mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A surgical instrument comprising: - an elongated arm (11; 307) extending along a longitudinal axis and having a distal end (2; 305) mounted with means forming a pivot joint on the elongated arm around an axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; - a drive shaft substantially coaxial with the elongated arm comprising means forming a universal joint facing the pivot joint; and, - a distal tool securely fastened on the drive shaft and rotatively mounted on and in the extension of the distal end of the elongated arm, such that the distal tool has two rotational degrees of freedom, distinct and independent of each other, one being around an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated arm and the other being around an axis substantially collinear to an own axis of the distal tool; wherein the elongated arm comprises a plurality of linking elements mounted in series to form the pivot joint and wherein the means forming a universal joint comprise a Cardan joint, said Cardan joint comprising two end elements being pivotally mounted on either side on a central element around pivot axes perpendicular to each other, characterised in that two adjacent linking elements are mounted relative to one another with a limited pivot joint, and the means forming a universal joint comprise as many Cardan joints (320, 330, 340, 350) as limited pivot joints between the linking elements (301, 302, 303, 304, 305) mounted in series, each Cardan joint facing one of the limited pivot joints formed by the linking elements mounted in series with the two pivot axes of said Cardan joint intersecting with a pivot axis of the corresponding limited pivot joint. - an elongated arm (11; 307) extending along a longitudinal axis and having a distal end (2; 305) mounted with means forming a pivot joint on the elongated arm around an axis substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; - a drive shaft substantially coaxial with the elongated arm comprising means forming a universal joint facing the pivot joint; and, - a distal tool securely fastened on the drive shaft and rotatively mounted on and in the extension of the distal end of the elongated arm, such that the distal tool has two rotational degrees of freedom, distinct and independent of each other, one being around an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated arm and the other being around an axis substantially collinear to an own axis of the distal tool; wherein the elongated arm comprises a plurality of linking elements mounted in series to form the pivot joint and wherein the means forming a universal joint comprise a Cardan joint, said Cardan joint comprising two end elements being pivotally mounted on either side on a central element around pivot axes perpendicular to each other,
A process for preparing hollow ceramic or metal microspheres, comprising the steps of: forming ceramic or metal slurry, comprising ceramic or metal powders, water and dispersant and having a certain solid phase content, into a stable foam slurry by using a foaming agent; and said solid phase content is in the range of 5-60% by volume; introducing the stable foam slurry into a centrifugal atomization equipment to atomize it into hollow slurry droplets, while spraying the hollow slurry droplets into a molding chamber; drying instantly to form hollow microsphere green body; and collecting the hollow microsphere green body and sintering; wherein, in the ceramic or metal slurry having a certain solid phase content, the volume of said powders is 5-60% of the total volume of the solution after the addition of said powders; the dispersant is 0.1-3% of the total volume; the foaming agent is 0.1-1% of the total volume, and balance being water; and wherein the stable foam slurry has a slurry foaming rate of between 20% and 600% and a diameter of air bubble of between 0.001 mm and 1.5 mm, and has no apparent antifoaming or foam joining phenomenon for 1-10 days shelf time. forming ceramic or metal slurry, comprising ceramic or metal powders, water and dispersant and having a certain solid phase content, into a stable foam slurry by using a foaming agent; and said solid phase content is in the range of 5-60% by volume; introducing the stable foam slurry into a centrifugal atomization equipment to atomize it into hollow slurry droplets, while spraying the hollow slurry droplets into a molding chamber; drying instantly to form hollow microsphere green body; and collecting the hollow microsphere green body and sintering; wherein, in the ceramic or metal slurry having a certain solid phase content, the volume of said powders is 5-60% of the total volume of the solution after the addition of said powders; the dispersant is 0.1-3% of the total volume; the foaming agent is 0.1-1% of the total volume, and balance being water; and wherein the stable foam slurry has a slurry foaming rate of between 20% and 600% and a diameter of air bubble of between 0.001 mm and 1.5 mm, and has no apparent antifoaming or foam joining phenomenon for 1-10 days shelf time.
