mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An emergency vision apparatus for providing an operator visual access to information during a vision-obscuring emergency, comprising: a) expandable means (4, 83) for providing visual access to an operator to a first source of information, the means including a display and an expandable first enclosure filled with clear air, the first enclosure having front and rear transparent panels (14, 16) to allow an operator visual access through the first enclosure to the first source of information disposed in front of the front panel; and b) means (84, 8/10) for providing input to the display to provide visual access to the operator to a second source of information, characterized in that the means for providing input to the display to provide visual access to the operator to the second source of information includes c) an expandable second enclosure filled with clear air, the second enclosure having a rear panel and a transparent front panel for being disposed in proximity to the second source of information; d) a first camera disposed at the rear panel of the second enclosure, the camera being directed toward the front panel to image the second source of information through the second enclosure front panel; and in that e) the display is operably connected to the camera, the display being operably associated with the first enclosure to be visible to the operator through the first enclosure rear panel. a) expandable means (4, 83) for providing visual access to an operator to a first source of information, the means including a display and an expandable first enclosure filled with clear air, the first enclosure having front and rear transparent panels (14, 16) to allow an operator visual access through the first enclosure to the first source of information disposed in front of the front panel; and b) means (84, 8/10) for providing input to the display to provide visual access to the operator to a second source of information, characterized in that the means for providing input to the display to provide visual access to the operator to the second source of information includes c) an expandable second enclosure filled with clear air, the second enclosure having a rear panel and a transparent front panel for being disposed in proximity to the second source of information; d) a first camera disposed at the rear panel of the second enclosure, the camera being directed toward the front panel to image the second source of information through the second enclosure front panel; and in that e) the display is operably connected to the camera, the display being operably associated with the first enclosure to be visible to the operator through the first enclosure rear panel.
Absorbent product comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent core enclosed between the liquid pervious topsheet and liquid impervious backsheet, having in its longitudinal direction a crotch part and two end parts (15,17) wherein the absorbent product at least in its crotch part comprises an inlet material having a plurality of openings, characterized in that the plurality of openings in the inlet material are formed from a plurality of slits extending in the transversal direction of the absorbent product and that openings have been formed from the slits by expanding the continuous inlet material in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent product, and that the liquid inlet material in the transversal direction of the absorbent product has a central region and two edge regions (5,6) and that the plurality of openings are located in the central region so that the central region of the inlet material with the plurality of openings has a lesser degree of elasticity than the edge regions (5,6), wherein the edge regions (5,6) have a width that is at least 5.0 mm.
Dark radiator with a first burner, a fuel gas supply, a fuel gas source, a fan and a radiant tube, wherein the first burner is connected to the fuel gas supply, wherein the fuel gas supply is connected to the fuel gas source, wherein the fan is arranged to supply the first burner with combustion air, wherein the first burner is set up to emit a flame into the radiant tube, characterised in that the fuel gas source is a hydrogen source and in that a secondary burner is connected downstream in the radiant tube in the flame direction at a distance from the first burner serving as primary burner, the fuel gas supply of which secondary burner is connected to a hydrogen source as fuel gas source, wherein the dark radiator is set up in such a manner that the exhaust gas flow of the upstream primary burner is supplied to the secondary burner as combustion air.
A thermally sprayed coating being a thermally sprayed iron-based coating that is formed on an inner circumferential surface of a cylinder bore of an aluminum or aluminum alloy cylinder block, the thermally sprayed coating having a surface roughness (Ra) being 0.1 μm or less and a plastic deformation part on its surface and characterized in an area ratio thereof being 4.6 % or greater.
