mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A solvent-free multilayer laminated material, which comprises a lower substrate layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer or a mixture of thermoplastic polymers, an intermediate layer arranged thereon and comprising a mix of a crystalline polymer fraction and an elastomeric fraction, whereby the crystalline fraction is present in an amount of 5 to 25 % by weight and the elastomeric fraction is present in an amount of 75 to 92 % by weight, both calculated on total weight of the mix, having rubber-elastic properties at room temperature and having a glass transition temperature Tg, determined by dynamic-mechanical measurement DMTA, employing the operating conditions given in the description, of lower than 0 °C, a further fibrous intermediate layer which comprises plastic and is provided with an adhesive material, and an upper layer of metal, of plastic, or of wood.
An apparatus for producing a pressed material mat scattered onto a conveyor belt, consisting of shavings, fibres and/or chips from biomass, optionally with admixture of binders and/or plastics, in the course of the production of material boards, consisting of a removal roller with a suction duct, wherein the removed material is extracted by suction via the suction duct, and a surface weight scale, which includes at least one radiation source with an associated shielding and a sensor, characterized in that the removal roller and the surface weight scale are arranged adjacent to each other in the apparatus, and parts of the shielding of the radiation source are partially used for guiding the removed particles in the suction duct.
A photonic voltage transducer comprising: an optical voltage sensor; and a lightning impulse attenuator; wherein the lightning impulse attenuator is electrically connected in series with the optical voltage sensor to attenuate the voltage sensed by the optical voltage sensor; and wherein the optical voltage sensor comprises a fibre Bragg grating mechanically coupled to a piezoelectric actuator which expands and contracts responsive to a sensed voltage; characterised in that: the lightning impulse attenuator comprises at least one resistor and at least one inductor connected in parallel; wherein the at least one inductor comprises at least one coil. an optical voltage sensor; and a lightning impulse attenuator; wherein the lightning impulse attenuator is electrically connected in series with the optical voltage sensor to attenuate the voltage sensed by the optical voltage sensor; and wherein the optical voltage sensor comprises a fibre Bragg grating mechanically coupled to a piezoelectric actuator which expands and contracts responsive to a sensed voltage; characterised in that: the lightning impulse attenuator comprises at least one resistor and at least one inductor connected in parallel; wherein the at least one inductor comprises at least one coil. the lightning impulse attenuator comprises at least one resistor and at least one inductor connected in parallel; wherein the at least one inductor comprises at least one coil.
A loading tool for loading a collapsible prosthetic heart valve into a delivery device, the loading tool comprising: a body extending in a longitudinal direction between a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the body lumen having a first diameter; an extension on the distal end of the body, the extension having a free end and a lumen coaxial with the body lumen, the extension lumen having a second diameter less than the first diameter so as to define a shelf surface between the proximal end of the body and the free end of the extension; and a slot extending through the extension from the free end toward the distal end of the body. a body extending in a longitudinal direction between a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the body lumen having a first diameter; an extension on the distal end of the body, the extension having a free end and a lumen coaxial with the body lumen, the extension lumen having a second diameter less than the first diameter so as to define a shelf surface between the proximal end of the body and the free end of the extension; and a slot extending through the extension from the free end toward the distal end of the body.
Structural element for low-thermal-bridging attachment of a projecting exterior part to a building envelope having at least one insulator body to be arranged between the projecting exterior part and the building envelope and at least one integrally formed reinforcing element made of fibre-reinforced plastics in the form of at least one tensile reinforcing element, which reinforcing element passes through the insulator body substantially horizontally and transversely with respect to the horizontal longitudinal extent thereof and is connectible to the exterior part and the building envelope, wherein the reinforcing element has a central portion which extends through the insulator body and which projects relative to the insulator body and, at least in that projecting region, either is substantially smooth-walled or, at least in part, has a covering on its radial outer surface, and in a region outside the insulator body has at least one first anchoring portion which has first surface-profiling on its radial outer surface, characterised in that between the central portion and the first anchoring portion the reinforcing element has a second anchoring portion which has second surface-profiling, wherein the first surface-profiling and the second surface-profiling differ in their geometric and/or material properties.
