mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for operating an ultrasonic transducer, in which ultrasonic signals are emitted by the ultrasonic transducer and reflected ultrasonic echoes are received again by the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is coupled to a resonant circuit in parallel, comprising the following steps: (a) exciting the resonant circuit by means of a signal generator connected in series with the resonant circuit, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is excited via the resonant circuit and emits an ultrasonic signal, (b)damping the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer, (c)receiving the ultrasonic echo, characterized in that for the purpose of damping the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer in accordance with step (b), the excitation of the resonant circuit by means of the signal generator is ended and the signal generator is disconnected from the resonant circuit for a defined time duration to, wherein an induced voltage occurring in the resonant circuit upon the disconnection of the signal generator is limited by means of a voltage limiter, wherein the signal generator is coupled to the resonant circuit again after the time duration to has elapsed, wherein the phase of the oscillation of the resonant circuit is shifted relative to the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer and the phase-shifted oscillation of the resonant circuit damps the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer. (a) exciting the resonant circuit by means of a signal generator connected in series with the resonant circuit, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is excited via the resonant circuit and emits an ultrasonic signal, (b)damping the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer, (c)receiving the ultrasonic echo,
A print head unit comprising: • a print head for ejecting droplets of a marking material; • an electronic print head controller electrically connected to the print head; • a coupling assembly for mechanically coupling the print head and the print head controller; wherein, in an assembled state, the coupling assembly provides a first coupling state and a second coupling state, wherein • in the first coupling state, the print head and the print head controller are fixed relative to each other; • in the second coupling state, the print head and the print head controller are enabled to move relative to each other within a range limited by the coupling assembly, so that the print head and the print head controller are positionable and mounted independently of one another. • a print head for ejecting droplets of a marking material; • an electronic print head controller electrically connected to the print head; • a coupling assembly for mechanically coupling the print head and the print head controller; wherein, in an assembled state, the coupling assembly provides a first coupling state and a second coupling state, wherein • in the first coupling state, the print head and the print head controller are fixed relative to each other; • in the second coupling state, the print head and the print head controller are enabled to move relative to each other within a range limited by the coupling assembly, so that the print head and the print head controller are positionable and mounted independently of one another.
Trocar comprising a trocar sleeve and a trocar head, the trocar sleeve comprising a first and a second region (3, 4), - the first region being for positioning within a body and having a holding means to prevent the trocar sleeve slipping out from the body, the holding means having strip-like regions which are spaced apart from each other by openings in the trocar sleeve and which strip-like regions are formed of a shape memory material, the strip-like regions having a bent initial state, whereby the strip-like regions have an expanded state, and - the second region being formed to receive a trocar shaft and the trocar sleeve having inside at least one means for detachable assembly of a trocar shaft, the means for detachable assembly arranged inside the trocar sleeve being formed in such a way as to engage with a means for detachable assembly arranged on the trocar shaft, characterised in that the trocar sleeve is integrally formed. - the first region being for positioning within a body and having a holding means to prevent the trocar sleeve slipping out from the body, the holding means having strip-like regions which are spaced apart from each other by openings in the trocar sleeve and which strip-like regions are formed of a shape memory material, the strip-like regions having a bent initial state, whereby the strip-like regions have an expanded state, and - the second region being formed to receive a trocar shaft and the trocar sleeve having inside at least one means for detachable assembly of a trocar shaft, the means for detachable assembly arranged inside the trocar sleeve being formed in such a way as to engage with a means for detachable assembly arranged on the trocar shaft, characterised in that the trocar sleeve is integrally formed.
A measuring apparatus comprising: a right-handed glove configured to be worn on the right hand of a user; a left-handed glove configured to be worn on the left hand of the user; a first wireless communication device attached to the right-handed glove; a second wireless communication device attached to the left-handed glove; and a calculating device; wherein the first and second wireless communication devices are configured to wirelessly communicate time-based signals with each other; and wherein the calculating device utilizes the time-based signals to determine a first dimension of an object. a right-handed glove configured to be worn on the right hand of a user; a left-handed glove configured to be worn on the left hand of the user; a first wireless communication device attached to the right-handed glove; a second wireless communication device attached to the left-handed glove; and a calculating device; wherein the first and second wireless communication devices are configured to wirelessly communicate time-based signals with each other; and wherein the calculating device utilizes the time-based signals to determine a first dimension of an object.
