mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A corrugated tube with a passage maintaining member, comprising: a corrugated tube in which annular convex portions and annular concave portions are alternately formed along a longitudinal direction and a slit is formed along the longitudinal direction; a passage maintaining member that is die-molded, the passage maintaining member having a horizontal cross section formed in an arc shape characterized by the passage maintaining member being die molding so as to maintain a shape at least part of which is curved along the longitudinal direction and an opening that goes through inner and outer circumferential sides of the passage maintaining member being formed along at least part of the longitudinal direction, the passage maintaining member being arranged along an outer circumference of the corrugated tube in a state in which, the opening is arranged at the outer circumferential side of the slit; and a mounting member having (i) an inner circumferential-side engaging portion that can be engaged to an inner circumferential-side portion of the slit of the corrugated tube, (ii) an outer circumferential-side engaging portion that can be engaged to an outer circumferential-side portion of the opening of the passage maintaining member, and (iii) a connector that connects the inner and outer circumferential-side engaging portions that are arranged at the slit and the opening. a corrugated tube in which annular convex portions and annular concave portions are alternately formed along a longitudinal direction and a slit is formed along the longitudinal direction; a passage maintaining member that is die-molded, the passage maintaining member having a horizontal cross section formed in an arc shape characterized by the passage maintaining member being die molding so as to maintain a shape at least part of which is curved along the longitudinal direction and an opening that goes through inner and outer circumferential sides of the passage maintaining member being formed along at least part of the longitudinal direction, the passage maintaining member being arranged along an outer circumference of the corrugated tube in a state in which, the opening is arranged at the outer circumferential side of the slit; and a mounting member having (i) an inner circumferential-side engaging portion that can be engaged to an inner circumferential-side portion of the slit of the corrugated tube, (ii) an outer circumferential-side engaging portion that can be engaged to an outer circumferential-side portion of the opening of the passage maintaining member, and (iii) a connector that connects the inner and outer circumferential-side engaging portions that are arranged at the slit and the opening.
A suture guide (100, 100a, 100b, 2000) comprising: first suture guide part (102, 102a, 102b) having a first base piece and a plurality of first needle portions (108, 108a) joined to the first base piece, each first needle portion (108, 108a) having a respective first needle portion sidewall; and a second suture guide part (104, 104a, 104b) having a second base piece (110, 110a) and a plurality of second needle portions (112, 112a) joined to the second base piece (110, 110a), each second needle portion (112, 112a) having a respective second needle portion sidewall; wherein the first suture guide part (102, 102a, 102b) and second suture guide part (104, 104a, 104b) are moveable between a separated configuration and a joined configuration; wherein in the separated configuration, the first needle portions (108, 108a) are spaced away from the second needle portions (112, 112a); and wherein in the joined configuration, each one of the first needle portions (108, 108a) is positioned adjacent and cooperates with a respective one of the second needle portions (112, 112a) to form a needle (144, 144a, 144b, 2044), each needle (144, 144a, 144b, 2044) having a respective needle sidewall formed by one of the first needle portion sidewalls and one of the second needle portion sidewalls, and each needle sidewall defining, respectively, a lumen and a pointed tip. first suture guide part (102, 102a, 102b) having a first base piece and a plurality of first needle portions (108, 108a) joined to the first base piece, each first needle portion (108, 108a) having a respective first needle portion sidewall; and a second suture guide part (104, 104a, 104b) having a second base piece (110, 110a) and a plurality of second needle portions (112, 112a) joined to the second base piece (110, 110a), each second needle portion (112, 112a) having a respective second needle portion sidewall; wherein the first suture guide part (102, 102a, 102b) and second suture guide part (104, 104a, 104b) are moveable between a separated configuration and a joined configuration; wherein in the separated configuration, the first needle portions (108, 108a) are spaced away from the second needle portions (112, 112a); and wherein in the joined configuration, each one of the first needle portions (108, 108a) is positioned adjacent and cooperates with a respective one of the second needle portions (112, 112a) to form a needle (144, 144a, 144b, 2044), each needle (144, 144a, 144b, 2044) having a respective needle sidewall formed by one of the first needle portion sidewalls and one of the second needle portion sidewalls, and each needle sidewall defining, respectively, a lumen and a pointed tip.
