mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for distinguishing between forwards motion and backwards motion in a vehicle having an FMCW radar sensor (10; 10') which is designed to measure distances and relative speeds of objects in the traffic environment of the vehicle, characterized in that forwards motion and backwards motion are distinguished on the basis of a characteristic signature of a signal received by the radar sensor (10; 10') and in the process a characteristic signature of a ground clutter signal is evaluated by virtue of the method having the following steps of: - receiving a signal (|V|) from a speed sensor and calculating the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed from this signal, - calculating an expected ground clutter spectrum on the basis of the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed, assuming forwards motion, - calculating an expected ground clutter spectrum on the basis of the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed, assuming backwards motion, - comparing the two expected spectra (42, 44) with the ground clutter spectrum actually measured by the radar sensor. - receiving a signal (|V|) from a speed sensor and calculating the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed from this signal, - calculating an expected ground clutter spectrum on the basis of the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed, assuming forwards motion, - calculating an expected ground clutter spectrum on the basis of the magnitude of the vehicle's own speed, assuming backwards motion, - comparing the two expected spectra (42, 44) with the ground clutter spectrum actually measured by the radar sensor.
A brake member for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a substrate; and a copper-free friction lining disposed over at least a region of the substrate, wherein the friction lining is formed from a composition that includes: a fibrous form of an aluminum-magnesium alloy; a lead-free solid lubricant; and a binder, characterized in that the composition consists of: 5% to 6% by weight of the solid lubricant; 5% to 9.75% by weight of the fibrous form of the aluminum-magnesium alloy; 13% to 17% by weight of an abrasive composition; 7% to 10% by weight of an organic filler composition; and 57.25% to 70% by weight of a remainder that includes at least one of an inorganic filler and the binder. a substrate; and a copper-free friction lining disposed over at least a region of the substrate, wherein the friction lining is formed from a composition that includes: a fibrous form of an aluminum-magnesium alloy; a lead-free solid lubricant; and a binder, a fibrous form of an aluminum-magnesium alloy; a lead-free solid lubricant; and a binder, characterized in that the composition consists of: 5% to 6% by weight of the solid lubricant; 5% to 9.75% by weight of the fibrous form of the aluminum-magnesium alloy; 13% to 17% by weight of an abrasive composition; 7% to 10% by weight of an organic filler composition; and 57.25% to 70% by weight of a remainder that includes at least one of an inorganic filler and the binder. 5% to 6% by weight of the solid lubricant; 5% to 9.75% by weight of the fibrous form of the aluminum-magnesium alloy; 13% to 17% by weight of an abrasive composition; 7% to 10% by weight of an organic filler composition; and 57.25% to 70% by weight of a remainder that includes at least one of an inorganic filler and the binder.
Seeder designed to sow in the presence of vegetation cover or stubble and comprising a chassis which carries furrowing implements and sowing implements, this seeder comprising a roller fixed to the chassis, being mounted so as to be pivotable about a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the direction of advance at work, said roller being equipped with cutters distributed over its circumference, seeder characterised in that said roller extends under the chassis, over the whole of the working width of the seeder, within the overall dimensions of the latter and directly in front of the furrowing implements, in that said roller comprises a plurality of independent constituent sections, aligned in the direction of the longitudinal axis and substantially adjacent, in that each section of the roller is divided into two portions, in that each portion of each section of the roller consists of a plurality of cutters in the form of elongate blades extending between two rotary flanges in the direction of the longitudinal axis, being distributed regularly over the periphery of said flanges of substantially discoid shape and provided with receiving and fixing sites distributed over their outer periphery, each portion thus having an apertured cage structure and the flanges being connected to the chassis by supporting arms which are pivotable and adjustable in position, this being by means of the hub of the section in question, and in that the cutters of the two portions of a section are angularly offset from each other, preferably by half a step.
