mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining a resource use of resources provided by one or more devices in order to carry out a service, the method comprising at a miner: - determining a latest block of a blockchain related to the service and a total resource information present in the latest block, wherein the total resource information represents the total amount of resources used by the one or more devices for providing the service since a defined starting point in time, - determining that a new use case of resources of a first device of the one or more devices has occurred which is not reflected by the total resource information and determining a new amount of the resources used by the first device during the new use case, - determining a new total resource information in which the total resource information is combined with the new amount of the resources and which reflects a complete use of the resources of the one or more devices from the defined starting point until determining the new total resource information, - generating a new block of the blockchain, adding the new total resource information to the new block, and adding the new block to the blockchain, wherein the defined starting point in time represents a beginning of a billing period in which a billing for the use of the resources is started, further comprising the steps of: - determining that the billing period should be closed, - determining the new total resource information present in a last block of the blockchain, - closing the blockchain, - informing a billing node of the new total resource information. - determining a latest block of a blockchain related to the service and a total resource information present in the latest block, wherein the total resource information represents the total amount of resources used by the one or more devices for providing the service since a defined starting point in time, - determining that a new use case of resources of a first device of the one or more devices has occurred which is not reflected by the total resource information and determining a new amount of the resources used by the first device during the new use case, - determining a new total resource information in which the total resource information is combined with the new amount of the resources and which reflects a complete use of the resources of the one or more devices from the defined starting point until determining the new total resource information, - generating a new block of the blockchain, adding the new total resource information to the new block, and adding the new block to the blockchain, wherein the defined starting point in time represents a beginning of a billing period in which a billing for the use of the resources is started, further comprising the steps of: - determining that the billing period should be closed, - determining the new total resource information present in a last block of the blockchain, - closing the blockchain, - informing a billing node of the new total resource information.
A method, comprising the acts of: sampling air from within an electronic device; measuring an amount of moisture in the sampled device air; and maintaining a disconnection between a source of electrical power and the electronic device when the amount of moisture within the sampled device air exceeds a first predetermined threshold. sampling air from within an electronic device; measuring an amount of moisture in the sampled device air; and maintaining a disconnection between a source of electrical power and the electronic device when the amount of moisture within the sampled device air exceeds a first predetermined threshold.
A method of producing a microneedle array unit, comprising: an array preparing step of preparing a microneedle array which includes a sheet and a plurality of needles arranged on one surface of the sheet; a container preparing step of preparing a container which includes an accommodating portion defining an opening and a space for accommodating the microneedle array, and a deformable portion disposed on a side opposite to the opening and integrated with the accommodating portion; and an accommodating step of accommodating the microneedle array in the accommodating portion of the container by allowing the other surface of the sheet of the microneedle array and the deformable portion of the container to oppose each other; characterized by a deforming step of deforming an outer surface of the accommodating portion inward, which outer surface is positioned between the one surface of the sheet of the microneedle array and the opening of the accommodating portion, to form a protrusion that reduces an area of the opening of the accommodating portion. an array preparing step of preparing a microneedle array which includes a sheet and a plurality of needles arranged on one surface of the sheet; a container preparing step of preparing a container which includes an accommodating portion defining an opening and a space for accommodating the microneedle array, and a deformable portion disposed on a side opposite to the opening and integrated with the accommodating portion; and an accommodating step of accommodating the microneedle array in the accommodating portion of the container by allowing the other surface of the sheet of the microneedle array and the deformable portion of the container to oppose each other;
A turbomachine comprising a rotor assembly and a frame, the rotor assembly comprising a shaft, a bearing assembly, an impeller and a shroud, the impeller and the bearing assembly being mounted to the shaft, and the shroud being mounted to the bearing assembly so as to cover the impeller, wherein the shroud comprises a hub, a hood and a plurality of spokes that extend between the hub and the hood, the hub comprises a bore, and the bearing assembly extends through the bore and is secured to the hub, characterised in that the rotor assembly is mounted to the frame at the shroud and at the bearing assembly.
A method of obtaining regenerated fiber from Calluna Vulgaris plant, and it is characterized in that; it comprises the operation steps of: • Obtaining cellulose pulp from Calluna Vulgaris plant and performing lignin disintegration, • Performing hemicellulose disintegration in the cellulose pulp, • Performing bleaching, • Adding N-methyl morpholine - N-oxide, water, and polyethyleneglycol, respectively, and • Passing the obtained solution through spinning nozzles.. • Obtaining cellulose pulp from Calluna Vulgaris plant and performing lignin disintegration, • Performing hemicellulose disintegration in the cellulose pulp, • Performing bleaching, • Adding N-methyl morpholine - N-oxide, water, and polyethyleneglycol, respectively, and • Passing the obtained solution through spinning nozzles..
