mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for communications, comprising: a first satellite in a first orbit; a plurality of second satellites in second orbits that are lower than the first orbit, wherein the plurality of second satellites have respective antennas that illuminate respective portions of a geographic area and are configured to detect respective signal components of a signal originating from the geographic area and to transmit respective relayed signal components obtained from the respective signal components to the first satellite; and a beamformer (155, 190) located in a ground system or in the first satellite, the beamformer (155, 190) configured to form a beam associated with the geographic area to obtain a beam signal based at least in part on the respective relayed signal components and an estimated return channel, wherein the estimated return channel comprises channel components between the geographic area and the plurality of second satellites. a first satellite in a first orbit; a plurality of second satellites in second orbits that are lower than the first orbit, wherein the plurality of second satellites have respective antennas that illuminate respective portions of a geographic area and are configured to detect respective signal components of a signal originating from the geographic area and to transmit respective relayed signal components obtained from the respective signal components to the first satellite; and a beamformer (155, 190) located in a ground system or in the first satellite, the beamformer (155, 190) configured to form a beam associated with the geographic area to obtain a beam signal based at least in part on the respective relayed signal components and an estimated return channel, wherein the estimated return channel comprises channel components between the geographic area and the plurality of second satellites.
A in vitro method of antigen retrieval, the method comprising the steps of a. providing at least one biological sample comprising at least one antigen, b. contacting at least one biological sample with at least one composition for antigen retrieval comprising at least one chelating agent, at least one detergent and at least 70% by volume of at least one liquid that facilitates antigen retrieval, said at least one liquid being a glycol or a glycerol, c. heating in a non-pressure device the at least one antigen retrieval solution to an elevated temperature of at least 100°C, and d. maintaining the elevated temperature of the at least one antigen retrieval solution for a duration of time to achieve effective antigen retrieval. a. providing at least one biological sample comprising at least one antigen, b. contacting at least one biological sample with at least one composition for antigen retrieval comprising at least one chelating agent, at least one detergent and at least 70% by volume of at least one liquid that facilitates antigen retrieval, said at least one liquid being a glycol or a glycerol, c. heating in a non-pressure device the at least one antigen retrieval solution to an elevated temperature of at least 100°C, and d. maintaining the elevated temperature of the at least one antigen retrieval solution for a duration of time to achieve effective antigen retrieval.
Trailer coupling with a support assembly which is or may be attached to a motor vehicle and on which is mounted a bearing wherein, on the bearing, there is mounted a coupling element, in particular a coupling arm, which is adjustable with the aid of an adjustment movement between a position of use suitable for coupling a trailer or load carrier to the coupling element and in which the coupling element, with the trailer coupling fitted to the motor vehicle, protrudes to the rear beyond the motor vehicle, and an inoperative position in which the coupling element is advantageously recessed behind a bumper of the motor vehicle, wherein there is provided on the coupling element a connection device for connecting an electrical system of the trailer or load carrier to an electrical system of the motor vehicle, wherein the connection device is or may be connected to the electrical system of the motor vehicle with the aid of a cable which has a flexible cable section which is fixed at a first longitudinal end section immovably with respect to the support assembly and at a second longitudinal end section immovably to the coupling element, and accompanies the movement of the coupling element between the position of use and the inoperative position, characterised in that it has a winding device for winding up a winding section of the cable section on to a cable winding during the adjustment of the coupling element between the position of use and the inoperative position.
Method of producing polycrystalline silicon comprising a) depositing polycrystalline silicon by CVD on at least one U-shaped support body heated by direct passage of current to a temperature at which polycrystalline silicon is deposited on the support body to form at least one U shaped polycrystalline silicon rod pair, wherein each free end of the support body is connected to a respective graphite electrode and thus supplied with current; b) deinstalling the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair from the reactor; c) removing graphite residues from the electrode-side ends of the at least two polycrystalline silicon rods of the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair; d) comminuting the at least two polycrystalline silicon rods into rod pieces or into chunks; characterized in that prior to deinstallation of the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair from the reactor it comprises at least partially covering the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair with a plastics material bag made of a plastics material film having a thickness of more than 150 μm, wherein the plastics material bag comprises one or more weights in the region of its opening. a) depositing polycrystalline silicon by CVD on at least one U-shaped support body heated by direct passage of current to a temperature at which polycrystalline silicon is deposited on the support body to form at least one U shaped polycrystalline silicon rod pair, wherein each free end of the support body is connected to a respective graphite electrode and thus supplied with current; b) deinstalling the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair from the reactor; c) removing graphite residues from the electrode-side ends of the at least two polycrystalline silicon rods of the at least one polycrystalline silicon rod pair; d) comminuting the at least two polycrystalline silicon rods into rod pieces or into chunks;
A method for cloning and quality control of nucleic acid molecules, comprising the steps (a) providing a mixture of nucleic acid molecules possibly containing defects, (b) amplifying the nucleic acid molecules to clonal populations on beads with the aid of emulsion-based PCR or polonies, (c) immobilizing the clonal populations in a reaction support, (d) parallel sequencing of the immobilized clonal populations, (e) localizing the clonal populations, and (f) removing a clonal population that meets a predefined criterion. (a) providing a mixture of nucleic acid molecules possibly containing defects, (b) amplifying the nucleic acid molecules to clonal populations on beads with the aid of emulsion-based PCR or polonies, (c) immobilizing the clonal populations in a reaction support, (d) parallel sequencing of the immobilized clonal populations, (e) localizing the clonal populations, and (f) removing a clonal population that meets a predefined criterion.
