mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Unit that is formed by a winding ratchet and a barrel arbor, said ratchet comprising at least one off-centered tapping relative to the ratchet by a determined distance, characterized by the fact that one of the ends of the barrel arbor comprises a driving formation that is non-circular in shape as well as a groove that is adjacent to this driving formation that defines a small-section portion of the barrel arbor whose shape and dimensions are such that they extend into the section of the driving formation, whereby a shoulder of the barrel arbor limits the height of said groove from the side facing said driving formation; by the fact that the ratchet comprises a central opening with a shape and dimension corresponding to the driving formation of the barrel arbor; by the fact that it comprises an attachment washer that has a central passage with a shape and dimension that correspond to the driving formation of the barrel arbor and in which said driving formation is engaged in assembled position, as well as at least one off-centered piercing relative to said washer by a predetermined distance that is equal to the off-centering of said at least one tapping of the ratchet; by the fact that it also comprises at least one screw that makes it possible to screw the attachment washer on the ratchet; and by the fact that the angular position of said at least one tapping of the ratchet relative to an axis of symmetry (X-X) of its central opening is different from an angle (α) of the angular position that said at least one piercing of the attachment washer exhibits relative to the corresponding axis of symmetry (Y-Y) of the central passage of this attachment washer.
An air intake system for providing air to a tip clearance control system, the air intake system comprising: a ram-air intake having a scoop portion and a body portion, wherein the body portion of the ram-air intake houses a heat exchanger; and at least one tip clearance control duct extending from at least one duct inlet within the body portion of the ram-air intake, in use, to a first turbine casing.
A method for monitoring a tubular for downhole operations defining a tubular axis, comprising: transmitting one or more light signals into one or more optical fibers coupled to the tubular at a one or more attachment points, the one or more optical fibers extending substantially linearly relative to the tubular axis along the tubular; detecting and processing the one or more light signals to form a data set; determining an induced torsional value of the one or more optical fibers at one of the one or more attachment points; comparing the data set with predetermined location data describing the one or more attachment points to estimate one or more error values associated with the induced torsional value of the one or more optical fibers at the one of the one or more attachment points; and combining the data set and the one or more error values to determine one or more selected parameters of the tubular. transmitting one or more light signals into one or more optical fibers coupled to the tubular at a one or more attachment points, the one or more optical fibers extending substantially linearly relative to the tubular axis along the tubular; detecting and processing the one or more light signals to form a data set; determining an induced torsional value of the one or more optical fibers at one of the one or more attachment points; comparing the data set with predetermined location data describing the one or more attachment points to estimate one or more error values associated with the induced torsional value of the one or more optical fibers at the one of the one or more attachment points; and combining the data set and the one or more error values to determine one or more selected parameters of the tubular.
A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a pair of sideplates disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the sideplates include a respective pair of first mating portions; and a pair of endplates disposed at opposite ends of the battery module, wherein the endplates include a respective pair of second mating portions that engage the first mating portions to provide an interference fit that joins the sideplates and the endplates together and bands the plurality of cells together between the sideplates and the endplates, wherein the first mating portion of the sideplates include ramped projections and the second mating portion of the endplates include flanges defining slots that receive the ramped projections, and wherein the sideplates include stiffening ribs, characterized in that the module further includes an insert disposed between an adjacent pair of the ribs, wherein a first end of the insert is connected to one of the endplates and a second end of the insert is connected to the other one of the endplates. a plurality of battery cells; a pair of sideplates disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the sideplates include a respective pair of first mating portions; and a pair of endplates disposed at opposite ends of the battery module, wherein the endplates include a respective pair of second mating portions that engage the first mating portions to provide an interference fit that joins the sideplates and the endplates together and bands the plurality of cells together between the sideplates and the endplates,
A transdermal system for contraceptive treatment of females comprising a carrier formulation including at least 3 mg progestin comprising 16-methylene-17a-acetoxy-19-norpregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, which is sufficient to provide absorption of a daily dose of at least about 300 μg of said progestin to said female and at least 1 mg estradiol, which is sufficient to provide absorption of a daily dose of at least about 100 μg of said estradiol to said female, whereby said transdermal system effectively blocks ovulation in the female and follicular development and rupture are prevented while irregular bleeding is minimized.