A portable fluid infusion device, comprising: a first reservoir; a second reservoir including a plunger and a hollow needle, the hollow needle configured to allow flow of fluid into and/or out of the second reservoir; a dual chamber assembly comprising a first chamber compartment and a second chamber compartment, the dual chamber assembly further comprising a first septum and a second septum, each configured to prevent fluid leakage when punctured by hollow needle; an exit port; a first conduit configured to communicate fluid between the first reservoir and the first chamber compartment of the dual chamber assembly; and a second conduit configured to communicate fluid between the exit port and the second chamber compartment of the dual chamber assembly; wherein a tip or an opening of the hollow needle is configured to transition from the second chamber compartment to the first chamber compartment upon displacement of the second reservoir in a first direction and from the first chamber compartment to the second chamber compartment upon displacement of the second reservoir in a direction opposite to the first direction; and wherein displacement of the plunger in the first direction is configured to cause fluid flow from the first reservoir to the first chamber compartment via the first conduit, and displacement of the plunger opposite to the first direction is configured to cause fluid flow from the second reservoir to the exit port via the second conduit. a first reservoir; a second reservoir including a plunger and a hollow needle, the hollow needle configured to allow flow of fluid into and/or out of the second reservoir; a dual chamber assembly comprising a first chamber compartment and a second chamber compartment, the dual chamber assembly further comprising a first septum and a second septum, each configured to prevent fluid leakage when punctured by hollow needle; an exit port; a first conduit configured to communicate fluid between the first reservoir and the first chamber compartment of the dual chamber assembly; and a second conduit configured to communicate fluid between the exit port and the second chamber compartment of the dual chamber assembly; wherein a tip or an opening of the hollow needle is configured to transition from the second chamber compartment to the first chamber compartment upon displacement of the second reservoir in a first direction and from the first chamber compartment to the second chamber compartment upon displacement of the second reservoir in a direction opposite to the first direction; and wherein displacement of the plunger in the first direction is configured to cause fluid flow from the first reservoir to the first chamber compartment via the first conduit, and displacement of the plunger opposite to the first direction is configured to cause fluid flow from the second reservoir to the exit port via the second conduit.
A memory apparatus, comprising: a first die comprising a first array (115, 120) of flash memory cells; a first control circuit for generating sectors of a first size within the first array; a second die comprising a second array (215, 220) of flash memory cells; a second control circuit for generating sectors of a second size different than the first size within the second array; and a plurality of TSV, through-silicon via, connections (185, 195) between the first die and second die. a first die comprising a first array (115, 120) of flash memory cells; a first control circuit for generating sectors of a first size within the first array; a second die comprising a second array (215, 220) of flash memory cells; a second control circuit for generating sectors of a second size different than the first size within the second array; and a plurality of TSV, through-silicon via, connections (185, 195) between the first die and second die.
Variable-capacitance electrical capacitor comprising at least a first stack including a first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode and an area of a dielectric material disposed between said first and second electrodes (2, 5), the second electrode comprising, on the one hand, a primary electrode made of an electrically conducting material and, on the other hand, an additional electrode comprising a state-change material, the primary electrode and the additional electrode being configured so as to be respectively facing the first electrode in an unvarying orientation, during the operation of the capacitor, relative to the first electrode, said state-change material being disposed such that it is at least partially in contact with the primary electrode and configured to alternately assume a high resistance state in which the additional electrode is electrically insulated from the primary electrode and a low resistance state in which the additional electrode is electrically conducting with the primary electrode so as to vary the electrically active surface area of the second electrode without varying the orientation of the primary electrode and of the additional electrode relative to the first electrode.
