mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A thermal power plant for the utilization of low-temperature heat sources, for the utilization of the waste heat of stationary thermal engines, the waste heat of production processes or the waste heat of incinerator plants, with a working chamber, into which a pressurized working medium with a boiling temperature lower than the boiling temperature of water can be fed, and which can be expanded by the working medium while performing mechanical work, wherein the working medium for performing the mechanical work can be enclosed in the working chamber exclusively while being relaxed, wherein the working chamber is formed by a cylinder and a piston, which is displaceable within the cylinder and drives a crank shaft, wherein the working medium can be fed into the working chamber via an inlet valve, characterized in that the inlet valve has an actuating member for abutting against a piston surface, which delimits the working chamber, of the piston close to the upper dead center of the piston while opening the inlet valve, wherein the actuating member can be moved by displacing the piston against the force of a helical spring, that the actuating member is integrally connected to a valve body pressed into a valve seat by a helical spring, and that the valve body has a sleeve that surrounds the helical spring.
A MEMS device, comprising: a cavity having an internal environment; and a seal isolating the internal environment from an external environment outside the MEMS device (104, 200); characterized in that the seal is damaged by breaching; wherein the seal is breached by heating a wire included by the seal with an electrical current; wherein upon damage to the seal, a pathway forms which couples the internal environment to the external environment; and wherein the MEMS device (104, 200) comprises a calibration circuit capable of measuring the internal environment before and after damage to the seal. a cavity having an internal environment; and a seal isolating the internal environment from an external environment outside the MEMS device (104, 200); characterized in that the seal is damaged by breaching; wherein the seal is breached by heating a wire included by the seal with an electrical current; wherein upon damage to the seal, a pathway forms which couples the internal environment to the external environment; and wherein the MEMS device (104, 200) comprises a calibration circuit capable of measuring the internal environment before and after damage to the seal.
A method for estimating and correcting phase errors in received ultrasonic signals in an ultrasonic flow meter, said method comprising the steps of: • measuring one or more signals in the ultrasonic flow meter, which one or more signals depend on characteristics of one or more ultrasonic transducers in the ultrasonic flow meter, • using the one or more measured signals for calculating an estimated phase error value, and • using the estimated phase error value for correcting transmission times measured by the ultrasonic flow meter. • measuring one or more signals in the ultrasonic flow meter, which one or more signals depend on characteristics of one or more ultrasonic transducers in the ultrasonic flow meter, • using the one or more measured signals for calculating an estimated phase error value, and • using the estimated phase error value for correcting transmission times measured by the ultrasonic flow meter.
A clasp for a band having a plurality of links (12, 14) comprising; - a member having a first end portion with two extensions of equal length and a second end portion with two extensions of equal length, - a first arm rotationally connected at a first end to the first end portion of the member and rotationally connected at the opposite end to a first link, - a first means (36A, 36B) for releasably affixing the first arm to the member, - a second arm rotationally connected at a first end to the second end portion of the member and rotationally connected at the opposite end to a second link, and - a second means (16A, 16B) for releasably affixing the second arm to the member which is independent from said first means, characterized by that said member is asymmetric in that said first end portion is shorter than said second end portion and said first arm is shorter than the second arm, in order to provide a different and shorter extension length when said first arm is released compared to when said second arm is released from said member, whereby the clasp is suitable to have a closed position whereby the first link and the second link are releasably attached directly to each other and the clasp is suitable to have alternative closed positions whereby the first link and/or the second link are arranged in a releasably affixed separated position. - a member having a first end portion with two extensions of equal length and a second end portion with two extensions of equal length, - a first arm rotationally connected at a first end to the first end portion of the member and rotationally connected at the opposite end to a first link, - a first means (36A, 36B) for releasably affixing the first arm to the member, - a second arm rotationally connected at a first end to the second end portion of the member and rotationally connected at the opposite end to a second link, and - a second means (16A, 16B) for releasably affixing the second arm to the member which is independent from said first means, characterized by that
