mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A copolymer comprising: (a) vinyl naphthalene in an amount of from 18% to 28% by weight of the copolymer; (b) 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate in an amount of from 39% to 49% by weight of the copolymer; (c) hydroxyethyl acrylate in an amount of from 23% to 33% by weight of the copolymer; (d) a crosslinker in an amount of from 2.5% to 3.5% by weight of the copolymer; and (e) an ultraviolet light absorbing material in an amount of from 0.5% to 1.5% by weight of the copolymer.
An apparatus comprising: a pass transistor having a drain receiving an input current (In), a source for providing a load voltage (Vout) and a gate coupled to a gate control voltage, wherein the gate control voltage is selectively coupled to a discrete voltage comprising a series of pulses and having no more than two voltage levels, the two levels comprising a low voltage level and a high voltage level; and start-up circuitry configured to generate the discrete voltage, the start-up circuitry comprising a comparator, wherein a first input of the comparator is coupled to a reference voltage, and the second input of the comparator receiving a voltage proportional to the load voltage provided by the pass transistor; wherein the start-up circuitry generates the discrete voltage in a start-up phase, and the pass transistor incrementally raises the load voltage from an initial voltage to a target voltage in response to the discrete voltage in the start-up phase. a pass transistor having a drain receiving an input current (In), a source for providing a load voltage (Vout) and a gate coupled to a gate control voltage, wherein the gate control voltage is selectively coupled to a discrete voltage comprising a series of pulses and having no more than two voltage levels, the two levels comprising a low voltage level and a high voltage level; and start-up circuitry configured to generate the discrete voltage, the start-up circuitry comprising a comparator, wherein a first input of the comparator is coupled to a reference voltage, and the second input of the comparator receiving a voltage proportional to the load voltage provided by the pass transistor; wherein the start-up circuitry generates the discrete voltage in a start-up phase, and the pass transistor incrementally raises the load voltage from an initial voltage to a target voltage in response to the discrete voltage in the start-up phase.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, said nucleic acid molecule encoding an endonuclease protein from celery about 309 amino acids in length, said encoded protein comprising a plurality of α helix domains and a flexible carboxy terminal region.
A cyclic redundancy check, CRC, computation circuit comprising a set of P parallel processors and a Look UP Table, LUT, operably coupled to the set of P parallel processors, wherein the set of P parallel processors is configured to perform a CRC computation of an input bit sequence of length K by generating P intermediate parity bit sequences and combining the generated P intermediate parity sequences into a single parity bit sequence, whereby P ≥ 2 and K ≥ 2, the CRC computation circuit being characterized by further comprising: an input for receiving an input stream comprising the input sequence, wherein the bits of the input bit sequence are provided in successive sets in a manner that is aligned to an arrangement of the rows of a CRC generator matrix stored in the LUT; wherein the LUT comprises a plurality of addresses and at least one of the plurality of addresses is configured to store P rows of the CRC generator matrix; and the set of P parallel processors is further configured to: combine LUT data with the input stream by using two or more bits of one of the aligned sets to mask the corresponding P rows of the CRC generator matrix stored in the LUT and thereby generate the P intermediate parity bit sequences, wherein at least one of the following applies: the generation of the P intermediate parity bit sequences comprises multiple, ⌈ K / P ⌉, steps; the combination of the P intermediate parity bit sequences is performed multiple, ⌈ log 2 P ⌉, times to generate the single parity bit sequence. an input for receiving an input stream comprising the input sequence, wherein the bits of the input bit sequence are provided in successive sets in a manner that is aligned to an arrangement of the rows of a CRC generator matrix stored in the LUT; wherein the LUT comprises a plurality of addresses and at least one of the plurality of addresses is configured to store P rows of the CRC generator matrix; and the set of P parallel processors is further configured to: combine LUT data with the input stream by using two or more bits of one of the aligned sets to mask the corresponding P rows of the CRC generator matrix stored in the LUT and thereby generate the P intermediate parity bit sequences, wherein at least one of the following applies: the generation of the P intermediate parity bit sequences comprises multiple, ⌈ K / P ⌉, steps; the combination of the P intermediate parity bit sequences is performed multiple, ⌈ log 2 P ⌉, times to generate the single parity bit sequence. the generation of the P intermediate parity bit sequences comprises multiple, ⌈ K / P ⌉, steps; the combination of the P intermediate parity bit sequences is performed multiple, ⌈ log 2 P ⌉, times to generate the single parity bit sequence.