A landing gear system comprising a first lug cluster and a composite tube comprising at least one of: a filament wound composite tube; a filament braided tube; and a composite tube of laid up filament; the first lug cluster (1-1, 1-2, 1-3) comprising: a first side (3a, 3b, 3c) comprising a flange comprising a first side groove (6a, 6b, 6c) receiving a fiber filament according to a filament path; a second side (4a, 4b, 4c) comprising a flange comprising a second side groove (9a, 9b, 9c) receiving the fiber filament according to the filament path; and a saddle (5a, 5b, 5c) comprising: a floor member comprising a planar member formed to follow a contour of a composite tube; an upper infill member resting on the floor member and positioned between the first side and the second side; the filament being wrapped along the filament path disposed along the first side groove (6a, 6b, 6c) and the second side groove (9a, 9b, 9c) such that the lug cluster is secured in compression against the composite tube. a filament wound composite tube; a filament braided tube; and a composite tube of laid up filament; a first side (3a, 3b, 3c) comprising a flange comprising a first side groove (6a, 6b, 6c) receiving a fiber filament according to a filament path; a second side (4a, 4b, 4c) comprising a flange comprising a second side groove (9a, 9b, 9c) receiving the fiber filament according to the filament path; and a saddle (5a, 5b, 5c) comprising: a floor member comprising a planar member formed to follow a contour of a composite tube; an upper infill member resting on the floor member and positioned between the first side and the second side; the filament being wrapped along the filament path disposed along the first side groove (6a, 6b, 6c) and the second side groove (9a, 9b, 9c) such that the lug cluster is secured in compression against the composite tube. a floor member comprising a planar member formed to follow a contour of a composite tube; an upper infill member resting on the floor member and positioned between the first side and the second side; the filament being wrapped along the filament path disposed along the first side groove (6a, 6b, 6c) and the second side groove (9a, 9b, 9c) such that the lug cluster is secured in compression against the composite tube.
A method for providing captured image information to an application, the method hosted by an electronics device comprising a camera, the method comprising: hosting, by the electronics device, a viewfinder utility, the viewfinder utility displaying first image information captured by the camera; displaying, by the viewfinder utility hosted by the electronics device, a plurality of application icons (104a, 104b, 104c); receiving, by the viewfinder utility hosted by the electronics device, a selection of a displayed application icon; and sending, by the electronics device, second image information captured by the camera to an application associated with the selected icon, characterized in that sending the second image information comprises configuring the second image information, wherein the second image information comprises video information, and wherein configuring the second image information comprises setting a duration of capture of the second image information. hosting, by the electronics device, a viewfinder utility, the viewfinder utility displaying first image information captured by the camera; displaying, by the viewfinder utility hosted by the electronics device, a plurality of application icons (104a, 104b, 104c); receiving, by the viewfinder utility hosted by the electronics device, a selection of a displayed application icon; and sending, by the electronics device, second image information captured by the camera to an application associated with the selected icon, characterized in that sending the second image information comprises configuring the second image information, wherein the second image information comprises video information, and wherein configuring the second image information comprises setting a duration of capture of the second image information.
