mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Bidirectional reusable filtering face mask; said mask being employable to prevent bacteriological and viral contaminations transmissible by means of respiratory droplets emissions; said mask being composed of an anatomical base; said base being provided with means to promote adherence to the face, and pass-through elements employable for closing said mask by means of ties; said mask being characterized by: - a first filtering chamber employed to prevent respiratory droplets from spreading; said first filtration chamber being obtained by fixing a removable disposable filter on the outer side of said anatomical base; - a second filtering chamber comprising a removable dome with a recess in its apical portion; said recess being employed to accommodate a main removable disposable filter; said filter being secured to said recess by a protective grid; - means for assembling components of said second filtering chamber with said first filtering chamber. - a first filtering chamber employed to prevent respiratory droplets from spreading; said first filtration chamber being obtained by fixing a removable disposable filter on the outer side of said anatomical base; - a second filtering chamber comprising a removable dome with a recess in its apical portion; said recess being employed to accommodate a main removable disposable filter; said filter being secured to said recess by a protective grid; - means for assembling components of said second filtering chamber with said first filtering chamber.
A method of producing a flexible pipe body for transporting production fluids from a sub-sea location, comprising: providing a tubular layer; and directing a chemical reagent towards a surface portion of the tubular layer, wherein the tubular layer comprises an extruded polymer comprising a fluoropolymer, a polyamide, polyphenylene sulphide, PP, PFA, HDPE, PEEK, PEX, or a combination thereof, and wherein the chemical reagent has the effect of softening the polymer without dissolving the polymer and is suitable for changing one or more physical or mechanical property of a proportion of the extruded tubular layer thickness to thereby reduce, inhibit or prevent microcrazing. providing a tubular layer; and directing a chemical reagent towards a surface portion of the tubular layer, wherein the tubular layer comprises an extruded polymer comprising a fluoropolymer, a polyamide, polyphenylene sulphide, PP, PFA, HDPE, PEEK, PEX, or a combination thereof, and wherein the chemical reagent has the effect of softening the polymer without dissolving the polymer and is suitable for changing one or more physical or mechanical property of a proportion of the extruded tubular layer thickness to thereby reduce, inhibit or prevent microcrazing.
. A dispersant prepared by a process comprising: functionalizing a copolymer derived from ethylene and propylene, wherein the copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 4,000 g/mol as measured by GPC; wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol%; wherein 70 mol% or greater of the copolymer has a carbon-carbon double bond in a terminal monomer unit, and at least 70 mol% of the terminal monomer units that have a carbon-carbon double bond have a terminal group selected from a vinylidene group and a tri-substituted isomer of a vinylidene group; and wherein the copolymer has an average ethylene run length n c2, as determined by 13 C NMR spectroscopy, of less than 2.6, the average ethylene-derived unit run length n c2 is defined as the total number of ethylene-derived units in the copolymer divided by a number of runs of one or more sequential ethylene-derived units in the copolymer, and the average ethylene-derived unit run length n c2 and also satisfies the relationship shown by the expression below: n c 2 < EEE + EEA + AEA AEA + 0.5 EEA wherein: EEE= x c 2 3, EEA=2 x c 2 2 1 − x c 2, AEA = x c 2 1 − x c 2 2, x c2 being the mole fraction of ethylene incorporated in the copolymer as measured by 1 H-NMR spectroscopy, E representing an ethylene monomer moiety, and A representing a propylene monomer moiety. wherein the copolymer has a number average molecular weight of less than 4,000 g/mol as measured by GPC; wherein the ethylene content of the copolymer is less than 80 mol%; wherein 70 mol% or greater of the copolymer has a carbon-carbon double bond in a terminal monomer unit, and at least 70 mol% of the terminal monomer units that have a carbon-carbon double bond have a terminal group selected from a vinylidene group and a tri-substituted isomer of a vinylidene group; and wherein the copolymer has an average ethylene run length n c2, as determined by 13 C NMR spectroscopy, of less than 2.6, the average ethylene-derived unit run length n c2 is defined as the total number of ethylene-derived units in the copolymer divided by a number of runs of one or more sequential ethylene-derived units in the copolymer, and the average ethylene-derived unit run length n c2 and also satisfies the relationship shown by the expression below: n c 2 < EEE + EEA + AEA AEA + 0.5 EEA wherein: EEE= x c 2 3, EEA=2 x c 2 2 1 − x c 2, AEA = x c 2 1 − x c 2 2, x c2 being the mole fraction of ethylene incorporated in the copolymer as measured by 1 H-NMR spectroscopy, E representing an ethylene monomer moiety, and A representing a propylene monomer moiety.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: identifying, by a user equipment, UE, a frequency corresponding to a direct current, DC, tone within a set of resource blocks; determining, by the UE, a frequency for each of one or more phase-noise tracking reference signals, PTRS, based at least in part on the DC tone, wherein the frequency for the PTRS is based on the DC tone in that each determined frequency is different from the frequency corresponding to the DC tone; and transmitting, by the UE, the one or more PTRS using the set of resource blocks based on the determined frequency. identifying, by a user equipment, UE, a frequency corresponding to a direct current, DC, tone within a set of resource blocks; determining, by the UE, a frequency for each of one or more phase-noise tracking reference signals, PTRS, based at least in part on the DC tone, wherein the frequency for the PTRS is based on the DC tone in that each determined frequency is different from the frequency corresponding to the DC tone; and transmitting, by the UE, the one or more PTRS using the set of resource blocks based on the determined frequency.
