mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A repair device (1;51) for repairing a plate-shaped composite material, which plate-shaped composite material is formed by laminating fiber-reinforced resin sheets and has first and second plate surfaces (2a,2b) and an end surface that connects the first and second plate surfaces (2a,2b), the repair device (1;51) comprising: a main body portion configured to cover a portion to be repaired that is formed in the end surface of the composite material such that a closed space is formed between the end surface and the main body portion when the composite material is placed in the repair device; a securing portion configured to secure the main body portion to the first and second plate surfaces (2a,2b) of the composite material when the composite material is placed in the repair device; and a resin supply portion configured to inject a resin into the closed space with a pressure, characterized in that the main body portion is formed of a rigid member. a main body portion configured to cover a portion to be repaired that is formed in the end surface of the composite material such that a closed space is formed between the end surface and the main body portion when the composite material is placed in the repair device; a securing portion configured to secure the main body portion to the first and second plate surfaces (2a,2b) of the composite material when the composite material is placed in the repair device; and a resin supply portion configured to inject a resin into the closed space with a pressure, characterized in that the main body portion is formed of a rigid member.
A method of processing digital vascular images comprising the steps of: providing first digital vascular image data representing a first digital vascular image obtained by a first imaging mode, and second digital vascular image data representing a second digital vascular image obtained by a second imaging mode that is different from the first imaging mode; processing the first and second digital vascular image data with a two-dimensional, directional filter that has the effect of producing clusters of orthogonally adjacent image data points in which the magnitude of an intensity gradient between each orthogonally adjacent image data point is less than a first predetermined value; identifying clusters in each of the first and second digital vascular image data where the magnitude of the intensity gradient between one or more adjacent clusters is greater than a second predetermined value; identifying common clusters between the first and second digital vascular image data where the magnitude of the intensity gradient between one or more adjacent clusters is greater than a third predetermined value; and registering the common clusters between the first and second digital vascular image data. providing first digital vascular image data representing a first digital vascular image obtained by a first imaging mode, and second digital vascular image data representing a second digital vascular image obtained by a second imaging mode that is different from the first imaging mode; processing the first and second digital vascular image data with a two-dimensional, directional filter that has the effect of producing clusters of orthogonally adjacent image data points in which the magnitude of an intensity gradient between each orthogonally adjacent image data point is less than a first predetermined value; identifying clusters in each of the first and second digital vascular image data where the magnitude of the intensity gradient between one or more adjacent clusters is greater than a second predetermined value; identifying common clusters between the first and second digital vascular image data where the magnitude of the intensity gradient between one or more adjacent clusters is greater than a third predetermined value; and registering the common clusters between the first and second digital vascular image data.
A system comprising: a pressure transducer connectable to, or installable in, a pipeline for transporting hydrocarbon fluids; a processing device communicatively couplable to the pressure transducer; and a non-transitory memory device comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device to cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: instructing a valve to actuate to generate a pressure wave in the pipeline; recording a reflex pressure pulse measured by the pressure transducer as a function of time in response to the pressure wave to produce a pressure response; comparing the pressure response to a clean simulation profile of the pipeline to extrapolate a deposit profile for the pipeline; and characterized by determining a launch time for a pipeline inspection gauge by comparing the deposit profile for the pipeline to at least one launch criterion for the pipeline inspection gauge. a pressure transducer connectable to, or installable in, a pipeline for transporting hydrocarbon fluids; a processing device communicatively couplable to the pressure transducer; and a non-transitory memory device comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device to cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: instructing a valve to actuate to generate a pressure wave in the pipeline; recording a reflex pressure pulse measured by the pressure transducer as a function of time in response to the pressure wave to produce a pressure response; comparing the pressure response to a clean simulation profile of the pipeline to extrapolate a deposit profile for the pipeline; and characterized by determining a launch time for a pipeline inspection gauge by comparing the deposit profile for the pipeline to at least one launch criterion for the pipeline inspection gauge. instructing a valve to actuate to generate a pressure wave in the pipeline; recording a reflex pressure pulse measured by the pressure transducer as a function of time in response to the pressure wave to produce a pressure response; comparing the pressure response to a clean simulation profile of the pipeline to extrapolate a deposit profile for the pipeline; and characterized by determining a launch time for a pipeline inspection gauge by comparing the deposit profile for the pipeline to at least one launch criterion for the pipeline inspection gauge.
