mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An instrument (178, 179; 190) for endoscopic applications or the like, comprising a tube like member having a handling end portion (51-54; 110-113) having at least one flexible handling portion (52, 54; 110-113) and actuating means (56-60; 70, 71; 114-117) located at an other, actuating end portion, and longitudinal elements (22-26, 34-36) for transferring a movement of the actuating means (56-60; 70, 71; 114-117) to the handling end portion (51-54; 110-113) resulting in a change of orientation thereof, the instrument (178, 179; 190) further comprising an outer protective cylindrical element (4; 106) and an inner protective cylindrical element (1; 100) as well as at least one intermediate cylindrical element (2, 3) containing said longitudinal elements (22-26, 34-36) and located between said inner protective cylindrical element (1; 100) and said outer protective cylindrical element (4; 106), the actuating means in the actuating end portion comprising a tube like section comprising a flexible actuating zone and a rigid zone (56-60; 114-117), longitudinal elements (22-26, 34-36) connecting the rigid zone (58, 60) to a corresponding part of the handling end portion (51-54; 110-113), characterized in that the handling end portion comprises at least two independent flexible handling portions (52, 54; 110-113), in that the actuating means (56-60; 70, 71; 114-117) in the actuating end portion comprise a tube like section containing a number of alternating flexible actuating zones (56, 59; 114-117) and rigid zones, the number of flexible actuating zones (56, 59; 114-117) corresponding to the number of flexible handling portions (52, 54; 110-113), and in that each rigid zone of the actuating means is connected by means of its own set of longitudinal elements (22-26, 34-36) to a corresponding part of the handling end portion (52, 54; 110-113) for effecting a change of orientation of said corresponding one of the flexible handling portions (52, 54; 110-113).
A heat exchanger, in particular a condenser for a motor vehicle, which comprises a block having a plurality of pipe elements that each lead at least at one pipe end into a header that is fluidically connected to a collecting tank, wherein the collecting tank has at least one extruded profile element and an extruded collecting tank pipe, characterised in that the connection between the profile element and the collecting tank pipe is a soldered connection that is produced via a cylindrical element arranged in the profile element, wherein the cylindrical element is formed as a ring having a main body that is provided a coating made of a material that can be soldered, wherein the coating comprises a flux.
A deposition source for coating a movable substrate, comprising: a source housing to be attached to a process chamber in such a way that a substrate can be moved past an open front side of the source housing during deposition; a gas inlet for introducing a process gas into a coating processing region of the source housing, wherein the gas inlet is provided as a showerhead assembly arranged in the coating processing region opposed to the open front side; an evacuation outlet for removing the process gas from a pumping region of the source housing; and an evacuation partition unit arranged between the coating processing region and the pumping region with at least one opening defining a process gas flow path from the coating processing region into the pumping region. a source housing to be attached to a process chamber in such a way that a substrate can be moved past an open front side of the source housing during deposition; a gas inlet for introducing a process gas into a coating processing region of the source housing, wherein the gas inlet is provided as a showerhead assembly arranged in the coating processing region opposed to the open front side; an evacuation outlet for removing the process gas from a pumping region of the source housing; and an evacuation partition unit arranged between the coating processing region and the pumping region with at least one opening defining a process gas flow path from the coating processing region into the pumping region.
A method for wireless signal transmission, the method comprising: storing, in a first base station, a subframe partition configuration including an allocation of a first downlink, DL, resource to be one of a semi-static resource or dynamic resource, wherein the first DL resource is orthogonal to a second DL resource allocated to a second base station; transmitting, from the first base station, a first signal consistent with the first DL resource allocation; receiving, responsive to the first signal, from a user equipment, UE, associated with the first base station, a signal metric measuring the first signal over the first DL resource allocation, wherein the signal metric corresponds to a radio link monitoring, RLM, metric; and allocating a communications resource based on the signal metric. storing, in a first base station, a subframe partition configuration including an allocation of a first downlink, DL, resource to be one of a semi-static resource or dynamic resource, wherein the first DL resource is orthogonal to a second DL resource allocated to a second base station; transmitting, from the first base station, a first signal consistent with the first DL resource allocation; receiving, responsive to the first signal, from a user equipment, UE, associated with the first base station, a signal metric measuring the first signal over the first DL resource allocation, wherein the signal metric corresponds to a radio link monitoring, RLM, metric; and allocating a communications resource based on the signal metric.
