mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A suction cup assembly comprising a suction cup, a spring, a fixed base and a control handle, wherein the suction cup includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being softer than the second layer and elastic, the first layer being configured to contact a surface of an object while the second layer is harder for maintaining shape while being pressed by the fixed base and deformed to create a vacuum; a rod, having a pivot hole, the rod extending from a center of the second layer; the fixed base is a cover having an insertion hole on a center thereof; the control handle includes a pivot part on one end and a pull part extending from the other end thereof; the pivot part, including pivot holes and an opening, and is eccentric and projecting; the spring is arranged around the rod of the suction cup and the suction cup is covered by the fixed base with the rod being inserted through the insertion hole of the fixed base while the control handle is pivoted to the rod of the suction cup by a shaft passing through the pivot holes, and wherein the first layer of the suction cup is connected to the second layer of the suction cup; characterized in that a hollow cylindrical housing projects from a top of the fixed base and corresponding to the insertion hole, the hollow cylindrical housing being configured to slidably support the rod passed through the insertion hole of the fixed base; and a groove is mounted on each of two sides of the housing, parallel to an axis of the housing, wherein the control handle is set outside the housing with the housing partially disposed in the opening, and the control handle and the rod of the suction cup are both movable relative to the fixed base by a shaft passing through the pivot holes and the grooves.
A method to determine inertia of components of a rotating shaft system; the shaft system comprising a shaft (30, 32, 34) coupling a turbine (26, 24, 22) to drive the rotation and a load (14, 16, 18) to be driven by the rotation; the method comprising steps to: a) apply a feedback (-Gθ) to a forcing input to the shaft system, wherein the feedback (-Gθ) comprises a gain; wherein the feedback is applied in a feedback loop and comprises a small variation to the forcing input, which itself includes a small perturbation component and a steady state component; b) measure resonant frequency (ω r) of the shaft; c) iterate steps a) and b) at least twice for different feedbacks (-Gθ); d) plot resonant frequency squared (w r 2) against gain; and e) determine inverse of gradient from the plot to give inertia of the turbine (J 2). a) apply a feedback (-Gθ) to a forcing input to the shaft system, wherein the feedback (-Gθ) comprises a gain; wherein the feedback is applied in a feedback loop and comprises a small variation to the forcing input, which itself includes a small perturbation component and a steady state component; b) measure resonant frequency (ω r) of the shaft; c) iterate steps a) and b) at least twice for different feedbacks (-Gθ); d) plot resonant frequency squared (w r 2) against gain; and e) determine inverse of gradient from the plot to give inertia of the turbine (J 2).
A method for maintaining compatibility between applications based on component-set constraints, the method comprising: identifying a first application that is compatible with a software framework based on a baseline set of components associated with the first application and the software framework; determining, based on an explicit enumeration of changes in a component set of the first application and a component set of the software framework, whether the first application is compatible with the software framework, wherein the changes are tracked after a known compatibility baseline is defined for the baseline set of unenumerated components, and wherein the first application is compatible with the software framework based on: matching the known compatibility baseline of the first application and the software framework; and determining that the component set of the software framework comprises the component set of the first application, wherein when the component set of the first application is at least in part a subset of the software framework, the first application is compatible with the software framework; and communicating a determination that the first application and the software framework are compatible, wherein the first application is compatible with the software framework if the first application runs on the software framework. identifying a first application that is compatible with a software framework based on a baseline set of components associated with the first application and the software framework; determining, based on an explicit enumeration of changes in a component set of the first application and a component set of the software framework, whether the first application is compatible with the software framework, wherein the changes are tracked after a known compatibility baseline is defined for the baseline set of unenumerated components, and wherein the first application is compatible with the software framework based on: matching the known compatibility baseline of the first application and the software framework; and determining that the component set of the software framework comprises the component set of the first application, wherein when the component set of the first application is at least in part a subset of the software framework, the first application is compatible with the software framework; and matching the known compatibility baseline of the first application and the software framework; and determining that the component set of the software framework comprises the component set of the first application, wherein when the component set of the first application is at least in part a subset of the software framework, the first application is compatible with the software framework; and communicating a determination that the first application and the software framework are compatible, wherein the first application is compatible with the software framework if the first application runs on the software framework.
