mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A highly ageing-resistant flat sheet for the construction sector, having a multilayer structure comprising at least a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer and at least one membrane layer arranged between the nonwoven layers, wherein the membrane layer is designed as a monolithic membrane layer and comprises a thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group of thermoplastic polyurethanes and/or thermoplastic copolyesters (TPEE), and wherein the first and/or the second nonwoven layer has a grammage of between 10 and 150 g/m 2, characterized in that that the first nonwoven layer and the second nonwoven layer are designed as a mono-component fiber nonwoven, in that an adhesion promoter layer is arranged between the first nonwoven layer and the membrane layer and the second nonwoven layer and the membrane layer, the adhesion promoter layer being formed by a reactive polyurethane hot-melt adhesive and being applied with a grammage of 2 to 20 g/m 2, and that the sheet has an ageing stability of at least 15 years, wherein the ageing stability is determined by subjecting the sheet to an artificial ageing process, the artificial ageing process being carried out at a temperature of 70±2 °C and an air velocity of 5±2 m/s, where the duration in weeks for carrying out the artificial ageing process is determined by multiplying the number of years for the ageing stability by a factor of 12 and dividing the product obtained by a value of 4.5 or by multiplying the number of years for the ageing stability by a factor of 2.5, and, following the artificial ageing process, the waterproofness of the membrane is tested in accordance with DIN EN 13859-1-2010-11, section 5.2.3, against a water column of at least 200 mm over a period of 2 hours. that the first nonwoven layer and the second nonwoven layer are designed as a mono-component fiber nonwoven, in that an adhesion promoter layer is arranged between the first nonwoven layer and the membrane layer and the second nonwoven layer and the membrane layer, the adhesion promoter layer being formed by a reactive polyurethane hot-melt adhesive and being applied with a grammage of 2 to 20 g/m 2, and that the sheet has an ageing stability of at least 15 years, wherein the ageing stability is determined by subjecting the sheet to an artificial ageing process, the artificial ageing process being carried out at a temperature of 70±2 °C and an air velocity of 5±2 m/s, where the duration in weeks for carrying out the artificial ageing process is determined by multiplying the number of years for the ageing stability by a factor of 12 and dividing the product obtained by a value of 4.5 or by multiplying the number of years for the ageing stability by a factor of 2.5, and, following the artificial ageing process, the waterproofness of the membrane is tested in accordance with DIN EN 13859-1-2010-11, section 5.2.3, against a water column of at least 200 mm over a period of 2 hours.
A snap fastener, of a type comprising a female part including a ring spring (11, 11a, 11b) having an inner hole and a male part having a male part stem for engaging with said ring spring, characterized in that said snap fastener further comprises engagement means with differentiated buttoning and unbuttoning efforts, between said stem and said ring spring, said engagement means comprising a chamber (10, 10a, 10b) provided inside said female part for housing said ring spring (11, 11a, 11b), said chamber (10, 10a, 10b) further having longer chamber shoulders (12, 12a, 12b) on a buttoning side of said female part, said longer chamber shoulders (12, 12a, 12b) having a first length longer than a second length of corresponding shorter chamber shoulders (13, 13a, 13b) arranged on an opposite side to said buttoning side of said female part, said longer chamber shoulders (12, 12a, 12b) leave on said ring spring (11, 11a, 11b) corresponding shorter spring free portions (15, 15a, 15b), and that said shorter chamber shoulders (13, 13a, 13b) leave on said ring spring (11, 11a, 11b), corresponding longer spring free portions (14, 14a, 14b) said spring being a ring-shaped spring made of plastic material which deforms as said stem engages said female part facilitated by the longer length of the longer spring free portion (14, 14a, 14b) of said ring spring (11, 11a, 11b).
A guide robot comprising: a lower section having a plurality of wheels; a body section provided above the lower section and having a movable guide adapted to slidably move; a case (33, 32) covering the body section and having an opening, wherein the movable guide inside of the body section is accessible through the opening and allows the movable guide to move into or out of the body section; and a door unit connected to the moveable guide to open or close the opening, the case includes a top cover, first and second middle cover (32, 33) and a bottom cover, a front lidar and a rear lidar in the body section being vertically spaced apart from each other. a lower section having a plurality of wheels; a body section provided above the lower section and having a movable guide adapted to slidably move; a case (33, 32) covering the body section and having an opening, wherein the movable guide inside of the body section is accessible through the opening and allows the movable guide to move into or out of the body section; and a door unit connected to the moveable guide to open or close the opening, the case includes a top cover, first and second middle cover (32, 33) and a bottom cover, a front lidar and a rear lidar in the body section being vertically spaced apart from each other.
