mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer comprising: at least one input waveguide that has an input part at one end; a first slab waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the input waveguide; an arrayed waveguide group of which one end is connected to the other end of the first slab waveguide, the arrayed waveguide group having a plurality of waveguides; a second slab waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the arrayed waveguide group; and at least one output waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the second slab waveguide and the other end has output parts, characterized in that each of the waveguides of the arrayed waveguide group is configured as an S-shaped waveguide having a first curved part and a second curved part (13f, 13g; 13i, 13j), wherein one end of the first curved part is connected to the first slab waveguide, a waveguide extending direction of the first curved part changes 180 degrees or more, one end of the second curved part is connected to the other end of the first curved part, the other end of the second curved part is connected to the second slab waveguide, and a waveguide extending direction of the second curved part changes 180 degrees or more in a direction opposite to the direction of the change of the first curved part. at least one input waveguide that has an input part at one end; a first slab waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the input waveguide; an arrayed waveguide group of which one end is connected to the other end of the first slab waveguide, the arrayed waveguide group having a plurality of waveguides; a second slab waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the arrayed waveguide group; and at least one output waveguide of which one end is connected to the other end of the second slab waveguide and the other end has output parts,
A process for the production of a pylon segment of a concrete pylon of a wind power installation as precast concrete parts including the steps: - providing a segment mould having at least one shuttering for predetermining a shape of the pylon segment to be produced and for filling with concrete, - filling the segment mould with concrete so that upon subsequent hardening of the concrete the pylon segment is formed, - measuring the pylon segment hardened in that way for the production of a three-dimensional virtual actual model of said pylon segment, and characterized by the steps - producing said three-dimensional actual model, - comparing the three-dimensional actual model to a predetermined form, in particular to a stored three-dimensional virtual reference model and determining a deviation between the two virtual models, and - modifying the segment mould, in particular the at least one shuttering, if the deviation exceeds a first predetermined limit value. - providing a segment mould having at least one shuttering for predetermining a shape of the pylon segment to be produced and for filling with concrete, - filling the segment mould with concrete so that upon subsequent hardening of the concrete the pylon segment is formed, - measuring the pylon segment hardened in that way for the production of a three-dimensional virtual actual model of said pylon segment, and characterized by the steps - producing said three-dimensional actual model, - comparing the three-dimensional actual model to a predetermined form, in particular to a stored three-dimensional virtual reference model and determining a deviation between the two virtual models, and - modifying the segment mould, in particular the at least one shuttering, if the deviation exceeds a first predetermined limit value.
A method of making a composite product having an external surface defining a product interior, the method comprising the steps of: forming a scaffold structure comprising a set of tubes defining respective tube lumens running within the product interior; investing the tube lumens with fibres and optional matrix material, wherein the step of investing the tube lumens with fibres comprises flowing a carrier fluid through and out of the tube lumens, the carrier fluid carrying said fibres; and hardening any matrix material. forming a scaffold structure comprising a set of tubes defining respective tube lumens running within the product interior; investing the tube lumens with fibres and optional matrix material, wherein the step of investing the tube lumens with fibres comprises flowing a carrier fluid through and out of the tube lumens, the carrier fluid carrying said fibres; and hardening any matrix material.
A solid electrolyte composition comprising: an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table; a binder; and a dispersion medium containing at least one dispersion medium below and at least one dispersion medium below at a mass ratio (dispersion medium /dispersion medium) of 20/80 to 99/1, dispersion medium: a saturated aliphatic compound or alicyclic compound having a boiling point of 80°C or higher and lower than 200°C, and dispersion medium: an aromatic compound having a boiling point of 100°C or higher and lower than 220°C. an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table; a binder; and a dispersion medium containing at least one dispersion medium below and at least one dispersion medium below at a mass ratio (dispersion medium /dispersion medium) of 20/80 to 99/1, dispersion medium: a saturated aliphatic compound or alicyclic compound having a boiling point of 80°C or higher and lower than 200°C, and dispersion medium: an aromatic compound having a boiling point of 100°C or higher and lower than 220°C.
