mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for decomposition of electrochemical energy storage devices in connection with a subsequent recovery of value substances contained therein as secondary raw materials, with which method the energy storage devices are decomposed by a thermal treatment in a negative pressure environment in a process chamber for removing the electrolytes and reactive substances, before the thermally treated material is subjected to processing in a downstream process, in which secondary raw materials present in the thermally treated material are separated from one another, characterised in that, after the introduction of a batch of thermally decomposing energy storage devices into the process chamber in a first process step (P 1), the process chamber is evacuated to a first temperature level, with the simultaneous heating of the energy storage devices, to the extent that the electrolytes contained in the energy storage devices evaporate, and, as a consequence of the vapour pressure incurred, the energy storage devices are opened, wherein process gases which are incurred, containing electrolytes in the vapour phase, are drawn out of the process chamber, and that, following the first process stage (P 1), for the further decomposition and with a simultaneous pressure rise in the process chamber, the energy storage devices are heated in a reducing atmosphere to a second temperature level, before the process chamber is vented and cooled, and the decomposed energy storage devices are removed, wherein the pressure rise in the process chamber is monitored during the second process step (P 2) in order for it to rise continuously.
An apparatus (600,608) operable to communicate with a device on a channel of a restricted frequency band, the apparatus (600,608) comprising: at least one processor and memory, including code, the code executable to cause the at least one processor to control the apparatus to: determine a channel set based on information associated with an operation of the device on the channel of the restricted frequency band, the channel set comprising a subset of a plurality of channels of a network in an unrestricted frequency band, wherein the channel set comprises a priority for each channel in the channel set and the at least one processor is configured to control the device to scan the channels of the channel set in an order based on the priority of each channel, and wherein the channel set is prioritized for scanning based on a received power level of signals received from the device by at least one access point over the channel of the restricted frequency band; and, initiate sending of the channel set to the device over the channel of the restricted frequency band. determine a channel set based on information associated with an operation of the device on the channel of the restricted frequency band, the channel set comprising a subset of a plurality of channels of a network in an unrestricted frequency band, wherein the channel set comprises a priority for each channel in the channel set and the at least one processor is configured to control the device to scan the channels of the channel set in an order based on the priority of each channel, and wherein the channel set is prioritized for scanning based on a received power level of signals received from the device by at least one access point over the channel of the restricted frequency band; and, initiate sending of the channel set to the device over the channel of the restricted frequency band.
An integrated circuit device comprising tuning signal circuitry for generating a frequency tuning signal for calibrating a voltage controlled oscillator; wherein the tuning signal circuitry is arranged to: receive a target voltage signal that is representative of a target voltage (V vvc) across at least one passive element within a resonant tank circuit of a VCO to be calibrated; generate a VCO simulation signal that is representative of an average voltage difference across at least one active component of the VCO to be calibrated; and generate the frequency tuning signal based at least partly on the received target voltage signal and the generated VCO simulation signal. receive a target voltage signal that is representative of a target voltage (V vvc) across at least one passive element within a resonant tank circuit of a VCO to be calibrated; generate a VCO simulation signal that is representative of an average voltage difference across at least one active component of the VCO to be calibrated; and generate the frequency tuning signal based at least partly on the received target voltage signal and the generated VCO simulation signal.
A method of producing wellbore fluid comprising: a) pumping wellbore fluid with an electrical submersible pump assembly; b) measuring fluid temperature and pressure before it enters the ESP assembly; and c) adding a subcooled margin to the measured fluid temperature to obtain a subcooled margin fluid temperature and identifying the fluid vapor pressure at the subcooled margin fluid temperature to define a subcooled fluid pressure; the method being characterized by d) referencing, by a controller and a data link, a fluid information source for the fluid vapor pressure; and e) with the controller, slowing a speed of the pump if the measured fluid pressure entering the ESP assembly is less than the subcooled fluid pressure. a) pumping wellbore fluid with an electrical submersible pump assembly; b) measuring fluid temperature and pressure before it enters the ESP assembly; and c) adding a subcooled margin to the measured fluid temperature to obtain a subcooled margin fluid temperature and identifying the fluid vapor pressure at the subcooled margin fluid temperature to define a subcooled fluid pressure; the method being characterized by d) referencing, by a controller and a data link, a fluid information source for the fluid vapor pressure; and e) with the controller, slowing a speed of the pump if the measured fluid pressure entering the ESP assembly is less than the subcooled fluid pressure.
