mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An earplug (10, 80) for selective attenuation of sound from the environment reaching the inner ear of a user, said earplug comprising: - a body having at least two sound paths extending through said body, - a top surface with at least two inlets (18, 45) facing the ambient air, - an acoustic filter arranged in each of said at least two sound paths comprising an upper acoustic port (36, 37), at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or at least one acoustic mesh, an acoustic chamber (41, 44) and a lower acoustic port (42, 43), wherein a specific attenuation of sound passing each of said filters is determined by a combination of a selected size of an open area of said upper (36, 37) and lower (42, 43) acoustic ports and a selected size of an open surface area of said at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or said at least one acoustic mesh and a selected air permeability of said at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or said at least one acoustic mesh, and - a member arranged at said top surface configured to slide between different positions to activate or deactivate the at least two sound paths - characterized in that - said body comprises an upper body with said top surface comprising a side wall protruding from said top surface, wherein inward facing rims are arranged at said side wall for engagement with recesses of said member for holding the member while enabling the member to slide between distinct positions. - a body having at least two sound paths extending through said body, - a top surface with at least two inlets (18, 45) facing the ambient air, - an acoustic filter arranged in each of said at least two sound paths comprising an upper acoustic port (36, 37), at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or at least one acoustic mesh, an acoustic chamber (41, 44) and a lower acoustic port (42, 43), wherein a specific attenuation of sound passing each of said filters is determined by a combination of a selected size of an open area of said upper (36, 37) and lower (42, 43) acoustic ports and a selected size of an open surface area of said at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or said at least one acoustic mesh and a selected air permeability of said at least one acoustic membrane (38, 39) and/or said at least one acoustic mesh, and - a member arranged at said top surface configured to slide between different positions to activate or deactivate the at least two sound paths - characterized in that - said body comprises an upper body with said top surface comprising a side wall protruding from said top surface, wherein inward facing rims are arranged at said side wall for engagement with recesses of said member for holding the member while enabling the member to slide between distinct positions.
Wind turbine blade comprising a lightning protection system and shells (13,15) made of a composite material including Radar Absorbing Material; the lightning protection system comprising one or more lightning receptors (21, 21', 21 ") and one or two down-conductors (23, 23') disposed inside of the wind turbine blade for driving lightning current to ground, the Radar Absorbing Material comprising at least a functional layer and a reflector layer in the laminate of the shells (13, 15); whereby - the lightning receptors (21, 21', 21") are located at the tip region; - the reflector layer of each shell (13, 15) is connected to the one or two down conductors (23, 23') in at least two cross sections at radiuses R1, R2 having a length ranging, respectively, from 0-20% and 80-90% of the length of the blade by means of auxiliary cables (29, 29'), characterized in that - the Radar Absorbing Material covers the entire wind turbine blade except a tip region located between the end of the blade and a cross section at a radius R having a length ranging from 80-90% of the length of the blade. - the lightning receptors (21, 21', 21") are located at the tip region; - the reflector layer of each shell (13, 15) is connected to the one or two down conductors (23, 23') in at least two cross sections at radiuses R1, R2 having a length ranging, respectively, from 0-20% and 80-90% of the length of the blade by means of auxiliary cables (29, 29'), characterized in that - the Radar Absorbing Material covers the entire wind turbine blade except a tip region located between the end of the blade and a cross section at a radius R having a length ranging from 80-90% of the length of the blade.
A silicon-carbon-based composite negative electrode active material in the form of particles comprising: a carbon-based core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and at least one silicon particle included in the carbon-based core and disposed in a form of being distributed in an outer portion of the carbon-based core wherein the carbon-based core has a concentration gradient in which porosity is gradually increased from a center of the core to the outer portion of the core, and the outer portion of the carbon-based core comprises a portion having a length of 10% to 50% of a total length from the center of the carbon-based core to a surface of the carbon-based core in a depth direction from the surface, wherein the at least one silicon particle disposed in the form of being distributed in the outer portion of the carbon-based core has a diameter of 20 nm to 100 nm. a carbon-based core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and at least one silicon particle included in the carbon-based core and disposed in a form of being distributed in an outer portion of the carbon-based core wherein the carbon-based core has a concentration gradient in which porosity is gradually increased from a center of the core to the outer portion of the core, and the outer portion of the carbon-based core comprises a portion having a length of 10% to 50% of a total length from the center of the carbon-based core to a surface of the carbon-based core in a depth direction from the surface, wherein the at least one silicon particle disposed in the form of being distributed in the outer portion of the carbon-based core has a diameter of 20 nm to 100 nm.