A method of operating a lower limb device comprising a powered knee joint and a powered ankle joint, the method comprising: configuring the lower limb device to a state of a finite state model for a current activity mode selected from one of a plurality of modes, the plurality of activity modes comprising a stair ascent mode; based on real-time sensor information for the lower limb device, transitioning the lower limb device from a current state to a subsequent state in the finite state model of the current activity mode when a pre-defined criterion for transitioning to the subsequent state is met; switching the current activity mode to or from the stair ascent mode when at least one of orientation or location information associated with the lower limb device or a user of the lower limb device, joint angle or velocity measurements for the lower limb device, or load or moment measurements for the lower limb device correspond to a pre-defined cue to enter or exit the stair ascent mode; and repeating the configuring, the transitioning, and the switching, characterized in that the finite state model for the stair ascent mode comprises a series of states, the series of states comprising at least one lifting state and at least one swing state, wherein the at least one lifting state comprises a powered knee extension and a powered ankle push-off. configuring the lower limb device to a state of a finite state model for a current activity mode selected from one of a plurality of modes, the plurality of activity modes comprising a stair ascent mode; based on real-time sensor information for the lower limb device, transitioning the lower limb device from a current state to a subsequent state in the finite state model of the current activity mode when a pre-defined criterion for transitioning to the subsequent state is met; switching the current activity mode to or from the stair ascent mode when at least one of orientation or location information associated with the lower limb device or a user of the lower limb device, joint angle or velocity measurements for the lower limb device, or load or moment measurements for the lower limb device correspond to a pre-defined cue to enter or exit the stair ascent mode; and repeating the configuring, the transitioning, and the switching,
An accessory (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) for a suction head for a vacuum cleaner, said accessory comprising engaging means configured for removably connecting said accessory to said suction head at its base plate, wherein said accessory comprises a main body having a lower face which, during use, is directed towards the surface to be vacuumed, and a top face comprising said engaging means wherein said main body comprises a transverse slot configured to be situated in correspondence to the mouth of a channel of the base plate of the suction head when said accessory is connected to said suction head; wherein said main body comprises spacer members (23, 24, 25) for spacing, during use, the lower face of said main body with respect to the surface to be vacuumed; and wherein said spacer members (23, 24, 25) comprise a longitudinal rib system (23, 24) comprising a plurality of front longitudinal ribs upstream of said transverse slot and a plurality of rear longitudinal ribs downstream of said transverse slot forming tunnels.
Use of resiniferatoxin for the preparation of an agent for the treatment of pain in the case of arthrosis arthritis, especially rheumatoid arthritis and infectious arthritis, chondrocalcinosis ligamentary injuries meniscus lesions cartilage damage synovitis arthrofibrosis Sudeck's atrophy necrosis of sections of a joint neuropathic joint pains treatment of bone pain after bone surgery by application on the bones, for example, after pelvic osteotomy Hallux valgus correction; treatment of bone pain by injection into the bone for example, in the case of a necrosis in the head of the femur in the vertebrae in the case of osteochondrosis treatment of joint stiffness pain, especially arthrofibrosis frozen shoulder; treatment of muscle pain by intramuscular injection, for example, in the case of a muscle fiber tear muscular soreness spastic diseases; injection into the painful meniscus in the case of a degeneration of or tear in the meniscus treatment of back pain by injection into the intervertebral disc in the case of a degeneration of or a tear in the intervertebral disc injection about a painful nerve, for example, in the case of: trigeminal neuralgia neurinoma morton's neuroma phantom pain neuroma treatment of intradental and/or peridental toothache in the case of: caries all forms of toothache before and/or during and/or after a tooth extraction before and/or during and/or after a dental implant use in the case of parodontitis use in the case of an exposed neck of a tooth injection into the pleural cavity in the case of pleuritic pain instillation into the intestines in the case of intestinal pain, especially ulcerating colitis, Crohn's disease, anal fissure, hemorrhoids; joint pain bone pain after an osteotomy; frozen shoulder pain tendonitis pain myalgia pain soft tissue tumor pain bone pain or bone joint pain characterized in that A) the agent additionally contains a calcium salt; B) the calcium ion concentration exceeds 2 mmoles; C) the agent is dissolved in a buffer solution with a pH of more than 7.6 and preferably of more than 8.5 and D) the agent does not contain a local anesthetic. trigeminal neuralgia neurinoma morton's neuroma phantom pain neuroma caries all forms of toothache before and/or during and/or after a tooth extraction before and/or during and/or after a dental implant use in the case of parodontitis use in the case of an exposed neck of a tooth A) the agent additionally contains a calcium salt; B) the calcium ion concentration exceeds 2 mmoles; C) the agent is dissolved in a buffer solution with a pH of more than 7.6 and preferably of more than 8.5 and D) the agent does not contain a local anesthetic.
