mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for the post-treatment of exhaust gases intended to be fitted to an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine equipping a motor vehicle, the engine of the vehicle being able to admit an air/fuel mixture near stoichiometry or enriched with fuel, the system including: - a main catalytic device for converting pollutants emitted by the engine following the combustion of an air/fuel mixture near stoichiometry, - an additional catalytic device for converting unburnt hydrocarbons following the combustion of an air/fuel mixture enriched with fuel, characterized in that it further includes: - a unit for managing the temperature of the additional device as a function of the ageing status thereof, increasing the temperature of this additional device to a temperature equal to or greater than an optimum efficiency temperature that is a function of the ageing status thereof. - a main catalytic device for converting pollutants emitted by the engine following the combustion of an air/fuel mixture near stoichiometry, - an additional catalytic device for converting unburnt hydrocarbons following the combustion of an air/fuel mixture enriched with fuel, - a unit for managing the temperature of the additional device as a function of the ageing status thereof, increasing the temperature of this additional device to a temperature equal to or greater than an optimum efficiency temperature that is a function of the ageing status thereof.
A variable angle locking system comprising: a humeral component having an underside at least partially defined by a cavity; a humeral stem couplable to the humeral component; a first washer defining a first through-hole; an adaptor including a shelf portion having an arcuate inner wall partially defining a second through-hole, and an elongated fixation peg, wherein the shelf portion is adapted to be received by the cavity of the humeral component; a spring washer positioned between the first washer and the elongated fixation peg, the spring washer defining a third through-hole; and a screw including a head portion having helical threads and an elongated shaft portion extending from the head portion, wherein the screw is configured to be inserted into a threaded opening of the fixation peg and the fixation peg is configured to be received by the arcuate inner wall partially defining the second through-hole of the shelf portion; characterized in that: the first washer includes a threaded portion; and the screw is configured to lock the humeral component to the humeral stem at more than one angle relative to a common axis defined by the first, second and third through-holes. a humeral component having an underside at least partially defined by a cavity; a humeral stem couplable to the humeral component; a first washer defining a first through-hole; an adaptor including a shelf portion having an arcuate inner wall partially defining a second through-hole, and an elongated fixation peg, wherein the shelf portion is adapted to be received by the cavity of the humeral component; a spring washer positioned between the first washer and the elongated fixation peg, the spring washer defining a third through-hole; and a screw including a head portion having helical threads and an elongated shaft portion extending from the head portion, wherein the screw is configured to be inserted into a threaded opening of the fixation peg and the fixation peg is configured to be received by the arcuate inner wall partially defining the second through-hole of the shelf portion; characterized in that: the first washer includes a threaded portion; and the screw is configured to lock the humeral component to the humeral stem at more than one angle relative to a common axis defined by the first, second and third through-holes. the first washer includes a threaded portion; and the screw is configured to lock the humeral component to the humeral stem at more than one angle relative to a common axis defined by the first, second and third through-holes.
A device for testing an earth connection that is isolated from a mains electricity supply, the device comprising means for electrically connecting the device to the earth connection, means for electrically connecting the device to an electrically conductive item having a capacitance relative to an adjacent surface of the earth that is within a pre-determined range of capacitances, means for generating an AC signal and delivering the AC signal to the electrically conductive item, and means for determining whether the resistance between the earth connection and earth reference potential is less than a maximum earth resistance value by comparing the frequency of the generated AC signal with a pre-determined range of frequencies.
An order-picking system (5; 14) for picking articles stored in a racking into conveyor pockets having a plurality of racking spaces of the racking that are arranged in racking rows and/or racking levels for storing the articles and having a suspended conveyor technique for transporting conveyor pockets and having a picking station (9; 15) according to the good-to-person principle, at which a number of articles predetermined by a controlling computer may be picked into conveyor pockets, characterized in that the racking is configured modular in the form of independent individual racks, and that there is provided at least one transport robot controlled by the controlling computer or being autonomous, which is configured to move underneath an individual rack and/or a transport trolley and to transport the individual rack and/or the transport trolley to the picking station (9; 15), if at least one article stored in the individual rack and/or one article pre-picked from the racking into the transport trolley is to be picked at the picking station into a conveyor pocket, wherein there are provided at least two picking stations (9; 15), and that there is provided an individual rack transport path between the two picking stations (9; 15) in order to transport the individual rack and/or the transport trolley using the transport robot from the one picking station (9; 15) to the second picking station (9; 15).
