mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A method of manufacturing a modified atmosphere package comprising the steps of: providing a portion of packaging material ; providing a portion of : produce ; forming, from the portion of packaging material and the portion of produce, a closed package defining a package volume Z (V) and containing in the package volume the portion of produce and a modified atmosphere; wherein the modified atmosphere is modified with respect to the ambient atmosphere; characterised in that the method comprises providing the modified atmosphere in the package volume by providing a gas mixture of at least one atmosphere modification gas and pressurised air in the package volume. providing a portion of packaging material ; providing a portion of : produce ; forming, from the portion of packaging material and the portion of produce, a closed package defining a package volume Z (V) and containing in the package volume the portion of produce and a modified atmosphere; wherein the modified atmosphere is modified with respect to the ambient atmosphere; characterised in that the method comprises providing the modified atmosphere in the package volume by providing a gas mixture of at least one atmosphere modification gas and pressurised air in the package volume.
An intermediate node for a transport network comprising at least one remote access node connected to a central hub node configured for baseband processing, wherein: the intermediate node is configured such that traffic flows between the at least one remote access node and the central hub node pass via the intermediate node ; wherein traffic flows are carried on one or more optical channel between the remote access node and the intermediate node , and traffic flows are carried on one or more optical channel between the central hub node and the intermediate node , the intermediate node being characterized in that : the intermediate node is configured to selectively carry out one of: baseband process a traffic flow when a latency requirement of the traffic flow requires baseband processing in the intermediate node , and, bypass a traffic flow comprising a traffic flow for baseband processing in the central hub when a latency requirement of the traffic flow does not require baseband processing in the intermediate node .
A program for causing a computer to execute an utterance impression determination process of specifying a fundamental frequency from a received voice signal; obtaining a relaxation value by calculating a weighted average value between the fundamental frequency and a past weighted average value, which is obtained in past, using a long-term weighting coefficient for changing the fundamental frequency gradually and by setting the calculated weighted average value as the relaxation value; obtaining a feature amount by calculating a weighted average value between the fundamental frequency and a past feature amount, which is obtained in past, using a short-term weighting coefficient which is smaller than the long-term weighting coefficient and by setting the calculated weighted average value as the feature amount; evaluating the voice signal based on a degree of a magnitude of a difference between the feature amount and the relaxation value; and determining, when the feature amount is equal to or less than the relaxation value corresponding to the feature amount, the long-term weighting coefficient in such a manner that a degree of gradual change is smaller than in the case where the feature amount is greater than the relaxation value corresponding to the feature amount.
A hydraulic and/or pneumatic coupling assembly comprising a fixed block adapted to be fixed to a main operating machine, and a movable block , said fixed block and said movable block comprising first mechanical constraining means which are adapted to be switched between a first position and a second position and second engaging and constraining means respectively, wherein the switching of said first mechanical constraining means from said first position to said second position and from said second position to said first position translates into a progressive engagement of said second engaging and constraining means and said first mechanical constraining means and thus into the mechanical constraint of said fixed block and said mobile block and respectively in the disengagement of said second engaging and constraining means and said first mechanical constraining means , and thus in the mechanical release of said fixed block and said mobile block ; wherein said fixed block and said mobile block comprise third mechanical constraining means and respectively fourth engaging and constraining means , and wherein said third mechanical constraining means are adapted to be switched between a first position, in which they are released from said fourth engaging and constraining means and a second position in which they engage and constrain said fourth engaging and constraining means characterized in that the switching of said first mechanical constraining means from said first position towards said second position translates into the automatic switching of said third mechanical constraining means from said first position to said second position.
An outdoor unit for an air conditioner , comprising: an engine ; a first compressor that is driven by the engine ; a second compressor that is connected in parallel to the first compressor and that is driven by electric power; an outdoor heat exchanger; and a controller , characterized in that the controller causes the second compressor to be driven earlier than the engine and the first compressor in a defrosting operation in which the outdoor heat exchanger is defrosted. an engine ; a first compressor that is driven by the engine ; a second compressor that is connected in parallel to the first compressor and that is driven by electric power; an outdoor heat exchanger; and a controller , characterized in that the controller causes the second compressor to be driven earlier than the engine and the first compressor in a defrosting operation in which the outdoor heat exchanger is defrosted.
