mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Die cast component, in particular water outlet fitting, comprising a base body produced from metal or a metal alloy by the die casting method and having a cavity in which a number of openings (2, 3, 4) are provided by means of which the cavity is accessible from the outside, the cavity being at least partially filled with a casting core, the outside of which rests with all of its surface against the inside of the base body at least in the sections of the base body, the shaping of which the casting core is responsible for, and in which at least one channel is provided for the conveyance of fluid, wherein the casting core is made of a plastic material the melting point of which is at least 30°C, but preferably at least 50°C and in particular at least 100°C lower than the melting point of the material from which the base body is produced, characterized in that in at least 60 % of the contact surface between the casting core and the base body the wall thickness of the casting core is as great as or greater than the wall thickness of the base body.
A dual clutch unit for variably distributing torque to two output shafts, comprising: a clutch input part rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation, a first disk pack for transmitting torque from the clutch input part to a first clutch output part, wherein the first disk pack is axially loadable by a first pressure plate and is supported axially against the clutch input part via a first intermediate plate, a second disk pack for transmitting torque from the clutch input part to a second clutch output part, wherein the second disk pack is axially loadable by a second pressure plate and is supported axially against the clutch input part via a second intermediate plate, characterised in that the first intermediate plate and the second intermediate plate are axially arranged between the first disk pack and the second disk pack and are axially engaged with each other such that they are axially supported independently of each other against the clutch input part. a clutch input part rotatably drivable about an axis of rotation, a first disk pack for transmitting torque from the clutch input part to a first clutch output part, wherein the first disk pack is axially loadable by a first pressure plate and is supported axially against the clutch input part via a first intermediate plate, a second disk pack for transmitting torque from the clutch input part to a second clutch output part, wherein the second disk pack is axially loadable by a second pressure plate and is supported axially against the clutch input part via a second intermediate plate, characterised in that the first intermediate plate and the second intermediate plate are axially arranged between the first disk pack and the second disk pack and are axially engaged with each other such that they are axially supported independently of each other against the clutch input part.
A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft, the instrument interface comprising: an instrument interface element for driving a pair of driving elements (C1, C2), the instrument interface element displaceable over a displacement range, the pair of driving elements secured to the instrument interface element such that a displacement of the instrument interface element is transferred to the pair of driving elements; a tensioning mechanism (1914, 1915) for tensioning the pair of driving elements; wherein the robotic surgical instrument further comprises an articulation at a distal end of the shaft for articulating an end effector, the articulation driveable by the pair of driving elements, and the instrument interface further comprises an alignment mechanism (1938, 1940) for setting the displacement position of the instrument interface element to a predetermined alignment position when the end effector has a predetermined configuration, the alignment mechanism being independent of the tensioning mechanism, so that during setting of the displacement position of the instrument interface element, the instrument interface element is displaced to the predetermined alignment position without displacing the pair of driving elements. a shaft; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft, the instrument interface comprising: an instrument interface element for driving a pair of driving elements (C1, C2), the instrument interface element displaceable over a displacement range, the pair of driving elements secured to the instrument interface element such that a displacement of the instrument interface element is transferred to the pair of driving elements; a tensioning mechanism (1914, 1915) for tensioning the pair of driving elements; wherein the robotic surgical instrument further comprises an articulation at a distal end of the shaft for articulating an end effector, the articulation driveable by the pair of driving elements, and an instrument interface element for driving a pair of driving elements (C1, C2), the instrument interface element displaceable over a displacement range, the pair of driving elements secured to the instrument interface element such that a displacement of the instrument interface element is transferred to the pair of driving elements; a tensioning mechanism (1914, 1915) for tensioning the pair of driving elements; wherein the robotic surgical instrument further comprises an articulation at a distal end of the shaft for articulating an end effector, the articulation driveable by the pair of driving elements, and the instrument interface further comprises an alignment mechanism (1938, 1940) for setting the displacement position of the instrument interface element to a predetermined alignment position when the end effector has a predetermined configuration, the alignment mechanism being independent of the tensioning mechanism, so that during setting of the displacement position of the instrument interface element, the instrument interface element is displaced to the predetermined alignment position without displacing the pair of driving elements.
