mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A device for compensating for variations in temperature of the length of an optical fiber of an electro-optical transducer, having a tubular holding element the axis of symmetry of which is coincident with the axis of said optical fiber and two terminal elements arranged axially with respect to the holding element and forming two walls that plug the holding element so as to delineate, inside the holder, a cavity of length ΔL; characterized in that at least a first terminal element is configured to form a movable wall inside the holding element, said element having a body of cylindrical shape configured to be able to be inserted inside the tubular holder and to be able to slide axially inside the latter; said cylindrical body comprising an end wall, the tubular holder and the terminal element being arranged and fastened to each other at the end edge of the holding element in such a way that the body of the terminal element is kept free to slide inside the holder; the sliding motion of the body of the first terminal element causing the axial movement of its end wall inside the holding element and a variation in the length ΔL of said cavity; the materials from which the holding element and the terminal element are respectively made being chosen for their respective coefficients of thermal expansion, such that the direction of variation of the length ΔL of said cavity as a function of the ambient temperature θ is of opposite sign to the direction of variation of said ambient temperature.
A compression-ignition internal combustion engine system having a compression-ignition engine, an exhaust passage and an exhaust gas treatment arrangement, wherein the exhaust gas treatment arrangement comprises a catalyzing device being a three-way catalytic converter and a diesel particulate filter located downstream of the three-way catalytic converter in a direction of exhaust gas flow, and further comprising an engine control system operable to determine a target air/fuel ratio, the compression-ignition internal combustion engine system being characterized in that the engine control system is further operable to determine a calculated air/fuel ratio, the calculated air/fuel ratio being that which would be obtained if the desired fuel based on the torque demanded was injected into the available fresh air, and in that the engine control system is configured to operate the engine in a substantially stoichiometric combustion mode over a predetermined range of engine load, by operating the engine so as to control the flow rate of gases into one or more combustion chambers of the engine and/or to control the injection of fuel into said one or more combustion chambers to provide stoichiometric combustion over the predetermined range of engine load, and in that the engine control system is further configured such that, in the substantially stoichiometric combustion mode, the engine is operated in an air-lead mode whereby the intake air flow rate is controlled to achieve a demanded torque and an amount of fuel injected is controlled to obtain the target air/fuel ratio based upon the intake air flow rate, during engine conditions where the calculated air/fuel ratio does not exceed the target air/fuel ratio by more than a predetermined amount, and the engine is operated in a fuel-lead mode during conditions of rapid changes in torque demand in which the fuel injected in the combustion chambers is controlled to achieve a demanded torque in circumstances where the calculated air/fuel ratio exceeds the target air/fuel ratio by more than a predetermined amount.
A biological tissue cutting device comprising: a cutting tip having one or more ports (106, 108); a cutter (104, 514) within the cutting tip for reciprocating movement across the one or more ports (106, 108) for severing and manipulating tissue drawn into the one or more ports (106, 108); a drive shaft including at least a first and a second groove (518, 524) defining first and second cut profiles, respectively; a locking mechanism coupled to the drive shaft such that the locking mechanism does not rotate relative to the drive shaft; at least a first and a second drive housing (512, 520) wherein the first drive housing surrounds the first groove and the second drive housing surrounds the second groove, the first and second drive housings (512, 520) further including structure for holding a ball (516, 522) placed within each of the first and second grooves (524, 518) and wherein the cutter (104, 514) is connected to the second drive housing; and wherein when the first drive housing is rotated in a first direction the locking mechanism engages with and prevents rotation of the second drive housing relative to the drive shaft such that the cutter (104, 514) reciprocates according to the first cut profile and when the first drive housing is rotated in an opposite direction the locking mechanism engages with and prevents rotation of the first drive housing relative to the drive shaft such that the cutter (104, 514) reciprocates according to the second cut profile. a cutting tip having one or more ports (106, 108); a cutter (104, 514) within the cutting tip for reciprocating movement across the one or more ports (106, 108) for severing and manipulating tissue drawn into the one or more ports (106, 108); a drive shaft including at least a first and a second groove (518, 524) defining first and second cut profiles, respectively; a locking mechanism coupled to the drive shaft such that the locking mechanism does not rotate relative to the drive shaft; at least a first and a second drive housing (512, 520) wherein the first drive housing surrounds the first groove and the second drive housing surrounds the second groove, the first and second drive housings (512, 520) further including structure for holding a ball (516, 522) placed within each of the first and second grooves (524, 518) and wherein the cutter (104, 514) is connected to the second drive housing; and wherein when the first drive housing is rotated in a first direction the locking mechanism engages with and prevents rotation of the second drive housing relative to the drive shaft such that the cutter (104, 514) reciprocates according to the first cut profile and when the first drive housing is rotated in an opposite direction the locking mechanism engages with and prevents rotation of the first drive housing relative to the drive shaft such that the cutter (104, 514) reciprocates according to the second cut profile.
