mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An electrically responsive composite material (101, 1110, 1650), including: a carrier layer having a length and a width and a thickness that is relatively small compared to said length and said width; and a plurality of electrically conductive or semi-conductive particles, said particles being agglomerated to form a plurality of agglomerates (104, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404) dispersed within the carrier layer such that each said agglomerate comprises a plurality of said particles, characterised in that: each said agglomerate has a first dimension in the direction of said thickness that is equal to or longer than said thickness of said carrier layer, such that each said agglomerate by itself is arranged to provide a path of electrical conduction across the thickness of said carrier layer in response to applied pressure such that said electrically responsive composite material has a resistance that reduces in response to applied pressure. a carrier layer having a length and a width and a thickness that is relatively small compared to said length and said width; and a plurality of electrically conductive or semi-conductive particles, said particles being agglomerated to form a plurality of agglomerates (104, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404) dispersed within the carrier layer such that each said agglomerate comprises a plurality of said particles,
A biodegradable polymer composition comprising the following components (a)-(e) and/or a reaction product(s) derived from melt mixing the components: (a) polyalkylene carbonate; (b) thermoplastic starch and/or its constituent components; (c) polymer having pendant carboxylic acid groups; (d) transesterification catalyst; and (e) one or more biodegradable polyesters.
A beverage machine having an external housing and a movable beverage preparation module (20,30) that is configured to process a beverage and/or a beverage ingredient to be dispensed via at least one beverage dispensing outlet to a user-cup or user-mug, such as via 2, 3 or 4 beverage dispensing outlets, the housing having a front opening and forming a cavity (10") for housing the module (20,30), the module (20,30) being insertable as a unit into an operative position into the cavity (10") and removable as a unit out of the cavity (10") via the front opening, such as movable along a substantially horizontal direction into and out of its operative position, the housing having a cavity connector in the cavity and the module (20,30) having a module connector that is connected to the cavity connector when the module (20,30) is located thereagainst while reaching its operative position and that is disconnected from the cavity connector when the module (20,30) is removed from the cavity (10"), characterised in that at least one connector of the cooperating module connector and cavity connector has a connection interface device that is resiliently mounted to a connection base device, e.g. by at least one spring elements such as a helicoidal spring and/or a blade spring, to enable a positioning adjustment of the interface device when the module connector and the cavity connector are connected together, optionally the connection base device being directly or indirectly fixed to the housing or integral therewith. the housing having a cavity connector in the cavity and the module (20,30) having a module connector that is connected to the cavity connector when the module (20,30) is located thereagainst while reaching its operative position and that is disconnected from the cavity connector when the module (20,30) is removed from the cavity (10"), characterised in that at least one connector of the cooperating module connector and cavity connector has a connection interface device that is resiliently mounted to a connection base device, e.g. by at least one spring elements such as a helicoidal spring and/or a blade spring, to enable a positioning adjustment of the interface device when the module connector and the cavity connector are connected together, optionally the connection base device being directly or indirectly fixed to the housing or integral therewith.
A spinal spring elastic rod device comprising: at least one resilient connecting member; and at least one threaded connecting rod; wherein each of the at least one resilient connecting member includes an externally threaded cylinder having an axial hole with an internally threaded portion formed at an open end of the axial hole and further comprises a connection rod projecting out of an end of the externally threaded cylinder opposing the open end of the axial hole, wherein the connection rod is integrally formed with the externally threaded cylinder; wherein each of the at least one threaded connecting rod includes a first externally threaded portion at a first end; and wherein the externally threaded cylinder has a diameter greater than that of each of the at least one threaded connecting rod, characterized in that two resilient connecting members are provided, and each of the at least one threaded connecting rod includes a second externally threaded portion at a second end opposing the first end, wherein the internally threaded portion of each of the at least one first resilient connecting member is engageable with one of the externally threaded portions (22, 23) respectively. at least one resilient connecting member; and at least one threaded connecting rod; wherein each of the at least one resilient connecting member includes an externally threaded cylinder having an axial hole with an internally threaded portion formed at an open end of the axial hole and further comprises a connection rod projecting out of an end of the externally threaded cylinder opposing the open end of the axial hole, wherein the connection rod is integrally formed with the externally threaded cylinder; wherein each of the at least one threaded connecting rod includes a first externally threaded portion at a first end; and wherein the externally threaded cylinder has a diameter greater than that of each of the at least one threaded connecting rod, characterized in that two resilient connecting members are provided, and each of the at least one threaded connecting rod includes a second externally threaded portion at a second end opposing the first end, wherein the internally threaded portion of each of the at least one first resilient connecting member is engageable with one of the externally threaded portions (22, 23) respectively.
