mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A circuit for operating at least one LED, having: - a driver circuit with a coil and a switch, which is connected in series with the coil and clocked at high frequency, wherein when the switch is closed the coil is magnetized and when the switch is open the coil is demagnetized in the form of a current through the LED over a demagnetization current path, and - a control unit for the control of the switch, characterized in that in the demagnetization current path a current detection means is provided, which delivers a current detection signal to the control unit, wherein the current detection signal is a signal reproducing the current through the LED, furthermore having an energy storage unit in the form of a battery for the supply of the driver circuit, a battery discharge current detection unit, which is connected functionally to the control unit in such a manner that a battery discharge current can be measured by the control unit, wherein in order to adjust the battery discharge current the current through the LED can be a adjusted depending on the detected battery discharge current by changing the switching frequency and/or the duty cycle of the switch of the driver circuit. - a driver circuit with a coil and a switch, which is connected in series with the coil and clocked at high frequency, wherein when the switch is closed the coil is magnetized and when the switch is open the coil is demagnetized in the form of a current through the LED over a demagnetization current path, and - a control unit for the control of the switch, characterized in that in the demagnetization current path a current detection means is provided, which delivers a current detection signal to the control unit, wherein the current detection signal is a signal reproducing the current through the LED, furthermore having an energy storage unit in the form of a battery for the supply of the driver circuit, a battery discharge current detection unit, which is connected functionally to the control unit in such a manner that a battery discharge current can be measured by the control unit, wherein in order to adjust the battery discharge current the current through the LED can be a adjusted depending on the detected battery discharge current by changing the switching frequency and/or the duty cycle of the switch of the driver circuit. - a control unit for the control of the switch, characterized in that in the demagnetization current path a current detection means is provided, which delivers a current detection signal to the control unit, wherein the current detection signal is a signal reproducing the current through the LED, furthermore having an energy storage unit in the form of a battery for the supply of the driver circuit, a battery discharge current detection unit, which is connected functionally to the control unit in such a manner that a battery discharge current can be measured by the control unit, wherein in order to adjust the battery discharge current the current through the LED can be a adjusted depending on the detected battery discharge current by changing the switching frequency and/or the duty cycle of the switch of the driver circuit.
Heating disk for heating up a stream of exhaust gas and/or a component for exhaust gas aftertreatment, with a honeycomb body, which is wound from a plurality of smooth and corrugated metal layers stacked one on top of the other, with a carrier shell (6, 22), in which the honeycomb body is received, and with an electrical contact structure, which is fed through the carrier shell (6, 22) and via which the honeycomb body can be connected to a current source, wherein, in the region enclosed by the carrier shell (6, 22), the electrical contact structure has a contact strip (4, 20) extending in the circumferential direction of the carrier shell (6, 22), wherein an insulating region is formed between the carrier shell (6, 22) and the contact strip (4, 20), wherein a plurality of stacks of layers (2, 21) electrically insulated from one another, which are each formed from a plurality of smooth metal layers and corrugated metal layers and which are arranged directly adjacent to one another, are connected electrically conductively to the contact strip (4, 20), characterized in that the carrier shell has a radially outwardly directed bulge, which forms a receptacle for the contact strip extending in the circumferential direction.
A genetic construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a first coding sequence, which encodes tyrosine hydroxylase, and a second coding sequence, which encodes GTP cyclohydrolase 1, wherein the second coding sequence is 3' to the first coding sequence, and the first and second coding sequences are part of a single operon, wherein the genetic construct does not encode aromatic amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), wherein the first coding sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID No:2, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 1 or SEQ ID No: 2, and/or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 21 or SEQ ID No:22, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 21 or SEQ ID No: 22, wherein the second coding sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 4, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 4, and/or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 23, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 23, and wherein the promoter comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID No: 5 or 25, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 5 or SEQ ID No: 25. wherein the first coding sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID No:2, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 1 or SEQ ID No: 2, and/or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 21 or SEQ ID No:22, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 21 or SEQ ID No: 22, wherein the second coding sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 4, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 4, and/or comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence as set out in SEQ ID NO: 23, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 23, and wherein the promoter comprises a nucleotide sequence as set out in SEQ ID No: 5 or 25, or a fragment or variant thereof having greater than 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID No: 5 or SEQ ID No: 25.
