mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sleeve bearing assembly, comprising: an inner portion (12; 112; 212) constructed from a plurality of separate yarns (16, 18; 116,118; 216,218) to provide a generally cylindrical journal bearing surface (20; 120; 220) for receipt of a journal for relative movement therein and for engagement therewith, said yarns including a first yarn of lubricious yarn (18; 116; 216) material and a second yarn (16; 118; 218) of material different than said first yarn, said second yarn substantially providing an outer surface (23; 123; 223) of said inner portion; an elastic outer portion injection molded at least partially about said inner portion and being bonded with said outer surface; and said first and second yarns being woven together with said first yarn being woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of said journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of said journal bearing surface to substantially provide said bearing surface and said second yarn being woven in a direction different than said first yarn. an inner portion (12; 112; 212) constructed from a plurality of separate yarns (16, 18; 116,118; 216,218) to provide a generally cylindrical journal bearing surface (20; 120; 220) for receipt of a journal for relative movement therein and for engagement therewith, said yarns including a first yarn of lubricious yarn (18; 116; 216) material and a second yarn (16; 118; 218) of material different than said first yarn, said second yarn substantially providing an outer surface (23; 123; 223) of said inner portion; an elastic outer portion injection molded at least partially about said inner portion and being bonded with said outer surface; and said first and second yarns being woven together with said first yarn being woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of said journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of said journal bearing surface to substantially provide said bearing surface and said second yarn being woven in a direction different than said first yarn.
A method of operating a first piezo-electric transducer (P 1) with a piezo-electric driver circuit, including a first switch (Q 1) coupled to the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1), the first switch (Q 1) with a first parasitic conduction path, the method comprising: sensing a first sensed voltage at a first output node connected to the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1) generated by a first force applied to the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1); the method being characterized in that it further comprises: zeroing the first sensed voltage each time the first sensed voltage reaches a first threshold voltage based on a trigger level of the first parasitic conduction path corresponding to a first turn-on voltage of a first body diode of the first switch (Q 1), thereby generating a plurality of first voltage segments; and determining a first total sensed voltage across the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1) from the plurality of first voltage segments; wherein the determining step includes: generating a digital representation of one of the plurality of first voltage segments each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; updating a first accumulation sum with each digital representation each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; and determining the first total sensed voltage across the first piezo-electric transducer from the first accumulation sum. sensing a first sensed voltage at a first output node connected to the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1) generated by a first force applied to the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1); the method being characterized in that it further comprises: zeroing the first sensed voltage each time the first sensed voltage reaches a first threshold voltage based on a trigger level of the first parasitic conduction path corresponding to a first turn-on voltage of a first body diode of the first switch (Q 1), thereby generating a plurality of first voltage segments; and determining a first total sensed voltage across the first piezo-electric transducer (P 1) from the plurality of first voltage segments; wherein the determining step includes: generating a digital representation of one of the plurality of first voltage segments each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; updating a first accumulation sum with each digital representation each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; and determining the first total sensed voltage across the first piezo-electric transducer from the first accumulation sum. generating a digital representation of one of the plurality of first voltage segments each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; updating a first accumulation sum with each digital representation each time the first sensed voltage reaches the first threshold voltage; and determining the first total sensed voltage across the first piezo-electric transducer from the first accumulation sum.
A fastening structure for fastening a carbon fiber-reinforced resin material and an object to be fastened by forming a through-hole extending through a front surface and a rear surface of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material as a fastening object; inserting a metallic collar formed in a tubular shape into the through-hole; inserting a fastener into an inner side of the collar in a state in which the object to be fastened is superposed on the collar and fastening the fastener, wherein the metallic collar having an outer circumference with a tapered portion that is inclined with respect to a center axis of the collar; the through-hole of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material having an inner circumferential surface with an abutting portion that comes into contact with the tapered portion of the collar, and tilt angles (θ) of the tapered portion of the collar and the abutting portion of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material are the same as an angle (θ) at which a displacement (D1+D2) of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the abutting portion due to thermal deformation accompanying a temperature change is balanced with the displacement of the collar in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the tapered portion the fastening structure being characterized in that: the contact between the abutting portion of the inner circumferential surface of the through-hole and the tapered portion of the collar is performed via an electrically insulating adhesive, and the collar has an end on a fastened object side that protrudes toward the object to be fastened from either a front surface or a rear surface of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material that is opposed to the object to be fastened, such that the object to be fastened is spaced away from the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material by the protruding end of the collar abutting the object to be fastened to the protruding end of the collar. the contact between the abutting portion of the inner circumferential surface of the through-hole and the tapered portion of the collar is performed via an electrically insulating adhesive, and the collar has an end on a fastened object side that protrudes toward the object to be fastened from either a front surface or a rear surface of the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material that is opposed to the object to be fastened, such that the object to be fastened is spaced away from the carbon fiber-reinforced resin material by the protruding end of the collar abutting the object to be fastened to the protruding end of the collar.
