mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for preparing slurry on a rig, the system comprising: a first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602); and a fluid supply line (378; 578; 678) in fluid communication with the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602); characterized by the system comprising a module (352; 552; 652) configured to be operatively connectable with the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602), the module comprising: a grinding device (354; 554; 654) configured to facilitate the transfer of fluids to and from the first cuttings vessel (302; 502; 602;), an inlet connection (370; 570; 670) configured to connect to an outlet (372; 572; 672) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602), and an outlet connection (374; 574; 674) configured to connect to an inlet (376; 576; 676) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602). a first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602); and a fluid supply line (378; 578; 678) in fluid communication with the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602); characterized by the system comprising a module (352; 552; 652) configured to be operatively connectable with the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602), the module comprising: a grinding device (354; 554; 654) configured to facilitate the transfer of fluids to and from the first cuttings vessel (302; 502; 602;), an inlet connection (370; 570; 670) configured to connect to an outlet (372; 572; 672) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602), and an outlet connection (374; 574; 674) configured to connect to an inlet (376; 576; 676) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602). a grinding device (354; 554; 654) configured to facilitate the transfer of fluids to and from the first cuttings vessel (302; 502; 602;), an inlet connection (370; 570; 670) configured to connect to an outlet (372; 572; 672) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602), and an outlet connection (374; 574; 674) configured to connect to an inlet (376; 576; 676) of the first cuttings storage vessel (302; 502; 602).
A sample receiving chip, comprising: a substrate that receives a volume of a sample fluid, wherein the substrate is operatively shaped to receive the volume of sample fluid through capillary action, a capillary channel of the substrate operatively shaped to collect the sample fluid, and a sample region of the capillary channel, characterized in that the sample region is sized such that it is operatively covered by a sample fluid volume of less than 100 nL when the sample fluid is collected by the capillary channel, and comprises at least one transducer which is integrated in the capillary channel and transfers energy to the sample fluid to produce a sample fluid reading that indicates (i) the osmolarity of the sample fluid, and (ii) the presence or amount of a single analyte of interest in the sample fluid selected from a protein, a peptide, an oligonucleotide, an immunoglobulin, a cytokine, or a mucin, if any is present. a substrate that receives a volume of a sample fluid, wherein the substrate is operatively shaped to receive the volume of sample fluid through capillary action, a capillary channel of the substrate operatively shaped to collect the sample fluid, and a sample region of the capillary channel, characterized in that the sample region is sized such that it is operatively covered by a sample fluid volume of less than 100 nL when the sample fluid is collected by the capillary channel, and comprises at least one transducer which is integrated in the capillary channel and transfers energy to the sample fluid to produce a sample fluid reading that indicates (i) the osmolarity of the sample fluid, and (ii) the presence or amount of a single analyte of interest in the sample fluid selected from a protein, a peptide, an oligonucleotide, an immunoglobulin, a cytokine, or a mucin, if any is present.
Installation for manufacturing containers, notably bottles, from preforms of thermoplastic material, said installation comprising at least: - a first unit for thermally conditioning the preforms which comprises a first vertical lateral face; and - a second unit for fashioning the containers from said preforms thermally conditioned in the first unit, which comprises a second vertical lateral face; characterized in that the installation comprises at least one robot which is arranged facing the first vertical lateral face and facing the second vertical lateral face to intervene selectively through the first vertical lateral face and/or through the second vertical lateral face in order to perform operations on the first unit and/or the second unit. - a first unit for thermally conditioning the preforms which comprises a first vertical lateral face; and - a second unit for fashioning the containers from said preforms thermally conditioned in the first unit, which comprises a second vertical lateral face;
