mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An iris shield configured to temporarily overlie an iris of an eye adjacent a surgical opening which has been made through an anterior portion of such eye during a surgical procedure, thereby to prevent prolapse of iris tissue past said iris shield and through such surgical opening during such surgical procedure, and said iris shield to be removed prior to completion of such surgical procedure, such iris having a generally annular configuration, including an outer edge and an inner edge, said iris shield comprising: a flexible biocompatible polymeric sheet which can be folded on itself, said sheet having an inner edge extremity and an outer edge extremity, and a sheet width between the inner edge extremity and the outer edge extremity, the outer edge extremity of said flexible biocompatible polymeric sheet being compatible with extending along a configuration which can overlie such outer edge of a such iris for which said sheet has been configured, such that said polymeric sheet is between such iris and such surgical opening and extends inwardly toward such inner edge of such iris, thus to shield such iris against prolapse through such surgical opening during such surgical procedure.
A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent adhesiveness at ultra-low temperatures comprising: a base steel sheet; a composite layer formed on the base steel sheet and including Fe; an inhibition layer formed on the composite layer and including an iron-aluminum (Fe-Al) based intermetallic compound; and a zinc (Zn)-plated layer formed on the inhibition layer, wherein an average diameter of spangles in the zinc-plated layer is 150 μm or less, wherein the composite layer comprises 50 wt% to 90 wt% of Fe, 10 wt% to 30 wt% of Al, and other unavoidable impurities as a remainder, wherein a thickness of the composite layer is 80 nm or more, wherein the composite layer is in conformal relationship having the same crystallographic orientation with the inhibition layer and the base steel sheet, and wherein impact peel strength of the hot dip galvanized steel sheet is 15 N/mm or more at -40°C. a base steel sheet; a composite layer formed on the base steel sheet and including Fe; an inhibition layer formed on the composite layer and including an iron-aluminum (Fe-Al) based intermetallic compound; and a zinc (Zn)-plated layer formed on the inhibition layer, wherein an average diameter of spangles in the zinc-plated layer is 150 μm or less, wherein the composite layer comprises 50 wt% to 90 wt% of Fe, 10 wt% to 30 wt% of Al, and other unavoidable impurities as a remainder, wherein a thickness of the composite layer is 80 nm or more, wherein the composite layer is in conformal relationship having the same crystallographic orientation with the inhibition layer and the base steel sheet, and wherein impact peel strength of the hot dip galvanized steel sheet is 15 N/mm or more at -40°C.
A method for closing a hole (Wh) of a subject body, comprising: attaching the subject body to an electric spark machine as a workpiece; bringing an electrode of a powder including an electrically conductive metal or alloy close to the subject body so as to lap the electrode over the hole (Wh); applying a voltage of several tens to several hundred Volts between the electrode and the subject body so as to generate electric discharge repeatedly to cause a coating closing the hole (Wh) to grow from a periphery of the hole (Wh); and machining an edge of the hole (Wh) before applying the voltage, or the coating along the edge of the hole (Wh) during repetition of applying the voltage, to give a bevel (Wm, 33m). attaching the subject body to an electric spark machine as a workpiece; bringing an electrode of a powder including an electrically conductive metal or alloy close to the subject body so as to lap the electrode over the hole (Wh); applying a voltage of several tens to several hundred Volts between the electrode and the subject body so as to generate electric discharge repeatedly to cause a coating closing the hole (Wh) to grow from a periphery of the hole (Wh); and machining an edge of the hole (Wh) before applying the voltage, or the coating along the edge of the hole (Wh) during repetition of applying the voltage, to give a bevel (Wm, 33m).
