mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of manufacturing an oriented film by forming a blend of at least two polymers P1 and P2, which both are at least partly crystalline at a temperature below 100°C, whereby P1 has a mechanically determined melting point which is at least 20°C higher than the mechanically determined melting point of P2, extending the blend to form a film and stretching the film, whereby the polymers are selected such that they exist as separate phases in the stretched film, and P2 in its unoriented state at 20°C exhibits a coefficient of elasticity which is at least 15% lower than E of P1, and oriented film comprises an alloy of the polymer which is a dispersion of fibrils of P1 surrounded by P2, whereby each fibril extend mainly in one direction and generally has width and thickness which as a mean of these two dimensions is around or lower than 5μm, and further stretching of the film partly takes place by draw-down after extrusion of film while both components are at least partially molten, and partly at a later stage characterised in that the film after said draw-down is hot stretched while P1 is in solid state and P2 is molten or semimolten to selectively orient P1, such that the elongation at break in the direction of this hot stretching, determined by slow drawing at 20°C, is at least 25%, this hot stretching being carried out by drawing the film over a frictionally withholding device.
A method of determining the immune repertoire in a subject, comprising: a. isolating a plurality of RNA from a biological sample comprising a plurality of cell types obtained from a subject, wherein the RNA comprises immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain mRNA; b. reverse transcribing the mRNA to produce immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain cDNA comprising a 3' homopolymer tail by using immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain specific primers and a reverse transcriptase; c. adding a random molecular tag and a universal sequence to the 3' end of the immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain cDNA to form extended cDNA, by using the reverse transcriptase and oligonucleotides comprising a 3' sequence complementary to the homopolymer tail and a 5' flanking sequence comprising a universal sequence and a random molecular tag; d. amplifying the extended cDNA by using one or more immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain specific primers and a universal sequence specific primer comprising a sequencing platform specific flanking sequence to produce a plurality of molecular tagged immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain nucleic acids; e. sequencing the molecular tagged immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain nucleic acids to produce a plurality of sequencing reads thereby determining the immune repertoire of the subject. a. isolating a plurality of RNA from a biological sample comprising a plurality of cell types obtained from a subject, wherein the RNA comprises immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain mRNA; b. reverse transcribing the mRNA to produce immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain cDNA comprising a 3' homopolymer tail by using immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain specific primers and a reverse transcriptase; c. adding a random molecular tag and a universal sequence to the 3' end of the immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain cDNA to form extended cDNA, by using the reverse transcriptase and oligonucleotides comprising a 3' sequence complementary to the homopolymer tail and a 5' flanking sequence comprising a universal sequence and a random molecular tag; d. amplifying the extended cDNA by using one or more immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain specific primers and a universal sequence specific primer comprising a sequencing platform specific flanking sequence to produce a plurality of molecular tagged immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain nucleic acids; e. sequencing the molecular tagged immunoglobulin chain or TCR chain nucleic acids to produce a plurality of sequencing reads thereby determining the immune repertoire of the subject.
A modular server system, comprising: - a plurality of server groups, wherein each server group is adapted to receive a plurality of server modules, and - a plurality of I/O groups, wherein each I/O group is adapted to receive a plurality of I/O components and comprises a switch arrangement with at least one switch element, wherein - each of the plurality of I/O groups is allocated to exactly one of the plurality of server groups, - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of I/O components of the I/O group, - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of server modules of the server group allocated to the I/O group, and - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is coupled by a data link to at least one other switch arrangement of another I/O group. - a plurality of server groups, wherein each server group is adapted to receive a plurality of server modules, and - a plurality of I/O groups, wherein each I/O group is adapted to receive a plurality of I/O components and comprises a switch arrangement with at least one switch element, - each of the plurality of I/O groups is allocated to exactly one of the plurality of server groups, - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of I/O components of the I/O group, - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is directly coupled by a data link to each of the plurality of server modules of the server group allocated to the I/O group, and - the switch arrangement of each I/O group is coupled by a data link to at least one other switch arrangement of another I/O group.
Visible colored insoluble carrier particles which are colored polystyrene latex particles to which carboxyl groups are introduced as a functional group and labeled with a fluorescent dye via the carboxyl groups, which are used for immunoassay, wherein the fluorescent dye used for labeling is a fluorescent substance that emits fluorescence with a wavelength of a color complementary to a color with a wavelength equivalent to an absorption wavelength of the visible colored insoluble carrier particles, the visible colored insoluble carrier particles are blue-colored particles and the wavelength of fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent dye is 450 nm - 570 nm.
