mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An assembly used in windscreen wipers, comprising: an adapter used for connecting and securing a nozzle structure and comprising a first adapter assembling feature and a second adapter assembling feature; the nozzle structure having a body, a nozzle extending from the body, a first nozzle structure assembling feature and a second nozzle structure assembling feature; the assembly being characterized in that, the first adapter assembling feature and the first nozzle structure assembling feature are matched with each other to form a first connection in the form of pin - circular aperture, between the adapter and the nozzle structure, and the nozzle structure and the adapter are rotatably pre-assembled together when they are connected only by means of the first connection; wherein the second adapter assembling feature and the second nozzle structure assembling feature are matched with each other to form a second connection in the form of snap fit between the adapter and the nozzle structure; wherein the nozzle structure is secured to a side wall of the adapter by means of the first connection and the second connection. an adapter used for connecting and securing a nozzle structure and comprising a first adapter assembling feature and a second adapter assembling feature; the nozzle structure having a body, a nozzle extending from the body, a first nozzle structure assembling feature and a second nozzle structure assembling feature; the assembly being characterized in that, the first adapter assembling feature and the first nozzle structure assembling feature are matched with each other to form a first connection in the form of pin - circular aperture, between the adapter and the nozzle structure, and the nozzle structure and the adapter are rotatably pre-assembled together when they are connected only by means of the first connection; wherein the second adapter assembling feature and the second nozzle structure assembling feature are matched with each other to form a second connection in the form of snap fit between the adapter and the nozzle structure; wherein the nozzle structure is secured to a side wall of the adapter by means of the first connection and the second connection.
A non-contact seal assembly, comprising: a plurality of seal shoes arranged about a centerline in an annular array, the seal shoes including a first seal shoe extending axially along the centerline between a first shoe end and a second shoe end; a seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes; and a plurality of spring elements, each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes with the seal base, each of the spring elements comprising a first beam having a first beam thickness and a second beam having a second beam thickness, where the first and second beam thicknesses are different; characterised by: a third beam between the first beam and the second beam, where the first, second and third beams (86a-c) each have a tapered thickness. a plurality of seal shoes arranged about a centerline in an annular array, the seal shoes including a first seal shoe extending axially along the centerline between a first shoe end and a second shoe end; a seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes; and a plurality of spring elements, each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes with the seal base, each of the spring elements comprising a first beam having a first beam thickness and a second beam having a second beam thickness, where the first and second beam thicknesses are different; characterised by: a third beam between the first beam and the second beam, where the first, second and third beams (86a-c) each have a tapered thickness.
A method of simultaneously calibrating magnetic actuation and sensing systems for a workspace, wherein the actuation system comprises a plurality of magnetic actuators and the sensing system comprises a plurality of magnetic sensors, the method further comprising the following steps: - generating a plurality of arbitrary magnetic fields at the workspace by applying a plurality of electric currents to the magnetic actuators; - measuring each magnetic field with the sensing system in the workspace and measuring each respective electric current with a current sensor; - measuring a magnetic field of a random known sample magnet with the sensing system at an arbitrary position and orientation in the workspace; and - feeding all the measured data into a calibration model, wherein the calibration model is based on a sensor measurement model and a magnetic actuation model, and finding a solution of the model parameters via a numerical solver in order to calibrate both the actuation and sensing systems at the same time. - generating a plurality of arbitrary magnetic fields at the workspace by applying a plurality of electric currents to the magnetic actuators; - measuring each magnetic field with the sensing system in the workspace and measuring each respective electric current with a current sensor; - measuring a magnetic field of a random known sample magnet with the sensing system at an arbitrary position and orientation in the workspace; and - feeding all the measured data into a calibration model, wherein the calibration model is based on a sensor measurement model and a magnetic actuation model, and finding a solution of the model parameters via a numerical solver in order to calibrate both the actuation and sensing systems at the same time.
