mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A hybrid powertrain including: - a combustion engine; - an electric machine arrangement; - a gearbox operable to receive rotational power from at least one of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement, the gearbox being operable to provide motive power to a load; - a control unit coupled in communication with the combustion engine, the electric machine arrangement and the gearbox for controlling their operation; - wherein the powertrain is configurable in operation so that its combustion engine is switchable between an inactive state and an active state, said combustion engine requiring to be cranked to switch it from its inactive state to its active state; and - wherein one or more of rotational shafts (340, 350, 380) of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement are provided with one or more sensors for determining a measure of torque coupled to the combustion engine when cranking the combustion engine and causing it to be activated, such measure of torque being processed using a torque simulation of the powertrain (300, 1000) executed in operation on computing hardware of the control unit for providing control of the electric machine arrangement for at least partially compensating any abrupt changes in torque occurring in the powertrain, and characterized in that - application of cranking torque to the combustion engine is controlled in operation to substantially temporally coincide with the gearbox being engaged to couple motive power to the load of the powertrain. - a combustion engine; - an electric machine arrangement; - a gearbox operable to receive rotational power from at least one of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement, the gearbox being operable to provide motive power to a load; - a control unit coupled in communication with the combustion engine, the electric machine arrangement and the gearbox for controlling their operation; - wherein the powertrain is configurable in operation so that its combustion engine is switchable between an inactive state and an active state, said combustion engine requiring to be cranked to switch it from its inactive state to its active state; and - wherein one or more of rotational shafts (340, 350, 380) of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement are provided with one or more sensors for determining a measure of torque coupled to the combustion engine when cranking the combustion engine and causing it to be activated, such measure of torque being processed using a torque simulation of the powertrain (300, 1000) executed in operation on computing hardware of the control unit for providing control of the electric machine arrangement for at least partially compensating any abrupt changes in torque occurring in the powertrain, and characterized in that - application of cranking torque to the combustion engine is controlled in operation to substantially temporally coincide with the gearbox being engaged to couple motive power to the load of the powertrain.
An adhesive composition, comprising: a) an oligomer having an isocyanate group and a (meth)acryloxy group; b) a (meth)acrylic monomer and/or oligomer not having an isocyanate group; c) a photoinitiator; and d) a peroxide. a) an oligomer having an isocyanate group and a (meth)acryloxy group; b) a (meth)acrylic monomer and/or oligomer not having an isocyanate group; c) a photoinitiator; and d) a peroxide.
A method for purification of a target in a solution, comprising: providing a target in a solution, the solution comprising one or more contaminants; providing a polymer conjugate in the solution, wherein the polymer conjugate is configured to specifically bind the target; incubating the solution at a first temperature to facilitate binding of the polymer conjugate to the target; providing an environmentally-responsive block copolymer in the solution, wherein the environmentally-responsive block copolymer comprises one or more of an ethylene oxide, a propylene oxide, or an EO/PO block copolymer; and heating the solution comprising the environmentally-responsive block copolymer and the polymer conjugate bound to the target at a second temperature to initiate a liquid-liquid phase separation, wherein the liquid-liquid phase separation produces an aqueous phase and a liquid polymer phase, and wherein the liquid polymer phase comprises the polymer conjugate bound to the target. providing a target in a solution, the solution comprising one or more contaminants; providing a polymer conjugate in the solution, wherein the polymer conjugate is configured to specifically bind the target; incubating the solution at a first temperature to facilitate binding of the polymer conjugate to the target; providing an environmentally-responsive block copolymer in the solution, wherein the environmentally-responsive block copolymer comprises one or more of an ethylene oxide, a propylene oxide, or an EO/PO block copolymer; and heating the solution comprising the environmentally-responsive block copolymer and the polymer conjugate bound to the target at a second temperature to initiate a liquid-liquid phase separation, wherein the liquid-liquid phase separation produces an aqueous phase and a liquid polymer phase, and wherein the liquid polymer phase comprises the polymer conjugate bound to the target.
