mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having an S block and an E or E 1 block and having any one of the general formula: S-E-S, (S-E 1) n, (S-E 1) n S, or (S-E 1) n × or mixtures thereof, wherein: (a) prior to hydrogenation the S block is a polystyrene block; (b) prior to hydrogenation the E block is a polydiene block, selected from polybutadiene, polyisoprene and mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight (measured with GPC) of from 40,000 to 70,000; (c) prior to hydrogenation the E 1 block is a polydiene block, selected from polybutadiene, polyisoprene and mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 35,000; (d) n is an integer having a value of 2 to 6; and X is a coupling agent residue; (e) the styrene content of the block copolymer is from 13 to 25 weight percent; (f) the vinyl content of the polydiene block prior to hydrogenation is from 70 to 85 mol percent; (g) the block copolymer includes less than 15 weight percent lower molecular weight units having the general formula: S-E or S-E 1 wherein S, E and E 1 are as already defined; (h) subsequent to hydrogenation about 0-10% of the styrene double bonds have been hydrogenated and at least 90% of the conjugated diene double bonds have been hydrogenated; (i) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000; (j): the melt index of the block copolymer is greater than or equal to 12 grams/10 minutes according to ASTM D1238 at 230°C and 2.16 kg weight; and (k) the order-disorder temperature of the block copolymer is defined as the temperature above which a zero shear viscosity is measured by capillary rheology or dynamic rheology using a Bohlin VOR rheometer and is less than 250°C. (a) prior to hydrogenation the S block is a polystyrene block; (b) prior to hydrogenation the E block is a polydiene block, selected from polybutadiene, polyisoprene and mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight (measured with GPC) of from 40,000 to 70,000; (c) prior to hydrogenation the E 1 block is a polydiene block, selected from polybutadiene, polyisoprene and mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 35,000; (d) n is an integer having a value of 2 to 6; and X is a coupling agent residue; (e) the styrene content of the block copolymer is from 13 to 25 weight percent; (f) the vinyl content of the polydiene block prior to hydrogenation is from 70 to 85 mol percent; (g) the block copolymer includes less than 15 weight percent lower molecular weight units having the general formula: S-E or S-E 1 wherein S, E and E 1 are as already defined; (h) subsequent to hydrogenation about 0-10% of the styrene double bonds have been hydrogenated and at least 90% of the conjugated diene double bonds have been hydrogenated; (i) the molecular weight of each of the S blocks is from 5,000 to 7,000; (j): the melt index of the block copolymer is greater than or equal to 12 grams/10 minutes according to ASTM D1238 at 230°C and 2.16 kg weight; and (k) the order-disorder temperature of the block copolymer is defined as the temperature above which a zero shear viscosity is measured by capillary rheology or dynamic rheology using a Bohlin VOR rheometer and is less than 250°C.
A method for operating payment machines of an ID-based access control system for a post-payment scenario, in which the corresponding fees are to be paid when leaving the area covered by the access control system, comprising a central server and at least one access control device, via which IDs of customer media are read and forwarded to the central server, which, on the basis of the ID, grants or denies access via the access control device transmitting the ID, wherein each access control device of the access control system is assigned to a zone, characterized in that each payment machine (4, 4', 4") of the access control system is assigned to a zone of the access control system, each zone having a unique zone ID, that when beginning to carry out the method for each zone a presence database created in the central server is forwarded via one or more proxy servers (2, 3) to the payment machines (4, 4', 4") of each zone and stored in the payment machines (4, 4', 4"), wherein thereafter at predetermined or definable intervals or when the delta changes recorded in the central server, namely the IDs of the customer media that are no longer present in the zone and the IDs of the customer media that have been added, in a zone exceed a predefined threshold for the customer media added to this zone and/or for the customer media no longer present in this zone, a file containing the delta changes is transmitted via one or more proxy servers (2, 3) to the payment machines (4, 4', 4") of each zone to update the presence database stored in the payment machines (4, 4', 4"), that the presence database of each zone has as parameters the zone ID, the IDs of the customer media present in the zone, the time of the first recording of a customer medium in that zone and/or a service ID, wherein in the event that only one zone is provided the zone ID is omitted and wherein if only one service is offered the service ID is omitted, and wherein the newly added customer media in a zone are recorded by the at least one access control device of that zone and the customer media no longer present in that zone are recorded on the basis of the transaction data of the payment machines (4, 4', 4") of that zone and that if a payment machine (4, 4', 4") in a zone is offline, the offline payment machine uses the presence database of this zone most recently updated by means of the delta changes to calculate the amount to be paid on the basis of the data contained in said database and the fees and tariff information stored in the payment machine, the payment process then being carried out, and wherein if the payment machine (4, 4', 4") later returns to an online mode, the data from the offline transactions are transferred to the central server for synchronization purposes.
