baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0906849-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZILLGITT ULRICH
IPC: B60Q1/11
Filed: 1998-07-21
Abstract: the arrangement has a beam width adjuster (20), at least one sensor (22) for vehicle suspension movements wrt. at least one axle and an evaluation device (34) which derives the vehicle's inclination wrt. the road surface and drives the adjuster to maintain an at least approximately constant beam width. There is at least one additional inclination sensor (30) which detects the vehicle's inclination (beta) wrt. the Earth's centre of gravity
Patent EP-0900638-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAGUCHI MASAMICHI
IPC: B29K105/14
Filed: 1998-09-03
Abstract: A long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molding
material in the form of pellets each having inorganic
filaments arranged substantially in the same length and
in parallel in the same direction in a matrix of a
thermoplastic resin, wherein the exposed ratio E as
defined by the following formula (1) is at most 60%, on
at least one end surface in the direction of the
filaments of each pellet:
 E=(e/N)×100 
where E is the exposed ratio (%), e is the number of
inorganic filaments with their cross-sections exposed on
at least one end surface in the direction of the
filaments of each pellet, and N is the total number of
inorganic filaments arranged in the pellet.
Patent EP-0917171-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KIKUCHI SHIGERU
IPC: H01H1/02
Filed: 1998-11-13
Abstract: The invention aims at providing a vacuum circuit-breaker,
a vacuum bulb used therein and electrodes for the
vacuum bulb, which can reduce the manufacturing cost while
being of high performance and compact in size. The invention
resides in a vacuum circuit-breaker, a vacuum bulb and electrodes
for the vacuum bulb, which are characterized in that
fixed and movable electrodes (30a, 30b) each comprise arc
electrodes (1), whose entire surfaces, mutually facing each
other, are made of an alloy containing a refractory metal and
a highly conductive metal, and electrode rods (4) of a highly
conductive metal supporting the respective arc electrodes,
and that each arc electrode and the mating electrode rod are
integrally formed by means of solid-phase diffusion bonding.
Patent EP-0916412-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEO GUIDO DE
IPC: B07C3/02
Filed: 1998-11-16
Abstract: Method of sorting postal objects in which a postal
sorting machine (1) has a first input (A) and at least
one second input (B) and a plurality of outputs (U1...
Un) communicating with the inputs (A, B) via a sorter
device (17). The method comprises the steps of:
supplying first and second streams (F1, F2) of postal
objects to the first and second inputs (A, B), directing
the postal objects (7) to all the outputs (N);
withdrawing from at least some of the outputs groups of
postal objects previously directed to respective outputs
forming two collections (Ca, Cb) of groups of postal
objects; and operating in a transport mode which each
postal object (7) supplied to the first input (A) is
directed only towards a first subset (Wa) of the outputs
and each postal object (7) supplied to the second input
(B) is directed only towards the second subset (Wb) of
the said output. During the said transport mode the
groups of postal objects belonging to a respective
collection (Ca, Cb) are supplied respectively to the
first and second input.
Patent EP-0838334-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRABAYASHI HIROMITSU
IPC: B41J2/05
Filed: 1992-07-30
Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a
recording head for ejecting an ink from an ejection
unit to cause a change in temperature in a recording
period, a temperature keeping unit for maintaining a
temperature of the recording head at a predetermined
keeping temperature higher than an upper limit of a
surrounding temperature range in which recording is
possible, a temperature prediction unit for predicting
an ink temperature in the ejection unit in the
recording period prior to recording, and an ejection
stabilization unit for stabilizing ink ejection from
the ejection unit according to the ink temperature in
the ejection unit predicted by the temperature
prediction unit.
Patent EP-0883190-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TANG CHING W
IPC: H05B33/10
Filed: 1998-05-25
Abstract: A method of forming high definition patterned organic layers in a
full-color electroluminescent (EL) display array on a two-dimensional thin film
transistor (TFT) array substrate is described. The substrate has subpixels with each
subpixel having raised surface portions and one recessed surface portion which
reveals a bottom electrode. Red, green, and blue color forming organic EL layers
are formed in the designated subpixels in accordance with a selected color pattern.