Shading device, in particular a Venetian blind or slatted blind, having a plurality of slats with photovoltaic elements for power generation, and having a current discharge system with at least two busbars (4a, 4b, 4+, 4-, 4.z) which run through recesses in the slats and connect them to one another in an electrically conductive manner, in order to conduct the electricity generated in the photovoltaic elements, wherein sliding contacts are arranged in the recesses of the slats, said sliding contacts being connected to the photovoltaic elements in an electrically conductive manner and establishing an electrical connection of the photovoltaic elements to the busbars (4a, 4b, 4+, 4-, 4.z), wherein the sliding contacts are each designed as a cuff-like, annular sliding body which surrounds the respective busbar(s) and in which at least one sliding coating is present, which is electrically connected to the photovoltaic elements of the slat, characterized in that the sliding body is movably mounted on the respective slat in the longitudinal direction of the slat.
A computer-implemented method for tracking objects in a scene comprising: receiving visual-based information of the scene with a vision-based tracking system; receiving telemetry-based information of the scene with a real time locating system (RTLS)-based tracking system; and characterized in that: when each of the visual-based tracking system and the RTLS-based tracking system cannot independently identify a location and an identity of the first object, determining the location and the identity of a first object in the scene by combining the visual-based information with the telemetry-based information, wherein the RTLS-based tracking system predicts the location of the first object to be located on at least one spatial ring, and wherein the at least one spatial ring is centred around at least one RTLS-based tracking system reader or at least one transponder. receiving visual-based information of the scene with a vision-based tracking system; receiving telemetry-based information of the scene with a real time locating system (RTLS)-based tracking system; and characterized in that: when each of the visual-based tracking system and the RTLS-based tracking system cannot independently identify a location and an identity of the first object, determining the location and the identity of a first object in the scene by combining the visual-based information with the telemetry-based information, wherein the RTLS-based tracking system predicts the location of the first object to be located on at least one spatial ring, and wherein the at least one spatial ring is centred around at least one RTLS-based tracking system reader or at least one transponder. when each of the visual-based tracking system and the RTLS-based tracking system cannot independently identify a location and an identity of the first object, determining the location and the identity of a first object in the scene by combining the visual-based information with the telemetry-based information, wherein the RTLS-based tracking system predicts the location of the first object to be located on at least one spatial ring, and wherein the at least one spatial ring is centred around at least one RTLS-based tracking system reader or at least one transponder.
Fuel pump of a fuel injection equipment of an internal combustion engine, said pump comprising a camshaft rotating about a main axis in a cambox and cooperating with a piston to reciprocally slide in a bore and alternatively vary the volume of a compression chamber defined in a pumping head, the camshaft comprising a shaft member and a cam member arranged between a rear bearing, registered in a recess of the housing of the cambox and, a front bearing registered in a through bore of a front plate fixed on said housing; the cam being in an inner space defined between said housing and said front plate, said cam having a peripheral outer face, a transverse front side next to the front bearing and a transverse rear side next to the rear bearing, wherein the cam member comprises a core fixed on the shaft and an outer sleeve arranged over the core, the piston cooperating with the outer face of said sleeve, the core being narrower than the sleeve so that an annular recess (50, 52) is defined on at least one side of the cam and, wherein the core and the outer sleeve define a front annular recess on the front side of the cam and, a rear annular recess on the rear side of the cam, wherein the cambox is further provided with a rear annular member surrounding the recess wherein is arranged the rear bearing, said rear annular member being integral to the housing and protruding in the inner space and, characterised in that said rear annular member is engaged in the rear recess of the cam.
Conveyor beam (40, 50) for a conveyor system, comprising a plurality of unitary, metallic connector elements and at least two conveyor beam elements (30, 51), where a connector element comprises a central portion, two outer portions (3, 4) and two peripherally grooves (5, 6) extending peripherally around the connector element between the central portion and the outer portions, where the connector element is provided with a first inserting position in which the connector element is inserted between two conveyor beam elements with the first outer portion positioned in a beam channel of a first conveyor beam element and the second outer portion positioned in a beam channel of a second conveyor beam element, and a second arresting position, in which the connector element locks the conveyor beam elements together to form the conveyor beam, where the second arresting position is reached by rotating the connector element from the first inserting position, where each beam channel is provided with two flanges (34, 35), characterized in that each inner side (18, 19) of each groove (5, 6) of the connector element is provided with a wedge shaped protrusion (20, 21), and that the wedge-shaped protrusions (20, 21) bear against the flanges (34, 35) when the connector element is in the second arresting position.
