mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for an installation, having stationarily arranged transceiver modules and a vehicle having a transceiver module, wherein the respective transceiver module has a controllable light source (2, 3, 6) and a light sensor so that data transfer between the vehicle and the stationarily arranged modules may be carried out by means of light modulation, characterised in that each module has two polarisation films (P1, P2) whereof the polarisation direction differs, wherein the first of the polarisation films covers a first controllable light source (2, 3, 6) and a first light sensor and the second of the polarisation films covers a second controllable light source (2, 3, 6) and a second light sensor.
A coupler for use in an exhaust system, said coupler comprising: a flexible bellows member made of metallic material and having a generally cylindrical and repeatedly corrugated shape; an outer braid cover surrounding an outer periphery of said bellows member; and a retainer (48, 50) for combining end parts (20, 22) of said bellows member and said braid cover; characterised in that said braid cover is formed into a predetermined shape prior to assembly with said coupler such that a portion of said braid cover is maintained at a predetermined space from corrugations of said bellows member, said braid cover including a body section having a first diameter, an end section (28, 30) forming a neck having a second diameter that is less than said first diameter and a shoulder extending radially between said body section and said neck wherein said shoulder is generally perpendicular to said neck and is spaced apart from and not in contact with endmost corrugations of said bellows member, and wherein said body section of said braid cover is self supporting and does not require support means for maintaining said predetermined space from said corrugations. a flexible bellows member made of metallic material and having a generally cylindrical and repeatedly corrugated shape; an outer braid cover surrounding an outer periphery of said bellows member; and a retainer (48, 50) for combining end parts (20, 22) of said bellows member and said braid cover; characterised in that said braid cover is formed into a predetermined shape prior to assembly with said coupler such that a portion of said braid cover is maintained at a predetermined space from corrugations of said bellows member, said braid cover including a body section having a first diameter, an end section (28, 30) forming a neck having a second diameter that is less than said first diameter and a shoulder extending radially between said body section and said neck wherein said shoulder is generally perpendicular to said neck and is spaced apart from and not in contact with endmost corrugations of said bellows member, and wherein said body section of said braid cover is self supporting and does not require support means for maintaining said predetermined space from said corrugations.
A method for preparing a composite material comprising a polymeric matrix and a filler consisting in ion exchange inorganic particles comprising a step for synthesis in situ of said particles within the polymeric matrix, said step for synthesis in situ being carried out with the sol-gel method and comprising the following operations: - an operation for putting the constitutive polymer(s) of the matrix in contact with one or more precursors of the inorganic particles, said precursor(s) fitting the following formula: y-n -M- n wherein: *M is a metal element or a metalloid element; *X is a hydrolyzable chemical group; *R is a chemical exchange group or a precursor group of an ion exchange chemical group; *y corresponds to the valence of the element M; and *n is an integer ranging from 0 to (y-1); - an operation for hydrolysis-condensation of said precursor(s), by means of which inorganic particles are obtained resulting from the hydrolysis-condensation of said precursors; - in the case when R is a precursor group of an ion exchange chemical group, an operation for transforming the precursor group into an ion exchange chemical group or, in the case when n = 0, an operation for functionalizing said particles with ion exchange chemical groups. - an operation for putting the constitutive polymer(s) of the matrix in contact with one or more precursors of the inorganic particles, said precursor(s) fitting the following formula: y-n -M- n wherein: *M is a metal element or a metalloid element; *X is a hydrolyzable chemical group; *R is a chemical exchange group or a precursor group of an ion exchange chemical group; *y corresponds to the valence of the element M; and *n is an integer ranging from 0 to (y-1); *M is a metal element or a metalloid element; *X is a hydrolyzable chemical group; *R is a chemical exchange group or a precursor group of an ion exchange chemical group; *y corresponds to the valence of the element M; and *n is an integer ranging from 0 to (y-1); - an operation for hydrolysis-condensation of said precursor(s), by means of which inorganic particles are obtained resulting from the hydrolysis-condensation of said precursors; - in the case when R is a precursor group of an ion exchange chemical group, an operation for transforming the precursor group into an ion exchange chemical group or, in the case when n = 0, an operation for functionalizing said particles with ion exchange chemical groups.
