mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A solid-state image pickup element comprising: a pixel having a plurality of protrusions formed on a light-receiving surface; a light-receiving-surface-sided trench being a trench formed around the pixel at the light-receiving surface; a light-receiving-surface-sided member buried in the light-receiving-surface-sided trench; an opposed-surface-sided trench formed at an opposed surface opposed to the light-receiving surface of a substrate having the pixel (340; 350) formed; and characterised by an opposed-surface-sided member buried in the opposed-surface-sided trench, wherein the opposed-surface-sided member includes a member lower in refractive index than the pixel (340; 350), and wherein the opposed-surface-sided trench is formed at a center portion of the pixel. a pixel having a plurality of protrusions formed on a light-receiving surface; a light-receiving-surface-sided trench being a trench formed around the pixel at the light-receiving surface; a light-receiving-surface-sided member buried in the light-receiving-surface-sided trench; an opposed-surface-sided trench formed at an opposed surface opposed to the light-receiving surface of a substrate having the pixel (340; 350) formed; and characterised by an opposed-surface-sided member buried in the opposed-surface-sided trench, wherein the opposed-surface-sided member includes a member lower in refractive index than the pixel (340; 350), and wherein the opposed-surface-sided trench is formed at a center portion of the pixel.
Method for monitoring the dynamics of gas sensors of an internal combustion engine, wherein, depending on the geometry, measurement principle, ageing or soiling, the gas sensors have a low-pass behaviour which is described by a cut-off frequency of the exhaust gas probe, wherein, if the gas state variable to be measured changes, the dynamics are diagnosed on the basis of a comparison of a modelled signal and a measured signal, and wherein the measured signal is an actual value of an output signal from the gas sensor and the modelled signal is a model value, wherein the output signal from the gas sensor is filtered using a suitable high-pass filter (23, 33) which is described by the cut-off frequency (T F) of a first-order high-pass filter, and, if the gas state variable to be measured changes, higher-frequency signal components are evaluated, and there is a loss of dynamics if the cut-off frequency of the exhaust gas probe falls below the cut-off frequency (T F) of the first-order high-pass filter, wherein, if an air/fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture supplied to the internal combustion engine changes, the dynamics of the gas sensor are diagnosed, and, in the event of this change in the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine, higher-frequency signal components are evaluated, wherein the higher-frequency signal components of the gas sensor are compared with correspondingly high-pass-filtered output signals from a model of the gas sensor and the dynamics of the gas sensor are inferred on the basis of the comparison, wherein both the higher-frequency signal components of the gas sensor and those of the model are squared and integrated and are used to calculate higher-frequency energy components, and these energy components are then related and the dynamic behaviour of the gas sensor is inferred on the basis of the energy ratio (36.1) calculated in this manner.
An arrangement with an instrument for preparing or for inserting an implant, in particular a dental implant, containing a template which can be placed on a bone or membrane surrounding it, in particular mucous membrane, wherein the template or a first sleeve disposed in the template comprises a through recess through which at least part of the instrument can pass, characterized in that an axially displaceable second sleeve is disposed on the instrument which, in a basic position, is axially fixed with a predetermined retaining force by means of automatically releasable connecting elements (14, 16) configured as interlocking latching elements, in that the second sleeve exhibits a contact surface which, with the template and/or the first sleeve, can be brought into a position whereby the retaining force can be exceeded upon contact with the template and/or the first sleeve, in that the connecting elements (14, 16) are automatically releasable when the retaining force is exceeded and the second sleeve is axially displaceable on the instrument, and in that the instrument together with the axially fixed second sleeve can be inserted into the through recess and be guided and/or orientated in the template via the exterior surface of the second sleeve which is adapted to the interior surface of the recess.
A heat exchanger arrangement for a gas turbine, comprising: a heat exchange body; a first fluid path extending through the heat exchange body; a second fluid path extending through the heat exchange body in thermal communication with the first fluid path and fluidly isolated from the first fluid path; a bypass path external of the heat exchange body and fluidly connected in parallel with the first fluid path; and a control module operably connected to the bypass path and configured to control flow rate of fluids traversing the first fluid path and the second fluid path; characterized in that the bypass path is a first bypass path and by further comprising a second bypass path, wherein the second bypass path is external of the heat exchange body and is fluidly connected in parallel with the second fluid path, and wherein the control module is operably connected to the first bypass path and the second bypass path to control flow rate of fluids traversing the first fluid path and the second fluid path. a heat exchange body; a first fluid path extending through the heat exchange body; a second fluid path extending through the heat exchange body in thermal communication with the first fluid path and fluidly isolated from the first fluid path; a bypass path external of the heat exchange body and fluidly connected in parallel with the first fluid path; and a control module operably connected to the bypass path and configured to control flow rate of fluids traversing the first fluid path and the second fluid path; characterized in that the bypass path is a first bypass path and by further comprising a second bypass path, wherein the second bypass path is external of the heat exchange body and is fluidly connected in parallel with the second fluid path, and wherein the control module is operably connected to the first bypass path and the second bypass path to control flow rate of fluids traversing the first fluid path and the second fluid path.
