mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Piezoelectric composite comprising a polymeric matrix and piezoelectric inorganic fillers in the form of particles which are not bound to the polymeric matrix, which are dispersed in said polymeric matrix, said polymeric matrix comprising a thermoplastic elastomer which is a linear or star-branched diblock or triblock copolymer, in that the glass transition temperature, Tg, of each thermoplastic block of the thermoplastic elastomer is lower than the lowest Curie temperature, Tc, of the piezoelectric inorganic fillers, moreover when the thermoplastic blocks have a melting point, Tm, said melting point of each thermoplastic block is also lower than the lowest Curie temperature of the piezoelectric inorganic fillers, and in that the filler content of the piezoelectric inorganic fillers is at least 5% by volume relative to the total volume of polymeric matrix, characterized in that the thermoplastic elastomer is selected from styrene/butadiene, styrene/isoprene, styrene/butadiene/isoprene, styrene/butadiene/styrene, styrene/isoprene/styrene, styrene/butadiene/isoprene/styrene and mixtures of these copolymers.
A method for wireless communications, comprising: receiving at a cellular communication device a plurality of signals over a bandwidth of a radio frequency spectrum, wherein the plurality of signals comprises at least a cellular signal and an interference signal; and determining by the cellular wireless communication device whether to apply codeword-level interference cancelation, CWIC, or symbol-level interference cancelation, SLIC, to remove the interference signal in the plurality of signals, the determination being based at least in part on whether the interference signal is within a desired signal window or a supported bandwidth used by the cellular communication device for receiving the cellular signal in the plurality of signals. receiving at a cellular communication device a plurality of signals over a bandwidth of a radio frequency spectrum, wherein the plurality of signals comprises at least a cellular signal and an interference signal; and determining by the cellular wireless communication device whether to apply codeword-level interference cancelation, CWIC, or symbol-level interference cancelation, SLIC, to remove the interference signal in the plurality of signals, the determination being based at least in part on whether the interference signal is within a desired signal window or a supported bandwidth used by the cellular communication device for receiving the cellular signal in the plurality of signals.
An actinomycete integrative and conjugative element being selected from the group consisting of: a) a polynucleotide consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and b) a polynucleotide consisting of a sequence that has at least 90% identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. a) a polynucleotide consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and b) a polynucleotide consisting of a sequence that has at least 90% identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
An aircraft article composite forming tool, the aircraft article to be formed comprises a composite material including an outer surface, the aircraft article composite forming tool comprises a matrix laminate, being a polymeric composite face sheet, made of at least an upper ply including a forming surface for forming said aircraft article and outer surface, characterized by that the upper ply comprises a nano filament structure embedded therein, wherein the matrix laminate comprises a plurality of laid-up plies (P1, P2, P3, P4), each comprising a nano filament structure and heating elements made of nano filament structure are in suitable positions of the matrix laminate.
A tray assembly for controlling ambient temperature uniformity across a plurality of vessels, comprising a main body made of at least a first material having a first thermal conductivity and including a plurality of openings configured to receive a plurality of vessels containing one or more nucleotide samples; and an adaptor made of a second material having a thermal conductivity that is greater than the thermal conductivity of the first material, the adaptor comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of openings of the main body and the adaptor being disposed between the main body and the one or more nucleotide samples contained in the plurality of vessels when the plurality of vessels have been received by the plurality of openings of the main body; wherein the main body has a top seal that is disposed between the main body and a thermal cover when disposing the main body and the adaptor between the thermal cover and a sample block and wherein the main body and the adaptor are configured to reduce evaporation and/or condensation across the plurality of vessels during nucleotide processing. for controlling ambient temperature uniformity across a plurality of vessels, comprising a main body made of at least a first material having a first thermal conductivity and including a plurality of openings configured to receive a plurality of vessels containing one or more nucleotide samples; and an adaptor made of a second material having a thermal conductivity that is greater than the thermal conductivity of the first material, the adaptor comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of openings of the main body and the adaptor being disposed between the main body and the one or more nucleotide samples contained in the plurality of vessels when the plurality of vessels have been received by the plurality of openings of the main body; wherein the main body has a top seal that is disposed between the main body and a thermal cover when disposing the main body and the adaptor between the thermal cover and a sample block and wherein the main body and the adaptor are configured to reduce evaporation and/or condensation across the plurality of vessels during nucleotide processing.