mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An aqueous dispersion of pigmented opacifying polymer particles, the particles comprising: i. an inorganic core comprising dispersed inorganic pigment particle and a dispersant ii. a first layer of base-swellable polymer comprising acid groups encapsulating the core iii. a second layer of non-base-swellable polymer encapsulating the first layer wherein the dispersant is a polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1000 Daltons and comprises hydroxyl moieties; and carboxyl groups derived from itaconic acid wherein the polymer layers are free of RAFT agents. i. an inorganic core comprising dispersed inorganic pigment particle and a dispersant ii. a first layer of base-swellable polymer comprising acid groups encapsulating the core iii. a second layer of non-base-swellable polymer encapsulating the first layer
A particle comprising an inner region and an outer region, wherein at least a portion of said outer region is hydrophilic and said inner region is hydrophobic, wherein the particle is an aerogel, carbon black, a metal oxide or silica, and wherein said at least a portion of said outer region that is hydrophilic is selected from at least one of a photocalcined region, a region inverse fluidized in ozonated water or in a water chamber with UV light, or an alkaline solution-treated region, and wherein said inner region is hydrophobic from contacting a starting particle with a silylating compound selected from silanes, halosilanes, haloalkylsilanes, alkoxysilanes, alkoxyalkylsilanes, alkoxyhalosilanes, cyclic siloxanes, disiloxanes, or disilazanes. wherein said at least a portion of said outer region that is hydrophilic is selected from at least one of a photocalcined region, a region inverse fluidized in ozonated water or in a water chamber with UV light, or an alkaline solution-treated region, and wherein said inner region is hydrophobic from contacting a starting particle with a silylating compound selected from silanes, halosilanes, haloalkylsilanes, alkoxysilanes, alkoxyalkylsilanes, alkoxyhalosilanes, cyclic siloxanes, disiloxanes, or disilazanes.
A hands-free accessory for a mobile device, comprising: a microphone element; and a telecoil electrically arranged in parallel with the microphone element; wherein the parallel arrangement of the microphone element and the telecoil electrically connect audio signals produced by the microphone element and the telecoil to an output terminal of the hands-free accessory, and wherein an induced electric current is generated in the telecoil by a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing in a wire loop outside the hands-free accessory. a microphone element; and a telecoil electrically arranged in parallel with the microphone element; wherein the parallel arrangement of the microphone element and the telecoil electrically connect audio signals produced by the microphone element and the telecoil to an output terminal of the hands-free accessory, and wherein an induced electric current is generated in the telecoil by a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing in a wire loop outside the hands-free accessory.
A composite substrate (10; 10B; 10C; 10D; 10E; 10F; 10G) comprising: a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate; and an adhesive layer with which the support substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded to each other, wherein, assuming that a surface of the piezoelectric substrate that is bonded to the support substrate is defined as a first surface and a surface at the side opposite to the first surface is defined as a second surface, the piezoelectric substrate has a bulging portion that is formed such that the first surface is inside the second surface when the first surface is projected onto the second surface in a direction perpendicular to the second surface, and characterised in that the composite substrate (10; 10B; 10C; 10D; 10E; 10F; 10G) has a circular shape with a single flat portion and an outer peripheral surface that continuously extends from the piezoelectric substrate to the support substrate through the adhesive layer. a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate; and an adhesive layer with which the support substrate and the piezoelectric substrate are bonded to each other,
A first wireless communication device, wherein the first wireless communication device comprises: a memory configured to store a coexistence schedule, wherein the coexistence schedule defines wireless local-area network, WLAN, intervals and non-WLAN intervals; a WLAN transceiver configured to transmit WLAN signals in an independent basic service set, IBSS, network; a non-WLAN transceiver configured to transmit wireless non-WLAN signals; and a coexistence circuit configured to allow the WLAN transceiver to transmit the WLAN signals in the IBSS network only during the WLAN intervals, and wherein the coexistence circuit is further configured to allow the non-WLAN transceiver to transmit the wireless non-WLAN signals only during the non-WLAN intervals, and wherein the coexistence circuit is further configured to cause the WLAN transceiver to transmit a coexistence request message, prior to each of the non-WLAN intervals, to one or more second wireless communication devices in the IBBS network, wherein each of the coexistence request messages indicates a duration of a respective one of the non-WLAN intervals, to prevent the one or more second wireless communication devices from transmitting