mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for managing a permissible operating range of a battery, said permissible operating range being bounded between a minimum level ( BSOC min) and a maximum level ( BSOC max) of state of charge of the battery, said method comprising a step of estimating a state of health in terms of power ( SOHP) of said battery, said state of health in terms of power characterizing the capacity of said battery to supply a required minimum power level over the entirety of said operating range, said method comprising a step of determining said minimum level of state of charge ( BSOC min) of said battery as a function of said estimated state of health in terms of power ( SOHP), said minimum level of state of charge being increased when the state of health in terms of power decreases, said method being characterized in that it furthermore comprises steps of: - estimating a state of health in terms of energy ( SOHE) of said battery, said state of health in terms of energy characterizing the capacity of said battery to supply a required minimum energy level over the entirety of said operating range; - determining said maximum level of state of charge ( BSOC max) of said battery as a function of said estimated state of health in terms of energy of said battery, said maximum level of state of charge being increased when the state of health in terms of energy decreases. - estimating a state of health in terms of energy ( SOHE) of said battery, said state of health in terms of energy characterizing the capacity of said battery to supply a required minimum energy level over the entirety of said operating range; - determining said maximum level of state of charge ( BSOC max) of said battery as a function of said estimated state of health in terms of energy of said battery, said maximum level of state of charge being increased when the state of health in terms of energy decreases.
A method of authenticating an application for a mobile data processing terminal connected to a network over which the application is obtained from a first remote server, the method characterized by the steps of encoding, in an original application, a first data sequence uniquely representative of its compiling source and at least a second data sequence uniquely representative of the original application; storing the application including the encoded first and second data sequences in the first remote server; storing a plurality of first and second data sequences at the mobile data processing terminal; obtaining by the mobile data processing terminal the application from the first remote server; extracting at the mobile data processing terminal the first and second data sequences of the obtained application therefrom and comparing the first and second data sequences to the plurality of stored first and second data sequences for respective matches; and authenticating at the mobile data processing terminal the obtained application when the extracted first and second data sequences respectively match stored corresponding first and second data sequences.
Corona ring for a high-voltage apparatus, wherein the corona ring has a liquid absorber having a liquid for vibration damping, wherein the liquid absorber has at least one chamber which is arranged in the interior of the corona ring and is partly filled with the liquid, characterized in that at least one perforated dividing plate dividing the chamber is arranged in at least one chamber. wherein the liquid absorber has at least one chamber which is arranged in the interior of the corona ring and is partly filled with the liquid, characterized in that at least one perforated dividing plate dividing the chamber is arranged in at least one chamber.
An eye phantom, comprising: a retina simulating part, the retina simulating part including a multilayer film structure part that is formed in a shape in which multiple layers with different scattering coefficients are stacked to simulate a multilayer cell layer structure of a retina; and a vascular layer structure part that is coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the multilayer film structure part, characterised in that the vascular layer structure part includes a fine flow channel to simulate a vascular structure of the retina. a retina simulating part, the retina simulating part including a multilayer film structure part that is formed in a shape in which multiple layers with different scattering coefficients are stacked to simulate a multilayer cell layer structure of a retina; and a vascular layer structure part that is coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the multilayer film structure part, characterised in that the vascular layer structure part includes a fine flow channel to simulate a vascular structure of the retina.
A catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter shaft; a balloon attached to the catheter shaft, the balloon including a body and a proximal waist portion, the proximal waist portion having a proximal end; a fiber braid including one or more individual filaments disposed along the balloon, the fiber braid having a proximal end aligned with the proximal end of the waist portion; and a polymer sleeve disposed on the catheter shaft, wherein the polymer sleeve abuts the proximal end of the balloon waist and the proximal end of the braid, wherein the polymer sleeve includes a distal end, and a portion of the distal end of the polymer sleeve extends into the proximal end of the waist portion. a catheter shaft; a balloon attached to the catheter shaft, the balloon including a body and a proximal waist portion, the proximal waist portion having a proximal end; a fiber braid including one or more individual filaments disposed along the balloon, the fiber braid having a proximal end aligned with the proximal end of the waist portion; and a polymer sleeve disposed on the catheter shaft, wherein the polymer sleeve abuts the proximal end of the balloon waist and the proximal end of the braid, wherein the polymer sleeve includes a distal end, and a portion of the distal end of the polymer sleeve extends into the proximal end of the waist portion.
