mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator assembly provided with a first separator and a second separator that is provided adjacent to a membrane electrode assembly, and the first and second separators (13, 14) having uneven portions (13g, 14g) as fluid flow channels, a cross-sectional shape of the uneven portions (13g, 14g) comprising a plurality of projections and recesses; the method for manufacturing the fuel cell separator assembly characterized by comprising a joining step for bringing opposing projections of the uneven portions (13g, 14g) of the first separator and the second separator into contact with each other in a state in which a pressing force is imparted to at least one side of the first separator and the second separator; an elastic member being interposed adjacent the at least one side so that the pressing force is imparted to the at least one side of the first separator and the second separator, and the opposing projections are brought into contact with each other by elastic deformation of the elastic member in the joining step, wherein the joining of the first separator and the second separator in the joining step being performed in joining regions (231, 232, 233) provided to the elastic member while the pressing force is applied to pressing regions (234, 235, 237) provided to the elastic member, wherein the joining regions correspond to areas in which the opposing projections are brought into contact with each other, and wherein the pressing regions correspond to regions adjacent a longitudinal end of the joining regions.
A method for producing steam for use in stimulating a geologic formation, the method comprising: providing at a location adjacent the geologic formation or a speficied distance from the geologic formation a pluarality of bodies for decomposing hydrogen peroxide, the plurality of bodies comprising an active metal oxide, and wherein at least a portion of the plurality of bodies are provided in a spherical configuration; contacting the plurality of bodies with a liquid hydrogen peroxide solution having a concentration between 30 weight percent and 70 weight percent to produce steam; and injecting the steam into the geologic formation; wherein the liquid hydrogen peroxide solution further comprises a stabilizer. providing at a location adjacent the geologic formation or a speficied distance from the geologic formation a pluarality of bodies for decomposing hydrogen peroxide, the plurality of bodies comprising an active metal oxide, and wherein at least a portion of the plurality of bodies are provided in a spherical configuration; contacting the plurality of bodies with a liquid hydrogen peroxide solution having a concentration between 30 weight percent and 70 weight percent to produce steam; and injecting the steam into the geologic formation; wherein the liquid hydrogen peroxide solution further comprises a stabilizer.
A method of assay, comprising measuring in a biological sample fragments of a protein that contain an N-terminal neo-epitope and a C-terminal neo-epitope, each said neo-epitope being an amino acid sequence generated by protease cleavage of said protein, said method comprising binding the N-terminal neo-epitope with a first immunological binding partner specific for the presence of said N-terminal neo-epitope and binding the C-terminal neo-epitope with a second immunological binding partner specific for the presence of said C-terminal neo-epitope, wherein neither said first nor said second immunological binding partner specifically binds the intact protein from which said fragments derive and neither said first nor said second immunological binding partner specifically binds fragments of said protein containing the amino acid sequence of its respective said neo-epitope extended beyond the protease cleavage site, and detecting the extent of dual binding of said binding partners.
An exhalation valve for a ventilation apparatus for at least partly mechanically assisted ventilation of a patient, encompassing a valve housing having a flow passage which extends along a passage path (D1, D2) that defines a local axial, radial, and circumferential direction, and along which respiratory air can flow through the valve housing; the valve housing comprising a housing-mounted valve sub-configuration having an end surface which continuously encircles the passage path; a counterpart surface, facing toward the end surface, of a valve body movable relative to the valve housing being preloaded by a preloading device in such a way that as a result of impingement of a flow of respiratory gas in an exhalation flow direction, the counterpart surface is movable away from the end surface in a lifting direction against a preload force of the preloading device, accompanied by enlargement of an annular gap generatable or present between the end surface and the counterpart surface, so that the flow passage is flowthrough-capable in the exhalation flow direction and so that a flow through the flow passage in a flow direction opposite to the exhalation flow direction is blockable by abutment of the counterpart surface of the valve body against the end surface, wherein the valve body comprises a skirt which, when considering the exhalation valve in a reference state not stressed by a respiratory flow as intended, extends in a circumferential direction surrounding the counterpart surface and the end surface, and which in the reference state projects axially beyond the end surface, oppositely to the lifting direction, in a direction away from the counterpart surface, an annular gap space being provided radially between the skirt and an end portion, facing toward the end surface, of the valve sub-configuration, characterized in that the magnitude of a spacing (h), to be measured parallel to the lifting direction, between a skirt rim remote from the counterpart surface and the counterpart surface is different at least circumferentially locally depending on the respective position in a circumferential direction.