Method for operating a capacitive actuator, which is connected to an output connection of an apparatus, which is formed by a first capacitor, which is arranged between an input connection of the apparatus and a reference potential, by a first series circuit comprising a first and a second power switching element (T1, T2), which series circuit is connected in parallel with said capacitor, by a first coil, whose first connection is connected to the center tap of the first series circuit and whose second connection is connected to the reference potential via a third power switching element and to the output connection via a fourth power switching element, wherein diodes (D1-D4) are connected in parallel with the power switching elements (T1-T4) in such a way that they are polarized in the reverse direction from the input connection or from the output connection to the reference potential, characterized in that in order to charge the capacitive actuator, first the first and third power switching elements (T1, T3) are turned on by a control circuit (Control) so that a current can flow from the first capacitor via the first coil, as a result of which energy is stored in the coil, and when a preset maximum current value is reached, the previously switched-on first and third power switching elements (T1, T3) are switched off again so that the magnetic energy stored in the first coil decays as a result of a current flow via the diode of the second power switching element and the diode of the fourth power switching element, as a result of which the capacitive actuator charges to a corresponding voltage, and by possibly repeated switching-on and switching-off of the first and third power switching elements (T1, T3), the capacitive actuator is charged to a preset voltage.
Lithium-sulphur battery comprising: - a negative electrode comprising lithium metal or an alloy of lithium metal, - a positive electrode comprising at least one sulphur-comprising agent chosen from elemental sulphur S 8 and an organic sulphur-comprising compound having at least one S-S bond, at least one polymer binder P 1 and at least one agent generating an electron conductivity, - an electrolyte comprising at least one liquid linear or cyclic polyether of low molar mass and at least one lithium salt L 1, and - a porous separator, said lithium-sulphur battery being characterized in that the porous separator is a biaxially oriented separator comprising at least polypropylene and said positive electrode comprises at least 40% by weight approximately of sulphur with respect to the total weight of said positive electrode. - a negative electrode comprising lithium metal or an alloy of lithium metal, - a positive electrode comprising at least one sulphur-comprising agent chosen from elemental sulphur S 8 and an organic sulphur-comprising compound having at least one S-S bond, at least one polymer binder P 1 and at least one agent generating an electron conductivity, - an electrolyte comprising at least one liquid linear or cyclic polyether of low molar mass and at least one lithium salt L 1, and - a porous separator,
A method of manufacturing a copolymer, the method comprising: adding an olefin resin composition, which comprises an olefin resin, an unsaturated silane compound, an aminosilane compound, and a radical initiator, into a reaction vessel; and reactive extruding the olefin resin composition, wherein the aminosilane compound is included in an amount of 1 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silane compound. adding an olefin resin composition, which comprises an olefin resin, an unsaturated silane compound, an aminosilane compound, and a radical initiator, into a reaction vessel; and reactive extruding the olefin resin composition, wherein the aminosilane compound is included in an amount of 1 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silane compound.
A hot melt wetness indicator composition comprising: about 1 to about 80% by weight of a base polymer; about 15 to about 75% by weight of a tackifier; a pH adjuster in an amount sufficient to cause the pH of the composition to be less than 6, preferably between 4 and 6, more preferably between 5 and 6, and most preferably between 5.5 and 6; and about 0.01 to about 5% by weight of a pH indicating agent consisting of nitrazine yellow. about 1 to about 80% by weight of a base polymer; about 15 to about 75% by weight of a tackifier; a pH adjuster in an amount sufficient to cause the pH of the composition to be less than 6, preferably between 4 and 6, more preferably between 5 and 6, and most preferably between 5.5 and 6; and about 0.01 to about 5% by weight of a pH indicating agent consisting of nitrazine yellow.
