mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A polycarbonate composition comprising: 80 to 90 weight percent of a bisphenol A homopolycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight of 28,000 g/mol or more, determined by gel permeation chromatography relative to linear bisphenol A polycarbonate standards; and 10 to 20 weight percent of a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer having a siloxane content of 30 to 70 weight percent, based on the total weight of the polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer; wherein the composition comprises less than 5 weight percent of a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer having a siloxane content of less than 30 weight percent. 80 to 90 weight percent of a bisphenol A homopolycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight of 28,000 g/mol or more, determined by gel permeation chromatography relative to linear bisphenol A polycarbonate standards; and 10 to 20 weight percent of a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer having a siloxane content of 30 to 70 weight percent, based on the total weight of the polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer; wherein the composition comprises less than 5 weight percent of a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer having a siloxane content of less than 30 weight percent.
A slurry process for making a composition comprising hydroxyethylcellulose having hydroxyethyl groups that are uniformly distributed on the cellulose backbone wherein the water solubility is greater than 90 % and the hydroxyethyl molar substitution (HE-MS) is in the range of 0.7 to 1.3, said process comprising A) mixing and reacting cellulose, water and alkali in an organic solvent for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature in order to form an alkali cellulose mixture, wherein the water to anhydroglucose molar ratio is in the range of 5 to 35 and the alkali to AGU molar ratio is greater than 1.6, B) adding a sufficient amount of ethylene oxide to produce the desired HE-MS C) adding a sufficient amount of acid continuously in order to reduce the alkali to AGU molar ratio to less than 0.4 and preferably greater than 0.04, while reacting the ethylene oxide with the alkali cellulose at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to form a water soluble HEC product with a hydroxyethyl molar substitution in the range of 0.7 to 1.3 and an unsubstituted trimer ratio (U3R) of equal to or less than 0.21. A) mixing and reacting cellulose, water and alkali in an organic solvent for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature in order to form an alkali cellulose mixture, wherein the water to anhydroglucose molar ratio is in the range of 5 to 35 and the alkali to AGU molar ratio is greater than 1.6, B) adding a sufficient amount of ethylene oxide to produce the desired HE-MS C) adding a sufficient amount of acid continuously in order to reduce the alkali to AGU molar ratio to less than 0.4 and preferably greater than 0.04, while reacting the ethylene oxide with the alkali cellulose at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to form a water soluble HEC product with a hydroxyethyl molar substitution in the range of 0.7 to 1.3 and an unsubstituted trimer ratio (U3R) of equal to or less than 0.21.
A three layer nonwoven material, comprising: a first layer comprising bonded airlaid cellulosic fibers and defining a first outer surface, wherein the fibers are coated with a binder on the first outer surface; a second layer comprising bonded airlaid cellulosic fibers and defining a second outer surface, wherein the fibers are coated with a binder on the second outer surface; and an intermediate layer between the first layer and the second layer comprising bonded meltblown polypropylene continuous filaments, wherein the nonwoven material has an elongation at peak load, measured according to the method in the description, that is less than half a total elongation. a first layer comprising bonded airlaid cellulosic fibers and defining a first outer surface, wherein the fibers are coated with a binder on the first outer surface; a second layer comprising bonded airlaid cellulosic fibers and defining a second outer surface, wherein the fibers are coated with a binder on the second outer surface; and an intermediate layer between the first layer and the second layer comprising bonded meltblown polypropylene continuous filaments, wherein the nonwoven material has an elongation at peak load, measured according to the method in the description, that is less than half a total elongation.
A method of sterilizing human milk to produce a sterilized human milk product, the method comprising: receiving, by a sterilizer located within a closed in-line system, as an input, a human milk sample; flowing the human milk sample through a tube of the sterilizer in a first direction at a first flow rate; heating the human milk sample in the tube through a countercurrent heat exchange process by flowing heating fluid in a second direction at a second flow rate, wherein the heating fluid is in contact with an exterior surface of the tube; cooling, by the sterilizer, the heated human milk sample to produce the sterilized human milk product; and wherein heating the human milk sample in the tube comprises: raising a temperature of the human milk sample to within a temperature range of 130° C and 150° C; and holding the temperature of the human milk sample within the temperature range for a duration of 3 to 15 seconds. receiving, by a sterilizer located within a closed in-line system, as an input, a human milk sample; flowing the human milk sample through a tube of the sterilizer in a first direction at a first flow rate; heating the human milk sample in the tube through a countercurrent heat exchange process by flowing heating fluid in a second direction at a second flow rate, wherein the heating fluid is in contact with an exterior surface of the tube; cooling, by the sterilizer, the heated human milk sample to produce the sterilized human milk product; and raising a temperature of the human milk sample to within a temperature range of 130° C and 150° C; and holding the temperature of the human milk sample within the temperature range for a duration of 3 to 15 seconds.