An electronic device comprising: - a display working as a membrane; - an audio actuator connected to the display and wherein the audio actuator is an electro-mechanical transducer configured to transform an electrical alternating current audio signal to mechanical vibration and a mechanical force applied to the display to an electrical signal, wherein the audio actuator is configured to generate a voltage signal from a pressing force on the display; - an audio signal generator connected to the audio actuator, wherein the audio actuator is configured to make the display vibrate in accordance with an audio signal generated by the audio signal generator, - a lowpass filter configured to filter the voltage signal to generate an output signal by filtering out the audio signal, and - a force detection unit connected to the lowpass filter, wherein the force detection unit is configured to determine if a is force applied to the display based on the output signal from the lowpass filter; and wherein the lowpass filter is configured to have a passband that is below any frequency generated by the audio generator such that no signals generated by the audio signal generator are comprised in the output signal. - a display working as a membrane; - an audio actuator connected to the display and wherein the audio actuator is an electro-mechanical transducer configured to transform an electrical alternating current audio signal to mechanical vibration and a mechanical force applied to the display to an electrical signal, wherein the audio actuator is configured to generate a voltage signal from a pressing force on the display; - an audio signal generator connected to the audio actuator, wherein the audio actuator is configured to make the display vibrate in accordance with an audio signal generated by the audio signal generator, - a lowpass filter configured to filter the voltage signal to generate an output signal by filtering out the audio signal, and - a force detection unit connected to the lowpass filter, wherein the force detection unit is configured to determine if a is force applied to the display based on the output signal from the lowpass filter; and wherein
Snare instrument, in particular a medical snare instrument, with - a shaft area, - a snare structure in a snaring area distally adjoining the shaft area, which snare structure can be pulled closed, from an opened position in which it forms a distally open snare, and has a plurality of flexible bending tubes (31, 32, 33) which, in the opened position of the snare structure, extend distally forwards and radially outwards in a radiating shape to form the snare, and of which the distal ends (41, 42, 43) can be moved radially inwards towards each other so as to pull the snare structure closed, and - a plurality of noose wires (51, 52, 53), each of which extends with a first base portion from the shaft area loosely through one of the bending tubes (31, 32, 33) as far as the distal end (41, 42, 43) thereof, from there with a noose arch to the distal end (41, 42, 43) of the same or another bending tube (31, 32, 33), and from there with a second base portion loosely through the latter (31, 32, 33) back to the shaft area, at least one of the noose wire base portions (6a, 6c) extending through each bending tube (31, 32, 33), wherein - the noose arch of at least one of the noose wires (51, 52, 53) extends, with a circumferential length of at least two bending tube circumferential spacings, in the circumferential direction of the snare structure, and characterized in that at least two of the noose wire base portions (6a, 6c) extend, connected to each other, in at least one of the bending tubes (31, 32, 33), and in that the noose arches form an intersecting noose structure, in which at least one noose arch extends in a first portion in front of a first other noose arch and extends in a second portion behind the first other noose arch or behind a second other noose arch. - a shaft area, - a snare structure in a snaring area distally adjoining the shaft area, which snare structure can be pulled closed, from an opened position in which it forms a distally open snare, and has a plurality of flexible bending tubes (31, 32, 33) which, in the opened position of the snare structure, extend distally forwards and radially outwards in a radiating shape to form the snare, and of which the distal ends (41, 42, 43) can be moved radially inwards towards each other so as to pull the snare structure closed, and - a plurality of noose wires (51, 52, 53), each of which extends with a first base portion from the shaft area loosely through one of the bending tubes (31, 32, 33) as far as the distal end (41, 42, 43) thereof, from there with a noose arch to the distal end (41, 42, 43) of the same or another bending tube (31, 32, 33), and from there with a second base portion loosely through the latter (31, 32, 33) back to the shaft area, at least one of the noose wire base portions (6a, 6c) extending through each bending tube (31, 32, 33), - the noose arch of at least one of the noose wires (51, 52, 53) extends, with a circumferential length of at least two bending tube circumferential spacings, in the circumferential direction of the snare structure, and