A drainage system for draining cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricles of a brain of a patient to some other suitable cavity of the patient, comprising: a ventricular catheter, a positive displacement pump operatively coupled to the ventricular catheter; a drainage catheter coupled to the positive displacement pump and establishing a drainage path, which is continually open, from the positive displacement pump to the cavity of the patient; a bypass coupled between the drainage catheter and the ventricular catheter; a bypass valve positioned within the bypass and configured to prevent fluid flow through the bypass from the ventricular catheter to the drainage catheter; a first monitoring device configured to monitor a first control factor; and a controller operatively coupled to the monitoring device and the positive displacement pump controlling the pump to regulate a flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the pump based at least in part on the at least one control factor, wherein said at least one control factor comprises the degree of drainage of the ventricles of the patient and wherein the degree of drainage of the ventricles is monitored with a siphon control device. a ventricular catheter, a positive displacement pump operatively coupled to the ventricular catheter; a drainage catheter coupled to the positive displacement pump and establishing a drainage path, which is continually open, from the positive displacement pump to the cavity of the patient; a bypass coupled between the drainage catheter and the ventricular catheter; a bypass valve positioned within the bypass and configured to prevent fluid flow through the bypass from the ventricular catheter to the drainage catheter; a first monitoring device configured to monitor a first control factor; and a controller operatively coupled to the monitoring device and the positive displacement pump controlling the pump to regulate a flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the pump based at least in part on the at least one control factor, wherein said at least one control factor comprises the degree of drainage of the ventricles of the patient and wherein the degree of drainage of the ventricles is monitored with a siphon control device.
A clock circuit comprising: a clock to generate a first clock signal having a first frequency; a clock divider to divide the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal output at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency; a multiplexor to receive the first and second clock signals as inputs; a controller coupled to the multiplexor to control the multiplexor to output the first clock signal during a first mode and to output the second clock signal during a second mode, wherein switching between the first clock signal and second clock signal by the multiplexor is performed based on a select edge of the second clock signal; characterized by: a system time counter coupled to the multiplexor to maintain a system time count, wherein the system time counter is configured to increment the system time count based on the first clock signal during the first mode and to increment the system time count based on the second clock signal during the second mode. a clock to generate a first clock signal having a first frequency; a clock divider to divide the first clock signal to generate a second clock signal output at a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency; a multiplexor to receive the first and second clock signals as inputs; a controller coupled to the multiplexor to control the multiplexor to output the first clock signal during a first mode and to output the second clock signal during a second mode, wherein switching between the first clock signal and second clock signal by the multiplexor is performed based on a select edge of the second clock signal; characterized by: a system time counter coupled to the multiplexor to maintain a system time count, wherein the system time counter is configured to increment the system time count based on the first clock signal during the first mode and to increment the system time count based on the second clock signal during the second mode.
Reversibly detachable fluid-line coupling, at least having a coupling sleeve (2, 3), a locking element and a coupling plug, wherein the coupling has at least two ring-like coupling parts (2, 3), namely a coupling head and a coupling body, wherein coupling head and coupling body are formed from plastic and are connected in a fluid-tight and non-detachable manner to form a tubular coupling sleeve (2, 3) which is suitable for plugging-in of the coupling plug and which has a first opening, assigned to the coupling head, for plugging-in of the coupling plug and has a second opening, assigned to the coupling body, for connection of further lines, wherein the coupling head has circumferentially oriented slots and ring segment-like, radially outwardly pointing support webs, and the locking component is in the form of a flat, open spring-steel ring which has latching claws projecting radially into the interior of the spring-steel ring and distributed over the circumference of the spring-steel ring and which has axially oriented support tongues, wherein, in the region of the coupling head, the locking component resiliently surrounds the coupling head in such a way that the latching claws project into the interior of the coupling sleeve (2, 3) through the slots in the coupling head and the support tongues of the spring-steel ring correspond to the support webs of the coupling head in such a way that in each case one support tongue is assigned to one support web.
