mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A blast damper for protecting a ventilation system against pressure loads, wherein the blast damper comprises - a pressure valve comprising a body forming a flow channel for air flow through the pressure valve, said flow channel being closable during sudden increase of overpressure, and - a hurricane barrier for preventing solid objects in the air flow from entering inside the pressure valve, characterized in that it further comprises a sand trap for removing sand in the air flow before reaching the pressure valve; wherein said trap and hurricane barrier form together a single barrier unit such that said sand trap comprises a by-pass duct and means for removing sand from the air flow, said means for removing sand are arranged in the by-pass duct, and the hurricane barrier forms at least part of said means for removing sand. - a pressure valve comprising a body forming a flow channel for air flow through the pressure valve, said flow channel being closable during sudden increase of overpressure, and - a hurricane barrier for preventing solid objects in the air flow from entering inside the pressure valve, characterized in that it further comprises a sand trap for removing sand in the air flow before reaching the pressure valve; wherein said trap and hurricane barrier form together a single barrier unit such that said sand trap comprises a by-pass duct and means for removing sand from the air flow, said means for removing sand are arranged in the by-pass duct, and the hurricane barrier forms at least part of said means for removing sand.
A modular connector (200, 300, 400, 700, 800) for cables or pipes, comprising two modular connector halves, at least one of the modular connector halves having a compressible body (208, 308, 408, 708, 808) with an axial groove (232, 332, 432) provided therein for arrangement of a shielded or armored cable or a pipe and extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the groove (232, 332, 432) is adapted to be dimensioned or dimensionable to sealingly fit around a circumference of the shielded or armored cable, or pipe, wherein the modular connector (200, 300, 400, 700, 800) comprises a conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) which conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) comprises at least two conductors arranged to follow a non-linear path, arranged between the first end and the second end, wherein the conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) is also arranged to be sandwiched between the compressible body (208, 308, 408, 708, 808) and a cable screen or armor of the cable, or the pipe, and the conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) further extends to an outside of the modular connector (200, 300, 400, 700, 800) for cables or pipes, wherein the compressible body (208, 308, 408, 708, 808) comprises a recess through which said conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) extends to the outside of the modular connector (200, 300, 400, 700, 800), wherein the recess extends along the full, or a part of, the outer circumference of the compressible body (208, 308, 408, 708, 808) characterized in that the recess is arranged to allow for two module halves to meet with the conductor arrangement (210, 310, 410, 710, 810) sandwiched between them.
A cable modem operating in a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification, DOCSIS, compatible network, the cable modem comprising at least one processor configured to: access configuration data representative of an interface mask, wherein data values of the interface mask correlate with one or more of external physical interface ports and logical internal interface ports (164, 166, 167) of the cable modem; associate a client device (205, 210, 215) with one of the one or more of external physical interface ports and logical internal interface ports (164, 166, 167) of the cable modem; assign a service flow classification based on the data values of the interface mask for an access request received by the cable modem from the client device (205, 210, 215); and communicate with a virtual local area network mapping device using the service flow classification, wherein the cable modem and the virtual local area network mapping device are different devices in the network. access configuration data representative of an interface mask, wherein data values of the interface mask correlate with one or more of external physical interface ports and logical internal interface ports (164, 166, 167) of the cable modem; associate a client device (205, 210, 215) with one of the one or more of external physical interface ports and logical internal interface ports (164, 166, 167) of the cable modem; assign a service flow classification based on the data values of the interface mask for an access request received by the cable modem from the client device (205, 210, 215); and communicate with a virtual local area network mapping device using the service flow classification, wherein the cable modem and the virtual local area network mapping device are different devices in the network.
