mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Panel for forming a covering, more particularly a floor panel for forming a floor covering; wherein this panel comprises a substrate of a material on the basis of soft PVC; wherein this panel is rectangular, either oblong or square, and thus comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges; wherein both pairs of opposite edges (2-3, 4-5) comprise coupling parts (6-7, 8-9) allowing to mutually couple a plurality of such panels to each other; wherein these coupling parts (6-7, 8-9) at both pairs of edges (2-3, 4-5) form a first locking system which effects a locking in the plane of the panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, as well as form a second locking system which effects a locking perpendicular to the plane of the panels; and wherein these coupling parts (6-7, 8-9) substantially are realized from said substrate; wherein the coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges are configured such that two of such panels can be coupled to each other at these edges by means of a turning movement; and that the coupling parts at the second pair of opposite edges are configured such that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one panel in respect to the other, more particularly by means of the downward movement obtained as a result of the turning movement at the first pair of edges; wherein the first locking system at the second pair of opposite edges is formed at least of an upwardly directed lower hook-shaped portion which is situated at one of said two edges, as well as of a downwardly directed upper hook-shaped portion which is situated at the opposite edge; wherein the lower hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with an upwardly directed locking element, whereas the upper hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with a downwardly directed locking element; wherein in said substrate, a reinforcement layer is present, which extends in the plane of the panel; characterized in that both of said lips are configured such that, seen in cross-section, they are at least over a certain portion (G1-G2) free from said reinforcement layer so that the reinforcement layer cannot affect the bendability in these portions in a disadvantageous manner. wherein the first locking system at the second pair of opposite edges is formed at least of an upwardly directed lower hook-shaped portion which is situated at one of said two edges, as well as of a downwardly directed upper hook-shaped portion which is situated at the opposite edge; wherein the lower hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with an upwardly directed locking element, whereas the upper hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with a downwardly directed locking element; wherein in said substrate, a reinforcement layer is present, which extends in the plane of the panel; characterized in that both of said lips are configured such that, seen in cross-section, they are at least over a certain portion (G1-G2) free from said reinforcement layer so that the reinforcement layer cannot affect the bendability in these portions in a disadvantageous manner.
A cable comprising at least one insulated electrically conductive element and at least one outer sheath surrounding said insulated electrically conductive element, characterized in that: - said cable also comprises a filling layer comprising a nonwoven fibrous material and a geopolymer material impregnating said nonwoven fibrous material, said filling layer being inserted between said insulated electrically conductive element and the outer sheath, and in that: - (a) said cable comprises a plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, and the filling layer surrounds said plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, or - (b) said cable further comprises a metal layer containing one or more apertures, said metal layer surrounding the insulated electrically conductive element, and said filling layer surrounding the metal layer. - said cable also comprises a filling layer comprising a nonwoven fibrous material and a geopolymer material impregnating said nonwoven fibrous material, said filling layer being inserted between said insulated electrically conductive element and the outer sheath, and in that: - (a) said cable comprises a plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, and the filling layer surrounds said plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, or - (b) said cable further comprises a metal layer containing one or more apertures, said metal layer surrounding the insulated electrically conductive element, and said filling layer surrounding the metal layer. - (a) said cable comprises a plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, and the filling layer surrounds said plurality of insulated electrically conductive elements, or - (b) said cable further comprises a metal layer containing one or more apertures, said metal layer surrounding the insulated electrically conductive element, and said filling layer surrounding the metal layer.
A method for generating a hybrid spread waveform, the method comprising: generating the hybrid spread waveform comprising a data portion and a hybrid guard interval, HGI, portion, wherein the HGI portion comprises a fixed portion and an adaptive low power tail, LPT, portion, wherein the fixed portion is a fixed prefix portion or a fixed suffix portion and the fixed portion comprises a fixed low power cyclic prefix, LPCP, and wherein the adaptive LPT portion is dynamically adapted based on a channel delay spread and an LPCP length, and wherein the LPCP length is calculated based on delay spread and power regrowth length; and transmitting the generated hybrid spread waveform comprising the data portion and the HGI portion. generating the hybrid spread waveform comprising a data portion and a hybrid guard interval, HGI, portion, wherein the HGI portion comprises a fixed portion and an adaptive low power tail, LPT, portion, wherein the fixed portion is a fixed prefix portion or a fixed suffix portion and the fixed portion comprises a fixed low power cyclic prefix, LPCP, and wherein the adaptive LPT portion is dynamically adapted based on a channel delay spread and an LPCP length, and wherein the LPCP length is calculated based on delay spread and power regrowth length; and transmitting the generated hybrid spread waveform comprising the data portion and the HGI portion.
