mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I, in which R 1 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -O-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, and additionally comprises one or more compounds selected from the compounds of the formulae X and/or XI, in which R 0 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -O-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that 0 atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, X 0 denotes F, Cl, a mono- or polyfluorinated alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 6 C atoms, a mono- or polyfluorinated alkenyl or alkenyloxy radical having 2 to 6 C atoms, Y 1-4 each, independently of one another, denote H or F, and each, independently of one another, denote R 1 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -O-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, R 0 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -CH=CH-, -O-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that 0 atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, X 0 denotes F, Cl, a mono- or polyfluorinated alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 6 C atoms, a mono- or polyfluorinated alkenyl or alkenyloxy radical having 2 to 6 C atoms, Y 1-4 each, independently of one another, denote H or F, and each, independently of one another, denote
Radial turbine nozzle for a turbine engine, rotating about a central axis (X'X), comprising a first annular array of fixed blades and a second annular array with the same number of variable-pitch blades, the blades (2a, 2b) having pressure (Fi) and suction (Fe) faces, each blade of the second array, rigidly connected to cups (24a, 24b) extending at each end of the blade, being capable of being driven in rotation by control means about a geometric axis (R'R) connecting the centres (2A, 2B) of the cups (24a, 24b), and each of these blades having a trailing edge (Bf) and a leading edge (Ba) of the gas streams linked to the suction (Fe) and pressure (Fi) faces, wherein each variable-pitch blade is mounted at a distance from the axis (R'R) of the cups (24a, 24b) such that this axis of rotation (R'R) is positioned facing the suction face (Fe) of the blade and substantially closer to the trailing edge (Bf) than the leading edge (Ba) of this blade, and wherein the leading edge (Ba) of each variable-pitch blade has a thickness substantially greater than that of the trailing edge (Bf) and an aerodynamic curved shape optimised for absorption of a wake of air generated by the blade of the fixed array facing it.
A method of manufacturing a rotor for an electric motor or an electric generator, the method comprising: positioning a plurality of amortisseur bars circumferentially around a rotor stack, wherein the plurality of amortisseur bars extend between a first axial end of the rotor stack and a second axial end of the rotor stack opposite the first axial end; and additively manufacturing electrically conductive material on the first axial end and the second axial end of the rotor stack; and electrically interconnecting the plurality of amortisseur bars together via the electrically conductive material to form an amortisseur circuit; wherein additively manufacturing the electrically conductive material comprises forming a plurality of radially extending traces that extend to each amortisseur bar such that one or more gaps are defined between circumferentially adjacent, radially extending traces that extend to each amortisseur bar. positioning a plurality of amortisseur bars circumferentially around a rotor stack, wherein the plurality of amortisseur bars extend between a first axial end of the rotor stack and a second axial end of the rotor stack opposite the first axial end; and additively manufacturing electrically conductive material on the first axial end and the second axial end of the rotor stack; and electrically interconnecting the plurality of amortisseur bars together via the electrically conductive material to form an amortisseur circuit; wherein additively manufacturing the electrically conductive material comprises forming a plurality of radially extending traces that extend to each amortisseur bar such that one or more gaps are defined between circumferentially adjacent, radially extending traces that extend to each amortisseur bar.
A dry powder inhaler, comprising: an inhaler body extending from a mouthpiece end to a distal end, the inhaler body comprising a mouthpiece portion removably coupled to a distal end portion, the mouthpiece portion extending between the mouthpiece end and a first mating end, the distal end portion extending between a second mating end and the distal end, the mouthpiece portion comprising: a capsule cavity defined within the first mating end; a mouthpiece air channel extending from the mouthpiece end to the capsule cavity; the distal end portion comprising: an airflow element disposed within the distal end portion and extending a longitudinal length to the capsule cavity, the airflow element comprises: an airflow channel extending the longitudinal length of the airflow element and is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis, the airflow channel directs inlet air into the capsule cavity, and a resealable membrane configured to reseal when a piercing element is withdrawn from the resealable membrane. the mouthpiece portion comprising: a capsule cavity defined within the first mating end; a mouthpiece air channel extending from the mouthpiece end to the capsule cavity; a capsule cavity defined within the first mating end; a mouthpiece air channel extending from the mouthpiece end to the capsule cavity; the distal end portion comprising: an airflow element disposed within the distal end portion and extending a longitudinal length to the capsule cavity, the airflow element comprises: an airflow channel extending the longitudinal length of the airflow element and is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis, the airflow channel directs inlet air into the capsule cavity, and a resealable membrane configured to reseal when a piercing element is withdrawn from the resealable membrane. an airflow channel extending the longitudinal length of the airflow element and is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis, the airflow channel directs inlet air into the capsule cavity, and a resealable membrane configured to reseal when a piercing element is withdrawn from the resealable membrane.
