mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A liquid aerosol formulation operative in an electronic smoking article having a heater operating temperature comprising: an aerosol former in an amount of at least 50% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; water in an amount of 5% to about 40% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; a nicotine source included in an amount sufficient to establish a nicotine content in the range of 2% to 10% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; and an acid having a boiling point of at least 150 °C, the acid being condensable at ambient temperatures, the acid being included in an amount sufficient to provide the liquid aerosol formulation with a pH ranging from about 4 to about 8; wherein the nicotine source is nicotine bitartrate and the acid is from the nicotine bitartrate, wherein the liquid aerosol formulation, when heated, forms an aerosol having a particulate phase and a gas phase, the particulate phase containing protonated nicotine, and the gas phase containing unprotonated nicotine, a gas phase nicotine content of the aerosol being less than about 1% of a total nicotine content of the aerosol. an aerosol former in an amount of at least 50% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; water in an amount of 5% to about 40% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; a nicotine source included in an amount sufficient to establish a nicotine content in the range of 2% to 10% by weight based on the weight of the liquid aerosol formulation; and an acid having a boiling point of at least 150 °C, the acid being condensable at ambient temperatures, the acid being included in an amount sufficient to provide the liquid aerosol formulation with a pH ranging from about 4 to about 8; wherein the nicotine source is nicotine bitartrate and the acid is from the nicotine bitartrate, wherein the liquid aerosol formulation, when heated, forms an aerosol having a particulate phase and a gas phase, the particulate phase containing protonated nicotine, and the gas phase containing unprotonated nicotine, a gas phase nicotine content of the aerosol being less than about 1% of a total nicotine content of the aerosol.
A barbed suture comprising: an elongate body; and at least one barb extending from the elongate body, wherein the elongate body defines a recess adjacent the at least one barb, characterised in that the surface of the recess further includes a ridge extending therefrom.
A wheel comprising: an outer wheel that is configured in an annular shape, that has elastic properties, and that, when placed on a movement path, includes a contact portion contacting the movement path and undergoing elastic deformation wholly in a radial direction toward the opposite side to the movement path, and a support body, characterized in that the support body rotatably supports the outer wheel, and that the outer wheel is capable of idling rotation under inertia when the outer wheel is not placed on the movement path.
A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, at a conference endpoint, video captured using a wide angle lens; selecting a view region in a frame of the video; selecting, based on a size of the view region, one of a deformation correction technique and a distortion correction technique to obtain a selected correction technique, the deformation correction technique being adapted to correct deformation effects of the wide angle lens causing stretching such that objects appear larger in one or more dimensions than is natural, the distortion correction technique being adapted to correct distortion effects of the wide angle lens causing bending of light such that straight lines appear curved; applying (312, 314) the selected correction technique to the view region to generate a corrected view region; and transmitting the corrected view region as a corrected video frame to a remote endpoint; wherein applying (312, 314) the selected correction technique includes applying the deformation correction technique to the view region in response to determining that the size of the view region is less than a threshold size, and applying the distortion correction technique to the view region in response to determining that the size of the view region is not less than the threshold size. receiving, at a conference endpoint, video captured using a wide angle lens; selecting a view region in a frame of the video; selecting, based on a size of the view region, one of a deformation correction technique and a distortion correction technique to obtain a selected correction technique, the deformation correction technique being adapted to correct deformation effects of the wide angle lens causing stretching such that objects appear larger in one or more dimensions than is natural, the distortion correction technique being adapted to correct distortion effects of the wide angle lens causing bending of light such that straight lines appear curved; applying (312, 314) the selected correction technique to the view region to generate a corrected view region; and transmitting the corrected view region as a corrected video frame to a remote endpoint; wherein applying (312, 314) the selected correction technique includes applying the deformation correction technique to the view region in response to determining that the size of the view region is less than a threshold size, and applying the distortion correction technique to the view region in response to determining that the size of the view region is not less than the threshold size.
A component comprising: a degradable portion that is degradable in an aqueous environment; and a non-degradable portion that is not degradable in the aqueous environment, characterized in that the degradable portion comprises cobalt, and in that the non-degradable portion comprises cobalt, wherein the cobalt includes cobalt that is continuous across an interface between the degradable portion and the non-degradable portion. a degradable portion that is degradable in an aqueous environment; and a non-degradable portion that is not degradable in the aqueous environment, characterized in that the degradable portion comprises cobalt, and in that the non-degradable portion comprises cobalt, wherein the cobalt includes cobalt that is continuous across an interface between the degradable portion and the non-degradable portion.