Method for managing data transmission within an optical switching node comprising a client layer receiving data packets and routing the said data packets to an optical layer having an adaptive bit-rate optical transponder converting the data packets received from the client layer into optical signals and carrying out a modulation method, the said adaptive bit-rate optical transponder being arranged to dynamically adapt its transmission bit-rate by tuning one or several parameters of the modulation method chosen among a modulation format, a symbol rate and a channel coding scheme for forward error correction, the method comprising: - receiving at the client layer a bit-rate transition notification containing time information representative of a transition time slot during which an adaptation of the transmission bit-rate of the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder is scheduled; - storing in a buffer memory (8, 19) of the client layer all data packets received at the client layer and destined for transmission by the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder during the transition time slot in response to receiving the bit-rate transition notification; and - delivering to the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder the data packets stored in the buffer memory (8, 19) of the client layer during the transition time slot after the said transition time slot has passed. - receiving at the client layer a bit-rate transition notification containing time information representative of a transition time slot during which an adaptation of the transmission bit-rate of the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder is scheduled; - storing in a buffer memory (8, 19) of the client layer all data packets received at the client layer and destined for transmission by the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder during the transition time slot in response to receiving the bit-rate transition notification; and - delivering to the adaptive bit-rate optical transponder the data packets stored in the buffer memory (8, 19) of the client layer during the transition time slot after the said transition time slot has passed.
A radio network node configured for wireless communication with a user equipment in a wireless communication system, said radio network node comprising a plurality of sets of antenna sub arrays, forming a multiple antenna array which is configured for beamforming, spatial multiplexing and Multiple Input Multiple Output, MIMO, transmission/ reception, and further comprising an antenna base band processing unit and a central base band processing unit, the radio network node characterized in that it further comprises a plurality of sets of active antenna modules, wherein each active antenna module is connected to one of the antenna sub arrays, comprised in the multiple antenna array, and wherein each active antenna module is configured for pre-processing of signals over the respective antenna sub array, before any forwarding of signals is made to the central base band processing unit, wherein the pre-processing performed by the plurality of sets of active antenna modules comprises Analogue/ Digital conversion, Digital/ Analogue conversion, carrier modulation/ demodulation, transmission power amplification and filtering, and/ or receiver low noise amplification and filtering, and wherein the plurality of sets of active antenna modules are connected to respective sub-level antenna base band processing units, to form a number of sub arrays, wherein each of said sub arrays comprises one of said sets of antenna sub arrays, one of said sets of active antenna modules and one of said sub-level antenna base band processing units; and wherein the sub-level antenna base band processing units are configured for spatial detection of a received signal for the antenna sub array and select strongest paths to the user equipment.
A process for producing a multimodal polyethylene composition comprising the following steps: i) polymerizing a polyethylene fraction (A-1) having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 500 kg/mol to equal to or less than 10,000 kg/mol and a density of equal to or more than 915 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 960 kg/m 3 in one reaction step and polymerizing a polyethylene fraction (A-2) having a lower Mw as polyethylene fraction (A-1) and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 975 kg/m 3 in a second reaction step of a sequential multistage process wherein one of said polyethylene fractions is polymerized in the presence of the other of said polyethylene fractions to form a first polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 150 kg/mol to equal to or less than 1,500 kg/mol, and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 975 kg/m 3, wherein the weight average molecular weight Mw of the first polyethylene resin is lower than the weight average molecular weight Mw of the polyethylene fraction (A-1); ii) blending the first polyethylene resin with a second polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 50 kg/mol to less than 500 kg/mol, and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 970 kg/m 3 to form said multimodal polyethylene composition, wherein the multimodal polyethylene composition has a melt flow rate MFR 5 (190°C, 5 kg) of 0.01 to 10 g/10 min and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 970 kg/m 3 and the weight ratio of said first polyethylene resin to said second polyethylene resin in the polyethylene composition is 2:98 to 40:60. i) polymerizing a polyethylene fraction (A-1) having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 500 kg/mol to equal to or less than 10,000 kg/mol and a density of equal to or more than 915 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 960 kg/m 3 in one reaction step and polymerizing a polyethylene fraction (A-2) having a lower Mw as polyethylene fraction (A-1) and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 975 kg/m 3 in a second reaction step of a sequential multistage process wherein one of said polyethylene fractions is polymerized in the presence of the other of said polyethylene fractions to form a first polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 150 kg/mol to equal to or less than 1,500 kg/mol, and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 975 kg/m 3, wherein the weight average molecular weight Mw of the first polyethylene resin is lower than the weight average molecular weight Mw of the polyethylene fraction (A-1); ii) blending the first polyethylene resin with a second polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight Mw of equal to or more than 50 kg/mol to less than 500 kg/mol, and a density of equal to or more than 910 kg/m 3 to equal to or less than 970 kg/m 3 to form said multimodal polyethylene composition,
