mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus for transferring a formed adhesive element to a bonding part, the apparatus comprising: a vacuum tool having a vacuum tool body and a plenum formed therein, said vacuum tool further including an adhesive element holding face having a plurality of vacuum lines in communication with said plenum, said vacuum tool further including an outlet line in fluid communication with said plenum; a reservoir (30, 50) for holding the formed adhesive elements, a matrix separate from said vacuum tool and said reservoir (30, 50), said matrix having a matrix body, said matrix body having an upper surface, said upper surface including a plurality of adhesive holding apertures formed therein, wherein said vacuum tool can be positioned above said matrix such that adhesive elements can be placed on the plurality of adhesive holding apertures, said matrix further including an ejector pin assembly having attached thereto a plurality of ejector pins, and wherein said matrix body includes a plurality of ejector pin channels into which said plurality of ejector pins are at least partially located, characterized in that the matrix includes a vacuum assembly having a vacuum chamber, said vacuum assembly being fluidly attached to a vacuum pump-assisted air exhaust line. a vacuum tool having a vacuum tool body and a plenum formed therein, said vacuum tool further including an adhesive element holding face having a plurality of vacuum lines in communication with said plenum, said vacuum tool further including an outlet line in fluid communication with said plenum; a reservoir (30, 50) for holding the formed adhesive elements, a matrix separate from said vacuum tool and said reservoir (30, 50), said matrix having a matrix body, said matrix body having an upper surface, said upper surface including a plurality of adhesive holding apertures formed therein, wherein said vacuum tool can be positioned above said matrix such that adhesive elements can be placed on the plurality of adhesive holding apertures, said matrix further including an ejector pin assembly having attached thereto a plurality of ejector pins, and wherein said matrix body includes a plurality of ejector pin channels into which said plurality of ejector pins are at least partially located, characterized in that the matrix includes a vacuum assembly having a vacuum chamber, said vacuum assembly being fluidly attached to a vacuum pump-assisted air exhaust line.
A method for wireless communication of a user equipment, UE, performed by the UE, wherein the UE supports a first wireless network comprising a Fifth Generation, 5G, New Radio, NR, network and a second wireless network comprising an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, UMTS, Terrestrial Radio Access Network, E-UTRAN, wherein by default the UE assigns a higher priority for connection to the first wireless network than the second wireless network, the method comprising: receiving wireless signals from one or more base stations in the first wireless network; determining an expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network based on the received wireless signals; and assigning the higher priority for connection to the second wireless network than the first wireless network at least partially due to the determined expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network; attaching location information for a current location of the UE to signal information comprising one or more of the determined expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network and the assignment of the higher priority for connection to the second wireless network than the first wireless network, or a combination thereof; and uploading the signal information and attached location information to a server (303, 305). receiving wireless signals from one or more base stations in the first wireless network; determining an expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network based on the received wireless signals; and assigning the higher priority for connection to the second wireless network than the first wireless network at least partially due to the determined expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network; attaching location information for a current location of the UE to signal information comprising one or more of the determined expected data throughput for at least the first wireless network and the assignment of the higher priority for connection to the second wireless network than the first wireless network, or a combination thereof; and uploading the signal information and attached location information to a server (303, 305).
