mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus for conveying a substrate, the apparatus comprising a rail-like first travel path having a longitudinal extension and a first travel unit adapted to perform a movement relative to the first travel path along the longitudinal extension of the first travel path, wherein the first travel path and the first travel unit are adapted to cooperate in such a way that the movement of the first travel unit is effected due to a magnetic interaction between the first travel path and the first travel unit, and wherein the first travelling unit comprises a first holding unit which is designed to assume an open and a closed state, wherein in the open state a portion of the substrate can be inserted into the first holding unit and in the closed state the portion is held by the first holding unit, wherein the device further comprises a second rail-like travelling section with a longitudinal extension and a second travelling unit, which is designed to carry out a movement relative to the second travel path along the longitudinal extent of the second travel path, the second travel path and the second travel unit being designed to interact in such a way that the movement of the second travel unit is effected on the basis of a magnetic interaction between the second travel path and the second travel unit, the second travel unit having a second holding unit which is designed for this purpose, to assume an open and a closed state, wherein in the open state a second portion of the substrate can be inserted into the holding unit and in the closed state the second portion is held by the second holding unit, characterized in that the device comprises a vacuum support arranged relative to the traveling units such that the traveling units can pull the substrate over the vacuum support.
A process for detection and optional quantification of the antibody trastuzumab in a biological sample, wherein the biological sample comprises an extracellular domain of HER-2 (HER-2-ECD) as an interfering substance and HER-2-ECD is capable of forming a complex with the antibody trastuzumab, the process comprising (a) providing a citrate buffer to the biological sample, the citrate buffer comprising sodium citrate, citric acid, polysorbate-20 and HCl, having a pH from 2.5 to 3.8, wherein the citrate buffer comprises citrate-HCl at a concentration of about 125 mM and polysorbate-20 at a concentration of about 0.1% w/v, and (b) carrying out an assay for said detection and optional quantification of the analyte within the biological sample. (a) providing a citrate buffer to the biological sample, the citrate buffer comprising sodium citrate, citric acid, polysorbate-20 and HCl, having a pH from 2.5 to 3.8, wherein the citrate buffer comprises citrate-HCl at a concentration of about 125 mM and polysorbate-20 at a concentration of about 0.1% w/v, and (b) carrying out an assay for said detection and optional quantification of the analyte within the biological sample.
A method for arranging a plurality of articles being moved in at least one mass flow (M1, M2), in which method articles that are formed identically in respect of an allocation feature (A, B, C) are fed to a separate buffer station (P1, P2, P3) from the at least one mass flow (M1, M2) and are stored in the buffer station (P1, P2, P3), wherein a specified compilation (Z1, Z2) of articles is formed, for which specified compilation (Z1, Z2) stored articles are removed from one or more of the buffer stations (P1, P2, P3) in consideration of the specified compilation (Z1, Z2) and are forwarded and/or guided on to a treatment station in a defined sequence and/or arrangement, characterised in that a signal is output to a processing station (14, 14', 14") arranged upstream of the buffer stations (P1, P2, P3) and/or to a manufacturing station arranged upstream of the buffer stations (P1, P2, P3) upon falling below a certain number of articles stored in one or more buffer stations (P1, P2, P3), which processing station (14, 14', 14") and/or manufacturing station then guides on the articles having the allocation feature (A, B, C) intended for the respective buffer station (P1, P2, P3) via the mass flow (M1, M2) to the respective buffer station (P1, P2, P3).
An assistance system for adjusting the force required to be provided by a user to open and/or close a vertically-hinged door of a vehicle, the system comprising: at least one sensor configured to measure at least one vehicle parameter; and an actuator configured to adjust the force required to open and/or close the door, wherein the system comprises a control means configured to control the actuator to adjust the force required to open and/or close the door in dependence on said vehicle parameter, characterised in that: the at least one sensor comprises a mass sensor and the at least one vehicle parameter comprises the current mass of at least a portion of the door. at least one sensor configured to measure at least one vehicle parameter; and an actuator configured to adjust the force required to open and/or close the door, wherein the system comprises a control means configured to control the actuator to adjust the force required to open and/or close the door in dependence on said vehicle parameter,
A bumper including an impact sensor consisting of an elastically deformable hose including a cavity and at least one pressure sensor for measuring the pressure change within the cavity of the hose, wherein the hose has an inner diameter of between 2.5 and 6 millimetres and an outer diameter of less than 12 millimetres, wherein the deformable hose is arranged within the bumper, in the direction of the impact, behind a damping body in a gap of the damping body and, in the direction of the impact, between the damping body and a cross-beam, so that the hose is pressed against the cross-beam in case of an impact.