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; a shaft assembly extending distally from the housing; a stapling head assembly located at a distal end of the shaft assembly, wherein the stapling head assembly comprises a distal surface, wherein the stapling head assembly is operable to drive an annular array of staples through the distal surface; an anvil couplable with the stapling head assembly, wherein the anvil is translatable relative to the stapling head assembly toward a closed configuration; and an anvil adjustment assembly, wherein the anvil adjustment assembly comprises a translating member, wherein the translating member is operable to translate relative to the housing along a longitudinal axis to thereby adjust a longitudinal position of the anvil relative to the distal surface of the stapling head assembly, characterized in that the stapling head assembly comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner (1202, 1204); and the anvil comprises an RFID tag. a housing; a shaft assembly extending distally from the housing; a stapling head assembly located at a distal end of the shaft assembly, wherein the stapling head assembly comprises a distal surface, wherein the stapling head assembly is operable to drive an annular array of staples through the distal surface; an anvil couplable with the stapling head assembly, wherein the anvil is translatable relative to the stapling head assembly toward a closed configuration; and an anvil adjustment assembly, wherein the anvil adjustment assembly comprises a translating member, wherein the translating member is operable to translate relative to the housing along a longitudinal axis to thereby adjust a longitudinal position of the anvil relative to the distal surface of the stapling head assembly, characterized in that the stapling head assembly comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner (1202, 1204); and the anvil comprises an RFID tag.
An implantable electrode for implantation in a cochlea having a single internal cavity, accessed by a single cochleostomy opening, the electrode comprising: an extra-cochlear electrode lead containing a plurality of signal wires for conducting electrical stimulation signals; an intra-cochlear electrode array configured for insertion into the cochlea and formed of a resilient carrier material, the intra-cochlear electrode array comprising an outer surface with one or more stimulation contacts; characterized in that the implantable electrode further comprises an insertion line attached to the outer surface of the electrode array at a distal end, and made of a line material different from the electrode carrier material; the insertion line has an extra-cochlear end configured to extend outside the cochleostomy opening during surgical insertion of the electrode array into the cochlea, for manoeuvring the distal end of the electrode array back toward the single cochleostomy opening after insertion. an extra-cochlear electrode lead containing a plurality of signal wires for conducting electrical stimulation signals; an intra-cochlear electrode array configured for insertion into the cochlea and formed of a resilient carrier material, the intra-cochlear electrode array comprising an outer surface with one or more stimulation contacts; characterized in that the implantable electrode further comprises an insertion line attached to the outer surface of the electrode array at a distal end, and made of a line material different from the electrode carrier material; the insertion line has an extra-cochlear end configured to extend outside the cochleostomy opening during surgical insertion of the electrode array into the cochlea, for manoeuvring the distal end of the electrode array back toward the single cochleostomy opening after insertion.
A container for liquid products comprising a bottle provided with a neck having a longitudinal axis; a closing cap comprising, in turn, an outer cup, which is screwed onto the neck by means of a threaded coupling obtained on an outer surface of the neck and on an inner surface of the cup, and an inner sleeve, which extends inside the neck, has a first coupling portion coupled, in a fluid-tight manner, to a second coupling portion obtained on an inner surface of the neck and defines, together with the bottle, a first chamber to contain a liquid product; and at least one first relief micro-channel (23; 24; 26), which is obtained on at least one of said first and second coupling portions (15, 16) and is configured to allow a gas generated by the liquid product to flow out of the first chamber and to at least limit, in particular prevent, the outflow of the liquid product itself from the first chamber; wherein the neck is delimited by an end face, which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and has a third coupling portion, which is coupled, in a fluid-tight manner, to a fourth coupling portion obtained on a bottom wall of the cup; and wherein the cup and the end face of the neck are configured so as to define, between them, a second chamber, which is connected to the first chamber by means of the first relief micro-channel (23; 24; 26) and to the outside by at least one opening; characterized in that the opening comprises at least one relief hole made through the bottom wall of the cup.