A method for controlling a system intended to reduce the amount of NOx in the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle, the system comprising on-board a motor vehicle: - a storage chamber in a salt of alkaline-earth metal chloride type, the storage chamber containing a pollutant-removing agent; - a heating device arranged to control the temperature of the storage chamber; - a feed module arranged to inject the pollutant-removing agent into the exhaust gases, and comprising: - a device for measuring pressure or temperature inside the storage chamber; and - a device for proportioning the pollutant-removing agent; the method comprising the following steps: a) calculating, when the motor vehicle is in operation and for a predetermined driving period, a set pressure or temperature inside the storage chamber according to one or more parameters of the motor vehicle which is/are a function of type of driving of said vehicle during this period; b) comparing the set pressure or temperature with the pressure or temperature measured by the pressure or temperature measuring device during operation of the motor vehicle, after said driving period; and c) heating the storage chamber if the pressure or temperature therein is lower than the set pressure or temperature. - a storage chamber in a salt of alkaline-earth metal chloride type, the storage chamber containing a pollutant-removing agent; - a heating device arranged to control the temperature of the storage chamber; - a feed module arranged to inject the pollutant-removing agent into the exhaust gases, and comprising: - a device for measuring pressure or temperature inside the storage chamber; and - a device for proportioning the pollutant-removing agent; a) calculating, when the motor vehicle is in operation and for a predetermined driving period, a set pressure or temperature inside the storage chamber according to one or more parameters of the motor vehicle which is/are a function of type of driving of said vehicle during this period; b) comparing the set pressure or temperature with the pressure or temperature measured by the pressure or temperature measuring device during operation of the motor vehicle, after said driving period; and c) heating the storage chamber if the pressure or temperature therein is lower than the set pressure or temperature.
A needle tip guard for a medical device, in particular for an intravenous catheter assembly, the needle tip guard comprising: a base portion having a bore extending along an axial direction for receiving a needle having a needle shaft such that the needle may extend through the bore and move relative to the needle tip guard from a spread-apart position in which the needle tip is outside the needle tip guard to a protective position in which the needle tip is covered by the needle tip guard; first and second jaw extending from the distal side of the base portion generally in the axial direction; each of the first and second jaw having a head portion (20, 22) in the region of its free end, wherein the first jaw rests over the needle shaft in the spread-apart position; one or more locking means onto the outer surface of the needle tip guard for securing the needle tip guard to the medical device; and at least one resilient member or elastic element on the jaws (16, 18) in a region between the base portion and the head portions (20, 22) such that said resilient member or elastic element exerts an inward restoring force on the jaws (16, 18), when the jaws (16, 18) are fully or partially spread apart by the needle shaft, wherein said resilient member or elastic element forms a partial sidewall such that together with the jaws (16, 18) it defines a chamber and is made from a material having elastic properties and has a ring like integrated form/structure fully surrounding the jaws (16, 18); characterized in that the at least one resilient member or elastic element is formed integrally onto the jaws (16, 18). a base portion having a bore extending along an axial direction for receiving a needle having a needle shaft such that the needle may extend through the bore and move relative to the needle tip guard from a spread-apart position in which the needle tip is outside the needle tip guard to a protective position in which the needle tip is covered by the needle tip guard; first and second jaw extending from the distal side of the base portion generally in the axial direction; each of the first and second jaw having a head portion (20, 22) in the region of its free end, wherein the first jaw rests over the needle shaft in the spread-apart position; one or more locking means onto the outer surface of the needle tip guard for securing the needle tip guard to the medical device; and at least one resilient member or elastic element on the jaws (16, 18) in a region between the base portion and the head portions (20, 22) such that said resilient member or elastic element exerts an inward restoring force on the jaws (16, 18), when the jaws (16, 18) are fully or partially spread apart by the needle shaft, wherein said resilient member or elastic element forms a partial sidewall such that together with the jaws (16, 18) it defines a chamber and is made from a material having elastic properties and has a ring like integrated form/structure fully surrounding the jaws (16, 18);
A method comprising: providing a descaling apparatus having first and second wheels configured to propel a scale removing medium against at least one surface of a length of sheet metal as the length of the sheet metal passes through the descaling apparatus in an advancement direction, the first and second wheels being positioned on the descaling apparatus to receive the scale removing medium from a supply of scale removing medium that communicates with the descaling apparatus with the second wheel being spaced from the first wheel along the advancement direction a distance sufficient such that the scale removing medium propelled from the second wheel does not substantially interfere with the scale removing medium propelled from the first wheel, the first and second wheels being operatively connected with at least one motive source to rotate the first wheel and the second wheel in opposite directions and in such a manner as to cause the scale removing medium received by the first wheel to be propelled from the first wheel against the at least one surface across substantially an entire width of the length of sheet metal passing through the descaling apparatus and cause the scale removing medium received by the second wheel to be propelled from the second wheel against the at least one surface across substantially an entire width of the length of sheet metal passing through the descaling apparatus, the first and second wheels being positionable adjacent opposite side edges defining the width of the sheet metal with the sheet metal centered between the first wheel and the second wheel; characterized in that the method includes the steps of installing at least one of the descaling apparatus in a push-pull sheet metal processing line including other machinery configured for both pushing or pulling the sheet metal through the line; and processing stainless steel sheet metal in the push-pull sheet metal processing line to substantially remove all scale from the at least one surface of the stainless steel sheet metal using the at least one descaling apparatus.