A device (4, 24, 50) for performing mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a patient comprising: a backboard (8, 32, 51); a motor; a piston support frame having two legs (7L, 7R, 31A, 31B) and a piston actuator housing, the piston support frame being secured to the backboard forming a channel between the two legs, the backboard and the piston actuator housing, wherein one of the two legs can be disengaged from a socket in the backboard; a piston operably housed within the piston actuator housing; an interface; and a controller configured to control actuation and operation of the motor to effectuate cyclic extension and retraction of the piston against the patient's chest to perform chest compression and assisted decompression during mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, wherein the controller and interface are integrated into the backboard (8, 32, 51). a backboard (8, 32, 51); a motor; a piston support frame having two legs (7L, 7R, 31A, 31B) and a piston actuator housing, the piston support frame being secured to the backboard forming a channel between the two legs, the backboard and the piston actuator housing, wherein one of the two legs can be disengaged from a socket in the backboard; a piston operably housed within the piston actuator housing; an interface; and a controller configured to control actuation and operation of the motor to effectuate cyclic extension and retraction of the piston against the patient's chest to perform chest compression and assisted decompression during mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, wherein the controller and interface are integrated into the backboard (8, 32, 51).
Backing arrangement for supporting a welded seam extending on a curved path which is formed between two curved work pieces by friction stir welding with a welding tool separate from the backing arrangement, which backing arrangement comprises: a backing body which is intended to bear upon the work pieces opposite a welding tool separate from the backing arrangement, to assume at least a part of a compression force that is exerted by the welding tool against the work pieces to keep material of the work pieces plasticized during a welding operation in an area of the welded seam, and a machine base to hold the backing body, wherein the backing body is equipped with a shoulder having a bottom surface configured to bear on the work pieces, the backing arrangement comprises a driving mechanism that is situated to rotate and/or oscillate the shoulder so that the bottom surface of the shoulder can thereby be made to carry out a rotating and/or oscillating motion against the work pieces for creating frictional heat in them, and the backing body is fixed at an outer end of a carrier arm included in the machine base, the machine base comprising an elongated carrier element and a support arm, said backing arrangement being characterized in that the carrier arm and the support arm are supported by the carrier element and are pivotable relative to the carrier element between a retracted position, in which the carrier arm and the support arm extend in a longitudinal direction of the carrier element, and a deployed position, in which the carrier arm and the support arm extend perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the carrier element. a backing body which is intended to bear upon the work pieces opposite a welding tool separate from the backing arrangement, to assume at least a part of a compression force that is exerted by the welding tool against the work pieces to keep material of the work pieces plasticized during a welding operation in an area of the welded seam, and a machine base to hold the backing body, wherein the backing body is equipped with a shoulder having a bottom surface configured to bear on the work pieces, the backing arrangement comprises a driving mechanism that is situated to rotate and/or oscillate the shoulder so that the bottom surface of the shoulder can thereby be made to carry out a rotating and/or oscillating motion against the work pieces for creating frictional heat in them, and the backing body is fixed at an outer end of a carrier arm included in the machine base, the machine base comprising an elongated carrier element and a support arm, said backing arrangement being characterized in that the carrier arm and the support arm are supported by the carrier element and are pivotable relative to the carrier element between a retracted position, in which the carrier arm and the support arm extend in a longitudinal direction of the carrier element, and a deployed position, in which the carrier arm and the support arm extend perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the carrier element.
