mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for calibrating a wind turbine sensor placed on a component of a wind turbine, the wind turbine having a rotor with at least one pitchable wind turbine blade, the method comprising the steps of: - pitching at time intervals the at least one blade according to a predetermined pitch movement, wherein the predetermined pitch movement induces a vibration of the at least one wind turbine blade; - detecting at time intervals a response signal from the wind turbine sensor at least partly caused by said predetermined pitch movement, wherein the wind turbine sensor is an accelerometer measuring an acceleration of the component of the wind turbine; - determining a characteristic sensor response value as a function of the at least one detected acceleration response signal; - determining the difference between said characteristic sensor response value and a predetermined sensor calibration parameter; and - calibrating the wind turbine sensor according to the determined characteristic sensor response value in case said difference is above a predefined tolerance parameter. - pitching at time intervals the at least one blade according to a predetermined pitch movement, wherein the predetermined pitch movement induces a vibration of the at least one wind turbine blade; - detecting at time intervals a response signal from the wind turbine sensor at least partly caused by said predetermined pitch movement, wherein the wind turbine sensor is an accelerometer measuring an acceleration of the component of the wind turbine; - determining a characteristic sensor response value as a function of the at least one detected acceleration response signal; - determining the difference between said characteristic sensor response value and a predetermined sensor calibration parameter; and - calibrating the wind turbine sensor according to the determined characteristic sensor response value in case said difference is above a predefined tolerance parameter.
A system for optically combining display images with real-world views, comprising: an image source configured to emit light; an optical combiner comprising a beam splitter and a curved semi reflective element, the beam splitter being orientated to reflect light reaching from the image source away from a pupil plane of a viewer and towards the curved semi reflective element, the beam splitter and curved semi reflective element being held together to form a truncated cone having a small planar base parallel to the pupil plane of the viewer, a curved large base, and a conic surface interrupted by a planar surface parallel to the image source; and a distortion corrector having a curved surface coupled to the curved large base of the optical combiner and further having a planar surface facing a real-world view. an image source configured to emit light; an optical combiner comprising a beam splitter and a curved semi reflective element, the beam splitter being orientated to reflect light reaching from the image source away from a pupil plane of a viewer and towards the curved semi reflective element, the beam splitter and curved semi reflective element being held together to form a truncated cone having a small planar base parallel to the pupil plane of the viewer, a curved large base, and a conic surface interrupted by a planar surface parallel to the image source; and a distortion corrector having a curved surface coupled to the curved large base of the optical combiner and further having a planar surface facing a real-world view.
A rotary steering tool comprising: a tool housing defining a primary flow channel for passing drilling fluid to a drill bit coupled to a lower end of the tool housing; a plurality of piston-operated steering pad assemblies (210, 211) coupled to the tool housing; and a valve for controlling flow from the primary flow channel to the steering pad assemblies (210, 211), the valve including a first valve disk having a plurality of valve ports (252, 253), each valve port (252, 253) comprising an independently-variable orifice in fluid communication with a respective one of the piston-operated steering pad assemblies (210, 211), wherein the valve further comprises: a second, upper disk overlying the first disk, the second disk being rotatable relative to the first disc, wherein the second, upper disk comprises an aperture for periodically allowing flow from the primary flow channel to each of the plurality of valve ports (252, 253). a tool housing defining a primary flow channel for passing drilling fluid to a drill bit coupled to a lower end of the tool housing; a plurality of piston-operated steering pad assemblies (210, 211) coupled to the tool housing; and a valve for controlling flow from the primary flow channel to the steering pad assemblies (210, 211), the valve including a first valve disk having a plurality of valve ports (252, 253), each valve port (252, 253) comprising an independently-variable orifice in fluid communication with a respective one of the piston-operated steering pad assemblies (210, 211), wherein the valve further comprises: a second, upper disk overlying the first disk, the second disk being rotatable relative to the first disc, wherein the second, upper disk comprises an aperture for periodically allowing flow from the primary flow channel to each of the plurality of valve ports (252, 253).