An earphone to track masticatory movements comprising a housing (1, 26) made to be elastically deformable, a speaker (5, 18), and a control and information processing unit (13, 16) connected with the speaker characterised by a Hall sensor (12, 33, 39) and a permanent magnet (14, 15, 36, 41) whereby the Hall sensor and the permanent magnet are installed inside the housing with ability of mutual displacement during the housing deformation.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: detecting, at a mobile device, an observed interference level for each one of a plurality of receiver chains (701, 702) of the mobile device; in response to detecting an imbalance in the observed interference level for the plurality of receiver chains (701, 702), precoding a sounding reference signal, SRS, that is adapted to indicate the imbalance; and transmitting the precoded SRS. detecting, at a mobile device, an observed interference level for each one of a plurality of receiver chains (701, 702) of the mobile device; in response to detecting an imbalance in the observed interference level for the plurality of receiver chains (701, 702), precoding a sounding reference signal, SRS, that is adapted to indicate the imbalance; and transmitting the precoded SRS.
A gully, adapted to collect run-off water and in particular rainwater, comprising at least one depolluting device (50, 42) capable of retaining at least one portion of the particles suspended in the collected water, the depolluting device comprising a stretched pleated cloth in a frame, the tops of the pleats (54, 55) of the cloth extending in vertical planes, and a lamellar settling block.
A method of detecting an analyte in a sample, said method comprising: (i) performing a linear oligo hybridization chain reaction (LO-HCR), wherein an initiator is contacted with a plurality of LO-HCR monomers comprising a first and a second species to generate a polymeric LO-HCR product hybridized to a target nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first species comprises a first hybridization region complementary to the initiator and a second hybridization region complementary to the second species, wherein the first species and the second species are linear, single-stranded nucleic acid molecules, wherein the target nucleic acid molecule is a rolling circle amplification product generated from the analyte or from a reporter for the analyte, and wherein the initiator is provided in one or more parts, and hybridizes directly or indirectly to or is comprised in the target nucleic acid molecule; and (ii) detecting the polymeric LO-HCR product in the sample, thereby detecting the analyte in the sample. (i) performing a linear oligo hybridization chain reaction (LO-HCR), wherein an initiator is contacted with a plurality of LO-HCR monomers comprising a first and a second species to generate a polymeric LO-HCR product hybridized to a target nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first species comprises a first hybridization region complementary to the initiator and a second hybridization region complementary to the second species, wherein the first species and the second species are linear, single-stranded nucleic acid molecules, wherein the target nucleic acid molecule is a rolling circle amplification product generated from the analyte or from a reporter for the analyte, and wherein the initiator is provided in one or more parts, and hybridizes directly or indirectly to or is comprised in the target nucleic acid molecule; and wherein the first species comprises a first hybridization region complementary to the initiator and a second hybridization region complementary to the second species, wherein the first species and the second species are linear, single-stranded nucleic acid molecules, wherein the target nucleic acid molecule is a rolling circle amplification product generated from the analyte or from a reporter for the analyte, and wherein the initiator is provided in one or more parts, and hybridizes directly or indirectly to or is comprised in the target nucleic acid molecule; and (ii) detecting the polymeric LO-HCR product in the sample, thereby detecting the analyte in the sample.
