mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Contact connection of a plurality of shielded data lines on a printed circuit board, said data lines being combined in a data cable, wherein respectively a pair of wires surrounded by a pair shielding is used as the data lines, and the circuit board is multilayered and has a conductor track plane and a ground plane, and the ground plane formed by a middle plane projects beyond the conductor track plane with a ground contact zone in the manner of a tongue in the direction to the connected data lines, and the data lines rest with their shielding on the ground contact zone and are contacted with the latter, wherein the pair shieldings of the data lines are pressed against the ground contact zone by means of a clamping element and the clamping element - viewed in a longitudinal direction of the data line - does not project beyond the pair shieldings.
An apparatus comprising: a first and a second jaw (72, 178, 194); a drive system coupled to the jaws (72, 178, 194); and an electronic data processor coupled to the drive system and a user interface, wherein the drive system is configured to close the jaws (72, 178, 194) on a body tissue at a predetermined grasping force, and wherein the electronic data processor is configured to measure a grasping separation parameter between the jaws when the body tissue is grasped at the predetermined grasping force; and wherein based on the measured grasping separation parameter, the electronic data processor is configured to output an indicator that is predictive of success or failure in clamping the body tissue between the two jaws (72, 178, 194) at a desired clamping force, wherein the clamping force is within a predetermined range of forces greater than the predetermined grasping force. a first and a second jaw (72, 178, 194); a drive system coupled to the jaws (72, 178, 194); and an electronic data processor coupled to the drive system and a user interface, wherein the drive system is configured to close the jaws (72, 178, 194) on a body tissue at a predetermined grasping force, and wherein the electronic data processor is configured to measure a grasping separation parameter between the jaws when the body tissue is grasped at the predetermined grasping force; and wherein based on the measured grasping separation parameter, the electronic data processor is configured to output an indicator that is predictive of success or failure in clamping the body tissue between the two jaws (72, 178, 194) at a desired clamping force, wherein the clamping force is within a predetermined range of forces greater than the predetermined grasping force.
Method for detecting transparent exopolymer particles in a water sample, the method comprising - obtaining a water sample, - introducing a fluorochromatic reagent to the water sample, the fluorochromatic reagent being specific to vicinal hydroxide groups of transparent exopolymer particles, whereby the fluorescence signal of the reagent changes when it comes into contact with transparent exopolymer particles, - detecting the fluorescence signal from the water sample and determining the transparent exopolymer particle level of the sample. - obtaining a water sample, - introducing a fluorochromatic reagent to the water sample, the fluorochromatic reagent being specific to vicinal hydroxide groups of transparent exopolymer particles, whereby the fluorescence signal of the reagent changes when it comes into contact with transparent exopolymer particles, - detecting the fluorescence signal from the water sample and determining the transparent exopolymer particle level of the sample.
Embossing and lamination assembly comprising two pairs of steel/rubber rolls, between which respectively a first paper ply and a second paper ply are returned, wherein an upper steel embossing roll is coupled with an upper embossing rubber counter-roll and a lower steel embossing roll is coupled with a lower rubber embossing counter-roll, and also comprising a glue delivery assembly, in contact on a side of said upper steel embossing roll, and a coupling roll, in contact with the opposite side of said upper steel embossing roll, characterized in that said upper steel embossing roll and/or said lower steel embossing roll are equipped with heating means for heating the surface of the upper steel roll and/or the lower steel roll, the upper and/or lower rubber embossing rolls are mounted on a movable arm (24, 34) and return rolls are arranged around the upper rubber roll and/or around the lower rubber roll to guarantee a tangential passage of paper between the two coupled steel/rubber embossing rolls (21, 31; 22, 32) without wrapping the respective rubber embossing roll (22, 32).
A method for producing an immunogenic polypeptide which produces an immune response which is protective against B. anthracis, said method comprising transforming an E. coli host with a nucleic acid which encodes the protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis wherein said PA consists of the same polypeptide sequence as that which is encoded for by SEQ ID NO 1, or a variant thereof which is at least 60% identical to the polypeptide sequence of PA as encoded by SEQ ID NO 1 which can produce a protective immune response against B. anthracis, culturing the transformed host and recovering the polypeptide therefrom, wherein the percentage of GC residues within the nucleic acid is in excess of 40%.
