mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A spinal rod system comprising: at least one first instrument extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion along a longitudinal axis (a) thereof, the proximal portion defining an inner cavity extending along the longitudinal axis (a), the at least one first instrument including at least one first arm extending along the longitudinal axis (a), the at least one first arm includes a first leg extension and a second leg extension, the first and second leg extensions (79, 82) each including a wall (84, 86) and a tapered slot, the walls (84, 86) defining a distal surface having a tapered configuration, the at least one first arm defining at least a portion of a vertebral construct cavity disposed in communication with the inner cavity and including a distal end being configured to engage a bone fastener, an actuator arm moveable along the longitudinal axis (a) and comprising a distal head that tapers distally to an increased width, the distal head being engageable with the distal surface to move the at least one first arm in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (a) between a first position and a second position such that the distal end of the at least one first arm engages the bone fastener, and a slide disposed in a slot of the distal head and connected to the actuator arm, the slide having enlarged end portions slidably engaged in the tapered slots, wherein the actuator arm comprises an elongated portion including an aperture, the at least one first instrument comprising a pin that is received in the aperture to connect the actuator arm with a handle. at least one first instrument extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion along a longitudinal axis (a) thereof, the proximal portion defining an inner cavity extending along the longitudinal axis (a), the at least one first instrument including at least one first arm extending along the longitudinal axis (a), the at least one first arm includes a first leg extension and a second leg extension, the first and second leg extensions (79, 82) each including a wall (84, 86) and a tapered slot, the walls (84, 86) defining a distal surface having a tapered configuration, the at least one first arm defining at least a portion of a vertebral construct cavity disposed in communication with the inner cavity and including a distal end being configured to engage a bone fastener, an actuator arm moveable along the longitudinal axis (a) and comprising a distal head that tapers distally to an increased width, the distal head being engageable with the distal surface to move the at least one first arm in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (a) between a first position and a second position such that the distal end of the at least one first arm engages the bone fastener, and a slide disposed in a slot of the distal head and connected to the actuator arm, the slide having enlarged end portions slidably engaged in the tapered slots, wherein the actuator arm comprises an elongated portion including an aperture, the at least one first instrument comprising a pin that is received in the aperture to connect the actuator arm with a handle.
A thermal valve consisting of a hollow body, a shut-off member, a seat formed by the body and displaceably receiving the shut-off member, inlet/outlet lines (3, 4) communicating with the seat, the shut-off member being kept in a first position by a first elastic member which is interposed between the shut-off member and one of the bottoms of the hollow body, to connect the seat with one of the inlet/outlet lines (3, 4) and shut off in a second position the fluid flow between the seat and the inlet/outlet lines (3, 4), a second elastic member being disposed between the shut-off member and the second bottom of the hollow body, against the action of the first elastic member, the first elastic member being made of a material that is sensitive to temperature variations in the fluid in which the valve is immersed, characterized in that the hollow body extends into a seat and/or extension with a high heat-transfer coefficient from one of the sides of the inlet/outlet lines (3, 4) to receive the temperature-gradient sensitive elastic member, the hollow body being composed of two parts (6, 7) that can be coupled together, each of the parts (6, 7) having a union (3, 4) for connection to the parallel inlet/outlet lines, and further characterized in that the first extension from the axis of the union, has an open tubular portion equipped with a radial collar, which has two diametrically opposite openings in its perimeter, fitting into respective undercuts, the undercuts being mutually aligned, the tubular portion of the second part having two diametrically opposed teeth which radially project out of the outer surface of the tubular portion in a position that corresponds to the openings of the first part and are angled between the axes of the two parts (6, 7) and in the direction of the periphery of the pipe whereby this position corresponds to an angle of rotation of the teeth if the latter abut their respective undercuts, to orient their axes in the same plane.
A vibration sensor comprising: a piezoelectric vibrator comprising a diaphragm and a piezoelectric element firmly fixed to at least one plane surface of the diaphragm; a signal process substrate arranged to perform a predetermined process to an electric charge outputted from the piezoelectric vibrator; wherein the piezoelectric vibrator and the signal process substrate are arranged on the same plane and alongside each other in a planar direction nearly perpendicular to a vibration direction of the piezoelectric vibrator, and characterized in that the weight of the piezoelectric vibrator and the weight of the signal process substrate are substantially equal to each other. a piezoelectric vibrator comprising a diaphragm and a piezoelectric element firmly fixed to at least one plane surface of the diaphragm; a signal process substrate arranged to perform a predetermined process to an electric charge outputted from the piezoelectric vibrator; wherein the piezoelectric vibrator and the signal process substrate are arranged on the same plane and alongside each other in a planar direction nearly perpendicular to a vibration direction of the piezoelectric vibrator, and characterized in that the weight of the piezoelectric vibrator and the weight of the signal process substrate are substantially equal to each other.
