mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sound system configured to output sound signals to a user located in a defined environment, comprising: - a plurality of transducers (111-114, 121 - 124) configured to output the sound signals, comprising at least one first transducer and one second transducer (111 - 114), - a processing unit configured to individually control at least an electrical delay, a frequency characteristic and a sound level with which the sound signals transmitted to the plurality of transducers are output by each of the plurality of transducers, - a seat for a user to which the sound signals are output, the seat comprising a seating surface and a backrest configured support a back of the user sitting on the seating surface, wherein the backrest comprises an upper surface defining an upper end surface of the backrest in a position when the user is sitting on the seat, wherein the defined environment influences the sound signals as perceived by the user sitting on the seat, wherein the at least one first transducer (121 - 124) is attached to the seat in such a way, that the at least one first transducer (121- 124) is positioned below the upper surface, wherein the processing unit is configured to control at least one of the delay, frequency characteristic and sound level of the sound signal output by the at least one first transducer so as to at least partially remove the influence of the defined environment on the sound signal as perceived by the user, characterized in that the at least one first transducer (121 - 124) is attached to a side surface of the backrest below the shoulders behind the arms. - a plurality of transducers (111-114, 121 - 124) configured to output the sound signals, comprising at least one first transducer and one second transducer (111 - 114), - a processing unit configured to individually control at least an electrical delay, a frequency characteristic and a sound level with which the sound signals transmitted to the plurality of transducers are output by each of the plurality of transducers, - a seat for a user to which the sound signals are output, the seat comprising a seating surface and a backrest configured support a back of the user sitting on the seating surface, wherein the backrest comprises an upper surface defining an upper end surface of the backrest in a position when the user is sitting on the seat, wherein the defined environment influences the sound signals as perceived by the user sitting on the seat,
An aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material comprising: - an adhesive improver comprising a (co) polymer containing an unsaturated (poly) carboxylic acid (anhydride) as a constituent monomer, wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the (co) polymer is 8,000 to 100,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, - a saccharide selected from sugar alcohols, - a polycarboxylic acid having 4 to 24 carbon atoms, and - water. - an adhesive improver comprising a (co) polymer containing an unsaturated (poly) carboxylic acid (anhydride) as a constituent monomer, wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the (co) polymer is 8,000 to 100,000, as measured by gel permeation chromatography, - a saccharide selected from sugar alcohols, - a polycarboxylic acid having 4 to 24 carbon atoms, and - water.
A titanium material for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell separator (5a, 5b) characterized by consisting of, by mass %, a platinum group metal: 0.005% to 0.15% and a rare earth metal: 0.002% to 0.10%, and optionally Ni: 1.0% or less, Mo; 0.5% or less, V: 0.5% or less, Cr: 0.5% or less, and W: 0.5% or less, with the balance being Ti and impurities.
A mounting system for mounting a blade to a rotor body, the system having: a pitch control mechanism including an anchor and a pitch change rod extending radially outwardly from the anchor to join to a base of the blade, the anchor and the rod being rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the rod to vary the blade pitch, wherein the pitch control mechanism further includes a torque-transmitting formation (77a, 77b) between the blade and the anchor such that pitch-varying torque can be transmitted to the blade through the torque-transmitting formation while allowing relative radial movement between the blade and the anchor, a primary bearing formation (80a, 80b) which transmits blade centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating variation of the blade pitch, characterised in that it has a secondary bearing formation which transmits pitch change mechanism centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating rotation of the anchor and the rod during variation of the blade pitch; and in that in normal operation, the radial spacing of the anchor and the blade is maintained by the primary and secondary bearing arrangements, and the mounting system further has a back-up retention formation (79a, 79b) which, on failure of the primary bearing formation leading to outward radial movement of the blade relative to the anchor, activates to divert blade centrifugal loads through the secondary bearing formation to the rotor body. a pitch control mechanism including an anchor and a pitch change rod extending radially outwardly from the anchor to join to a base of the blade, the anchor and the rod being rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the rod to vary the blade pitch, wherein the pitch control mechanism further includes a torque-transmitting formation (77a, 77b) between the blade and the anchor such that pitch-varying torque can be transmitted to the blade through the torque-transmitting formation while allowing relative radial movement between the blade and the anchor, a primary bearing formation (80a, 80b) which transmits blade centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating variation of the blade pitch, characterised in that it has a secondary bearing formation which transmits pitch change mechanism centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating rotation of the anchor and the rod during variation of the blade pitch; and in that in normal operation, the radial spacing of the anchor and the blade is maintained by the primary and secondary bearing arrangements, and the mounting system further has a back-up retention formation (79a, 79b) which, on failure of the primary bearing formation leading to outward radial movement of the blade relative to the anchor, activates to divert blade centrifugal loads through the secondary bearing formation to the rotor body.