Fluid-filled coupling arrangement with a clutch device which has a housing, having a piston which is at least substantially sealed off and arranged in axially displaceable fashion in the housing, and having a clutch which is provided in a cooling chamber and which has a friction region, wherein, by way of the clutch device, in a manner dependent on the position of the piston relative to the clutch, an operative connection between a drive input and a drive output can be at least partially established or eliminated, wherein, by way of the piston, a drive-input-side pressure chamber provided between a drive-input side of the piston and an adjacent housing wall is at least substantially separated from a drive-output-side pressure chamber provided on a drive-output side of the piston, and at least one of said pressure chambers and the cooling chamber is assigned at least one supply line (75, 76, 78) which is connected to at least one supply source, wherein the drive-output-side pressure chamber is delimited at least substantially at one side by the drive-output side of the piston and at the other side by a partition which is assigned to the piston, which partition itself acts between the drive-output-side pressure chamber and the cooling chamber, characterized in that the piston is, by means of a radially inner piston seal, sealed off with respect to a torsional vibration damper hub which is connectable rotationally conjointly to a transmission input shaft by means of toothing engagement.
A disinfection method for a contact lens including immersing the contact lens in a disinfecting solution containing hydrogen peroxide in a concentration of 1 to 10% and neutralizing the hydrogen peroxide in the disinfecting solution through contact with a metal catalyst, the disinfection method further comprising the steps of: adding one of an organic carboxylic acid and a salt thereof into the disinfecting solution to increase the neutralization rate of the hydrogen peroxide, the organic carboxylic acid having a structure in which a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group are bonded to one carbon atom; adjusting a pH of the disinfecting solution to 6 to 8; and adjusting an osmotic pressure of the disinfecting solution after the neutralization to 250 to 350 mOsm wherein the organic carboxylic acid is glycolic acid, tartaric acid or citric acid. adding one of an organic carboxylic acid and a salt thereof into the disinfecting solution to increase the neutralization rate of the hydrogen peroxide, the organic carboxylic acid having a structure in which a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group are bonded to one carbon atom; adjusting a pH of the disinfecting solution to 6 to 8; and adjusting an osmotic pressure of the disinfecting solution after the neutralization to 250 to 350 mOsm wherein the organic carboxylic acid is glycolic acid, tartaric acid or citric acid.
An adjustable illuminator for photodynamically diagnosing or treating a surface, comprising: a plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e), the plurality of first panels each having a width; at least one second panel (10b, 10d), the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) having a width, wherein the width of the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) is less than each of the widths of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e); and a plurality of light sources, each mounted to one of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e) or the at least one second panel (10b, 10d); wherein the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e) and the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) are rotatably connected, and wherein the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) is connected on each of two lateral sides to one of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e), wherein the plurality of light sources are adapted to be configurable to vary the intensity of light being emitted from certain areas of the light sources such that the intensity of light is substantially uniformly irradiated over the treated surface, characterized in that the adjustable illuminator further comprises at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect a size and/or shape of the surface. a plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e), the plurality of first panels each having a width; at least one second panel (10b, 10d), the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) having a width, wherein the width of the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) is less than each of the widths of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e); and a plurality of light sources, each mounted to one of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e) or the at least one second panel (10b, 10d); wherein the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e) and the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) are rotatably connected, and wherein the at least one second panel (10b, 10d) is connected on each of two lateral sides to one of the plurality of first panels (10a, 10c, 10e), wherein the plurality of light sources are adapted to be configurable to vary the intensity of light being emitted from certain areas of the light sources such that the intensity of light is substantially uniformly irradiated over the treated surface, characterized in that the adjustable illuminator further comprises at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect a size and/or shape of the surface.
