mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A hydrophobic group-containing copolymer comprising: a structural unit derived from a hydrophobic group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a carboxylic acid-based monomer, the hydrophobic group-containing monomer being represented by the formula: wherein R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or a CH 3 group; R a represents a CH 2 group, a CH 2 CH 2 group, or a direct bond; and R 1 represents a C1-C20 hydrophobic organic group, the proportion of the structural unit being from 21% by mass or more to 50% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of the structural units derived from all monomers constituting the copolymer, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight, as determined according to the method disclosed herein, of 10,000 to 1, 000, 000, wherein the carboxylic acid-based monomer is an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid-based monomer that contains an unsaturated double bond and one carboxy group or carboxylate group in a molecule, an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid-based monomer that contains an unsaturated double bond and two carboxy groups or carboxylate groups in a molecule, or an anhydride of maleic acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid, or fumaric acid. a structural unit derived from a hydrophobic group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a carboxylic acid-based monomer, the hydrophobic group-containing monomer being represented by the formula: wherein R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or a CH 3 group; R a represents a CH 2 group, a CH 2 CH 2 group, or a direct bond; and R 1 represents a C1-C20 hydrophobic organic group, the proportion of the structural unit being from 21% by mass or more to 50% by mass or less based on 100% by mass of the structural units derived from all monomers constituting the copolymer, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight, as determined according to the method disclosed herein, of 10,000 to 1, 000, 000, wherein the carboxylic acid-based monomer is an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid-based monomer that contains an unsaturated double bond and one carboxy group or carboxylate group in a molecule, an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid-based monomer that contains an unsaturated double bond and two carboxy groups or carboxylate groups in a molecule, or an anhydride of maleic acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid, or fumaric acid.
An energy monitoring system for a power conductor, said energy monitoring system comprising: a base unit including a first indicator circuit and a first resistance electrically connected to a voltage source; a current sensor; and a sensor cable including a first conductor and a second conductor; the current sensor including a secondary winding inductively coupled to the power conductor and electrically connected to the base unit by the second conductor; the current sensor further including a second resistance and a second indicator, wherein the first resistance and the first indicator circuit are electrically connected to the second resistance and the second indicator by the first conductor; wherein the base unit is structured to sense an identification voltage between the first resistance and the second resistance to identify the current sensor; and wherein the first indicator circuit includes a first indicator and the first indicator circuit is structured to control the first indicator and the second indicator to turn on simultaneously. a base unit including a first indicator circuit and a first resistance electrically connected to a voltage source; a current sensor; and a sensor cable including a first conductor and a second conductor; the current sensor including a secondary winding inductively coupled to the power conductor and electrically connected to the base unit by the second conductor; the current sensor further including a second resistance and a second indicator, wherein the first resistance and the first indicator circuit are electrically connected to the second resistance and the second indicator by the first conductor; wherein the base unit is structured to sense an identification voltage between the first resistance and the second resistance to identify the current sensor; and wherein the first indicator circuit includes a first indicator and the first indicator circuit is structured to control the first indicator and the second indicator to turn on simultaneously.
A phase compensation circuit, for detecting and compensating for loss of a phase of a three-phase power source, comprising: a sensing unit, comprising sensors configured to measure current and voltage levels of each phase of the three-phase power source; a switching unit comprising three primary relays (102,112,122), each primary relay normally closed to connect a respective phase of the three-phase power source to a respective phase output load line, and three backup relays, each backup relay normally open and when closed forming a connection between two output load lines; and a microcontroller, configured to receive measurements from the sensing unit, to determine from the measurements a lost phase and a backup phase, and responsively to activate the switching unit to disconnect the lost phase from its respective output load line and to connect the backup phase to the lost phase output load line to provide backup power in place of the lost phase; wherein determining the backup phase comprises comparing electric currents provided by each of two remaining phases and selecting the backup phase as the less-loaded phase. a sensing unit, comprising sensors configured to measure current and voltage levels of each phase of the three-phase power source; a switching unit comprising three primary relays (102,112,122), each primary relay normally closed to connect a respective phase of the three-phase power source to a respective phase output load line, and three backup relays, each backup relay normally open and when closed forming a connection between two output load lines; and a microcontroller, configured to receive measurements from the sensing unit, to determine from the measurements a lost phase and a backup phase, and responsively to activate the switching unit to disconnect the lost phase from its respective output load line and to connect the backup phase to the lost phase output load line to provide backup power in place of the lost phase; wherein determining the backup phase comprises comparing electric currents provided by each of two remaining phases and selecting the backup phase as the less-loaded phase.
