mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An inner circumferential length measuring device for a circular member, comprising: a support including at least three protrusion-like support portions on which the circular member can be placed flat in an unrestrained state wherein the support portions extend in a rod-like manner in the radial direction of the circular member; a two-dimensional sensor disposed allowing for movement relative to the support; a rotation driving mechanism configured to rotate the two-dimensional sensor about a predetermined position inward of the circular member; and a calculation unit configured to receive measurement data from the two-dimensional sensor, wherein the two-dimensional sensor is adapted for being disposed at a predetermined measurement position facing an inner circumferential surface of the circular member, and for measuring a separation distance from the two-dimensional sensor to the inner circumferential surface in a non-contact state with the circular member in a range of an entire circumference of the circular member; and the calculation unit being adapted for calculating an inner circumferential length of the circular member based on the separation distance measured and a distance from the predetermined position to the two-dimensional sensor in a plan view. a support including at least three protrusion-like support portions on which the circular member can be placed flat in an unrestrained state wherein the support portions extend in a rod-like manner in the radial direction of the circular member; a two-dimensional sensor disposed allowing for movement relative to the support; a rotation driving mechanism configured to rotate the two-dimensional sensor about a predetermined position inward of the circular member; and a calculation unit configured to receive measurement data from the two-dimensional sensor, wherein the two-dimensional sensor is adapted for being disposed at a predetermined measurement position facing an inner circumferential surface of the circular member, and for measuring a separation distance from the two-dimensional sensor to the inner circumferential surface in a non-contact state with the circular member in a range of an entire circumference of the circular member; and the calculation unit being adapted for calculating an inner circumferential length of the circular member based on the separation distance measured and a distance from the predetermined position to the two-dimensional sensor in a plan view.
Line connector for a plastic pipeline, in particular for a PA pipe in accordance with DIN 74324-1, having a tubular connection barb which, at one end, is connected to a connector housing and, opposite, can be plugged into the pipeline by way of a free barb end, wherein the connection barb, on its outer circumference, has a barb profile with a front, end-side introduction cone and three retaining teeth (6/6.1, 6.2, 6.3), which are distributed over its length and have radially projecting, sharp retaining edges running in the circumferential direction, wherein each retaining edge has arranged in front of it a widening cone (12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3) which widens conically in the plug-on direction, wherein the connection barb, in addition to the retaining teeth, has a cylindrical sealing portion with a circumferential sealing surface and with an external diameter which is adapted to the pipeline such that the pipeline expands elastically to come into sealing abutment, with radial prestressing, against the sealing surface, characterized in that the retaining teeth have their retaining edges spaced apart from one another in each case via an axial distance (XA, XB) which is dimensioned in adaptation to the associated pipeline and the internal diameter thereof, such that the distance (XA, XB) corresponds to at least 2/3 of the internal pipe diameter, and/or it corresponds to at least half the external diameter of one of the retaining teeth or the sealing surface, wherein the connection barb is designed, in respect of the maximum external diameter, in adaptation to the associated pipeline such that, on the one hand in the free, front end region pipe widening always takes place only in the elastic range below the yield strength and, on the other hand in the rear end region pipe widening takes place with plastic deformation preferably to above the yield strength, wherein an increase in the external diameter (D a) via a cone portion begins following the second retaining tooth (6.2), as seen in the plug-on direction of pipe, from a distance location from the free barb end, said cone portion merging, at a location, into the next widening cone (12.3) and at a point, following the third retaining tooth (6.3), said cone portion continuing, from point to a point, with a further cone portion, wherein the connection barb, in respect of its annular cross section and of its resulting moment of resistance (Wp), is designed over its length such that in the rear, housing-side sub-region of its length, proceeding rearward in the direction of the connector housing from the distance location from the free front barb end, there is an increase in the quotient (Wp/s) of the respective moment of resistance (Wp) and the associated distance (s) measured axially from the free barb end, and the cylindrical sealing portion is arranged between the first retaining tooth (6.1) and the associated widening cone (12.1) arranged in front.
