mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method, comprising: patterning a substrate, including a conductive region, with photoresist exposed by lithography, where the substrate is mounted on a handle substrate; forming a comb structure on the substrate by at least removing a portion of the conductive region of the substrate, wherein the comb structure comprises; a set of flexible conductive fingers comprising at least one conductor; a set of rigid conductive fingers comprising the at least one conductor; removing the photoresist; the method characterized by: conformally forming, one atomic layer at a time, at least one atomic layer of at least one conductor over at least one sidewall of each conductive finger; wherein the at least one atomic layer has a uniform thickness over the at least one sidewall; attaching at least one insulator layer (333, 335) to the comb structure, and the substrate from which the comb structure is formed; and removing the handle substrate. patterning a substrate, including a conductive region, with photoresist exposed by lithography, where the substrate is mounted on a handle substrate; forming a comb structure on the substrate by at least removing a portion of the conductive region of the substrate, wherein the comb structure comprises; a set of flexible conductive fingers comprising at least one conductor; a set of rigid conductive fingers comprising the at least one conductor; removing the photoresist; a set of flexible conductive fingers comprising at least one conductor; a set of rigid conductive fingers comprising the at least one conductor; removing the photoresist; the method characterized by: conformally forming, one atomic layer at a time, at least one atomic layer of at least one conductor over at least one sidewall of each conductive finger; wherein the at least one atomic layer has a uniform thickness over the at least one sidewall; attaching at least one insulator layer (333, 335) to the comb structure, and the substrate from which the comb structure is formed; and removing the handle substrate. conformally forming, one atomic layer at a time, at least one atomic layer of at least one conductor over at least one sidewall of each conductive finger; wherein the at least one atomic layer has a uniform thickness over the at least one sidewall; attaching at least one insulator layer (333, 335) to the comb structure, and the substrate from which the comb structure is formed; and removing the handle substrate.
A method of crimping, comprising the steps of: providing a scaffold formed from an expanded tube comprising a polymer, the scaffold having a network of interconnected closed cells; crimping the scaffold to a balloon catheter, the scaffold having a pre-crimp diameter and final crimped diameter, including the steps of reducing the scaffold diameter from the pre-crimp diameter to an intermediate diameter that is less than about 30% of the pre-crimp diameter, after reducing the scaffold to the intermediate diameter, reducing the diameter down to the final crimp diameter and pressurizing the balloon, and initiating balloon pressurization only after the scaffold has attained the intermediate crimp diameter and prior to the scaffold attaining the final crimp diameter. providing a scaffold formed from an expanded tube comprising a polymer, the scaffold having a network of interconnected closed cells; crimping the scaffold to a balloon catheter, the scaffold having a pre-crimp diameter and final crimped diameter, including the steps of reducing the scaffold diameter from the pre-crimp diameter to an intermediate diameter that is less than about 30% of the pre-crimp diameter, after reducing the scaffold to the intermediate diameter, reducing the diameter down to the final crimp diameter and pressurizing the balloon, and initiating balloon pressurization only after the scaffold has attained the intermediate crimp diameter and prior to the scaffold attaining the final crimp diameter. reducing the scaffold diameter from the pre-crimp diameter to an intermediate diameter that is less than about 30% of the pre-crimp diameter, after reducing the scaffold to the intermediate diameter, reducing the diameter down to the final crimp diameter and pressurizing the balloon, and initiating balloon pressurization only after the scaffold has attained the intermediate crimp diameter and prior to the scaffold attaining the final crimp diameter.
A pressure bulkhead for an aircraft comprising: - a laminate body made of composite material with a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres in a laminate arrangement, - a general bulging of the laminate body, which extends along a face thereof, - concave reliefs and convex reliefs arranged on the laminate body, - the concave reliefs and convex reliefs having a maximum angular width of 180 degrees to prevent negatives in the production mould and to facilitate demoulding; and - a rigid interface embedded in the laminate body, for securing the bulkhead, and provided with means for securing to the aircraft structure. characterized in that the concave reliefs and the convex reliefs are alternately arranged on the laminate body, adjacent ones to the others, and define stiffer areas of change from convexity to concavity that act as stiffeners. - a laminate body made of composite material with a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres in a laminate arrangement, - a general bulging of the laminate body, which extends along a face thereof, - concave reliefs and convex reliefs arranged on the laminate body, - the concave reliefs and convex reliefs having a maximum angular width of 180 degrees to prevent negatives in the production mould and to facilitate demoulding; and - a rigid interface embedded in the laminate body, for securing the bulkhead, and provided with means for securing to the aircraft structure.
Exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for internal combustion engines, having a wall-flow filter and, downstream thereof, a flow-through monolith, with both wall-flow filter and flow-through monolith having at least one storage function for the same compound, selected from the group comprising SOx, NOx, NH 3, O 2, HC, H 2 S, which is present in the exhaust gas, characterized in that the storage capacity in the flow-through monolith is designed such that the breakthrough signal downstream of flow-through monolith has the highest gradient of the concentration curve resulting at a respective termination criterion taken into consideration for the exhaust-gas compound while as little as possible of the storage material is used.
A threaded joint for steel pipes, the threaded joint comprising a tubular pin and a tubular box, wherein the pin includes a taper male thread part, and the box includes a taper female thread part to be engaged with the taper male thread part, the taper male thread part is divided into a first region on a free end side of the pin and a second region on a tubular side of the pin along a tube axis direction, characterized in that: a taper of the taper male thread part is a two-stage taper, and a taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the second region, the taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the taper female thread part, and the taper ratio of the second region is greater than the taper ratio of the taper female thread part. wherein the pin includes a taper male thread part, and the box includes a taper female thread part to be engaged with the taper male thread part, the taper male thread part is divided into a first region on a free end side of the pin and a second region on a tubular side of the pin along a tube axis direction, characterized in that: a taper of the taper male thread part is a two-stage taper, and a taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the second region, the taper ratio of the first region is greater than a taper ratio of the taper female thread part, and the taper ratio of the second region is greater than the taper ratio of the taper female thread part.
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an information apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: inputting means (154, 158) configured to receive a user input that instructs a specific operation to be performed on the information apparatus; transmitting means (152, 158) configured to transmit information regarding the specific operation instructed by the user input to the information apparatus via the network; predicting means configured to predict an execution result of the specific operation to be performed on the information apparatus based on the user input to generate a predicted execution result; displaying control means configured to display information reflecting the predicted execution result as a response to the user input, prior to receiving a response including an actual execution result of the specific operation that is performed on the information apparatus from the information apparatus via the network; and receiving means configured to receive the response including the actual execution result from the information apparatus in response to the information regarding the specific operation transmitted to the information apparatus; wherein the displaying control means is further configured to compare the predicted execution result with the actual execution result to obtain their difference, and to update a display of the information reflecting the predicted execution result with the actual execution result based on the difference. inputting means (154, 158) configured to receive a user input that instructs a specific operation to be performed on the information apparatus; transmitting means (152, 158) configured to transmit information regarding the specific operation instructed by the user input to the information apparatus via the network; predicting means configured to predict an execution result of the specific operation to be performed on the information apparatus based on the user input to generate a predicted execution result; displaying control means configured to display information reflecting the predicted execution result as a response to the user input, prior to receiving a response including an actual execution result of the specific operation that is performed on the information apparatus from the information apparatus via the network; and receiving means configured to receive the response including the actual execution result from the information apparatus in response to the information regarding the specific operation transmitted to the information apparatus; wherein the displaying control means is further configured to compare the predicted execution result with the actual execution result to obtain their difference, and to update a display of the information reflecting the predicted execution result with the actual execution result based on the difference.
