mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An air duct apparatus for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, with a tubular air duct having a closed jacket wall in cross-section, and with at least one elastically deformable latching means associated with the air duct, wherein the air duct is formed in at least two parts in cross-section and for this purpose has a first duct element and a second duct element which are held sealingly against one another by the at least one latching means in such a manner that together they form the closed casing wall of the air duct, characterized in that the first and second channel elements (5, 6) each have, in cross-section, a bottom wall (7, 8) and two side walls (9, 10) projecting from the bottom wall (7, 8) at a distance from one another, each of the side walls (9, 10) having, on its free end face, either a receiving recess (11, 27) or a connecting projection (12 - 14, 25, 26), in that the side walls (9, 10) of at least one of the channel elements (5, 6) are each formed in the shape of a fork with two connecting projections (13, 14; 25, 26) aligned at least substantially parallel to one another, the two connecting projections (13, 14; 25, 26) in each case forming between them a receiving recess (11, 27) for receiving at least one connecting projection (13, 14, 25, 26) of a side wall (9, 10) of the opposite channel element (5, 6), and in that at least one of the connecting projections has a laterally projecting latching lug, and in that a connecting projection, assigned to this connecting projection, of the opposite channel element has a latching recess which interacts with the latching lug and together forms the at least one latching means.
Timepiece assembly (2; 42; 58) comprising a watch (4;4A), formed by a case and a mechanical movement (8; 8A) incorporated into the case, and a support (22; 22A) which is external to the watch and arranged to be able to support at least the case of this watch, the mechanical movement comprising an analogue time display, a drive mechanism for this analogue display and a mechanical oscillator, the mechanical resonator of which is formed by a balance wheel and an elastic return structure, this mechanical oscillator being arranged so as to be able to set the running of the drive mechanism, the timepiece assembly comprising a correction system for correcting a time displayed by the analogue display, the correction system (16; 16A; 16B) being formed, on the one hand, by a mechanical device (18; 18A; 18B) incorporated into the case and, on the other hand, by an electrical device (20; 20A) incorporated into the support, the mechanical device comprising a mobile magnetic element (24; 24A) and being arranged in the watch so as to be able to brake the oscillating mechanical resonator or momentarily stop an oscillation of this mechanical resonator by exciting the mobile magnetic element with a magnetic field supplied by a magnetic field generator of the electrical device, this magnetic field generator and the case being arranged in such a way that when the case is placed on the support in a given position the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generator can pass through the case and reach the region where the mobile magnetic element is located so as to excite this mobile magnetic element in order to generate, via the mechanical device, braking pulses which are applied to the oscillating mechanical resonator or to momentarily stop an oscillation of the mechanical resonator by means of the mechanical device, the electrical device comprising a control unit which is arranged so as to be able to produce an electrical control signal as a function of a correction determined for the time displayed by the analogue display and to supply this electric control signal to the magnetic field generator so that it generates a corresponding magnetic field which activates the mechanical device such that this mechanical device generates a series of braking pulses which are applied to the oscillating mechanical resonator or momentarily stops an oscillation of this mechanical resonator, so as to substantially carry out the determined correction of the displayed time.
A scavenging filter comprising a cartridge having walls to retain a scavenging medium, and inlet and outlet means to permit flow of a liquid medium through the scavenging medium, the cartridge comprising a cylindrical chamber for holding a quantity of the scavenging medium, wherein the chamber has an outer wall which is spaced from a boundary wall of the cartridge to provide an annular cross-sectional space for flow outside of the chamber, and means for allowing fluid flow from the chamber to the annular space, and wherein the chamber has a central tube extending axially down through the chamber, to open into a space below the chamber and separated from the chamber by a false bottom facilitating reverse flow to allow placement in a top down filter housing.
