mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of providing a uniform life spherical elastomeric bearing comprising a multiple of elastomeric layers and a shim mounted between at least two of said multiple of elastomeric layers, the method characterized by: adjusting each layer thickness of the elastomeric bearing having uniform pitch strain to satisfy: γ s = 0.576 ⁢ C 0.8 C 1 Life − C γ θ − α 1 α 0.8 C − γ β − 1 1 1.6 to produce a uniform fatigue life of each bearing layer where: C and α are constants derived from curve fitting methods to approximate the particular strain - cycles to failure curve; L ife is the desired fatigue life; γ θ is the pitch strain; and γ β is the flap strain. adjusting each layer thickness of the elastomeric bearing having uniform pitch strain to satisfy: γ s = 0.576 ⁢ C 0.8 C 1 Life − C γ θ − α 1 α 0.8 C − γ β − 1 1 1.6 to produce a uniform fatigue life of each bearing layer where: C and α are constants derived from curve fitting methods to approximate the particular strain - cycles to failure curve; L ife is the desired fatigue life; γ θ is the pitch strain; and γ β is the flap strain. C and α are constants derived from curve fitting methods to approximate the particular strain - cycles to failure curve; L ife is the desired fatigue life; γ θ is the pitch strain; and γ β is the flap strain.
A propulsion system for an aircraft comprising: a core engine including a core flow path where air is compressed in a compressor section, communicated to a combustor, mixed with a hydrogen fuel and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow that is expanded through a turbine section; a hydrogen fuel system configured to supply hydrogen fuel to the combustor through a fuel flow path; a condenser arranged along the core flow path and configured to extract water from the exhaust gas flow; an evaporator arranged along the core flow path and configured to receive a portion of the water extracted by the condenser to generate a steam flow, wherein the steam flow is injected into the core flow path upstream of the turbine section; and a cooled cooling air system configured to use water extracted from the exhaust gas flow for cooling a cooling airflow communicated to the turbine section, wherein the cooled cooling air system includes a cooling evaporator in thermal communication with the cooling airflow for cooling the cooling airflow. a core engine including a core flow path where air is compressed in a compressor section, communicated to a combustor, mixed with a hydrogen fuel and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow that is expanded through a turbine section; a hydrogen fuel system configured to supply hydrogen fuel to the combustor through a fuel flow path; a condenser arranged along the core flow path and configured to extract water from the exhaust gas flow; an evaporator arranged along the core flow path and configured to receive a portion of the water extracted by the condenser to generate a steam flow, wherein the steam flow is injected into the core flow path upstream of the turbine section; and
A computer system, comprising: a configuration comprising a core configurable between a single thread mode and a multithreading mode, the ST mode addressing a primary thread and the MT mode addressing the primary thread and one or more secondary threads on shared resources of the core; and a multithreading facility configured to control utilization of the configuration, wherein the multithreading facility is adapted to: access the primary thread in the ST mode using a core address value; switch from the ST mode to the MT mode; and access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode, and characterized in that the multithreading facility is adapted to access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode using an expanded address value, the expanded address value comprising the core address value concatenated with a thread address value. a configuration comprising a core configurable between a single thread mode and a multithreading mode, the ST mode addressing a primary thread and the MT mode addressing the primary thread and one or more secondary threads on shared resources of the core; and a multithreading facility configured to control utilization of the configuration, wherein the multithreading facility is adapted to: access the primary thread in the ST mode using a core address value; switch from the ST mode to the MT mode; and access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode, and characterized in that the multithreading facility is adapted to access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode using an expanded address value, the expanded address value comprising the core address value concatenated with a thread address value. access the primary thread in the ST mode using a core address value; switch from the ST mode to the MT mode; and access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode, and characterized in that the multithreading facility is adapted to access the primary thread or one of the one or more secondary threads in the MT mode using an expanded address value, the expanded address value comprising the core address value concatenated with a thread address value.
