baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1092446-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOPKINS ANDREW DAVID
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2000-10-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to a nebuliser comprising an electrically
energisable ultrasonic transducer having an oscillation frequency dependent current
and voltage characteristic exhibiting the occurrence of a minimum magnitude of
current through the transducer at an anti-resonance frequency of the transducer, the
voltage across the transducer increasing with an increase in frequency within a range
of frequencies including said anti-resonance frequency. The nebuliser further
comprises a transducer drive system for generating a drive signal for energising the
transducer, the drive system comprising oscillation frequency control means operable
to maintain the frequency of the drive signal at a specific frequency within said range
of frequencies by reference to the variation of both current through the transducer and
voltage across the transducer with a change of frequency within the said frequency
range. The transducer is arranged to receive said drive signal and to cause physical
vibrations in fluid to be nebulised when energised by said drive signal. A transducer
having a simple automatic frequency tuning system is thereby provided.
Patent EP-1106836-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LIU HSIN-TUAN
IPC: F04D29/38
Filed: 2000-12-05
Abstract: A compressor airfoil (12) includes pressure and suction sides (18,20)
extending from root (22) to tip (24) and between leading and trailing edges
(26,28). Transverse sections have respective chords and camber lines.
Centers of gravity (34) of the sections are aligned along a double bowed
stacking axis for improving performance.
Patent EP-1153926-A2 (EP)
Inventor: IZUMI HIROSHI
IPC: C07K5/00
Filed: 2000-12-18
Abstract: A 3,5-dioxa-12-azawurtzitane compound represented by
the formula (I). The
dioxaazawurtzitane compound may be prepared by reacting an
amino acid, an oligo- or polypeptide or a polyamino acid
with a trialdehyde represented by formula (II) shown in
the specification.
 
wherein R 1  represents an alkyl group, R 2  represents a
group which, together with a -CH(NH 2 )COOH group, constitutes an
α-amino acid of the formula R 2 CH(NH 2 )COOH and
which may contain one or more substituents and R 3  represents a
hydroxyl group or a group obtained by removing a hydrogen atom of the terminal
amino group of an oligo- or polypeptide or a polyamino acid.
Patent EP-1110575-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHANG JOSEPH J
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 2000-12-20
Abstract: A catheter unit comprising a needle, an elongated blunting member coupled to a flash
chamber and to a safety member, the blunting member having a blunt distal tip and an opened
proximal end for allowing blood to flow generally directly to a porous member at the proximal
end of the blunting member. The blunting member has a hollow lumen therebetween
extending longitudinally through the needle such that the blunting member is disposed
coaxially within the bore of the needle.
Patent EP-1083643-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RUSSELL BRIAN KEITH
IPC: H01S5/0683
Filed: 2000-09-04
Abstract: A control circuit (10) controls the operation of a laser diode (1) for controlling the
average power output (P av ) and the extinction ratio. A state machine (21) controls the
control circuit (10) which reads the current from a monitor photo diode (2) which is
coupled to the laser diode (1). An amplifier (20) determines the average power
output of the laser diode (1) which is fed to a first comparator (23). The first
comparator (23) compares the average power output with a reference value set by a
resistor (R3). The output from the comparator (23) is fed to the up/down pin of a first
counter (25) which is clocked by the state machine (21). In the event that the
average power output is too high the first counter (25) decreases the bias current to
the laser diode (1) outputted by a constant current source (5), and vice versa. To
determine the extinction ratio of the laser diode (1) the slope of the operating portion
of the power/current characteristic curve is determined by applying an incremental
increase (ΔI m ) to the modulation current (I m ) of the laser diode (1), which is a small
percentage of the modulation current (I m ). The increase (ΔP av ) to the average power
output (P av ) of the laser diode (1) resulting from the increase ΔI m  to the modulation
current I m  is determined through a latch (29) and an adder (33) and is fed to a
second comparator (35) which compares the increase ΔP av  in the average power
output with a reference value (ΔP avref ) set by the resistor (R4). A second up/down
counter (28) increases the modulation current (I m ) applied to the laser diode (1) by a
constant current source (6) if the value of (ΔP av ) is less than (ΔP avref ) and vice versa.
