mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Crossbow having a shank, wherein a shooting direction of an arrow or bolt is parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the shank, and a bow fixed to the shank and a bowstring connecting the bow ends, wherein the bowstring is fixed directly to the bow ends and, prior to drawing of the crossbow, extends in a straight line between the bow ends, wherein the bow has an essentially rigid bridge and two elastic limbs (18, 20) connected to the shank, wherein on each of the free ends of the bridge a respective limb (18, 20) is fixed, and wherein the limbs (18, 20) at least in the region of their fixation to the free ends of the bridge are disposed at an angle of between 20 degrees of angle and 50 degrees of angle, in particular between 35 degrees of angle and 40 degrees of angle, in relation to the central longitudinal axis of the shank, and wherein the limbs (18, 20) in the straight line condition of the bowstring are disposed at an angle of between 20 degrees of angle and 50 degrees of angle, in particular between 35 degrees of angle and 40 degrees of angle, in relation to the central longitudinal axis of the shank.
A method of manufacturing a master plate for fabrication of diffractive structures, the method comprising - providing a substrate comprising a stack of selective etch layers (12A-C, 14A-C) formed by a plurality of pairs of alternating etch layers (12A-C) and etch stop layers (14A-C), which are oppositely selective for subsequent etch processes, - providing an etch mask layer on the substrate, wherein said multi-step etching process comprises - exposing the substrate piecewise at different mask zones (S1-S5) of the mask layer and using said selective etch layers (12A-C, 14A-C) to produce to the substrate a height-modulated surface profile defined by the mask zones (S1-S5) in lateral dimensions and by said stack in height dimension of the substrate, and - providing a height-modulated master grating onto the surface profile, the height modulation of the master grating being at least partly defined by said surface profile of the substrate, characterized in that said providing a height-modulated master grating comprises - coating the substrate with a planar coating-layer such that the surface profile is covered, and - removing zones of the coating layer according to a periodic pattern in order to produce the height-modulated master grating onto the substrate. - providing a substrate comprising a stack of selective etch layers (12A-C, 14A-C) formed by a plurality of pairs of alternating etch layers (12A-C) and etch stop layers (14A-C), which are oppositely selective for subsequent etch processes, - providing an etch mask layer on the substrate, wherein said multi-step etching process comprises - exposing the substrate piecewise at different mask zones (S1-S5) of the mask layer and using said selective etch layers (12A-C, 14A-C) to produce to the substrate a height-modulated surface profile defined by the mask zones (S1-S5) in lateral dimensions and by said stack in height dimension of the substrate, and - providing a height-modulated master grating onto the surface profile, the height modulation of the master grating being at least partly defined by said surface profile of the substrate, - coating the substrate with a planar coating-layer such that the surface profile is covered, and - removing zones of the coating layer according to a periodic pattern in order to produce the height-modulated master grating onto the substrate.
An electro-acoustic transducer (50; 150), comprising: a diaphragm (62;162) with a front side and a rear side, the diaphragm configured to radiate front side acoustic radiation from its front side and rear side acoustic radiation from its rear side; a magnet (90;190); a magnetic circuit (100;200) that defines a path for magnetic flux of the magnet and comprises a gap, wherein the magnetic circuit comprises a cup-shaped pole piece (104;204); a voice coil located in the magnetic circuit gap and configured to move the diaphragm; a basket (120;220) directly supported by an upstanding wall (105;205) of the cup-shaped pole piece, and wherein the basket indirectly supports the diaphragm via a roll (64;164) extending from the basket to the diaphragm; a first opening in the basket (124;224); and a second opening in the basket (134;234); wherein the magnet, the magnetic circuit, and the voice coil are arranged along the rear side of the diaphragm; wherein the first and second basket openings are both configured to receive the rear side acoustic radiation, the first opening is spaced from the second opening, and the first opening has a greater acoustic resistance than the second opening; wherein the first and second openings are located at a height between the rear side of the diaphragm and a rear wall of the cup-shaped pole piece; wherein the first and second openings accomplish a variable-length dipole, achieving a longer effective dipole length at lower frequencies and a smaller effective dipole length at higher frequencies. a diaphragm (62;162) with a front side and a rear side, the diaphragm configured to radiate front side acoustic radiation from its front side and rear side acoustic radiation from its rear side; a magnet (90;190); a magnetic circuit (100;200) that defines a path for magnetic flux of the magnet and comprises a gap, wherein the magnetic circuit comprises a cup-shaped pole piece (104;204); a voice coil located in the magnetic circuit gap and configured to move the diaphragm; a basket (120;220) directly supported by an upstanding wall (105;205) of the cup-shaped pole piece, and wherein the basket indirectly supports the diaphragm via a roll (64;164) extending from the basket to the diaphragm; a first opening in the basket (124;224); and a second opening in the basket (134;234); wherein the magnet, the magnetic circuit, and the voice coil are arranged along the rear side of the diaphragm; wherein the first and second basket openings are both configured to receive the rear side acoustic radiation, the first opening is spaced from the second opening, and the first opening has a greater acoustic resistance than the second opening; wherein the first and second openings are located at a height between the rear side of the diaphragm and a rear wall of the cup-shaped pole piece; wherein the first and second openings accomplish a variable-length dipole, achieving a longer effective dipole length at lower frequencies and a smaller effective dipole length at higher frequencies.
