mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for trimming a structure obtained by bonding a first wafer (11, 21, 31, 41) onto a second wafer (12, 22, 32, 42) by contact faces and thinning of the first wafer, at least one of the first wafer and the second wafer being chamfered and thus exposing the edge of the contact face of the first wafer, wherein the trimming concerns the first wafer, wherein the method comprising the following steps: a) selection of the second wafer (12, 22, 32, 42) to allow step b) to be carried out, said selection consisting in choosing, for the second wafer, a wafer whose surface is made of a different material from that of the surface of the first wafer and that permits selective chemical etching of the first wafer with respect to the second wafer, or a wafer (12, 22, 32, 42) with a layer (14, 26) of at least one material forming a means of stopping the chemical etching planned in step b; b) after bonding of the first wafer to the second wafer, lateral chemical etching of the first wafer, at the level of the bonding interface, so as to form in the first wafer a pedestal resting entirely on the contact face of the second wafer, supporting the remaining of the first wafer and set back from the flanks of the second wafer; c) thinning of the first wafer until the pedestal is reached so as to provide a thinned part (17, 29, 39) of the first wafer. a) selection of the second wafer (12, 22, 32, 42) to allow step b) to be carried out, said selection consisting in choosing, for the second wafer, a wafer whose surface is made of a different material from that of the surface of the first wafer and that permits selective chemical etching of the first wafer with respect to the second wafer, or a wafer (12, 22, 32, 42) with a layer (14, 26) of at least one material forming a means of stopping the chemical etching planned in step b; b) after bonding of the first wafer to the second wafer, lateral chemical etching of the first wafer, at the level of the bonding interface, so as to form in the first wafer a pedestal resting entirely on the contact face of the second wafer, supporting the remaining of the first wafer and set back from the flanks of the second wafer; c) thinning of the first wafer until the pedestal is reached so as to provide a thinned part (17, 29, 39) of the first wafer.
Voltage converter on board a motor vehicle, for converting a first voltage into a second voltage different from the first, comprising: - a plurality of cells arranged in parallel, each comprising a transistor arm (T3, T4) controlled as a chopper for generating the second voltage, - at least one isolation transistor, and - a control circuit for controlling the transistors, the control circuit being configured so as to selectively hold open said at least one isolation transistor in order to decouple a cell from the plurality of cells and to use the arm (K5, K6) of said cell as a simple current conductor for supplying a pre-charge current to one or more capacitors, or all of the capacitors, of the converter and/or of a network supplying the first voltage, and, characterized in that said control circuit is further configured so as to selectively hold open said at least one isolation transistor in order to decouple the corresponding cell and to use the arm (K5, K6) of said cell controlled as a chopper to supply a third output voltage. - a plurality of cells arranged in parallel, each comprising a transistor arm (T3, T4) controlled as a chopper for generating the second voltage, - at least one isolation transistor, and - a control circuit for controlling the transistors,
A mold segment (10; 74) for forming a tire, comprising: a first sipe element that has a first sipe element narrow section and a first sipe element teardrop section, wherein the first sipe element has a female connector; a second sipe element that has a second sipe element narrow section and a second sipe element teardrop section, wherein the second sipe element has a male connector; and a mold segment base that receives the first sipe element and the second sipe element, wherein the female connector of the first sipe element receives the male connector of the second sipe element, characterized in that the first sipe element teardrop section is located at a first terminal end of the first sipe element, and wherein the first sipe element narrow section is offset from the first terminal end of the first sipe element and not located at the first terminal end of the first sipe element; the first leg is located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element, and wherein the second sipe element narrow section is located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element; the male connector is located at a first terminal end of the second sipe element, wherein the second sipe element teardrop section is offset from the first terminal end of the second sipe element and not located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element. a first sipe element that has a first sipe element narrow section and a first sipe element teardrop section, wherein the first sipe element has a female connector; a second sipe element that has a second sipe element narrow section and a second sipe element teardrop section, wherein the second sipe element has a male connector; and a mold segment base that receives the first sipe element and the second sipe element, wherein the female connector of the first sipe element receives the male connector of the second sipe element, the first sipe element teardrop section is located at a first terminal end of the first sipe element, and wherein the first sipe element narrow section is offset from the first terminal end of the first sipe element and not located at the first terminal end of the first sipe element; the first leg is located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element, and wherein the second sipe element narrow section is located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element; the male connector is located at a first terminal end of the second sipe element, wherein the second sipe element teardrop section is offset from the first terminal end of the second sipe element and not located at the first terminal end of the second sipe element.