A method for optimising an initial performance envelope of a rotorcraft turbo engine, said initial envelope being associated with a maximum number of hours of flight that said turbo engine can carry out before its overhaul, and with at least one first initial regime that is defined by two first initial performance data that relate respectively to a first power level (Pi) and a first period of use (Ti) of said first power level (Pi), during which an alternative performance envelope is defined by modifying said initial envelope to make said optimisation, said modification being compensated by a reduction of at least one of said first initial performance data of said first initial regime, characterised in that said alternative envelope is associated with said maximum number of hours of flight that is authorised for operation of the turbo engine in accordance with said initial envelope, and further characterised in that a) the saving on damage brought about by said reduction is determined, b) said damage is converted to a temporary regime defined by a temporary power level and a temporary period of use of said temporary power level, c) said temporary regime is distributed differently within said initial envelope in order to obtain said alternative envelope. a) the saving on damage brought about by said reduction is determined, b) said damage is converted to a temporary regime defined by a temporary power level and a temporary period of use of said temporary power level, c) said temporary regime is distributed differently within said initial envelope in order to obtain said alternative envelope.
A computer-based method of designing a compensating device for use in ion-based radiotherapy treatment delivery, said device including a substantially disk-shaped structure including on one side of the disk a plurality of elongate elements, said method comprising the steps of • obtaining a model of the compensating device with its properties defined by a set of model parameters, • obtaining an optimization problem, said optimization problem defining planning objectives, • optimizing the values of a set of planning parameters for the compensating device to achieve the planning objectives, the planning parameters including the parameters in the set of model parameters. • obtaining a model of the compensating device with its properties defined by a set of model parameters, • obtaining an optimization problem, said optimization problem defining planning objectives, • optimizing the values of a set of planning parameters for the compensating device to achieve the planning objectives, the planning parameters including the parameters in the set of model parameters.
Wireless communication device, intended for communications in the millimetric frequency bands, comprising: - a printed circuit board, PCB, comprising a substrate made of dielectric material and electrically conductive tracks (23, 24) separated by the dielectric substrate; - at least one horn antenna (3, 4), comprising: ● a straight waveguide (30, 40), preferably of rectangular section, extended by a radiating aperture (31, 41), the end of the radiating aperture having two planes of symmetry perpendicular to each other, ● two ribs (32, 33; 42, 43) extending opposite each other in one of the planes of symmetry, over at least one portion of the length of the waveguide and of the radiating aperture, ● one or more peripheral areas (34, 44) at least around the waveguide, forming one or more attachment flanges, device wherein the horn antenna is a surface mount component, SMC, mounted via the flange(s) in plane-plane abutment with and supported by the PCB and attached to the latter, and the horn antenna is arranged with the waveguide and the radiating aperture on each side of the PCB and with each rib in direct contact with or close to a track of the PCB, so as to allow a direct connection or a capacitive coupling between them. - a printed circuit board, PCB, comprising a substrate made of dielectric material and electrically conductive tracks (23, 24) separated by the dielectric substrate; - at least one horn antenna (3, 4), comprising: ● a straight waveguide (30, 40), preferably of rectangular section, extended by a radiating aperture (31, 41), the end of the radiating aperture having two planes of symmetry perpendicular to each other, ● two ribs (32, 33; 42, 43) extending opposite each other in one of the planes of symmetry, over at least one portion of the length of the waveguide and of the radiating aperture, ● one or more peripheral areas (34, 44) at least around the waveguide, forming one or more attachment flanges, ● a straight waveguide (30, 40), preferably of rectangular section, extended by a radiating aperture (31, 41), the end of the radiating aperture having two planes of symmetry perpendicular to each other, ● two ribs (32, 33; 42, 43) extending opposite each other in one of the planes of symmetry, over at least one portion of the length of the waveguide and of the radiating aperture, ● one or more peripheral areas (34, 44) at least around the waveguide, forming one or more attachment flanges,
A bioreactor including at least one reactor vessel in form of a plastic bag, a tray for holding said at least one bag, a rocking device for limited rocking motions of the tray around a rocking axis, characterized by a device (6,7,8,9) for enabling swinging of the tray to an upright position around a second axis parallel to and distanced from the rocking axis.