Patent EP-1196858-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAND RICHARD
IPC: G06Q10/02
Filed: 2000-05-10
Abstract: An automated method and system for refunding the unused portion of an electronic ticket are provided. In accordance with the method, an aging period is set and is added to the scheduled departure date of the issued ticket. If the scheduled departure date plus the aging date is earlier than the current date, a determination is made as to whether the ticket has been used. If the ticket has not been used, the residual value of the ticket is calculated and a refund is issued.
Patent EP-1202748-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SZEGOE PETER
IPC: A61K33/24
Filed: 2000-06-28
Abstract: Polycation bioconjugates and a method for producing them. The polycations are capable of transporting active substances of different types. The polycations function as carrier molecules that transport enhancer molecules, thereby enhancing the biological effectiveness of the transported molecules. The polycation bioconjugates of the present invention may inhibit malignant cell proliferation, possess antimicrobial effect, or be configured for gene transport.
Patent EP-1242152-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VERNALL CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2000-12-20
Abstract: An interactive design and amusement system comprising a plurality of components (12). a data transmitter (20), a data receiver (22) and a display device (26). The components (12) are adapted so that they may be arranged relative to one another on a baseboard (10) which has electrical connections (14) formed thereon. Each component has electrical connections (34,36), identification means (35), orientation means and data transmission means (30). The data transmission means transmits data indicative of the identity of each component (12) and its orientation, relative to another component, to a receiver. The system also includes means for processing the data (18,24) received so that signals are generated for transmission to the display device (26) where images which correspond to the components (12) are displayed. The system may be used, for example, to model buildings, airports etc.
Patent EP-1242628-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GUT IVO GLYNNE
IPC: C12Q1/6837
Filed: 2000-12-19
Abstract: A method is described for the analysis of nucleic acid sequences, wherein the following steps are conducted: a) hybridization of nucleic acid fragments to complementary sequences, which are immobilized on coded supports; b) hybridization of probes to the nucleic acid fragments hybridized in step a); c) sequential identification of the coded supports and analysis of the probes bound to the latter in a mass spectrometer; d) assignment of the obtained mass information to the sequences of the probes used; e) matching of the thus-obtained information with a database. The described method permits the analysis of DNA or RNA and particularly the coupling of a highly parallelizable sample workup method with a high-throughput analysis method.
Patent EP-1254278-A2 (EP)
Title: Method for producing a layer which influences the orientation of liquid crystal and a liquid crystal cell which has at least one layer of this type
Inventor: DULTZ WOLFGANG
IPC: G02F1/1337
Filed: 2000-12-02
Abstract: To reduce the disadvantages of conventional liquid-crystal orientation layers, or of liquid crystal cells having such layers, it is proposed to deposit the orientation layer on a substrate from a plasma of a gas discharge, the gas having at least one hydrocarbon, particularly a monomeric hydrocarbon. The method of the present invention allows the angle of tilt of the liquid crystals adjacent to the orientation layer to be defined and reproducibly adjusted, thus improving the contrast and the rise time of light modulators.
Patent EP-1254034-A2 (EP)
Inventor: COSTA PEREIRA PEDRO
IPC: B60C15/024
Filed: 2000-11-30
Abstract: A tire for a vehicle wheel, comprising two sidewalls joined by a crown zone provided on its radially outer portion with a circumferential tread, a bead arranged at the radially inner portion of each of the sidewalls, each bead comprising a seat and an outer flange which are intended to come into contact with the rim. The bead seat has a generatrix, the axially inner end of which lies on a circle of diameter greater than the diameter of the circle on which the axially outer end is located. A carcass-type reinforcement structure extends substantially radially from each of the beads, along the sidewalls, towards the crown zone, such bead being reinforced by a substantially radial arrangement of circumferential cords arranged in stacks. A portion of the carcass-type reinforcement structure is arranged in the immediate vicinity of at least one portion of a stack, and the space between these portions is generally occupied by a rubber mix of high elasticity modulus.