A method of enhancing photo-thermal energy conversion by heating a fluid using quantum dots, the method comprising: applying (block 110) semiconducting quantum dots to a fluid, wherein the fluid includes water; illuminating (block 210) the quantum dots with visible or near-infrared light so that the quantum dots absorb the visible or near infrared light; re-radiating, by the quantum dots, infrared energy (block 212) that corresponds to a fundamental vibration frequency of the water, wherein the quantum dots re-radiate the infrared energy at a wavelength of about 0.003 mm; and exciting the fundamental vibration frequency of the water by the re-radiated infrared energy, thereby heating the fluid. applying (block 110) semiconducting quantum dots to a fluid, wherein the fluid includes water; illuminating (block 210) the quantum dots with visible or near-infrared light so that the quantum dots absorb the visible or near infrared light; re-radiating, by the quantum dots, infrared energy (block 212) that corresponds to a fundamental vibration frequency of the water, wherein the quantum dots re-radiate the infrared energy at a wavelength of about 0.003 mm; and exciting the fundamental vibration frequency of the water by the re-radiated infrared energy, thereby heating the fluid.
A method for controlling a traction system for a heavy road vehicle, said traction system comprising: - a first mechanical propulsion system comprising at least one first traction wheel (2a,b); - a second hydraulic propulsion system comprising at least one second traction wheel (6a,b); and - a control unit for controlling traction applied to said second traction wheel (6a,b); said method comprising the steps of: - at least one first sensor (10c,d) measuring a first parameter value, indicative of the rolling radius of said first traction wheel (2a,b); - transmitting said first parameter value to said control unit; - at least one second sensor (10a,b) measuring a second parameter value, indicative of the rolling radius of said second traction wheel (6a,b); and - transmitting said second parameter value to said control unit; characterized in that - said control unit uses said first and second parameter values for determining a present relation between the rolling radii of said first and second traction wheels (2a,b; 6a,b) in order to identify a change in the relation between the rolling radii of the first and second traction wheels (2a,b; 6a,b); and - said control unit provides an output signal based on said present relation such that the control unit takes into account the change of the rolling radii of the first and second traction wheels to optimize the traction applied to said second traction wheel (6a,b) of the hydraulic propulsion system. - a first mechanical propulsion system comprising at least one first traction wheel (2a,b); - a second hydraulic propulsion system comprising at least one second traction wheel (6a,b); and - a control unit for controlling traction applied to said second traction wheel (6a,b); - at least one first sensor (10c,d) measuring a first parameter value, indicative of the rolling radius of said first traction wheel (2a,b); - transmitting said first parameter value to said control unit; - at least one second sensor (10a,b) measuring a second parameter value, indicative of the rolling radius of said second traction wheel (6a,b); and - transmitting said second parameter value to said control unit; - said control unit uses said first and second parameter values for determining a present relation between the rolling radii of said first and second traction wheels (2a,b; 6a,b) in order to identify a change in the relation between the rolling radii of the first and second traction wheels (2a,b; 6a,b); and - said control unit provides an output signal based on said present relation such that the control unit takes into account the change of the rolling radii of the first and second traction wheels to optimize the traction applied to said second traction wheel (6a,b) of the hydraulic propulsion system.
Assembly for mooring a pile with a mooring line, comprising a frame coupleable to the pile, said frame supporting a connecting end of a chain, and the other end of the chain being connected to the outside of the pile, and an attachment assembly connected at one end of the mooring line, the attachment assembly comprising an attachment element suitable for being supported in the frame, and coupling means coupled to the attachment element which allow positioning the attachment element with respect to the connecting end of the chain, the coupling means comprising guide means for positioning the attachment element on the frame, the coupling means also comprising fixing means allowing the interconnection of the attachment element and the connecting end of the chain, characterized in that the attachment element is an H-shaped shackle, comprising a first end connected to the mooring line by means of a first bolt arranged at said end, and a second end suitable for being connected to the connecting end of the chain arranged in the frame, the fixing means comprising a second movable bolt for fixing the connecting end of said chain to the second end of the attachment element, and wherein the fixing means comprise a connecting unit and a locking unit which are coupled respectively to side walls of the attachment element, the connecting unit comprising a tubular connecting body housing therein the second bolt, and the locking unit comprising a tubular locking body housing therein an anchoring element, the connecting end of the chain being arranged in a lower space of the attachment element when the end of the attachment element is supported in the frame, the second bolt, as it is moved from the tubular body, traversing the lower space, the connecting end of the chain, and holes, arranged in the side walls, aligned axially with the tubular connecting body and the tubular locking body, allowing connection with the anchoring element.