A method of error correction for systemic errors in data read from a multi-level cell memory, the method comprising the steps of: - writing a stream of data to the multi-level cell memory, whereby during said writing calibration data is appended to the stream of data and written to the multi-level cell memory; - reading data containing the stream of data and the calibration data both stored in the multi-level-cell memory; - identifying the calibration data in the read data; - comparing the read calibration data to correct calibration data; - detecting systematic errors in the read calibration data based on the comparison; - determining drift for the systematic errors; - generating one or more feedback signals based on the determined drift; and - correcting for the drift based on the one or more feedback signals. - writing a stream of data to the multi-level cell memory, whereby during said writing calibration data is appended to the stream of data and written to the multi-level cell memory; - reading data containing the stream of data and the calibration data both stored in the multi-level-cell memory; - identifying the calibration data in the read data; - comparing the read calibration data to correct calibration data; - detecting systematic errors in the read calibration data based on the comparison; - determining drift for the systematic errors; - generating one or more feedback signals based on the determined drift; and - correcting for the drift based on the one or more feedback signals.
An endosseous dental implant comprising: a body portion having a top surface and at least part of its external surface threaded, and an internal shaft or cavity comprising (a) an interlock chamber comprising two parts, a first part including a plurality of lobes (17, 18, 19) extending distally from a plane at or near the top surface of said implant, said lobes (17, 18, 19) protruding a first maximum radial distance into the internal sidewalls of said implant, and a second part extending distally from the distal end of said first part, said second part having the same number of lobes (14, 15, 16) as said first part, with each lobe (14, 15, 16) starting at the base of a corresponding lobe (17, 18, 19) in said first part, and extending a second maximum radial distance into the internal sidewalls of said implant no greater than said first maximum radial distance, and having protrusions with a rounded, rectangular or triangular cross-sectional profile, and (b) an internally-threaded portion contiguous to said interlock chamber, said internal shaft or cavity beginning at an opening in the top surface of said implant and ending inside said body portion. a body portion having a top surface and at least part of its external surface threaded, and an internal shaft or cavity comprising (a) an interlock chamber comprising two parts, a first part including a plurality of lobes (17, 18, 19) extending distally from a plane at or near the top surface of said implant, said lobes (17, 18, 19) protruding a first maximum radial distance into the internal sidewalls of said implant, and a second part extending distally from the distal end of said first part, said second part having the same number of lobes (14, 15, 16) as said first part, with each lobe (14, 15, 16) starting at the base of a corresponding lobe (17, 18, 19) in said first part, and extending a second maximum radial distance into the internal sidewalls of said implant no greater than said first maximum radial distance, and having protrusions with a rounded, rectangular or triangular cross-sectional profile, and (b) an internally-threaded portion contiguous to said interlock chamber, said internal shaft or cavity beginning at an opening in the top surface of said implant and ending inside said body portion.
A hair dryer comprising: a fan for generating an air flow; and a drying chamber having a hair inlet into which hair can be guided by the air flow; wherein a cross-section of the drying chamber has a first dimension in a first direction, which first dimension is at least 5 times larger than a second dimension in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein both the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to a direction of the air flow. a fan for generating an air flow; and a drying chamber having a hair inlet into which hair can be guided by the air flow; wherein a cross-section of the drying chamber has a first dimension in a first direction, which first dimension is at least 5 times larger than a second dimension in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein both the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to a direction of the air flow.
A battery pack, comprising: a housing; a frame disposed inside the housing; two or more cells mounted to the frame; and interface terminals configured to connect the two or more cells to an external device, characterized in that the two or more cells are connected with each other through a configurable connector comprising connector terminals, different from the interface terminals, wherein the connector terminals are suitable to connect or disconnect an internal circuit comprising an electrical connection between the two or more cells; wherein the configurable connector comprises a user contactable switch located on an outer surface of the housing; the user contactable switch configured to move within a plane parallel to the outer surface, such that the configurable connector is switched between a first state and a second state; in the first state, the electrical connection existing between the two or more cells; in the second state, the electrical connection not existing between the two or more cells. a housing; a frame disposed inside the housing; two or more cells mounted to the frame; and interface terminals configured to connect the two or more cells to an external device, characterized in that the two or more cells are connected with each other through a configurable connector comprising connector terminals, different from the interface terminals, wherein the connector terminals are suitable to connect or disconnect an internal circuit comprising an electrical connection between the two or more cells; wherein the configurable connector comprises a user contactable switch located on an outer surface of the housing; the user contactable switch configured to move within a plane parallel to the outer surface, such that the configurable connector is switched between a first state and a second state; in the first state, the electrical connection existing between the two or more cells; in the second state, the electrical connection not existing between the two or more cells.
