mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
Device comprising a first circuit configured to send, to a second circuit , a first signal comprising numbers successively separated by a constant value (C), the second circuit being configured to output at least one second signal (H1, H2, H3), each of the at least one second signal being synchronized to a clock signal of a clock domain different from the clock domain of the first circuit , each at least one second signal being supplied to a third circuit , each third circuit being in the clock domain of the corresponding second signal, characterized in that each at least one second signal is sent, in each of the clock domains different from the clock domain of the first circuit , to a fourth circuit of the device configured to supply a first value if the successive numbers of the second signal received by the fourth circuit are equal or separated by the constant value (C), and a second value indicating an error if the successive numbers of the second signal received by the third circuit are different and separated by a value different from the constant value (C), each fourth circuit comprising a delay circuit and a comparison circuit , the delay circuit being coupled between the input of the fourth circuit , on which a second signal is received, and an input of the comparison circuit so as to generate a second delayed signal, the comparison circuit being configured to compare a number of said second signal (H1) with a number of a signal corresponding to the second delayed signal (H1t).
Method for shifting gears in a gear shifting arrangement provided in an electronic automatic transmission shifter provided in a vehicle, wherein the gear shifting arrangement comprises at least a neutral mode, a drive mode, a reverse mode and park mode and a shift lever which is monostable along a first axis in a first position , said shift lever being movable along said first axis in a first direction and a second direction, characterized in that the method comprises: - selecting the reverse mode by displacing the shift lever to a first end position in said first direction two consecutive times from park mode, allowing said shift lever to return to said first position in between each said displacement; - selecting the drive mode by displacing the shift lever to a second end position in the second direction two consecutive times from park mode, allowing said shift lever is to return to said first position in between each said displacement. - selecting the reverse mode by displacing the shift lever to a first end position in said first direction two consecutive times from park mode, allowing said shift lever to return to said first position in between each said displacement; - selecting the drive mode by displacing the shift lever to a second end position in the second direction two consecutive times from park mode, allowing said shift lever is to return to said first position in between each said displacement.
Brake device (1, 1*) for a vehicle comprising: at least one brake disc comprising two opposed radial surfaces with respect to a rotational axis of the at least one brake disc , at least two brake pads each of which facing one of the opposed radial surfaces of the at least one brake disc , at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) configured to provide a relative movement of the at least two brake pads towards and away from each other in a braking direction to apply or release a braking torque on or from the at least one brake disc , wherein the at least one brake caliper is configured to provide the relative movement between the at least two brake pads in a primary braking mode and in a secondary braking mode, and a carrier (40, 40*) to support the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*), wherein the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) is supported relatively moveable on the carrier (40, 40*) in the braking direction, the brake device (1, 1*) characterized in that it comprises a holding mechanism (32, 90*, 90a*, 90b*) configured to prevent the relative movement of the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) with respect to the carrier (40, 40*) at least in the primary braking mode and to allow the relative movement of the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) with respect to the carrier (40, 40*) at least in the secondary braking mode. at least one brake disc comprising two opposed radial surfaces with respect to a rotational axis of the at least one brake disc , at least two brake pads each of which facing one of the opposed radial surfaces of the at least one brake disc , at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) configured to provide a relative movement of the at least two brake pads towards and away from each other in a braking direction to apply or release a braking torque on or from the at least one brake disc , wherein the at least one brake caliper is configured to provide the relative movement between the at least two brake pads in a primary braking mode and in a secondary braking mode, and a carrier (40, 40*) to support the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*), wherein the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) is supported relatively moveable on the carrier (40, 40*) in the braking direction, the brake device (1, 1*) characterized in that it comprises a holding mechanism (32, 90*, 90a*, 90b*) configured to prevent the relative movement of the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) with respect to the carrier (40, 40*) at least in the primary braking mode and to allow the relative movement of the at least one brake caliper (30, 30*) with respect to the carrier (40, 40*) at least in the secondary braking mode.