A method for directly bonding a first substrate having a first bonding face and a second substrate having a second bonding face, comprising the steps of: - removing a surface oxide layer from each of the first and second bonding faces; - hydrogen passivating each of the first and second bonding faces; and being characterized in that - in a vacuum, performing electron impact hydrogen desorption on the each of the first and second bonding faces followed by placing the first and second bonding faces in intimate contact with one another. - removing a surface oxide layer from each of the first and second bonding faces; - hydrogen passivating each of the first and second bonding faces; and being - in a vacuum, performing electron impact hydrogen desorption on the each of the first and second bonding faces followed by placing the first and second bonding faces in intimate contact with one another.
An actuator drive circuit for a liquid discharge apparatus, comprising: an output switch including: a first transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a first voltage to an actuator, and a second transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the actuator; and a waveform selector circuit characterized in that the waveform selector circuit is configured to select from a plurality of waveforms stored in a waveform memory in which transistors to be turned on at the last are at least different from each other: a first waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a first state in which the first transistor is turned on at the last and the second transistor is turned off; or a second waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a second state in which the first transistor is turned off and the second transistor is turned on at the last; and wherein the waveform memory sets the drive voltage waveform according to a setting of the timing for executing the states. an output switch including: a first transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a first voltage to an actuator, and a second transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the actuator; and a waveform selector circuit a first transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a first voltage to an actuator, and a second transistor configured to supply, when turned on, a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the actuator; and a waveform selector circuit characterized in that the waveform selector circuit is configured to select from a plurality of waveforms stored in a waveform memory in which transistors to be turned on at the last are at least different from each other: a first waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a first state in which the first transistor is turned on at the last and the second transistor is turned off; or a second waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a second state in which the first transistor is turned off and the second transistor is turned on at the last; and a first waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a first state in which the first transistor is turned on at the last and the second transistor is turned off; or a second waveform that causes the output switch to transition to a second state in which the first transistor is turned off and the second transistor is turned on at the last; and wherein the waveform memory sets the drive voltage waveform according to a setting of the timing for executing the states.
(Amended) A method for producing a perfluoropolyether phosphate ester represented by the general formula: [C 3 F 7 O{ CF(CF 3)CF 2 O} n CF(CF 3)CH 2 O] 2 PO (wherein n is an integer of 1 to 20), comprising reacting a perfluoropolyether alcohol represented by the general formula: C 3 F 7 O{CF(CF 3)CF 2 O} n CF(CF 3)CH 2 OH (wherein n is an integer of 1 to 20) with phosphorus oxychloride in the presence of a calcium chloride dehydrating agent and hydrolyzing the obtained compound represented by the general formula: [C 3 F 7 O{CF(CF 3)CF 2 O} n CF(CF 3)CH 2 O] 2 POCl (wherein n is an integer of 1 to 20).
Double burner for gas cookers, with multiple concentric flame crowns, of the type comprising a head with multiple concentric flame crowns and a circular tub-shaped body which houses a nozzle-holding cross-piece and two separate, non-communicating gas inlet conduits (3 and 4), each of them being designed to selectively and respectively supply a singular nozzle associated with the central flame crown and a group of nozzles associated with external flame crowns; the group of nozzles being formed by minimum three nozzles that supply corresponding Venturi mixing chambers with inclined axis, while the singular nozzle supplies a corresponding Venturi mixing chamber, the head is provided with a series of radial partitions that determine self-centring with respect to the nozzle-holder body, guaranteeing sufficient introduction of primary air extracted from above the cooktop; the head being formed of a lower dish and an upper dish shaped in such a way that they can perfectly match, where the lower dish has a truncated-conical profile and has a stepped external border that supports and centres the upper dish with a stepped perimeter collar, which is also supported and centred in the central flange on the lower dish, wherein the three nozzles are regularly spaced; the mixing chamber supplied by the singular nozzle has a vertical axis; the burner comprises a deflector partition, shaped as "V", situated on the lower dish of the head, downstream the chambers supplied by the group of nozzles, said deflector partition favouring bifurcation of the air-gas mixture flow coming from the chambers supplied by the group of nozzles, conveying the air-gas mixture flow inside a corridor that supplies the external concentric flame crowns.
Steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a holding element, which can be secured on the chassis of the motor vehicle, an adjustment element, which is adjustable in relation to the holding element, for receiving a steering shaft, and a locking device for locking the adjustment element in relation to the holding element, wherein the locking device comprises a clamping lever, which is movable between a locking position, in which the adjustment element is locked with respect to the holding element, and an open position, in which the adjustment element is adjustable with respect to the holding element, wherein, furthermore, a retaining element is provided, which retaining element provides a form-fitting connection between the holding element and the adjustment element in the locking position of the clamping lever, characterized in that the retaining element comprises a slotted guide contour, which, in the locking position of the clamping lever, is supported against the stroke of the locking device on a contact section of the clamping lever or on a contact section connected for conjoint rotation to the clamping lever.
