mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sealing system of a device for allowing the passage of a medium, in particular in the high pressure range, comprising a housing that has a bore hole, a component mounted within said housing and with a pressure chamber formed within the bore hole, which can be charged with the medium, to which at least one sealing element is adjoining, which surrounds the component, whereby an additional seal is formed by the housing and a pressure disc surrounding the component, and so an outer region is tightly closed after the sealing element, whereby the component is sleeve-shaped for allowing the passage of the medium into the pressure chamber, whereby the pressure chamber is formed between the housing with the bore hole, the sleeve-shaped component and the sealing element surrounding the component, whereby the additional seal is formed by two opposing sealing surfaces (31a, 31b) of the housing and of the pressure disc, whereby the additional seal is a metal seal, and that the angles of inclination of the sealing surfaces differing from one another by a small angular amount, by means of which the formation of a circular sealing edge is brought about on the inside, characterised in that the component is mounted rotatable in the housing.
Pump comprising fluid suction and delivery means, and a coil connectable to an electric power source configured to feed an alternate electric voltage at a defined frequency, and configured to move said suction and delivery means in order to suck in and deliver said fluid as a function of a pulsed electric current circulating in said coil, wherein said pump comprises a control device configured to regulate the flow rate of said pump, said control device comprising a convertor unit, connected to a first terminal end of the coil configured to convert said alternate electric voltage into a substantially continuous electric voltage, and a frequency setting unit, connected to said coil and configured to feed, selectively and periodically, said continuous electric voltage to said coil with a desired set frequency (FSET), independent of said defined network frequency, wherein the frequency setting unit comprises a switch device and a controller configured to generate a square wave signal, periodic with the desired set frequency (FSET), suitable to pilot the switch device in order to selectively and periodically activate and de-activate it, so as to generate, in said coil, said electric current with a pulsed development correlated to said set frequency (FSET), wherein said switch device is connected between a terminal end of the coil and a ground, and is able to pass from a non-active state, in which it behaves as an open circuit, to an active state, in which it behaves as a closed circuit, allowing said electric current to circulate, and vice versa and wherein said switch device is made with a MOSFET in which the source terminal is connected to the ground, the drain terminal is connected to said coil and the gate terminal is connected to said controller and receives said square wave signal.
A contrast agent comprising: a) a contrast protein having contrast properties; and b) at least one targeting moiety, wherein the at least one targeting moiety is operatively linked to or incorporated within the contrast protein through a covalent or peptide bond, wherein the contrast protein has at least one metal ion binding site capable of chelating paramagnetic and heavy metal ions, wherein the targeting moiety is gastrin release peptide, and wherein the contrast protein includes the domain 1 of CD2 and/or the green fluorescent protein. a) a contrast protein having contrast properties; and b) at least one targeting moiety,
A method for charging an electrical energy storage device in a vehicle using an external power supply connected to said electrical energy storage device via a charging cable, said method comprising the steps of, in said vehicle: determining (S301, S401) a first value indicative of a first voltage level output from said power supply; starting charging (S303, S403) of said energy storage device using said power supply; determining (S305, S405) a second value indicative of a second voltage level output from said power supply; determining (S307, S407) a first voltage difference based on a difference between said second value and said first value; said method being characterized by the steps of: after a predetermined time, aborting charging (S309, S409); determining (S311, S411) a third value indicative of a third voltage level output from said power supply; starting charging (S313, S413) of said energy storage device using said power supply; determining (S315, S415) a fourth value indicative of a fourth voltage level output from said power supply; determining (S317, S417) a second voltage difference based on a difference between said fourth value and said third value; determining a deviation value based on a difference between said second voltage difference and said first voltage difference; and based on said deviation value, controlling a charging parameter. determining (S301, S401) a first value indicative of a first voltage level output from said power supply; starting charging (S303, S403) of said energy storage device using said power supply; determining (S305, S405) a second value indicative of a second voltage level output from said power supply; determining (S307, S407) a first voltage difference based on a difference between said second value and said first value; after a predetermined time, aborting charging (S309, S409); determining (S311, S411) a third value indicative of a third voltage level output from said power supply; starting charging (S313, S413) of said energy storage device using said power supply; determining (S315, S415) a fourth value indicative of a fourth voltage level output from said power supply; determining (S317, S417) a second voltage difference based on a difference between said fourth value and said third value; determining a deviation value based on a difference between said second voltage difference and said first voltage difference; and based on said deviation value, controlling a charging parameter.