A tracked vehicle (V1; V2) comprising a vehicle body (20; 120), at least one track assembly and a suspension device, wherein said track assembly is arranged to be supported by said vehicle body (20; 120) by means of said suspension device, said track assembly comprising a track support beam for supporting a plurality of road wheels, an endless track being disposed around said road wheels, said suspension device comprising a leaf spring arrangement (30; 130, 142, 144) having portions transversally arranged relative to the longitudinal extension of the vehicle, characterized in that said leaf spring arrangement comprises L-shaped leaf spring members (30; 130), each leaf spring member (30; 130) having a first portion (32; 132) attached to said vehicle body (20; 120), a second portion (34; 134) attached to said track support beam and a transition portion (36; 136) there between, so that compressive and tensile stresses are located to said transition portion (36; 136) for generating a compressive action in said transition portion.
A method of receiving power headroom reports at a base station from a wireless terminal, the method comprising: providing a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier for uplink communications from the wireless terminal to the base station, wherein a respective component carrier index is assigned to each of the component carriers provided for the wireless terminal; receiving a MAC control element including power headroom reports for the primary and secondary component carriers from the wireless terminal over one of the component carriers, characterized in that the received MAC element comprises a Type 2 power headroom report for the primary component carrier first, and then comprises Type 1 power headroom reports for the primary component carrier and each of the at least one secondary component carriers, wherein a Type 2 power headroom report is a power headroom report for the Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and a Type 1 power headroom report is a power headroom report for the Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH; and associating each of the Type 1 power headroom reports of the MAC control element with a respective one of the primary and/or secondary component carriers based on an order in which the power headroom reports are arranged in the MAC control element and based on the component carrier indices assigned to the primary component carrier and each of the at least one secondary component carriers. providing a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier for uplink communications from the wireless terminal to the base station, wherein a respective component carrier index is assigned to each of the component carriers provided for the wireless terminal; receiving a MAC control element including power headroom reports for the primary and secondary component carriers from the wireless terminal over one of the component carriers, characterized in that the received MAC element comprises a Type 2 power headroom report for the primary component carrier first, and then comprises Type 1 power headroom reports for the primary component carrier and each of the at least one secondary component carriers, wherein a Type 2 power headroom report is a power headroom report for the Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH, and a Type 1 power headroom report is a power headroom report for the Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH; and associating each of the Type 1 power headroom reports of the MAC control element with a respective one of the primary and/or secondary component carriers based on an order in which the power headroom reports are arranged in the MAC control element and based on the component carrier indices assigned to the primary component carrier and each of the at least one secondary component carriers.
A three-dimensional measuring device comprising: a processor system including a processor; a housing; a 3D scanner disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the processor system, the 3D scanner having a light source, a beam steering unit, a first angle measuring device, a second angle measuring device, and a light receiver, the beam steering unit cooperating with the light source and light receiver to define a scan area, the light source and the light receiver configured to cooperate with the processor system to determine locations of a plurality of points in the scan area; characterized in that the processor is configured to: identify potential sphere center points in the scan area by processing points identified in a single scan line; record locations of potential sphere center points; and compare some or all of the recorded locations to one another to select a sphere center point. a processor system including a processor; a housing; a 3D scanner disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the processor system, the 3D scanner having a light source, a beam steering unit, a first angle measuring device, a second angle measuring device, and a light receiver, the beam steering unit cooperating with the light source and light receiver to define a scan area, the light source and the light receiver configured to cooperate with the processor system to determine locations of a plurality of points in the scan area; characterized in that the processor is configured to: identify potential sphere center points in the scan area by processing points identified in a single scan line; record locations of potential sphere center points; and compare some or all of the recorded locations to one another to select a sphere center point. identify potential sphere center points in the scan area by processing points identified in a single scan line; record locations of potential sphere center points; and compare some or all of the recorded locations to one another to select a sphere center point.
A method for forming a lipid bilayer for use in a nanopore sensing device, comprising: (a) providing a primed chip comprising a fluid flow path in fluid communication with a plurality of sensing electrodes; (b) flowing a lipid solution into the fluid flow path; and (c) flowing at least one bubble onto the fluid flow path, thereby forming a lipid bilayer adjacent to the sensing electrodes, wherein the bubble spans the plurality of sensing electrodes, wherein the primed chip comprises wells, and wherein the sensing electrodes are in the wells and each of the sensing electrodes is in a well disposed on the trans side of the bilayer and opposite to the cis side of the bilayer wherein the top electrode is disposed, and wherein the primed chip does not comprise pre-deposited lipid molecules and/or pore proteins. (a) providing a primed chip comprising a fluid flow path in fluid communication with a plurality of sensing electrodes; (b) flowing a lipid solution into the fluid flow path; and (c) flowing at least one bubble onto the fluid flow path, thereby forming a lipid bilayer adjacent to the sensing electrodes, wherein the bubble spans the plurality of sensing electrodes, wherein the primed chip comprises wells, and wherein the sensing electrodes are in the wells and each of the sensing electrodes is in a well disposed on the trans side of the bilayer and opposite to the cis side of the bilayer wherein the top electrode is disposed, and wherein the primed chip does not comprise pre-deposited lipid molecules and/or pore proteins.