A method of controlling exhaust gas temperature for a diesel engine, the engine including an air system having an exhaust throttle valve to regulate the exhaust temperature of exhaust gases going to an engine after-treatment system by modifying the fuel-to-air ratio as well as engine pumping work, the method comprising: receiving a parameter setpoint command at an inverse engine model comprising a desired diluent-to-air ratio, a desired fuel-to-air ratio, and a desired exhaust manifold delta pressure for a temperature change; monitoring parameters of the engine using a plurality of sensors; receiving measured engine states based on the monitored engine parameters from the plurality of sensors; generating measured engine state estimates and controlled engine state estimates using an engine observer model, the controlled engine state estimates being received by the inverse engine model; determining an observer error as a difference between the measured engine states and the measured engine state estimates; generating model corrections by processing the observer error, the model corrections being received by the inverse engine model; generating a desired exhaust throttle valve position using the inverse engine model based on the parameter setpoint command, the controlled engine state estimates, and the model corrections; and adjusting a position of the exhaust throttle valve based on the desired exhaust throttle position. receiving a parameter setpoint command at an inverse engine model comprising a desired diluent-to-air ratio, a desired fuel-to-air ratio, and a desired exhaust manifold delta pressure for a temperature change; monitoring parameters of the engine using a plurality of sensors; receiving measured engine states based on the monitored engine parameters from the plurality of sensors; generating measured engine state estimates and controlled engine state estimates using an engine observer model, the controlled engine state estimates being received by the inverse engine model; determining an observer error as a difference between the measured engine states and the measured engine state estimates; generating model corrections by processing the observer error, the model corrections being received by the inverse engine model; generating a desired exhaust throttle valve position using the inverse engine model based on the parameter setpoint command, the controlled engine state estimates, and the model corrections; and adjusting a position of the exhaust throttle valve based on the desired exhaust throttle position.
An interdental cleaning device (100, 300, 400) comprising: a compressible housing (110, 310, 410) forming an internal reservoir (130, 330, 430) containing an oral care fluid (131, 331, 431); an applicator extending from the housing (110, 310, 410), the applicator comprising a stem and a plurality of cleaning elements extending from the stem; characterized in that the stem comprises a capillary channel and one or more of the plurality of cleaning elements comprise a capillary channel extending from the capillary channel of the stem to a distal end of the cleaning element; and in that when the housing (110, 310, 410) is compressed, the oral care fluid (131, 331, 431) is forced from the reservoir (130, 330, 430) through the capillary channel of the stem to the capillary channels of the cleaning elements. a compressible housing (110, 310, 410) forming an internal reservoir (130, 330, 430) containing an oral care fluid (131, 331, 431); an applicator extending from the housing (110, 310, 410), the applicator comprising a stem and a plurality of cleaning elements extending from the stem; characterized in that the stem comprises a capillary channel and one or more of the plurality of cleaning elements comprise a capillary channel extending from the capillary channel of the stem to a distal end of the cleaning element; and in that when the housing (110, 310, 410) is compressed, the oral care fluid (131, 331, 431) is forced from the reservoir (130, 330, 430) through the capillary channel of the stem to the capillary channels of the cleaning elements.
A cleaning system for cleaning inner surfaces of tubes included in a heat exchanger, the cleaning system comprising: - a cleaning device having a cleaning head configured to supply a cleaning fluid, particularly a cleaning fluid that includes pressurized gas and blasting media, into a tube to perform a cleaning cycle; - a second cleaning device having a second cleaning head configured to receive the cleaning fluid from the tube in the cleaning cycle; wherein the cleaning device and the second cleaning device form part of a closed loop process for the cleaning fluid; and - a controller configured to: - determine a delivery parameter for the cleaning cycle based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the tube, - control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycle based at least in part on the delivery parameter. - a cleaning device having a cleaning head configured to supply a cleaning fluid, particularly a cleaning fluid that includes pressurized gas and blasting media, into a tube to perform a cleaning cycle; - a second cleaning device having a second cleaning head configured to receive the cleaning fluid from the tube in the cleaning cycle; - a controller configured to: - determine a delivery parameter for the cleaning cycle based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the tube, - control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycle based at least in part on the delivery parameter. - determine a delivery parameter for the cleaning cycle based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the tube, - control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycle based at least in part on the delivery parameter.