A hot melt adhesive system comprising: an adhesive supply configured to contain a bulk quantity of particulate hot melt adhesive and having an outlet, an adhesive melter including a chamber with an inlet opening, the adhesive melter configured to melt the particulate hot melt adhesive into a liquid hot melt adhesive, and a top component including a first portion configured as a cover to block the inlet opening of the chamber and prevent transfer of heat from the chamber into a filling passage configured to allow ingress of the particulate hot melt adhesive from the adhesive supply into the chamber, and a second portion including the filling passage, characterized in that the top component being movable between a first position in which the first portion of the top component covers the inlet opening of the chamber and the second portion is out of alignment with the inlet opening of the chamber, and a second position in which the first portion of the top component is out of alignment with the inlet opening of the chamber and the second portion including the filling passage is aligned with the inlet opening of the chamber such that the particulate hot melt adhesive can be directed from the adhesive supply through the filling passage of the top component and into the chamber. an adhesive supply configured to contain a bulk quantity of particulate hot melt adhesive and having an outlet, an adhesive melter including a chamber with an inlet opening, the adhesive melter configured to melt the particulate hot melt adhesive into a liquid hot melt adhesive, and a top component including a first portion configured as a cover to block the inlet opening of the chamber and prevent transfer of heat from the chamber into a filling passage configured to allow ingress of the particulate hot melt adhesive from the adhesive supply into the chamber, and a second portion including the filling passage, characterized in that the top component being movable between a first position in which the first portion of the top component covers the inlet opening of the chamber and the second portion is out of alignment with the inlet opening of the chamber, and a second position in which the first portion of the top component is out of alignment with the inlet opening of the chamber and the second portion including the filling passage is aligned with the inlet opening of the chamber such that the particulate hot melt adhesive can be directed from the adhesive supply through the filling passage of the top component and into the chamber.
A saddled vehicle having an engine, a vehicle body frame for suspending the engine, a swing arm for suspending a rear wheel freely swingably, pivot portions that are configured as a right-and-left pair to constitute a part of the vehicle body frame and pivotably support the swing arm, a cross member for joining the pair of right and left pivot portions, a rear cushion for applying elastic force to the swing arm, a link mechanism for joining the rear cushion, the swing arm and the pivot portions, a link joint portion that is formed at a rear side of the cross member to join the link mechanism, and an engine joint portion that is formed at a front side of the cross member to fix the engine, wherein the cross member is formed of a pipe member having a circular cross-section and the link joint portion and the engine joint portion are formed at the same position with respect to a vehicle width direction; characterized in that the link joint portion and the engine joint portion are formed of plate-like members so as to be separated from each other, and the link joint portion and the engine joint portion are in contact with each other at least partially and continuously welded and fixed to the cross member, and a contact portion at which the link joint portion and the engine joint portion come into contact with each other is formed below the cross member, and the link joint portion and the engine joint portion are arranged to be spaced from each other at a distance smaller than the diameter of the cross member above the cross member.
An apparatus comprising means for performing: capturing a first signal from a first radio chain; dividing samples of the first signal into a first set of sub-vectors according to a determined mapping pattern that maps the samples of the first signal to sub-vectors of the first set; capturing a second signal from a second radio chain, wherein both the first radio chain and the second radio chain are either radio receiver chains or radio transmitter chains; dividing samples of the second signal into a second set of sub-vectors according to the determined mapping pattern; estimate a gain difference and phase difference between each sub-vector of the first set and a respective sub-vector of the second set, thus acquiring sub-vector-level gain differences and sub-vector-level phase differences the first signal and the at least second signal; combining the sub-vector level gain differences to acquire a gain difference between the first signal and the second signal, and combining the sub-vector-level phase differences to acquire a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal; and configuring at least one of the first radio chain and the second radio chain to reduce the gain difference and the phase difference, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a coupling circuitry configured to: couple the first radio chain to the second radio chain to form a single radio chain, and wherein the means are configured to: acquire the first signal and the second signal while the first radio chain is coupled to the second radio chain by the coupling circuitry. capturing a first signal from a first radio chain; dividing samples of the first signal into a first set of sub-vectors according to a determined mapping pattern that maps the samples of the first signal to sub-vectors of the first set; capturing a second signal from a second radio chain, wherein both the first radio chain and the second radio chain are either radio receiver chains or radio transmitter chains; dividing samples of the second signal into a second set of sub-vectors according to the determined mapping pattern; estimate a gain difference and phase difference between each sub-vector of the first set and a respective sub-vector of the second set, thus acquiring sub-vector-level gain differences and sub-vector-level phase differences the first signal and the at least second signal; combining the sub-vector level gain differences to acquire a gain difference between the first signal and the second signal, and combining the sub-vector-level phase differences to acquire a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal; and configuring at least one of the first radio chain and the second radio chain to reduce the gain difference and the phase difference, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a coupling circuitry configured to: couple the first radio chain to the second radio chain to form a single radio chain, and wherein the means are configured to: acquire the first signal and the second signal while the first radio chain is coupled to the second radio chain by the coupling circuitry.
