mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Exhaust gas after-treatment device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the device having at least one exhaust gas guide element comprising at least one exhaust passage through which exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine can flow, having a metering device, by means of which a reducing agent for denitrifying the exhaust gas can be introduced into the exhaust passage at at least one feed point, and having a first flow dividing element, which is located in the exhaust passage and by means of which the exhaust passage can be divided into a first part-passage, through which a first part-flow of the exhaust gas can flow, and a second part-passage, through which a second part-flow of the exhaust gas can flow and in which the feed point is located, wherein the a first flow dividing element has a passage region, through which the second part-flow can flow and which widens in the flow direction of the second part-flow, wherein a second flow dividing element, in which the feed point is located, is located in the second part-passage, characterised in that the second part-passage is divided by the second flow dividing element into a first sub-passage, through which a first sub-flow of the exhaust gas can flow, a second sub-passage, through which a second sub-flow of the exhaust gas can flow, and a third sub-passage, through which a third sub-flow of the exhaust gas can flow and which is located between the first sub-passage and the second sub-passage, wherein the second flow dividing element has a second passage region, through which the second and the third sub-flows (84, 86) can flow and which is cylindrical or widens in the flow direction of the second and the third sub-flows (84, 86), and wherein the first passage region of the first flow dividing element widens along an injection direction of the reducing agent.
A composition for suppressing the abnormal intra-day increase of plasma glucose concentration, which contains D-psicose for use in preventing and therapeutically treating diabetes mellitus, occult diabetic states and hyperglycemia, characterized in that the composition is to be administered as a diet twice daily for 8 weeks, wherein the D-psicose is blended in a food or feed to a content of 5% by weight, or wherein a mixture of D-fructose: D-psicose = 3: 1 is blended in a food or feed to a content of 5% by weight, wherein the composition is to be administered orally.
A laminated glass comprising a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet and a laminating interlayer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet; said first glass sheet being a textured glass sheet having a textured inner surface in contact with the laminating interlayer, characterized in that a first reflective coating is arranged between the first glass sheet and the laminating interlayer and a second reflective coating is arranged between the second glass sheet and the laminating interlayer, the first and second reflective coatings (3, 4) being in direct contact with the inner surface (1a, 2a) of the first and second glass sheet (1, 2), and said laminated glass having a visible light reflection, measured according to ISO 9059:2003, on each of its faces above 10%.
A robot, comprising: a frame; a first wheel coupled to the frame; a first braking unit (225A, 905A), coupled to the frame, and comprising a first brake pad (310A, 910A), and a first spring (315A, 920A) that urges the first brake pad towards a first braking surface for the first wheel; characterized in that the robot further comprises: an electromagnet (405, 825, 955); a trigger (235, 957), pivotally coupled relative to the electromagnet, and comprising a magnetic surface; and a cable, coupled to the first braking unit and routed to the trigger, wherein when the electromagnet is energized, the trigger is retained against the electromagnet by the magnetic surface and pulls the cable which pulls the first brake pad away from the first braking surface, and wherein when the electromagnet is de-energized, the trigger is released from the electromagnet as the first spring is allowed to extend which pushes the first brake pad against the first braking surface and pulls the cable which pulls the trigger pivotally away from the electromagnet. a frame; a first wheel coupled to the frame; a first braking unit (225A, 905A), coupled to the frame, and comprising a first brake pad (310A, 910A), and a first spring (315A, 920A) that urges the first brake pad towards a first braking surface for the first wheel; characterized in that the robot further comprises: an electromagnet (405, 825, 955); a trigger (235, 957), pivotally coupled relative to the electromagnet, and comprising a magnetic surface; and a cable, coupled to the first braking unit and routed to the trigger, wherein when the electromagnet is energized, the trigger is retained against the electromagnet by the magnetic surface and pulls the cable which pulls the first brake pad away from the first braking surface, and wherein when the electromagnet is de-energized, the trigger is released from the electromagnet as the first spring is allowed to extend which pushes the first brake pad against the first braking surface and pulls the cable which pulls the trigger pivotally away from the electromagnet. an electromagnet (405, 825, 955); a trigger (235, 957), pivotally coupled relative to the electromagnet, and comprising a magnetic surface; and a cable, coupled to the first braking unit and routed to the trigger, wherein when the electromagnet is energized, the trigger is retained against the electromagnet by the magnetic surface and pulls the cable which pulls the first brake pad away from the first braking surface, and wherein when the electromagnet is de-energized, the trigger is released from the electromagnet as the first spring is allowed to extend which pushes the first brake pad against the first braking surface and pulls the cable which pulls the trigger pivotally away from the electromagnet.