A method of operating an internal combustion engine (10; 110; 210) that comprises a variable volume combustion chamber (12; 112; 212) containing a catalyst (54; 154; 254; 454), said method comprising: admitting an intake gas comprising an aspirant into said combustion chamber; reducing the volume of said combustion chamber to compress said intake gas to raise the pressure in said combustion chamber from a first pressure to a second pressure; admitting an aqueous fluid and a steam reforming fuel into said combustion chamber when the pressure in said combustion chamber reaches a predetermined pressure intermediate said first and second pressures so that said aqueous fluid and steam reforming fuel absorb heat generated by said compression of said intake gas in the presence of said catalyst (54; 154; 254; 454) so as to promote a steam reformation process by which hydrogen is separated from said steam reforming fuel or said aqueous fluid; and when the pressure in said combustion chamber is at least at said second pressure, admitting a combustible fuel into said chamber and combusting said combustible fuel and hydrogen, wherein the volume of said combustion chamber is varied by moving a body (18; 218) in said combustion chamber and combustion of said combustible fuel and hydrogen causes movement of said body to increase the volume of said combustion chamber and said movement of said body provides an energy output of said combustion chamber. admitting an intake gas comprising an aspirant into said combustion chamber; reducing the volume of said combustion chamber to compress said intake gas to raise the pressure in said combustion chamber from a first pressure to a second pressure; admitting an aqueous fluid and a steam reforming fuel into said combustion chamber when the pressure in said combustion chamber reaches a predetermined pressure intermediate said first and second pressures so that said aqueous fluid and steam reforming fuel absorb heat generated by said compression of said intake gas in the presence of said catalyst (54; 154; 254; 454) so as to promote a steam reformation process by which hydrogen is separated from said steam reforming fuel or said aqueous fluid; and when the pressure in said combustion chamber is at least at said second pressure, admitting a combustible fuel into said chamber and combusting said combustible fuel and hydrogen, wherein the volume of said combustion chamber is varied by moving a body (18; 218) in said combustion chamber and combustion of said combustible fuel and hydrogen causes movement of said body to increase the volume of said combustion chamber and said movement of said body provides an energy output of said combustion chamber.
A natural clouding system comprising a natural oil; a natural emulsifier; a natural acid; a natural aqueous component; and a natural preservative, wherein the natural preservative comprises ethanol, glycerin, or combinations thereof and is present in an amount from 5% to 50% by weight of the natural clouding system, wherein the natural aqueous component comprises water, fruit juice, vegetable juice, or mixtures of any of them, and wherein the natural clouding system contains only natural components.
A mobile station for wireless communication, the mobile station comprising: a memory; and one or more processors (264, 266, 280), coupled to the memory, configured to: receive, from a base station, information indicating resource locations in which one or more synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, of a set of SSBs, are to be transmitted, wherein a first set of resource element groups, REGs, of a plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a first transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state, and a second set of REGs, of the plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a different second TCI state; and selectively monitor one of the first set of REGs and the second set of REGs of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, repetitions based at least in part on whether at least one SSB, of the one or more SSBs, is to collide with the one of the first and second sets of REGs, and based on a capability of the mobile station. a memory; and one or more processors (264, 266, 280), coupled to the memory, configured to: receive, from a base station, information indicating resource locations in which one or more synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, of a set of SSBs, are to be transmitted, wherein a first set of resource element groups, REGs, of a plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a first transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state, and a second set of REGs, of the plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a different second TCI state; and selectively monitor one of the first set of REGs and the second set of REGs of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, repetitions based at least in part on whether at least one SSB, of the one or more SSBs, is to collide with the one of the first and second sets of REGs, and based on a capability of the mobile station. receive, from a base station, information indicating resource locations in which one or more synchronization signal blocks, SSBs, of a set of SSBs, are to be transmitted, wherein a first set of resource element groups, REGs, of a plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a first transmission configuration indicator, TCI, state, and a second set of REGs, of the plurality of sets of REGs, is associated with a different second TCI state; and selectively monitor one of the first set of REGs and the second set of REGs of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, repetitions based at least in part on whether at least one SSB, of the one or more SSBs, is to collide with the one of the first and second sets of REGs, and based on a capability of the mobile station.
