mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A lamp comprising: an elongate support (14, 34), a plurality of light directing members (18, 38), and a light generating unit; the light directing members (18, 38) being supported by the elongate support (14, 34) at respective different positions along the length of the elongate support (14, 34), each light directing member (18, 38) being rotatable at least partially around the elongate support (14, 34) to select a rotational position of the light directing member (18, 38) from a respective range of rotational positions of the light directing member (18, 38); the light generating unit comprises a plurality of light sources (16, 36), the light sources being supported by the elongate support (14, 34) at respective different positions along the length of the elongate support (14, 34), and wherein each light directing member (18, 38) cooperates with a respective one of the light sources so that at any rotational position within said respective range of rotational positions of the light directing member (18, 38) the light directing member (18, 38) receives light from the cooperating light source and directs the light away from the lamp in a direction dependent on the selected rotational position of the light directing member (18, 38); characterised in that each light directing member (18, 38) comprises a respective tube which defines a respective interior passage, the light from the light generating unit being directed along the interior passage of the light directing member (18, 38) away from the lamp; and each light directing member (18, 38) is open at both ends of the respective tube, the light from the light generating unit being directed along the interior passage of the light directing member (18, 38) away from the lamp in two respective opposite directions.
N-methyl pyrrolidone or a physiologically acceptable salt, solvate or tautomer thereof for use in treatment or prevention of a cancerous condition in a mammalian subject, wherein the cancerous condition is multiple myeloma, or Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
A lightning suppression device for wind turbine blades that is provided at a tip of a wind turbine blade and suppresses lightning struck on the wind turbine blade, the device comprising: an electrical insulator attached to the tip of the wind turbine blade and formed of a non-conductive material; an internal electrode (9; 16; 18) attached to the electrical insulator on a side opposite to the wind turbine blade; and an external electrode (10; 17) attached to the electrical insulator so as to surround the internal electrode (9; 16; 18) with a predetermined gap therebetween, wherein the electrical insulator is fixed to the tip of the wind turbine blade by a fixing means (13, 14, 15; 19, 21, 22), and a grounding means (8, 14, 15; 8, 19, 21, 22) is connected to the internal electrode (9; 16; 18). an electrical insulator attached to the tip of the wind turbine blade and formed of a non-conductive material; an internal electrode (9; 16; 18) attached to the electrical insulator on a side opposite to the wind turbine blade; and an external electrode (10; 17) attached to the electrical insulator so as to surround the internal electrode (9; 16; 18) with a predetermined gap therebetween, wherein the electrical insulator is fixed to the tip of the wind turbine blade by a fixing means (13, 14, 15; 19, 21, 22), and a grounding means (8, 14, 15; 8, 19, 21, 22) is connected to the internal electrode (9; 16; 18).
A method for producing a pattern with a security ink on a support, characterized in that, the support comprising at least one sensitive layer to laser radiation and a security ink layer laid out above the sensitive layer so that the sensitive layer is observable through the security layer at least at one predefined wavelength, the method comprises a step for marking the sensitive layer with a laser beam by ablation of this layer in a plurality of impact points of the beam on the layer in order to form a profile with a predefined thickness of this layer so that the thickness profile generates a light intensity modulation reproducing the pattern, observable through the security layer at the predefined wavelength.
A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite turbine blade having a squealer tip and a squealer tip cavity at the blade tip, the method comprising: forming a plurality of two dimensional ply shapes formed of pre-preg tape; laying out a first amount of said plurality of two dimensional ply shapes with a cavity of a tool to form said turbine blade; inserting and fastening a mandrel to the tool to pre-form the squealer tip cavity and a tip flare at least one of a pressure side and a suction side; laying out a second amount of said plurality of two dimensional ply shapes formed of pre-preg tape; closing said tool; inserting said tool in an autoclave; heating the tool and the plies at a negative pressure atmosphere thereby forming simultaneously the turbine blade, the squealer tip cavity and the flare; and cooling and removing the formed turbine blade from the tool. forming a plurality of two dimensional ply shapes formed of pre-preg tape; laying out a first amount of said plurality of two dimensional ply shapes with a cavity of a tool to form said turbine blade; inserting and fastening a mandrel to the tool to pre-form the squealer tip cavity and a tip flare at least one of a pressure side and a suction side; laying out a second amount of said plurality of two dimensional ply shapes formed of pre-preg tape; closing said tool; inserting said tool in an autoclave; heating the tool and the plies at a negative pressure atmosphere thereby forming simultaneously the turbine blade, the squealer tip cavity and the flare; and cooling and removing the formed turbine blade from the tool.