A method comprising: receiving, at a microphone of a computing device operated by a user to engage with an automated assistant, voice input from the user, wherein the voice input includes a request from the user; applying data indicative of an audio recording of the voice input as input across multiple speech-to-text, STT, machine learning models, wherein each of the multiple STT machine learning models generates multiple candidate speech recognition outputs, wherein each STT machine learning model of the multiple STT machine learning models is trained in a particular language; analyzing, for each respective STT machine learning model of the multiple STT models, the corresponding multiple candidate speech recognition outputs to determine a diversity score for the respective STT machine learning model, the diversity score for the respective STT machine learning model is determined based on semantic distances between the multiple candidate speech recognition outputs of the respective STT model in latent space; selecting, as a target language, the language associated with at least one STT machine learning model of the multiple STT machine learning models based on the diversity scores associated with the multiple STT machine learning models; and causing the automated assistant to respond to the request from the user using the target language. receiving, at a microphone of a computing device operated by a user to engage with an automated assistant, voice input from the user, wherein the voice input includes a request from the user; applying data indicative of an audio recording of the voice input as input across multiple speech-to-text, STT, machine learning models, wherein each of the multiple STT machine learning models generates multiple candidate speech recognition outputs, wherein each STT machine learning model of the multiple STT machine learning models is trained in a particular language; analyzing, for each respective STT machine learning model of the multiple STT models, the corresponding multiple candidate speech recognition outputs to determine a diversity score for the respective STT machine learning model, the diversity score for the respective STT machine learning model is determined based on semantic distances between the multiple candidate speech recognition outputs of the respective STT model in latent space; selecting, as a target language, the language associated with at least one STT machine learning model of the multiple STT machine learning models based on the diversity scores associated with the multiple STT machine learning models; and causing the automated assistant to respond to the request from the user using the target language.
A method for preparing a smokeless tobacco product, comprising: identifying a starch material that provides a particular textural property; combining the starch material with a tobacco extract; and shaping the combination into: (a) smokeless tobacco product units with gelatin type, chewy textural properties, wherein the starch material is potato starch; or (b) smokeless tobacco product units with pliable, viscoelastic, chewy gel textural properties, wherein the starch material is modified tapioca starch, wherein modified tapioca starch is acid or base thinned tapioca starch, wherein the smokeless tobacco product comprises about 1 percent to about 15 percent of the starch material on a dry weight basis; and wherein the method comprises hydrating the starch material prior to combining it with the tobacco extract. identifying a starch material that provides a particular textural property; combining the starch material with a tobacco extract; and shaping the combination into: (a) smokeless tobacco product units with gelatin type, chewy textural properties, wherein the starch material is potato starch; or (b) smokeless tobacco product units with pliable, viscoelastic, chewy gel textural properties, wherein the starch material is modified tapioca starch, wherein modified tapioca starch is acid or base thinned tapioca starch, (a) smokeless tobacco product units with gelatin type, chewy textural properties, wherein the starch material is potato starch; or (b) smokeless tobacco product units with pliable, viscoelastic, chewy gel textural properties, wherein the starch material is modified tapioca starch, wherein modified tapioca starch is acid or base thinned tapioca starch, wherein the smokeless tobacco product comprises about 1 percent to about 15 percent of the starch material on a dry weight basis; and wherein the method comprises hydrating the starch material prior to combining it with the tobacco extract.
Damping bridge (6, 106, 206, 306), for fixing a pipe to a wall and to attenuate the vibrations transmitted from said pipe to said wall, comprising two membranes (8, 9; 108, 109; 208, 209; 308, 309) designed to be arranged in a parallel manner to said wall and said pipe, a central arm (7, 107, 207, 307) extending perpendicularly to said membranes and connecting said membranes together at their center, and a structure (10, 110) having at least one lateral portion perpendicular to said membranes connecting said membranes together over at least a portion of the outer edge thereof, characterized in that: said membranes are elastically deformable, and in that the structure and the central arm, also deformable, are more rigid than said membranes, such that the vibrations oriented perpendicularly to the wall and experienced by the central arm are transmitted, attenuated, to the structure, by deformation of the membranes, and in that said membranes are substantially flat and substantially parallel to each other, distant from each other, such that the loads oriented parallel to the wall are transmitted without significant deformation of the damping bridge and thus of the membranes.
