mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Helical gear mechanism for a steering system of a motor vehicle, - having a helical gear and having a helical pinion which engages into a toothing of the helical gear, - having a fixed bearing which has a bearing inner ring arranged fixedly on a bearing seat on the helical pinion and which has a bearing outer ring and by means of which the helical pinion is mounted, at a drive input side, so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, - wherein the fixed bearing is received in a housing, - the helical pinion together with the fixed bearing is pivotable relative to the housing about a pivot axis oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, - between the bearing outer ring and the housing there is arranged a sleeve (15, 115, 215), wherein the sleeve (15, 115, 215) - has an inner contact surface (17, 217) which is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the bearing outer ring, and - has an outer contact surface (18, 218) which is in contact with a seat surface of the housing, characterized in that - either the inner contact surface or the outer contact surface is of convex form and both the circumferential surface is of cylindrical or convex form and the seat surface is of cylindrical or convex form, wherein - the convex contact surface (17, 218) is in linear contact with the circumferential surface or with the seat surface, and - the linear contact lies on the central plane of the fixed bearing. - having a helical gear and having a helical pinion which engages into a toothing of the helical gear, - having a fixed bearing which has a bearing inner ring arranged fixedly on a bearing seat on the helical pinion and which has a bearing outer ring and by means of which the helical pinion is mounted, at a drive input side, so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, - wherein the fixed bearing is received in a housing, - the helical pinion together with the fixed bearing is pivotable relative to the housing about a pivot axis oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, - between the bearing outer ring and the housing there is arranged a sleeve (15, 115, 215), wherein the sleeve (15, 115, 215) - has an inner contact surface (17, 217) which is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the bearing outer ring, and - has an outer contact surface (18, 218) which is in contact with a seat surface of the housing, - either the inner contact surface or the outer contact surface is of convex form and both the circumferential surface is of cylindrical or convex form and the seat surface is of cylindrical or convex form, wherein - the convex contact surface (17, 218) is in linear contact with the circumferential surface or with the seat surface, and - the linear contact lies on the central plane of the fixed bearing.
A glenoid implant system comprising: an anchoring structure having a base, a wall, and a ledge, the wall extending from a first surface of the base, the ledge extending generally along at least a portion of a first side of the wall thereby forming an undercut, the wall having a slot formed in a second opposing side of the wall; and a glenoid liner configured to be removably coupled to the anchoring structure, the glenoid liner having a cap portion, a main body, and a deflectable finger, the cap portion having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the main body extending from the second opposing surface of the cap portion and including a lip configured to engage the undercut of the anchoring structure, the deflectable finger extending from the second opposing surface of the cap portion, the deflectable finger having a protrusion configured to engage the slot of the anchoring structure to aid in securing the glenoid liner to the anchoring structure, wherein the ledge of the anchoring structure includes a first protrusion configured to engage a first corresponding notch formed in the main body of the glenoid liner, characterized in that the first protrusion extends from the first side of the wall a greater distance than a remainder of the ledge. an anchoring structure having a base, a wall, and a ledge, the wall extending from a first surface of the base, the ledge extending generally along at least a portion of a first side of the wall thereby forming an undercut, the wall having a slot formed in a second opposing side of the wall; and a glenoid liner configured to be removably coupled to the anchoring structure, the glenoid liner having a cap portion, a main body, and a deflectable finger, the cap portion having a first surface and a second opposing surface, the main body extending from the second opposing surface of the cap portion and including a lip configured to engage the undercut of the anchoring structure, the deflectable finger extending from the second opposing surface of the cap portion, the deflectable finger having a protrusion configured to engage the slot of the anchoring structure to aid in securing the glenoid liner to the anchoring structure, wherein the ledge of the anchoring structure includes a first protrusion configured to engage a first corresponding notch formed in the main body of the glenoid liner, characterized in that the first protrusion extends from the first side of the wall a greater distance than a remainder of the ledge.
Method for coiling a metal strip, where the metal strip is heat-treated in a furnace immediately before the coiling process, fed to a coiler at an outlet speed, and coiled there in a warm state at a defined temperature, characterized in that the future outlet speed of the metal strip and the heat losses from the metal strip between the furnace and the coiler are calculated using predictive modelling in order to activate the furnace before the outlet speed is changed, and in that the furnace is then controlled by the change in burner output or change in fan speed or the electric power supplied so that the metal strip is coiled at the defined temperature with a maximum deviation of +/-5°C.