A swallowable capsule for in vivo imaging comprising: a dome-shaped window (221, 321); a substrate perpendicular to a capsule's optical axis; an illumination unit and an image sensor installed on said substrate, said image sensor centered along the capsule's optical axis; a lens holder (217, 317) centered along the capsule's optical axis; and a light guide (219, 319), wherein said illumination unit comprises a light source and illuminates an object through said window (221, 321) and wherein said image sensor collects light reflected from the object through said window (221, 321); wherein said light guide (219, 319) guides light from the illumination unit to a plane on the same level as or above the plane of the top end of the lens holder (217, 317), said plane of the top end of the lens holder (217, 317) being between the illumination unit and the dome-shaped window (221, 321); wherein said lens holder (217, 317) comprises a tunnel having an exit point; wherein said light guide (219, 319) is disposed within said tunnel; and wherein said exit point is on said plane on the same level or above the top end of the lens holder (217, 317), the exit point being of reduced size relative to the light source so as to achieve a nearly spot-like or nearly linear source of illumination at said plane. a dome-shaped window (221, 321); a substrate perpendicular to a capsule's optical axis; an illumination unit and an image sensor installed on said substrate, said image sensor centered along the capsule's optical axis; a lens holder (217, 317) centered along the capsule's optical axis; and a light guide (219, 319), wherein said illumination unit comprises a light source and illuminates an object through said window (221, 321) and wherein said image sensor collects light reflected from the object through said window (221, 321); wherein said light guide (219, 319) guides light from the illumination unit to a plane on the same level as or above the plane of the top end of the lens holder (217, 317), said plane of the top end of the lens holder (217, 317) being between the illumination unit and the dome-shaped window (221, 321); wherein said lens holder (217, 317) comprises a tunnel having an exit point; wherein said light guide (219, 319) is disposed within said tunnel; and wherein said exit point is on said plane on the same level or above the top end of the lens holder (217, 317), the exit point being of reduced size relative to the light source so as to achieve a nearly spot-like or nearly linear source of illumination at said plane.
Crossing centerpiece, especially for tramway tracks, with a first core rail crossing into a standard rail of a main track and a second core rail leading to a branch rail of a branch track, wherein the first core rail is designed for at least a portion with a sunken driving surface as a deep groove and wherein the second core rail looking in one driving direction has at least one rising ramp, which is designed to lift a wheel, traveling on its run-off surface, enough so that it can pass the first core rail without an abrupt elevating of the second core rail.
A pipetting apparatus, in particular for pipetting a fluid sample by suctioning into a pipetting container using air under a pipetting pressure, comprising: - a valve assembly having at least one valve device for adjusting a pipetting pressure, - wherein the valve device comprises a valve chamber; - at least one pump device connected to the valve chamber in order to generate a chamber pressure in said valve chamber; - a pipetting channel connectable to the pipetting container and - a bypass channel which is open to the surroundings; wherein the valve chamber has a first chamber opening connected to the pipetting channel and a second chamber opening connected to the bypass channel, wherein the valve device comprises a closure element (110; 110a; 11 0b; 110c; 110d) at least partially disposed within the valve chamber, which can be moved relative to the valve chamber by a user-controlled movement and which comprises at least one closure surface (120; 120a; 120b; 120c; 120d), which is an essentially planar surface lying in one plane, or which is a surface with a non-planar shape, described by the translation or rotation of a circular shape, an ellipse or a polygon and wherein the closure surface slides along said chamber openings parallel to the first and parallel to the second chamber opening during the movement in contact with the respective chamber opening and closes them as a function of the position of the closure surface, wherein the first and/or the second chamber opening or a sealing section connected to said chamber opening comprises a respective opening edge lying essentially in the same plane or bordering the same, and wherein the at least one closure surface is formed, such that in order to generate the desired pipetting pressure in the pipetting channel, the chamber pressure is distributed to the pipetting channel and the bypass channel in dependency of the position of the at least one closure surface at the first and second chamber opening. - a valve assembly having at least one valve device for adjusting a pipetting pressure, - wherein the valve device comprises a valve chamber; - at least one pump device connected to the valve chamber in order to generate a chamber pressure in said valve chamber; - a pipetting channel connectable to the pipetting container and - a bypass channel which is open to the surroundings;