A method of operating a hybrid-electric propulsion system for an aircraft having a turbomachine, the turbomachine including a first spool and a second spool, the method comprising: operating, by one or more computing devices, the turbomachine such that the first spool mechanically drives a prime propulsor of the hybrid-electric propulsion system; modifying, by the one or more computing devices, a speed relationship parameter defined between the first spool and second spool by providing electrical power to an electric machine mechanically coupled to the second spool when the first spool reduces speed at a first rate and the second spool reduces speed at a second rate that is faster than the first rate during a thrust reduction operation. operating, by one or more computing devices, the turbomachine such that the first spool mechanically drives a prime propulsor of the hybrid-electric propulsion system; modifying, by the one or more computing devices, a speed relationship parameter defined between the first spool and second spool by providing electrical power to an electric machine mechanically coupled to the second spool when the first spool reduces speed at a first rate and the second spool reduces speed at a second rate that is faster than the first rate during a thrust reduction operation.
A display structure, comprising: a light adjusting component, wherein an operating state of the light adjusting component comprises a light transmitting state in which a light vibrating along each direction is capable of passing through the light adjusting component and a polarization state in which a light vibrating along a preset direction is capable of passing through the light adjusting component, and the light adjusting component comprises a first region and a second region which are independently controllable; a display screen comprising a plurality of independently controllable pixels; wherein the light adjusting component is located at a light emitting side of the display screen, and a first controller, wherein, when the first region is in the light transmitting state, the first controller is configured to disable the pixels in the display screen corresponding to the first region to allow light from the first region to penetrate through the display screen. a light adjusting component, wherein an operating state of the light adjusting component comprises a light transmitting state in which a light vibrating along each direction is capable of passing through the light adjusting component and a polarization state in which a light vibrating along a preset direction is capable of passing through the light adjusting component, and the light adjusting component comprises a first region and a second region which are independently controllable; a display screen comprising a plurality of independently controllable pixels; wherein the light adjusting component is located at a light emitting side of the display screen, and a first controller, wherein, when the first region is in the light transmitting state, the first controller is configured to disable the pixels in the display screen corresponding to the first region to allow light from the first region to penetrate through the display screen.
A method for operating a trust centre for distributing keying material to at least one radio station, comprising the steps of at the trust centre, dividing an identifier of the radio station, said identifier being a code word consisting of a first number of bits, into a plurality of subidentifiers, and generating for each subidentifier a keying material function selected out of a set of keying material functions on the basis of the considered subidentifier; at the trust centre, transmitting to the radio station the identifier and the key material comprising the generated keying material functions, characterized in that the identifier is generated from a digital certificate issued to the radio station by hashing attributes of the digital certificate.
A backup block comprising: a mounting surface on which a board is placed; an installation surface disposed parallel to the mounting surface on an opposite side thereof; and multiple suction holes configured to penetrate in a thickness direction between the mounting surface and the installation surface, characterized in that the backup block is made up of a single component that has a chamber recessed section (55, 551, 552, 553) formed on an installation surface side so as to surround positions of the multiple suction holes, and the installation surface is configured to be installed in contact with an upper face of a lifting and lowering table of a screen-printing machine to form an air chamber. a mounting surface on which a board is placed; an installation surface disposed parallel to the mounting surface on an opposite side thereof; and multiple suction holes configured to penetrate in a thickness direction between the mounting surface and the installation surface, characterized in that the backup block is made up of a single component that has a chamber recessed section (55, 551, 552, 553) formed on an installation surface side so as to surround positions of the multiple suction holes, and the installation surface is configured to be installed in contact with an upper face of a lifting and lowering table of a screen-printing machine to form an air chamber.
