mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A polyaxial pedicle screw comprising a screw anchor, which has a threaded shaft and a head, and comprising a fork head, which is U-shaped in side view and has a receiving opening for a corrective element, in particular a correcting rod, and two arms, wherein the head of the screw anchor is polyaxially pivotably mounted in a distal end region of the fork head and the fork head can be fixed in a pivoted position intended by the surgeon relative to the head of the screw anchor that is fixed or can be fixed in the bone, wherein the fork head has an axial direction and a direction radial to this as well as a distal end adjacent to the screw anchor and has a proximal end facing away from this in the axial direction, so that a distal direction and a proximal direction are defined as well, wherein the arms starting from a distal region of the fork head extend in the proximal direction and terminate with proximally free ends and delimit the receiving opening for the corrective element between them, wherein the arms have a radially outer peripheral region, in which at least one retaining groove or other instrument placement location is formed in order to engage the fork head via a handling instrument, and comprising a pressure piece which can be arranged in the fork head between the head of the screw anchor and the corrective element which, on the one hand, rests on the head of the screw anchor and, on the other hand, can be loaded by the corrective element, wherein a force can be exerted temporarily on the pressure piece in the direction of the head of the screw anchor via the handling instrument engaging on the fork head or via another instrument so that the fork head is temporarily fixed by this in a pivoted position intended by the surgeon relative to the head of the screw anchor, whereas the corrective element remains movable as long as the corrective element, the fork head, the pressure piece and the head of the screw anchor are durably fixed in a desired position and orientation with respect to one another via another adjusting means, wherein the pressure piece in the region of an arm of the fork head is supported by means of a pivot bearing against this arm in the axial direction and characterized in that a positioning force acting in the axial direction is exerted onto the pressure piece at only one single place diametrically opposite the pivot bearing, by the pressure piece having a receiving region diametrically opposite the pivot bearing for the positioning force acting in the axial direction so as to pivot the pressure piece in the distal direction relative to the pivot bearing and thereby exerting the temporarily acting force in the direction of the head of the screw anchor, and that the fork head has an access recess in precisely one of the arms, through which the receiving region of the pressure piece can be accessed via the handling instrument or another instrument.
A tipping actuator (10,80) or a conveyor system, the conveyor system comprising a plurality of article carriers (91a, 91b, 91c) moving on an endless conveyor in a conveying direction, each article carrier having a carrier frame for baring an article (92a, 92b, 92c) the carrier frame being pivotally mounted on the article carrier and operable to tip to enable discharge of the article borne on the carrier frame, the tipping actuator comprising: a trigger member having a contact portion for contacting the article carriers; and an actuation mechanism operable to move the trigger member between a non-contact position, in which the contact portion is positioned out of the path of the article carriers so as to avoid contact therewith, and a contact position, in which the contact portion is positioned in the path of the article carriers to make contact therewith and effect tipping thereof away from the trigger member, characterized in that, the trigger member comprises upstream and downstream trigger member parts (81, 82), each trigger member part being configured to effect tipping of the article carriers if positioned in their path, wherein the upstream trigger member part is able to move into the contact position upon actuation of the actuation mechanism even if the downstream trigger member part is constrained from moving into the contact position. a trigger member having a contact portion for contacting the article carriers; and an actuation mechanism operable to move the trigger member between a non-contact position, in which the contact portion is positioned out of the path of the article carriers so as to avoid contact therewith, and a contact position, in which the contact portion is positioned in the path of the article carriers to make contact therewith and effect tipping thereof away from the trigger member,
Disk brake for motor vehicles, comprising a pressure piece arranged along an axial axis of the disk brake, at least one adjusting spindle having a thread, the thread having at least one thread turn, and comprising an adjustment unit for adjusting the clearance of the disk brake, the adjusting spindle being guided axially at least in portions through an opening of the pressure piece provided with a threaded unit, and the adjusting spindle being guided at least in portions through the adjustment unit and the adjustment unit projecting axially at least in part into the opening of the pressure piece, characterized in that the adjusting spindle has a limit stop (12, 12a, 12b, 12c) in the thread turn.