An organic light emitting device comprising: an anode; a hole injection layer on the anode; a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer; an electron blocking layer on the hole transport layer, an organic emitting layer contacting the electron blocking layer, and an electron transport layer contacting the organic emitting layer; a cathode on the electron transport layer; and a trapping layer between the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer, wherein the trapping layer contacts the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer at opposite surfaces, wherein a LUMO energy level of a material for the trapping layer differs from a HOMO energy level of a material for the electron blocking layer within a range of 1eV or is equal to a HOMO energy level of the material for the electron blocking layer, and a LUMO energy level of the material for the electron blocking layer is higher than a LUMO energy level of a material for the organic emitting layer, wherein the LUMO energy level of the material for the trapping layer differs from a HOMO energy level of a material for the hole transport layer within a range of 1eV or is equal to the HOMO energy level of the material for the hole transport layer. an anode; a hole injection layer on the anode; a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer; an electron blocking layer on the hole transport layer, an organic emitting layer contacting the electron blocking layer, and an electron transport layer contacting the organic emitting layer; a cathode on the electron transport layer; and a trapping layer between the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer, wherein the trapping layer contacts the hole transport layer and the electron blocking layer at opposite surfaces, wherein a LUMO energy level of a material for the trapping layer differs from a HOMO energy level of a material for the electron blocking layer within a range of 1eV or is equal to a HOMO energy level of the material for the electron blocking layer, and a LUMO energy level of the material for the electron blocking layer is higher than a LUMO energy level of a material for the organic emitting layer, wherein the LUMO energy level of the material for the trapping layer differs from a HOMO energy level of a material for the hole transport layer within a range of 1eV or is equal to the HOMO energy level of the material for the hole transport layer.
A structure (200, 300, 400, 500) for a photonic integrated circuit, comprising: a substrate (104, 204, 304, 404, 504); a first portion (101, 201, 301, 401, 501) of n-type semiconductor material on a first surface area of the substrate; a second portion (102, 202, 302, 402, 502) of n-type semiconductor material on a second surface area of the substrate; a waveguide (205, 305, 405, 505); and an element (103, 203, 303, 403, 503) between the first portion and the second portion, the waveguide on and in contact with the element, wherein the element is configured to reduce electric current flow from the first portion to the second portion during propagation of light via the waveguide. a substrate (104, 204, 304, 404, 504); a first portion (101, 201, 301, 401, 501) of n-type semiconductor material on a first surface area of the substrate; a second portion (102, 202, 302, 402, 502) of n-type semiconductor material on a second surface area of the substrate; a waveguide (205, 305, 405, 505); and an element (103, 203, 303, 403, 503) between the first portion and the second portion, the waveguide on and in contact with the element, wherein the element is configured to reduce electric current flow from the first portion to the second portion during propagation of light via the waveguide.
A process for washing and treating vegetables and fruits in general, characterized by the following steps: - providing for the use of a plurality of modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), closed and isolated from the external environment, independent from each other, - proportioning said vegetables or fruits, mixed with water or dry, in said modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), - washing said vegetables or fruits without any product transfer between the modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), by means of a sequence of washing phases, comprised of alternate cycles of filling and emptying of the modular washing units containing said vegetables or fruits with water, wherein each modular washing unit (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3) contains vegetables or fruits at a different phase of said sequence of washing phases, the modular washing unit (3.4) containing vegetables or fruits at the last phase of said sequence being filled with pure water and/or filtered recycled water, while the modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) containing vegetables or fruits at the first or at an intermediate phase of said sequence being filled with water coming from the modular washing units (3.2, 3.3, 3.4) containing vegetables or fruits at a subsequent phase of said sequence. - providing for the use of a plurality of modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), closed and isolated from the external environment, independent from each other, - proportioning said vegetables or fruits, mixed with water or dry, in said modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), - washing said vegetables or fruits without any product transfer between the modular washing units (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.3), by means of a sequence of washing phases, comprised of alternate cycles of filling and emptying of the modular washing units containing said vegetables or fruits with water,
A concrete structure consisting of at least two upright ready-mixed concrete elements (1, 1'), wherein at least two tongue-and-groove connections (4, 9; 5, 10) are provided in the area of at least one joint (2, 2') between the ready-mixed concrete elements (1, 1'), characterized in that one of the tongue-and-groove connections (4, 9) is twisted relative to the second tongue-and-groove connection (5, 10) within a range of between approx. 1° and approx. 179°, the joint (2, 2') is offset in design, and the tongue-and-groove connections (4, 9; 5, 10) are provided in the areas of the offset running essentially parallel to the surface of the ready-mixed concrete elements.
