mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An integrated laser driver circuit for switching a pulse current (I P) for a laser diode having a plurality of sub-switching units for generating in each case a partial current (I T) using a switch for pulsing the partial current (I T), wherein the sub-switching units are connected to one another in parallel for generating the pulse current (I P), characterized in that an energy accumulator is integrated into each of the sub-switching units to provide the switching energy required for switching the switch, in that each sub-switching unit comprises a local supply terminal for applying a supply voltage and a local ground terminal, wherein the energy accumulator is connected between the supply terminal and the ground terminal and in that the energy accumulator is designed as a capacitor.
A method for detecting the presence or absence of hypermethylated target DNA in a sample comprising genomic DNA, wherein said target DNA is genomic human SHOX2 DNA, including the respective promoter region, and DNA within 5 kb upstream and downstream thereof, and wherein said genomic DNA is at least partially fragmented, the method comprising the steps: (a) converting, in the DNA, cytosine unmethylated in the 5-position to uracil or another base that does not hybridize to guanine; (b) amplifying a region of the converted target DNA using methylation-unspecific primer oligonucleotides and at least one methylation-specific blocker blocking the amplification in a methylation-specific manner, wherein said region is less than 100 basepairs (bp) long and comprises at least 3 CpG sites of the genomic DNA not covered by a primer, and wherein at least one primer oligonucleotide covers at least one CpG site with a methylation-unspecific mismatch or a spacer regarding the cytosine base position of the CpG site and/or at least one SNP site with an SNP-unspecific mismatch or a spacer, wherein the at least one mismatch or spacer is/are in the middle third or 3' third of the primer oligonucleotide; and (c) detecting the presence or absence of DNA amplified in step (b), wherein the presence or absence of amplified DNA reflects the presence or absence, respectively, of hypermethylated target DNA in the sample. (a) converting, in the DNA, cytosine unmethylated in the 5-position to uracil or another base that does not hybridize to guanine; (b) amplifying a region of the converted target DNA using methylation-unspecific primer oligonucleotides and at least one methylation-specific blocker blocking the amplification in a methylation-specific manner, wherein said region is less than 100 basepairs (bp) long and comprises at least 3 CpG sites of the genomic DNA not covered by a primer, and wherein at least one primer oligonucleotide covers at least one CpG site with a methylation-unspecific mismatch or a spacer regarding the cytosine base position of the CpG site and/or at least one SNP site with an SNP-unspecific mismatch or a spacer, wherein the at least one mismatch or spacer is/are in the middle third or 3' third of the primer oligonucleotide; and (c) detecting the presence or absence of DNA amplified in step (b),
A pipe system comprising: a first pipe section and a second pipe section arranged, and together defining a total length, along a longitudinal axis, said first and second pipe sections (12, 14) being movable with respect to each other so as to shorten the total length in a contracted orientation or to lengthen the total length in an elongate, extended orientation; and a fixation member (34, 52) that clamps a portion of said second pipe section to a portion of said first pipe section at both the contracted orientation and the elongate, extended orientation, said fixation member (34, 52) comprising an insulator (34, 40, 53) which is electrically insulating and passes no electrical current between said first and second pipe sections (12, 14), wherein said first and second pipe sections (12, 14) are telescopic with each other, characterized in that said fixation member comprises an annular fixation member comprising a grip ring that clamps against an electrically insulating sleeve wrapped around an outer contour of said first pipe section, wherein said grip ring does not pierce said sleeve. a first pipe section and a second pipe section arranged, and together defining a total length, along a longitudinal axis, said first and second pipe sections (12, 14) being movable with respect to each other so as to shorten the total length in a contracted orientation or to lengthen the total length in an elongate, extended orientation; and a fixation member (34, 52) that clamps a portion of said second pipe section to a portion of said first pipe section at both the contracted orientation and the elongate, extended orientation, said fixation member (34, 52) comprising an insulator (34, 40, 53) which is electrically insulating and passes no electrical current between said first and second pipe sections (12, 14), wherein said first and second pipe sections (12, 14) are telescopic with each other, characterized in that said fixation member comprises an annular fixation member comprising a grip ring that clamps against an electrically insulating sleeve wrapped around an outer contour of said first pipe section, wherein said grip ring does not pierce said sleeve.
