mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sensor subsystem (716, 900, 1400, 1600) for a voltage measurement device (102, 300) operative to measure alternating current,, voltage in an insulated conductor, the sensor subsystem (716, 900, 1400, 1600) comprising: a conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) disposed within a housing (108, 701, 902) of the voltage measurement device (102, 300), the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) selectively positionable proximate the insulated conductor without galvanically contacting the conductor, wherein the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) capacitively couples with the insulated conductor; a conductive internal ground guard disposed within the housing (108, 701, 902), wherein the internal ground guard at least partially surrounds the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) and is galvanically isolated from the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602), the internal ground guard sized and dimensioned to shield the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) from stray currents; and a conductive reference shield which surrounds at least a portion of the housing (108, 701, 902) and is galvanically insulated from the internal ground guard, the conductive reference shield sized and dimensioned to reduce currents between the internal ground guard and an external ground; the sensor subsystem (716, 900, 1400, 1600) being characterised in that it further comprises: a common mode reference voltage source which, in operation, generates an alternating current,, reference voltage having a reference frequency, wherein the conductive internal ground guard and the conductive reference shield are electrically coupled to the common mode reference voltage source. a conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) disposed within a housing (108, 701, 902) of the voltage measurement device (102, 300), the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) selectively positionable proximate the insulated conductor without galvanically contacting the conductor, wherein the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) capacitively couples with the insulated conductor; a conductive internal ground guard disposed within the housing (108, 701, 902), wherein the internal ground guard at least partially surrounds the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) and is galvanically isolated from the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602), the internal ground guard sized and dimensioned to shield the conductive electrode (126, 502, 722, 1602) from stray currents; and a conductive reference shield which surrounds at least a portion of the housing (108, 701, 902) and is galvanically insulated from the internal ground guard, the conductive reference shield sized and dimensioned to reduce currents between the internal ground guard and an external ground;
A method of using a circuit to drive an insulated gate semiconductor device comprising as a first terminal a gate and at least second and third terminals (22, 24), the circuit comprising a charge storage device and switching means (16, 116) connected in a series circuit to the gate of the semiconductor device to apply from the charge storage device a charging pulse to the gate of the semiconductor device so as to switch the semiconductor device between one of an on state and an off state and the other of the on state and the off state, characterised in that the switching speed of the switching means is less than 2ns whereby the duration of the charging pulse is such that the charging pulse is complete prior to a change in the current flow between the second and third terminals (22, 24) of the semiconductor device and in that the charging pulse applies a voltage to the gate three to four times beyond the gate maximum voltage rating of the semiconductor device.
A resealable, recyclable container structure comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate rigid tray comprising a bottom wall and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the at least one sidewall terminates in a flange and wherein the flange comprises at least one resealable zone and at least one permanently affixed zone; and a flexible polyethylene terephthalate film lidding, wherein the lidding is permanently affixed to the flange in the permanently affixed zone and resealably affixed to the flange in the resealable zone, wherein the flexible film lidding consists of a mono-material film; and wherein the rigid tray and the film lidding comprise the same polymer. a polyethylene terephthalate rigid tray comprising a bottom wall and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the at least one sidewall terminates in a flange and wherein the flange comprises at least one resealable zone and at least one permanently affixed zone; and a flexible polyethylene terephthalate film lidding, wherein the lidding is permanently affixed to the flange in the permanently affixed zone and resealably affixed to the flange in the resealable zone, wherein the flexible film lidding consists of a mono-material film; and wherein the rigid tray and the film lidding comprise the same polymer.