A valve driving device (11;12) configured to perform wireless communication comprising a contact signal converter (140;150) and a solenoid-type electromagnetic valve, wherein the contact signal converter (140;150) is configured to convert an on-off contact signal into a control signal for operating the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve, the contact signal converter (140;150) comprising: an explosion protection barrier (142;152) configured to restrict a current of the control signal to a maximum current or less established for safety regarding the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve and to restrict the voltage of the control signal to a maximum voltage or less established for safety regarding the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve; and a group of batteries (141;151), the number of which is adaptable to ensure a voltage at which a voltage supplied via the explosion protection barrier (142;152) to the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve surpasses an operating voltage of the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve. an explosion protection barrier (142;152) configured to restrict a current of the control signal to a maximum current or less established for safety regarding the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve and to restrict the voltage of the control signal to a maximum voltage or less established for safety regarding the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve; and a group of batteries (141;151), the number of which is adaptable to ensure a voltage at which a voltage supplied via the explosion protection barrier (142;152) to the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve surpasses an operating voltage of the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve.
A testable back pressure valve for controlling fluid flow through a bore of a component which is installed in a well bore, the back pressure valve comprising: a valve body which is configured to be secured in the bore; a flow bore which extends through the valve body; at least a first body seal which is configured to seal the valve body to the bore; a poppet which is movably positioned in the valve body, the poppet being movable between a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing upward through the flow bore from below the back pressure valve and an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow downward through the flow bore from above the back pressure valve; at least a first poppet seal which is sealingly engaged between the poppet and the valve body when the poppet is in the closed position; and a test port which extends through the valve body from an inlet opening in an outer surface portion of the valve body to below the first poppet seal when the poppet is in the closed position; the inlet opening being configured to receive a test pressure and wherein with the back pressure valve installed in the bore and the poppet in the closed position, the first poppet seal can be pressure tested by communicating the test pressure through the inlet opening and the test port to below the first poppet seal. a valve body which is configured to be secured in the bore; a flow bore which extends through the valve body; at least a first body seal which is configured to seal the valve body to the bore; a poppet which is movably positioned in the valve body, the poppet being movable between a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing upward through the flow bore from below the back pressure valve and an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow downward through the flow bore from above the back pressure valve; at least a first poppet seal which is sealingly engaged between the poppet and the valve body when the poppet is in the closed position; and a test port which extends through the valve body from an inlet opening in an outer surface portion of the valve body to below the first poppet seal when the poppet is in the closed position; the inlet opening being configured to receive a test pressure and wherein with the back pressure valve installed in the bore and the poppet in the closed position, the first poppet seal can be pressure tested by communicating the test pressure through the inlet opening and the test port to below the first poppet seal.
Spark plug electrode material consisting of nickel, silicon and copper and optionally yttrium and unavoidable metallic and nonmetallic impurities such as iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, sulfur, sulfur compound, carbon, carbon compound and oxygen, characterized in that the electrode material, when used as intended, forms a nickel oxide layer composed of nickel oxide grains in at least part of its surface area, where the grain boundary phase of the nickel oxide grains comprises silicon and/or silicon oxide, where, prior to use of the spark plug electrode material as intended, the silicon content is 0.7% to 1.3% by weight, the copper content is 0.5% to 1.0% by weight and the nickel content is 97.5% to 98.5% by weight, and optionally 0.07% to 0.13% by weight of yttrium, and the proportion of metallic impurities is less than 0.2% by weight in total, where the iron and/or chromium and/or titanium content is less than 0.05% by weight, and the content of sulfur and/or sulfur compounds and/or carbon and/or carbon compounds is less than 0.01% by weight, and the oxygen content is less than 0.003% by weight.
A device for charging at least one electric vehicle, comprising: at least one stationary power electronics system which is designed in each case to provide a charging current for charging an electrical energy store of an electric vehicle, preferably a traction energy store of an electric vehicle; a carrier which preferably extends horizontally and/or can fold out horizontally; and at least one charging point which is movably supported by the carrier and which is electrically connected to the at least one stationary power electronics system and on which at least one charging cable, preferably comprising a charging plug, is arranged to provide the charging current, characterized in that the carrier comprises at least one rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the carrier, and wherein the charging point comprises at least one roller which bears on the rail in a longitudinally movable manner, the carrier comprises an immovable end and a movable end, and the electrical connection between the at least one power electronics system and the at least one movable charging point comprises current conductors which extend along the carrier and current collectors on the side of the movable charging point which contact the current conductors. at least one stationary power electronics system which is designed in each case to provide a charging current for charging an electrical energy store of an electric vehicle, preferably a traction energy store of an electric vehicle; a carrier which preferably extends horizontally and/or can fold out horizontally; and at least one charging point which is movably supported by the carrier and which is electrically connected to the at least one stationary power electronics system and on which at least one charging cable, preferably comprising a charging plug, is arranged to provide the charging current, characterized in that the carrier comprises at least one rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the carrier, and wherein the charging point comprises at least one roller which bears on the rail in a longitudinally movable manner, the carrier comprises an immovable end and a movable end, and the electrical connection between the at least one power electronics system and the at least one movable charging point comprises current conductors which extend along the carrier and current collectors on the side of the movable charging point which contact the current conductors.