A method of manufacturing a particulate fragrance enhancer, comprising: coating a particulate core with a coating agent and a first fragrance in a mixing vessel to form a coated particulate core; and applying a second fragrance to the coated particulate core to form the particulate fragrance enhancer, said second fragrance being an encapsulated fragrance, wherein the manufacturing process is performed without melting the particulate core or any other components that amount to 5% or more of the particulate fragrance enhancer, such that the second fragrance is not embedded within a molten composition, and wherein the coating agent is a member selected from the group consisting of: propylene glycol, glycerol, butylene glycol, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, and combinations thereof. coating a particulate core with a coating agent and a first fragrance in a mixing vessel to form a coated particulate core; and applying a second fragrance to the coated particulate core to form the particulate fragrance enhancer, said second fragrance being an encapsulated fragrance, wherein the manufacturing process is performed without melting the particulate core or any other components that amount to 5% or more of the particulate fragrance enhancer, such that the second fragrance is not embedded within a molten composition, and wherein the coating agent is a member selected from the group consisting of: propylene glycol, glycerol, butylene glycol, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, and combinations thereof.
A screen unlocking method, comprising: obtaining a sliding path of a user on a screen, if a preset operation of the user on the screen is detected; determining a similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern; and unlocking the screen and lighting the whole screen, if the similarity between the sliding path and the preset unlocking pattern is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; wherein the method further comprises: after the preset operation of the user on the screen is detected and before determining the similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern, lighting the sliding path of the user on the screen simultaneously with the sliding of the user without lighting the whole screen if the sliding path of the user on the screen is detected, wherein determining a similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern comprises: transforming a pattern corresponding to the sliding path to have a same size as the preset unlocking pattern; calculating a histogram of a transformed pattern corresponding to the sliding path and calculating a histogram of the preset unlocking pattern; and determining the similarity between the sliding path and the preset unlocking pattern according to a similarity between the two histograms. obtaining a sliding path of a user on a screen, if a preset operation of the user on the screen is detected; determining a similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern; and unlocking the screen and lighting the whole screen, if the similarity between the sliding path and the preset unlocking pattern is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; wherein the method further comprises: after the preset operation of the user on the screen is detected and before determining the similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern, lighting the sliding path of the user on the screen simultaneously with the sliding of the user without lighting the whole screen if the sliding path of the user on the screen is detected, wherein determining a similarity between the sliding path and a preset unlocking pattern comprises: transforming a pattern corresponding to the sliding path to have a same size as the preset unlocking pattern; calculating a histogram of a transformed pattern corresponding to the sliding path and calculating a histogram of the preset unlocking pattern; and determining the similarity between the sliding path and the preset unlocking pattern according to a similarity between the two histograms. transforming a pattern corresponding to the sliding path to have a same size as the preset unlocking pattern; calculating a histogram of a transformed pattern corresponding to the sliding path and calculating a histogram of the preset unlocking pattern; and determining the similarity between the sliding path and the preset unlocking pattern according to a similarity between the two histograms.
A method for verifying a basic input/output system, BIOS, of a computing platform, the method comprising: executing a processor initialization module in response to a reset, wherein the processor initialization module is included in a processor in the computing platform and the processor initialization module comprises an initialization firmware verification module; attempting to verify initialization firmware stored in non-volatile memory in a processor package in the computing platform using the initialization firmware verification module; determining, by the initialization firmware whether a firmware interface table, FIT, exists with an entry comprising a signed manifest and a BIOS block, wherein the BIOS is included in a reprogrammable non-volatile memory; confirming integrity of the signed manifest by comparing a hash of the manifest to a hash value stored in a non-volatile memory of a trusted platform module of the computing platform; if the integrity is confirmed, then further verifying the signed manifest by: validating the digital signature, and determining that an associated key has not been revoked and is not expired and a model specific update register is false; and if the signed manifest is not successfully verified, reading a next entry in the FIT table, and repeating the verifying of the signed manifest until the signed manifest is successfully verified or no further entries exist in the FIT table; and initiating at least one response if at least one of the initialization firmware and the BIOS fails to verify. executing a processor initialization module in response to a reset, wherein the processor initialization module is included in a processor in the computing platform and the processor initialization module comprises an initialization firmware verification module; attempting to verify initialization firmware stored in non-volatile memory in a processor package in the computing platform using the initialization firmware verification module; determining, by the initialization firmware whether a firmware interface table, FIT, exists with an entry comprising a signed manifest and a BIOS block, wherein the BIOS is included in a reprogrammable non-volatile memory; confirming integrity of the signed manifest by comparing a hash of the manifest to a hash value stored in a non-volatile memory of a trusted platform module of the computing platform; if the integrity is confirmed, then further verifying the signed manifest by: validating the digital signature, and determining that an associated key has not been revoked and is not expired and a model specific update register is false; and if the signed manifest is not successfully verified, reading a next entry in the FIT table, and repeating the verifying of the signed manifest until the signed manifest is successfully verified or no further entries exist in the FIT table; and initiating at least one response if at least one of the initialization firmware and the BIOS fails to verify.