A tire mold comprising a tread mold portion which is divided in a tire circumferential direction into a plurality of mold segments, each mold segment having transverse edges (19, 21) and being movable in a respective operation direction between (i) an opened position, in which the mold segments are spaced from each other, and (ii) a closed position, in which two neighboring mold segments are in contact with each other by one of their transverse edges (19, 21), each of the mold segments comprising a plurality of blades for molding laterally extending sipes on a tire tread surface; wherein at least a first one of said mold segments has laterally extending blades located at a first transverse edge, and at least a second one of said mold segments neighboring said first one of said mold segments has laterally extending blades located at a second transverse edge adjacent to the first transverse edge of the first one of said mold segments, characterized in that said laterally extending blades located at the first transverse edge of the first one of said mold segments interlock between the laterally extending blades located at the second transverse edge of the second one of said mold segments when the mold segments are in the closed position.
A method of culturing and maintaining pluripotent cells in a stabilized pluripotent state, comprising plating the pluripotent cells on a cell culture surface, providing a basal salt nutrient solution to the pluripotent cells and providing a means for stimulating ErbB2-directed tyrosine kinase activity in the pluripotent cells, wherein the means for stimulating ErbB2-directed tyrosine kinase activity comprises a ligand that specifically binds ErbB3.
A Fatty Acid Synthase inhibitor for use in the treatment of early-onset Parkinson's disease patients, wherein said inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of an siRNA directed against FAS, an artificial microRNA directed against FAS, an antisense molecule directed against FAS, and a ribozyme directed against FAS.
An apparatus, configured to be positioned between oppositely disposed first and second sides (155a, 155b) of an aircraft clevis comprising a longitudinal axis located between the two opposite sides, the longitudinal axis being parallel to the two opposite sides (155a, 155b), the apparatus being operable to prevent a slider positioned within the aircraft clevis, and along the longitudinal axis, from contacting the aircraft clevis, the apparatus comprising a first member and a second member, the first member and the second member each positioned on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis being parallel to at least a portion of the first member and the second member and being positioned between the first member and the second member, the first member and the second member being interconnected at a first end, the first member and the second member forming an opening at a second end opposite to the first end, the opening configured to receive the slider; a first upper prong protruding upward from a top portion of the first member and inward towards the longitudinal axis; a second upper prong protruding upward from a top portion of the second member and inward towards the longitudinal axis; a first lower prong protruding downward from a bottom portion of the first member and inward towards the longitudinal axis; and a second lower prong protruding downward from a bottom portion of the second member and inward towards the longitudinal axis; wherein: at least a portion of the first member is for coupling to a first side of the aircraft clevis and at least a portion of the second member is for coupling to the second side of the aircraft clevis; at least a portion of each of the upper and lower prongs (340a-340d) are for contacting the slider. at least a portion of the first member is for coupling to a first side of the aircraft clevis and at least a portion of the second member is for coupling to the second side of the aircraft clevis; at least a portion of each of the upper and lower prongs (340a-340d) are for contacting the slider.
A display device, comprising: - a transparent substrate, and - a first transparent electrode layer arranged on an upper side of the substrate and a second transparent electrode layer arranged on a lower side of the substrate, - wherein the first electrode layer forms a segment array, which is subdivided into a variety of electrode segments and these electrode segments are coupled to each other in such a way that a variety of electrode groups (Z1..Z5; S1..S9) is formed, characterized by - a control circuit, which is designed in such a way that it can be switched to a first and to a second operating mode, wherein in the first operating mode the electrode segments are used for contact detection and in the second operating mode of the second transparent electrode layer a signal for generating an alternating field in an area in front of the display device is supplied and at least two electrode groups (Z1..Z5; S1..S9) are selected, which are used to detect a non-contact position or motion detection of a finger of the user in the area in front of the display device. - a transparent substrate, and - a first transparent electrode layer arranged on an upper side of the substrate and a second transparent electrode layer arranged on a lower side of the substrate, - wherein the first electrode layer forms a segment array, which is subdivided into a variety of electrode segments and these electrode segments are coupled to each other in such a way that a variety of electrode groups (Z1..Z5; S1..S9) is formed, - a control circuit, which is designed in such a way that it can be switched to a first and to a second operating mode, wherein in the first operating mode the electrode segments are used for contact detection and in the second operating mode of the second transparent electrode layer a signal for generating an alternating field in an area in front of the display device is supplied and at least two electrode groups (Z1..Z5; S1..S9) are selected, which are used to detect a non-contact position or motion detection of a finger of the user in the area in front of the display device.