A multi-purpose power bank comprising a housing with a power bank front side and a power bank rear side opposite the power bank front side, wherein the housing has fastening means for coupling the power bank front side to a mobile telephone rear side of a mobile telephone and the housing comprises charging means for wireless charging of the mobile telephone and at least one illumination means, wherein the fastening means are permanently magnetic and/or mechanically designed in such a way that a detachable fastening of the multi-purpose power bank relative to the mobile telephone, which can be pivoted about a transverse axis (z), can be achieved, characterised in that the at least one illumination means is a front side illumination means arranged on the powerbank front side, which is manually controlled by an on/off switch and/or an intensity regulator and/or wirelessly by means of a radio link by the mobile telephone, so that light can be emitted from the powerbank front side in the direction of a transverse axis (z) and the housing, when physically coupled to a mobile telephone, is mounted such that it can be pivoted back and forth between a neutral coupling position and a pivoted self-image position relative to the mobile telephone. wherein the fastening means are permanently magnetic and/or mechanically designed in such a way that a detachable fastening of the multi-purpose power bank relative to the mobile telephone, which can be pivoted about a transverse axis (z), can be achieved, characterised in that the at least one illumination means is a front side illumination means arranged on the powerbank front side, which is manually controlled by an on/off switch and/or an intensity regulator and/or wirelessly by means of a radio link by the mobile telephone, so that light can be emitted from the powerbank front side in the direction of a transverse axis (z) and the housing, when physically coupled to a mobile telephone, is mounted such that it can be pivoted back and forth between a neutral coupling position and a pivoted self-image position relative to the mobile telephone.
A method of fabricating a hard mask, the method comprising: forming an amorphous boron nitride film on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the amorphous boron nitride film; and forming the hard mask by patterning the amorphous boron nitride film using the photoresist layer. forming an amorphous boron nitride film on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the amorphous boron nitride film; and forming the hard mask by patterning the amorphous boron nitride film using the photoresist layer.
Forestry machine which is provided with a running gear arrangement, a primary energy source, a cable winch, a stanchion and an adjustable ramp plate, wherein the forestry machine does not have a driver station for an operator, characterized in that the mobile forestry machine has an electric drive system which has at least one electric traction motor and in which a battery that supplies electrical energy to the at least one electric traction motor is provided as the primary energy source, wherein, as seen in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the battery is arranged at the front, the cable winch is arranged adjacent to the battery, the stanchion is arranged adjacent to the cable winch and the adjustable ramp plate is arranged at the rear of the vehicle.
A stabilized IgG4 antibody for use as a medicament, comprising a heavy chain and a light chain, wherein - said heavy chain comprises a human IgG4 constant region having a substitution of the Phe residue at position 405 to Ala or Leu, and optionally a substitution of the Arg residue at position 409 with Lys, Ala, Thr, Met or Leu, - the antibody comprises a CXPC or CPXC sequence in the hinge region, wherein X can be any amino acid except for proline, - the constant heavy chain region comprised by said antibody is a variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41, wherein the variant in addition to the substitution of the Phe residue at position 405 to Ala or Leu and the substitution of the Arg residue at position 409 with Lys, Ala, Thr, Met or Leu, has less than 3 substitutions compared to said amino acid sequence; the substitutions being selected from the group consisting of an Ala at position 234, a Glu at position 235, an Ala at position 236, an Ala at position 237, an Ala at position 297, an Ala or a Val at position 318, an Ala at position 320, and an Ala or a Gln at position 322, - said antibody has reduced ability to undergo Fab-arm exchange, and - the amino acid numbering is according to Eu index as outlined in Kabat et al. - said heavy chain comprises a human IgG4 constant region having a substitution of the Phe residue at position 405 to Ala or Leu, and optionally a substitution of the Arg residue at position 409 with Lys, Ala, Thr, Met or Leu, - the antibody comprises a CXPC or CPXC sequence in the hinge region, wherein X can be any amino acid except for proline, - the constant heavy chain region comprised by said antibody is a variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41, wherein the variant in addition to the substitution of the Phe residue at position 405 to Ala or Leu and the substitution of the Arg residue at position 409 with Lys, Ala, Thr, Met or Leu, has less than 3 substitutions compared to said amino acid sequence; the substitutions being selected from the group consisting of an Ala at position 234, a Glu at position 235, an Ala at position 236, an Ala at position 237, an Ala at position 297, an Ala or a Val at position 318, an Ala at position 320, and an Ala or a Gln at position 322, - said antibody has reduced ability to undergo Fab-arm exchange, and - the amino acid numbering is according to Eu index as outlined in Kabat et al.
A control unit for a parlour video game console comprising a housing capable of receiving a second control unit provided with an accelerometer and/or tilt sensors, said housing being provided with electric connection means (138, 140) between both control units, characterized in that the control unit includes means for displaying information and/or images relating to the game and in that said information and/or said displayed images are able to be modified, by signals received by the accelerometer and/or the tilt sensors and transmitted to the display means via said electric connection means, and in that a touch screen is provided, at least partly covering the display means and detecting tactile commands as a sequence of locations touched on the screen also able to modify said information and/or displayed images, in that the display means are invertible and in that the housing consists of an imprint able receive the second control unit in two inverted positions and comprising detection means (114a, 114b) for detecting the insertion direction of the second control unit used as means for controlling the inversion of the display means.
