mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining an expansion coefficient of a test material comprising a reinforced resin comprising fibers embedded into said resin, the method comprising: receiving first image data of a compound material, wherein the compound material comprises a plate and a layer of the test material, which is attached to the plate; receiving at least one second image data of the compound material, which has been exposed to an environmental condition, before the second image data has been recorded; determining a measured deformation of the compound material by comparing the first image data and the second image data; performing a simulated deformation of a model of the compound material exposed to the environmental condition and determining the expansion coefficients of the test material with respect to at least two directions by varying the expansion coefficients until the simulated deformation conforms to the measured deformation, wherein the model contains information on warp and weft directions. receiving first image data of a compound material, wherein the compound material comprises a plate and a layer of the test material, which is attached to the plate; receiving at least one second image data of the compound material, which has been exposed to an environmental condition, before the second image data has been recorded; determining a measured deformation of the compound material by comparing the first image data and the second image data; performing a simulated deformation of a model of the compound material exposed to the environmental condition and determining the expansion coefficients of the test material with respect to at least two directions by varying the expansion coefficients until the simulated deformation conforms to the measured deformation, wherein the model contains information on warp and weft directions.
An atomizing device for an electronic cigarette, characterized by comprising: an atomizing sleeve, comprising an air pipe portion and a connection portion, wherein a head end of the air pipe portion is connected to a mouthpiece and a tail end of the air pipe portion is connected to a head end of the connection portion, an e-liquid hole is arranged at the tail end of the connection portion; an atomizing core, removably arranged in the atomizing sleeve, wherein the atomizing core is configured to be inserted into the connection portion via a tail end of the connection portion, and then be connected to the tail end of the air pipe portion; and a sealing mechanism, comprising a return spring and a liquid stopper, wherein the liquid stopper is arranged on an outer side of the connection portion and is connected to the atomizing sleeve via the return spring, and is configured to seal the e-liquid hole when the atomizing core is removed from the atomizing sleeve; wherein when the atomizing core is inserted in the atomizing sleeve, the liquid stopper is configured to be pushed to overcome an elastic force of the return spring to open the e-liquid hole; and when the atomizing core is removed from the atomizing sleeve, the liquid stopper is configured to seal the e-liquid hole under the elastic force of the return spring. an atomizing sleeve, comprising an air pipe portion and a connection portion, wherein a head end of the air pipe portion is connected to a mouthpiece and a tail end of the air pipe portion is connected to a head end of the connection portion, an e-liquid hole is arranged at the tail end of the connection portion; an atomizing core, removably arranged in the atomizing sleeve, wherein the atomizing core is configured to be inserted into the connection portion via a tail end of the connection portion, and then be connected to the tail end of the air pipe portion; and a sealing mechanism, comprising a return spring and a liquid stopper, wherein the liquid stopper is arranged on an outer side of the connection portion and is connected to the atomizing sleeve via the return spring, and is configured to seal the e-liquid hole when the atomizing core is removed from the atomizing sleeve; wherein when the atomizing core is inserted in the atomizing sleeve, the liquid stopper is configured to be pushed to overcome an elastic force of the return spring to open the e-liquid hole; and when the atomizing core is removed from the atomizing sleeve, the liquid stopper is configured to seal the e-liquid hole under the elastic force of the return spring.
A flicker control circuit for use with solid state lighting without an active switch, the circuit comprising: a rectifier bridge that converts an alternating current input signal having a first frequency to an rectified current signal having a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency of the alternating current input signal; and characterised in that the flicker control circuit further comprises a passive resonating circuit (108, 302, 504, 904) coupled to the rectifier bridge to increase the second frequency of the rectified current signal to an increased frequency that is sufficiently high that a flicker from a plurality of solid state light sources (102, 502, 902) forward biased by the rectified current signal is undetectable by an unaided human eye. a rectifier bridge that converts an alternating current input signal having a first frequency to an rectified current signal having a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency of the alternating current input signal; and characterised in that the flicker control circuit further comprises a passive resonating circuit (108, 302, 504, 904) coupled to the rectifier bridge to increase the second frequency of the rectified current signal to an increased frequency that is sufficiently high that a flicker from a plurality of solid state light sources (102, 502, 902) forward biased by the rectified current signal is undetectable by an unaided human eye.
