mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A lighting system comprising (i) a plurality of light sources configured to generate light source light, and (ii) optics configured downstream of the light sources, wherein the lighting system further comprises a 2D array of at least part of the total number of light sources, wherein nearest neighboring light sources in the 2D array have an average first shortest distance, wherein the lighting system is further configured to generate in an operation mode lighting system light comprising light source light of a subset of the total number of light sources of the 2D array wherein nearest neighboring light sources configured to generate the light source light for the lighting system light in the operation mode have an average second shortest distance, wherein the average second shortest distance is larger than average first shortest distance, and wherein the lighting system comprises one or more additional light sources (10") configured outside the 2D array at a third shortest distance of the additional light sources to the nearest neighbor in the array wherein said third shortest distance is at least 20% larger than the average second shortest distance, wherein two or more different subsets of the total number of light sources of the 2D array are configured to generate the lighting system light, wherein the lighting system is configured to generate in the operation mode the lighting system light while alternating over time between two or more of the two or more different subsets, and different subsets comprise identical light sources up to a maximum of 50% with the number of light sources in each subset being at least four. wherein nearest neighboring light sources configured to generate the light source light for the lighting system light in the operation mode have an average second shortest distance, wherein the average second shortest distance is larger than average first shortest distance, and wherein the lighting system comprises one or more additional light sources (10") configured outside the 2D array at a third shortest distance of the additional light sources to the nearest neighbor in the array wherein said third shortest distance is at least 20% larger than the average second shortest distance, wherein two or more different subsets of the total number of light sources of the 2D array are configured to generate the lighting system light, wherein the lighting system is configured to generate in the operation mode the lighting system light while alternating over time between two or more of the two or more different subsets, and different subsets comprise identical light sources up to a maximum of 50% with the number of light sources in each subset being at least four.
Roadway equipment comprising a frame adapted to be attached to the ground or to a roadway and a covering member, such as a hatch, a plug or a lid, pivotally mounted relatively to an edge of the frame mounted between a lowered closing position of the frame and a raised opening position of that frame, and a device for assisting the opening of the covering member and which comprises at least a spring actuator hingedly linked by its ends respectively to the covering member and to the edge of the frame, the actuator comprising a sleeve, of which an end wall comprises an external clevis hingedly linked to the covering member or the edge of the frame, a guide rod accommodated in the sleeve and linked at its opposite end to the end wall of the sleeve to the edge of the frame or to the covering member characterized in that the guide rod is linked to the edge of the frame or to the covering member by a hinging clevis, and in that the actuator comprises a spring accommodated in the sleeve while surrounding the guide rod and being pre-stressed in a relaxed state all along the guide rod between the end wall of the sleeve and the clevis of the guide rod, a portion of the length of which protrudes from the sleeve, when the covering member occupies its raised opening position in which the covering member is held by the pre-stressed spring, and said spring being compressed in the sleeve between the end wall of the sleeve and the clevis of the guide rod when the covering member occupies its lowered closing position, and a means attached to one of the ends of the guide rod for retaining the spring pre-stressed in the relaxed state, and in that, during the assisted opening of the covering member by the spring actuator, the compressed spring relaxes in order to cause guided sliding of the sleeve by the guide rod.
Decoder configured to decode spectral coefficients of a spectrum of an audio signal, the spectral coefficients belonging to the same time instant, the decoder being configured to sequentially, from low to high frequency, decode the spectral coefficients and decode a currently to be decoded spectral coefficient (x) of the spectral coefficients by entropy decoding depending, in a context-adaptive manner, on a previously decoded spectral coefficient (o) of the spectral coefficients, with adjusting a relative spectral distance between the previously decoded spectral coefficient (o) and the currently to be decoded spectral coefficient (x) depending on an information concerning a shape of the spectrum.
Hydraulic flow-rate regulating device intended to be mounted in a conduit between a hydraulic fluid source and a user device, and comprising a body including a central axial hub which has a first end connected to a surrounding ring, said first end of the hub and the ring defining, therebetween at least one passage for the hydraulic fluid, between the upstream and downstream regions, and the second end of which protrudes with respect to the ring from the side facing the source during use; the ring having, on the surface thereof which during use is directed towards the source, an annular distribution of projections; on said second end of the hub being mounted a flexible, ring-shaped, regulating member facing, and distanced from, said projections and capable during use of resiliently flexing towards said projections as a result of and depending on the difference in pressure between said upstream and downstream regions; the ring being further provided with a plurality of restricted holes having a fluid flow parallel to said at least one passage; the flow-rate regulating device being characterized in that said restricted holes are provided in the same radial portion of the ring in which there is provided said plurality of projections, such that said holes are circumferentially and radially comprised each between a pair of projections, the regulating member extending radially by an amount such that the periphery thereof covers at least part of the inlet opening of said restricted holes.