A continuous annealing furnace for a steel strip comprising a heating zone, a soaking zone and a cooling zone disposed in this order and configured to transport the steel strip in upward and/or downward directions, a joint connecting the soaking zone and the cooling zone being disposed at an upper portion of the furnace, the heating zone and the soaking zone having no partition wall therebetween, the furnace being a vertical annealing furnace and being configured such that an atmosphere gas is supplied from outside the furnace into the furnace, the gas in the furnace is discharged through a steel strip inlet at a lower portion of the heating zone while part of the gas in the furnace is suctioned and introduced into a refiner equipped with an oxygen removal device and a dehumidifier (35, 36) to lower the dew point by the removal of oxygen and water in the gas, the refiner being disposed outside the furnace, and the gas with the lowered dew point is returned into the furnace, the furnace having furnace-to-refiner gas suction openings (22a-22e) disposed in a lower portion of the joint between the soaking zone and the cooling zone and at least one of in the heating zone and the soaking zone, the heating zone being free from any gas suction openings in a region extending 6 m in a vertical direction and 3 m in a furnace length direction both from the steel strip inlet at a lower portion of the heating zone, the furnace having refiner-to-furnace gas ejection openings (23a-23e) disposed in a region in the joint between the soaking zone and the cooling zone, the region being located above the pass line in the joint, and in a region in the heating zone, the region being located above a position 2 m below the center of upper hearth rolls in the vertical direction, wherein the refiner-to-furnace gas ejection openings (23a-23d) disposed in the region above a position 2 m below the center of upper hearth rolls in the heating zone in the vertical direction have an ejection width WO satisfying WO/W > 1/4 wherein W is the furnace width of the heating zone plus the soaking zone, the ejection width W0 of the gas ejection openings being defined as the distance in the furnace length direction between the most upstream gas ejection opening and the most downstream gas ejection opening in the heating zone, and wherein the furnace-to-refiner gas suction openings (22a-22d) are disposed in a plurality of positions in the heating zone and/or the soaking zone, and the furnace has dew point detection units (24, 25) of dew point meters disposed in the vicinity of the gas suction openings in the plurality of positions, the dew point detection units (24, 25) being configured to detect the dew points of the gas in the furnace.
A method for producing a biaryl compound represented by the formula Ar-Ar wherein Ar represents an aromatic group which can have a substituent, comprising conducting a coupling reaction of a compound represented by the formula Ar-Cl wherein Ar represents the same meaning as defined above, in the presence of copper metal and a copper salt.
A skin treatment device, comprising a housing with a handle section, a disc-shaped skin treatment element, a drive mechanism incorporated in said housing and coupled to said skin treatment element for driving said skin treatment element into rotational movement about a rotational axis, wherein said skin treatment element has a first skin treatment surface and a second skin treatment surface, said first skin treatment surface being provided on a main side of the disc-shaped skin treatment element and having an average orientation perpendicular with respect to said rotational axis, said second skin treatment surface being oriented radially with respect to said rotational axis and extending along a circumference of the skin treatment element, wherein said first skin treatment surface is formed and intended to effect a skin treatment by a first surface characteristic and said second skin treatment surface is formed and intended to effect a skin treatment by a second surface characteristic, wherein said first surface characteristic and said second surface characteristic are adapted and intended to effect a skin treatment, characterized in that said first surface characteristic is different from said second surface characteristic. a housing with a handle section, a disc-shaped skin treatment element, a drive mechanism incorporated in said housing and coupled to said skin treatment element for driving said skin treatment element into rotational movement about a rotational axis, wherein said skin treatment element has a first skin treatment surface and a second skin treatment surface, said first skin treatment surface being provided on a main side of the disc-shaped skin treatment element and having an average orientation perpendicular with respect to said rotational axis, said second skin treatment surface being oriented radially with respect to said rotational axis and extending along a circumference of the skin treatment element, wherein said first skin treatment surface is formed and intended to effect a skin treatment by a first surface characteristic and said second skin treatment surface is formed and intended to effect a skin treatment by a second surface characteristic, wherein said first surface characteristic and said second surface characteristic are adapted and intended to effect a skin treatment,
A method for generating a mouse embryo, comprising: (a) introducing a mouse donor cell into a pre-morula host mouse embryo, wherein the donor cells comprise ES cells or ES-like cells from an inbred mouse; and (b) culturing the pre-morula host mouse embryo of (a) to the blastocyst stage, wherein at least 90% of the cells of a mouse that develops from the blastocyst are derived from the donor cells. (a) introducing a mouse donor cell into a pre-morula host mouse embryo, wherein the donor cells comprise ES cells or ES-like cells from an inbred mouse; and (b) culturing the pre-morula host mouse embryo of (a) to the blastocyst stage,