Storage device comprising a basket (3, 5, 7, 9) and a fastening device attached thereto, the fastening device having a portion with U-shaped cross section provided with hooks in the interior thereof, such that the fastening device can be fitted on a vertical carrier provided with slots, the hooks entering said slots, wherein the fastening device is at least partly inserted in the outer envelope of the basket, characterized by -the basket being formed by expanded metal mesh panels (3, 5, 7, 9), and -the fastening device having a portion extending under a bottom panel of the basket.
An ex vivo method for determining an increased risk of an apparently healthy subject having a baseline PCT-level <0.1 ng/ml, preferfably a human, for suffering from an adverse event wherein said subject is free of symptomatic bacterial infections which means that the PCT level is not increased above normal range meaning that the plasma PCT level is not increased above 0,25 ng/ml and wherein said subject does not show any symptoms that would allow diagnosis of a non-infectious disease, comprising: - determining the level of procalcitonin or a fragment thereof in a sample of said subject, wherein said sample is selected from the group consisting of blood, serum and plasma - determining whether said subject has an increased risk for suffering from an adverse event based on said PCT level, wherein elevated PCT levels are of prognostic value for predicting whether the subject is at risk for suffering from an adverse event in the future, wherein a risk within 6 months to 10 years is predicted, and wherein said adverse event is not an event caused by an acute exogene induced adverse event and / or exogene induced trauma and wherein the following subjects are excluded from the group of apparently healthy subjects: • neonates between 1 day to 3 days and • patients after surgery wherein the surgery has been conducted within the last 7 days and • post-trauma patients and persons which experienced said trauma within the last 7 days and wherein the adverse event is chosen from the group consisting of cardiac events, cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events, cardiovascular mortality, diabetes, cancer mortality, and death, and wherein said subject is at risk of suffering said adverse event when the PCT level in a serum sample is at least 0,015 ng/ml. - determining the level of procalcitonin or a fragment thereof in a sample of said subject, - determining whether said subject has an increased risk for suffering from an adverse event based on said PCT level, wherein elevated PCT levels are of prognostic value for predicting whether the subject is at risk for suffering from an adverse event in the future, wherein a risk within 6 months to 10 years is predicted, and • neonates between 1 day to 3 days and • patients after surgery wherein the surgery has been conducted within the last 7 days and • post-trauma patients and persons which experienced said trauma within the last 7 days
Device for conveying thick matter, in particular concrete, comprising a thick matter pump, a feed line, which leads away from the pump, and a boom, which receives the feed line, has at least one boom arm and is arranged on a slewing bogie, which is preferably provided with a slewing ring and, for the purpose of the angular orientation of the boom, can be rotated by a drive, in particular a hydraulic motor with a transmission arranged on it, preferably via a transmission pinion acting on the slewing ring of the slewing bogie, and comprising a measuring device, which is equipped with angle of rotation sensors (18, 26) and is intended for measuring the angle of rotation of the slewing bogie, wherein the angle of rotation of the slewing bogie is measured by a direct measurement of the angle of rotation of the drive or of the transmission arranged between the motor and the slewing bogie, wherein the drive shaft of the drive, which leads to the transmission, or the output shaft of the transmission is tapped for the angle of rotation measurement, characterized in that the measuring device has a cam disc, which is arranged on the drive shaft or on a transmission shaft and has at least two scanning cams and at least two sensors (18, 26), which scan the scanning cams of the cam disc, in that the scanning cams are provided on the cam disc with a uniform angular offset from one another, and in that the sensors (18, 26) are arranged around the cam disc with a uniform angular spacing adapted to the angular offset of the scanning cams and in that the cam disc has two scanning cams, which are offset by 180° relative to one another, and in that the measuring device has two sensors (18, 26), which are arranged at an angle of 90° relative to one another, or in that the cam disc has four scanning cams, which are arranged offset at an angle of 90° relative to one another, and consequently provided for the tapping of the cam disc are four sensors, which are arranged around the cam disc offset by 45° relative to one another.