A navigation system that is configured to perform route guidance from a departure point to a destination point of a vehicle, wherein: the navigation system is configured to monitor, after the vehicle reaches the destination point and the route guidance ends, whether or not the vehicle moves away from the destination point and then moves toward the destination point again and if so to determine that the vehicle has not reached the destination point and has become lost and to restart the route guidance to the destination point; and wherein the monitoring, after the vehicle reaches the destination point and the route guidance ends, whether or not the vehicle moves away from the destination point and then moves toward the destination point again comprises one of the following: monitoring whether or not the vehicle reaches a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined first distance and then reaches a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined second distance, which is shorter than the first distance; and monitoring whether or not, after reaching a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined first distance, the vehicle returns toward the destination point and then moves toward the destination point from the returning point by a predetermined third distance. monitoring whether or not the vehicle reaches a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined first distance and then reaches a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined second distance, which is shorter than the first distance; and monitoring whether or not, after reaching a point separated from the destination point by a predetermined first distance, the vehicle returns toward the destination point and then moves toward the destination point from the returning point by a predetermined third distance.
An electric power steering apparatus that generates an assist steering torque by an electric motor in response to a steering torque applied on a steering wheel and transmits it to an output shaft of a steering mechanism while reducing it by means of a reduction gear, wherein, a drive gear shaft in said reduction gear that has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the proximal end portion being connected to an output shaft of the electric motor so as to transmit torque from the electric motor output shaft to the drive gear shaft; a first bearing supported in a housing of the reduction gear and supporting the distal end portion of the drive gear shaft; a second bearing supported in said housing and including a rolling bearing arranged so as to support the proximal end portion of the drive gear shaft with a gap formed at the drive gear shaft in a radial direction; a driven gear supported on the steering mechanism output shaft and engaging, between the first and second bearings (10, 20), with a worm gear on the drive gear shaft; preload means (13,14) disposed in a vicinity of the first bearing for preloading said drive gear shaft in a meshing direction of the worm gear with the driven gear; buffer means (21,30,41,51,52) formed at said gap for elastically supporting the drive gear shaft such that the drive gear shaft may be tilted coaxially with the second bearing; and a projecting portion is annularly formed along the circumferential direction on an outer circumferential surface of said drive gear shaft or on an inner circumferential surface of the inner ring of said second bearing, on both sides or one side, with respect to the axial direction, of said circumferential groove in such a way as to leave said gap between the outer circumferential surface of the drive gear shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the inner ring of the second bearing.
A cage rack system for animals comprising: (a) means (11,12) for accommodating a plurality of cages ventilated individually or in groups, at least the majority of the cages comprising at least one air-inlet and at least one air-outlet, (b) an air guidance system used for delivering air to the air-inlet and/or collecting air from the air-outlet, the air guidance system comprising at least one conduit, characterized by (c) at least one sampling unit used for collecting airborne particles from the air, wherein (d) the sampling unit is replaceably attachable at and/or insertable into the conduit, wherein the sampling unit is dimensioned to fill out a part of the entire inner cross-section of the conduit, and wherein the sampling unit comprises a filter means, a sedimentation means, a gravity means, a deflexion means, an inertia means, an electrostatic means and/or a diffusion means. (a) means (11,12) for accommodating a plurality of cages ventilated individually or in groups, at least the majority of the cages comprising at least one air-inlet and at least one air-outlet, (b) an air guidance system used for delivering air to the air-inlet and/or collecting air from the air-outlet, the air guidance system comprising at least one conduit, characterized by (c) at least one sampling unit used for collecting airborne particles from the air, wherein (d) the sampling unit is replaceably attachable at and/or insertable into the conduit, wherein the sampling unit is dimensioned to fill out a part of the entire inner cross-section of the conduit, and wherein the sampling unit comprises a filter means, a sedimentation means, a gravity means, a deflexion means, an inertia means, an electrostatic means and/or a diffusion means.