Rod for a collapsible roof of a vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, - with a collapsible roof consisting of a C pillar and at least one roof side carrier and a roof cap connected to the roof side carrier, - wherein the roof side carrier and/or the roof cap are/is connected to a main bearing via a drive rod, - the collapsible roof has at least one bow (8, 11), and one bow (8, 11) is a corner bow, - wherein the pivoting movement of the corner bow is influenced by means of a coupling rod and a control rod, - wherein the coupling rod is connected at its end facing the collapsible roof to the corner bow and at its opposite end is fastened pivotably to the drive rod via a bearing, characterized - in that the control rod is attached displaceably to the coupling rod and is mounted at its free end pivotably on the main bearing. - with a collapsible roof consisting of a C pillar and at least one roof side carrier and a roof cap connected to the roof side carrier, - wherein the roof side carrier and/or the roof cap are/is connected to a main bearing via a drive rod, - the collapsible roof has at least one bow (8, 11), and one bow (8, 11) is a corner bow, - wherein the pivoting movement of the corner bow is influenced by means of a coupling rod and a control rod, - wherein the coupling rod is connected at its end facing the collapsible roof to the corner bow and at its opposite end is fastened pivotably to the drive rod via a bearing, - in that the control rod is attached displaceably to the coupling rod and is mounted at its free end pivotably on the main bearing.
A powder for use in a negative electrode of a battery, said powder comprising particles, wherein said particles comprise a carbonaceous matrix material and silicon-based domains dispersed in said carbonaceous matrix material, wherein said particles further comprise pores, wherein in a cross-section of said powder, said cross-section comprising at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores: - each of said at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores has a maximum Feret diameter xFmax, a minimum Feret diameter xFmin and an area, wherein xFmax, xFmin and the area are measured by image analysis of at least one electron microscopy image of said cross-section of said powder, and - said at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores have a number-based distribution of maximum Feret diameters with a d50 value and a d95 value, wherein d95 ≤ 150 nm and the ratio d95/d50 ≤ 3.0; said powder being characterized in that it has a silicon content C expressed in weight percent (wt%), wherein 3×10 -4 ×C ≤ F ≤ 4×10 -3 ×C, with F=Sp/Sc, Sp being a sum of each of the areas of the at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores and Sc being a sum of each of the areas of the cross-sections of particles comprising the at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores, Sc and Sp being measured on the same said at least one electron microscopy image of said cross-section of said powder. - each of said at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores has a maximum Feret diameter xFmax, a minimum Feret diameter xFmin and an area, wherein xFmax, xFmin and the area are measured by image analysis of at least one electron microscopy image of said cross-section of said powder, and - said at least 1000 discrete cross-sections of pores have a number-based distribution of maximum Feret diameters with a d50 value and a d95 value, wherein d95 ≤ 150 nm and the ratio d95/d50 ≤ 3.0;
A chopper stabilized square cell receiving a first signal, a second signal and a clock signal, and having a first output signal and a second output signal, comprising: a first square cell; a second square cell, wherein the first and second square cells each receive an input signal and provide an output signal; an input switch circuit (308a, 308b) operated by the clock signal to provide the first signal and the second signal in an alternating manner to the first square cell and the second square cell, such that when the first signal is provided as the input signal to the first square cell, the second signal is provided as the input signal to the second square cell and when the first signal is provided as the input signal to the second square cell, the second signal is provided as input signal to the first square cell; and an output switch circuit (305a, 305b) operated by the clock signal to provide the output signal of the first square cell and the output signal of the second square cell in an alternating manner as the first output signal and the second output signal, such that when the output signal of the first square cell is provided as the first output signal, the output signal of the second square cell is provided as the second output signal and when the output signal of the first square cell is provided as the second output signal, the output signal of the second square cell is provided as the first output signal. a first square cell; a second square cell, wherein the first and second square cells each receive an input signal and provide an output signal; an input switch circuit (308a, 308b) operated by the clock signal to provide the first signal and the second signal in an alternating manner to the first square cell and the second square cell, such that when the first signal is provided as the input signal to the first square cell, the second signal is provided as the input signal to the second square cell and when the first signal is provided as the input signal to the second square cell, the second signal is provided as input signal to the first square cell; and an output switch circuit (305a, 305b) operated by the clock signal to provide the output signal of the first square cell and the output signal of the second square cell in an alternating manner as the first output signal and the second output signal, such that when the output signal of the first square cell is provided as the first output signal, the output signal of the second square cell is provided as the second output signal and when the output signal of the first square cell is provided as the second output signal, the output signal of the second square cell is provided as the first output signal.