A holding system for supporting a wafer and an optical element, the wafer and the optical element being conformed so as to form an optical system, the wafer having a first surface adapted to the prescription of a wearer, a second surface opposed to the first surface and a third surface joining the first surface and the second surface, the optical element having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface and a third surface joining the first surface and the second surface, the holding system comprising: - support means comprising first support means configured to support at least part of the second surface and/or of the third surface of the wafer and second support means configured to support at least part of the second surface and/or of the third surface of the optical element, - positioning means configured to position the second surface of the wafer relative to the first surface of the optical element, and - mechanical means configured to move the first and second support means (40, 50) one relative to the other so as to move the second surface of the wafer and the first surface of the optical element to form the optical system. - support means comprising first support means configured to support at least part of the second surface and/or of the third surface of the wafer and second support means configured to support at least part of the second surface and/or of the third surface of the optical element, - positioning means configured to position the second surface of the wafer relative to the first surface of the optical element, and - mechanical means configured to move the first and second support means (40, 50) one relative to the other so as to move the second surface of the wafer and the first surface of the optical element to form the optical system.
A drive system sub-assembly for an electrical apparatus, comprising: a longitudinally extending drive shaft with a longitudinally extending drive screw; a driven member attached to a flange that extends externally about the drive shaft; characterized by a mechanical coupling assembly held by the drive shaft and extending at least partially into the flange, wherein the mechanical coupling assembly is configured to decouple the drive shaft from the flange in a mechanically decoupled state and to couple the drive shaft to the flange in a mechanically coupled state. a longitudinally extending drive shaft with a longitudinally extending drive screw; a driven member attached to a flange that extends externally about the drive shaft; characterized by a mechanical coupling assembly held by the drive shaft and extending at least partially into the flange, wherein the mechanical coupling assembly is configured to decouple the drive shaft from the flange in a mechanically decoupled state and to couple the drive shaft to the flange in a mechanically coupled state.
A ventricular volume reduction implant for insertion into a patient's ventricle, the implant comprising: a partitioning membrane configured to span the ventricle to partition the ventricle; a support frame comprising a central hub and a plurality of support struts extending proximally from the central hub, the plurality of support struts supporting the partitioning membrane; and a foot extending distally from the central hub, wherein the implant is configured to be inserted in a collapsed configuration and expanded into a deployed configuration within the ventricle, characterized in that the implant further comprises: a plurality of anchoring struts extending proximally from the central hub of the support frame and configured to anchor the partitioning membrane within the ventricle, wherein the plurality of anchoring struts are separate from the plurality of support struts. a partitioning membrane configured to span the ventricle to partition the ventricle; a support frame comprising a central hub and a plurality of support struts extending proximally from the central hub, the plurality of support struts supporting the partitioning membrane; and a foot extending distally from the central hub, wherein the implant is configured to be inserted in a collapsed configuration and expanded into a deployed configuration within the ventricle, characterized in that the implant further comprises: a plurality of anchoring struts extending proximally from the central hub of the support frame and configured to anchor the partitioning membrane within the ventricle, wherein the plurality of anchoring struts are separate from the plurality of support struts. a plurality of anchoring struts extending proximally from the central hub of the support frame and configured to anchor the partitioning membrane within the ventricle, wherein the plurality of anchoring struts are separate from the plurality of support struts.
A compound of formula I: wherein: X 1, X 2, and X 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of OH, halo, and O OCH 3; R is selected from the group consisting of C 1-3 alkyl and C 1-3 haloalkyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-3 alkyl, OH, -CO 2 C 1-3 alkyl; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of -NR b C R a and -C NR b R a; R a is and R b is independently selected from the group consisting of H and C 1-3 alkyl. X 1, X 2, and X 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of OH, halo, and O OCH 3; R is selected from the group consisting of C 1-3 alkyl and C 1-3 haloalkyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-3 alkyl, OH, -CO 2 C 1-3 alkyl; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of -NR b C R a and -C NR b R a; R a is and R b is independently selected from the group consisting of H and C 1-3 alkyl.