A nozzle mechanism adapted to be connected to a driving arm that is mounted to a machine frame of a die casting machine, the machine frame being mounted with a core plate and a cavity plate that are movable relative to each other, saidnozzle mechanism characterized by: a main body having two receiving chamber units that are formed therein, each of said receiving chamber units having a plurality of receiving chambers that are arranged in a longitudinal direction and that are isolated from each other, said receiving chamber units being formed respectively in opposite end portions of said main body in a transverse direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction; a plurality of dispensers mounted to said main body and adapted for atomizing a working liquid, each of said dispensers having a spray opening that communicates with a respective one of said receiving chambers for permitting passage of the atomized working liquid therethrough into the respective one of said receiving chambers; and a plurality of spray tube units mounted to said main body, each of said spray tube units including at least one spray tube that communicates with a respective one of said receiving chambers; wherein said nozzle mechanism is adapted to be movable to a location between the core plate and the cavity plate so that at least one of said spray tube units is operable to spray the atomized working liquid to the core plate and the cavity plate via a respective one of said dispensers. a main body having two receiving chamber units that are formed therein, each of said receiving chamber units having a plurality of receiving chambers that are arranged in a longitudinal direction and that are isolated from each other, said receiving chamber units being formed respectively in opposite end portions of said main body in a transverse direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction; a plurality of dispensers mounted to said main body and adapted for atomizing a working liquid, each of said dispensers having a spray opening that communicates with a respective one of said receiving chambers for permitting passage of the atomized working liquid therethrough into the respective one of said receiving chambers; and a plurality of spray tube units mounted to said main body, each of said spray tube units including at least one spray tube that communicates with a respective one of said receiving chambers; wherein said nozzle mechanism is adapted to be movable to a location between the core plate and the cavity plate so that at least one of said spray tube units is operable to spray the atomized working liquid to the core plate and the cavity plate via a respective one of said dispensers.
An agricultural sprayer, comprising: a spraying system comprising a number of actuatable spray nozzles, the spraying system configured to spray a substance on an agricultural surface; a crop characteristic sensor configured to sense a crop characteristic of a crop on the agricultural surface and to generate a crop characteristic signal indicative of the crop characteristic; a spray control system configured to identify a position of a component of a crop plant based on the crop characteristic sensor signal; and an action signal generator configured to generate an action signal based on the identified position of the component of the crop plant, characterized in that the spray control system is configured to identify a position of corn silks on a corn plant, that the action signal generator is configured to generate a first control signal that controls a position of at least one of the actuatable spray nozzles to spray the substance onto the identified position of the corn silk of the corn plant; that the spray control system further comprises a sprayer performance system configured to receive, from a spray pattern sensor, a spray pattern sensor signal indicative of a coverage of the substance sprayed onto the identified position of the corn silks and generate a performance metric based on the coverage of the substance sprayed onto the identified position of the corn silks, and that the action signal generator is configured to generate a second control signal that adjusts the position of at least one of the actuatable spray nozzles based on the coverage. a spraying system comprising a number of actuatable spray nozzles, the spraying system configured to spray a substance on an agricultural surface; a crop characteristic sensor configured to sense a crop characteristic of a crop on the agricultural surface and to generate a crop characteristic signal indicative of the crop characteristic; a spray control system configured to identify a position of a component of a crop plant based on the crop characteristic sensor signal; and an action signal generator configured to generate an action signal based on the identified position of the component of the crop plant, characterized in that the spray control system is configured to identify a position of corn silks on a corn plant, that the action signal generator is configured to generate a first control signal that controls a position of at least one of the actuatable spray nozzles to spray the substance onto the identified position of the corn silk of the corn plant; that the spray control system further comprises a sprayer performance system configured to receive, from a spray pattern sensor, a spray pattern sensor signal indicative of a coverage of the substance sprayed onto the identified position of the corn silks and generate a performance metric based on the coverage of the substance sprayed onto the identified position of the corn silks, and that the action signal generator is configured to generate a second control signal that adjusts the position of at least one of the actuatable spray nozzles based on the coverage.