A portable scanner for generating a three dimensional image from a subject for use in production of a toupee, the portable scanner comprising a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device and a third light emitting device, the third light emitting device being arranged to irradiate the subject with a set pattern light, a photographing device to photograph the subject irradiated with the set pattern light while the subject is irradiated with the set pattern lights sequentially at a set focal length, a controller to generate 3D image data of the subject by using multiple pieces of 2D image data obtained by photographing the subject in mutual different directions, and a display to display 2D image data obtained through photographing of the photographing device, the portable scanner further comprising: a focus state output device to determine a present focus state with respect to a set focal length from a subject and to output the present focus state to at least one of the display and the subject such that a user recognizes the present focus state; wherein the focus state output device includes: the first light emitting device, said first light emitting device being arranged to obliquely irradiate a focusing beam to a surface of the subject at a predetermined angle; a sensor to sense a position of the focusing beam irradiated to the subject; a focus state determining device to determine the present focus state with respect to the set focal length based on the position of the focusing beam sensed in a region of interest of the subject; and the second light emitting device, the second light emitting device being arranged to output the present focus state in a form of a visible light, to the subject such that the user recognizes the present focus state, the second light emitting device outputting the present focus state in a form of at least one of a preset character, a preset sign, or mutually different colors. the first light emitting device, said first light emitting device being arranged to obliquely irradiate a focusing beam to a surface of the subject at a predetermined angle; a sensor to sense a position of the focusing beam irradiated to the subject; a focus state determining device to determine the present focus state with respect to the set focal length based on the position of the focusing beam sensed in a region of interest of the subject; and the second light emitting device, the second light emitting device being arranged to output the present focus state in a form of a visible light, to the subject such that the user recognizes the present focus state, the second light emitting device outputting the present focus state in a form of at least one of a preset character, a preset sign, or mutually different colors.
A method of producing cottage cheese comprising the steps of: a) providing skimmed milk; b) concentrating the protein content of the milk of step a) by removal of sweet whey by means of microfiltration, ultra filtration or any combination of MF and UF; c) providing acid whey or acidic UF permeate; d) subjecting the acid whey of step c) to a treatment selected form UF, heat treatment or any combination to enable reduction of bacteriophages; e) mixing the milk concentrate obtained in step b) with the acid whey or acidic UF permeate obtained in step d); f) transferring the mixture obtained in step e) to a cheese vat wherein a bacterial culture and optionally rennet are added, followed by stirring and cutting to produce cottage cheese curd and acid whey which is drained off; g) recirculating all of or a part of the acid whey obtained in step f) to the UF and/or heat treatment in step d); and h) treating the curd obtained in step f) in a conventional manner to obtain cottage cheese. a) providing skimmed milk; b) concentrating the protein content of the milk of step a) by removal of sweet whey by means of microfiltration, ultra filtration or any combination of MF and UF; c) providing acid whey or acidic UF permeate; d) subjecting the acid whey of step c) to a treatment selected form UF, heat treatment or any combination to enable reduction of bacteriophages; e) mixing the milk concentrate obtained in step b) with the acid whey or acidic UF permeate obtained in step d); f) transferring the mixture obtained in step e) to a cheese vat wherein a bacterial culture and optionally rennet are added, followed by stirring and cutting to produce cottage cheese curd and acid whey which is drained off; g) recirculating all of or a part of the acid whey obtained in step f) to the UF and/or heat treatment in step d); and h) treating the curd obtained in step f) in a conventional manner to obtain cottage cheese.
A carrier for electrostatic latent image developing comprising: carrier cores containing at least a binder resin having carboxyl groups and an acid value of at least 10 mg KOH/g and magnetic material particles; and a shell layer that covers the carrier core, wherein the shell layer consists of a resin selected from the group consisting of a polycondensation product of melamine and formaldehyde and a polycondensation product of urea and formaldehyde, said resin being formed on the carrier core by an initial addition reaction of formaldehyde with either melanine or urea to obtain an intermediate having methyol groups, followed by condensenation of the intermedidate; and wherein covalent bonds are formed between the carrier core and shell layer through the reaction between carboxyl groups of the carrier core and methylol groups of the intermediate of the resin of the shell layer. carrier cores containing at least a binder resin having carboxyl groups and an acid value of at least 10 mg KOH/g and magnetic material particles; and a shell layer that covers the carrier core, wherein the shell layer consists of a resin selected from the group consisting of a polycondensation product of melamine and formaldehyde and a polycondensation product of urea and formaldehyde, said resin being formed on the carrier core by an initial addition reaction of formaldehyde with either melanine or urea to obtain an intermediate having methyol groups, followed by condensenation of the intermedidate; and wherein covalent bonds are formed between the carrier core and shell layer through the reaction between carboxyl groups of the carrier core and methylol groups of the intermediate of the resin of the shell layer.