A method for deposit mitigation in a gaseous fuel injector that introduces a gaseous fuel through a gaseous fuel orifice directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine comprising: providing the gaseous fuel orifice with an inlet opening into which the gaseous fuel enters from the gaseous fuel injector, an outlet opening from which the gaseous fuel exits into the combustion chamber, an inwardly and substantially linearly tapering profile and with a difference between an outlet-opening diameter of the outlet opening and an inlet-opening diameter of the inlet opening in a range between 3 micrometers and 50 micrometers; wherein the gaseous fuel is in a gas state and a mass flow rate of gaseous fuel through the gaseous fuel orifice at a predetermined injection pressure is above a predetermined value such that torque loss in the internal combustion engine due to deposit accumulation in the gaseous fuel orifice is reduced after a break-in period, wherein the break-in period is the amount of time it takes for the rate of torque loss to diminish to a predetermined value, preferably zero. providing the gaseous fuel orifice with an inlet opening into which the gaseous fuel enters from the gaseous fuel injector, an outlet opening from which the gaseous fuel exits into the combustion chamber, an inwardly and substantially linearly tapering profile and with a difference between an outlet-opening diameter of the outlet opening and an inlet-opening diameter of the inlet opening in a range between 3 micrometers and 50 micrometers; wherein the gaseous fuel is in a gas state and a mass flow rate of gaseous fuel through the gaseous fuel orifice at a predetermined injection pressure is above a predetermined value such that torque loss in the internal combustion engine due to deposit accumulation in the gaseous fuel orifice is reduced after a break-in period, wherein the break-in period is the amount of time it takes for the rate of torque loss to diminish to a predetermined value, preferably zero.
A method of preparing a catalyst composition useful in the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbon feedstocks, wherein said method comprises: providing a support particle; impregnating said support particle with a first aqueous impregnation solution comprising a first Group VIII metal component, a first Group VIB metal component and a first phosphorous component to thereby provide a metals impregnated support; calcining said metals impregnated support wherein the calcining step comprises contacting said metals impregnated support with an atmosphere of an oxygen-containing gas at a calcination temperature in the range of from 350 °C to 900 °C to provide a base catalyst comprising Type I active sites and said first phosphorous component; impregnating said base catalyst with a second aqueous impregnation solution comprising a second Group VIII component, a second Group VIB component and a second phosphorous component to thereby provide a metals impregnated base catalyst; drying said metals impregnated base catalyst at a drying temperature that does not exceed 250 °C to remove at least a portion of the free water or volatile content, so as to provide a dried, non-calcined intermediate comprising Type II active sites and said second phosphorous component and having a volatiles content in the range of from 1 to 20 wt.% LOI, wherein LOI is loss on ignition; and sulfiding said dried intermediate, without a prior calcination thereof, to thereby provide said catalyst composition. providing a support particle; impregnating said support particle with a first aqueous impregnation solution comprising a first Group VIII metal component, a first Group VIB metal component and a first phosphorous component to thereby provide a metals impregnated support; calcining said metals impregnated support wherein the calcining step comprises contacting said metals impregnated support with an atmosphere of an oxygen-containing gas at a calcination temperature in the range of from 350 °C to 900 °C to provide a base catalyst comprising Type I active sites and said first phosphorous component; impregnating said base catalyst with a second aqueous impregnation solution comprising a second Group VIII component, a second Group VIB component and a second phosphorous component to thereby provide a metals impregnated base catalyst; drying said metals impregnated base catalyst at a drying temperature that does not exceed 250 °C to remove at least a portion of the free water or volatile content, so as to provide a dried, non-calcined intermediate comprising Type II active sites and said second phosphorous component and having a volatiles content in the range of from 1 to 20 wt.% LOI, wherein LOI is loss on ignition; and sulfiding said dried intermediate, without a prior calcination thereof, to thereby provide said catalyst composition.