Patent EP-1145941-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAMAEKERS ARNO
IPC: B62D33/07
Filed: 2001-02-13
Abstract: The mounting has first (4) and second (5) bearing parts, one for the vehicle cabin (1) and one for the vehicle frame (3), and a shock absorber between the bearing parts. The first bearing part has relatively moving concentric inner (7) and outer (8) anchoring parts with a spring body (9) acting between them. The vehicle cabin can be raised and pivoted relative to the frame from a driving position to a service position and lowered again. The bearing parts become separated from each other when the cabin is raised to the service position and are connected when the cabin is lowered to the driving position. In the driving position, the first bearing part is held in a holder formed at the inner anchoring part. A centring device is provided, which aligns the bearing parts when the cabin is lowered to the driving position.
Patent EP-1162857-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MORIYA RYUICHI
IPC: H04L12/66
Filed: 2001-02-27
Abstract: In a mesh-type network (1), a managing section (14) manages
QoS (Quality of Service) information (Q), which is
accumulated QoS information (inter-neighboring-node QoS
information (q)) between neighboring node apparatuses
(2-i) (i=1, 2, 3 ... N), about QoS for candidate signal
transmission routes in the network (1) at the individual
node apparatuses (2-i). And a control section (13)
controls a signal transmission route selection operation
at the self node apparatus (2-i) based on the network
QoS information (Q) being managed by the managing section
(14). With this construction, it is possible to
set/manage a line route satisfying a desired QoS
independently at the individual node apparatuses with
maximum ease and flexibleness.
Patent EP-1116594-A2 (EP)
Title: Tape printer
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI KOSHIRO
IPC: B41J11/42
Filed: 1994-09-02
Abstract: A tape printer capable of performing multicolor
printing and permitting an already printed tape to be
rewound for printing two line character trains, bold printing
and adding ornamental frames beside the first printed
character train. The tape printer installs therein a tape
cassette (2) in which is housed a print tape (8) and an ink
ribbon (9) formed with different colored ink portions at a set
pitch in the lengthwise direction of the print tape. An
ink ribbon take up mechanism (24) is provided for taking up ink
ribbon that passes between a platen (25) and a print element (13)
provided external to the cassette. Tape transport mechanism
is provided for transporting the print tape. The tape
printer is constructed so that ink ribbon and the print
tape are transportable in a forward direction for printing,
and the ribbon take up mechanism stops and the platen is
movable away from the printing section when the tape
transport mechanism reversely transports the print tape.
Patent EP-1133056-A2 (EP)
Title: Clock generating device
Inventor: TAKAKI KOUICHI
IPC: G06F1/04
Filed: 2001-03-12
Abstract: A clock generator for generating an output clock pulse, the clock generator comprises a clock pulse generator for generating a first clock pulse and a second clock pulse, wherein phases of the first clock pulse and the second clock pulse are different each other; and a selector for selecting the first clock pulse and the second clock pulse in order so that the output clock pulse is synthesized from the first clock pulse and the second clock pulse within one cycle of the output clock pulse.
Patent EP-1143531-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KRABBES GERNOT
IPC: H01L39/12
Filed: 2001-03-14
Abstract: Permanent magnet consists of a superconducting ceramic composite material made up of a non-superconducting finely dispersed phase in a highly textured superconducting ceramic matrix. The matrix is made from a superconducting phase of the composition: REnAEm(Cu1-xMx)3O7+ D (where n = 1-1.5; m = 2-1.5; delta = -0.8 to 0.2; and AE = Ba, Sr and/or Ca). The non-superconducting finely dispersed phase is a cuprate of the composition (RE2BaCuO5)a (where a = 1 or 2). The superconducting phases contains Li, Mg, Zn, Ni or Pd. Inclusions of 2-25 wt.% Ag and/or Ag alloys are distributed in the composite material. Preferred Features: The RE in the matrix is at least 2 or 3 of Y, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Er and Yb. AE is Ba, preferably a mixture of Ba and Ca and Sr. The magnet is in the form of a cylinder.