A system for generation of a virtual template of the body of a user, comprising at least one acquisition unit, which acquisition unit consists of a structure defining an acquisition chamber, which structure comprises a plurality of cameras configured for capturing images, said structure consists of a frame for supporting a plurality of panels, being each camera disposed on a corresponding panel, facing said acquisition chamber, a control unit being provided, which control unit communicates with a unit for operating said cameras, said control unit being provided with processor means configured to run a logic program which comprises the following steps: a) generating instructions for said user to obtain a proper positioning of the user within the acquisition chamber b) activating the cameras, c) generating a virtual template of said user, the system characterised in the panels being arranged in such a way that said acquisition chamber is shaped as an egg, and step a) comprising the following sub-steps: a1) generating a shape adapted to define an acquisition zone, a2) visualizing both said shape and a real-time image of the body of said user simultaneously, and step b) being carried out automatically through a synchronized image capture by each camera as soon as the image of the body of said user is included within said acquisition zone. said structure consists of a frame for supporting a plurality of panels, being each camera disposed on a corresponding panel, facing said acquisition chamber, a control unit being provided, which control unit communicates with a unit for operating said cameras, said control unit being provided with processor means configured to run a logic program which comprises the following steps: a) generating instructions for said user to obtain a proper positioning of the user within the acquisition chamber b) activating the cameras, c) generating a virtual template of said user, a) generating instructions for said user to obtain a proper positioning of the user within the acquisition chamber b) activating the cameras, c) generating a virtual template of said user, the system characterised in the panels being arranged in such a way that said acquisition chamber is shaped as an egg, and step a) comprising the following sub-steps: a1) generating a shape adapted to define an acquisition zone, a2) visualizing both said shape and a real-time image of the body of said user simultaneously, and a1) generating a shape adapted to define an acquisition zone, a2) visualizing both said shape and a real-time image of the body of said user simultaneously, and step b) being carried out automatically through a synchronized image capture by each camera as soon as the image of the body of said user is included within said acquisition zone.
A translucent white polymer composition comprising a pigment and an ethylene acid copolymer or an ionomer of the ethylene acid copolymer; said pigment selected from the group consisting of alumina trihydrate, alumina, magnesium oxide, beryllium aluminate, calcium sulfate, zinc phosphate tetrahydrate, and mullite; wherein a sample of the translucent white polymer composition has a transmission of less than 90%; a haze of 75 to 100%; an L* value higher than 80, an a* value that ranges from -0.2 to -1.6, and a b* value that ranges from 0.8 to 4.0.
A container-applicator assembly for a mascara composition comprising, along a longitudinal axis: • a bottle, comprising a side wall and a distal bottom the inside surface of which delimits a receiving cavity able to receive a mascara composition, and a proximal neck with an opening, provided with squeezing means and with first elements for holding the assembly in a combined and closed configuration, • an applicator comprising a rod having a brush carrier distal section, an intermediate section, and a proximal handling section, and a brush carried by the distal section, • a cap provided with second elements for holding the assembly in the combined and closed configuration, • and a mixing means placed in the receiving cavity, capable of being able to be moved axially between the distal bottom and the proximal neck while being able to mix the mascara composition that is in the receiving cavity, with said mixing means being rigid and of a general tubular shape with an outside surface and an inside surface peripherally bounding a traversing central passage that can be passed through by the rod of the applicator, and two end cant edges (24a, 24b), characterized in that the mixing means is a mixing part having a wall of a general tubular shape, the weight of which is between five and fifty grams and the density of which is greater than five, made of a heavy metal alloy such as zamak, steel, a copper alloy or the like, the area of the end cant edge (24a, 24b) or of its projection on a transverse plane of which is less than 0.5 times, and more particularly 0.4 times, the area of a transverse section of the receiving cavity, and the outside surface of which is remote from the inside surface of the bottle by a space the radial dimension of which is small, relatively, in comparison with the transverse dimensions of the outside surface of the mixing part and of the inside surface of the side wall of the bottle. • a bottle, comprising a side wall and a distal bottom the inside surface of which delimits a receiving cavity able to receive a mascara composition, and a proximal neck with an opening, provided with squeezing means and with first elements for holding the assembly in a combined and closed configuration, • an applicator comprising a rod having a brush carrier distal section, an intermediate section, and a proximal handling section, and a brush carried by the distal section, • a cap provided with second elements for holding the assembly in the combined and closed configuration, • and a mixing means placed in the receiving cavity, capable of being able to be moved axially between the distal bottom and the proximal neck while being able to mix the mascara composition that is in the receiving cavity, with said mixing means being rigid and of a general tubular shape with an outside surface and an inside surface peripherally bounding a traversing central passage that can be passed through by the rod of the applicator, and two end cant edges (24a, 24b),
A fragmenting device for a fragmenter of metal materials comprising an inlet chamber configured to receive metal material and a fragmentation chamber which receives the metal material from the inlet chamber, so that the fragmentation chamber comprises a plurality of hammers linked to a rotor and at least one outlet grate with a plurality of through holes for the fragmented material to exit the fragmentation chamber, wherein the fragmentation chamber additionally comprises a recirculation grate that communicates the fragmentation chamber with the inlet chamber, the recirculation grate being located in a higher position than the rotor inside the fragmentation chamber and the recirculation grate comprises a plurality of openings with a larger dimension than that of the through holes of the at least one outlet grate, characterised in that the openings of the recirculation grate are positioned in line with the hammers of the fragmentation chamber.
