mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A welding method of a diffusion bonded structure in which the diffusion bonded structure formed by diffusion bonding metal parts to each other is bonded to another part by fusion welding, the welding method being characterised in that the method comprises: a buffer layer forming step of forming a buffer layer in a welding region including a diffusion bonded joint of the diffusion bonded structure, the buffer layer having higher ductility than the diffusion bonded joint; and a welding step of bonding the welding region in which the buffer layer is formed to the another part by performing the fusion welding from above the buffer layer. a buffer layer forming step of forming a buffer layer in a welding region including a diffusion bonded joint of the diffusion bonded structure, the buffer layer having higher ductility than the diffusion bonded joint; and a welding step of bonding the welding region in which the buffer layer is formed to the another part by performing the fusion welding from above the buffer layer.
A method for increasing seed yield in plants relative to control plants, comprising introducing and over expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding an IAA2-like polypeptide, wherein said IAA2-like polypeptide is represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 or is a polypeptide having at least 80% overall sequence identity to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2.
System for the analysis of samples comprising: - a work surface which is configured to support a number of racks, said racks supporting, housed in corresponding tube seats, tubes or containers to be analyzed; - a number of racks of different widths that are configured to support tubes or containers to be analyzed; - a device for supporting pipette or tips provided with a corresponding pipette seat used for said pipettes or tips; - the work surface comprising a plurality of parallel guides, each guide having a profile which is complementary matchable with the profile of a corresponding rack seat of said rack, said rack seat forming a cavity, the system being characterized in that each of said rack seats is delimited by two opposing hollow portions configured to slide on two profiles of the parallel guides, the width of each rack seat being a multiple of the width of the section of said guide, so to allow the racks having different widths to match their respective rack seat with a couple of guides spaced apart by different values; - the pipette seats for the pipettes or tips are at least two and are spaced of a certain value multiple or sub-multiple of the value (D4, D4') of the distance between two tube seats of the same said racks. - a work surface which is configured to support a number of racks, said racks supporting, housed in corresponding tube seats, tubes or containers to be analyzed; - a number of racks of different widths that are configured to support tubes or containers to be analyzed; - a device for supporting pipette or tips provided with a corresponding pipette seat used for said pipettes or tips; - the work surface comprising a plurality of parallel guides, each guide having a profile which is complementary matchable with the profile of a corresponding rack seat of said rack, said rack seat forming a cavity, the system being characterized in that each of said rack seats is delimited by two opposing hollow portions configured to slide on two profiles of the parallel guides, the width of each rack seat being a multiple of the width of the section of said guide, so to allow the racks having different widths to match their respective rack seat with a couple of guides spaced apart by different values; the system being characterized in that each of said rack seats is delimited by two opposing hollow portions configured to slide on two profiles of the parallel guides, the width of each rack seat being a multiple of the width of the section of said guide, so to allow the racks having different widths to match their respective rack seat with a couple of guides spaced apart by different values; - the pipette seats for the pipettes or tips are at least two and are spaced of a certain value multiple or sub-multiple of the value (D4, D4') of the distance between two tube seats of the same said racks.
A compressor assembly, comprising: an inlet bearing; an outlet bearing; a rotating compressor member supported for rotation on an inlet end by the inlet bearing and on an outlet end by the outlet bearing; a plurality of connecting passages for supplying lubricant to the inlet bearing and the outlet bearing; and a first lubricant flow path arranged downstream of a pressure reducing orifice, the first lubricant flow path being fluidly coupled to at least one of the plurality of connecting passages, characterized in that at least a portion of the first lubricant flow path is arranged in a heat exchange relationship with a hot gas in a discharge port such that a lubricant within the first lubricant flow path increases in viscosity. an inlet bearing; an outlet bearing; a rotating compressor member supported for rotation on an inlet end by the inlet bearing and on an outlet end by the outlet bearing; a plurality of connecting passages for supplying lubricant to the inlet bearing and the outlet bearing; and a first lubricant flow path arranged downstream of a pressure reducing orifice, the first lubricant flow path being fluidly coupled to at least one of the plurality of connecting passages, characterized in that at least a portion of the first lubricant flow path is arranged in a heat exchange relationship with a hot gas in a discharge port such that a lubricant within the first lubricant flow path increases in viscosity.
