mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A wind protection for reversibly installing in a cabriolet for protecting the vehicle occupants against airstream turbulence, having a first wind deflector device for protecting the vehicle occupants comprising at least one frame (3, 23) and at least one flat material web, and having a second wind deflector device comprising at least one wind deflector frame and at least one flat material web, wherein the wind deflector frame of the second wind deflector device is reversibly coupled to said frame (3, 23) of the first wind deflector device by means of coupling elements, characterized in that the wind deflector frame of the second wind deflector device, in the state of being uncoupled from said frame (3, 23) of the first wind deflector device: - is implemented for setting up in the region of the head supports of a rear seat row, - is implemented so as to be inserted between the rear head supports, - is implemented for setting up in the region of a front row of seats of the cabriolet, - is coupleable to a folding top case cover fixedly mounted in the cabriolet but displaceable, and/or - is coupleable to the cabriolet in front of or above a traverse extending in the Y-direction of the cabriolet and connecting two rollover elements to each other, particularly by means of coupling points hidden beneath trim components of the cabriolet. - is implemented for setting up in the region of the head supports of a rear seat row, - is implemented so as to be inserted between the rear head supports, - is implemented for setting up in the region of a front row of seats of the cabriolet, - is coupleable to a folding top case cover fixedly mounted in the cabriolet but displaceable, and/or - is coupleable to the cabriolet in front of or above a traverse extending in the Y-direction of the cabriolet and connecting two rollover elements to each other, particularly by means of coupling points hidden beneath trim components of the cabriolet.
A circuit comprising: a first bridge transducer having a first output terminal and a second output terminal and a first bias terminal and a second bias terminal; a second bridge transducer having a first output terminal and a second output terminal and a first bias terminal and a second bias terminal, wherein the first output terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the first output terminal of the second bridge transducer, wherein the first bias terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the first bias terminal of the second bridge transducer, and wherein the second bias terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the second bias terminal of the second bridge transducer; and a differential amplifier comprising a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the second output terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to a base of the first transistor and the second output terminal of the second bridge transducer is coupled to a base of the second transistor. a first bridge transducer having a first output terminal and a second output terminal and a first bias terminal and a second bias terminal; a second bridge transducer having a first output terminal and a second output terminal and a first bias terminal and a second bias terminal, wherein the first output terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the first output terminal of the second bridge transducer, wherein the first bias terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the first bias terminal of the second bridge transducer, and wherein the second bias terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to the second bias terminal of the second bridge transducer; and a differential amplifier comprising a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the second output terminal of the first bridge transducer is coupled to a base of the first transistor and the second output terminal of the second bridge transducer is coupled to a base of the second transistor.
A steering yoke comprising: a hollow cylindrical body formed from a laminated sheet of metal and polymer, the hollow cylindrical body including a top having an arcuate indent for receiving a steering rack shaft, wherein the arcuate indent includes a contact surface comprising a polymer layer and an open bottom; and a spring perch disposed in the open bottom of the hollow cylindrical body, wherein the spring perch includes a circular indent configured to support and retain a spring for supplying a biasing force to the yoke and an upward projecting dimple in the circular indent to center the spring within the circular indent; characterized in that the steering yoke further comprises a plurality of welds (542a, 542b) attaching the spring perch to the hollow cylindrical body, wherein the polymer layer on the contact surface contains one or more fillers selected from an aromatic polyester and graphite. a hollow cylindrical body formed from a laminated sheet of metal and polymer, the hollow cylindrical body including a top having an arcuate indent for receiving a steering rack shaft, wherein the arcuate indent includes a contact surface comprising a polymer layer and an open bottom; and a spring perch disposed in the open bottom of the hollow cylindrical body, wherein the spring perch includes a circular indent configured to support and retain a spring for supplying a biasing force to the yoke and an upward projecting dimple in the circular indent to center the spring within the circular indent; characterized in that the steering yoke further comprises a plurality of welds (542a, 542b) attaching the spring perch to the hollow cylindrical body, wherein the polymer layer on the contact surface contains one or more fillers selected from an aromatic polyester and graphite.