A method for a computer to execute an item of software, the method comprising: the computer executing one or more security modules to perform a respective security-related operation in relation to the item of software; the computer executing the item of software, said executing the item of software comprising, at at least one point during execution of the item of software at which a predetermined function is to be performed, attempting to perform the predetermined function by: sending, to an address system, a request message for an address of instructions for carrying out the predetermined function, the request message comprising an identifier of the predetermined function; receiving, from the address system in response to the request message, an address generated by the address system based, at least in part, on: a) the identifier and b) verification data provided to the address system from at least one of the one or more security modules; and continuing execution of the item of software at the address received from the address system. the computer executing one or more security modules to perform a respective security-related operation in relation to the item of software; the computer executing the item of software, said executing the item of software comprising, at at least one point during execution of the item of software at which a predetermined function is to be performed, attempting to perform the predetermined function by: sending, to an address system, a request message for an address of instructions for carrying out the predetermined function, the request message comprising an identifier of the predetermined function; receiving, from the address system in response to the request message, an address generated by the address system based, at least in part, on: a) the identifier and b) verification data provided to the address system from at least one of the one or more security modules; and continuing execution of the item of software at the address received from the address system. sending, to an address system, a request message for an address of instructions for carrying out the predetermined function, the request message comprising an identifier of the predetermined function; receiving, from the address system in response to the request message, an address generated by the address system based, at least in part, on: a) the identifier and b) verification data provided to the address system from at least one of the one or more security modules; and continuing execution of the item of software at the address received from the address system.
A process for making a 2-acetoxyalkanoic acid ester comprising heating a mixture of an 3,6-dialkyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione, in which the alkyl groups at the 3 and 6 position may be unsubstituted or substituted with substituents that do not react under the conditions of the process, with an excess of acetate ester having the structure to a temperature of at least 150°C under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of at least 0.1 mole per mole of the 3,6-dialkyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione of an alkanol or phenol having the structure R 1 -OH and in the presence of a transesterification catalyst to convert at least a portion of the 3,6-dialkyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione to a 2-acetoxyalkanoic acid ester having the structure wherein R is an alkyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted with substituents that do not react under the conditions of the process, corresponding to the alkyl groups at the 3 and 6 positions of the starting 3,6-dialkyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione and R 1 in each instance is alkyl or aryl.
A device for harvesting by shaking trees, containing a support frame equipped with a drive unit and a drawbar adopted for hitching to an agricultural tractor, on which a shaker, a shaft with a rolled tarpaulin are built and beside this shaft a belt conveyor is mounted longitudinally with a cleaner blower and further a grate for placing the cases, whereby work assemblies built on the support frame are equipped with hydraulic motors supplied from a pump driven by a power take-off shaft of the agricultural tractor, characterized in that, the device contains a tarpaulin laying assembly consisting of a body and a tarpaulin guide, whereby the body consists of two housings and each one of them has side walls and structural elements, with use of which those housings are fitted to the support frame and through the side walls, pivots are mounted with upper rollers and lower rollers, whereas on each side wall, side pivots are mounted with side rollers and moreover, on one side wall of each of the housing a base is mounted with a hydraulic motor driving a toothed wheel mounted on a shaft between the side walls, whereas the guide consists of two bars and each one of them is created from a pipe beam of the cross section close to a rectangle, whereas longitudinally, on one, lower wall of each beam, in the symmetry plane a toothed rack is attached and at the end of each of two bars a fastener is attached with a pin attached to it and on two pins attached to the fasteners the tarpaulin edge is threaded and moreover, each of the guide bars is slid into the channel created by the cylindrical surfaces of the upper rollers, lower rollers and side rollers and the toothed rack engages the toothed wheel.
A Czochralski growth apparatus (100; 200; 300) comprising a crucible (110; 310) having at least one wall (111; 211; 311a) separating an inner growth zone (112; 312) and an outer feed zone (113; 313a), the wall (111; 211; 311a) having at least one opening providing restricted fluid communication between the inner growth zone (112; 312) and the outer feed zone (113; 313a); a solid feedstock delivery system (117; 217; 317) comprising a feeder (118; 218; 318) having a delivery point (119; 219; 319) overhanging the outer feed zone (113; 313a) of the crucible (110; 310) and delivering solid feedstock comprising silicon therein; and at least one particle blocking device preventing the solid feedstock from entering the inner growth zone (112; 312) of the crucible (110; 310); an inverse conical shaped thermally-insulated shield (116; 216; 316) positioned above the inner growth zone (112; 312) of the crucible (110; 310), wherein the thermally-insulated shield (116; 216; 316) and the wall (111; 211; 311a) are separated by a gap, and wherein the particle blocking device prevents the solid feedstock from passing through the gap, and wherein the particle blocking device is a particle shield (121; 221; 321) including a vertical segment positioned at the wall (111; 211; 311a) of the crucible (110; 310) extending to a position adjacent to the thermally-insulated shield (116; 216; 316).
