mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An endoscopic device for approximating wall tissue within the lumen of a hollow body organ, comprising: an elongated body having a plurality of articulatable segments and a steerable distal portion, wherein each of the segments is configurable to assume a selected shape along an arbitrary path when the elongated body is advanced distally or proximally along the lumen; a first tissue approximation component positioned about the elongated body and adapted to expand radially into contact with a first circumferential region of the lumen wall about the first component; a plurality of tissue gripping regions circumferentially located about the first component and adapted to adhere to the contacted first circumferential region of the lumen wall; a second tissue approximation component positioned about the elongated body proximally of the first component and adapted to expand radially into contact with a second circumferential region of the lumen wall about the second component; and a plurality of tissue gripping regions circumferentially located about the second component and adapted to adhere to the contacted second circumferential region of the lumen wall; wherein at least one of the first and second components is capable of longitudinal translation along the elongated body to cause the adhered first and second regions of the lumen wall to become adjacent to one another and wherein the first and second components are adapted to securely fasten together the adjacent first and second regions of the lumen wall. an elongated body having a plurality of articulatable segments and a steerable distal portion, wherein each of the segments is configurable to assume a selected shape along an arbitrary path when the elongated body is advanced distally or proximally along the lumen; a first tissue approximation component positioned about the elongated body and adapted to expand radially into contact with a first circumferential region of the lumen wall about the first component; a plurality of tissue gripping regions circumferentially located about the first component and adapted to adhere to the contacted first circumferential region of the lumen wall; a second tissue approximation component positioned about the elongated body proximally of the first component and adapted to expand radially into contact with a second circumferential region of the lumen wall about the second component; and a plurality of tissue gripping regions circumferentially located about the second component and adapted to adhere to the contacted second circumferential region of the lumen wall; wherein at least one of the first and second components is capable of longitudinal translation along the elongated body to cause the adhered first and second regions of the lumen wall to become adjacent to one another and wherein the first and second components are adapted to securely fasten together the adjacent first and second regions of the lumen wall.
A detection system comprising: a ranging sensor configured to detect objects proximate to a host vehicle; and a controller circuit in communication with the ranging sensor and configured to: determine a peak threshold that represents detections of real objects detected by the ranging sensor and a noise threshold that represents detections of phantom objects detected by the ranging sensor; determine, based on a first detection count that is closer in magnitude to the peak threshold than to the noise threshold, a first group of the objects that are first closest in proximity to the host vehicle; determine, based on a first distance indicated by the ranging sensor for the first group, a trailer distance between the host vehicle and a front of a trailer that is towed by the host vehicle; and determine, based on the trailer distance, a trailer type of the trailer towed by the host vehicle. a ranging sensor configured to detect objects proximate to a host vehicle; and a controller circuit in communication with the ranging sensor and configured to: determine a peak threshold that represents detections of real objects detected by the ranging sensor and a noise threshold that represents detections of phantom objects detected by the ranging sensor; determine, based on a first detection count that is closer in magnitude to the peak threshold than to the noise threshold, a first group of the objects that are first closest in proximity to the host vehicle; determine, based on a first distance indicated by the ranging sensor for the first group, a trailer distance between the host vehicle and a front of a trailer that is towed by the host vehicle; and determine, based on the trailer distance, a trailer type of the trailer towed by the host vehicle. determine a peak threshold that represents detections of real objects detected by the ranging sensor and a noise threshold that represents detections of phantom objects detected by the ranging sensor; determine, based on a first detection count that is closer in magnitude to the peak threshold than to the noise threshold, a first group of the objects that are first closest in proximity to the host vehicle; determine, based on a first distance indicated by the ranging sensor for the first group, a trailer distance between the host vehicle and a front of a trailer that is towed by the host vehicle; and determine, based on the trailer distance, a trailer type of the trailer towed by the host vehicle.
