mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A vacuum pump, in particular a turbomolecular pump, comprising a housing; a rotatably supported shaft for at least one pump stage; and a holder for a bearing for supporting the shaft, said holder being disposed in a suction region of the vacuum pump, wherein the holder has a central section receiving the bearing and has a plurality of struts (42a, 42b, 42c) which at least substantially extend in a radial direction and which connect the central section to a housing ring connected to the housing; and wherein at least one of the struts (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d) has a constriction in a radially middle region, characterized in that a contour (52c, 52d), viewed in an axial projection, of at least one of the sides of the middle region is arranged at least sectionally, in particular continuously, obliquely relative to a longitudinal extent of the strut (42a, 42b, 42c); and/or in that a contour (52c, 52d), viewed in an axial projection, of at least one of the sides of the middle region is curved at least sectionally, in particular continuously, with a curvature of the contour varying between the central section and the housing ring; and/or in that a contour (52c, 52d), viewed in a plane spanned by the shaft and by a longitudinal extent of the strut (42a, 42b, 42c), of at least one of the sides of the middle region is curved at least sectionally, in particular continuously, and/or is arranged at least sectionally, in particular continuously, obliquely relative to the longitudinal extent of the strut (42a, 42b, 42c).
A method of predistorting an input signal based on a modified Volterra-Dynamic Deviation Reduction, V-DDR, model to compensate for non-linearities of an electronic device that operates on the input signal to produce a predistorted output signal, wherein the modified V-DDR model uses a polynomial approach to eliminate square functions in Volterra series according to the following equation: u ̃ n = ∑ i = 0 M f i,1, p | x ̃ n | x ̃ n − i + x ̃ n | x ̃ n | 2 ∑ i = 0 M f i,2, p | x ̃ n | x ̃ * n − i wherein: x̃ ( n) is the input signal; ũ ( n) is the predistorted output signal; f i,1, p (| x̃ ( n)|) and f i,2, p (| x̃ ( n)|) are non-linear component functions expressed as even-order polynomials; the method comprising: applying the first non-linear component function to a set of first signal samples having different delays to generate a first component signal; applying the second non-linear component function to a set of second signal samples having different delays to generate a second component signal, wherein the second signal samples comprise conjugates of the first signal samples; shifting the phase of one of the first and second component signals relative to the other, the shifted phase being dependent on a phase of the input signal; and combining the first and second component signals following the relative phase shift of the first and second component signals to generate the predistorted output signal. x̃ ( n) is the input signal; ũ ( n) is the predistorted output signal; f i,1, p (| x̃ ( n)|) and f i,2, p (| x̃ ( n)|) are non-linear component functions expressed as even-order polynomials; the method comprising: applying the first non-linear component function to a set of first signal samples having different delays to generate a first component signal; applying the second non-linear component function to a set of second signal samples having different delays to generate a second component signal, wherein the second signal samples comprise conjugates of the first signal samples; shifting the phase of one of the first and second component signals relative to the other, the shifted phase being dependent on a phase of the input signal; and combining the first and second component signals following the relative phase shift of the first and second component signals to generate the predistorted output signal. applying the first non-linear component function to a set of first signal samples having different delays to generate a first component signal; applying the second non-linear component function to a set of second signal samples having different delays to generate a second component signal, wherein the second signal samples comprise conjugates of the first signal samples; shifting the phase of one of the first and second component signals relative to the other, the shifted phase being dependent on a phase of the input signal; and combining the first and second component signals following the relative phase shift of the first and second component signals to generate the predistorted output signal.