A computer-implemented method of estimating lung volume from radiographic images, the method comprising: registering a two dimensional radiographic image of a patient's chest to a three dimensional radiographic image of the patient's chest to estimate data describing projection geometry of an imaging setup used to capture the two dimensional radiographic image; using the projection geometry to estimate at least one radiographic magnification factor relating to the imaging setup; and calculating an estimated lung volume using the two dimensional radiographic image and the at least one radiographic magnification factor. registering a two dimensional radiographic image of a patient's chest to a three dimensional radiographic image of the patient's chest to estimate data describing projection geometry of an imaging setup used to capture the two dimensional radiographic image; using the projection geometry to estimate at least one radiographic magnification factor relating to the imaging setup; and calculating an estimated lung volume using the two dimensional radiographic image and the at least one radiographic magnification factor.
An LED lighting driver comprising: a switched mode power supply having a main energy storage inductor for delivering energy to an LED lighting load (C load); and an auxiliary power supply circuit (20,22) comprising a power supply inductor magnetically coupled to the main energy storage inductor and a rectifier diode (D rect) for delivering a rectified voltage to an auxiliary load, characterized in that the auxiliary power supply circuit (20,22) comprises: the auxiliary load; a dummy load coupled in parallel with the auxiliary load; a control circuit (Q3, U1) for controlling the connection of the dummy load in parallel with the auxiliary load; and a current sense circuit for sensing a current drawn by the auxiliary load and controlling the control circuit (Q3, U1) in dependence on the current drawn such that a current drawn by the auxiliary load and the dummy load in combination is kept near constant. a switched mode power supply having a main energy storage inductor for delivering energy to an LED lighting load (C load); and an auxiliary power supply circuit (20,22) comprising a power supply inductor magnetically coupled to the main energy storage inductor and a rectifier diode (D rect) for delivering a rectified voltage to an auxiliary load, characterized in that the auxiliary power supply circuit (20,22) comprises: the auxiliary load; a dummy load coupled in parallel with the auxiliary load; a control circuit (Q3, U1) for controlling the connection of the dummy load in parallel with the auxiliary load; and a current sense circuit for sensing a current drawn by the auxiliary load and controlling the control circuit (Q3, U1) in dependence on the current drawn such that a current drawn by the auxiliary load and the dummy load in combination is kept near constant. the auxiliary load; a dummy load coupled in parallel with the auxiliary load; a control circuit (Q3, U1) for controlling the connection of the dummy load in parallel with the auxiliary load; and a current sense circuit for sensing a current drawn by the auxiliary load and controlling the control circuit (Q3, U1) in dependence on the current drawn such that a current drawn by the auxiliary load and the dummy load in combination is kept near constant.
A mechanical seal arrangement comprising - a first mechanical seal comprising a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring defining a sealing gap therebetween - a shaft sleeve, - a driver which connects the shaft sleeve to the rotating slide ring and which is arranged to transmit rotation of the shaft sleeve to the rotating slide ring - a connecting arrangement for connecting the shaft sleeve to the driver, - wherein the connection arrangement comprises at least two rotary locks and at least two recesses in the shaft sleeve, - wherein each of the rotary locks has a bearing portion and a locking portion, and - wherein a rotational axis (Y-Y) of each rotary lock is parallel to a central axis (X-X) of the shaft sleeve, characterized in that - the locking portion projecting laterally beyond the bearing portion. - a first mechanical seal comprising a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring defining a sealing gap therebetween - a shaft sleeve, - a driver which connects the shaft sleeve to the rotating slide ring and which is arranged to transmit rotation of the shaft sleeve to the rotating slide ring - a connecting arrangement for connecting the shaft sleeve to the driver, - wherein the connection arrangement comprises at least two rotary locks and at least two recesses in the shaft sleeve, - wherein each of the rotary locks has a bearing portion and a locking portion, and - wherein a rotational axis (Y-Y) of each rotary lock is parallel to a central axis (X-X) of the shaft sleeve, - the locking portion projecting laterally beyond the bearing portion.