System comprising a control unit for a trailer coupling which is or may be fitted to a motor vehicle and has a coupling element, mounted on a coupling arm, for attaching a trailer, and a mobile operator unit, separate from the motor vehicle and the control unit, wherein the control unit has control means for controlling at least one function of the trailer coupling and/or evaluation means for evaluating at least one sensor signal of a sensor (34, 35) assigned to the trailer coupling, wherein the control unit has an operator unit interface for wireless communication with a control unit interface of the mobile operator unit, and wherein the operator unit is designed to send at least one control signal for activating the control means of the control unit and/or to output at least one sensor signal of the sensor (34, 35), characterised in that the operator unit interface and the control unit interface have encryption means and decryption means for encrypted communication with one another, that the operator unit and/or the control unit have at least one reading means to read in a code for the encryption means and decryption means for the encrypted communication, and that the one or more reading means has or have a wireless interface, namely a radio interface, for wireless input of the code via an RFID tag, and/or an optical interface for input of the code with the aid of an optical code, in particular a bar code or QR code.
A method including: moving a print medium in a forward direction from a rotating media roll, from which the print medium is being output,; causing friction on the print medium using a rotating wiper roll contacting the surface of the print medium at a rotation speed; determining (44, 50) a radius of the media roll; and adapting, based on the determined radius of the media roll, the rotation speed of the wiper roll or a back tension exerted by the media roll on the print medium so as to control the friction caused by the rotating wiper roll on the print medium. moving a print medium in a forward direction from a rotating media roll, from which the print medium is being output,; causing friction on the print medium using a rotating wiper roll contacting the surface of the print medium at a rotation speed; determining (44, 50) a radius of the media roll; and adapting, based on the determined radius of the media roll, the rotation speed of the wiper roll or a back tension exerted by the media roll on the print medium so as to control the friction caused by the rotating wiper roll on the print medium.
A method of forming a single layer battery separator, wherein said battery separator exhibits a maximum thickness of 250 micrometres and wherein said battery separator includes a combination of polymeric microfiber and nanofiber constituents, said method comprising in the following order the steps of: a) providing an aqueous solvent; characterised in that the method further includes the steps of: b) introducing therein a plurality of nanofibers having an average width of less than 700nm to form a nanofiber dispersion within an aqueous solvent; c) processing said nanofibers through cutting and high shear processing sufficient to separate the fibers to enable them for wet laid non-woven processing; d) introducing a plurality of microfibers having an average width of greater than 3000nm to form a microfiber/nanofiber dispersion within an aqueous solvent, such that said microfiber/nanofiber dispersion has a concentration of fiber solids of less than 1% by weight of aqueous solvent; e) mixing the nanofibers with the microfibers under a high shear environment by an amount sufficient to introduce the nanofibers into and within the resultant microfiber non-woven substrate to provide entanglement between the different fiber types; f) introducing said dispersion of step e) within a paper making machine; g) producing a web of microfiber/nanofiber material; and h) drying said web. a) providing an aqueous solvent; characterised in that the method further includes the steps of: b) introducing therein a plurality of nanofibers having an average width of less than 700nm to form a nanofiber dispersion within an aqueous solvent; c) processing said nanofibers through cutting and high shear processing sufficient to separate the fibers to enable them for wet laid non-woven processing; d) introducing a plurality of microfibers having an average width of greater than 3000nm to form a microfiber/nanofiber dispersion within an aqueous solvent, such that said microfiber/nanofiber dispersion has a concentration of fiber solids of less than 1% by weight of aqueous solvent; e) mixing the nanofibers with the microfibers under a high shear environment by an amount sufficient to introduce the nanofibers into and within the resultant microfiber non-woven substrate to provide entanglement between the different fiber types; f) introducing said dispersion of step e) within a paper making machine; g) producing a web of microfiber/nanofiber material; and h) drying said web.
Harrow apparatus consisting of a frame, a leading rotor section including at least one rotor rotatably attached to the frame, wherein the or each rotor includes at least one blade that is oriented transversely to the direction of travel of the harrow apparatus and is arranged to cut plant residues at or above the surface of the soil; a tine section including a plurality of tines (57,61,67,71), said tines (57,61,67,71) being arranged to till soil in the field and distribute plant residues cut by the leading rotor section; and a trailing rotor section, said trailing rotor section including at least one rotor (89,93) rotatably attached to the frame, wherein the or each rotor (89,93) includes at least one blade that is oriented transversely to the direction of travel of the harrow apparatus and is arranged to cut plant residues at or above the surface of the soil.
