mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A shock strut, comprising: a strut cylinder; a strut piston operatively coupled to the strut cylinder; a shrink piston disposed partially within and partially extending from the strut cylinder; and a shrink chamber at least partially defined by the shrink piston; wherein the shrink piston comprises: a shrink piston head; a sleeve extending from the shrink piston head; and a first mechanical stop. a strut cylinder; a strut piston operatively coupled to the strut cylinder; a shrink piston disposed partially within and partially extending from the strut cylinder; and a shrink chamber at least partially defined by the shrink piston; wherein the shrink piston comprises: a shrink piston head; a sleeve extending from the shrink piston head; and a first mechanical stop. a shrink piston head; a sleeve extending from the shrink piston head; and a first mechanical stop.
An injection device comprising: a housing adapted to receive a syringe having a discharge nozzle, the syringe being moveable in the housing along a longitudinal axis between a retracted position in which the discharge nozzle is contained within the housing and an extended position in which the discharge nozzle of the syringe extends from the housing through an exit aperture; an actuator; a drive adapted to be acted upon by the actuator and in turn act upon the syringe to advance it from its retracted position to its extended position and discharge its contents through the discharge nozzle; a release mechanism comprising a trigger button adapted, in an engaged position, to prevent the actuator acting on the drive and, in a disengaged position, to permit the actuator to act on the drive; a syringe carrier adapted to support the syringe as it is advanced; and characterised by a locking mechanism between the syringe carrier and the release mechanism to inhibit movement of the syringe carrier and syringe towards the exit aperture when the trigger button is in its engaged position, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a protrusion, located on the trigger button at its distal end which is proximal to the end which is located nearest to the aperture, the protrusion extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis into the housing towards the longitudinal axis, wherein the protrusion engages the syringe carrier in the engaged position of the trigger button and is disengaged from the syringe carrier in the disengaged position of the trigger button. a housing adapted to receive a syringe having a discharge nozzle, the syringe being moveable in the housing along a longitudinal axis between a retracted position in which the discharge nozzle is contained within the housing and an extended position in which the discharge nozzle of the syringe extends from the housing through an exit aperture; an actuator; a drive adapted to be acted upon by the actuator and in turn act upon the syringe to advance it from its retracted position to its extended position and discharge its contents through the discharge nozzle; a release mechanism comprising a trigger button adapted, in an engaged position, to prevent the actuator acting on the drive and, in a disengaged position, to permit the actuator to act on the drive; a syringe carrier adapted to support the syringe as it is advanced; and characterised by a locking mechanism between the syringe carrier and the release mechanism to inhibit movement of the syringe carrier and syringe towards the exit aperture when the trigger button is in its engaged position, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a protrusion, located on the trigger button at its distal end which is proximal to the end which is located nearest to the aperture, the protrusion extending in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis into the housing towards the longitudinal axis, wherein the protrusion engages the syringe carrier in the engaged position of the trigger button and is disengaged from the syringe carrier in the disengaged position of the trigger button.
An image bearer comprising: an elastic layer; first fine particles having a volume resistivity lower than a volume resistivity of the elastic layer, the first fine particles dispersed on a surface of the image bearer; characterized by second fine particles having a volume resistivity lower than the volume resistivity of the first fine particles, the second fine particles dispersed on the surface of the image bearer; wherein a mixture ratio of the first fine particles is from 40% to 50%, wherein the mixture ratio is a ratio of areas where the first fine particles exist on the image bearer. an elastic layer; first fine particles having a volume resistivity lower than a volume resistivity of the elastic layer, the first fine particles dispersed on a surface of the image bearer; characterized by second fine particles having a volume resistivity lower than the volume resistivity of the first fine particles, the second fine particles dispersed on the surface of the image bearer; wherein a mixture ratio of the first fine particles is from 40% to 50%, wherein the mixture ratio is a ratio of areas where the first fine particles exist on the image bearer.
A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt system, the belt retractor comprising a belt tensioner for tensioning a safety belt during a tensioning phase, and a load limiter for limiting the load applied by the safety belt on a vehicle occupant during a load limiting phase after the tensioning phase, the belt tensioner including a frame, a belt reel, a toothed pinion, a drive unit and an elongated load transmission element, the belt reel being rotatably supported in the frame, the pinion being coupled to the belt reel, wherein the pinion is movable in a radial direction from a first position, in which the pinion is in engagement with the load transmission element, to a second position, in which the pinion is not in engagement with the load transmission element.