A book with a storage groove for a writing implement, comprising: - an inner sheet part formed by being cut into a certain size and having a front surface, a rear surface, and a lateral surface between the front and rear surfaces; - a cover part comprising a front cover part disposed to cover the front surface of the inner sheet part and a back cover part disposed to cover the rear surface of the inner sheet part; - a writing implement storing groove formed in a longitudinal direction of a writing implement and into the lateral surface of the inner sheet part, such that a writing implement when accommodated in the writing implement storing groove is visible from the outside; and - a binding band formed of an elastic string and disposed to surround and bind at least one of the outside of the front cover part and the outside of the back cover part, characterized in that the writing implement storing groove is formed to have a width such that the front cover part or the inner sheet part pressurizes the writing implement from the front side of the book and the back cover part or the inner sheet part pressurizes the writing implement from the rear side of the book to prevent the writing implement from being separated from the writing implement storing groove when the book is closed. - an inner sheet part formed by being cut into a certain size and having a front surface, a rear surface, and a lateral surface between the front and rear surfaces; - a cover part comprising a front cover part disposed to cover the front surface of the inner sheet part and a back cover part disposed to cover the rear surface of the inner sheet part; - a writing implement storing groove formed in a longitudinal direction of a writing implement and into the lateral surface of the inner sheet part, such that a writing implement when accommodated in the writing implement storing groove is visible from the outside; and - a binding band formed of an elastic string and disposed to surround and bind at least one of the outside of the front cover part and the outside of the back cover part,
A thin film application device used to apply a thin film on a skin of an application object, the thin film application device comprising: a frame (620, 620b) mountable to the application object; a thin film holding member, that has a tentative application portion to which the thin film can be tentatively applied to a side face facing the skin in use, and that is supported by the frame (620, 620b) so that the tentative application portion can be pressed against the skin, and that is detachably mountable to the frame (620, 620b); and a supporting portion (623, 623a) supports the thin film holding member with the side face of the thin film holding member facing the skin when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted to the application object; characterized in that the supporting portion (623, 623a) is provided to be capable of displacement as to a frame main unit of the frame (620, 620b), and moves between a first position where the supporting portion (623, 623a) covers the skin when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted on the application object, and a second position where the supporting portion (623, 623a) does not cover the applied face when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted on the application object. a frame (620, 620b) mountable to the application object; a thin film holding member, that has a tentative application portion to which the thin film can be tentatively applied to a side face facing the skin in use, and that is supported by the frame (620, 620b) so that the tentative application portion can be pressed against the skin, and that is detachably mountable to the frame (620, 620b); and a supporting portion (623, 623a) supports the thin film holding member with the side face of the thin film holding member facing the skin when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted to the application object; characterized in that the supporting portion (623, 623a) is provided to be capable of displacement as to a frame main unit of the frame (620, 620b), and moves between a first position where the supporting portion (623, 623a) covers the skin when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted on the application object, and a second position where the supporting portion (623, 623a) does not cover the applied face when the frame (620, 620b) is mounted on the application object.
An isolated peptide of less than 15 amino acid residues capable of inducing cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), wherein said peptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) SEQ ID NO: 36; and (b) SEQ ID NO: 36 in which 1 or 2 amino acids are substituted, inserted, deleted and/or added. (a) SEQ ID NO: 36; and (b) SEQ ID NO: 36 in which 1 or 2 amino acids are substituted, inserted, deleted and/or added.
An electronic device, comprising: a circuit board having heat generating components thereon; spring clips; and a heat sink, disposed over the circuit board, through which heat from the circuit board and the components thereon is released or dissipated, and having a generally flat horizontal base and a series of vertically directed fins; wherein the heat sink is secured to at least one of the circuit board and at least one of the components thereon by the spring clips being positioned at a periphery of the horizontal base, the spring clips having distal contact prongs that contact and apply downward force on the horizontal base, characterized by comprising a shield attached to at least one of a bottom surface of the circuit board and a bottom frame of the electronic device, the shield being further attached to the spring clips. a circuit board having heat generating components thereon; spring clips; and a heat sink, disposed over the circuit board, through which heat from the circuit board and the components thereon is released or dissipated, and having a generally flat horizontal base and a series of vertically directed fins; wherein the heat sink is secured to at least one of the circuit board and at least one of the components thereon by the spring clips being positioned at a periphery of the horizontal base, the spring clips having distal contact prongs that contact and apply downward force on the horizontal base, characterized by comprising a shield attached to at least one of a bottom surface of the circuit board and a bottom frame of the electronic device, the shield being further attached to the spring clips.
A tube isothermal chemical reactor, comprising a vessel with a central axis (A-A), and an annular tube heat exchanger with a plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged parallel to said axis, said heat exchanger comprising a plurality of heat exchange elements in the form of tube packs (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d), each of said tube packs comprising a bundle of parallel tubes, a heat-exchange medium feeder and a heat-exchange medium collector, the tubes of each tube pack having opposite ends in fluid communication with the respective feeder and collector (20, 21), said tube packs being arranged in a plurality of concentric ranks (10, 11) of said annular heat exchanger, said tube packs being curvilinear, plate-like elements and each tube pack forms a sector of a ring of said annular heat exchanger, the annular tube heat exchanger being embedded in an annular catalytic rack between an outer cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall, and the tube packs being staggered in the axial direction (A-A), so that the heat exchange medium feeders and collectors are also staggered at different levels according to an axial coordinate ( z) of the reactor, at the fluid inlet/outlet sides of the heat exchanger.