An injectable salted aqueous suspension of functional animal muscle tissue protein composition which can be injected into food when pumped through a syringe or by vacuum tumbling wherein said salted aqueous suspension of functional animal muscle tissue comprises sarcoplasmic proteins and myofibrillar proteins derived from animal muscle tissue obtained by the process comprising the steps of: a. comminuting animal muscle tissue to form comminuted animal muscle tissue, b. mixing said comminuted animal muscle tissue with a food grade alkaline composition to solubilize animal muscle protein thereby forming an aqueous basic solution of animal muscle protein having a pH between 10.5 and 12.5, c. then mixing said aqueous basic solution with a food grade acid composition to form an aqueous composition of animal muscle protein having a pH between 4.7 and 9.5, wherein said food grade acid is citric acid, ascorbic acid or phosphoric acid or mixtures thereof, d. then mixing said aqueous composition of step c with salt to form a salted aqueous composition of animal muscle protein, and e. then comminuting said salted aqueous composition of step d of animal muscle protein to form the injectable salted aqueous suspension of functional animal muscle tissue protein composition including sarcoplasmic proteins and myofibrillar proteins whereby said injectable salted aqueous suspension does not block the fluid pathway of the syringe when injected into food by pumping through a syringe or is not retained on the surface of the food by not penetrating the surface when injected into food by vacuum tumbling. a. comminuting animal muscle tissue to form comminuted animal muscle tissue, b. mixing said comminuted animal muscle tissue with a food grade alkaline composition to solubilize animal muscle protein thereby forming an aqueous basic solution of animal muscle protein having a pH between 10.5 and 12.5, c. then mixing said aqueous basic solution with a food grade acid composition to form an aqueous composition of animal muscle protein having a pH between 4.7 and 9.5, wherein said food grade acid is citric acid, ascorbic acid or phosphoric acid or mixtures thereof, d. then mixing said aqueous composition of step c with salt to form a salted aqueous composition of animal muscle protein, and e. then comminuting said salted aqueous composition of step d of animal muscle protein to form the injectable salted aqueous suspension of functional animal muscle tissue protein composition including sarcoplasmic proteins and myofibrillar proteins whereby said injectable salted aqueous suspension does not block the fluid pathway of the syringe when injected into food by pumping through a syringe or is not retained on the surface of the food by not penetrating the surface when injected into food by vacuum tumbling.
Tie rod for motor vehicles, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a tube which is provided at least on one side with an internal thread, which screws in a first rotational direction, and into which a threaded sleeve is screwed on the end side, the threaded sleeve having an internal thread which screws in the opposite direction to the first rotational direction, with a shank screwed therein of a ball joint housing, characterized in that the threaded sleeve is received completely in the end section of the tube and the fixing of the tube to that shank of the ball joint housing which is screwed into the threaded sleeve takes place exclusively by way of axial bracing by means of a lock nut.
A system for treating mucosal tissue in an esophagus, said system comprising: an elongated member; an energy delivery structure comprising an arcuate surface configured to deploy by advancing from a distal end of the elongated member and collapse by retracting into the distal end of the elongated member; an electrode array coupled to the arcuate surface of the energy delivery structure and configured to engage a surface of the esophagus; and means for delivering energy to the electrode array to ablate a mucosal layer of the engaged surface characterized in that the arcuate surface is a partially-circumferential arcuate surface. an elongated member; an energy delivery structure comprising an arcuate surface configured to deploy by advancing from a distal end of the elongated member and collapse by retracting into the distal end of the elongated member; an electrode array coupled to the arcuate surface of the energy delivery structure and configured to engage a surface of the esophagus; and means for delivering energy to the electrode array to ablate a mucosal layer of the engaged surface characterized in that the arcuate surface is a partially-circumferential arcuate surface.
An assembling apparatus adapted to assembly a connector case made of thin plate, the case comprising a bottom case and a top case, a latch being formed on each side wall of the bottom case, a locking spring being formed on each side plate of the top case, and the lock springs being adapted to be fitted into the latches from an inner side of the latches, respectively, when the side plates of the top case are located at a predetermined position with respect to the top wall of the top case, the assembling apparatus comprising: a base configured to position and support the bottom case; an operation mechanism adapted to hold and move the top case; and a guide device (310, 320) adapted to be disposed at the inner side of the latch and configured to guide the side plate to the predetermined position, so that the lock spring on the side plate of the top case is fitted into the latch smoothly. a base configured to position and support the bottom case; an operation mechanism adapted to hold and move the top case; and a guide device (310, 320) adapted to be disposed at the inner side of the latch and configured to guide the side plate to the predetermined position, so that the lock spring on the side plate of the top case is fitted into the latch smoothly.