A method of operating a hybrid power plant comprising at least one WTG and at least one PV module, wherein at least one of the PV modules is at a location within the hybrid power plant that is affected by blade shadows, the method comprising: monitoring at least one operating parameter for one or more of the WTGs; monitoring at least one operating parameter for one or more of the PV modules; and being characterized by controlling operation of the WTGs in dependence on the monitored operating parameters in order to control blade shadows cast by the WTGs on the PV modules and thereby optimise the power output of the PV modules. monitoring at least one operating parameter for one or more of the WTGs; monitoring at least one operating parameter for one or more of the PV modules; and being characterized by controlling operation of the WTGs in dependence on the monitored operating parameters in order to control blade shadows cast by the WTGs on the PV modules and thereby optimise the power output of the PV modules.
A contact welding heating component for plasticizing the edges of thermally fusible/meltable material sheets disposed so as to overlap at least partially, which can be inserted between an overlapped lower material sheet and an overlapping upper material sheet and can be moved along the same, with a heating component upper side for making contact with the upper material sheet and a heating component lower side for making contact with the lower material sheet, with a heating component front-leading material side in the direction of movement of the contact welding heating component during the welding operation and a heating component rear trailing-material edge for the material sheets, which are connected to one another by way of the heating component upper side and the heating component lower side forming a wedge-shaped contour, and with at least one roughening device (7, 7') for the material sheets protruding beyond the heating component upper side and/or the heating component lower side, that is disposed upstream of the heating component rear trailing-material edge in the direction of movement of the contact welding heating component and extends adjacent to the heating component rear trailing-material edge transversely to the direction of movement of the contact welding heating component and comprises a number of sharp-edged raised roughening elements extending in the direction of movement of the contact welding heating component, characterized in that the roughening device (7, 7') and the roughening elements have a variable height in the direction of movement of the contact welding heating component.
A method for adjusting a forming section of a bending tool in a bending press, which has a press drive, wherein the bending tool has a holding section for inserting the bending tool in a tool mount (11, 12) of a bending press, and wherein the forming section of the bending tool comprises at least one forming part (3, 4) movable relative to the holding section, and characterized in that the adjustment of the forming section of the bending tool is carried out by means of the press drive, and that the bending tool comprises a preferably hydraulic locking device cooperating with the forming section, which locking device - in the locked state - secures the forming section against adjustment.
Method of stitching a plurality of acquired images of an angular sector of an iridocorneal angle of an eye, comprising the steps of: A) processing the acquired images, wherein each of the acquired image is rotated and/or perspectively corrected and/or devignetted, B) registering the processed images, wherein for each couple of adjacent processed images a transformation is determined that correlates the couple, C) positioning the registered images, wherein for each registered image a corresponding relative positioning is carried out, and D) merging the positioned images based on their relative positions; whereby a panoramic linear picture of said angular sector of iridocorneal angle of eye in the form of a rectangular picture is obtained; wherein at step "B" for each couple of adjacent processed images a coordinate transformation of one image of the couple is determined so that one or more features of the images of the couple are aligned, a feature being in particular a portion of an iris or a portion of a sclera or a portion of a trabecular meshwork; and wherein at step "B" for each couple of adjacent processed images a first region-of-interest within a first image of the couple and a second region-of-interest within a first image of the couple are identified being at the opposite ends of a tangential median line, the tangential median line being a straight line passing through the centre of the image and being perpendicular to the acquisition direction of the image. A) processing the acquired images, wherein each of the acquired image is rotated and/or perspectively corrected and/or devignetted, B) registering the processed images, wherein for each couple of adjacent processed images a transformation is determined that correlates the couple, C) positioning the registered images, wherein for each registered image a corresponding relative positioning is carried out, and D) merging the positioned images based on their relative positions; whereby a panoramic linear picture of said angular sector of iridocorneal angle of eye in the form of a rectangular picture is obtained; wherein at step "B" for each couple of adjacent processed images a coordinate transformation of one image of the couple is determined so that one or more features of the images of the couple are aligned, a feature being in particular a portion of an iris or a portion of a sclera or a portion of a trabecular meshwork; and