A bridge, comprising: a connecting platform; an electrical connector disposed on the connecting platform; a wireless communication module disposed on the connecting platform and configured to receive a wireless signal; and a processing unit configured to: carry out a verification process on information included in the wireless signal; and allow the electrical connector to transmit power when the verification process on the information turned out to be true; wherein the connecting platform has an abutting surface and a groove recessed from the abutting surface, the electrical connector protrudes from the abutting surface, the wireless communication module comprises an antenna, and the antenna is accommodated in the groove; wherein the abutting surface is configured to abut against an external battery and is configured to be used as a support surface for the external battery; wherein, when the external battery abuts against the abutting surface of the connecting platform, the electrical connector is configured to be plugged into the external battery to be electrically connected; wherein the antenna is ring-shaped and surrounds the electrical connector; and wherein, correspondingly, the groove of the connecting platform is also ring-shaped. a connecting platform; an electrical connector disposed on the connecting platform; a wireless communication module disposed on the connecting platform and configured to receive a wireless signal; and a processing unit configured to: carry out a verification process on information included in the wireless signal; and allow the electrical connector to transmit power when the verification process on the information turned out to be true; carry out a verification process on information included in the wireless signal; and allow the electrical connector to transmit power when the verification process on the information turned out to be true; wherein the connecting platform has an abutting surface and a groove recessed from the abutting surface, the electrical connector protrudes from the abutting surface, the wireless communication module comprises an antenna, and the antenna is accommodated in the groove; wherein the abutting surface is configured to abut against an external battery and is configured to be used as a support surface for the external battery; wherein, when the external battery abuts against the abutting surface of the connecting platform, the electrical connector is configured to be plugged into the external battery to be electrically connected; wherein the antenna is ring-shaped and surrounds the electrical connector; and wherein, correspondingly, the groove of the connecting platform is also ring-shaped.
An installation arrangement comprising a frame having at least two reception openings (6, 7), wherein a first functional element which is an element of an electrical and/or optical supply network and which is fastened in a wall is arranged in a first reception opening; and wherein a second functional element which is not an element of an electrical and/or optical supply network is arranged in a second reception opening, wherein the reception openings (6, 7) have the same dimensions and the second functional element has means (12, 13) to receive external articles or to couple external units mechanically, characterized in that the second functional element can be arranged in the frame such that it lies on the wall.
Frequency converter (10a, 10b, 10c), comprising - a housing, - a circuit board arranged in the housing, and - a coupling arrangement arranged externally on the housing for galvanically coupling the circuit board to an adjacently arranged second frequency converter (10b, 10c), wherein - the coupling arrangement either - comprises a base portion and a coupling member movable with respect to the base portion along a defined movement path, or - is formed as a rigid busbar which is designed for simultaneous attachment to the frequency converter and the second frequency converter, - the coupling arrangement is galvanically coupled to the circuit board, and - the coupling arrangement is connected to the circuit board by means of a spring element, wherein this spring element comprises a fastening portion on the circuit board side and a fastening portion on the coupling arrangement side, said fastening portions being interconnected by a resilient spring portion, wherein - the spring element is connected to the circuit board by means of a soldered connection. - a housing, - a circuit board arranged in the housing, and - a coupling arrangement arranged externally on the housing for galvanically coupling the circuit board to an adjacently arranged second frequency converter (10b, 10c), wherein - the coupling arrangement either - comprises a base portion and a coupling member movable with respect to the base portion along a defined movement path, or - is formed as a rigid busbar which is designed for simultaneous attachment to the frequency converter and the second frequency converter, - comprises a base portion and a coupling member movable with respect to the base portion along a defined movement path, or - is formed as a rigid busbar which is designed for simultaneous attachment to the frequency converter and the second frequency converter, - the coupling arrangement is galvanically coupled to the circuit board, and - the coupling arrangement is connected to the circuit board by means of a spring element, wherein this spring element comprises a fastening portion on the circuit board side and a fastening portion on the coupling arrangement side, said fastening portions being interconnected by a resilient spring portion, wherein - the spring element is connected to the circuit board by means of a soldered connection.