Bearing arrangement for at least one plate carrier (72, 78) of a friction clutch arrangement, in particular for a motor vehicle drive train, having a hub element, which is rotatably mounted on a journal which has a radially outward-projecting radial web and on which a carrier element is fixed, the carrier element being connected to the plate carrier (72, 78), wherein the radial web extends in the radial direction beyond a return spring arrangement, which is designed to return a piston mounted in a manner which allows it to move axially relative to the hub element, wherein the return spring arrangement is supported directly on the radial web in the axial direction, and wherein a further return spring arrangement is designed to return a further piston mounted in a manner which allows it to move axially relative to the hub element, characterized in that a wall element is arranged axially at a distance from the radial web, wherein a radial passage for hydraulic fluid, which is directed towards a radial inside of the plate carrier, is formed between the wall element and the radial web, wherein the wall element is arranged loosely between the radial web and the further return spring arrangement.
A chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising: (a) wet-process ceria abrasive particles having an average particle size of 120 nm or less; (b) at least one alcohol amine; (c) at least one surfactant having at least one hydrophilic moiety and at least one hydrophobic moiety, the surfactant having a molecular weight of 1000 or more and wherein the surfactant is of the following formula: A-R-C, wherein A and C are hydrophilic moieties, and R is a hydrophobic moiety; and (d) water; wherein the composition has a pH of 6 or more. (a) wet-process ceria abrasive particles having an average particle size of 120 nm or less; (b) at least one alcohol amine; (c) at least one surfactant having at least one hydrophilic moiety and at least one hydrophobic moiety, the surfactant having a molecular weight of 1000 or more and wherein the surfactant is of the following formula: A-R-C, wherein A and C are hydrophilic moieties, and R is a hydrophobic moiety; and (d) water; wherein the composition has a pH of 6 or more.
Electronic device having a location for receiving at least one battery and at least one lug for holding said battery in said location, said electronic device comprising a removable flap for closing said location, said flap has, on at least one side, at least one first protrusion in the form of a tab comprising a first part, situated in a same plane as said flap, and a second part, situated in a plane substantially perpendicular to that of said flap, characterized in that said flap is configured to take at least three positions: • a closing position in which said at least one first protrusion is inserted into at least one housing (201, 202) of said location so that said flap closes said location, said at least one housing (201, 202) being situated at an extremity opposite said at least one lug (203, 204) for holding said battery; • a position of releasing said battery in which said first part of said first protrusion releases said at least one lug (203, 204) for holding said battery in said location; • a position of removal in which said second part of said first protrusion levers said battery and makes pivot said battery out of said location. • a closing position in which said at least one first protrusion is inserted into at least one housing (201, 202) of said location so that said flap closes said location, said at least one housing (201, 202) being situated at an extremity opposite said at least one lug (203, 204) for holding said battery; • a position of releasing said battery in which said first part of said first protrusion releases said at least one lug (203, 204) for holding said battery in said location; • a position of removal in which said second part of said first protrusion levers said battery and makes pivot said battery out of said location.
Rubber composition based at least on an elastomer matrix, on a reinforcing filler and on a vulcanization system, the elastomer matrix comprising a highly saturated elastomer and from 0 to less than 30 phr of natural rubber, the highly saturated diene elastomer containing 1,3-diene units and more than 50 mol% of ethylene units, the vulcanization system comprising a dithiosulfate salt of formula: MO 3 S-S-A-S-SO 3 M the symbol A representing an alkanediyl group or a group comprising two or more alkanediyl units, which units are connected in pairs via an oxygen or sulfur atom, via a group of formula -SO 2 -, -NH-, -NH 2 + -, -N(C 1 -C 16 alkyl)- or -COO-, or via an arylene or cycloalkylene group, and the symbol M representing a metal atom.