Flexible duct element for exhaust gas lines of internal combustion engines in motor vehicles, having a helically or annularly corrugated metal bellows which is provided with cylindrical connection ends (3, 4) and having a knitted hose which immediately surrounds the bellows, wherein the bellows and the knitted hose are joined to one another terminally to form the connection ends of the duct element, the duct element being provided with an axial reserve length extending in the plane of the knitted material, wherein the stitches of the knitted hose have been brought, by axial compression, from an extended position into a central position that is remote from the extended position and has the axial reserve length, characterised in that the knitted hose is compressed in the axial compression direction before and/or after being mounted on the bellows and, on being compressed, undergoes a reduction in its axial length in the order of about 10 %.
Electrical connector system comprising at least a first connector device and at least a second connector device slidably couplable to said first connector device, in a "male-female" configuration, along a predetermined coupling/uncoupling direction (A-A), each of said first connector device and said second connector device comprising a casing of insulating material and one or more connection elements (14; 16) of conductive material, arranged for an electrical connection, wherein each connection element of said first connector device is a female connection element and each connection element of said second connector device is a male connection element, wherein each female connection element is provided with a plurality of elastically deformable lamellar contacts, formed in a single piece with a base portion of said female connection element, and wherein each lamellar contact is provided with a respective curved contact portion configured to elastically adhere against the surface of a male connection element, the system being characterized in that each female connection element is provided with four opposite lamellar contacts, equally spaced apart by twos, wherein each curved contact portion has a cylindrically shaped surface with generatrix straight lines parallel to the coupling/uncoupling direction (A-A), wherein each lamellar contact is further provided with a respective flat end contact portion, connected to the corresponding curved contact portion and configured to cooperate with said curved contact portion to elastically adhere against the surface of the male connection element, wherein also each flat end contact portion extends along a direction substantially parallel to the coupling/uncoupling direction (A-A).
A method of determining if a subject afflicted with a cancer associated with a BRG1 mutation will respond to therapeutic treatment with a BRM inhibitor, wherein the cancer is a squamous cell lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, large cell lung carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, liver or ovarian cancer, comprising: a) contacting a sample obtained from said subject with a reagent capable of detecting human cancer cells harboring one or more BRG1 mutations; and b) comparing the sample obtained from said afflicted subject with a similar sample taken from a non-cancerous or normal control subject, wherein the presence of one or more BRG1 mutations in said sample obtained from said afflicted subject indicates said afflicted subject will respond to therapeutic treatment with a BRM inhibitor. a) contacting a sample obtained from said subject with a reagent capable of detecting human cancer cells harboring one or more BRG1 mutations; and b) comparing the sample obtained from said afflicted subject with a similar sample taken from a non-cancerous or normal control subject, wherein the presence of one or more BRG1 mutations in said sample obtained from said afflicted subject indicates said afflicted subject will respond to therapeutic treatment with a BRM inhibitor.
A converter for an LED load having a clocked converter circuit, wherein the clocked converter circuit is designed as a flyback converter and comprises: a transformer which is integrated into the clocked converter circuit or separate, a control unit designed to clock the converter circuit by controlling a switch of the converter circuit, and an auxiliary winding coupled with a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer, which is connected electrically to the control unit in such a manner that the auxiliary winding of the control unit supplies a measurement signal and that the control unit can be supplied with voltage starting from the auxiliary winding, wherein the auxiliary winding is wound in the same direction as the primary winding and in the opposite direction to the secondary winding of the transformer, and the converter is characterized in that the auxiliary winding is designed to provide the measurement signal for the control unit in the case of a blocking switch, and by means of the measurement signal in the case of a conductive switch to feed the control unit as a supply voltage, and that the converter further comprises an adapter circuit, and the adapter circuit is designed to transmit the measurement signal to the control unit with raised voltage potential, wherein the adapter circuit comprises a resistor arranged to raise the potential of the measurement signal, and/or that the adapter circuit is designed to raise the potential of the measurement signal fed by a current starting from the control unit. a transformer which is integrated into the clocked converter circuit or separate, a control unit designed to clock the converter circuit by controlling a switch of the converter circuit, and an auxiliary winding coupled with a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer, which is connected electrically to the control unit in such a manner that the auxiliary winding of the control unit supplies a measurement signal and that the control unit can be supplied with voltage starting from the auxiliary winding, that the auxiliary winding is designed to provide the measurement signal for the control unit in the case of a blocking switch, and by means of the measurement signal in the case of a conductive switch to feed the control unit as a supply voltage, and that the converter further comprises an adapter circuit, and the adapter circuit is designed to transmit the measurement signal to the control unit with raised voltage potential, wherein the adapter circuit comprises a resistor arranged to raise the potential of the measurement signal, and/or that the adapter circuit is designed to raise the potential of the measurement signal fed by a current starting from the control unit.