A measurement system, comprising: a base plate; plate; a sample manifold connected to the base plate and configured to receive at least a portion of a sample tube assembly, whereby the sample tube assembly is configured to receive one or more sample tubes and is communicatively coupled to the measurement system; a locking assembly for securing the sample tube assembly to the sample manifold, characterized in that the locking assembly compring: a ramp block including a body having one or more slots defined therein and configured to at least partially receive the portion of the sample tube assembly, and a plurality of surface features (80, 82, 84) defined along the body and configured to at least partially engage at least the portion of the sample tube assembly and to urge the sample tube assembly into engagement with the sample manifold, the ramp block being movable along the base plate between a plurality of positions including an open position in which the portion of the sample tube assembly is received through or removed from at least one of the one or more slots, and a closed position in which the sample tube assembly is substantially sealed against or within the sample manifold for testing of the one or more samples received in the sample tube assembly. a base plate; plate; a sample manifold connected to the base plate and configured to receive at least a portion of a sample tube assembly, whereby the sample tube assembly is configured to receive one or more sample tubes and is communicatively coupled to the measurement system; a locking assembly for securing the sample tube assembly to the sample manifold, characterized in that the locking assembly compring: a ramp block including a body having one or more slots defined therein and configured to at least partially receive the portion of the sample tube assembly, and a plurality of surface features (80, 82, 84) defined along the body and configured to at least partially engage at least the portion of the sample tube assembly and to urge the sample tube assembly into engagement with the sample manifold, the ramp block being movable along the base plate between a plurality of positions including an open position in which the portion of the sample tube assembly is received through or removed from at least one of the one or more slots, and a closed position in which the sample tube assembly is substantially sealed against or within the sample manifold for testing of the one or more samples received in the sample tube assembly.
A network element upgrade method for a hitless network element upgrade process, wherein the method comprises: completing a system upgrade for a second network element, such that a version of the second network element is not lower than a version of a first network element; receiving, by a software load balancer SLB, a distribution policy delivered by an element management system EMS; forwarding, by the SLB to the first network element according to the distribution policy, some of a plurality of received service messages sent by an external network element, and forwarding remaining service messages to the second network element according to the distribution policy; and after a processing result of the service messages on the second network element meets a preset condition, forwarding, by the SLB, all of a plurality of subsequently received service messages sent by the external network element to the second network element, wherein the preset condition indicates that the second network element can perform service processing like the first network element; the distribution policy is used to control a ratio of a quantity of the service messages forwarded to the first network element to a quantity of the service messages forwarded to the second network element, the second network element is a standby network element of the first network element, the second network element has a same configuration attribute and connection configuration as the first network element, the second network element and the first network element are located in different virtual local area networks. completing a system upgrade for a second network element, such that a version of the second network element is not lower than a version of a first network element; receiving, by a software load balancer SLB, a distribution policy delivered by an element management system EMS; forwarding, by the SLB to the first network element according to the distribution policy, some of a plurality of received service messages sent by an external network element, and forwarding remaining service messages to the second network element according to the distribution policy; and after a processing result of the service messages on the second network element meets a preset condition, forwarding, by the SLB, all of a plurality of subsequently received service messages sent by the external network element to the second network element, wherein the preset condition indicates that the second network element can perform service processing like the first network element; the distribution policy is used to control a ratio of a quantity of the service messages forwarded to the first network element to a quantity of the service messages forwarded to the second network element, the second network element is a standby network element of the first network element, the second network element has a same configuration attribute and connection configuration as the first network element, the second network element and the first network element are located in different virtual local area networks.