A rapid semiquantitative method for determining ADAMTS-13 activity in a patient plasma sample, comprising the steps of: a) pre-incubating said patient sample with an ADAMTS-13-cleavable peptide, b) applying the pre-treated sample of step a) to a single test unit which comprises a membrane with an immobilized capture antibody specific for the ADAMTS-13-cleaved peptide, wherein the sample flows through said membrane into an absorbent pad, c) binding of said ADAMTS-13-cleaved peptide to the capture antibody thereby forming an immobilized complex, d) adding a solution comprising a secondary biotin labelled antibody thereby forming a three-membered complex with the immobilized complex of step c), e) adding a solution comprising a chromogenic substance thereby causing a visible color change indicative of the presence of ADAMTS-13, wherein said chromogenic substance is a streptavidin-gold, and determining ADAMTS-13 activity in said patient sample by comparing the signal intensity to a color standard card. a) pre-incubating said patient sample with an ADAMTS-13-cleavable peptide, b) applying the pre-treated sample of step a) to a single test unit which comprises a membrane with an immobilized capture antibody specific for the ADAMTS-13-cleaved peptide, wherein the sample flows through said membrane into an absorbent pad, c) binding of said ADAMTS-13-cleaved peptide to the capture antibody thereby forming an immobilized complex, d) adding a solution comprising a secondary biotin labelled antibody thereby forming a three-membered complex with the immobilized complex of step c), e) adding a solution comprising a chromogenic substance thereby causing a visible color change indicative of the presence of ADAMTS-13, wherein said chromogenic substance is a streptavidin-gold, and
Method for determining the interstitial oxygen concentration ([Oi](x, y)) in an ingot of semiconductor material, comprising the following steps of: a) cutting a slab from the ingot along a longitudinal plane of the ingot; b) measuring the interstitial oxygen concentration at several points (O', A, B, C, D) distributed on a width (z) of the slab in the longitudinal cutting plane of the ingot; c) converting the measurements (O', A, B, C, D) of the interstitial oxygen concentration on the width (z) of the slab into measurements (O', A', B', C', D') of the interstitial oxygen concentration on a depth (h) of the slab; d) extrapolating a radial profile ([Oi](x)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration in the ingot from the measurements ([Oi](h)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration on the depth (h) of the slab; e) repeating steps b) to d) at different zones distributed along the slab, resulting in a plurality of radial profiles ([Oi](x)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration in the ingot; and f) correlating the radial profiles ([Oi](x)) in order to determine the interstitial oxygen concentration ([Oi](x, y)) in each zone of the ingot. a) cutting a slab from the ingot along a longitudinal plane of the ingot; b) measuring the interstitial oxygen concentration at several points (O', A, B, C, D) distributed on a width (z) of the slab in the longitudinal cutting plane of the ingot; c) converting the measurements (O', A, B, C, D) of the interstitial oxygen concentration on the width (z) of the slab into measurements (O', A', B', C', D') of the interstitial oxygen concentration on a depth (h) of the slab; d) extrapolating a radial profile ([Oi](x)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration in the ingot from the measurements ([Oi](h)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration on the depth (h) of the slab; e) repeating steps b) to d) at different zones distributed along the slab, resulting in a plurality of radial profiles ([Oi](x)) of the interstitial oxygen concentration in the ingot; and f) correlating the radial profiles ([Oi](x)) in order to determine the interstitial oxygen concentration ([Oi](x, y)) in each zone of the ingot.
A spark plug comprising: an insulator having a through hole formed therein in an axis direction; a center electrode disposed in the through hole, with a front end portion of the center electrode protruding from a front end of the insulator; a metal terminal disposed in the through hole, with a rear end portion of the metal terminal protruding from a rear end of the insulator; a first resistor containing at least a conductive material and a glass material and located between the center electrode and the metal terminal within the through hole; a pair of front and rear conductive glass seal layers (16, 17) located adjacent to front and rear ends of the first resistor, respectively; and a seal contact member located adjacent to a rear end of the rear conductive glass seal layer characterized by a second resistor located adjacent to a rear end of the seal contact member and provided in the form of a wire-wound resistor having 30 or more turns of wire; and a conductive elastic member located between the second resistor and the metal terminal. an insulator having a through hole formed therein in an axis direction; a center electrode disposed in the through hole, with a front end portion of the center electrode protruding from a front end of the insulator; a metal terminal disposed in the through hole, with a rear end portion of the metal terminal protruding from a rear end of the insulator; a first resistor containing at least a conductive material and a glass material and located between the center electrode and the metal terminal within the through hole; a pair of front and rear conductive glass seal layers (16, 17) located adjacent to front and rear ends of the first resistor, respectively; and a seal contact member located adjacent to a rear end of the rear conductive glass seal layer characterized by a second resistor located adjacent to a rear end of the seal contact member and provided in the form of a wire-wound resistor having 30 or more turns of wire; and a conductive elastic member located between the second resistor and the metal terminal.