Antenna arrangement, configured to radiate a high frequency measurement signal from a measurement sensor of a measuring device, comprising: an antenna made of a plastic material; a waveguide made of the plastic material, wherein the waveguide is integrally formed with the antenna; a wall on the outside of the antenna that has metallization or is made of metal; and characterized in that the antenna arrangement further comprising: an anti-reflection element configured on an outer side of a transition region between the antenna and the waveguide and configured to reduce reflections of the measurement signal in the transition region. wherein the anti-reflection element is configured to be slid through in a holder, which is a press holder, of the measuring device. an antenna made of a plastic material; a waveguide made of the plastic material, wherein the waveguide is integrally formed with the antenna; a wall on the outside of the antenna that has metallization or is made of metal; and characterized in that the antenna arrangement further comprising: an anti-reflection element configured on an outer side of a transition region between the antenna and the waveguide and configured to reduce reflections of the measurement signal in the transition region. wherein the anti-reflection element is configured to be slid through in a holder, which is a press holder, of the measuring device. an anti-reflection element configured on an outer side of a transition region between the antenna and the waveguide and configured to reduce reflections of the measurement signal in the transition region. wherein the anti-reflection element is configured to be slid through in a holder, which is a press holder, of the measuring device.
A trailer coupling comprising a cross member unit, which is mountable on a tail region of a vehicle body of a passenger vehicle, and which extends transverse to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a bearing unit held by the cross member unit, by means of which bearing unit a ball neck with a coupling ball is held on the cross member unit, wherein the cross member unit is connected in its two outer, mutually opposed end regions (46a, 46b) to mounting elements (48a, 48b) by means of which the cross member unit is fixed to the tail region, wherein the cross member unit has an upper supporting structure as considered in the vertical direction and a lower supporting structure arranged lower down than the upper supporting structure in the vertical direction, wherein the supporting structures (72, 102) are each connected at their mutually opposed outer end regions (74a, 74b, 104a, 104b) to the mounting elements (48a, 48b) and in a central region (76, 106) carry the bearing unit, characterised in that one of the supporting structures is formed as a supporting structure that is primarily torsionally-stiff and at least partially surrounds a structure interior, and in that the torsionally-stiff supporting structure is tubular at least in sections, in that the other of the supporting structures is formed as a supporting structure that is primarily tensile-stiff in the direction of travel, in that the tensile-stiff supporting structure is formed as a planar supporting structure, which runs transversely to the vertical direction, and in that the tensile-stiff supporting structure, at the outer end regions (104a, 104b), has a greater areal extent in a horizontal longitudinal direction than in the central region.
Method for automatically recognizing a magnetic object, comprising: a) the holding of the magnetic object immobile in front of an array of magnetometers comprising N tri-axial magnetometers (M ij) linked mechanically to one another with no degree of freedom to maintain a fixed distance between each of these magnetometers, where N is an integer number greater than or equal to five, the fixed distance between two immediately consecutive magnetometers being at least less than the maximum separation between the magnetic parts of the magnetic object furthest away from one another, b) when the magnetic object is held immobile in front of the array of magnetometers, the measurement by each magnetometer of a vector b i,m of which each coordinate represents the value of the magnetic field projected onto a respective measurement axis of the magnetometer, a union of vectors b i,m measured at the same time by the magnetometers of the array forming a measured magnetic signature S m of this object, where the index "i" is an identifier of the magnetometer, characterized by c) the computation of a deviation E between the magnetic signature S m measured in the step b) and a prerecorded magnetic signature S Ref of a known magnetic object, d) the comparison of the deviation E computed in the step c) to a predetermined threshold and the recognition of the magnetic object if the deviation E is less than or equal to this predetermined threshold, and, if not, the absence of recognition of this magnetic object. a) the holding of the magnetic object immobile in front of an array of magnetometers comprising N tri-axial magnetometers (M ij) linked mechanically to one another with no degree of freedom to maintain a fixed distance between each of these magnetometers, where N is an integer number greater than or equal to five, the fixed distance between two immediately consecutive magnetometers being at least less than the maximum separation between the magnetic parts of the magnetic object furthest away from one another, b) when the magnetic object is held immobile in front of the array of magnetometers, the measurement by each magnetometer of a vector b i,m of which each coordinate represents the value of the magnetic field projected onto a respective measurement axis of the magnetometer, a union of vectors b i,m measured at the same time by the magnetometers of the array forming a measured magnetic signature S m of this object, where the index "i" is an identifier of the magnetometer, characterized by c) the computation of a deviation E between the magnetic signature S m measured in the step b) and a prerecorded magnetic signature S Ref of a known magnetic object, d) the comparison of the deviation E computed in the step c) to a predetermined threshold and the recognition of the magnetic object if the deviation E is less than or equal to this predetermined threshold, and, if not, the absence of recognition of this magnetic object.