during the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals; wherein at least one of the coexistence request messages comprises: a vendor-specific action frame including a duration parameter, wherein the duration parameter indicates one of i) the duration of the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals and ii) the duration of a period between the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals and another one of the non-WLAN intervals. a memory configured to store a coexistence schedule, wherein the coexistence schedule defines wireless local-area network, WLAN, intervals and non-WLAN intervals; a WLAN transceiver configured to transmit WLAN signals in an independent basic service set, IBSS, network; a non-WLAN transceiver configured to transmit wireless non-WLAN signals; and a coexistence circuit configured to allow the WLAN transceiver to transmit the WLAN signals in the IBSS network only during the WLAN intervals, and wherein the coexistence circuit is further configured to allow the non-WLAN transceiver to transmit the wireless non-WLAN signals only during the non-WLAN intervals, and wherein the coexistence circuit is further configured to cause the WLAN transceiver to transmit a coexistence request message, prior to each of the non-WLAN intervals, to one or more second wireless communication devices in the IBBS network, wherein each of the coexistence request messages indicates a duration of a respective one of the non-WLAN intervals, to prevent the one or more second wireless communication devices from transmitting during the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals; wherein at least one of the coexistence request messages comprises: a vendor-specific action frame including a duration parameter, wherein the duration parameter indicates one of i) the duration of the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals and ii) the duration of a period between the respective one of the non-WLAN intervals and another one of the non-WLAN intervals.
A fuel-cell vehicle comprising: a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a radiator; a circulation flow passage configured to cause a coolant to circulate between the fuel cell and the radiator; a bypass flow passage passing through the secondary battery, one end of the bypass flow passage being connected to the circulation flow passage on an upstream side of the radiator and the other end of the bypass flow passage being connected to the circulation flow passage on a downstream side of the radiator; a switching valve configured to switch a direction in which the coolant flows between a radiator side and a bypass flow passage side, the switching valve being provided at a junction between the circulation flow passage and the bypass flow passage on an upstream side of the radiator; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a coolant passed through the fuel cell; and a controller configured to switch the switching valve to the radiator side when the temperature of the coolant is higher than a predetermined temperature threshold value, the controller being configured to switch the switching valve to the bypass flow passage side when a condition is met, wherein said condition comprises the temperature of the coolant being lower than the predetermined temperature threshold value and higher than the secondary battery temperature. a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a radiator; a circulation flow passage configured to cause a coolant to circulate between the fuel cell and the radiator; a bypass flow passage passing through the secondary battery, one end of the bypass flow passage being connected to the circulation flow passage on an upstream side of the radiator and the other end of the bypass flow passage being connected to the circulation flow passage on a downstream side of the radiator; a switching valve configured to switch a direction in which the coolant flows between a radiator side and a bypass flow passage side, the switching valve being provided at a junction between the circulation flow passage and the bypass flow passage on an upstream side of the radiator; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a coolant passed through the fuel cell; and a controller configured to switch the switching valve to the radiator side when the temperature of the coolant is higher than a predetermined temperature threshold value, the controller being configured to switch the switching valve to the bypass flow passage side when a condition is met, wherein said condition comprises the temperature of the coolant being lower than the predetermined temperature threshold value and higher than the secondary battery temperature.
Aircraft (100, 300, 400, 500) having: - an engine, - a cabin, - an air conditioning system having means adapted to collect hot air from the engine, to treat it, to regulate its temperature and to send it towards the cabin via a main line, - an air line channelling the air leaving the cabin, the aircraft being characterized in that it comprises - means adapted to cool the engine using the air thus drawn off by the air line. - an engine, - a cabin, - an air conditioning system having means adapted to collect hot air from the engine, to treat it, to regulate its temperature and to send it towards the cabin via a main line, - an air line channelling the air leaving the cabin, the aircraft being characterized in that it comprises - means adapted to cool the engine using the air thus drawn off by the air line.