Patent EP-1213686-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SATOH KIYOHIDE
IPC: A63F13/211
Filed: 2001-03-29
Abstract: A view transformation matrix that represents the position/attitude of an HMD is generated based on a signal that represents the position/attitude of the HMD (S602). On the other hand, landmarks and their locations are detected based on a captured picture (S604) and a calibration matrix  DELTA Mc is generated using the detected locations of the landmarks (S605). The position/attitude of the HMD is calibrated using the view transformation matrix and calibration matrix  DELTA Mc generated by the above processes (S606), a picture of a virtual object is generated based on external parameters that represent the position/attitude of the calibrated HMD, and a mixed reality picture is generated (S607). The generated mixed reality picture is displayed in the display section (S609). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1145670-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHIELKE TASSO
IPC: A47C21/04
Filed: 2001-04-03
Abstract: The device has electrical heating elements between a bed frame and safety foil and regulates the temperature of a metal plate beneath the safety foil. The heating elements are connected to the plate via a thermally conducting coating and consist of current and heat conducting metal elements held together by current conducting coupling elements and positive temperature coefficient heating elements that generate heat when carrying current. The device has electrical heating elements between a bed frame and safety foil and regulates the temperature of a metal plate fitted beneath the safety foil of a water bed core, The heating elements are thermally connected to the underside of the plate in a flat housing via a thermally conducting coating. The heating elements consist of several current and heat conducting metal elements (15-18) held together by force and/or shape locking by current conducting coupling elements (25,26) and positive temperature coefficient heating elements (19-24) held between them that generate heat when carrying current.
Patent EP-1145738-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISHIKAWA NORIO
IPC: A61N1/40
Filed: 2001-04-12
Abstract: A method for magnetically stimulating biological body to make
treatment or diagnosis by applying a time-varying magnetic field
to nerve, muscle or disease part, wherein alternate frequency,
inductance, pulse width, peak value of current, and stimulation
frequency are set appropriately for the disease part, and a litz
wire coil is used to produce the time-varying magnetic field. Hence,
the effective A.C. resistance with the skin effect can be reduced
and the power consumption efficiency can be increased. Moreover,
the heat generation of coil can be decreased. Also, a magnetically
stimulating device uses acoustic insulation or noise absorbing
material for reducing noise caused by contact between wound coil
parts.
Patent EP-1177829-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GROTH DR THOMAS
IPC: A61M1/34
Filed: 2001-06-22
Abstract: A material with at least one polyacrylonitrile copolymer (I) comprises 70-95 mol% acrylonitrile monomer units and at least one non-electrolytic water-soluble co-monomer unit, showing high compatibility with blood and tissue.  Independent claims are also included for the following: (a) tissue cells immobilized on (I), with a marked capacity for growth and function; (b) blood in contact with (I), showing only small signs of activation in terms of coagulation, complement and cellular components such as platelets; and (c) the production of a membrane from (I) by making a solution containing 15-25 wt% (I) in a polar solvent, casting the solution on a support or extruding it through an annular die, forming an asymmetric membrane by coagulation in a bath (wet method or wet-dry-wet method) and subjecting the membrane to post-treatment with water or steam.
Patent EP-1201212-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MUELLER JOERG
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 2001-07-26
Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent, disposable article, preferably a diaper, having
a backsheet and a topsheet comprising a first waist region, a second waist region,
and a crotch region interposed there between, a longitudinal axis, and an opening,
which provides a passageway to a primary void space for receiving bodily exudates
therein, positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet,; whereby the opening is
positioned in at least the crotch region along the longitudinal axis; whereby the
topsheet is elasticated; and whereby the article has a shortened article portion, as
defined herein, which has a shortened article length L, a stretched shortened article
length L s  and a contracted shortened article length L c , whereby the article and/ or
its topsheet has an specific elastic profile and/ or a specific ratio of L c  to L s . The
article preferably has a slit opening with on each side elastic regions, preferably in
the shape of an X, as shown in figure 1, and preferably making an angle with the
adjacent topsheet and thereby bending away from the void space underneath the
topsheet.
Patent EP-1186747-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI YOSHIHIRO
IPC: F01D5/14
Filed: 2001-08-21
Abstract: A designing method for establishing the form of turbomachine blading
by an automized process using Pareto solutions optimizing a plurality of
objective functions by repetitive variation of different variables and
design parameters.