An ophthalmic lens, comprising: an optical lens having a front surface and a back surface; and a thin film coating on the front surface comprising alternating layers of high and low index materials, the coating attenuating transmission of light and having a spectral reflectance curve (30, 40, 50) comprising a reflectance of at least about 90% over the range from about 320 nm to about 420 nm, and 20% or less over the range from 460 nm to 700 nm, characterized in that the spectral reflectance curve is monotonically decreasing from greater than 80% to 5% or less between 420 nm to 460 nm, and wherein the spectral reflectance curve further comprises a peak of reflectance (32, 42, 52) between about 5% to about 15% at a wavelength of between about 480 nm and about 490 nm. an optical lens having a front surface and a back surface; and a thin film coating on the front surface comprising alternating layers of high and low index materials, the coating attenuating transmission of light and having a spectral reflectance curve (30, 40, 50) comprising a reflectance of at least about 90% over the range from about 320 nm to about 420 nm, and 20% or less over the range from 460 nm to 700 nm,
Method for providing metal rods, which metal rods are unwound from rollers and produced in predetermined lengths (l i) in a straightening machine, characterised in that the metal rods are transported successively in the predetermined lengths (l i) by the straightening machine in the longitudinal direction of the metal rods to a receiving and transfer apparatus, and from the receiving and transfer apparatus said rods are transferred in the transverse direction of the metal rods to a magnetic conveying device comprising at least two parallel magnet chains comprising magnets and transported in the transverse direction of the metal rods to the desired machining location.
A vehicle-mounted cleaning device for a vehicle-mounted camera, which cleans a lens surface of a camera mounted on a vehicle, the cleaning device comprising: a nozzle provided on the upper surface of the body of the camera having: a discharge port (10a, 10b) which protrudes from the front side of the camera and from which a cleaning liquid is discharged downward toward the lens surface, and a cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b) that guides the cleaning liquid to the discharge port (10a, 10b); a primary tank that stores the cleaning liquid; a secondary tank that has a volume smaller than the one of the primary tank, is attached upstream to the nozzle, is adapted to temporarily store the cleaning liquid supplied from the primary tank, and is connected with the cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b); and a cleaning-liquid delivery pump that delivers the cleaning liquid stored in the primary tank to the secondary tank through a cleaning liquid pipe connected with the secondary tank. a nozzle provided on the upper surface of the body of the camera having: a discharge port (10a, 10b) which protrudes from the front side of the camera and from which a cleaning liquid is discharged downward toward the lens surface, and a cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b) that guides the cleaning liquid to the discharge port (10a, 10b); a primary tank that stores the cleaning liquid; a secondary tank that has a volume smaller than the one of the primary tank, is attached upstream to the nozzle, is adapted to temporarily store the cleaning liquid supplied from the primary tank, and is connected with the cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b); and a cleaning-liquid delivery pump that delivers the cleaning liquid stored in the primary tank to the secondary tank through a cleaning liquid pipe connected with the secondary tank. a discharge port (10a, 10b) which protrudes from the front side of the camera and from which a cleaning liquid is discharged downward toward the lens surface, and a cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b) that guides the cleaning liquid to the discharge port (10a, 10b); a primary tank that stores the cleaning liquid; a secondary tank that has a volume smaller than the one of the primary tank, is attached upstream to the nozzle, is adapted to temporarily store the cleaning liquid supplied from the primary tank, and is connected with the cleaning liquid path (11 a, 11 b); and a cleaning-liquid delivery pump that delivers the cleaning liquid stored in the primary tank to the secondary tank through a cleaning liquid pipe connected with the secondary tank.