A system for determining gravity toolface and inclination, comprising: a downhole tool comprising an internal bore through which a drilling fluid passes during a drilling operation in a bore hole, the downhole tool further comprising: a sensor assembly disposed at a single radially offset location within the downhole tool relative to a longitudinal axis of the downhole tool, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a three-axis accelerometer package and an angular rate sensing device, wherein the three-axis accelerometer package comprises three accelerometers, and wherein the angular rate sensing device is configured to sense an angular velocity of the downhole tool; a processor in communication with the sensor assembly, wherein the processor is coupled to at least one memory device containing a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an output from the sensor assembly; determine at least one of a centripetal acceleration and a tangential acceleration of the downhole tool based, at least in part, on the output; and determine at least one of a gravity toolface and inclination of the downhole tool using at least one of the centripetal acceleration and the tangential acceleration. a sensor assembly disposed at a single radially offset location within the downhole tool relative to a longitudinal axis of the downhole tool, wherein the sensor assembly comprises a three-axis accelerometer package and an angular rate sensing device, wherein the three-axis accelerometer package comprises three accelerometers, and wherein the angular rate sensing device is configured to sense an angular velocity of the downhole tool; a processor in communication with the sensor assembly, wherein the processor is coupled to at least one memory device containing a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an output from the sensor assembly; determine at least one of a centripetal acceleration and a tangential acceleration of the downhole tool based, at least in part, on the output; and determine at least one of a gravity toolface and inclination of the downhole tool using at least one of the centripetal acceleration and the tangential acceleration. determine at least one of a centripetal acceleration and a tangential acceleration of the downhole tool based, at least in part, on the output; and determine at least one of a gravity toolface and inclination of the downhole tool using at least one of the centripetal acceleration and the tangential acceleration.
A soundproof member, comprising: a first elastic porous body layer; a first film layer; a second elastic porous body layer; and a second film layer, the layers being arranged in the stated order from a sound source side, wherein the first elastic porous body layer and the second elastic porous body layer each have: a thickness of 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less; a bulk density of 25 kg/m 3 or more and 2,000 kg/m 3 or less; and a Young's modulus of 7,000 Pa or more and 28,000 Pa or less, and characterized in that a total, L1/Λ1 + L2/Λ2, of a ratio, L1/Λ1, of the thickness L1, in mm, of the first elastic porous body layer to a viscous characteristic length Λ1, in μm, thereof and a ratio, L2/Λ2, of the thickness L2, in mm, of the second elastic porous body layer to a viscous characteristic length Λ2, in μm, thereof is 0.11 or more, and wherein a ratio of the bulk density of the second elastic porous body layer to the bulk density of the first elastic porous body layer is 0.8 or more and 1.1 or less. a first elastic porous body layer; a first film layer; a second elastic porous body layer; and a second film layer, the layers being arranged in the stated order from a sound source side, wherein the first elastic porous body layer and the second elastic porous body layer each have: a thickness of 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less; a bulk density of 25 kg/m 3 or more and 2,000 kg/m 3 or less; and a Young's modulus of 7,000 Pa or more and 28,000 Pa or less, and a thickness of 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less; a bulk density of 25 kg/m 3 or more and 2,000 kg/m 3 or less; and a Young's modulus of 7,000 Pa or more and 28,000 Pa or less, and characterized in that a total, L1/Λ1 + L2/Λ2, of a ratio, L1/Λ1, of the thickness L1, in mm, of the first elastic porous body layer to a viscous characteristic length Λ1, in μm, thereof and a ratio, L2/Λ2, of the thickness L2, in mm, of the second elastic porous body layer to a viscous characteristic length Λ2, in μm, thereof is 0.11 or more, and wherein a ratio of the bulk density of the second elastic porous body layer to the bulk density of the first elastic porous body layer is 0.8 or more and 1.1 or less.