Exhaust-gas aftertreatment device for the dosed injection of a liquid exhaust-gas aftertreatment agent into an exhaust-gas stream of an internal combustion engine, having a mixing chamber in which the exhaust-gas aftertreatment agent is mixed with the exhaust-gas stream, wherein the mixing chamber has a circular cylindrical mixing pipe which has a funnel-shaped end section which increases in circumference toward a free end, with a funnel element which opens conically at least in certain sections in the direction of the mixing pipe and which has multiple throughflow openings in its shell wall , and wherein, on that end of the funnel element which is averted from the mixing pipe , there is arranged an injection valve for the exhaust-gas aftertreatment agent for the purposes of injecting the exhaust-gas aftertreatment agent into the funnel element , wherein the funnel element is situated at least substantially within the end section and coaxially with respect to the end section, and that at least some of the throughflow openings are assigned a respective flow-guiding element , which is elevated from the shell wall , for generating a swirling flow in the mixing pipe , characterized in that the throughflow openings in a region close to the injection valve have no flow-guiding element.
A microwave level gauge for measuring a level of process fluid in a tank , with a tank atmosphere , the microwave level gauge comprising: a hollow adapter body extending from a lower portion that is open to the tank atmosphere to a transmitter mount outside the tank ; a connector rod extending from the lower portion of the hollow adapter body and connectable to an antenna in the tank ; conductors coupled between the connector rod and the transmitter mount such that microwaves are couplable from the antenna to the transmitter mount ; and wherein a primary seal is disposed in the lower portion of the hollow adapter body that includes a lower support band brazed to a lower portion of an outer surface of a ceramic seal body , wherein the connector rod is welded to the lower support band , and an upper support band brazed to an upper portion of the outer surface of the ceramic seal body and sealingly joined to the adapter body such that the primary seal contacts the tank atmosphere and provides a hermetic seal between an internal cavity of the adapter body and the tank atmosphere , wherein the ceramic seal body , the upper support band and the lower support band transfer the mechanical load of suspending the antenna . a hollow adapter body extending from a lower portion that is open to the tank atmosphere to a transmitter mount outside the tank ; a connector rod extending from the lower portion of the hollow adapter body and connectable to an antenna in the tank ; conductors coupled between the connector rod and the transmitter mount such that microwaves are couplable from the antenna to the transmitter mount ; and wherein a primary seal is disposed in the lower portion of the hollow adapter body that includes a lower support band brazed to a lower portion of an outer surface of a ceramic seal body , wherein the connector rod is welded to the lower support band , and an upper support band brazed to an upper portion of the outer surface of the ceramic seal body and sealingly joined to the adapter body such that the primary seal contacts the tank atmosphere and provides a hermetic seal between an internal cavity of the adapter body and the tank atmosphere , wherein the ceramic seal body , the upper support band and the lower support band transfer the mechanical load of suspending the antenna .
Method for determining the position of a vehicle tyre, having the following steps: a) providing a vehicle tyre having a tyre module, the tyre module having at least one radio unit for the connection to a mobile radio network, b) establishing a direct connection between the radio unit of the tyre module and a cell of a mobile radio network, c) determining the position of the tyre module in conjunction with determining the position of the respective cell of the mobile radio network, characterized by d) automated determination of the location of the vehicle tyre having the tyre module, wherein the location is determined via the position of the respective cell of the mobile radio network by virtue of the fact that the vehicle tyre is located at a position which is assigned to the cell of the mobile radio network. a) providing a vehicle tyre having a tyre module, the tyre module having at least one radio unit for the connection to a mobile radio network, b) establishing a direct connection between the radio unit of the tyre module and a cell of a mobile radio network, c) determining the position of the tyre module in conjunction with determining the position of the respective cell of the mobile radio network, characterized by d) automated determination of the location of the vehicle tyre having the tyre module,
Method for estimating a mechanical degradation of a machine , the machine comprising a movable component and a drive unit for controlling a motion of the movable component , wherein the drive unit is used to move the movable component during an evaluation period, characterized in that - a set of input data is generated, wherein generating the set of input data comprises measuring a drive parameter of the drive unit during the evaluation period, wherein the drive parameter corresponds to an electric supply current of an electric motor of the drive unit ; or the drive parameter comprises a fluid flow rate of a pneumatic or hydraulic unit of the drive unit ; - a cluster analysis is performed by a computing unit by applying a cluster analysis algorithm to the set of input data; and - a degradation value (d) for the machine is determined by the computing unit depending on a result of the cluster analysis. - a set of input data is generated, wherein generating the set of input data comprises measuring a drive parameter of the drive unit during the evaluation period, wherein the drive parameter corresponds to an electric supply current of an electric motor of the drive unit ; or the drive parameter comprises a fluid flow rate of a pneumatic or hydraulic unit of the drive unit ; - a cluster analysis is performed by a computing unit by applying a cluster analysis algorithm to the set of input data; and - a degradation value (d) for the machine is determined by the computing unit depending on a result of the cluster analysis.