An instrument configured to perform an operation, comprising: a distal end section, a proximal end section, a tube connecting the distal end section and the proximal end section and a fluid port, which comprises an inlet for the entry of flushing fluid into the interior of the instrument and at least two outlets (21, 22) configured to guide the flow of flushing fluid in the instrument, wherein the first outlet is configured to allow the flushing fluid to flow towards the distal end section of the instrument and the second outlet is configured to allow the flushing fluid to flow towards the proximal end of the instrument tube, characterised in that the first outlet is larger than the second outlet, wherein a push rod is provided which runs from the proximal end section to the distal end section of the instrument and flushing fluid flows in the instrument tube around the push rod and flushes around the exterior of the push rod, wherein a spring is provided in the proximal part of the push rod to actuate the push rod during an operation and the flushing fluid also flushes around this spring. a distal end section, a proximal end section, a tube connecting the distal end section and the proximal end section and a fluid port, which comprises an inlet for the entry of flushing fluid into the interior of the instrument and at least two outlets (21, 22) configured to guide the flow of flushing fluid in the instrument, wherein the first outlet is configured to allow the flushing fluid to flow towards the distal end section of the instrument and the second outlet is configured to allow the flushing fluid to flow towards the proximal end of the instrument tube, characterised in that the first outlet is larger than the second outlet, wherein a push rod is provided which runs from the proximal end section to the distal end section of the instrument and flushing fluid flows in the instrument tube around the push rod and flushes around the exterior of the push rod, wherein a spring is provided in the proximal part of the push rod to actuate the push rod during an operation and the flushing fluid also flushes around this spring.
A cylinder lock having a key authorized to lock, having a core rotatably mounted in a housing, having a blocking mechanism for the selective blocking or release of the movement of the core, having a locking channel for introducing a shaft of the key into the core, having means of the key introduced into the locking channel for actuating the blocking mechanism, having a key magnet arranged in the key and a magnetic blocking body guided in a pocket of the core, wherein the housing has a catching pocket (17, 18) for partially accommodating the blocking body and the force of the key magnet is dimensioned for holding the blocking body within the core, characterized in that the catching pocket (17, 18) is arranged in the direction of rotation of the core next to the key withdrawal position and that the catching pocket (17, 18) is arranged in the key withdrawal position at least partially outside of the region covered by the pocket in the core.
A nondestructive method for evaluating a silicon wafer having a bulk resistivity in the range of 8 to 12 Ω•cm and a dopant contamination as a consequence of a heat treatment of said silicon wafer, wherein the dopant is one selected from B, Al, Ga, In, P, As, and Sb, wherein a value of resistivity of a bulk portion of the silicon wafer is measured by an eddy current method, a value of resistivity in a surface layer of the silicon wafer is measured by a surface photovoltage method, wherein the resistivity of the bulk portion is the original resistivity of the wafer and shows the resistivity of the wafer before contamination, and the resistivity in the surface layer shows a resistivity different from that of the bulk portion, once it is contaminated by the heat treatment, and wherein a volume concentration of contamination of said dopant in the surface layer contributing to the resistivity is calculated from a difference between the value of the resistivity of the bulk portion measured by the eddy current method and the value of the resistivity in the surface layer measured by the surface photovoltage method, and the measurements by the eddy current method and the surface photovoltage method are performed on the silicon wafer after said heat treatment.
An implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, having a body comprising at least magnesium or a magnesium alloy, characterised in that the implant has a first layer containing a hydrogen-binding material, preferably palladium, on at least a portion of its body surface.
Process for removing water from a particulate material selected from (oxy)hydroxides and carbonates containing at least one transition metal selected from of nickel or cobalt and at least one metal other than nickel, said process comprising the step of introducing at least one particulate material with a water content in the range of from 1 to 30 % by weight, referring to said particulate material, into a rotary kiln with external heating elements and moving it through the rotary kiln together with a flow of a gas, wherein the average residence time of the particulate material is in the range of from 30 minutes to 5 hours and wherein the residual moisture of the resultant product is in the range of from 50 ppm to 1.5% by weight.
