mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An implant for increasing a cross-sectional area of a body lumen, comprising a scaffolding with opposing first and second tissue-engaging portions and a bi-directional expansion member comprising a shaft, a housing and a driving element, the bi-directional expansion member having a diameter, the bi-directional expansion member being configured to transition between a compressed configuration having a reduced distance between the first and second tissue-engaging portions and a deployed configuration having an increased distance between the tissue-engaging portions, the first tissue-engaging portion of the bi-directional expansion member being secured to a first end of the shaft, the shaft being configured in a telescoping arrangement within the housing of the bi-directional expansion member, the housing having an open first end and a closed second end, the second tissue-engaging portion being secured to the closed second end of the housing, the shaft being positioned coaxially within the housing and the driving element being positioned coaxially within the housing, the driving element being secured to a second end of the shaft for biasing the shaft outwards from the housing along a longitudinal axis of the shaft, each of the tissue-engaging portions having a lateral plate providing an increased surface area relative to the diameter of the expansion member in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
A latex dip glove having one or more textured finger tips wherein: the texture at one or more finger tips is a reverse image of a former, used in the forming of the glove, having one or more surfaces on fingertip regions with the following properties: (micrometer) Ra Av. roughness about 7 - 14 Rsm Mean width of roughness about 500 - 720 Rpc Peak count about 15 - 20; and the glove being non-chlorinated, wherein the glove is a (i) single dip nitrile glove or (ii) a dipped glove with a so textured layer formed of polymer latex, and said glove comprising a multivalent metal ion salt of an organic acid with logP of about 4 to about 15, preferably the glove is a nitrile glove.
A battery pack, comprising: at least one battery module (11, 12) including a plurality of battery cells; and a battery management system, BMS; wherein the BMS includes: a power enable switch (PWR_S), which is switched according to a switch signal among at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) which are to wake up the battery pack; and a calculating unit configured to receive the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) and to determine an operation mode of the battery pack according to which switch signal among the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) is enabled; characterised in that the calculating unit is configured to differently control a control condition for determining the operation mode as an automatic shut-down mode according to the enabled switch signal among the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2). at least one battery module (11, 12) including a plurality of battery cells; and a battery management system, BMS; wherein the BMS includes: a power enable switch (PWR_S), which is switched according to a switch signal among at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) which are to wake up the battery pack; and a calculating unit configured to receive the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) and to determine an operation mode of the battery pack according to which switch signal among the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) is enabled; a power enable switch (PWR_S), which is switched according to a switch signal among at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) which are to wake up the battery pack; and a calculating unit configured to receive the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) and to determine an operation mode of the battery pack according to which switch signal among the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2) is enabled; characterised in that the calculating unit is configured to differently control a control condition for determining the operation mode as an automatic shut-down mode according to the enabled switch signal among the at least two switch signals (SG1, SG2).
A power tool comprising: a housing; a motor within the housing, wherein the motor includes a rotor and a stator and the rotor is coupled to a drive mechanism to produce an output; a magnetically susceptible fluid (288, 702) located within the housing; an inductor within the housing and configured to introduce a magnetic field (715, 720) to the magnetically susceptible fluid (288, 702) to provide vibration control; a sensor configured to indicate an amount of vibration experienced by the power tool; and an electronic processor coupled to the sensor and configured to receive an input signal from the sensor indicating the amount of vibration; characterized by a wireless communication controller configured to communicate with an external device; wherein the electronic processor is coupled to the wireless communication controller and to the inductor, the electronic processor configured to receive, from the external device via the wireless communication controller, a specified sensitivity for the vibration control, generate a control signal based on the input signal and the specified sensitivity, and provide the control signal to the inductor to control the magnetic field 715, 720) to provide the vibration control. a housing; a motor within the housing, wherein the motor includes a rotor and a stator and the rotor is coupled to a drive mechanism to produce an output; a magnetically susceptible fluid (288, 702) located within the housing; an inductor within the housing and configured to introduce a magnetic field (715, 720) to the magnetically susceptible fluid (288, 702) to provide vibration control; a sensor configured to indicate an amount of vibration experienced by the power tool; and an electronic processor coupled to the sensor and configured to receive an input signal from the sensor indicating the amount of vibration; characterized by a wireless communication controller configured to communicate with an external device; wherein the electronic processor is coupled to the wireless communication controller and to the inductor, the electronic processor configured to receive, from the external device via the wireless communication controller, a specified sensitivity for the vibration control, generate a control signal based on the input signal and the specified sensitivity, and provide the control signal to the inductor to control the magnetic field 715, 720) to provide the vibration control. receive, from the external device via the wireless communication controller, a specified sensitivity for the vibration control, generate a control signal based on the input signal and the specified sensitivity, and provide the control signal to the inductor to control the magnetic field 715, 720) to provide the vibration control.
