mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for measuring the near field signal of a sample in a scattering type near field microscope comprising a probe and a sample, which method comprises the steps of a) measuring the scattering signal S of the probe as a function of a distance-determining parameter P, whereby the functional dependence H of the probe-sample distance H on P is known, by measuring the scattering signal S for at least two values of the distance-determining parameter P corresponding to two probe-sample distances H in the range H 0 to H 1, wherein H 1 is larger than H 0, and the scattering signal S substantially consists of background signal for all distances H > H 0, b) determining the fit coefficients of a background fit function B, wherein the background fit function is equation B P = c 0 + c 1 * exp i * k * H P + c 2 * exp − i * k * H P 2 wherein B is the scattering signal S as measured in step a), c0, c1 and c2 are fit coefficients, k is a fixed parameter or a fit coefficient, or wherein the background fit function B is an at least first order approximation of equation in terms of P, c) measuring the scattering signal S N of the probe for at least one value of the distance-determining parameter P N corresponding to a probe-sample distance H N smaller than H 0, and d) determining the near field signal N for at least one value of the distance-determining parameter P N by subtracting from the scattering signal S N measured at step c) the background signal B N which is calculated by extrapolating the background fit function B to the probe-sample distance H N using the fit coefficients determined in step b), wherein the distance H 0 is at least 100nm. a) measuring the scattering signal S of the probe as a function of a distance-determining parameter P, whereby the functional dependence H of the probe-sample distance H on P is known, by measuring the scattering signal S for at least two values of the distance-determining parameter P corresponding to two probe-sample distances H in the range H 0 to H 1, wherein H 1 is larger than H 0, and the scattering signal S substantially consists of background signal for all distances H > H 0, b) determining the fit coefficients of a background fit function B, wherein the background fit function is equation B P = c 0 + c 1 * exp i * k * H P + c 2 * exp − i * k * H P 2 wherein B is the scattering signal S as measured in step a), c0, c1 and c2 are fit coefficients, k is a fixed parameter or a fit coefficient, or wherein the background fit function B is an at least first order approximation of equation in terms of P, c) measuring the scattering signal S N of the probe for at least one value of the distance-determining parameter P N corresponding to a probe-sample distance H N smaller than H 0, and d) determining the near field signal N for at least one value of the distance-determining parameter P N by subtracting from the scattering signal S N measured at step c) the background signal B N which is calculated by extrapolating the background fit function B to the probe-sample distance H N using the fit coefficients determined in step b), wherein the distance H 0 is at least 100nm.
A transformer toy car for travelling on a surface comprising: a separable toy car body; and cards adapted to be attached to the underside of the toy car body, wherein a portion of the toy car body is capable of being separated, said portion when being separated presses against said surface and thereby makes the toy car body stand up or turn over, and wherein the toy car body comprises an adhesion part for attaching one of said cards when the toy car body is driven over said card supported on said surface, an operating bar adapted to release the portion of the toy car body capable of being separated from a locking state when a card and the adhesion part are attached to each other thereby making the toy car body with the attached card stand up or turn over. a separable toy car body; and cards adapted to be attached to the underside of the toy car body, wherein a portion of the toy car body is capable of being separated, said portion when being separated presses against said surface and thereby makes the toy car body stand up or turn over, and wherein the toy car body comprises an adhesion part for attaching one of said cards when the toy car body is driven over said card supported on said surface, an operating bar adapted to release the portion of the toy car body capable of being separated from a locking state when a card and the adhesion part are attached to each other thereby making the toy car body with the attached card stand up or turn over.
A solid electrolyte having a garnet type crystal structure, comprising: Li, La, Zr, O and Ga; and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn and Sc. Li, La, Zr, O and Ga; and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn and Sc.
Arrangement of several handling devices for articles, in particular a shrink tunnel, which is coupled to a grouping station via a conveyor, wherein the conveyor has at least one free travel segment, the segment being arranged linearly and without a deflection and the free travel segment being directly allocated straight in the transport direction of the grouping station, the free travel segment having a capacity for accommodating a number of articles, the number of articles corresponding to at least twice the number of articles arrangeable within the shrink tunnel, characterized in that the conveyor comprises at least one further transport segment, which is devoid of any railing and is not capable of accumulating articles and that the free travel segment is arranged between the transport segment with non- accumulating capacities and the grouping station, the grouping station being arranged directly behind the free travel segment.