Road-based motor vehicle having at least one current collector for at least one overhead line and having at least one actuator system, wherein the motor vehicle is designed in such a way that the at least one current collector is controlled from a first, lowered position to a second raised position, or vice versa, by means of the actuator system, characterized in that the current collector is assigned at least one sensor system which has a data connection to a control device of the actuator system, wherein the control device is designed in such a way that, by means of the data from the sensor system, a contact pressure of the current collector against the overhead line is detected or ascertained, having a memory with spatially resolved contact pressures for the current collector, and having a position-ascertaining unit, wherein the motor vehicle is designed in such a way that, in a position of the motor vehicle ascertained by the position-ascertaining unit, an associated contact pressure is read out from the memory and is automatically set by the control device or is signalled to the motor vehicle driver.
An induction heating apparatus comprising: a first inverter circuit configured to supply a high-frequency current to a first heating coil; a second inverter circuit configured to supply a high-frequency current to a second heating coil; and a control unit configured to control the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4); wherein, when the control unit makes both the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) operational, the control unit controls the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) by duty control such that an average heating output from the first inverter circuit reaches a predetermined first target heating output, and an average heating output from the second inverter circuit reaches a predetermined second target heating output, wherein in the duty control, the induction heating apparatus repeats an ON period in which semiconductor switches in the respective first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) are driven in a predetermined switching cycle, and an OFF period in which the semiconductor switches are turned off; characterized in that: when the control unit makes only the first inverter circuit operational, the control unit controls the first inverter circuit by continuous heating control such that a heating output from the first inverter circuit reaches the first target heating output; when the control unit makes only the second inverter circuit operational, the control unit controls the second inverter circuit by the continuous heating control such that a heating output from the second inverter circuit reaches the second target heating output; and when the control unit makes one of the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) operational in an automatic heating mode for automatic heating control according to a predetermined heating output sequence, the control unit inhibits the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) from being controlled by the duty control. a first inverter circuit configured to supply a high-frequency current to a first heating coil; a second inverter circuit configured to supply a high-frequency current to a second heating coil; and a control unit configured to control the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4); when the control unit makes only the first inverter circuit operational, the control unit controls the first inverter circuit by continuous heating control such that a heating output from the first inverter circuit reaches the first target heating output; when the control unit makes only the second inverter circuit operational, the control unit controls the second inverter circuit by the continuous heating control such that a heating output from the second inverter circuit reaches the second target heating output; and when the control unit makes one of the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) operational in an automatic heating mode for automatic heating control according to a predetermined heating output sequence, the control unit inhibits the first and second inverter circuits (3, 4) from being controlled by the duty control.
A hydraulic system for a working machine, comprising at least one work function (1; 217, 221, 203) and a control valve unit (2; 200a, 200b, 200c) for controlling hydraulic fluid to and from the work function, and a recovery unit (9; 295; 595) connected to a return port (10; 60a, 60b, 60c) of the control valve unit for recovering energy from the work function, and a means (11; 287b, 289b, 291b) for limiting the pressure of the hydraulic fluid at the return port, wherein the pressure limiting means comprises a pilot-operated valve (12; 287, 289, 291) arranged to set a maximum allowable pressure at the return port (10; 60a, 60b, 60c) of the control valve unit, which pressure is variable by controlling the pilot-operated valve by means of a control unit (13; 213), characterized in that the maximum allowable pressure at the return port (10; 60a, 60b, 60c) of the control valve unit (2; 200a, 200b, 200c) is continuously variable by means of the pilot-operated valve (12; 287, 289, 291).
A printer apparatus, comprising: a print head; a platen roller having a rod; a spring configured to press the print head toward a direction of the platen roller; a frame having in a side face thereof a platen supporting groove for supporting the rod of the platen roller; and a detection switch disposed in an opening formed in the side face of the frame, wherein the platen supporting groove includes a first edge and a second edge (44, 45), the first edge situated closer to the print head than the second edge, and has on the second edge a projection projecting toward inside the platen supporting groove, and wherein placing the rod of the platen roller at a predetermined position at a deeper side of the platen supporting groove than the projection causes the rod of the platen roller to press the detection switch due to an urging force that is applied to the platen roller by the spring through the print head. a print head; a platen roller having a rod; a spring configured to press the print head toward a direction of the platen roller; a frame having in a side face thereof a platen supporting groove for supporting the rod of the platen roller; and a detection switch disposed in an opening formed in the side face of the frame, wherein the platen supporting groove includes a first edge and a second edge (44, 45), the first edge situated closer to the print head than the second edge, and has on the second edge a projection projecting toward inside the platen supporting groove, and wherein placing the rod of the platen roller at a predetermined position at a deeper side of the platen supporting groove than the projection causes the rod of the platen roller to press the detection switch due to an urging force that is applied to the platen roller by the spring through the print head.