A method of treating a maize or wheat plant with a triazole gibberellic acid-inhibitor, the method comprising administering the triazole to the plant by contacting the roots of the plant with the triazole prior to the formation of a visible reproductive structure: wherein the plant is treated at the V1, V2, V3, V4, or V5 stage and/or the plant is treated from about 5 days post germination to about 20 days post germination and the treatment induces tiller formation and/or increases tassel number; wherein the plant is treated at the V6, V7, V8, or V9 stage and/or the plant is treated from about 21 days post germination to about 35 days post germination and the treatment induces co-dominant ears on the main stem; and/or wherein the plant is treated at the V10, V11, or V12 stage and/or the plant is treated from about 35 days post germination to about 40 days post germination and wherein the treatment compresses the nodes above the primary ear, and wherein the treatment increases seed yield of the plant. wherein the plant is treated at the V6, V7, V8, or V9 stage and/or the plant is treated from about 21 days post germination to about 35 days post germination and the treatment induces co-dominant ears on the main stem; and/or wherein the plant is treated at the V10, V11, or V12 stage and/or the plant is treated from about 35 days post germination to about 40 days post germination and wherein the treatment compresses the nodes above the primary ear, and wherein the treatment increases seed yield of the plant.
A method of refining grain size in a workpiece comprising a metallic material selected from titanium and one of ASTM Grade 5, 6, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32, 35, 36, and 38 titanium alloys, the method comprising: heating the workpiece to a workpiece forging temperature within an alpha+beta phase field of the metallic material, wherein the workpiece comprises a starting cross-sectional dimension; upset forging the workpiece at the workpiece forging temperature; and multiple pass draw forging the workpiece at the workpiece forging temperature; wherein multiple pass draw forging comprises incrementally rotating the workpiece in a rotational direction followed by draw forging the workpiece; wherein incrementally rotating and draw forging is repeated until the workpiece comprises the starting cross-sectional dimension; wherein a strain rate used in upset forging and draw forging is in the range of 0.001 s -1 to 0.02 s -1, inclusive; and wherein the workpiece is heated as needed to bring the workpiece back to the workpiece forging temperature after an upset or draw forging step. heating the workpiece to a workpiece forging temperature within an alpha+beta phase field of the metallic material, wherein the workpiece comprises a starting cross-sectional dimension; upset forging the workpiece at the workpiece forging temperature; and multiple pass draw forging the workpiece at the workpiece forging temperature; wherein multiple pass draw forging comprises incrementally rotating the workpiece in a rotational direction followed by draw forging the workpiece; wherein incrementally rotating and draw forging is repeated until the workpiece comprises the starting cross-sectional dimension; wherein a strain rate used in upset forging and draw forging is in the range of 0.001 s -1 to 0.02 s -1, inclusive; and wherein the workpiece is heated as needed to bring the workpiece back to the workpiece forging temperature after an upset or draw forging step.
A sample collection implement comprising: a container having an accommodation portion in which a liquid for suspending or diluting a sample is accommodated, and a filter provided inside the container, the sample collection implement further comprising a movable member that is configured to move in a predetermined direction inside the container and has a function of pushing the liquid and causing the liquid to pass through the filter, when moved in the predetermined direction, characterised in that the movable member is provided inside the container, and in that the sample collection implement further comprises a sample collection stick which is disposed in the accommodation portion, and is arranged so that when the sample is to be collected, the sample collection stick is pulled out of the container and is inserted into the container to assume its original position. a container having an accommodation portion in which a liquid for suspending or diluting a sample is accommodated, and a filter provided inside the container, the sample collection implement further comprising a movable member that is configured to move in a predetermined direction inside the container and has a function of pushing the liquid and causing the liquid to pass through the filter, when moved in the predetermined direction, characterised in that the movable member is provided inside the container, and in that the sample collection implement further comprises a sample collection stick which is disposed in the accommodation portion, and is arranged so that when the sample is to be collected, the sample collection stick is pulled out of the container and is inserted into the container to assume its original position.