An atomic layer deposition process for forming an Sb -containing thin film on a substrate in a reaction chamber comprising a plurality of Sb deposition cycles, each cycle comprising: providing a pulse of a first vapor phase reactant into the reaction chamber to form no more than about a single molecular layer of the reactant on the substrate; removing excess first reactant from the reaction chamber; providing a pulse of a second vapor phase reactant to the reaction chamber such that the second vapor phase reactant reacts with the first reactant on the substrate to form an Sb containing thin film wherein the second vapor phase reactant comprises an Sb atom that is bonded to one or more of Si, Ge, or Sn, and wherein the first vapor phase reactant is an halide containing reactant; and removing excess second reactant and reaction byproducts, if any, from the reaction chamber. providing a pulse of a first vapor phase reactant into the reaction chamber to form no more than about a single molecular layer of the reactant on the substrate; removing excess first reactant from the reaction chamber; providing a pulse of a second vapor phase reactant to the reaction chamber such that the second vapor phase reactant reacts with the first reactant on the substrate to form an Sb containing thin film wherein the second vapor phase reactant comprises an Sb atom that is bonded to one or more of Si, Ge, or Sn, and wherein the first vapor phase reactant is an halide containing reactant; and removing excess second reactant and reaction byproducts, if any, from the reaction chamber.
The system for stirring or storing paint contained in at least one cylindrical container, characterised in that it comprises at least one series (2×1; 2×2) of cylindrical rollers (2a1, 2b1; 2a2, 2b2) aligned regularly on at least one support (31, 32), the cylindrical rollers (2a1, 2b1; 2a2, 2b2) having axes which are parallel to one another and inclined, at least one cylinder roller (2a1; 2a2) of two adjacent cylinder rollers (2a1, 2b1; 2a2, 2b2) being driven by rotation about its axis by a drive system, the distance (d1, d2) between two adjacent cylindrical rollers (2a1, 2b1; 2a2, 2b2) being less than or equal to the diameter of a cylindrical container, so that the cylindrical surface of the container can rest on the cylindrical surface of two adjacent cylindrical rollers (2a1, 2b1: 2a2, 2b2), the stirring system further comprising at least one cover adapted to hermetically seal the cylindrical container(s), the cover being provided with at least one removable blade which penetrates the cylindrical container when the container is closed by the cover.
A modular guy anchor, comprising: an anchor head and an anchor shaft, the anchor head including a head plate having a plurality of holes for attaching to multiple guy wires and a tubular region permanently affixed to or integral with the head plate, the anchor shaft having one end extending into or through the tubular region of the anchor head and retained therein. an anchor head and an anchor shaft, the anchor head including a head plate having a plurality of holes for attaching to multiple guy wires and a tubular region permanently affixed to or integral with the head plate, the anchor shaft having one end extending into or through the tubular region of the anchor head and retained therein.
Method for producing a cap wafer, in particular a seal glass cap wafer, for a sensor, in particular a motor vehicle sensor, comprising at least one cap, comprising the following steps: producing a contacting through hole through the cap wafer, and, temporally after that, filling the contacting through hole with an electrically conductive material, wherein, temporally before producing the contacting through hole, an electrical insulation layer (103, 106) in particular an oxide layer (103, 106), is applied on a front side and a rear side of the cap wafer, and, temporally after applying the electrical insulation layer, an electrically conductive layer, in particular a copper layer is applied on the rear side of the cap wafer, wherein the insulation layer on the front side is formed into a trench mask, wherein the trench mask has a first through hole and a second through hole, wherein the first through hole is provided for a process of trenching the contacting through hole and the second through hole is provided for a process of trenching a cavity, wherein firstly the second through hole is covered with a resist mask, then a first trench process for incipiently etching the contacting through hole is carried out, subsequently the resist mask is removed and after that a second trench process for producing the cavity and for completely producing the contacting through hole is carried out.
An appliance for a home network comprising an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module; an appliance communication module configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element; characterised in that the embedded interactive element comprises a functionality embedded into the message; the functionality relates to the cycle of operation of the appliance, or to particular parameters related to the cycle; the appliance is configured to send a return message that relates to the embedded interactive element and the return message is an alert message if the embedded interactive element is not activated within a predetermined time. an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module; an appliance communication module configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element; characterised in that the embedded interactive element comprises a functionality embedded into the message; the functionality relates to the cycle of operation of the appliance, or to particular parameters related to the cycle; the appliance is configured to send a return message that relates to the embedded interactive element and the return message is an alert message if the embedded interactive element is not activated within a predetermined time.