mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of forming a sheet-metal based double-walled stationary blade for a blade set of a hair cutting appliance, the stationary blade comprising a first wall and a second wall that define therebetween a guide slot arranged to receive a movable cutter, wherein the first wall and the second wall are jointly connected at a longitudinal end thereof, thereby forming stationary blade teeth that guard respective cutter teeth of the cutter, the method comprising: - providing a first pre-product layer, - providing a second pre-product layer which is separate from the first pre-product layer, wherein the steps of providing the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer comprise providing no more than the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer, - providing a guide slot, for a cutter, between the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer, wherein at least one of the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer is either deformed or machined in a material-removing fashion, thereby forming at least one depressed guide recess (120, 122, 124) that is arranged to receive the cutter, and that forms at least part of the guide slot, and - bonding the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer to one another such that the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer are arranged to jointly receive a to-be-mounted cutter, wherein the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer, in the bonded state, are at least partially offset from one another to provide a defined mating clearance fit for the to-be-mounted cutter, wherein a longitudinal end of the first pre-product layer and a longitudinal end the second pre-product layer are bonded to one another such that stationary blade teeth are partially formed by the first pre-product layer and partially formed by the second pre-product layer, and wherein tips of the stationary blade teeth are arranged adjacent to a transition zone between the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer. - providing a first pre-product layer, - providing a second pre-product layer which is separate from the first pre-product layer, wherein the steps of providing the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer comprise providing no more than the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer, - providing a guide slot, for a cutter, between the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer, wherein at least one of the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer is either deformed or machined in a material-removing fashion, thereby forming at least one depressed guide recess (120, 122, 124) that is arranged to receive the cutter, and that forms at least part of the guide slot, and - bonding the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer to one another such that the first pre-product layer and the second pre-product layer are arranged to jointly receive a to-be-mounted cutter,
An anti-semaphorin 4D antibody or functional fragment thereof or an anti-plexin B1 antibody or functional fragment thereof for use in the prevention and treatment of bone diseases in a subject.
Electroconducting nanowire, comprising an amyloid fibre which results from the self-assembling of peptides comprising a prion domain or a derivative of this domain, this derivative being capable of forming amyloid fibres and having a sequence of amino acids that has at least 75% identity with the sequence of amino acids of the prion domain from which it derives, and wherein the amyloid fibre is functionalized by electron transporting peptides, each comprising amino acids bound to one or more atoms of iron, the electron transporting peptides being issued from a protein with iron-sulphur centre.
A duct for an insertion into a wall or floor element, having a tube element made of a synthetic material, wherein a line can be fed through said tube element and wherein a mounting element for mounting said duct during said insertion into said wall or floor element is provided at the outside of said tube element, said mounting element projecting from said tube element, wherein a support element being one-piece with said tube element is provided in said tube element and projects from an inner lateral surface of said tube element, said support element extending, seen in a length direction of said tube element, through the center of the cross-sectional profile of the through opening and covering at least 30 % of the latter, wherein said support element is provided in a section of said tube element, which is free of mounting elements on its outside, said tube element of said duct being assembled or assemblable of at least two tube element pieces (2a, b) which are reversibly separable and connectable, said tube element pieces (2a, b) being one-piece respectively, wherein said mounting element is provided at a first tube element piece and said support element is provided at a second tube element piece, wherein said support element is provided at an end of said second tube element piece and said second tube element is inserted or insertable with said end into said first tube element piece characterized in that a predetermined breaking point is provided for a separation of said support element.