Method for accessing on a control unit for an automotive vehicle a field bus (62, 86), the field bus being a dedicated automotive bus and being adapted to transport messages having a message identifier, the message identifier defining the content of the message, the control unit having at least one processor and a memory, the method comprising: assigning, by a virtualizing layer, resources of the at least one processor and the memory to a plurality of guest systems (18, 20, 22, 30); enabling, by the virtualizing layer, a communication between at least two of the guest systems via an inter partition communication link; receiving one or more messages (M1, M2) from the field bus (62, 86) by a hardware driver (58, 84) of a first guest system (18, 30) running on the virtualizing layer (24, 56), the first guest system being a real time operating system, wherein a real time operating system is an operating system that has predefined or guaranteed response times; providing, by the hardware driver (58, 84), the one or more messages to a message forwarding component (64, 90) of the first guest system (18, 30); reading, by the message forwarding component, the message identifier; forwarding, by the message forwarding component (64, 90), selected messages with predefined message identifiers to a first virtual driver of a second guest system running on the virtualization layer via the inter partition communication link; and providing, by the first virtual driver (66, 94), the messages received by the first virtual driver, to a component or application (54, 70, 72, 74) of the second guest system. assigning, by a virtualizing layer, resources of the at least one processor and the memory to a plurality of guest systems (18, 20, 22, 30); enabling, by the virtualizing layer, a communication between at least two of the guest systems via an inter partition communication link; receiving one or more messages (M1, M2) from the field bus (62, 86) by a hardware driver (58, 84) of a first guest system (18, 30) running on the virtualizing layer (24, 56), the first guest system being a real time operating system, wherein a real time operating system is an operating system that has predefined or guaranteed response times; providing, by the hardware driver (58, 84), the one or more messages to a message forwarding component (64, 90) of the first guest system (18, 30); reading, by the message forwarding component, the message identifier; forwarding, by the message forwarding component (64, 90), selected messages with predefined message identifiers to a first virtual driver of a second guest system running on the virtualization layer via the inter partition communication link; and providing, by the first virtual driver (66, 94), the messages received by the first virtual driver, to a component or application (54, 70, 72, 74) of the second guest system.
An exhaust gas treatment arrangement for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing which is elongated in the direction of a housing longitudinal axis, and at least one exhaust gas treatment unit (20, 22) which is arranged in the housing and has a shell, wherein at least one bearing/sealing unit with at least two bearing/sealing rings (42, 44) which follow one another radially, are nested inside one another and are interrupted in each case in a circumferential interruption region (46, 48) is arranged in a radial intermediate space which is formed between the shell and the housing, wherein a circumferential interruption region of at least one of the bearing/sealing rings (42, 44) is offset in the circumferential direction with regard to a circumferential interruption region of another one of the bearing/sealing rings (42, 44), characterized in that at least two bearing/sealing rings (42, 44) of the at least one bearing/sealing unit are configured as metal bead gaskets configured as formed metal parts.
A spectrometer, comprising: a light source part configured to sequentially emit light of a plurality of wavelengths onto an object by time-dividing the output of the light of the plurality of different wavelengths; a detector configured to detect an optical signal of each of the plurality of wavelengths as reflected from the object; an amplifier; a controller configured to pre-calculate an optimal amplification gain, which is a maximum amplification gain for a specific wavelength that does not saturate the output of the amplifier, for each of the plurality of wavelengths based on a photoreaction property of the object for each specific wavelength of the plurality of wavelengths by sequentially changing the amplification gains from a minimum amplification gain to a maximum amplification gain in a predetermined amplification gain section; when light of the specific wavelength is emitted by the light source part, the controller is configured to set the amplification gain of the amplifier based on said optimal amplification gain of the specific wavelength; and the amplifier configured to amplify the output signal of the detector by using the amplification gain set by the controller. a light source part configured to sequentially emit light of a plurality of wavelengths onto an object by time-dividing the output of the light of the plurality of different wavelengths; a detector configured to detect an optical signal of each of the plurality of wavelengths as reflected from the object; an amplifier; a controller configured to pre-calculate an optimal amplification gain, which is a maximum amplification gain for a specific wavelength that does not saturate the output of the amplifier, for each of the plurality of wavelengths based on a photoreaction property of the object for each specific wavelength of the plurality of wavelengths by sequentially changing the amplification gains from a minimum amplification gain to a maximum amplification gain in a predetermined amplification gain section; when light of the specific wavelength is emitted by the light source part, the controller is configured to set the amplification gain of the amplifier based on said optimal amplification gain of the specific wavelength; and the amplifier configured to amplify the output signal of the detector by using the amplification gain set by the controller.