An apparatus for damping or attenuating acoustic vibrations in an air induction system of a motor vehicle, the apparatus defining a passageway through which induction air may be drawn to an engine of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: damping means, the damping means being provided around the passageway for damping or attenuating acoustic vibrations in the induction air, wherein the damping means comprises a pulsation absorber pack arranged to absorb, attenuate or dampen acoustic vibrations of a prescribed range of frequencies; and hydrocarbon trapping means, the hydrocarbon trapping means comprising a sheet of trapping material provided around at least a portion of the passageway, the trapping means being arranged to provide a flow-past hydrocarbon trap for trapping hydrocarbon vapours entering the passageway from the engine; and a housing arranged to define a pulsation damper cavity in which the hydrocarbon trapping means and damping means are provided. damping means, the damping means being provided around the passageway for damping or attenuating acoustic vibrations in the induction air, wherein the damping means comprises a pulsation absorber pack arranged to absorb, attenuate or dampen acoustic vibrations of a prescribed range of frequencies; and hydrocarbon trapping means, the hydrocarbon trapping means comprising a sheet of trapping material provided around at least a portion of the passageway, the trapping means being arranged to provide a flow-past hydrocarbon trap for trapping hydrocarbon vapours entering the passageway from the engine; and a housing arranged to define a pulsation damper cavity in which the hydrocarbon trapping means and damping means are provided.
An article, comprising: a metal substrate; an anti-coking catalyst layer comprising perovskite; and an alumina barrier layer disposed between the metal substrate and the anti-coking catalyst layer, wherein said alumina barrier layer comprises α-alumina. a metal substrate; an anti-coking catalyst layer comprising perovskite; and an alumina barrier layer disposed between the metal substrate and the anti-coking catalyst layer, wherein said alumina barrier layer comprises α-alumina.
Method for operating a motor vehicle which has a plurality of drive wheels and a plurality of drive machines, wherein each drive wheel is assigned a respective drive machine, in particular an electric machine, having the following steps: - acquiring a total target drive torque, - acquiring a current vehicle speed of travel, a current steering angle and the wheel loads of all the drive wheels, - determining wheel-individual speeds of movement of the drive wheels over the roadway as a function of the current vehicle speed of travel, the current steering angle, a known chassis geometry of the motor vehicle, and the wheel loads, - determining a target speed for each drive wheel as a function of the determined speeds of movement and the current steering angle, in such a way that a radius of an actual curved path is set to be smaller than a radius of a target curved path predefined by a maximum possible steering angle, a plurality of drive wheels producing slip, - distributing the total target drive torque as a function of the wheel loads to all the drive wheels to influence the target speed at the respective drive wheel, - activating each drive machine to set the target speed and the corresponding torque on the respective drive wheel. - acquiring a total target drive torque, - acquiring a current vehicle speed of travel, a current steering angle and the wheel loads of all the drive wheels, - determining wheel-individual speeds of movement of the drive wheels over the roadway as a function of the current vehicle speed of travel, the current steering angle, a known chassis geometry of the motor vehicle, and the wheel loads, - determining a target speed for each drive wheel as a function of the determined speeds of movement and the current steering angle, in such a way that a radius of an actual curved path is set to be smaller than a radius of a target curved path predefined by a maximum possible steering angle, a plurality of drive wheels producing slip, - distributing the total target drive torque as a function of the wheel loads to all the drive wheels to influence the target speed at the respective drive wheel, - activating each drive machine to set the target speed and the corresponding torque on the respective drive wheel.
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising: a substrate; and a catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) disposed on the substrate, which comprises a first carrier, platinum and a first palladium supported on the first carrier, a second carrier and a second palladium supported on the second carrier; wherein the catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) comprises a lower catalyst layer disposed on the substrate and an upper catalyst layer disposed on the lower catalyst layer; the second palladium is present in the same catalyst layer in which platinum and the first palladium are present; and the second palladium, platinum, and the first palladium are present in the upper catalyst layer; the weight ratio of the platinum to the first palladium is 3:1 to 8:1; platinum is not supported on the second carrier; the weight ratio of the first palladium to the second palladium is 1:0.5 to 1:3; and the catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) further comprises rhodium; and rhodium is present in the lower catalyst layer. a substrate; and a catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) disposed on the substrate, which comprises a first carrier, platinum and a first palladium supported on the first carrier, a second carrier and a second palladium supported on the second carrier; wherein the catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) comprises a lower catalyst layer disposed on the substrate and an upper catalyst layer disposed on the lower catalyst layer; the second palladium is present in the same catalyst layer in which platinum and the first palladium are present; and the second palladium, platinum, and the first palladium are present in the upper catalyst layer; the weight ratio of the platinum to the first palladium is 3:1 to 8:1; platinum is not supported on the second carrier; the weight ratio of the first palladium to the second palladium is 1:0.5 to 1:3; and the catalyst layer (3; 4, 5) further comprises rhodium; and rhodium is present in the lower catalyst layer.