A process for the production of lutein from harvested microalgal biomass, said process comprising the following steps: i. subjecting said dried harvested microalgal biomass having particle size in the range of 75 microns to 100 microns, to one of supercritical fluid extraction process or ultrasonication extraction process, to obtain a mixture comprising lutein and at least one fluid medium; ii. saponifying said mixture, using at least one alkali at a temperature in the range of 55 °C to 65 °C and for a time period in the range of 2 hrs to 2.5 hrs to produce a saponified slurry, wherein the ratio of said alkali to said fluid medium is 1:9; iii. centrifuging said saponified slurry at a speed in the range of 2500 rpm to 3000 rpm, to separate a wet mass comprising lutein; and iv. concentrating said wet mass at a temperature in the range of 25 °C to 30 °C to obtain lutein. i. subjecting said dried harvested microalgal biomass having particle size in the range of 75 microns to 100 microns, to one of supercritical fluid extraction process or ultrasonication extraction process, to obtain a mixture comprising lutein and at least one fluid medium; ii. saponifying said mixture, using at least one alkali at a temperature in the range of 55 °C to 65 °C and for a time period in the range of 2 hrs to 2.5 hrs to produce a saponified slurry, wherein the ratio of said alkali to said fluid medium is 1:9; iii. centrifuging said saponified slurry at a speed in the range of 2500 rpm to 3000 rpm, to separate a wet mass comprising lutein; and iv. concentrating said wet mass at a temperature in the range of 25 °C to 30 °C to obtain lutein.
Optical fiber comprising a central optical core surrounded by an optical cladding, said optical core having a α graded-index profile n ( r) with α between 1 and 3, α being a non-dimensional parameter that defines an index profile shape of said optical core, that is a function of a radial distance r from the center of said optical core, said optical core having a maximum refractive index n 0 and an outer radius R 1 b with a refractive index difference Dn 1 b = n ( R 1b) - n Cl with respect to said optical cladding having at its outer edge a refractive index n Cl, said optical core having a radius R 1, such that n ( R 1) = n Cl, comprised between 21.5 μm and 27μm and a maximum refractive index difference Dn 1 = n 0 - n Cl between 12.5x10 -3 and 20×10 -3, said refractive index difference being determined at λ = λ C, where λ c is a central transmission wavelength of an operating band for which said optical fiber is intended, said optical cladding comprising: - a region of depressed refractive index n trench, called a trench, surrounding the optical core, said trench having an outer radius R 3 between 30 μm and 42 μm, and a refractive index difference Dn 3 = n trench - n Cl between the trench and the cladding comprised between -15x10 -3 and -6x10 -3; - an intermediate region of depressed refractive index, called an intermediate trench, surrounding the optical core, said intermediate trench having an outer radius R 2, with R 1b < R 2 < R 3, and a refractive index difference Dn 2 between the intermediate trench and the cladding, with Dn 3 < Dn 2 < 0, wherein: - for | Dn 1 b - Dn 2 | ≥ 0.5×10 -3, Min ( Dn 1 b, Dn 2) ≤ -1.5×10 -3, and - for | Dn 1 b - Dn 2 | < 0.5×10 -3, Dn 2 is between -5×10 -3 and -3.5×10 -3. - a region of depressed refractive index n trench, called a trench, surrounding the optical core, said trench having an outer radius R 3 between 30 μm and 42 μm, and a refractive index difference Dn 3 = n trench - n Cl between the trench and the cladding comprised between -15x10 -3 and -6x10 -3; - an intermediate region of depressed refractive index, called an intermediate trench, surrounding the optical core, said intermediate trench having an outer radius R 2, with R 1b < R 2 < R 3, and a refractive index difference Dn 2 between the intermediate trench and the cladding, with Dn 3 < Dn 2 < 0, - for | Dn 1 b - Dn 2 | ≥ 0.5×10 -3, Min ( Dn 1 b, Dn 2) ≤ -1.5×10 -3, and - for | Dn 1 b - Dn 2 | < 0.5×10 -3, Dn 2 is between -5×10 -3 and -3.5×10 -3.