Patent EP-1193829-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAI KEIJI
IPC: H02K3/18
Filed: 2001-08-28
Abstract: A stator of a rotary electromechanical device
comprises an annular stator core (11) in which a plurality
of magnetic pole teeth (11a) projecting radially inward are
formed at specific intervals in a circumferential direction,
a plurality of coils (12) closely wound around the
individual magnetic pole teeth (11a) with bobbins placed in
between, a plurality of first connecting conductors (17, 18,
19) disposed in concentric circular form along an axial end
face of the stator core (11), joining together terminal
ends of each group of the coils (12) of the same phase
which are connected parallel to one another at one side of
the coils (12), and a second connecting conductor (20)
disposed in circular form concentrically with the
individual first connecting conductors (17, 18, 19),
joining together terminal ends of all the coils (12) at
their opposite side, wherein extreme ends of the first and
second connecting conductors (17, 18, 19, 20) are bent into
radial directions at specific positions along the
circumferential direction of the stator core (11) and led
radially outward in a plane perpendicular to the axial
direction of the stator core (11) at specific intervals.
Patent EP-1220486-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NIU ZHISHENG
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2001-09-04
Abstract: The invention concerns one kind of schemes used to retransmit lost packet in fading
channel. It is one kind of retransmission schemes, which is multiple copies plus delay, i.e.
after the transmitter has received a negative acknowledgement (HACK) signal, which
points to a specific data packet, multiple copies of the specific data packet are retransmitted
with a delay, which is inserted between two consecutive copies. The number of multiple
copies can be acquired by linear or exponential calculation according to the current number
of retransmission. The concrete retransmission method includes two methods f one is the
interleaving transmission method, which transmits retransmission queue in the interleaving
retransmission interval; another is the multiple queues polling transmission method, which
transmits retransmission queue by copy queues sequence. In the correlated fading channels,
the invention scheme can decrease number of retransmission, at the same time it can
increase efficiency of each retransmission.
Patent EP-1193198-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TANAKA HIRONORI
IPC: B65H1/04
Filed: 2001-09-26
Abstract: The invention provides a paper-feeding apparatus, which
is not restricted by the position of the sensors for detecting
the paper, and by providing paper guides, reliably reduces skew
of the paper and enables precise printing by means of a simple
structure. By providing the actuator (40) with paper guide
retracting fins (20a, 20b), when the paper guide (21) is moved
in order to regulate the position of the paper (24), due to the
slide between the paper guide retracting fins (20a, 20b) and
the paper guide (21), the actuator (40) is retracted out of the
working area of the paper guide (21). By virtue of this, the
actuator (40) does not prevent the paper guide (21) from being
moved.
Patent EP-1203801-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LORTZ WOLFGANG DR
IPC: B01F23/00
Filed: 2001-10-17
Abstract: Aqueous dispersions comprises a cerium (Ce) oxide-doped pyrogenic silica, the Ce oxide having been obtained via an aerosol from a Ce salt solution or dispersion and the average particle diameter in the dispersion being below 100nm. An Independent claim is also included for the production of the dispersions by high-energy dispersion.
Patent EP-1350341-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MCGOWAN NEIL N
IPC: H04J13/00
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: A peak power regulator is disclosed that functions within a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) transmitter to reduce peak power spikes within baseband signals, controlling the out-of-band emissions, and maintaining the in-band signal quality within an acceptable degradation. In-phase and quadrature baseband signals are input to an envelope magnitude predictor within the peak power regulator. The envelope magnitude predictor outputs an estimate for the magnitude of the envelope that will be generated when the inputted baseband signals are modulated. This estimate is input to a multiplier that generates a ration by dividing the estimate by a maximum acceptable envelope magnitude. The ratio is subsequently input to a mapping table that outputs a scaling factor sufficient for reducing peak power spikes. The scaling factor is subsequently subtracted from a value of one and multiplied by first delayed versions of the in-phase and quadrature baseband input signals. The outputs from these multiplication operations, after being filtered within lowpass filters to remove out-of-band emissions caused by the operations, are referred to as excess power correction signals. These excess power correction signals are then subtracted from second delayed versions of the in-phase and quadrature baseband input signals to generate in-phase and quadrature baseband output signals.