An indexable cutting insert for tools for chip removing machining, comprising an upperside and an underside between which a centre axis and, adjacent to a cutting edge, a peripheral clearance surface extend, as well as a connecting surface formed in the underside and in which there are included engagement means having flanks (31, 32) that are situated in a common basal plane and inclined in relation to the same, the engagement means including four knobs that are located at corners in an imaginary, regular quadrangle and individually include two flanks (31, 32) running perpendicularly to each other, a first one (e.g., 31) of which is situated in flush with an analogous first flank of an adjacent knob, and the second one (e.g., 32) is facing an analogous second flank of the same adjacent knob in order to, together with the same second flank, delimit a V-shapedly diverging chute, said pairs of first flanks being arranged to, together with a part of the clearance surface situated on a level above the basal plane, form a wedge part of the cutting insert, characterized in that the individual flank (31, 32) has a triangular basic shape, which is defined by three borderlines (42, 43, 44), two of which (42, 43) diverge at an acute angle toward the periphery of the cutting insert, wherein adjacent knobs are mutually spaced-apart via concave intermediate surfaces, each one of which is delimited by two parallel borderlines of adjacent knobs.
Method for monitoring data packet flows between Virtual Machines, VMs, and for reducing flow cost by migrating a VM within a data centre, said method comprises: - collecting flow data for data packet flows between VMs in the datacentre; - mapping flow data of data packet flows between VMs onto data centre topology to establish flow costs for said data packet flows, C fln = N s x B fln, wherein C fln is flow cost for flow n between two VMs, where n= 1, 2,..., N, if the VM is cooperating with N different VMs, N s = No. of switches between two VMs, B fln = flow bandwidth in Mbps for flow n between two VMs; - calculating an aggregated flow cost for all the flows associated with a VM for each VM within the data centre; - determining whether to reschedule by migrating any VM, or not, to another physical machine and/or physical resource based on the aggregated flow cost, characterized in that once an expensive flow is identified by means of a threshold measure (t fl), all other flows associated with the two VMs that belong to the flow are also analysed to determine a revisited placement for the VM(s) so that a new aggregated cost of all the flows from the VMs are lower than the current aggregated cost of flows. - collecting flow data for data packet flows between VMs in the datacentre; - mapping flow data of data packet flows between VMs onto data centre topology to establish flow costs for said data packet flows, C fln = N s x B fln, wherein C fln is flow cost for flow n between two VMs, where n= 1, 2,..., N, if the VM is cooperating with N different VMs, N s = No. of switches between two VMs, B fln = flow bandwidth in Mbps for flow n between two VMs; - calculating an aggregated flow cost for all the flows associated with a VM for each VM within the data centre; - determining whether to reschedule by migrating any VM, or not, to another physical machine and/or physical resource based on the aggregated flow cost, characterized in that once an expensive flow is identified by means of a threshold measure (t fl), all other flows associated with the two VMs that belong to the flow are also analysed to determine a revisited placement for the VM(s) so that a new aggregated cost of all the flows from the VMs are lower than the current aggregated cost of flows.