A power storage control device for controlling operation of a power converter configured to charge and discharge a storage battery, the power storage control device comprising: a controller configured to control the operation of the power converter in a control mode selected from a plurality of control modes; and a mode changer configured to change the control mode of the controller, the plurality of control modes of the controller including: a first mode in which the controller allows the storage battery to be charged and discharged if a remaining capacity of the storage battery is equal to or greater than a threshold value and prohibits the storage battery from being charged and discharged if the remaining capacity of the storage battery is less than the threshold value; and a second mode in which the controller allows the storage battery to start being charged with electricity if the remaining capacity of the storage battery is less than the threshold value, characterized by the mode changer allowing the control mode to be changed into the second mode in a situation where the controller prohibits the storage battery from being charged and discharged while controlling the operation of the power converter in the first mode. a controller configured to control the operation of the power converter in a control mode selected from a plurality of control modes; and a mode changer configured to change the control mode of the controller, the plurality of control modes of the controller including: a first mode in which the controller allows the storage battery to be charged and discharged if a remaining capacity of the storage battery is equal to or greater than a threshold value and prohibits the storage battery from being charged and discharged if the remaining capacity of the storage battery is less than the threshold value; and a second mode in which the controller allows the storage battery to start being charged with electricity if the remaining capacity of the storage battery is less than the threshold value, characterized by the mode changer allowing the control mode to be changed into the second mode in a situation where the controller prohibits the storage battery from being charged and discharged while controlling the operation of the power converter in the first mode.
An injection manifold assembly for a turbomachine, comprising: a first set of transfer tubes connected so as to form a main circuit for feeding fuel to at least a first set and a second set of injectors (100, 100'); a second set of transfer tubes connected in parallel with the first set so as to form an auxiliary circuit for feeding fuel to said first set of injectors; and at least one double coupling presenting at least one first endpiece receiving one end of a transfer tube of the main circuit, a second endpiece receiving one end of a transfer tube of the auxiliary circuit, and a mounting surface with a first orifice in fluid flow communication with the first endpiece and a second orifice in fluid flow communication with the second endpiece, said mounting surface of the double coupling being suitable for connecting the double coupling to an injector of said first set of injectors; the manifold assembly being characterized in that it further comprises at least one single coupling (105, 106) presenting at least a first endpiece (601, 701) receiving one end of a transfer tube of the main circuit, and a mounting surface (610, 710) with an orifice (611, 711) in fluid flow communication with the first endpiece (601, 701), said mounting surface (610, 710) of the single coupling (105, 106) being suitable for connecting the single coupling to an injector of said second set of injectors. a first set of transfer tubes connected so as to form a main circuit for feeding fuel to at least a first set and a second set of injectors (100, 100'); a second set of transfer tubes connected in parallel with the first set so as to form an auxiliary circuit for feeding fuel to said first set of injectors; and at least one double coupling presenting at least one first endpiece receiving one end of a transfer tube of the main circuit, a second endpiece receiving one end of a transfer tube of the auxiliary circuit, and a mounting surface with a first orifice in fluid flow communication with the first endpiece and a second orifice in fluid flow communication with the second endpiece, said mounting surface of the double coupling being suitable for connecting the double coupling to an injector of said first set of injectors;
A method of separating a species from a droplet using a digital microfluidic device comprising a digital microfluidic array of electrodes comprising a hydrophobic coating, said array of electrodes further comprising an input array, a separation array in flow communication with said input array, and an output array in flow communication with said separation array, wherein said input array, said separation array and said output array each comprise more than one electrode, said device further comprising a structural retaining means configured to retain a non-polar liquid within said separation array, wherein the species is non-polar and the droplet is polar, said method comprising the steps of: providing the non-polar liquid over the separation array; actuating said input array to transport said droplet from said input array to said separation array, wherein said species is extracted from said droplet while maintaining said droplet as a distinct liquid phase within said non-polar liquid; and actuating said separation array to transport said droplet from said separation array to said output array; characterized in that said non-polar liquid is retained by said structural retaining means comprising a wall means, said wall means surrounding a portion of said separation array, wherein said wall means does not interrupt a path of said droplet during said steps of transporting said droplet to said separation array and transporting said droplet to said output array. providing the non-polar liquid over the separation array; actuating said input array to transport said droplet from said input array to said separation array, wherein said species is extracted from said droplet while maintaining said droplet as a distinct liquid phase within said non-polar liquid; and actuating said separation array to transport said droplet from said separation array to said output array; characterized in that said non-polar liquid is retained by said structural retaining means comprising a wall means, said wall means surrounding a portion of said separation array, wherein said wall means does not interrupt a path of said droplet during said steps of transporting said droplet to said separation array and transporting said droplet to said output array.