A method of moving and labelling reels (R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4,...R n) of a web material such as paper or nonwoven, each reel (R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4,...R n) having a central core piece which is hollow and the web material being wound around the central core piece, the method comprising the steps of; inserting a robot arm into the central core piece of at least one reel (R 1); using the robot arm to move the at least one reel (R 1) from a first position to a second position; and the step of fixing an inner label onto the central core piece, characterized in that the inner label is placed on the robot arm and held by the robot arm by suction before the robot arm is inserted into the central core piece and in that the robot arm is used both to fix the inner label to the central core piece and to move the at least one reel (R 1).
A method of providing holes in a turbine engine structure comprising the steps of: a) casting one or more locating holes that extend to an exterior surface of a structure; and b) machining film holes in the exterior surface to intersect the locating holes. a) casting one or more locating holes that extend to an exterior surface of a structure; and b) machining film holes in the exterior surface to intersect the locating holes.
A composition for dust suppression and containment of radioactive products of combustion after the extinguishing of a fire with a radiation factor, comprising an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer and a surfactant, characterized in that it contains a mixture of an anionic, a non-ionic and an amphoteric surfactant as a surfactant with the following proportions of components, wt%: an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol, in terms of a mass fraction of dry product PVA 3.0-7.0 a plasticizer 0.1-0.3 surfactant 11.0-29.0 water a remainder; wherein glycerine is used as a plasticizer, sulfonol P is used as an anionic surfactant, OXI SAA AP.30 is used as a non-ionic surfactant, BETA SAA AP.45 is used as an amphoteric surfactant.
A cutting ring for a pipe joint with a front area facing a connecting piece of the pipe joint, and with a rear area facing a union nut of the pipe joint, wherein in the front area a front blade is formed, wherein in the rear area a rear blade is formed, characterised in that the cutting ring comprises an O-ring seal, that a circumferential recess (15, 15b) is provided on the rear blade, which is formed as a groove for receiving the O-ring seal, and that on the rear edge of the recess (15, 15b) a first cutting edge (16, 16b) is formed.
A method for determining an optimal camera view from amongst a plurality of camera views, the method comprising: locating an active talker at a first endpoint by a first electronic device using a first sound source location module; deriving second-order information from the first sound source location module; locating the active talker at the first endpoint by a second electronic device using a second sound source location module; deriving second-order information from the second sound source location module; capturing a first face view of the active talker using a camera of the first electronic device; capturing a second face view of the active talker using a camera of the second electronic device; determining the optimal camera view from amongst the first face view and the second face view, based on the second-order information; and including the optimal camera view in a video stream for transmission to a second endpoint; wherein the second-order information for each device includes pan-ratio, PR, number-of-counts, NC, and a ratio of high-band energy signals to low-band energy signals, HBLD; wherein the PR is determined by calculating a ratio of the peak signal to the average signal in a steered response power plot, and NC is the number of times that a sound source localization algorithm is able to determine the source of the sound in question within a predetermined period. locating an active talker at a first endpoint by a first electronic device using a first sound source location module; deriving second-order information from the first sound source location module; locating the active talker at the first endpoint by a second electronic device using a second sound source location module; deriving second-order information from the second sound source location module; capturing a first face view of the active talker using a camera of the first electronic device; capturing a second face view of the active talker using a camera of the second electronic device; determining the optimal camera view from amongst the first face view and the second face view, based on the second-order information; and including the optimal camera view in a video stream for transmission to a second endpoint; wherein the second-order information for each device includes pan-ratio, PR, number-of-counts, NC, and a ratio of high-band energy signals to low-band energy signals, HBLD; wherein the PR is determined by calculating a ratio of the peak signal to the average signal in a steered response power plot, and NC is the number of times that a sound source localization algorithm is able to determine the source of the sound in question within a predetermined period.
