mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A plate fin-tube heat exchanger in which flat tubes each having a flat cross-sectional shape whose long sides are linear and whose short sides are curved in a semicircular manner are fitted in notches provided in fins, characterized in that a surface of at least either one of each of the flat tubes and each of the fins has a plurality of concavities and convexities in which a difference in height between one of peak portions that has a smallest height and one of trough portions that has a smallest depth is 10 μm or larger, which is achieved by either a foreign substance having a higher melting point than a weld material used for welding the flat tubes and the fins added to the weld material in advance, or a foreign substance having a higher melting point than a flux used for surfaces of the flat tubes and the fins added to the flux in advance.
A tubular-member lock mechanism, comprising: a cylindrical housing to which a tubular member having an engagement portion at at least one end is mounted; and a lock member for engaging or releasing the housing and the tubular member, wherein the housing includes a lock-member guide wall turnably guiding the lock member, at least two sliding surfaces (16, 17) wherein a tip portion of the lock member slides accompanied by turning of the lock member, and having different inclinations, and a slit through which one portion of the lock member passes to engage the engagement portion of the tubular member mounted to the housing, and the lock member, at a standby/lock position, engages the engagement portion formed on an outer periphery of the tubular member passing through at the slit by an elastic force of the lock member, and the lock member, at a release position where a rotational load is applied, spreads by the sliding surfaces (16, 17) having the different inclinations to be released from the engagement portion of the tubular member, wherein the lock member includes a bent portion bent in an axis direction of the housing, and a rotational load is applied to the bent portion to operate so as to spread the lock member, wherein the lock-member guide wall includes a gap controlling a turning range of the bent portion of the lock member at one portion thereof, characterized by further comprising a falling prevention member covering the gap of the lock-member guide wall from above with a predetermined interval to prevent the lock member from falling off. a cylindrical housing to which a tubular member having an engagement portion at at least one end is mounted; and a lock member for engaging or releasing the housing and the tubular member, wherein the housing includes a lock-member guide wall turnably guiding the lock member, at least two sliding surfaces (16, 17) wherein a tip portion of the lock member slides accompanied by turning of the lock member, and having different inclinations, and a slit through which one portion of the lock member passes to engage the engagement portion of the tubular member mounted to the housing, and
Pneumatic vehicle tyre of a radial type of construction comprising a tread, a belt assembly, a radial carcass, and sidewalls, which are reinforced in their radially outer region by a protective layer of rubber, which make the sidewalls thicker and the greatest thickness of which is up to 4.0 mm, the protective layer being divided into block elements by a network of sipes comprising at least one sipe that extends peripherally in a circular manner in the circumferential direction of the sidewall and a plurality of sipes that extend straight in the radial direction, the sipes (11, 12) having a width of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, in particular 1.0 mm, and the sipes (11, 12) having a depth which corresponds at most to the thickness (d) of the protective layer at the place where the respective sipe (11, 12) extends, characterized in that, at least in some regions, the depth of the sipes (11, 12) corresponds at most to 50% of the thickness (d) of the protective layer at the place where the respective sipe (11, 12) extends.
A contaminant reducing device (1, 400) comprising: an exhaust gas tube (10, 210, 410) which supplies exhaust gas from a combustion engine, and; a pretreatment unit (260, 530) which is connected to the exhaust gas tube (210, 410) and located in front of the oxidation unit (250, 440) to remove fine dust from the exhaust gas, wherein the pretreatment unit comprises a unit for reducing the concentration of fine dust by using a separation membrane having a low transmittance of the fine dust, and an oxidation unit (11, 440) which is installed on the exhaust gas tube (10, 410) and oxidizes the exhaust gas by discharging electricity, irradiating ultraviolet rays or injecting an oxidizing agent; a cleaning water supply tube which supplies cleaning water; a scrubber (40, 430) which sprays the cleaning water supplied through the cleaning water supply tube to the oxidized exhaust gas supplied through the exhaust gas tube (10, 410); and a recirculation tube for recirculating the cleaning water discharged through the cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) to the cleaning water supply tube, and a cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) which discharges the cleaning water from the scrubber (40, 430) a recirculation tank, which is installed between the cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) and the recirculation tube for removing solid-phase particles from the discharged cleaning water and for storing the solid-phase-free cleaning water and for selectively supplying the solid-phase-free cleaning water stored in the recirculation tank to the cleaning water supply tube. an exhaust gas tube (10, 210, 410) which supplies exhaust gas from a combustion engine, and; a pretreatment unit (260, 530) which is connected to the exhaust gas tube (210, 410) and located in front of the oxidation unit (250, 440) to remove fine dust from the exhaust gas, wherein the pretreatment unit comprises a unit for reducing the concentration of fine dust by using a separation membrane having a low transmittance of the fine dust, and an oxidation unit (11, 440) which is installed on the exhaust gas tube (10, 410) and oxidizes the exhaust gas by discharging electricity, irradiating ultraviolet rays or injecting an oxidizing agent; a cleaning water supply tube which supplies cleaning water; a scrubber (40, 430) which sprays the cleaning water supplied through the cleaning water supply tube to the oxidized exhaust gas supplied through the exhaust gas tube (10, 410); and a recirculation tube for recirculating the cleaning water discharged through the cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) to the cleaning water supply tube, and a cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) which discharges the cleaning water from the scrubber (40, 430) a recirculation tank, which is installed between the cleaning water discharge tube (41, 431) and the recirculation tube for removing solid-phase particles from the discharged cleaning water and for storing the solid-phase-free cleaning water and for selectively supplying the solid-phase-free cleaning water stored in the recirculation tank to the cleaning water supply tube.