Method for rehabilitating a pipeline with a liner of reinforcing fibers and a curable resin composition, the method comprising: - providing a coupling member configured to connect a liner to other pipeline elements and comprising reinforcing fibers and a resin composition that is substantially fully cured in a first part of the coupling member; - providing an alignment device comprising a first and a second alignment element; - connecting the first alignment element to an end of a host pipe and the second alignment element to the coupling member to axially align the host pipe and the coupling member by providing mating surfaces when the coupling member is provided against the host pipe end; - bringing the coupling member towards the host pipe such that the second alignment element provided on the coupling member is provided against the first alignment element provided on the host pipe; - attaching the coupling member to the host pipe end by using the alignment elements (6, 7); - providing a length of the liner through the host pipe; - providing a length of the liner through the coupling member; - exposing the curable resin composition of the liner in a joining section of the liner; - pressurizing a joining section of the liner that is received in the coupling member to bring it against an interior surface of a second part of the coupling member; and - curing the curable resin composition of the liner to form a functional joint between the coupling member second part and the liner joining section. - providing a coupling member configured to connect a liner to other pipeline elements and comprising reinforcing fibers and a resin composition that is substantially fully cured in a first part of the coupling member; - providing an alignment device comprising a first and a second alignment element; - connecting the first alignment element to an end of a host pipe and the second alignment element to the coupling member to axially align the host pipe and the coupling member by providing mating surfaces when the coupling member is provided against the host pipe end; - bringing the coupling member towards the host pipe such that the second alignment element provided on the coupling member is provided against the first alignment element provided on the host pipe; - attaching the coupling member to the host pipe end by using the alignment elements (6, 7); - providing a length of the liner through the host pipe; - providing a length of the liner through the coupling member; - exposing the curable resin composition of the liner in a joining section of the liner; - pressurizing a joining section of the liner that is received in the coupling member to bring it against an interior surface of a second part of the coupling member; and - curing the curable resin composition of the liner to form a functional joint between the coupling member second part and the liner joining section.
A method of operating a gas turbine power plant with a first gas turbine group, including a first turbine assembly, and a second gas turbine group, including a compressor assembly and a second turbine assembly which are mechanically coupled to one another, and useful work is extracted by a device being included in the plant, wherein a flue gas stream is produced by a combustion device, which is placed in a gas flow stream (42,48) upstream of the second turbine assembly, wherein said second turbine assembly and compressor assembly are balanced to each other such that at least essentially all work produced by the second turbine assembly is consumed by the compressor assembly, and wherein the first turbine assembly is balanced to the device for the extraction of useful work such that at least essentially all work produced by the first turbine assembly is consumed by the device for the extraction of useful work, wherein - process steam is heated from a process gas stream downstream of the first turbine assembly, - at least a part of water contents in flue gases is used as process steam, and - the produced steam is injected into a gas flow stream (42,48) upstream of and/or in the combustion device in such amounts that at least 80% of the oxygen contents of the air in the gas flow stream (42,48) is consumed through combustion, characterised in that the gas flow stream from the second turbine assembly exits between the second turbine assembly and the compressor assembly of the second gas turbine group, wherein the gas flow stream from the second turbine assembly is led without essential angular deviation to an axial inlet to the first turbine assembly by a central axis of the first turbine assembly forming an angle (α) with a central axis of the second turbine assembly, and wherein the angle (α) is between 30° and 90°. - process steam is heated from a process gas stream downstream of the first turbine assembly, - at least a part of water contents in flue gases is used as process steam, and - the produced steam is injected into a gas flow stream (42,48) upstream of and/or in the combustion device in such amounts that at least 80% of the oxygen contents of the air in the gas flow stream (42,48) is consumed through combustion, characterised in that the gas flow stream from the second turbine assembly exits between the second turbine assembly and the compressor assembly of the second gas turbine group, wherein the gas flow stream from the second turbine assembly is led without essential angular deviation to an axial inlet to the first turbine assembly by a central axis of the first turbine assembly forming an angle (α) with a central axis of the second turbine assembly, and wherein the angle (α) is between 30° and 90°.