A computerized system comprising: an arrangement of importer cells (211, 213, 215, 217, 221), computerized processing cells (219, 223, 225, 227, 229) and data repositories (231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 243, 245, 247, 260) in a connected graph (200, 800), wherein at least some of the computerized processing cells are processing entities configured to perform transforming a data structure of data retrieved from a data repository of the plurality of data repositories and are arranged in a sequence as a first computerized data cell graph to provide a set of data processing capabilities for a particular configuration of an information processing system and wherein: the data repositories are configured to store a distributed data set whose data elements have a plurality of formats, each data repository is configured to retain a portion of the distributed data set in a semantic information representation, comprising information represented in a form that includes associated, defined formal semantics, that is common to all the data repositories, the plurality of data repositories have disparate semantic knowledge models, each computerized processing cell is configured to retrieve data from at least one data repository of the plurality of data repositories and to add inferences thereto through application of a respective one of the semantic knowledge models, at least one computerized processing cell is configured to combine data to produce a unified model, the computerized processing cells thus being configured to build progressively a first semantic knowledge model in a data format from the distributed data set in the semantic information representation that is common to all the data repositories, and store the first semantic knowledge model in a data repository of the plurality of data repositories. the data repositories are configured to store a distributed data set whose data elements have a plurality of formats, each data repository is configured to retain a portion of the distributed data set in a semantic information representation, comprising information represented in a form that includes associated, defined formal semantics, that is common to all the data repositories, the plurality of data repositories have disparate semantic knowledge models, each computerized processing cell is configured to retrieve data from at least one data repository of the plurality of data repositories and to add inferences thereto through application of a respective one of the semantic knowledge models, at least one computerized processing cell is configured to combine data to produce a unified model, the computerized processing cells thus being configured to build progressively a first semantic knowledge model in a data format from the distributed data set in the semantic information representation that is common to all the data repositories, and store the first semantic knowledge model in a data repository of the plurality of data repositories.
Reactor/mixer, intended in particular for the process engineering treatment of high-viscosity, elastic and/or solids-containing reaction material and mixed material, comprising: a housing having an inner and an outer wall (6, 7), which housing defines a reaction chamber and fully or partially encloses at least two shafts (4, 4'), wherein the shafts (4, 4') are rotatably mounted in the housing and/or in lateral attachment parts to the housing and are driven by a motor, wherein disc-shaped elements (8, 8') displaced axially relative to one another are arranged on the shafts (4, 4'), wherein the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') in each case comprise on their circumference outward-facing scrapers (9, 9'), which have a T-shaped configuration, wherein the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') of a shaft (4, 4') carry out a reciprocal kinematic cleaning of the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') in each case with the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') of an adjacent shaft (4, 4') and with the housing, characterized in that inwardly oriented static mixing elements are arranged on the inner wall of the housing, which mixing elements interact with the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') of the at least two shafts (4, 4') in such a way that shearing forces, in particular a flow disturbance, are generated in an enhanced manner in the area of the spaces (10, 11) between the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9'), the static mixing elements and the inner wall of the housing. a housing having an inner and an outer wall (6, 7), which housing defines a reaction chamber and fully or partially encloses at least two shafts (4, 4'), wherein the shafts (4, 4') are rotatably mounted in the housing and/or in lateral attachment parts to the housing and are driven by a motor, wherein disc-shaped elements (8, 8') displaced axially relative to one another are arranged on the shafts (4, 4'), wherein the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') in each case comprise on their circumference outward-facing scrapers (9, 9'), which have a T-shaped configuration, wherein the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') of a shaft (4, 4') carry out a reciprocal kinematic cleaning of the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') in each case with the disc-shaped elements (8, 8') and/or the T-shaped scrapers (9, 9') of an adjacent shaft (4, 4') and with the housing,
A compression piston ring, comprising: - an annular base body, which is preferably open at a joint, with a U-shaped cross section, the open side of which faces inwards in the radial direction; - a ring spring running in a meandering manner in the axial direction, which pretensions the base body outwards in the radial direction; wherein in a section of the ring spring, which is located inside the base body, meandering loops bear alternately against the upper or lower inner flank of the shanks of the U-shaped cross section, so that the shanks are supported in the axial direction with respect to pressure loads; wherein in a section of the ring spring, which protrudes out of the base body, outer meandering loops bear alternately against the radially inwardly facing edges of the shanks of the U-shaped cross section. - an annular base body, which is preferably open at a joint, with a U-shaped cross section, the open side of which faces inwards in the radial direction; - a ring spring running in a meandering manner in the axial direction, which pretensions the base body outwards in the radial direction;
A method for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M. tuberculosis) complex infection in a subject, comprising detecting in vitro an immune response to a pool of fragments derived from a M. tuberculosis protein, wherein the pool comprises two or more different fragments derived from Rv0840c (SEQ ID NO: 6) and wherein the fragments in the pool form a protein fragment library encompassing at least 80% of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:6 in which the fragments are 12 to 18 amino acids in length and overlap by 9 to 12 amino acids.