. A method for mitigating power failures in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: responsive to a determination that a primary power supply for a base station in the wireless communication network has failed or is predicted to fail, and initiating deployment of an unmanned aerial vehicle (108; 600) to the base station to charge one or more batteries coupled to the base station, wherein the one or more batteries provide a secondary power supply for the base station, the method characterized by further comprising: determining a predicted duration of the failure of the primary power supply, wherein the step of initiating deployment of an unmanned aerial vehicle (108; 600) is further responsive to a determination that the one or more batteries are unable to power the base station for the predicted duration of the failure of the primary power supply. responsive to a determination that a primary power supply for a base station in the wireless communication network has failed or is predicted to fail, and initiating deployment of an unmanned aerial vehicle (108; 600) to the base station to charge one or more batteries coupled to the base station, wherein the one or more batteries provide a secondary power supply for the base station,
A jaw crusher retraction assembly comprising: a base mountable to a frame part of a jaw crusher; a first boss separated from the base and a second boss separated from the first boss, the second boss positionable furthest from a movable jaw of the jaw crusher relative to the first boss and the base; at least one resiliently biased component mounted to extend between and to resiliently bias separation of the first boss and the base; a first and second retraction rod mounted at respective first ends to the second boss and extending past the first boss and the base for attachment at each respective second ends to the movable jaw; charachterised in that: a cylinder having a barrel, a cylinder rod and a piston mounted to couple and act between the first boss and second boss; the barrel is mounted to extend from the first boss in a direction towards the base and one end of the cylinder rod is positioned at the second boss such that the cylinder rod extends from the barrel and between the first boss and the second boss. a base mountable to a frame part of a jaw crusher; a first boss separated from the base and a second boss separated from the first boss, the second boss positionable furthest from a movable jaw of the jaw crusher relative to the first boss and the base; at least one resiliently biased component mounted to extend between and to resiliently bias separation of the first boss and the base; a first and second retraction rod mounted at respective first ends to the second boss and extending past the first boss and the base for attachment at each respective second ends to the movable jaw; charachterised in that: a cylinder having a barrel, a cylinder rod and a piston mounted to couple and act between the first boss and second boss; the barrel is mounted to extend from the first boss in a direction towards the base and one end of the cylinder rod is positioned at the second boss such that the cylinder rod extends from the barrel and between the first boss and the second boss. a cylinder having a barrel, a cylinder rod and a piston mounted to couple and act between the first boss and second boss; the barrel is mounted to extend from the first boss in a direction towards the base and one end of the cylinder rod is positioned at the second boss such that the cylinder rod extends from the barrel and between the first boss and the second boss.