A method for grinding a blade of a knife with a rotating grinding disk, wherein the grinding disk comprises a grinding surface arranged at the end face and/or laterally and extending in the circumferential direction, wherein the grinding surface has a rounded recess extending in the circumferential direction, characterized in that the blade comprises a cutting edge, a blade back and a blade tip, firstly a first side of the blade and then a second side of the blade being fed to the rounded recess of the grinding surface at a feed angle, preferably the grinding angle (β), in such a way that firstly the blade tip rests at least in part against the rounded recess of the grinding surface, and either the blade tip is ground by the rounded recess to yield a rounded blade tip having a cutting edge or, in the case of a rounded blade tip already being present, the cutting edge is ground by the rounded recess, such that at least the entire rounded blade tip has a continuously extending cutting edge.
An automotive lighting appliance comprising: a substantially basin-shaped rear casing; a front half-shell which is arranged to close the opening of the rear casing, and is provided with at least one transparent or semi-transparent portion; and at least a first lighting assembly which emits light on command, and is located inside the rear casing so as to be able to backlight said transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front half-shell; said lighting assembly comprising: at least one light-guide plate made of photoconductive material, which is arranged inside the rear casing with a front sidewall of the plate facing said transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front half-shell, and with a rear sidewall of the plate facing the rear casing; and light emitting means which are located inside the rear casing at or close to the rear sidewall of the light-guide plate, and are adapted to direct the light produced inside the light-guide plate so that said light travels inside the light-guide plate towards the front sidewall of the light-guide plate and is emitted from the light-guide plate through the same front sidewall directed towards said transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front half-shell; wherein the light-guide plate is divided into at least a first and a second plate-like sector co-planar to each other, which are arranged mutually adjacent and contiguous, are made of photoconductive materials with refractive indices different from each other, and are stably joined to each other to form a single plate-like body/piece along a join line that extends substantially from the vertex of the light-guide plate delimited by the front sidewall and by a first lateral sidewall of the light-guide plate, to an intermediate point of the rear sidewall of the light-guide plate. said lighting assembly comprising: at least one light-guide plate made of photoconductive material, which is arranged inside the rear casing with a front sidewall of the plate facing said transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front half-shell, and with a rear sidewall of the plate facing the rear casing; and light emitting means which are located inside the rear casing at or close to the rear sidewall of the light-guide plate, and are adapted to direct the light produced inside the light-guide plate so that said light travels inside the light-guide plate towards the front sidewall of the light-guide plate and is emitted from the light-guide plate through the same front sidewall directed towards said transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front half-shell; wherein the light-guide plate is divided into at least a first and a second plate-like sector co-planar to each other, which are arranged mutually adjacent and contiguous, are made of photoconductive materials with refractive indices different from each other, and are stably joined to each other to form a single plate-like body/piece along a join line that extends substantially from the vertex of the light-guide plate delimited by the front sidewall and by a first lateral sidewall of the light-guide plate, to an intermediate point of the rear sidewall of the light-guide plate.