A stator (100, 200, 300) for an electrical machine, the stator comprising: - a stator core (101, 201, 301) comprising a plurality of stator teeth (102, 202, 302) and stator slots, and - a stator winding comprising a plurality of stator coils (103, 203, 303), wherein width of each stator coil is one stator slot pitch, and the stator teeth are shaped to allow each stator coil to be installed by pushing the stator coil to surround one of the stator teeth without changing the shape of the stator coil, wherein each stator coil comprises only one cooling tube (104, 204, 304, 604) for conducting cooling liquid in the stator slots in the longitudinal direction of electrical conductors of the stator coils, wherein the cooling tubes are made of a different material than the electrical conductors of the stator coils and attached to the electrical conductors of the stator coils, wherein each stator coil comprises only a single one of said electrical conductors, each single electrical conductor comprises a bundle of electrically parallel connected wires of electrically conductive material, wherein the stator coils comprise electrical insulator material between the wires of the electrically conductive material, characterized in that the bundle is arranged to surround the cooling tube placed inside the bundle. - a stator core (101, 201, 301) comprising a plurality of stator teeth (102, 202, 302) and stator slots, and - a stator winding comprising a plurality of stator coils (103, 203, 303),
A seal system comprising: a first member; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; and a second member rotatable relative to the first member about an axis and having: a seat, the seat having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, wherein the second member further comprises: an annular channel axially spaced from the seat face, the passageway legs connected to the annular channel, wherein: the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and a second piece encircles and is attached to the first piece; characterised in that the second piece has a circumferential array of apertures and cooperates with the first piece to define a plenum extending from the annular channel. a first member; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; and a second member rotatable relative to the first member about an axis and having: a seat, the seat having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, a seat, the seat having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs, wherein the second member further comprises: an annular channel axially spaced from the seat face, the passageway legs connected to the annular channel, wherein: the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and a second piece encircles and is attached to the first piece; characterised in that the second piece has a circumferential array of apertures and cooperates with the first piece to define a plenum extending from the annular channel. the passageway legs and the annular channel are in a first piece; and a second piece encircles and is attached to the first piece; characterised in that the second piece has a circumferential array of apertures and cooperates with the first piece to define a plenum extending from the annular channel.
Method for the production of atorvastatin hemi calcium salt of formula from a compound of general formula wherein R 1 = -CH(CH 3) 2 and R 2 and R 3 are independently chosen from the list consisting of ethyl, methyl and propyl or wherein R 2 and R 3 form a cyclopentylidene or cyclohexylidene ring, comprising the steps of: (a) Treating a solution of said compound of general formula in a first solvent with an acid; (b) Treating the mixture obtained in step (a) with an alkali metal hydroxide; (c) Treating the mixture obtained in step (b) with a calcium salt or with calcium hydroxide, characterized in that the mixture obtained in step (a) is concentrated for a period of from 5 min to 8 h at a temperature of from 10°C to 30°C. (a) Treating a solution of said compound of general formula in a first solvent with an acid; (b) Treating the mixture obtained in step (a) with an alkali metal hydroxide; (c) Treating the mixture obtained in step (b) with a calcium salt or with calcium hydroxide,
A method for producing a microporous thermoplastic resin membrane comprising the steps of extruding a solution obtained by melt-blending a thermoplastic resin and a solvent, cooling the resultant extrudate at least to the gelation temperature or lower at a speed of 50 °C/minute or more to form a gel-like product, stretching said gel-like product, and cleansing said gel-like product to remove said solvent remaining therein from said stretched gel-like product, wherein said solvent is removed by two or more cleansing steps using a nonaqueous solvent having a boiling point of 100°C or higher and a flash point of 0°C or higher in at least one step among said cleansing steps, and wherein a solvent causing no depletion of an ozone layer and having a boiling point of 100°C or lower is used at a final step among said two or more cleansing steps for removing said solvent, wherein said microporous thermoplastic resin membrane is selected from polyolefins having a weight-average molecular weight of 500,000 or more, wherein said solvent is an alicyclic or aliphatic hydrocarbon selected from nonane, decane, decalin, p-xylene, undecane, dodecane and liquid paraffin, wherein said nonaqueous solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of paraffinic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, ethers and ketones, and wherein said solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of alcohols having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, mixtures of alcohols having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and water, linear hydrofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, and cyclic hydrofluorocarbons.
Tape-laying apparatus, comprising a material feed unit (10, 10a) for feeding a tape strip material, a cutting device (20, 20a) having a cutting means for detaching a tape (5, 5a) from the tape strip material, the angle of which cutting means is adjustable about a pivot axis, and a laying device (40, 40a) for picking up and for placing the detached tape (5, 5a) on a laying table, characterised in that the cutting device (20, 20a) has a planar transport element configured as an endless transport belt (25, 25a) circulating around guide rollers, wherein the tape strip material can be fed between the cutting means and the planar transport element configured as an endless transport belt (25, 25a) circulating around guide rollers, and the tape strip material can be cut on or above the planar transport element configured as an endless transport belt (25, 25a) circulating around guide rollers in order to detach the tape (5, 5a) from the tape strip material.