An extensible rotation transmission shaft comprising: an inner shaft (9, 9a) formed with an axial inner-side concave groove at least one place of an outer peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction; an outer shaft (10, 10a) formed with an axial outer-side concave groove (14, 14a) at least one place of an inner peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction, at which it is aligned with the inner-side concave groove; a plurality of balls arranged axially side by side between the inner-side concave groove and the outer-side concave groove; and a guide plate (17, 18) interposed between a rolling surface of each ball and an inner surface of the inner-side concave groove and/or between the rolling surface of each ball and an inner surface of the outer-side concave groove, wherein one radial surface, which is positioned at the rolling surface-side of each ball, of a target guide plate, which is at least one guide plate of the guide plates, and the rolling surface of each ball are contacted only at two contact portions (28, 36) spaced in the circumferential direction with a central portion in the circumferential direction being interposed therebetween, characterised in that the inner surface of the inner-side concave groove or the outer-side concave groove, which faces the other radial surface of the target guide plate positioned at a side opposite to the rolling surface of each ball, is formed with a sub-concave groove (19, 20) at least one place of two places in the circumferential direction of which phases in the circumferential direction coincide with the two contact portions, and in that a portion of the target guide plate interposed between the rolling surface of each ball and an inner surface of the sub-concave groove (19, 20) is supported at the other radial surface opposite to the rolling surface of each ball by the inner surface of the sub-concave groove at a state where one radial surface facing towards the rolling surface of each ball is pressed by the rolling surface of each ball and is thus curved along the rolling surface of each ball. an inner shaft (9, 9a) formed with an axial inner-side concave groove at least one place of an outer peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction; an outer shaft (10, 10a) formed with an axial outer-side concave groove (14, 14a) at least one place of an inner peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction, at which it is aligned with the inner-side concave groove; a plurality of balls arranged axially side by side between the inner-side concave groove and the outer-side concave groove; and a guide plate (17, 18) interposed between a rolling surface of each ball and an inner surface of the inner-side concave groove and/or between the rolling surface of each ball and an inner surface of the outer-side concave groove,
A sinus stent paste comprising a water-soluble chitosan polymer or derivative thereof in which one or more hydroxyl or amine groups of the polymer have been modified to alter the solubility or mucoadhesion characteristics of the derivative and an osmolality reducing agent dissolved in a phosphate-containing solution to provide an opaque paste at 20 to 25°C that contains 5 to 20 wt.% of the water-soluble chitosan polymer or derivative thereof, and has a pH of at least 4, a viscosity of 1 to 15 Pa.s. measured according to ASTM F2103-11, Part 5, an osmolality of 270 to 2000 mOsm/kg, and a residence time of at least 1 day, wherein the osmolality reducing agent does not crosslink with the water-soluble chitosan polymer or derivative thereof.
Method for grinding hot, wet raw material, in an air-swept vertical mill, wherein the raw material is fed to the air-swept vertical mill, ground therein and at the same time dried by means of a hot gas supplied in the lower part of the air-swept vertical mill, and fed to a classifying into defined, channelled out fines and recirculated grit in the upper part of the air-swept vertical mill, wherein by means of a cooling gas introduced in the upper part of the air-swept vertical mill before the classifying a temperature reduction of the air flow - grinding particle mixture fed upwards to the classifying to a defined outlet temperature of the fine material after the classifying is carried out, characterised in that the cooling gas is introduced approximately annularly and with substantially radial inflow direction into the air-swept vertical mill and the air flow - grinding particle mixture guided upwards to the classifying.
DC voltage converter (10; 20), having: a first input voltage connection and a second input voltage connection, between which a DC input voltage (U i) can be applied; a first converter device, which is configured to convert a first partial voltage (j·U inV) of the DC input voltage (U i) to a DC output voltage; a second converter device, which is coupled on the input side in series with the first converter device between the first input voltage connection and the second input voltage connection, and which is configured to convert a second partial voltage (k·U inK) of the DC input voltage (U i) to a DC output voltage; and a control device, which is coupled to the first converter device and the second converter device, characterized in that the control device is configured to operate the first converter device using the first partial voltage (j·U inV), wherein the first partial voltage (j·U inV) is variable, and to operate the second converter device using the second partial voltage (k·U inK), wherein the second partial voltage (k·U inK) is constant. a first input voltage connection and a second input voltage connection, between which a DC input voltage (U i) can be applied; a first converter device, which is configured to convert a first partial voltage (j·U inV) of the DC input voltage (U i) to a DC output voltage; a second converter device, which is coupled on the input side in series with the first converter device between the first input voltage connection and the second input voltage connection, and which is configured to convert a second partial voltage (k·U inK) of the DC input voltage (U i) to a DC output voltage; and a control device, which is coupled to the first converter device and the second converter device, characterized in that the control device is configured to operate the first converter device using the first partial voltage (j·U inV), wherein the first partial voltage (j·U inV) is variable, and to operate the second converter device using the second partial voltage (k·U inK), wherein the second partial voltage (k·U inK) is constant.