A flame retardant composition comprising: a) a base resin comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer which comprises a polypropylene homo- or copolymer matrix and an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in said matrix, and b) a metal hydroxide, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has melt flow rate, measured at a temperature 230°C and a load of 2.16 kg according to ISO1133, below 0.8 g/10min and a xylene cold soluble fraction content between 1 and 15 wt% based on the total weight of the heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the base resin and the metal hydroxide make up to 90 wt% of the entire composition. a) a base resin comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer which comprises a polypropylene homo- or copolymer matrix and an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in said matrix, and b) a metal hydroxide,
Method of purifying 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) by recrystallisation comprising dissolving crude 5-MeO-DMT in a recrystallisation solvent at a temperature above room temperature cooling the obtained solution to a temperature below room temperature to precipitate solid 5-MeO-DMT separating the solid 5-MeO-DMT from the remaining solution removing recrystallisation solvent from the crystalline 5-MeO-DMT wherein the recrystallisation solvent contains at least 98 wt% methyl tert.-butyl ether (MTBE). dissolving crude 5-MeO-DMT in a recrystallisation solvent at a temperature above room temperature cooling the obtained solution to a temperature below room temperature to precipitate solid 5-MeO-DMT separating the solid 5-MeO-DMT from the remaining solution removing recrystallisation solvent from the crystalline 5-MeO-DMT wherein the recrystallisation solvent contains at least 98 wt% methyl tert.-butyl ether (MTBE).
Core-shell nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles comprise: (a) core material comprising polymer; and (b) shell material comprising metal oxide, wherein the polymer is selected from cationic polymers, and wherein the primary average particle size is 350 nm or less as measured using TEM. (a) core material comprising polymer; and (b) shell material comprising metal oxide,
Fuel delivery device for an internal combustion engine, having a housing for receiving at least one delivery module and having a drive shaft for driving the delivery module, wherein the drive shaft is rotatably mounted in a bearing bore of the housing, and wherein, within the bearing bore, there is arranged a seal arrangement comprising at least one shaft sealing ring for sealing off a fuel-conducting interior region with respect to a lubricant-conducting exterior region, wherein the drive shaft has a lubricant path which conducts lubricant from radially inside to radially outside in relation to the longitudinal axis A of the drive shaft to the diameter of a sealing contour, which bears against the drive shaft, of the shaft sealing ring, such that, during the operation of the fuel delivery device, the shaft sealing ring can be supplied with lubricant via the lubricant path through the utilization of centrifugal force, characterized in that the lubricant path at least partially extends over a conically running circumferential region of the drive shaft.
An ostomy device comprising an adhesive wafer for attachment to a skin surface of a user, and a collecting bag for collecting output from a stoma, the bag being connected to the adhesive wafer; the adhesive wafer having a through-going hole for accommodating the stoma of the user; and the adhesive wafer comprising a backing layer, a first adhesive layer, a second absorbent adhesive layer, the first adhesive layer at least partly overlying an outer edge portion of the second adhesive layer, and the second adhesive layer has a central portion with a first thickness and an outer edge portion with a second thickness, the first thickness being larger than the second thickness characterized in that the first adhesive layer is a switchable adhesive layer, the ostomy device further comprises a release liner and that the first switchable adhesive layer and the second absorbent adhesive layer are located between the backing layer and the release liner.
Timepiece movement comprising a movable element (22, 22A, 82), which is capable of being driven along an axis of displacement and of being momentarily immobilised in any one stable position of a plurality of discrete stable positions, and a device for positioning said movable element in any one of the plurality of discrete stable positions, characterized in that the positioning device comprises a lever and a magnetic system formed of a first magnet, a second magnet integral with the lever and a magnetic structure (38, 38A, 84) integral with the movable element, said magnetic structure being formed of a highly magnetically permeable material and having, relative to said axis of displacement, a transverse dimension that varies periodically to define a plurality of periods respectively corresponding to the distances to be covered by the movable element between the positions of the plurality of discrete stable positions; in that the first and second magnets are arranged such that their magnetic axes are in opposite directions, in projection onto a reference axis (A REF) substantially passing through the respective centres of said first and second magnets, and respectively on either side of the magnetic structure so that, when the movable element is driven along its displacement axis from any one stable position to the next stable position, the magnetic structure moves between the first and second magnets, the magnetic system being further arranged such that, when the movable element is driven along its axis of displacement, from any one stable position to the next stable position, a first magnetic torque exerted on the lever carrying the second magnet has a first direction over a first section (TR1a, TR1b) and a second direction, opposite to the first direction, over a second section of the corresponding distance, said first direction corresponding to a return torque towards the movable element for a contact portion of said lever; and in that the magnetic structure is arranged along said axis of displacement such that, in each position of the plurality of discrete stable positions, said first magnetic torque is applied in said first direction.