A Network Processor, NP, comprising: a programmable ASIC module, with at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline used for performing a main forwarding upon a packet; and a Micro Engine, ME, module, including at least one programmable ME used for completing an assistant forwarding upon a packet by software; wherein,designated means performing steps in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline are further connected with each other through a judging unit which is connected with a corresponding designated at least one ME in the ME module, the judging unit is used for judging whether a packet, which has been processed by step performing means ahead of the judging unit in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline, needs an assistant forwarding, if the packet needs the assistant forwarding, the judging unit is configured to inform the corresponding ME to perform the assistant forwarding, otherwise, informs step performing means behind the judging unit in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline to process the packet. a programmable ASIC module, with at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline used for performing a main forwarding upon a packet; and a Micro Engine, ME, module, including at least one programmable ME used for completing an assistant forwarding upon a packet by software; wherein,designated means performing steps in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline are further connected with each other through a judging unit which is connected with a corresponding designated at least one ME in the ME module, the judging unit is used for judging whether a packet, which has been processed by step performing means ahead of the judging unit in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline, needs an assistant forwarding, if the packet needs the assistant forwarding, the judging unit is configured to inform the corresponding ME to perform the assistant forwarding, otherwise, informs step performing means behind the judging unit in the at least one main forwarding hardware pipeline to process the packet.
Method for the recognition of microbe mixtures in the mass-spectrometric identification of a microbe sample, with compilation of a score list of the reference spectra in a library which are most similar to the sample spectrum, wherein an exclusion list is provided in addition to the library, said exclusion list representing the relationship between microbe strains which have very similar mass spectra and are assigned to different microbe species, and, if two or more microbe species are present in the score list, the relationships between the microbe strains of different microbe species being present in the score list are determined with the aid of an exclusion list, and the microbe sample is indicated as a microbe mixture if the relationship is below a specified degree.
An implantable prosthetic device (100; 2700) for helping to seal native heart valves and prevent or reduce regurgitation therethrough comprising: a coaption portion; an anchor portion comprising a plurality of paddles (120, 122; 2720), the paddles having an outer and inner portion (120; 2720) and being extendable from a folded closed position to an open position; and a clasp (130; 400) attached to each of the plurality of paddles (120, 122; 2720), the clasp (130; 400) comprising: a fixed arm (132; 1210) attached to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720); a moveable arm (134;1230) having a barbed portion (136; 1240) for engaging and pinching native leaflets between the movable arm (134; 1230) and the fixed arm (132; 1210); and a hinge portion (138; 420) hingeably connecting the fixed arm (132; 1210) to the moveable arm (134; 1230); wherein the fixed arm (132; 1210) remains stationary relative to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720) when the movable arm (132; 1230) is opened to open the clasp (130; 400) and expose the barbed portion (136; 1240); wherein the device (100; 2700) does not include catch points when the anchor portion is in the open position and the clasps (132; 400) are in a closed condition. a coaption portion; an anchor portion comprising a plurality of paddles (120, 122; 2720), the paddles having an outer and inner portion (120; 2720) and being extendable from a folded closed position to an open position; and a clasp (130; 400) attached to each of the plurality of paddles (120, 122; 2720), the clasp (130; 400) comprising: a fixed arm (132; 1210) attached to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720); a moveable arm (134;1230) having a barbed portion (136; 1240) for engaging and pinching native leaflets between the movable arm (134; 1230) and the fixed arm (132; 1210); and a hinge portion (138; 420) hingeably connecting the fixed arm (132; 1210) to the moveable arm (134; 1230); wherein the fixed arm (132; 1210) remains stationary relative to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720) when the movable arm (132; 1230) is opened to open the clasp (130; 400) and expose the barbed portion (136; 1240); wherein the device (100; 2700) does not include catch points when the anchor portion is in the open position and the clasps (132; 400) are in a closed condition. a fixed arm (132; 1210) attached to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720); a moveable arm (134;1230) having a barbed portion (136; 1240) for engaging and pinching native leaflets between the movable arm (134; 1230) and the fixed arm (132; 1210); and a hinge portion (138; 420) hingeably connecting the fixed arm (132; 1210) to the moveable arm (134; 1230); wherein the fixed arm (132; 1210) remains stationary relative to the inner portion of the paddle (120; 2720) when the movable arm (132; 1230) is opened to open the clasp (130; 400) and expose the barbed portion (136; 1240); wherein the device (100; 2700) does not include catch points when the anchor portion is in the open position and the clasps (132; 400) are in a closed condition.