Bathtub seat with a holding frame, the lateral end regions of which are formed as edge rests for resting the bathtub seat on an upper bathtub edge, with a seat arranged between the edge rests, and with a support device which is attached to the holding frame or seat and has at least one support having a lateral support element which lies lower than the edge rests and is configured for lateral support of the bathtub seat on a side wall of a bathtub below the upper bathtub edge, characterised in that the support device comprises a hollow element for receiving in a telescopically displaceable fashion the support having the support element, wherein the support can be inserted with one end in an open side of the hollow element and fixed variably in the hollow element, and wherein the support element is fork-shaped and has at least two fork ends which are arranged such that they can be brought into a spreading engagement with a side wall of the bathtub.
A method for controlling dynamic hitless resizing of a network connection in an optical transport network, OTN, wherein the network connection comprises M tributary slots, the method is performed by an ingress node of the network connection and the method comprises: receiving a connection resize control signal; adding, in response to the connection resize control signal, N tributary slots to the M tributary slots; and increasing, after the M+N tributary slots are available for the network connection at each node along the path, a transport data rate of the network connection. receiving a connection resize control signal; adding, in response to the connection resize control signal, N tributary slots to the M tributary slots; and increasing, after the M+N tributary slots are available for the network connection at each node along the path, a transport data rate of the network connection.
A control apparatus for an AC motor that drives and controls the AC motor via an inverter that includes an LC filter circuit, which includes a reactor and a capacitor, on a DC power supply side and converts a capacitor voltage that is a voltage across the capacitor to an AC voltage, the control apparatus comprising a damping control unit that calculates a fluctuation rate (Efcfp) of the capacitor voltage, and calculates a damping manipulated variable (DAMPCN) that suppresses a fluctuation in the capacitor voltage based on a value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value (Tma) from a product of a signal that is a square of the fluctuation rate (Efcfp) and the predetermined value (Tma), wherein the predetermined value (Tma) is set as a value in a predetermined range around a maximum torque of the AC motor, a torque command or a current command of the AC motor is generated based on the damping manipulated variable (DAMPCN), and said damping control unit is further adapted to control the inverter to change a current flowing in the inverter so as to suppress a fluctuation in the capacitor voltage based on the torque command or the current command, and the predetermined value is selected in a range from 50% to 200% of the maximum torque of the AC motor.
A process for the separation of biomass from treated wastewater following anaerobic purification of wastewater, comprising the steps of: a. supplying a stream of wastewater comprising organic constituents to a reactor comprising biomass, the biomass comprising anaerobic microorganisms; b. mixing the wastewater and biomass, to provide biogas and a reactor contents comprising treated wastewater and biomass, c. supplying at least a part of the reactor contents and a gas, preferably biogas, to a first tank, wherein the biogas is injected under pressure to the first tank to pressurize the tank contents, wherein the gas is dissolved in the tank contents, d. supplying the pressurized tank contents to a second tank, wherein the pressure in the second tank is lower than in the first tank, to provide a floating biomass layer and a treated wastewater layer, e. withdrawing the treated wastewater from the second tank and recycling the biomass layer from the second tank to the reactor of step a) a. supplying a stream of wastewater comprising organic constituents to a reactor comprising biomass, the biomass comprising anaerobic microorganisms; b. mixing the wastewater and biomass, to provide biogas and a reactor contents comprising treated wastewater and biomass, c. supplying at least a part of the reactor contents and a gas, preferably biogas, to a first tank, wherein the biogas is injected under pressure to the first tank to pressurize the tank contents, wherein the gas is dissolved in the tank contents, d. supplying the pressurized tank contents to a second tank, wherein the pressure in the second tank is lower than in the first tank, to provide a floating biomass layer and a treated wastewater layer, e. withdrawing the treated wastewater from the second tank and recycling the biomass layer from the second tank to the reactor of step a)
A spacer for fastening objects to a wall provided with insulation, with an elongated fastening element in the form of a pipe that has a first end formed for being fastened in a hole in the wall and a second end formed for being arranged in the region of the free side of the insulation, and with a fastening device for fastening the object to the second end of the pipe, wherein the fastening device is formed by a sleeve which is inserted into the second end of the pipe and which is composed of a thermally insulating material and has a fastening hole for fastening means for fastening one or more objects to the wall, wherein the sleeve has an outer wall which surrounds the fastening hole and which extends over a significant length into the interior of the pipe, wherein a circumferential part, which engages at least partially around the outer circumference of the second end of the pipe, is connected to the outer wall surrounding the fastening hole, wherein the sleeve has a flange which is arranged at an end protruding from the pipe and extends radially to the fastening element, wherein the circumferential part, which engages at least partially around the second end of the pipe, is connected to the outer wall of the sleeve via the flange, characterized in that the outer circumference of the outer wall of the sleeve and the inner wall of the second end of the pipe have threads which engage with one another.