A method for preparing an ophthalmic lens to be fitted into a rim (11, 21) of a spectacle frame (10, 20), comprising: - an operation for determining the two-dimensional geometry of a longitudinal profile of said rim (11, 21); - a centering operation in which said longitudinal profile is positioned in a frame of reference (X 2, Y 2) related to the ophthalmic lens; - an operation for acquiring the geometry of at least one portion of an optical face of the ophthalmic lens, by contact or contactless probing of said longitudinal profile on said optical face of the ophthalmic lens; - an operation for determining instructions for processing of the ophthalmic lens depending on the geometry and position of the longitudinal profile in the frame of reference (X 2, Y 2) related to the ophthalmic lens, and depending on the geometry of said portion of said optical face of the ophthalmic lens; and - an operation for processing the ophthalmic lens according to said processing instructions, characterized in that said acquiring operation comprises: - a step of calculating, depending on the two-dimensional geometry of said longitudinal profile, two-dimensional coordinates of a plurality of measuring points (P' i, P" i) located along two separate longitudinal traces (51, 52) that are arranged on either side of said longitudinal profile and that are chosen such that they define between each other a strip that extends along said longitudinal profile; and - a step of examining said optical face of the ophthalmic lens in order to acquire the three-dimensional coordinates of said measuring points (P' i, P" i), and in that said processing instructions are determined depending on the three-dimensional coordinates of said measuring points (P' i, P" i). - an operation for determining the two-dimensional geometry of a longitudinal profile of said rim (11, 21); - a centering operation in which said longitudinal profile is positioned in a frame of reference (X 2, Y 2) related to the ophthalmic lens; - an operation for acquiring the geometry of at least one portion of an optical face of the ophthalmic lens, by contact or contactless probing of said longitudinal profile on said optical face of the ophthalmic lens; - an operation for determining instructions for processing of the ophthalmic lens depending on the geometry and position of the longitudinal profile in the frame of reference (X 2, Y 2) related to the ophthalmic lens, and depending on the geometry of said portion of said optical face of the ophthalmic lens; and - an operation for processing the ophthalmic lens according to said processing instructions, - a step of calculating, depending on the two-dimensional geometry of said longitudinal profile, two-dimensional coordinates of a plurality of measuring points (P' i, P" i) located along two separate longitudinal traces (51, 52) that are arranged on either side of said longitudinal profile and that are chosen such that they define between each other a strip that extends along said longitudinal profile; and - a step of examining said optical face of the ophthalmic lens in order to acquire the three-dimensional coordinates of said measuring points (P' i, P" i),
A monocone antenna comprising: a conical radiation element having a feed point at an vertex of the conical radiation element, the feed point being configured for connecting to a feed transmission line; a capacitive ring radially outside of the conical radiation element, the capacitive ring being configured for adding capacitance to the monocone antenna to lower the inductance of the conical radiation element, and for connecting to a ground plane for the monocone antenna; and being characterized in further comprising: a substrate having a base, a top and a side wall between the base and the top, wherein the substrate has a conical cavity with the conical radiation element positioned in the conical cavity, and wherein the substrate has a mounting flange, the mounting flange having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface, the capacitive ring covering at least a portion of the mounting flange. a conical radiation element having a feed point at an vertex of the conical radiation element, the feed point being configured for connecting to a feed transmission line; a capacitive ring radially outside of the conical radiation element, the capacitive ring being configured for adding capacitance to the monocone antenna to lower the inductance of the conical radiation element, and for connecting to a ground plane for the monocone antenna; and being characterized in further comprising: a substrate having a base, a top and a side wall between the base and the top, wherein the substrate has a conical cavity with the conical radiation element positioned in the conical cavity, and wherein the substrate has a mounting flange, the mounting flange having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface, the capacitive ring covering at least a portion of the mounting flange. a substrate having a base, a top and a side wall between the base and the top, wherein the substrate has a conical cavity with the conical radiation element positioned in the conical cavity, and wherein the substrate has a mounting flange, the mounting flange having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface, the capacitive ring covering at least a portion of the mounting flange.
A compound of the following formula: wherein the compound is a crystalline form A which has peaks at a diffraction angle 2θ of 6.1°±0.2°, 9.3°±0.2°, 11.1°±0.2°, 12.2°±0.2°, 15.3°±0.2°, 16.7°±0.2°, 21.6°±0.2°, 22.9°±0.2° in X-ray diffraction pattern.
A method for manufacturing a hollow engine valve having a hollow portion formed from a stem part to a widening portion of a valve head part, wherein the method comprises: a first rotary plastic working step of performing rotary plastic working on a semifinished hollow engine valve body which includes a stem part and a valve head part forming part connected to the stem part, to thereby narrow the stem part, the semifinished hollow engine valve body having a columnar hole portion formed from the stem part to a widening portion of the valve head part forming part; a necking step of, after the first rotary plastic working step, performing necking on the semifinished hollow engine valve body to thereby reduce an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the stem part (14,16), the necking using as many dies (61,65) as the number of narrowing operations to thereby narrow the widening portion of the valve head part forming part (12b,12c) and the stem part (14,16) of the semifinished hollow engine valve body stepwisely, the dies (61,65) being configured to press the widening portion and the stem part (14,16) and having die holes (62, 66) with inner diameters decreasing slightly and successively according to a sequence of the operations; and a sealing step of, after the necking step, sealing a tip of the stem part to thereby obtain the hollow engine valve. a first rotary plastic working step of performing rotary plastic working on a semifinished hollow engine valve body which includes a stem part and a valve head part forming part connected to the stem part, to thereby narrow the stem part, the semifinished hollow engine valve body having a columnar hole portion formed from the stem part to a widening portion of the valve head part forming part; a necking step of, after the first rotary plastic working step, performing necking on the semifinished hollow engine valve body to thereby reduce an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the stem part (14,16), the necking using as many dies (61,65) as the number of narrowing operations to thereby narrow the widening portion of the valve head part forming part (12b,12c) and the stem part (14,16) of the semifinished hollow engine valve body stepwisely, the dies (61,65) being configured to press the widening portion and the stem part (14,16) and having die holes (62, 66) with inner diameters decreasing slightly and successively according to a sequence of the operations; and a sealing step of, after the necking step, sealing a tip of the stem part to thereby obtain the hollow engine valve.