A control apparatus for controlling movement of an object representing a control target for the control apparatus and driven by a motor , the control apparatus comprising: a joystick, wherein the joystick comprises a rotational member being freely rotatable; a detection unit configured to repeatedly detect a rotation speed of the rotational member ; and a control unit configured to determine whether a currently detected rotation speed is lower than a previously detected rotation speed, and if the current rotation speed is lower than the previous rotation speed, to subtract a predetermined value from the previously detected rotation speed for determining a calculated rotation speed, to compare the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to select the higher rotation speed of the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to set the selected rotation speed as a control rotation speed for determining a control value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor for moving the control target, so that an amount of decrease in the control value per unit time is avoided to exceed a threshold value, and to output the control value to a motor driver for driving the motor . a joystick, wherein the joystick comprises a rotational member being freely rotatable; a detection unit configured to repeatedly detect a rotation speed of the rotational member ; and a control unit configured to determine whether a currently detected rotation speed is lower than a previously detected rotation speed, and if the current rotation speed is lower than the previous rotation speed, to subtract a predetermined value from the previously detected rotation speed for determining a calculated rotation speed, to compare the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to select the higher rotation speed of the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to set the selected rotation speed as a control rotation speed for determining a control value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor for moving the control target, so that an amount of decrease in the control value per unit time is avoided to exceed a threshold value, and to output the control value to a motor driver for driving the motor . to subtract a predetermined value from the previously detected rotation speed for determining a calculated rotation speed, to compare the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to select the higher rotation speed of the calculated rotation speed and the currently detected rotation speed, to set the selected rotation speed as a control rotation speed for determining a control value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor for moving the control target, so that an amount of decrease in the control value per unit time is avoided to exceed a threshold value, and to output the control value to a motor driver for driving the motor .
A vehicle control system configured to control an actuator in a vehicle , the vehicle control system comprising: three or more computation units ; a determination unit ; and an output unit , wherein each of the three or more computation units supplies a first control signal showing a target output of the actuator to the output unit , the vehicle control system being characterised in that the determination unit assigns the target output shown by the first control signal supplied from each of the three or more computation units with a number of votes based on a degree of reliability of the first control signal, and performs a majority vote of the target output based on the number of votes assigned to the target output, the number of votes assigned to the target output shown by the first control signal supplied from each of the three or more computation units increases as the degree of reliability of the first control signal increases, and the output unit outputs a second control signal for controlling the actuator based on a target output regarded as a majority in the majority vote of the target output by the determination unit among the target outputs shown by the first control signals supplied from the three or more computation units . three or more computation units ; a determination unit ; and an output unit , wherein each of the three or more computation units supplies a first control signal showing a target output of the actuator to the output unit , the vehicle control system being characterised in that the determination unit assigns the target output shown by the first control signal supplied from each of the three or more computation units with a number of votes based on a degree of reliability of the first control signal, and performs a majority vote of the target output based on the number of votes assigned to the target output, the number of votes assigned to the target output shown by the first control signal supplied from each of the three or more computation units increases as the degree of reliability of the first control signal increases, and the output unit outputs a second control signal for controlling the actuator based on a target output regarded as a majority in the majority vote of the target output by the determination unit among the target outputs shown by the first control signals supplied from the three or more computation units .
