mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A charging system of a pair of batteries mutually connected in series of a heavy vehicle, the system comprising - at least one alternator connected to a vehicle electrical power supply system, - said pair of batteries (B1, B2) mutually connected in series (B1+B2) so that the series thus obtained is connected to said vehicle electrical power supply system, - monitoring means for monitoring a charging voltage (Vtot) of each of said batteries (B1, B2) - processing means (VCU, ECU) suitable for interfacing with said monitoring means and configured to control said at least one alternator so as to vary a related supply voltage, wherein said processing means (VCU, ECU) are configured to - command the start of a charging process of said series of batteries (B1 + B2), when a difference between the respective charge voltages measured exceeds a first predefined threshold value and to - command the interruption of said charging process when a derivative of a current absorbed by said series of batteries (B1 + B2) exceeds a second predefined negative threshold value. - at least one alternator connected to a vehicle electrical power supply system, - said pair of batteries (B1, B2) mutually connected in series (B1+B2) so that the series thus obtained is connected to said vehicle electrical power supply system, - monitoring means for monitoring a charging voltage (Vtot) of each of said batteries (B1, B2) - processing means (VCU, ECU) suitable for interfacing with said monitoring means and configured to control said at least one alternator so as to vary a related supply voltage, wherein said processing means (VCU, ECU) are configured to - command the start of a charging process of said series of batteries (B1 + B2), when a difference between the respective charge voltages measured exceeds a first predefined threshold value and to - command the interruption of said charging process when a derivative of a current absorbed by said series of batteries (B1 + B2) exceeds a second predefined negative threshold value.
Process for coating a mechanically highly stressed surface of a component consisting of a hardened steel having a proportion of nitrogen and/or carbon with a bonding layer or functional layer for surface upgrading, characterized in that a metallic binder material is introduced into the surface in order to create a graduated diffusion barrier zone which conforms to the surface and has a proportion of metal nitride and/or metal carbide which increases in the direction of the surface before application of the bonding layer or functional layer.
A hand-held dispensing system configured to dispense a cleaning agent, the system comprising: a dispenser comprising: (a) a storage portion configured to receive at least a portion of the cleaning agent; (b) an elongated dispensing portion having a channel in selective operable connection with the storage portion, wherein the elongated dispensing portion is generally shaped as a handle; (c) an outlet positioned at a terminal end of the channel; and (d) a removable metering chamber having a raised portion extending outwardly from an outer surface of the metering chamber to securely mate with the elongated dispensing portion, wherein when the metering chamber securely mates with the elongated dispensing portion, the metering chamber has an outer surface flush with an outer surface of the elongated dispensing portion; wherein the metering chamber is configured to receive a fixed metered amount of the cleaning agent from the storage portion, and wherein the metering chamber is further configured to dispense the fixed metered amount to the channel. (a) a storage portion configured to receive at least a portion of the cleaning agent; (b) an elongated dispensing portion having a channel in selective operable connection with the storage portion, wherein the elongated dispensing portion is generally shaped as a handle; (c) an outlet positioned at a terminal end of the channel; and (d) a removable metering chamber having a raised portion extending outwardly from an outer surface of the metering chamber to securely mate with the elongated dispensing portion, wherein when the metering chamber securely mates with the elongated dispensing portion, the metering chamber has an outer surface flush with an outer surface of the elongated dispensing portion;
A spray boom with at least two cantilevers (2, 6) arranged on a middle part by way of joints and with spray nozzles for spreading liquids arranged at the cantilevers, wherein each cantilever (2, 6) is divided into at least two segments (15, 17 and 19, 21), which are pivotably arranged by way of a horizontal axis, wherein the segments (15, 17 and 19, 21) are interconnected to each other by means of joints (31, 37) and a setting movement of the individual segments (15, 17, 19 and 21) in relation to each other is actively controllable, wherein - each of the joints is associated with in each case one controllable setting device between the segments, and wherein the segments (15, 17, 19, 21) are associated with sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) for detecting and transmitting an actual value with reference to the relative position of the segments (15, 17, 19, 21), - wherein the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) are in each case arranged at the sides of the cantilevers (2, 6) that face toward a ground contour, characterised in that - the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) are formed by optical sensors or by ultrasonic sensors, - and in that the segments are associated with rotary angle encoders for detecting and transmitting an actual value with reference to the relative position of in each case adjacent segments (15, 17, 19, 21), - and in that a data processing device is present and coupled with the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) and with the rotary angle encoders, which data processing device can output signals to setting elements such that a setting movement of a segment (15, 17, 19, 21) is always carried out in relation to the other segments (15, 17, 19, 21). - each of the joints is associated with in each case one controllable setting device between the segments, and wherein the segments (15, 17, 19, 21) are associated with sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) for detecting and transmitting an actual value with reference to the relative position of the segments (15, 17, 19, 21), - wherein the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) are in each case arranged at the sides of the cantilevers (2, 6) that face toward a ground contour, - the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) are formed by optical sensors or by ultrasonic sensors, - and in that the segments are associated with rotary angle encoders for detecting and transmitting an actual value with reference to the relative position of in each case adjacent segments (15, 17, 19, 21), - and in that a data processing device is present and coupled with the sensors (23, 25, 27, 29) and with the rotary angle encoders, which data processing device can output signals to setting elements such that a setting movement of a segment (15, 17, 19, 21) is always carried out in relation to the other segments (15, 17, 19, 21).