A device for generating multiple collimated light beams, comprising: a carrier; at least two light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) mounted on the carrier, the light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) being configured to emit, each from an aperture (10 a, 10 b, 10 c), light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) at wavelengths (λ a, λ b, λ c), respectively, and being arranged, with respect to axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c), substantially parallel and substantially in a common plane; and a first lens mounted on the carrier intersectingly to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) and having a principal plane, wherein the light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) have their apertures (10 a, 10 b, 10 c) aligned along an alignment line substantially perpendicular to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c), wherein said principal plane of the first lens is non-perpendicular to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) and is non-parallel to the alignment line characterized in that said wavelengths (λ a, λ b, λ c) are different, and in that said first lens is a fast axis collimation lens or a slow axis collimation lends. a carrier; at least two light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) mounted on the carrier, the light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) being configured to emit, each from an aperture (10 a, 10 b, 10 c), light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) at wavelengths (λ a, λ b, λ c), respectively, and being arranged, with respect to axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c), substantially parallel and substantially in a common plane; and a first lens mounted on the carrier intersectingly to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) and having a principal plane, wherein the light generation units (2 a, 2 b, 2 c) have their apertures (10 a, 10 b, 10 c) aligned along an alignment line substantially perpendicular to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c), wherein said principal plane of the first lens is non-perpendicular to the axes (6 a, 6 b, 6 c) of the light beams (5 a, 5 b, 5 c) and is non-parallel to the alignment line characterized in that said wavelengths (λ a, λ b, λ c) are different, and in that said first lens is a fast axis collimation lens or a slow axis collimation lends.
A method for providing a heat mode for an exhaust gas after treatment device in a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, a transmission, and a clutch connecting the internal combustion engine to the transmission and driving wheels, the method comprising the steps of: establishing that a heat mode for the exhaust gas after treatment device is demanded, establishing that driving of the vehicle is demanded, and characterised in that during a period when the clutch is at least partially recoupling the transmission (13; 103) after an adaption of a gear ratio of the transmission, providing at least a predominant part of a required driving torque to the driving wheels by the internal combustion engine (11; 104), such that exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine are heating the exhaust gas after treatment device. establishing that a heat mode for the exhaust gas after treatment device is demanded, establishing that driving of the vehicle is demanded, and characterised in that during a period when the clutch is at least partially recoupling the transmission (13; 103) after an adaption of a gear ratio of the transmission, providing at least a predominant part of a required driving torque to the driving wheels by the internal combustion engine (11; 104), such that exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine are heating the exhaust gas after treatment device.
A method of preparing acicular metal-silica composite aerogel particles, the method comprising steps of: adding an acidic solution and a water glass solution to a reactor; forming an acicular intermediate by adding a solution including a metal salt after the addition of the water glass solution; adding a basic catalyst to the reactor including the acicular intermediate to perform a gelation reaction, and washing, performing solvent substitution, and drying after step, wherein concentrations of the acidic solution and the solution including a metal salt are in a range of 1.0 M to 3.0 M, and a concentration of the water glass solution is in a range of 0.33 M to 1.0 M. adding an acidic solution and a water glass solution to a reactor; forming an acicular intermediate by adding a solution including a metal salt after the addition of the water glass solution; adding a basic catalyst to the reactor including the acicular intermediate to perform a gelation reaction, and washing, performing solvent substitution, and drying after step, wherein concentrations of the acidic solution and the solution including a metal salt are in a range of 1.0 M to 3.0 M, and a concentration of the water glass solution is in a range of 0.33 M to 1.0 M. washing, performing solvent substitution, and drying after step, wherein concentrations of the acidic solution and the solution including a metal salt are in a range of 1.0 M to 3.0 M, and a concentration of the water glass solution is in a range of 0.33 M to 1.0 M.
An expandable material comprising: i) a relatively high molecular weight polymeric material including epoxy resin having a molecular weight greater than about 1200; ii) relatively high molecular weight polymeric materials being epoxy/rubber adducts; iii) a thermoplastic that can be toughened and which is a thermoplastic epoxy resin, or polymeric materials being rubbers; and iv) fillers that provide self support to the material and characterized in that the fillers are aramid pulp and wollastonite. i) a relatively high molecular weight polymeric material including epoxy resin having a molecular weight greater than about 1200; ii) relatively high molecular weight polymeric materials being epoxy/rubber adducts; iii) a thermoplastic that can be toughened and which is a thermoplastic epoxy resin, or polymeric materials being rubbers; and iv) fillers that provide self support to the material and
Apparatus for positioning cleats on cycling shoes, comprising a support plate on which the arch of the foot is to be pressed, a vertical measuring device provided with an end stop able to slide freely on the said support plate so as to be brought into contact with the heel bone of the foot, a buffer wall for halting the front part of the foot, at the level of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe, the end stop being fixed to a plate mounted to slide parallel to the support plate, characterized in that at least one support for a shoe corresponding to the foot is fixed on the said sliding plate, the said support comprising an end stop designed to be able to be brought into contact with the counter of the shoe, the apparatus being provided with a marking means secured to the base of the apparatus and designed to mark on the sole of the shoe the location at which to position the cleat.