A method for the expression of high yields of active TNF receptor family member-Ig fusion proteins and minimizing expression of inactive TNF receptor family member-Ig fusion proteins, wherein the active TNF receptor family member-Ig fusion proteins bind ligand with high affinity, comprising culturing a mammalian host cell transformed with DNA molecule encoding a desired TNF receptor family member-Ig fusion protein in a mammalian cell culture system having a temperature of 27°C to 32°C.
Anti-panic lock adapted to doors that comprises at least one lever that may be operated by a cylinder, a latch that may be operated by a first handle arranged on one side of the door or by a second handle arranged on the opposite side of the door, means for transmitting the movement associated to the cylinder or the corresponding handle towards the latch or towards the lever, the transmission means comprising a first pusher adapted to rotate when operated by the first handle, a second pusher adapted to rotate when operated by the second handle, and at least one slide member that moves when it is operated by the first pusher or by the second pusher, and anti-panic release means that, when operated by the handles, act on the transmission means and release the lever, the anti-panic release means being arranged inserted in the slide member, projecting out from one of the surfaces (30a,60a) corresponding to the slide member, with the result that only the pusher (20,21) that is arranged facing the surface (30a,60a) from which the anti-panic release means project operates the anti-panic release means, wherein the anti-panic release means comprise a sleeve that is arranged inserted in the slide member, and a positioning member inserted in a movable manner in the sleeve characterised in that the sleeve includes an internal groove in which is housed an elastic means, and the positioning member comprises an external first groove and an external second groove, with the result that the elastic means inserted in the inner groove is housed tightly and selectively in one of the external grooves (76a,76b).
An evacuation system for an aircraft, comprising: an inflatable tube; and a control circuit comprising a power source, a pressure switch, and an electrical switch, the evacuation system configured to inflate the inflatable tube in response to both the pressure switch and the electrical switch being in a closed state, the pressure switch configured to open in response to being exposed to a pressure at or exceeding a pressure threshold, the evacuation system configured to reduce a pressure output to the inflatable tube in response to the pressure switch being open; characterized in that: the pressure switch is a mechanical pressure switch comprising a micro-switch and a pressure sensing element in the form of a membrane or a piston, and the mechanical pressure switch is configured to passively control a pressure of a fluid being dispensed in the inflatable device. an inflatable tube; and a control circuit comprising a power source, a pressure switch, and an electrical switch, the evacuation system configured to inflate the inflatable tube in response to both the pressure switch and the electrical switch being in a closed state, the pressure switch configured to open in response to being exposed to a pressure at or exceeding a pressure threshold, the evacuation system configured to reduce a pressure output to the inflatable tube in response to the pressure switch being open; characterized in that: the pressure switch is a mechanical pressure switch comprising a micro-switch and a pressure sensing element in the form of a membrane or a piston, and the mechanical pressure switch is configured to passively control a pressure of a fluid being dispensed in the inflatable device. the pressure switch is a mechanical pressure switch comprising a micro-switch and a pressure sensing element in the form of a membrane or a piston, and the mechanical pressure switch is configured to passively control a pressure of a fluid being dispensed in the inflatable device.