Hydrofoil (1, 100) for a watercraft, said hydrofoil (1, 100) comprising a fuselage (2, 102) and two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) arranged on either side of the fuselage (2, 102) and designed to provide hydrodynamic lift to the hydrofoil (1, 100) when it is moving through the water, characterized in that the two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) are rotatable relative to the fuselage (2, 102) between a deployed position when the hydrofoil (1, 100) is stationary and a retracted position towards a rear part of the fuselage (2, 102) by the water pressure exerted on the wings (4, 5, 104, 105) as the hydrofoil (1, 100) moves through the water, in the deployed position, the two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) are substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage (2, 102), in the retracted position, each of the two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) forms an angle with the longitudinal axis when the speed of the hydrofoil (1, 100) is greater than a minimum speed, the said angle being less than 90° and decreasing progressively as the speed of the hydrofoil (1, 100) increases, the said hydrofoil (1, 100) comprising a mobile assembly (9, 9a, 9b) translating inside the fuselage (2, 102) along the longitudinal axis and relative to the fuselage (2, 102), the wings (4, 5, 104, 105) being mechanically connected to said mobile assembly (9, 9a, 9b), the retraction of the two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) towards the fuselage (2, 102) causing translation of the mobile assembly (9, 9a, 9b) towards a front part (8, 108) of the fuselage (2, 102), and deployment of the two wings (4, 5, 104, 105) causing translation of the mobile assembly (9, 9a, 9b) towards the rear part (7, 107) of the fuselage (2, 102).
A method of characterizing the environment with respect to a host vehicle, said vehicle including one or more systems adapted to detect single objects in the vehicle vicinity; comprising i) determining the spatial location of a plurality of single objects in the vicinity of said vehicle; ii) grouping a plurality of said single objects based on one or more attributes of each single object into groups; iii) subsequently processing each group of objects as a single group object, wherein step iii) comprises forming a single boundary in respect of each group, the method further comprising additionally including tracking the movement of one or more objects of said groups and subsequently reformulating the boundaries of one of more groups, characterized in: determining if an object of a first group moves such that it is in closer proximity to the boundary of a second group than the boundary of said first group, relative to said vehicle, and if so assigning said object to said second group. i) determining the spatial location of a plurality of single objects in the vicinity of said vehicle; ii) grouping a plurality of said single objects based on one or more attributes of each single object into groups; iii) subsequently processing each group of objects as a single group object, wherein step iii) comprises forming a single boundary in respect of each group, the method further comprising additionally including tracking the movement of one or more objects of said groups and subsequently reformulating the boundaries of one of more groups, characterized in: determining if an object of a first group moves such that it is in closer proximity to the boundary of a second group than the boundary of said first group, relative to said vehicle, and if so assigning said object to said second group. wherein step iii) comprises forming a single boundary in respect of each group, the method further comprising additionally including tracking the movement of one or more objects of said groups and subsequently reformulating the boundaries of one of more groups, characterized in: determining if an object of a first group moves such that it is in closer proximity to the boundary of a second group than the boundary of said first group, relative to said vehicle, and if so assigning said object to said second group.
A sealing apparatus for a back pressure regulator comprising: a body defining a process surface, and including a vent void communicating with the process surface; and a diaphragm (16, 116) having opposed reference and process sides, the diaphragm (16, 116) disposed against the process surface; and characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a generally cylindrical floating support hub (20, 120) including an annular side wall extending between spaced-apart upper and lower ends, and a central bore extending between the upper and lower ends, wherein the side wall has a shape that receives and supports an O-ring (18, 118); and wherein the support hub (20, 120) and O-ring (18, 118) are disposed between the diaphragm (16, 116) and the process surface, in fluid communication with the vent void. a body defining a process surface, and including a vent void communicating with the process surface; and a diaphragm (16, 116) having opposed reference and process sides, the diaphragm (16, 116) disposed against the process surface; and characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a generally cylindrical floating support hub (20, 120) including an annular side wall extending between spaced-apart upper and lower ends, and a central bore extending between the upper and lower ends, wherein the side wall has a shape that receives and supports an O-ring (18, 118); and wherein the support hub (20, 120) and O-ring (18, 118) are disposed between the diaphragm (16, 116) and the process surface, in fluid communication with the vent void. a generally cylindrical floating support hub (20, 120) including an annular side wall extending between spaced-apart upper and lower ends, and a central bore extending between the upper and lower ends, wherein the side wall has a shape that receives and supports an O-ring (18, 118); and wherein the support hub (20, 120) and O-ring (18, 118) are disposed between the diaphragm (16, 116) and the process surface, in fluid communication with the vent void.