An endoscope apparatus, comprising: a region dividing portion that is adapted to divide an endoscope image into a center region and a peripheral region; a brightness mean value calculation portion that has a peripheral brightness mean value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a peripheral brightness mean value that indicates a mean value of a brightness of the peripheral region, and a center brightness mean value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a center brightness mean value that indicates a mean value of a brightness of the center region; a first weighting factor calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a first weighting factor α (where 0 < α < 1) based on a ratio between the center brightness mean value and the peripheral brightness mean value; a first photometric value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a first photometric value based on a sum total of a value obtained by multiplying the center brightness mean value by the first weighting factor α and a value obtained by multiplying the peripheral brightness mean value by (1-α); and a brightness adjustment control portion that is adapted to generate a brightness adjustment control signal that adjusts a brightness of the endoscope image based on the first photometric value; wherein the first weighting factor calculation portion is adapted, when the ratio between the peripheral brightness mean value and the center brightness mean value is in a predetermined range that is centered around a value of 1, even if the ratio changes, to calculate the first weighting factor α of a same value. a region dividing portion that is adapted to divide an endoscope image into a center region and a peripheral region; a brightness mean value calculation portion that has a peripheral brightness mean value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a peripheral brightness mean value that indicates a mean value of a brightness of the peripheral region, and a center brightness mean value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a center brightness mean value that indicates a mean value of a brightness of the center region; a first weighting factor calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a first weighting factor α (where 0 < α < 1) based on a ratio between the center brightness mean value and the peripheral brightness mean value; a first photometric value calculation portion that is adapted to calculate a first photometric value based on a sum total of a value obtained by multiplying the center brightness mean value by the first weighting factor α and a value obtained by multiplying the peripheral brightness mean value by (1-α); and a brightness adjustment control portion that is adapted to generate a brightness adjustment control signal that adjusts a brightness of the endoscope image based on the first photometric value; wherein the first weighting factor calculation portion is adapted, when the ratio between the peripheral brightness mean value and the center brightness mean value is in a predetermined range that is centered around a value of 1, even if the ratio changes, to calculate the first weighting factor α of a same value.
Method for positioning a terminal on the surface of a coverage area by means of a telecommunication network for establishing radiofrequency links, the network comprising a telecommunication satellite with several beams, called a multibeam satellite, said multibeam satellite comprising a multibeam antenna, said coverage area being composed of a plurality of cells (A, B, C), each cell being associated with at least one beam (A, B, C) for linking to the satellite to which a frequency band is assigned, said method comprising the following steps: - uplink transmission by said terminal of a message contained in a modulated signal containing a message to said satellite at a frequency shared by at least three different uplink beams (A, B, C), such that said message is received by said multibeam satellite through said multibeam antenna with three different amplitudes; - downlink transmission (202, 203) by said multibeam satellite of three modulated signals containing said message, the first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3) each corresponding to a different beam (A, B, C) among said three beams; - reception by terrestrial reception means of said first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3); - determination (205, 206) of the amplitudes (P(T, A), P(T, B), P(T, C)) of the message sent by the terminal contained in said first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3), by terrestrial calculation means (102, 116A, 116B, 116C, 105); - determination (207, 208, 209) of the position of said terminal using said amplitudes (P(T, A), P(T, B), P(T, C)) of said message contained in said first, second and third signals. - uplink transmission by said terminal of a message contained in a modulated signal containing a message to said satellite at a frequency shared by at least three different uplink beams (A, B, C), such that said message is received by said multibeam satellite through said multibeam antenna with three different amplitudes; - downlink transmission (202, 203) by said multibeam satellite of three modulated signals containing said message, the first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3) each corresponding to a different beam (A, B, C) among said three beams; - reception by terrestrial reception means of said first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3); - determination (205, 206) of the amplitudes (P(T, A), P(T, B), P(T, C)) of the message sent by the terminal contained in said first, second and third signals (S1, S2, S3), by terrestrial calculation means (102, 116A, 116B, 116C, 105); - determination (207, 208, 209) of the position of said terminal using said amplitudes (P(T, A), P(T, B), P(T, C)) of said message contained in said first, second and third signals.
