mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A clasp with a folding buckle for a wristwatch, comprising at least one first arm and a second arm articulated with respect to one another around an axis, said clasp having, on the one hand, a locking device for holding said first arm and second arm in the folded position on top of one another in the closed position of the clasp and, on the other hand, a device for adjusting the effective length of said strap comprising a linking element mounted slidingly under a top cover of said clasp, and a stop element cooperating with said sliding linking element, as well as a control member which can be actuated from a rest position (Pr) towards an active position (Pa), characterised in that the end of said second arm opposite said axis comprises attachment means to a first strand of the strap, and in that the end of the first arm opposite said axis is connected in an articulated manner to said sliding linking element, and in that said control member is arranged so as to be able, when it is located in the active position (Pa), to simultaneously bring about the unlocking of said clasp by acting on a locking element, and to release said linking element from said stop element, said sliding linking element being able to be moved, when said control member is located in said active position (Pa), independently of the open or closed position of said clasp.
Method for providing a solution of a substance in a microfluidic device, comprising at least the following method steps: a) providing a microfluidic device and a dispersion composed of a first medium and a lyophilisate of the substance, wherein the lyophilisate is not dissolvable in the first medium, b) adding a second medium to the dispersion obtained as per step a), wherein the lyophilisate is dissolvable in the second medium, c) dissolving the lyophilisate in the second medium, with the result that the solution of the substance in the second medium is obtained, d) separating the solution obtained as per step c) from the first medium. a) providing a microfluidic device and a dispersion composed of a first medium and a lyophilisate of the substance, wherein the lyophilisate is not dissolvable in the first medium, b) adding a second medium to the dispersion obtained as per step a), wherein the lyophilisate is dissolvable in the second medium, c) dissolving the lyophilisate in the second medium, with the result that the solution of the substance in the second medium is obtained, d) separating the solution obtained as per step c) from the first medium.
A wind turbine control system for controlling an operation of a wind turbine based on information provided by sensors of the wind turbine, the wind turbine control system comprising a wind turbine controller being arranged locally at the wind turbine and being adapted to adjust operation parameters of the wind turbine, and a central control unit being arranged remote from the wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine controller and the central control unit are adapted to communicate with each other, wherein the central control unit comprises a module for virtualizing a first computing device and a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is adapted to monitor the information (a) provided by the sensors of the wind turbine and (b) received by the central control unit, wherein the central control unit is adapted to generate a control signal based on information (a) being provided by the first computing device and (b) being indicative of the information provided by the sensors and is adapted to provide the control signal to the second computing device, and wherein the second computing device is adapted to generate an adjusting signal based on the control signal and is adapted to provide the adjusting signal to the wind turbine controller in order to control the operation of the wind turbine by adjusting the operation parameters of the wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine controller comprises a safety module being adapted to be activated in the case of a failure of a connection between the central control unit and the wind turbine controller.
Method for operating a brake system of a vehicle, wherein the brake system has at least one brake device (6, 7, 8, 9), which is assigned to a wheel (2, 3, 4, 5) of the vehicle and which is provided for imparting a braking force to the wheel (2, 3, 4, 5) and to which brake fluid can be fed from a master brake cylinder, and a conveying device which is connected by means of a cross section adjustment element and a buffer store to the brake device (6, 7, 8, 9), wherein, for the reduction of the braking force, brake fluid can be discharged from the brake device (6, 7, 8, 9) into the buffer store in a manner controlled in open-loop and/or closed-loop fashion by means of the cross section adjustment element and can be conveyed by means of the conveying device into the master brake cylinder, wherein the discharge of the brake fluid from the brake device (6, 7, 8, 9) of the brake system takes place at least temporarily with a discharge volume flow which is greater than the maximum conveying volume flow of the conveying device, characterized in that, in the presence of a particular operating state of the brake system, specifically in the event of a malfunction of the conveying device and/or in the event of an overshooting of a particular fill level of the buffer store, the discharge volume flow is reduced to a value lower than or equal to the maximum conveying volume flow, and the brake fluid is discharged from the brake device (6, 7, 8, 9) at least temporarily with the reduced discharge volume flow.