A rotor drive bar for use in a brake system, comprising: a drive bar portion configured to be coupled to at least one rotor of the brake system; and an attachment boss configured to be coupled to an attachment platform of a wheel and having a boss face that faces the attachment platform and at least partially defines a pocket for reducing thermal transfer from the rotor drive bar to the wheel, the attachment boss further defining a bolt aperture, characterised in that the pocket is surrounding the bolt aperture and the pocket is not intersecting the bolt aperture. a drive bar portion configured to be coupled to at least one rotor of the brake system; and an attachment boss configured to be coupled to an attachment platform of a wheel and having a boss face that faces the attachment platform and at least partially defines a pocket for reducing thermal transfer from the rotor drive bar to the wheel, the attachment boss further defining a bolt aperture, characterised in that the pocket is surrounding the bolt aperture and the pocket is not intersecting the bolt aperture.
A multi-layer insulation 'MLI' (20, 30, 130) comprising: a plurality of sealed metalized volumes (32, 132) in a stacked arrangement, each of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes comprising metalized film encapsulating a gas therein, the gas having one of a thermal insulating property, an acoustic insulating property, or a combination insulating property thereof; at least one spacer (34, 134) between adjacent sealed metalized volumes of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes; at least one spacer (44, 144) within each of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes; an internal housing (46, 146), wherein the internal housing defines a sealed volume (52, 152) that contains the plurality of sealed metalized volumes and the spacers, and wherein the sealed volume comprises a gas therein; and a protective cover surrounding the internal housing. a plurality of sealed metalized volumes (32, 132) in a stacked arrangement, each of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes comprising metalized film encapsulating a gas therein, the gas having one of a thermal insulating property, an acoustic insulating property, or a combination insulating property thereof; at least one spacer (34, 134) between adjacent sealed metalized volumes of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes; at least one spacer (44, 144) within each of the plurality of sealed metalized volumes; an internal housing (46, 146), wherein the internal housing defines a sealed volume (52, 152) that contains the plurality of sealed metalized volumes and the spacers, and wherein the sealed volume comprises a gas therein; and
A telescope comprising an objective lens, an eyepiece and a prism erecting system and having an observation beam path running between the objective lens and the eyepiece in which the prism erecting system is disposed, and having projection optics with a beam path for reproducing an image of a reticle in a focal plane of the eyepiece, wherein the beam path of the projection optics is coupled to the observation beam path by means of a beam splitter, wherein the projection optics comprise a light source and several lenses (27, 28, 29), characterized in that the projection optics comprise a mask designed as a negative of a pattern of the reticle, wherein the light source is disposed for rearward illumination of the mask, and wherein the projection optics comprise a focusing device adjustable from an external face of a housing, by means of which focusing device the position of the image plane of the reproduction of the pattern of the reticle can be shifted relative to the position of the image plane of the objective lens and/or relative to the position of the focal plane of the eyepiece, wherein the focusing device is formed by a carriage adjustable in the axial direction of the beam path of the projection optics, the lenses (27, 28, 29) being secured in said carriage, and wherein for adjusting the carriage, an adjusting screw or a rotary knob is disposed on the external face of the housing.
A method for managing a battery powering an implantable medical device, comprising: taking a plurality of regular, periodic terminal voltage readings of the battery in the implantable medical device, and estimating future battery performance characteristics based upon a linear extrapolation from the plurality of voltage readings. taking a plurality of regular, periodic terminal voltage readings of the battery in the implantable medical device, and estimating future battery performance characteristics based upon a linear extrapolation from the plurality of voltage readings.
A linear actuator, comprising a stator with a coil that can be fed with electric current for generating an electromagnetic field, and an actuating element that is borne in axially movable fashion with reference to the stator and that has a magnetic magnetic armature and at least one permanent magnet adjoining the magnetic armature and a ram extending in the axial direction, wherein the actuating element in the stator is so borne by means of at least one spring element that said actuating element can be moved axially in frictionless fashion when the coil is fed with current, characterized in that the actuating element has a support element extending in the radial direction between the magnetic armature and the ram, wherein the support element is composed of a non-magnetic material of a lower density than the magnetic armature, wherein the support element has a radially outwardly disposed part that supports the magnetic armature and a radially inwardly disposed part that supports the ram, said parts being interconnected via spoke-like bars.
