mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A drive belt for a continuously variable transmission with at least one annular carrier and with a number of transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) arranged slidably on the carrier in a row along the circumference thereof, which transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) are all provided with two main body surfaces, where between the transverse segment (40; 40a, 40b) extends in thickness direction, and with a circumference surface located between and connecting the main body surfaces, whereof parts, named contact surfaces (43; 43a, 43b), are mutually oriented at an acute angle (φ) and are destined to arrive in friction contact with pulleys (1, 2) of the transmission, and which transverse segments are all provided with a widthwise extending, convexly curved transition surface part of one of the main body surfaces thereof, named rocking edge, that is located between a top part of the transverse segment and a tapered bottom part thereof and that serves as a fulcrum for the mutual rotation of adjoining transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) in the said row of transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) of the drive belt, wherein two types (40a, 40b) of the transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) are included in the drive belt, characterized in that the contact surfaces (43; 43a, 43b) are provided with a height dimension (H1; H2) in the radial direction of the drive belt that is different between the said two transverse segment types (40a, 40b), which height dimension of the contact surfaces of the transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) of a first type is larger than a mathematical product of a largest width dimension between these contact surfaces and half the sine value of the angle (φ) between these contact surfaces and which height dimension of the contact surfaces of the transverse segments (40; 40a, 40b) of a second type is smaller than a mathematical product of a largest width dimension between these contact surfaces and half the sine value of the angle (φ) between these contact surfaces.
Use of a connection component for load-bearing, vertical connection of building parts (4, 6), the connection component having a thermally insulating main body which has two oppositely located contact faces (1a, 1b) for connection to the building parts (4, 6), and having at least one compression element which is inserted into the thermally insulating main body and passes through the latter substantially from one contact face (1a, 1b) to the other, characterised in that a deformation element is arranged on one of the contact faces (1a, 1b) above or below the compression element.
An audio system comprising: a first compensation channel configured to receive a first audio signal, the first compensation channel including a series connected delay circuit and frequency equalizer circuit to generate a first compensated audio signal; a second compensation channel configured to receive a second audio signal, the second compensation channel including a series connected delay circuit and frequency equalizer circuit to generate a second compensated audio signal; a first summing circuit having inputs to receive the first audio signal and the second compensated audio signal, where the first summing circuit generates an output signal for provision to the first speaker to generate a first audible sound; and a second summing circuit having inputs to receive the second audio signal and the first compensated audio signal, where the second summing circuit generates an output signal for provision to the second speaker to generate a second audible sound, wherein the first and second audio compensation signals are generated by appropriate delay and adjustment of the energy level such that deviations in a target frequency response at a listening position due to acoustical interference between direct sounds and reflected sounds in a listening environment wherein the first and second speakers (115, 125) are located are corrected without changes in psychoacoustically perceived physical locations of the first speaker and the second speaker. a first compensation channel configured to receive a first audio signal, the first compensation channel including a series connected delay circuit and frequency equalizer circuit to generate a first compensated audio signal; a second compensation channel configured to receive a second audio signal, the second compensation channel including a series connected delay circuit and frequency equalizer circuit to generate a second compensated audio signal; a first summing circuit having inputs to receive the first audio signal and the second compensated audio signal, where the first summing circuit generates an output signal for provision to the first speaker to generate a first audible sound; and a second summing circuit having inputs to receive the second audio signal and the first compensated audio signal, where the second summing circuit generates an output signal for provision to the second speaker to generate a second audible sound, wherein the first and second audio compensation signals are generated by appropriate delay and adjustment of the energy level such that deviations in a target frequency response at a listening position due to acoustical interference between direct sounds and reflected sounds in a listening environment wherein the first and second speakers (115, 125) are located are corrected without changes in psychoacoustically perceived physical locations of the first speaker and the second speaker.
A method for hard-finishing teeth, in particular internal teeth, wherein a toothed hard-finishing tool which rotates around its axis of rotation is brought into rolling machining engagement with the machined teeth in one or several passes of different radial infeed depth by a feed movement having a directional component that is parallel with the axis of rotation of the machined teeth and at an axis intersection angle (Σ) that differs from zero, characterised in that the hard-finishing tool removes material from the machined teeth using an abrasive tooth flank region of the tool teeth having a tooth thickness that increases in a tooth trace direction from an end face facing the machined teeth,.