A device for the command of the start-up of a motorized means of transport on the basis of the validity of the insurance coverage and comprising: - An electronic assembly (2, 4, 5); - An external device on which to electronically memorize one or more indicative data of the validity of the insurance coverage of the user, said external device being connectable in communication with the electronic assembly (2, 4, 5) for the transfer of the insurance data contained in it; - And wherein the electronic assembly (2, 4, 5) comprises a processor to electronically read and process the data contained in the external device, and a time device placed in communication with the processor and capable of reading a current date and/or a geographical position in such a way as to command the block of the start-up of the means of transport in case of verification of an expired insurance coverage; - Characterized in that the processor is further programmed to make, following the consent for the start-up of the engine, a comparison in continuous cycle between the insurance data extrapolated and the current date and/or geographical position coming from the time device and updated in continuous cycle, the processor sending a block signal of the engine in case of invalidity of the insurance coverage; - The device further comprising a Transceiver CAN placed in communication with the processor and configured to operate said block of the engine at work in correspondence of the reception of said block signal. - An electronic assembly (2, 4, 5); - An external device on which to electronically memorize one or more indicative data of the validity of the insurance coverage of the user, said external device being connectable in communication with the electronic assembly (2, 4, 5) for the transfer of the insurance data contained in it; - And wherein the electronic assembly (2, 4, 5) comprises a processor to electronically read and process the data contained in the external device, and a time device placed in communication with the processor and capable of reading a current date and/or a geographical position in such a way as to command the block of the start-up of the means of transport in case of verification of an expired insurance coverage; - Characterized in that the processor is further programmed to make, following the consent for the start-up of the engine, a comparison in continuous cycle between the insurance data extrapolated and the current date and/or geographical position coming from the time device and updated in continuous cycle, the processor sending a block signal of the engine in case of invalidity of the insurance coverage; - The device further comprising a Transceiver CAN placed in communication with the processor and configured to operate said block of the engine at work in correspondence of the reception of said block signal.
A prosthesis socket for a prosthesis comprising an attachment member adapted to be connected to a distal prosthetic device and an outer socket which is formed mainly from a rigid material and comprises a proximal opening for receiving an amputation stump, said proximal opening being surrounded by an outer-socket edge, the outer-socket edge being formed from a flexible and non-elastic material in a ventral region, the flexible and non-elastic material being adapted such that flexible deformations can take place under the effect of the loads that customarily occur when wearing the prosthesis socket, but the proximal opening does not widen, the flexible and non-elastic material being adapted to a body shape of a wearer of the prosthesis socket, wherein the shape after forming the flexible and non-elastic material forms the rest position of the flexible and non-elastic material which it returns to if not subjected to other forces.
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a copy of an updated host operating system on a computer system; suspending all virtual machines running on the computer system; recording an allocation map and state for each of the virtual machines, wherein the allocation map comprises the RAM allocation of the virtual machines; shutting down the active host operating system; transferring execution from the active host operating system to a loader as part of the active host operating system shut down, wherein the loader executes in place of rebooting the computer system; reading a kernel of updated host operating system into RAM via the loader; loading the allocation map and state for each of the virtual machines; and resuming operation of the virtual machines by the updated host operating system. receiving a copy of an updated host operating system on a computer system; suspending all virtual machines running on the computer system; recording an allocation map and state for each of the virtual machines, wherein the allocation map comprises the RAM allocation of the virtual machines; shutting down the active host operating system; transferring execution from the active host operating system to a loader as part of the active host operating system shut down, wherein the loader executes in place of rebooting the computer system; reading a kernel of updated host operating system into RAM via the loader; loading the allocation map and state for each of the virtual machines; and resuming operation of the virtual machines by the updated host operating system.
Heating apparatus comprising at least one heater in which one or more electric heating elements are arranged, at least one heat transmitter, which is connected with the at least one heater and has heat transmitter surfaces and is formed from an extruded profile (1 a, 28, 28a) in which the at least one heater is fitted characterized in that at least part of the walls (6, 22, 22a) of the extruded profile (1 a), which are not in contact with a heating element, is provided with openings through which a gaseous or liquid medium can flow through the extruded profile (1a, 28, 28a) in transverse direction to the direction of extrusion, wherein the at least one heater is arranged in a hollow chamber of the heat transmitter.