A voltage regulator (100, 200) comprising: an input voltage node (114, 214) configured to receive an input voltage; a regulated voltage node (122, 222) configured to convey an output voltage; a feedback node (154, 254) configured to convey a feedback signal; a pass device (160, 260) having a first current conducting terminal, a second current conducting terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the first current conducting terminal is coupled to the input voltage node, and the second current conducting terminal is coupled to the regulated voltage node; a feedback circuit (170, 270) coupled between the regulated voltage node and the feedback node, an operational amplifier (140, 240) having an input coupled to the feedback node, and an output coupled to the control terminal of the pass device, wherein the operational amplifier is configured to provide a signal to the control terminal based on the feedback signal from the feedback node, and wherein the control signal causes a current through the pass device to vary in order to maintain a voltage at the regulated voltage node at a target regulated voltage, and characterised in that the feedback circuit is a floating voltage reference configured to produce the feedback signal. an input voltage node (114, 214) configured to receive an input voltage; a regulated voltage node (122, 222) configured to convey an output voltage; a feedback node (154, 254) configured to convey a feedback signal; a pass device (160, 260) having a first current conducting terminal, a second current conducting terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the first current conducting terminal is coupled to the input voltage node, and the second current conducting terminal is coupled to the regulated voltage node; a feedback circuit (170, 270) coupled between the regulated voltage node and the feedback node, an operational amplifier (140, 240) having an input coupled to the feedback node, and an output coupled to the control terminal of the pass device, wherein the operational amplifier is configured to provide a signal to the control terminal based on the feedback signal from the feedback node, and wherein the control signal causes a current through the pass device to vary in order to maintain a voltage at the regulated voltage node at a target regulated voltage, and characterised in that the feedback circuit is a floating voltage reference configured to produce the feedback signal.
A multilayer film comprising: two outer layers; where each outer layer comprises polyethylene; two tie layers; where each tie layer comprises a crystalline block composite; where the crystalline block composite comprises a crystalline ethylene based polymer, a crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer, and a block copolymer comprising a crystalline ethylene block and a crystalline alpha-olefin block, wherein the crystalline ethylene block of the block copolymer is the same composition as the crystalline ethylene based polymer in the block composite and the crystalline alpha-olefin block of the block copolymer is the same composition as the crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer of the block composite; where each tie layer has a first face and a second face that are opposed to each other, and where the first face of each tie layer contacts at least one outer layer; and a core layer; where the core layer comprises a polypropylene; and where the second face of each tie layer contacts the core layer. two outer layers; where each outer layer comprises polyethylene; two tie layers; where each tie layer comprises a crystalline block composite; where the crystalline block composite comprises a crystalline ethylene based polymer, a crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer, and a block copolymer comprising a crystalline ethylene block and a crystalline alpha-olefin block, wherein the crystalline ethylene block of the block copolymer is the same composition as the crystalline ethylene based polymer in the block composite and the crystalline alpha-olefin block of the block copolymer is the same composition as the crystalline alpha-olefin based polymer of the block composite; where each tie layer has a first face and a second face that are opposed to each other, and where the first face of each tie layer contacts at least one outer layer; and a core layer; where the core layer comprises a polypropylene; and where the second face of each tie layer contacts the core layer.
Electrical supply terminal with a terminal housing made of an electrically insulating material, wherein the terminal housing has at least one single-sided opening for inserting one or more conductor ends, comprising an at least two-part terminal body which comprises a moving part and a fixed part and which has a contact surface for contacting the respective conductor end, the respective conductor end being held non-positively in the terminal body, as well as with a means of preventing plug connection from beneath which closes the remaining free space of the opening of the terminal housing depending on the respective position of the terminal body in the terminal housing, wherein the means of preventing plug connection from beneath consists of a joint part enclosing two surface pieces characterized in that a first surface piece is connected to a free bottom surface of the movable part of the terminal body in a force-fitting, form-fitting and/or bonded manner, and a second surface piece is displaceably mounted in the terminal housing, the second surface piece having bearing pins at its free end which are guided in respective grooves in the terminal housing, and the grooves run essentially perpendicular to the direction of movement of the moveable part of the terminal body in the terminal housing.