A method of operating a memory, comprising: generating an analog ramp signal from a digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes digital signal values; applying the analog ramp signal to a control gate of a multi-level flash memory cell through a row select line during a programming operation of said cell; providing the digital signal values to a conversion table to produce converted digital values using the digital signal values; and providing a converted digital value to a page buffer coupled to the multi-level flash memory cell through a column select line to produce a threshold voltage for the multi-level flash memory cell, wherein a difference between the converted digital value and the digital signal value results in a difference in threshold voltage in the multi-level flash memory cell from a threshold voltage produced from the digital signal value. generating an analog ramp signal from a digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes digital signal values; applying the analog ramp signal to a control gate of a multi-level flash memory cell through a row select line during a programming operation of said cell; providing the digital signal values to a conversion table to produce converted digital values using the digital signal values; and providing a converted digital value to a page buffer coupled to the multi-level flash memory cell through a column select line to produce a threshold voltage for the multi-level flash memory cell, wherein a difference between the converted digital value and the digital signal value results in a difference in threshold voltage in the multi-level flash memory cell from a threshold voltage produced from the digital signal value.
A method of producing an isoprenoid compound comprising: 1) culturing an isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism in the presence of a growth promoting agent at a sufficient concentration to grow the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; 2) decreasing the sufficient concentration of the growth promoting agent to induce formation of the isoprenoid compound by the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; and 3) culturing the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism to form the isoprenoid compound, wherein the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism has an ability to form the isoprenoid compound depending on a promoter which is inversely dependent on the growth promoting agent, and wherein the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism contains a gene encoding an isoprenoid compound-synthetic enzyme, wherein the gene is under the control of the promoter. 1) culturing an isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism in the presence of a growth promoting agent at a sufficient concentration to grow the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; 2) decreasing the sufficient concentration of the growth promoting agent to induce formation of the isoprenoid compound by the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism; and 3) culturing the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism to form the isoprenoid compound, wherein the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism has an ability to form the isoprenoid compound depending on a promoter which is inversely dependent on the growth promoting agent, and wherein the isoprenoid compound-forming microorganism contains a gene encoding an isoprenoid compound-synthetic enzyme, wherein the gene is under the control of the promoter.
Method for performing open-loop or closed-loop control of the behaviour of an internal combustion engine, wherein the combustion sequence within the internal combustion engine is monitored and evaluated, and wherein actuation signals for influencing the behaviour of the internal combustion engine are generated on the basis of the combustion sequence, and wherein the actuation signals for influencing the behaviour of the internal combustion engine are generated in different decision levels which differ in terms of the duration of their monitoring times in which the combustion of the internal combustion engine is monitored before at least one new actuation signal is generated, and/or the duration of their reaction times with which the reaction is made, in the form of at least one corresponding actuation signal, to a changed combustion state of the internal combustion engine, characterized in that in the individual decision levels the actuation signals are generated by accessing information, in particular in the form of characteristic fields, predefined before the operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein the portion of the said information in the generation of the actuation signals increases as the monitoring time or reaction time of the decision levels decreases, with the result that the portion of this information in the generation of the actuation signals for a decision level with a relatively short monitoring time or reaction time is greater than for a decision level with a relatively long monitoring time or reaction time, wherein in one decision level which has the longest monitoring time or reaction time, a diagnosis of the internal combustion engine is carried out in order to record deviations caused by aging and wear by observing the behaviour of the internal combustion engine over a relatively long time period, and to correspondingly adjust the internal combustion engine taking into account the changed process conditions.