A lubricant composition comprising: - at least one base oil; and - from 0.1% to 30% by weight of a phosphorus compound selected from the compound of formula defined by the following formula: and the compound of formula defined by the following formula: and - at least a calcium carbonate overbased detergent selected from carboxylates, phenates, sulphonates, salicylates and mixed phenate-sulphonate-salicylate detergents. - at least one base oil; and - from 0.1% to 30% by weight of a phosphorus compound selected from the compound of formula defined by the following formula: and the compound of formula defined by the following formula: and - at least a calcium carbonate overbased detergent selected from carboxylates, phenates, sulphonates, salicylates and mixed phenate-sulphonate-salicylate detergents. - at least a calcium carbonate overbased detergent selected from carboxylates, phenates, sulphonates, salicylates and mixed phenate-sulphonate-salicylate detergents.
Ulipristal acetate, or a metabolite thereof, for use in normalizing menstrual bleeding on the medium term and/or long-term in a subject suffering from uterine fibroids characterized in that said ulipristal acetate, or a metabolite thereof, is administered, before undergoing a vascular occlusion method or a thermal related treatment method, wherein said ulipristal acetate metabolite is selected from the group consisting of CDB-3877, CDB-3963, CDB-3236, and CDB-4183.
An oil well installation, comprising: tubing arranged in a well and forming a flow channel to a surface level for fluids originating from below said surface level; a pump disposed in said well; a linear actuator disposed in said well and configured to actuate said pump; a cable supplying electric power from said surface level to said linear actuator; a surface controller connected with said linear actuator and configured to control said linear actuator; multiple down hole sensors (30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35) configured to sense multiple different operating parameters of said linear actuator and/or said pump; a down hole signal processor communicating with said sensors and configured to receive sensor data from said sensors and to output serial data; a communication cable between said signal processor and said surface controller, said communication cable having at least two paired transmission lines (25, 26): characterised in that the oil well installation further comprises a down hole differential signal driver configured to receive said serial data and to output data signals to said paired transmission lines; and a surface receiver connected to said communication cable and configured to receive said signals from said differential signal driver via said paired transmission lines. tubing arranged in a well and forming a flow channel to a surface level for fluids originating from below said surface level; a pump disposed in said well; a linear actuator disposed in said well and configured to actuate said pump; a cable supplying electric power from said surface level to said linear actuator; a surface controller connected with said linear actuator and configured to control said linear actuator; multiple down hole sensors (30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35) configured to sense multiple different operating parameters of said linear actuator and/or said pump; a down hole signal processor communicating with said sensors and configured to receive sensor data from said sensors and to output serial data; a communication cable between said signal processor and said surface controller, said communication cable having at least two paired transmission lines (25, 26): characterised in that the oil well installation further comprises a down hole differential signal driver configured to receive said serial data and to output data signals to said paired transmission lines; and a surface receiver connected to said communication cable and configured to receive said signals from said differential signal driver via said paired transmission lines. characterised in that the oil well installation further comprises a down hole differential signal driver configured to receive said serial data and to output data signals to said paired transmission lines; and a surface receiver connected to said communication cable and configured to receive said signals from said differential signal driver via said paired transmission lines.
A computer-implemented method for computing a total power consumption of an activity that occurs across a plurality of virtual machines residing on a host server computing device, comprising: defining an activity period as an amount of time elapsed between a beginning event and an ending event; tracking each resource on each virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines that is used in the activity during the activity period; computing power consumption for each virtual machine working on the activity during the activity period to obtain power consumption measurements; summing the power consumption measurements for each virtual machine working on the activity during the activity period to obtain the total activity power consumption; and outputting the total activity power consumption representing the total power consumption of the activity; wherein an activity is a request, an e-mail delivery, a webpage retrieval, a database operation, or a file update. defining an activity period as an amount of time elapsed between a beginning event and an ending event; tracking each resource on each virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines that is used in the activity during the activity period; computing power consumption for each virtual machine working on the activity during the activity period to obtain power consumption measurements; summing the power consumption measurements for each virtual machine working on the activity during the activity period to obtain the total activity power consumption; and outputting the total activity power consumption representing the total power consumption of the activity;