A method performed by an encoder of a base station system of a wireless communication network, for handling a data stream comprising a number of consecutive IQ samples for transmission over a transmission network between a remote unit and a base unit of the base station system, the remote unit being arranged to transmit wireless signals to and receive from mobile stations, each of the number of IQ samples comprising a first number of bits, the method comprising: quantizing, by a quantizer, the IQ samples or IQ prediction errors of the IQ samples with a second number of bits, wherein an amplitude range of the quantizer for the second number of bits is variable and set based on an acceptable signal quality value; entropy encoding the quantized IQ samples or IQ prediction errors applying a first entropy encoding dictionary out of a plurality of entropy encoding dictionaries, based on the set amplitude range of the quantizer; transmitting, to a decoder, the entropy encoded and quantized IQ samples or IQ prediction errors over the transmission network. quantizing, by a quantizer, the IQ samples or IQ prediction errors of the IQ samples with a second number of bits, wherein an amplitude range of the quantizer for the second number of bits is variable and set based on an acceptable signal quality value; entropy encoding the quantized IQ samples or IQ prediction errors applying a first entropy encoding dictionary out of a plurality of entropy encoding dictionaries, based on the set amplitude range of the quantizer; transmitting, to a decoder, the entropy encoded and quantized IQ samples or IQ prediction errors over the transmission network.
A poppet for use with a valve, comprising: a first body having: a first seating surface to sealingly engage a second body of the valve; a second seating surface opposite the first seating surface to sealingly engage a plug of the valve; an aperture to receive a stem of the valve; and at least one fluid flow channel to fluidly couple a chamber of the valve to another chamber, wherein the at least one fluid flow channel has an opening positioned between the aperture and the second seating surface; characterized in that the poppet further comprises: a seal positioned within a groove formed in a bore defined in the first body, wherein the seal and the bore are coaxially aligned with the aperture and surrounded by the first seating surface; and a plate coupled to the first body to position the seal within the bore. a first body having: a first seating surface to sealingly engage a second body of the valve; a second seating surface opposite the first seating surface to sealingly engage a plug of the valve; an aperture to receive a stem of the valve; and at least one fluid flow channel to fluidly couple a chamber of the valve to another chamber, wherein the at least one fluid flow channel has an opening positioned between the aperture and the second seating surface; a first seating surface to sealingly engage a second body of the valve; a second seating surface opposite the first seating surface to sealingly engage a plug of the valve; an aperture to receive a stem of the valve; and at least one fluid flow channel to fluidly couple a chamber of the valve to another chamber, wherein the at least one fluid flow channel has an opening positioned between the aperture and the second seating surface; characterized in that the poppet further comprises: a seal positioned within a groove formed in a bore defined in the first body, wherein the seal and the bore are coaxially aligned with the aperture and surrounded by the first seating surface; and a plate coupled to the first body to position the seal within the bore. a seal positioned within a groove formed in a bore defined in the first body, wherein the seal and the bore are coaxially aligned with the aperture and surrounded by the first seating surface; and a plate coupled to the first body to position the seal within the bore.
Vibration damper, in particular for a chassis of a vehicle, having a damper tube and having a working piston which is guided over an inner side of the damper tube in a longitudinal axis, and wherein a reinforcing sleeve is arranged on an outer side of the damper tube, on which reinforcing sleeve a receiving fork for attachment to the chassis can be arranged, and wherein the reinforcing sleeve is delimited by a circumferential edge in the longitudinal axis direction, characterized in that a sealing element enclosing the outer side of the damper tube is received in the reinforcing sleeve in the region of the circumferential edge, wherein the circumferential edge comprises a plastically deformed deformation portion which engages around the sealing element.
Container, in particular plastic container, for storing and/or transporting goods, having a bottom, in particular a rectangular bottom; side walls (6, 8) which are connected or connectable to the bottom in a fixed or articulated fashion and are connected or connectable to one another, in particular with two long side walls and two short side walls, which are oriented outwards or are configured in such a way that the internal cross section defined by the side walls (6, 8) widens in the direction of the container opening; and at least one stacking device coupled in a mobile fashion to the container, in particular to at least one of the preferably long side walls, in particular two stacking clips, which in a first position free the opening cross section so that a container which is of the same design or is compatible can be nested into the container, and which in a second position protrude into the opening cross section or extend over it so that a container which is of the same design or is compatible can be stacked thereon; wherein the stacking device is formed by a stacking clip with a stacking bar and two tilting arms, which provided at its respective ends and are mounted rotatably on two opposite side walls; characterised in that the stacking device is pressed into the second position by means of at least one pressing instrument, in particular a spring, and can be tilted against the pressing force from the first position into the second position, the pressing device being formed by a separate leg spring, which is connected to the tilting arm and is received in a bearing hole of the tilting arm, one leg of which spring is braced on the tilting arm and received with a form fit in a groove of the tilting arm, and the other leg of which spring is braced on the side wall to which the tilting arm is connected.