Long-range optical device, in particular a sighting telescope, comprising an outer housing in which a reversal system is disposed between an objective lens and an eyepiece, and having an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sighting line by adjusting at least one optical component (3, 5) inside the outer housing, and having a resetting mechanism acting on the optical component (3, 5) comprising at least one spring in order to generate the restoring force, characterised in that the resetting mechanism comprises at least one lever which transmits the spring force of the spring to the optical component (3, 5).
A method comprising: during operation of a subsea wellhead assembly at a subsea well, routing control instructions to at least one of three functionally identical control pods (40, 42, 44) installed on the subsea wellhead assembly; detecting a malfunction in one of the three functionally identical control pods; and continuing operation of the subsea wellhead assembly with the two non-malfunctioning, functionally identical control pods; characterised in that the method further comprises: disconnecting a control signal cable from the malfunctioning control pod and then connecting the control signal cable to one of the two non-malfunctioning control pods, wherein the disconnecting and subsequent connecting of the control signal cable is performed while both the malfunctioning control pod and the one of the two non-malfunctioning control pods to which the control signal cable is subsequently connected are installed on the subsea wellhead assembly and while the subsea wellhead assembly is installed at the subsea well. during operation of a subsea wellhead assembly at a subsea well, routing control instructions to at least one of three functionally identical control pods (40, 42, 44) installed on the subsea wellhead assembly; detecting a malfunction in one of the three functionally identical control pods; and continuing operation of the subsea wellhead assembly with the two non-malfunctioning, functionally identical control pods; characterised in that the method further comprises: disconnecting a control signal cable from the malfunctioning control pod and then connecting the control signal cable to one of the two non-malfunctioning control pods, wherein the disconnecting and subsequent connecting of the control signal cable is performed while both the malfunctioning control pod and the one of the two non-malfunctioning control pods to which the control signal cable is subsequently connected are installed on the subsea wellhead assembly and while the subsea wellhead assembly is installed at the subsea well.
A digital broadcasting receiver comprising: a receiver to receive digital broadcasts; a separator to separate pieces of time information from received signals of said receiver; a storage to store pieces of time information about plural frequencies of channels; and a central processor to repeatedly perform a series of processes of acquiring pieces of time information about plural frequencies from received signals in a predetermined channel range, and storing the pieces of time information in said storage, and correcting a time on a basis of pieces of time information which are included in the pieces of time information about the plural frequencies stored in said storage and match each other, and whose number is larger than that of any other pieces of time information matching each other, characterised in that when in said series of processes, there is a channel for which no received signal is received, said central processor adds time information in which a last time correction is reflected in time information acquired most recently for said channel to candidates under majority rule. a receiver to receive digital broadcasts; a separator to separate pieces of time information from received signals of said receiver; a storage to store pieces of time information about plural frequencies of channels; and a central processor to repeatedly perform a series of processes of acquiring pieces of time information about plural frequencies from received signals in a predetermined channel range, and storing the pieces of time information in said storage, and correcting a time on a basis of pieces of time information which are included in the pieces of time information about the plural frequencies stored in said storage and match each other, and whose number is larger than that of any other pieces of time information matching each other, characterised in that when in said series of processes, there is a channel for which no received signal is received, said central processor adds time information in which a last time correction is reflected in time information acquired most recently for said channel to candidates under majority rule.
A method comprising: at a device having information bits, partitioning the information bits into at least two groups (12, 14)based on inherent reliability and immunity to channel impairments of the respective bits as a result of storing or transmitting the bits; encoding each of the groups (12, 14) of information bits with a different coding strength; and storing the encoded information bits in a storage media or transmitting the encoded information bits in a communication channel; wherein the encoding comprises encoding a group of information bits having a relatively low reliability and immunity to channel impairments using a first component code corresponding to a first Tanner graph representation having a relatively higher coding strength, and encoding a group of information bits having a relatively high reliability and immunity to channel impairments using a second component code corresponding to a second Tanner graph representation having a relatively lower coding strength; and the encoding further comprises generating a composite Tanner graph by computing cross branches between the Tanner graph representations (G1, G2) for the component codes; wherein the number of cross branches is based on average degrees of the Tanner graph representations (G1, G2) of each of the component codes; wherein the encoding comprises encoding the two groups of information bits using a composite code corresponding to the composite Tanner graph. at a device having information bits, partitioning the information bits into at least two groups (12, 14)based on inherent reliability and immunity to channel impairments of the respective bits as a result of storing or transmitting the bits; encoding each of the groups (12, 14) of information bits with a different coding strength; and storing the encoded information bits in a storage media or transmitting the encoded information bits in a communication channel; wherein the encoding comprises encoding a group of information bits having a relatively low reliability and immunity to channel impairments using a first component code corresponding to a first Tanner graph representation having a relatively higher coding strength, and encoding a group of information bits having a relatively high reliability and immunity to channel impairments using a second component code corresponding to a second Tanner graph representation having a relatively lower coding strength; and the encoding further comprises generating a composite Tanner graph by computing cross branches between the Tanner graph representations (G1, G2) for the component codes; wherein the number of cross branches is based on average degrees of the Tanner graph representations (G1, G2) of each of the component codes; wherein the encoding comprises encoding the two groups of information bits using a composite code corresponding to the composite Tanner graph.