A digital loudspeaker, comprising: a substrate; a first stator fixed with respect to the substrate; a second stator fixed with respect to the substrate and spaced at a distance from the first stator; a membrane between the first stator and the second stator and displaceable between a first position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the first stator and a second position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the second stator, wherein the first stator and the second stator are arranged to electrostatically move the membrane from a rest position spaced apart from the first position and the second position to the first position and the second position, respectively; wherein the substrate comprises a cavity adjacent to the first stator. a substrate; a first stator fixed with respect to the substrate; a second stator fixed with respect to the substrate and spaced at a distance from the first stator; a membrane between the first stator and the second stator and displaceable between a first position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the first stator and a second position in which the membrane mechanically contacts the second stator, wherein the first stator and the second stator are arranged to electrostatically move the membrane from a rest position spaced apart from the first position and the second position to the first position and the second position, respectively; wherein the substrate comprises a cavity adjacent to the first stator.
A method of producing an electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell, wherein sealing ribs (12a-12d) of a predetermined height are formed integrally with the electrolyte membrane, the method being characterized by comprising forming the sealing ribs of the predetermined height made of an electrolyte resin integrally with the elongated-shape electrolyte membrane near two side edges of the elongated-shape electrolyte membrane by using a die having, near two side edges of a resin ejection opening (2, 5), recessed grooves whose depth corresponds to the height of the sealing ribs, and extruding the thermally molten electrolyte resin (p) from the resin ejection opening of the die.
A furniture and other furnishing items comprising a shelf, at least one shoulder positioned perpendicular to each other and a compact joint, wherein said joint comprises a plurality of interconnection and blocking components for joining and firmly blocking said shelf and said at least one shoulder together, wherein said plurality of components lies on the same plane which is, when the joint is assembled to the furniture, perpendicular to said shelf and said at least one shoulder, said plane containing a coupling axis along which axis said shelf and said at least one shoulder are coupled, said coupling axis being defined so that it lies inside said shelf when the joint is assembled to the furniture, said joint further providing an actuation axis, characterized in that the actuation axis of the joint is perpendicular to the coupling axis and lies on a plane which is, when the joint is assembled to the furniture, parallel and interspaced with respect to the shelf and perpendicular with respect to the at least one shoulder, said joint comprises a pin in turn comprising a housing for receiving an engagement grub screw, at least one hole being provided on the shelf for receiving said pin and said at least one shoulder being provided with a hole configured for the firmly insertion of said pin, said joint further comprises a casing (48, 49) into which said grub screw is housed and configured to be inserted in a hole provided on said shelf, said grub screw being in operable engagement with said pin and movable in said casing (48, 49) by means of a bevel (51, 52), said bevel comprises a pinion rotatingly positioned inside said casing (48, 49) that is engaged with a toothed crown, produced as the head of a threaded screw in turn positioned in an axial threaded hole inside said grub screw.
Method for activating an internal combustion engine for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electric motor and the internal combustion engine, in each case for driving the vehicle, and wherein the internal combustion engine is automatically activated when a setpoint drive torque is greater than a sum of a drive torque which can be provided by the electric motor at that moment and an additional torque, wherein the additional torque is greater than zero.
A method for configuring an integrated ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging probe (124, 204), including providing at least a portion of an optical fiber bundle within said probe, the at least portion being bifurcated into two optical fiber bundle branches having a light output end, and being provided positioned within the probe with said light output end at an inset distance from an output face of the probe, and each optical fiber bundle branch comprising sub-bundles having ends located at said light output end, each defining an output aperture having a size, said method being characterized by comprising the steps of: selecting an imaging depth; estimating optical properties of a body tissue in a path of said photoacoustic imaging; estimating a divergence rate of a laser beam, said laser beam to be utilized in photoacoustic imaging optimized for said imaging depth; calculating an optimal incident beam size on the skin of a patient based on the optical properties of body tissue and said imaging depth; computing, based on the calculated optimal beam size and the estimated divergence rate, the sub-bundle aperture size and the inset distance within said probe; and configuring said at least a portion within the probe (124, 204) based on the computed aperture size and the computed inset distance. selecting an imaging depth; estimating optical properties of a body tissue in a path of said photoacoustic imaging; estimating a divergence rate of a laser beam, said laser beam to be utilized in photoacoustic imaging optimized for said imaging depth; calculating an optimal incident beam size on the skin of a patient based on the optical properties of body tissue and said imaging depth; computing, based on the calculated optimal beam size and the estimated divergence rate, the sub-bundle aperture size and the inset distance within said probe; and configuring said at least a portion within the probe (124, 204) based on the computed aperture size and the computed inset distance.