Cutlery basket (100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800) for a dishwasher at least comprising: - a first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625) defining an outside border of a compartment to accept the cutlery, and having a first opening (128, 228, 450, 728), Z characterized in that Z the first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625) in its first upper region r has the first opening (128, 228, 450, 728) having the size of 40 - 60% of the first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625). - a first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625) defining an outside border of a compartment to accept the cutlery, and having a first opening (128, 228, 450, 728), Z characterized in that Z the first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625) in its first upper region r has the first opening (128, 228, 450, 728) having the size of 40 - 60% of the first upright outer wall (310, 405, 410, 520, 525, 620, 625).
An interdental cleaner comprising a gripping portion and a cleaning portion, said interdental cleaner being formed by an elongate body, said elongate body being made from a thermoplastic material and said cleaning portion having a coating which comprises a heat-vulcanized rubber material and which forms peripheral, flexible brush members; wherein said brush members are formed as peripheral brush flanges, the outer dimension of which gradually decreasing towards a free end of the cleaning portion; wherein said brush flanges are spaced substantially equidistant along the cleaning portion; wherein said brush flanges are arranged in alternate pairs along the cleaning portion, first pairs having two brush flanges extending radially from the axis of the cleaning portion in a first opposite direction and adjacent second pairs having two brush flanges extending radially from said axis in a second opposite direction; wherein said rubber material coating is also applied at least partially to said gripping portion; characterized in that the rubber material coating applied to the gripping portion forms a relief structure on two opposite, substantially flat gripping surfaces (3a, 3b) of the same; and wherein said relief structure of the gripping portion is of the negative type, whereby coating material is left out in certain areas so that the surface of the underlying thermoplastic body is exposed, and whereby grooves are formed in the coating material on the gripping portion, which form said relief structure.
A measuring device for measuring contamination of material transparent to solar radiation, comprising a housing, the housing having a wall opaque to solar radiation, the wall having at least one first opening and said first opening being closed by a pane transparent to solar radiation, characterized in that the housing has a longitudinal axis, wherein a mounting supports the housing with its longitudinal axis in the horizontal direction and the housing is mounted on the mounting so as to be pivotable about the longitudinal axis, wherein the wall encloses a space longitudinally and is arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the wall has at least one second opening, wherein a covering device for covering the second opening is arranged at the second opening, and with at least one pyranometer positionable in the space at the first and second openings (9, 11) for measuring solar radiation penetrating the first and second openings (9, 11), respectively, or with at least two pyranometers, wherein one of the pyranometers is arranged at each of the first and second opening (9, 11) for measuring solar radiation penetrating the first and second openings (9, 11).
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound of Formula 1 as an active ingredient for use in preventing or treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. wherein R1 and R2 are independently a fatty acid group of 14 to 20 carbon atoms.
Method for detecting the position of a pre-printed material strip in a machine (10; 21) of the tobacco processing industry, wherein a periodically recurring print pattern on the material strip, which is processed continuously in the machine, is detected and identified by means of an imaging sensor arrangement and the position of the material strip relative to the machine cycle is determined therefrom, the print pattern being arranged in a region of the material strip which is visible from the outside of the finished product, the sensor arrangement comprising a camera system which is arranged in the machine for imaging a printed side of the material strip, characterised in that a freely definable pattern is used as the print pattern to be identified, and the camera system comprises a line camera that extends over the entire width of the material strip.
An inhalation component generation device comprising: a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply; and a control unit configured to be capable of acquiring a voltage value of the power supply, characterized in that the control unit is configured to be capable of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply based on a time period required for the voltage value of the power supply to reach an upper limit from a lower limit of a predetermined voltage range during charging of the power supply, wherein the lower limit of the predetermined voltage range is lower than a discharge termination voltage of the power supply, and wherein the control unit is configured to be capable of performing a degradation diagnosis function that estimates or detects that the power supply is degraded when the voltage value of the power supply is reached, in a predetermined time period, an upper limit from a lower limit of a predetermined voltage range that is equal to or higher than the discharge termination voltage, during charging of the power supply. a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply; and a control unit configured to be capable of acquiring a voltage value of the power supply, characterized in that the control unit is configured to be capable of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply based on a time period required for the voltage value of the power supply to reach an upper limit from a lower limit of a predetermined voltage range during charging of the power supply, wherein the lower limit of the predetermined voltage range is lower than a discharge termination voltage of the power supply, and wherein the control unit is configured to be capable of performing a degradation diagnosis function that estimates or detects that the power supply is degraded when the voltage value of the power supply is reached, in a predetermined time period, an upper limit from a lower limit of a predetermined voltage range that is equal to or higher than the discharge termination voltage, during charging of the power supply.
A method for transmitting a codeword generated based on a quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check coding scheme including a repeat-accumulate quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check coding scheme, the codeword consisting of N quasi-cyclic blocks, the quasi-cyclic blocks each consisting of Q bits, the transmission method comprising the steps of: applying a bit permutation to the bits of the codeword; dividing the permuted bits of the codeword into a plurality of constellation blocks each consisting of GxM bits; applying a constellation block permutation to the constellation blocks; and transmitting the permuted constellation blocks, characterised in that the codeword is divided into N/M sections each consisting of M quasi-cyclic blocks, the constellation blocks are each associated with one of the sections, the bit permutation is adapted such that the constellation blocks each consist of GxM bits from M different quasi-cyclic blocks of the associated section, and the constellation block permutation is equivalent to writing the constellation blocks row by row into a matrix with R rows and (Q/(kxG)) columns and reading out the constellation blocks column by column from the matrix, where R is k×(N/M), and k is a positive integer. applying a bit permutation to the bits of the codeword; dividing the permuted bits of the codeword into a plurality of constellation blocks each consisting of GxM bits; applying a constellation block permutation to the constellation blocks; and transmitting the permuted constellation blocks, characterised in that the codeword is divided into N/M sections each consisting of M quasi-cyclic blocks, the constellation blocks are each associated with one of the sections, the bit permutation is adapted such that the constellation blocks each consist of GxM bits from M different quasi-cyclic blocks of the associated section, and the constellation block permutation is equivalent to writing the constellation blocks row by row into a matrix with R rows and (Q/(kxG)) columns and reading out the constellation blocks column by column from the matrix, where R is k×(N/M), and k is a positive integer.
A fusing device for an image forming apparatus, the fusing device comprising: a fusing belt disposed in a rotatable manner; a heat source placed in the fusing belt to heat the fusing belt; a pressure roller placed to apply pressure to an outer surface of the fusing belt; and a nip plate to support an inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a fusing nip between the fusing belt and the pressure roller, wherein the nip plate includes: a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use. a fusing belt disposed in a rotatable manner; a heat source placed in the fusing belt to heat the fusing belt; a pressure roller placed to apply pressure to an outer surface of the fusing belt; and a nip plate to support an inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a fusing nip between the fusing belt and the pressure roller, wherein the nip plate includes: a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use. a pressure portion arranged to face the pressure roller and to apply pressure to the inner surface of the fusing belt; characterized in that the nip plate includes a stepped portion located at an end of the pressure portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the nip plate and extending from the end of the pressure portion in the longitudinal direction, the stepped portion being spaced apart from the inner surface of the fusing belt so as to define a space at the end of the pressure portion for accommodation of a lubricant applied to the inner surface of the fusing belt in use.