A method for filtering out adjacent frequency band interference, comprising: receiving, by a Radio Frequency Micro Electro Mechanical System, RF MEMS, switch control module, a first transmitted coupling signal from a first frequency band RF module and a second received coupling signal from a second frequency band RF module, wherein the first frequency band RF module works in a first frequency band and the second frequency band RF module works in a second frequency band; and determining, by the RF MEMS switch control module, whether interference exists between the first frequency band and the second frequency band according to the first transmitted coupling signal and the second received coupling signal; if interference exists, filtering out, by the RF MEMS switch control module, the interference by instructing a first frequency band RF MEMS antenna working in the first frequency band to change a first antenna structure and/or by instructing a second frequency band RF MEMS antenna working in the second frequency band to change a second antenna structure; wherein the first frequency band RF MEMS antenna and the second frequency band RF MEMS antenna respectively include an RF MEMS switch; wherein the first transmitted coupling signal is formed by coupling, through the first frequency band RF module, a predetermined proportion of energy of a digital baseband signal which needs to be sent, to the RF MEMS switch control module; and the second received coupling signal is formed by coupling, through the second frequency band RF module, a predetermined proportion of energy of a demodulated received digital baseband signal, to the RF MEMS switch control module; wherein the first transmitted coupling signal is transmitted via the first frequency band RF MEMS antenna and the second received coupling signal is received via the second frequency band RF MEMS antenna. receiving, by a Radio Frequency Micro Electro Mechanical System, RF MEMS, switch control module, a first transmitted coupling signal from a first frequency band RF module and a second received coupling signal from a second frequency band RF module, wherein the first frequency band RF module works in a first frequency band and the second frequency band RF module works in a second frequency band; and determining, by the RF MEMS switch control module, whether interference exists between the first frequency band and the second frequency band according to the first transmitted coupling signal and the second received coupling signal; if interference exists, filtering out, by the RF MEMS switch control module, the interference by instructing a first frequency band RF MEMS antenna working in the first frequency band to change a first antenna structure and/or by instructing a second frequency band RF MEMS antenna working in the second frequency band to change a second antenna structure;
Tool or workpiece holder (100, 200) for coupling a tool or a workpiece to a work spindle of a machine tool, wherein the tool or workpiece holder (100, 200) comprises a tool or workpiece holding section (110, 210), on which a clamping device (111, 211) for holding a tool or a workpiece is arranged, and a coupling section (120, 220) for coupling to a tool interface (150, 160, 250, 260) of the drive spindle of the machine tool, wherein the coupling section (120, 220) is implemented such that it is suitable for coupling both to a tool interface (150, 250), in order to hold a tool holder or to hold a workpiece holder in accordance with a first standard, as well as for coupling to a tool interface (160, 260) in order to hold a tool holder or to hold a workpiece holder in accordance with a second standard, characterized in that the coupling section comprises an adapter ring which, in one orientation of the adapter ring, can be coupled to the tool interface in order to hold a tool holder or to hold a workpiece holder in accordance with the first standard and, in the second orientation of the adapter ring, can be coupled to the tool interface in order to hold a tool holder or to hold a workpiece holder in accordance with the second standard.
A knitting method of knitting a knitted fabric whose front knitted fabric and back knitted fabric are joined together at lateral ends of a knitting width thereof and which includes a wide rib structure formed by a plating using a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of front and back needle beds extending in a transverse direction and disposed opposite to each other in a cross direction, at least either of which is capable of being racked in the transverse direction so that loops can be transferred between the front and back needle beds, characterized in that a front stitch of the rib structure of one knitted fabric at an end of a knitted width thereof on the side on which the crossing of the knitting yarns used for the plating occurs is formed as a front stitch on the edge, and a back stitch of the rib structure of the other knitted fabric on that side is formed as a back stitch on the edge, and wherein after the front stitch of the rib structure of the one knitted fabric is knitted, the back stitch of the rib structure of the other knitted fabric is knitted changing a knitting direction, whereby the crossing is located in a crossover portion of the wide rib and thereby the blur of the knitting yarns is made less noticeable.