A semiconductor structure with an air gap, comprising: a substrate (100, 101); a dielectric stack comprising a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate (100, 101), a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed on the second dielectric layer; a first conductive layer disposed in the dielectric stack; a second conductive layer disposed in the dielectric stack and spaced apart from the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are coplanar; a cross-like-shaped air gap disposed in the dielectric stack between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; an oxide layer disposed on a sidewall of the second dielectric layer within the cross-like-shaped air gap; wherein the cross-like-shaped air gap has a widened middle portion in the second dielectric layer, a tapered upper portion in the third dielectric layer, and a tapered lower portion in the first dielectric layer; and wherein the third dielectric layer comprises an extension portion that extends into the cross-like-shaped air gap and conformally covers a sidewall of the first dielectric layer adjacent to the tapered lower portion of the cross-like-shaped air gap and a sidewall of the second dielectric layer adjacent to the widened middle portion of the cross-like-shaped air gap. a substrate (100, 101); a dielectric stack comprising a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate (100, 101), a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed on the second dielectric layer; a first conductive layer disposed in the dielectric stack; a second conductive layer disposed in the dielectric stack and spaced apart from the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are coplanar; a cross-like-shaped air gap disposed in the dielectric stack between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; an oxide layer disposed on a sidewall of the second dielectric layer within the cross-like-shaped air gap; wherein the cross-like-shaped air gap has a widened middle portion in the second dielectric layer, a tapered upper portion in the third dielectric layer, and a tapered lower portion in the first dielectric layer; and wherein the third dielectric layer comprises an extension portion that extends into the cross-like-shaped air gap and conformally covers a sidewall of the first dielectric layer adjacent to the tapered lower portion of the cross-like-shaped air gap and a sidewall of the second dielectric layer adjacent to the widened middle portion of the cross-like-shaped air gap.
A surgical probe (100, 200A, 200B) adapted for a photocoagulation procedure, comprising: a cannula assembly, having a graded index (GRIN) fiber that is configured to receive a multi-spot light beam at a proximal end and to emit the multi-spot light beam at a distal end, wherein the GRIN fiber is configured to receive the multi-spot light beam from a surgical light system; characterised in that the surgical probe further comprises: an adapter (130, 230), having a distal end, configured to receive the cannula assembly, with the proximal end of the GRIN fiber, a proximal end, configured to couple to a light guide via a connector and to receive a light delivered by the light guide from a laser source to the adapter, and an interface, configured to couple the light delivered by the light guide to the proximal end of the GRIN fiber; wherein a length of the GRIN fiber is sufficiently long that the interface is outside a patient's eye during a photocoagulation procedure. a cannula assembly, having a graded index (GRIN) fiber that is configured to receive a multi-spot light beam at a proximal end and to emit the multi-spot light beam at a distal end, wherein the GRIN fiber is configured to receive the multi-spot light beam from a surgical light system; characterised in that the surgical probe further comprises: an adapter (130, 230), having a distal end, configured to receive the cannula assembly, with the proximal end of the GRIN fiber, a proximal end, configured to couple to a light guide via a connector and to receive a light delivered by the light guide from a laser source to the adapter, and an interface, configured to couple the light delivered by the light guide to the proximal end of the GRIN fiber; wherein a length of the GRIN fiber is sufficiently long that the interface is outside a patient's eye during a photocoagulation procedure. an adapter (130, 230), having a distal end, configured to receive the cannula assembly, with the proximal end of the GRIN fiber, a proximal end, configured to couple to a light guide via a connector and to receive a light delivered by the light guide from a laser source to the adapter, and an interface, configured to couple the light delivered by the light guide to the proximal end of the GRIN fiber; wherein a length of the GRIN fiber is sufficiently long that the interface is outside a patient's eye during a photocoagulation procedure. a distal end, configured to receive the cannula assembly, with the proximal end of the GRIN fiber, a proximal end, configured to couple to a light guide via a connector and to receive a light delivered by the light guide from a laser source to the adapter, and an interface, configured to couple the light delivered by the light guide to the proximal end of the GRIN fiber; wherein a length of the GRIN fiber is sufficiently long that the interface is outside a patient's eye during a photocoagulation procedure.