Motor vehicle starter comprising: an electric motor comprising a rear armature shaft bearing armature windings and which is guided in rotation by a rear first bearing and by a front second bearing; a coaxial front output shaft which bears a starter drive and which is driven in rotation by the armature shaft; an epicyclic reduction gear set which is interposed axially between the rear armature shaft and the front output shaft in order to couple these; characterized in that the front second bearing is produced in the form of a multifunction component inserted axially between the armature windings and the reduction gear set so as to form a fluid tight partition between these elements (22, 44) and so as to perform functions of radially centring the armature shaft and acting as an axial thrust bearing therefor, and of axially immobilizing an inductor of the electric motor, and in that a bearing-surface portion of the armature shaft, having a greater diameter than any other portion of the armature shaft, is housed in the front bearing. an electric motor comprising a rear armature shaft bearing armature windings and which is guided in rotation by a rear first bearing and by a front second bearing; a coaxial front output shaft which bears a starter drive and which is driven in rotation by the armature shaft; an epicyclic reduction gear set which is interposed axially between the rear armature shaft and the front output shaft in order to couple these; characterized in that the front second bearing is produced in the form of a multifunction component inserted axially between the armature windings and the reduction gear set so as to form a fluid tight partition between these elements (22, 44) and so as to perform functions of radially centring the armature shaft and acting as an axial thrust bearing therefor, and of axially immobilizing an inductor of the electric motor, and in that a bearing-surface portion of the armature shaft, having a greater diameter than any other portion of the armature shaft, is housed in the front bearing.
Method for controlling a return valve of an exhaust system, wherein the exhaust system comprises: - a catalytic-converter system, - a urea-solution tank, - at least one dosing valve for injecting urea solution into the catalytic-converter system, - a line system which enables urea solution to flow from the urea-solution tank to the dosing valve and back, - a pump arranged in the line system between the urea-solution tank and the dosing valve, - a return valve arranged in the line system between the dosing valve and the urea-solution tank, and - a pressure sensor which is configured to measure the pressure in the line system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - determining whether one or more of the following states are present during the operation of the exhaust system: a) an injection rate per unit of time of urea solution of the dosing valve is less than or equal to a predefined injection limit, b) a pressure measured by the pressure sensor in the line system exceeds a predefined first upper pressure limit, - opening the return valve for a first predefined opening duration (Δt1) if states a) and b) are present and at least one of the states has already been present for at least a predefined period of time (Δta), - closing the return valve after the first predefined opening duration (Δt1) has elapsed, characterized in that the return valve is, after being closed, in a sequence, opened at least a second time for a second predefined opening duration (Δt2) and then closed again. - a catalytic-converter system, - a urea-solution tank, - at least one dosing valve for injecting urea solution into the catalytic-converter system, - a line system which enables urea solution to flow from the urea-solution tank to the dosing valve and back, - a pump arranged in the line system between the urea-solution tank and the dosing valve, - a return valve arranged in the line system between the dosing valve and the urea-solution tank, and - a pressure sensor which is configured to measure the pressure in the line system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - determining whether one or more of the following states are present during the operation of the exhaust system: a) an injection rate per unit of time of urea solution of the dosing valve is less than or equal to a predefined injection limit, b) a pressure measured by the pressure sensor in the line system exceeds a predefined first upper pressure limit, a) an injection rate per unit of time of urea solution of the dosing valve is less than or equal to a predefined injection limit, b) a pressure measured by the pressure sensor in the line system exceeds a predefined first upper pressure limit, - opening the return valve for a first predefined opening duration (Δt1) if states a) and b) are present and at least one of the states has already been present for at least a predefined period of time (Δta), - closing the return valve after the first predefined opening duration (Δt1) has elapsed, characterized in that
