mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An assembly comprising: a composite metal-polymer bushing including an outer metal layer having an inner surface, metal particles sintered to the inner surface, a polymer material between the metal particles, a finished interior surface collectively defined by the polymer material and exposed portions of the metal particles, a plurality of interstices formed between the metal particles and the polymer material, and a plurality of ridges defined by the polymer material that protrude above the metal particles, the ridges occupying at least about 8% of the area of the finished interior surface; and a crankshaft including a journal at least partially received within the bushing and supported by the finished interior surface, wherein the journal is polished to a surface finish of about 0.1 microns or less to reduce a wear rate of the bushing. a composite metal-polymer bushing including an outer metal layer having an inner surface, metal particles sintered to the inner surface, a polymer material between the metal particles, a finished interior surface collectively defined by the polymer material and exposed portions of the metal particles, a plurality of interstices formed between the metal particles and the polymer material, and a plurality of ridges defined by the polymer material that protrude above the metal particles, the ridges occupying at least about 8% of the area of the finished interior surface; and an outer metal layer having an inner surface, metal particles sintered to the inner surface, a polymer material between the metal particles, a finished interior surface collectively defined by the polymer material and exposed portions of the metal particles, a plurality of interstices formed between the metal particles and the polymer material, and a plurality of ridges defined by the polymer material that protrude above the metal particles, the ridges occupying at least about 8% of the area of the finished interior surface; and a crankshaft including a journal at least partially received within the bushing and supported by the finished interior surface, wherein the journal is polished to a surface finish of about 0.1 microns or less to reduce a wear rate of the bushing.
Motion damper for damping a translational movement of one component relative to a stationary mounting component, wherein the motion damper comprises a housing and a piston rod which is displaceable relative to the housing, as well as at least one braking element which is mounted on the piston rod and which, upon movement of the piston rod in one direction of movement, is pressed against an inner surface of the housing to generate a braking torque, wherein, upon movement of the piston rod in a first direction of movement,the or each braking element is in a damping position in which the braking element is in contact with the inner surface of the housing, and upon movement of the piston rod in a second direction of movement opposite the first direction of movement, the braking element is automatically displaced into a neutral position in which the braking element is disengaged from the inner surface of the housing, characterised in that the or each braking element is mounted in a guide element so as to be freely movable, wherein the guide element is disposed on the piston rod and displaceable relative to the piston rod between a first end position and a second end position.
A substrate comprising a coating on a surface thereof, the coating comprising titanium phosphate, zirconium phosphate or a mixture thereof, wherein the substrate is an implant suitable for use in vivo; wherein the coating comprising titanium phosphate, zirconium phosphate or a mixture thereof has a thickness of from about 1 to about 1000 nm; and wherein the titanium phosphate and/or zirconium phosphate in the coating has a specific surface area of from about 5 to about 400 m 2 /g. wherein the coating comprising titanium phosphate, zirconium phosphate or a mixture thereof has a thickness of from about 1 to about 1000 nm; and wherein the titanium phosphate and/or zirconium phosphate in the coating has a specific surface area of from about 5 to about 400 m 2 /g.
A controller for a body cavity irrigation system including a reservoir containing an irrigation liquid and a catheter, the controller comprising: a housing; a dial rotatably attached to the housing and movable between positions corresponding to stages of a body cavity irrigation procedure, said dial including a central opening sized to receive a portion of a user's hand; said controller in communication with an electromechanical pump and at least one electromechanical valve (110, 112, 114, 116) that are in fluid communication with the reservoir and the catheter so that the electromechanical pump and at least one electromechanical valve are configured to perform a stage of the body cavity irrigation procedure corresponding to a selected dial position. a housing; a dial rotatably attached to the housing and movable between positions corresponding to stages of a body cavity irrigation procedure, said dial including a central opening sized to receive a portion of a user's hand; said controller in communication with an electromechanical pump and at least one electromechanical valve (110, 112, 114, 116) that are in fluid communication with the reservoir and the catheter so that the electromechanical pump and at least one electromechanical valve are configured to perform a stage of the body cavity irrigation procedure corresponding to a selected dial position.