A single-chip Z-axis linear magnetoresistive sensor, the magnetoresistive sensor comprising: a substrate on which a bridge is deposited; the bridge being constructed from push arms (R2, R2') and pull arms (R3, R3') electrically connected to each other; the push arms and pull arms respectively containing at least one magnetoresistive sensing element (2, 3), for detecting components of a magnetic field in an X-axis direction, wherein the magnetoresistive sensing elements are GMR or TMR sensing elements, and pinning layers of the GMR or the TMR sensing elements have the same magnetization direction; a plurality of flux guides that covers all of the magnetoresistive sensing elements, a long axis of the flux guides being parallel to a Y axis, a short axis of the flux guides being parallel to an X axis, and the flux guides being spaced apart in the X axis direction; characterized in that magnetoresistive sensing elements of the push arms and the pull arms are located at intervals in an alternating arrangement, and that magnetoresistive sensing elements of the push arms and the pull arms are located on opposed sides of the long axis beneath and completely covered by the respective flux guides. a substrate on which a bridge is deposited; the bridge being constructed from push arms (R2, R2') and pull arms (R3, R3') electrically connected to each other; the push arms and pull arms respectively containing at least one magnetoresistive sensing element (2, 3), for detecting components of a magnetic field in an X-axis direction, wherein the magnetoresistive sensing elements are GMR or TMR sensing elements, and pinning layers of the GMR or the TMR sensing elements have the same magnetization direction; a plurality of flux guides that covers all of the magnetoresistive sensing elements, a long axis of the flux guides being parallel to a Y axis, a short axis of the flux guides being parallel to an X axis, and the flux guides being spaced apart in the X axis direction; characterized in that magnetoresistive sensing elements of the push arms and the pull arms are located at intervals in an alternating arrangement, and that magnetoresistive sensing elements of the push arms and the pull arms are located on opposed sides of the long axis beneath and completely covered by the respective flux guides.
A delivery system for delivering a stent, comprising a plurality of capturing wires and a plurality of sleeves, each of which at least partially surrounds a respective capturing wire of the plurality of capturing wires, each capturing wire comprising a distal end configured for attachment to a stent frame, the distal end including an opening or slot between a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion being moveable relative to the upper portion between an open position and a closed position. a plurality of capturing wires and a plurality of sleeves, each of which at least partially surrounds a respective capturing wire of the plurality of capturing wires, each capturing wire comprising a distal end configured for attachment to a stent frame, the distal end including an opening or slot between a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion being moveable relative to the upper portion between an open position and a closed position.
A continuous process for the manufacture of a polyamide, the process comprising the steps of: (i) flowing a stream A comprising a molten dicarboxylic acid, or a molten dicarboxylic acid-rich mixture comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine, through a first stage and at least one more reaction stage of a vertical multistage reactor, wherein the first stage is at the top of the reactor; (ii) counter-currently flowing a stream B comprising a diamine as either a vapour or a diamine-rich liquid through at least one of the stages below the first reaction stage of said vertical multistage reactor; (iii) accumulating a liquid phase material P comprising polyamide at and/or below the final stage of said reactor; wherein said reactor is equipped with internal features suitable for effecting contact between counter-currently flowing streams A and B; and wherein the process further comprises controlling the viscosity of said liquid phase material P by directly controlling the chemical equilibrium of the polyamidation reaction or by controlling stream B so that the amounts of diamine and dicarboxylic acid introduced into the reactor during the process are stoichiometrically imbalanced. (i) flowing a stream A comprising a molten dicarboxylic acid, or a molten dicarboxylic acid-rich mixture comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine, through a first stage and at least one more reaction stage of a vertical multistage reactor, wherein the first stage is at the top of the reactor; (ii) counter-currently flowing a stream B comprising a diamine as either a vapour or a diamine-rich liquid through at least one of the stages below the first reaction stage of said vertical multistage reactor; (iii) accumulating a liquid phase material P comprising polyamide at and/or below the final stage of said reactor;
Rapamycin 42-ester with 3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpropionic acid (CCI-779) for use in the treatment of papillary renal cell carcinoma in a mammal.