Apparatus for an application which is critical to sequence or process safety in a freely programmable electronic controller of a machine environment, which has a computer and is designed to control the sequence of application programs (31, 32) on the basis of a runtime system (33, 34), having: - a hardware component in which the runtime system (33, 34) is integrated; - a central computing unit which has a microcontroller with a monitoring module and/or a protection module and has a first memory area and a second memory area; and - memory means which are connected to the central computing unit, the runtime system (33, 34) being part of a runtime system structure in the form of a computer program which has at least a dual design and is based on a first runtime system and a second runtime system, the first runtime system being in the form of a safe runtime system and the second runtime system being in the form of a normal runtime system, a safe runtime system being able to be understood as meaning a runtime system in which a check is carried out by the runtime system itself, and a normal runtime system not having this ability, the runtime system structure constituting a structure or environment for a runtime system (33, 34) in which it is possible to integrate an individual runtime system (33, 34) in the machine environment in such a manner that a normal application program and a safe application program can run on the computer of the machine environment, in which case, in order to produce different priority levels, provision is made of an operating system or an operating system substitute in which timers of the central computing unit are used to provide the different priority levels, and the safe application program and the normal application program running alongside one another, and influence of the normal application program on the safe application program being excluded by virtue of a priority being granted to the safe runtime system over the normal runtime system by means of system monitoring. - a hardware component in which the runtime system (33, 34) is integrated; - a central computing unit which has a microcontroller with a monitoring module and/or a protection module and has a first memory area and a second memory area; and - memory means which are connected to the central computing unit,
Method for controlling an EGR valve of an internal combustion engine based on a flow model, the flow model estimating an EGR flow rate ṁ EGR,est (dmEGR_Est) outgoing from the EGR valve to control an opening/closing of said EGR valve, on the basis of operating parameters (p2, p3, T_EGR) of the internal combustion engine; the method being characterized in that it models said EGR valve as a nozzle, thereby an EGR flow rate is assimilated to an equivalent ideal flow, stationary, adiabatic and reversible, according to the equation m ̇ EGR, est = A eff ⋅ p 3 2 γ γ − 1 Π th 2 / γ −Π th γ + 1 / γ RT EGR Wherein - ∏ th = max p 2 p 3 2 γ + 1 γ γ − 1 - p2 is a pressure measured downstream of the EGR valve, namely at the intake manifold; - p3 is a pressure measured upstream of the EGR valve, namely at the exhaust manifold; - T_EGR is a temperature measured upstream of the EGR valve, namely the temperature at the exhaust manifold; and it calculates a relative equivalent outflow area Aeff to correct said estimation of the EGR flow rate ṁ EGR,est outgoing from the EGR valve and in that said control method further comprises the calculation of a flow rate error (dmEGR_Err), calculated by means of said estimated flow rate ṁ EGR,est with respect to a reference value (dmEGR_Ref) and a feedback step of said flow rate error in the calculation of said equivalent outflow area Aeff and to control said opening/closing of said EGR valve. - ∏ th = max p 2 p 3 2 γ + 1 γ γ − 1 - p2 is a pressure measured downstream of the EGR valve, namely at the intake manifold; - p3 is a pressure measured upstream of the EGR valve, namely at the exhaust manifold; - T_EGR is a temperature measured upstream of the EGR valve, namely the temperature at the exhaust manifold;
A gas turbine engine having, in flow series, a compressor section (12, 13, 14), a combustor, and a turbine section (16, 17, 18), and further having: a cooling system which diverts an air flow received from the compressor section (12, 13, 14) to a heat exchanger and then to the turbine section (16, 17, 18) to cool a component thereof, the air flow by-passing the combustor and being cooled in the heat exchanger, and the cooling system having a valve arrangement (34, 38) which regulates air flow downstream of the heat exchanger; and a closed-loop controller apparatus comprising; one or more temperature measuring devices adapted to measure the temperature of the component at one or more locations thereof a comparator for comparing values of the measured temperatures with one or more corresponding desired temperature targets and calculating an error value between the measured temperatures and the temperature target, the comparator in data communication with a control unit to which the error value is sent; the control unit configured to issue a current demand signal, the current demand signal operable to cause the valve arrangement (34, 38) to control the cooling air flow to address the error, wherein the current demand signal is determined by the control unit using demand signals issued by the control unit at previous time steps, and means for communicating the current demand signal to the valve arrangement. a cooling system which diverts an air flow received from the compressor section (12, 13, 14) to a heat exchanger and then to the turbine section (16, 17, 18) to cool a component thereof, the air flow by-passing the combustor and being cooled in the heat exchanger, and the cooling system having a valve arrangement (34, 38) which regulates air flow downstream of the heat exchanger; and a closed-loop controller apparatus comprising;
A glove for vibration insulation comprising a gripping side and a hand-back side, each side comprises an inner surface and an outer surface; wherein said gripping side comprises a palm covering portion and at least one finger covering portion; and wherein said finger covering portion comprises a first material and an insulation material; and wherein said insulation material is arranged in front of said first material as seen from the outer surface of said gripping side; and wherein said first material and said insulation material cover at least 20 % of the length of said finger covering portion characterized in that the first material has a density of at least 1.5 g/cm 3.