A plastic pipette tip comprising a cavity which communicates with the external environment through an aperture located at the distal end of the plastic pipette tip, and comprising an electrical impedance sensor made of at least a first external electrode located outside said plastic pipette tip and a second inner electrode (5, 6) located inside said plastic pipette tip, and wherein the sensing area is arranged within said aperture; the plastic pipette tip being characterized in that the outside of the distal end of the plastic pipette tip is covered with a dielectric membrane, wherein the external electrode is placed on the dielectric membrane along the lateral side of the distal end of the plastic pipette tip, and wherein the aperture is located in the membrane at the extremity of the plastic pipette tip.
Mounting system for a camera, the mounting system comprising a first part adapted to fixedly support an image sensor, and a second part adapted to fixedly support an optical system, wherein the second part is rotatably adjustably supported by the first part such that a distance (d), along an optical path, between the image sensor and the optical system is adjustable, wherein the first part and the second part are provided with interacting obliquely oriented surfaces (6d, 2d) such that a relative rotation between the first part and the second part provides adjustment of the adjustable distance (d), wherein the first part comprises an abutment section which is arranged along a geometrical closed loop around the optical path, a closed loop flexible member which is adapted to be clamped between the second part and the abutment section, and which is adapted to flex in response to the adjustment of the adjustable distance (d), wherein the closed loop flexible member is adapted to sealingly interact with both the first part and the second part such that there is a seal being formed between the first part and the second part and extending around the optical path, characterised in that the abutment section comprises a plurality of abutment portions and a plurality of cavities alternatingly arranged along the abutment section, and in that the abutment section is formed as a groove, the groove extending along the geometrical closed loop and facing the second part.
A Pichia pastoris host cell comprising the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein said nucleic acid codes for the polypeptide, which has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, wherein said nucleic acid comprises mutations in codons 55 and 351 and wherein isoleucine at position 55 of said polypeptide is replaced by asparagine and cysteine in position 351 of said polypeptide is replaced by alanine.
A mobile communication system including a mobile user terminal and a base station, the mobile communication system comprising: a receiver (201, 202), in the mobile user terminal, configured to receive a signal; and a processor (206, 213, 214), in the mobile user terminal, configured to measure downlink channel quality based on the signal and to intermittently transmit downlink quality information and an uplink pilot signal, wherein the uplink pilot signal is used, by the base station, for measuring uplink channel quality, the downlink quality information and the uplink pilot signal are transmitted, by the mobile user terminal at the same period and between adjacent transmission off periods, and the transmit time of the downlink quality information and the transmit time of the uplink pilot signal are synchronized relative to each other, and the transmission cycle of the uplink pilot signal is the same as that of the downlink quality information, and the mobile communication system is characterized in that the downlink quality information is transmitted to the base station by using a first carrier frequency and the uplink pilot signal is transmitted to the base station by using a second carrier frequency which is different from the first carrier frequency. a receiver (201, 202), in the mobile user terminal, configured to receive a signal; and a processor (206, 213, 214), in the mobile user terminal, configured to measure downlink channel quality based on the signal and to intermittently transmit downlink quality information and an uplink pilot signal, wherein the uplink pilot signal is used, by the base station, for measuring uplink channel quality, the downlink quality information and the uplink pilot signal are transmitted, by the mobile user terminal at the same period and between adjacent transmission off periods, and the transmit time of the downlink quality information and the transmit time of the uplink pilot signal are synchronized relative to each other, and the transmission cycle of the uplink pilot signal is the same as that of the downlink quality information, and the mobile communication system is characterized in that the downlink quality information is transmitted to the base station by using a first carrier frequency and the uplink pilot signal is transmitted to the base station by using a second carrier frequency which is different from the first carrier frequency.
An assembly of a roller shutter box comprising an outer wall defining an inner space and a mounting frame provided outside said roller shutter box and defining an undercut section, wherein a mounting mechanism is provided in said inner space, configured to fix the roller shutter box on the mounting frame, characterized in that said mounting mechanism comprises: • a clamp extending through an opening in said outer wall configured to engage with said undercut section of the mounting frame; and • a lever coupled to said clamp by a hinge allowing operating the clamp (1 04f) between a clamping position and a non-clamping position, said lever being accessible from outside the roller shutter box. • a clamp extending through an opening in said outer wall configured to engage with said undercut section of the mounting frame; and • a lever coupled to said clamp by a hinge allowing operating the clamp (1 04f) between a clamping position and a non-clamping position, said lever being accessible from outside the roller shutter box.