An exhaust system device comprising: a liquid-cooled non-ferrous housing including an inlet, an outlet, a path for exhaust gas between the inlet and the outlet, and a liquid cooling passage adjacent the exhaust gas path; characterized in an exhaust flow insulator carried in the exhaust gas path of the housing to convey exhaust gas through the housing to limit heat transfer from exhaust gas to the housing, wherein said insulator is composed of at least one of a ferrous material or a ceramic material and characterized in further comprising an insulating void between the insulator and the housing, wherein the housing includes at least one of an exhaust manifold housing, and the insulator is carried in the exhaust gas path of the housing substantially from the inlet and substantially to the outlet, and wherein the housing includes a flange and wherein the insulator includes an extension portion extending beyond the flange. a liquid-cooled non-ferrous housing including an inlet, an outlet, a path for exhaust gas between the inlet and the outlet, and a liquid cooling passage adjacent the exhaust gas path; characterized in an exhaust flow insulator carried in the exhaust gas path of the housing to convey exhaust gas through the housing to limit heat transfer from exhaust gas to the housing, wherein said insulator is composed of at least one of a ferrous material or a ceramic material and characterized in further comprising an insulating void between the insulator and the housing, wherein the housing includes at least one of an exhaust manifold housing, and the insulator is carried in the exhaust gas path of the housing substantially from the inlet and substantially to the outlet, and wherein the housing includes a flange and wherein the insulator includes an extension portion extending beyond the flange.
A counting device for a dispenser or sampler, the counting device being configured to record a number of dispensing counts or sampling counts, the counting device comprising: a first housing part; a second housing part rotatable with respect to the first housing part; a rotatable counting part disposed between the first and second housing parts; wherein rotation of the counting part is driven by rotation of the second housing part such that a full rotation of the second housing part produces an incremental rotation of the counting part with respect to the first housing part; and a lock out mechanism, the lock out mechanism comprising: a locking feature (211, 221, 231) provided on each of: the counting part, the first housing part and the second housing part, the features configured to lock together only when all simultaneously aligned; wherein the locking feature of the second housing part and the locking feature of the counting part are each arranged so as to align with the locking feature of the first housing part once every full rotation of the corresponding part, such that after a sufficient number of rotations of the second housing part, all three locking features (211, 221, 231) are driven into alignment, triggering the lock out. a first housing part; a second housing part rotatable with respect to the first housing part; a rotatable counting part disposed between the first and second housing parts; wherein rotation of the counting part is driven by rotation of the second housing part such that a full rotation of the second housing part produces an incremental rotation of the counting part with respect to the first housing part; and a lock out mechanism, the lock out mechanism comprising: a locking feature (211, 221, 231) provided on each of: the counting part, the first housing part and the second housing part, the features configured to lock together only when all simultaneously aligned; wherein the locking feature of the second housing part and the locking feature of the counting part are each arranged so as to align with the locking feature of the first housing part once every full rotation of the corresponding part, such that after a sufficient number of rotations of the second housing part, all three locking features (211, 221, 231) are driven into alignment, triggering the lock out. a locking feature (211, 221, 231) provided on each of: the counting part, the first housing part and the second housing part, the features configured to lock together only when all simultaneously aligned; wherein the locking feature of the second housing part and the locking feature of the counting part are each arranged so as to align with the locking feature of the first housing part once every full rotation of the corresponding part, such that after a sufficient number of rotations of the second housing part, all three locking features (211, 221, 231) are driven into alignment, triggering the lock out.
A support material for use in additive manufacturing comprising: greater than 30 weight percent of a C 12 to C 18 fatty alcohol ethoxylate; at least 30 weight percent of a C 16 to C 22 fatty alcohol; and a tackifier; wherein a transition temperature measured as the temperature immediately before phase change, based on temperature step viscosity measurement starting from high to low temperature, is less than 65 °C. greater than 30 weight percent of a C 12 to C 18 fatty alcohol ethoxylate; at least 30 weight percent of a C 16 to C 22 fatty alcohol; and a tackifier; wherein a transition temperature measured as the temperature immediately before phase change, based on temperature step viscosity measurement starting from high to low temperature, is less than 65 °C.