Method of compensating for position-dependent density fluctuations in an inkjet printing press by means of a computer, wherein in the course of a process of calibrating a Raster Image Processor of the inkjet printing machine, a look-up table (6, 6a) is used to allocate a specific halftone pattern to every grey value of a colour separation to be screened of a print image, wherein the computer uses these halftone patterns to screen the print image, wherein the screened print image is printed by the inkjet printing machine, wherein the computer enters an additional variable into the look-up table for the position of every printing nozzle in the printing heads of the inkjet printing machine and, for every position of a printing nozzle in the look-up table, enters a complete set of grey values with allocated adapted halftone patterns, and wherein the adapted allocation of halftone patterns to grey values for every position of a printing nozzle in the look-up table is a function of the density fluctuation of the respective printing nozzle.
A method, comprising: receiving a first portion of a first audio signal generated by a first device at least partly after the first device detects a wakeword; receiving a second portion of a second audio signal generated by a second device at least partly after the second device detects the wakeword; receiving one or more first attributes associated with the first portion of the first audio signal; receiving one or more second attributes associated with the second portion of the second audio signal; determining, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, that the first device is to respond to the first audio signal, the first audio signal representing a speech utterance; receiving, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, one or more subsequent portions of the first audio signal generated by the first device; and sending, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, data including an instruction instructing the second device to cease sending one or more subsequent portions of the second audio signal. receiving a first portion of a first audio signal generated by a first device at least partly after the first device detects a wakeword; receiving a second portion of a second audio signal generated by a second device at least partly after the second device detects the wakeword; receiving one or more first attributes associated with the first portion of the first audio signal; receiving one or more second attributes associated with the second portion of the second audio signal; determining, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, that the first device is to respond to the first audio signal, the first audio signal representing a speech utterance; receiving, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, one or more subsequent portions of the first audio signal generated by the first device; and sending, based at least in part on the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, data including an instruction instructing the second device to cease sending one or more subsequent portions of the second audio signal.
An apparatus for treating containers, comprising at least one transport unit which transports the containers along a specified transport path, said transport unit including a transport element which contacts at least an area of the containers during transport via a first contact surface, and comprising at least one treatment unit which treats the containers in a specified manner, said treatment unit having a treatment element which is in contact, at least temporarily, with a surface of the container via a second contact surface, characterised in that at least one contact surface (12, 14) has a germicidal coating, wherein the apparatus comprises a clean room inside which the containers are transported and the transport element is selected from a group of transport elements which includes grippers, heating mandrels and sorting rollers.
A device for cleaning fiber flocks supplied in a conveying air stream, comprising an inlet and an outlet, a single cleaning roller which has a longitudinal axis and is equipped with beater elements, and comprising a grate arranged beneath the cleaning roller and comprising a housing, wherein the housing is provided above the cleaning roller with guide elements forming the transition chambers for deflection of the conveying air stream in a spiral arrangement around the cleaning roller, wherein as seen in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the inlet is arranged centrally relative to the cleaning roller, characterized in that a first outlet opening in the area of a first end of the cleaning roller and a second outlet opening in the area of a second end of the cleaning roller are provided in the housing, wherein the first outlet opening and the second outlet opening are combined with a transport line to form an outlet, and that the guide elements are designed or arranged in such a way that the conveying air stream guiding the fiber flocks can be divided into a first and a second partial amount (19, 20), and the partial amounts (19, 20) are guided to the respective outlets (15, 17) in opposite directions from one another (21, 22) through the transition chambers in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
A saccharification reaction mixture, characterized in that the reaction mixture can saccharify at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose and comprises: - at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose, - a saccharification enzyme, - silica or a silica-containing substance, and - at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 to R 5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group may be partially substituted by an allyl group, a hydroxyl group, an ester group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a sulfo group, a phosphono group, or a halogen atom, and a salt thereof. - at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose, - a saccharification enzyme, - silica or a silica-containing substance, and - at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula or: wherein R 1 to R 5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 alkyl group, and hydrogen atoms of the alkyl group may be partially substituted by an allyl group, a hydroxyl group, an ester group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a sulfo group, a phosphono group, or a halogen atom, and a salt thereof.
A tape measure for determining the position of an elevator car in an elevator shaft, the tape measure being disposable vertically in the elevator shaft and preferably so as to extend across at least two floors (43a, 43b, 43c, 43d), the tape measure having a tape-shaped base body and optical coding, characterized in that the tape-shaped base body is made of a textile material and in that the optical coding is inserted in the base body or is applied on a surface of the base body.
A hardware cryptographic engine comprising: a direct-memory-access, DMA, input module for receiving input data over a memory bus; and a cryptographic module, wherein the cryptographic module comprises: an input register having an input-register length; and circuitry configured to perform a cryptographic operation on data in the input register, characterised in that the hardware cryptographic engine further comprises an input-alignment buffer having a length that is less than twice said input-register length, and alignment circuitry for performing an alignment operation on input data in the input-alignment buffer; and wherein the hardware cryptographic engine is configured to pass input data, received by the DMA input module, from the memory bus to the input register of the cryptographic module after buffering an amount of input data no greater than the length of the input-alignment buffer. a direct-memory-access, DMA, input module for receiving input data over a memory bus; and a cryptographic module, wherein the cryptographic module comprises: an input register having an input-register length; and circuitry configured to perform a cryptographic operation on data in the input register, an input register having an input-register length; and circuitry configured to perform a cryptographic operation on data in the input register, characterised in that the hardware cryptographic engine further comprises an input-alignment buffer having a length that is less than twice said input-register length, and alignment circuitry for performing an alignment operation on input data in the input-alignment buffer; and wherein the hardware cryptographic engine is configured to pass input data, received by the DMA input module, from the memory bus to the input register of the cryptographic module after buffering an amount of input data no greater than the length of the input-alignment buffer.