A heat exchange system in a turbomachine comprising a plurality of members and equipment to be cooled and/or lubricated, the system comprising a fluid circuit for cooling and/or lubricating said equipment, said heat exchange system being configured to bring said fluid circuit in thermal contact with a fluid playing the role of a cold source on the other hand, the heat exchange system including a grid-shaped open work structure made from several sections of the fluid circuit which are distributed in the open work structure and through which a turbomachine intake airflow forming the cold source passes, characterized in that the open work structure has a cylindrical shape and is designed to be radially passed through by the airflow when operating. the heat exchange system including a grid-shaped open work structure made from several sections of the fluid circuit which are distributed in the open work structure and through which a turbomachine intake airflow forming the cold source passes, characterized in that the open work structure has a cylindrical shape and is designed to be radially passed through by the airflow when operating.
A service hole cover comprising: a cover main body that is removably provided at a panel of a vehicle so as to cover a service hole formed in the panel, and that is shaped as a box whose lower side is open; and a ceiling portion that structures an upper portion of the cover main body, and that is convex toward a panel side, a concave portion that is groove-shaped and whose end portions (64A, 64B) are open being formed in a top surface of the ceiling portion. a cover main body that is removably provided at a panel of a vehicle so as to cover a service hole formed in the panel, and that is shaped as a box whose lower side is open; and a ceiling portion that structures an upper portion of the cover main body, and that is convex toward a panel side, a concave portion that is groove-shaped and whose end portions (64A, 64B) are open being formed in a top surface of the ceiling portion.
A radiator screen arrangement comprising a screen through which air, which is to pass through a radiator, is drawn by a fan, rotating means for rotating the screen, and blanking means past which the screen is rotated and which provides a blanked off area of the screen which is not subject to the induction pressure of the fan and from which particle can therefore be more easily removed, the arrangement being characterised in that the blanking means has a leading edge which is of generally spiral shape so that the particles on the outer surface of the screen which enter the blanked-off area can reach the outer periphery of the rotating screen without being exposed to the induction pressure of the fan and hence have an improved chance of being detached from the screen.
A brake system having a brake stack with a stack closure pressure, a force member positioned within a cylinder, a valve configured to adjust fluid pressure in the brake system, and one or more pressure transducers that generate a proportional electrical signal representative of the fluid pressure within the cylinder, the brake system comprising: one or more processors in electronic communication with the valve and the one or more pressure transducers; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the brake system to: generate a valve command instructing the valve to increase the fluid pressure in the brake system, which results in increasing an amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder at a fixed rate; monitor an output of the proportional electrical signal generated by the one or more pressure transducers; determine a derivative value of the output of the proportional electrical signal as the amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder is increased at the fixed rate; determine a transition point of the derivative value, wherein the transition point represents when the derivative value exceeds about zero and increases to a positive value; and select the fluid pressure at the transition point as the stack closure pressure of the brake system. one or more processors in electronic communication with the valve and the one or more pressure transducers; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the brake system to: generate a valve command instructing the valve to increase the fluid pressure in the brake system, which results in increasing an amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder at a fixed rate; monitor an output of the proportional electrical signal generated by the one or more pressure transducers; determine a derivative value of the output of the proportional electrical signal as the amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder is increased at the fixed rate; determine a transition point of the derivative value, wherein the transition point represents when the derivative value exceeds about zero and increases to a positive value; and select the fluid pressure at the transition point as the stack closure pressure of the brake system. generate a valve command instructing the valve to increase the fluid pressure in the brake system, which results in increasing an amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder at a fixed rate; monitor an output of the proportional electrical signal generated by the one or more pressure transducers; determine a derivative value of the output of the proportional electrical signal as the amount of brake fluid supplied to the cylinder is increased at the fixed rate; determine a transition point of the derivative value, wherein the transition point represents when the derivative value exceeds about zero and increases to a positive value; and select the fluid pressure at the transition point as the stack closure pressure of the brake system.