A mounting method of a connection terminal of a litz wire comprising: preparing the litz wire including plural wires, each of the plural wires includes a core made of a conductive material and a sheath provided at the outer surface of the core and made of an insulating material; and installing one end of the litz wire at the connection terminal; removing the sheaths from the plural wires disposed in the connection terminal by heating the connection terminal; characterized in that the mounting method further comprises cutting and deforming a fixing part of the connection terminal through a pinch-off process; and contacting and electrically connecting the cores to each other by the cut and deformation of the fixing part. preparing the litz wire including plural wires, each of the plural wires includes a core made of a conductive material and a sheath provided at the outer surface of the core and made of an insulating material; and installing one end of the litz wire at the connection terminal; removing the sheaths from the plural wires disposed in the connection terminal by heating the connection terminal; characterized in that the mounting method further comprises cutting and deforming a fixing part of the connection terminal through a pinch-off process; and contacting and electrically connecting the cores to each other by the cut and deformation of the fixing part.
Device for fixing a felt for wiping the smooth surface of a cooking appliance, such as the surface of a crepe pan, which includes a gripping member opposite which extends an element with a flat smooth surface for receiving a wiping felt, with, at the periphery of said element with a flat smooth surface, at least one pinching member, this element with a flat smooth surface and this pinching member being configured to be selectively moved towards or away from each other to pinch, respectively release, said felt, characterised by the fact that said at least one pinching member is stationary while said element with a flat smooth surface is movable.
A fat or oil composition, comprising: 20% by mass or more of diacylglycerols and 10% by mass or less of monoacylglycerols with respect to a total content of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and free fatty acids in the fat or oil composition; and 2% by mass or less of fatty acid esters having a total carbon atom of 43 or more and less than 51 in the fat or oil composition, wherein the fat or oil composition is obtainable by a production method comprising the following steps,,, and: hydrolyzing a raw material fat or oil selected from one or more of sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and linseed oil, with an oil and fat hydrolase; cooling the hydrolyzed reaction product to precipitate a solid, followed by removing the solid by fractionation, to thereby prepare a fractionated fatty acid; subjecting the resulting fractionated fatty acid and glycerin to an esterification reaction to prepare a fat or oil composition comprising 20% by mass or more of diacylglycerols with respect to a total content of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and free fatty acids in the fat or oil composition; and bringing the resulting fat or oil composition into contact with an adsorbent. 20% by mass or more of diacylglycerols and 10% by mass or less of monoacylglycerols with respect to a total content of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and free fatty acids in the fat or oil composition; and 2% by mass or less of fatty acid esters having a total carbon atom of 43 or more and less than 51 in the fat or oil composition, hydrolyzing a raw material fat or oil selected from one or more of sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and linseed oil, with an oil and fat hydrolase; cooling the hydrolyzed reaction product to precipitate a solid, followed by removing the solid by fractionation, to thereby prepare a fractionated fatty acid; subjecting the resulting fractionated fatty acid and glycerin to an esterification reaction to prepare a fat or oil composition comprising 20% by mass or more of diacylglycerols with respect to a total content of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols and free fatty acids in the fat or oil composition; and bringing the resulting fat or oil composition into contact with an adsorbent.
A method for forming a passage (102, 103) in a composite component (100, 101), the method comprising: forming a cavity in a fiber preform, the cavity forming a portion of the passage (102, 103); inserting a core into the cavity; placing one or more fiber plies onto the fiber preform to form a fiber preform assembly; thermally processing the fiber preform assembly; densifying the fiber preform assembly to form the composite component (100, 101); and removing the core from the composite component (100, 101), wherein inserting the core comprises; inserting a core by filling the cavity with a slurry or; forming a mold for the core, the mold defining a mold cavity, the mold cavity with a slurry, and heating the mold to cure and sinter the slurry to form the core. forming a cavity in a fiber preform, the cavity forming a portion of the passage (102, 103); inserting a core into the cavity; placing one or more fiber plies onto the fiber preform to form a fiber preform assembly; thermally processing the fiber preform assembly; densifying the fiber preform assembly to form the composite component (100, 101); and removing the core from the composite component (100, 101), wherein inserting the core comprises; inserting a core by filling the cavity with a slurry or; forming a mold for the core, the mold defining a mold cavity, the mold cavity with a slurry, and heating the mold to cure and sinter the slurry to form the core.
A use of cokes from the production of toluene diisocyanate as an additive for a fuel used in a fuel-fired boiler so as to reduce emissions of polluting gaseous discharges.