A vinylidene fluoride resin film comprising a film composition comprising a vinylidene fluoride resin and organic particles, wherein the vinylidene fluoride resin film comprises a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof, the surface morphology of the film being measured by using a shape analysis laser microscope as given in the description; among the plurality of protrusions, the number of protrusions greater than 0.10 μm in height from a flat surface at which the protrusions are not present is from 40 to 400, per 0.10 mm 2 of the vinylidene fluoride resin film; and the vinylidene fluoride resin is a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride. the vinylidene fluoride resin film comprises a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof, the surface morphology of the film being measured by using a shape analysis laser microscope as given in the description; among the plurality of protrusions, the number of protrusions greater than 0.10 μm in height from a flat surface at which the protrusions are not present is from 40 to 400, per 0.10 mm 2 of the vinylidene fluoride resin film; and the vinylidene fluoride resin is a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride.
A method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material comprising at least bundled discontinuous reinforcing fiber aggregates and matrix resin, characterized in that as said bundled reinforcing fiber aggregates, both reinforcing fiber aggregates which are formed by cutting continuous reinforcing fiber strands after fiber splitting, in which said strands are completely split into multiple bundles, and reinforcing fiber aggregates which are formed by cutting sections including at least unsplit strand sections in which fiber splitting is incomplete, and in which an incision substantially originating from fiber splitting is present at least at one of both end portions of said reinforcing fiber aggregates, are used, and an amount of used reinforcing fiber aggregates is controlled so that a ratio of the weight of said reinforcing fiber aggregates to the total weight of reinforcing fibers in said material becomes within a range of 5-50%.
A method for producing an intermediate mesoderm cell from a human pluripotent stem cell comprising the following steps of: (i) culturing a human pluripotent stem cell in a medium containing a GSK-3 beta inhibitor or a GSK-3 beta inhibitor and an artificially modified retinoic acid that retains the functions of a naturally-occurring retinoic acid; and (ii) culturing the cell obtained in the step (i) in a medium containing an artificially modified retinoic acid that retains the functions of a naturally-occurring retinoic acid. (i) culturing a human pluripotent stem cell in a medium containing a GSK-3 beta inhibitor or a GSK-3 beta inhibitor and an artificially modified retinoic acid that retains the functions of a naturally-occurring retinoic acid; and (ii) culturing the cell obtained in the step (i) in a medium containing an artificially modified retinoic acid that retains the functions of a naturally-occurring retinoic acid.
A blind assembly comprising a rectangular frame, a pair of self retracting blinds (10;20) mounted at opposite ends of the frame, a pair of slide members (11;21) supported in slideways (35;36) extending along either side of the frame to which the respective blinds are connected to enable one or other or both blinds to be deployed along the frame, means being provided to couple the slide members (11;21) together for tandem movement of the blinds (10;20) to enable the extent to which the respective blinds (10;20) are deployed to be varied and each blind (10;20) having means to lock the blind (10;20) fully stowed and thereby to hold the other blind (10;20) fully deployed along the frame, characterised in that each slide member (11;21) is supported in the slideways (35;36) for tilting movement in addition to linear movement along the slideways (35;36); and wherein said tilting movement of each slide member (11;21), caused by manual engagement of the slide member (11;21), is arranged to release said locking means.
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, wherein the tread portion comprises a tread conductive layer that is conductive to be in continuity with a rim during assembly of the rim, and a tread rubber disposed radially outside the tread conductive layer and having an outer peripheral surface constituting a tread ground contact surface, wherein the tread rubber comprises an annular conductive terminal portion disposed in a tread central region, and a tread rubber body disposed on opposite outsides of the conductive terminal portion in an axial direction of the tire, the conductive terminal portion extending upward from the tread conductive layer through the tread rubber to the tread ground contact surface and extending continuously in a circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the conductive terminal portion is formed by allowing a terminal strip made of conductive rubber to be continuously windingly laminated radially outward from the tread conductive layer to the tread ground contact surface, wherein the terminal strip is sequentially windingly laminated while being subjected to misregistration with a pitch of a distance D in the axial direction of the tire during time that the terminal strip is wound one time, so as to allow the conductive terminal portion to have a trapezoid-shaped cross section in which a width Wa of an upper base is smaller than a width Ws of the terminal strip and a width wb of a lower base is larger than the width Ws of the terminal strip, and wherein the width Wa of the upper base is in a range of 2 to 5 mm.
A process for preparing a compound of formula I in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl; and R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1 -C 8 -alkyl; the process comprising the steps of: (a) reacting a compound of formula II or a salt thereof wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl, with a compound of formula III or an ester-forming derivative thereof, wherein R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl to form a compound of formula IV wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, and wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of sodium and sodium hydride; and (b) reacting a compound of formula IV wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl with a compound of formula V X-R 4 wherein R 4 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl and X is a leaving group, to form a compound of formula I in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl; and R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1 -C 8 -alkyl. R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl; and R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1 -C 8 -alkyl; (a) reacting a compound of formula II or a salt thereof wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl, with a compound of formula III or an ester-forming derivative thereof, wherein R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl to form a compound of formula IV wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, and wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of sodium and sodium hydride; and wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl, and wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of sodium and sodium hydride; and (b) reacting a compound of formula IV wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl and R 3 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl with a compound of formula V X-R 4 wherein R 4 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl and X is a leaving group, to form a compound of formula I in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl; and R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1 -C 8 -alkyl. wherein R 4 is C 1 -C 8 -alkyl and X is a leaving group, to form a compound of formula I in salt or zwitterionic form, wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl; and R 3 and R 4 are each independently C 1 -C 8 -alkyl.