A spinal surgical system, comprising: a connecting member including an elongated body having a length sized to extend between at least two vertebrae (V1, V2, V3); and an anchor assembly including a distal bone engaging portion engageable to bony structure and a receiver extending proximally from said bone engaging portion, said receiver including a passage between opposite arms (66, 68) of said receiver with said passage opening at opposite sides of said arms (66, 68) of said receiver and with said passage further opening at a proximal end of said receiver, wherein said arms (66, 68) each include a distal portion (70, 72) along said passage and a proximal break-off portion (67, 69) extending proximally from said distal portion (70, 72), characterised in that said anchor assembly further including an extension having a pair of elongated members (20, 22) extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end of a respective one of said pair of elongated members (20, 22) to said break-off portions (67, 69) of said receiver, each of said elongated members (20, 22) of said extension including a distal mounting structure (30, 32) that captures said break-off portion (67, 69) of said respective arm (66, 68) so that when said break-off portion (67, 69) is separated from said distal portion (70, 72) of said respective arm (66, 68) said elongate member (20, 22) and said break-off portion (67, 69) remain engaged to one another. a connecting member including an elongated body having a length sized to extend between at least two vertebrae (V1, V2, V3); and an anchor assembly including a distal bone engaging portion engageable to bony structure and a receiver extending proximally from said bone engaging portion, said receiver including a passage between opposite arms (66, 68) of said receiver with said passage opening at opposite sides of said arms (66, 68) of said receiver and with said passage further opening at a proximal end of said receiver, wherein said arms (66, 68) each include a distal portion (70, 72) along said passage and a proximal break-off portion (67, 69) extending proximally from said distal portion (70, 72), characterised in that said anchor assembly further including an extension having a pair of elongated members (20, 22) extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end of a respective one of said pair of elongated members (20, 22) to said break-off portions (67, 69) of said receiver, each of said elongated members (20, 22) of said extension including a distal mounting structure (30, 32) that captures said break-off portion (67, 69) of said respective arm (66, 68) so that when said break-off portion (67, 69) is separated from said distal portion (70, 72) of said respective arm (66, 68) said elongate member (20, 22) and said break-off portion (67, 69) remain engaged to one another.
A moving image coding apparatus which divides a moving image into macroblocks and codes each of the macroblocks, the apparatus comprising: a macroblock size determination means for determining a size of each of the macroblocks on a sequence by sequence basis or on a frame by frame basis, the sequence is a set of a plurality of continuous frames and each of the continuous frames is temporally divided from the moving image; a macroblock dividing means for dividing the moving image into the macroblocks each having the size determined by the macroblock size determination means; a macroblock coding means for determining a coding mode for each of the macroblocks, and for coding pixel values in each of the macroblocks according to the determined coding mode, wherein the macroblocks are further divided into regions on each of which motion compensation is to be performed, the size of said regions being determined according to the macroblock size; and a multiplexing means for multiplexing information indicating whether to change the macroblock size information for each frame or each sequence into a bitstream in units of each sequence, and for multiplexing, when changing of the macroblock size information for each frame is selected, the macroblock size information determined by the macroblock size determination means into the bitstream in units of each frame, and for multiplexing, when changing of the macroblock size information for each sequence is selected, the macroblock size information into the bit stream in units of each sequence. a macroblock size determination means for determining a size of each of the macroblocks on a sequence by sequence basis or on a frame by frame basis, the sequence is a set of a plurality of continuous frames and each of the continuous frames is temporally divided from the moving image; a macroblock dividing means for dividing the moving image into the macroblocks each having the size determined by the macroblock size determination means; a macroblock coding means for determining a coding mode for each of the macroblocks, and for coding pixel values in each of the macroblocks according to the determined coding mode, wherein the macroblocks are further divided into regions on each of which motion compensation is to be performed, the size of said regions being determined according to the macroblock size; and a multiplexing means for multiplexing information indicating whether to change the macroblock size information for each frame or each sequence into a bitstream in units of each sequence, and for multiplexing, when changing of the macroblock size information for each frame is selected, the macroblock size information determined by the macroblock size determination means into the bitstream in units of each frame, and for multiplexing, when changing of the macroblock size information for each sequence is selected, the macroblock size information into the bit stream in units of each sequence.