Device for the generation of hydrogen from hydrogen-containing compounds, comprising a plurality of units made of respectively at least one optical concentrator for concentrating sunlight onto at least one solar cell, at least one solar cell being not in contact with the hydrogen-containing compounds and being electrically connected to an electrolysis unit having an anode in contact with the hydrogen-containing compounds and a cathode, wherein the units are disposed on a tracking system following the position of the sun and the electrolysis unit has an operating temperature of -10°C to 200°C.
A liquid composition comprising: a) 5 to 25% anionic surfactant; b) 0 to 5% non-ionic surfactant c) optional amphoteric surfactant, wherein anionic surfactant is 50% or more of surfactants; d) 0.5 to 3% caprylic acid; wherein pH is 4.5 to 5.5, preferably 4.5 to 5.1, wherein there is additionally present an organic acid having pKa of 4.5 to 5.0, a logP greater than 1.8 and water solubility greater than 0.5 g/100 ml. a) 5 to 25% anionic surfactant; b) 0 to 5% non-ionic surfactant c) optional amphoteric surfactant, wherein anionic surfactant is 50% or more of surfactants; d) 0.5 to 3% caprylic acid; wherein pH is 4.5 to 5.5, preferably 4.5 to 5.1,
A method for mirroring data between a plurality of sites, comprising: maintaining, at a first site of the plurality of sites, a first record that identifies which changes made to one or more data blocks stored at the first site have had associated redo information replicated to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, characterized by: the first site implements a write-ahead logging scheme; determining if the first site replicates, to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, write transactions, that are executed at the first site, in the order in which the write transactions were issued; and if the first site does not replicate, to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, write transactions, that are executed at the first site, in the order in which the write transactions were issued, then durably storing, at the first site, a data block, of the one or more data blocks, only after the first record indicates that any changes made to the data block at the first site have had their respective redo information replicated to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites. maintaining, at a first site of the plurality of sites, a first record that identifies which changes made to one or more data blocks stored at the first site have had associated redo information replicated to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, characterized by: the first site implements a write-ahead logging scheme; determining if the first site replicates, to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, write transactions, that are executed at the first site, in the order in which the write transactions were issued; and if the first site does not replicate, to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites, write transactions, that are executed at the first site, in the order in which the write transactions were issued, then durably storing, at the first site, a data block, of the one or more data blocks, only after the first record indicates that any changes made to the data block at the first site have had their respective redo information replicated to the other site/sites of the plurality of sites.
A method of measuring reflectivity in a heating appliance comprising a substrate for receiving an item of cookware, the method comprising: emitting a time-varying electromagnetic signal from a first side of the substrate, a portion of the time-varying electromagnetic signal propagating through the substrate; receiving electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) at the first side of the substrate, the received electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) comprising a background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received and a reflected component of the time-varying electromagnetic signal reflected by the substrate; applying a gain factor to translate the received electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) to a receive electrical signal, the gain factor applied being responsive to the background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received; identifying an offset signal component from the receive electrical signal, the offset signal component arising from the background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received; estimating the gain factor from the offset signal component using a characterisation of the offset signal component; and calculating the reflectivity using the receive electrical signal and the estimated gain factor. emitting a time-varying electromagnetic signal from a first side of the substrate, a portion of the time-varying electromagnetic signal propagating through the substrate; receiving electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) at the first side of the substrate, the received electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) comprising a background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received and a reflected component of the time-varying electromagnetic signal reflected by the substrate; applying a gain factor to translate the received electromagnetic radiation (112, 118) to a receive electrical signal, the gain factor applied being responsive to the background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received; identifying an offset signal component from the receive electrical signal, the offset signal component arising from the background ambient component of electromagnetic radiation received; estimating the gain factor from the offset signal component using a characterisation of the offset signal component; and calculating the reflectivity using the receive electrical signal and the estimated gain factor.