System for fully automatically manufacturing a pressure unit mounted in a fluid container, the pressure unit having a high pressure container with a bottom part and a closure with a pressure control device, the system comprising a production line with a first station for automatic mounting of the bottom part and the closure to the high pressure container, a second station for welding the bottom part and the closure into the high pressure container, a third station for assembling the fluid container and the pressure unit and a fourth station for welding the fluid container to the pressure unit.
An injectable composition for sustained release of a protein or peptide, comprising: (a) a hydrophobic non-polymeric carrier material formed from polyol having less than 20 hydroxyl groups that are esterified with carboxylic acids, wherein the hydrophobic, non-polymeric material is a liquid that has a viscosity of at least 5,000cP at 37°C that does not crystallize neat under ambient or physiological conditions; (b) a water miscible pharmaceutically acceptable organic solvent having a miscibility of at least 1% by weight in water at 25°C; and (c) a protein or peptide covalently conjugated with amphiphilic molecule(s) having the following general structures: L-S-(OC 2 H 4) m OH (Formula 1) wherein L is the lipophilic moiety preferably selected from C4-36-alkyl, C4-36-alkenyl, C4-36-alkadienyl, tocopherol and steroidal residues, and wherein S is a linker selected from a group of an ester group, amide group, secondary or tertiary amine group, carbamate group, sulfonate group, sulfate group, phosphate group, phosphonate group, or ether group, wherein m ranges from 1 to 1000, the amphiphilic molecule(s) comprises a linear polyethylene glycol moiety and a lipophilic moiety, wherein the protein or peptide, the polyethylene glycol and the lipophilic moiety are conformationally arranged to have the lipophilic moiety exteriorly available for interaction with lipophilic environment or cell membranes. (a) a hydrophobic non-polymeric carrier material formed from polyol having less than 20 hydroxyl groups that are esterified with carboxylic acids, wherein the hydrophobic, non-polymeric material is a liquid that has a viscosity of at least 5,000cP at 37°C that does not crystallize neat under ambient or physiological conditions; (b) a water miscible pharmaceutically acceptable organic solvent having a miscibility of at least 1% by weight in water at 25°C; and (c) a protein or peptide covalently conjugated with amphiphilic molecule(s) having the following general structures: L-S-(OC 2 H 4) m OH (Formula 1) wherein L is the lipophilic moiety preferably selected from C4-36-alkyl, C4-36-alkenyl, C4-36-alkadienyl, tocopherol and steroidal residues, and wherein S is a linker selected from a group of an ester group, amide group, secondary or tertiary amine group, carbamate group, sulfonate group, sulfate group, phosphate group, phosphonate group, or ether group, wherein m ranges from 1 to 1000, the amphiphilic molecule(s) comprises a linear polyethylene glycol moiety and a lipophilic moiety, wherein the protein or peptide, the polyethylene glycol and the lipophilic moiety are conformationally arranged to have the lipophilic moiety exteriorly available for interaction with lipophilic environment or cell membranes.