A method of verifying the identity of a speaker in a speaker verification system, said method comprising: i) building (306, 308) a general speaker model using feature vectors extracted from a first set of speaker utterances taken from a large population of speakers; ii) modifying training speaker utterances provided by the speaker in a training phase using a noise sample to obtain modified training speaker utterances, and modifying a second set of sample speaker utterances using the noise sample to obtain a modified set of background speaker utterances, wherein said second set comprises speaker utterances taken from a population of speakers that is less that in the first set; iii) generating an adapted target speaker model by using feature vectors extracted from the modified training speaker utterances to adapt the general speaker model, and generating a set of adapted background speaker models by using feature vectors extracted from the modified set of background speaker utterances to adapt the general speaker model; iv) calculating a target match score based on a comparison between the adapted target speaker model and a test voice sample, and calculating a set of background match scores based on a comparison between the set of adapted background speaker models and the test voice sample; v) determining a final match score representing the degree of matching between the characteristics of the training speaker utterance and the test voice sample, wherein the final match score is dependent on the difference between the target match score and the mean background match scores. i) building (306, 308) a general speaker model using feature vectors extracted from a first set of speaker utterances taken from a large population of speakers; ii) modifying training speaker utterances provided by the speaker in a training phase using a noise sample to obtain modified training speaker utterances, and modifying a second set of sample speaker utterances using the noise sample to obtain a modified set of background speaker utterances, wherein said second set comprises speaker utterances taken from a population of speakers that is less that in the first set; iii) generating an adapted target speaker model by using feature vectors extracted from the modified training speaker utterances to adapt the general speaker model, and generating a set of adapted background speaker models by using feature vectors extracted from the modified set of background speaker utterances to adapt the general speaker model; iv) calculating a target match score based on a comparison between the adapted target speaker model and a test voice sample, and calculating a set of background match scores based on a comparison between the set of adapted background speaker models and the test voice sample; v) determining a final match score representing the degree of matching between the characteristics of the training speaker utterance and the test voice sample, wherein the final match score is dependent on the difference between the target match score and the mean background match scores.
Device for controlling deposition of material(s) for an offset printing system characterised in that it comprises: - at least one offset plate (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) intended to receive successively a wetting liquid and a coloured material, - at least one controlled deposition means (1, 1 a, 1 b, 1 c) for each offset plate (2, 2a, 2b, 2c), the deposition means (1, 1a, 1 b, 1c) comprising at least one deposition head which ejects at least one wetting solution and at least one deposition head which ejects a defined coloured material, - at least one means (6a, 6b, 6c) for cleaning of the offset plates (2, 2a, 2b, 2c), and in that the coating of the offset plate(s) (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) comprises a mesh defined by a plurality of hydrophilic and lipophilic unit surfaces (9, 9a, 9b) capable of receiving a controlled deposition of wetting liquid and/or coloured material, each of these hydrophilic and lipophilic surfaces being separated from its direct neighbours by at least one peripheral hydrophobic and lipophobic surface. - at least one offset plate (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) intended to receive successively a wetting liquid and a coloured material, - at least one controlled deposition means (1, 1 a, 1 b, 1 c) for each offset plate (2, 2a, 2b, 2c), the deposition means (1, 1a, 1 b, 1c) comprising at least one deposition head which ejects at least one wetting solution and at least one deposition head which ejects a defined coloured material, - at least one means (6a, 6b, 6c) for cleaning of the offset plates (2, 2a, 2b, 2c),
A pressure sensor comprising: a sensor unit including a housing, a sensor chip for detecting a pressure and sending a detection output signal, a chip mounting member supporting the sensor chip, a diaphragm supported by a lower end surface of the housing for partitioning a liquid sealing chamber, in which the sensor chip is placed, from a pressure chamber facing the liquid sealing chamber, and a group of input-output terminals supported by a hermetic glass and electrically connected to the sensor chip; the housing, the hermetic glass, the chip mounting member, and the diaphragm forming the liquid sealing chamber; and an electric field blocking member placed between one end surface of the sensor chip in the liquid sealing chamber and the diaphragm by being supported by one end surface of a conductive plate electrically connected to one or more of the group of input-output terminals, and for blocking an electric field acting on a signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip, wherein the conductive plate and the signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip have an equal electric potential, and the electric field blocking member and the signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip have an equal electric potential, characterized in that the conductive plate has one end surface formed of a conductive layer which is opposed to the diaphragm and the other end surface formed of an insulating layer supported on the hermetic glass. a sensor unit including a housing, a sensor chip for detecting a pressure and sending a detection output signal, a chip mounting member supporting the sensor chip, a diaphragm supported by a lower end surface of the housing for partitioning a liquid sealing chamber, in which the sensor chip is placed, from a pressure chamber facing the liquid sealing chamber, and a group of input-output terminals supported by a hermetic glass and electrically connected to the sensor chip; the housing, the hermetic glass, the chip mounting member, and the diaphragm forming the liquid sealing chamber; and an electric field blocking member placed between one end surface of the sensor chip in the liquid sealing chamber and the diaphragm by being supported by one end surface of a conductive plate electrically connected to one or more of the group of input-output terminals, and for blocking an electric field acting on a signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip, wherein the conductive plate and the signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip have an equal electric potential, and the electric field blocking member and the signal processing electronic circuit unit of the sensor chip have an equal electric potential, characterized in that the conductive plate has one end surface formed of a conductive layer which is opposed to the diaphragm and the other end surface formed of an insulating layer supported on the hermetic glass.