A video encoding apparatus for encoding a video signal, comprising: an encoding unit adapted to perform an arithmetic encoding process with context modeling on the video signal using a context value and generating a bit stream of the video and a controlling unit (45, 46) adapted to control the arithmetic encoding process, characterized in that said bit stream generated by the arithmetic encoding process includes uncompressed data in a unit of encoding; said controlling unit (45, 46) is adapted to control the arithmetic encoding process so as to perform a terminal process of the arithmetic encoding process using the context value and to reuse a context value used in the arithmetic encoding process for a unit of encoding just before the unit of encoding that includes uncompressed data in the bit stream. an encoding unit adapted to perform an arithmetic encoding process with context modeling on the video signal using a context value and generating a bit stream of the video and a controlling unit (45, 46) adapted to control the arithmetic encoding process, characterized in that said bit stream generated by the arithmetic encoding process includes uncompressed data in a unit of encoding; said controlling unit (45, 46) is adapted to control the arithmetic encoding process so as to perform a terminal process of the arithmetic encoding process using the context value and to reuse a context value used in the arithmetic encoding process for a unit of encoding just before the unit of encoding that includes uncompressed data in the bit stream.
Use of a composition comprising silver halide particles, gelatin in an amount of less than 1% by weight and at least 50% water, which composition is substantially free of organic solvents_to impart antimicrobial properties to a textile or fabric.
A method for edge computing-based application relocation, performed by a MEC host platform, comprising: predicting a target edge computing host for application relocation; making a preparation on the target edge computing host in response to the target edge computing host meeting a preset condition comprising: a distance threshold between a terminal and the target edge computing host, and/or a time threshold for the terminal to reach the target edge computing host; initiating a real application relocation request to the target edge computing host, and performing application relocation at the target edge computing host; and releasing the preparation of the target edge computing host in response to a distance between the terminal and the target edge computing host not being reduced below the distance threshold within a preset period of time, and re-predicting the target edge computing host; wherein the preparation comprises: creating an application instance on the target edge computing host, or transmitting an application context information to the target edge computing host. predicting a target edge computing host for application relocation; making a preparation on the target edge computing host in response to the target edge computing host meeting a preset condition comprising: a distance threshold between a terminal and the target edge computing host, and/or a time threshold for the terminal to reach the target edge computing host; a distance threshold between a terminal and the target edge computing host, and/or a time threshold for the terminal to reach the target edge computing host; initiating a real application relocation request to the target edge computing host, and performing application relocation at the target edge computing host; and releasing the preparation of the target edge computing host in response to a distance between the terminal and the target edge computing host not being reduced below the distance threshold within a preset period of time, and re-predicting the target edge computing host; wherein the preparation comprises: creating an application instance on the target edge computing host, or transmitting an application context information to the target edge computing host.
An alpha-amylase i) having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, or 8 herein, or ii) having the amino acid sequence shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2, or iii) having the amino acid sequence shown in Figure 3, or iv) an alpha-amylase which displays at least 90% homology with the alpha-amylases of i), ii) or iii), wherein the alpha-amylase comprises one of the following alterations: G48A, or G48S, and wherein position 48 corresponds to position 48 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4. i) having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, or 8 herein, or ii) having the amino acid sequence shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2, or iii) having the amino acid sequence shown in Figure 3, or iv) an alpha-amylase which displays at least 90% homology with the alpha-amylases of i), ii) or iii), G48A, or G48S, and wherein position 48 corresponds to position 48 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
A battery module (20, 22), comprising: - an electrochemical cell having a minor terminal; - a major terminal electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell, wherein the major terminal comprises a base and a post extending from the base; and - an electrical path between the minor terminal of the electrochemical cell and the major terminal of the battery module (20, 22), wherein the electrical path comprises a bus bar, wherein the bus bar comprises a main body having an opening disposed through the main body, wherein the post extends through the opening, wherein the bus bar comprises a first flap having a folded and/or stamped end, and extending from the main body of the bus bar, wherein the first flap is wrapped around a first side surface of the base of the major terminal such that the main body and the first flap at least partially define a pocket that retains the base of the major terminal to block rotation of the base of the major terminal. - an electrochemical cell having a minor terminal; - a major terminal electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell, wherein the major terminal comprises a base and a post extending from the base; and - an electrical path between the minor terminal of the electrochemical cell and the major terminal of the battery module (20, 22), wherein the electrical path comprises a bus bar, wherein the bus bar comprises a main body having an opening disposed through the main body, wherein the post extends through the opening, wherein the bus bar comprises a first flap having a folded and/or stamped end, and extending from the main body of the bus bar, wherein the first flap is wrapped around a first side surface of the base of the major terminal such that the main body and the first flap at least partially define a pocket that retains the base of the major terminal to block rotation of the base of the major terminal.