A particle analysis apparatus comprising: a raw image storage section storing a raw image of particles; a recipe storage section storing a plurality of image processing recipes that are different in at least image processing algorithms; a test region setting section which is configured for setting, based on received input from a user, a test region in the raw image where the image processing algorithm is executed; a test image processing section configured to execute the plurality of image processing algorithms on a portion of the raw image where the test region is set based on the plurality of image processing recipes stored in the recipe storage section and to output respective test result images; a test result display section configured to display a list of the test result images with the different image processing algorithms each outputted from and executed by the test image processing section; an execution recipe reception section configured to receive, from a user, a selection of the image processing recipe to be executed on the entire raw image after each test result image of the list has been displayed by the test result display section; a final image processing section configured to execute, based on the image processing recipe received at the execution recipe reception section, image processing on the entire raw image or entire another raw image of the particles and to output a final image; and a final result display section configured to display the final image. a raw image storage section storing a raw image of particles; a recipe storage section storing a plurality of image processing recipes that are different in at least image processing algorithms; a test region setting section which is configured for setting, based on received input from a user, a test region in the raw image where the image processing algorithm is executed; a test image processing section configured to execute the plurality of image processing algorithms on a portion of the raw image where the test region is set based on the plurality of image processing recipes stored in the recipe storage section and to output respective test result images; a test result display section configured to display a list of the test result images with the different image processing algorithms each outputted from and executed by the test image processing section; an execution recipe reception section configured to receive, from a user, a selection of the image processing recipe to be executed on the entire raw image after each test result image of the list has been displayed by the test result display section; a final image processing section configured to execute, based on the image processing recipe received at the execution recipe reception section, image processing on the entire raw image or entire another raw image of the particles and to output a final image; and a final result display section configured to display the final image.
A liquid container for a printing apparatus comprising: a storage portion arranged to store a liquid to be supplied to a discharge head (13A,13B) that discharges the liquid; a first channel arranged to be inserted into a replenishing bottle, which is arranged to replenish the liquid to the storage portion, and to communicate with the replenishing bottle; and a second channel between the first channel and the storage portion, which communicates with the first channel and the storage portion, wherein the second channel differs in its sectional area from the first channel, characterized in that the second channel includes a first shape portion, formed from an end portion on a side of the first channel in a direction of the second channel within the range of a section of the second channel, and having a sectional shape common to a part of a sectional shape of the first channel. a storage portion arranged to store a liquid to be supplied to a discharge head (13A,13B) that discharges the liquid; a first channel arranged to be inserted into a replenishing bottle, which is arranged to replenish the liquid to the storage portion, and to communicate with the replenishing bottle; and a second channel between the first channel and the storage portion, which communicates with the first channel and the storage portion, wherein the second channel differs in its sectional area from the first channel, characterized in that the second channel includes a first shape portion, formed from an end portion on a side of the first channel in a direction of the second channel within the range of a section of the second channel, and having a sectional shape common to a part of a sectional shape of the first channel.
Computer-readable medium comprising a stream of data representative of at least one image split up into partitions, which has been previously coded, the stream of data comprising: - a) data of the partitions (Bi) of this coded image, the data of a partition (Bi) being coefficients of a direct transformation of each partition, the said data of the said partition (Bi) containing the signs of the coefficients with the exception of the sign of the first non-zero coefficient of this partition which is able to be hidden; - b) the number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients of the said partition (Bi) indicating whether the sign of the first non-zero coefficient of this partition is hidden, and - c.1) if the said number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients is less than a predefined threshold (TSIG), the sign of the first non-zero coefficient is not hidden but is contained in the data of the said partition (Bi) - c.2) if the said number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients is greater than or equal to the predefined threshold (TSIG), the sign of the first non-zero coefficient is hidden, and the parity of the sum of the said coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients indicates the value of the said hidden sign, and - d) if the said parity is even, the said hidden sign is positive, and if the said parity is odd, the said hidden sign is negative. - a) data of the partitions (Bi) of this coded image, the data of a partition (Bi) being coefficients of a direct transformation of each partition, the said data of the said partition (Bi) containing the signs of the coefficients with the exception of the sign of the first non-zero coefficient of this partition which is able to be hidden; - b) the number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients of the said partition (Bi) indicating whether the sign of the first non-zero coefficient of this partition is hidden, and - c.1) if the said number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients is less than a predefined threshold (TSIG), the sign of the first non-zero coefficient is not hidden but is contained in the data of the said partition (Bi) - c.2) if the said number of coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients inclusive of the first and the last non-zero coefficients is greater than or equal to the predefined threshold (TSIG), the sign of the first non-zero coefficient is hidden, and the parity of the sum of the said coefficients between the first and the last non-zero coefficients indicates the value of the said hidden sign, and - d) if the said parity is even, the said hidden sign is positive, and if the said parity is odd, the said hidden sign is negative.