A friction welding tool having a main body and: a first clamp for gripping a first weld component and a second clamp for gripping a second weld component, at least one of the clamps (12, 16) being movable with respect to the other to effect friction welding of the respective weld components (14, 18); a vibration damper arranged to absorb vibrations of the first weld component during the friction welding; and characterized in that the friction welding tool further comprises an anchor element arranged to couple the damper to the main body and to be under tension between the damper and the main body of the friction welding tool to transfer absorbed vibrations to the main body. a first clamp for gripping a first weld component and a second clamp for gripping a second weld component, at least one of the clamps (12, 16) being movable with respect to the other to effect friction welding of the respective weld components (14, 18); a vibration damper arranged to absorb vibrations of the first weld component during the friction welding; and characterized in that the friction welding tool further comprises an anchor element arranged to couple the damper to the main body and to be under tension between the damper and the main body of the friction welding tool to transfer absorbed vibrations to the main body.
A method of making a dough, said method comprising admixing a dough component selected from the group consisting of flour, salt, water, sugar, fat, lecithin, oil, emulsifier and yeast with an isolated polypeptide comprising a phospholipase A1, wherein the phospholipase A1 is characterized by having an snl/sn2 specificity ratio of about 55/45 or greater wherein said phospholipase A1 has a lysophospholipase/phospholipase activity ratio of less than 0.02 and/or a NALPE/NAPE activity ratio of less than 0.12; and wherein said phospholipase A1 is an enzyme comprising a protein sequence having at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 10 SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 or SEQ ID NO: 16.
A detection device comprising: a housing comprising a front face, a back face, and side edges connecting the front and back faces (3,4) and disposed therebetween, wherein said housing comprises therein a battery, a processor, and a transmitter; and a clip element rotatably connected to the housing, wherein the clip element comprises one or more locking elements (7,7') arranged to mechanically engage with at least a portion of the side edge when in a closed position, and wherein said clip element can be rotated from an open position, where the locking elements (7,7') do not mechanically engage with said side edge, to said closed position, and wherein said detection device is suitable for coupling to an absorbent article and arranged such that when in said closed position at least one layer of said absorbent article is interposed between said housing and said clip element; wherein said housing further comprises a plurality of conductive terminals (8,8') that are exposed on the front face of said housing and facing said clip element when in the closed position, said conductive terminals (8,8') being arranged to come into contact with one or more conductive sensor tracks positioned on a surface of the absorbent article; and wherein the absorbent article comprises a pocket sized to accommodate the housing of the detection device therein and to expose at least a portion thereof, said portion corresponding at least to shoulders of the housing. a housing comprising a front face, a back face, and side edges connecting the front and back faces (3,4) and disposed therebetween, wherein said housing comprises therein a battery, a processor, and a transmitter; and a clip element rotatably connected to the housing, wherein the clip element comprises one or more locking elements (7,7') arranged to mechanically engage with at least a portion of the side edge when in a closed position, and wherein said clip element can be rotated from an open position, where the locking elements (7,7') do not mechanically engage with said side edge, to said closed position, and wherein said detection device is suitable for coupling to an absorbent article and arranged such that when in said closed position at least one layer of said absorbent article is interposed between said housing and said clip element; wherein said housing further comprises a plurality of conductive terminals (8,8') that are exposed on the front face of said housing and facing said clip element when in the closed position, said conductive terminals (8,8') being arranged to come into contact with one or more conductive sensor tracks positioned on a surface of the absorbent article; and wherein the absorbent article comprises a pocket sized to accommodate the housing of the detection device therein and to expose at least a portion thereof, said portion corresponding at least to shoulders of the housing.