A foil-like security element for bonding with a substrate, such as a security paper, a value document or another object of value, wherein the security element has at least one bonding area which is coated with at least one adhesive layer and the adhesive of the at least one adhesive layer includes an inorganic chemically unstable feature substance which is, e.g., unstable with respect to humidity, acids, bases, solvents, oxygen or detergents, and the adhesive is suitable, after three-dimensional cross-linking of the adhesive, for stabilizing the unstable feature substance against harmful environmental influences, in particular with respect to humidity and/or oxygen and/or solvents and/or acids and/or bases and/or oxidants and/or reducing agents, the inorganic chemically unstable feature substance being a luminescent substance, SERS-active substance or an NIR absorber.
A process for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode device comprising at least one electrode based on an electrically conductive thin-film multilayer deposited on a substrate, in which the deposition of said multilayer comprises the following steps: - a thin-film multilayer comprising at least one thin silver film between at least two thin films is deposited on one face of said substrate; and - the coated face is heat treated using at least one source of laser radiation emitted at at least one wavelength lying between 500 and 2000 nm so that the sheet resistance of the multilayer decreases by at least 5%. - a thin-film multilayer comprising at least one thin silver film between at least two thin films is deposited on one face of said substrate; and - the coated face is heat treated using at least one source of laser radiation emitted at at least one wavelength lying between 500 and 2000 nm so that the sheet resistance of the multilayer decreases by at least 5%.
Active position indicator comprising a movable tip element configured to be displaced from an initial position in a displacement direction by a tip displacement depending on the force acting on a tip arranged on a distal end of the tip element; a force sensor for detecting a force acting on the tip, wherein the force sensor comprises an elastic element acting on the tip element against the tip displacement and a converter means for converting the tip displacement of the tip element in an electrical signal by an electronic value depending in the detectable force range of the force sensor on the tip displacement; characterized in that the elastic element is a leaf spring (15, 21).
Wearable cooling device, having a wristband and a cooler arranged on the wristband, characterized in that the cooler is designed as an airflow generator for an airflow directed in an outflow direction of the cooler, wherein the airflow generator is arranged in a holder fastened to or integrally formed on the wristband, said holder having at least one extension which projects in the outflow direction and extends at least in sections in or on the airflow or by at least partially enclosing the airflow.
A lottery ticket dispenser array, comprising: a plurality of separate bins, each bin defined by a housing having a front side that faces a purchaser in operational use of the dispenser array, an opposite back side, and an internal space for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets, wherein each lottery ticket contains a code printed thereon; each bin having an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets therefrom; and a controller in communication with each of the drive mechanisms to initiate a dispense sequence upon receipt of a ticket dispense command from the controller; characterized in that the lottery ticket dispenser array further comprises a frame, wherein the plurality of bins is contained within the frame, and wherein the controller is configured on the frame and variably positional relative to the frame between different operational positions, wherein the controller is configured with a user interface, and wherein the controller is positionable along a bottom member of the frame and is movable into a horizontal storage position below a bottom row of the bins, or the controller is positionable on a top member of the frame, or the controller is slidable along a side member of the frame and pivotable to a storage position essentially flush against the side member of the frame; and wherein the controller further comprises a power/data port or plug that connects to a power/data line contained within the bottom frame member, the side frame members and the top frame member. a plurality of separate bins, each bin defined by a housing having a front side that faces a purchaser in operational use of the dispenser array, an opposite back side, and an internal space for receipt of a supply of interconnected lottery tickets, wherein each lottery ticket contains a code printed thereon; each bin having an electronic drive mechanism that dispenses the lottery tickets therefrom; and a controller in communication with each of the drive mechanisms to initiate a dispense sequence upon receipt of a ticket dispense command from the controller; characterized in that the lottery ticket dispenser array further comprises a frame, wherein the plurality of bins is contained within the frame, and wherein the controller is configured on the frame and variably positional relative to the frame between different operational positions, wherein the controller is configured with a user interface, and wherein the controller is positionable along a bottom member of the frame and is movable into a horizontal storage position below a bottom row of the bins, or the controller is positionable on a top member of the frame, or the controller is slidable along a side member of the frame and pivotable to a storage position essentially flush against the side member of the frame; and wherein the controller further comprises a power/data port or plug that connects to a power/data line contained within the bottom frame member, the side frame members and the top frame member.