A domestic robotic system comprising: a robot, programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary; the robot having one or more boundary distance sensors (S 1, S 2) for estimating the current distance from said boundary; wherein the robot is programmed so as to: (a) move across said working area and, (b) when said one or more boundary distance sensors (S 1, S 2) indicates that the robot is a distance X away from said boundary and is approaching said boundary, begin performing a turn such that: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary characterized in that the turn is a gradual turn and in that the robot is further programmed so as to: (c) calculate a path for said gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance, E, and thereafter recedes from the boundary. a robot, programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary; the robot having one or more boundary distance sensors (S 1, S 2) for estimating the current distance from said boundary; wherein the robot is programmed so as to: (a) move across said working area and, (b) when said one or more boundary distance sensors (S 1, S 2) indicates that the robot is a distance X away from said boundary and is approaching said boundary, begin performing a turn such that: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary characterized in that the turn is a gradual turn and in that the robot is further programmed so as to: (c) calculate a path for said gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance, E, and thereafter recedes from the boundary. (a) move across said working area and, (b) when said one or more boundary distance sensors (S 1, S 2) indicates that the robot is a distance X away from said boundary and is approaching said boundary, begin performing a turn such that: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary characterized in that the turn is a gradual turn and in that the robot is further programmed so as to: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary characterized in that the turn is a gradual turn and in that the robot is further programmed so as to: (c) calculate a path for said gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance, E, and thereafter recedes from the boundary.
Method for detecting a degree of hydrogenation of a liquid which comprises one or more liquid hydrogen carriers which can be hydrogenated, having the following steps: detecting a material property of the liquid; and determining the degree of hydrogenation of the liquid on the basis of the detected material property of the liquid, characterized in that the degree of hydrogenation of the liquid is determined on the basis of a linear relationship of the degree of hydrogenation and the detected material property, and wherein the liquid comprises a mixture of dibenzyl toluene and at least partially hydrogenated dibenzyl toluene, or a mixture of benzyl toluene and at least partially hydrogenated benzyl toluene, or a mixture of benzyl toluene, dibenzyl toluene, at least partially hydrogenated dibenzyl toluene, and at least partially hydrogenated benzyl toluene. detecting a material property of the liquid; and determining the degree of hydrogenation of the liquid on the basis of the detected material property of the liquid, characterized in that the degree of hydrogenation of the liquid is determined on the basis of a linear relationship of the degree of hydrogenation and the detected material property, and wherein the liquid comprises a mixture of dibenzyl toluene and at least partially hydrogenated dibenzyl toluene, or a mixture of benzyl toluene and at least partially hydrogenated benzyl toluene, or a mixture of benzyl toluene, dibenzyl toluene, at least partially hydrogenated dibenzyl toluene, and at least partially hydrogenated benzyl toluene.
A method for information transmission determination, being performed by a terminal device, the method comprising: receiving indication information of an acknowledge/non-acknowledge, ACK/NACK, feedback mode configured by a network; and determining not to transmit a first uplink signal, a first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, and a second PUCCH when the ACK/NACK feedback mode indicated by the indication information is separate feedback, the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH both overlap with a time-domain resource of the first uplink signal, and the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with different control resource set, CORESET, pool indexes, wherein the first uplink signal is a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH. receiving indication information of an acknowledge/non-acknowledge, ACK/NACK, feedback mode configured by a network; and determining not to transmit a first uplink signal, a first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, and a second PUCCH when the ACK/NACK feedback mode indicated by the indication information is separate feedback, the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH both overlap with a time-domain resource of the first uplink signal, and the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH are associated with different control resource set, CORESET, pool indexes, wherein the first uplink signal is a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH.
An end section for a tow bar assembly for a vehicle, said end section comprising a vehicle connection portion adapted to be connected to said vehicle and a tow bar connection portion adapted to be connected to a tow bar, and at least a first support element and a second support element being connected to and extending between said vehicle connection portion and said tow bar connection portion, characterized in that said end section comprises a third support element being connected to and extending between said first and said second support elements (102, 104) such that a box structure is formed, said vehicle connection portion is arranged substantially parallel to a rear wall of said vehicle, and said tow bar connection portion is arranged adjacent and substantially parallel to the end of said tow bar. characterized in that said end section comprises a third support element being connected to and extending between said first and said second support elements (102, 104) such that a box structure is formed, said vehicle connection portion is arranged substantially parallel to a rear wall of said vehicle, and said tow bar connection portion is arranged adjacent and substantially parallel to the end of said tow bar.