A method comprising: receiving, by an access point, a first paging message; determining by the access point, that the first paging message indicating a request for data to be reported by devices, is associated with a machine type communication indication, wherein the indication is a small data transmission indication; determining by the access point, the devices that the small data transmission indication is associated with in the first paging message; associating by the access point, a second paging message indicating the request for data to be reported by the devices, with a small data transmission indication, when it is determined that the first paging message is associated with a machine type communication, wherein, upon determining that the small data transmission indication of the first paging message is for all the devices in the first paging message, the small data transmission indication of the second paging message is set outside a paging record information element of the second paging message. receiving, by an access point, a first paging message; determining by the access point, that the first paging message indicating a request for data to be reported by devices, is associated with a machine type communication indication, wherein the indication is a small data transmission indication; determining by the access point, the devices that the small data transmission indication is associated with in the first paging message; associating by the access point, a second paging message indicating the request for data to be reported by the devices, with a small data transmission indication, when it is determined that the first paging message is associated with a machine type communication, wherein, upon determining that the small data transmission indication of the first paging message is for all the devices in the first paging message, the small data transmission indication of the second paging message is set outside a paging record information element of the second paging message.
System for measuring a solution pH comprising • a potentiostat, said potentiostat comprising a working electrode made of an electro-conductive solid polymer transducer, an input to receive an input signal indicative of the potential to be applied between said working electrode and a reference electrode of the potentiostat, and an output to transmit an output signal indicative of the magnitude of the current flowing between a counter electrode of the potentiostat and said working electrode, said three electrodes being immerged into said solution; • a digital processor connected to a digital to analog converter for generating said input signal; and to an analog to digital converter for receiving a digital value representative of the output signal; characterized in that said digital processor is adapted to modify said input signal to maintain said output signal inside a predetermined range such that the input signal potential is representative of the solution pH when said output signal is inside said predetermined range. • a potentiostat, said potentiostat comprising a working electrode made of an electro-conductive solid polymer transducer, an input to receive an input signal indicative of the potential to be applied between said working electrode and a reference electrode of the potentiostat, and an output to transmit an output signal indicative of the magnitude of the current flowing between a counter electrode of the potentiostat and said working electrode, said three electrodes being immerged into said solution; • a digital processor connected to a digital to analog converter for generating said input signal; and to an analog to digital converter for receiving a digital value representative of the output signal; characterized in that said digital processor is adapted to modify said input signal to maintain said output signal inside a predetermined range such that the input signal potential is representative of the solution pH when said output signal is inside said predetermined range.
A beverage preparation machine with a machine body and a machine dispensing head, said dispensing head and machine body comprising cooperating means (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, g hd, g mb, g il, c mb) that allow movement of said head relative to said body along a non-linear path, and such that the trim of the dispensing head is constant whatever its position, characterized in that said cooperating means comprise cooperating gears (g hd, g mb, g il) with at least a movable gear wheel of the dispensing head g hd, a stationary gearwheel of the machine body g mb, and a movable intermediate linking gearwheel g il, the centres of which are positioned on a lever element which is rotationally movable around the central axis c mb of the machine gear wheel g mb, and wherein said at least three gear wheels have identical gear wheel modules, and the pitch diameters of the dispensing head and machine body gearwheels g hd, g mb, are identical.
A process for preparing a synthetic petroleum sulfonate comprising: (a) reacting at least one aromatic compound with a mixture of olefins selected from olefins having from 8 to 100 carbon atoms, wherein the mixture of olefins contains a distribution of carbon atoms that comprise from 40 to 90 percent C 12 to C 20 and from 4 to 15 percent C 32 to C 58, in the presence of an acidic ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the resulting product comprises at least 50 weight percent of a 1,2,4 tri-substituted aromatic compound or a 1,2,3 tri-substituted aromatic compound or mixtures thereof; wherein the reaction takes place in a continuous process with closed loop catalyst recycle. (b) reacting the product of (a) with sulfur trioxide, which has been diluted with air; and (c) neutralizing the product of (b) with an alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide. (a) reacting at least one aromatic compound with a mixture of olefins selected from olefins having from 8 to 100 carbon atoms, wherein the mixture of olefins contains a distribution of carbon atoms that comprise from 40 to 90 percent C 12 to C 20 and from 4 to 15 percent C 32 to C 58, in the presence of an acidic ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the resulting product comprises at least 50 weight percent of a 1,2,4 tri-substituted aromatic compound or a 1,2,3 tri-substituted aromatic compound or mixtures thereof; wherein the reaction takes place in a continuous process with closed loop catalyst recycle. (b) reacting the product of (a) with sulfur trioxide, which has been diluted with air; and (c) neutralizing the product of (b) with an alkali or alkaline earth metal hydroxide.