An airbag module comprising a module housing, an inflatable airbag for the protection of a person and a cloth for wrapping the airbag, which is formed of plural surface sections (11, 11', 11") arranged around a cloth center, wherein the wrapped airbag is arranged in the module housing, characterized in that the wrapped airbag comprises an element to be tensioned, wherein on at least one outer end of a first surface section of the cloth an extension in the form of a positioning and/or tensioning aid for the element to be tensioned is configured which has a length (L FO) corresponding to at least half the length (L FA) of the first surface section, and is wound around the element to be tensioned at least in portions while forming a folding bend.
A multiple input-multiple output, MIMO, antenna assembly for an antenna module, the antenna assembly comprising: a planar dielectric member; and at least one MIMO antenna formed on a surface of the planar dielectric member, wherein the at least one MIMO antenna comprises: a slot antenna, the slot antenna being formed as a first conductive pattern on a surface of the planar dielectric member; and a monopole antenna, the monopole antenna being formed as a second conductive pattern on the surface of the planar dielectric member and being disposed in a slot portion of the slot antenna, wherein a shape of the slot portion of the slot antenna is tapered. a planar dielectric member; and at least one MIMO antenna formed on a surface of the planar dielectric member, wherein the at least one MIMO antenna comprises: a slot antenna, the slot antenna being formed as a first conductive pattern on a surface of the planar dielectric member; and a monopole antenna, the monopole antenna being formed as a second conductive pattern on the surface of the planar dielectric member and being disposed in a slot portion of the slot antenna, wherein a shape of the slot portion of the slot antenna is tapered. a slot antenna, the slot antenna being formed as a first conductive pattern on a surface of the planar dielectric member; and a monopole antenna, the monopole antenna being formed as a second conductive pattern on the surface of the planar dielectric member and being disposed in a slot portion of the slot antenna, wherein a shape of the slot portion of the slot antenna is tapered.
A cassette for an injector, the cassette comprising: a housing; a sleeve disposed in the housing and movable relative to the housing; a syringe disposed in the sleeve; and a cassette identification (cassette ID) comprising one or more protrusions projecting outwardly from the housing, the one or more protrusions defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector. a housing; a sleeve disposed in the housing and movable relative to the housing; a syringe disposed in the sleeve; and a cassette identification (cassette ID) comprising one or more protrusions projecting outwardly from the housing, the one or more protrusions defining a code containing information about the cassette, the code being detectable and decipherable by the injector.
An opening device for opening a monomer liquid container which is an ampoule, comprising: a positioning aid for positioning the ampoule, an opening feature for opening the ampoule, wherein the opening feature is movably mounted against the positioning aid and/or the positioning aid is movably mounted against the opening feature, and at least one elastically deformable energy storage element for storing elastic energy, wherein a movement of the opening feature and/or a movement of the positioning aid are/is to be driven by the elastic energy of the at least one elastically deformable energy storage element, and the ampoule is to be opened by the movement of the positioning aid with the ampoule and the opening feature relative to each other, wherein the opening device has a vessel for receiving the ampoule and the vessel has a chamber for receiving an ampoule head of the ampoule, characterised in that this chamber has at least one mechanically deformable wall, with the ampoule head resting against and being located at a short distance from said wall, wherein the opening feature that is driven by the elastic energy deforms the mechanically deformable wall such that the ampoule head breaks off or breaks open. a positioning aid for positioning the ampoule, an opening feature for opening the ampoule, wherein the opening feature is movably mounted against the positioning aid and/or the positioning aid is movably mounted against the opening feature, and at least one elastically deformable energy storage element for storing elastic energy, wherein a movement of the opening feature and/or a movement of the positioning aid are/is to be driven by the elastic energy of the at least one elastically deformable energy storage element, and the ampoule is to be opened by the movement of the positioning aid with the ampoule and the opening feature relative to each other, wherein the opening device has a vessel for receiving the ampoule and the vessel has a chamber for receiving an ampoule head of the ampoule, characterised in that this chamber has at least one mechanically deformable wall, with the ampoule head resting against and being located at a short distance from said wall, wherein the opening feature that is driven by the elastic energy deforms the mechanically deformable wall such that the ampoule head breaks off or breaks open.