Method for forming rings, in particular dough rings, from dough or other masses, in particular doughnuts, bagels, choux pastry rings, cinnamon rings and others, wherein a mass portion, in particular a dough piece, is positioned into a forming device on an abutment, in particular a conveyor belt, under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a, in particular multi-part, centring ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram, wherein the ring is formed in accordance with the following steps: wherein in a first step a) the centring ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion, in particular the dough piece, is laterally enclosed by means of the centring ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness and preferably the mass of the mass portion, in particular of the dough piece, is made uniform, wherein in a second step b) a, in particular centrally arranged, core hole is made in the dough piece by means of the displacement rod, wherein the displacement rod penetrates into the mass portion, in particular the dough piece, to a smaller value than the thickness of the dough piece pre-pressed in the first step a), such that a thin core of the mass portion, in particular of the dough piece, remains between the abutment and the displacement rod, wherein in a third step c) the core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and wherein in a fourth step d) the press ram is lifted off the mass portion, in particular dough piece, which is formed into a ring, wherein in particular the centring ring is opened and/or lifted off the abutment. wherein in a first step a) the centring ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion, in particular the dough piece, is laterally enclosed by means of the centring ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness and preferably the mass of the mass portion, in particular of the dough piece, is made uniform, wherein in a second step b) a, in particular centrally arranged, core hole is made in the dough piece by means of the displacement rod, wherein the displacement rod penetrates into the mass portion, in particular the dough piece, to a smaller value than the thickness of the dough piece pre-pressed in the first step a), such that a thin core of the mass portion, in particular of the dough piece, remains between the abutment and the displacement rod, wherein in a third step c) the core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and wherein in a fourth step d) the press ram is lifted off the mass portion, in particular dough piece, which is formed into a ring, wherein in particular the centring ring is opened and/or lifted off the abutment.
A boat structure for feeding cages of offshore fish farms, comprising a hull and a collector and mooring buoy; said hull housing containers for the storage of feed and a series of silos arranged in correspondence with respective wells of sea water formed in said hull and open at the bottom; said structure further comprising a feed suction system consisting of suction pipes connected to said containers and to said silos through which the feed is sucked from the containers and brought to the silos by the action of a turbine assembly; said structure further comprising a feed supply system consisting of supply pipes connected to each well and to a submersible pump; said supply pipes leading to said collector and mooring buoy and departing from it to reach respective cages to be supplied with said feed; said turbine assembly creating a vacuum inside said silos and said feed being sucked by pneumatic floating from said containers until it reaches said silos above the wells; said feed being collected by said suction pipe and conveyed into said silos from where it descends by gravity into each well; said feed in said well, mixed with sea water, being sucked by said submersible pump and, through said supply pipes, being introduced into each of said cages in a rehydrated form.
Lithium iron phosphate having an olivine crystal structure, wherein the lithium iron phosphate has a composition represented by the following Formula 1 or 2 in the form of secondary particles formed from aggregated primary particles, wherein 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the lithium iron phosphate, of carbon is coated on the surface of the lithium iron phosphate primary particles, on the surface of the secondary particles and inside the same, and a sulfur compound with a sulfide bond, as an impurity, is contained on the surface of the secondary particles and inside the same, wherein the sulfur constituting the sulfur compound is contained at an amount of 0.1 to 5 % by weight, based on the total weight of the lithium iron phosphate: Li 1+a Fe 1-x M x (PO 4-b)X b Formula wherein M is at least one selected from Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Ga, Cu, V, Nb, Zr, Ce, In, Zn and Y, X is at least one selected from F, S and N, and -0.5≤a≤+0.5, 0≤x≤0.5, 0≤b≤0.1; Li (1-a-b) Fe a/2 M' b/2 Fe 1-c M" c PO 4-e S e Formula wherein M' is at least one selected from Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Cr, Cu, V, Ce, Sn, Ba, Ca, Sr and Zn; M" is at least one selected from Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Cr, Cu, V, Ce, Sn, Ba, Ca, Sr and Zn; and 0≤a≤0.6, 0≤b≤0.6, 0≤c≤1, 0≤e≤3.5. M is at least one selected from Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Ga, Cu, V, Nb, Zr, Ce, In, Zn and Y, X is at least one selected from F, S and N, and -0.5≤a≤+0.5, 0≤x≤0.5, 0≤b≤0.1; wherein M' is at least one selected from Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Cr, Cu, V, Ce, Sn, Ba, Ca, Sr and Zn; M" is at least one selected from Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Cr, Cu, V, Ce, Sn, Ba, Ca, Sr and Zn; and 0≤a≤0.6, 0≤b≤0.6, 0≤c≤1, 0≤e≤3.5.