An augmentation device (100, 100a) comprising an annular cone (200, 200a), which surrounds a channel (300, 300a) extending through the cone (200, 200a) from a proximal cone end to a distal cone end of the cone (200, 200a), the cone (200, 200a) being formed by a plurality of interconnected annular cone segments (250, 250a), a cone segment outer diameter of the individual cone segments (250, 250a) decreasing from the proximal cone end to the distal cone end and the cone segments (250, 250a) being separable from one another so that the cone (200, 200a) has an adaptable cone size, characterized in that the cone segments (250, 250a) are interconnected in an interlocking and/or frictional manner. an annular cone (200, 200a), which surrounds a channel (300, 300a) extending through the cone (200, 200a) from a proximal cone end to a distal cone end of the cone (200, 200a), the cone (200, 200a) being formed by a plurality of interconnected annular cone segments (250, 250a), a cone segment outer diameter of the individual cone segments (250, 250a) decreasing from the proximal cone end to the distal cone end and the cone segments (250, 250a) being separable from one another so that the cone (200, 200a) has an adaptable cone size, characterized in that the cone segments (250, 250a) are interconnected in an interlocking and/or frictional manner.
A surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10) configured to apply a tension to a surgical tensioning member so as to tension a strap portion of the surgical tensioning member about a target bone or parts thereof, the surgical tensioning member further including a locking portion configured to cooperate with the strap portion so as to maintain the tension in the surgical tensioning member, the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10) comprising: a body defining a front end and an opposed rear end; a grip movable relative to the body and configured to secure the strap portion of the surgical tensioning member to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10); an actuator operatively coupled to the body and configured to move from an initial position toward a tensioning position in response to an applied force, thereby causing the grip to move in a tensioning direction; and a clamping mechanism configured to secure the locking portion of the surgical tensioning member to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10), wherein the clamping mechanism comprises opposed clamping jaws at the front end of the body, at least one of the clamping jaws being configured to be movable between a closed position, in which the locking portion is secured to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10), and an open position, in which the locking portion is released from the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10); wherein the clamping mechanism is operable to move the at least one of the clamping jaws from the closed position to the open position upon its operation; characterized in that the clamping mechanism comprises a release button protruding from the body and configured to move the at least one of the clamping jaws from the closed position to the open position. a body defining a front end and an opposed rear end; a grip movable relative to the body and configured to secure the strap portion of the surgical tensioning member to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10); an actuator operatively coupled to the body and configured to move from an initial position toward a tensioning position in response to an applied force, thereby causing the grip to move in a tensioning direction; and a clamping mechanism configured to secure the locking portion of the surgical tensioning member to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10), wherein the clamping mechanism comprises opposed clamping jaws at the front end of the body, at least one of the clamping jaws being configured to be movable between a closed position, in which the locking portion is secured to the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10), and an open position, in which the locking portion is released from the surgical tensioning instrument (1; 10); wherein the clamping mechanism is operable to move the at least one of the clamping jaws from the closed position to the open position upon its operation; characterized in that the clamping mechanism comprises a release button protruding from the body and configured to move the at least one of the clamping jaws from the closed position to the open position.
A mobile water treatment system for producing potable water in a disaster area, comprising first and second reverse osmosis modules (12, 14), and comprising a changeover valve configured for selectively connecting the first reverse osmosis module and the second reverse osmosis module for permeate-stepped operation or for concentrate-stepped operation, wherein the changeover valve comprises a valve housing having a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein the first housing part has a plurality of port openings (34A, 34B, 34C, 34D) configured for connecting fluid lines (62, 64, 68, 70), wherein the second housing part has a plurality of channels (46, 48) configured for interconnecting defined port openings (34A, 34B, 34C, 34D) from the plurality of port openings in a fluid-conducting manner, and wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are held spatially adjustable relative to one another and define a first setting position and a second setting position, wherein the channels (46, 48) connect different port openings from the plurality of port openings (34A, 34B, 34C, 34D) to one another in the fluid-conducting manner as a function of the respective setting position.
A recovery tight (100, 900, 1100) comprising: a plurality of compression zones, wherein each of the plurality of compression zones has a compression force, and wherein one or more of the plurality of compression zones has an integrated structure pattern that is located at preconfigured locations within the respective compression zone and increases the compression force at the preconfigured locations thereby modifying the modulus of elasticity and the compression force within the respective compression zone wherein the integrated structure pattern comprises a plurality of areas offset from an outer-facing surface plane of the recovery tight, wherein the offset areas delineate and define a plurality of structures and the plurality of offset areas are formed using a shorter length knit stitch compared to the plurality of structures.