An electronic equipment, comprising: a battery; a function circuitry configured to carry out a function, wherein the function is streaming a video file using power drawn from the battery; a power assessment circuit configured to assess power requirements of the function circuitry in relation to the function of streaming the video file based on time duration information and encoding method provided with the streaming video file and based on an estimated power consumption rate information associated with the function circuitry when streaming video files; a battery monitor circuit that is configured to monitor power available from the battery; a battery advisor circuit, operatively coupled to the power assessment circuit and the battery monitor circuit, that is configured to provide a recommendation indicative of whether the power available from the battery is sufficient for the function circuitry to carry out the function of streaming the video file. a battery; a function circuitry configured to carry out a function, wherein the function is streaming a video file using power drawn from the battery; a power assessment circuit configured to assess power requirements of the function circuitry in relation to the function of streaming the video file based on time duration information and encoding method provided with the streaming video file and based on an estimated power consumption rate information associated with the function circuitry when streaming video files; a battery monitor circuit that is configured to monitor power available from the battery; a battery advisor circuit, operatively coupled to the power assessment circuit and the battery monitor circuit, that is configured to provide a recommendation indicative of whether the power available from the battery is sufficient for the function circuitry to carry out the function of streaming the video file.
A dispensing closure comprising a base and a lid, the base includes a sidewall closed at one end by a top deck including a dispensing orifice, the base and lid being joined by a hinge to allow the lid to move between closed and open positions with respect to the base whereby to close and open the dispensing orifice, at the periphery of the top deck the sidewall forms or provides a raised lip, in which the lid closes onto the top deck and is bounded by the lip and in which the lid is generally flush with the lip when in the closed position, in which the closure comprises a lid lock for preventing the lid being moved away from the closed position, the lid lock comprising a bi-stable locking portion movable between a locked position in which lid cannot be moved to the open position and an unlocked position in which the lid can be moved to the open position, characterized in that in the locked position the locking portion is generally concave and in the unlocked position the locking portion is generally convex.
A power supply system provided with a plurality of power storage devices (B1, B2), comprising: a first voltage converting device arranged between a first power storage device and a load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2) for converting a voltage provided from said first power storage device and providing the converted voltage to said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2); a second voltage converting device arranged between a second power storage device and said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2) for converting a voltage provided from said second power storage device and providing the converted voltage to said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2); and a control unit controlling said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) such that one of said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) operates and the other voltage converting device stops when a required power required of the power supply system is smaller than a reference value, and controlling said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) such that both of said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) operate when said required power is equal to or larger than said reference value, the power supply system being characterized in that said reference value is determined based on a resistance loss in said first and second power storage devices (B1, B2) and a switching loss in said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12). a first voltage converting device arranged between a first power storage device and a load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2) for converting a voltage provided from said first power storage device and providing the converted voltage to said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2); a second voltage converting device arranged between a second power storage device and said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2) for converting a voltage provided from said second power storage device and providing the converted voltage to said load device (20, MG1, 22, MG2); and a control unit controlling said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) such that one of said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) operates and the other voltage converting device stops when a required power required of the power supply system is smaller than a reference value, and controlling said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) such that both of said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12) operate when said required power is equal to or larger than said reference value, the power supply system being characterized in that said reference value is determined based on a resistance loss in said first and second power storage devices (B1, B2) and a switching loss in said first and second voltage converting devices (10, 12).