Method for making porous, microfibrillated cellulose based materials, said method comprising at least the following steps: (i) mixing a predetermined amount of microfibrillated cellulose in a solvent, preferably in water, together with a predetermined amount of at least one water soluble salt, wherein the salt as present in the mixture of step (i) is present in the form of particles that have an average particle size from 5μm to 5mm, so that a homogenous mixture results; (ii) bringing the mixture of (i) into the desired shape and drying this mixture in an oven until dry, preferably at 80 °C or more, more preferably at 105 °C or more (first drying step); (iii) after completion of step (ii), immersing the dried material of step (ii) in a solvent, preferably in water, thus leaching out at least 95%, preferably 99,5% of the salt added in step (i); (iv) after completion of step (iii), drying this mixture from step (iii) in an oven until dry, preferably at 80 °C or more, more preferably at 105 °C or more (second drying step), resulting in a porous salt-free material. (i) mixing a predetermined amount of microfibrillated cellulose in a solvent, preferably in water, together with a predetermined amount of at least one water soluble salt, wherein the salt as present in the mixture of step (i) is present in the form of particles that have an average particle size from 5μm to 5mm, so that a homogenous mixture results; (ii) bringing the mixture of (i) into the desired shape and drying this mixture in an oven until dry, preferably at 80 °C or more, more preferably at 105 °C or more (first drying step); (iii) after completion of step (ii), immersing the dried material of step (ii) in a solvent, preferably in water, thus leaching out at least 95%, preferably 99,5% of the salt added in step (i); (iv) after completion of step (iii), drying this mixture from step (iii) in an oven until dry, preferably at 80 °C or more, more preferably at 105 °C or more (second drying step), resulting in a porous salt-free material.
A kinetic energy recovery system comprising: a flywheel supported for rotation in a first vacuum enclosure for receiving energy from and dissipating energy to one or more parts of a vehicle ; a vacuum pumping arrangement having an inlet arranged to be in fluid communication with an outlet of the first vacuum enclosure for evacuating the first vacuum enclosure; a second vacuum enclosure having an inlet in fluid communication with an exhaust of the pumping arrangement and arranged to be maintained at a pressure less than atmosphere for reducing the pressure at the exhaust of the pumping arrangement, characterized by the vacuum pumping arrangement being a scroll vacuum pumping arrangement; and the second vacuum enclosure comprising an outlet through which gas can be pumped periodically for maintaining the second vacuum enclosure at a pressure less than atmosphere. a flywheel supported for rotation in a first vacuum enclosure for receiving energy from and dissipating energy to one or more parts of a vehicle ; a vacuum pumping arrangement having an inlet arranged to be in fluid communication with an outlet of the first vacuum enclosure for evacuating the first vacuum enclosure; a second vacuum enclosure having an inlet in fluid communication with an exhaust of the pumping arrangement and arranged to be maintained at a pressure less than atmosphere for reducing the pressure at the exhaust of the pumping arrangement, characterized by the vacuum pumping arrangement being a scroll vacuum pumping arrangement; and the second vacuum enclosure comprising an outlet through which gas can be pumped periodically for maintaining the second vacuum enclosure at a pressure less than atmosphere.
A system comprising: a front end core ; a memory hierarchy ; and an accelerator communicatively coupled to the front end core and to the memory hierarchy ; wherein the front end core comprises a Translation Lookaside Buffer , TLB and a page walker module , to serve both the front end core and the accelerator ; wherein the accelerator comprises: a memory management circuit to attempt a virtual-to-physical address translation by querying the translation lookaside buffer, TLB, containing a mapping of virtual-to-physical addresses, the memory management circuit to use the page walker module to access a page table from the memory hierarchy to perform the translation if the query to the TLB fails to locate a translation for a particular virtual address; and one or more execution units (801-804) to execute instructions. a front end core ; a memory hierarchy ; and an accelerator communicatively coupled to the front end core and to the memory hierarchy ; wherein the front end core comprises a Translation Lookaside Buffer , TLB and a page walker module , to serve both the front end core and the accelerator ; wherein the accelerator comprises: a memory management circuit to attempt a virtual-to-physical address translation by querying the translation lookaside buffer, TLB, containing a mapping of virtual-to-physical addresses, the memory management circuit to use the page walker module to access a page table from the memory hierarchy to perform the translation if the query to the TLB fails to locate a translation for a particular virtual address; and one or more execution units (801-804) to execute instructions. a memory management circuit to attempt a virtual-to-physical address translation by querying the translation lookaside buffer, TLB, containing a mapping of virtual-to-physical addresses, the memory management circuit to use the page walker module to access a page table from the memory hierarchy to perform the translation if the query to the TLB fails to locate a translation for a particular virtual address; and one or more execution units (801-804) to execute instructions.
A method of manufacturing a nanowire-based structure, the method comprising: forming islands of conductive material on a substrate (10-20), with a space between adjacent islands, said islands of conductive material comprising anodic etch barrier material; forming a conductive sacrificial layer on the substrate in the space between adjacent islands of conductive material; forming an anodizable layer on the islands of conductive material and on the sacrificial layer , wherein optionally the conductive sacrificial layer and the anodizable layer are constituted by respective portions of a common layer of material deposited in a common deposition step; anodizing the anodizable layer to form a porous anodic oxide template having first regions (A), where pores of the porous template overlie the islands of conductive material, and a second region (B) where pores of the porous template overlie the sacrificial layer ; forming, inside pores of the porous template in the first regions (A), nanowires having first ends that contact the conductive material and second ends that extend away from the conductive material; and removing the porous template and the sacrificial layer . forming islands of conductive material on a substrate (10-20), with a space between adjacent islands, said islands of conductive material comprising anodic etch barrier material; forming a conductive sacrificial layer on the substrate in the space between adjacent islands of conductive material; forming an anodizable layer on the islands of conductive material and on the sacrificial layer , wherein optionally the conductive sacrificial layer and the anodizable layer are constituted by respective portions of a common layer of material deposited in a common deposition step; anodizing the anodizable layer to form a porous anodic oxide template having first regions (A), where pores of the porous template overlie the islands of conductive material, and a second region (B) where pores of the porous template overlie the sacrificial layer ; forming, inside pores of the porous template in the first regions (A), nanowires having first ends that contact the conductive material and second ends that extend away from the conductive material; and removing the porous template and the sacrificial layer .
A method for performing a forward error correction, FEC, encoding by a transmitting apparatus in a multimedia system, the method comprising: generating a first two-dimensional source symbol block with K source symbols of the same length, from a source packet block with K' source packets; performing a first FEC encoding on the first source symbol block to generate a first repair symbol block; generating a second source symbol block including information about the length of each source packet of the source packet block; and performing a second FEC encoding on the second source symbol block to generate a second repair block, wherein the same FEC code is used for the first and the second FEC encoding, and transmitting the source packets and at least one repair symbol of the first repair block and at least one repair symbol of the second repair block via an FEC repair packet, characterized in that each source symbol included in the first source symbol block is divided into the same number m of symbol elements so that the first source symbol block is divided into m areas with K symbol elements in each area, and each of the K' source packets is sequentially arranged in one or more symbol elements starting with the start row of one of said areas, and zero padding is applied between arranged source packets, and the second source symbol block includes K' length symbols and K-K' zero-padding symbols with K being larger than K', and each length symbol indicates the length of a corresponding source packet of the source packet block. generating a first two-dimensional source symbol block with K source symbols of the same length, from a source packet block with K' source packets; performing a first FEC encoding on the first source symbol block to generate a first repair symbol block; generating a second source symbol block including information about the length of each source packet of the source packet block; and performing a second FEC encoding on the second source symbol block to generate a second repair block, wherein the same FEC code is used for the first and the second FEC encoding, and transmitting the source packets and at least one repair symbol of the first repair block and at least one repair symbol of the second repair block via an FEC repair packet, characterized in that each source symbol included in the first source symbol block is divided into the same number m of symbol elements so that the first source symbol block is divided into m areas with K symbol elements in each area, and each of the K' source packets is sequentially arranged in one or more symbol elements starting with the start row of one of said areas, and zero padding is applied between arranged source packets, and the second source symbol block includes K' length symbols and K-K' zero-padding symbols with K being larger than K', and each length symbol indicates the length of a corresponding source packet of the source packet block.