A tomosynthesis/mammography system, which can carry out breast imaging for mammography and tomosynthesis during a single breast compression, comprising: an x-ray tube assembly; a compression arm assembly; an x-ray detector subsystem enclosed in a receptor housing and comprising a flat panel x-ray receptor, a retractable anti-scatter grid and a mechanism for driving and retracting the anti-scatter grid; a couple/decouple mechanism operatively connected to said x-ray tube assembly, x-ray detector subsystem and compression arm assembly to selectively couple or uncouple the x-ray tube assembly and compression arm assembly to and from each other and the x-ray tube assembly and x-ray detector subsystem to and from each other, said system being supported and configured for operation in: (a) a mammography mode; and (b) a tomosynthesis mode in which the couple/decouple mechanism uncouples the x-ray tube arm assembly and the compression arm assembly from each other, wherein the system is arranged such that the compression arm assembly stays in one place while the x-ray tube arm assembly rotates relative to the compression arm assembly, characterized in that in the tomosynthesis mode the x-ray receptor is adapted to rock within the receptor housing; and wherein in the tomosynthesis mode the angle through which the x-ray tube assembly rotates is different from the angle through which the x-ray receptor rocks. an x-ray tube assembly; a compression arm assembly; an x-ray detector subsystem enclosed in a receptor housing and comprising a flat panel x-ray receptor, a retractable anti-scatter grid and a mechanism for driving and retracting the anti-scatter grid; a couple/decouple mechanism operatively connected to said x-ray tube assembly, x-ray detector subsystem and compression arm assembly to selectively couple or uncouple the x-ray tube assembly and compression arm assembly to and from each other and the x-ray tube assembly and x-ray detector subsystem to and from each other, said system being supported and configured for operation in: (a) a mammography mode; and (b) a tomosynthesis mode in which the couple/decouple mechanism uncouples the x-ray tube arm assembly and the compression arm assembly from each other, wherein the system is arranged such that the compression arm assembly stays in one place while the x-ray tube arm assembly rotates relative to the compression arm assembly, characterized in that in the tomosynthesis mode the x-ray receptor is adapted to rock within the receptor housing; (a) a mammography mode; and (b) a tomosynthesis mode in which the couple/decouple mechanism uncouples the x-ray tube arm assembly and the compression arm assembly from each other, wherein the system is arranged such that the compression arm assembly stays in one place while the x-ray tube arm assembly rotates relative to the compression arm assembly, characterized in that in the tomosynthesis mode the x-ray receptor is adapted to rock within the receptor housing; and wherein in the tomosynthesis mode the angle through which the x-ray tube assembly rotates is different from the angle through which the x-ray receptor rocks.
Method for preventing a counterweight forklift tipping over, the counterweight forklift comprising a front drive axle with two driven wheels and a rear steering axle with at least one steered wheel, wherein the drive train comprises a combustion engine and a torque converter, wherein further, when the vehicle is travelling, travel speed and steering angle are measured and, in a control device, an admissible travel speed is assigned to each steering angle, and the control device reduces the travel speed of the counterweight forklift if the admissible travel speed is exceeded, characterised by means of the additional method steps: - in the control device a characteristic for preventing tipping over is saved as a function of the travel speed of the steering angle, the characteristic lying below the tipping over limit and containing dynamic reserves, - the admissible rotation speed of the combustion engine is determined from the admissible travel speed, - if the travel speed exceeds the admissible travel speed, the power of the combustion engine is reduced by - applying a brake to the combustion engine and/or - limiting the set value for the combustion engine and/or - by switching a power-shift gearbox into the neutral position, - and at the same time a braking force is generated by - activating an operating brake and/or - activating a counter-torque generator in the drive train and/or - engaging the reverse gear in a power-shift gearbox. - in the control device a characteristic for preventing tipping over is saved as a function of the travel speed of the steering angle, the characteristic lying below the tipping over limit and containing dynamic reserves, - the admissible rotation speed of the combustion engine is determined from the admissible travel speed, - if the travel speed exceeds the admissible travel speed, the power of the combustion engine is reduced by - applying a brake to the combustion engine and/or - limiting the set value for the combustion engine and/or - by switching a power-shift gearbox into the neutral position, - and at the same time a braking force is generated by - activating an operating brake and/or - activating a counter-torque generator in the drive train - engaging the reverse gear in a power-shift gearbox.