A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion provided with circumferentially continuously extending zigzag main grooves, the zigzag main grooves including a center main groove disposed on the tire equator and a middle main groove disposed on each side of the center main groove, wherein the center main groove comprises first oblique groove segments inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction to one axial direction at an angle (θ1), and second oblique groove segments inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction to the other axial direction at an angle (θ2) less than the angle (θ1) of the first oblique groove segments, a crown land portion formed between the center main groove and each of the middle main grooves has an axial width which repeats increase and decrease in the tire circumferential direction, and the crown land portion is provided with a plurality of crown lateral grooves extending between axially outwardly protruding zigzag vertex portions (3k, 3h) of the center main groove and axially inwardly protruding zigzag vertex portions of the middle main groove so that the crown land portion is circumferentially divided into crown blocks each having a hexagonal tread, and the crown lateral grooves of the crown land portions and the first oblique groove segments of the center main groove are inclined with respect to the tire axial direction to one circumferential direction, wherein the crown blocks are each provided with a crown sipe extending between one of the second oblique groove segments of the center main groove and one of the axially outwardly protruding zigzag vertex portions of the adjacent middle main groove, characterized in that the circumferential distance between an open end of the crown sipe at the center main groove and an axially inwardly protruding end of the crown block is 10 % to 20 % of the maximum circumferential length of the crown block.
Use of a method for producing an electrode material for a battery electrode, in particular for a lithium-ion battery, wherein said electrode material includes nanostructured silicon carbide, comprising the steps of: a) providing a mixture including a silicon source, a carbon source and a dopant, wherein at least the silicon source and the carbon source are present in common in particles of a solid granulate; b) treating the mixture provided in step a) at a temperature in the range from ≥ 1400°C to ≤ 2000°C, in particular in a range from ≥ 1650°C to ≤ 1850°C, wherein step b) is carried out in a reactor which comprises a deposition surface the temperature of which is reduced relative to at least one further inner reactor surface. a) providing a mixture including a silicon source, a carbon source and a dopant, wherein at least the silicon source and the carbon source are present in common in particles of a solid granulate; b) treating the mixture provided in step a) at a temperature in the range from ≥ 1400°C to ≤ 2000°C, in particular in a range from ≥ 1650°C to ≤ 1850°C, wherein step b) is carried out in a reactor which comprises a deposition surface the temperature of which is reduced relative to at least one further inner reactor surface.
A photovoltaic roof covering comprising: a base tile having a hook portion, wherein the hook portion is configured, when in use, to anchor the base tile to part of a roof; a photovoltaic panel having a first lower face that is configured to abut the base tile and a second opposing upper face that is arranged to receive light; wherein the base tile and the photovoltaic panel are coupled to one another; and a spacer configured, when in use, to support a portion of another overlaid base tile, by spacing the overlaid tile from the photovoltaic panel; characterised in that the spacer is adhesively bonded to the second upper face of the photovoltaic panel towards an upper leading edge of the second upper face of the photovoltaic panel when in use. a base tile having a hook portion, wherein the hook portion is configured, when in use, to anchor the base tile to part of a roof; a photovoltaic panel having a first lower face that is configured to abut the base tile and a second opposing upper face that is arranged to receive light; wherein the base tile and the photovoltaic panel are coupled to one another; and a spacer configured, when in use, to support a portion of another overlaid base tile, by spacing the overlaid tile from the photovoltaic panel; characterised in that the spacer is adhesively bonded to the second upper face of the photovoltaic panel towards an upper leading edge of the second upper face of the photovoltaic panel when in use.
Method for determining a remaining filling or draining time of a container, comprising the steps of - determining a current fill level - calculating the expected remaining filling or draining time from the determined filling level and a current rate of change, the current rate of change being determined by recalling saved filling level measurement values from a value table which contains filling level measurement values of a preceding filling or draining process, a change in the filling level being interpolated and the time derivative of the change in the filling level being formed, and - issuing the expected remaining filling or draining time. - determining a current fill level - calculating the expected remaining filling or draining time from the determined filling level and a current rate of change, the current rate of change being determined by recalling saved filling level measurement values from a value table which contains filling level measurement values of a preceding filling or draining process, a change in the filling level being interpolated and the time derivative of the change in the filling level being formed, and - issuing the expected remaining filling or draining time.