A precipitation hardenable, cobalt-nickel base superalloy comprising in weight percent: C 0.01 to 0.15 Cr 7.00 to 9.8 Ni 34.00 to 45.00 W 3.00 to 12.00 Ti 0.50 to 2.00 Al 3.00 to 7.00 Nb up to 2.50 Ta up to 6.00 Hf up to 1.50 Zr up to 1.50 B up to 0.20 Mo up to 2.50 Si up to 1.50 the balance being cobalt and usual impurities.
Wall cladding system having a supporting arrangement which can be fastened to a wall and having a plurality of panel-shaped cladding modules (P11, P21,...) which are separated by joints and which each have a front panel forming a front side and retaining structures (HL, HZ) on their rear side facing the wall, the retaining structures being designed to suspend the cladding module in counter-structures (GS, TZ) of the supporting arrangement, the retaining structures containing adjusting means (HU, VE) which can be actuated for adjusting the height of the cladding module suspended in the counter-structures by the retaining structures, and the adjusting means having a tool attachment, it being possible to access the tool attachment from the side of a vertical joint between adjacent cladding modules (P11, P21,...) in order to actuate the adjusting means (HU, VE), characterized in that the tool attachment is arranged with respect to the cladding module in a position that is independent of the height adjustment.
A method for the manufacture of an agarose separation gel characterized in comprising the steps of: i) providing a solution of a starting material which is agar or partially desulphated agar, and ii) two or more substeps ii.A, ii.B, ii.C etc each of which comprises removing natively occurring sulphate groups thereby transforming the agar material to agarose having a degree of substitution of sulphate groups that is less than or equal to 75 % of the degree of substitution of sulphate groups in the starting agar material, iii) gelling the dissolved starting agar material prior to step (ii) by cooling the solution to a temperature below the gelling temperature of the starting agar material and performing the removal at a temperature below the gelling temperature of the agar material, wherein step (ii) in addition to the desulphating substeps (ii.A, ii.B, ii.C etc) comprises a sequence (S 1) which comprises one or more substeps (ii.1 1, ii.2 1 etc) and introduces a chemical structure that is a cross-linking structure, and wherein one or more of the substeps (ii.A, ii.B, ii.C etc) coincides fully or at least partly with a (substep ii.1, ii.2 etc) in the sequence (S 1). i) providing a solution of a starting material which is agar or partially desulphated agar, and ii) two or more substeps ii.A, ii.B, ii.C etc each of which comprises removing natively occurring sulphate groups thereby transforming the agar material to agarose having a degree of substitution of sulphate groups that is less than or equal to 75 % of the degree of substitution of sulphate groups in the starting agar material, iii) gelling the dissolved starting agar material prior to step (ii) by cooling the solution to a temperature below the gelling temperature of the starting agar material and performing the removal at a temperature below the gelling temperature of the agar material,
A radar device comprising: a transmission unit for generating, as a radar wave, a transmission signal obtained by multiplying a linearly FM-modulated pulse signal by a first window function; and a pulse compression unit for performing pulse compression on a received signal, which is a signal obtained by receiving a reflected wave from a target of the radar wave, using a reference signal, characterised in that the pulse compression unit divides a signal, which is obtained by multiplying a first reference signal obtained by multiplying the pulse signal by a second window function different from the first window function, by a complex conjugate part of a second reference signal obtained by multiplying the pulse signal by a third window function, which is a function independent of and different from the second window function, by a complex conjugate part of the transmission signal, and uses a signal of the division result as the reference signal. a transmission unit for generating, as a radar wave, a transmission signal obtained by multiplying a linearly FM-modulated pulse signal by a first window function; and a pulse compression unit for performing pulse compression on a received signal, which is a signal obtained by receiving a reflected wave from a target of the radar wave, using a reference signal, characterised in that the pulse compression unit divides a signal, which is obtained by multiplying a first reference signal obtained by multiplying the pulse signal by a second window function different from the first window function, by a complex conjugate part of a second reference signal obtained by multiplying the pulse signal by a third window function, which is a function independent of and different from the second window function, by a complex conjugate part of the transmission signal, and uses a signal of the division result as the reference signal.