A dental aligner comprising multiple layers of material, selected from a core layer, and skin layers (A1, A2) wherein: the core layer has a hard/strong component made using a plastic material having a Rockwell R hardness greater than about 60 and less than about 115, and is selected from polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG), rigid thermoplastic polyurethane (r-TPU), polysulfone, and combinations thereof; and the skin layers (A1, A2) comprise a soft polymer having a Shore hardness from about 50A to about 60D, and is selected from thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer, thermoplastic vulcanizates, elastomeric co-poly(ether or ester-ester), elastomeric co-poly (ether or ester-amide), co-polymers of ethylene-methyl or ethylene-butyl acrylate and combinations thereof, wherein, the skin layers (A1, A2) make up from about 10% to about 30 % of the total thickness of the dental aligner. the core layer has a hard/strong component made using a plastic material having a Rockwell R hardness greater than about 60 and less than about 115, and is selected from polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG), rigid thermoplastic polyurethane (r-TPU), polysulfone, and combinations thereof; and the skin layers (A1, A2) comprise a soft polymer having a Shore hardness from about 50A to about 60D, and is selected from thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer, thermoplastic vulcanizates, elastomeric co-poly(ether or ester-ester), elastomeric co-poly (ether or ester-amide), co-polymers of ethylene-methyl or ethylene-butyl acrylate and combinations thereof, wherein, the skin layers (A1, A2) make up from about 10% to about 30 % of the total thickness of the dental aligner.
A welding torch for use in a Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) process, the welding torch having a torch body, a welding tip extending from the torch body, and a detachable nozzle which substantially surrounds the welding tip in use to direct gas around the welding tip and onto a workpiece, the nozzle having a front end which faces the workpiece in use and a rear end which attaches to the torch body in use, characterised in that a ring is provided, the ring being substantially axially fixed to the nozzle at the rear end of the nozzle, and the ring being rotatable with respect to the nozzle, the ring having a screw thread and the torch body having a corresponding screw thread, for fixing the nozzle to the torch body.
A first query engine configured to be coupled to a data lake, the data lake configured to store datasets and indexes based on the datasets on the data lake, the first query engine further configured to: receive a workload comprising a plurality of queries directed at the datasets; generate a set of candidate indexes based on the plurality of queries; select a predetermined number of candidate indexes from the set of candidate indexes based on a determination of an estimated performance improvement provided by the set of candidate indexes to performance of the workload; and build an index of the selected candidate indexes according to an index specification and store the built index at a predetermined location on the data lake, the predetermined location and index metadata included in the built index conforming to the index specification, the index metadata describing a lineage of the built index that is usable by another query engine to determine whether a data source corresponding to the built index has been updated. receive a workload comprising a plurality of queries directed at the datasets; generate a set of candidate indexes based on the plurality of queries; select a predetermined number of candidate indexes from the set of candidate indexes based on a determination of an estimated performance improvement provided by the set of candidate indexes to performance of the workload; and build an index of the selected candidate indexes according to an index specification and store the built index at a predetermined location on the data lake, the predetermined location and index metadata included in the built index conforming to the index specification, the index metadata describing a lineage of the built index that is usable by another query engine to determine whether a data source corresponding to the built index has been updated.
A method for measuring the cariogenic bacterial count in a test sample, said method comprising: reacting a test reagent with the test sample and measuring a color change, wherein said test reagent contains an oxidation-reduction indicator, an oxidation-reduction promoter, and a halogen salt, wherein said oxidation-reduction indicator is resazurin, and wherein said halogen salt is sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bromide, or potassium bromide. reacting a test reagent with the test sample and measuring a color change, wherein said test reagent contains an oxidation-reduction indicator, an oxidation-reduction promoter, and a halogen salt, wherein said oxidation-reduction indicator is resazurin, and wherein said halogen salt is sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bromide, or potassium bromide.
An apparatus, for regulating the lateral offset of at least one sheet of material, the apparatus comprising at least one roller, rotatably mounted on an axis comprising: laths, extending towards the axis and being arranged in a circumferential direction of the roller, wherein each lath is slidably mounted in direction of the axis, each lath comprising a first lath region and a second lath region in direction of the axis, wherein the first lath region and the second lath region are slidable against each other, and at least one protector for a lath arranged between the first lath region and the second lath region in the interior of the lath, and is suitable to bridge a gap between the first lath region and the second lath region in direction of the axis. laths, extending towards the axis and being arranged in a circumferential direction of the roller, wherein each lath is slidably mounted in direction of the axis, each lath comprising a first lath region and a second lath region in direction of the axis, wherein the first lath region and the second lath region are slidable against each other, and at least one protector for a lath arranged between the first lath region and the second lath region in the interior of the lath, and is suitable to bridge a gap between the first lath region and the second lath region in direction of the axis.