A polycentric prosthetic knee (300, 400) comprising: a first core knee member (304, 404) that rotates with respect to a second core knee member (302, 402) about an instantaneous center of rotation during flexion of the polycentric prosthetic knee; axles (312, 314, 316, 318, 412, 414, 416, 418) that define the instantaneous center of rotation; and an elongate member carried by the first core knee member and having an end that is translatable, through an opening in the second core knee member, between a first end position that allows the flexion and a second end position that contacts an inner surface of the second core knee member to prevent the flexion, wherein a first end of the elongate member is translatable between the first end position and the second end position, and characterised in that the elongate member includes a second, opposite end that is rotatable between a locked position that prevents translation of the first end and an intermediate position that allows translation of the first end from the first end position to the second end position. a first core knee member (304, 404) that rotates with respect to a second core knee member (302, 402) about an instantaneous center of rotation during flexion of the polycentric prosthetic knee; axles (312, 314, 316, 318, 412, 414, 416, 418) that define the instantaneous center of rotation; and an elongate member carried by the first core knee member and having an end that is translatable, through an opening in the second core knee member, between a first end position that allows the flexion and a second end position that contacts an inner surface of the second core knee member to prevent the flexion, wherein a first end of the elongate member is translatable between the first end position and the second end position, and characterised in that the elongate member includes a second, opposite end that is rotatable between a locked position that prevents translation of the first end and an intermediate position that allows translation of the first end from the first end position to the second end position.
A method for evaluating degree of botanical-integrity in vascular plant, including: measuring an occurrence frequency (R AE) of elastic waves generated by cavitations in vascular tissues in vascular plant, before and after a change in water stress to the vascular plant, respectively by an elastic wave reception sensor (11a, b, c, d, p, q, r) fixed to an axis (2 t, 2 b1, 2 b2, 2 b3, 2 b4,...) of the vascular plant; calculating a change rate of the occurrence frequency, from the occurrence frequency (R AE) of the elastic wave measured before and after the change, respectively; and determining whether or not an embolism (E t, Ep) in the vascular tissue arrives at an unrecoverable level of the embolism (E t, Ep), from the calculated change rate, wherein botanical-integrity of the vascular plant is evaluated, on the basis of the level of the embolism (E t, E p). measuring an occurrence frequency (R AE) of elastic waves generated by cavitations in vascular tissues in vascular plant, before and after a change in water stress to the vascular plant, respectively by an elastic wave reception sensor (11a, b, c, d, p, q, r) fixed to an axis (2 t, 2 b1, 2 b2, 2 b3, 2 b4,...) of the vascular plant; calculating a change rate of the occurrence frequency, from the occurrence frequency (R AE) of the elastic wave measured before and after the change, respectively; and determining whether or not an embolism (E t, Ep) in the vascular tissue arrives at an unrecoverable level of the embolism (E t, Ep), from the calculated change rate, wherein botanical-integrity of the vascular plant is evaluated, on the basis of the level of the embolism (E t, E p).
A computer-implemented method for managing user key pairs, the method comprising: receiving a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on an identity cryptographic chip or chip set - ICC -, wherein the request includes the identity information and the user key pair, the request digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information being biometric information uniquely identifying a user, and the user key pair assigned to the user; determining that the digital signature is authentic based on a public authorization key pre-stored in the memory; encrypting the identity information and the user key pair; and storing the encrypted identity information and the encrypted user key pair to the memory. receiving a request to store identity information and a user key pair to a memory on an identity cryptographic chip or chip set - ICC -, wherein the request includes the identity information and the user key pair, the request digitally signed with a digital signature, the identity information being biometric information uniquely identifying a user, and the user key pair assigned to the user; determining that the digital signature is authentic based on a public authorization key pre-stored in the memory; encrypting the identity information and the user key pair; and storing the encrypted identity information and the encrypted user key pair to the memory.