A method of controlling brake clearance of a braking system of a vehicle, comprising: providing a brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718), a brake input device (520; 720), and a cross-drive transmission (502; 702) including an output (508, 510; 708, 710) and a brake pack (406, 408); receiving a brake input request from the brake input device (520; 720) to execute a braking operation; actuating the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) to apply the brake pack (406, 408) for reducing a speed of the output (508, 510; 708, 710); controllably moving the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from a first position to a second position during the actuating step, where the first position corresponds to an unapply position in which the brake pack (406, 408) is not applied and the second position corresponds to an apply position in which the brake pack (406, 408) is applied; detecting an axial movement of the actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from the first position to the second position during the controllably moving step; comparing the axial movement to a clearance threshold; adjusting a return position of the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) that is offset from the first position when the axial movement exceeds the clearance threshold; and controlling movement of the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from the second position to the return position upon completion of the braking operation. providing a brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718), a brake input device (520; 720), and a cross-drive transmission (502; 702) including an output (508, 510; 708, 710) and a brake pack (406, 408); receiving a brake input request from the brake input device (520; 720) to execute a braking operation; actuating the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) to apply the brake pack (406, 408) for reducing a speed of the output (508, 510; 708, 710); controllably moving the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from a first position to a second position during the actuating step, where the first position corresponds to an unapply position in which the brake pack (406, 408) is not applied and the second position corresponds to an apply position in which the brake pack (406, 408) is applied; detecting an axial movement of the actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from the first position to the second position during the controllably moving step; comparing the axial movement to a clearance threshold; adjusting a return position of the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) that is offset from the first position when the axial movement exceeds the clearance threshold; and controlling movement of the brake actuator (516, 518; 716, 718) from the second position to the return position upon completion of the braking operation.
An apparatus for delivery of a lens component into an eye, comprising: a housing; a plunger at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the plunger comprises an elongated portion and a viscoelastic soft tip at a distal end of the elongated portion, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a durometer value of about 20 OO to about 50 D on the Shore hardness scale, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a storage modulus of about 10 megapascal to about 50 megapascals, at room temperature (23 °C), and wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a loss modulus of about 50 megapascal to about 300 megapascals; at room temperature (23 °C); a drive mechanism operatively coupled to plunger and configured to cause the plunger to translate in the housing; and a nozzle operatively coupled to the housing through which the plunger delivers the lens component into the eye. a housing; a plunger at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the plunger comprises an elongated portion and a viscoelastic soft tip at a distal end of the elongated portion, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a durometer value of about 20 OO to about 50 D on the Shore hardness scale, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a storage modulus of about 10 megapascal to about 50 megapascals, at room temperature (23 °C), and wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a loss modulus of about 50 megapascal to about 300 megapascals; at room temperature (23 °C); a drive mechanism operatively coupled to plunger and configured to cause the plunger to translate in the housing; and a nozzle operatively coupled to the housing through which the plunger delivers the lens component into the eye.
A communication system comprising an ultra-wideband communication node and a plurality of responder nodes, the ultra-wideband communication node comprising: an ultra-wideband communication unit configured to transmit one or more messages to the plurality of responder nodes and to receive one or more responses from said responder nodes; a processing unit configured to use a common cryptographic session key to encrypt said messages, wherein said common cryptographic session key is a key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and all the responder nodes; wherein the processing unit is further configured to use responder-specific cryptographic session keys to decrypt the responses and/or to encrypt further messages to the responder nodes, and wherein each individual one of said responder-specific cryptographic session keys is a unique key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and one of the responder nodes; characterized in that each one of said responder nodes is configured to: use the common cryptographic session key to decrypt messages received from the communication node; use the responder-specific cryptographic session key that has been shared with the respective responder node to encrypt responses to said messages and/or to decrypt further messages received from the communication node. an ultra-wideband communication unit configured to transmit one or more messages to the plurality of responder nodes and to receive one or more responses from said responder nodes; a processing unit configured to use a common cryptographic session key to encrypt said messages, wherein said common cryptographic session key is a key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and all the responder nodes; wherein the processing unit is further configured to use responder-specific cryptographic session keys to decrypt the responses and/or to encrypt further messages to the responder nodes, and wherein each individual one of said responder-specific cryptographic session keys is a unique key shared between the ultra-wideband communication node and one of the responder nodes; characterized in that each one of said responder nodes is configured to: use the common cryptographic session key to decrypt messages received from the communication node; use the responder-specific cryptographic session key that has been shared with the respective responder node to encrypt responses to said messages and/or to decrypt further messages received from the communication node. use the common cryptographic session key to decrypt messages received from the communication node; use the responder-specific cryptographic session key that has been shared with the respective responder node to encrypt responses to said messages and/or to decrypt further messages received from the communication node.