A method for performing an in-flight refueling operation of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft with a refueling device; the refueling device comprising a hose & drogue device for delivering fuel, extendable/retractable from/to the tanker aircraft by means of drum device, and a probe, extendable/retractable from/to the receiver aircraft, for receiving fuel; the hose & drogue device comprising a hose, a reception coupling unit at the end of the hose and a drogue attached to the reception coupling unit; the refueling operation comprising the following phases: "Hose extension", "Receiver connection", "Receiver in contact", "Disconnection and return to ready for contact position"; characterized by including a control method of the motion of the hose & drogue device comprising the following steps: a) measuring continuously the tension R at the end of the hose resultant from the applied forces on the drogue and from the tension T e applied to the hose by the drum device; b) using the measures of the tension R at the end of the hose to control the torque T o applied to the drum device such that the tension R at the end of the hose reaches target values in each phase of the refueling operation. a) measuring continuously the tension R at the end of the hose resultant from the applied forces on the drogue and from the tension T e applied to the hose by the drum device; b) using the measures of the tension R at the end of the hose to control the torque T o applied to the drum device such that the tension R at the end of the hose reaches target values in each phase of the refueling operation.
A dilating device for use with a guidewire for enlarging a vessel, comprising: wires (851, 852); wherein the wires (851, 852) are encapsulated within a jacket having a tip region; and wherein the jacket has an increasing tapered configuration along at least part of its length between the tip region at a distal end of the jacket toward a proximal end of the jacket to enable advancement of the dilating device through a narrow diameter blood vessel by gradually enlarging the vessel diameter using the tapered configuration of the jacket, characterized in that the wires (851, 852) are in a number between four and twenty, are wound around a liner configured to be located over the guidewire, and a first set of the wires have a first diameter and a second set of the wires have a second diameter. wires (851, 852); wherein the wires (851, 852) are encapsulated within a jacket having a tip region; and wherein the jacket has an increasing tapered configuration along at least part of its length between the tip region at a distal end of the jacket toward a proximal end of the jacket to enable advancement of the dilating device through a narrow diameter blood vessel by gradually enlarging the vessel diameter using the tapered configuration of the jacket,
A gate for free spillway weirs, comprising: a barrier capable of retaining a body of water at a predetermined retaining level with a central barrier wall that is inclined in a direction away from the body of water; a bottom structure beneath the body of water that is capable of delimiting by a weir a bottom chamber filled with air and holding the barrier in its water retaining position by the water pressure exercised on said bottom structure; and a wall structure extending from the top of the central barrier wall in a direction towards the bottom chamber and forming a wall chamber on the central barrier wall, wherein the wall structure extends substantially along the entire central barrier wall, and wherein the wall chamber is capable of being flooded so as to assist the tipping of the gate, characterized by an inlet extending beyond the retaining level of the barrier with an upper opening beneath a predetermined flood level that allows water to flood the wall chamber and the bottom chamber so as to offset the water pressure on the bottom structure and thereby allow a tipping of the gate, wherein the inlet is integral with the wall structure and leading directly to the wall chamber that extends substantially in parallel to the central barrier wall. a barrier capable of retaining a body of water at a predetermined retaining level with a central barrier wall that is inclined in a direction away from the body of water; a bottom structure beneath the body of water that is capable of delimiting by a weir a bottom chamber filled with air and holding the barrier in its water retaining position by the water pressure exercised on said bottom structure; and a wall structure extending from the top of the central barrier wall in a direction towards the bottom chamber and forming a wall chamber on the central barrier wall, wherein the wall structure extends substantially along the entire central barrier wall, and wherein the wall chamber is capable of being flooded so as to assist the tipping of the gate, characterized by an inlet extending beyond the retaining level of the barrier with an upper opening beneath a predetermined flood level that allows water to flood the wall chamber and the bottom chamber so as to offset the water pressure on the bottom structure and thereby allow a tipping of the gate, wherein the inlet is integral with the wall structure and leading directly to the wall chamber that extends substantially in parallel to the central barrier wall.