A wear resistant aluminum alloy member, comprising: a substrate comprising an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy consists of 1 to 7 % of iron (Fe), 0.5 to 3 % of zirconium (Zr), and 0.5 to 3 % of titanium (Ti), and optionally 0.5 to 5 % of magnesium (Mg), when a total mass of the aluminum alloy is taken as 100 %, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities, and a coated layer coating at least part of a surface of the substrate, wherein: the aluminum alloy has a residual hardness of 120 Hv or more when measured under a load dwell time of 20 seconds in a room temperature state after held in an atmospheric pressure environment at 400 deg. C for 10 hours; and the coated layer comprises a crystalline Ni-P layer comprising nickel (Ni) and nickel phosphide (Ni 3 P). a substrate comprising an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy consists of 1 to 7 % of iron (Fe), 0.5 to 3 % of zirconium (Zr), and 0.5 to 3 % of titanium (Ti), and optionally 0.5 to 5 % of magnesium (Mg), when a total mass of the aluminum alloy is taken as 100 %, the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities, and a coated layer coating at least part of a surface of the substrate, wherein: the aluminum alloy has a residual hardness of 120 Hv or more when measured under a load dwell time of 20 seconds in a room temperature state after held in an atmospheric pressure environment at 400 deg. C for 10 hours; and the coated layer comprises a crystalline Ni-P layer comprising nickel (Ni) and nickel phosphide (Ni 3 P). the aluminum alloy has a residual hardness of 120 Hv or more when measured under a load dwell time of 20 seconds in a room temperature state after held in an atmospheric pressure environment at 400 deg. C for 10 hours; and the coated layer comprises a crystalline Ni-P layer comprising nickel (Ni) and nickel phosphide (Ni 3 P).
A method for designing a multifocal lens, comprising the steps of: a.) selecting a resting pupil size; b.) calculating a pupil size when viewing near objects; c.) selecting a ratio of far vision correction area to near vision correction area for a lens; d.) calculating values for the ratio as a function of an add power for viewing near and far objects using the resting and near viewing pupil diameters; and e.) adding an amount of optical convergence to the lens. a.) selecting a resting pupil size; b.) calculating a pupil size when viewing near objects; c.) selecting a ratio of far vision correction area to near vision correction area for a lens; d.) calculating values for the ratio as a function of an add power for viewing near and far objects using the resting and near viewing pupil diameters; and e.) adding an amount of optical convergence to the lens.
Electromagnetic relay with two moveable contact springs (2, 3), having an assigned normally-open contact (53, 54), wherein the moveable contact springs (2,3) are of identical design and disposed adjacent to each other, wherein the moveable contact springs (2, 3) are connected electrically-conductively to a first electrical terminal (4, 5) and the normally-open contacts (53, 54) are connected electrically-conductively to a further electrical terminal (56, 57), having a moveably mounted actuating element to move the moveable contact springs (2, 3) as a function of the current flowing through the relay in contact with the normally-open contacts (53, 54), wherein each contact spring (2, 3) is equipped with two abutment surfaces (12, 15), which are spatially separated from one another, and wherein the actuating element is equipped with two actuating surfaces (41, 43), which are provided to seat against the two abutment surfaces (12, 15) of each contact spring (2,3) in order to move the contact springs (2, 3), wherein the contact springs (2, 3) are equipped with a further abutment surface, wherein third actuating surfaces of the actuating element are assigned to the further abutment surfaces, and wherein the actuating element draws the contact springs (2, 3) away from the normally-open contact (53, 54) as a result of the seating of the third actuating surface against the further abutment surface.