A device for processing of flat elements, especially for the processing of paper cuttings, comprising: a transport device and a laser for cutting the flat elements, wherein the transport device comprises a conveyor belt that is guided over a first pulley and a second pulley, said conveyor belt being made of metal and being permeable to air, wherein the upper section of this belt forms the transport section and its lower section forms the return section, and wherein the laser is located above the transport section, characterized in that the conveyor belt consists of an expanded metal. a transport device and a laser for cutting the flat elements, wherein the transport device comprises a conveyor belt that is guided over a first pulley and a second pulley, said conveyor belt being made of metal and being permeable to air, wherein the upper section of this belt forms the transport section and its lower section forms the return section, and wherein the laser is located above the transport section, characterized in that the conveyor belt consists of an expanded metal.
A stain disappearing laminate having a sebum absorption and diffusion layer and a sebum attachment inhibition layer laminated on a base material in this order, wherein the sebum attachment inhibition layer repels sebum and reduces attachment of the sebum, as well as allows attached sebum to pass through to a sebum attachment inhibition layer side, wherein the sebum absorption and diffusion layer absorbs the sebum passed through the sebum attachment inhibition layer and diffuses the sebum within the sebum absorption and diffusion layer itself, wherein the sebum attachment inhibition layer is formed with a material containing a fluorine-containing compound, wherein the fluorine-containing compound includes a silane coupling agent containing fluorine, and wherein the sebum absorption and diffusion layer contains at least one type of polymer material having a three-dimensional network structure containing a silicone elastomer. wherein the sebum attachment inhibition layer repels sebum and reduces attachment of the sebum, as well as allows attached sebum to pass through to a sebum attachment inhibition layer side, wherein the sebum absorption and diffusion layer absorbs the sebum passed through the sebum attachment inhibition layer and diffuses the sebum within the sebum absorption and diffusion layer itself, wherein the sebum attachment inhibition layer is formed with a material containing a fluorine-containing compound, wherein the fluorine-containing compound includes a silane coupling agent containing fluorine, and wherein the sebum absorption and diffusion layer contains at least one type of polymer material having a three-dimensional network structure containing a silicone elastomer.
An expression vector, comprising a cassette which comprises the following operably linked expression elements: a cytomegalovirus enhancer element sequence; a human promoter sequence selected from (i) a human actin promoter sequence, (ii) a human serum albumin promoter sequence, and (iii) a human fibrinogen promoter sequence; a human globin gene intron sequence; and a human signal peptide sequence. a cytomegalovirus enhancer element sequence; a human promoter sequence selected from (i) a human actin promoter sequence, (ii) a human serum albumin promoter sequence, and (iii) a human fibrinogen promoter sequence; a human globin gene intron sequence; and a human signal peptide sequence.