Thermal management system for a vehicle, wherein the thermal management system comprises a first coolant circuit for a battery and a second coolant circuit for an electric motor for driving the vehicle, wherein the two coolant circuits (2, 3) can be operated by means of a multi-way valve in series with one another in a first mode of the system and in a first valve position of the multi-way valve or in parallel with one another in a second mode of the system and in a second valve position of the multi-way valve, wherein the thermal management system further comprises an oil cooling circuit for additionally cooling the electric motor, wherein the oil cooling circuit is thermally connected to the second coolant circuit via a heat exchanger, characterized in that the two coolant circuits (2, 3) can alternatively also be operated in a third mode of the system and in a third valve position of the multi-way valve, in which the multi-way valve takes up an intermediate position in which the coolant flows of the two coolant circuits (2, 3) are mixed with each other as needed.
A method of mitigating corrosion and surface scale formation in a sour gas well, the method comprising: providing an oil-based liquid to a sour gas well comprising carbon steel tubing, wherein the carbon steel tubing comprises iron sulfide on a surface of the carbon steel tubing; contacting the carbon steel tubing with the oil-based liquid; and adsorbing a first portion of the oil-based liquid onto the iron sulfide, thereby yielding a hydrophobic coating on the carbon steel tubing. providing an oil-based liquid to a sour gas well comprising carbon steel tubing, wherein the carbon steel tubing comprises iron sulfide on a surface of the carbon steel tubing; contacting the carbon steel tubing with the oil-based liquid; and adsorbing a first portion of the oil-based liquid onto the iron sulfide, thereby yielding a hydrophobic coating on the carbon steel tubing.
An electric machine for a vehicle, comprising a stator and a rotor, the rotor comprising a plurality of poles and made from a plurality of laminated metal sheets, where each pole comprises a first V-shaped flux barrier and a second V-shaped flux barrier, where the first flux barrier comprises two magnets with a central d-axis of a pole inbetween, radially inner air cavities and radially outer air cavities, where the second flux barrier comprises two magnets with the central d-axis of a pole inbetween, radially inner air cavities and radially outer air cavities, and where the first and second flux barriers (5, 6) are arranged radially adjacent each other, with the magnets (8, 9) of the first and second flux barriers (5, 6) in parallel, and arranged symmetrically to the d-axis of the pole, where the radially inner air cavities (11, 12) of the first and second flux barriers (5, 6) are arranged close to the central d-axis of the pole and facing each other with the central d-axis of the pole inbetween and arranged at the radially inner side of the magnets (8, 9) of the first and second flux barrier (5, 6), and where the radially outer air cavities (14, 15) of the first and second flux barrier (5, 6) are arranged at the opposite side of the magnets (8, 9) of the first and second flux barrier (5, 6), wherein the pole comprises a first flux redirector having a boomerang shape and being arranged on the d-axis and between the first flux barrier and the second flux barrier, wherein the flux redirector is cut or stamped from the laminated metal sheets with a shape symmetrical to the d-axis, wherein the flux redirector has a root and tips, wherein a root height is larger than a width of the tips, and wherein an angle between legs of the flux redirector is equal to the angle between the magnets in the first and second flux barrier (5, 6).
Power outage chamber for medium- or high-voltage circuit breaker extending along a longitudinal axis (XX') and comprising: - a pair of arc contacts (4, 5) one of which is mobile along the longitudinal axis (XX') under the action of a moving member, the contacts being separated during a power outage, - an arc extinguishing nozzle secured to the fixed arc contact, - a first chamber, called extinguishing chamber, of which the volume V2 is frozen and which leads to the inside of the extinguishing nozzle, - a second chamber, called compression chamber, arranged substantially behind the extinguishing chamber, parallel to the longitudinal axis XX', and means (73, 81) to make the inner volume of this compression chamber and that of the extinguishing chamber communicate, - means (14, 15, 50), arranged substantially behind the compression chamber parallel to the longitudinal axis XX', to provide liquid, either in the compression chamber, or directly in the extinguishing chamber. - a pair of arc contacts (4, 5) one of which is mobile along the longitudinal axis (XX') under the action of a moving member, the contacts being separated during a power outage, - an arc extinguishing nozzle secured to the fixed arc contact, - a first chamber, called extinguishing chamber, of which the volume V2 is frozen and which leads to the inside of the extinguishing nozzle, - a second chamber, called compression chamber, arranged substantially behind the extinguishing chamber, parallel to the longitudinal axis XX', and means (73, 81) to make the inner volume of this compression chamber and that of the extinguishing chamber communicate, - means (14, 15, 50), arranged substantially behind the compression chamber parallel to the longitudinal axis XX', to provide liquid, either in the compression chamber, or directly in the extinguishing chamber.