A bed arrangement having adaptive properties, comprising: a mattress comprising at least one zone having independently adjustable firmness and/or height; a drive unit arranged to adjust the firmness of said at least one zone; at least one sensor (31; 31'; 31"), said sensor(s) being adapted to measure a physical parameter which is relatable to a lying position used by a user; and a control unit arranged to determine, based on input from said sensor(s) (31; 31'; 31"), the present lying position of a user, said lying position being determinable to be one of a set of at least two predefined lying positions, and to control the drive unit to adjust the firmness of said zone(s) to preset firmness value(s) corresponding to the determined lying position, characterized in that each zone comprises a plurality of coil springs arranged in pockets to define a pocket spring mattress, and in that the control unit is arranged to determine, based on input from said sensors, the present lying position of a user continuously or regularly, wherein the sensors (31; 31'; 31") are arranged in a sensor envelope arranged on top of the mattress, the sensor envelope having an electrical impedance characteristic that varies with a normal force exerted thereon. a mattress comprising at least one zone having independently adjustable firmness and/or height; a drive unit arranged to adjust the firmness of said at least one zone; at least one sensor (31; 31'; 31"), said sensor(s) being adapted to measure a physical parameter which is relatable to a lying position used by a user; and a control unit arranged to determine, based on input from said sensor(s) (31; 31'; 31"), the present lying position of a user, said lying position being determinable to be one of a set of at least two predefined lying positions, and to control the drive unit to adjust the firmness of said zone(s) to preset firmness value(s) corresponding to the determined lying position, characterized in that each zone comprises a plurality of coil springs arranged in pockets to define a pocket spring mattress, and in that the control unit is arranged to determine, based on input from said sensors, the present lying position of a user continuously or regularly, wherein the sensors (31; 31'; 31") are arranged in a sensor envelope arranged on top of the mattress, the sensor envelope having an electrical impedance characteristic that varies with a normal force exerted thereon.
Process for preparing a random copolymer based on acyclic diene monomers and on cyclic diene monomers, characterized in that it comprises a step of copolymerization, in the presence of a polar agent and an anionic initiator in a polymerization solvent, of at least one acyclic diene monomer and of at least one cyclic diene monomer of which one C=C double bond is endocyclic and conjugated to an exocyclic C=C double bond, at a polymerization temperature below 80°C, the [polar agent/function of the anionic initiator] molar ratio being greater than 0.1.
A pharmaceutical composition containing nanoparticles of an average size of from 450 to 990 nm comprising protamine and RNA for use in immunostimulation.
A solar power plant having a pipeline system, comprising a salt melt as a heat carrier, which has a vapor pressure of less than 0.5 bar at the maximum operating temperature, wherein the pipeline system furthermore comprises at least one receiver line, in which the salt melt is heated by incident solar energy, or one central receiver, and comprises at least one drainage container and/or one store (15, 17) for the salt melt, wherein the pipeline system furthermore comprises a gas displacement system, which interconnects gas spaces of the containers used in the solar power plant and which has a central gas store and/or a central gas connection and a central exhaust-gas outlet through which the gas can be discharged to the surroundings.
A method for carrier aggregation comprising an estimation step of a channel quality indicator of a secondary carrier from a channel quality indicator of a primary carrier characterized by using at least a regression coefficient relating the channel quality indicator of the primary carrier to the channel quality indicator of the secondary carrier, said regression coefficient being calculated from a predefined number of the most recent reported channel quality indicators of the secondary carrier and from a predefined number of the most recent reported channel quality indicators of the primary carrier, said channel quality indicator being the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, said regression coefficient being calculated as follows: regression_coefficient = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i - mp ⁢ SINR_S i - ms ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i - mp 2 Where mp = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i and ms = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_S i n being the predefined number of the most recent reported signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, respectively, of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier SINR_P(k) being the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio of the Primary carrier for k=1 to n, and SINR_S(k) being the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio of the Secondary carrier for k=1 to n. regression_coefficient = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i - mp ⁢ SINR_S i - ms ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i - mp 2 Where mp = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_P i and ms = ∑ i = 1 n SINR_S i n being the predefined number of the most recent reported signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, respectively, of the primary carrier and the secondary carrier SINR_P(k) being the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio of the Primary carrier for k=1 to n, and SINR_S(k) being the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio of the Secondary carrier for k=1 to n.