An optoelectronic sensor for detecting objects in a monitored zone, in particular a laser scanner, comprising a light transmitter for transmitting a transmitted light beam, a base unit and, for the periodic scanning of the monitored zone by the transmitted light beam, a scanning unit rotatable with respect to the base unit and having a first circuit board, a light receiver for generating a received signal from the light remitted by objects in the monitored zone, and an evaluation unit (34, 42, 50, 52) for detecting information on objects in the monitored zone with reference to the received signal, wherein the base unit has a bearing in which the first circuit board is rotatably supported at its outer periphery with respect to the base unit and the first circuit board forms the rotor of a drive for the rotational movement of the scanning unit with respect to the base unit, characterized in that motor windings or magnets are integrated on the first circuit board so that the first circuit board becomes part of the drive.
A transgenic mouse which produces hybrid antibodies containing human variable regions and mouse constant regions, wherein an endogenous heavy chain variable region locus of said mouse is in situ replaced in whole or in part with human heavy chain V, D and J gene segments.
A composite article, comprising: a hydrophobic cellulosic material including lipophilic components in an amount of at least 0.02 wt % based on the total weight of the cellulosic material, a coupling agent, and a binder, wherein the coupling agent has a hydrophilic/lipophilic balance of about 7 to about 15, and wherein the binder comprises urea formaldehyde, phenol formaldehyde, melamine urea formaldehyde (mUF), polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanates) (pMDI), or combinations thereof.
A method of accommodating a range of input signal frequencies at a polar receiver (100, 800) by allowing for selectively enabled signal injection at a plurality of different harmonics, comprising: receiving a phase-modulated input signal at a polar receiver including an injection-locked oscillator (122, 222, 522, 622, 702, 822); selecting a value N based on the frequency of the phase-modulated signal and such that the frequency of the phase-modulated signal is a selected Nth harmonic of a frequency within a locking range of the injection-locked oscillator, where N is an integer; operating the injection-locked oscillator to generate an oscillator output signal while injecting the input signal into the injection-locked oscillator at a selected set of injection points corresponding to the selected Nth harmonic; multiplying a frequency of the oscillator output signal by the same selected value N to generate a frequency-multiplied oscillator signal; mixing the frequency-multiplied oscillator signal with the input signal to generate a mixed signal; filtering the mixed signal; and sampling the filtered mixed signal. receiving a phase-modulated input signal at a polar receiver including an injection-locked oscillator (122, 222, 522, 622, 702, 822); selecting a value N based on the frequency of the phase-modulated signal and such that the frequency of the phase-modulated signal is a selected Nth harmonic of a frequency within a locking range of the injection-locked oscillator, where N is an integer; operating the injection-locked oscillator to generate an oscillator output signal while injecting the input signal into the injection-locked oscillator at a selected set of injection points corresponding to the selected Nth harmonic; multiplying a frequency of the oscillator output signal by the same selected value N to generate a frequency-multiplied oscillator signal; mixing the frequency-multiplied oscillator signal with the input signal to generate a mixed signal; filtering the mixed signal; and sampling the filtered mixed signal.
A non-therapeutic method of inducing satiation in a subject in need thereof comprising orally administering to the subject an effective amount of a bacterium that expresses the ClpB protein.
Arrangement for mounting an optical system on a body element of a vehicle, the optical system comprising an image-capturing device and a device for spraying fluid for cleaning the image-capturing device, the image-capturing device comprising a case retaining a lens, the case comprising and protecting a sensor arranged on a printed circuit and carrying an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit, the mounting arrangement comprising: - a housing element for positioning and retaining the image-capturing device in the mounting position, the housing element being provided with an electrical interface having a first side that emerges inside the recess and is designed to couple to the electrical connector arranged on the case of the image-capturing device when said device is retained in the mounting position, and a second side that emerges outside the recess and is designed to be connected to connection cables; - an element for holding the fluid-spraying device, which element is aimed at positioning said device in a functional position with respect to the image-capturing device arranged in the mounting position; - an element for fastening the housing element and the holding element to the body element of the vehicle. - a housing element for positioning and retaining the image-capturing device in the mounting position, the housing element being provided with an electrical interface having a first side that emerges inside the recess and is designed to couple to the electrical connector arranged on the case of the image-capturing device when said device is retained in the mounting position, and a second side that emerges outside the recess and is designed to be connected to connection cables; - an element for holding the fluid-spraying device, which element is aimed at positioning said device in a functional position with respect to the image-capturing device arranged in the mounting position; - an element for fastening the housing element and the holding element to the body element of the vehicle.