A solid milk having; a core/crust structure wherein the crust is between 150 μm and 1000 μm thick, wherein the crust has a more dense structure than the core of the solid milk, wherein the solid milk is obtainable by a process comprising the steps: - compressing milk powder at a compaction ratio between 50 % and 80 % and at a compaction pressure between 1 and 40 MPa, - moistening the solid unit by spraying an amount of water between 0.1 and 8 mg/cm2 surface area of the solid unit, thendrying the solid unit by applying short-wavelength infrared for a time between 1 to 20 s. - compressing milk powder at a compaction ratio between 50 % and 80 % and at a compaction pressure between 1 and 40 MPa, - moistening the solid unit by spraying an amount of water between 0.1 and 8 mg/cm2 surface area of the solid unit, thendrying the solid unit by applying short-wavelength infrared for a time between 1 to 20 s.
A precipitated silica which is characterised by: - a CTAB surface area S CTAB comprised between 5 and 50 m 2 /g, - an abrasion value Hm between 3.5 and 14.0 μm; and - a stannous ion compatibility of at least 40%, wherein S CTAB, Hm and stannous ion compatibility are determined according to the methods disclosed in the description. - a CTAB surface area S CTAB comprised between 5 and 50 m 2 /g, - an abrasion value Hm between 3.5 and 14.0 μm; and - a stannous ion compatibility of at least 40%, wherein S CTAB, Hm and stannous ion compatibility are determined according to the methods disclosed in the description.
A heat-resistant member comprising: a member to be protected; and a metal oxide ceramic protective layer which is disposed on part of or all surfaces of the member and which has a porosity of 0.5 percent by volume or more and 5 percent by volume or less, wherein the protective layer is made from an oxide of at least one of Fe, Cu and Ni; that oxide of at least one of Fe, Cu and Ni is the main oxide of the protective layer, wherein the main oxide refers to the oxide having the largest content, as a percentage by mole, in the compounds constituting the protective layer. a member to be protected; and a metal oxide ceramic protective layer which is disposed on part of or all surfaces of the member and which has a porosity of 0.5 percent by volume or more and 5 percent by volume or less, wherein the protective layer is made from an oxide of at least one of Fe, Cu and Ni; that oxide of at least one of Fe, Cu and Ni is the main oxide of the protective layer, wherein the main oxide refers to the oxide having the largest content, as a percentage by mole, in the compounds constituting the protective layer.
A railway rail pad for use beneath a railway rail in a rail fastening assembly as cushioning and/or electrical insulation, which pad has a rail seat portion on which a foot of a railway rail sits when the pad is in use and side members (4A, 4B) attached to and extending from a first major face of the pad on two opposite sides of the rail seat portion, which side members (4A, 4B) have respective inwardly-facing wall faces (41A, 41B) and are arranged so as to be located on respective opposite sides of the railway rail when the pad is in use such that the rail seat portion of the pad lies between the inwardly-facing wall faces (41A, 41B) of the said side members (4A, 4B); characterised in that: the pad, when not under load, has a configuration in which an inclination angle (α 1, α 2) between the inwardly-facing wall faces (41A, 41B) of each side member and an imaginary plane which extends between two parts, located respectively on the said opposite sides of the rail seat portion, of a second major face of the pad, is greater than 90°; and when the pad is not under load, the first face is substantially convex in a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rail when the pad is in use. the pad, when not under load, has a configuration in which an inclination angle (α 1, α 2) between the inwardly-facing wall faces (41A, 41B) of each side member and an imaginary plane which extends between two parts, located respectively on the said opposite sides of the rail seat portion, of a second major face of the pad, is greater than 90°; and when the pad is not under load, the first face is substantially convex in a vertical plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rail when the pad is in use.
An additive based on (co)polymers resulting from the reaction between at least one dialdehyde compound and at least one complex (co)polymer obtained by polymerization of water-soluble monomers in the presence of at least one host (co)polymer comprising vinylamine functions.