A method for producing a Fe-Cr alloy sheet, comprising: rolling a slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.020 % or less, Si: 0.01 % to 1.5 %, Mn: 1.0 % or less, P: 0.040 % or less, S: 0.010 % or less, Cr: 16.0 % to 30.0 %, Al: 2.0 % to 6.5 %, N: 0.020 % or less, and Ni: 0.50 % or less, and optionally one or more of Ti: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, Zr: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, Hf: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, REM: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, Cu: 0.01 % to 0.10 %, Nb: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, V: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, Mo: 0.01 % to 6.0 %, W: 0.01 % to 6.0 %, B: 0.0001 % to 0.0050 %, Ca: 0.0002 % to 0.0100 %, and Mg: 0.0002 % to 0.0100 %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities to obtain a sheet material having a final sheet thickness of 200 μm or less; subjecting the sheet material to siliconizing treatment by a thermal CVD method to obtain a Fe-Cr alloy sheet having a Si content of more than 1.5 mass% and 10.0 mass% or less and satisfying the following formula: 14.0 ≤ % Si + 1.15 × % Al + 0.35 × % Cr where %Si, %Al, and %Cr indicate a Si content, an Al content, and a Cr content, by mass%, respectively in the chemical composition of the Fe-Cr alloy sheet. rolling a slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.020 % or less, Si: 0.01 % to 1.5 %, Mn: 1.0 % or less, P: 0.040 % or less, S: 0.010 % or less, Cr: 16.0 % to 30.0 %, Al: 2.0 % to 6.5 %, N: 0.020 % or less, and Ni: 0.50 % or less, and optionally one or more of Ti: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, Zr: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, Hf: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, REM: 0.01 % to 0.20 %, Cu: 0.01 % to 0.10 %, Nb: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, V: 0.01 % to 0.50 %, Mo: 0.01 % to 6.0 %, W: 0.01 % to 6.0 %, B: 0.0001 % to 0.0050 %, Ca: 0.0002 % to 0.0100 %, and Mg: 0.0002 % to 0.0100 %, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities to obtain a sheet material having a final sheet thickness of 200 μm or less; subjecting the sheet material to siliconizing treatment by a thermal CVD method to obtain a Fe-Cr alloy sheet having a Si content of more than 1.5 mass% and 10.0 mass% or less and satisfying the following formula: 14.0 ≤ % Si + 1.15 × % Al + 0.35 × % Cr where %Si, %Al, and %Cr indicate a Si content, an Al content, and a Cr content, by mass%, respectively in the chemical composition of the Fe-Cr alloy sheet.
Solid electrolyte for an alkali metal solid state battery, characterized in that the solid electrolyte comprises a mixture of two different alkali metal conducting salts and a semi-interpenetrating network (sIPN) of a crosslinked and a non-crosslinked polymer, wherein the semi-interpenetrating network comprises greater than or equal to 50 wt.-% and less than or equal to 80 wt.-% of a non-crosslinked polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polycarbonate, polycaprolactone, chain end modified derivatives of these polymers, or mixtures of at least two components thereof; and greater than or equal to 10 wt.-% and less than or equal to 50 wt.-% of a polycarbonate of crosslinkable polyalkyl carbonate monomers having a carbon number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 15 based on the single monomer as the crosslinked polymer, wherein the single polyalkyl carbonate monomer may be substituted or unsubstituted and comprises two crosslinkable groups selected from the group consisting of acrylic, methacrylic, epoxy, vinyl, isocyanide or mixtures of two different groups thereof. the solid electrolyte comprises a mixture of two different alkali metal conducting salts and a semi-interpenetrating network (sIPN) of a crosslinked and a non-crosslinked polymer, wherein the semi-interpenetrating network comprises greater than or equal to 50 wt.-% and less than or equal to 80 wt.-% of a non-crosslinked polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polycarbonate, polycaprolactone, chain end modified derivatives of these polymers, or mixtures of at least two components thereof; and greater than or equal to 10 wt.-% and less than or equal to 50 wt.-% of a polycarbonate of crosslinkable polyalkyl carbonate monomers having a carbon number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 15 based on the single monomer as the crosslinked polymer, wherein the single polyalkyl carbonate monomer may be substituted or unsubstituted and comprises two crosslinkable groups selected from the group consisting of acrylic, methacrylic, epoxy, vinyl, isocyanide or mixtures of two different groups thereof.
A combined high voltage discharging and grounding device for discharging and grounding at least one capacitor, comprising a discharging unit with a first electric contact and a first counter-contact, a grounding unit with a second electric contact and a second counter contact, wherein the first electric contact and the second electric contact are provided on a movable member which is movable by way of a drive along a path of movement from an open position to a close position and vice versa, wherein the first electric contact is offset by a first distance extending in the direction of the path of movement with respect to the second contact such that an electric contact between the first electric contact and the first counter-contact is established in an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position of the movable member when closing the discharging and grounding device in an operating state of the discharging and grounding device while the second electric contact is electrically still disconnected from the second counter contact, characterized in that the movable member is coupled to the drive by a gear mechanism comprising a toggle lever which is shaped such that a speed of the movable member decreases progressively when passing the intermediate position from an open position an moving towards a closed position.