A method of fabricating an oscillating heat pipe (10;110;210;310) via layer-by-layer additive manufacturing, the method comprising: creating an electronic file defining the oscillating heat pipe in layers; building the oscillating heat pipe with an additive manufacturing process in which the oscillating heat pipe is built layer-by-layer, wherein the oscillating heat pipe comprises: a body (16;116); an array (18;118) of channels (20;120) that define a continuous loop through which a fluid flows, the array of channels being disposed in the body, wherein an inner surface of a channel of the array of channels comprises a flow directing feature (30A;30B) that is configured to promote a first direction of flow of the fluid through the channel and that is configured to provide resistance against a second direction of flow that is opposite the first direction of flow; an evaporator portion that includes a first end of the array of channels; and a condenser portion that includes a second end of the array of channels, wherein the array of channels is defined by cavities in the body as the body is formed with layer-by-layer additive manufacturing. creating an electronic file defining the oscillating heat pipe in layers; building the oscillating heat pipe with an additive manufacturing process in which the oscillating heat pipe is built layer-by-layer, wherein the oscillating heat pipe comprises: a body (16;116); an array (18;118) of channels (20;120) that define a continuous loop through which a fluid flows, the array of channels being disposed in the body, wherein an inner surface of a channel of the array of channels comprises a flow directing feature (30A;30B) that is configured to promote a first direction of flow of the fluid through the channel and that is configured to provide resistance against a second direction of flow that is opposite the first direction of flow; an evaporator portion that includes a first end of the array of channels; and a condenser portion that includes a second end of the array of channels, a body (16;116); an array (18;118) of channels (20;120) that define a continuous loop through which a fluid flows, the array of channels being disposed in the body, wherein an inner surface of a channel of the array of channels comprises a flow directing feature (30A;30B) that is configured to promote a first direction of flow of the fluid through the channel and that is configured to provide resistance against a second direction of flow that is opposite the first direction of flow; an evaporator portion that includes a first end of the array of channels; and a condenser portion that includes a second end of the array of channels, wherein the array of channels is defined by cavities in the body as the body is formed with layer-by-layer additive manufacturing.
An absorbent article comprising a water-absorbing sheet, a liquid-permeable sheet, and a liquid-impermeable sheet, wherein the water-absorbing sheet is sandwiched between the liquid-permeable sheet and the liquid-impermeable sheet, and wherein the water-absorbing sheet comprises: a first base material; a second base material; and a particulate water-absorbing agent sandwiched between the first base material and the second base material, at least one of said first base material and said second base material being a water-permeable base material, said particulate water-absorbing agent containing a first particulate water-absorbing agent and a second particulate water-absorbing agent, the first particulate water-absorbing agent being localized in the vicinity of the first base material and the second particulate water-absorbing agent being localized in the vicinity of the second base material, and said second particulate water-absorbing agent satisfying the following physical properties,, and: a centrifuge retention capacity is 30 g/g to 50 g/g; a mass average particle diameter is 200 μm to 600 μm; and a DRC index defined by the following Formula (a) is 43 or less: DRC index = 49 − DRC 5 min / D 50 / 1000 wherein a method for measuring the mass average particulate diameter is as described in paragraphs to of the publication EP 3 586 957 A1 of the present application, and the DRC5min is a value measured by a method as described in paragraphs to of the publication EP 3 586 957 A1 of the present application. a first base material; a second base material; and a particulate water-absorbing agent sandwiched between the first base material and the second base material, at least one of said first base material and said second base material being a water-permeable base material, said particulate water-absorbing agent containing a first particulate water-absorbing agent and a second particulate water-absorbing agent, the first particulate water-absorbing agent being localized in the vicinity of the first base material and the second particulate water-absorbing agent being localized in the vicinity of the second base material, and said second particulate water-absorbing agent satisfying the following physical properties,, and: a centrifuge retention capacity is 30 g/g to 50 g/g; a mass average particle diameter is 200 μm to 600 μm; and a DRC index defined by the following Formula (a) is 43 or less: DRC index = 49 − DRC 5 min / D 50 / 1000 a centrifuge retention capacity is 30 g/g to 50 g/g; a mass average particle diameter is 200 μm to 600 μm; and a DRC index defined by the following Formula (a) is 43 or less: DRC index = 49 − DRC 5 min / D 50 / 1000 wherein a method for measuring the mass average particulate diameter is as described in paragraphs to of the publication EP 3 586 957 A1 of the present application, and the DRC5min is a value measured by a method as described in paragraphs to of the publication EP 3 586 957 A1 of the present application.