Driving circuit for electric loads (100; 400) comprising: a node ( EX; EX1) connectable to a load ( LD; LD1) to be driven; a power switching device (PD; 450, DMOS1) switchable between activation and deactivation and having a first terminal connected to said node; a current generator (I; I1) having an output connected to said node and which can be enabled to generation at least when the power switching device is deactivated; characterized in that said current generator (I, I1) is configured to provide to said node an electric current (I open) equal to a reference current that interests the load in a reference condition where the load is incorrectly connected to said node; the driving circuit further comprising a comparator (CP; CP1) of an electric voltage of said node (V) with a reference voltage (V) configured to obtain comparison signals (RESETN; OPLOD) from which detecting distinct electrical connection conditions of the load to said node. a node ( EX; EX1) connectable to a load ( LD; LD1) to be driven; a power switching device (PD; 450, DMOS1) switchable between activation and deactivation and having a first terminal connected to said node; a current generator (I; I1) having an output connected to said node and which can be enabled to generation at least when the power switching device is deactivated; characterized in that said current generator (I, I1) is configured to provide to said node an electric current (I open) equal to a reference current that interests the load in a reference condition where the load is incorrectly connected to said node; the driving circuit further comprising a comparator (CP; CP1) of an electric voltage of said node (V) with a reference voltage (V) configured to obtain comparison signals (RESETN; OPLOD) from which detecting distinct electrical connection conditions of the load to said node.
An apparatus for mounting over an opening in an electronics enclosure to provide electromagnetic interference containment and other functions, comprising: a circuit board with a function-triggering button on a front side; and a membrane attached to and covering the front side of the circuit board comprising a plurality of layers including an inner layer formed of a non-conductive adhesive material abutting the front side of the circuit board and an outer layer formed of a clear material with a first side facing away from the circuit board and a second side facing toward the circuit board, wherein the plurality of layers includes a foil layer positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer, the foil layer comprising a body formed of a metal foil, wherein the membrane further includes a linear-actuated switch abutting the second side of the outer layer and extending through a switch passageway provided through the inner layer and the foil layer, whereby the function-triggering button is activated when the linear-actuated switch is moved linearly through a predefined amount of travel, wherein the metal foil comprises aluminum foil, wherein the body of the foil layer extends over the front side of the circuit board, wherein the foil layer further comprises four tabs extending outward from sides of the body, and wherein each of the tabs extends over an edge of the circuit board and abuts a portion of a back side of the circuit board opposite the front side of the circuit board. a circuit board with a function-triggering button on a front side; and a membrane attached to and covering the front side of the circuit board comprising a plurality of layers including an inner layer formed of a non-conductive adhesive material abutting the front side of the circuit board and an outer layer formed of a clear material with a first side facing away from the circuit board and a second side facing toward the circuit board, wherein the plurality of layers includes a foil layer positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer, the foil layer comprising a body formed of a metal foil, wherein the membrane further includes a linear-actuated switch abutting the second side of the outer layer and extending through a switch passageway provided through the inner layer and the foil layer, whereby the function-triggering button is activated when the linear-actuated switch is moved linearly through a predefined amount of travel, wherein the metal foil comprises aluminum foil, wherein the body of the foil layer extends over the front side of the circuit board, wherein the foil layer further comprises four tabs extending outward from sides of the body, and wherein each of the tabs extends over an edge of the circuit board and abuts a portion of a back side of the circuit board opposite the front side of the circuit board.