Method for cooling a porous paving surface, comprising the following steps: - providing a multi-layered paving bed of material having capillary properties which is intended and configured both to support the paving surface and to absorb the water which has permeated the paving surface, in particular precipitation; wherein the multi-layered paving bed of material comprises, starting from the bottom: a film layer a layer of filling sand a first layer of crushed rock 16/31.5 mm a second layer of crushed rock - providing a water buffer reservoir and communicatively connecting the latter to the paving bed characterised, in that the crushed rock is lava rock, and in that the second layer of crushed rock is crushed lava rock 0/3 mm, and in that between the first layer of crushed lava rock and the second layer of crushed lava rock a third layer of crushed lava rock 0/16 mm as infill layer is provided. - providing a multi-layered paving bed of material having capillary properties which is intended and configured both to support the paving surface and to absorb the water which has permeated the paving surface, in particular precipitation; wherein the multi-layered paving bed of material comprises, starting from the bottom: a film layer a layer of filling sand a first layer of crushed rock 16/31.5 mm a second layer of crushed rock a film layer a layer of filling sand a first layer of crushed rock 16/31.5 mm a second layer of crushed rock - providing a water buffer reservoir and communicatively connecting the latter to the paving bed the crushed rock is lava rock, and in that the second layer of crushed rock is crushed lava rock 0/3 mm, and in that between the first layer of crushed lava rock and the second layer of crushed lava rock a third layer of crushed lava rock 0/16 mm as infill layer is provided.
A stackable product package, comprising a body part provided with a bottom, and with walls (2a, 2b, 2c) in connection with the bottom, said walls including two lateral walls and two end walls, as well as intermediate walls therebetween, in corners of the product package, and, additionally, rim members extending laterally outwards from an upper edge of the lateral and end walls, said rim members being folded outwards along rim member folding lines, at the upper edge of the lateral and end walls, said rim members constituting a substantially planar rim portion, wherein a reinforcement member, separated by a reinforcement member folding line, is provided in a free end of wall portions forming the intermediate walls, the body part enclosing a receiving space for the product to be packed, characterized in that, at lateral edges of each intermediate wall of the body part, and in proximity to a reinforcement member folding line, bracket members are provided to keep such product packages, if nested, spaced apart.
An improved mobile paint booth having an inflatable frame comprising a plurality of inflatable vertical supports, said plurality of inflatable vertical supports comprising an inflatable corner support at each corner, and an inflatable middle support along a first wall; an inflatable base support substantially in the shape of a "U" that connects each of said inflatable vertical supports, the base of said "U" being along the bottom of said first wall; a first inflatable upper beam that connects a first set of said inflatable corner supports and said inflatable middle support; a second inflatable upper beam that connects a second set of inflatable corner supports; a second wall, said second set of inflatable corner supports being along said second wall; at least one exhaust panel positioned in said second wall; and air vents in said inflatable frame, whereby air can flow from within said inflatable frame into said paint booth through said air vents. a plurality of inflatable vertical supports, said plurality of inflatable vertical supports comprising an inflatable corner support at each corner, and an inflatable middle support along a first wall; an inflatable base support substantially in the shape of a "U" that connects each of said inflatable vertical supports, the base of said "U" being along the bottom of said first wall; a first inflatable upper beam that connects a first set of said inflatable corner supports and said inflatable middle support; a second inflatable upper beam that connects a second set of inflatable corner supports; a second wall, said second set of inflatable corner supports being along said second wall; at least one exhaust panel positioned in said second wall; and air vents in said inflatable frame, whereby air can flow from within said inflatable frame into said paint booth through said air vents.
A remote seal assembly for connecting a pressure transmitter with a process fluid, the remote seal assembly comprising: a process flange including a pressure diaphragm for interfacing with the process fluid; a capillary tube for communicating a pressure of the process fluid from the pressure diaphragm to the pressure transmitter via a fill fluid; and a slack take-up device for selectively adjusting a relative length of the capillary tube between the remote seal assembly and the pressure transmitter, characterised in that the slack take-up device comprises a spool configured for bi-directionally winding the capillary tube, wherein the spool includes a channel for uninterruptedly receiving the capillary tube, the channel extending continuously through an interior of the spool. a process flange including a pressure diaphragm for interfacing with the process fluid; a capillary tube for communicating a pressure of the process fluid from the pressure diaphragm to the pressure transmitter via a fill fluid; and a slack take-up device for selectively adjusting a relative length of the capillary tube between the remote seal assembly and the pressure transmitter, characterised in that the slack take-up device comprises a spool configured for bi-directionally winding the capillary tube, wherein the spool includes a channel for uninterruptedly receiving the capillary tube, the channel extending continuously through an interior of the spool.
