducing the discharge current into the at least one battery cell so that the battery cell discharges; - maintaining the discharging current such that a cell voltage of the at least one battery cell becomes negative, whereby the introducing of discharging current into the at least one battery cell is interrupted when the cell voltage has been negative for a defined holding period (dH) and/or when an amount of energy, which is introduced into the at least one battery cell while the cell voltage is negative, reaches or exceeds a pre-determined energy threshold value; - waiting for a holding time (dV), after the introduction of the discharging current was interrupted. - providing the at least one battery cell as a separate battery cell or as a component of the battery module; - moving the at least one battery cell provided into a conditioning unit such that the at least one battery cell is surrounded in the conditioning unit at least in part by a cooling agent, to maintain the cell temperature of the at least one battery cell below a temperature limit; - setting a discharging current by a discharge current source connected to the at least one battery cell and introducing the discharge current into the at least one battery cell so that the battery cell discharges; - maintaining the discharging current such that a cell voltage of the at least one battery cell becomes negative, whereby the introducing of discharging current into the at least one battery cell is interrupted when the cell voltage has been negative for a defined holding period (dH) and/or when an amount of energy, which is introduced into the at least one battery cell while the cell voltage is negative, reaches or exceeds a pre-determined energy threshold value; - waiting for a holding time (dV), after the introduction of the discharging current was interrupted.
A module assembly, comprising a number of inline modules arranged in a row, which are at least in part configured as output modules for controlling actuators in automation technology; wherein a first inline module in the inline assembly is configured as a header module which provides a voltage supply line, a reference potential line and a device bus for looping through the other inline modules; wherein the internal device bus together with the voltage supply line and the reference potential line is routed across the entire module assembly; wherein at least one inline module is configured as a safety module which forms a safe segment with at least two associated output modules (210, 220, 230, 240), wherein the safety module has a number of switchable outputs for controlling a number of associated output modules (210, 220, 230, 240), and at least a first and a second safety switching device (203, 205), wherein the first safety switching device is connected to the looped-through device bus and is configured to be responsive to a safe control signal by switching off at least two associated switchable outputs; wherein the second safety switching device is arranged between the reference potential line looped through the safety module and a reference potential connection, wherein the reference potential connection is looped through the output modules associated with the safety module; wherein the second safety switching device is configured to switch off the reference potential for the output modules (210, 220, 230, 240) associated with the safety module in response to a safety request.