A thrust reverser comprising: a pair of thrust reverser doors (24, 26) pivotally mounted to a jet pipe for movement between stowed closed and deployed open positions; each of said doors extending between longitudinally opposite leading (24b, 26b) and trailing (24a, 26a) edges, and including two pairs (40, 42) of circumferentially outer and inner longitudinal frame walls bounding circumferentially opposite sides (40a,40b) of each door; wherein said doors (24, 26) are circumferentially arcuate, and said outer and inner frame walls (40, 42) extend radially inwardly from each door (24, 26); said frame wall pairs (40, 42) extend inwardly from the skin of each door (24, 26) and longitudinally aft from said leading edge (24b, 26b) thereof to define only three channels, with a single central primary channel extending in circumferential width between a single first side channel and a single second side channel in each door and open inwardly for increasing effective thrust reversing surface area and reducing side spillage of exhaust flow; and said outer and inner frame walls (40, 42) extend continuously aft together so that said side channels (60, 62) are longitudinally uninterrupted to circumferentially bound said single central primary channel; and said circumferential width of the single central primary channel is substantially greater than the combined circumferential width of the single first and second side channels (60,62). a pair of thrust reverser doors (24, 26) pivotally mounted to a jet pipe for movement between stowed closed and deployed open positions; each of said doors extending between longitudinally opposite leading (24b, 26b) and trailing (24a, 26a) edges, and including two pairs (40, 42) of circumferentially outer and inner longitudinal frame walls bounding circumferentially opposite sides (40a,40b) of each door; wherein said doors (24, 26) are circumferentially arcuate, and said outer and inner frame walls (40, 42) extend radially inwardly from each door (24, 26); said frame wall pairs (40, 42) extend inwardly from the skin of each door (24, 26) and longitudinally aft from said leading edge (24b, 26b) thereof to define only three channels, with a single central primary channel extending in circumferential width between a single first side channel and a single second side channel in each door and open inwardly for increasing effective thrust reversing surface area and reducing side spillage of exhaust flow; and said outer and inner frame walls (40, 42) extend continuously aft together so that said side channels (60, 62) are longitudinally uninterrupted to circumferentially bound said single central primary channel; and said circumferential width of the single central primary channel is substantially greater than the combined circumferential width of the single first and second side channels (60,62).
A crash test dummy comprising: a lumbar mounting bracket defining a central axis, a lumbar spine member attached to said lumbar mounting bracket with said lumbar spine member formed from an elastomeric material, and a pair of lumbar clamping plates (104, 104A, 104B) coupled on opposing sides (98A, 98B) of said lumbar spine member relative to said central axis, characterized by a belt system mounted to both of said pair of lower lumbar clamping plates (104, 104A, 104B) for limiting a stretching movement of said lumbar spine member relative to said central axis and relative to said lumbar mounting bracket during a crash simulation. a lumbar mounting bracket defining a central axis, a lumbar spine member attached to said lumbar mounting bracket with said lumbar spine member formed from an elastomeric material, and a pair of lumbar clamping plates (104, 104A, 104B) coupled on opposing sides (98A, 98B) of said lumbar spine member relative to said central axis, characterized by a belt system mounted to both of said pair of lower lumbar clamping plates (104, 104A, 104B) for limiting a stretching movement of said lumbar spine member relative to said central axis and relative to said lumbar mounting bracket during a crash simulation.
A respiration monitoring device for use with a signal input, comprising: a signal interface to receive and convert the signal input to an electronic form for further processing, wherein the signal input is an acceleration signal; and an electronic circuit fed by the signal interface and comprising a smoothing filter, and operable to filter the acceleration signal in a manner to obtain a slow wander signal, to subtract from the acceleration signal the slow wander signal to obtain a heart sound signal, and to derive a respiration signal from the heart sound signal; and wherein the electronic circuit is further operable to subtract the respiration signal from the slow wander signal to produce a substantially non-respiration body motion signal. a signal interface to receive and convert the signal input to an electronic form for further processing, wherein the signal input is an acceleration signal; and an electronic circuit fed by the signal interface and comprising a smoothing filter, and operable to filter the acceleration signal in a manner to obtain a slow wander signal, to subtract from the acceleration signal the slow wander signal to obtain a heart sound signal, and to derive a respiration signal from the heart sound signal; and wherein the electronic circuit is further operable to subtract the respiration signal from the slow wander signal to produce a substantially non-respiration body motion signal.