An electric actuator, comprising: a driving motor being accommodated in a motor case; a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotary motion of the driving motor to a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft of the driving motor; and a transmission gear mechanism configured to transmit a driving force from the driving motor to the motion conversion mechanism, wherein the driving motor, a double-row bearing configured to support the motion conversion mechanism and a bearing configured, to support the transmission gear mechanism are mounted to a same actuator case, characterised in that the driving motor is mounted to the actuator case without intermediation of the motor case. a driving motor being accommodated in a motor case; a motion conversion mechanism configured to convert a rotary motion of the driving motor to a linear motion in an axial direction parallel with an output shaft of the driving motor; and a transmission gear mechanism configured to transmit a driving force from the driving motor to the motion conversion mechanism, wherein the driving motor, a double-row bearing configured to support the motion conversion mechanism and a bearing configured, to support the transmission gear mechanism are mounted to a same actuator case, characterised in that the driving motor is mounted to the actuator case without intermediation of the motor case.
A refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having at least one carcass that bounds at least one cooled inner space and having at least one closure element by means of which the cooled inner space is closable, wherein the closure element has at least one insulating glass pane in which at least one LCD display is integrated, characterized in that the insulating glass pane has at least one outwardly facing front pane and/or at least one inwardly facing inner pane; and in that the at least one LCD display is spaced apart from both these panes (1, 4), with the outer layers of the closure element being formed by the panes (1, 4) of the insulating glass pane, with one or more spacers (2, 3) being arranged between the at least one LCD display and the panes (1, 4), and with the at least one LCD display (1, 4) being adhesively bonded to the spacer or spacers (2, 3) and the distance spacer or spacers (2, 3) being adhesively bonded to the panes (1, 4).
Cutting device which is adapted for cutting substantially round packaging corners from a film web, wherein the cutting device has at least one cutting tool comprising a cutting punch (18, 18') which has at its outside at least one concavity provided for forming a cutting edge (25, 25') of the cutting punch (18, 18'), characterized in that the cutting edge (25, 25') has a cutting contour (26, 26') extending both in transverse and in longitudinal extension of the cutting punch (18, 18').
A computer-implemented method for accessing files in a distributed file system, the method comprising: receiving a Shared File Access -based operation for a file in a distributed file system from an SFA client, the SFA-based operation having an operation modifier that indicates an opportunistic lock of the SFA-based operation, wherein the SFA-based operation is defined based on a Shared File Access - Representational State Transfer (SFA-REST) interface, wherein REST refers to a software architectural style consisting of a coordinated set of architectural constraints applied to components, connectors, and data elements with a distributed hypermedia system, wherein a REST protocol is described as an architectural constraints protocol; receiving a REST-based operation for the file in the distributed file system from a REST client, wherein the REST-based operation is defined based on the SFA-REST interface, wherein any request from a client contains all information necessary to service the request, and session state is held in the client; and executing the REST-based operation on the file based on referencing the operation modifier of the SFA-based operation; the SFA-REST interface comprising elements of a REST protocol that allow direct REST-based operations including PUT and GET actions on a file and the SFA-REST interface exposing a file system based on the SFA protocol such that the SFA-REST interface allows opening or creating files that return a handle to a file in the file system; the SFA-REST interface defining rules for interactions between SFA-based operations of the SFA protocol and REST-based operations of the REST protocol; the SFA-REST interface comprising SFA-based APIs and REST-based APIs that facilitate performing operations based on parameters and returned values corresponding with each individual operation, the REST-based APIs supporting stateless operations; wherein a cache component manages how REST-based operations and the SFA-based operations with opportunistic locks interact; wherein a latest state of a particular file or directory is cached on an SFA client and wherein, depending on the REST-based operation, a REST request breaks an existing opportunistic lock of the SFA client and, depending on the type of opportunistic lock, the SFA client flushes cached changes to the file service; wherein executing the REST-based operation on the file based on referencing the operation modifier further comprises: identifying the opportunistic lock associated with the operation modifier of the SFA-based operation, wherein the opportunistic lock indicates that a latest state of the file is cached on the SFA client associated with the SFA-based operation; determining to break the opportunistic lock of the SFA-based operation based on referencing the operation modifier; and performing an opportunistic lock break operation such that the REST-based operation is executed.