A method for use in a first station STA, wherein the first STA is an IEEE 802.11 STA, the method comprising: receiving, from an access point AP, an omni-directional request-to-send RTS frame indicating that an associated transmission opportunity TXOP will be a sectorized TXOP, wherein the omni-directional RTS frame further indicates a sector identifier ID associated with the sectorized TXOP; transmitting an omni-directional clear-to-send CTS frame in response to the omni-directional RTS frame, wherein the omni-directional CTS frame indicates that the associated TXOP will be a sectorized TXOP, and wherein the omni-directional CTS frame further indicates the sector ID associated with the sectorized TXOP; and receiving a sectorized transmission from the AP, wherein the sectorized transmission includes an indication of sectorized transmission and the sector ID associated with the sectorized TXOP. receiving, from an access point AP, an omni-directional request-to-send RTS frame indicating that an associated transmission opportunity TXOP will be a sectorized TXOP, wherein the omni-directional RTS frame further indicates a sector identifier ID associated with the sectorized TXOP; transmitting an omni-directional clear-to-send CTS frame in response to the omni-directional RTS frame, wherein the omni-directional CTS frame indicates that the associated TXOP will be a sectorized TXOP, and wherein the omni-directional CTS frame further indicates the sector ID associated with the sectorized TXOP; and receiving a sectorized transmission from the AP, wherein the sectorized transmission includes an indication of sectorized transmission and the sector ID associated with the sectorized TXOP.
A cleaning device comprising: a hollow main body having a first end and a second end, wherein the hollow body defines a chamber between its first end and its second end, and wherein the chamber has an opening at the first end, the edges of the opening defining a plane; a first actuator comprising a scooping member, wherein the first actuator is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein when the first actuator is in the retracted position, substantially all of the scooping member is disposed proximate the edge of the chamber opening, and wherein when the first actuator is in the extended position, at least a part of the scooping member is disposed proximate the centre of the chamber opening; a second actuator, at least partly within the chamber, comprising a holding member, wherein the second actuator is movable; and a store of disposable containment tube material, from which, in use, disposable containment tube material can be drawn by a pulling force exerted on an already exposed portion of the stored containment tube material; wherein, the holding member is configured to grip, in use, a portion of the disposable containment tube material.
Emergency valve for a provision of a manual emergency opening of an otherwise fluidically actuated vehicle door (77, 78) with a) a valve element and a manual actuation means by which it is possible to transfer the valve element from a normal operational position into an emergency operational position and b) an electrically controlled biasing device comprising an electromagnet which electromagnetically biases the valve element, wherein c) by the biasing device the valve element ca) can be secured in the normal operational position with a securing force which is higher than an actuation force applicable by a user via the manual actuation means and cb) can be transferred from the emergency operational position into the normal operational position. a) a valve element and a manual actuation means by which it is possible to transfer the valve element from a normal operational position into an emergency operational position and b) an electrically controlled biasing device comprising an electromagnet which electromagnetically biases the valve element, c) by the biasing device the valve element ca) can be secured in the normal operational position with a securing force which is higher than an actuation force applicable by a user via the manual actuation means and cb) can be transferred from the emergency operational position into the normal operational position. ca) can be secured in the normal operational position with a securing force which is higher than an actuation force applicable by a user via the manual actuation means and cb) can be transferred from the emergency operational position into the normal operational position.
A bispecific antibody comprising a first antigen-binding site that specifically binds to human TWEAK and a second antigen-binding site that specifically binds to human IL17.
A nasal dilator device applicable to the outer surface of the nasal wall to increase the flow cross section of the air inhaled during breathing, comprising a shaped flattened body adapted to engage the columella and adhesive fastening means, connected to the flattened body to adhere to regions of the nasal wall on opposite sides of the nasal bridge so as to exert a lifting action on the nasal tip by means of said flattened body, wherein said shaped flattened body comprises an ascending branch and a descending branch connected to each other with a curvature substantially complementary to the curvature of the profile of the junction between the columella and the nasal bridge, wherein said ascending branch is dimensioned to extend along the nasal bridge and said descending branch is dimensioned to extend along at least a portion of the columella, characterized in that said ascending branch has an upper end portion with a curvature corresponding to the profile of curvature of the nasofrontal angle.