An apparatus comprising: a front end configured to: receive an optical signal; and convert, using an analog-to-digital converter, the optical signal into a plurality of digital signals; and a processing unit (133, 200, 300) coupled to the front end and configured to determine a best-match chromatic dispersion, CD, estimate associated with the optical signal by optimizing a cost function, characterized in that the cost function is based on a summation of signal peaks of the plurality of digital signals. a front end configured to: receive an optical signal; and convert, using an analog-to-digital converter, the optical signal into a plurality of digital signals; and receive an optical signal; and convert, using an analog-to-digital converter, the optical signal into a plurality of digital signals; and a processing unit (133, 200, 300) coupled to the front end and configured to determine a best-match chromatic dispersion, CD, estimate associated with the optical signal by optimizing a cost function, characterized in that the cost function is based on a summation of signal peaks of the plurality of digital signals.
Magnetic field generator as a natural field simulator in a housing which can be worn on the body and which contains a magnet coil on a magnet iron core for field generation, an electronics system on an electronics printed circuit board for pulse generation and a high-power battery for power supply, wherein the magnet iron core is designed as a hollow body composed of electrically conductive material and the magnet coil is wound onto the magnet iron core hollow body, characterized in that the electronics printed circuit board, together with the electronics components, is at least partially received in the magnet iron core hollow body.
A guide rail for a liftable and lowerable curtain which is provided for at least partial covering of a building opening, in particular a shutter curtain, with the guide rail being divided into a support profile arrangement and a guide rail profile, and comprising a channel open at the front for receiving a fastening pin protruding downwards from a box located above the guide rail, with the guide rail profile in mounted condition being firmly connected with the support profile arrangement, and with the support profile arrangement comprising at least one support section as well as a channel section with the channel for the fastening pin, and moreover the guide rail profile at least a guide groove for the liftable and lowerable curtain, characterized in that the support profile arrangement by the support section by means of a number of screws can be fastened to the window frame or on a wall reveal of the building opening, and comprises a number of bores through which the screws can be inserted for mounting the support profile arrangement to the window frame, with the guide rail profile comprising a first and a second leg (450, 460), which are arranged on one side each of the guide groove, so that the guide rail profile in mounted condition covers the support profile arrangement opaquely, with the bores in mounted condition being covered opaquely by one of the legs (450, 460).
An information processing apparatus comprising: a displaying section configured to display a page including a plurality of text elements; a detecting section configured to detect a position designated by a user to be magnified, on the page displayed by the displaying section; a selecting section configured to select one of the text elements which is located near the position detected by the detecting section; a placing section (256, 259) configured to place a character string of the text element selected by the selecting section, in a pop-up window so that the character string is displayed in the pop-up window; and a display controlling section configured to control display so that the pop-up window in which the character string has been placed by the placing section is displayed on the page, characterized in that said placing section is further configured to select the next nearest text element located above the selected text element, if there is a blank line in the upper part of the pop-up window, and flow the text element into the upper part of the pop-up window, and to select the next nearest text element located below the selected text element, if there is a blank line in the lower part of the pop-up window, and flow the text element into the lower part of the pop-up window. a displaying section configured to display a page including a plurality of text elements; a detecting section configured to detect a position designated by a user to be magnified, on the page displayed by the displaying section; a selecting section configured to select one of the text elements which is located near the position detected by the detecting section; a placing section (256, 259) configured to place a character string of the text element selected by the selecting section, in a pop-up window so that the character string is displayed in the pop-up window; and a display controlling section configured to control display so that the pop-up window in which the character string has been placed by the placing section is displayed on the page, characterized in that said placing section is further configured to select the next nearest text element located above the selected text element, if there is a blank line in the upper part of the pop-up window, and flow the text element into the upper part of the pop-up window, and to select the next nearest text element located below the selected text element, if there is a blank line in the lower part of the pop-up window, and flow the text element into the lower part of the pop-up window.