An internal combustion engine (100, 500, 600, 700, 800) comprising: a chain cover (20, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820) that is attached to an internal combustion engine main body having a crankshaft; an oil seal that is mounted on the crankshaft in the vicinity of the chain cover; a metallic oil seal fixing member that is disposed on a surface of the chain cover and fixes the oil seal, the surface being present opposite to the internal combustion engine main body; a first sealing member that is disposed between the oil sealing fixing member and the chain cover; and a second sealing member that is disposed between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body, wherein the oil seal fixing member includes a first chain cover contact portion that is in contact with the chain cover in the vicinity of the second sealing member, and wherein in a state where a first gap is provided between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body by the second sealing member, the first chain cover contact portion is brought into contact with the chain cover from the oil seal fixing member toward the chain cover in a first direction. a chain cover (20, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820) that is attached to an internal combustion engine main body having a crankshaft; an oil seal that is mounted on the crankshaft in the vicinity of the chain cover; a metallic oil seal fixing member that is disposed on a surface of the chain cover and fixes the oil seal, the surface being present opposite to the internal combustion engine main body; a first sealing member that is disposed between the oil sealing fixing member and the chain cover; and a second sealing member that is disposed between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body, wherein the oil seal fixing member includes a first chain cover contact portion that is in contact with the chain cover in the vicinity of the second sealing member, and wherein in a state where a first gap is provided between the chain cover and the internal combustion engine main body by the second sealing member, the first chain cover contact portion is brought into contact with the chain cover from the oil seal fixing member toward the chain cover in a first direction.
An electric motor or generator comprising a rotor and a stator, at least one of the rotor and stator comprising a first and a second component having a common circumference, the first component having one or more recesses distributed around the circumference; the second component having one or more protrusions arranged to protrude into the one or more recesses so as to press against side walls of the recesses to resist relative rotation of the first and second components; characterized in that the protrusions are resiliently deformable; wherein the first component is fitted to the second component by heating and subsequent cooling so as to form an interference fit between the first component and the second component and to resiliently deform the protrusions against the side walls of the recesses; and wherein the first component is fitted to the second component by sliding the protrusions into the recesses so as to align the respective components prior to cooling. at least one of the rotor and stator comprising a first and a second component having a common circumference, the first component having one or more recesses distributed around the circumference; the second component having one or more protrusions arranged to protrude into the one or more recesses so as to press against side walls of the recesses to resist relative rotation of the first and second components; characterized in that the protrusions are resiliently deformable; wherein the first component is fitted to the second component by heating and subsequent cooling so as to form an interference fit between the first component and the second component and to resiliently deform the protrusions against the side walls of the recesses; and wherein the first component is fitted to the second component by sliding the protrusions into the recesses so as to align the respective components prior to cooling.
A method for preparing 1-methyl-2-(4-methlymercapto-phenyloxymethyl)-5-nitro-imidazole having the formula which comprises the steps of a) reacting 1-methyl-2-hydroxymethyl-5-nitro-imidazole with methanesulfonyl chloride in the presence of a suspension of powdered alkaline carbonate in an anhydrous organic solvent suitable for performing nucleophile substitution reactions while monitoring the reaction conditions in such a way to afford less than 3 area per cent of each of the following secondary compounds of formula b) adding to the resulting reaction medium a solution of 4-methylmercapto-phenol in the organic solvent referred to in step a) while monitoring the reaction conditions in such a way to avoid dimerization of compound I into the compound of formula c) separating compound of formula I from the reaction mixture as its hydrochloride salt and d) converting said hydrochloride salt into compound of formula I and, optionally, purifying the latter. a) reacting 1-methyl-2-hydroxymethyl-5-nitro-imidazole with methanesulfonyl chloride in the presence of a suspension of powdered alkaline carbonate in an anhydrous organic solvent suitable for performing nucleophile substitution reactions while monitoring the reaction conditions in such a way to afford less than 3 area per cent of each of the following secondary compounds of formula b) adding to the resulting reaction medium a solution of 4-methylmercapto-phenol in the organic solvent referred to in step a) while monitoring the reaction conditions in such a way to avoid dimerization of compound I into the compound of formula c) separating compound of formula I from the reaction mixture as its hydrochloride salt and d) converting said hydrochloride salt into compound of formula I and, optionally, purifying the latter.