Process for the batch or semi-batch preparation of a polymer polyol, which process comprises mixing a base polyol, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, a polymerization initiator, optionally a macromer, and optionally a chain transfer agent, and polymerizing the mixture thus obtained at a temperature of 50 to 200°C, wherein one or more of the compounds to be mixed are fed while having a temperature which is higher than ambient temperature wherein the temperature which is higher than ambient temperature is achieved by pre-heating, wherein one or more of the compounds to be mixed are fed while having a temperature which is between 50 and 150% of the temperature (in °C) at which polymerization is carried out, wherein ambient temperature ranges from 0 to 45 °C, and wherein the one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers are fed while having a temperature which equals ambient temperature.
A component mounting machine comprising: a tool station detachably accommodating a holding member having a main body section configured to hold a component to be mounted on a board and multiple identification sections configured to identify multiple accommodation angles; a shielding member configured to restrict the holding member accommodated in the tool station from being dislocated therefrom, and a determination section configured to determine an angle difference of the accommodation angle of the holding member, of which angle being different from a predetermined accommodation angle, wherein at least one identification section of the multiple identification sections is defined as a first identification section, the at least one identification section being exposed when the accommodation angle of the holding member is the predetermined accommodation angle in a closed state in which a part of the multiple identification sections is covered by the shielding member, and wherein when the determination section does not recognize the first identification section in the closed state, the determination section is configured to attempt to recognize a second identification section, which is at least one identification section of the multiple identification sections different from the first identification section, and the determination section is configured to determine the angle difference when the determination section recognizes the second identification section in the closed state. a tool station detachably accommodating a holding member having a main body section configured to hold a component to be mounted on a board and multiple identification sections configured to identify multiple accommodation angles; a shielding member configured to restrict the holding member accommodated in the tool station from being dislocated therefrom, and a determination section configured to determine an angle difference of the accommodation angle of the holding member, of which angle being different from a predetermined accommodation angle, wherein at least one identification section of the multiple identification sections is defined as a first identification section, the at least one identification section being exposed when the accommodation angle of the holding member is the predetermined accommodation angle in a closed state in which a part of the multiple identification sections is covered by the shielding member, and wherein when the determination section does not recognize the first identification section in the closed state, the determination section is configured to attempt to recognize a second identification section, which is at least one identification section of the multiple identification sections different from the first identification section, and the determination section is configured to determine the angle difference when the determination section recognizes the second identification section in the closed state.