Spectrometer , comprising a housing , at least one radiation source , at least one radiation detector , an autonomous energy supply unit and an interface for wireless data transmission; wherein the housing encloses the at least one radiation source, the at least one radiation detector and the autonomous energy supply unit and the spectrometer is designed (a) to evaluate data obtained from the radiation detector in an internal evaluation unit and/or an external evaluation unit ; and (b) to communicate wirelessly, directly or indirectly, with at least one household appliance wherein the at least one household appliance is a water-conducting household appliance for cleaning and/or drying articles, the housing can be used in the drum of the water-conducting household appliance and has the most regular surface possible in order to be able to follow movement in the drum of the water-conducting household appliance, comprising a round shape such as a sphere and another ellipsoid, a regular polyhedron, as well as hybrids of round shapes and regular polyhedra, and the housing has at least one opening to a cavity in the housing, the at least one opening allows a substance exchange with the environment of the spectrometer, and the radiation source and the radiation detector is arranged so that a measurement object present in the cavity can be examined using the spectrometer in a reflection mode and/or in a transmission mode. (a) to evaluate data obtained from the radiation detector in an internal evaluation unit and/or an external evaluation unit ; and (b) to communicate wirelessly, directly or indirectly, with at least one household appliance
A device for mixing ingredients, the device comprising: a container having a container body defining a container cavity , the container body further defining at least one port in fluid communication with the container cavity , the container body including a bottom wall ; a fixed impeller shaft including a first end, a second end, and an elongate shaft body extending therebetween, the second end of said shaft attached to a bottom portion of said container within said cavity ; an elongate impeller having an elongate impeller body defining a transversely-extending central aperture to receive the first end of the shaft so as to be free to rotate about the shaft , and an elongate hollow evacuation tube extending between a port on the container , to the lowest portion of the interior of the container , characterized in that the elongate hollow evacuation tube extends around the outermost circumferential pathway of the impeller and in that the fixed impeller shaft is formed from the same material as the container body. a container having a container body defining a container cavity , the container body further defining at least one port in fluid communication with the container cavity , the container body including a bottom wall ; a fixed impeller shaft including a first end, a second end, and an elongate shaft body extending therebetween, the second end of said shaft attached to a bottom portion of said container within said cavity ; an elongate impeller having an elongate impeller body defining a transversely-extending central aperture to receive the first end of the shaft so as to be free to rotate about the shaft , and an elongate hollow evacuation tube extending between a port on the container , to the lowest portion of the interior of the container , characterized in that the elongate hollow evacuation tube extends around the outermost circumferential pathway of the impeller and in that the fixed impeller shaft is formed from the same material as the container body.
Shear-off screw, for fastening a conductor of an electric cable in a connecting element , with a hollow-cylindrical threaded portion , in which the shearing off takes place when a predetermined torque (T) is exceeded and a pressure piece arranged inside the threaded portion , wherein the pressure piece has an axial excess length (AL) with respect to the threaded portion , characterized in that the pressure piece is formed in at least two parts: with a plunger and a clamping element . wherein the pressure piece has an axial excess length (AL) with respect to the threaded portion , characterized in that the pressure piece is formed in at least two parts: with a plunger and a clamping element .
A marking device suitable for putting a mark on a defective sheet (T), the defective sheet (T) including a Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) inlay and the defective sheet (T) being one of a plurality of separable sheets (T) of a continuous paper (P), the marking device comprising: a cut and raising part (51E, 52, 52 A) adapted to form, as a failure process, a cut and raised section (T0) on the sheet (T) having been found to have a defect, wherein the cut and raising part comprises: a lower base along which the defective sheet (T) is conveyed; an upper blade disposed above the lower base and adapted to make a cut in the sheet (T) having been found to have a defect; and a slit defined in the lower base configured to receive the upper blade , allowing for the upper blade to be accepted therein on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the defective sheet (T); characterized in that the slit includes a restraint section (CTL) on a downstream side in the conveying direction of the defective sheet (T), and the restraint section (CTL) configured to press the cut and raised section (T0) of the defective sheet (T) in a bending direction as the defective sheet (T) is conveyed. a cut and raising part (51E, 52, 52 A) adapted to form, as a failure process, a cut and raised section (T0) on the sheet (T) having been found to have a defect, wherein the cut and raising part comprises: a lower base along which the defective sheet (T) is conveyed; an upper blade disposed above the lower base and adapted to make a cut in the sheet (T) having been found to have a defect; and a slit defined in the lower base configured to receive the upper blade , allowing for the upper blade to be accepted therein on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the defective sheet (T); characterized in that the slit includes a restraint section (CTL) on a downstream side in the conveying direction of the defective sheet (T), and the restraint section (CTL) configured to press the cut and raised section (T0) of the defective sheet (T) in a bending direction as the defective sheet (T) is conveyed. a lower base along which the defective sheet (T) is conveyed; an upper blade disposed above the lower base and adapted to make a cut in the sheet (T) having been found to have a defect; and a slit defined in the lower base configured to receive the upper blade , allowing for the upper blade to be accepted therein on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the defective sheet (T); characterized in that the slit includes a restraint section (CTL) on a downstream side in the conveying direction of the defective sheet (T), and the restraint section (CTL) configured to press the cut and raised section (T0) of the defective sheet (T) in a bending direction as the defective sheet (T) is conveyed.