A lock device for a door having an open position, a closed position, and positions therebetween with respect to an adjacent structure, the lock device comprising: a magnet located at one of the door and the adjacent structure and providing a reference magnetic field; a position sensor located at the other of the door and the adjacent structure and comprising a magnetometer structured to measure a location of the magnetometer relative to the magnet as provided by the reference magnetic field; and a processing device structured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that causes the processing device to: receive the location measurement of the magnetometer; derive a position indicator from the location measurement of the magnetometer, wherein the position indicator indicates a particular position of the door; compare the position indicator to a reference indicator, the reference indicator corresponding to a reference position of the magnetometer with respect to the magnet, the reference position corresponding to the closed position of the door; and determine, based on the comparison of the position indicator to the reference indicator, whether the magnetometer is at the reference position or has been displaced from the reference position. a magnet located at one of the door and the adjacent structure and providing a reference magnetic field; a position sensor located at the other of the door and the adjacent structure and comprising a magnetometer structured to measure a location of the magnetometer relative to the magnet as provided by the reference magnetic field; and a processing device structured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that causes the processing device to: receive the location measurement of the magnetometer; derive a position indicator from the location measurement of the magnetometer, wherein the position indicator indicates a particular position of the door; compare the position indicator to a reference indicator, the reference indicator corresponding to a reference position of the magnetometer with respect to the magnet, the reference position corresponding to the closed position of the door; and determine, based on the comparison of the position indicator to the reference indicator, whether the magnetometer is at the reference position or has been displaced from the reference position. receive the location measurement of the magnetometer; derive a position indicator from the location measurement of the magnetometer, wherein the position indicator indicates a particular position of the door; compare the position indicator to a reference indicator, the reference indicator corresponding to a reference position of the magnetometer with respect to the magnet, the reference position corresponding to the closed position of the door; and determine, based on the comparison of the position indicator to the reference indicator, whether the magnetometer is at the reference position or has been displaced from the reference position.
A plasmid vector comprising: (a) an RNA polymerase promoter, operably linked to a DNA encoding an infectious RNA molecule; and (b) a poly-A tail downstream of said DNA wherein: (i) the RNA molecule encodes an attenuated Yellow Fever virus; and (ii) the RNA polymerase promoter is suitable for expression in mammalian cells. (a) an RNA polymerase promoter, operably linked to a DNA encoding an infectious RNA molecule; and (b) a poly-A tail downstream of said DNA (i) the RNA molecule encodes an attenuated Yellow Fever virus; and (ii) the RNA polymerase promoter is suitable for expression in mammalian cells.
An intercom network, comprising a plurality of speech stations (11a, 11b, 11c) and at least one switching centre (13, 16), wherein from each speech station connected to the switching centre a connecting line (12a, 12b, 12c) extends to the switching centre, wherein the connecting line provides a direct connection, respectively, between the switching centre and the connected speech station, wherein the switching centre switches, configures and manages these connections and wherein the speech stations of the intercom network, due to an audio data communication via the switching centre, can enter into audio communication with each other in real time, characterised in that at least one speech station comprises a terminal (53, 54) for a second connecting line (50, 50a, 50b, 50c), via which the speech station is connected with the same switching centre or with another switching centre.
A pixel drive structure for an active matrix display including a multilayer electronic structure, the structure including a thin film transistor for driving a pixel of said active matrix display and a capacitor for storing charge to maintain an electrical state of said active matrix pixel, wherein the structure comprises a substrate bearing at least four conducting layers separated by at least three dielectric layers, first and second ones of said conducting layers defining drain/source electrodes and a gate electrode of said transistor respectively, and third and fourth ones of said conducting layers defining respective first and second plates of said capacitor, wherein said capacitor is substantially directly above said transistor, wherein an upper one of said conducting layers defines a pixel pad layer comprising a pixel pad connected to said first conducting layer of said thin film transistor for driving said pixel of said display, wherein said pixel pad forms said second plate of said capacitor, characterised in that said TFT comprises an organic semiconducting material and said third conducting layer defines an interconnect line which comprises said first plate of said capacitor and which covers at least half the area of the pixel pad.