An intercom system that includes a slave device, an intercom master device, a Web server, and a push notification server, wherein the slave device, on which a call operation is performed, is configured to transmit to the intercom master device a call signal indicating that the call operation is performed, wherein the intercom master device is configured to receive the call signal from the slave device, and is configured to transmit to the Web server an incoming call notification that notifies an in-advance associated mobile terminal device that the call signal is received, wherein the Web server is configured to receive the incoming call notification from the intercom master device and is configured to determine whether or not a connection to the mobile terminal device is made with a TCP full-time connection, wherein in a case where the connection is made with the TCP full-time connection, the Web server is configured to transmit the incoming call notification to the mobile terminal device using the TCP full-time connection, wherein in a case where the connection is not made with the TCP full-time connection, the Web server is configured to transmit the incoming call notification to the push notification server, and wherein the push notification server is configured to receive the incoming call notification from the Web server and is configured to transmit the incoming call notification to the mobile terminal device with a push notification.
An airplane, the airplane comprising a fuselage and two wings attached to the fuselage, - wherein each wing meeting with a wall of the fuselage forms a T junction comprising the wall, the wing as a flow obstacle, and a main flow direction, the wall being configured to bound a flow having the main flow direction, - wherein the T junction comprises a concavity of the wall neighboring the flow obstacle, the concavity serving for passive drag-reduction under subsonic flow conditions, - wherein the concavity terminates at a first distance downstream the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, - wherein the concavity starts at a second distance upstream the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, and - wherein the concavity has a depth with regard to the wall outside the concavity and provides the wall with a concave shape wall contour, characterized in - that the first distance is in a range of 20 % to 80 % of a length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction and that the second distance is in a range of 50 % to 110 % of the length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, - that the concavity, in at least one transversal direction with regard to the main flow direction, extends from the flow obstacle up to a third distance, and - that the third distance is in a range of 50 % to 100 % of a length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction. - wherein each wing meeting with a wall of the fuselage forms a T junction comprising the wall, the wing as a flow obstacle, and a main flow direction, the wall being configured to bound a flow having the main flow direction, - wherein the T junction comprises a concavity of the wall neighboring the flow obstacle, the concavity serving for passive drag-reduction under subsonic flow conditions, - wherein the concavity terminates at a first distance downstream the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, - wherein the concavity starts at a second distance upstream the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, and - wherein the concavity has a depth with regard to the wall outside the concavity and provides the wall with a concave shape wall contour, - that the first distance is in a range of 20 % to 80 % of a length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction and that the second distance is in a range of 50 % to 110 % of the length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction, - that the concavity, in at least one transversal direction with regard to the main flow direction, extends from the flow obstacle up to a third distance, and - that the third distance is in a range of 50 % to 100 % of a length of the flow obstacle in the main flow direction.
A brush comprising: a tuft holder; a primary operation axis; a first row of tufts that comprises at least first and second tufts that extend from the tuft holder; a second row of tufts that comprises at least first and second tufts that extend from the tuft holder; wherein the first and second row of tufts are substantially parallel to the primary operation axis; wherein the first tuft of the first row and the first tuft of the second row form an X-shape when viewed from a position that is perpendicular to the primary operation axis; and, wherein the second tuft of the first row and the second tuft of the second row form an X-shape when viewed from a position that is perpendicular to the primary operation axis, wherein the first and second tufts in the first row and the first and second tufts in the second row are formed of stainless steel. a tuft holder; a primary operation axis; a first row of tufts that comprises at least first and second tufts that extend from the tuft holder; a second row of tufts that comprises at least first and second tufts that extend from the tuft holder; wherein the first and second row of tufts are substantially parallel to the primary operation axis; wherein the first tuft of the first row and the first tuft of the second row form an X-shape when viewed from a position that is perpendicular to the primary operation axis; and, wherein the second tuft of the first row and the second tuft of the second row form an X-shape when viewed from a position that is perpendicular to the primary operation axis, wherein the first and second tufts in the first row and the first and second tufts in the second row are formed of stainless steel.