Combing device for combing a fibrous material which is supplied to a nipper assembly that is supported in a machine frame and has a lower and an upper nipper plate (2, 3), the upper nipper plate being movably supported with respect to the lower nipper plate so as to form a nlp point, and being acted on by a load device (B1, B2) so as to produce a clamping force, and is provided with a feed means for supplying the fibrous material to the nip point of the nipper assembly, below which is associated a combing cylinder which is rotatably supported in the machine frame and provided with at least one combing segment on its periphery, and having a detaching means which is associated with the nipper assembly, characterized In that the load device is composed of bellows cylinders (B1, B2) which may be acted on by compressed air via a compressed air source, and which at one end are directly or indirectly supported on the machine frame, and which at the other end are supported on elements (4a, 4b, 28) connected to the upper nipper plate.
A biopsy device comprising a shaft and a tubular member (20, 30), wherein the shaft is movably accommodated within the tubular member, wherein the shaft comprises a spiral at a distal end portion of the shaft, wherein the spiral is formed by a twisted sheet, characterised in that the biopsy device further comprises a blade with a cutting edge, with the blade being laterally attached to outer edges of two adjacent windings of a thread of the spiral.
Catalyst containing active elements including copper deposited on an alumina, said alumina containing at least 0.03 g of titanium, expressed in metal form, per kg of alumina, characterized in that the alumina results from the calcination of an aluminum hydrate and in that the titanium has been introduced in one of the steps of the aluminum hydrate production.
A method of cooling a weld seam of a resistance butt-welded steel strip after joining two ends (3, 4) by welding, wherein the ends (3, 4) are ends (3, 4) of the steel strip or ends of two individual parts of the steel strip, wherein the cooling is controlled and differs from a natural cooling behaviour of the weld seam at ambient temperature, wherein a current i 2 is passed through the weld seam during the cooling, characterised in that the current i 2 is set as follows: - an actual temperature distribution within the weld seam is monitored, - in the event of temperature deviations, the ohmic resistance value at the points of the weld seam with a temperature difference outside a defined range is determined by means of a table, - the temperature difference is used to determine the energy required to equalise the temperature, - the required energy is used to calculate the required current i2. - an actual temperature distribution within the weld seam is monitored, - in the event of temperature deviations, the ohmic resistance value at the points of the weld seam with a temperature difference outside a defined range is determined by means of a table, - the temperature difference is used to determine the energy required to equalise the temperature, - the required energy is used to calculate the required current i2.
A method for manufacturing a smart card which has a contactless interface and an interface with contacts, comprising the steps of: - producing a first layer of a card body to be manufactured; - during the producing of the card body to be manufactured, arranging at least some portions of an electrical assembly at the first layer, wherein the electrical assembly comprises a chip module having electrical contact surfaces, and at least one wireless transceiver means electrically connectable thereto, wherein the chip module is positioned at a predefined location with respect to the outer edge of the first layer; - producing at least one further layer on the first layer so as to complete the card body, and in such a manner that the transceiver means is completely embedded in the card body and so that the contact surfaces of the chip module are freely accessible for an external contact-type connection, wherein the layers (20a, 20b) forming the card body are produced using a 3D printing process. - producing a first layer of a card body to be manufactured; - during the producing of the card body to be manufactured, arranging at least some portions of an electrical assembly at the first layer, wherein the electrical assembly comprises a chip module having electrical contact surfaces, and at least one wireless transceiver means electrically connectable thereto, wherein the chip module is positioned at a predefined location with respect to the outer edge of the first layer; - producing at least one further layer on the first layer so as to complete the card body, and in such a manner that the transceiver means is completely embedded in the card body and so that the contact surfaces of the chip module are freely accessible for an external contact-type connection, wherein the layers (20a, 20b) forming the card body are produced using a 3D printing process.