A system comprising: a device at a geographic location; a third party system communicatively coupled to the device, a cloud-based application; and a virtual gateway communicatively coupled to the third-party system and the cloud-based application, the virtual gateway configured to: masquerade, to the cloud-based application, as a physical gateway at the geographic location; receive a request, from the cloud-based application, for the device; and communicate through the third-party system to the device in order to satisfy the request. a device at a geographic location; a third party system communicatively coupled to the device, a cloud-based application; and a virtual gateway communicatively coupled to the third-party system and the cloud-based application, the virtual gateway configured to: masquerade, to the cloud-based application, as a physical gateway at the geographic location; receive a request, from the cloud-based application, for the device; and communicate through the third-party system to the device in order to satisfy the request. masquerade, to the cloud-based application, as a physical gateway at the geographic location; receive a request, from the cloud-based application, for the device; and communicate through the third-party system to the device in order to satisfy the request.
A method of joining a substrate for a bipolar electrode of a bipolar battery to a frame for supporting the bipolar electrode for use in the bipolar battery, the method comprising: implanting a thermoplastic material in the substrate; and vibration welding the substrate and the frame at a frequency in the range of 50 Hz to 1 kHz to at least partially melt the thermoplastic material such that it forms a continuous or substantially continuous loop around the substrate to join the substrate and the frame together. implanting a thermoplastic material in the substrate; and vibration welding the substrate and the frame at a frequency in the range of 50 Hz to 1 kHz to at least partially melt the thermoplastic material such that it forms a continuous or substantially continuous loop around the substrate to join the substrate and the frame together.
A visual prosthesis comprising a retinal stimulation system configured to stimulate neural tissue in a subject's eye, the retinal stimulation system comprising: an electronics package; a first electrode and a second electrode, each associated with the electronics package and configured to apply current to a subject's retina, and wherein the first and second electrode are part of an array of electrodes; a camera providing a video image; and a visual interface for providing visual current feedback for said first electrode and second electrode in a grid corresponding to the array of electrodes, wherein the grid indicates each electrode in the array of electrodes designated as, broken, shorted, or deselected, the visual interface being configured to show impedance of the electrodes; wherein said current to be applied by the first electrode and the second electrode is configured to be calculated from said video image and said impedance, and wherein, current is higher for the first electrode when the first electrode has an impedance lower than impedance of the second electrode. an electronics package; a first electrode and a second electrode, each associated with the electronics package and configured to apply current to a subject's retina, and wherein the first and second electrode are part of an array of electrodes; a camera providing a video image; and a visual interface for providing visual current feedback for said first electrode and second electrode in a grid corresponding to the array of electrodes, wherein the grid indicates each electrode in the array of electrodes designated as, broken, shorted, or deselected, the visual interface being configured to show impedance of the electrodes; wherein said current to be applied by the first electrode and the second electrode is configured to be calculated from said video image and said impedance, and wherein, current is higher for the first electrode when the first electrode has an impedance lower than impedance of the second electrode.
A method of forming regions of varying material properties within a piezoelectric substrate, wherein the piezoelectric substrate has a relaxor piezoelectric composition such that a phase transition to a first crystal structure occurs when the piezoelectric substrate is heated above a transition temperature, the method comprising: heating the piezoelectric substrate above the transition temperature and below the Curie temperature such that a first phase transition occurs to the first crystal structure; rapidly cooling the piezoelectric substrate below the transition temperature; and subsequently, or concurrently, applying an electric field through one or more selected regions of the piezoelectric substrate, such that material property differences occur between the one or more selected regions and adjacent regions. heating the piezoelectric substrate above the transition temperature and below the Curie temperature such that a first phase transition occurs to the first crystal structure; rapidly cooling the piezoelectric substrate below the transition temperature; and subsequently, or concurrently, applying an electric field through one or more selected regions of the piezoelectric substrate, such that material property differences occur between the one or more selected regions and adjacent regions.