An audio signal classification method, comprising: determining, according to voice activity of a current audio frame, whether to obtain a frequency spectrum fluctuation of the current audio frame and store the frequency spectrum fluctuation in a frequency spectrum fluctuation memory, wherein the frequency spectrum fluctuation denotes an energy fluctuation of a frequency spectrum of an audio signal; updating, according to activity of a historical audio frame, frequency spectrum fluctuations stored in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory; and classifying the current audio frame as a speech frame or a music frame according to statistics of a part or all of effective data of the frequency spectrum fluctuations stored in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory; the method being characterized in that the determining, according to voice activity of a current audio frame, whether to obtain a frequency spectrum fluctuation of the current audio frame and store the frequency spectrum fluctuation in a frequency spectrum fluctuation memory comprises: if the current audio frame is an active frame, and none of multiple consecutive frames comprising the current audio frame and a historical frame of the current audio frame belongs to an energy attack, storing the frequency spectrum fluctuation of the audio frame in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory. determining, according to voice activity of a current audio frame, whether to obtain a frequency spectrum fluctuation of the current audio frame and store the frequency spectrum fluctuation in a frequency spectrum fluctuation memory, wherein the frequency spectrum fluctuation denotes an energy fluctuation of a frequency spectrum of an audio signal; updating, according to activity of a historical audio frame, frequency spectrum fluctuations stored in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory; and classifying the current audio frame as a speech frame or a music frame according to statistics of a part or all of effective data of the frequency spectrum fluctuations stored in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory; the method being characterized in that the determining, according to voice activity of a current audio frame, whether to obtain a frequency spectrum fluctuation of the current audio frame and store the frequency spectrum fluctuation in a frequency spectrum fluctuation memory comprises: if the current audio frame is an active frame, and none of multiple consecutive frames comprising the current audio frame and a historical frame of the current audio frame belongs to an energy attack, storing the frequency spectrum fluctuation of the audio frame in the frequency spectrum fluctuation memory.
An orifice holder assembly comprising: an orifice holder having an outlet and a base connected by at least one arm (18, 20) to a boss, said boss located below the base and having a bore therethrough extending from a first boss surface to a second boss surface; a tube received by the boss, said tube having a bead disposed about the tube spaced from a tube end, said bead contacting the first boss surface with a portion of the tube extending through the bore of the boss, said tube also having a lip at the tube end with a lip engagement surface in contact with the second boss surface external to the bore with the lip and the bead forming a mechanical connection of the tube to the boss; and an orifice body connected to the tube end and having a bore therethrough, said orifice body located below the base with a space above the orifice body and below the base. an orifice holder having an outlet and a base connected by at least one arm (18, 20) to a boss, said boss located below the base and having a bore therethrough extending from a first boss surface to a second boss surface; a tube received by the boss, said tube having a bead disposed about the tube spaced from a tube end, said bead contacting the first boss surface with a portion of the tube extending through the bore of the boss, said tube also having a lip at the tube end with a lip engagement surface in contact with the second boss surface external to the bore with the lip and the bead forming a mechanical connection of the tube to the boss; and an orifice body connected to the tube end and having a bore therethrough, said orifice body located below the base with a space above the orifice body and below the base.
A non-therapeutic method of inducing ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) of a target gene in a cell, using an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an engineered ribonucleic acid precursor, wherein the precursor comprises (i) a first stem portion comprising a sequence of 18 to 30 nucleotides that is fully complementary to a sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) of the target gene; (ii) a second stem portion comprising a sequence of 18 to 30 nucleotides that is sufficiently complementary to the first stem portion to hybridize with the first stem portion to form a duplex stem; and (iii) a loop portion of 4 to 20 nucleotides that connects the two stem portions. (i) a first stem portion comprising a sequence of 18 to 30 nucleotides that is fully complementary to a sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) of the target gene; (ii) a second stem portion comprising a sequence of 18 to 30 nucleotides that is sufficiently complementary to the first stem portion to hybridize with the first stem portion to form a duplex stem; and (iii) a loop portion of 4 to 20 nucleotides that connects the two stem portions.