An imaging method of imaging by an imaging device comprising an imager and an illuminator configured to illuminate an imaging object of the imager, the method comprising: performing respective imagings according to respective imaging conditions, each condition including an exposure time (te) of the imager and an amount of illumination to the imaging object by the illuminator, wherein a ratio between the amount of illumination and the exposure time (te) is different for the imagings; characterized in that the method further comprises storing respective combinations of brightnesses of respective images obtained by the respective imagings and the imaging conditions of the respective images in a memory; obtaining an estimate of a first parameter ( k_off) indicating degree of influence of variation of the exposure time on brightness of images and an estimate of a second parameter ( k_on) indicating degree of influence of variation of the amount of the illumination on brightness of images, based on the combinations of the brightnesses and the imaging conditions stored in the memory; and determining an imaging condition to be used in a next imaging based on the estimate of the first parameter (k off) and the estimate of the second parameter (k on). performing respective imagings according to respective imaging conditions, each condition including an exposure time (te) of the imager and an amount of illumination to the imaging object by the illuminator, wherein a ratio between the amount of illumination and the exposure time (te) is different for the imagings; characterized in that the method further comprises storing respective combinations of brightnesses of respective images obtained by the respective imagings and the imaging conditions of the respective images in a memory; obtaining an estimate of a first parameter ( k_off) indicating degree of influence of variation of the exposure time on brightness of images and an estimate of a second parameter ( k_on) indicating degree of influence of variation of the amount of the illumination on brightness of images, based on the combinations of the brightnesses and the imaging conditions stored in the memory; and determining an imaging condition to be used in a next imaging based on the estimate of the first parameter (k off) and the estimate of the second parameter (k on).
Sliding wall or sliding door system having at least one wing which is suspended so as to be movable on a support and guide rail arrangement by means of at least one trolley comprising a basic body on which support roller arrangements are provided on both sides, wherein the or a further trolley has, for lateral positive guidance, at least one guide member which is provided for engagement in a guide channel of the support and guide rail arrangement, characterized in that the guide member is mounted movably on the basic body of the trolley and is adjustable by means of a switch-over device (39, 40, 40') between a guiding position in which it engages in the associated guide channel and a release position in which it is moved out of the associated guide channel.
A process for producing a component comprising a first region, and at least a second region having at least one off-axis geometric feature that results in the second region having more complex geometries than the first region, the process comprising: forming the first region of the component with plies containing a reinforcement material in a precursor of a ceramic material, the plies comprising at least a first set of plies between at least second and third sets (26,28) of plies; folding distal portions of the second and third sets of plies (26,28) away from the first set of plies so that the folded distal portions of each of the second and third sets of plies are oriented transverse to the first set of plies within the first region of the component; interleaving plies of a fourth set of plies among at least some of the folded distal portions of the second set of plies and among at least some of the folded distal portions of the third set of plies; and then consolidating and curing the first, second, third, and fourth sets of plies (24,26,28,36) so that the first set of plies and portions of the second and third sets of plies that were not folded away from the first set of plies define the first region of the component, and so that the folded distal portions of the second and third sets of plies and the fourth set of plies interleaved therewith define the second region of the component. forming the first region of the component with plies containing a reinforcement material in a precursor of a ceramic material, the plies comprising at least a first set of plies between at least second and third sets (26,28) of plies; folding distal portions of the second and third sets of plies (26,28) away from the first set of plies so that the folded distal portions of each of the second and third sets of plies are oriented transverse to the first set of plies within the first region of the component; interleaving plies of a fourth set of plies among at least some of the folded distal portions of the second set of plies and among at least some of the folded distal portions of the third set of plies; and then consolidating and curing the first, second, third, and fourth sets of plies (24,26,28,36) so that the first set of plies and portions of the second and third sets of plies that were not folded away from the first set of plies define the first region of the component, and so that the folded distal portions of the second and third sets of plies and the fourth set of plies interleaved therewith define the second region of the component.
The emergency shutdown rod drive of a nuclear plant that includes an electric drive, a gearbox and a rack mechanism, at that the electric drive contains the electric motor installed in the electric drive housing with the electric motor rotor proximity sensor, the gearbox for changing the rotation frequency of the electric drive in order to gain the required speed and power characteristics of the drive, a gear-type rack is installed at the rack mechanism axis in order to ensure reciprocating motion of the absorbing rod of the control and protection system using a rack gear; a clutch gear-type electromagnetic coupling with noncontact current lead with possibility of rigid synchronous mechanic clutching of the half-couplings is installed at the inlet shaft of the mechanism, at that the drive includes the reverse motion coupling that is kinematically connected with the rack gear in order to exclude the rack jump during the discharges, the spring of the gear-type rack discharge and the gear-type rack proximity sensors, characterized in that electromagnetic brake of normally closed type is installed at the electric drive shaft.