Rotary-drum laundry dryer comprising an outer casing having a front wall and a rear wall, a rotatable drum which is structured for housing the laundry to be dried and is fixed in axially rotating manner inside the casing, and a hot-air generator structured to circulate a stream of hot air through the rotatable drum; said rotatable drum comprising a substantially cylindrical, tubular body having its front rim coupled in axially rotating manner to a front bulkhead and its rear rim coupled in substantially airtight and axially rotating manner to the rear wall of the casing with the interposition of a rear circular sealing gasket; the rotary-drum laundry dryer wherein said substantially cylindrical, tubular body is structured for testing on a number af idle supporting rollers which are arranged approximately at the two axial ends of the tubular body so as to allow the tubular body to rotate about its longitudinal reference axis inside the casing, and the rear wall of the casing comprises: - a substantially vertically-oriented supporting bulkhead which has a permeable-to-air central portion which is aligned/faced to a rear mouth of the tubular body delimited by said rear rim, and a substantially cylindrical gasket-supporting collar which protrudes from the inner face of the supporting bulkhead towards the tubular body while remaining substantially coaxial to the rear rim of said tubular body, and which has a diameter greater than that of the rear rim of said tubular body; the rear circular sealing gasket being fitted in abutment against the gasket-supporting collar and the gasket-supporting collar being realized in one piece with said supporting bulkhead; characterized in that the supporting bulkhead rests on the lower supporting basement or socle of the outer casing and that the wall of the casing comprises further a lid or cover which is placed on an outer rear side of the casing and is fixed in substantially airtight manner to the outer face of the supporting bulkhead above said permeable-to-air central portion of the supporting bulkhead, and is shaped so as to form, together with said supporting bulkhead, an inner cavity which is fluidly connected to the hot-air generator and to the inside of said tubular body; and in that said idle supporting rollers are fixed in free revolving manner to the boxlike casing or to the top of the supporting basement or socle. - a substantially vertically-oriented supporting bulkhead which has a permeable-to-air central portion which is aligned/faced to a rear mouth of the tubular body delimited by said rear rim, and a substantially cylindrical gasket-supporting collar which protrudes from the inner face of the supporting bulkhead towards the tubular body while remaining substantially coaxial to the rear rim of said tubular body, and which has a diameter greater than that of the rear rim of said tubular body; the rear circular sealing gasket being fitted in abutment against the gasket-supporting collar and the gasket-supporting collar being realized in one piece with said supporting bulkhead;
Device for inspecting objects moving in a substantially monolayer flow on a flat support surface moving in a longitudinal direction, said device comprising, on the one hand, at least one lighting means providing a lighting beam with a median plane or axis, directed toward the support surface and for which the intersection with this support surface is made up of an illuminated strip, which extends transverse to the direction of movement and over all or part of the width of said support surface, on the other hand, at least one detection means having an optical axis or plane and an acquisition field, the dimension of which, in the direction transverse to the direction of movement, is at most equal to that of the illuminated strip, and also encompassing, in the direction of movement, non-illuminated zones of the support surface located upstream and downstream of said illuminated strip and a volume extending at least above said illuminated strip or strip portion, and optionally above the non-illuminated zones, and, finally, means for processing and evaluating the signals or data provided by said at least one detection means with a view to detecting the presence of the moving objects, of mapping their height and/or of determining their external volume, with these objects preferably being dark or black, with the median plane or axis of the one or more lighting beam(s) and the optical axis or plane of the detection means having a non-zero angle between them, called parallax angle, and the image of the illuminated strip acquired by said at least one detection means has a width that is equal to at least three times, preferably at least ten times, the resolution of said means, said device being characterized in that said at least one lighting means is configured and arranged such that the illuminated strip generated on the support surface has a width in the direction of movement that is greater than 10 mm, advantageously ranging between 10 mm and 30 mm, is delimited, in the absence of an object, by two opposing straight parallel edges (9, 9'), which form clear limits in the image of this illuminated strip, and has sufficient contrast relative to the non-illuminated zones in order to be perceptible by the detection means and the processing and evaluation means, irrespective of the color of the moving object on which the illuminated strip is applied, and in that the one or each lighting beam is made up of a beam originating from an incoherent light source.