A wearable device comprising: a strap having a first end and a second end, the strap 'comprising a substantially polygonal opening and a buckle formed at one of the first and second ends; a buckle part configured to fasten the first and second ends of the strap to each other by binding the first and second ends; and a body configured to be removably coupled to the opening by being fitted into the opening, wherein the body comprises a front surface and a rear surface, and wherein the body comprises a display on its front surface, the display appearing to have substantially polygonal shape in a top view thereof, and wherein the body further comprises a biometric sensor disposed on its rear surface, and wherein the strap comprises a seating part from which the body is removable, and the seating part being formed along a circumference of the opening, and wherein the seating part comprises at least one linear portion, and wherein the body comprises a seating recess with which the seating part of the strap is configured to be mated, and wherein the opening is opened in a vertical direction and has a thickness, and the body is removed from the opening by elastically deforming of the seating part of the strap. a strap having a first end and a second end, the strap 'comprising a substantially polygonal opening and a buckle formed at one of the first and second ends; a buckle part configured to fasten the first and second ends of the strap to each other by binding the first and second ends; and a body configured to be removably coupled to the opening by being fitted into the opening, wherein the body comprises a front surface and a rear surface, and wherein the body comprises a display on its front surface, the display appearing to have substantially polygonal shape in a top view thereof, and wherein the body further comprises a biometric sensor disposed on its rear surface, and wherein the strap comprises a seating part from which the body is removable, and the seating part being formed along a circumference of the opening, and wherein the seating part comprises at least one linear portion, and wherein the body comprises a seating recess with which the seating part of the strap is configured to be mated, and wherein the opening is opened in a vertical direction and has a thickness, and the body is removed from the opening by elastically deforming of the seating part of the strap.
A method comprising: enabling an automatic brightness control procedure for an image intensifier tube having a photocathode, a microchannel plate, and an anode having a phosphor layer, the automatic brightness control procedure selecting a voltage to be applied to the photocathode in response to light input to the photocathode; sensing current being drawn by an element of the light intensifier tube; in response to the current being drawn by the element of the image intensifier tube exceeding a predetermined threshold, shutting down the photocathode, disabling the automatic brightness control procedure, and storing, as a stored voltage value, a value of a voltage that had been selected by the automatic brightness control procedure when the current exceeded the predetermined threshold; after a first predetermined period of time, applying a voltage to the photocathode in accordance with the stored voltage value; and re-enabling the automatic brightness control procedure and causing the automatic brightness control procedure to select the stored voltage value as the voltage to be applied to the photocathode. enabling an automatic brightness control procedure for an image intensifier tube having a photocathode, a microchannel plate, and an anode having a phosphor layer, the automatic brightness control procedure selecting a voltage to be applied to the photocathode in response to light input to the photocathode; sensing current being drawn by an element of the light intensifier tube; in response to the current being drawn by the element of the image intensifier tube exceeding a predetermined threshold, shutting down the photocathode, disabling the automatic brightness control procedure, and storing, as a stored voltage value, a value of a voltage that had been selected by the automatic brightness control procedure when the current exceeded the predetermined threshold; after a first predetermined period of time, applying a voltage to the photocathode in accordance with the stored voltage value; and re-enabling the automatic brightness control procedure and causing the automatic brightness control procedure to select the stored voltage value as the voltage to be applied to the photocathode.
A composition comprising a plurality of particles, wherein said particles comprise: 25% to 99% by weight a water soluble carrier; and 1% to 75% by weight a graft copolymer; wherein said graft copolymer comprises: (a) a polyalkylene oxide which has a number average molecular weight of from 1000 to 20000 Da and is based on ethylene oxide; (b) a N-vinylpyrrolidone; and (c) a vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein (a) and (b) are present at a weight ratio of (a):(b) of from 1:0.1 to 1:1; wherein by weight, (a) is present in an amount greater than (c); wherein order of addition of (b) and (c) in graft polymerization is immaterial; and wherein each of said particles has a mass from 1 mg to 1 g. 25% to 99% by weight a water soluble carrier; and 1% to 75% by weight a graft copolymer; wherein said graft copolymer comprises: (a) a polyalkylene oxide which has a number average molecular weight of from 1000 to 20000 Da and is based on ethylene oxide; (b) a N-vinylpyrrolidone; and (c) a vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; (a) a polyalkylene oxide which has a number average molecular weight of from 1000 to 20000 Da and is based on ethylene oxide; (b) a N-vinylpyrrolidone; and (c) a vinyl ester derived from a saturated monocarboxylic acid containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein (a) and (b) are present at a weight ratio of (a):(b) of from 1:0.1 to 1:1; wherein by weight, (a) is present in an amount greater than (c); wherein order of addition of (b) and (c) in graft polymerization is immaterial; and wherein each of said particles has a mass from 1 mg to 1 g.