A motor vehicle including an engine compartment, a forced ventilation module arranged in the engine compartment, a driven air inflow module (10, 20, 30) forming a passage of air through the forced ventilation module and a driving module, the driven air inflow module (10, 20, 30) being configured to adopt under the command of the driving module selectively at least one air passage authorisation position and an air passage limitation or blocking position, the driven air inflow module (10, 20, 30) comprising at least one member (10, 20) forming a variable shutter of the passage of air and a maintenance support of the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20), characterized in that this maintenance support is fixed on the forced ventilation module, and in that the driven air inflow module (10, 20, 30) comprises a link between the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20) and the maintenance support, which link is configured to give and thus authorise a displacement of the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20) in relation to the maintenance support in the direction of the forced ventilation module in the event of impact on the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20) and the driven air inflow module (10, 20, 30) comprises a stop arrangement (16, 36) of the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20) in displacement thereof towards the forced ventilation module, the stop arrangement (16, 36) being configured to prevent damage to the forced ventilation module by the member forming a variable shutter (10, 20).
Hydraulic device comprising a first member movable relative to a second member, said first member having a pressure chamber opening in a face of said first member which face is in contact with a contact face of said second member, said second member having a low pressure area, wherein a throttling flow path is provided in a groove connecting said pressure chamber and said low pressure area when said pressure chamber is approaching said low pressure area, characterized in that a total throttling resistance of the flow path increases during the duration of the throttling, wherein a differential throttling resistance per unit of length of said groove increases in a direction of the flow through said groove from the high pressure area within the pressure chamber towards the low pressure area.
Electrical circuitry adapted to drive a dual-coil loudspeaker having a primary voice coil and a second voice coil connected in parallel with the primary voice coil, the second voice coil being in series with a resonant circuit of impedance Z mf, characterised in that the electrical circuitry is comprising an inductance compensation filter of impedance Z if in parallel with the resonant circuit, said inductance compensation filter configured to compensate for the inductances of the primary and secondary voice coils.
A dielectric layer with a permittivity of 3.5 or less comprising a dielectric obtainable by polymerizing at least one twin monomer comprising a) a first monomer unit which comprises a metal or semimetal, and b) a second monomer unit which is connected to the first monomer unit via a chemical bond, wherein the polymerization involves polymerizing the twin monomer with breakage of the chemical bond and formation of a first polymer comprising the first monomer unit and of a second polymer comprising the second monomer unit, and wherein the first and the second monomer unit polymerize via a common mechanism. a) a first monomer unit which comprises a metal or semimetal, and b) a second monomer unit which is connected to the first monomer unit via a chemical bond,
A method for measuring unoccupied states of a solid by an inverse photoemission spectroscopy, comprising: a) a step of generating an electron beam; b) a step of changing kinetic energy of the generated electron beam within a range of 0 to 5 eV, and irradiating a solid sample with the electron beam; c) a step of measuring intensity of light of a predetermined wavelength within a range of 180 to 700 nm included in electromagnetic waves emitted from the solid sample; and d) a step of determining unoccupied-states energy of the solid sample based on a spectrum created by the intensity of light with respect to the kinetic energy of the electron beam; and where the method is characterised in that the electromagnetic waves are collected by using a lens. a) a step of generating an electron beam; b) a step of changing kinetic energy of the generated electron beam within a range of 0 to 5 eV, and irradiating a solid sample with the electron beam; c) a step of measuring intensity of light of a predetermined wavelength within a range of 180 to 700 nm included in electromagnetic waves emitted from the solid sample; and d) a step of determining unoccupied-states energy of the solid sample based on a spectrum created by the intensity of light with respect to the kinetic energy of the electron beam; and