A fan blade containment assembly for a gas turbine engine, the engine comprising a plurality of fan blades which in use rotate about an axis of the engine, in which in use a fan blade may be released in a generally radially-outward direction, the assembly comprising an annular casing (40, 42) radially outward of the fan blades and extending axially both upstream and downstream of the fan blades, the casing comprising a radially-outwardly-extending annular recess and further comprising a fan track which comprises an annular layer of abradable material, the assembly characterised in that it further comprises a fan track liner extending only over an upstream part of the fan blades and located in the annular recess which can in use be penetrated by a part of a released fan blade, the annular recess extending only over the leading edge region of the fan blades.
An exercise attachment apparatus (100, 1000) for attachment to or including a lever arm pivotably connected to an exercise rack, comprising at least one mounting prong for mounting at least one weight, a counterbalanced stand pivotably attached to the apparatus or lever arm comprising a pivot point defining a pivot axis substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lever arm, and wherein the stand is rotatable about the pivot axis between a vertical resting configuration for resting the apparatus on a floor, and a use configuration in which the stand is automatically rotated at an angle to the resting configuration. at least one mounting prong for mounting at least one weight, a counterbalanced stand pivotably attached to the apparatus or lever arm comprising a pivot point defining a pivot axis substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lever arm, and wherein the stand is rotatable about the pivot axis between a vertical resting configuration for resting the apparatus on a floor, and a use configuration in which the stand is automatically rotated at an angle to the resting configuration.
An illuminating guidewire device comprising: an elongate flexible housing having a proximal end, a distal end configured to be placed at the site within a patient's body, and a lumen extending through the housing from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein the housing comprises at least a first portion (10d, 210d, 310d) of a first material and a second portion of a second material which first and second portions are joined together at a first joint (310sj2) and a second joint (310sj3); at least one illuminating fiber extending through the lumen of the housing; at least one supporting member extending at least through the lumen of the housing where the first joint and second joints are located and wherein the first joint bonds the first portion of the housing to the supporting member and the second joint bonds the first portion of the housing to the second portion (3 10p) of the housing and the supporting member, wherein the device further comprises a stranded wire extending through the lumen of the housing, and wherein the stranded wire is secured to the proximal end of the housing and is attached to the housing at the first joint (310sj2) and the second joint (310sj3). an elongate flexible housing having a proximal end, a distal end configured to be placed at the site within a patient's body, and a lumen extending through the housing from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein the housing comprises at least a first portion (10d, 210d, 310d) of a first material and a second portion of a second material which first and second portions are joined together at a first joint (310sj2) and a second joint (310sj3); at least one illuminating fiber extending through the lumen of the housing; at least one supporting member extending at least through the lumen of the housing where the first joint and second joints are located and wherein the first joint bonds the first portion of the housing to the supporting member and the second joint bonds the first portion of the housing to the second portion (3 10p) of the housing and the supporting member, wherein the device further comprises a stranded wire extending through the lumen of the housing, and wherein the stranded wire is secured to the proximal end of the housing and is attached to the housing at the first joint (310sj2) and the second joint (310sj3).
A pumping system, comprising: a pump; a controller coupled to the pump, the controller having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the processor, the controller configured to: control the pump to isolate a portion of the pump, the isolated portion of the pump being filled with a liquid, wherein the isolated portion of the pump has a volume; bring the isolated portion of the pump to a predefined starting pressure; change the volume of the isolated portion of the pump by a known amount; measure an ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; determine an actual pressure change between the predefined starting pressure and the ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; and determine if air or gas is present in the isolated portion of the pump utilizing the actual pressure change. a pump; a controller coupled to the pump, the controller having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by the processor, the controller configured to: control the pump to isolate a portion of the pump, the isolated portion of the pump being filled with a liquid, wherein the isolated portion of the pump has a volume; bring the isolated portion of the pump to a predefined starting pressure; change the volume of the isolated portion of the pump by a known amount; measure an ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; determine an actual pressure change between the predefined starting pressure and the ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; and determine if air or gas is present in the isolated portion of the pump utilizing the actual pressure change. control the pump to isolate a portion of the pump, the isolated portion of the pump being filled with a liquid, wherein the isolated portion of the pump has a volume; bring the isolated portion of the pump to a predefined starting pressure; change the volume of the isolated portion of the pump by a known amount; measure an ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; determine an actual pressure change between the predefined starting pressure and the ending pressure in the isolated portion of the pump; and determine if air or gas is present in the isolated portion of the pump utilizing the actual pressure change.