Stripping claw for automated insertion into a stripping tool which is intended for stripping a stripping part from a flat workpiece, wherein the stripping claw has at least two tips (6.1, 6.2) for placing on the stripping part, characterised in that, a ram receiver is formed in a concave manner between the two tips (6.1, 6.2).
A microorganism belonging to Ascomycetes and having 28S rDNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having 95% or higher homology to the nucleotide sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 or 18S rDNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having 95% or higher homology to the nucleotide sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6, and having the ability of producing decahydro-2-hydroxy-2,5,5,8a-tetramethylnaphthaleneethanol and/or sclareolide (decahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1-b]furan-2 -one) as an intermediate during a step of synthesizing dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1-b]furan using sclareol as a substrate.
A flow-through conductivity sensor assembly for a bio-process flow, comprising a housing (1; 50) having a flow passage with an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein the cross section of at least a section of the flow passage extension between the inlet and outlet ends is divided into a conductivity measuring channel (2; 53) and a parallel by-pass channel (3; 51a) of larger cross-sectional area than the measuring channel, characterized in that the conductivity measuring channel is placed in the cross section of the bypass channel and that a first electrode (4; 55) is provided centrally within the measuring channel (2; 53) and a second electrode (5;54) and an optional third electrode (6; 56) are provided adjacent to one or each end of the measuring channel (2; 53).
An image forming apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head having nozzles configured to eject droplets of liquid and a nozzle face in which the nozzles are formed; a head tank configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejection head; a liquid storage container configured to store the liquid; a liquid feed device configured to feed the liquid from the liquid storage container to the head tank; a supply valve disposed in the head tank configured to open for negative pressures in the head tank greater than a predetermined value; an exhaust passage disposed in the head tank and in communication with ambient air; a float valve disposed in the head tank configured to close the exhaust passage in response to an amount of the liquid in the head tank; an air release valve configured to open and close the exhaust passage of the head tank; a suction device configured to exhaust air from the exhaust passage; and means for driving the liquid feed device when the suction device exhausts air from the exhaust passage with the air release valve open, so as to pressurize and feed the liquid; characterized in that: a portion of the exhaust passage has a wall face at least partially formed of an elastic member provided between the float valve and the air release valve, and the exhaust passage is arranged such that when the float valve closes the portion of the exhaust passage, the elastic member deforms to choke the portion of the exhaust passage. a liquid ejection head having nozzles configured to eject droplets of liquid and a nozzle face in which the nozzles are formed; a head tank configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejection head; a liquid storage container configured to store the liquid; a liquid feed device configured to feed the liquid from the liquid storage container to the head tank; a supply valve disposed in the head tank configured to open for negative pressures in the head tank greater than a predetermined value; an exhaust passage disposed in the head tank and in communication with ambient air; a float valve disposed in the head tank configured to close the exhaust passage in response to an amount of the liquid in the head tank; an air release valve configured to open and close the exhaust passage of the head tank; a suction device configured to exhaust air from the exhaust passage; and means for driving the liquid feed device when the suction device exhausts air from the exhaust passage with the air release valve open, so as to pressurize and feed the liquid; a portion of the exhaust passage has a wall face at least partially formed of an elastic member provided between the float valve and the air release valve, and the exhaust passage is arranged such that when the float valve closes the portion of the exhaust passage, the elastic member deforms to choke the portion of the exhaust passage.