Method for producing a raw material for the production of refractory ceramic products that comprises the following steps: 1.1 provision of a raw material comprising Cr; 1.2 provision of ascorbic acid; 1.3 provision of water; 1.4 combining of the raw material comprising Cr with the ascorbic acid and the water; 1.5 mixing of the raw material containing Cr with the ascorbic acid and the water; characterized by 1.6 drying of the raw material comprising Cr; wherein 1.7 the provided raw material comprising Cr is present to at least 50% by weight in a particle size greater than 50 μm; and 1.8 the method is carried out such that the particle size of the raw material comprising Cr does not change or does not change significantly during the course of the method. 1.2 provision of ascorbic acid; 1.3 provision of water; 1.4 combining of the raw material comprising Cr with the ascorbic acid and the water; 1.5 mixing of the raw material containing Cr with the ascorbic acid and the water; characterized by 1.6 drying of the raw material comprising Cr; wherein 1.7 the provided raw material comprising Cr is present to at least 50% by weight in a particle size greater than 50 μm; and 1.8 the method is carried out such that the particle size of the raw material comprising Cr does not change or does not change significantly during the course of the method.
A formulation for use in the therapeutic non-surgical removal of a localized fat deposit in a subject, the formulation comprising a fat-lysing concentration of one or more of cholate and chenodeoxycholate in a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation having a pH of less than 8, wherein said formulation is not a precipitation form or a gelation form at 25°C and said formulation is an aqueous solution comprising a buffer.
A fixed sinker for a flatbed knitting machine which has at least one pair of needle beds (11, 12) facing each other with a needle bed gap between them, and has a knitting member which is provided above at least one needle bed, advances and retracts with respect to the needle bed gap and vertically moves in the needle bed gap, the sinker comprising a plate-like sinker body which is configured to line up between knitting needles aligned on the needle beds (11, 12) at a leading end on a needle bed gap side and having a function of forming a sinker loop, characterized in that at least one side surface of the sinker body configured to face a knitting needle next to the sinker when placed on one of the needle beds has a slope of thickness such that thickness increases along a change direction predetermined to run from an upper start end to a lower terminal end in a state of being arranged on the needle bed (11, 12), wherein said sinker body with said slope has a stitch determining part, which is configured for putting a knitting yarn thereon for said function of forming a sinker loop, at a front edge of said leading end side facing said needle bed gap under said start end as seen from said change direction. at least one side surface of the sinker body configured to face a knitting needle next to the sinker when placed on one of the needle beds has a slope of thickness such that thickness increases along a change direction predetermined to run from an upper start end to a lower terminal end in a state of being arranged on the needle bed (11, 12), wherein said sinker body with said slope has a stitch determining part, which is configured for putting a knitting yarn thereon for said function of forming a sinker loop, at a front edge of said leading end side facing said needle bed gap under said start end as seen from said change direction.
A MEMS device (100; 200; 300) comprising: a movable MEMS actuator; a substrate opposing the MEMS actuator; a bump stop (104, 109) disposed on the substrate, arranged to limit motion of the MEMS actuator; and a first conductive layer, in direct contact with, and covering, the bump stop, arranged to provide a leakage path for electric charge from the bump stop, the MEMS device characterised in that the bump stop (104, 109) is formed from dielectric material. a movable MEMS actuator; a substrate opposing the MEMS actuator; a bump stop (104, 109) disposed on the substrate, arranged to limit motion of the MEMS actuator; and a first conductive layer, in direct contact with, and covering, the bump stop, arranged to provide a leakage path for electric charge from the bump stop,
A manufactured item with a three-dimensional profile made of a composite material, which item comprises: - at least one reinforcing member chosen from the group comprising carbon fibre, glass fibre, basalt fibre, boron fibre, synthetic fibres, artificial fibres and natural fibres; - an epoxy resin formed by a cross-linking reaction of a component cross designed to be cross linked with a cross-linking catalyst; characterized in that said epoxy resin has a final Shore A hardness of between 30 and 100 and in that said epoxy resin has a viscosity of between 180 and 50,000 mPa·s at room temperature and before the cross-linking reaction. - at least one reinforcing member chosen from the group comprising carbon fibre, glass fibre, basalt fibre, boron fibre, synthetic fibres, artificial fibres and natural fibres; - an epoxy resin formed by a cross-linking reaction of a component cross designed to be cross linked with a cross-linking catalyst;
Exhaust-gas turbocharger having a turbine housing which has a turbine housing wall and having a wastegate valve in the turbine housing, wherein the wastegate valve is in the form of a ballcock-type valve which has a spherical-segment-shaped closing element, an actuating crank with a crank arm to which the closing element is fastened, and a crank spindle which is integrally connected to the crank arm and which is mounted in the turbine housing wall so as to be rotatable about a crank spindle axis of rotation, wherein an abutment shoulder is provided in the transition region between crank spindle and crank arm, characterized in that, adjoining the abutment shoulder on the crank arm inner side directed toward the turbine housing wall, there is provided a flexural-stress relief pocket which effects a more uniform distribution of flexural stresses in the transition region between crank arm and crank spindle.