Drinking and service water system with a connection to the public water supply network, at least one supply line (4, 6) leading to at least one consumer, a flushing valve, which is arranged downstream of the consumer in the flow direction, for draining water from the drinking and service water system, a control unit connected in terms of control to the flushing valve and a first temperature sensor arranged upstream of the consumer in the flow direction, the control unit comprising a flushing module which specifies flushing processes to the control unit at specific times and/or at specific time intervals and/or as a function of a measured temperature, characterized in that a second temperature sensor is arranged between the consumer and the flushing valve, and in that the control unit is adapted to decide, on the basis of a temperature difference between a measured value of the first temperature sensor and a measured value of the second temperature sensor, whether the specified flushing operation is to be carried out, omitted or postponed.
A CD40/CD40L inhibitor for use in a method of treating ulcerative colitis in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in an ingestible device, wherein the ingestible device comprises: an ingestible housing comprising a reservoir having a therapeutically effective amount of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor stored therein; a release mechanism having a closed state which retains the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in the reservoir and an open state which allows for the release of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor from the reservoir to the exterior of the device; an actuator which controls the transition of the release mechanism from the closed to the open state; a detector for detecting the location of the ingestible device in the subject's gastrointestinal tract; and a processor which is coupled to the detector and to the actuator and which triggers the actuator to cause the release mechanism to transition from its closed state to its open state to release the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in the cecum when it is determined that the ingestible device is in the cecum of the subject, wherein the site of disease is in the colon, wherein determining the location of the ingestible device in the gastrointestinal tract comprises detecting a transition of the ingestible device from the ileum to the cecum. wherein the ingestible device comprises: an ingestible housing comprising a reservoir having a therapeutically effective amount of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor stored therein; a release mechanism having a closed state which retains the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in the reservoir and an open state which allows for the release of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor from the reservoir to the exterior of the device; an actuator which controls the transition of the release mechanism from the closed to the open state; a detector for detecting the location of the ingestible device in the subject's gastrointestinal tract; and an ingestible housing comprising a reservoir having a therapeutically effective amount of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor stored therein; a release mechanism having a closed state which retains the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in the reservoir and an open state which allows for the release of the CD40/CD40L inhibitor from the reservoir to the exterior of the device; an actuator which controls the transition of the release mechanism from the closed to the open state; a detector for detecting the location of the ingestible device in the subject's gastrointestinal tract; and a processor which is coupled to the detector and to the actuator and which triggers the actuator to cause the release mechanism to transition from its closed state to its open state to release the CD40/CD40L inhibitor in the cecum when it is determined that the ingestible device is in the cecum of the subject, wherein the site of disease is in the colon,
A method for acquiring seismic data for a subsea region of the earth comprising the steps of: a. providing a marine seismic vessel and a plurality of steerable seismic streamers, wherein the plurality of steerable seismic streamers are coupled to the marine seismic vessel for towing, wherein each steerable seismic streamer comprises a plurality of marine seismic receivers spaced apart along the length of each steerable seismic streamer; b. providing a plurality of marine seismic sources; c. towing the steerable seismic streamers through the marine environment such that the marine seismic vessel and the steerable seismic streamers travel substantially along continuous spiral paths, and using the steerable streamers to put a sinusoidal shape into the streamers, the vessel sailing a generally sinusoidal path along each spiral path such that the sinusoidal path is overlain on the spiral path with the centre of the sinusoidal shape falling along the spiral path; d. exciting at least one of the marine seismic sources simultaneously with the step of towing the steerable seismic streamers so as to cause acoustic wave energy to travel through the marine environment into the subsea region of the earth; e. allowing the acoustic wave energy to reflect and refract from the subsea region so as to form reflected and refracted wave energy; and f. detecting the reflected and refracted wave energy with the marine seismic receivers as to form detected seismic data. a. providing a marine seismic vessel and a plurality of steerable seismic streamers, wherein the plurality of steerable seismic streamers are coupled to the marine seismic vessel for towing, wherein each steerable seismic streamer comprises a plurality of marine seismic receivers spaced apart along the length of each steerable seismic streamer; b. providing a plurality of marine seismic sources; c. towing the steerable seismic streamers through the marine environment such that the marine seismic vessel and the steerable seismic streamers travel substantially along continuous spiral paths, and using the steerable streamers to put a sinusoidal shape into the streamers, the vessel sailing a generally sinusoidal path along each spiral path such that the sinusoidal path is overlain on the spiral path with the centre of the sinusoidal shape falling along the spiral path; d. exciting at least one of the marine seismic sources simultaneously with the step of towing the steerable seismic streamers so as to cause acoustic wave energy to travel through the marine environment into the subsea region of the earth; e. allowing the acoustic wave energy to reflect and refract from the subsea region so as to form reflected and refracted wave energy; and f. detecting the reflected and refracted wave energy with the marine seismic receivers as to form detected seismic data.