An air turbine starter , comprising: a housing ; at least one turbine member journaled within the housing ; a gear box at least partially defining a gearbox interior having an open face and where the gearbox interior at least partially houses a gear train that is drivingly coupled with the at least one turbine member ; a retainer having a body at least partially closing the open face, the body configured to cap off the open face of the interior of the gear box ; and a drive shaft operably coupled with the gear train and having an output end; wherein the gear box is configured to use grease as a lubricant, and the retainer is adapted to maintain, in use, the grease within the gear box interior for a life of the gear box . a housing ; at least one turbine member journaled within the housing ; a gear box at least partially defining a gearbox interior having an open face and where the gearbox interior at least partially houses a gear train that is drivingly coupled with the at least one turbine member ; a retainer having a body at least partially closing the open face, the body configured to cap off the open face of the interior of the gear box ; and a drive shaft operably coupled with the gear train and having an output end; wherein the gear box is configured to use grease as a lubricant, and the retainer is adapted to maintain, in use, the grease within the gear box interior for a life of the gear box .
Mobile device for producing a verge , having a conveying device , a construction channel and a storage container for construction material which is connected to the construction channel via the conveying device , wherein the construction channel has an outlet opening for the compacted construction material, characterised in that the outlet opening is delimited by a honing edge , upstream of which - as seen in the direction of travel of the device - is disposed an embossing roller for applying a signal relief to the construction material formed by the honing edge .
An actuating device intended to drive at least one pump of a system for pumping fuel from a fuel circuit towards a fuel injection device of an engine of an aircraft, the actuating device including a motor rotating electric machine , a generator rotating electric machine , an electrical energy inverter , a switching member and a control member , the motor rotating electric machine comprising a first rotor , intended to be mechanically coupled to the at least one pump for actuation thereof, and a first stator comprising at least one input stator winding , the generator rotating electric machine comprising a second rotor , intended to be mechanically coupled to a shaft of the engine forming a drive shaft, and a second stator comprising at least one output stator winding , each output stator winding being associated to a respective input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine , the inverter comprising at least one output , each output of the inverter being associated to a respective input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine , characterized in that the control member is configured to receive speed information relating to a speed of the engine , and to control the switching member in order to selectively connect each input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine : - to the corresponding output stator winding if the speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed; - at the corresponding output of the inverter , otherwise. the motor rotating electric machine comprising a first rotor , intended to be mechanically coupled to the at least one pump for actuation thereof, and a first stator comprising at least one input stator winding , the generator rotating electric machine comprising a second rotor , intended to be mechanically coupled to a shaft of the engine forming a drive shaft, and a second stator comprising at least one output stator winding , each output stator winding being associated to a respective input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine , the inverter comprising at least one output , each output of the inverter being associated to a respective input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine , characterized in that the control member is configured to receive speed information relating to a speed of the engine , and to control the switching member in order to selectively connect each input stator winding of the motor rotating electric machine : - to the corresponding output stator winding if the speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed; - at the corresponding output of the inverter , otherwise. - to the corresponding output stator winding if the speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed; - at the corresponding output of the inverter , otherwise.