A light deflecting device comprising: a rotary polyhedron that is a regular polygon when viewed in an axial center direction; and a cover that covers the rotary polyhedron, wherein the cover includes: an opening facing a peripheral surface of the rotary polyhedron, wherein the rotary polyhedron is configured to deflect and scan light beam which is incident on the peripheral surface thereof to an object to be irradiated through the opening while rotating about an axial center thereof, characterised in that when an opening angle of the opening centered on the axial center of the rotary polyhedron is θ and n is set as a natural number smaller than a number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron, θ satisfies Equations and below at any height of the opening, θ> 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 0.83 θ< 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 1.17 a rotary polyhedron that is a regular polygon when viewed in an axial center direction; and a cover that covers the rotary polyhedron, wherein the cover includes: an opening facing a peripheral surface of the rotary polyhedron, wherein the rotary polyhedron is configured to deflect and scan light beam which is incident on the peripheral surface thereof to an object to be irradiated through the opening while rotating about an axial center thereof, characterised in that when an opening angle of the opening centered on the axial center of the rotary polyhedron is θ and n is set as a natural number smaller than a number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron, θ satisfies Equations and below at any height of the opening, θ> 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 0.83 θ< 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 1.17 an opening facing a peripheral surface of the rotary polyhedron, wherein the rotary polyhedron is configured to deflect and scan light beam which is incident on the peripheral surface thereof to an object to be irradiated through the opening while rotating about an axial center thereof, characterised in that when an opening angle of the opening centered on the axial center of the rotary polyhedron is θ and n is set as a natural number smaller than a number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron, θ satisfies Equations and below at any height of the opening, θ> 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 0.83 θ< 360 ° / the number of surfaces of the rotary polyhedron 63 × n × 1.17
A subsea anchoring assembly, comprising: an anchor; a locking head for connection of a mooring line to the anchor; and a socket provided on the anchor and having a seat adapted to receive and seat the locking head within the socket; the socket having a neck provided with a guide device (23a, 23b) to direct the locking head into alignment with the socket; wherein the locking head and the socket can move between a first configuration in which the locking head and the socket are separate, and a second configuration in which the locking head and the socket are locked together; characterised in that the anchor comprises a recess and a locking member, and the head comprises a latching device comprising a spigot adapted to engage in the recess and to be locked in the recess by the locking member; and in that the locking member permits the spigot to move into the recess, but restricts or prevents movement of the spigot out of the recess. an anchor; a locking head for connection of a mooring line to the anchor; and a socket provided on the anchor and having a seat adapted to receive and seat the locking head within the socket; the socket having a neck provided with a guide device (23a, 23b) to direct the locking head into alignment with the socket; wherein the locking head and the socket can move between a first configuration in which the locking head and the socket are separate, and a second configuration in which the locking head and the socket are locked together; characterised in that the anchor comprises a recess and a locking member, and the head comprises a latching device comprising a spigot adapted to engage in the recess and to be locked in the recess by the locking member; and in that the locking member permits the spigot to move into the recess, but restricts or prevents movement of the spigot out of the recess.
A method of designing customized brackets for an individual patient using a computer, the method comprises the steps of: - providing a library of virtual bracket bodies and virtual bracket bonding pads stored on a computer; and - selecting a bonding pad and a bracket body for a particular tooth of the patient. - providing a library of virtual bracket bodies and virtual bracket bonding pads stored on a computer; and - selecting a bonding pad and a bracket body for a particular tooth of the patient.
A part made of a composite material, having at least one outer face, for an aircraft turbojet engine nacelle, including: - a fibrous preform including fiber rovings and having a surface (s) delimiting depressions between fiber rovings, the depressions being depressions on a macroscopic scale with a height comprised between one and two times the height of a fiber roving, - a covering material which at least partially covers the surface (s) of the preform and in particular the depressions, - a matrix which binds entirely the covering material and the fibrous preform, characterized in that the covering material is an unwoven fibrous mat including at least one fiber extending substantially parallel to the outer face of the part and above at least one depression between at least two fiber rovings of the preform, and wherein the outer face is smooth. - a fibrous preform including fiber rovings and having a surface (s) delimiting depressions between fiber rovings, the depressions being depressions on a macroscopic scale with a height comprised between one and two times the height of a fiber roving, - a covering material which at least partially covers the surface (s) of the preform and in particular the depressions, - a matrix which binds entirely the covering material and the fibrous preform,
A process for preparing a feedstock with a plurality of polyaryletherketone, PAEK, particles for selective laser sintering, each of the plurality of PAEK particles within one of a plurality of particle size ranges, the process comprising the steps of: determining a particle size distribution of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock based on respective numbers of the plurality of PAEK particles within each of the plurality of particle size ranges; identifying one or more of the plurality of particle size ranges having a depressed melting temperature relative to the average melting temperature of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock, and reducing the respective numbers of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock within one or more of the plurality of particle size ranges having a depressed melting temperature relative to the average melting temperature of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock based on the particle size distribution determination. determining a particle size distribution of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock based on respective numbers of the plurality of PAEK particles within each of the plurality of particle size ranges; identifying one or more of the plurality of particle size ranges having a depressed melting temperature relative to the average melting temperature of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock, and reducing the respective numbers of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock within one or more of the plurality of particle size ranges having a depressed melting temperature relative to the average melting temperature of the plurality of PAEK particles in the feedstock based on the particle size distribution determination.