Hydraulic accumulator, in particular a diaphragm accumulator, having an accumulator housing and a separating element which is arranged therein and separates two media chambers (14, 16) from each other, the accumulator housing comprising at least one fluid connection point which opens into an adjacent media chamber and has a first connection body with a fluid passage point that is connected to the accumulator housing via a welding seam, wherein the connection body has an annular outer circumferential surface on its connection region facing the accumulator housing, wherein when the end face of the connection body is placed on the accumulator housing, the connection body forms a transition point, along which the welding seam runs, and wherein the outer circumferential surface of the connection body transitions into a peripheral edge at its free end, from which edge a depression made in the end face of the connection body is connected, the course of the depression in the connection body being adapted to a curved accumulator housing wall, which has a convex curvature in the region of the welding seam, viewed in cross-section, and which at least partially engages in the depression and which surrounds the fluid connection point, in particular for the passage of a working gas, such as nitrogen gas, and characterised in that the depression forms an annular cone with a shallow inclination of 4° to 10°, preferably approximately 6°.
A method for determining hemoglobins by a cation exchange liquid chromatography characterized by the use of an eluent containing perchlorate as chaotropic ion and further an inorganic acid, an organic acid and/or any salt thereof having a buffer capacity in the 4.0 - 6.8 pH range.
A smoking article comprising: a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face of the combustible heat source; a first heat-conducting element circumscribing a rear portion of the combustible heat source and at least a front portion of the aerosol-forming substrate; a second heat-conducting element around at least a portion of the first heat-conducting element, wherein at least part of the second heat-conducting element is radially separated from the first heat-conducting element; and one or more first air inlets around the periphery of the aerosol-forming substrate. a combustible heat source having opposed front and rear faces; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear face of the combustible heat source; a first heat-conducting element circumscribing a rear portion of the combustible heat source and at least a front portion of the aerosol-forming substrate; a second heat-conducting element around at least a portion of the first heat-conducting element, wherein at least part of the second heat-conducting element is radially separated from the first heat-conducting element; and one or more first air inlets around the periphery of the aerosol-forming substrate.
A method for amplifying a nucleic acid sample, comprising: a) providing a support comprising a first primer and a second primer; b) coupling the first primer to a first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is derived from the nucleic acid sample; c) performing a first primer extension reaction using the first primer to generate a first double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to at least a portion of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule; d) at least partially denaturing the first double-stranded nucleic acid molecule by binding an invader species to at least a portion of the first or second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule, wherein the invader species is different from the second primer, which binding exposes a segment of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to the second primer; and e) coupling the second primer to the segment of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and performing a second primer extension reaction using the second primer to generate a second double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a third single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to at least a portion of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule, wherein the second primer extension reaction separates the second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule from the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule. a) providing a support comprising a first primer and a second primer; b) coupling the first primer to a first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is derived from the nucleic acid sample; c) performing a first primer extension reaction using the first primer to generate a first double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to at least a portion of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule; d) at least partially denaturing the first double-stranded nucleic acid molecule by binding an invader species to at least a portion of the first or second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule, wherein the invader species is different from the second primer, which binding exposes a segment of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to the second primer; and e) coupling the second primer to the segment of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and performing a second primer extension reaction using the second primer to generate a second double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a third single-stranded nucleic acid molecule that is complementary to at least a portion of the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule, wherein the second primer extension reaction separates the second single-stranded nucleic acid molecule from the first single-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; and a shaft to enable the image carrier to be rotatably installed, wherein the image carrier comprises: a hollow image carrier body; a first image carrier flange installed at a first end of the image carrier body; and a second image carrier flange installed at a second end of the image carrier body, opposite of the first