A process for the preparation of ethanolamines comprising the steps of: (a) mixing a water-ammonia solution comprising from 20% to 60% ammonia and 40% to 80% water with ethylene oxide to form a reactor inlet composition; (b) charging the reactor inlet composition to one or more amine reactors; (c) reacting the ammonia with the ethylene oxide in the one or more amine reactors to form an effluent reaction mixture comprising unreacted ammonia, water and ethanolamines; (d) separating, in a stripping column, the effluent reaction mixture into a rich ammonia-water mixture vapor overhead and a product solution bottoms liquid; (e) mixing the rich ammonia-water mixture vapor overhead with liquid ammonia in an ammonia absorber to prepare the water-ammonia solution; and (f) separating, in a first evaporator, the product solution into a concentrated product solution bottoms liquid and a steam overhead, further comprising the step of passing the steam overhead from the first evaporator to provide a second evaporator with a source of vapor and heat. (a) mixing a water-ammonia solution comprising from 20% to 60% ammonia and 40% to 80% water with ethylene oxide to form a reactor inlet composition; (b) charging the reactor inlet composition to one or more amine reactors; (c) reacting the ammonia with the ethylene oxide in the one or more amine reactors to form an effluent reaction mixture comprising unreacted ammonia, water and ethanolamines; (d) separating, in a stripping column, the effluent reaction mixture into a rich ammonia-water mixture vapor overhead and a product solution bottoms liquid; (e) mixing the rich ammonia-water mixture vapor overhead with liquid ammonia in an ammonia absorber to prepare the water-ammonia solution; and (f) separating, in a first evaporator, the product solution into a concentrated product solution bottoms liquid and a steam overhead,
A fan comprising a casing which comprises an air inlet, an air outlet and a fan arranged between the air inlet and the air outlet, wherein openings are formed in the area of the air inlet, which openings end in an annular channel which is adjacent to the air inlet, wherein a pressure sensor is integrated in the channel, wherein the air inlet comprises two wall elements which form the volume of the channel between them, wherein the wall elements are connected to each other via two connecting areas, characterized in that a web is arranged in one of the connecting areas, which web spaces the wall elements apart from each other and forms openings at its side which are slit-shaped and extend along the connecting area between the wall elements.
A mobility management method, the method is applied to a communications system, wherein the communications system comprises a home agent control plane, HA-C, a first home agent user plane, HA-U, a second HA-U, and a mobile node, MN; the first HA-U is located in a first network, the second HA-U is located in a second network, the first HA-U is deployed on a first proxy server or a gateway, and the HA-C is deployed on a second proxy server, the first network comprises at least two HA-Us, and the at least two HA-Us are separately deployed on different proxy servers or different gateways; and the method comprises: receiving (301, 601), by the HA-C, a first binding update, BU, message sent by the MN when the MN accesses the first network; determining, by the HA-C according to a load balance rule, the first HA-U from the at least two HA-Us comprised in the first network; sending (302, 603), by the HA-C, a first binding acknowledgement, BA, message to the MN according to the first BU message, wherein the first BA message comprises an address of the first HA-U; receiving (303, 604), by the HA-C, a second BU message sent by the MN after the MN moves from the first network to the second network, wherein the second BU message comprises a home address, HoA, and a care-of address, CoA, that are of the MN; sending (304, 607), by the HA-C, a configuration message to the first HA-U, wherein the configuration message comprises the HoA and the CoA that are of the MN; and performing (402, 608), by the first HA-U, tunnel communication with the MN according to the configuration message. receiving (301, 601), by the HA-C, a first binding update, BU, message sent by the MN when the MN accesses the first network; determining, by the HA-C according to a load balance rule, the first HA-U from the at least two HA-Us comprised in the first network; sending (302, 603), by the HA-C, a first binding acknowledgement, BA, message to the MN according to the first BU message, wherein the first BA message comprises an address of the first HA-U; receiving (303, 604), by the HA-C, a second BU message sent by the MN after the MN moves from the first network to the second network, wherein the second BU message comprises a home address, HoA, and a care-of address, CoA, that are of the MN; sending (304, 607), by the HA-C, a configuration message to the first HA-U, wherein the configuration message comprises the HoA and the CoA that are of the MN; and performing (402, 608), by the first HA-U, tunnel communication with the MN according to the configuration message.