A method for controlling a lock (12a-d) configured to control access to a restricted physical space (16a-d), the method being performed in a lock controller (18a-d) connected to the lock, the lock being one of a plurality of locks, wherein there is a respective active space associated with each one of the plurality of locks, the method being performed by the lock controller (18a-d) and comprising the steps of: entering a sleep state, in which the lock controller is unable to receive an activation signal; entering a communication state, in which the lock controller is able to receive an activation signal; receiving, while in the communication state, an activation signal from an activation device, the activation signal indicating that a portable key device is located within the active space associated with the lock, based on a first indication of position of the portable key device obtained from a first positioning procedure; obtaining an indication that the portable key device is granted access to the lock; determining a second indication of position of the portable key device using a second positioning procedure, wherein the second positioning procedure is more accurate than the first positioning procedure; determining a threshold of intent based on the identity of the portable key device, wherein the threshold of intent is expressed as a distance of the portable key device from the lock controller and/or a duration of the portable key device being within communication range; determining intent to open based on the second indication of position and the threshold of intent; and transmitting an unlock signal to the lock associated with the lock controller. entering a sleep state, in which the lock controller is unable to receive an activation signal; entering a communication state, in which the lock controller is able to receive an activation signal; receiving, while in the communication state, an activation signal from an activation device, the activation signal indicating that a portable key device is located within the active space associated with the lock, based on a first indication of position of the portable key device obtained from a first positioning procedure; obtaining an indication that the portable key device is granted access to the lock; determining a second indication of position of the portable key device using a second positioning procedure, wherein the second positioning procedure is more accurate than the first positioning procedure; determining a threshold of intent based on the identity of the portable key device, wherein the threshold of intent is expressed as a distance of the portable key device from the lock controller and/or a duration of the portable key device being within communication range; determining intent to open based on the second indication of position and the threshold of intent; and transmitting an unlock signal to the lock associated with the lock controller.
A method for designing a base sequence that enhances the capacity of an existing DNA aptamer to bind to a target molecule and/or stabilizes the aptamer, comprising substituting a hairpin structure consisting of one pair of stem structure and loop structure of the DNA aptamer comprising at least one stem structure and at least one loop structure with a mini-hairpin structure, wherein the hairpin structure consists of 7 to 19 bases, wherein the mini-hairpin structure comprises: nucleic acid regions to below sequentially ligated from the 5' end toward the 3' end: a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence wherein each "n" independently represents either "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, wherein the first nucleic acid region and the third nucleic acid region form a stem portion by base pairing with each other and the second nucleic acid region forms a loop portion. nucleic acid regions to below sequentially ligated from the 5' end toward the 3' end: a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence wherein each "n" independently represents either "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, a first nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; a second nucleic acid region comprising a "gna" or "gnna" base sequence wherein each "n" independently represents either "g", "t", "a", or "c", a base analogue, or a modified base; and a third nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the first nucleic acid region, wherein the first nucleic acid region and the third nucleic acid region form a stem portion by base pairing with each other and the second nucleic acid region forms a loop portion.
An illumination optical system for illuminating a surface to be illuminated, the illumination optical system comprising a polarization converting element (9, 12) located on or near an illumination pupil plane and adapted for converting a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, wherein the polarization converting element (9, 12) is adapted to locally change a polarization state of light at a position on or near the pupil plane of the illumination optical system, and characterized in that the polarization converting element has a plurality of variable optical rotating members (12a-h) for variably yielding a polarization rotation angle to incident linearly polarized light.
Method for determining the pressure (p) in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein a first lambda probe and a second lambda probe are arranged in the exhaust system, wherein the pressure (p) in the exhaust system is determined in dependence on the signal (L 1) of the first lambda probe and the signal (L 2) of the second lambda probe, wherein the first lambda probe is a broadband lambda probe, and the second lambda probe is a voltage step lambda probe.