A method of constructing a merge candidate list for video coding, comprising: generating a merge candidate list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; obtaining motion information using a merge index and the merge candidate list; generating a prediction block using the motion information; inverse-quantizing a quantized block using a quantization parameter to generate a transform block; inverse-transforming the transform block to generate a residual block; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein if a current prediction unit is a second prediction unit partitioned by asymmetric partitioning, the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning is set as unavailable, and wherein the quantization parameter is generated using a quantization parameter predictor and a differential quantization parameter, and the quantization parameter predictor is generated by averaging the first two available quantization parameters in an order of a left quantization parameter, an above quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter if two or more quantization parameters are available. generating a merge candidate list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; obtaining motion information using a merge index and the merge candidate list; generating a prediction block using the motion information; inverse-quantizing a quantized block using a quantization parameter to generate a transform block; inverse-transforming the transform block to generate a residual block; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein if a current prediction unit is a second prediction unit partitioned by asymmetric partitioning, the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning is set as unavailable, and wherein the quantization parameter is generated using a quantization parameter predictor and a differential quantization parameter, and the quantization parameter predictor is generated by averaging the first two available quantization parameters in an order of a left quantization parameter, an above quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter if two or more quantization parameters are available.
Method for combustion of a fuel using at least one industrial burner, which burner is fed with a low-grade, gaseous fuel and an oxidant, characterised in that said fuel having a Lower Heating Value of 8 MJ/Nm 3 or less, and in that the combustion products from the combustion of the fuel with the oxidant are brought firstly through a first heat exchanging step (150;201), in which thermal energy is transferred from the combustion products to the fuel which is thereby preheated, and in that the thus cooled combustion products thereafter are brought through a second heat exchanging step (151;203), in which thermal energy is transferred from the cooled combustion products to the oxidant which is thereby also preheated.
An apparatus comprising means for: receiving a first ballistocardiograph signal, travelling in a first direction, indicative of a first change in direction of a pulse wave, wherein the first change in direction of the pulse wave occurs at a first point within an arterial system of a subject at a first time, the pulse wave having a velocity; receiving a second ballistocardiograph signal, travelling in a second direction, indicative of a second change in direction of the pulse wave, wherein the second change in direction of the pulse wave occurs at a second point within the arterial system of the subject at a second time, wherein the second direction is, at least partially, perpendicular to the first direction; determining the pulse wave velocity based on the first time, the second time and an estimate of a distance within the arterial system of the subject between the first point and the second point. receiving a first ballistocardiograph signal, travelling in a first direction, indicative of a first change in direction of a pulse wave, wherein the first change in direction of the pulse wave occurs at a first point within an arterial system of a subject at a first time, the pulse wave having a velocity; receiving a second ballistocardiograph signal, travelling in a second direction, indicative of a second change in direction of the pulse wave, wherein the second change in direction of the pulse wave occurs at a second point within the arterial system of the subject at a second time, wherein the second direction is, at least partially, perpendicular to the first direction; determining the pulse wave velocity based on the first time, the second time and an estimate of a distance within the arterial system of the subject between the first point and the second point.
A process for preparation of crystalline abacavir hydrochloride monohydrate comprising; a) dissolving abacavir hydrochloride in aqueous C 1 -C 4 alcoholic solvent, b) cooling the solution, and c) isolating the crystalline solid. a) dissolving abacavir hydrochloride in aqueous C 1 -C 4 alcoholic solvent, b) cooling the solution, and c) isolating the crystalline solid.