A fitting arrangement for leaves of windows, doors or the like having a fixed frame and a frame which is movable with respect thereto and comprising at least one first support apparatus which can be fastened to the fixed frame, wherein the first support apparatus has a support element with an axis of rotation and with a plurality of receivers (9, 10, 63) which receive the axis of rotation, which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the axis of rotation, which are connected to one another via a longitudinal web and which project over the longitudinal web; having a first articulated lever with first and second ends (18,19) which are spaced apart from one another with respect to the axis of rotation in a perpendicular direction, as well as with first and second joint axes (20, 21) which are aligned in parallel to the axis of rotation of the support element and with the first end being rotatable with its first joint axis about the axis of rotation of the support element; and having a second articulated lever with first and second ends (24, 25) which are spaced apart from one another in the perpendicular direction with respect to the axis of rotation, as well as with a first joint axis, wherein the first end of the second articulated lever is supported via the first joint axis which extends through the first end at the second joint axis which is arranged at the second end of the first articulated lever, wherein the support element of the support apparatus comprises an upper as well as a lower receiver (9, 10) which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the axis of rotation and which form a reception space for the first articulated lever between them when the first articulated lever has a C-shaped base body having upper and lower limbs (15, 16) which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of its joint axes (20, 21) and which are connected to one another via a connection web, wherein the two limbs (15, 16) form a clearance between sides which face one another and wherein the second articulated lever is arranged between the two limbs (15, 16) of the first articulated lever, characterized in that the second articulated lever is almost completely received in the clearance formed between the two limbs (15, 16) within the completely pivoted-in position of said second articulated lever.
A method of providing a 3-D picture signal comprising: - providing an image signal that conveys a 3-D picture according to a 3D format having image frames encoding an image, - providing depth components comprising a depth map for the image, the depth map comprising depth indication values, a depth indication value relating to a particular portion of the image and indicating a distance between an object at least partially represented by that portion of the image and a viewer, the image frames in the image signal being arranged in a Group of Pictures coding structure: wherein the image frames include left image frames having a picture intended for a left eye of the viewer and right image frames having a picture intended for a right eye of the viewer; charecterized in that the method comprises encoding extra frames (D, D') that provide the depth components and further data for use in rendering based on the image and the depth components, the extra frames being encoded using spatial and/or temporal subsampling of the depth components and the further data and comprising predicted depth components encoded based on prediction using earlier depth components and bidirectional depth components encoded based on bidirectional prediction using earlier depth components and later depth components, and - interleaving the extra frames with the image frames in the image signal in the Group of Pictures coding structure to provide the 3-D picture signal. - providing an image signal that conveys a 3-D picture according to a 3D format having image frames encoding an image, - providing depth components comprising a depth map for the image, the depth map comprising depth indication values, a depth indication value relating to a particular portion of the image and indicating a distance between an object at least partially represented by that portion of the image and a viewer, the image frames in the image signal being arranged in a Group of Pictures coding structure: wherein the image frames include left image frames having a picture intended for a left eye of the viewer and right image frames having a picture intended for a right eye of the viewer; charecterized in that the method comprises encoding extra frames (D, D') that provide the depth components and further data for use in rendering based on the image and the depth components, the extra frames being encoded using spatial and/or temporal subsampling of the depth components and the further data and comprising predicted depth components encoded based on prediction using earlier depth components and bidirectional depth components encoded based on bidirectional prediction using earlier depth components and later depth components, and - interleaving the extra frames with the image frames in the image signal in the Group of Pictures coding structure to provide the 3-D picture signal.
A hydraulic braking device having a base body that includes therein a fluid passage for brake fluid and comprising a shutoff valve disposed on one surface of the base body; wherein the shutoff valve comprises a coil unit consisting of a bobbin of a resin on which a coil is attached around an axis of the shutoff valve and a yoke surrounding the bobbin and forming a magnetic path, the braking device being characterised in that the one surface of the base body is provided with a wall surface facing the bobbin surrounded by the yoke and an outer circumferential surface of the yoke.