An RFID reading apparatus having an antenna (16, 18, 24) for shelf occupancy detection, wherein the antenna (16, 18, 24) comprises an elongated housing and an antenna circuit board arranged in the housing, characterized in that the housing comprises a hollow profile element in which guide grooves or guide rails for supporting circuit boards (24, 26) are formed by lateral recesses, and in that the antenna circuit board and additionally at least one system circuit board having circuits of the RFID reading apparatus for controlling the antenna (16, 18, 24) and for processing RFID signals received by the antenna (16, 18, 24) are inserted into the hollow profile element.
A touch panel unit comprising: a touch panel comprising an upper electrode film and a lower electrode film which are placed oppositely with dot spacers interposed therebetween such that electrode surfaces of the upper and lower electrode films are faced inwardly; a design sheet attached to an entire surface of the upper electrode film such that the design sheet protrudes at its periphery from the touch panel; and a touch-panel-unit casing characterized in that the touch-panel unit casing has a recessed portion at its top portion, wherein the touch panel is tightly contacted to and housed within the recessed portion and is contacted at its bottom surface with a bottom surface of the recessed portion, thereby surrounding all side surfaces of the touch panel, and that the touch-panel unit casing is integrally molded with the design sheet such that the casing is covered at its surface with the design sheet. a touch panel comprising an upper electrode film and a lower electrode film which are placed oppositely with dot spacers interposed therebetween such that electrode surfaces of the upper and lower electrode films are faced inwardly; a design sheet attached to an entire surface of the upper electrode film such that the design sheet protrudes at its periphery from the touch panel; and a touch-panel-unit casing characterized in that the touch-panel unit casing has a recessed portion at its top portion, wherein the touch panel is tightly contacted to and housed within the recessed portion and is contacted at its bottom surface with a bottom surface of the recessed portion, thereby surrounding all side surfaces of the touch panel, and that the touch-panel unit casing is integrally molded with the design sheet such that the casing is covered at its surface with the design sheet.
An inkjet head comprising: a head chip that has channels and drive walls formed of piezoelectric elements alternately arranged thereon, has a channel column (10A-10D) having drive electrodes formed on surfaces of the drive walls facing the inside of the channels, has opening portions of the channels arranged in a front surface and a rear surface thereof, and has connection electrodes, which achieve electrical conduction with the drive electrodes in the channels, formed on the rear surface thereof; and a wiring substrate that is joined to the rear surface of the head chip so as to cover the channel column, has wiring electrodes, which are electrically connected to the connection electrodes, formed on a surface thereof joined to the head chip, and is configured to apply a voltage to the drive electrodes on the head chip through the wiring electrodes, the channel column of the head chip having drive channels from which an ink is discharged and dummy channels from which the ink is not discharged alternately arranged therein, the wiring substrate having ink supply through holes at positions associated with opening portions of the drive channels and being joined to the rear surface of the head chip through an adhesive, thereby closing a square opening portion of each dummy channel, characterised in that the ink jet head also comprises adhesive fillets made of the adhesive in the square opening portion of each dummy channel are independently present at four corners of the square opening portion of the dummy channel. a head chip that has channels and drive walls formed of piezoelectric elements alternately arranged thereon, has a channel column (10A-10D) having drive electrodes formed on surfaces of the drive walls facing the inside of the channels, has opening portions of the channels arranged in a front surface and a rear surface thereof, and has connection electrodes, which achieve electrical conduction with the drive electrodes in the channels, formed on the rear surface thereof; and a wiring substrate that is joined to the rear surface of the head chip so as to cover the channel column, has wiring electrodes, which are electrically connected to the connection electrodes, formed on a surface thereof joined to the head chip, and is configured to apply a voltage to the drive electrodes on the head chip through the wiring electrodes, the channel column of the head chip having drive channels from which an ink is discharged and dummy channels from which the ink is not discharged alternately arranged therein, the wiring substrate having ink supply through holes at positions associated with opening portions of the drive channels and being joined to the rear surface of the head chip through an adhesive, thereby closing a square opening portion of each dummy channel, characterised in that the ink jet head also comprises adhesive fillets made of the adhesive in the square opening portion of each dummy channel are independently present at four corners of the square opening portion of the dummy channel.