The method uses a donor support which is coated with a transferable coating of an
organic EL material. The donor support is heated to cause the transfer of the
organic EL material onto the designated recessed surface portions of the substrate
forming the colored EL medium in the designated subpixels. Optical masks and,
alternatively, an aperture mask are used to selectively vapor deposit respective red,
green, and blue organic EL media into the designated color EL subpixels.
Patent EP-0854524-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KANEKO YAWARA
IPC: H01L33/44
Filed: 1998-01-16
Abstract: A Group III-nitride semiconductor device that has a low voltage-drop p-contact and
comprises a substrate layer (11), a metal electrode (12) and an intermediate layer (112)
sandwiched between the substrate layer and the metal electrode. The substrate layer is a layer
of a p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor, and the intermediate layer includes a Group III-nitride
semiconductor in which atoms of a Group V element other than nitrogen have been substituted
for a fraction of nitrogen atoms. The Group III-nitride semiconductor device is made by providing
(40) a substrate including a p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor having an exposed surface.
Atoms of a Group V element other than nitrogen are substituted (48A) for a fraction of the
nitrogen atoms of the p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor to form an intermediate layer
extending into the p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor from the exposed surface. Metal is
then deposited (52) on the exposed surface to form an electrode in electrical contact with the
intermediate layer.
Patent EP-0855764-A2 (EP)
Inventor: USHIKOSHI RYUSUKE
IPC: H01L21/683
Filed: 1998-01-27
Abstract: A ceramic member-electric power supply connector coupling
structure includes a ceramic member (1) in which a metallic
member (5) is buried and a hole (4) is provided at which the
metallic member is partially exposed. A tubular atmosphere-shielding
member (9) is inserted into the hole, and a stress-mitigating,
low heat expansion conductor (7) is inserted
inside the tubular atmosphere-shielding cylinder. An electric
power supply connector (8) is partially inserted into the
tubular atmosphere-shielding member and upon the low heat
expansion. The tubular atmosphere-shielding member is gas-tightly
joined to the electric power supply connector, and the
low heat expansion conductor and the tubular atmosphere-shielding
member are joined to the metallic member.
Patent EP-0865006-A2 (EP)
Title: Quick stop mass retail system
Inventor: KIPP LUDWIG
IPC: G06Q20/20
Filed: 1998-01-30
Abstract: A quick-stop mass retail system for ordering and
purchasing articles from a remote location for pickup at an
article pickup area (14) at an automated store (16),
comprising an interactive system (18) for communicating a
customer's purchase order for at least one article; a host
computer (20) adapted for receiving the customer's purchase
order, processing the customer's purchase order, and
storing the customer's purchase order in a database; a
system (22) for rapidly retrieving the article ordered by
the customer from a storage location for the article at the
automated store in response to customer purchase order
information received from the host computer; and a system
(24) for retrieving identification information from the
customer and communicating the same to the host computer
(20); whereby the host computer (20) enables the system
(22) for retrieving the article to provide the article to
the article pickup area (14) upon obtaining the
identification information and comparing the identification
information with the stored information in the customer's
purchase order.
Patent EP-0890592-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PARKER HSING-YEH
IPC: C08F2/22
Filed: 1998-07-03
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing fluorinated emulsion polymers that
reduces or eliminates the need for fluorinated surfactants comprising the steps
of:
   a) providing a reaction mixture comprising water, surfactant, monomer
mixture comprising at least one fluorinated monomer, at least one non-fluorinated
monomer having high water solubility, and optionally at least one
non-fluorinated monomer having low water solubility, macromolecular organic
compound having a hydrophobic cavity; and   b) polymerizing said monomer mixture.
Patent EP-0923269-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DAVIS NIGEL ROBERT
IPC: H04Q3/00
Filed: 1998-07-30
Abstract: In a management system of a communications network comprising a
plurality of network elements, capacity and capability of one or more individual
network elements 800 is represented by a set of data templates. A first set of
data templates 803-806represent internal construction and physical resources of
a network element. A second set of templates 807-810 represent connectivity
capabilities of the physical resources. The data templates are stored at an
element controller, controlling a plurality of network elements. The element
controller learns about the capacity and capabilities of the network elements, by
receiving a set of reference messages generated by the network elements, over
an operations, administration and maintenance channel. The reference
messages point to the data templates stored at the element controller thereby
enabling efficient enrollment of network elements by transmission of compressed
messages over the operations, administration and maintenance channel.
