mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Use of catalyst systems suitable for catalysing the production of polyurethane systems, wherein the catalyst system contains a tin salt of a carboxylic acid to whose carbonyl carbon atom a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical is bound, with the proviso that the carboxylic acid does not have exclusively a single ethyl or n-propyl branch in the 2 position, wherein the acid has at least one methyl group branch, and wherein the catalyst system contains one or more organic solvents, and wherein metal salts present in the catalyst system are exclusively those that are salts of carboxylic acids that are unbranched or have exclusively methyl branches, in the production of flexible polyurethane foams based on ether polyols and ester polyols, wherein the catalyst system is added to the reaction mixture before or during the reaction.
An integrated circuit apparatus comprising: a substrate; an IC chip disposed above the substrate, the IC chip comprising an electromagnetic coupling device; and an electromagnetic shielding layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the electromagnetic shielding layer and the electromagnetic coupling device partially overlap in a vertical projection direction of the surface of the substrate; whereby the integrated circuit apparatus further comprises a grounding layer surrounding the electromagnetic shielding layer, and the grounding layer and the electromagnetic shielding layer belong to a same patterned layer. a substrate; an IC chip disposed above the substrate, the IC chip comprising an electromagnetic coupling device; and an electromagnetic shielding layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the electromagnetic shielding layer and the electromagnetic coupling device partially overlap in a vertical projection direction of the surface of the substrate; whereby the integrated circuit apparatus further comprises a grounding layer surrounding the electromagnetic shielding layer, and the grounding layer and the electromagnetic shielding layer belong to a same patterned layer.
A process for the preparation of a bis(acyl)phosphinic acid silyl ester of the general formula I, wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 7, R 8, R 9, R 10 and R 11 are the same or different and are independently selected from H, halogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, linear or branched C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 8 -alkenyloxy, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 6 -C 12 -aryl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkoxy, C 7 -C 12 -arylalkoxy, C 9 -C 15 -alkenylarylalkoxy, nitro-, C 6 -C 12 -arylsulfonyl, 4-alkylarylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 20 -alkylcarboxy, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxycarbonyl, SR 12, NHR 12 or NR 12 R 13 with R 12 and R 13 being independently selected from H, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, linear or branched C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl and C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, and an O-, S- or N-containing 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R 6 is OSiR 14 R 15 R 16 with R 14, R 15 and R 16 being independently selected from linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl or C 6 -C 12 -aryl, the process comprising the steps of a) heating ammonium hypophosphite with a silylating agent for obtaining a bis(silyl ether)phosphine, and b) reacting the bis(silyl ether)phosphine obtained in step a) with a compound of the general formula IIa and/or IIb, wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 and/or R 7, R 8, R 9, R 10 and R 11 are as defined above; Z is halogen. wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 7, R 8, R 9, R 10 and R 11 are the same or different and are independently selected from H, halogen, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, linear or branched C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 8 -alkenyloxy, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 6 -C 12 -aryl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkoxy, C 7 -C 12 -arylalkoxy, C 9 -C 15 -alkenylarylalkoxy, nitro-, C 6 -C 12 -arylsulfonyl, 4-alkylarylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 20 -alkylcarboxy, C 1 -C 8 -alkoxycarbonyl, SR 12, NHR 12 or NR 12 R 13 with R 12 and R 13 being independently selected from H, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, linear or branched C 2 -C 8 -alkenyl and C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, and an O-, S- or N-containing 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R 6 is OSiR 14 R 15 R 16 with R 14, R 15 and R 16 being independently selected from linear or branched C 1 -C 20 -alkyl or C 6 -C 12 -aryl, the process comprising the steps of a) heating ammonium hypophosphite with a silylating agent for obtaining a bis(silyl ether)phosphine, and b) reacting the bis(silyl ether)phosphine obtained in step a) with a compound of the general formula IIa and/or IIb, a) heating ammonium hypophosphite with a silylating agent for obtaining a bis(silyl ether)phosphine, and b) reacting the bis(silyl ether)phosphine obtained in step a) with a compound of the general formula IIa and/or IIb, wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 and/or R 7, R 8, R 9, R 10 and R 11 are as defined above; Z is halogen.