A nonaqueous electrolyte for a secondary battery which comprises a nonaqueous solvent composed of three or more nonaqueous ingredients comprising a cyclic carbonate and a linear carbonate, the nonaqueous solvent containing at least a hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte lithium salt; a difluorophosphate; and from 2 x 10 -3 mol/kg to 0.15 mol/kg of lithium fluoride salt.
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising 14 wt% to 25 wt% of a (meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer and 75 wt% to 86 wt% of a (meth)acrylate resin; and 25 parts by weight to 35 parts by weight of an antistatic resin comprising at least one of a polyether-ester amide block copolymer, a poly(alkylene) glycol and a polyamide, relative to 100 parts by weight of the base resin. 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising 14 wt% to 25 wt% of a (meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer and 75 wt% to 86 wt% of a (meth)acrylate resin; and 25 parts by weight to 35 parts by weight of an antistatic resin comprising at least one of a polyether-ester amide block copolymer, a poly(alkylene) glycol and a polyamide, relative to 100 parts by weight of the base resin.
A drill head which, during operation, can be rotated about a rotational axis and which can be expanded with respect to its active drill diameter (D 0, D 1, D 2) with a base body which comprises a front side equipped with at least one cutting tool, and with at least one expansion arm, which is coupled to the base body in a pivotal manner about a pivot axis and can be pivoted between a retracted position and a first deployed position which expands the active drill diameter by a first amount (B 1), wherein the at least one expansion arm comprises an active side equipped with at least one cutting tool, wherein, in the retracted position of the at least one expansion arm, the active side lies at least almost on a level with the front side of the base body, and wherein, in the first disengaged position of the at least one expansion arm, the active side extends in the direction of the axis of rotation from the front side of the base body at least almost in a step-offset free manner, characterized in that the at least one expansion arm has a side facing the axis of rotation, in that, in the region of this side, a first end, of an actuating lever is articulated on the at least one expansion arm so as to be pivotable about an axis running approximately parallel to the pivot axis, and in that a second end of the actuating lever is articulated on the base body so as to be displaceable along a guide. with a base body which comprises a front side equipped with at least one cutting tool, and with at least one expansion arm, which is coupled to the base body in a pivotal manner about a pivot axis and can be pivoted between a retracted position and a first deployed position which expands the active drill diameter by a first amount (B 1), wherein the at least one expansion arm comprises an active side equipped with at least one cutting tool, wherein, in the retracted position of the at least one expansion arm, the active side lies at least almost on a level with the front side of the base body, and wherein, in the first disengaged position of the at least one expansion arm, the active side extends in the direction of the axis of rotation from the front side of the base body at least almost in a step-offset free manner, characterized in that the at least one expansion arm has a side facing the axis of rotation, in that, in the region of this side, a first end, of an actuating lever is articulated on the at least one expansion arm so as to be pivotable about an axis running approximately parallel to the pivot axis, and in that a second end of the actuating lever is articulated on the base body so as to be displaceable along a guide.