A method of printing on a base plate, comprising: applying ultraviolet ink to the base plate from an ultraviolet light printer, wherein: the base plate is adapted for supporting a plurality of interlocking building bricks, the base plate comprising a planar sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of nodes projecting from the top surface, the plurality of nodes comprises a node having a vertical cylindrical wall and a horizontal top wall, the vertical cylindrical wall tapering along its vertical height, and the node comprising a bevel extending around a circumference of the node at an edge where the vertical cylindrical wall transitions to the horizontal top wall, and the ultraviolet ink is applied to at least the top surface of the planar sheet, and to the plurality of nodes. the base plate is adapted for supporting a plurality of interlocking building bricks, the base plate comprising a planar sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of nodes projecting from the top surface, the plurality of nodes comprises a node having a vertical cylindrical wall and a horizontal top wall, the vertical cylindrical wall tapering along its vertical height, and the node comprising a bevel extending around a circumference of the node at an edge where the vertical cylindrical wall transitions to the horizontal top wall, and the ultraviolet ink is applied to at least the top surface of the planar sheet, and to the plurality of nodes.
An aerosol-forming article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate wherein the aerosol-forming substrate comprises a first, upstream portion of aerosol-forming material and a second, downstream portion of aerosol-forming material wherein the first and second portions of aerosol-forming material are axially spaced by a cavity housing a vapour modifier; wherein the first portion of aerosol-forming material and the second portion of aerosol-forming material are both formed of a first aerosol-forming material; wherein the vapour modifier comprises a second aerosol-forming material; and characterised in that the first aerosol-forming material comprises reconstituted tobacco, the second aerosol-forming material comprises extruded tobacco, and wherein the extruded tobacco will deliver a vapour with a higher nicotine content than the first and second portions (13, 14) of aerosol-forming material. wherein the first portion of aerosol-forming material and the second portion of aerosol-forming material are both formed of a first aerosol-forming material; wherein the vapour modifier comprises a second aerosol-forming material; and characterised in that the first aerosol-forming material comprises reconstituted tobacco, the second aerosol-forming material comprises extruded tobacco, and wherein the extruded tobacco will deliver a vapour with a higher nicotine content than the first and second portions (13, 14) of aerosol-forming material.
A fitting device for fitting a hearing device to compensate for the hearing loss of a user; the hearing device comprising a receiver and a microphone, and wherein a feedback path exists between the receiver and the microphone; and - wherein the hearing device further comprises an adaptive feedback canceller adapted to reduce the feedback; and - wherein the adaptive feedback canceller comprises a fixed filter for modeling an invariant portion of the feedback path, and an adaptive filter for modeling a variant portion of the feedback path; and wherein the fitting device is adapted to provide the fixed filter with information relating to the invariant portion of the feedback path independently of an actual user using the hearing device, and wherein a processor contained in the fitting device is adapted to calculate the invariant portion of the feedback path based on a plurality N of measured feedback paths having impulse responses b 1 (n), b 2 (n),..., b N (n), wherein the plurality of measured feedback paths are measured on a plurality of users for a type of hearing device substantially identical to the hearing device within production tolerances, and wherein the invariant portion of the feedback paths has an impulse response f(n), the variant portion of the k th feedback path has an impulse response e k (n), and the k th modelled feedback path has an impulse response b k ^ n that is the convolution of e k (n) and f(n), and wherein the processor is further adapted to estimate the invariant portion of the feedback paths having the impulse response f(n) with the objective of minimizing the difference between the modelled feedback paths and the measured feedback paths. - wherein the hearing device further comprises an adaptive feedback canceller adapted to reduce the feedback; and - wherein the adaptive feedback canceller comprises a fixed filter for modeling an invariant portion of the feedback path, and an adaptive filter for modeling a variant portion of the feedback path; and
Method of setting an expansion anchor, comprising an anchor bolt with an expansion region, an expansion sleeve that surrounds the anchor bolt and can be expanded by retracting the expansion region, and a spring element arranged on the anchor bolt, wherein said spring element can be tensioned by inserting the anchor bolt into a drill hole and can retract the expansion region of the anchor bolt into the expansion sleeve when it is subsequently relaxed, in which - the drill hole is provided in a substrate, - the expansion sleeve of the expansion anchor is driven into the drill hole by applying axial forces to the anchor bolt, and - the expansion region of the anchor bolt is retracted into the expansion sleeve by energy stored in the spring element so that the expansion sleeve expands radially and anchors the expansion anchor in the drill hole, characterised in that - the spring element of the expansion anchor is tensioned to a required tension by applying axial forces to the anchor bolt, an indicator element indicating when the required tension is reached. - the drill hole is provided in a substrate, - the expansion sleeve of the expansion anchor is driven into the drill hole by applying axial forces to the anchor bolt, and - the expansion region of the anchor bolt is retracted into the expansion sleeve by energy stored in the spring element so that the expansion sleeve expands radially and anchors the expansion anchor in the drill hole, - the spring element of the expansion anchor is tensioned to a required tension by applying axial forces to the anchor bolt, an indicator element indicating when the required tension is reached.