Rolling piston for an air spring rolling bellows, wherein the rolling piston is equipped with a conical sealing seat, which narrows toward the interior space of the air spring, for receiving, in air-tight fashion, that end of the air spring rolling bellows which is assigned to the rolling piston, wherein the air spring rolling bellows is equipped, at its end assigned to the rolling piston, with a rolling bellows bead which comprises a core and which, in terms of its cross section, is likewise of cone-shaped form in an inward direction, that is to say towards the air spring interior space, and forms an opening of complementary design with respect to the conical sealing seat of the rolling bellows, which opening is pressed onto the conical sealing seat of the rolling piston, characterized in that the conical sealing seat is arranged on the inner side, facing towards the air spring interior space, of the inner limb of a depression/cavity which is formed in the head region of the rolling piston and so as to be open toward the air spring interior space, wherein the air spring rolling bellows - bears sealingly with its cone-shaped cross section against the conical sealing seat, and - bears and is supported with its outer side, situated opposite the cone-shaped cross section, against the inner side, facing towards the air spring interior space, of the outer limb of the depression, and wherein the conical sealing seat has, above the contact surface of the air spring rolling bellows, an encircling groove in which there is placed a clamping ring for axially fixing the rolling bellows bead. - bears sealingly with its cone-shaped cross section against the conical sealing seat, and - bears and is supported with its outer side, situated opposite the cone-shaped cross section, against the inner side, facing towards the air spring interior space, of the outer limb of the depression,
Thioacrylamide derivative for use in the prevention or treatment of liver fibrosis in a subject, wherein the thioacrylamide derivative is selected from the group consisting of 2-Cyano-3-cyclopropyl-N-(4-fluoro-3-methyl-phenyl)-3-hydroxy-thioacrylamide (i.e. HK1), 2-Cyano-3-cyclopropyl-3-hydroxy-N-(3-methyl-4-nitro-phenyl)-thioacrylamide (i.e. HK3), a tautomer of HK1, a tautomer of HK3, or mixtures thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or solvates thereof, wherein the liver fibrosis is caused by or resulting from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). wherein the thioacrylamide derivative is selected from the group consisting of 2-Cyano-3-cyclopropyl-N-(4-fluoro-3-methyl-phenyl)-3-hydroxy-thioacrylamide (i.e. HK1), 2-Cyano-3-cyclopropyl-3-hydroxy-N-(3-methyl-4-nitro-phenyl)-thioacrylamide (i.e. HK3), a tautomer of HK1, a tautomer of HK3, or mixtures thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or solvates thereof, wherein the liver fibrosis is caused by or resulting from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
A method by a network side for controlling an uplink transmission primary carrier switch, the method comprises: determining transmission resources of a set of cells configured for a User Equipment, UE, to serve the UE, so as to switch an uplink transmission primary carrier of the UE among the uplink transmission carriers corresponding to the different cells, wherein the transmission resources comprise configured resources of uplink transmission resources of a plurality of cells; and notifying the UE of the transmission resources of the set of cells; determining that a quality of transmission over an uplink transmission carrier of a secondary cell is higher than a quality of transmission over an uplink transmission carrier of a primary cell, but a quality of transmission over a downlink transmission carrier of the primary cell is higher than a quality of transmission over a downlink transmission carrier of the secondary cell, instructing the UE to switch the uplink transmission primary carrier to the secondary cell while a downlink transmission carrier is still the downlink transmission carrier of the primary cell. determining transmission resources of a set of cells configured for a User Equipment, UE, to serve the UE, so as to switch an uplink transmission primary carrier of the UE among the uplink transmission carriers corresponding to the different cells, wherein the transmission resources comprise configured resources of uplink transmission resources of a plurality of cells; and notifying the UE of the transmission resources of the set of cells; determining that a quality of transmission over an uplink transmission carrier of a secondary cell is higher than a quality of transmission over an uplink transmission carrier of a primary cell, but a quality of transmission over a downlink transmission carrier of the primary cell is higher than a quality of transmission over a downlink transmission carrier of the secondary cell, instructing the UE to switch the uplink transmission primary carrier to the secondary cell while a downlink transmission carrier is still the downlink transmission carrier of the primary cell.