A portable apparatus for removing a railroad spike from a rail tie, the apparatus comprising: a main housing that includes an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein the upper housing includes a bearing housing that contains one or more bearings; a drive shaft connected to the main housing and a mounting flange, the drive shaft extending through the one or more bearings and an opening in the bearing housing; and a plurality of standoffs with a first end and a second end, with the first end of the plurality of standoffs connected to the mounting flange, wherein when in use the drive shaft is rotated, the claw assembly extractor and the mounting flange move inside the main housing in a vertical direction to extract the railroad spike from the rail tie, characterised in that the second end of the plurality of standoffs is connected to a clevis pivot plate with a clevis fastener that is connected to a claw assembly extractor, wherein the claw assembly extractor includes a pair of jaw members that are pivotally connected to each other by a pivoting pin and a rotating pin, and further wherein each jaw member includes a lower end and a pair of upper members interlocked with each other, the lower end configured to contact and secure a railroad spike and the pair of upper members pivotally connected to the clevis fastener with the rotating pin. a main housing that includes an upper housing and a lower housing, wherein the upper housing includes a bearing housing that contains one or more bearings; a drive shaft connected to the main housing and a mounting flange, the drive shaft extending through the one or more bearings and an opening in the bearing housing; and a plurality of standoffs with a first end and a second end, with the first end of the plurality of standoffs connected to the mounting flange, wherein when in use the drive shaft is rotated, the claw assembly extractor and the mounting flange move inside the main housing in a vertical direction to extract the railroad spike from the rail tie, characterised in that the second end of the plurality of standoffs is connected to a clevis pivot plate with a clevis fastener that is connected to a claw assembly extractor, wherein the claw assembly extractor includes a pair of jaw members that are pivotally connected to each other by a pivoting pin and a rotating pin, and further wherein each jaw member includes a lower end and a pair of upper members interlocked with each other, the lower end configured to contact and secure a railroad spike and the pair of upper members pivotally connected to the clevis fastener with the rotating pin.
Communication apparatus for operating as a secondary communication apparatus providing a secondary communication cell in a communication network having a user equipment and a primary communication apparatus providing a primary communication cell and control plane signalling to the user equipment, the secondary communication apparatus comprising: means for providing user plane communication for the user equipment; means for indicating to the primary communication apparatus when a PDCP count is about to wrap around; means for receiving, from the primary communication apparatus, a security key of the secondary communication apparatus derived by the primary communication apparatus using a security key of the primary communication apparatus while the user equipment is connected to the primary communication apparatus and the secondary communication apparatus; means for deriving a user plane security key using said security key of the secondary communication apparatus; and means for using the derived user plane security key for user plane communication between the secondary communication apparatus and the user equipment. means for providing user plane communication for the user equipment; means for indicating to the primary communication apparatus when a PDCP count is about to wrap around; means for receiving, from the primary communication apparatus, a security key of the secondary communication apparatus derived by the primary communication apparatus using a security key of the primary communication apparatus while the user equipment is connected to the primary communication apparatus and the secondary communication apparatus; means for deriving a user plane security key using said security key of the secondary communication apparatus; and means for using the derived user plane security key for user plane communication between the secondary communication apparatus and the user equipment.
A cable processing device for removing a screen film from a shielded, multi-core round cable, comprising - multiple knives (2, 3, 4, 5) that can be radially moved against the round cable between an open position and a closed position and serve for cutting the screen film, wherein one knife (2, 3, 4, 5) is respectively assigned to one cable core of the round cable, and wherein the knives (2, 3, 4, 5) have concavely shaped cutting edges (23, 24, 25, 26), and - guide elements (6, 7, 8, 9) with guide sections (27, 28), in which the cable cores covered by the screen film can be at least sectionally accommodated in a closed position, wherein at least some of the knives (2, 3, 4, 5) are provided with guide elements (6, 7, 8, 9), and wherein the knife (2, 3, 4, 5) protrudes at least in the closed position over the associated guide element (6, 7, 8, 9) by a protrusion (t) referred to the guide section (27, 28). - multiple knives (2, 3, 4, 5) that can be radially moved against the round cable between an open position and a closed position and serve for cutting the screen film, wherein one knife (2, 3, 4, 5) is respectively assigned to one cable core of the round cable, and wherein the knives (2, 3, 4, 5) have concavely shaped cutting edges (23, 24, 25, 26), and - guide elements (6, 7, 8, 9) with guide sections (27, 28), in which the cable cores covered by the screen film can be at least sectionally accommodated in a closed position,