Patent EP-0901177-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ELLIOTT WILLIAM B
IPC: H01M50/534
Filed: 1998-08-04
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel electrode edge
having a full radius shape used in combination with a novel
terminal lead/current collector connection to increase both the
gravimetric and volumetric energy densities of the cell by
occupying previously unused space within the casing.
Patent EP-0904982-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FORD SIMON JOHN
IPC: B62J6/20
Filed: 1998-08-05
Abstract: A lighting unit (1) for a bicycle detects the passage of magnet (4) mounted to a spoke
(5) of a wheel. A light sensor (7) is provided for sensing ambient light. If the ambient
light level is low, the lighting unit (1) automatically turns on a light if movement of
the magnet (4) is detected (4). Additional light sources are turned on if the speed of
the wheel is determined to be reducing.
Patent EP-0917825-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HORIGANE AKIRA
IPC: A23L3/36
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing a frozen
product or a freeze-dried product therefrom of, in
particular, a material susceptible to denaturing due to
existing enzymes, oxygen and heat, such as living
organisms, organic compounds, vegetables, foods, fruits,
drugs, biological samples, fodders and industrial raw
materials under preservation of the original qualities
and properties, by recourse to a technique comprising 
   mixing and crushing the material to be processed
together with dry ice to thereby attain freezing of the
material under replacement of the surrounding atmosphere
by the thereby liberated carbon dioxide gas. The apparatus
comprising a screw (4) for crushing the material in a cylinder (3)
and forwarding it to the discharge die (6).
Patent EP-0984097-A2 (EP)
Title: Apparatus for processing permeable or semi-permeable webs
Inventor: BEAUMONT DONALD F
IPC: F26B13/16
Filed: 1998-11-05
Abstract: An air processing cylinder useful in drying,
curing, thermal bonding, cooling, and web transferring
materials such as fabrics, papers, and the like. Air
is exhausted out of the cylinder surface through a
plurality of conduits (22) equipped with distribution
means (32a, 32b, 36) for profiling the flow of air.
The drying cylinder further includes a duct network on
its outer shell (41) for exhausting air out of one
axial area only or, alternatively, the drying cylinder
may contain multiple duct networks for exhausting air
out of several axial areas, each having its own flow
characteristics.
Patent EP-0923004-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAGASHIMA TOSHIAKI
IPC: G03G21/16
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: A seal member for sealing an opening of a
developer accommodating container for accommodating a
developer, which developer accommodating container is
detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image
forming apparatus, includes a seal base for sealing
the opening; a force receiving portion for receiving
force for unsealing the seal base; an
electroconductive portion capable of being
disconnected by an unsealing operation of the seal
base, the electroconductive portion including a
contact portion electrically connectable with a
contact portion of the main assembly of the image
forming apparatus to permit the main assembly of the
image forming apparatus to detect whether the
electroconductive portion is disconnected or not.
Patent EP-1030926-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DUFF GORDON W
IPC: C12N5/10
Filed: 1998-11-13
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un mammifère dans lequel l'expression d'un ou plusieurs gènes d'interleukine a été supprimée. En particulier, l'invention concerne la délétion inactivante du gène antagoniste du récepteur de l'interleukine-1 de manière à produire un mammifère non humain dont on a réduit ou complètement supprimé l'expression du gène endogène. L'invention concerne des procédés de mise au point de tels mammifères 'inactivés', ainsi que des procédés d'utilisation de ces mammifères 'inactivés' pour évaluer l'efficacité d'agents thérapeutiques et de schémas de posologie dans le traitement des maladies ou des troubles associés à des perturbations des voies d'interleukines.