An asphalt binder composition comprising: a) asphalt and b) a polymer blend comprising (i) oxidized high density polyethylene, and (ii) a modifying polymer chosen from: maleated polypropylene, polyethylene homopolymer, high crystallinity polyethylene, or combinations thereof.
A peptide mimetic of a suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) protein, wherein said peptide binds to the activation loop of and inhibits the activity of a tyrosine kinase, wherein said peptide comprises two copies of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a functional fragment of said peptide that binds to the activation loop of and inhibits said tyrosine kinase activity, wherein the functional fragment is not a monomer of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
Component attachment for a wheel suspension system of a motor vehicle having a link which, at at least one of its ends, has a bearing, in particular a rubber bearing, with an inner sleeve, and having a wheel support, which link and wheel support are connected releasably to one another by way of a fastening means, the fastening means pressing the inner sleeve in the axial direction by way of a first bearing face which faces the wheel support against a stop face of the wheel support, the wheel support having a supporting face, against which the inner sleeve bears by way of a second bearing face, and the supporting face being inclined with respect to the stop face in such a way that transverse forces which occur in the radial direction in the region of the bearing can be supported by means of the said supporting face, the wheel support having a cut-out, into which the inner sleeve extends by way of its end which faces the wheel support, the fastening means extending through the inner sleeve as far as into a bore which is coaxial with respect to the inner sleeve, into which bore the fastening means is screwed, the cut-out and the bore being configured together as a stepped bore.
A scaffold comprising an upright and a transverse tube connected to the upright, as well as a handrail tube having one end connected to the transverse tube, said transverse tube has a non-rotationally symmetrical cross-section, and said handrail tube is provided with a recess near one end, which recess is such that the handrail tube in a first position with the recess faced to the transverse tube can be moved over the transverse tube in a direction at right angles to the transverse tube, and can be turned about the transverse tube to a second position in which the handrail tube is interlocked with the transverse tube, characterized in that the cross-section of the transverse tube is substantially circular with an outer diameter and a flattened part, wherein the middle of the outer side of the flattened part is at a distance from the outside of a wall part of the transverse tube opposite to the middle of the outer side of the flattened part, and in that the recess in the handrail tube is C-shaped and having a circular boundary wall with an inner diameter, and extending over an angle greater than 180 degrees, wherein seen in cross-section the ends (21, 23) of the circular boundary wall are present at a distance from each other, and wherein said inner diameter of said circular boundary wall is greater than or equal to said outer diameter of the cross-section of said transverse tube and said distance of said ends (21, 23) of said boundary wall is greater than or equal to said distance of said middle of the outer side of said flattened part and said distance of said ends (21, 23) of said boundary wall is smaller than said outer diameter of the cross-section of said transverse tube.
A tabbed sealing member for sealing to a rim of a container, the tabbed sealing member comprising: a lower seal portion having a top surface with a total surface area and including a heat sealable layer configured for heat sealing to a container rim; an upper laminate at least partially bonded to the top surface of the lower seal portion to form a gripping tab defined wholly within a perimeter of the lower seal portion; the upper laminate having a top surface with a surface area less than the total surface area of the lower seal portion characterised in that the upper laminate top surface defines a circular segment with an edge forming a chord extending across the lower seal portion; and a sub tab layer coextensive with at least the gripping tab, is bonded to the top surface of the lower seal portion. a lower seal portion having a top surface with a total surface area and including a heat sealable layer configured for heat sealing to a container rim;
A vein filter that can switch from a collapsed state to a deployed filtering state and further to an open non-filtering state having a plurality of primary filter legs and a plurality of secondary filter legs, the primary filter legs being grouped at one of their ends in a common filter head and one secondary leg being attached to each of the primary filter legs in proximity to the filter head, characterized in that each secondary filter leg is connected by a connecting wire attached in the area of the free ends (241, 242) of the legs (201, 202) only to that adjacent primary leg to which said secondary filter leg is not fixed in proximity of the filter head.