Method of defining a supplementary face for spectacles combined with a lens adapted to be mounted in a frame of the spectacles, said method comprising the steps of: - selecting the lens adapted to the prescription of a wearer, the lens being a progressive lens having an optical or geometric centre; - modelling the position of the selected lens and the position of the supplementary face in front of the selected lens; - selecting an optical function for the assembly composed of the selected lens and of the supplementary face; - calculating the characteristics of the supplementary face by optical optimization for a standard wearer, without involvement of thin-lens approximation, in which the calculating step comprises the following sub-steps: • calculating, with the aid of ray-plotting software, an optical function calculated for the assembly composed of the selected lens and of the supplementary face, said software making it possible to determine the wearer power and the astigmatism resulting from said assembly, and • comparing the optical function calculated at the calculating sub-step and the optical function selected at the selection step, using as optimization target said optical function selected for said assembly; in which the supplementary face obtained is mounted detachably in front of and on the lens, has a surface at least equal to the surface of the progressive lens and a continuous optical power variation over this surface, such that the assembly composed of the lens and of the supplementary face does not generate discontinuity in the optical function afforded to the wearer, which is continuous over the whole field of vision provided by the lens, and in which the supplementary face obtained shifts the zones of vision in order to change from the progressive lens with nasally off-centred near vision to said assembly without nasal off-centring of the near vision zone, the optimization making it possible to transform the optical function of the lens and being able to be effected by modifying the meridian for said assembly. - selecting the lens adapted to the prescription of a wearer, the lens being a progressive lens having an optical or geometric centre; - modelling the position of the selected lens and the position of the supplementary face in front of the selected lens; - selecting an optical function for the assembly composed of the selected lens and of the supplementary face; - calculating the characteristics of the supplementary face by optical optimization for a standard wearer, without involvement of thin-lens approximation, • calculating, with the aid of ray-plotting software, an optical function calculated for the assembly composed of the selected lens and of the supplementary face, said software making it possible to determine the wearer power and the astigmatism resulting from said assembly, and • comparing the optical function calculated at the calculating sub-step and the optical function selected at the selection step, using as optimization target said optical function selected for said assembly;
A system for a treatment of a target tissue of a patient, the patient having a collateral tissue adjacent the target tissue, the system comprising: a needle probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222) having a proximal end (40, 234) and a distal end (42, 232), the distal end (42, 232) insertable though the collateral tissue and into the target tissue, the inserted probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222) having a lumen (38, 226) with a distal portion adjacent the target tissue and a proximal portion adjacent the collateral tissue when the distal end (42, 232) is inserted; and a cooling fluid source in fluid communication with the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) via a cooling fluid supply tube; wherein the cooling fluid supply tube has an effective inner diameter of less than 100 μm, the effective inner diameter of the cooling fluid supply tube providing flow resistance to cooling fluid flow therethrough to control metering of the cooling fluid into the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) so that, when cooling fluid flows distally from the source into the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) and proximally along the lumen (38, 226) of the inserted probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222), liquid of the cooling fluid evaporates into gas within the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226), such that the evaporation cools the target tissue to effect the treatment, and wherein the liquid is depleted when the cooling fluid passes proximally through the proximal portion of the lumen (38, 226). a needle probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222) having a proximal end (40, 234) and a distal end (42, 232), the distal end (42, 232) insertable though the collateral tissue and into the target tissue, the inserted probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222) having a lumen (38, 226) with a distal portion adjacent the target tissue and a proximal portion adjacent the collateral tissue when the distal end (42, 232) is inserted; and a cooling fluid source in fluid communication with the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) via a cooling fluid supply tube; wherein the cooling fluid supply tube has an effective inner diameter of less than 100 μm, the effective inner diameter of the cooling fluid supply tube providing flow resistance to cooling fluid flow therethrough to control metering of the cooling fluid into the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) so that, when cooling fluid flows distally from the source into the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226) and proximally along the lumen (38, 226) of the inserted probe (26, 162, 196, 198, 220, 222), liquid of the cooling fluid evaporates into gas within the distal portion of the lumen (38, 226), such that the evaporation cools the target tissue to effect the treatment, and wherein the liquid is depleted when the cooling fluid passes proximally through the proximal portion of the lumen (38, 226).
Magnetoresistive element comprising a first magnetic layer having a first magnetization; a second magnetic layer having a second magnetization; a tunnel barrier layer comprised between the first and the second magnetic layers (21, 23); and an antiferromagnetic layer, which comprises manganese, exchanged coupling the second magnetic layer such that the second magnetization is pinned below a critical temperature of the antiferromagnetic layer, and is freely varied when the antiferromagnetic layer is heated above the critical temperature; wherein the magnetoresistive element further comprises an oxygen gettering layer which comprises material that has better oxygen gettering properties than the antiferromagnetic layer and/or the second magnetic layer, and wherein the oxygen gettering layer is arranged in the magnetoresistive element such that it blocks diffusion of manganese from the antiferromagnetic layer into the second magnetic layer, wherein said oxygen gettering layer is comprised between the second magnetic layer and the antiferromagnetic layer; characterized in that said oxygen gettering layer is further arranged in the magnetoresistive element such that it acts as an oxygen getter; and in that said oxygen gettering layer comprises magnesium.