A security document, comprising: a security substrate; a security device, wherein the security device is a micro-optic security device comprising an array of micro-sized image elements located on or within a polymeric substrate, and an array of focusing elements, and wherein the array of micro-sized image elements and the array of focusing elements are configured such that when the array of micro-sized image elements is viewed through the array of focusing elements, one or more synthetic images are projected; and a structural weakness element, wherein the security device is coupled to the security substrate, wherein the structural weakness element is integrated with at least the security device, wherein the structural weakness element comprises a part of the array of image elements, the structural weakness element defining an anti-harvesting area and a bulk area, wherein structural weakness encompasses a portion of the security document or the security document that included applied defects which induce structural or optical failure within the security device and cause the security device to become inoperative in response to attempts to harvest the security device from the security document; and wherein the anti-harvesting area has one or more of structural fidelity or optical fidelity with the bulk area, wherein the optical fidelity encompasses of an optically variable effect observed in the anti-harvesting area and that observed in the bulk area and wherein the structural fidelity encompasses an alignment of the anti-harvesting area to the bulk area or the security substrate. a security substrate; a security device, wherein the security device is a micro-optic security device comprising an array of micro-sized image elements located on or within a polymeric substrate, and an array of focusing elements, and wherein the array of micro-sized image elements and the array of focusing elements are configured such that when the array of micro-sized image elements is viewed through the array of focusing elements, one or more synthetic images are projected; and a structural weakness element, wherein the security device is coupled to the security substrate, wherein the structural weakness element is integrated with at least the security device, wherein the structural weakness element comprises a part of the array of image elements, the structural weakness element defining an anti-harvesting area and a bulk area, wherein structural weakness encompasses a portion of the security document or the security document that included applied defects which induce structural or optical failure within the security device and cause the security device to become inoperative in response to attempts to harvest the security device from the security document; and wherein the anti-harvesting area has one or more of structural fidelity or optical fidelity with the bulk area, wherein the optical fidelity encompasses of an optically variable effect observed in the anti-harvesting area and that observed in the bulk area and wherein the structural fidelity encompasses an alignment of the anti-harvesting area to the bulk area or the security substrate.
Turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a turbine wheel and an inflow device for a medium to be supplied to the turbine wheel, the turbine wheel having both radial blading and diagonal blading and the inflow device being designed to be adjustable such that a medium flow supplied to the turbine can be supplied, depending on power and/or torque, in the radial direction to the radial blading and in the diagonal direction to the diagonal blading, characterised in that the inflow device is designed to be adjustable such that a medium flow supplied to the turbine can be supplied, depending on power and/or torque, in the radial direction to the radial blading or in the diagonal direction to the diagonal blading.
A system comprising an amusement ride, which comprises: (a) an upper platform at an upper dual line end for launching a tethered rider who can be connected via a line to a pulley riding on the dual line; (b) a slide (32, 72) carried by the upper platform from which the rider can be launched, resulting in the rider swinging in an arcuate motion about the pulley and then carried by gravity down the dual lines; (c) a counterweight system for controllably letting slack into the dual line prior to rider launch and for tightening the dual line for rider launch; and (d) a lower landing for the rider to demount the amusement ride at a lower platform, wherein said amusement ride is a first amusement ride and is attached to a pole (40, 42) to which is also attached a second amusement ride, which comprises: (a) an upper platform located above a deck; (b) a tether line (25, 27) adapted to run from a belay device (49, 50) through a pulley (46, 48) and to a rider; wherein the belay device (49, 50) is located at the upper platform, the pulley (46, 48) is located at a distance away from the upper platform and above the platform, and the rider can be located on the platform; (c) a chute extending away and downwardly from the upper platform and configured to receive a rider; and (d) a lower platform. wherein the tethered rider can slide down the chute and swing in an arcuate motion away from the platform and thereafter can be lowered to the lower platform. (a) an upper platform at an upper dual line end for launching a tethered rider who can be connected via a line to a pulley riding on the dual line; (b) a slide (32, 72) carried by the upper platform from which the rider can be launched, resulting in the rider swinging in an arcuate motion about the pulley and then carried by gravity down the dual lines; (c) a counterweight system for controllably letting slack into the dual line prior to rider launch and for tightening the dual line for rider launch; and (d) a lower landing for the rider to demount the amusement ride at a lower platform, (a) an upper platform located above a deck; (b) a tether line (25, 27) adapted to run from a belay device (49, 50) through a pulley (46, 48) and to a rider; wherein the belay device (49, 50) is located at the upper platform, the pulley (46, 48) is located at a distance away from the upper platform and above the platform, and the rider can be located on the platform; (c) a chute extending away and downwardly from the upper platform and configured to receive a rider; and (d) a lower platform. wherein the tethered rider can slide down the chute and swing in an arcuate motion away from the platform and thereafter can be lowered to the lower platform.