Locking system comprising a key and an associated lock cylinder, wherein the key has a key head and a key shaft extending away from the key head along an axial direction, wherein the key shaft has a key tip which is formed of the same material as the key shaft, wherein the key tip has an end face which is designed as a plane and is oriented orthogonally to the axial direction, wherein the end face has a height which is oriented orthogonally to the shaft longitudinal direction and is 5 to 35 percent of the height of the key shaft on the end of the key shaft facing the key head, wherein the end face is designed and intended as a contact surface for the coupling element of the lock cylinder, such that the end face, when the key is inserted, comes into contact with the coupling element and actuates said coupling element to couple the lock bit, wherein the end face is arranged on the key tip in such a way that the end face is adjacent to the flat side of the key shaft facing away from the notches of the key shaft.
An economizer arrangement comprising: a cavity for conveying heated gas flow, the cavity having a first economizer side wall and a second economizer side wall; the cavity having an upstream direction which receives a stream of heated gas flow and a downstream direction for exiting gas flow; an economizer bank stretching substantially from the first economizer side wall to the second economizer side wall, the economizer bank comprising a plurality of sections including at least a cold pass bank economizer and a hot pass bank economizer, and wherein the cold pass bank and the hot pass bank are positioned in a parallel arrangement such that each bank receives a different portion of the stream of heated gas flow; a water coil air heater positioned outside of the cavity and adapted for transferring heat from a flow of feedwater flowing inside the water coil air heater to a stream of air outside of the water coil air heater; wherein the economizer arrangement is adapted to route the flow of feedwater into the cold pass bank economizer, then outside the cavity to the water coil air heater, then back into the cavity into the hot pass bank economizer, and then out of the economizer arrangement, so that the water coil air heater is downstream of the cold pass economizer bank and upstream of the hot pass economizer bank with regard to the flow of feedwater. a cavity for conveying heated gas flow, the cavity having a first economizer side wall and a second economizer side wall; the cavity having an upstream direction which receives a stream of heated gas flow and a downstream direction for exiting gas flow; an economizer bank stretching substantially from the first economizer side wall to the second economizer side wall, the economizer bank comprising a plurality of sections including at least a cold pass bank economizer and a hot pass bank economizer, and wherein the cold pass bank and the hot pass bank are positioned in a parallel arrangement such that each bank receives a different portion of the stream of heated gas flow; a water coil air heater positioned outside of the cavity and adapted for transferring heat from a flow of feedwater flowing inside the water coil air heater to a stream of air outside of the water coil air heater; wherein the economizer arrangement is adapted to route the flow of feedwater into the cold pass bank economizer, then outside the cavity to the water coil air heater, then back into the cavity into the hot pass bank economizer, and then out of the economizer arrangement, so that the water coil air heater is downstream of the cold pass economizer bank and upstream of the hot pass economizer bank with regard to the flow of feedwater.
An explantation assembly for retrieving an intracorporeal capsule implanted in a tissue of a patient, comprising a first tubular means comprising a snare and a cutting means (16, 166) for cutting free the intracorporeal capsule; and a second tubular means configured to interact with the snare of the first tubular means and configured to attach to the tissue of the patient.
A method for producing iron-based alloy powders or particulate material, comprising the steps of: a) providing an alloy composition with a melting point above 1040 °C, b) melting the composition, and c) atomizing the molten composition by means of centrifugal atomization or rotating atomization, wherein the atomization is carried out using a rotating atomization device comprising an atomization vessel having an atomizing rotating element located in said atomization vessel, wherein the rotating element presents protuberances with a radial component, and wherein when the molten metal is poured on the atomizing rotating element, the geometry of the rotating element allows the distribution and flow of the liquid metal in a normal direction to the surface of the base of the rotating element, and wherein under the action of centrifugal forces, the particles are released from the periphery of the atomizing rotating element and projected in an outwardly direction into the atomization vessel, wherein the atomized particles begin to solidify, in contact with the atmosphere of the atomization vessel following a parabolic flight path, and wherein the produced powder has a sphericity greater than 0.92, wherein the sphericity refers to the average sphericity of the 60% of the volume of the produced powder or more, the sphericity being a dimensionless parameter defined as the ratio between the surface area of a sphere having the same volume as the particle and the surface area of the particle. a) providing an alloy composition with a melting point above 1040 °C, b) melting the composition, and c) atomizing the molten composition by means of centrifugal atomization or rotating atomization, wherein the atomization is carried out using a rotating atomization device comprising an atomization vessel having an atomizing rotating element located in said atomization vessel, wherein the rotating element presents protuberances with a radial component, and wherein when the molten metal is poured on the atomizing rotating element, the geometry of the rotating element allows the distribution and flow of the liquid metal in a normal direction to the surface of the base of the rotating element, and wherein under the action of centrifugal forces, the particles are released from the periphery of the atomizing rotating element and projected in an outwardly direction into the atomization vessel, wherein the atomized particles begin to solidify, in contact with the atmosphere of the atomization vessel following a parabolic flight path,