A method, at a media receiver, of outputting an audiovisual substitutional media item within a media output stream received at the media receiver, wherein the media output stream comprises a video stream and an audio stream, and the media output stream includes a splice-in point, wherein the audio content of the media output stream is decoded from encoded audio data and, if the encoded audio data for the media output stream immediately before the splice-in point arrives too late to be output before the audio content of the substitutional media item from the splice-in point, outputting mute audio content prior to the splice-in point instead of the audio content of the media output stream.
A bone anchor assembly, comprising: a bone anchor having a proximal head portion and a distal threaded bone-engaging portion; a receiver member having a proximal end defined by a pair of spaced apart arms (112, 114) forming a U-shaped recess therebetween, a distal end having a polyaxial seat formed therein for polyaxially seating the head portion of the bone anchor, a groove formed in an outer surface of each of the spaced apart arms (112, 114) at a proximal end (112', 114') thereof, a first recess formed in the outer surface of each arm (112, 114), and a second recess formed in an outer surface of the receiver member at a position distal to the first recesses; wherein the first recesses and the second recesses are configured to couple to a surgical instrument; characterized in that at least a portion of the first recess intersects the groove; and the bone anchor assembly further comprises a compression member disposed within the receiver member, a proximal portion of the compression member including opposing planar surfaces (1002, 1004) that are angularly offset from one another. a bone anchor having a proximal head portion and a distal threaded bone-engaging portion; a receiver member having a proximal end defined by a pair of spaced apart arms (112, 114) forming a U-shaped recess therebetween, a distal end having a polyaxial seat formed therein for polyaxially seating the head portion of the bone anchor, a groove formed in an outer surface of each of the spaced apart arms (112, 114) at a proximal end (112', 114') thereof, a first recess formed in the outer surface of each arm (112, 114), and a second recess formed in an outer surface of the receiver member at a position distal to the first recesses; wherein the first recesses and the second recesses are configured to couple to a surgical instrument; characterized in that at least a portion of the first recess intersects the groove; and the bone anchor assembly further comprises a compression member disposed within the receiver member, a proximal portion of the compression member including opposing planar surfaces (1002, 1004) that are angularly offset from one another.
A method of controlling a fluid working machine (201, 205), the fluid working machine comprising a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, a low pressure manifold (16, 204) and a high pressure manifold (22, 203), a low pressure valve for regulating communication between the low pressure manifold and the working chamber, a high pressure valve for regulating communication between the high pressure manifold and the working chamber, a pressure sensor for measuring a sensed pressure of fluid in the high pressure manifold, and a controller (12, 213) which actively controls one or more said valves to determine the net displacement of working fluid by the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis and operable to receive the sensed pressure, at least one of the low pressure valve and the high pressure valve being a variably timed valve, the timing of the opening or closing of which is varied relative to cycles of working chamber volume according to a calibration function relating the timing of the opening or closing relative to cycles of working chamber volume to the sensed pressure, characterised by the controller modifying the calibration function (80a, 80b) responsive to an additional parameter which varies in use.
A method performed by a wireless access node (102 1, 102 2) for improving a bandwidth utilization efficiency on a common downlink, DL, channel when transmitting device-related information (205, 209) to a wireless device (104 2) or a group of wireless devices (104 3, 104 4), the method comprising: determining one or more transport block formats to be utilized for transmitting the device-related information on the common DL channel to the wireless device or the group of wireless devices, further characterized by the one or more transport block formats requiring a number of repeated transmissions of the device-related information on the common DL channel to meet a coverage class of the wireless device or a coverage class common to the group of wireless devices.
A folding photovoltaic panel, comprising: a first subpanel including first PV cells, wherein the first subpanel extends along a first lateral plane and comprises a plurality of mounting hooks extending laterally from and affixed to a backside of the first subpanel, the mounting hooks configured to be couplable to a mounting flashing, which is configured to be mounted to a mounting surface; a second subpanel including second PV cells, wherein the second subpanel extends along a second lateral plane, wherein the second subpanel comprises a front edge support configured to hold a front edge of the second subpanel away from the mounting surface; and a hinge assembly rotationally coupling the first subpanel and the second subpanel to allow an angle between the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to change. a first subpanel including first PV cells, wherein the first subpanel extends along a first lateral plane and comprises a plurality of mounting hooks extending laterally from and affixed to a backside of the first subpanel, the mounting hooks configured to be couplable to a mounting flashing, which is configured to be mounted to a mounting surface; a second subpanel including second PV cells, wherein the second subpanel extends along a second lateral plane, wherein the second subpanel comprises a front edge support configured to hold a front edge of the second subpanel away from the mounting surface; and a hinge assembly rotationally coupling the first subpanel and the second subpanel to allow an angle between the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to change.