A surgical fastener cartridge comprising: a cartridge body including a tissue contacting surface, the tissue contacting surface including a plurality of fastener retention slots; a plurality of surgical fasteners operatively disposed in the plurality of fastener retention slots; a plurality of pushers operably associated with the plurality of surgical fasteners, each pusher configured for ejecting an associated surgical fastener towards a depression in an anvil; and an actuation sled housed within the cartridge body, the actuation sled including a plurality of cam wedges, the plurality of cam wedges configured to sequentially contact the plurality of pushers such that a surgical fastener that is ejected closer to a cut line produces a greater compression force to stapled tissue than a surgical fastener ejected further from the cut line, characterised in that the cam wedges are configured to provide a required deflection of the cam wedges to form the surgical fasteners to produce the desired compression force wherein the cam wedges are arranged relative to the cut line such that wedges closer to the cut line have a greater rigidity than those disposed at positions away from the cut line. a cartridge body including a tissue contacting surface, the tissue contacting surface including a plurality of fastener retention slots; a plurality of surgical fasteners operatively disposed in the plurality of fastener retention slots; a plurality of pushers operably associated with the plurality of surgical fasteners, each pusher configured for ejecting an associated surgical fastener towards a depression in an anvil; and an actuation sled housed within the cartridge body, the actuation sled including a plurality of cam wedges, the plurality of cam wedges configured to sequentially contact the plurality of pushers such that a surgical fastener that is ejected closer to a cut line produces a greater compression force to stapled tissue than a surgical fastener ejected further from the cut line, characterised in that the cam wedges are configured to provide a required deflection of the cam wedges to form the surgical fasteners to produce the desired compression force wherein the cam wedges are arranged relative to the cut line such that wedges closer to the cut line have a greater rigidity than those disposed at positions away from the cut line.
A rotor shaft assembly comprising: a rotor shaft for a gas turbine, the rotor shaft comprising: an axial end portion defining an annular recess and, a rotor shaft cap comprising: a disk-shaped body defining: a first axial face, a second axial face, and an outer radial face, the disk-shaped body comprising: a first annular jaw provided on the first axial face, the first annular jaw comprising a plurality of teeth projecting from the first axial face; and a plurality of apertures defined by the disk-shaped body, each aperture (342, 344, 346) of the plurality of apertures extending through the disk-shaped body along an axial direction, the rotor shaft cap is received into the annular recess with the first annular jaw extending away from the rotor shaft characterised in that the rotor shaft cap is: secured to the rotor shaft by pins through at least some of the plurality of apertures. an axial end portion defining an annular recess and, a rotor shaft cap comprising: a disk-shaped body defining: a first axial face, a second axial face, and an outer radial face, the disk-shaped body comprising: a first annular jaw provided on the first axial face, the first annular jaw comprising a plurality of teeth projecting from the first axial face; and a plurality of apertures defined by the disk-shaped body, each aperture (342, 344, 346) of the plurality of apertures extending through the disk-shaped body along an axial direction, the rotor shaft cap is received into the annular recess with the first annular jaw extending away from the rotor shaft characterised in that the rotor shaft cap is: secured to the rotor shaft by pins through at least some of the plurality of apertures. a disk-shaped body defining: a first axial face, a second axial face, and an outer radial face, a first axial face, a second axial face, and an outer radial face, the disk-shaped body comprising: a first annular jaw provided on the first axial face, the first annular jaw comprising a plurality of teeth projecting from the first axial face; and a plurality of apertures defined by the disk-shaped body, each aperture (342, 344, 346) of the plurality of apertures extending through the disk-shaped body along an axial direction, the rotor shaft cap is received into the annular recess with the first annular jaw extending away from the rotor shaft characterised in that the rotor shaft cap is: secured to the rotor shaft by pins through at least some of the plurality of apertures. a first annular jaw provided on the first axial face, the first annular jaw comprising a plurality of teeth projecting from the first axial face; and a plurality of apertures defined by the disk-shaped body, each aperture (342, 344, 346) of the plurality of apertures extending through the disk-shaped body along an axial direction, the rotor shaft cap is received into the annular recess with the first annular jaw extending away from the rotor shaft characterised in that the rotor shaft cap is: secured to the rotor shaft by pins through at least some of the plurality of apertures.