An intravaginal device comprising a substantially ring-shaped form having an outer edge configured to contact the vaginal wall and an internal diameter sized to substantially circumferentially surround a cervix or a vaginal cuff and a tether attached to the substantially ring-shaped form, wherein the tether comprises at least one sensor that is an accelerometer that is capable of detecting an upward lifting movement of a pelvic floor muscle of a subject
A mass flow verifier for verifying flow measurement of a fluid by a fluid delivery device, the mass flow verifier being characterized by a chamber defining a plurality of N inlets, the chamber configured to receive at each of the inlets a flow of the fluid from the device; a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure of the fluid within the chamber; a plurality of N critical flow nozzles, wherein each critical flow nozzle is located adjacent to a corresponding one of the inlets, each critical flow nozzle located upstream of the chamber along a flow path of the fluid from the device to the chamber through the corresponding inlet; and wherein for all i (i = 1,..., N), the i-th critical flow nozzle is configured to maintain, during a critical flow time period t cf,i (i = 1,..., N) for the i-th critical flow nozzle, the flow rate of the fluid through the i-th critical flow nozzle substantially constant and substantially insensitive to variation in pressure within the chamber; and a controller configured to selectively activate one of the plurality N of critical flow nozzles based on the desired flow rate verification range for a flow verification operation by the mass flow verifier.
A device for opening or closing a seal seat of a valve forming a part of the device, which is adapted to be arranged in a pipe carrying liquid or gaseous media, wherein a shape memory actuator configured to change its external shape when a transformation temperature dependent upon its alloy composition is reached is provided for a single activation of the valve, and wherein the transformation temperature is generatable by means of a controllable electrical heating device, characterized in that shape memory actuator is configured to abruptly and irreversibly change its external shape, and the seal seat is formed from a metal seal made of a ductile material that is pressed against a counterpart in a sealed state and that thereupon is plastically deformable.
Laundry dryer with a drum for receiving laundry to be dried, a processing air circuit for feeding heated up processing air through said drum, for cooling the processing air in order to extract water and for heating up the processing air again, a heat pump circuit for feeding a fluid through a condenser, an expansion member, an evaporator and a compressor back to the condenser, where the condenser heats up the processing air and the evaporator cools down the processing air, a blower, wherein an additional heat exchanger cooled by the blower is provided, wherein the additional heat exchanger is arranged in the processing air circuit and is adapted to extract heat from the processing air circuit, and wherein the blower is adapted to blow environmental air onto the additional heat exchanger, and wherein the controller is adapted to control a rotational speed of the blower depending on the signal of a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is arranged in the heat pump circuit and the laundry dryer comprises a controller by means of which an amount of heat removed from the processing air circuit by means of the additional heat exchanger is controlled as a function of the signal of a temperature sensor, characterized in that precisely one additional heat exchanger cooled by the blower is provided.
A fluorescent dye of formula: wherein X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH 3) 2 or NR 6; R 1 is (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 7, (CH 2) m C 6 H 5 or (CH 2) m C 6 H 4 R 7; R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br, I, (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 8, CH 2 C 6 H 5, CH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8, O(CH 2) n-1 CH 3, O(CH 2) n R 8, OCH 2 C 6 H 5, OCH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8 and CN, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 8, CH 2 C 6 H 5 and CH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8; wherein R 7 is C 6 H 5, C 6 H 4 R 9, SO 3 R 10 or COOR 11; R 8 is SO 3 R 10 or COOR 11; n and m are integers respectively selected from 1-18 and 0-18; R 9 is arsonic acid, boric acid, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, amino, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl or C 1 -C 18 alkyl; R 10 is N(R 12 R 13 R 14 R 15); R 11 is a C 1 -C 18 alkyl; R 12, R 13, R 14 and R 15 are independently selected from H, C 1 -C 18 alkyl and (CH 2) p OH, and p is an integer selected from 0-18, and Z - is a halide anion or OTs -. wherein X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH 3) 2 or NR 6; R 1 is (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 7, (CH 2) m C 6 H 5 or (CH 2) m C 6 H 4 R 7; R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br, I, (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 8, CH 2 C 6 H 5, CH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8, O(CH 2) n-1 CH 3, O(CH 2) n R 8, OCH 2 C 6 H 5, OCH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8 and CN, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from (CH 2) n-1 CH 3, (CH 2) n R 8, CH 2 C 6 H 5 and CH 2 C 6 H 4 R 8; wherein R 7 is C 6 H 5, C 6 H 4 R 9, SO 3 R 10 or COOR 11; R 8 is SO 3 R 10 or COOR 11; n and m are integers respectively selected from 1-18 and 0-18; R 9 is arsonic acid, boric acid, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, amino, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl or C 1 -C 18 alkyl; R 10 is N(R 12 R 13 R 14 R 15); R 11 is a C 1 -C 18 alkyl; R 12, R 13, R 14 and R 15 are independently selected from H, C 1 -C 18 alkyl and (CH 2) p OH, and p is an integer selected from 0-18, and Z - is a halide anion or OTs -.