A method of providing data on radio frequency pulses in a radio frequency plasma processing system (100, 200, 1200, 1300), the method comprising: measuring an electrical parameter within a matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900) of the radio frequency plasma processing system (100, 200, 1200, 1300); determining an attribute of the measurement of the electrical parameter; defining a first statistic for the attribute of the measurement of the electrical parameter; defining a second statistic based on the first statistic for at least one of a phase and a process; delivering the first statistic and second statistic to a user; storing the first statistic and the second statistic within the matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900); determining a lifetime of a capacitor in the matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900) based on at least one of the first statistic and the second statistic; and issuing an alert and/or an intervention command based on at least one of the first statistic and the second statistic. measuring an electrical parameter within a matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900) of the radio frequency plasma processing system (100, 200, 1200, 1300); determining an attribute of the measurement of the electrical parameter; defining a first statistic for the attribute of the measurement of the electrical parameter; defining a second statistic based on the first statistic for at least one of a phase and a process; delivering the first statistic and second statistic to a user; storing the first statistic and the second statistic within the matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900); determining a lifetime of a capacitor in the matching network (115, 120, 215, 220, 506, 1900) based on at least one of the first statistic and the second statistic; and issuing an alert and/or an intervention command based on at least one of the first statistic and the second statistic.
A method for generating a variable delay in an electromagnetic signal that crosses a main transmission line, characterized by: - coupling to said main transmission line a secondary transmission line terminated at both ends by respective variable-reactance circuit elements (20,22), wherein said main transmission line and said secondary transmission line are immersed in the same dielectric medium at a distance from each other; - simultaneously varying a reactance value of said variable-reactance circuit elements (20,22); - selecting said reactance value by varying physical and electrical parameters of said main transmission line and of said secondary transmission line, so as to obtain, on said main transmission line, an absorption peak at an absorption frequency higher than a predetermined working frequency of said main transmission line, and an adaptation peak at a frequency lower than said absorption frequency, said adaptation peak corresponding to said predetermined working frequency. - coupling to said main transmission line a secondary transmission line terminated at both ends by respective variable-reactance circuit elements (20,22), wherein said main transmission line and said secondary transmission line are immersed in the same dielectric medium at a distance from each other; - simultaneously varying a reactance value of said variable-reactance circuit elements (20,22); - selecting said reactance value by varying physical and electrical parameters of said main transmission line and of said secondary transmission line, so as to obtain, on said main transmission line, an absorption peak at an absorption frequency higher than a predetermined working frequency of said main transmission line, and an adaptation peak at a frequency lower than said absorption frequency, said adaptation peak corresponding to said predetermined working frequency.
A content processing device comprising a client for processing spatially segmented content configured for: receiving a spatial manifest data structure comprising one or more spatial representations of a source stream, each spatial representation identifying one or more spatial segment streams and location information for locating one or more delivery nodes associated with a content delivery network configured to transmit said one or more spatial segment streams to said client; said spatial manifest data structure further comprising positioning information for stitching spatial segment frames in said spatial segment streams into a video frame for display. selecting one or more spatial segment streams and on the basis of said location information requesting at least one delivery node in said content delivery network to transmit said one or more selected spatial segment streams to said client; and, receiving said one or more selected spatial segment streams from said at least one delivery node, said client further configured for stitching spatial segment frames on the basis of said positioning information. receiving a spatial manifest data structure comprising one or more spatial representations of a source stream, each spatial representation identifying one or more spatial segment streams and location information for locating one or more delivery nodes associated with a content delivery network configured to transmit said one or more spatial segment streams to said client; said spatial manifest data structure further comprising positioning information for stitching spatial segment frames in said spatial segment streams into a video frame for display. selecting one or more spatial segment streams and on the basis of said location information requesting at least one delivery node in said content delivery network to transmit said one or more selected spatial segment streams to said client; and, receiving said one or more selected spatial segment streams from said at least one delivery node, said client further configured for stitching spatial segment frames on the basis of said positioning information.