Ultrasonic flowmeter, which comprises a measuring tube with a straight measuring tube axis as well as a first half and a second half, a transmitter designed to transmit an acoustic signal to a first signal path, a receiver designed to receive the acoustic signal on the first signal path and at least a first reflection surface at which the acoustic signal on the first signal path is reflected at least once, wherein the acoustic signal acting on the first reflection surface and the acoustic signal reflected at the first reflection surface extend along a straight subsection (10, 11) of the first signal path, characterized in that the transmitter, the receiver and the first reflection surface are oriented towards one another in such a way and are arranged in or on the measuring tube in such a way that the acoustic signal on the first signal path from the transmitter to the receiver is reflected at the first reflection surface in such a way that the sum of all the lengths (16, 17), projected onto the measuring tube axis, of all the sub-sections (10, 12 or 11, 13) that extend in a first plane parallel to the measuring tube axis has a predefined value which is unequal to zero, wherein the sub-sections have a predefined distance (18, 19) which is unequal to zero in relation to the measuring tube axis, and wherein the sum of all the lengths (16, 17), projected onto the measuring tube axis, of all the sub-sections (10, 12 or 11, 13) that extend in a second plane which is different to the first plane and parallel to the measuring tube axis has the same predefined value, wherein the sub-sections have the same predefined distance (18, 19) in relation to the measuring tube axis, and in that two consecutive sub-sections (11 and 13) of the optical path of the first signal path are located on the first plane and in that these sub-sections (11 et 13) extend in a first half of the measuring tube, and in that two consecutive sub-sections (10 and 12) of the optical path of the first signal path are located on the second plane and in that these sub-sections (10 and 12) extend in a second half of the measuring tube.
A compound having structural formula I: where, progestin is levonorgestrel or etonogestrel; and R 1, R 2 combine together to form a fused 3 to 7 membered ring with up to two heteroatoms, or each R 1, R 2, is, independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, cyano, halogen, OH, alkoxy, alkyl-sulfonyl or sulfonamide. progestin is levonorgestrel or etonogestrel; and R 1, R 2 combine together to form a fused 3 to 7 membered ring with up to two heteroatoms, or each R 1, R 2, is, independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, cyano, halogen, OH, alkoxy, alkyl-sulfonyl or sulfonamide.
A virtual router system comprising one or more routers, each router comprising one or more interface modules, wherein each interface module comprises: at least one packet processing functional module, a forwarding module and one or more forwarding information bases, FIBs, wherein one or more physical interfaces of the interface module or one or more sub-interfaces of the one or more physical interfaces are assigned to different virtual routers accordingly, and one-to-one correspondence exists between each virtual router and related physical interface or sub-interface, the virtual router system further comprises one or more routing processor servers, the one or more routers and the one or more routing processor servers being connected via an Ethernet switch or a network, each routing processor server comprising multiple routing processors, wherein one-to-one correspondence exists between each routing processor and related virtual router, and each routing processor is configured to execute the routing processing function of the corresponding virtual router, said one or more routing processor servers being configured to collect or receive configuration and management information of the virtual routers and configure and manage the virtual routers according to the configuration and management information collected or received. wherein each interface module comprises: at least one packet processing functional module, a forwarding module and one or more forwarding information bases, FIBs, wherein one or more physical interfaces of the interface module or one or more sub-interfaces of the one or more physical interfaces are assigned to different virtual routers accordingly, and one-to-one correspondence exists between each virtual router and related physical interface or sub-interface, the virtual router system further comprises one or more routing processor servers, the one or more routers and the one or more routing processor servers being connected via an Ethernet switch or a network, each routing processor server comprising multiple routing processors, wherein one-to-one correspondence exists between each routing processor and related virtual router, and each routing processor is configured to execute the routing processing function of the corresponding virtual router, said one or more routing processor servers being configured to collect or receive configuration and management information of the virtual routers and configure and manage the virtual routers according to the configuration and management information collected or received.
A base device to support a finisher comprising: a base pan including a section which protrudes outward from a first side of the base pan; a first plurality of casters coupled to the base pan configured to contact a surface when the base pan is level with respect to the surface, each of the first plurality of casters being beside a respective separate corner of the base pan and at least two of the first plurality of casters being beside the section of the base pan; a second plurality of casters coupled to the section of the base pan, positionable above the surface when the base pan is level with respect to the surface and configured to contact the surface when the base pan is inclined to a threshold, each of the second plurality of casters having a diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the first plurality of casters; and a recess, between at least two of the second plurality of casters, to receive a tip foot. a base pan including a section which protrudes outward from a first side of the base pan; a first plurality of casters coupled to the base pan configured to contact a surface when the base pan is level with respect to the surface, each of the first plurality of casters being beside a respective separate corner of the base pan and at least two of the first plurality of casters being beside the section of the base pan; a second plurality of casters coupled to the section of the base pan, positionable above the surface when the base pan is level with respect to the surface and configured to contact the surface when the base pan is inclined to a threshold, each of the second plurality of casters having a diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the first plurality of casters; and a recess, between at least two of the second plurality of casters, to receive a tip foot.