Transfer film, in particular recyclable transfer film, having a carrier film and a transfer ply arranged at least partially on the carrier film, wherein a detachment layer is arranged between the carrier film and the transfer ply, characterised in that the transfer ply has an alkali-soluble top coat, wherein the top coat is arranged on the detachment layer, and the top coat comprises at least 40% to 100% binder or binder mixture that is at least 50% soluble in an alkaline washing liquid, in particular lye or alkaline solution, with a pH value of greater than 8.5.
Industrial truck having a driver's workstation which is formed by a driver's platform for a standing operator and is arranged on a drive part of the industrial truck in the longitudinal direction of the industrial truck between a battery compartment for a traction battery and a vertical rear wall of the drive part, wherein the driver's platform is suspended on the drive part so as to be movable in a vertical direction by means of a parallelogram suspension, and the driver's platform is supported on the drive part by means of a spring-damper device which comprises at least one spring element (12; 12a, 12b) and a damper element, characterized in that the at least one spring element (12; 12a, 12b) of the spring-damper device is arranged above the driver's platform in the vertical direction and has a horizontal actuating direction oriented in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
A disposable fluid circuit (700, 800) for peritoneal dialysis, comprising: a plurality of fluid lines (714, 715, 718, 720, 722, 724, 806) and a manifold (702, 704, 812A, 812B) with two manifold parts connecting the fluid lines and allowing flow between any of the respective lines; an empty batch container and concentrate containers (760, 762) interconnected by the fluid lines (714, 715, 718, 720, 722, 724, 806) and the manifold (702, 704, 812A, 812B); and a pump tubing segment (706, 816) arranged to interconnect the two manifold parts of the manifold for flow therethrough the fluid circuit (700, 800) being configured to be actuated by a predefined fluid management system to define multiple flow paths therewithin; said fluid circuit (700, 800) further having a port with a connector for a patient access; the concentrate containers (760, 762) being prefilled with concentrate. a plurality of fluid lines (714, 715, 718, 720, 722, 724, 806) and a manifold (702, 704, 812A, 812B) with two manifold parts connecting the fluid lines and allowing flow between any of the respective lines; an empty batch container and concentrate containers (760, 762) interconnected by the fluid lines (714, 715, 718, 720, 722, 724, 806) and the manifold (702, 704, 812A, 812B); and a pump tubing segment (706, 816) arranged to interconnect the two manifold parts of the manifold for flow therethrough the fluid circuit (700, 800) being configured to be actuated by a predefined fluid management system to define multiple flow paths therewithin; said fluid circuit (700, 800) further having a port with a connector for a patient access; the concentrate containers (760, 762) being prefilled with concentrate.
A method for isolating substantially pure and undegraded RNA from a test sample containing RNA, comprising: (a) contacting a pellet obtained from a stabilized sample comprising tetradecyl-trimethylammonium oxalate and tartaric acid with a Solubilization Solution before it is contacted in step (b) with a lysis solution, said Solubilization Solution comprising a buffer at a pH between about 7 and 9, a base and an amphiphillic reagent; (b) contacting the sample with a Lysis Solution buffered at a pH of greater than about 7 to create an isolation sample, wherein the Lysis Solution comprises a Lithium salt at a concentration between 3 and 10 M, a buffer and an amphiphilic reagent; (c) contacting the isolation sample to a solid support such that nucleic acids comprising substantially undegraded RNA in the isolation sample bind to the solid support; (d) washing the solid support with one or more Wash Solutions to remove materials other than bound nucleic acids comprising substantially undegraded RNA; and (e) eluting the bound substantially undegraded RNAfrom the solid support in order to obtain substantially pure and undegraded RNA. (a) contacting a pellet obtained from a stabilized sample comprising tetradecyl-trimethylammonium oxalate and tartaric acid with a Solubilization Solution before it is contacted in step (b) with a lysis solution, said Solubilization Solution comprising a buffer at a pH between about 7 and 9, a base and an amphiphillic reagent; (b) contacting the sample with a Lysis Solution buffered at a pH of greater than about 7 to create an isolation sample, wherein the Lysis Solution comprises a Lithium salt at a concentration between 3 and 10 M, a buffer and an amphiphilic reagent; (c) contacting the isolation sample to a solid support such that nucleic acids comprising substantially undegraded RNA in the isolation sample bind to the solid support; (d) washing the solid support with one or more Wash Solutions to remove materials other than bound nucleic acids comprising substantially undegraded RNA; and (e) eluting the bound substantially undegraded RNAfrom the solid support in order to obtain substantially pure and undegraded RNA.