A ring gear comprising: a ring having one or more sets of inwardly facing teeth; wherein the ring comprises a circumferential flange extending outward from the ring; and wherein the flange is mounted between a first housing and a second housing, and characterised in that the flange protrudes outside the first housing and second housing and into an ambient air. a ring having one or more sets of inwardly facing teeth; wherein the ring comprises a circumferential flange extending outward from the ring; and wherein the flange is mounted between a first housing and a second housing, and characterised in that the flange protrudes outside the first housing and second housing and into an ambient air.
A device for adhering by suction to a target surface, the device comprising: a substrate having a contact surface for contacting the device to the target surface; a plurality of pockets distributed over the contact surface and formed by pocket surfaces extending into the contact surface, and having an open side in use facing and being closed off by the target surface; wherein each pocket is provided with a flexible membrane forming at least part of the respective pocket surface; and a one-way valve through the respective pocket surface, wherein the one-way valve is disposed between the respective pocket and an environment and configured to direct a contents of the respective pocket via the one-way valve to the environment; wherein the device comprises at least one actuator integrated in the device and configured to actuate the flexible membranes of the pockets for causing the contents of the pockets to be pumped out by the actuated flexible membranes via the one-way valves thereby establishing or maintaining the suction between the contact surface of the device and the target surface. a substrate having a contact surface for contacting the device to the target surface; a plurality of pockets distributed over the contact surface and formed by pocket surfaces extending into the contact surface, and having an open side in use facing and being closed off by the target surface; wherein each pocket is provided with a flexible membrane forming at least part of the respective pocket surface; and a one-way valve through the respective pocket surface, wherein the one-way valve is disposed between the respective pocket and an environment and configured to direct a contents of the respective pocket via the one-way valve to the environment; a flexible membrane forming at least part of the respective pocket surface; and a one-way valve through the respective pocket surface, wherein the one-way valve is disposed between the respective pocket and an environment and configured to direct a contents of the respective pocket via the one-way valve to the environment; wherein the device comprises at least one actuator integrated in the device and configured to actuate the flexible membranes of the pockets for causing the contents of the pockets to be pumped out by the actuated flexible membranes via the one-way valves thereby establishing or maintaining the suction between the contact surface of the device and the target surface.
A method for partially purifying a hydrophilic recombinant protein from a host expressing a hydrophilic recombinant protein, the method comprising a solution acquisition step in which a dissolving solvent is added to the host expressing a hydrophilic recombinant protein so as to dissolve the host cell and an insoluble substance is separated therefrom so as to obtain a solution, wherein the hydrophilic recombinant protein has a hydropathy index of 0 or less, and the dissolving solvent is an aprotic polar solvent having a dipole moment of 3.0 D or more.
System for in-vitro diagnostic analysis, the system comprising a vessel processing area comprising a first and a second static vessel holders (140, 140'), each comprising one or more vessel holding positions (141, 141'), a common vessel input station for placing at least one vessel at a time in at least one of the vessel holding positions (141, 141') of the first and second static vessel holders (140, 140'), and a vessel distribution unit, wherein the common vessel input station is operatively coupled to the vessel distribution unit for feeding individual vessels to the common vessel input station starting from a bulk supply, wherein the vessel processing area further comprises two movable vessel workstations (160, 160'), each comprising a vessel gripper (161, 161') and being translatable relative to the first and second static vessel holder (140, 140') respectively to transfer vessels between different vessel holding positions of the respective static vessel holder (140, 140'), the system further comprising a reagent pipette head comprising at least three reagent pipetting nozzles (175', 176') and a sample pipette head comprising at least two sample pipetting nozzles.