A two-wheeled vehicle tyre comprising: a tread portion being provided with a row of crown blocks arranged on a tyre equator and a row of middle blocks arranged axially outwardly of the row of crown blocks, wherein the tyre further comprising a tyre main body that continuous over a tyre circumferential direction at a same cross-sectional shape and that extends between axially spaced bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions, the circumferential pitch lengths of directly adjacent crown blocks being greater than circumferential pitch lengths of directly adjacent middle blocks, and characterized in that the crown blocks are arranged such that when ground contact surfaces of the crown blocks are projected onto an outer surface of the tyre main body along each tyre normal line of the crown blocks, each projected region of the crown blocks is located within a region of 13% of an outer surface length of the tyre main body from a tyre equatorial plane to a bottom of one of the bead portions, from the tyre equatorial plane. a tread portion being provided with a row of crown blocks arranged on a tyre equator and a row of middle blocks arranged axially outwardly of the row of crown blocks, wherein the tyre further comprising a tyre main body that continuous over a tyre circumferential direction at a same cross-sectional shape and that extends between axially spaced bead portions through the tread portion and sidewall portions, the circumferential pitch lengths of directly adjacent crown blocks being greater than circumferential pitch lengths of directly adjacent middle blocks, and characterized in that the crown blocks are arranged such that when ground contact surfaces of the crown blocks are projected onto an outer surface of the tyre main body along each tyre normal line of the crown blocks, each projected region of the crown blocks is located within a region of 13% of an outer surface length of the tyre main body from a tyre equatorial plane to a bottom of one of the bead portions, from the tyre equatorial plane.
A heater system comprising: a heater including a resistive element (34, 60) with a high temperature coefficient of resistance of at least about 1,000 ppm, wherein the resistive element (34, 60) is a material having greater than about 95% nickel; characterized in that the resistive element (34, 60) has a temperature drift of less than about 1% over a temperature range of about 500°C - 1,000°C, such that the resistive element (34, 60) functions as a heater and as a temperature sensor, and that the heater system further comprises a heater control module including a two-wire controller with power control module including a control system that is configured to periodically compare a measured resistance value of the resistive element (34, 60) against a reference temperature to adjust for resistance drift over time. a heater including a resistive element (34, 60) with a high temperature coefficient of resistance of at least about 1,000 ppm, wherein the resistive element (34, 60) is a material having greater than about 95% nickel; characterized in that the resistive element (34, 60) has a temperature drift of less than about 1% over a temperature range of about 500°C - 1,000°C, such that the resistive element (34, 60) functions as a heater and as a temperature sensor, and that the heater system further comprises a heater control module including a two-wire controller with power control module including a control system that is configured to periodically compare a measured resistance value of the resistive element (34, 60) against a reference temperature to adjust for resistance drift over time.
A guide device for a sliding door (3, 4), comprising: a) a rail (6, 6') b) a guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) which is displaceable along the rail (6, 6'), c) a holder (10, 30) which can be fixed to a sliding door (3, 4), and d) a connecting element (20, 40) for connecting the holder (10, 30) to the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60)" whereby the connecting element (20, 40) comprises at least one bent wire, whereby the connecting element (20, 40) between the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) and the holder (10, 30) comprises at least two spaced sections (22, 22', 42) made of bent wire, characterized in that the distance between the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) and the holder (10, 30) is adjustable by elastic bending of the wire, whereby the bent wire, as seen in a side view perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the rail (6, 6'), is formed in a U-shaped manner, and the holder (10, 30) is arranged or formed on a first leg and the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) on a second leg, and whereby the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) is mounted on a bracket of the bent wire or integrally formed with the bracket. a) a rail (6, 6') b) a guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) which is displaceable along the rail (6, 6'), c) a holder (10, 30) which can be fixed to a sliding door (3, 4), and d) a connecting element (20, 40) for connecting the holder (10, 30) to the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60)" whereby the connecting element (20, 40) comprises at least one bent wire, whereby the connecting element (20, 40) between the guide element (23, 43, 50, 50', 60) and the holder (10, 30) comprises at least two spaced sections (22, 22', 42) made of bent wire,
A method for testing a secondary control circuit in a redundant control configuration comprising: in a primary control circuit (110a, 210a), receiving a control signal and controlling an attribute of an actuator (104, 204) based on the control signal using a first control input of the actuator; and in the secondary control circuit (110b, 210b), testing operation of an actuator circuit using a test signal, the actuator circuit comprising at least part of the secondary control circuit (110b, 210b) and a second control input of the actuator, wherein the test signal is a current having a magnitude less than a bias current of the actuator and is selected to avoid causing independent motion of the actuator. in a primary control circuit (110a, 210a), receiving a control signal and controlling an attribute of an actuator (104, 204) based on the control signal using a first control input of the actuator; and in the secondary control circuit (110b, 210b), testing operation of an actuator circuit using a test signal, the actuator circuit comprising at least part of the secondary control circuit (110b, 210b) and a second control input of the actuator, wherein the test signal is a current having a magnitude less than a bias current of the actuator and is selected to avoid causing independent motion of the actuator.