A worksurface assembly (1, 500) comprising: a support structure (2, 502); a power supply system including at least one power supply receptacle (31, 512); a worksurface member (10, 510) movably connected to the support structure for movement between extended and retracted positions relative to the support structure (2, 502), and wherein the worksurface member (10, 510) substantially prevents access to the power supply receptacle when in the retracted position, and permits access to the power supply receptacle (31, 512) when the worksurface member (10, 510) is in the extended position, and wherein the worksurface member (10, 510) moves in a first direction from the extended position to the retracted position, and moves in a second direction from the retracted position to the extended position, the worksurface member (10, 510) defining an enlarged upwardly-facing upper surface; characterized in that the worksurface assembly (1, 500) is comprising a movement control device (15, 200, 515) when engaged, permitting movement of the worksurface member (10,510) in the first direction, and preventing movement of the worksurface member (10,510) in the second direction to retain the worksurface member (10,510) in any retracted position; and when disengaged, permitting movement in the first and second directions. a support structure (2, 502); a power supply system including at least one power supply receptacle (31, 512);
A tibial implant (100, 200, 220, 240), comprising: a tray configured to abut a patient's bone; and a stem extending from a surface of the tray, said stem having: a proximal portion at which a first cross-section of the stem has a first shape and a first center positioned at a first location relative to the tray; and a distal portion at which a second cross-section of the stem has a second shape and a second center positioned at a second location relative to the tray, wherein the first shape is different to the second shape and the first location is different to the second location, characterised in that the first cross-section of the proximal portion and/or the second cross-section of the distal portion comprises three rounded corners (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b, 106a, 106b) which are configured to engage an interior surface of the patient's cortical bone and resist rotation of the stem with respect to the cortical bone, wherein the stem generally mimics a shape of a tibial intramedullary cavity. a tray configured to abut a patient's bone; and a stem extending from a surface of the tray, said stem having: a proximal portion at which a first cross-section of the stem has a first shape and a first center positioned at a first location relative to the tray; and a distal portion at which a second cross-section of the stem has a second shape and a second center positioned at a second location relative to the tray, wherein the first shape is different to the second shape and the first location is different to the second location, characterised in that the first cross-section of the proximal portion and/or the second cross-section of the distal portion comprises three rounded corners (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b, 106a, 106b) which are configured to engage an interior surface of the patient's cortical bone and resist rotation of the stem with respect to the cortical bone, wherein the stem generally mimics a shape of a tibial intramedullary cavity. a proximal portion at which a first cross-section of the stem has a first shape and a first center positioned at a first location relative to the tray; and a distal portion at which a second cross-section of the stem has a second shape and a second center positioned at a second location relative to the tray, wherein the first shape is different to the second shape and the first location is different to the second location, characterised in that the first cross-section of the proximal portion and/or the second cross-section of the distal portion comprises three rounded corners (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b, 106a, 106b) which are configured to engage an interior surface of the patient's cortical bone and resist rotation of the stem with respect to the cortical bone, wherein the stem generally mimics a shape of a tibial intramedullary cavity.
A method for identifying immune cells of a mammal, comprising analysing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the gene ccr6, wherein a demethylation, when compared to a non-activated T cell is indicative for a cell selected from stably activated T cells, NK cells, memory T cells, in particular CD4 + or CD8 + memory T cells, and memory cytotoxic T cells.
A machine for making smoking articles, comprising a plurality of operating means (20, 20', 30, 30') for transferring and/or processing material for forming and/or making the smoking articles, at least some of the operating means (20, 20') being embodied by rollers (20, 20') rotatable about respective axes, mounted coaxially with each other and/or on axes which are parallel to each other, the rollers (20, 20') being supported by a substantially vertical wall of a supporting base, each roller (20, 20') having a respective central support (21, 21'), a cylindrical outer mantle (22, 22') and an internal compartment (23, 23'), interposed between the central support (21, 21') and the mantle (22, 22'), wherein at least one of the rollers (20, 20') comprises an electric motor (24, 24') mounted inside the internal compartment (23, 23') and configured to set the mantle (22, 22') in rotation about the respective axis; wherein the machine is configured as a twin-line machine and wherein at least some of the operating means (20, 20') are embodied by pairs of rollers (20, 20') wherein the rollers (20, 20') of each pair are mounted axially side by side along the common axis of rotation, wherein a first roller of each pair of rollers is cantilevered, preferably directly, to the vertical wall and wherein the second roller of the pair of rollers, disposed further away from the vertical wall, is supported by the vertical wall by means of a supporting arm surmounting the first roller of the pair of rollers.