An internal door system with a frameless glass door made of composite glass and a door frame, on which the glass door is mounted such that it can be swivelled, wherein the glass door made of composite glass has an internal glass plate and an external glass plate which is larger than the former and which protrudes the internal glass plate, and wherein the external glass plate forms an overhang area which surrounds the internal glass plate on three sides, and wherein two rebate seals (131, 132) are arranged on the door frame along on three sides, which seal off at different levels, wherein one rebate seal seals off against the external glass plate and the other rebate seal seals off against the internal glass plate.
Electrode for hydrogen evolution comprising a metal substrate provided with a superficial catalytic coating containing crystallites of ruthenium in form of metal or of oxide, having a size of 1 to 10 nm with a standard deviation not higher than 0.5 nm as measured by a low angle X-ray diffraction technique.
A method for compensating for distortions introduced in data streams during transmission thereof in a multi-antenna transmitter, the multi-antenna transmitter having a plurality of transmit paths coupled to respective transmit antennas, each transmit path including a power amplifier for amplifying a respective data stream, said method comprising: predistorting the data streams to compensate for post-amplifier crosstalk between the plurality of transmit paths, the post-amplifier crosstalk occurring after the data streams go through the power amplifiers; after compensating for post-amplifier crosstalk, predistorting the data streams to compensate for non-linear distortions introduced by the power amplifiers; after compensating for distortions at the power amplifiers, predistorting the data streams to compensate for pre-amplifier crosstalk between the plurality of transmit paths occurring before the power amplifiers; and transmitting each of the pre-distorted multiple data streams from a respective transmit antenna. predistorting the data streams to compensate for post-amplifier crosstalk between the plurality of transmit paths, the post-amplifier crosstalk occurring after the data streams go through the power amplifiers; after compensating for post-amplifier crosstalk, predistorting the data streams to compensate for non-linear distortions introduced by the power amplifiers; after compensating for distortions at the power amplifiers, predistorting the data streams to compensate for pre-amplifier crosstalk between the plurality of transmit paths occurring before the power amplifiers; and transmitting each of the pre-distorted multiple data streams from a respective transmit antenna.
Bearing plate for positioning containers with a main body, comprising at least one first pressure element being arranged on said main body and can move up and down depending on forces acting on the first pressure element relative to the main body, where said first pressure element is arranged at least in part parallel to said main body, and furthermore a positioning body is provided being arranged on said main body and comprising at least one opening through which said first pressure element protrudes at least in part, and said positioning body is formed as a second pressure element; wherein at least four spring elements are provided connecting said first pressure element with said main body, wherein the spring elements connecting the first pressure element with the main body are evenly distributed around the unit circle; characterized in that the first pressure element is made of polyurethane and/or rubber or has an outer coating made thereof.
Brake system for a motor vehicle for operating wheel brakes that can be operated hydraulically, with • a first electrically controllable pressure source for supplying a brake pressure for operating the wheel brakes, • an electrically controllable pressure modulation device for setting wheel-specific brake pressures for the wheel brakes with an inlet valve (60a-60d) that can be operated electrically and an outlet valve (61a-61d) that can be operated electrically for each wheel brake, and • a second electrically controllable pressure source (3, 3', 3") for supplying a brake pressure for operating the wheel brakes comprising a motor-pump assembly with an at least dual circuit hydraulic pump (38a, 38b) and at least one low-pressure reservoir (33a, 33b), whereby the low-pressure reservoir is connected to an output port of at least one outlet valve (61a, 61b), characterized by a first electrical power supply unit and a second electrical power supply unit that is independent of the first electrical power supply unit, whereby the first pressure source is supplied with electrical energy by the first power supply unit, the second pressure source (3, 3', 3") is supplied with electrical energy by the second power supply unit and the pressure modulation device can be supplied with electrical energy by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit. • a first electrically controllable pressure source for supplying a brake pressure for operating the wheel brakes, • an electrically controllable pressure modulation device for setting wheel-specific brake pressures for the wheel brakes with an inlet valve (60a-60d) that can be operated electrically and an outlet valve (61a-61d) that can be operated electrically for each wheel brake, and • a second electrically controllable pressure source (3, 3', 3") for supplying a brake pressure for operating the wheel brakes comprising a motor-pump assembly with an at least dual circuit hydraulic pump (38a, 38b) and at least one low-pressure reservoir (33a, 33b), whereby the low-pressure reservoir is connected to an output port of at least one outlet valve (61a, 61b),