Stabilised spherical, amorphous calcium carbonate particles with an average particle diameter in the range from 0.05 μm to 2.0 μm and a water content of not more than 5.0% by weight relative to the total weight thereof and measured as residual moisture at 200°C, characterised in that a) the calcium carbonate particles contain at least one substance that has a molar mass greater than 100 g/mol and conforms to the formula R-X n, wherein the radical R stands for a radical having at least one carbon atom, radical X stands for a group having at least one oxygen atom and at least one carbon atom, sulphur atom, phosphorus atom and/or nitrogen atom, and n preferably represents a whole number in the range from 1 to 20, b) the fraction of crystalline calcium carbonate is less than 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the calcium carbonate, c) the specific surface area of the calcium carbonate particles is not more than 12 m 2 /g, wherein the residual moisture, the fraction of crystalline calcium carbonate and the specific surface area of the calcium carbonate particles are determined as described in the specification. a) the calcium carbonate particles contain at least one substance that has a molar mass greater than 100 g/mol and conforms to the formula R-X n, wherein the radical R stands for a radical having at least one carbon atom, radical X stands for a group having at least one oxygen atom and at least one carbon atom, sulphur atom, phosphorus atom and/or nitrogen atom, and n preferably represents a whole number in the range from 1 to 20, b) the fraction of crystalline calcium carbonate is less than 30% by weight, relative to the total weight of the calcium carbonate, c) the specific surface area of the calcium carbonate particles is not more than 12 m 2 /g,
Use of a rhamnolipid in a surfactant system for handwash detergents to confer to the consumer a sensorial impression of mildness on the hands-, wherein the rhamnolipid is present in the surfactant system at a level of from 15 to 50 wt.% of the surfactant system, wherein the use involves intimate contact of the detergent liquor with the hands during the washing process, whether in laundry processes or hand dish wash processes.
A method for reducing 1,3-butadiene polymerization during distillation of a 1,3-butadiene containing stream, the method comprising: (a) providing a hydrocarbon stream comprising 1,3-butadiene to a distillation unit; (b) injecting nitric oxide into the distillation unit containing the hydrocarbon stream at a concentration of at least 100 parts per million to reduce 1,3-butadiene polymerization; and distilling 1,3-butadiene from the hydrocarbon stream. (a) providing a hydrocarbon stream comprising 1,3-butadiene to a distillation unit; (b) injecting nitric oxide into the distillation unit containing the hydrocarbon stream at a concentration of at least 100 parts per million to reduce 1,3-butadiene polymerization; and distilling 1,3-butadiene from the hydrocarbon stream.
A lubricant reservoir comprising: a housing defining a reservoir; a fill port extending through a top of the housing; an actuator movably disposed within the housing and dividing the reservoir into an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is configured to be filled with lubricant; and a centerfill tube extending from the fill port, through the actuator, to the lower portion of the reservoir, wherein the centerfill tube receives lubricant from the fill port and provides lubricant to the lower portion; wherein the centerfill tube provides lubricant to the reservoir within the lower portion and proximate an end of the lower portion opposite the actuator. a housing defining a reservoir; a fill port extending through a top of the housing; an actuator movably disposed within the housing and dividing the reservoir into an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is configured to be filled with lubricant; and a centerfill tube extending from the fill port, through the actuator, to the lower portion of the reservoir, wherein the centerfill tube receives lubricant from the fill port and provides lubricant to the lower portion; wherein the centerfill tube provides lubricant to the reservoir within the lower portion and proximate an end of the lower portion opposite the actuator.
A method for conducting a bioassay of an acellular nerve graft comprising an endoneurial tube scaffold, the inner surface of an endoneurial tube in the scaffold comprising laminin, the method comprising: affixing a neuron or group of neurons to a first end of a nerve graft segment to form a test construct; culturing the test construct in a medium for a period of time to allow nerve outgrowth from the neuron or group of neurons into the nerve graft segment; performing an analysis of the test construct to determine an amount of outgrowing nerve structure based on at least one of: a length of one or more peripheral nerve structures, or an amount of a target protein or mRNA for a target protein associated with the outgrowing nerve structure; and determining a potency of the nerve graft segment based at least in part on the determined amount of outgrowing nerve structure. affixing a neuron or group of neurons to a first end of a nerve graft segment to form a test construct; culturing the test construct in a medium for a period of time to allow nerve outgrowth from the neuron or group of neurons into the nerve graft segment; performing an analysis of the test construct to determine an amount of outgrowing nerve structure based on at least one of: a length of one or more peripheral nerve structures, or an amount of a target protein or mRNA for a target protein associated with the outgrowing nerve structure; and determining a potency of the nerve graft segment based at least in part on the determined amount of outgrowing nerve structure.