An outrigger for supporting an elongate electrical conductor at a distance outward from a support, the outrigger comprising: a first elongate limb; a first support device at a distal end of the first elongate limb for suspending therefrom a length portion of the elongate electrical conductor; a second elongate limb; a first connector attached to, or integral with, the second elongate limb for connecting the second elongate limb to a length portion of an elongate element of the support so that the second elongate limb is rotatable about an axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the length portion of the elongate element, when the second elongate limb is connected to the length portion of the elongate element of the support; a second connector spaced apart from the first connector by a distance that is adjustable, the second connector pivotably connecting the first elongate limb to the second elongate limb, the first elongate limb being rotatable with respect to the second elongate limb about a pivot axis of the second connector when the second elongate limb is connected to the length portion of the elongate element of the support, the pivot axis being transverse to both the first elongate limb and the second elongate limb; and a restrictor which permits rotation of the first elongate limb with respect to the second elongate limb about the pivot axis, but prevents relative rotation of the first elongate limb in one direction of rotation toward the second elongate limb beyond a limit position. a first elongate limb; a first support device at a distal end of the first elongate limb for suspending therefrom a length portion of the elongate electrical conductor; a second elongate limb; a first connector attached to, or integral with, the second elongate limb for connecting the second elongate limb to a length portion of an elongate element of the support so that the second elongate limb is rotatable about an axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the length portion of the elongate element, when the second elongate limb is connected to the length portion of the elongate element of the support; a second connector spaced apart from the first connector by a distance that is adjustable, the second connector pivotably connecting the first elongate limb to the second elongate limb, the first elongate limb being rotatable with respect to the second elongate limb about a pivot axis of the second connector when the second elongate limb is connected to the length portion of the elongate element of the support, the pivot axis being transverse to both the first elongate limb and the second elongate limb; and a restrictor which permits rotation of the first elongate limb with respect to the second elongate limb about the pivot axis, but prevents relative rotation of the first elongate limb in one direction of rotation toward the second elongate limb beyond a limit position.
A rail vehicle with a vehicle frame supported on rail-based running gears and with a hydraulic drive system, comprising a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor assigned to a rail-based running gear as well as a pump distributor gearbox and an internal combustion engine, with the hydraulic pump being coupled with the internal combustion engine via the pump distributor gearbox, characterized in that the pump distributor gearbox is coupled with a further internal combustion engine of the rail vehicle, and that a shared control device is set up for regulating both internal combustion engines (9, 10).
A reception system for a vehicle comprising a diversity antenna system and a receiver for the reception of satellite radio signals and/or terrestrially transmitted radio signals, which have the wavelength λ and which are digitally MPSK modulated, in a vehicle, wherein the diversity antenna system is provided with a signal level testing device for the alternating interconnection of one of at least two available antennas (A1, A2, A3,...), which signal level testing device indicates the necessity of the antenna change to avoid signal loss by a signal, characterized in that phase reference signals are present in the transmitted MPSK signal and occur repeatedly in a time sequence; and in that a device is present in the receiver for evaluating pilot symbols inserted between consecutive burst signals such that, on the occurrence of a pilot symbol which carries the prevailing reference phase related to the received signal, said prevailing reference phase is updated in the receiver, whereby the use symbols which are subsequently transmitted are detected in the correct phase and the interval in time between updates of the reference phase following one another in time is so small that the covered path distance is not larger than λ/5 and the antenna change which is necessary due to predefined criteria is blocked with the exception of a respective one time interval before each update of the reference phase.
A method for improving time to acquire an identity of a base station (304, 306) by a mobile station, the method comprising: requesting data containing a globally unique attribute of the base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station; receiving data in response to the request, the received data containing at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute; determining that the received data did not contain the globally unique attribute; and acquiring the identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute. requesting data containing a globally unique attribute of the base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station; receiving data in response to the request, the received data containing at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute; determining that the received data did not contain the globally unique attribute; and acquiring the identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute.