mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for retrieving a shut position and/or the position of at least one closable container, comprising the method steps a) sending a signal by means of a first sending unit; b) receiving the signal with a near field antenna of the container, said antenna being connected to an RFID chip; c) generating a response signal by way of the RFID chip and transmitting the response signal, wherein, in the closed position of the container, a noncontact electromagnetic coupling exists between the near field antenna which is connected to the RFID chip, and which is arranged at the first or at the second container part (02, 03), and a far field antenna being arranged at the other one of the first and second container parts (02, 03), respectively, and wherein the response signal is transmitted with a first range for communicating with a receiving unit and wherein, in the open position of the container, a response signal having a second range is transmitted for communicating with a receiving unit; d) monitoring if response signals are received by means of at least one receiving unit. a) sending a signal by means of a first sending unit; b) receiving the signal with a near field antenna of the container, said antenna being connected to an RFID chip; c) generating a response signal by way of the RFID chip and transmitting the response signal, wherein, in the closed position of the container, a noncontact electromagnetic coupling exists between the near field antenna which is connected to the RFID chip, and which is arranged at the first or at the second container part (02, 03), and a far field antenna being arranged at the other one of the first and second container parts (02, 03), respectively, and wherein the response signal is transmitted with a first range for communicating with a receiving unit and wherein, in the open position of the container, a response signal having a second range is transmitted for communicating with a receiving unit; d) monitoring if response signals are received by means of at least one receiving unit.
A wind turbine blade extending from a root end to a tip end along a longitudinal axis and comprising a root region, a transition region, and an airfoil region, the wind turbine blade comprising - a profiled contour with a leading edge and a trailing edge and a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; - a blade shell with a first blade shell part with a pressure side and a second blade shell part with a suction side, the first and second blade shell parts extending from the root end to the tip end and joined along a primary glue joint; - a first main spar cap integrated in the first blade shell part; - a second main spar cap integrated in the second blade shell part; and - one or more shear webs connected between the first main spar cap and the second main spar cap, wherein the blade shell comprises a third blade shell part extending from the root end of the wind turbine blade, and wherein the third blade shell part is joined to the first blade shell part along a first secondary glue joint and to the second blade shell part along a second secondary glue joint, wherein the first secondary glue joint and the second secondary glue joint merge into a secondary glue joint at a merging distance from the root end, and wherein the first blade shell part and the second blade shell part are joined along the secondary glue joint. - a profiled contour with a leading edge and a trailing edge and a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; - a blade shell with a first blade shell part with a pressure side and a second blade shell part with a suction side, the first and second blade shell parts extending from the root end to the tip end and joined along a primary glue joint; - a first main spar cap integrated in the first blade shell part; - a second main spar cap integrated in the second blade shell part; and - one or more shear webs connected between the first main spar cap and the second main spar cap,
A composition comprising: rebaudioside A; miracle fruit pulp powder; and a beverage, wherein the miracle fruit pulp powder is 0.005 wt% to 2 wt% of the composition. rebaudioside A; miracle fruit pulp powder; and a beverage, wherein the miracle fruit pulp powder is 0.005 wt% to 2 wt% of the composition.
A tamping assembly for a capsule filling machine, the tamping assembly comprising: a dosing disc provided with a plurality of sets of through vertical passages placed equidistantly around the periphery thereof; a bottom plate disposed below the dosing disc to close the vertical passages at the bottom thereof, the bottom plate having an open region aligned with a carousel of the capsule filling machine disposed adjacent to the tamping assembly; and a set of apertures aligned with at-least one set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc; plurality of sets of top tamping plungers disposed above the dosing disc, the set of top tamping plungers aligned with each set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc and configured to be driven downwards for pressing a powdered product in the passages from the top; and at-least one set of bottom tamping plungers disposed below the bottom plate, the set of bottom tamping plungers provided to close each set of apertures of the bottom plate and/or corresponding vertical passages of the dosing disc, and configured to be driven upwards for pressing the powdered product in the vertical passages from the bottom. a dosing disc provided with a plurality of sets of through vertical passages placed equidistantly around the periphery thereof; a bottom plate disposed below the dosing disc to close the vertical passages at the bottom thereof, the bottom plate having an open region aligned with a carousel of the capsule filling machine disposed adjacent to the tamping assembly; and a set of apertures aligned with at-least one set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc; plurality of sets of top tamping plungers disposed above the dosing disc, the set of top tamping plungers aligned with each set of through vertical passages of the dosing disc and configured to be driven downwards for pressing a powdered product in the passages from the top; and at-least one set of bottom tamping plungers disposed below the bottom plate, the set of bottom tamping plungers provided to close each set of apertures of the bottom plate and/or corresponding vertical passages of the dosing disc, and configured to be driven upwards for pressing the powdered product in the vertical passages from the bottom.
A hydraulic power unit comprising: a frame; a fluid tank supported by the frame, the fluid tank configured to store a supply of hydraulic fluid; a manifold supported by the frame; and a first reciprocating pump fixed to a tank exterior side of the fluid tank and a manifold exterior side of the manifold, the first reciprocating pump configured to draw the hydraulic fluid from the fluid tank and pump a first flow of hydraulic fluid to the manifold. a frame; a fluid tank supported by the frame, the fluid tank configured to store a supply of hydraulic fluid; a manifold supported by the frame; and a first reciprocating pump fixed to a tank exterior side of the fluid tank and a manifold exterior side of the manifold, the first reciprocating pump configured to draw the hydraulic fluid from the fluid tank and pump a first flow of hydraulic fluid to the manifold.
Supporting structure for connecting two agricultural implements to a tractor three-point power lift, comprising a frame having at least one lower crossmember, and having at least one lateral member, wherein the supporting structure has at least two coupling units (12, 9) for a three-point connection to a first implement, the supporting structure further comprises, directed during operation towards the tractor, at least one lower link coupling means for connecting to the tractor three-point power lift, and has a coupling device, which is arranged on the top of the frame, for fastening the at least one further implement, characterized in that the supporting structure forms a three-point power lift.
Use of one or more lactosylated milk protein fractions and/or one or more lactosylated milk protein preparations exhibiting a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibiting activity for the preparation of a nutritional and/or pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases, wherein the milk protein fractions and/or the milk protein preparations exhibiting a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibiting activity are selected from the group consisting of whey fractions, skimmed milk fraction, native whey protein isolate preparation of human milk, bovine milk, buffalo milk, acid casein fraction and/or sweet casein fraction of bovine milk, and/or combinations thereof, and wherein the lactosylated milk proteins are obtained by heating the milk proteins in the presence of lactose.
A printed circuit board comprising; an insulating layer; a pad formed on the insulating layer; a solder resist disposed on the insulating layer and the pad and having an opening section exposing an upper surface of the pad; a bump connection section disposed on the pad and filling the opening section of the solder resist, and protruded from an upper surface of the solder resist; a plating seed layer disposed between an inner wall of the solder resist and a side surface of the bump connection section; a bump disposed on the bump connection section and having a narrower width than the opening section of the solder resist; and a solder disposed on the bump and having the same width as the width of the bump, wherein the bump connection section comprises a first portion on the pad and filling the opening section of the solder resist, and protruded from an upper surface of the solder resist, and a second portion on the first portion, wherein the upper surface of the first portion has a larger width than the lower surface of the second portion.
An expandable, implantable medical device comprising first and second cylindrical hoops arranged to define a single longitudinal axis and radially expandable about said axis from an unexpanded state to an expanded state, said first and second hoops joined one to the other by a plurality of flexible connectors, at least one of said hoops including a plurality of pairs of elongated struts that are substantially parallel to said axis in said unexpanded state, each of said pairs of struts comprising adjacent first and second struts (16A, 16B) arranged substantially alongside each other, said first and second struts (16A, 16B) having respective end portions adjacent each other and joined to each other by a junction, said junction including a single hinge region, and said hinge region being less rigid than said first and second struts, said medical device characterized by: at least one of said flexible connectors being connected at any point along the struts (16A, 16B) or outside of junctions; and the struts being fabricated from a material that makes the struts stiffer in bending than the junctions. at least one of said flexible connectors being connected at any point along the struts (16A, 16B) or outside of junctions; and the struts being fabricated from a material that makes the struts stiffer in bending than the junctions.
A tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism for an electronic cigarette comprising: a mouthpiece connector base having a mouthpiece connector outside thread configured to threadedly connect to a mouthpiece connector inside thread of an electronic cigarette body, wherein the mouthpiece connector base defines one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings; a mouthpiece connector fixedly connected to the mouthpiece connector base; a mouthpiece connector tamper-proof ring positioned outside of the mouthpiece connector configured to prevent mouthpiece connector tampering; one or more mouthpiece connector locking pins, one for each of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings; and one or more mouthpiece connector locking springs, wherein when a user pushes the mouthpiece connector tamper-proof ring towards the mouthpiece connector base against a resilient force of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking springs, each of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking pins engages a corresponding one of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings such that the user can remove the mouthpiece connector from the electronic cigarette body by turning the tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism. a mouthpiece connector base having a mouthpiece connector outside thread configured to threadedly connect to a mouthpiece connector inside thread of an electronic cigarette body, wherein the mouthpiece connector base defines one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings; a mouthpiece connector fixedly connected to the mouthpiece connector base; a mouthpiece connector tamper-proof ring positioned outside of the mouthpiece connector configured to prevent mouthpiece connector tampering; one or more mouthpiece connector locking pins, one for each of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings; and one or more mouthpiece connector locking springs, wherein when a user pushes the mouthpiece connector tamper-proof ring towards the mouthpiece connector base against a resilient force of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking springs, each of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking pins engages a corresponding one of the one or more mouthpiece connector locking openings such that the user can remove the mouthpiece connector from the electronic cigarette body by turning the tamper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism.
A redox flow battery comprising a membrane; a bipolar plate; an electrode disposed between the membrane and the bipolar plate; an inlet port for supplying an electrolyte to the electrode; and an outlet port for discharging the electrolyte from the electrode, the redox flow battery performing a charge-discharge reaction by allowing the electrolyte to flow in the electrode, wherein the electrode includes an anisotropic electrode layer having different permeabilities between a direction A1 on a plane of the electrode and a direction A2 orthogonal to the direction A1 on the plane of the electrode, in the anisotropic electrode layer, a permeability K1 in the direction A1 is larger than a permeability K2 in the direction A2, and the electrode is disposed such that the direction A1 is substantially parallel to a main flow direction of the electrolyte in the electrode, the main flow direction being determined on the basis of a positional relationship between the inlet port and the outlet port and a shape of a surface of the bipolar plate on the electrode side.
An emission treatment system for treatment of an exhaust stream from an engine, the exhaust stream comprising NO x and particulate matter, the emission treatment system comprising: a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a first platinum group metal zone followed by a second platinum group metal zone, the second zone containing a different platinum group metal loading than the first zone; a catalyzed soot filter disposed downstream from the diesel oxidation catalyst, the catalyzed soot filter comprising an oxidation catalyst composition on the filter, the catalyzed soot filter effective to optimize the ratio of NO to NO 2 exiting the filter; and a NO x reducing catalyst located downstream from the catalyzed soot filter, disposed downstream of the engine. a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a first platinum group metal zone followed by a second platinum group metal zone, the second zone containing a different platinum group metal loading than the first zone; a catalyzed soot filter disposed downstream from the diesel oxidation catalyst, the catalyzed soot filter comprising an oxidation catalyst composition on the filter, the catalyzed soot filter effective to optimize the ratio of NO to NO 2 exiting the filter; and a NO x reducing catalyst located downstream from the catalyzed soot filter, disposed downstream of the engine.
A composition comprising anagrelide or a salt thereof for use in the treatment of a phosphodiesterase 3A and/or phosphodiesterase 3B enzyme expressing solid tumor in a human patient, wherein said anagrelide or a salt thereof decreases tumor cell proliferation in said solid tumor, and wherein said solid tumor is gastrointestinal stromal tumor, GIST, or a liposarcoma.
Showcase displaying products that have to be surrounded by a determined atmosphere, comprising a fluid flow channel, a portion of which is arranged in a door, the door comprising at least one flap (14, 15) to access to the products, comprising two panels (14a, 14b) that can be integrally engaged with each other and separated from the other to provide said channel portion, the showcase being characterised by the fact that it comprises means (14c, 15c) for displacing the flap (14, 15) with its panels (14a, 14b), (15a, 15b) integrally arranged and means (14c, 15c) for disengaging panels (14a, 14b), (15a, 15b), to be able to displace only one of them and to give the access to said portion of the channel.
Not-corrugated air conduit for aeration of environment of the type obtained from a flat metal strip spirally bent and lock seamed, and comprising a plurality of arrays of holes for outflowing air, said arrays being aligned on the conduit, each array being tilted with respect to one of the longitudinal edges of the strip by an angle (α) that is function of the width of the strip and of the diameter of the spiral conduit, characterized in that said holes of said arrays comprise at least two different shapes of holes.
A method of predicting a therapeutic response to an anti-TNF therapy, which is a soluble TNF-receptor based protein therapy or an anti-TNF-alpha antibody therapy, in a patient suffering from a chronic inflammatory disease, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a culture of immune cells from a biological sample collected from a patient prior to anti-TNF therapy, b) stimulating the culture with an agent that stimulates the innate or adaptive immune system, c) measuring the expression level of several different biomarkers induced by the stimulating agent at step b), and d) comparing the expression level of each biomarker measured at step c) with a reference value established by statistical analysis of values obtained from representative panels of individuals, wherein the detection of a higher or lower expression level of at least one of the biomarkers between the stimulated culture and the reference value indicates that the patient will be a responder to the anti-TNF therapy. a) obtaining a culture of immune cells from a biological sample collected from a patient prior to anti-TNF therapy, b) stimulating the culture with an agent that stimulates the innate or adaptive immune system, c) measuring the expression level of several different biomarkers induced by the stimulating agent at step b), and d) comparing the expression level of each biomarker measured at step c) with a reference value established by statistical analysis of values obtained from representative panels of individuals, wherein the detection of a higher or lower expression level of at least one of the biomarkers between the stimulated culture and the reference value indicates that the patient will be a responder to the anti-TNF therapy.
A cleaning and/or disinfecting device, in particular a rinsing machine, with a rinsing container providing a rinsing chamber, which container has a loading opening for loading with washware to be cleaned, as well as with a rinsing chamber door, by means of which the loading opening can be closed in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the rinsing chamber door is a lift door configured to be displaceable translationally in the height direction of the rinsing container, wherein a drip collector can be transitioned from a use position protruding past the rinsing container on the loading opening side and vice versa, characterized in that the drip collector which is arranged below the rinsing container in the height direction and is configured to be displaced translationally in a direction running transversely to the height direction of the rinsing container, wherein the drip collector can be transitioned from a non-use position overlapping with the rinsing container to the use position and vice versa.
A loudspeaker comprising: I.) a load; II.) a lever (110a,110b) coupled to the load; and III.) an electric motor coupled to the lever for driving the lever in oscillatory, rotary motion about a pivot axis (118a,118b), the electric motor comprising: A.) an armature comprising a single permanent magnet, the armature being coupled to the lever; and B.) a stator defining an air gap within which the armature is disposed, the stator being configured for creating magnetic flux across the air gap for the single permanent magnet to interact with, thereby to drive motion of the load, wherein the stator defines: a first pole including a first pair of opposed pole faces, and a second pole including a second pair of opposed pole faces, the stator being configured such that the magnetic flux it creates passes in a first direction between the first pair of opposed pole faces, while, at the same time, passing in a second direction, opposite the first direction, between the second pair of opposed pole faces, wherein the air gap separates the first pair of opposed pole faces, and the air gap separates the second pair of opposed pole faces, wherein the electric motor is thereby configured such that substantially no detent forces are generated between the stator and the single permanent magnet as the lever is driven by the motor. I.) a load; II.) a lever (110a,110b) coupled to the load; and III.) an electric motor coupled to the lever for driving the lever in oscillatory, rotary motion about a pivot axis (118a,118b), the electric motor comprising: A.) an armature comprising a single permanent magnet, the armature being coupled to the lever; and B.) a stator defining an air gap within which the armature is disposed, the stator being configured for creating magnetic flux across the air gap for the single permanent magnet to interact with, thereby to drive motion of the load, A.) an armature comprising a single permanent magnet, the armature being coupled to the lever; and B.) a stator defining an air gap within which the armature is disposed, the stator being configured for creating magnetic flux across the air gap for the single permanent magnet to interact with, thereby to drive motion of the load, a first pole including a first pair of opposed pole faces, and a second pole including a second pair of opposed pole faces, the stator being configured such that the magnetic flux it creates passes in a first direction between the first pair of opposed pole faces, while, at the same time, passing in a second direction, opposite the first direction, between the second pair of opposed pole faces, wherein the air gap separates the first pair of opposed pole faces, and the air gap separates the second pair of opposed pole faces, wherein the electric motor is thereby configured such that substantially no detent forces are generated between the stator and the single permanent magnet as the lever is driven by the motor.
A method for a cardiovascular risk assessment in a subject, comprising the steps of determining in a sample isolated from said subject the presence of polymorphisms at positions 27 within each of the nucleic acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:1 to 12, wherein the presence at position 27 of C in SEQ ID NO:1, C in SEQ ID NO:2, T in SEQ ID NO:3, C in SEQ ID NO:4, C in SEQ ID NO:5, C in SEQ ID NO:6, T in SEQ ID NO:7, G in SEQ ID NO:8, A in SEQ ID NO:9, A in SEQ ID NO:10, A in SEQ ID NO:11, and G in SEQ ID NO:12, the latter four constituting haplotype B ALOX 5 AP, is indicative of a risk of having a cardiovascular event, wherein the cardiovascular event is selected from the group of fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, atherothrombotic stroke, angina, coronary revascularization due to coronary heart disease, and peripheral artery disease.