A control apparatus comprising: a determination unit (1601, 1605) configured to determine a target region; and an output unit (1601, 1606-1608, 1613) configured to output a predetermined light to the target region, characterized by further comprising: a detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to a first target region as the target region is detected by the detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) in a state of outputting the predetermined light to the first target region, the determination unit (1601, 1605) is further configured to change the target region from the first target region to a second target region, wherein the second target region is larger than the first target region. a determination unit (1601, 1605) configured to determine a target region; and an output unit (1601, 1606-1608, 1613) configured to output a predetermined light to the target region, characterized by further comprising: a detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to a first target region as the target region is detected by the detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) in a state of outputting the predetermined light to the first target region, the determination unit (1601, 1605) is further configured to change the target region from the first target region to a second target region, wherein the second target region is larger than the first target region. a detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) configured to detect intrusion of an object to the target region by detecting the predetermined light, wherein, in accordance that the intrusion of an object to a first target region as the target region is detected by the detection unit (1601, 1630, 1631) in a state of outputting the predetermined light to the first target region, the determination unit (1601, 1605) is further configured to change the target region from the first target region to a second target region, wherein the second target region is larger than the first target region.
A twin fan turbomachine with two contrarotating fans, one upstream and one downstream, which are mounted upstream of a low-pressure compressor and driven by two contrarotating coaxial internal and external shafts (20, 71) each of which connects one fan impeller (10, 12) to at least one low-pressure turbine impeller located downstream, wherein the impeller of the downstream fan is connected by its downstream part to the external drive shaft.
A solar cell comprising a crystalline silicon substrate (201,301) having a light-receiving surface having at least a p-n junction, a passivation film (203,303) formed thereon, and electrodes formed thereon comprising extraction electrodes contacting the silicon substrate to extract photogenerated carriers therefrom and a collector electrode for collecting the carriers drawn, the electrodes being obtainable by printing and heat treating conductive silver paste, and wherein said electrodes include a first electrode (204,304) forming the extraction electrodes and contacting the silicon substrate by having penetrated the passivation film (203,303) as a result of said heat treating, and a second electrode (205,305) forming said collector electrode contacting the first electrode at a contact portion, and wherein the second electrode (205,305) is coated over the first electrode (204,304) in a pattern of the collector electrode alone or a pattern of extraction and collector electrodes combined and contacts the silicon substrate (201,301) only partially or not at all outside the contact portion between the first and second electrodes, characterized in that the second electrode has a higher conductivity than the first electrode.
A vehicle disabling apparatus for remotely disabling a vehicle having an engine comprising: a source of high frequency energy for generating a high frequency signal; a modulator for modulating the high frequency signal by applying an effects signals package, the effects signal package comprising a plurality of respective different effects signals and each effects signal comprising a pulse train, the effects signals package being non-vehicle specific; and an antenna for directing the effects signal package modulated signal at a remote vehicle to disrupt the vehicle engine by affecting the vehicle engine management system.
Method for producing a polymer membrane for the potentiometric detection of an analyte, the method comprising the following successive steps: - providing a formulation comprising a dissolved polymer, an ion exchanger, an ionophore, optionally a plasticiser, and a solvent selected from alkylene glycol diacetates, glycol ethers and acetates thereof, - depositing the formulation on a support, for example a transducer, - evaporating the solvent, so as to form a polymer membrane. - providing a formulation comprising a dissolved polymer, an ion exchanger, an ionophore, optionally a plasticiser, and a solvent selected from alkylene glycol diacetates, glycol ethers and acetates thereof, - depositing the formulation on a support, for example a transducer, - evaporating the solvent, so as to form a polymer membrane.
A method for modifying a polyimide comprising reacting a first polyimide with diamine to produce a second polyimide having an anhydride-amine stoichiometry of -2 to -40 mol% and reacting the second polyimide with an bis(anhydride), bis(ether anhydride) or tetracarboxylic acid to produce a final polyimide having an anhydride-amine stoichiometry of -1 to 2 mol%.