Centrifugal mixer of foodstuffs suitable for realizing an homogeneous mixture of a solid portion in the form of powders or flours with a liquid portion, said mixer comprising: - a mixing shaft having an axis provided with a plurality of mixing vanes; - a cylinder for housing, at least partially, said mixing shaft provided, at a first end, with at least an inlet of said solid portion and with at least an inlet of said liquid portion, and at a second end with an outlet opening for said mixture; - said at least an inlet for said solid portion being substantially placed at said mixing shaft and said at least an inlet of said liquid portion being placed in an intermediate position between said at least an inlet of said solid portion and the internal wall of said cylinder; being moreover provided with means for nebulizing said liquid portion arranged in said cylinder; said nebulizing means are placed directly facing said at least an inlet of said liquid portion in a position more external from said axis with respect to said at least an inlet of said solid portion, said centrifugal mixer comprising at least two inlets of said liquid portion placed in an intermediate position between said at least an inlet of said solid portion and the internal wall of said cylinder, said nebulizing means being placed directly facing said at least two inlets of said liquid portion along a circular ring centered on said shaft and outside said at least an inlet of said solid portion, said nebulizing means comprising a plurality of rotating nebulizing vanes placed directly facing said at least two inlets of said liquid portion, characterized in that said nebulizing vanes are supported by a common base ring. - a mixing shaft having an axis provided with a plurality of mixing vanes; - a cylinder for housing, at least partially, said mixing shaft provided, at a first end, with at least an inlet of said solid portion and with at least an inlet of said liquid portion, and at a second end with an outlet opening for said mixture; - said at least an inlet for said solid portion being substantially placed at said mixing shaft and said at least an inlet of said liquid portion being placed in an intermediate position between said at least an inlet of said solid portion and the internal wall of said cylinder;
An electrical switching unit for an electrical switchgear, in particular for the medium voltage range, having a voltage transformer terminal retained on a housing, which terminal is connectable to a bus bar, accommodated in the housing, or is switching to ground, wherein a contact rail is provided, which is guided in a guide part connected to the voltage transformer terminal, and wherein the contact rail is displaceable into a first position, in which it is connected to the bus bar, and into a second position, in which it is connected to the grounded housing, characterized in that the guide part is in two-dimensional contact with an electrical contact of the voltage transformer terminal by means of a connector.
An optical supercontinuum system comprising an optical fibre and a feeding unit wherein said feeding unit is a pulsed pump light source and is adapted to feed said fibre with pulses with a peak power density within said fibre equal to or higher than 100 W/μm 2, wherein said optical fibre comprises a core and a cladding comprising a core material and a cladding material, respectively, wherein said fibre is a non-linear microstructured optical fibre, wherein at least a part of the core being of silica and wherein said microstructured optical fibre comprises hydrogen and/or deuterium chemically_bound to said core material.
Method for controlling a motor drive for adjusting the pitch of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein a sudden change in the speed or RPM setpoint value is smoothed with the aid of a tuned jerk function or a linear reference variable filter (Input Shaper) such that oscillation of the dominating natural frequencies of the rotor blade does not result, characterised in that the pitch drive is actuated as a function of dynamically changing resonant frequencies of the rotor blade.
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate, the system comprising: at least one heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heater, wherein the at least one heater comprises one or more electrically conductive tracks on an electrically insulating substrate, wherein the electrically insulating substrate is formed from polyimide and is tubular, and further comprising a thermally insulating material for insulating the at least one heater, wherein the thermally insulating material comprises a metal.
A computer-implemented method of database high availability for online transaction processing, the method comprising: receiving, by a first container database management system, through a first network connection to a second container database management system, live redo data of a primary instance of a first pluggable database; applying, by the first container database management system to a standby instance of said first pluggable database, the live redo data of the primary instance of the first pluggable database; receiving, by the first container database management system, through a second network connection to a third container database management system, live redo data of a primary instance of a second pluggable database; and applying, by the first container database management system to a standby instance of said second pluggable database, the live redo data of the primary instance of said second pluggable database. receiving, by a first container database management system, through a first network connection to a second container database management system, live redo data of a primary instance of a first pluggable database; applying, by the first container database management system to a standby instance of said first pluggable database, the live redo data of the primary instance of the first pluggable database; receiving, by the first container database management system, through a second network connection to a third container database management system, live redo data of a primary instance of a second pluggable database; and applying, by the first container database management system to a standby instance of said second pluggable database, the live redo data of the primary instance of said second pluggable database.
Method for the finish-machining of circumferential surfaces of rotationally symmetrical workpiece portions on workpieces, in the case of which, during the machining of a circumferential surface, a finishing tool (100, 500) is pressed by way of a pressure-exerting force, in a pressure-exerting direction, onto the circumferential surface which is to be machined and, for material-removal purposes, the workpiece is rotated about a workpiece axis and an oscillating relative movement is generated between the finishing tool and the workpiece, wherein, in order to generate the oscillating relative movement, the finishing tool is moved back and forth along an oscillation direction running perpendicularly to the pressure-exerting direction with a predeterminable oscillation-stroke length and oscillation frequency; the oscillation movement is accompanied by a linear movement of the finishing tool over a linear-stroke length, said linear movement running parallel to the workpiece axis, and the linear movement and the oscillation movement are accompanied by a pivoting movement of the finishing tool about a pivot axis running perpendicularly to the workpiece axis and to the pressure-exerting direction, wherein a pivoting position of the finishing tool is controlled in dependence on an axial position of the linear movement such that in an end phase of a linear stroke, a leading, front end portion of the finishing tool, as seen in the movement direction of the linear movement, is located closer to the workpiece axis, and/or is pressed onto the circumferential surface by way of a higher local pressure-exerting force, than a trailing, rear end portion, wherein the finish-machining generates, by varying a surface-line shape which results from prior machining, a circumferential portion which has a fully crowned, a cylindrical crowned or a cylindrical logarithmic axial geometry.