Vehicle with a device for the articulated connection of a drawbar to the vehicle, wherein the device comprises: a vertically arranged stop plate which is fastened in an undercarriage region of the vehicle to a body shell of the vehicle or is formed by a body shell section, wherein the drawbar is mounted in such a manner that horizontal angular deflections of the drawbar in relation to its central starting position are permitted in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a central compression spring arrangement which is supported on the stop plate and interacts with the drawbar in such a manner that, when there is an angular deflection of the drawbar in relation to its starting position, an eccentrically acting restoring force can be exerted on the drawbar, and a tension spring arrangement is provided which is supported on the body shell of the vehicle and is connected via a hinge joint to that end of the drawbar which is assigned to the stop plate, characterized in that the hinge joint has a clamping yoke on which a joint pin of the hinge joint is fixed, the joint pin supporting that end of the drawbar which faces the stop plate, wherein the clamping yoke is connected to the body shell of the vehicle via the tension spring arrangement. a vertically arranged stop plate which is fastened in an undercarriage region of the vehicle to a body shell of the vehicle or is formed by a body shell section, wherein the drawbar is mounted in such a manner that horizontal angular deflections of the drawbar in relation to its central starting position are permitted in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a central compression spring arrangement which is supported on the stop plate and interacts with the drawbar in such a manner that, when there is an angular deflection of the drawbar in relation to its starting position, an eccentrically acting restoring force can be exerted on the drawbar, and a tension spring arrangement is provided which is supported on the body shell of the vehicle and is connected via a hinge joint to that end of the drawbar which is assigned to the stop plate, characterized in that the hinge joint has a clamping yoke on which a joint pin of the hinge joint is fixed, the joint pin supporting that end of the drawbar which faces the stop plate, wherein the clamping yoke is connected to the body shell of the vehicle via the tension spring arrangement.
A routing method in a network with intermittent connectivity, characterized in that it includes, to determine the routing information, for an opportunistically defined routing: for a network comprising a number n of nodes, kmax being the maximum number of relays to be considered in the routing, and M 1, a matrix of size nxn o the estimates of the average inter-contact times for the nodes i and j are initialized M 1 = <t ij >, o k+1 corresponding to the number of relays considered for the routing, initialize k=0, and, in the step k: for each pair of nodes (i,j) (with 1<=i<=n, 1 <=j<=n, i≠j), o estimate the delay with (k+1) hops and the list of the corresponding relays from <λ ij > matrix of the inverses of the average inter-contact times and estimates of the delays with k hops present in M k, o store the estimated inter-contact delays in the matrix M (k+1) (i,j) and the list of the corresponding relays V i (d) k+1, (M (k+1) (i,j), V i (d) k+1) where V i (d) k+1 corresponds to the list of the relay nodes considered at the node i when a message must be transmitted to the destination d, for a number of relays k+1, if k+1 = kmax, stop the steps, otherwise, do k=k+1 for a network comprising a number n of nodes, kmax being the maximum number of relays to be considered in the routing, and M 1, a matrix of size nxn o the estimates of the average inter-contact times for the nodes i and j are initialized M 1 = <t ij >, o k+1 corresponding to the number of relays considered for the routing, initialize k=0, and, in the step k: o the estimates of the average inter-contact times for the nodes i and j are initialized M 1 = <t ij >, o k+1 corresponding to the number of relays considered for the routing, initialize k=0, and, in the step k: for each pair of nodes (i,j) (with 1<=i<=n, 1 <=j<=n, i≠j), o estimate the delay with (k+1) hops and the list of the corresponding relays from <λ ij > matrix of the inverses of the average inter-contact times and estimates of the delays with k hops present in M k, o store the estimated inter-contact delays in the matrix M (k+1) (i,j) and the list of the corresponding relays V i (d) k+1, (M (k+1) (i,j), V i (d) k+1) o estimate the delay with (k+1) hops and the list of the corresponding relays from <λ ij > matrix of the inverses of the average inter-contact times and estimates of the delays with k hops present in M k, o store the estimated inter-contact delays in the matrix M (k+1) (i,j) and the list of the corresponding relays V i (d) k+1, (M (k+1) (i,j), V i (d) k+1) where V i (d) k+1 corresponds to the list of the relay nodes considered at the node i when a message must be transmitted to the destination d, for a number of relays k+1, if k+1 = kmax, stop the steps, otherwise, do k=k+1