Closing body for closing and opening an access opening or a passage of a room, wherein a pressure difference exists between the interior and the exterior of the room, wherein the closing body is formed as a pivotable door, pivotable window or pivotable flap, characterised in that - a valve device is provided on the closing body, wherein the valve device effects a temporary pressure equalization when opening the closing body, and wherein - the valve device is formed as a valve flap and a release mechanism is provided which opens the valve device, and wherein - a locking fitting is provided for the closing body, and the release mechanism is operatively coupled to the locking fitting of the closing body, wherein - the release mechanism is a mechanical, electronic, pneumatic and/or hydraulic release mechanism, wherein - a pressure sensor is provided which controls the release mechanism. - a valve device is provided on the closing body, wherein the valve device effects a temporary pressure equalization when opening the closing body, and wherein - the valve device is formed as a valve flap and a release mechanism is provided which opens the valve device, and wherein - a locking fitting is provided for the closing body, and the release mechanism is operatively coupled to the locking fitting of the closing body, wherein - the release mechanism is a mechanical, electronic, pneumatic and/or hydraulic release mechanism, wherein - a pressure sensor is provided which controls the release mechanism.
A water bottom drilling system, comprising: a frame configured to rest on the bottom of a body of water; a support structure movably coupled to the frame, the support structure configured to enable at least vertical movement of a drill head mounted on the support structure; a winch movably coupled to the support structure and configured to enable lateral movement of the winch mounted on the support structure, the winch including a cable thereon, an end of the cable including a latching device thereon configured to latch onto an upper end of a core barrel disposed in the lower end of a drill string; a storage area (24, 26) associated with the frame for drill rods and for core barrels, wherein the core barrels each include a latch configured to releasably engage with a lowermost drill rod on a drill string, and wherein each core barrel includes a latch configured to engage the latching device at the end of the cable; and at least one clamp associated with the frame and arranged to fix a vertical position of a drill string over a drill hole. a frame configured to rest on the bottom of a body of water; a support structure movably coupled to the frame, the support structure configured to enable at least vertical movement of a drill head mounted on the support structure; a winch movably coupled to the support structure and configured to enable lateral movement of the winch mounted on the support structure, the winch including a cable thereon, an end of the cable including a latching device thereon configured to latch onto an upper end of a core barrel disposed in the lower end of a drill string; a storage area (24, 26) associated with the frame for drill rods and for core barrels, wherein the core barrels each include a latch configured to releasably engage with a lowermost drill rod on a drill string, and wherein each core barrel includes a latch configured to engage the latching device at the end of the cable; and at least one clamp associated with the frame and arranged to fix a vertical position of a drill string over a drill hole.
A vessel used for containing molten metal having an inlet for molten metal and an outlet for molten metal, said vessel comprising: a refractory liner made up of abutting refractory liner units, said units including at least one intermediate refractory liner unit and two end units (16, 17) with one of said end units being at said inlet and another of said end units positioned at said outlet, and said at least one intermediate unit being positioned between said end units (16, 17) remote from said inlet and said outlet, the liner units each having an exterior surface and a metal-contacting interior surface, a housing contacting said end units (16, 17) and at least partially surrounding the exterior surfaces of the refractory liner units with a gap present between the exterior surfaces of said at least one intermediate unit and the housing; and at least one heating device positioned in the gap adjacent to said at least one intermediate unit; wherein said liner units are made of refractory materials and the material of at least one of said end units (16, 17) has a lower heat conductivity than the refractory material of said at least one intermediate unit. a refractory liner made up of abutting refractory liner units, said units including at least one intermediate refractory liner unit and two end units (16, 17) with one of said end units being at said inlet and another of said end units positioned at said outlet, and said at least one intermediate unit being positioned between said end units (16, 17) remote from said inlet and said outlet, the liner units each having an exterior surface and a metal-contacting interior surface, a housing contacting said end units (16, 17) and at least partially surrounding the exterior surfaces of the refractory liner units with a gap present between the exterior surfaces of said at least one intermediate unit and the housing; and at least one heating device positioned in the gap adjacent to said at least one intermediate unit; wherein said liner units are made of refractory materials and the material of at least one of said end units (16, 17) has a lower heat conductivity than the refractory material of said at least one intermediate unit.