A package for a microwave oven for evenly roasting nuts/seeds therein, the package comprising: a) a container made of a material that is suitable for microwave cooking; b) raw nuts/seeds placed in a nut-zone within said container; wherein - said nut-zone of the container is sealed shut for microwave cooking; characterised in that the package comprises a capsule holding a susceptor substance, wherein said susceptor substance is a water-based material designed to absorb microwave radiation, heat up, and subsequently release water vapors that assist in heat dispersion and control the amount of microwave radiation that reaches the raw nuts/seeds in the nut-zone, thereby enabling evenly roasting the nuts/seeds within the container to a desired level of texture and uniformity. a) a container made of a material that is suitable for microwave cooking; b) raw nuts/seeds placed in a nut-zone within said container; - said nut-zone of the container is sealed shut for microwave cooking; characterised in that the package comprises a capsule holding a susceptor substance, wherein said susceptor substance is a water-based material designed to absorb microwave radiation, heat up, and subsequently release water vapors that assist in heat dispersion and control the amount of microwave radiation that reaches the raw nuts/seeds in the nut-zone, thereby enabling evenly roasting the nuts/seeds within the container to a desired level of texture and uniformity.
Compression chamber unit of an air pump, said unit comprising a cylindrical body part with a first end part and a second end part, a number of connecting flanges, a number of connecting bosses, and a cap which is formed with an outlet nozzle; characterised in that the cylindrical body part comprises an extruded cylinder and the connecting flanges and the connecting bosses are provided on the cap; and wherein the cap is adapted to engage with the first end part of the cylindrical body part and is connectable with an air pump by way of the connecting flanges, which are provided at the second end part of the cylindrical body part via longitudinal parts that extend along the length of the cylindrical body part but cover only part thereof.
Profile clamp for connecting together two pipes or pipe sections which comprise radially outward facing flanges at the ends thereof which are to be connected together, comprising a first half-shell, which has a first clamping head on a first circumferential end and a first connection geometry on a second circumferential end, and comprising a second half-shell, which has a second clamping head on a first circumferential end and a second connection geometry on a second circumferential end, wherein the first connection geometry and the second connection geometry are engaged with each other in an installation-ready state and form a hinge connection and the profile clamp has a nominal diameter corresponding to a nominal diameter of a flange of the pipes, characterised in that the hinge connection has a maximum opening angle limited by the hinge connection, which is dimensioned in such a way that the two half-shells (2, 3) can only be only be folded so far apart that the opening between the half-shells matches the nominal diameter of the flanges, such that the half-shells can be moved away in the axial direction over a flange having the nominal diameter.
A recessed vent for supplying or extracting air into/from a room, comprising a frontally open box-shaped body configured to be housed in a compartment bounded by at least one wall (40, 41), a front grille fixable to the body, and a frame provided with a seat for the grille and a perimeter abutment surface, characterized in that the frame is configured to be mounted to the body in a first and a second arrangement, wherein the abutment surface faces the body and, respectively, faces away from the body, and comprises adjustment means (15, 13, 24) for varying the distance between the frame and the body, the grille being fixable to the frame in the first and second arrangements thereof so as to lie outside the wall or flush with the wall, respectively.
A lubricating member for a razor cartridge comprising a) from 10% to 80% by weight of the lubricating member of a lipophilic structurant or mixture thereof, b) from 0.1% to 60% by weight of a silicone polyether block copolymer, wherein said silicone polyether block copolymer comprises from 1% to 50%, by weight of polyethylene oxide, from 20% to 90% by weight of polypropylene oxide and from 1% to 20% by weight of silicone wherein said silicone polyether block copolymer excludes additional alkyl chains and c) optionally from 10% to 70% by weight of a liquid phase. a) from 10% to 80% by weight of the lubricating member of a lipophilic structurant or mixture thereof, b) from 0.1% to 60% by weight of a silicone polyether block copolymer, wherein said silicone polyether block copolymer comprises from 1% to 50%, by weight of polyethylene oxide, from 20% to 90% by weight of polypropylene oxide and from 1% to 20% by weight of silicone wherein said silicone polyether block copolymer excludes additional alkyl chains and c) optionally from 10% to 70% by weight of a liquid phase.
N -{ -1-[8-Chloro-2-(1-oxypyridin-3-yl)quinolin-3-yl]-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl}-pyrido[3,2- d]pyrimidin-4-ylamine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of Sjogren's syndrome.