A method for repairing a damaged counterbore in a variable vane shroud, the method comprising: removing a layer of material from the counterbore such that a damaged portion of the counterbore is removed; characterised by further comprising: placing a shrink-fit insert having a size slightly larger than that corresponding to the layer of material removed from the counterbore into the area of removed material, the shrink-fit insert having outer dimensions that create an interference fit with the counterbore, such that the counterbore is restored to pre-damaged dimensions upon installation of the insert, wherein the removing step comprises removing a layer of base material from the counterbore such that a damaged portion of the counterbore is removed. placing a shrink-fit insert having a size slightly larger than that corresponding to the layer of material removed from the counterbore into the area of removed material, the shrink-fit insert having outer dimensions that create an interference fit with the counterbore, such that the counterbore is restored to pre-damaged dimensions upon installation of the insert, wherein the removing step comprises removing a layer of base material from the counterbore such that a damaged portion of the counterbore is removed.
A system for maintaining pluripotent stem cells, comprising: a cell culture medium comprising from 0.5 to 3.5 ng/ml of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); and a substrate containing laminin-521 for providing support to the stem cells. a cell culture medium comprising from 0.5 to 3.5 ng/ml of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); and a substrate containing laminin-521 for providing support to the stem cells.
A delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for use with multiplexed input channels, the delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter comprising: at least one integrator that includes an operational amplifier, a memory element with a leakage preventing switch structure for each input channel; a reset switch structure; a chopping switch structure; wherein each leakage preventing switch structure includes channel switch elements for activating the memory element, and an inverse channel switch adapted to feed a common mode voltage of the operational amplifier to the channel switch elements to remove a signal dependent voltage over the switch elements adapted to be open when the input channel is not active, wherein the reset switch structure is adapted to reset the operational amplifier between channel activation periods of successive input channels, and the chopping switch structure includes switch elements adapted to invert inputs to and outputs from the operational amplifier when the operational amplifier is reset, the rate of inversion being at least two times lower than the lowest rate of activation of the input channels. at least one integrator that includes an operational amplifier, a memory element with a leakage preventing switch structure for each input channel; a reset switch structure; a chopping switch structure; wherein each leakage preventing switch structure includes channel switch elements for activating the memory element, and an inverse channel switch adapted to feed a common mode voltage of the operational amplifier to the channel switch elements to remove a signal dependent voltage over the switch elements adapted to be open when the input channel is not active, wherein the reset switch structure is adapted to reset the operational amplifier between channel activation periods of successive input channels, and the chopping switch structure includes switch elements adapted to invert inputs to and outputs from the operational amplifier when the operational amplifier is reset, the rate of inversion being at least two times lower than the lowest rate of activation of the input channels.
Method for charging a battery, wherein current pulses for charging the battery are supplied (S10-13) to the battery and each pulse is followed by a rest period during which no current is supplied (S2-4) to the battery, and wherein the state of charge of the battery is determined during the rest period, the method further comprising: - measuring the battery voltage during a rest period between two pulses; and - determining that the battery is fully charged if the measured battery voltage is higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage threshold, the method being characterized by determining a relaxation time, which relaxation time corresponds to the time from the start of the rest period until the battery voltage drops below the predetermined voltage threshold, and setting a pulse duration and/or a charging current according to an inverse relation to the determined relaxation time. - measuring the battery voltage during a rest period between two pulses; and - determining that the battery is fully charged if the measured battery voltage is higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage threshold, determining a relaxation time, which relaxation time corresponds to the time from the start of the rest period until the battery voltage drops below the predetermined voltage threshold, and setting a pulse duration and/or a charging current according to an inverse relation to the determined relaxation time.
A method of providing encrypted communication, comprises: generating a private key/public key pair by a computational resource disposed within a first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802); storing a private key of the public key/private key pair in a first memory of the first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802); and transmitting the private key, by near field communication, to a second NFC-enabled communication device, the second NFC-enabled communication device disposed so as to be in communication with a computational platform; wherein the computational platform executes program code that uses the private key received from the first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802) in a cryptographic process. generating a private key/public key pair by a computational resource disposed within a first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802); storing a private key of the public key/private key pair in a first memory of the first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802); and transmitting the private key, by near field communication, to a second NFC-enabled communication device, the second NFC-enabled communication device disposed so as to be in communication with a computational platform; wherein the computational platform executes program code that uses the private key received from the first NFC-enabled communication device (102, 502, 602, 702, 802) in a cryptographic process.