A uniaxially-oriented ethylene-based polymeric film having at least one layer comprising at least 65 wt.%, based on total amount of materials present in the at least one layer, of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) which exhibits each of the following properties: a comonomer distribution breadth index (CDBI) of at least 60%, determined as set out in the description; a melt index, I 2, measured according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg @ 190°C), of 1.8 g/10 min to 10 g/10 min; a density of from 0.910 g/cc to 0.940 g/cc, determined according to ASTM D-792; and a Mw/Mn of less than 3.0; wherein the LLDPE has a crystallization elution fractionation fraction at 70°C to 90 °C of equal to or greater than 80% of the total CEF Fractions, calculated as ∫ 70 90 wT T dT from CEF. a comonomer distribution breadth index (CDBI) of at least 60%, determined as set out in the description; a melt index, I 2, measured according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg @ 190°C), of 1.8 g/10 min to 10 g/10 min; a density of from 0.910 g/cc to 0.940 g/cc, determined according to ASTM D-792; and a Mw/Mn of less than 3.0; wherein the LLDPE has a crystallization elution fractionation fraction at 70°C to 90 °C of equal to or greater than 80% of the total CEF Fractions, calculated as ∫ 70 90 wT T dT from CEF.
A bonded substrate suitable for use as an insulating heat-dissipating substrate for mounting a power semiconductor device, the bonded substrate comprising: a silicon nitride ceramic substrate having a main surface and a particle-defect hole, the main surface having a flat region having a maximum height Rz of 10 μm or less, the particle-defect hole being exposed to the main surface, imparting flatness lower than flatness of the flat region to a part of the main surface, and having a depth of 10 μm or more and 60 μm or less; a copper plate including a first portion disposed over the flat region and a second portion filling the particle-defect hole; and a bonding layer containing a compound of at least one type of active metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium with nitrogen and/or silicon, further containing at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, indium, and tin, and including a third portion covering the flat region and a fourth portion filling the particle-defect hole, and bonding the copper plate to the main surface, wherein the second portion and the fourth portion fill 80% or more of a volume of the particle-defect hole. a silicon nitride ceramic substrate having a main surface and a particle-defect hole, the main surface having a flat region having a maximum height Rz of 10 μm or less, the particle-defect hole being exposed to the main surface, imparting flatness lower than flatness of the flat region to a part of the main surface, and having a depth of 10 μm or more and 60 μm or less; a copper plate including a first portion disposed over the flat region and a second portion filling the particle-defect hole; and a bonding layer containing a compound of at least one type of active metal selected from the group consisting of titanium and zirconium with nitrogen and/or silicon, further containing at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, indium, and tin, and including a third portion covering the flat region and a fourth portion filling the particle-defect hole, and bonding the copper plate to the main surface, wherein the second portion and the fourth portion fill 80% or more of a volume of the particle-defect hole.