Patent EP-0956929-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KREBS KARL-HEINZ
IPC: B26D3/24
Filed: 1999-03-11
Abstract: The device has a cutter element (19), moved by a drive to execute a cutting movement within a cutting plane, which is mainly at right angles to the surface supporting the cheese. A transporter element (13) generates a relative movement in transport direction (A) between cheese and cutter element. The cutting plane of the cutter element is pivoted about an axis (21), which is at right angles to the support surface. The cutter element is moved by an actuator with esp. a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder, lever, mechanical cam drive, and/or servo drive.
Patent EP-0948105-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VON BORSTEL MICHAEL DR
IPC: H01S3/03
Filed: 1999-03-30
Abstract: An h.f. excited gas laser has a laser tube which is internally coated and/or doped to prevent damage by UV radiation produced in addition to the laser radiation. An h.f. excited gas laser produces, in addition to laser radiation, UV radiation which can interact with the laser tube material (especially quartz, ceramic or glass) to produce defects which, in turn, can interact with the h.f. energy to damage the tube. This damage is prevented by providing the tube with an inner layer which is opaque to and/or reflects the additional radiation and/or by doping the tube material so that its surface absorbs the additional radiation. Independent claims are also included for the following: (i) an h.f. excited gas laser tube having an internal arrangement for absorbing radiation which produces defects with a dipole character; and (ii) a method of producing the above laser tube.
Patent EP-0987518-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HANDRICH EBERHARD DR
IPC: G01C19/72
Filed: 1999-09-16
Abstract: The method involves measuring the optical path of the light through a fibre coil and computing the temperature-dependent timed alteration of the optical path of the light through a fibre coil (5) of the fibre optic gyroscope. The compensation of these drift alterations in the output signal of the fibre optic gyroscope simulates the timed alteration of the optical path on a model. The optical path of the light is measured by a modulation frequency produced across a variable crystal oscillator regulating circuit (16-18). An Independent claim is included for an interferometric fibre optic coil with a device for temperature compensation.
Patent EP-0997097-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GOETZ MARIA-LUISE
IPC: F16B13/06
Filed: 1999-10-23
Abstract: A system for securing a toilet seat to a toilet pan without separate nuts, washers and screws has fastening shafts with their lower ends threaded and fitted with expanding grips (8) which are located between captive nuts (10) and the bottom of the shafts and fixed thrust washers (6) which are aligned on the top surface of the pan. By rotating the shafts the grips are spread to grip inside the mounting holes.
Patent EP-1028602-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ENGELMANN HARRY
IPC: H05B3/74
Filed: 1999-12-22
Abstract: The method involves comparing a measured temp. with a switch-off temperature, and then forming first and second time derivatives of the temp. signal and detecting actuation of control and regulation elements if the temp. signal lies outside a predefined separation interval w.r.t. the switch-off temp. The method then involves forming a control signal if both time derivatives are positive and the regulating and control elements have not been activated to increase the power delivered within a preceding defined time interval..  An Independent claim is also included for an arrangement for implementing the method.
Patent EP-0935263-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HUI SHU YUEN
IPC: H05K1/16
Filed: 1999-02-03
Abstract: Optimal operating techniques are disclosed for using coreless printed-circuit-board
(PCB) transformers under (1) minimum input power conditions and (2) maximum energy
efficiency conditions. The coreless PCB transformers should be operated at or near the
'maximum impedance frequency' (MIF) in order to reduce input power requirement. For
maximum energy efficiency, the transformers should be at or near the "maximum
efficiency frequency" (MEF) which is below the MIF. The operating principle has been
confirmed by measurement and simulation. The proposed operating techniques can be
applied to coreless PCB transformers in many circuits that have to meet stringent height
requirements, for example to isolate the gates of power MOSFET and IGBT devices from
the input power supply.
Patent EP-0952573-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KO JUNG-WAN
IPC: G11B20/10
Filed: 1999-04-20
Abstract: A recording medium for storing defect management information to record real time data, a defect managing method therefor, and a method of recording real time data, are provided. The recording medium stores information representing use or non-use of linear replacement defect management in which a defective area on the recording medium is replaced with the spare area, in order to record real time data. While maintaining compatibility between the defect managing method and a defect managing method based on a current DVD-RAM standard, i.e., while allowing report of the fact that there are blocks which have not been linearly replaced, linear replacement is not performed when real time data is recorded. Thus, real time data can be recorded and reproduced.