A prismatic battery pack comprising: an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure impregnated with an electrolyte; a prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, the prismatic container having at least one depressed groove formed at a bottom thereof in a longitudinal direction of the prismatic battery pack; a cap plate coupled to an open upper end of the prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted; a protection circuit module (PCM, 220) comprising a protection circuit to control operation of the prismatic battery pack, the PCM being loaded on the cap plate; and an insulative cap mounted to the prismatic container while surrounding the PCM, and characterized in that the at least one depressed groove has a connection opening section for connection with a charge pin for a battery cell activation process, the connection opening section being formed due to a discontinuous shape in which the at least one depressed groove is divided by a middle portion (S, S') in the longitudinal direction of the prismatic battery pack, and an outer surface of the prismatic container excluding the connection opening section is coated with an insulative material. an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure impregnated with an electrolyte; a prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, the prismatic container having at least one depressed groove formed at a bottom thereof in a longitudinal direction of the prismatic battery pack; a cap plate coupled to an open upper end of the prismatic container, in which the electrode assembly is mounted; a protection circuit module (PCM, 220) comprising a protection circuit to control operation of the prismatic battery pack, the PCM being loaded on the cap plate; and an insulative cap mounted to the prismatic container while surrounding the PCM, and characterized in that the at least one depressed groove has a connection opening section for connection with a charge pin for a battery cell activation process, the connection opening section being formed due to a discontinuous shape in which the at least one depressed groove is divided by a middle portion (S, S') in the longitudinal direction of the prismatic battery pack, and an outer surface of the prismatic container excluding the connection opening section is coated with an insulative material.
A regenerative brake control device for an electric-powered vehicle comprising: a first regenerative braking force setting unit configured to set a regeneration level; and a second regenerative braking force setting unit configured to set the regeneration level, characterized in that the first and second regenerative braking force setting units (6, 10) are configured to set the regeneration level according to different shift patterns from each other, and in that the regenerative brake control device is configured to change a setting of the regenerative brake control device from a normal regeneration level to a predetermined regeneration level in response to the first regenerative braking force setting unit being operated a predetermined number of times (D, BL), and change the setting of the regenerative brake control device from the normal regeneration level to the predetermined regeneration level in response to the second regenerative braking force setting unit being operated a number of times (BC, BD, BF) that is greater than the predetermined number of times. a first regenerative braking force setting unit configured to set a regeneration level; and a second regenerative braking force setting unit configured to set the regeneration level, characterized in that the first and second regenerative braking force setting units (6, 10) are configured to set the regeneration level according to different shift patterns from each other, and in that the regenerative brake control device is configured to change a setting of the regenerative brake control device from a normal regeneration level to a predetermined regeneration level in response to the first regenerative braking force setting unit being operated a predetermined number of times (D, BL), and change the setting of the regenerative brake control device from the normal regeneration level to the predetermined regeneration level in response to the second regenerative braking force setting unit being operated a number of times (BC, BD, BF) that is greater than the predetermined number of times.
A core of a light water reactor having a plurality of fuel assemblies including a plurality of isotopes of transuranic nuclides, wherein a ratio of PU-239 in all of said transuranic nuclides included in said loaded fuel assembly with a burnup of 0, is 3 % or more but less than 40 %.
A pharmaceutical combination for use in the treatment of cancer, comprising therapeutically effective amounts of a CD19 inhibitor selected from an anti-CD19 antibody or an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor, or an antigen-binding fragment or conjugate thereof, and a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, wherein the BTK inhibitor is the compound of Formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
An aircraft cargo handling system, comprising: a loadmaster control station including a controller; a user interface communicatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive user-input weight data for one or more cargo units or one or more carriers for the one or more cargo units; one or more sensors configured to detect weight data for the one or more cargo units; and one or more transmitters coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to transmit the detected weight data to a data gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive the user-input weight data from the user interface; receive the detected weight data from the data gateway device; compare the user-input weight data to the detected weight data; and generate an alert when a difference between the user-input weight data and the detected weight data is greater than a threshold weight difference. a loadmaster control station including a controller; a user interface communicatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive user-input weight data for one or more cargo units or one or more carriers for the one or more cargo units; one or more sensors configured to detect weight data for the one or more cargo units; and one or more transmitters coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to transmit the detected weight data to a data gateway device communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive the user-input weight data from the user interface; receive the detected weight data from the data gateway device; compare the user-input weight data to the detected weight data; and generate an alert when a difference between the user-input weight data and the detected weight data is greater than a threshold weight difference. receive the user-input weight data from the user interface; receive the detected weight data from the data gateway device; compare the user-input weight data to the detected weight data; and generate an alert when a difference between the user-input weight data and the detected weight data is greater than a threshold weight difference.