A micro object detection apparatus comprising: a first optical system including a first reflection region, a second reflection region, and a light reception element, wherein the first reflection region has an ellipsoidal shape, and is arranged to reflect scattered light scattered when irradiation light hits a particle in the region of one focal point of the ellipsoidal shape, to direct the scattered light to the light reception element located at a position of the other focal point of the ellipsoidal shape, characterized in that the second reflection region has an aspherical shape, wherein a curvature radius of the second reflection region changes along the surface, and is arranged to reflect scattered light coming from the particle to direct the scattered light to the first reflection region, so that the scattered light is directed to the light reception element by utilizing the ellipsoidal shape of the first reflection region, and in that the aspherical shape is adapted to generate a light flux diameter of the scattered light reflected by the second reflection region being larger than the particle, at a position of the particle at which the scattered light is generated. a first optical system including a first reflection region, a second reflection region, and a light reception element, wherein the first reflection region has an ellipsoidal shape, and is arranged to reflect scattered light scattered when irradiation light hits a particle in the region of one focal point of the ellipsoidal shape, to direct the scattered light to the light reception element located at a position of the other focal point of the ellipsoidal shape, characterized in that the second reflection region has an aspherical shape, wherein a curvature radius of the second reflection region changes along the surface, and is arranged to reflect scattered light coming from the particle to direct the scattered light to the first reflection region, so that the scattered light is directed to the light reception element by utilizing the ellipsoidal shape of the first reflection region, and in that the aspherical shape is adapted to generate a light flux diameter of the scattered light reflected by the second reflection region being larger than the particle, at a position of the particle at which the scattered light is generated.
A method for implementing an increased bandwidth encoding scheme, the method comprising: selecting a single data bit from a series of data bits; generating an inverted version of the selected data bit; positioning the inverted version of the selected data bit and the selected data bit in two consecutive time slots to signify an edge of a clock signal; and transmitting the selected data bit, the inverted version of the selected data bit and subsequent data bits of the series of data bits each in single unique time slots thereby providing an increased bandwidth signal with clock information for the series of data bits; the method is further characterized by receiving the increased bandwidth signal; detecting transitions in the increased bandwidth signal related to clock information therein; generating an edge detect signal based on the detected transitions; receiving the edge detect signal and a second clock signal; and determining a maximum value of a correlation of the edge detect signal and the second clock signal, the maximum value indicating a current or previous period of the clock information in the increased bandwidth signal. selecting a single data bit from a series of data bits; generating an inverted version of the selected data bit; positioning the inverted version of the selected data bit and the selected data bit in two consecutive time slots to signify an edge of a clock signal; and transmitting the selected data bit, the inverted version of the selected data bit and subsequent data bits of the series of data bits each in single unique time slots thereby providing an increased bandwidth signal with clock information for the series of data bits; the method is further characterized by receiving the increased bandwidth signal; detecting transitions in the increased bandwidth signal related to clock information therein; generating an edge detect signal based on the detected transitions; receiving the edge detect signal and a second clock signal; and determining a maximum value of a correlation of the edge detect signal and the second clock signal, the maximum value indicating a current or previous period of the clock information in the increased bandwidth signal.
A package for powdered infant formula comprising a tub defining a product containing space and a lid, a quantity of powdered infant formula within the product containing space and a membrane seal closing the product containing space prior to use, the package further comprising a low profile scoop for dosing the powdered infant formula, the scoop being placed on its side above the seal within a headspace of the lid and having a handle portion and a bowl with an open mouth and a closed underside, characterised in that the bowl has a width (w) that is relatively smaller than both its length and its depth (d) with generally flat parallel side walls extending in the length direction and curved end walls extending in the width direction.
A device for delivery of biochemical compounds to a biological subject, the device includes: (a) a base; and, (b) a number of projections extending from the base, each projection including an end section for penetrating tissue of the biological subject provided atop a support section with a step which defines a step offset, at least a portion of the end section of at least one of the projections being coated with a non-liquid coating including the biochemical compounds, the projections are solid and non-porous, and at least the end section of the at least one of the coated projections has a convex effective profile such that the step interacts with the tissue to at least partially control penetration of the projections into the tissue thereby providing a physical adjuvant effect, when the device is applied to the tissue so that the projections penetrate the tissue. (a) a base; and, (b) a number of projections extending from the base, each projection including an end section for penetrating tissue of the biological subject provided atop a support section with a step which defines a step offset, at least a portion of the end section of at least one of the projections being coated with a non-liquid coating including the biochemical compounds, the projections are solid and non-porous, and at least the end section of the at least one of the coated projections has a convex effective profile such that the step interacts with the tissue to at least partially control penetration of the projections into the tissue thereby providing a physical adjuvant effect, when the device is applied to the tissue so that the projections penetrate the tissue.