A method of controlling channel access performed by an access point, AP, in a wireless local area network, WLAN, system, the method comprising: receiving, from a station, STA, a request frame comprising a bit value indicating whether protection of a resource for a target wake time, TWT, is requested to the AP; and transmitting, to the STA, a response frame comprising a bit value indicating whether the resource for the TWT is to be protected, in response to receiving the request for the protecting the resource, wherein the protection of the resource for the TWT includes allocating a restricted access window, RAW, that includes the resource for the TWT, wherein the STA is a non-traffic indication map, Non-TIM, STA that is configured to operate without checking the traffic indication map, TIM, included in a beacon frame, and wherein the beacon frame includes information indicating to TIM STAs that no TIM STA is allowed to access during the protected resource for the TWT. receiving, from a station, STA, a request frame comprising a bit value indicating whether protection of a resource for a target wake time, TWT, is requested to the AP; and transmitting, to the STA, a response frame comprising a bit value indicating whether the resource for the TWT is to be protected, in response to receiving the request for the protecting the resource, wherein the protection of the resource for the TWT includes allocating a restricted access window, RAW, that includes the resource for the TWT, wherein the STA is a non-traffic indication map, Non-TIM, STA that is configured to operate without checking the traffic indication map, TIM, included in a beacon frame, and wherein the beacon frame includes information indicating to TIM STAs that no TIM STA is allowed to access during the protected resource for the TWT.
A thermodynamic valve for retaining vapours and gases and relieving pressure and vacuum, wherein the valve comprises: a) an upper diaphragm ring and a lower diaphragm ring automatically modulated by the thermodynamic action of pressures in the interior of a positive pressure chamber and a negative pressure chamber; b) threaded on the body of said positive pressure chamber, a cap with lateral openings directed upwards; c) fitted on the upper part of said cap, a non-metallic rupture seal; d) in the lower inner section of negative pressure chamber, a base (5.1), fixable to a fuel tank vent pipe, the interior of said base (5.1) being provided with a stainless steel fire-break fabric fixed by an O-ring; and e) the fire-break fabric (4.1) positioned between said positive pressure chamber and said negative pressure chamber. a) an upper diaphragm ring and a lower diaphragm ring automatically modulated by the thermodynamic action of pressures in the interior of a positive pressure chamber and a negative pressure chamber; b) threaded on the body of said positive pressure chamber, a cap with lateral openings directed upwards; c) fitted on the upper part of said cap, a non-metallic rupture seal; d) in the lower inner section of negative pressure chamber, a base (5.1), fixable to a fuel tank vent pipe, the interior of said base (5.1) being provided with a stainless steel fire-break fabric fixed by an O-ring; and e) the fire-break fabric (4.1) positioned between said positive pressure chamber and said negative pressure chamber.
A stabilized water-in-silicone oil emulsion comprising a continuous phase having, as the major component, a silicone oil, a discontinuous phase comprising water, and a glutamide compound in an amount from 0.005% to 0.5% by weight of the emulsion sufficient to stabilize the discontinuous phase in the continuous phase such that the phases do not separate for at least two weeks of storage at 25°C, wherein the glutamide compound has the structure according to formula: and further comprising an emulsifier in an amount of less than 1% by weight of the emulsion, and wherein said silicone oil comprises a volatile silicone oil in an amount from 20% to 99% by weight of the emulsion and said water comprises from 1% to 70% by weight of the emulsion.
A fuel supply pump comprising a tappet structural body and a spring sheet, wherein a penetration portion for allowing passage of a lubricant or a fuel for lubrication therethrough is provided between a spring-holding chamber for holding a spring to be used for pulling up a plunger and a cam chamber for housing a cam to be used for moving the plunger up and down, characterised in that the tappet structural body comprises a roller which slides and a roller body, said roller is rotationally supported by a roller support in the roller body, a pass-through hole for allowing passage of the lubricant or the fuel for lubrication therethrough is formed in the roller body and provided as part of the penetration portion, and the pass-through hole penetrates from a side of the spring-holding chamber of an upper surface of the roller body to a position which is opened to a side of the cam chamber and to a non-roller sliding position.