Light guide for a motor vehicle lighting device, which light guide has at least two light entry surfaces (42.1, 42.2, 42.n) and a light exit surface and is adapted to illuminate a first zone of the light exit surface with light coupled in via a first one (42.1) of the at least two light entry surfaces (42.1, 42.2, 42.n) and to illuminate a second zone of the light exit surface, which is not identical to the first zone, with light coupled in via a second (42.2) of the at least two light entry surfaces (42.1, 42.2, 42.n), wherein the light guide has a deflecting surface opposite the light exit surface, which deflecting surface has at least a first sector (56.1) and a second sector (56.2), and wherein the light guide is adapted to direct light coupled in via the first light entry surface (42.1) onto the first sector (56.1), and wherein the first sector (56.1) is adapted to direct the light that is directed thereon on the first zone, and wherein the second sector (56.2) is adapted to direct light that is directed thereon, on the second zone, and wherein the first sector (56.1) is not identical to the second sector (56.2), characterized in that the light guide has two transport surfaces (38, 40) opposite one another and lying between the light exit surface and the deflection surface, and a first end abutting both the light exit surface and the deflection surface and both transport surfaces, and in that the first end has a plurality of input branches (54.1, 54.2, 54.n) designed as collimators, and that the light entry surfaces (42.1, 42.2, 42.n) of the light guide are input surfaces of the input branches (54.1, 54.2, 54.n), wherein the light emanating from the light sources passes through the input surfaces (54.1, 54.2, 54.n) of the collimators or of the input branches into the light guide, and is deflected at a flat angle onto collimator surfaces at which the rays are reflected in a deflecting manner, and wherein the light from there reaches sectors (56.1, 56.2, 56.n) of the deflecting surface where the light is deflected by reflection to adjacent zones of the light exit surface.
A fuel injector component comprising: a body having: an outer-facing surface comprising a first surface; and an inner-facing surface comprising a second surface; an elongate void enclosed by the body, the void being integrally formed between portions of the body defining the outer-facing surface and the inner-facing surface; and a plurality of bores extending into the outer-facing surface to intersect the elongate void; a circumferential indentation in the outer facing surface adjacent the elongate void; multiple pedestals extending from the circumferential indentation within the elongate void to connect to a portion of the body forming the inner facing surface; and a plurality of fuel passages extending through the multiple pedestals, respectively, to connect the outer facing surface to the inner facing surface; characterized in that; the component further comprises a cover (96, 102) coupled to the body adjacent the outer facing surface to form a manifold within the circumferential indentation and to seal the circumferential array of bores. a body having: an outer-facing surface comprising a first surface; and an inner-facing surface comprising a second surface; an outer-facing surface comprising a first surface; and an inner-facing surface comprising a second surface; an elongate void enclosed by the body, the void being integrally formed between portions of the body defining the outer-facing surface and the inner-facing surface; and a plurality of bores extending into the outer-facing surface to intersect the elongate void; a circumferential indentation in the outer facing surface adjacent the elongate void; multiple pedestals extending from the circumferential indentation within the elongate void to connect to a portion of the body forming the inner facing surface; and a plurality of fuel passages extending through the multiple pedestals, respectively, to connect the outer facing surface to the inner facing surface; characterized in that; the component further comprises a cover (96, 102) coupled to the body adjacent the outer facing surface to form a manifold within the circumferential indentation and to seal the circumferential array of bores.
Device for testing the visual behavior of an individual, this device including: - an active display suitable for displaying at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that vary over time and that are aligned in at least one row (L1, L2) or one column, and - a unit for controlling the display, this unit being programmed so that the successively displayed positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol characterized in that: all the successively displayed positions are such that the target is in the visual field of the individual, and the visually predominant target is a target that is suitable for catching the eye of said individual following said target during the eye test, said visual tracking protocol corresponding to the succession, over time, of positions adopted by the visually predominant target, said target imposing a visual tracking protocol on the individual who successively looks in a plurality of particular desired directions that are each associated with a particular display position adopted by the target. - an active display suitable for displaying at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that vary over time and that are aligned in at least one row (L1, L2) or one column, and - a unit for controlling the display, this unit being programmed so that the successively displayed positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol characterized in that: all the successively displayed positions are such that the target is in the visual field of the individual, and the visually predominant target is a target that is suitable for catching the eye of said individual following said target during the eye test, said visual tracking protocol corresponding to the succession, over time, of positions adopted by the visually predominant target, said target imposing a visual tracking protocol on the individual who successively looks in a plurality of particular desired directions that are each associated with a particular display position adopted by the target. all the successively displayed positions are such that the target is in the visual field of the individual, and the visually predominant target is a target that is suitable for catching the eye of said individual following said target during the eye test, said visual tracking protocol corresponding to the succession, over time, of positions adopted by the visually predominant target, said target imposing a visual tracking protocol on the individual who successively looks in a plurality of particular desired directions that are each associated with a particular display position adopted by the target.