A method of operating a memory device (100, 300) within an apparatus comprising: accessing a first sub-block of memory cells and a second sub-block of memory cells at the same time, wherein the first and second sub-blocks of memory cells are part of a first block of memory cells of a plurality of blocks of memory cells of a memory array wherein the first sub-block of the block of memory cells and the second sub-block of the block of memory cells are not in a same row or a same column of the block of memory cells; wherein the memory cells in a second block of memory cells are not enabled to be accessed when memory cells of the first block are enabled to be accessed; and wherein the first block of memory cells includes sub-blocks located in multiple arrays (302, 304, 306, 308) stacked together. accessing a first sub-block of memory cells and a second sub-block of memory cells at the same time, wherein the first and second sub-blocks of memory cells are part of a first block of memory cells of a plurality of blocks of memory cells of a memory array wherein the first sub-block of the block of memory cells and the second sub-block of the block of memory cells are not in a same row or a same column of the block of memory cells; wherein the memory cells in a second block of memory cells are not enabled to be accessed when memory cells of the first block are enabled to be accessed; and wherein the first block of memory cells includes sub-blocks located in multiple arrays (302, 304, 306, 308) stacked together.
Apparatus for a domestic appliance, having - a carrier element comprising a top side and a bottom side, - an operator control device having at least one operator control element, and - a display device having at least one display element (31, 32), - wherein the carrier element has, on its bottom side, at least one first cutout (6, 8) which is in the form of a first recess on the bottom side of the carrier element, - wherein the operator control device is arranged on the top side of the carrier element and the display device is arranged at least partially in the first cutout (6, 8) on the bottom side of the carrier element, - and wherein, for the purpose of obtaining the first recess on the bottom side of the carrier element, a passage opening is closed and/or at least partially filled with a substantially translucent material of the carrier element, characterized in that the passage opening for forming the first recess is closed and/or at least partially filled with the substantially translucent material in such a way that a substantially planar subsurface is produced on the top side of the carrier element in the region of the passage opening and that the first recess is produced on the bottom side of the carrier element. - a carrier element comprising a top side and a bottom side, - an operator control device having at least one operator control element, and - a display device having at least one display element (31, 32), - wherein the carrier element has, on its bottom side, at least one first cutout (6, 8) which is in the form of a first recess on the bottom side of the carrier element, - wherein the operator control device is arranged on the top side of the carrier element and the display device is arranged at least partially in the first cutout (6, 8) on the bottom side of the carrier element, - and wherein, for the purpose of obtaining the first recess on the bottom side of the carrier element, a passage opening is closed and/or at least partially filled with a substantially translucent material of the carrier element,
Tunnel boring machine with a cutting wheel, with a number of driving presses with which the cutting wheel can be displaced in a driving direction, with a driving press control unit with which the driving presses or groups of driving presses can be controlled, and with visualization means which are designed to visualize an actual total pressure centre resulting from the pressure effect of the driving presses or groups of driving presses, characterized in that input means are provided which are designed to specify a target total driving force (F ges), that the visualization means are designed to display a target total pressure centre and the actual total pressure centre, that a control unit connected to the driving press control unit is present, which features means (133, 136, 139, 142, 145, 148) for influencing the actual total pressure centre by changing coordinate values (CoT x, CoT Y) of the target total pressure centre in a coordinate system (154, 157) related to the tunnel boring machine for at least approximating the actual total pressure centre to the target total pressure centre, and that the driving press control unit is designed to convert and regulate the change in the coordinate values (CoT x, CoT Y) of the target total pressure centre into pressure value changes when controlling the driving presses or groups of driving presses.
An activin and/or growth and differentiation factor antagonist for use in treating kidney fibrosis in kidney disease in a subject; wherein the antagonist is a heterodimer comprising an ActRIIA-Fc polypeptide and an ALK4-Fc polypeptide; wherein the ActRIIA-Fc polypeptide is an ActRIIA-Fc fusion protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 177 and 180; and wherein the ALK4-Fc polypeptide is an ALK4-Fc fusion protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 204 and 208. wherein the ActRIIA-Fc polypeptide is an ActRIIA-Fc fusion protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 177 and 180; and wherein the ALK4-Fc polypeptide is an ALK4-Fc fusion protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 204 and 208.
Method of obtaining energy from steam-containing vapours, especially from bakery vapours, in vapour-releasing plants, especially bakery plants, characterized in that the dew point temperature τ of the vapour containing the steam is first increased to 95°C to 99°C, preferably 95°C to 97°C, then the vapour is condensed in at least one condensation space, and the vapour condensate obtained after condensation of the vapour is used to recover energy and/or recover heat, wherein the dew point temperature τ of the vapour containing the steam is increased by compressing or densifying the vapour.