A method of controlling a switched-mode power supply, the power supply comprising a switching circuit for receiving a supply voltage and outputting a switched voltage, and a converter circuit coupled to said switching circuit (Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6) and driven by said switched voltage to produce a required output voltage, the method comprising the steps of: providing a driving signal to said switching circuit to regulate the switching frequency of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6), and applying a spread spectrum modulation to said driving signal to reduce electromagnetic interference in the power supply, wherein said step of applying a spread spectrum modulation to said driving signal comprises the steps of: (i) generating a first pseudo random number; (ii) selecting a frequency value based on said pseudo random number; (iii) providing a driving signal having said selected frequency value; and (v) repeating steps (ii)-(iv) in a main loop cycle for the duration of operation of the switching circuit. wherein the method further comprises the steps of: monitoring the supply voltage to said switching circuit during operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6), and stopping the operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6) if said monitored supply voltage falls below an operational voltage threshold value. providing a driving signal to said switching circuit to regulate the switching frequency of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6), and applying a spread spectrum modulation to said driving signal to reduce electromagnetic interference in the power supply, wherein said step of applying a spread spectrum modulation to said driving signal comprises the steps of: (i) generating a first pseudo random number; (ii) selecting a frequency value based on said pseudo random number; (iii) providing a driving signal having said selected frequency value; and (v) repeating steps (ii)-(iv) in a main loop cycle for the duration of operation of the switching circuit. (i) generating a first pseudo random number; (ii) selecting a frequency value based on said pseudo random number; (iii) providing a driving signal having said selected frequency value; and (v) repeating steps (ii)-(iv) in a main loop cycle for the duration of operation of the switching circuit. wherein the method further comprises the steps of: monitoring the supply voltage to said switching circuit during operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6), and stopping the operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6) if said monitored supply voltage falls below an operational voltage threshold value. monitoring the supply voltage to said switching circuit during operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6), and stopping the operation of said switching circuit (Q1,Q2 Q3,Q4,Q5,Q6) if said monitored supply voltage falls below an operational voltage threshold value.
Device for conveying a profiled strip in a guided manner in the longitudinal direction, comprising a conveyor, which receives the profiled strip, and comprising pressing rollers which press the profiled strip against the conveyor, characterised in that the device has lateral guides for the profiled strip which are adjustable transversely with respect to the conveyor, and in that the conveyor is arranged between two longitudinal edge supports for the profiled strip which are each adjustable perpendicularly with respect to the bearing surface thereof.
An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding fVIII of SEQ ID NO: 123, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encoding the fVIII is liver codon optimized, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encoding the fVIII is at least 90% identical to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12, and wherein the nucleic acid sequence encoding the fVIII results in increased expression over a non-liver codon optimized sequence encoding the fVIII.
A method comprising: transmitting, by a base station to a user equipment, UE, one or more physical downlink shared channels, PDSCHs, in respective one or more transmission time intervals, TTIs, wherein the one or more PDSCHs are scheduled by a downlink control information, DCI, format that includes a field and is transmitted by the base station in a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, in a first TTI, wherein, when the DCI format schedules only one PDSCH transmission to the UE in the first TTI, a value of the field indicates a number of DCI formats that the base station transmits to the UE in a set of TTIs, and wherein, when the DCI format schedules multiple PDSCH transmissions to the UE in respective multiple TTIs, a value of the field indicates a number of the multiple TTIs in which the base station transmits multiple respective PDSCHs to the UE. transmitting, by a base station to a user equipment, UE, one or more physical downlink shared channels, PDSCHs, in respective one or more transmission time intervals, TTIs, wherein the one or more PDSCHs are scheduled by a downlink control information, DCI, format that includes a field and is transmitted by the base station in a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, in a first TTI, wherein, when the DCI format schedules only one PDSCH transmission to the UE in the first TTI, a value of the field indicates a number of DCI formats that the base station transmits to the UE in a set of TTIs, and wherein, when the DCI format schedules multiple PDSCH transmissions to the UE in respective multiple TTIs, a value of the field indicates a number of the multiple TTIs in which the base station transmits multiple respective PDSCHs to the UE.