Distribution device, in particular a sowing machine, for distributing a good, comprising: - at least one storage container and - at least one discharge apparatus, - wherein the storage container is connected to the discharge apparatus by means of at least one outlet channel such that the good arranged in the storage container can be transferred to the discharge apparatus such that the good can be distributed by means of the discharge apparatus, - wherein the distribution device has a first and a second part, wherein the first and the second part can be moved in relation to each other such that the outlet channel can be partially exposed, and wherein a plurality of outlet channels is arranged one beside the other in a row, all outlet channels of the row being exposable by movement of the first and the second part in relation to each other, characterized in that the first and the second part are slidable in relation to each other. - at least one storage container and - at least one discharge apparatus, - wherein the storage container is connected to the discharge apparatus by means of at least one outlet channel such that the good arranged in the storage container can be transferred to the discharge apparatus such that the good can be distributed by means of the discharge apparatus, - wherein the distribution device has a first and a second part,
A surface-emitting laser comprising: a laser element section (10, 40) that includes a first multi-layer film reflecting mirror (18, 48), a first semiconductor layer (15, 45) of a first conductivity type, an active layer (14, 44), a second semiconductor layer (13, 43) of a second conductivity type, a second multi-layer film reflecting mirror (12, 42), a nitride semiconductor layer (11, 41) of the second conductivity type, and a light output surface (11A, 41A) in this order, the laser element section further including an electrode (17, 19; 47, 49) that injects a current into the active layer (14, 44), wherein the laser element section (10, 40) has a current constriction layer (16, 46) provided with a first opening (16A, 46A), the first opening (16A, 46A) constricting the current to be injected into the active layer (14, 44), and the light output surface (11A, 41A) is provided at a position facing the first opening (16A, 46A); characterized by that the nitride semiconductor layer (11, 41) has a concave portion (11C, 41D) at a position facing the first opening (16A, 46A) on a top surface of the nitride semiconductor layer (11,41), and an undersurface of the concave portion (11C, 41D) is the light output surface; further comprising an optical fiber whose tip is coupled to the concave portion (11C, 41 D), further comprising a lens that is in contact with the light output surface. a laser element section (10, 40) that includes a first multi-layer film reflecting mirror (18, 48), a first semiconductor layer (15, 45) of a first conductivity type, an active layer (14, 44), a second semiconductor layer (13, 43) of a second conductivity type, a second multi-layer film reflecting mirror (12, 42), a nitride semiconductor layer (11, 41) of the second conductivity type, and a light output surface (11A, 41A) in this order, the laser element section further including an electrode (17, 19; 47, 49) that injects a current into the active layer (14, 44), wherein the laser element section (10, 40) has a current constriction layer (16, 46) provided with a first opening (16A, 46A), the first opening (16A, 46A) constricting the current to be injected into the active layer (14, 44), and the light output surface (11A, 41A) is provided at a position facing the first opening (16A, 46A); characterized by that
A single layer double faced fabric comprising an inherently flame retardant dyeable yarn and an aramid yarn, wherein the flame retardant dyeable yarn is the major component of the fabric face and the aramid yarn is the major component of the fabric back; wherein at least 40wt% of the yarn in the fabric is the flame retardant dyeable yarn, and wherein the fabric face can be dyed to a high visibility colour to meet the EN471 standard.
A method for measuring thickness variations in a layer of a multilayer semiconductor structure, characterized in that it comprises: - acquiring, with an image acquisition system, at least one image of the surface of said structure, said image being obtained by reflecting a quasimonochromatic light flux on the surface of said structure, - processing said at least one acquired image so as to determine, from the intensity variations of the light reflected by said surface, the thickness variations of said layer to be measured, and in that the wavelength of said quasimonochromatic light flux is selected so as to correspond to a minimum of the sensitivity of the reflectivity with respect to a layer of the structure other than the layer for which the thickness variations have to be measured, said sensitivity of the reflectivity with respect to a layer being equal to the ratio between: - the difference between the reflectivities of two multilayer structures for which the considered layer has a given thickness difference and - said given thickness difference, the thicknesses of the other layers being identical in both multilayer structures. - acquiring, with an image acquisition system, at least one image of the surface of said structure, said image being obtained by reflecting a quasimonochromatic light flux on the surface of said structure, - processing said at least one acquired image so as to determine, from the intensity variations of the light reflected by said surface, the thickness variations of said layer to be measured, - the difference between the reflectivities of two multilayer structures for which the considered layer has a given thickness difference and - said given thickness difference,