A process for producing a compacted material comprising the following steps: a) providing at least one powder material, b) providing a polymer binder, c) simultaneously or subsequently feeding the at least one powder material of step a) and the polymer binder of step b) into a high speed mixer unit, d) mixing the at least one powder material of step a) and the polymer binder of step b) in the high speed mixer unit until formation of a compacted material, and e) reducing the temperature of the compacted material obtained from step d) below the melting point or glass transition temperature of the polymer binder, wherein the at least one powder material comprises a surface-treated filler material product comprising a calcium carbonate-comprising filler material and a treatment layer on at least a part of the surface of the calcium carbonate-comprising filler material, wherein the treatment layer comprises i) at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride and/or at least one mono-substituted succinic acid and/or salty reaction products thereof, and/or ii) a phosphoric acid ester or blend of one or more phosphoric acid mono-ester and salty reaction products thereof and/or one or more phosphoric acid di-ester and salty reaction products thereof. a) providing at least one powder material, b) providing a polymer binder, c) simultaneously or subsequently feeding the at least one powder material of step a) and the polymer binder of step b) into a high speed mixer unit, d) mixing the at least one powder material of step a) and the polymer binder of step b) in the high speed mixer unit until formation of a compacted material, and e) reducing the temperature of the compacted material obtained from step d) below the melting point or glass transition temperature of the polymer binder, i) at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride and/or at least one mono-substituted succinic acid and/or salty reaction products thereof, and/or ii) a phosphoric acid ester or blend of one or more phosphoric acid mono-ester and salty reaction products thereof and/or one or more phosphoric acid di-ester and salty reaction products thereof.
A photovoltaic device comprising: a glass substrate, a front electrode, and a semiconductor photoelectric film, where the front electrode is provided between at least the glass substrate and the photoelectric film; the glass substrate having first and second major surfaces, with at least part of the first major surface of the glass substrate being patterned and located at a light incident side of the glass substrate so that light incident on the photovoltaic device hits the first major surface of the glass substrate before hitting the second major surface of the glass substrate; wherein at least a central portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate is patterned so as to define a plurality of peaks and valleys in a patterned portion, wherein the patterned portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate has a surface roughness between peaks and valleys of from about 0.1 to 5 μm; a frame encapsulating at least part of an edge of the photovoltaic device so as to protect at least part of the edge of the photovoltaic device from damage; and wherein an edge portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate, immediately adjacent an absolute edge of the glass substrate, is substantially flat and is located immediately adjacent the peaks and/or valleys of the patterned portion on the same first major surface, and wherein part of the frame is located over at least part of the substantially flat edge portion such that the frame does not cover any significant part of the patterned portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate. a glass substrate, a front electrode, and a semiconductor photoelectric film, where the front electrode is provided between at least the glass substrate and the photoelectric film; the glass substrate having first and second major surfaces, with at least part of the first major surface of the glass substrate being patterned and located at a light incident side of the glass substrate so that light incident on the photovoltaic device hits the first major surface of the glass substrate before hitting the second major surface of the glass substrate; wherein at least a central portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate is patterned so as to define a plurality of peaks and valleys in a patterned portion, wherein the patterned portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate has a surface roughness between peaks and valleys of from about 0.1 to 5 μm; a frame encapsulating at least part of an edge of the photovoltaic device so as to protect at least part of the edge of the photovoltaic device from damage; and wherein an edge portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate, immediately adjacent an absolute edge of the glass substrate, is substantially flat and is located immediately adjacent the peaks and/or valleys of the patterned portion on the same first major surface, and wherein part of the frame is located over at least part of the substantially flat edge portion such that the frame does not cover any significant part of the patterned portion of the first major surface of the glass substrate.
Hand-held power tool, comprising a switchable gear component (32, 36) that can be transferred from a first operating position to a second operating position by displacement in a first direction, a selector switch having a first switching position associated with the first operating position of the gear component (32, 36) and a second switching position associated with the second operating position of the gear component (32, 36), wherein the selector switch can be moved from the first switching position to the second switching position via intermediate positions and a locking bolt coupled in a positively driven manner to the selector switch, characterised in that the hand-held power tool has a resilient drive coupling arranged between the selector switch and the gear component (32, 36) in such a manner that, when the selector switch moves from the first switching position to the second switching position, a spring of the drive coupling applies a force to the gear component (32, 36) in the first direction, in that, in the intermediate positions of the selector switch, the locking bolt is displaced into a blocking bolt position in which the locking bolt blocks the displacement of the gear component (32, 36) from the first operating position to the second operating position and in that, in the second switching position of the selector switch, the locking bolt is displaced into a releasing bolt position in which the locking bolt does not block the displacement of the gear component (32, 36).