A distributed method for monitoring the status of a communication network comprising a first network element and a second network element, said first network element and second network element being neighbors and comprising respectively a first module and a second module, said method comprising the following steps performed by the first module: - establishing a first connection between the first module and the second module, - collecting regularly from a first function of the first network element, a first observation comprising a first metric representative of a status of said first function, - receiving, through the first connection, regularly from the second module, a second observation comprising a second metric representative of a status of a second function of the second network element, - updating regularly a first node and a second node of a first dependency model comprised in the first module, said first node being updated with the first metric from the collected first observation and said second node being updated with the second metric from the received second observation, said first dependency model being representative of the status of the communication network. - establishing a first connection between the first module and the second module, - collecting regularly from a first function of the first network element, a first observation comprising a first metric representative of a status of said first function, - receiving, through the first connection, regularly from the second module, a second observation comprising a second metric representative of a status of a second function of the second network element, - updating regularly a first node and a second node of a first dependency model comprised in the first module, said first node being updated with the first metric from the collected first observation and said second node being updated with the second metric from the received second observation, said first dependency model being representative of the status of the communication network.
Processing method of content intended for broadcasting, this method comprising the following steps preceding broadcasting: - encryption of the contents by a plurality of control words, - reservation of locations intended to receive a control message in the encrypted content, - marking of each location with a location information in the content, the size of the locations being the same size of the control message, - storage of a key file comprising the control words, and at the time of broadcasting: - transmission of the content encrypted at the video server, - transmission of the key file to a control message generator, - broadcasting of the content encrypted by the video server, - interception of the stream broadcasted by a replacement module, - detection, by the replacement module, of locations of control messages in the stream of the content transmitted, - application of the control messages at locations provided for that purpose by the replacement module. - encryption of the contents by a plurality of control words, - reservation of locations intended to receive a control message in the encrypted content, - marking of each location with a location information in the content, the size of the locations being the same size of the control message, - storage of a key file comprising the control words, - transmission of the content encrypted at the video server, - transmission of the key file to a control message generator, - broadcasting of the content encrypted by the video server, - interception of the stream broadcasted by a replacement module, - detection, by the replacement module, of locations of control messages in the stream of the content transmitted, - application of the control messages at locations provided for that purpose by the replacement module.
A method of transmitting a random access preamble by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, information related to each of a plurality of random access regions, wherein the information includes different target power values, wherein the each of the plurality of the random access regions is associated with a corresponding target power value; estimating path loss based on a downlink signal received from the base station; selecting a random access region among the plurality of the random access regions based on the estimated path loss and the information; selecting a random access resource among a plurality of random access resources based on the selected random access region; determining a transmission power, based on the estimated path loss and the corresponding target power value, associated with the selected random access region; and transmitting the random access preamble to the base station, based on the determined transmission power, using the selected random access resource. receiving, from a base station, information related to each of a plurality of random access regions, wherein the information includes different target power values, wherein the each of the plurality of the random access regions is associated with a corresponding target power value; estimating path loss based on a downlink signal received from the base station; selecting a random access region among the plurality of the random access regions based on the estimated path loss and the information; selecting a random access resource among a plurality of random access resources based on the selected random access region; determining a transmission power, based on the estimated path loss and the corresponding target power value, associated with the selected random access region; and transmitting the random access preamble to the base station, based on the determined transmission power, using the selected random access resource.
A method of controlling the output of a photovoltaic array subject to varying external influences, the output being adjustable by altering at least one operating parameter (NSKIP), the method including the following steps: (a) referring to a table giving values of the operating parameter in relation to an index (idx), from which the operating parameter (NSKIP) corresponding to the maximum-power point of the array under different external influences is to be determined; (b) if the table contains an entry for the current index value, using that entry to establish the operating parameter; (c) if the table does not contain an entry, carrying out a recursive procedure to establish the value of the operating parameter appropriate for the instantaneous maximum power point MPP; (d) storing the parameter value corresponding to this MPP in the table; and (e) repeating steps (a) to (d) at intervals. (a) referring to a table giving values of the operating parameter in relation to an index (idx), from which the operating parameter (NSKIP) corresponding to the maximum-power point of the array under different external influences is to be determined; (b) if the table contains an entry for the current index value, using that entry to establish the operating parameter; (c) if the table does not contain an entry, carrying out a recursive procedure to establish the value of the operating parameter appropriate for the instantaneous maximum power point MPP; (d) storing the parameter value corresponding to this MPP in the table; and (e) repeating steps (a) to (d) at intervals.