Belt buckle assembly for a motor vehicle having at least one belt buckle, a linear belt force limiter operatively connected to the at least one belt buckle, and a fitting via which at least the belt force limiter is arranged in a manner mounted on the body, and the belt force limiter is also arranged pivotably on the fitting, characterized in that the belt force limiter is arranged pivotably in relation to the fitting and is pivotable at least between a fitting position, in which the belt force limiter is positioned during installation, and an operational position.
A carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures, the carrier comprising: two rows forming a plurality of container receiving aperture pairs extending from center pairs to intermediate pairs to outer pairs, wherein each container receiving aperture in the outer pairs is longer than each container receiving aperture in intermediate pairs which is longer than each container receiving aperture in center pairs; and a handle extending from adjacent only one row of the at least two rows. two rows forming a plurality of container receiving aperture pairs extending from center pairs to intermediate pairs to outer pairs, wherein each container receiving aperture in the outer pairs is longer than each container receiving aperture in intermediate pairs which is longer than each container receiving aperture in center pairs; and a handle extending from adjacent only one row of the at least two rows.
A near-field communication, NFC, system comprising: a plurality of geographically distributed NFC tags; a tag geo-position database configured to store respective geographic positions of said NFC tags; and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each configured to communicate with a given NFC tag when in proximity thereto, determine a current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device, communicate the determined current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device to update said tag geo-position database; comprising recording the determined current geographic position in said tag geo-position database only when said given NFC tag does not have a location in its memory; and when said given NFC tag does have a location but it does not match the determined current geographic position. a plurality of geographically distributed NFC tags; a tag geo-position database configured to store respective geographic positions of said NFC tags; and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices, each configured to communicate with a given NFC tag when in proximity thereto, determine a current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device, communicate the determined current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device to update said tag geo-position database; comprising recording the determined current geographic position in said tag geo-position database only when said given NFC tag does not have a location in its memory; and when said given NFC tag does have a location but it does not match the determined current geographic position. communicate with a given NFC tag when in proximity thereto, determine a current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device, communicate the determined current geographic position of said mobile wireless communications device to update said tag geo-position database; comprising recording the determined current geographic position in said tag geo-position database only when said given NFC tag does not have a location in its memory; and when said given NFC tag does have a location but it does not match the determined current geographic position. recording the determined current geographic position in said tag geo-position database only when said given NFC tag does not have a location in its memory; and when said given NFC tag does have a location but it does not match the determined current geographic position.
A bobbin isolating device comprising: a bobbin introduction section that receives a plurality of bobbins; and a bobbin picking section that picks up the bobbin from a pile of the bobbins introduced into the bobbin introduction section, wherein the bobbin picking section includes a plurality of bobbin receiving members on which the bobbins can ride, a bobbin-receiving-member driving section that drives the bobbin receiving members in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to an installation surface of the bobbin introduction section, and a bobbin isolating member that is arranged along an area over which the bobbin receiving members with the bobbins riding thereon are driven, and that isolates the bobbins riding on the bobbin receiving members, characterized in that the bobbin isolating member can come into contact with a bobbin riding on the bobbin receiving member from a side of the bobbin receiving member that is opposite to a scooping side of the bobbin receiving member, and the bobbin isolating member has a pushing portion that is convex toward the scooping side of the bobbin receiving member, and restricts number of bobbins that can ride on the bobbin receiving member with the pushing portion, so that if two or more bobbins riding one on top of another on a bobbin receiving member reach the position of the pushing portion, the bobbins are pushed toward the scooping side of the bobbin receiving member so that an extra bobbin is dropped from the bobbin receiving member and the number of the bobbins that can ride on the bobbin receiving member is restricted to one. a bobbin introduction section that receives a plurality of bobbins; and a bobbin picking section that picks up the bobbin from a pile of the bobbins introduced into the bobbin introduction section, wherein the bobbin picking section includes a plurality of bobbin receiving members on which the bobbins can ride, a bobbin-receiving-member driving section that drives the bobbin receiving members in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to an installation surface of the bobbin introduction section, and a bobbin isolating member that is arranged along an area over which the bobbin receiving members with the bobbins riding thereon are driven, and that isolates the bobbins riding on the bobbin receiving members, characterized in that the bobbin isolating member can come into contact with a bobbin riding on the bobbin receiving member from a side of the bobbin receiving member that is opposite to a scooping side of the bobbin receiving member, and the bobbin isolating member has a pushing portion that is convex toward the scooping side of the bobbin receiving member, and restricts number of bobbins that can ride on the bobbin receiving member with the pushing portion, so that if two or more bobbins riding one on top of another on a bobbin receiving member reach the position of the pushing portion, the bobbins are pushed toward the scooping side of the bobbin receiving member so that an extra bobbin is dropped from the bobbin receiving member and the number of the bobbins that can ride on the bobbin receiving member is restricted to one.