A wheel, having an outer wheel ring, a hub, and at least one support device by way of which the outer wheel ring is supported on the hub, wherein an adjustment device is provided by way of which the hub is adjustable relative to the outer wheel ring, wherein the support device has multiple support elements which extend between the hub and the outer wheel ring, characterized in that the support elements are three-dimensionally arranged such that the hub can be adjusted in five degrees of freedom relative to the outer wheel ring.
A system to use machine learning to perform sound source localization confidence estimation, the system comprising: memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: perform a sound source localization operation with regard to a sound to determine an SSL direction estimate, which indicates an estimated direction from which the sound is received, and an SSL-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate based at least in part on a multi-channel representation of the sound, the SSL-based confidence indicating an estimated probability that the sound is received from the estimated direction, the multi-channel representation including a plurality of representations of the sound that are detected by a plurality of respective sensors (206A-206K); automatically determine one or more additional characteristics of the sound; and perform a machine learning operation based at least in part on the SSL direction estimate, the SSL-based confidence, and the one or more additional characteristics to determine an ML-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate. memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: perform a sound source localization operation with regard to a sound to determine an SSL direction estimate, which indicates an estimated direction from which the sound is received, and an SSL-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate based at least in part on a multi-channel representation of the sound, the SSL-based confidence indicating an estimated probability that the sound is received from the estimated direction, the multi-channel representation including a plurality of representations of the sound that are detected by a plurality of respective sensors (206A-206K); automatically determine one or more additional characteristics of the sound; and perform a machine learning operation based at least in part on the SSL direction estimate, the SSL-based confidence, and the one or more additional characteristics to determine an ML-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate. perform a sound source localization operation with regard to a sound to determine an SSL direction estimate, which indicates an estimated direction from which the sound is received, and an SSL-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate based at least in part on a multi-channel representation of the sound, the SSL-based confidence indicating an estimated probability that the sound is received from the estimated direction, the multi-channel representation including a plurality of representations of the sound that are detected by a plurality of respective sensors (206A-206K); automatically determine one or more additional characteristics of the sound; and perform a machine learning operation based at least in part on the SSL direction estimate, the SSL-based confidence, and the one or more additional characteristics to determine an ML-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate.
A brake device for braking rotation of an input shaft, comprising: a selectively operable trigger brake and a roller jamming mechanism operable upon the relative rotation between the trigger brake and the input shaft exceeding a predetermined amount to stop rotation of the input shaft upon operation of the trigger brake, characterised in that the selective operable trigger brake comprises a preloaded torsion spring rotationally coupled to the input shaft, but permitting a limited rotational movement between the trigger brake and the input shaft, wherein the roller jamming mechanism comprises: a plurality of ramp surfaces provided on the input shaft; a static structure of the device; a plurality of roller elements arranged between the input shaft and the static structure and received between adjacent ramp surfaces; and an actuator coupled to a trigger brake shaft for moving the roller elements along the ramp surfaces upon relative rotation of the trigger brake shaft and the input shaft, the actuator comprising a plurality of teeth extending between adjacent roller elements, the teeth projecting from one end of the trigger brake shaft. a selectively operable trigger brake and a roller jamming mechanism operable upon the relative rotation between the trigger brake and the input shaft exceeding a predetermined amount to stop rotation of the input shaft upon operation of the trigger brake, characterised in that the selective operable trigger brake comprises a preloaded torsion spring rotationally coupled to the input shaft, but permitting a limited rotational movement between the trigger brake and the input shaft, wherein the roller jamming mechanism comprises: a plurality of ramp surfaces provided on the input shaft; a static structure of the device; a plurality of roller elements arranged between the input shaft and the static structure and received between adjacent ramp surfaces; and a plurality of ramp surfaces provided on the input shaft; a static structure of the device; a plurality of roller elements arranged between the input shaft and the static structure and received between adjacent ramp surfaces; and an actuator coupled to a trigger brake shaft for moving the roller elements along the ramp surfaces upon relative rotation of the trigger brake shaft and the input shaft, the actuator comprising a plurality of teeth extending between adjacent roller elements, the teeth projecting from one end of the trigger brake shaft.