A bioerodable drug delivery device for use in medicine, which is suitable for use in a method for enhanced transmucosal delivery of buprenorphine to a subject by direct transmucosal delivery of buprenorphine to a subject, said device comprising: buprenorphine disposed in a mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment, wherein the mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment is a buffered environment having a pH of between 4 and 6.5; and a barrier environment disposed relative to the mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment such that a unidirectional gradient is created upon application to the mucosal surface; and wherein the buprenorphine is administered to an oral mucosal surface of the subject in said method. buprenorphine disposed in a mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment, wherein the mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment is a buffered environment having a pH of between 4 and 6.5; and a barrier environment disposed relative to the mucoadhesive polymeric diffusion environment such that a unidirectional gradient is created upon application to the mucosal surface;
Energy cable comprising at least one electrical conductor and at least one extruded coating layer including a thermoplastic polymer material in admixture with a dielectric fluid, wherein said thermoplastic polymer material is selected from: (a) at least one propylene homopolymer or at least one copolymer of propylene with at least one olefin comonomer selected from ethylene and an α-olefin other than propylene, said homopolymer or copolymer having a melting point greater than or equal to 130°C and a melting enthalpy of from 20 J/g to 100 J/g; (b) a mechanical mixture comprising at least one propylene homopolymer or copolymer (a) and (c) at least one elastomeric copolymer of ethylene with at least one aliphatic α-olefin, and optionally a polyene; (d) at least 75% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer material, of at least one copolymer of at least two α-olefin comonomers, said copolymer having a melting enthalpy lower than 25 J/g (d 1); and an amount equal to or less than 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer material of (a) or of at least one propylene homopolymer or propylene copolymer with at least one α-olefin, said at least one propylene homopolymer or propylene copolymer having a melting enthalpy higher than 25 J/g and a melting point higher than 130°C (d 2), and wherein said melting enthalpy is determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry analysis, wherein said dielectric fluid comprises a compound of formula X-A-X' wherein A is a totally aromatic condensed polycyclic moiety; and at least one of X and X' is methyl or an aliphatic moiety, the other being hydrogen; said compound having a ratio of number of aromatic carbon atoms to total number of carbon atoms greater than or equal to 0.6. (a) at least one propylene homopolymer or at least one copolymer of propylene with at least one olefin comonomer selected from ethylene and an α-olefin other than propylene, said homopolymer or copolymer having a melting point greater than or equal to 130°C and a melting enthalpy of from 20 J/g to 100 J/g; (b) a mechanical mixture comprising at least one propylene homopolymer or copolymer (a) and (c) at least one elastomeric copolymer of ethylene with at least one aliphatic α-olefin, and optionally a polyene; (d) at least 75% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer material, of at least one copolymer of at least two α-olefin comonomers, said copolymer having a melting enthalpy lower than 25 J/g (d 1); and an amount equal to or less than 25% by weight with respect to the total weight of the thermoplastic polymer material of (a) or of at least one propylene homopolymer or propylene copolymer with at least one α-olefin, said at least one propylene homopolymer or propylene copolymer having a melting enthalpy higher than 25 J/g and a melting point higher than 130°C (d 2), and wherein said melting enthalpy is determined by Differential Scanning Calorimetry analysis, wherein A is a totally aromatic condensed polycyclic moiety; and at least one of X and X' is methyl or an aliphatic moiety, the other being hydrogen;
A propulsion unit comprising a housing being supported with a support arm on a hull of a vessel, the housing having a first end and a second opposite end in a longitudinal direction of the housing, a propeller shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of the housing within the housing, the propeller shaft having an axis of rotation (X-X) and being rotatably supported within the housing with a first bearing and a second bearing, a propeller being attached to at least one end of the propeller shaft outside the housing, wherein the first bearing comprises a first radial bearing and a first thrust bearing, characterized in that the first radial bearing is a sliding bearing positioned axially (X-X) inside the first thrust bearing, the first bearing being positioned at the first end of the housing and the second bearing being positioned at the second end of the housing or vice a versa. a housing being supported with a support arm on a hull of a vessel, the housing having a first end and a second opposite end in a longitudinal direction of the housing, a propeller shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of the housing within the housing, the propeller shaft having an axis of rotation (X-X) and being rotatably supported within the housing with a first bearing and a second bearing, a propeller being attached to at least one end of the propeller shaft outside the housing, wherein the first bearing comprises a first radial bearing and a first thrust bearing, characterized in that the first radial bearing is a sliding bearing positioned axially (X-X) inside the first thrust bearing, the first bearing being positioned at the first end of the housing and the second bearing being positioned at the second end of the housing or vice a versa.