A tetradentate cyclometalated platinum coordination complex based on carboxyl coordination and containing pyridyl acridine, wherein the tetradentate cyclometalated platinum coordination complex has the structure of the general formula: wherein each of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 independently represents mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-substitution, or no substitution, and R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, or a combination thereof; and two or more adjacent R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are each independently or selectively linked to form a fused ring.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre comprising a profiled tread, a carcass and a belt composed of at least one angled belt ply (41, 42) comprising steel strength members which are arranged parallel to one another and form a first angle of 15° to 50° with a circumferential direction U, • wherein radially outward of the carcass the pneumatic vehicle tyre comprises precisely one bandage composed of at least one bandage strength member which is arranged in circumferential windings, forms a second angle of at most 10° with the circumferential direction U and is embedded in elastomeric material and • wherein the bandage is arranged radially inside the belt and a strength member ply which follows the bandage in the radially inward direction is a strength member ply of the carcass, characterized in that • the pneumatic vehicle tyre has a sub-profile thickness of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm. • wherein radially outward of the carcass the pneumatic vehicle tyre comprises precisely one bandage composed of at least one bandage strength member which is arranged in circumferential windings, forms a second angle of at most 10° with the circumferential direction U and is embedded in elastomeric material and • wherein the bandage is arranged radially inside the belt and a strength member ply which follows the bandage in the radially inward direction is a strength member ply of the carcass, characterized in that • the pneumatic vehicle tyre has a sub-profile thickness of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm.
An elastomeric compound comprising a cured blend of at least one butyl rubber ionomer comprising phosphorus-based or nitrogen-based ionic moieties, at least one elastomer co-curable with the butyl rubber ionomer selected from butyl rubber, isobutylene-methylstyrene copolymer, ethylene propylene rubber, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, butadiene rubber, solution styrene butadiene rubber, emulsion styrene butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, natural rubber, epoxidized natural rubber, polyurethane, polyisoprene rubber, polyacrylic, polyacrylate, chloroprene, chlorosulphonylpolyethylene, chlorosulphonatedpolyethylene, ethylene acrylic, thermoplastic polyester urethane, thermoplastic polyether urethane, epichlorohydrin, fluoroethylene propylene-perfluoroalkoxy, tetrafluoroethylene/propylene, perfluoroelastomer, fluoroelastomer or fluorocarbon, fluorosilicone, silicone, polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinylacetate rubber, ethylene acrylate rubber, polyurethane rubber, polyisobutylene, chlorinated polyethylene, polynorbornene rubber, polysulphide rubber or mixtures thereof and a filler.
An alumina substrate that has a pore on a surface thereof and is composed of an alumina-based ceramic that contains 96% by mass or more of Al as a value of an Al 2 O 3 equivalent among 100% by mass of all constituent components thereof, wherein a surface area occupancy of the pore, obtained by capturing an image of a mirror-polished surface of the alumina substrate at 1000-fold magnification using a scanning electron microscope, is 1.5% or greater and 6.0% or less, an average value D of an equivalent circle diameter of the pore is 0.9 μm or greater and 2.0 μm or less, and a standard deviation Dσ of an equivalent circle diameter of the pore is 1.0 μm or less, wherein an average value of a degree of circularity of the pore is 0.5 or greater.
A charge-transfer complex of at least two different size metal atomic quantum clusters (AQCs), M n and M' n', of general formula: M n + M' n' -, wherein the metals, M and M', of the metal AQCs are the same or different metals and are selected from the transition metals Au, Ag, Cu and combinations thereof, and more preferably Au, Ag and combinations thereof, M n, is the smaller AQC which is present in its oxidized form, M n +, M' n', is the larger AQC which is present in its reduced form, M' n' -, M n + and M' n' - are bound by electrostatic interactions, n and n' are respectively the number of metal atoms of M and M', and are selected from between 2 and 309 metal atoms, between 2 and 102 metal atoms, between 2 and 55 metal atoms, and between 2 and 25 metal atoms, and n is smaller than n'. the metals, M and M', of the metal AQCs are the same or different metals and are selected from the transition metals Au, Ag, Cu and combinations thereof, and more preferably Au, Ag and combinations thereof, M n, is the smaller AQC which is present in its oxidized form, M n +, M' n', is the larger AQC which is present in its reduced form, M' n' -, M n + and M' n' - are bound by electrostatic interactions, n and n' are respectively the number of metal atoms of M and M', and are selected from between 2 and 309 metal atoms, between 2 and 102 metal atoms, between 2 and 55 metal atoms, and between 2 and 25 metal atoms, and n is smaller than n'.