Power hand tool having a rotational shaft driven by a driving unit, wherein the hand tool comprises a sensor for detecting a movement of a housing of the hand tool, a speed control unit for controlling the speed of the rotational shaft and a protection circuit set up to control the speed control unit for protecting a user of the hand tool based on the detected movement, wherein the protection circuit is set up to decrease the speed (v) of the rotational shaft by a variable amount to different speed levels (v r1... v rn) above zero, wherein the variable amount is depending on the amount of the detected movement, whereby the hand tool comprises a user input means for receiving an information about the speed desired by the user, characterized in that the variable amount is also depending on a state of the user input means and wherein, if the user input means is in a state representing a lower power demand by the user, a decrease of the speed of the rotational shaft is smaller than a decrease of the speed if the user input means is in a state representing a higher power demand by the user.
An electric vacuum cleaning apparatus, comprising: an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner adapted to autonomously move on a surface to be cleaned and collect dust from the surface; and a station fluidly connectable to the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner; wherein the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner includes a primary dust container that accumulates the dust collected by the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner and has a bottom wall that has a disposal port for disposing of the dust, and a disposal lid for opening and closing the disposal port, the station includes a dust transfer pipe coupled to the disposal port, a secondary dust container adapted to accumulate dust disposed from a container body through the dust transfer pipe, and a secondary electric blower adapted to generate suction negative pressure in the dust transfer pipe via the secondary dust container, and at least one ventilation groove that causes air to flow below the dust accumulated in the container body under negative pressure generated by the secondary electric blower is provided on an inner surface of the bottom wall of the container body. an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner adapted to autonomously move on a surface to be cleaned and collect dust from the surface; and a station fluidly connectable to the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner; wherein the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner includes a primary dust container that accumulates the dust collected by the autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner and has a bottom wall that has a disposal port for disposing of the dust, and a disposal lid for opening and closing the disposal port, the station includes a dust transfer pipe coupled to the disposal port, a secondary dust container adapted to accumulate dust disposed from a container body through the dust transfer pipe, and a secondary electric blower adapted to generate suction negative pressure in the dust transfer pipe via the secondary dust container, and at least one ventilation groove that causes air to flow below the dust accumulated in the container body under negative pressure generated by the secondary electric blower is provided on an inner surface of the bottom wall of the container body.
A slip bowl load transfer system comprising: a first slip bowl assembly adapted to engage and release a tubular member and comprising a first slip bowl coupled to a second slip bowl, wherein, in an engaged state, the first slip bowl assembly imparts a compressive force on a portion of the tubular member between the first slip bowl and the second slip bowl; a gap formed between the first slip bowl and the second slip bowl, wherein a sensor detects a change in the gap and wherein the sensor is tripped if the gap is smaller than a predetermined threshold; and a second slip bowl assembly adapted to engage and release the tubular member and that is aligned with the first slip bowl assembly; wherein, when the second slip bowl assembly is engaging the tubular member in a second engaged state, the second slip bowl assembly is prevented from releasing the tubular member if the sensor is tripped; wherein the first slip bowl assembly is configured to provide an indication of whether the first slip bowl assembly is in the engaged state. a first slip bowl assembly adapted to engage and release a tubular member and comprising a first slip bowl coupled to a second slip bowl, wherein, in an engaged state, the first slip bowl assembly imparts a compressive force on a portion of the tubular member between the first slip bowl and the second slip bowl; a gap formed between the first slip bowl and the second slip bowl, wherein a sensor detects a change in the gap and wherein the sensor is tripped if the gap is smaller than a predetermined threshold; and a second slip bowl assembly adapted to engage and release the tubular member and that is aligned with the first slip bowl assembly; wherein, when the second slip bowl assembly is engaging the tubular member in a second engaged state, the second slip bowl assembly is prevented from releasing the tubular member if the sensor is tripped; wherein the first slip bowl assembly is configured to provide an indication of whether the first slip bowl assembly is in the engaged state.