A method for manufacturing ammonia, by means of an electrolytic cell comprising a first and a second compartment, wherein the first and second compartments are separated by a membrane permeable to ions, wherein the first compartment comprises a first electrode and wherein the second compartment comprises a second electrode, wherein the first and the second compartments an electrolyte comprising comprise at least one lithium salt, the method comprising the steps of: a. connecting the first electrode as a cathode and the second electrode as an anode, b. an initial step of adding lithium hydroxide to the anode, c. heating the electrolyte comprising the at least one lithium salt above its melting point, d. applying a voltage over the first and second electrodes and adding nitrogen gas to the cathode so that lithium is formed at the cathode, and which lithium reacts with the added nitrogen gas to form lithium nitride at the cathode, and so that the lithium hydroxide at the anode reacts to form water and oxygen, e. cooling the electrolyte comprising the at least one lithium salt below its melting point, f. adding water or steam to the cathode so that it reacts with the lithium nitride formed in step d) and forms ammonia and lithium hydroxide, g. changing polarity so that the first electrode is changed between being the cathode and the anode, whereas the second electrode is changed between being the anode and the cathode, and repeating the process from step c). a. connecting the first electrode as a cathode and the second electrode as an anode, b. an initial step of adding lithium hydroxide to the anode, c. heating the electrolyte comprising the at least one lithium salt above its melting point, d. applying a voltage over the first and second electrodes and adding nitrogen gas to the cathode so that lithium is formed at the cathode, and which lithium reacts with the added nitrogen gas to form lithium nitride at the cathode, and so that the lithium hydroxide at the anode reacts to form water and oxygen, e. cooling the electrolyte comprising the at least one lithium salt below its melting point, f. adding water or steam to the cathode so that it reacts with the lithium nitride formed in step d) and forms ammonia and lithium hydroxide, g. changing polarity so that the first electrode is changed between being the cathode and the anode, whereas the second electrode is changed between being the anode and the cathode, and repeating the process from step c).
Method for indicating attacks on a tyre for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type, the tyre comprising a tread, the tread comprising a tread surface having two axial ends extended radially inwards by two tread end faces, each tread end face being extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face, a tread end face and the sidewall external face extending it radially inwards constituting a tyre lateral face, the tyre lateral face being provided with circumferential grooves adjacent two by two and of different depths, the method comprising: - a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tyre lateral face, such that the circumferential grooves are covered with the retroreflective covering material, allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tyre lateral face, - a second step of using the tyre in a mechanically aggressive environment, - a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tyre lateral face initially covered with the retroreflective covering material and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tyre in use, the third step comprising a step of locating the attacked zones and a step of measuring the depth of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tyre lateral face. - a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tyre lateral face, such that the circumferential grooves are covered with the retroreflective covering material, allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tyre lateral face, - a second step of using the tyre in a mechanically aggressive environment, - a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tyre lateral face initially covered with the retroreflective covering material and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tyre in use, the third step comprising a step of locating the attacked zones and a step of measuring the depth of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tyre lateral face.
An electrical circuitry coupled to a bone fixation device having at least one linear actuator (680, 678) coupled between two rings (674, 676), the electrical circuitry configured to control operation of the bone fixation device according to a treatment protocol, the electrical circuitry comprising: an interface circuitry; a memory configured to store the treatment protocol; a control circuitry, wherein said control circuitry: controls movement of the at least one linear actuator according to the treatment protocol; measures a value of the movement or extension of said at least one linear actuator and/or the distance or change in distance between said two rings, wherein said memory stores said value; and determines treatment compliance by comparing said value to a desired range of values stored in said memory, and signals said interface circuitry to generate a treatment compliance indication based on said treatment compliance; and at least one current sensor configured to measure the current of the at least one linear actuator, wherein the electrical circuitry is configured, if the measured current is not in a desired range of currents, to stop the movement of the at least one linear actuator. an interface circuitry; a memory configured to store the treatment protocol; a control circuitry, wherein said control circuitry: controls movement of the at least one linear actuator according to the treatment protocol; measures a value of the movement or extension of said at least one linear actuator and/or the distance or change in distance between said two rings, wherein said memory stores said value; and determines treatment compliance by comparing said value to a desired range of values stored in said memory, and signals said interface circuitry to generate a treatment compliance indication based on said treatment compliance; and controls movement of the at least one linear actuator according to the treatment protocol; measures a value of the movement or extension of said at least one linear actuator and/or the distance or change in distance between said two rings, wherein said memory stores said value; and determines treatment compliance by comparing said value to a desired range of values stored in said memory, and signals said interface circuitry to generate a treatment compliance indication based on said treatment compliance; and at least one current sensor configured to measure the current of the at least one linear actuator, wherein the electrical circuitry is configured, if the measured current is not in a desired range of currents, to stop the movement of the at least one linear actuator.