Ink composition, suitable for being ejected from an inkjet marking device at an operating temperature of between 15°C and 50°C, the ink composition comprising: - 1-40 weight% of a water-dispersible resin; - 0.5 - 15 weight% of a water-dispersible colorant; - 20-80 weight% water; - 0-75 weight% of a cosolvent; - 0.01 - 3 weight% of a mixture of surfactants comprising at least one surfactant of a first type being an ethoxylated acetylene glycol and at least one surfactant of a second type selected from the group consisting of silicone surfactants and fluorochemical surfactants; wherein all amounts are relative to the total ink composition, and wherein the ink composition has a dynamic surface tension of below 35 mN/m measured at 10Hz and a static surface tension measured at 0.1 Hz of above 21 mN/m both determined at the operating temperature with the bubble pressure method, wherein the amount of the mixture of surfactants is sufficient to obtain said dynamic and static surface tensions. - 1-40 weight% of a water-dispersible resin; - 0.5 - 15 weight% of a water-dispersible colorant; - 20-80 weight% water; - 0-75 weight% of a cosolvent; - 0.01 - 3 weight% of a mixture of surfactants comprising at least one surfactant of a first type being an ethoxylated acetylene glycol and at least one surfactant of a second type selected from the group consisting of silicone surfactants and fluorochemical surfactants;
A method for performing impedance measurements on a subject, the method using a processing system for carrying out the following steps: a) causing at least one electrical signal to be applied to the subject via first leads (123, 124) operatively connected to first electrodes (113, 114) provided on the subject; b) determining a first indication indicative of at least one first electrical signal measured via second leads (125, 126) operatively disconnected from second electrodes (115, 116) positioned on the subject while the at least one electrical signal is applied to the subject via the first leads (123, 124); c) determining a second indication indicative of at least one second electrical signal measured via the second leads (125, 126) operatively connected to second electrodes (115, 116) positioned on the subject while the at least one electrical signal is applied to the subject via the first leads (123, 124); and, d) determining at least one instantaneous impedance value from the first indication, the second indication and the at least one applied signal, to thereby account for inductive coupling between the first and second leads. a) causing at least one electrical signal to be applied to the subject via first leads (123, 124) operatively connected to first electrodes (113, 114) provided on the subject; b) determining a first indication indicative of at least one first electrical signal measured via second leads (125, 126) operatively disconnected from second electrodes (115, 116) positioned on the subject while the at least one electrical signal is applied to the subject via the first leads (123, 124); c) determining a second indication indicative of at least one second electrical signal measured via the second leads (125, 126) operatively connected to second electrodes (115, 116) positioned on the subject while the at least one electrical signal is applied to the subject via the first leads (123, 124); and, d) determining at least one instantaneous impedance value from the first indication, the second indication and the at least one applied signal, to thereby account for inductive coupling between the first and second leads.
A fibrous laminate, comprising a fibrous layer I composed of ultrafine fibers having a mean fiber diameter of 10 to 1,000 nanometers, and a fibrous layer II composed of thermo-fusible conjugate fibers having a mean fiber diameter of 5 to 100 micrometers, wherein contact points between the ultrafine fibers and the thermo-fusible conjugate fibers are bonded by melting of the thermo-fusible conjugate fibers composing the fibrous layer II, and the fibrous layer I and the fibrous layer II are laminated and united by the formed bonding points, the fibrous laminate being characterized in that the basis weight of the fibrous layer II is in the range of 15 to 60 g/m 2.
A composition comprising an isolated polypeptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ_ID NO: 1 or a biologically active fragment thereof, wherein the isolated polypeptide or the biologically active fragment thereof, exhibits polymerase activity and an improvement relative to a reference polymerase of SEQ ID NO:1 and/or SEQ ID NO:34, in one or more properties selected from thermostability and/or a sequencing property selected from read length, accuracy, strand bias, systematic error, and total sequencing throughput when the polypeptide is used in an emulsion PCR template amplification step of a sequencing workflow, and wherein the isolated polypeptide or the biologically active fragment thereof includes the amino acid substitution E397V.
A device for marking a laboratory sample cassette, comprising: a plurality of wires with ends arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to each other and in a group; heating means (12a,13) arranged to heat an end of said plurality of wires; oscillating means arranged to oscillate selected wires in a first direction to and from a marking location forming part of the device, the marking location arranged to receive a marking surface of the cassette; and translating means (16,17) arranged to move the end of said plurality of wires in a second direction transversely relative to the first direction. a plurality of wires with ends arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to each other and in a group; heating means (12a,13) arranged to heat an end of said plurality of wires; oscillating means arranged to oscillate selected wires in a first direction to and from a marking location forming part of the device, the marking location arranged to receive a marking surface of the cassette; and translating means (16,17) arranged to move the end of said plurality of wires in a second direction transversely relative to the first direction.
A drug-eluting coating of a medical device, wherein the coating is comprised of: a polymer having zeolites dispersed there through and wherein a porous structure of the zeolites includes reservoirs containing a release agent and a therapeutic material, wherein the release agent entraps the therapeutic material to prevent the therapeutic material from exiting the reservoirs until a triggering condition is met, and wherein the triggering condition is contact of the release agent with a bodily fluid, or wherein the triggering condition is a change in pH proximate the release agent. a polymer having zeolites dispersed there through and wherein a porous structure of the zeolites includes reservoirs containing a release agent and a therapeutic material, wherein the release agent entraps the therapeutic material to prevent the therapeutic material from exiting the reservoirs until a triggering condition is met, and wherein the triggering condition is contact of the release agent with a bodily fluid, or wherein the triggering condition is a change in pH proximate the release agent.