An information processing method (RT1, RT3) comprising the steps of: recognizing by an operation recognition part, a user operation for a display screen of a display unit; determining (SP1, SP101, SP201), by a determination part, whether the user operation recognized by the operation recognition part is a drag operation being performed by a user in an arbitrary direction on the display screen starting from within a cursor display region of the display screen for displaying a cursor, or an operation being performed by the user starting from outside the cursor display region, wherein the cursor display region having a diameter nearly equal to a thickness of an indicator for indicating the user operation; and scrolling (SP2, SP102, SP202), by a control part, information being displayed on the display screen while changing (SP2, SP102, SP202) a level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the drag operation in the arbitrary direction on the display screen starting from within the cursor display region, in response to the user operation, and performing, by the control part, changing (SP6, SP7, SP106, SP107, SP206, SP207) of the level of detail of the information without scrolling the information or scrolling (SP4, SP104, SP204) of the information without changing the level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the operation starting from outside the cursor display region in response to the user operation. recognizing by an operation recognition part, a user operation for a display screen of a display unit; determining (SP1, SP101, SP201), by a determination part, whether the user operation recognized by the operation recognition part is a drag operation being performed by a user in an arbitrary direction on the display screen starting from within a cursor display region of the display screen for displaying a cursor, or an operation being performed by the user starting from outside the cursor display region, wherein the cursor display region having a diameter nearly equal to a thickness of an indicator for indicating the user operation; and scrolling (SP2, SP102, SP202), by a control part, information being displayed on the display screen while changing (SP2, SP102, SP202) a level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the drag operation in the arbitrary direction on the display screen starting from within the cursor display region, in response to the user operation, and performing, by the control part, changing (SP6, SP7, SP106, SP107, SP206, SP207) of the level of detail of the information without scrolling the information or scrolling (SP4, SP104, SP204) of the information without changing the level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the operation starting from outside the cursor display region in response to the user operation.
A method of selecting security virtual machines, SVMs, for a virtual machine, VM, in a virtual infrastructure, the method comprising: forming a list of SVMs in the virtual infrastructure, wherein a SVM performs security tasks for the VM, and the VM includes a security agent configured to interact with the SVM; determining restriction requirements of the security agent and removing from the list all SVMs not conforming to restriction requirements on limits of interaction area of the security agent, wherein the interaction area defines boundaries within which the SVMs, to which the security agent can connect are located, and wherein the interaction area of the security agent is divided into one or more levels comprising at least one of: (i) a level based on a physical machine on which the virtual machine is deployed; (ii) a level based on a cluster to which the virtual machine belongs; and (iii) a level based on a data center in which the physical machine containing the virtual machine resides; polling each SVM remaining on the list to determine network accessibility of said SVM and removing from the list all inaccessible SVMs; for each accessible SVM remaining on the list, determining whether a marker of the SVM matches a marker of the security agent of the VM and removing from the list all SVMs whose markers do not match the marker of the security agent; and providing the list of remaining SVMs to the security agent of the VM. forming a list of SVMs in the virtual infrastructure, wherein a SVM performs security tasks for the VM, and the VM includes a security agent configured to interact with the SVM; determining restriction requirements of the security agent and removing from the list all SVMs not conforming to restriction requirements on limits of interaction area of the security agent, wherein the interaction area defines boundaries within which the SVMs, to which the security agent can connect are located, and wherein the interaction area of the security agent is divided into one or more levels comprising at least one of: (i) a level based on a physical machine on which the virtual machine is deployed; (ii) a level based on a cluster to which the virtual machine belongs; and (iii) a level based on a data center in which the physical machine containing the virtual machine resides; polling each SVM remaining on the list to determine network accessibility of said SVM and removing from the list all inaccessible SVMs; for each accessible SVM remaining on the list, determining whether a marker of the SVM matches a marker of the security agent of the VM and removing from the list all SVMs whose markers do not match the marker of the security agent; and providing the list of remaining SVMs to the security agent of the VM.
A surface-coated member provided with a coating layer that has a layered structure and is provided on the surface of a substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises: a titanium carbonitride (TiCN) layer; an interlayer bonding without disconnection to the titanium carbonitride (TiCN) layer, wherein the interlayer consists of titanium, aluminum, carbon, and oxygen or consists of titanium, aluminum, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen and has an average thickness of 0.5 to 30 nm; and an α - type crystal structure aluminum oxide (α - type Al 2 O 3) layer bonding to the interlayer, wherein an oxygen content in the center of the interlayer in the thickness direction is 15 to 40% by atom, and wherein a content of titanium atom in the center of the interlayer in the thickness direction is 20 to 40% by atom and a content of aluminum atom is 5 to 15% by atom. a titanium carbonitride (TiCN) layer; an interlayer bonding without disconnection to the titanium carbonitride (TiCN) layer, wherein the interlayer consists of titanium, aluminum, carbon, and oxygen or consists of titanium, aluminum, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen and has an average thickness of 0.5 to 30 nm; and an α - type crystal structure aluminum oxide (α - type Al 2 O 3) layer bonding to the interlayer, wherein an oxygen content in the center of the interlayer in the thickness direction is 15 to 40% by atom, and wherein a content of titanium atom in the center of the interlayer in the thickness direction is 20 to 40% by atom and a content of aluminum atom is 5 to 15% by atom.