A method for rendering nonstick a mold made of a composite material intended for the manufacture of parts made of composite material, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a mold made of composite material comprising an epoxy resin; (ii) applying a powder of fluorinated polymer, having a minimum film-forming temperature lower than 300°C and heat resistance at temperatures higher than 200°C, onto the walls of the mold to form a layer; and (iii) heating the layer obtained to a temperature of between 260°C and 300°C to form a continuous film; whereby a mold made of composite material is obtained, the walls of which are provided with a nonstick coating. (i) providing a mold made of composite material comprising an epoxy resin; (ii) applying a powder of fluorinated polymer, having a minimum film-forming temperature lower than 300°C and heat resistance at temperatures higher than 200°C, onto the walls of the mold to form a layer; and (iii) heating the layer obtained to a temperature of between 260°C and 300°C to form a continuous film;
A surgical navigation system comprising: a tracker (54, 56) configured to be attached to a patient; a localizer configured to cooperate with said tracker (54, 56) to generate localizer data associated with a target site on an anatomy of the patient with the target site defined by a virtual object associated with a virtual model of the anatomy; a vision device configured to generate 3-D surface-image data associated with the target site and surfaces surrounding the target site; a navigation computer coupled to said localizer and said vision device, wherein said navigation computer is configured to: combine said localizer data and said 3-D surface-image data into a common coordinate system; and evaluate said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data in said common coordinate system to determine a region to be avoided outside of the target site by merging said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data to form merged data; and wherein the surgical navigation system is characterized in that said navigation computer is further configured to: select at least a portion of the merged data to define the region to be avoided, the portion representing surfaces surrounding the target site that are outside of the target site. a tracker (54, 56) configured to be attached to a patient; a localizer configured to cooperate with said tracker (54, 56) to generate localizer data associated with a target site on an anatomy of the patient with the target site defined by a virtual object associated with a virtual model of the anatomy; a vision device configured to generate 3-D surface-image data associated with the target site and surfaces surrounding the target site; a navigation computer coupled to said localizer and said vision device, wherein said navigation computer is configured to: combine said localizer data and said 3-D surface-image data into a common coordinate system; and evaluate said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data in said common coordinate system to determine a region to be avoided outside of the target site by merging said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data to form merged data; and wherein the surgical navigation system is characterized in that said navigation computer is further configured to: select at least a portion of the merged data to define the region to be avoided, the portion representing surfaces surrounding the target site that are outside of the target site. combine said localizer data and said 3-D surface-image data into a common coordinate system; and evaluate said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data in said common coordinate system to determine a region to be avoided outside of the target site by merging said 3-D surface-image data and said localizer data to form merged data; and wherein the surgical navigation system is characterized in that said navigation computer is further configured to: select at least a portion of the merged data to define the region to be avoided, the portion representing surfaces surrounding the target site that are outside of the target site.
Method for determining a wheel circumference of a drive wheel of an electric bicycle, wherein the following step is carried out before a predefined time period (t), • calibrating an acceleration sensor signal, wherein the calibration takes place in the stationary stage of the electric bicycle, and for the calibration an acceleration offset in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric bicycle is determined as a function of a sensed acceleration (a), wherein the following steps are carried out during a predefined time period (t) • sensing a rotational speed (n) of the drive wheel • sensing a profile of an acceleration (a) of the electric bicycle in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric bicycle, wherein the subsequent following steps are carried out • determining a distance (s) travelled along by the electric bicycle as a function of the profile of the acceleration (a) which is sensed during the time period (t), • determining the wheel circumference of the drive wheel as a function of the sensed rotational speed (n) and the determined distance (s), and • actuating the drive motor as a function of the determined wheel circumference. • calibrating an acceleration sensor signal, wherein the calibration takes place in the stationary stage of the electric bicycle, and for the calibration an acceleration offset in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric bicycle is determined as a function of a sensed acceleration (a), wherein • sensing a rotational speed (n) of the drive wheel • sensing a profile of an acceleration (a) of the electric bicycle in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric bicycle, • determining a distance (s) travelled along by the electric bicycle as a function of the profile of the acceleration (a) which is sensed during the time period (t), • determining the wheel circumference of the drive wheel as a function of the sensed rotational speed (n) and the determined distance (s), and • actuating the drive motor as a function of the determined wheel circumference.
A water-pollutant separation device, comprising a tank, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe respectively communicated with the top of the tank, and a pollutant discharge pipe communicated with the bottom of the tank, is characterized in that the inner cavity of the tank is provided with a separation structure being in such an inverted-barrel shape that has an upper closing cover, a slightly smaller external dimension than that of the tank, a gap from the bottom of the tank, and a spoiler, which is installed onto the water inlet pipe after said water inlet pipe goes through the upper closing cover of the separation structure in the tank, having a sealed lower-end and a plurality of openings on the side-wall to generate subcritical flow to spoil the water flow.
A method for in-vitro culturing and expanding natural killer cells in a cell culture medium comprising a population of NK cells, the method comprising a) adding an effective concentration of interleukin-21 (IL-21) at the beginning of the culturing process to said medium b) adding repeatedly an effective concentration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and/or interleukin-15 (IL-15) to said medium c) adding repeatedly feeder cells or membrane particles thereof to said medium, wherein said feeder cells are B cell derived which are EBV immortalized; and wherein said expansion of NK cells in said cell culture medium is maintained for at least 3 weeks. a) adding an effective concentration of interleukin-21 (IL-21) at the beginning of the culturing process to said medium b) adding repeatedly an effective concentration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and/or interleukin-15 (IL-15) to said medium c) adding repeatedly feeder cells or membrane particles thereof to said medium, wherein said feeder cells are B cell derived which are EBV immortalized; and