A composition comprising mesoporous silica rods comprising an immune cell recruitment compound, wherein said recruitment compound comprises granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21 (CCL-21), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 19 (CCL-19), or a FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt-3) ligand; and an immune cell activation compound comprising a TLR agonist, wherein the TLR agonist comprises monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA), a cytosine-guanosine oligonucleotide (CpG-ODN), poly(ethylenimine) -condensed CpG-ODN, polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), PEI-poly (I:C), polyadenylic-polyuridylic acid (poly(A:U)), PEI-poly (A:U), or lipopolysaccharide, wherein said rods comprise a length of 5 μm to 500 μm.
A gas turbine engine comprising: an arrangement of electrical machines comprising: • a variable reluctance rotor; and • an annular array of stators; each stator configured to function, in conjunction with the rotor, as an electrical machine; and the gas turbine engine also comprising a rotor stage, wherein the variable reluctance rotor is integral with or mounted to the radial periphery of the rotor stage; or the gas turbine engine comprising at least two axially spaced rotor stages, wherein the variable reluctance rotor is integral with or mounted to the radial periphery of two of the rotor stages. an arrangement of electrical machines comprising: • a variable reluctance rotor; and • an annular array of stators; each stator configured to function, in conjunction with the rotor, as an electrical machine; and • a variable reluctance rotor; and • an annular array of stators; each stator configured to function, in conjunction with the rotor, as an electrical machine; and the gas turbine engine also comprising a rotor stage, wherein the variable reluctance rotor is integral with or mounted to the radial periphery of the rotor stage; or the gas turbine engine comprising at least two axially spaced rotor stages, wherein the variable reluctance rotor is integral with or mounted to the radial periphery of two of the rotor stages.
Internal combustion engine comprising a water injection device, wherein the water injection device of the internal combustion engine comprises: - a water tank for storing water, - at least one water injector which injects water into an inlet channel of the internal combustion engine, - a conveying element for conveying the water, which conveying element is connected via a suction line and via a return line to the water tank, characterized in that the water injection device furthermore comprises: - a first heating element which is arranged at least partially on the suction line, - wherein the first heating element is configured to thaw frozen water situated in the water tank and/or in the suction line, and - wherein the conveying element is configured to convey the thawed water in the suction line via the return line back into the water tank, wherein the conveying element is configured to, in the case of an active water injection during the thawing process, be operated such that a minimum quantity of thawed water remains in the water tank, such that the thawing of the rest of the frozen water can be performed without interruption. - a water tank for storing water, - at least one water injector which injects water into an inlet channel of the internal combustion engine, - a conveying element for conveying the water, which conveying element is connected via a suction line and via a return line to the water tank, characterized in that the water injection device furthermore comprises: - a first heating element which is arranged at least partially on the suction line, - wherein the first heating element is configured to thaw frozen water situated in the water tank and/or in the suction line, and - wherein the conveying element is configured to convey the thawed water in the suction line via the return line back into the water tank, wherein the conveying element is configured to, in the case of an active water injection during the thawing process, be operated such that a minimum quantity of thawed water remains in the water tank, such that the thawing of the rest of the frozen water can be performed without interruption. - a first heating element which is arranged at least partially on the suction line, - wherein the first heating element is configured to thaw frozen water situated in the water tank and/or in the suction line, and - wherein the conveying element is configured to convey the thawed water in the suction line via the return line back into the water tank, wherein the conveying element is configured to, in the case of an active water injection during the thawing process, be operated such that a minimum quantity of thawed water remains in the water tank, such that the thawing of the rest of the frozen water can be performed without interruption.
Balance-spring (1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91) including a strip (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93) of polygonal section wound on itself into several coils (8, 10) and wherein at least one coil (8, 10) includes a device (5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95) for spacing apart the coils (8, 10) including at least four banking members (7, 7', 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97) mounted on the same face and protruding from the thickness of said at least one coil of the strip (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93), each of said at least four banking members (7, 7', 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97) being arranged to enter into contact with the opposite face of another coil of the strip (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93) preventing the other coil from touching said at least one coil in the event of a shock.