end, and a first image carrier frame to rotatably support a first end of the shaft and a second image carrier frame to rotatably support a second end of the shaft, opposite to the first end of the shaft, wherein at least one of the first image carrier flange and the second image carrier flange is integrally provided with a blower fan to enable air to pass through the image carrier body from the second end of the image carrier body to the first end of the image carrier body, and characterised in that the first image carrier frame comprises a guide rib configured to guide air to a radially outward direction of the image carrier body. an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; and a shaft to enable the image carrier to be rotatably installed, wherein the image carrier comprises: a hollow image carrier body; a first image carrier flange installed at a first end of the image carrier body; and a second image carrier flange installed at a second end of the image carrier body, opposite of the first end, and a first image carrier frame to rotatably support a first end of the shaft and a second image carrier frame to rotatably support a second end of the shaft, opposite to the first end of the shaft, wherein at least one of the first image carrier flange and the second image carrier flange is integrally provided with a blower fan to enable air to pass through the image carrier body from the second end of the image carrier body to the first end of the image carrier body, and characterised in that the first image carrier frame comprises a guide rib configured to guide air to a radially outward direction of the image carrier body. a hollow image carrier body; a first image carrier flange installed at a first end of the image carrier body; and a second image carrier flange installed at a second end of the image carrier body, opposite of the first end, and a first image carrier frame to rotatably support a first end of the shaft and a second image carrier frame to rotatably support a second end of the shaft, opposite to the first end of the shaft, wherein at least one of the first image carrier flange and the second image carrier flange is integrally provided with a blower fan to enable air to pass through the image carrier body from the second end of the image carrier body to the first end of the image carrier body, and characterised in that the first image carrier frame comprises a guide rib configured to guide air to a radially outward direction of the image carrier body.
An article for protecting an airfoil, comprising: a duplex sheath having an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving the airfoil, wherein a sheath on the outer side comprises a material having cobalt characterised in that the material also comprises phosphorus, and in that the duplex sheath further includes an inner layer adjacent the inner side, wherein the inner layer comprises an alloy material selected from a group consisting of a nickel alloy, a nickel alloy having cobalt, copper, copper alloy, an iron alloy, and steel. a duplex sheath having an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving the airfoil, wherein a sheath on the outer side comprises a material having cobalt characterised in that the material also comprises phosphorus, and in that the duplex sheath further includes an inner layer adjacent the inner side, wherein the inner layer comprises an alloy material selected from a group consisting of a nickel alloy, a nickel alloy having cobalt, copper, copper alloy, an iron alloy, and steel.
Device for measuring a transition rate between a first phase of a material and a second phase of the material, wherein the material is solid or liquid in the first phase and gaseous in the second phase, comprising: a porous substrate plate for artificially creating the first phase, wherein the porous substrate plate comprises a lower side and an upper side; and a thermopile installed at the porous substrate plate and with a plurality of conductor transitions, wherein the thermopile has a first portion, which comprises every second one of the conductor transitions, and a second portion, which comprises the remaining conductor transitions, and is designed to output a measurable thermoelectric voltage that represents a temperature difference between the first and the second portion (7, 8) of the thermopile, wherein either the thermopile is located completely on the lower side or on the upper side of the substrate plate and the first portion of the thermopile is closer to the respective side (12, 22) of the substrate plate than the second portion of the thermopile, or the first portion and the second portion of the thermopile are located in a common plane that is parallel to the lower side and/or the upper side of the substrate plate and a cover is provided that covers the porous substrate plate at the first portion of the thermopile but not at the second portion of the thermopile. a porous substrate plate for artificially creating the first phase, wherein the porous substrate plate comprises a lower side and an upper side; and a thermopile installed at the porous substrate plate and with a plurality of conductor transitions, wherein the thermopile has a first portion, which comprises every second one of the conductor transitions, and a second portion, which comprises the remaining conductor transitions, and is designed to output a measurable thermoelectric voltage that represents a temperature difference between the first and the second portion (7, 8) of the thermopile, wherein either the thermopile is located completely on the lower side or on the upper side of the substrate plate and the first portion of the thermopile is closer to the respective side (12, 22) of the substrate plate than the second portion of the thermopile, or the first portion and the second portion of the thermopile are located in a common plane that is parallel to the lower side and/or the upper side of the substrate plate and a cover is provided that covers the porous substrate plate at the first portion of the thermopile but not at the second portion of the thermopile.