A measuring system for a probe, especially one for measuring dielectric properties, configured to be used in devices for measuring properties of dielectric constant changes in human or animal tissues, wherein the system comprises a microwave resonance circuit placed on a dielectric substrate and shaped in the form of a three-stage resonator composed of three segments of striplines with impedances different in each of the segments, and arranged with respect to each other in such a way that the first segment is perpendicular to the second segment, which in turn is perpendicular to the third segment, wherein the three segments (3A, 3B, 3C) are arranged in the shape of the letter U and wherein the three stripline segments of the probe measuring system have different values of their complex impedances which are selected such that a resonance frequency in the range from 2.5 GHz to 3.5 GHz is obtained, the system further comprising rows of grommets with metallized surfaces, connecting the surfaces located on both sides of the dielectric substrate and constituting the probe's earth, wherein the grommets are arranged annularly around the microwave resonance circuit and wherein one surface of the dielectric substrate is coppered and the measuring system is supplied with a microwave signal from this side by means of a coaxial connector of SMB type, wherein the coaxial connector is mounted on the circular substrate in such a way that its sting is insulated from the copper coat and connected with the microwave resonance circuit located on the other side of the circular substrate.
A precipitation-hardened, martensitic, cast stainless steel having excellent machinability, which has a composition consisting of, by mass, 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of -0.2 ≤ 9 (C% + 0.86N%) - Nb% ≤ 1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities; wherein the structure of said cast stainless steel has Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix. 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of -0.2 ≤ 9 (C% + 0.86N%) - Nb% ≤ 1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities; wherein the structure of said cast stainless steel has Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix.
Use of a solid catalyst for a dehydration reaction for producing a dianhydrosugar alcohol from a sugar alcohol, comprising an H-type β zeolite having an atomic composition ratio of Si to Al (Si/Al) in the range of 20 < Si/AI ratio ≤ 100.
Method for detecting C. perfringens induced diseases in an avian flock, the method comprising: a) collecting sample material of the avian flock at consecutive points in time; b) determining the amount of a first marker and a second marker contained in the sample material; and c) determining the ratio of the first marker to the second marker contained in the sample material; wherein the first marker comprises a polynucleotide sequence being specific for the C. perfringens sub-species inducing the targeted disease; and the second marker comprises a polynucleotide being specific for the species C. perfringens; and wherein an increase in the ratio of the first marker to the second marker in the analyzed sample material over time is an indication of the targeted disease. a) collecting sample material of the avian flock at consecutive points in time; b) determining the amount of a first marker and a second marker contained in the sample material; and c) determining the ratio of the first marker to the second marker contained in the sample material; wherein the first marker comprises a polynucleotide sequence being specific for the C. perfringens sub-species inducing the targeted disease; and the second marker comprises a polynucleotide being specific for the species C. perfringens; and wherein an increase in the ratio of the first marker to the second marker in the analyzed sample material over time is an indication of the targeted disease.
Stack of a plurality of patch modules of the same type, each with a plurality of patch points for fiber optic cable management and with an upwardly open storage compartment (13, 19) for a dust protection cap, which is provided for unused patch points, wherein the patch modules each contain such a storage compartment (13, 19) and at least one dust protection cap for a patch point is provided and is deposited in such a storage compartment (13, 19), wherein the patch modules are each designed to be pivotable about a pivot axis between a swung-out position with accessible patch points and a swung-in position, the patch modules each having the storage compartment (13, 19) provided at a corner opposite the pivot axis and adjacent to the patch points, and wherein in each of the patch modules the pivot axis can be selectably attached to one of two corners; characterized in that in the patch modules, a part (14, 18) containing the storage compartment (13, 19) can be exchanged for a part (6, 17) containing the pivot axis when the pivot axis is changed. wherein the patch modules each contain such a storage compartment (13, 19) and at least one dust protection cap for a patch point is provided and is deposited in such a storage compartment (13, 19), wherein the patch modules are each designed to be pivotable about a pivot axis between a swung-out position with accessible patch points and a swung-in position, the patch modules each having the storage compartment (13, 19) provided at a corner opposite the pivot axis and adjacent to the patch points, and wherein in each of the patch modules the pivot axis can be selectably attached to one of two corners; characterized in that in the patch modules, a part (14, 18) containing the storage compartment (13, 19) can be exchanged for a part (6, 17) containing the pivot axis when the pivot axis is changed.