A process for improving the selectivity of an ethylene epoxidation process employed in a reactor comprising a catalyst bed having a multitude of reactor tubes filled with a high selectivity epoxidation catalyst, said process comprising: (a) contacting the catalyst bed with a feed comprising ethylene, oxygen, and an organic chloride moderator for at least a period of time T 1 to produce ethylene oxide, wherein T 1 is the period of time after startup and after production of about 0.1 kilotons ethylene oxide per cubic meter of catalyst; (b) subsequently subjecting the high selectivity epoxidation catalyst to a hard strip over a period of time T 2, wherein T 2 is about 2 hours to about 72 hours, which comprises: (i) reducing the quantity of organic chloride moderator added to the feed by 50 to 100%; and (ii) treating the catalyst in order to strip a portion of the chlorides from the surface of the catalyst by increasing the reactor temperature by about 1 to about 30° C; and (c) following the hard strip increasing the quantity of organic chloride added to the feed to a level of between 80 and 120% of the prior concentration and reducing the reactor temperature to within 5° C of the prior reactor temperature level. (a) contacting the catalyst bed with a feed comprising ethylene, oxygen, and an organic chloride moderator for at least a period of time T 1 to produce ethylene oxide, wherein T 1 is the period of time after startup and after production of about 0.1 kilotons ethylene oxide per cubic meter of catalyst; (b) subsequently subjecting the high selectivity epoxidation catalyst to a hard strip over a period of time T 2, wherein T 2 is about 2 hours to about 72 hours, which comprises: (i) reducing the quantity of organic chloride moderator added to the feed by 50 to 100%; and (ii) treating the catalyst in order to strip a portion of the chlorides from the surface of the catalyst by increasing the reactor temperature by about 1 to about 30° C; and (i) reducing the quantity of organic chloride moderator added to the feed by 50 to 100%; and (ii) treating the catalyst in order to strip a portion of the chlorides from the surface of the catalyst by increasing the reactor temperature by about 1 to about 30° C; and (c) following the hard strip increasing the quantity of organic chloride added to the feed to a level of between 80 and 120% of the prior concentration and reducing the reactor temperature to within 5° C of the prior reactor temperature level.
A method of detecting a fuel leak in a gas turbine engine with a combustor including several fuel manifolds and fuel circuits, comprising adjusting a control valve to correspond with a desired fuel flow; determining an actual fuel flow; comparing the desired fuel flow with the actual fuel flow; and determining a difference between the desired fuel flow and the actual fuel flow, wherein the difference between the desired fuel flow and the actual fuel flow indicates a fuel leak in a fuel circuit, characterised in that the actual fuel flow is determined based at least in part on an upstream pressure in a fuel manifold and gas turbine engine parameters, wherein the gas turbine engine parameters comprise at least: a fuel temperature, a fuel circuit effective area, and a downstream pressure; and in that based at least in part on the difference, a location of the leakage in the fuel circuit is determined, and at least one corrective action is initiated to mitigate risks associated with the fluid leak, wherein the at least one corrective action comprises at least shutting down one or more fuel circuits.
A three-dimensional measurement device, comprising: an illumination system; and an imaging system, wherein the illumination system comprises, along an illumination light path, an N-color light source, a light beam shaping apparatus, a pattern modulation apparatus, and a projection lens, wherein the pattern modulation apparatus is a N-spectrum pattern modulation apparatus and is configured to form a coded pattern comprising N spectral channels, the light beam shaping apparatus is configured to shape light emitted by the light source into near-parallel light, and the projection lens is configured to project the coded pattern onto a target object; and wherein the imaging system comprises, along an imaging optical path, an imaging lens, a first beam-splitting system, and an image sensor group comprising N image sensors, wherein the first beam-splitting system is configured to transmit the coded pattern projected onto the target object and received by the imaging lens to the N image sensors of the image sensor group, to form N image signals, characterized in that, the illumination system further comprises a texture image sensor and a second beam-splitting system, the second beam-splitting system is located on the illumination light path and configured to enable the texture image sensor to acquire a surface image signal of the target object. an illumination system; and an imaging system, wherein the illumination system comprises, along an illumination light path, an N-color light source, a light beam shaping apparatus, a pattern modulation apparatus, and a projection lens, wherein the pattern modulation apparatus is a N-spectrum pattern modulation apparatus and is configured to form a coded pattern comprising N spectral channels, the light beam shaping apparatus is configured to shape light emitted by the light source into near-parallel light, and the projection lens is configured to project the coded pattern onto a target object; and wherein the imaging system comprises, along an imaging optical path, an imaging lens, a first beam-splitting system, and an image sensor group comprising N image sensors, wherein the first beam-splitting system is configured to transmit the coded pattern projected onto the target object and received by the imaging lens to the N image sensors of the image sensor group, to form N image signals, characterized in that, the illumination system further comprises a texture image sensor and a second beam-splitting system, the second beam-splitting system is located on the illumination light path and configured to enable the texture image sensor to acquire a surface image signal of the target object.