Method for providing a metallic coat covering a surface, said method comprises: (i) applying an electrically conductive two component binder on said surface; (ii) electrostatic spraying a metal powder on the binder applied in step (i); wherein the metal powder comprises metal particles with an average diameter less than 80 micrometer, wherein the electrically conductive two component binder comprises polyurethane and/or polyurea and between 0.2 and 10% (w/w) quaternary nitrogen compounds. (i) applying an electrically conductive two component binder on said surface; (ii) electrostatic spraying a metal powder on the binder applied in step (i);
Method for the biological cleaning of wastewater in an activated-sludge plant comprising at least one activated-sludge tank, in which plant the wastewater is contacted with activated sludge in the activated-sludge tank and cleaned and in which plant the suspended activated sludge is, after the cleaning of the wastewater, separated from the cleaned wastewater by sedimentation in a secondary clarification tank downstream of the activated-sludge tank or in the activated-sludge tank, wherein the activated sludge suspended in the wastewater is admixed with growth bodies in the activated-sludge tank in order to contact the growth bodies with the microorganisms present in the activated sludge and to bring about the formation of a biofilm of microorganisms on the growth bodies and in that the growth bodies consisting of a material which is in the form of plastic or rubber and elastically deformable have a higher density than the wastewater and the suspended activated sludge in order to bring about an increase in the settling rate of the activated sludge during the sedimentation in the secondary clarification tank or the activated-sludge tank, wherein an excess fraction of the sedimented activated sludge containing the covered growth bodies is discharged as excess sludge from the secondary clarification tank or the activated-sludge tank, whereas the other fraction of the sedimented activated sludge containing the covered growth bodies is either recycled as return sludge from the secondary clarification tank into the activated-sludge tank or remains in the activated-sludge tank, wherein the discharged excess sludge is fed to a separation device in the form of a hydrocyclone in which the covered growth bodies are separated from the activated sludge, wherein the growth bodies are recycled into the activated-sludge tank of the activated-sludge plant through an underflow of the hydrocyclone and the removed activated sludge escapes through an overflow of the hydrocyclone and is fed to a sludge treatment unit or disposed of, wherein, after the introduction of the excess sludge into the hydrocyclone, the growth bodies having a higher density in comparison with the activated sludge are separated on a wall surface of the hydrocyclone by means of the current and flow forces in the hydrocyclone, wherein the relative movement of the moving growth bodies and of the stationary wall surface of the hydrocyclone generates forces, more particularly abrasion forces or shear forces, by means of which the biofilm present on the growth bodies is at least partly removed from the growth bodies, wherein growth bodies composed of a material having a compression set below 50% and having an elongation at break of more than 700% are used.
Visor for a protective helmet having an external shell, the visor comprising, for the one part, a screen having a central portion and two lateral wings and, for the other part, two connecting parts that are each mounted on a lateral wing, each connecting part having: - a first pivoting member of a first system for connecting to the shell, arranged such that, when the visor is fitted on the external shell, the connecting part pivots with respect to the shell about a first substantially transverse pivot axis thereby allowing the visor to move with respect to the shell between a lowered position, in which the screen is intended to extend in front of a facial opening formed in the shell, and a raised position, in which the facial opening is substantially clear; and - a second pivoting member of a second system for connecting to the lateral wing, arranged so as to allow the screen to pivot with respect to the connecting part about a second substantially transverse pivot axis; characterized in that at least one lateral wing bears a cam intended to cooperate with a complementary camway, configured to be mounted in a fixed manner with respect to the external shell, so as to effect angular limitation of the downward pivoting of the screen about the second pivot axis and to allow the screen to rotate upwards about the second pivot axis moving the cam away from the camway. - a first pivoting member of a first system for connecting to the shell, arranged such that, when the visor is fitted on the external shell, the connecting part pivots with respect to the shell about a first substantially transverse pivot axis thereby allowing the visor to move with respect to the shell between a lowered position, in which the screen is intended to extend in front of a facial opening formed in the shell, and a raised position, in which the facial opening is substantially clear; and - a second pivoting member of a second system for connecting to the lateral wing, arranged so as to allow the screen to pivot with respect to the connecting part about a second substantially transverse pivot axis;
A wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, for implementing data security and automatic repeat request, ARQ, the WTRU comprising: a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, entity configured to allocate a generic sequence number, SN, to an uplink data block; a cipher entity in a layer above a radio link control, RLC, layer configured to cipher the uplink data block for transmission using the generic SN, a ciphering key, and a bearer identity; and a radio link control, RLC, ARQ entity configured to perform ARQ operation for transmission and retransmission using an ARQ SN of the ciphered uplink data block, wherein the ARQ operation is performed in conjunction with an ARQ function located at an evolved NodeB, eNB,. a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, entity configured to allocate a generic sequence number, SN, to an uplink data block; a cipher entity in a layer above a radio link control, RLC, layer configured to cipher the uplink data block for transmission using the generic SN, a ciphering key, and a bearer identity; and a radio link control, RLC, ARQ entity configured to perform ARQ operation for transmission and retransmission using an ARQ SN of the ciphered uplink data block, wherein the ARQ operation is performed in conjunction with an ARQ function located at an evolved NodeB, eNB,.