A non-intrusive device for allowing spectrum analysis of a confined process stream through a light-transmitting conduit section of a process line, comprising a clip adapted to be externally mounted to the process line, said clip being at least partly made of a light-transmitting material, said clip including a hollow body having a conduit engaging section, the conduit engaging section including an open-ended elongated peripheral slot defined in one face of the hollow body, the slot having sidewalls made of light transmitting material, the clip being provided with a first connector for receiving an input fiber optic cable for directing a beam of light from a source of light transversally through the conduit section, and a second connector for connecting an output fiber optic cable, the hollow body housing at least one optical element, characterized in that the optical element focuses the light emanating from the input fiber optic cable and transmitted across the conduct section into the output fiber optic cable transversally through the process stream and the wall of the conduit section.
Device for printing closures of closed containers, comprising a transport section for transporting the containers, wherein a detection unit and a printing unit for printing the closure of a container are arranged one behind the other in transport direction, wherein the detection unit can individually determine the position of the closure transversely with respect to the transport direction for each container and can transmit a signal indicative of the position to a control unit which is assigned to the detection unit and the printing unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the printing unit to apply printing ink to the closure in order to print the closure, depending on the position, wherein the detection unit comprises an optical unit for taking an image, an illumination device (421, 422) for illuminating at least a part of a container transported in the transport section and an optical body assigned to the optical unit for diverting rays (451, 452) of the illumination device reflected from the container into the optical unit, characterized in that the control unit is configured to rotate a print image stored in a memory for the closure on the basis of software, depending on the reflected light, to produce a print image to be applied depending on the position of a label on the container and to control the printing unit on the basis of the print image to be applied for the ejection of the printing ink.
Vacuum cleaner filter bag comprising a bag wall which comprises a first side wall and a second side wall, a retaining plate being arranged on the first side wall, characterised in that the bag wall has a fold in which the first side wall and the second side wall are both folded towards the upper face of the first side wall, and the bag wall has at least one additional fold in which the first side wall and the second side wall are both folded away from the upper face of the first side wall.
A control structure of a vehicle, comprising: a controller; a recessed hollow section formed in an outer wall of the vehicle; and a reflective optical sensor configured to emit detection light from a light emitting opening provided in one wall surface of the recessed hollow section toward another wall surface of the recessed hollow section, and to detect the entry of a detection target into the recessed hollow section when a received beam level of an amount of reflected beams of the detection light exceeds a certain determination threshold, wherein the controller is configured to operate a certain control target of the vehicle when the reflective optical sensor detects an entry of the detection target into the recessed hollow section, wherein the recessed hollow section is a license-plate attachment recess on a back door of the vehicle, and wherein the control structure is configured in such a manner that an optical axis of the reflective optical sensor is directed to an inner side of the vehicle. a controller; a recessed hollow section formed in an outer wall of the vehicle; and a reflective optical sensor configured to emit detection light from a light emitting opening provided in one wall surface of the recessed hollow section toward another wall surface of the recessed hollow section, and to detect the entry of a detection target into the recessed hollow section when a received beam level of an amount of reflected beams of the detection light exceeds a certain determination threshold, wherein the controller is configured to operate a certain control target of the vehicle when the reflective optical sensor detects an entry of the detection target into the recessed hollow section, wherein the recessed hollow section is a license-plate attachment recess on a back door of the vehicle, and wherein the control structure is configured in such a manner that an optical axis of the reflective optical sensor is directed to an inner side of the vehicle.
Arrangement comprising an adapter device for the horizontal preassembly of a wind turbine rotor and a tower system of a tower crane, wherein the adapter device has a connection piece on the underside of the adapter device for fastening the adapter device to the tower system and a rotor flange on the top side of the adapter device for fastening the rotor hub of the wind turbine rotor to be assembled, wherein a work platform that surrounds the rotor flange is provided between the connection piece and rotor flange, wherein the adapter device is fastened to the tower system by way of its connection piece.