A gas turbine engine comprising: an engine static structure; a fairing supported relative to the engine static structure and configured to provide a flow path surface of a flow path extending in an axial direction; a seal plate having first and second ends (46,48) radially spaced from one another with respect to the axial direction, the first end operatively secured to the engine static structure, and the second end configured to seal relative to the fairing, the seal plate including a portion between the first and second ends (46,48) extending substantially in the axial direction; a seal provided between the fairing and the seal plate; characterised by a finger seal secured to the second end that provides a seal with respect to the engine static structure wherein the portion of the seal plate is configured to permit the second end to move away from the fairing in the axial direction relative to the first end in response to thermal growth. an engine static structure; a fairing supported relative to the engine static structure and configured to provide a flow path surface of a flow path extending in an axial direction; a seal plate having first and second ends (46,48) radially spaced from one another with respect to the axial direction, the first end operatively secured to the engine static structure, and the second end configured to seal relative to the fairing, the seal plate including a portion between the first and second ends (46,48) extending substantially in the axial direction; a seal provided between the fairing and the seal plate; characterised by a finger seal secured to the second end that provides a seal with respect to the engine static structure wherein the portion of the seal plate is configured to permit the second end to move away from the fairing in the axial direction relative to the first end in response to thermal growth.
Coupling arrangement for non-axial transfer of electromagnetic radiation from at least one feeding fiber into a target fiber in a transfer region via an intermediate fiber comprising said feeding fiber, said target fiber and said intermediate fiber, wherein a. said intermediate fiber comprises an input end and a converging taper portion, b. said input end of the intermediate fiber is spliced to an output end of the feeding fiber in an axial way, c. the converging taper portion of said intermediate fiber is fused to the target fiber in the transfer region in a non-axial way, characterized in that said intermediate fiber has a polygonal, in particular a hexagonal or an octagonal cross-section. a. said intermediate fiber comprises an input end and a converging taper portion, b. said input end of the intermediate fiber is spliced to an output end of the feeding fiber in an axial way, c. the converging taper portion of said intermediate fiber is fused to the target fiber in the transfer region in a non-axial way,
A bending method of a medical suture needle in which a straight needle-shaped material which has a thickness decreased from a body portion to a needle point is inserted between a roller having a processing surface (lla) and a belt, and then the roller is rotated and the belt is wound so that the straight needle-shaped material is pressed onto the processing surface (lla) and is then curved, the method comprising the steps of: providing a pair of belt-shaped separating members between the belt and the processing surface (lla) of the roller, separating the belt and the processing surface (lla) of the roller without said belt and roller directly contacting each other, the belt-shaped separating member which has a predetermined thickness smaller than the largest thickness of the material provided into a space between the belt and the roller, so that the space in which no bending force acts from the processing surface (lla) of the roller is configured between the pair of belt-shaped separating members; inserting the needle point of the straight needle-shaped material into the space between the processing surface (lla) of the roller and the belt separated by the belt-shaped separating members; and rotating the roller and winding the belt around the roller with the needle point kept in the space, thereby curving the straight needle-shaped material. providing a pair of belt-shaped separating members between the belt and the processing surface (lla) of the roller, separating the belt and the processing surface (lla) of the roller without said belt and roller directly contacting each other, the belt-shaped separating member which has a predetermined thickness smaller than the largest thickness of the material provided into a space between the belt and the roller, so that the space in which no bending force acts from the processing surface (lla) of the roller is configured between the pair of belt-shaped separating members; inserting the needle point of the straight needle-shaped material into the space between the processing surface (lla) of the roller and the belt separated by the belt-shaped separating members; and rotating the roller and winding the belt around the roller with the needle point kept in the space, thereby curving the straight needle-shaped material.