A sheet-like material comprising a nonwoven fabric containing ultrafine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 0.3 to 7 μm, and an elastomer, and having nap on a surface, wherein the elastomer has a porous structure, and the porous structure has a proportion of micropores with a pore size of 0.1 to 20 μm of 60% or more in all pores, wherein the elastomer is a polyurethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 30,000 to 150,000.
A process for the recovery of one or more steviol glycosides from a steviol glycoside-containing fermentation broth, which process comprises (a) providing a steviol glycoside-containing fermentation broth and a solvent; (b) providing an adsorbent resin; (c) providing an elution solvent; (d) contacting the adsorbent resin with the liquid phase or broth and elution solvent so that at least a portion of the non-steviol glycoside components adsorbs onto the adsorbent enriching the glycoside solution in steviol glycosides and resulting in the formation of a purified steviol glycoside composition that is eluted from the adsorbent along with the elution solvent; and (e) optionally, desorbing the non-steviol glycoside components from the adsorbent, thereby to recover one or more steviol glycosides from the fermentation broth containing one or more steviol glycosides, wherein the elution solvent comprises 50% weight or less ethanol; and 50% weight or greater water; and wherein the adsorbent resin is a polystyrene-divinylbenzene resin. (a) providing a steviol glycoside-containing fermentation broth and a solvent; (b) providing an adsorbent resin; (c) providing an elution solvent; (d) contacting the adsorbent resin with the liquid phase or broth and elution solvent so that at least a portion of the non-steviol glycoside components adsorbs onto the adsorbent enriching the glycoside solution in steviol glycosides and resulting in the formation of a purified steviol glycoside composition that is eluted from the adsorbent along with the elution solvent; and (e) optionally, desorbing the non-steviol glycoside components from the adsorbent, thereby to recover one or more steviol glycosides from the fermentation broth containing one or more steviol glycosides,
Variable nozzle mechanism (10, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80) for changing a flow speed of fluid into a turbine rotor by rotating vanes to change a vane angle, comprising: a drive ring (14, 31, 41, 61, 71) that is supported by a mount secured to a bearing housing configured to support the turbine rotor and that rotates relative to the mount when a driving force is applied to the drive ring, and that comprises an inner rim, a plurality of notches provided in a circumferential direction at the inner rim and inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) located between the notches; while some inner circumferential surfaces abut against portion of an outer circumferential surface of the mount, characterized in that: among the inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) located between the notches, an inner diameter of those inner circumferential surfaces (14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) in a region where a contact load with the outer circumferential surface would tend to become large when a driving force for rotating the drive ring (14, 31, 41, 61, 71) is applied is larger than an inner diameter of the other inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d), in a manner that those inner circumferential surfaces (14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) do not to contact with the outer circumferential surface. a drive ring (14, 31, 41, 61, 71) that is supported by a mount secured to a bearing housing configured to support the turbine rotor and that rotates relative to the mount when a driving force is applied to the drive ring, and that comprises an inner rim, a plurality of notches provided in a circumferential direction at the inner rim and inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) located between the notches; while some inner circumferential surfaces abut against portion of an outer circumferential surface of the mount, characterized in that: among the inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) located between the notches, an inner diameter of those inner circumferential surfaces (14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) in a region where a contact load with the outer circumferential surface would tend to become large when a driving force for rotating the drive ring (14, 31, 41, 61, 71) is applied is larger than an inner diameter of the other inner circumferential surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d), in a manner that those inner circumferential surfaces (14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) do not to contact with the outer circumferential surface.