A method of preparing mast cells by culturing pluripotent cells in vitro comprising the steps of: a) culturing the pluripotent cells under conditions that promote differentiation of the cells into hematopoietic progenitor cells or megakaryocytes, to provide a first cell population comprising said hematopoietic progenitor cells or megakaryocytes comprising culturing said pluripotent cells under defined conditions comprising the sequential steps of: 1) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of BMP4 and VEGF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells; and 2) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of IL3, Flt3 ligand, and GMCSF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells, wherein said pluripotent cells are human iPS cells or human embryonic stem cells (hESC); and b) culturing the first cell population in media comprising stem cell factor and interleukin-6 (IL-6) that promote the differentiation into mast cells, to provide a second cell population comprising mast cells; wherein the step (a) culturing step does not employ a co-culture with murine fetal liver-derived stromal cells as a feeder layer. a) culturing the pluripotent cells under conditions that promote differentiation of the cells into hematopoietic progenitor cells or megakaryocytes, to provide a first cell population comprising said hematopoietic progenitor cells or megakaryocytes comprising culturing said pluripotent cells under defined conditions comprising the sequential steps of: 1) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of BMP4 and VEGF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells; and 2) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of IL3, Flt3 ligand, and GMCSF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells, wherein said pluripotent cells are human iPS cells or human embryonic stem cells (hESC); and 1) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of BMP4 and VEGF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells; and 2) culturing the cells in a defined media comprising an amount of IL3, Flt3 ligand, and GMCSF sufficient to expand or promote differentiation in a plurality of the cells, b) culturing the first cell population in media comprising stem cell factor and interleukin-6 (IL-6) that promote the differentiation into mast cells, to provide a second cell population comprising mast cells;
A riveting tool for setting blind rivet elements, namely blind rivet nuts and/or blind rivet bolts, having a mandrel in which a rotary motion can be initiated to screw said mandrel into the blind rivet element and which can be pulled into the riveting tool by a pulling motion in order to at least in part plastically deform the blind rivet element, wherein a first motor is provided to initiate the rotary motion in the mandrel via a first operative connection with the mandrel comprising a mandrel shaft extending along a mandrel axis, characterized in that a second motor is provided to initiate the pulling motion in the mandrel via a second operative connection with the mandrel comprising a spindle nut interacting with a hollow spindle, wherein the mandrel shaft can be moved in a lifting motion along with the hollow spindle.
A cup dispensing apparatus in a beverage vending machine; the cup dispensing apparatus comprising at least one dispensing group, which comprises a magazine, which is adapted to accommodate a stack of cups, and a releasing device, which has a through opening defining a channel having an substantially vertical axis and adapted to be engaged by the stack of cups; the releasing device is configured to support the stack of cups and to release, when operated, the last cup from the bottom of the stack; the releasing device comprises at least three releasing elements evenly distributed around said axis, and an actuating device connected to the releasing elements to move them between a rest position, in which the releasing elements define a horizontal first support plane adapted to be engaged by the last cup to support the stack, and a release position, in which they define a second support plane at a higher level than the first support plane and adapted to be engaged by the penultimate cup to support the rest of the stack; the cup dispensing apparatus being characterized in that the releasing elements are segments configured to translate, when they move from the respective rest positions to the respective release positions and vice versa, on a plane perpendicular to the axis and along respective paths in respective directions tangential to said channel; the releasing device also comprising three separating devices, each of which is mounted on a respective releasing element to move downwards, with respect to the respective releasing element, and impart a downward detaching thrust on the last cup when the respective releasing element reaches the release position.