A transportable telecommunication interconnection device for interconnecting a plurality of communication devices to a telecommunication network, comprising: a transportable enclosure comprising an end wall defining the base of the enclosure and a peripheral wall extending along an axis perpendicular to the end wall and defining a chamber, the interconnection device chacterized in that the transportable enclosure further comprising a separation wall positioned parallel to the end wall within the chamber at a given position along the axis to define an enclosed compartment and an open compartment within the chamber, the open compartment being sized for receiving at least some of the communication devices such as at least one of a group of analog phones, a group of digital key phones and a group of IP phones; and in that it is including a chamber cover for removably closing the open compartment; input and output port connectors extending through at least part of the peripheral wall defining the enclosed compartment, the input port connectors for connection to the communication network and the output port connectors for connection to the plurality of communication devices; and a processing device positioned within the enclosed compartment, connected to the input and output ports, and configured for interconnecting the input port connectors to the output port connectors. a transportable enclosure comprising an end wall defining the base of the enclosure and a peripheral wall extending along an axis perpendicular to the end wall and defining a chamber, the interconnection device chacterized in that the transportable enclosure further comprising a separation wall positioned parallel to the end wall within the chamber at a given position along the axis to define an enclosed compartment and an open compartment within the chamber, the open compartment being sized for receiving at least some of the communication devices such as at least one of a group of analog phones, a group of digital key phones and a group of IP phones; and in that it is including a chamber cover for removably closing the open compartment; input and output port connectors extending through at least part of the peripheral wall defining the enclosed compartment, the input port connectors for connection to the communication network and the output port connectors for connection to the plurality of communication devices; and a processing device positioned within the enclosed compartment, connected to the input and output ports, and configured for interconnecting the input port connectors to the output port connectors.
A proportional spool valve for adjusting a displaced volume of a displacement pump, in particular of an oil pump in a motor vehicle, the proportional spool valve comprising a valve housing and a valve spool which is mounted in the valve housing and displaceable along a displacement axis and which can be displaced against the spring force of a valve spring axially supported on a spring holder which is fixed relative to the valve housing by energizing an electrical coil assembly, both the preferably single-piece spring holder and the valve housing being made of plastic and the spring holder being welded to the valve housing, an integral welded connection being formed, characterized in that the spring holder has at least one spool section (17, 18) which extends outwards in the radial direction and which, in a circumferential direction, is welded to a valve housing section (19, 20, 21, 22) in the form of a ridge projecting outwards in the radial direction.
A method for self-diagnosing a mobile device comprising at least one or more actuators (151, 152), one or more sensors (141, 142) and a display, the method comprising: feeding a pre-defined control signal to a first actuator of the mobile device; measuring, in response to the feeding, a first electric signal using a first sensor of the one or more sensors (141, 142); comparing the first electric signal to one or more reference signals associated with the first actuator and the pre-defined control signal; and indicating, in response to the first electric signal failing to match the one or more reference signals according to one or more pre-defined criteria, a negative diagnosis to a user of the mobile device using one or more of the display of the mobile device and the one or more actuators (151, 152) of the mobile device. feeding a pre-defined control signal to a first actuator of the mobile device; measuring, in response to the feeding, a first electric signal using a first sensor of the one or more sensors (141, 142); comparing the first electric signal to one or more reference signals associated with the first actuator and the pre-defined control signal; and indicating, in response to the first electric signal failing to match the one or more reference signals according to one or more pre-defined criteria, a negative diagnosis to a user of the mobile device using one or more of the display of the mobile device and the one or more actuators (151, 152) of the mobile device.