A fluid circuit including a pressure fluid source configured to supply pressure fluid, multiple actuators (8, 9) connected to the pressure fluid source, a direction switching valve (6, 7) configured to switch a supply destination of the pressure fluid supplied from the pressure fluid source, and a discharge amount control mechanism (41, 42) configured to control output pressure of the pressure fluid source such that a pressure difference between the output pressure of the pressure fluid source and a maximum load pressure of load pressures of the multiple actuators (8, 9) reaches a target value, comprising: an accumulator (37, 60) configured to accumulate part of return fluid from the actuators (8, 9), wherein the accumulator (37, 60) is able to discharge the pressure fluid from the accumulator (37, 60) to a pressure-fluid-source-side flow path of the direction switching valve, the fluid circuit further comprising adjustment means configured to adjust a control amount of the pressure fluid source based on a pressure of the accumulator (37, 60), characterized in that the discharge amount control mechanism (41, 42) includes a load sensing valve, wherein an opening degree of the load sensing valve is adjusted based on a difference between pressure-fluid-source-side pressure and actuator-side pressure of the direction switching valve guided by a pilot pipe line, the adjustment means is a pressure reduction valve in which pressure reduction amount is adjusted and which is provided on a primary side of the load sensing valve at the pilot pipe line by which the actuator-side pressure of the direction switching valve is guided. an accumulator (37, 60) configured to accumulate part of return fluid from the actuators (8, 9), wherein the accumulator (37, 60) is able to discharge the pressure fluid from the accumulator (37, 60) to a pressure-fluid-source-side flow path of the direction switching valve, the fluid circuit further comprising adjustment means configured to adjust a control amount of the pressure fluid source based on a pressure of the accumulator (37, 60), characterized in that the discharge amount control mechanism (41, 42) includes a load sensing valve, wherein an opening degree of the load sensing valve is adjusted based on a difference between pressure-fluid-source-side pressure and actuator-side pressure of the direction switching valve guided by a pilot pipe line, the adjustment means is a pressure reduction valve in which pressure reduction amount is adjusted and which is provided on a primary side of the load sensing valve at the pilot pipe line by which the actuator-side pressure of the direction switching valve is guided.
A peristaltic pump of an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, especially a dialysis machine, for conveying fluid in the apparatus, said peristaltic pump including a rotor driven to rotate by a drive shaft, said rotor interacting with an elastically deformable fluid line so as to form a cross-sectional constriction, wherein said cross-sectional constriction is displaced along the fluid line for conveying fluid by rotation of the rotor, and wherein the rotor is coupled to the drive shaft by means of a coupling structure (24, 25, 26, 27) so as to transmit a torque, the coupling structure (24, 25, 26, 27) couples the rotor and the drive shaft having play in the direction of rotation relative to each other, and the coupling structure (24, 25, 26, 27) includes at least one flat first guiding contour (26, 27) formed in parallel to the axis of rotation as well as at least one second guiding contour (24, 25) formed and intended for interaction with the first guiding contour, characterized in that the second guiding contour (24, 25) is configured to be rounded in portions or completely to effect a roll-off movement of the first guiding contour (26, 27) on a radius of the second guiding contour (24, 25) during relative rotation within the play range.