Patent EP-0967780-A2 (EP)
Inventor: IWANO KENJI
IPC: G03B35/00
Filed: 1999-06-22
Abstract: An image printer for printing images with less cross-talk between
images and less image flickering is provided. A plurality of images are
interleaved in one or a plurality of line units and a lenticular lens is used to
make it possible for each individual pixel to be distinguished. The
difference in brightness between an attentional pixel and the surrounding
pixels that surround this attentional pixel is taken, and a correlation value
is produced, the correlation value being reduced if the difference is large
and increased if the difference is small. The image printer is equipped
with a pixel shape controller that makes the printed pixels smaller in a
region where the correlation value is low, and makes the printed pixels
larger in a region where the correlation value is high.
Patent EP-0968693-A2 (EP)
Title: Inserter device
Inventor: STUNGO BENEDICT GUY
IPC: A61F2/46
Filed: 1999-06-28
Abstract: An inserter device (1) is described with a handle (4) and a shaft (10). A lever
(2) is pivotally attached to the shaft (10) at its distal end (34). The lever (12) has an
operating thumb plate (20) adjacent the handle (4) of the inserter device (1). Operation
of the lever (12) to press the thumb plate (20) towards the handle (4) results in a
mechanical interlock at the distal end (32) of the shaft (10) by means of a pivoting of a
projection (40) at the end of the lever (12) out of alignment with corresponding
projections (38) at the end of the shaft (10).
Patent EP-0987823-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FRIEDERICH MATTHEW
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1999-08-24
Abstract: A data compression method and system that include the substitution of a
substring of data characters located at a first position in a stream of data characters
with a substitution code. The substitution code includes a reference to a previous
position in the stream of data characters at which is located a substring of data
characters that matches the substring of data characters which are being substituted
located at the first position. The substitution code also includes an indication of the
size of the substituted substring. The reference in the substitution code is a backwards
offset to the previous position relative to the first position. According to a further
aspect, Huffman encoding can be applied to the backward offsets, the substring
lengths, the consecutive literal character lengths, and the literal characters themselves
to reduce the data requirement size. In an application of the data compression method
to geographic data that has been organized to facilitate access and use by a navigation
application program, the Huffman tree(s) for decoding the encoded characters are
stored in a separate portion of the database from portions that include the data that
have been compressed using the Huffman coding, thereby facilitating the use of the
same Huffman tree(s) for more than one portion of the data records.
Patent EP-0930327-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HSU CHIH-PIN
IPC: C08G63/91
Filed: 1999-01-18
Abstract: Unsaturated polyetherester resins, and processes for making
them, are described which are useful for making curable thermoset
resin compositions, intermediates for curable thermoset resin
compositions, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, intermediates for
making skin laminates for gel coated fiber-reinforced composites and
gel coated polymer laminates. The unsaturated polyetherester resin is
obtainable by reacting at least one acid-terminated unsaturated
polyetherester resin with at least one aromatic polyol having at least
one nonprimary hydroxy group to produce an unsaturated
polyetherester resin at least partially end-capped with an aromatic
polyol. The described processes, compositions, methods and uses
improve the chemical and/or water resistance of resin compositions,
particularly composite materials having a gel coat. That improvement
has special significance in outdoor and marine applications, bathtubs
and shower stalls and environments exposed to chemicals such as
industrial and commercial applications.
Patent EP-1057416-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUKUDA KOJI
IPC: A23L23/00
Filed: 1999-12-28
Abstract: A soluble isoflavone composition comprises isoflavone and a
solubilizing agent consisting of anhydrous or water-containing propylene
glycol and/or octenyl succinate-treated starch. The soluble isoflavone
composition is prepared by, for instance, a method which comprises the step
of heating isoflavone and a solubilizing agent consisting of anhydrous or
water-containing propylene glycol and/or octenyl succinate-treated starch in
the presence of water to thus solubilize isoflavone in water. The soluble
isoflavone composition of the present invention has high solubility in water,
is easily dissolved in water and is stable over a long period of time.