A multibeam antenna comprising: - a plurality of primary radiating elements, each one associated to a respective beam; and - an active radiating structure comprising a first planar array of radiating elements, a second planar array composed by a same number of radiating elements, a set of connections between each radiating element of the first planar array and one corresponding element of the second planar array, and a set of power amplifiers for amplifying signals transmitted through said connections; wherein: - the relative positions of the radiating elements of the first and second planar arrays and phase delays introduced by said connections are such that the radiating structure forms an active discrete converging lens; and - said primary radiating elements are clustered on a focal surface of said lens, facing the first planar array; characterized in that both said first and second planar arrays are aperiodic. - a plurality of primary radiating elements, each one associated to a respective beam; and - an active radiating structure comprising a first planar array of radiating elements, a second planar array composed by a same number of radiating elements, a set of connections between each radiating element of the first planar array and one corresponding element of the second planar array, and a set of power amplifiers for amplifying signals transmitted through said connections; wherein: - the relative positions of the radiating elements of the first and second planar arrays and phase delays introduced by said connections are such that the radiating structure forms an active discrete converging lens; and - said primary radiating elements are clustered on a focal surface of said lens, facing the first planar array;
A cubic boron nitride sintered material cutting tool comprising a cutting tool body, which is a sintered material including cubic boron nitride grains and a binder phase, wherein the sintered material comprises: the cubic boron nitride grains in a range of 40 volume% or more and less than 60 volume%; and Al in a range from a lower limit of 2 mass% to an upper limit Y, satisfying a relationship, Y = -0.1X+10, X being a content of the cubic boron nitride grains in volume%, the binder phase comprises: at least a Ti-based compound selected from titanium nitride, titanium carbide, titanium carbonitride, titanium boride, titanium oxide, and a solid solution thereof; Al 2 O 3; and inevitable impurities, the Al 2 O 3 includes fine Al 2 O 3 grains with a diameter of 10 nm to 85 nm dispersedly formed in the binder phase, and there are 30 or more of the fine Al 2 O 3 grains generated in an area of 1 μm×1 μm in a cross section of the binder phase.
A mechanical watch comprising an oscillator embodied with a frame supporting vibratory masses (2, 3), wherein each vibratory mass (2, 3) connects to at least one flexural member, the watch further comprising an escape wheel, and anchor teeth (15, 16) that are indirectly connected with the vibratory mass or masses (2, 3), which anchor teeth (15, 16) cooperate with the escape wheel, wherein motions of the anchor teeth (15, 16) depend on motions of one or more of the flexural members (10, 11, 12, 13) that provide connections between the vibratory masses (2, 3) without said flexural members (10, 11, 12, 13) connecting directly to the frame, wherein said flexural members (10, 11, 12, 13) that provide connections between the vibratory masses (2, 3) without connecting directly to the frame are free from rigid sections and support a movable rigid portion of the oscillator that is separate from the flexural members (10, 11, 12, 13), which movable rigid portion is suspended from the vibratory masses (2, 3) through said flexural members (10, 11, 12, 13) that are free from rigid sections.
An electrical cable, comprising: an insulated core; a jacket surrounding the insulated core, the jacket having at least an outermost polymeric layer; and a semi-conductive layer around the exterior of the cable in contact with the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket, the semi-conductive layer being different in color from the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket, characterized in that the semi-conductive layer has a thickness up to 20% of a combined thickness of the jacket and the semi-conductive layer. an insulated core; a jacket surrounding the insulated core, the jacket having at least an outermost polymeric layer; and a semi-conductive layer around the exterior of the cable in contact with the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket, the semi-conductive layer being different in color from the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket, characterized in that the semi-conductive layer has a thickness up to 20% of a combined thickness of the jacket and the semi-conductive layer.
An isolated, enriched human renal cell population for use in a method of treating a kidney disease, depleted of (a) a B1 cell population comprising large granular cells of the collecting duct and tubular system having a density of < 1.045 g/ml; and/or (b) a B5 cell population comprising debris and small cells of low granularity and viability with a density > 1.091 g/ml, wherein each cell population is obtainable by centrifugation on a density gradient after ex vivo culture. (a) a B1 cell population comprising large granular cells of the collecting duct and tubular system having a density of < 1.045 g/ml; and/or (b) a B5 cell population comprising debris and small cells of low granularity and viability with a density > 1.091 g/ml,
Fluidized bed reactor made up of membrane tube peripheral walls cooled by a heat-transfer fluid, the said peripheral walls surrounding a firebox and comprising extension panels each of which consists of a tube wall of which the tubes and those of the peripheral walls are vertical and have a heat-transfer fluid passing through them in forced single-pass circulation, characterized in that the extension panels are twinned in pairs so that one face of each extension panel is heated by the fluidized bed circulating through the firebox whereas the second face of each of the extension panels thus twinned is not in contact with the ash and hot gases constituting the fluidized bed circulating in the firebox.