Medical instrument with a hollow shaft, a handle arranged at the proximal end of the shaft, and a tool tip with a tool arranged at the distal end of the shaft, wherein the tool can be actuated via an actuation element which is mounted axially displaceably in the shaft and which is operatively connected at the proximal end to the handle, and the tool tip is pivotable relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft via a joint mechanism, wherein the joint mechanism is composed of pivoting members which are arranged at the distal end of the shaft and which are connected to a proximal-side drive, via steering wires running in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, in such a way that a movement of the proximal-side drive causes a corresponding relative movement of the distal-side pivoting members and thus a pivoting of the tool tip, wherein in the interior of the hollow shaft, between the distal-side pivoting members and the proximal-side drive, at least one guide device is arranged for the steering wires connecting the pivoting members to the drive, wherein receptacles for at least some of the steering wires are formed in the at least one guide device, characterized in that the at least one guide device is arranged coaxially on the actuation element, and in that the at least one guide device is mounted on the actuation element in a manner secure against rotation.
A method of supplying chemicals via a supply line running between a surface location and a subsea location, the method comprising the steps of: supplying a first chemical to the supply line; supplying a second chemical, different from the first chemical, to the supply line, the first and second chemicals being sequentially supplied as discrete slugs; providing at least one inert separator between the first chemical and the second chemical; cleaning an inner wall of the supply line by the inert separator while the first and second chemicals are being supplied; identifying the first chemical and the second chemical at the supply line; and removing the first and second chemicals from the supply line based upon the identification. supplying a first chemical to the supply line; supplying a second chemical, different from the first chemical, to the supply line, the first and second chemicals being sequentially supplied as discrete slugs; providing at least one inert separator between the first chemical and the second chemical; cleaning an inner wall of the supply line by the inert separator while the first and second chemicals are being supplied; identifying the first chemical and the second chemical at the supply line; and removing the first and second chemicals from the supply line based upon the identification.
Hydrogel comprising keratose, kerateine or a combination thereof at a protein concentration of less than 20% in a weight to volume ratio, wherein said hydrogel is formed by a method comprising: a. providing keratose, kerateine, or a combination thereof, at a concentration of less than 20% weight to volume in an aqueous medium; b. mixing said keratose, kerateine, or a combination thereof in said aqueous medium; and c. allowing the hydrogel to form; wherein said keratose, kerateine or combination thereof have been previously subjected to dialysis, wherein the dialysis is performed under conditions that maintain a transmembrane pressure from 30 to 70 psi which corresponds to 206 843 to 482 633 Pa. a. providing keratose, kerateine, or a combination thereof, at a concentration of less than 20% weight to volume in an aqueous medium; b. mixing said keratose, kerateine, or a combination thereof in said aqueous medium; and c. allowing the hydrogel to form;
Method wherein, for displaying information and operating an electronic device in a vehicle, - a plurality of list elements (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5) are displayed on a display area (14, 16) with a touch-sensitive surface (15, 17), - a contact of a list element on the touch-sensiti- 1 -ve surface (15, 17) with an actuating object or an approach of an actuating object to the list element is detected, whereupon the list element is activated, and - after the activation of the list element, a first swiping movement of the actuating object on or in the vicinity of the touch-sensitive surface (15, 17) is detected, and - on or after the detection of the first swiping movement of the actuating object at least the non-activated list elements (L2, L3, L4, L5) are pushed out of the display area (14, 16) and an additional multimedia element allocated to the activated list element is pushed into the display area. - a plurality of list elements (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5) are displayed on a display area (14, 16) with a touch-sensitive surface (15, 17), - a contact of a list element on the touch-sensiti- 1 -ve surface (15, 17) with an actuating object or an approach of an actuating object to the list element is detected, whereupon the list element is activated, and - after the activation of the list element, a first swiping movement of the actuating object on or in the vicinity of the touch-sensitive surface (15, 17) is detected, and - on or after the detection of the first swiping movement of the actuating object at least the non-activated list elements (L2, L3, L4, L5) are pushed out of the display area (14, 16) and an additional multimedia element allocated to the activated list element is pushed into the display area.