An inductance-to-digital conversion circuit suitable for resonant inductive sensing with a resonator characterized by a resonator oscillation amplitude and frequency, and at resonance by a resonant impedance that changes in response to a sensed condition, comprising: negative impedance circuitry, including: a class D comparator configured to receive a resonator oscillation voltage, and to provide a class D switching output D_clk with a frequency synchronized to the resonator oscillation frequency; a discrete current source configured to output a discrete drive current with discrete current levels based on a discrete loop control signal corresponding to a controlled negative impedance; and H-bridge circuitry configured to interface the discrete current source to the resonator, and controlled by D_clk to synchronize the discrete drive current with the resonator oscillation voltage, such that the time average of the discrete drive current corresponds to a resonator oscillation amplitude; and loop control circuitry, incorporating the resonator as a loop filter, and including: amplitude sampling circuitry clocked by D_clk, and configured to convert the resonator oscillation amplitude into amplitude samples; and an output comparator clocked by D_clk, and configured to output the discrete loop control signal based on a comparison of the amplitude samples and an amplitude reference, such that the controlled negative impedance substantially cancels resonant impedance, thereby maintaining a substantially constant resonator oscillation amplitude corresponding to steady-state oscillation. negative impedance circuitry, including: a class D comparator configured to receive a resonator oscillation voltage, and to provide a class D switching output D_clk with a frequency synchronized to the resonator oscillation frequency; a discrete current source configured to output a discrete drive current with discrete current levels based on a discrete loop control signal corresponding to a controlled negative impedance; and H-bridge circuitry configured to interface the discrete current source to the resonator, and controlled by D_clk to synchronize the discrete drive current with the resonator oscillation voltage, such that the time average of the discrete drive current corresponds to a resonator oscillation amplitude; and loop control circuitry, incorporating the resonator as a loop filter, and including: amplitude sampling circuitry clocked by D_clk, and configured to convert the resonator oscillation amplitude into amplitude samples; and an output comparator clocked by D_clk, and configured to output the discrete loop control signal based on a comparison of the amplitude samples and an amplitude reference, such that the controlled negative impedance substantially cancels resonant impedance, thereby maintaining a substantially constant resonator oscillation amplitude corresponding to steady-state oscillation.
(Amended) A polyol-vulcanizable, fluorine-containing elastomer blend comprising: 5 to 60 wt.% of a high-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight of 3,000,000 or more; 20 to 80 wt.% of a medium-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000; and 10 to 50 wt.% of a low-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight or 7,000 to 13,000; the number average molecular weight Mn of each fluorine-containing elastomer being measured by liquid chromatography using tetrahydrofuran as a developing solvent at a polymer concentration of 0.5 wt.% at a measurement temperature of 35 °C. 5 to 60 wt.% of a high-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight of 3,000,000 or more; 20 to 80 wt.% of a medium-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000; and 10 to 50 wt.% of a low-molecular-weight, fluorine-containing elastomer having a number average molecular weight or 7,000 to 13,000; the number average molecular weight Mn of each fluorine-containing elastomer being measured by liquid chromatography using tetrahydrofuran as a developing solvent at a polymer concentration of 0.5 wt.% at a measurement temperature of 35 °C.
An insert intended for assembling a first part and a second part by electric resistance welding of the insert and of the second part, comprising: a head portion, the head portion comprising a contact face configured to receive a welding electrode and, on the underside, a bearing surface configured to bear against the first part in order to hold the first part assembled to the second part, a body portion intended to be inserted into the first part, the body portion comprising a welding surface configured to be welded to the second part, the body portion having a section smaller than that of the head portion, characterized in that the insert comprises thermal decoupling means extending around the body portion to prevent a transmission of the heat generated by the body portion to the first part during the welding operation, the thermal decoupling means comprising a peripheral area or housing intended to contain a heat-insulating material, the peripheral area or housing being delimited by one or several element(s) projecting from the underside of the head portion, and the insert comprises holding means configured to hold the insert in position through the first part, the holding means comprising an outer side face of the projecting element(s) intended to keep the body portion at a distance from the first part when the insert is integrated with this first part. a head portion, the head portion comprising a contact face configured to receive a welding electrode and, on the underside, a bearing surface configured to bear against the first part in order to hold the first part assembled to the second part, a body portion intended to be inserted into the first part, the body portion comprising a welding surface configured to be welded to the second part, the body portion having a section smaller than that of the head portion, characterized in that the insert comprises thermal decoupling means extending around the body portion to prevent a transmission of the heat generated by the body portion to the first part during the welding operation, the thermal decoupling means comprising a peripheral area or housing intended to contain a heat-insulating material, the peripheral area or housing being delimited by one or several element(s) projecting from the underside of the head portion, and the insert comprises holding means configured to hold the insert in position through the first part, the holding means comprising an outer side face of the projecting element(s) intended to keep the body portion at a distance from the first part when the insert is integrated with this first part.