A tissue treatment apparatus for restoring patency in a body vessel ("V"), which comprises: an elongated catheter dimensioned for insertion within a body vessel ("V") having an at least partial occlusion ("O"), the elongated catheter defining a longitudinal axis ("A-A") and having proximal and distal ends (14a, 14b), the elongated catheter being electrically connectable to an electrosurgical energy source; proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) mounted to the elongated catheter and being positionable adjacent the occlusion ("O"), the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) being adapted to transition from a first contracted condition to a second expanded condition; and a mesh in operative engagement with the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20), the mesh being expandable radially outwardly from the catheter upon corresponding transition of the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) to the second expanded condition, the mesh comprising a conductive material adapted to transmit electrosurgical energy to the occlusion, characterized in that a maximum outer diameter ("D") defined by the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) is greater than a maximum outer diameter ("D M ") defined by the conductive mesh to prevent the conductive mesh from contacting the body vessel ("V"). an elongated catheter dimensioned for insertion within a body vessel ("V") having an at least partial occlusion ("O"), the elongated catheter defining a longitudinal axis ("A-A") and having proximal and distal ends (14a, 14b), the elongated catheter being electrically connectable to an electrosurgical energy source; proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) mounted to the elongated catheter and being positionable adjacent the occlusion ("O"), the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) being adapted to transition from a first contracted condition to a second expanded condition; and a mesh in operative engagement with the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20), the mesh being expandable radially outwardly from the catheter upon corresponding transition of the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) to the second expanded condition, the mesh comprising a conductive material adapted to transmit electrosurgical energy to the occlusion, characterized in that a maximum outer diameter ("D") defined by the proximal and distal expandable segments (18, 20) is greater than a maximum outer diameter ("D M ") defined by the conductive mesh to prevent the conductive mesh from contacting the body vessel ("V").
A pump with a reservoir of a lubricant, comprising a hollow body in which a piston, loaded by a pressing element, sealingly slides, at least a port for loading the semisolid lubricant in a compartment defined by at least an inner wall of the hollow body and by at least said piston, and at least a valve for exhausting air trapped in said compartment together with the lubricant during a loading step, the valve being also configured to act as an overflow valve during a loading step of the lubricant in the compartment, said valve having an actuating shaft that cooperates, during the opening of the valve, with a part of the pump.
A fiber-reinforced composite material comprising carbon fibers and a resin characterized in that the carbon fibers are crimped and entangled, wherein a fiber volume content is 30 to 80%.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in treating a collagen-mediated disease or condition, comprising cathepsin L in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier at a pH of 3.5 to 6, wherein: the composition is formulated for sub-epidermal administration; and the collagen-mediated disease or condition is selected from among Dupuytren's disease, Peyronie's disease, Ledderhose fibrosis, stiff joints, scleroderma, lymphedema and collagenous colitis. the composition is formulated for sub-epidermal administration; and the collagen-mediated disease or condition is selected from among Dupuytren's disease, Peyronie's disease, Ledderhose fibrosis, stiff joints, scleroderma, lymphedema and collagenous colitis.
A device for collecting biological fluid from a mammalian male comprising: a sleeve of elastomeric material, the sleeve defines: a first end and a second end, each end comprising respectively a first orifice and a second orifice; and a passage extending between the first orifice and the second orifice; a receptacle (80, 81) comprising: a side wall and a bottom that define an interior volume and a height; an entrance portion that defines an internal diameter; the receptacle (80, 81) mechanically coupled to the sleeve such that the interior volume is fluidly coupled to the passage of the sleeve, a shell configured to removably contain the sleeve, characterized in the height of receptacle (80, 81) being at least half the internal diameter; the shell, sleeve and receptacle (80, 81) being configured to sustain a partial vacuum within the passage upon retraction of a mammalian penis inserted in the sleeve; an adapter configured to fluidly couple the passage of the sleeve to the receptacle (80, 81), and wherein the adapter comprises a vent in the form of an aperture through a sidewall of the adapter; and the vent being between the passage and the receptacle (80, 81), wherein the vent, when unblocked, fluidly couples the interior volume to atmospheric pressure. a sleeve of elastomeric material, the sleeve defines: a first end and a second end, each end comprising respectively a first orifice and a second orifice; and a passage extending between the first orifice and the second orifice; a first end and a second end, each end comprising respectively a first orifice and a second orifice; and a passage extending between the first orifice and the second orifice; a receptacle (80, 81) comprising: a side wall and a bottom that define an interior volume and a height; an entrance portion that defines an internal diameter; a side wall and a bottom that define an interior volume and a height; an entrance portion that defines an internal diameter; the receptacle (80, 81) mechanically coupled to the sleeve such that the interior volume is fluidly coupled to the passage of the sleeve, a shell configured to removably contain the sleeve, characterized in the height of receptacle (80, 81) being at least half the internal diameter; the shell, sleeve and receptacle (80, 81) being configured to sustain a partial vacuum within the passage upon retraction of a mammalian penis inserted in the sleeve; an adapter configured to fluidly couple the passage of the sleeve to the receptacle (80, 81), and wherein the adapter comprises a vent in the form of an aperture through a sidewall of the adapter; and