Lamp for automotive vehicle front lighting, comprising - a base for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight, - a burner fixed to said base, said burner comprising a sealed transparent vessel, - at least a first filament arranged within said vessel, - at least one holding wire arranged within said vessel, and a baffle arranged proximate to said first filament to partially shield light emitted from said first filament, said baffle being fixed to said holding wire, - where said transparent vessel comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion surrounding said first filament, - and where said vessel wall comprises, within said cylindrical portion, a deformed material portion which contacts said baffle or said holding wire, - where said deformed material portion is shielded from said first filament by said baffle. - a base for mechanical and electrical connection to an automotive headlight, - a burner fixed to said base, said burner comprising a sealed transparent vessel, - at least a first filament arranged within said vessel, - at least one holding wire arranged within said vessel, and a baffle arranged proximate to said first filament to partially shield light emitted from said first filament, said baffle being fixed to said holding wire, - where said transparent vessel comprises a vessel wall including a cylindrical portion surrounding said first filament, - and where said vessel wall comprises, within said cylindrical portion, a deformed material portion which contacts said baffle or said holding wire, - where said deformed material portion is shielded from said first filament by said baffle.
Method for separating an upper part-stack from an ashlar-shaped total stack formed from sheet-shaped goods, and for transferring this part-stack from the remaining residual stack to a vibrating table, the method having the following features: a) manually separating the part-stack from the residual stack in a region which faces the vibrating table; b) moving a gripper installation in that region above the residual stack that is exposed by the separation of the part-stack, and positioning at least one lower gripper part of the gripper installation so as to be adjacent to an upper face of the residual stack, c) manually depositing the separated region of the part-stack on the lower gripper part while the gripper installation is opened, d) clamping that region of the part-stack that is deposited on the lower gripper part between at least one upper gripper part, which is moved to the gripping position, and the lower gripper part, e) mechanically displacing the gripper installation gripping the part-stack to the vibrating table, f) opening the gripper installation, and depositing the part-stack on the vibrating table, g) returning the gripper installation to the region of the residual stack. a) manually separating the part-stack from the residual stack in a region which faces the vibrating table; b) moving a gripper installation in that region above the residual stack that is exposed by the separation of the part-stack, and positioning at least one lower gripper part of the gripper installation so as to be adjacent to an upper face of the residual stack, c) manually depositing the separated region of the part-stack on the lower gripper part while the gripper installation is opened, d) clamping that region of the part-stack that is deposited on the lower gripper part between at least one upper gripper part, which is moved to the gripping position, and the lower gripper part, e) mechanically displacing the gripper installation gripping the part-stack to the vibrating table, f) opening the gripper installation, and depositing the part-stack on the vibrating table, g) returning the gripper installation to the region of the residual stack.
A passenger seat, comprising; a seat frame including a seat back and at least one armrest; a seat bottom including a seat pan and a foam seat cushion positioned on the seat bottom above the seat pan; a pneumatic cushion positioned on the seat bottom between the seat pan and the foam seat cushion and adapted to maintain a predetermined level of inflation determined by air pressure within the pneumatic cushion; and a pneumatic inflation device (146, 148; 152, 154) communicating with the pneumatic cushion for permitting the air pressure within the pneumatic cushion to be varied as desired to alter the angle of the seat bottom in relation to the seat back to provide additional comfort to a seat occupant seated in the passenger seat, characterized in that in side elevation the pneumatic cushion defines an elongate triangle having a base positioned at a forward end of the seat pan, the pneumatic cushion including at least first and second cushion chambers (132, 134) that are laterally-separated in the forward direction and providing lateral articulation of the first and second cushion chambers (132, 134) relative to each other.