Apparatus for use with prosthetic valve leaflets that are configured to be deployed within a native atrio-ventricular valve that is disposed between an atrium and a ventricle of a heart of a mammalian subject, the native atrio-ventricular valve including a valve annulus, valve leaflets, chords, and papillary muscles, the apparatus comprising: a valve frame configured to support the prosthetic valve leaflets within the native atrio-ventricular valve, the valve frame comprising: an atrial part comprising a disc-shaped portion configured to be deployed on an atrial side of the valve annulus; a cylindrical part to which the prosthetic valve leaflets are coupled, the cylindrical part configured to be deployed such that a ventricular end of the cylindrical part is disposed within the ventricle; and a plurality of chord-recruiting arms configured to extend at least radially from the ventricular end of the cylindrical part, characterized in that the chord-recruiting arms are coupled to the ventricular end of the cylindrical part via stitches, and the stitches being configured to act as hinges, such that upon the chord-recruiting arms being released from a radially-constrained configuration, while the cylindrical part is held in an at least partially radially-constrained configuration, the chord-recruiting arms are configured to extend radially outwardly by pivoting about the stitches with respect to the cylindrical part. a valve frame configured to support the prosthetic valve leaflets within the native atrio-ventricular valve, the valve frame comprising: an atrial part comprising a disc-shaped portion configured to be deployed on an atrial side of the valve annulus; a cylindrical part to which the prosthetic valve leaflets are coupled, the cylindrical part configured to be deployed such that a ventricular end of the cylindrical part is disposed within the ventricle; and a plurality of chord-recruiting arms configured to extend at least radially from the ventricular end of the cylindrical part, an atrial part comprising a disc-shaped portion configured to be deployed on an atrial side of the valve annulus; a cylindrical part to which the prosthetic valve leaflets are coupled, the cylindrical part configured to be deployed such that a ventricular end of the cylindrical part is disposed within the ventricle; and a plurality of chord-recruiting arms configured to extend at least radially from the ventricular end of the cylindrical part, characterized in that the chord-recruiting arms are coupled to the ventricular end of the cylindrical part via stitches, and the stitches being configured to act as hinges, such that upon the chord-recruiting arms being released from a radially-constrained configuration, while the cylindrical part is held in an at least partially radially-constrained configuration, the chord-recruiting arms are configured to extend radially outwardly by pivoting about the stitches with respect to the cylindrical part.
A cartridge arranged for integration and use with first and second ozonation devices of different types, the cartridge comprising: an air inlet to receive atmospheric air; a desiccant and/or nitrogen removing material to remove moisture and/or nitrogen from the received atmospheric air; an air outlet for interfacing with one of the first and second types of ozonation devices to provide dry and/or oxygen enriched air to an ozone generator; a usage counter comprising a processor, the processor operable to: modify a stored usage count, in response to receipt of a first cycle completion signal received from a first cycle count manager of the first ozonation device, and modify the stored usage count in response to receipt of a second cycle completion signal received from a second cycle count manager of the second ozonation device; and a device interface arranged to provide an expiry indication indicating that the cartridge is no longer suitable for further use based on the stored usage count. an air inlet to receive atmospheric air; a desiccant and/or nitrogen removing material to remove moisture and/or nitrogen from the received atmospheric air; an air outlet for interfacing with one of the first and second types of ozonation devices to provide dry and/or oxygen enriched air to an ozone generator; a usage counter comprising a processor, the processor operable to: modify a stored usage count, in response to receipt of a first cycle completion signal received from a first cycle count manager of the first ozonation device, and modify the stored usage count in response to receipt of a second cycle completion signal received from a second cycle count manager of the second ozonation device; and a device interface arranged to provide an expiry indication indicating that the cartridge is no longer suitable for further use based on the stored usage count. modify a stored usage count, in response to receipt of a first cycle completion signal received from a first cycle count manager of the first ozonation device, and modify the stored usage count in response to receipt of a second cycle completion signal received from a second cycle count manager of the second ozonation device; and a device interface arranged to provide an expiry indication indicating that the cartridge is no longer suitable for further use based on the stored usage count.