A caster for a transport device, in particular for a shopping trolley, for conveying on a pedestrian moving walkway having a longitudinally grooved surface, wherein the caster has a wheel having at least one groove, which wheel is received rotatably about an axle in a fork, and wherein the caster has a cover plate at its sides that respectively serves as a thread guard and is arranged resting on the fork, and wherein the caster has at least one support for support on the longitudinally grooved surface of the pedestrian moving walkway, with the support being formed at a prolongation of the cover plate at the floor side, characterized in that the support is injection molded to the prolongation of the cover plate at the floor side by a positive substance joining in the multicomponent injection molding process, configured as a monosandwich process, and has an outer contour that merges without interruption into an outer contour of the cover plate.
Channel baling press comprising a pressing box which can be loaded through a drop shaft, can be acted upon by means of a pressing plunger and of which the loading opening forms, on the front side opposite the pressing plunger, a V-shaped recess fitted with blades, and comprising a receiving space which adjoins the V-shaped recess, is open towards the drop shaft and has a rear wall, which connects two side walls and terminates the receiving space at the top by means of a cylindrical portion, and two bottom portions which rise from the V-shaped recess both towards the rear wall and towards the adjoining side wall, characterised in that the continuously cylindrical rear wall rises, starting from the point of the V-shaped recess, initially with a larger radius of curvature and then transitions into the smaller radius of curvature of the portion, which terminates the receiving space at the top and issues into the drop shaft, and in that the bottom portions are convexly curved.
The use of a supported noble metal-comprising catalyst which can be obtained by a) application of colloidal silver in the form of a colloidal solution, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to steatite as support material, b1) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350°C, or b2) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350°C and subsequent calcination at from 350 to 550°C for epoxidation or oxidative dehydrogenation. a) application of colloidal silver in the form of a colloidal solution, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to steatite as support material, b1) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350°C, or b2) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350°C and subsequent calcination at from 350 to 550°C
An outboard motor unit comprising: an outboard motor that includes a cowling and an engine housed in the cowling and configured to be mounted on a vessel body; a supercharger configured to compress air; and a compressed air cooler that is installed outside the cowling of the outboard motor and configured to cool air compressed by the supercharger. an outboard motor that includes a cowling and an engine housed in the cowling and configured to be mounted on a vessel body; a supercharger configured to compress air; and a compressed air cooler that is installed outside the cowling of the outboard motor and configured to cool air compressed by the supercharger.
An intracellular buildup method of a functional nucleic acid molecule, comprising: a step of introducing two or more fragments having the corresponding ends modified with functional groups to be ligated by an intracellular chemical reaction into a cell, and a step of ligating the fragments by reacting the functional groups in the cell to generate said functional nucleic acid molecule wherein said functional groups that can be ligated by the intracellular chemical reaction are a combination of an electrophilic group and a nucleophilic group protected by a protecting group, the nucleophilic group being a phosphorothioate group. a step of introducing two or more fragments having the corresponding ends modified with functional groups to be ligated by an intracellular chemical reaction into a cell, and a step of ligating the fragments by reacting the functional groups in the cell to generate said functional nucleic acid molecule
A piston (10, 110), comprising: a piston body having a crown; a pair of pin bosses having pin bores (22, 122) aligned along a central axis, said pin bores (22, 122) having bearing surfaces (28, 128); at least one recess (30, 130) extending axially across at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128); and a groove (32, 132) in fluid communication with said at least one recess (30, 130), said groove (32, 132) extending in a circumferential direction about said at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128) and terminating at an end (34, 35) within said at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128), said groove (32, 132) having a constant radius with a central axis that is offset from said pin bore central axis, characterized in that the central axis of the grooves is offset vertically downward from the central axis of the piston bores, such that the grooves have a deepest portion in a bottom portion of the pin bores, and taper off gradually to their opposite ends (34, 35) to form a smooth transition from the grooves to the bearing surfaces toward an upper portion of the pin bores. a piston body having a crown; a pair of pin bosses having pin bores (22, 122) aligned along a central axis, said pin bores (22, 122) having bearing surfaces (28, 128); at least one recess (30, 130) extending axially across at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128); and a groove (32, 132) in fluid communication with said at least one recess (30, 130), said groove (32, 132) extending in a circumferential direction about said at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128) and terminating at an end (34, 35) within said at least one of said bearing surfaces (28, 128), said groove (32, 132) having a constant radius with a central axis that is offset from said pin bore central axis, characterized in that the central axis of the grooves is offset vertically downward from the central axis of the piston bores, such that the grooves have a deepest portion in a bottom portion of the pin bores, and taper off gradually to their opposite ends (34, 35) to form a smooth transition from the grooves to the bearing surfaces toward an upper portion of the pin bores.