An electric truck frame in which a pair of side rails (2L, 2R) supporting a cab is coupled by a plurality of cross members (CM1 - CM4), the electric truck frame made for an electric truck driven by electric power supplied from a battery placed between the pair of side rails (2L, 2R) at a vehicle rear side of the cab, the cross members (CM1 - CM4) are prohibited from being placed in the battery region, characterized in that: the side rails (2L, 2R) include a plurality of elastic support sections that elastically support both ends of a housing of the battery in a vehicle width direction in a battery region in which the battery is placed between the pair of side rails (2L, 2R), and the pair of side rails (2L,2R) are elastically connected via the housing of the battery and the elastic support sections. the cross members (CM1 - CM4) are prohibited from being placed in the battery region, characterized in that: the side rails (2L, 2R) include a plurality of elastic support sections that elastically support both ends of a housing of the battery in a vehicle width direction in a battery region in which the battery is placed between the pair of side rails (2L, 2R), and the pair of side rails (2L,2R) are elastically connected via the housing of the battery and the elastic support sections.
A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, and a separator, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer formed from a slurry composition for the negative electrode which includes a binder composition for the negative electrode including a particulate polymer A containing 20 to 50% by weight of an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and 50 to 75% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit with respect to the total monomer units, and a negative electrode active material, the swelling degree of the binder composition for the negative electrode is 1 to 2 times when a film of the binder composition for the negative electrode is immersed in a liquid which is a 1.0 mol/L LiPF 6 solution in a mixture of ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 1/2 as a solvent at 60°C for 72 hours; the repeating tensile strength of the binder composition for the negative electrode swollen by said liquid is 0.49 x 10 5 N/m 2 to 19.61 x 10 5 N/m 2 (0.5 to 20 Kg/cm 2) at a low extension modulus of 15%, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer formed from a slurry composition for the positive electrode which includes a binder composition for the positive electrode including a particulate polymer B containing 20 to 50% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer unit and 50 to 80% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit with respect to the total monomer units, and a positive electrode active material, the swelling degree of the binder composition for the positive electrode is 1 to 5 times when a film of the binder composition for the positive electrode is immersed in a liquid which is a 1.0 mol/L LiPF 6 solution in a mixture of ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 1/2 as a solvent at 60°C for 72 hours; and the repeating tensile strength of the binder composition for the positive electrode swollen by said liquid is 1.96 x 10 4 N/m 2 to 4.90 x 10 5 N/m 2 (0.2 to 5 Kg/cm 2)_at a low extension modulus of 15%, wherein the repeating tensile strength (low extension modulus of 15%) is obtained by stretching a swollen binder film at a speed of 50 mm/min and measuring a strength corresponding to 15% extension at 1,000 times of stretching according to JIS-K7312.
Compression bandage for applying to a human or animal body, comprising a two-dimensional tape material as base structure with a longitudinal extent made of a textile material with a first and a second side, wherein on one of the two sides at least over a part of the longitudinal extent of the base structure a cushion layer is provided wherein that the cushion layer is formed by threads and/or fibers (18, 20) which are part of the textile base structure, namely which are introduced into the textile base structure and/or are drawn out the base structure, characterized in that the base structure comprises a woven, knitted or nonwoven (nonwoven) material and the cushion layer varies along its longitudinal and/or transverse extent in height and in that one or multiple of the layers of the base structure are elastic in longitudinal and/or transverse direction wherein the cushion layer through adaption of the height or recesses in the cushion layer is adapted to anatomically related protrusions and the bandage is configured cohesive or adhesive on the side not carrying the cushion layer or on cushion layer free areas.
An integrated circuit comprising: temperature stabilized circuitry; a temperature sensor configured to gather an indication of temperature associated with the temperature stabilized circuitry; a heater configured to heat the temperature stabilized circuitry based on the indication of temperature to maintain the temperature stabilized circuitry at a substantially constant temperature as ambient temperature changes; other circuit elements included on the same integrated circuit die as the temperature stabilized circuitry, the temperature sensor, and the heater; wherein the temperature sensor, the heater, and the temperature stabilized circuitry are thermally isolated from the other circuit elements; and at least one thermally insulating sidewall configured to thermally isolate the temperature sensor, the heater, and the temperature stabilized circuitry from the other circuit elements. temperature stabilized circuitry; a temperature sensor configured to gather an indication of temperature associated with the temperature stabilized circuitry; a heater configured to heat the temperature stabilized circuitry based on the indication of temperature to maintain the temperature stabilized circuitry at a substantially constant temperature as ambient temperature changes; other circuit elements included on the same integrated circuit die as the temperature stabilized circuitry, the temperature sensor, and the heater; wherein the temperature sensor, the heater, and the temperature stabilized circuitry are thermally isolated from the other circuit elements; and at least one thermally insulating sidewall configured to thermally isolate the temperature sensor, the heater, and the temperature stabilized circuitry from the other circuit elements.