An assembly for an assembled container house system, comprising: a first main wallboard, wherein the first main wallboard has a rectangular body; an upper right portion of the body of the first main wallboard protrudes rightwards to form a spherical protrusion, and a lower right portion extends rightwards to form an extension portion; an upper left portion of the body of the first main wallboard extends leftwards to form an extension portion, and a lower left portion protrudes leftwards to form a spherical protrusion; spherical recessed cavities are formed on front end surfaces of the two extension portions by means of being recessed backwards; the spherical protrusions match the spherical recessed cavities; and an axial direction of the spherical protrusion is perpendicular to an axial direction of the spherical recessed cavity; the assembly further comprising a second main wallboard and a semi-main wallboard, wherein the second main wallboard has a rectangular body; a lower right portion of the body of the second main wallboard protrudes rightwards to form a spherical protrusion, and an upper right portion extends rightwards to form an extension portion; a lower left portion of the body of the second main wallboard extends leftwards to form an extension portion, and an upper left portion protrudes leftwards to form a spherical protrusion; spherical recessed cavities are formed on front end surfaces of the two extension portions by means of being recessed backwards; the spherical protrusions match the spherical recessed cavities; an axial direction of the spherical protrusion is perpendicular to an axial direction of the spherical recessed cavity; the length of the semi-main wallboard is equal to the length of the second main wallboard; the height of the first main wallboard is the same as the height of the second main wallboard; the height of the semi-main wallboard is a half of the height of the first main wallboard; a right side of the semi-main wallboard protrudes to form a spherical protrusion having an axis parallel to a front end surface of the semi-main wallboard, and a left side protrudes to form an extension portion having the spherical recessed cavity; and an axis of the spherical recessed cavity is perpendicular to the front end surface of the semi-main wallboard.
A fuel injection system for use in an internal combustion engine having an engine housing, the fuel injection system comprising: two or more unit pumps and a plurality of fuel injectors, each of the unit pumps being received, in use, within a pocket provided in the engine housing and including a pumping plunger that is reciprocable within a plunger bore under the influence of a drive arrangement (40, 42, 46), to cause fuel pressurisation within a pumping chamber, each drive arrangement including a cam, which is carried by a cam shaft extending through the engine housing, in use, and which carries the or each of the other cams, an inlet metering valve arrangement which is arranged to control the flow of fuel into the associated pumping chamber, thereby to control the quantity of fuel to be pressurised within the pumping chamber during a pumping cycle, and an outlet valve arrangement which is arranged to control the delivery of pressurised fuel from the pumping chamber directly to a common rail through an associated high pressure fuel line, said common rail being arranged to supply pressurised fuel to all of the injectors of the system and characterised in that the inlet metering valve comprises a variable orifice for controlling the rate of flow of fuel into the associated pumping chamber and which is operable to allow only that quantity of fuel required for an injection event to fill the pumping chamber for pressurisation during a pumping cycle. two or more unit pumps and a plurality of fuel injectors, each of the unit pumps being received, in use, within a pocket provided in the engine housing and including a pumping plunger that is reciprocable within a plunger bore under the influence of a drive arrangement (40, 42, 46), to cause fuel pressurisation within a pumping chamber, each drive arrangement including a cam, which is carried by a cam shaft extending through the engine housing, in use, and which carries the or each of the other cams, an inlet metering valve arrangement which is arranged to control the flow of fuel into the associated pumping chamber, thereby to control the quantity of fuel to be pressurised within the pumping chamber during a pumping cycle, and an outlet valve arrangement which is arranged to control the delivery of pressurised fuel from the pumping chamber directly to a common rail through an associated high pressure fuel line, said common rail being arranged to supply pressurised fuel to all of the injectors of the system and characterised in that the inlet metering valve comprises a variable orifice for controlling the rate of flow of fuel into the associated pumping chamber and which is operable to allow only that quantity of fuel required for an injection event to fill the pumping chamber for pressurisation during a pumping cycle.