A carrying system for carrying a load, said system comprising a load receptive unit for at least partly covering the back of a user, a first carrying strap extending between a first position of an upper section of said load receptive unit and a first position of a lower section of said load receptive unit, a second carrying strap extending between a second position of an upper section of said load receptive unit and a second position of a lower section of said load receptive unit, and a connecting device, wherein the connecting device comprises a first portion arranged on the first carrying strap and a second portion arranged on the second carrying strap and releasably attachable to the first portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the connecting device are displaceably arranged along the extension of the first and second carrying strap, and wherein said first and second carrying strap are configured to, during use, extend from the back of a user, up and over the shoulders, close to the neck and then straight down, close to the center axis of the user such that load is not applied directly on top of the breasts of the user and the connecting device is configured to, during use, be positioned on the stomach of the user; characterized in that the first portion and the second portion of the connecting device each comprises two stopping devices.
A seismic yielding panel, the seismic yielding panel comprising: a panel including an upper truss structure and one or more side studs (36, 38); one or more structural columns (116, 118); and one or more seismic yielding connectors (102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112) connecting the one or more side studs of the panel to the one or more structural columns, each of the one or more seismic yielding connectors comprising: a U-shaped plate configured to connect one of the one or more side studs to another component of the panel; a yielding plate located between the U-shaped plate and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; a high-strength bolt connecting the U-shaped plate, the yielding plate, and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; and characterized in that each of the one or more seismic yielding connectors further comprising a bushing located between the U-shaped plate and one of the one or more structural columns. a panel including an upper truss structure and one or more side studs (36, 38); one or more structural columns (116, 118); and one or more seismic yielding connectors (102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112) connecting the one or more side studs of the panel to the one or more structural columns, each of the one or more seismic yielding connectors comprising: a U-shaped plate configured to connect one of the one or more side studs to another component of the panel; a yielding plate located between the U-shaped plate and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; a high-strength bolt connecting the U-shaped plate, the yielding plate, and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; and characterized in that each of the one or more seismic yielding connectors further comprising a bushing located between the U-shaped plate and one of the one or more structural columns. a U-shaped plate configured to connect one of the one or more side studs to another component of the panel; a yielding plate located between the U-shaped plate and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; a high-strength bolt connecting the U-shaped plate, the yielding plate, and the one of the one or more side studs of the panel; and characterized in that each of the one or more seismic yielding connectors further comprising a bushing located between the U-shaped plate and one of the one or more structural columns.
A thermophotovoltaic system comprising: - a heat transfer chamber, and - at least one energy conversion and transfer media, which comprises: - a transparent core for energy transfer and - a selective emitter material configured for emitting predominantly near-infrared radiation when heated up to high temperatures, wherein the transparent core is doped with said selective emitter material and/or the energy conversion and transfer media comprises a, in particular tubular, radiation emitter doped with said selective emitter material, wherein the transparent core is arranged within said radiation emitter and/or between at least two separate parts of said radiation emitter, the at least one energy conversion and transfer media being arranged within said heat transfer chamber and being coupled, preferably butt-coupled, to at least one photovoltaic cell and/or comprising at least one photovoltaic section that is configured to convert the radiation emitted by the radiation emitter into electricity, the thermophotovoltaic system further comprising a fuel source for performing a combustion process in said heat transfer chamber, characterized in that the thermophotovoltaic system is configured to perform the combustion process as a pulsed combustion. - a heat transfer chamber, and - at least one energy conversion and transfer media, which comprises: - a transparent core for energy transfer and - a selective emitter material configured for emitting predominantly near-infrared radiation when heated up to high temperatures, wherein the transparent core is doped with said selective emitter material and/or the energy conversion and transfer media comprises a, in particular tubular, radiation emitter doped with said selective emitter material, wherein the transparent core is arranged within said radiation emitter and/or between at least two separate parts of said radiation emitter, - a transparent core for energy transfer and - a selective emitter material configured for emitting predominantly near-infrared radiation when heated up to high temperatures, wherein the transparent core is doped with said selective emitter material and/or the energy conversion and transfer media comprises a, in particular tubular, radiation emitter doped with said selective emitter material, wherein the transparent core is arranged within said radiation emitter and/or between at least two separate parts of said radiation emitter, the thermophotovoltaic system further comprising a fuel source for performing a combustion process in said heat transfer chamber, characterized in that the thermophotovoltaic system is configured to perform the combustion process as a pulsed combustion.