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage means configured to store recording sheets; an image forming means configured to form an image on a recording sheet fed from the storage means; an insertion means, including an interleaving sheet tray on which an interleaving sheet is stacked, configured to insert the interleaving sheet fed from the interleaving sheet tray between recording sheets conveyed from the image forming means; a first detection means configured to detect the presence or absence of a recording sheet in the storage means; a second detection means configured to detect the remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means; and a control means configured to control sheet feeding start timing of the interleaving sheet stacked on the interleaving sheet tray, wherein the control means is arranged to control the insertion means to start feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray regardless of a detection result acquired by the first detection means before the second detection means detects that a remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means is smaller than a threshold, characterized in that the control means is arranged to control the insertion means to start feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray based on the detection of the presence of a recording sheet preceding the interleaf sheet acquired by the first detection means after the second detection means detects that a remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means is smaller than the threshold. a storage means configured to store recording sheets; an image forming means configured to form an image on a recording sheet fed from the storage means; an insertion means, including an interleaving sheet tray on which an interleaving sheet is stacked, configured to insert the interleaving sheet fed from the interleaving sheet tray between recording sheets conveyed from the image forming means; a first detection means configured to detect the presence or absence of a recording sheet in the storage means; a second detection means configured to detect the remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means; and a control means configured to control sheet feeding start timing of the interleaving sheet stacked on the interleaving sheet tray, wherein the control means is arranged to control the insertion means to start feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray regardless of a detection result acquired by the first detection means before the second detection means detects that a remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means is smaller than a threshold, characterized in that the control means is arranged to control the insertion means to start feeding the interleaving sheet from the interleaving sheet tray based on the detection of the presence of a recording sheet preceding the interleaf sheet acquired by the first detection means after the second detection means detects that a remaining amount of recording sheets in the storage means is smaller than the threshold.
Automatic adjustable valve that changes between open and closed states respectively and thus comprising a body capable of pivoting about a horizontal axis (D, 15), the body having: - a reservoir, arranged essentially above the axis (D, 15), - at least one filling orifice providing a water inlet for filling the reservoir and at least one draining orifice for draining the reservoir, - a first duct connected to the filling orifice, and having a water intake situated at a higher position than the filling orifice, whether the valve is open or closed, - and a counterweight below the axis (D, 15) in the closed state of the valve, characterised in that: - the first duct is separate from the body, the first duct being connected to the filling orifice when the valve is closed and is disconnected therefrom when the valve is opened by pivoting of the body, the valve comprises a second duct separate from the body, connected to the filling orifice when the valve is open and disconnected therefrom when the valve is closed by pivoting of the body, the second duct having a water intake situated at a lower position than the water intake of the first duct and at a higher position than the horizontal axis (D, 15). - a reservoir, arranged essentially above the axis (D, 15), - at least one filling orifice providing a water inlet for filling the reservoir and at least one draining orifice for draining the reservoir, - a first duct connected to the filling orifice, and having a water intake situated at a higher position than the filling orifice, whether the valve is open or closed, - and a counterweight below the axis (D, 15) in the closed state of the valve, - the first duct is separate from the body, the first duct being connected to the filling orifice when the valve is closed and is disconnected therefrom when the valve is opened by pivoting of the body,
A method of manufacturing a thermoplastic product in a mould, comprising at least two opposing mould parts (6, 8) defining a cavity to at least one of press mould and injection mould the product from thermoplastic material, the method comprising: - providing a fiber reinforced sheet of a fiber fabric encapsulated in a thermoplastic resin; - forming the fiber reinforced sheet in correspondence with a shape of the product; and - arranging the formed fiber reinforced sheet on and connected close fittingly to an outer surface of the product, CHARACTERISED BY dividing the fiber reinforced sheet in portions (3; 4)in shape optimized for low cut losses, said shapes being from the group at least comprising rectangles, squares and honeycomb or six-cornered shapes, and joining two or more fiber reinforced sheets or portions thereof together, for example by welding, prior to forming the combined fiber reinforced sheet in correspondence with a shape of the product. - providing a fiber reinforced sheet of a fiber fabric encapsulated in a thermoplastic resin; - forming the fiber reinforced sheet in correspondence with a shape of the product; and - arranging the formed fiber reinforced sheet on and connected close fittingly to an outer surface of the product,