A braking system, comprising at least one inductor; and an electrically conductive disc disposed proximate to the at least one inductor, characterized by a converter; a capacitor coupled to an output of the converter; a bridge coupled in parallel to the capacitor; the inductor coupled to the bridge; and a switching unit controller configured to command the converter to convert a level of voltage supplied therefrom from a first voltage level to a second voltage level and thereby increase energy stored in the capacitor, and, upon receiving a brake command, commanding the bridge to ramp-up electrical current in the at least one inductor so as to induce an electromagnetic force on the electrically conductive disc.
Header box (10, 10') of a heat exchanger, comprising a cover, an intermediate plate and a header plate, the said header box being intended to collect and to distribute a fluid, the intermediate plate defining a first fluid chamber with the cover and a second fluid chamber, independent of the first, with the header plate, the header box being characterized in that the intermediate plate comprises at least two slots, each of the slots being intended to receive a longitudinal end of a tube of the heat exchanger.
An accessory for an air-based fryer, comprising: an air permeable perforated base with an open side around at least 200 degrees, wherein the perforated base comprises a mounting for supporting a pizza for cooking in the air-based fryer, wherein the open side is for allowing air to flow around the outer crust of the pizza; and wherein the perforated base is non circular; a handle for mounting the perforated base in a cooking chamber of the air-based fryer, with the perforated base suspended above a base of the cooking chamber, the accessory being characterized in that the handle comprises two connectors and an opening there between, with two diagonals and four sides between the diagonals, wherein the two connectors are arranged for connecting the handle to the perforated base at two locations in the vicinity of two adjacent diagonals. an air permeable perforated base with an open side around at least 200 degrees, wherein the perforated base comprises a mounting for supporting a pizza for cooking in the air-based fryer, wherein the open side is for allowing air to flow around the outer crust of the pizza; and wherein the perforated base is non circular; a handle for mounting the perforated base in a cooking chamber of the air-based fryer, with the perforated base suspended above a base of the cooking chamber, the accessory being characterized in that the handle comprises two connectors and an opening there between, with two diagonals and four sides between the diagonals, wherein the two connectors are arranged for connecting the handle to the perforated base at two locations in the vicinity of two adjacent diagonals.
A process for manufacturing cell culture media by a) co-lyophilizing at least two components of the cell culture medium b) mixing the one or more co-lyophilisates generated in step a) with the other components of the cell culture medium c) subjecting the mixture of step b) to milling a) co-lyophilizing at least two components of the cell culture medium b) mixing the one or more co-lyophilisates generated in step a) with the other components of the cell culture medium c) subjecting the mixture of step b) to milling
A beam processing device, in particular a laser beam processing device or a fluid beam processing device, for processing a workpiece with a beam, with a first platform and a second platform movable relative to the first platform, wherein the second platform has a rotational degree of freedom about a first axis of rotation relative to the first platform, and a beam processing head mounted on the second platform, wherein the beam processing head is defined by a beam exit axis along which the beam exits during processing, wherein the beam processing head has a rotational degree of freedom about a second axis of rotation relative to the second platform, which axis of rotation is substantially parallel to the first axis of rotation of the rotational degree of freedom of the second platform relative to the first platform and substantially coincides with the beam exit axis; wherein the beam processing device comprises an anti-twist protection for the beam processing head which limits rotation of the beam processing head relative to the first platform or to a base platform rotationally fixed to the first platform about the beam exit axis thereof, and preferably completely prevents said rotation, characterised in that the second platform has at least one translational degree of freedom relative to the first platform in addition to the rotational degree of freedom and/or the beam processing head, which is transverse to the first axis of rotation of the rotational degree of freedom, wherein the second platform together with the beam processing head is translationally displaceable on an intermediate platform along a linear axis or the beam processing head as such is translationally displaceable along the second platform along the linear axis.
A separator, comprising: a porous substrate; a first porous coating layer formed on one surface of the porous substrate and comprising a mixture of inorganic particles and a first binder polymer; and characterized by a second porous coating layer formed on the other surface of the porous substrate and consisting of a product obtained by drying a mixture of a second binder polymer, a solvent for the second binder polymer and a non-solvent for the second binder polymer, wherein the second porous coating layer partially covers the other surface of the porous substrate. a porous substrate; a first porous coating layer formed on one surface of the porous substrate and comprising a mixture of inorganic particles and a first binder polymer; and characterized by a second porous coating layer formed on the other surface of the porous substrate and consisting of a product obtained by drying a mixture of a second binder polymer, a solvent for the second binder polymer and a non-solvent for the second binder polymer, wherein the second porous coating layer partially covers the other surface of the porous substrate.