A bit interleaving method for interleaving a codeword generated by quasi-cyclic low-density parity check, QC LDPC, coding employing Q × Q circulant matrices, including repeat-accumulate QC LDPC coding, the bit interleaving method comprising: a bit permutation step of applying a bit permutation process to the codeword so as to rearrange codeword bits, the codeword being made up of N cyclic blocks each consisting of Q cyclic block bits; and a division step of dividing the codeword, after the bit permutation process, into a plurality of constellation words, each of the constellation words being made up of M bits, wherein N is a multiple of M/F, F is an integer greater than one, and is a divisor of M and Q, prior to the bit permutation process, the codeword is divided into F×N/M folding sections, each of the folding sections consisting of M/F of the cyclic blocks, and in the bit permutation step, for each folding section, the bit permutation process is applied to the Q×(M/F) bits of a given folding section such that M bits, including F cyclic block bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks, are allocated to one of the Q/F constellation words associated to the given folding section. a bit permutation step of applying a bit permutation process to the codeword so as to rearrange codeword bits, the codeword being made up of N cyclic blocks each consisting of Q cyclic block bits; and a division step of dividing the codeword, after the bit permutation process, into a plurality of constellation words, each of the constellation words being made up of M bits, wherein N is a multiple of M/F, F is an integer greater than one, and is a divisor of M and Q, prior to the bit permutation process, the codeword is divided into F×N/M folding sections, each of the folding sections consisting of M/F of the cyclic blocks, and in the bit permutation step, for each folding section, the bit permutation process is applied to the Q×(M/F) bits of a given folding section such that M bits, including F cyclic block bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks, are allocated to one of the Q/F constellation words associated to the given folding section.
A method for opening a spout attachment portion in a bag, in which method a pair of grippers clamp both sides of a spout attachment portion of the bag in which a corner at a top edge and one of side edges (3, 4) of the bag has been cut to form the spout attachment portion; and convey the bag along a specific conveyance path while having the bag hung down so that the spout attachment portion is substantially horizontal, a pair of suction cups suction-hold films on both sides of the spout attachment portion of the bag during the conveyance, and then a spacing between the pair of suction cups is widened to open the spout attachment portion, and thereafter a gas blowing member blows a gas into the bag to inflate the bag, characterized in that the bag is unsealed at the top edge, and that when the gas is blown into the bag by the gas blowing member, a clamping member (19, 37) clamps a position under the gripper on the top edge side of the bag from both sides of the bag, thus suppressing outflow of the gas blown into the bag from the top edge. clamp both sides of a spout attachment portion of the bag in which a corner at a top edge and one of side edges (3, 4) of the bag has been cut to form the spout attachment portion; and convey the bag along a specific conveyance path while having the bag hung down so that the spout attachment portion is substantially horizontal,
An adaptive spindle assembly for electroerosion machining of a workpiece by a computer Numerical Control machine tool, the adaptive spindle assembly comprising: a rotatable adapter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a tool electrode comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the tool electrode mounted on the distal end of the adapter shaft; a tool holder on the proximal end of the adapter shaft for insertion in a tool chuck on a spindle of a CNC machine tool, the tool holder electrically insulated from the adapter shaft; a bracket attached to the CNC machine tool and supporting the adaptive spindle assembly; a low friction bearing supported by the bracket and the low friction bearing supporting the adapter shaft in alignment with the spindle; a stationary-to-rotary electrical conduction device supported by the bracket and electrically insulated therefrom for electrically energizing the tool electrode; and a fluid channel that routes a fluid electrolyte from a pump to the distal end of the tool electrode; whereby the tool electrode is mountable on a spindle of a CNC machine tool via the adaptive spindle assembly for rotation and machining via electroerosion. a rotatable adapter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a tool electrode comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the tool electrode mounted on the distal end of the adapter shaft; a tool holder on the proximal end of the adapter shaft for insertion in a tool chuck on a spindle of a CNC machine tool, the tool holder electrically insulated from the adapter shaft; a bracket attached to the CNC machine tool and supporting the adaptive spindle assembly; a low friction bearing supported by the bracket and the low friction bearing supporting the adapter shaft in alignment with the spindle; a stationary-to-rotary electrical conduction device supported by the bracket and electrically insulated therefrom for electrically energizing the tool electrode; and a fluid channel that routes a fluid electrolyte from a pump to the distal end of the tool electrode; whereby the tool electrode is mountable on a spindle of a CNC machine tool via the adaptive spindle assembly for rotation and machining via electroerosion.