A device, comprising: a housing having an orifice, an interior and an exterior; a fluid reservoir within the interior of the housing and having a flexible member; and a microprobe extending from the fluid reservoir, wherein the microprobe extends in a first direction relative to the housing through the flexible member and into the exterior of the housing, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the flexible member, wherein the microprobe is configured to translate in the first direction, characterised in that the microprobe is configured to move substantially freely in three mutually perpendicular directions, in that the microprobe is configured to rotate relative to the flexible member in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and in that the housing is configured to rotate about at least a portion of the microprobe that extends through the flexible member. a housing having an orifice, an interior and an exterior; a fluid reservoir within the interior of the housing and having a flexible member; and a microprobe extending from the fluid reservoir, wherein the microprobe extends in a first direction relative to the housing through the flexible member and into the exterior of the housing, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the flexible member, wherein the microprobe is configured to translate in the first direction, characterised in that the microprobe is configured to move substantially freely in three mutually perpendicular directions, in that the microprobe is configured to rotate relative to the flexible member in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and in that the housing is configured to rotate about at least a portion of the microprobe that extends through the flexible member.
A fast channel change method, comprising: receiving, by a fast channel change, FCC, server, a first FCC request and a second FCC request sent by the same user, wherein the second FCC request is received when processing on the first FCC request has not been completed; obtaining, by the FCC server, a rate of a channel corresponding to the first FCC request and a rate of a channel corresponding to the second FCC request, wherein the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request is a bit rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request, the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request is a bit rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request; when the FCC server determines that the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request belong to different channel rate ranges, respectively performing, by the FCC server, unicast data flow pushing for the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the channel corresponding to the second FCC request; when the FCC server determines that the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request belong to a same channel rate range, performing, by the FCC server, unicast data flow pushing for the channel corresponding to the second FCC request and stopping, by the FCC server, processing the channel corresponding to the first FCC request. receiving, by a fast channel change, FCC, server, a first FCC request and a second FCC request sent by the same user, wherein the second FCC request is received when processing on the first FCC request has not been completed; obtaining, by the FCC server, a rate of a channel corresponding to the first FCC request and a rate of a channel corresponding to the second FCC request, wherein the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request is a bit rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request, the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request is a bit rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request; when the FCC server determines that the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request belong to different channel rate ranges, respectively performing, by the FCC server, unicast data flow pushing for the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the channel corresponding to the second FCC request; when the FCC server determines that the rate of the channel corresponding to the first FCC request and the rate of the channel corresponding to the second FCC request belong to a same channel rate range, performing, by the FCC server, unicast data flow pushing for the channel corresponding to the second FCC request and stopping, by the FCC server, processing the channel corresponding to the first FCC request.
A chromatography lab system comprising a cooling compartment comprising at least two holder positions arranged to hold both fraction collector devices and sample containers in the same said compartment, the cooling compartment further comprising an identifying device arranged to identify the fraction collector devices such that fractions from the chromatography are collected only in the fraction collector devices, wherein the cooling compartment comprises a tray comprising the at least two holder positions, and wherein the cooling compartment comprises at least one port provided through a front wall of said cooling compartment where a sample tube can enter the cooling compartment.
Earthing contact for the controlled steering of electrical current with a brush holder, wherein the brush holder comprises a base plate and at least one brush shaft for receiving a brush, and wherein the at least one brush shaft is connected form-fittingly with the base plate, wherein the brush shaft has clamping tongues, by means of which the brush shaft is clamped to the base plate, wherein the clamping tongues have hooks at their free ends which grip behind an edge of a brush shaft receptacle in the base plate, wherein the brush shaft has a support surface, for the support of its bottom on the base plate, wherein the brush shaft passes completely through the brush shaft receptacle, wherein the form-fitting connection with the clamping tongues is designed to create a connection between the base plate and the at least one brush shaft without screws and the use of tools.