A bus bar assembly for a battery module having a plurality of electrochemical cells, the bus bar assembly comprising: - a bus bar carrier configured to receive bus bars to interface with terminals of the plurality of electrochemical cells; - a flex circuit disposed on the bus bar carrier; and - a temperature sensor welding tab comprising a circuit engagement region secured to the flex circuit and a welding region to be welded to an end of an electrochemical cell, wherein the circuit engagement region of the temperature sensor welding tab comprises a first tab and a second tab each protruding in a first direction away from the circuit engagement region, each of the first and second tabs (92, 94) comprising a bend that causes the first and second tabs (92, 94) to protrude in a second direction through vias (96, 98) of the flex circuit. - a bus bar carrier configured to receive bus bars to interface with terminals of the plurality of electrochemical cells; - a flex circuit disposed on the bus bar carrier; and - a temperature sensor welding tab comprising a circuit engagement region secured to the flex circuit and a welding region to be welded to an end of an electrochemical cell,
A catalytic reduction system for an exhaust line of a heat engine, comprising: - an injector able to inject a quantity of reducing agent, - the injector having a body and a connection end-piece cooperating with a connector of a duct conveying the reducing agent to said injector, said catalytic reduction system further comprising a thermal protection device including: - cover surrounding at least partially the connection end-piece of the injector and the connector of the duct, and - an attachment device by snap-fastening on the body of the injector which comprises at least one clip (34.1, 34.2) provided with two elastically deformable arms situated facing one another, said cover being made from a thermally conductive material and configured to recover heat generated by said exhaust line and to convey it by conduction in the cold zone constituted by the assembly of connection end-piece and connector, characterized in that the attachment device by snap-fastening comprises a first (34.1) and a second (34.2) clip. - an injector able to inject a quantity of reducing agent, - the injector having a body and a connection end-piece cooperating with a connector of a duct conveying the reducing agent to said injector, said catalytic reduction system further comprising a thermal protection device including: - cover surrounding at least partially the connection end-piece of the injector and the connector of the duct, and - an attachment device by snap-fastening on the body of the injector which comprises at least one clip (34.1, 34.2) provided with two elastically deformable arms situated facing one another, said cover being made from a thermally conductive material and configured to recover heat generated by said exhaust line and to convey it by conduction in the cold zone constituted by the assembly of connection end-piece and connector, characterized in that the attachment device by snap-fastening comprises a first (34.1) and a second (34.2) clip.
Method for managing information exchanged within a modular software-architecture control system of a motor vehicle drive train and the values of which are likely to be affected by a malfunction of said control system and/or of said drive train, wherein each of these information items is assigned a validity indication (IV1d_V) for the value of said information item, the defining and the method of generating the validity of the indications associated with said information items having been performed during a software design of the modules of said modular-architecture control system according to the specific needs and capacities of the modules, and during said exchange of information items assigned to an information item said validity indication assigned to an information item is generated by a module (M1, C1, C2, C3) generating said information from input indications (IV1d_Vi) received by said generator module and representative of a possible malfunction of this generator module or of another module (C1, C2, C3) and from a software programming of said generator module resulting from the design information items of said module relating to the defining and to the method of generating said validity indication.
Use of a lubricant comprising 0.5 wt.-% tungsten disulfide nanoparticles for reducing wear in a machining process that utilizes titanium against steel.
Heatable cistern for an intelligent toilet, comprising a body, on which a water inlet and a water outlet are provided, and a heater, wherein the body has arranged therein a separating wall which subdivides the interior of the body into an upper water chamber and a lower water chamber, wherein the upper water chamber and the lower water chamber are connected to one another, wherein the heater is arranged in the lower water chamber, wherein the water inlet is situated in an upper part of the body, and wherein the water outlet is situated in the lower water chamber and is connected to the lower water chamber, characterized in that the water inlet is connected to the upper water chamber.
Soft capsule based on starch, comprising a) > 40 weight percent of the dry soft capsule, after subtracting the plasticizer, starch, b) 15 - 70 weight percent of the dry soft capsule plasticizer, and c) 0.1 - 50 weight percent of the total soft capsule water, wherein the soft capsule comprises particles of destructured starch bonded to one another. a) > 40 weight percent of the dry soft capsule, after subtracting the plasticizer, starch, b) 15 - 70 weight percent of the dry soft capsule plasticizer, and c) 0.1 - 50 weight percent of the total soft capsule water, wherein the soft capsule comprises particles of destructured starch bonded to one another.
A composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a) from 3 to 25 weight percent polymeric binder particles containing, based on the weight of the binder, less than 0.05 weight percent of phosphate and phosphonate groups; b) from 5 to 35 weight percent rutile TiO 2 having a purity of at least 98% and which is untreated with inorganic silica; c) from 0.1 to 2 weight percent of a dispersant which is tetrasodium pyrophosphate, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, potassium tripolyphosphate, or sodium hexametaphosphate; wherein the polymeric binder particles comprise vinyl acetate, vinyl-acrylic, styrene-acrylic, or styrene-butadiene polymer particles; and wherein the weight percentages are all based on the weight of total solids of the composition.
A method of inkjet printing, comprising: printing onto a substrate an inkjet fixing composition comprising a cationic polymer present in an amount of less than 5 wt.%; an organic acid present in an amount of 3 wt.% or less, wherein the organic acid comprises succinic acid present in an amount of 1 wt.% or less or citric acid present in an amount of less than 3 wt. %; and a liquid vehicle; and printing a latex-containing inkjet ink composition onto the substrate. printing onto a substrate an inkjet fixing composition comprising a cationic polymer present in an amount of less than 5 wt.%; an organic acid present in an amount of 3 wt.% or less, wherein the organic acid comprises succinic acid present in an amount of 1 wt.% or less or citric acid present in an amount of less than 3 wt. %; and a liquid vehicle; and printing a latex-containing inkjet ink composition onto the substrate.
A pharmaceutical dosage form having an immediate release component and a controlled release component comprising: a) an immediate release component comprising a ratio of carbidopa to levodopa of from 1:1 to 1:5 and a disintegrant such that the in vitro dissolution rate of the immediate release component according to measurements under the USP paddle method of 50 rpm in 900 ml aqueous buffer at pH 4 at 37°C is from 10% to 99% levodopa released after 15 minutes and from 75% to 99% after 1 hour, wherein the immediate release component comprises immediate release particles; and b) a controlled release component comprising controlled release particles with a diameter of 0.001 mm to 5.0 mm, wherein the controlled release particles comprise from 10 to 200 mg of carbidopa; from 25 to 600 mg of levodopa; wherein a ratio of carbidopa to levodopa is from 1:1 to 1:5; and a retardant coating comprising a hydrophobic or hydrophilic material, such that the in vitro dissolution rate of the controlled release component according to measurements under the USP paddle method of 50 rpm in 900 ml aqueous buffer at pH 4 at 37°C is from 10% to 60% levodopa released after 1 hour; from 20% to 80% levodopa released after 2 hours; and from 30% to 99% levodopa released after 6 hours, the in vitro release rate chosen such that the initial peak plasma level of levodopa obtained in vivo occurs between 0.1 and 2 hours after administration of the dosage form to a patient and a controlled release profile over a period of 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 hours. a) an immediate release component comprising a ratio of carbidopa to levodopa of from 1:1 to 1:5 and a disintegrant such that the in vitro dissolution rate of the immediate release component according to measurements under the USP paddle method of 50 rpm in 900 ml aqueous buffer at pH 4 at 37°C is from 10% to 99% levodopa released after 15 minutes and from 75% to 99% after 1 hour, wherein the immediate release component comprises immediate release particles; and b) a controlled release component comprising controlled release particles with a diameter of 0.001 mm to 5.0 mm, wherein the controlled release particles comprise from 10 to 200 mg of carbidopa; from 25 to 600 mg of levodopa; wherein a ratio of carbidopa to levodopa is from 1:1 to 1:5; and a retardant coating comprising a hydrophobic or hydrophilic material, such that the in vitro dissolution rate of the controlled release component according to measurements under the USP paddle method of 50 rpm in 900 ml aqueous buffer at pH 4 at 37°C is from 10% to 60% levodopa released after 1 hour; from 20% to 80% levodopa released after 2 hours; and from 30% to 99% levodopa released after 6 hours, the in vitro release rate chosen such that the initial peak plasma level of levodopa obtained in vivo occurs between 0.1 and 2 hours after administration of the dosage form to a patient and a controlled release profile over a period of 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 hours.