A delay fuse assembly, comprising: a cylindrical housing having: a common axis; a first cylindrical portion with a first distal end, a first outer surface, and a first diameter and having first outer threads located on the first outer surface, wherein the first outer threads are adapted to interface with threads on a distal end of a perforating gun; a second cylindrical portion with a second distal end, a second outer surface, and a second diameter and having second outer threads located on the second outer surface, wherein the second outer threads are adapted to interface with threads on a distal end of a perforating gun; a third portion, located between and integral with the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion whereby the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion, and the third cylindrical portion are axially aligned about the common axis, and having a third outer surface and a third diameter; a first cylindrical cavity (129; 259) located within and axially aligned with the first cylindrical portion; a second cylindrical cavity (131; 260) located within and axially aligned with the second cylindrical portion; and an axial through hole, explosively coupling the first cylindrical cavity with the second cylindrical cavity, wherein the first cylindrical cavity (129; 259) houses a firing pin assembly (116; 219) which can be activated by a booster of the first perforation gun with explosive energy and a percussion initiator (117; 220), the second cylindrical cavity (131; 260) houses a delay fuse (118; 222) which can be ignited by the percussion initiator. a common axis; a first cylindrical portion with a first distal end, a first outer surface, and a first diameter and having first outer threads located on the first outer surface, wherein the first outer threads are adapted to interface with threads on a distal end of a perforating gun; a second cylindrical portion with a second distal end, a second outer surface, and a second diameter and having second outer threads located on the second outer surface, wherein the second outer threads are adapted to interface with threads on a distal end of a perforating gun; a third portion, located between and integral with the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion whereby the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion, and the third cylindrical portion are axially aligned about the common axis, and having a third outer surface and a third diameter; a first cylindrical cavity (129; 259) located within and axially aligned with the first cylindrical portion; a second cylindrical cavity (131; 260) located within and axially aligned with the second cylindrical portion; and an axial through hole, explosively coupling the first cylindrical cavity with the second cylindrical cavity, wherein the first cylindrical cavity (129; 259) houses a firing pin assembly (116; 219) which can be activated by a booster of the first perforation gun with explosive energy and a percussion initiator (117; 220), the second cylindrical cavity (131; 260) houses a delay fuse (118; 222) which can be ignited by the percussion initiator.
A cutting edge structure for a cutting tool comprising: a base member; and a cutting edge member supported by the base member and having higher hardness than the base member, wherein the base member includes a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface, the cutting edge member comprises a coating formed by generating electric discharge between the second surface and a discharge electrode and by depositing a constituent material of the discharge electrode and a reacted substance of the constituent material on the second surface by using energy of the electric discharge, the discharge electrode being formed by molding powder of metal, powder of a metal compound, powder of a ceramic, or powder of a mixture thereof, and the base member and the cutting edge member are formed such that an edge of the coating projects from a cross ridge line between the first surface and the second surface toward a distal end side of a cutting edge and that a cutting edge angle (θ) is 10° to 20°, inclusive, wherein the coating is a gradient alloy layer in which the content of the raw material of the base member is gradually increased from the outermost surface toward the interface with the base member, and wherein the hardness of the coating is distributed in a gradient fashion in such a manner as to become the highest on the outermost surface and to become the lowest at the interface with the base member. a base member; and a cutting edge member supported by the base member and having higher hardness than the base member, wherein
Security sheet resistant to crumpling and hard creasing comprising at least: - fibres, - aggregates of polymer(s) having a glass transition temperature above 23°C, in a proportion of between 1% and 40% by dry weight, relative to the total dry weight of fibres and polymer(s), and - a cationic flocculating agent, in a proportion of between 0.5% and 5% by dry weight, relative to the total dry weight of fibres and polymer(s). - fibres, - aggregates of polymer(s) having a glass transition temperature above 23°C, in a proportion of between 1% and 40% by dry weight, relative to the total dry weight of fibres and polymer(s), and - a cationic flocculating agent, in a proportion of between 0.5% and 5% by dry weight, relative to the total dry weight of fibres and polymer(s).