Device for partially removing the coating of a metal plate with: a die and a punch which together form a gap through which the metal plate is fed; a drive for generating a relative movement between the die and the punch on the one hand as well as the metal plate on the other hand; wherein the die has a projecting blade on its surface (1.1) facing the metal plate, a cutting edge (6.1) of said blade extending in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the metal plate; a rotary drive for rotating the die and the punch in a direction of the cutting edge; and a pressing device for pressing together the die and the punch; wherein the punch has a roller which rolls on the metal plate surface opposite the blade. a die and a punch which together form a gap through which the metal plate is fed; a drive for generating a relative movement between the die and the punch on the one hand as well as the metal plate on the other hand; wherein the die has a projecting blade on its surface (1.1) facing the metal plate, a cutting edge (6.1) of said blade extending in a direction opposite to the movement direction of the metal plate; a rotary drive for rotating the die and the punch in a direction of the cutting edge; and a pressing device for pressing together the die and the punch; wherein the punch has a roller which rolls on the metal plate surface opposite the blade.
Hand-actuated transmitter unit for vehicles, in particular for handlebar-controlled vehicles, comprising a housing, an actuating lever (22', 22") which is movable relative to the housing and is coupled to a transmission element such that an actuation of the actuating lever (22', 22") is transmitted by means of the transmission element to a slave unit, and, associated with the transmitter unit, a detector unit which detects with at least one detector (192, 194) a transition of the actuating lever from a non-actuated state into an actuated state and vice versa, characterised in that the at least one detector (192, 194) is arranged on the actuating lever, in that the actuating lever comprises a first lever arm and a second lever arm and in that the lever arms (242, 244) are movable relative to one another between an actuation starting position existing in a non-actuated state of the actuating lever and an actuation position existing in an actuated state.
A medical patient simulator, in particular a simulator for simulation of an infant, comprising; a torso having a chest skin and containing at least one lung, with the option of altering the compliance of the at least one lung, where the at least one lung is disposed between a first plate and second plate in the torso, the spacing of the plates (5, 7) being adjustable, the second plate being fixed relative to the torso, and the first plate being movable relative to the torso, characterised i n that it further comprises a pneumatically driven mechanism (14, 18) being adapted to force the first plate towards the second plate; a flexible means connecting the pneumatically driven mechanism (14, 18) to the second plate to provide the force between the first plate and second plate, said flexible means having an initial slack so that the first plate is free to move relative to the second plate when the pneumatically driven mechanism (14,18) is inactive; and a strap that is attached to the chest skin for pulling down the chest skin providing an external visible depression of the chest skin below the sternum of the torso, in order to simulate intercostal retractions, the strap pulling being coupled to the lung inflation.
A blue inorganic pigment represented by the formula La x Sr 1-x Cu 1-y Li y Si 4 O 10 wherein x is equal to 0.1 to 0.5 and y is equal to 0.1 to 0.5, wherein said pigment comprises an average particle size of 2 to 6 micrometers, wherein said pigment is having reflectance at near infra-red wavelength.
A method of isolating a water zone in a wellbore in a geological formation, comprising: deploying an application packer (114, 420, 602, 604) into the wellbore (102, 600, 400) to below the water zone, wherein the wellbore comprises a sand screen; and characterized by injecting self-healing hydrogel from the application packer through the sand screen (110, 418) into an annulus between the sand screen and the geological formation to form a lower hydrogel packer in the annulus. deploying an application packer (114, 420, 602, 604) into the wellbore (102, 600, 400) to below the water zone, wherein the wellbore comprises a sand screen; and characterized by injecting self-healing hydrogel from the application packer through the sand screen (110, 418) into an annulus between the sand screen and the geological formation to form a lower hydrogel packer in the annulus.
A plant container consisting of a hollow body, the wall of which is compiled at least in sections of Z profiles that are arranged one on top of the other and horizontally, or of a spiral Z profile that extends upwards, whereby the Z profiles have a planar middle section and arms (4, 5) that are at an angle in the opposite direction, or a sinus shape with arms (4, 5) that point in the opposite direction and the compilation of the Z profiles for forming a wall is conducted in such a manner that between the outer arm that points upwards of a lower Z profile and the inner arm that points downwards of the Z profile that runs above it, a free space remains for the insertion of seeds and/or plants into the plant substrate that fills the hollow space.