A tool for laying up composite material to form a workpiece having a target contour, the tool comprising: a support structure comprising: an elongated member having a longitudinal axis; and support plates connected to the elongated member and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis; wherein the elongated member includes a metallic material; and a non-metallic backing structure connected to the support plates, the non-metallic backing structure comprising a working surface that includes a backing contour complementary to the target contour. characterised in that the elongated member is comprised substantially entirely of the metallic material; the non-metallic backing structure is comprised substantially entirely of a non-metallic material; the non-metallic material of the non-metallic backing structure has a first thermal coefficient of expansion; the metallic material of the elongated member has a second thermal coefficient of expansion; the first thermal coefficient of expansion and the second thermal coefficient of expansion are different; and the non-metallic backing structure is a backing structure made from polyetherimide using 3D printing. a support structure comprising: an elongated member having a longitudinal axis; and support plates connected to the elongated member and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis; an elongated member having a longitudinal axis; and support plates connected to the elongated member and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis; wherein the elongated member includes a metallic material; and a non-metallic backing structure connected to the support plates, the non-metallic backing structure comprising a working surface that includes a backing contour complementary to the target contour. characterised in that the elongated member is comprised substantially entirely of the metallic material; the non-metallic backing structure is comprised substantially entirely of a non-metallic material; the non-metallic material of the non-metallic backing structure has a first thermal coefficient of expansion; the metallic material of the elongated member has a second thermal coefficient of expansion; the first thermal coefficient of expansion and the second thermal coefficient of expansion are different; and the non-metallic backing structure is a backing structure made from polyetherimide using 3D printing.
Method for recovering heat dissipated by an internal combustion engine, comprising the following working steps: - the compression of a liquid working medium by means of a conveying unit from a lower process pressure (p u) and a first temperature (T 1) to an upper process pressure (p o) and a second temperature (T 2); - the evaporation of the working medium in a heat exchanger by heat transfer of a heat medium containing heat dissipated by the internal combustion engine to the working medium, wherein the working medium has a third temperature (T 3) after flowing through the heat exchanger; - the expansion of the working medium at least approximately to the lower process pressure (p u) and to a fourth temperature (T 4) in an expansion apparatus, wherein a mechanical work can be extracted from the expansion apparatus; - the condensation of the working medium in a condenser; and - the transfer of the working medium to the conveying unit, wherein - the upper process pressure (p o) is adjusted in an operating range of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the working medium is expanded in the expansion apparatus at least approximately to a saturated steam limit, characterised in that - the lower process pressure (p u) is adjusted within a presettable pressure range in a regulation by means of a second control unit on the basis of an adjustment of a load of the expansion apparatus in accordance with a nominal value in an operating range of the internal combustion engine. - the compression of a liquid working medium by means of a conveying unit from a lower process pressure (p u) and a first temperature (T 1) to an upper process pressure (p o) and a second temperature (T 2); - the evaporation of the working medium in a heat exchanger by heat transfer of a heat medium containing heat dissipated by the internal combustion engine to the working medium, wherein the working medium has a third temperature (T 3) after flowing through the heat exchanger; - the expansion of the working medium at least approximately to the lower process pressure (p u) and to a fourth temperature (T 4) in an expansion apparatus, wherein a mechanical work can be extracted from the expansion apparatus; - the condensation of the working medium in a condenser; and - the transfer of the working medium to the conveying unit, wherein - the upper process pressure (p o) is adjusted in an operating range of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the working medium is expanded in the expansion apparatus at least approximately to a saturated steam limit, characterised in that - the lower process pressure (p u) is adjusted within a presettable pressure range in a regulation by means of a second control unit on the basis of an adjustment of a load of the expansion apparatus in accordance with a nominal value in an operating range of the internal combustion engine.