A monitoring device configured to receive signals output from a plurality of sensors that detect a state of a controlled subject and to monitor any occurrence of an anomaly or a sign of an anomaly in the controlled subject comprising: said plurality of sensors being attached to the controlled subject and being divided into subject sensors and related sensors, a related sensor being a sensor whose output varies according to the output of a subject sensor thereof, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a relationship fluctuation level based on sensing information of the subject sensors and the related sensors for each combination of a subject sensor and a related sensor, a relationship fluctuation level being a relationship between a magnitude of a signal output by a subject sensor and a magnitude of a signal output by another related sensor; a second calculation unit configured to calculate an anomaly sign level obtained by summing the relationship fluctuation levels for all combinations of a subject sensor and a related sensor; and a management unit configured to identify combinations of a subject sensor and related sensor for which a value of the relationship fluctuation level is a predetermined value or more, and to calculate a respective number of appearances of the subject sensor and the related sensor included in the identified combinations thereof. said plurality of sensors being attached to the controlled subject and being divided into subject sensors and related sensors, a related sensor being a sensor whose output varies according to the output of a subject sensor thereof, a first calculation unit configured to calculate a relationship fluctuation level based on sensing information of the subject sensors and the related sensors for each combination of a subject sensor and a related sensor, a relationship fluctuation level being a relationship between a magnitude of a signal output by a subject sensor and a magnitude of a signal output by another related sensor; a second calculation unit configured to calculate an anomaly sign level obtained by summing the relationship fluctuation levels for all combinations of a subject sensor and a related sensor; and a management unit configured to identify combinations of a subject sensor and related sensor for which a value of the relationship fluctuation level is a predetermined value or more, and to calculate a respective number of appearances of the subject sensor and the related sensor included in the identified combinations thereof.
A polypeptide with Δ5-elongase activity a) of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 118, or b) where the polypeptide is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 118 and has Δ5-elongase activity. a) of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 118, or b) where the polypeptide is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 118 and has Δ5-elongase activity.
A process wherein a gas, containing SO 2 and O 2 is brought in contact with a mixture of from 95% vol. to 50% vol. of activated carbon catalyst and from 5% vol. to 50% vol. of an inert filler material; wherein the SO 2 is converted to H 2 SO 4 on the activated carbon catalyst and is then washed from the activated carbon catalyst to obtain a H 2 SO 4 solution.
A polypeptide capable of binding to CD11b/CD18, said polypeptide being either: a. a fragment of a Bordetella adenylate cyclase having from 116 to 500 amino acids, or from 116 to 300, or from 116 to 150 amino acids, said fragment comprising a wild type CD11b/CD18 interaction domain of Bordetella adenylate cyclase which is the region extending from amino acid 1166 to amino acid 1281 of the B. pertussis adenylate cyclase represented as SEQ ID NO:2, or b. a variant of said fragment having at least 90% identity with said fragment, wherein said variant retains the capacity to bind to CD11 b/CD18. a. a fragment of a Bordetella adenylate cyclase having from 116 to 500 amino acids, or from 116 to 300, or from 116 to 150 amino acids, said fragment comprising a wild type CD11b/CD18 interaction domain of Bordetella adenylate cyclase which is the region extending from amino acid 1166 to amino acid 1281 of the B. pertussis adenylate cyclase represented as SEQ ID NO:2, or b. a variant of said fragment having at least 90% identity with said fragment, wherein said variant retains the capacity to bind to CD11 b/CD18.
Floor covering composed of a plurality of building elements having a plate shape, in particular floor covering panels (20a,... 20n), essentially consisting of a carrier plate, at least one upper side wear layer and, preferably, at least one lower side levelling layer, said element comprising at least three side faces including at least one pair of parallel opposite edges, wherein at least both edges of said pair comprise a non-locking profile and the carrier plate consists at least for 80% of mineral material, advantageously of cement, of gypsum or, e.g., of volcanic ash, and the non-locking profile, which is provided at both edges of said pair comprises a recess of the upper edge of the building element in respect to its lower edge and a horizontal groove chamber directed in inward body direction, wherein said horizontal groove chamber comprises an undercut, and wherein an exposed joint is formed between two adjacent building elements (20a,... 20n) including said horizontal groove chambers which are spatially connected to said exposed joint, characterized in that said exposed joints including said horizontal groove chambers are filled up with a joint-filling material hardening after being applied.