mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of moving an elongate member along a predetermined axis (A-A) for the introduction or withdrawal thereof to or from a free body, the method including: providing a platform structure built comprising a number of support towers which supports an elongate guide surface comprising a flat planar load-supporting surface extending parallel to said predetermined axis (A-A); providing a plurality of support elements each comprising at least one load-supporting pad that, in use, engage and are slidable along said flat planar load-supporting surface; supporting said elongate member on said support elements so that at least a major portion of the mass is supported thereby; providing a winch and a winch cable attached thereto; causing said elongate member and said support elements to move along said predetermined axis, via the winch cable; wherein the support elements are dismantleable, characterised in that said load-supporting pads are of low friction material, such that they are slidable on said elongate guide surface in a direction parallel to said predetermined axis (A-A); the method further including: connecting the forwardmost support element to the winch cable; interconnecting the said support elements by flexible and adjustable tie elements; and dismantling the leading said support element, leaving the elongate member supported at least partially by the remaining elements, such that when the elongate member is supported by a series of three or more said supporting elements, one of said supporting elements of the series is dismantled to leave the elongate member supported in alignment with said predetermined axis (A-A) by the remaining support elements. providing a platform structure built comprising a number of support towers which supports an elongate guide surface comprising a flat planar load-supporting surface extending parallel to said predetermined axis (A-A); providing a plurality of support elements each comprising at least one load-supporting pad that, in use, engage and are slidable along said flat planar load-supporting surface; supporting said elongate member on said support elements so that at least a major portion of the mass is supported thereby; providing a winch and a winch cable attached thereto; causing said elongate member and said support elements to move along said predetermined axis, via the winch cable; wherein the support elements are dismantleable, characterised in that said load-supporting pads are of low friction material, such that they are slidable on said elongate guide surface in a direction parallel to said predetermined axis (A-A); connecting the forwardmost support element to the winch cable; interconnecting the said support elements by flexible and adjustable tie elements; and dismantling the leading said support element, leaving the elongate member supported at least partially by the remaining elements, such that when the elongate member is supported by a series of three or more said supporting elements, one of said supporting elements of the series is dismantled to leave the elongate member supported in alignment with said predetermined axis (A-A) by the remaining support elements.
A DC interrupting device comprising: a main current conduction unit including a main interrupting switch, which is a mechanical switch; a reverse current power supply unit connected to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit and configured to generate a predetermined reverse current; and a reverse current conduction unit (300, 400) configured to supply the reverse current to an output terminal of the main current conduction unit, wherein the reverse current power supply unit comprises: a first reverse current dedicated capacitor (221, 231) charged by a voltage applied to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit; a polarity reversing inductor configured to reverse a polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor; and wherein the reverse current is a current discharged from the first reverse current dedicated capacitor in a polarity reverse state; the DC interrupting device being characterized in that it further comprises a reverse current power supply unit switch configured to perform circuit connection such that the polarity reversing inductor reverses the polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor, whereby the reverse current conduction unit (300, 400) comprises a first conduction unit switch (311, 411) for performing a circuit connection such that the reverse current is supplied to an output terminal of the main current conduction unit after the reverse current power supply unit switch is separated. a main current conduction unit including a main interrupting switch, which is a mechanical switch; a reverse current power supply unit connected to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit and configured to generate a predetermined reverse current; and a reverse current conduction unit (300, 400) configured to supply the reverse current to an output terminal of the main current conduction unit, wherein the reverse current power supply unit comprises: a first reverse current dedicated capacitor (221, 231) charged by a voltage applied to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit; a polarity reversing inductor configured to reverse a polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor; and a first reverse current dedicated capacitor (221, 231) charged by a voltage applied to an input terminal of the main current conduction unit; a polarity reversing inductor configured to reverse a polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor; and wherein the reverse current is a current discharged from the first reverse current dedicated capacitor in a polarity reverse state; the DC interrupting device being characterized in that it further comprises a reverse current power supply unit switch configured to perform circuit connection such that the polarity reversing inductor reverses the polarity of the first reverse current dedicated capacitor, whereby the reverse current conduction unit (300, 400) comprises a first conduction unit switch (311, 411) for performing a circuit connection such that the reverse current is supplied to an output terminal of the main current conduction unit after the reverse current power supply unit switch is separated.
An aerosol-generating device, comprising: a housing, the housing defining a mouthpiece end, a distal end, a sidewall between the mouthpiece end and the distal end, and a chamber within the housing, the chamber being adapted to receive a liquid container, wherein the housing comprises retention means adapted to retain the liquid container within the housing, the retention means comprising a magnetic retention mechanism wherein the retention means is positioned within the chamber and further comprises a radial push-type retention system; and a power source positioned within the housing; wherein the sidewall of the housing defines an insertion window through which the liquid container can be positioned inside the chamber. a housing, the housing defining a mouthpiece end, a distal end, a sidewall between the mouthpiece end and the distal end, and a chamber within the housing, the chamber being adapted to receive a liquid container, wherein the housing comprises retention means adapted to retain the liquid container within the housing, the retention means comprising a magnetic retention mechanism wherein the retention means is positioned within the chamber and further comprises a radial push-type retention system; and a power source positioned within the housing; wherein the sidewall of the housing defines an insertion window through which the liquid container can be positioned inside the chamber.
Imaging optical system for a projection exposure system with - at least one anamorphically imaging projection lens system (26, 27), - wherein the at least one projection lens system (26, 27) has sign-identical imaging scales in a direction of two principal planes, - wherein the at least one projection lens system (26, 27) comprises at least four mirrors, characterised by a first imaging scale in a first direction and a second imaging scale in a second direction, the second imaging scale being at least one and a half times as large as the first imaging scale. - at least one anamorphically imaging projection lens system (26, 27), - wherein the at least one projection lens system (26, 27) has sign-identical imaging scales in a direction of two principal planes, - wherein the at least one projection lens system (26, 27) comprises at least four mirrors,
A galvanic cell having a lithium metal or an alloy containing a lithium metal as anode material, characterised in that said galvanic cell has an electrolyte containing lithium bis(oxalato)borate and also at least one further lithium complex salt of formulae I and/or II in an aprotic solvent or solvent blend, wherein the proportion of compound and/or in the conducting salt is 0.01 to 20 mol%, and X, Y and Z in the formulae (I, II) is a bridge which is connected to the boron or phosphorus atom by two oxygen atoms and is selected from or where Y 1 and Y 2 together denote O, n = 0 and Y 3 and Y 4 are independently of each other H or an alkyl radical having 1 to 5 C atoms, or Y 1, Y 2, Y 3, Y 4 are each independently of one another OR (where R = alkyl radical having 1 to 5 C atoms), H or an alkyl radical R 1, R 2 having 1 to 5 C atoms, and where n = O or 1, wherein only fluorine-free materials are contained in the electrolyte.
Ultrasound transducer with at least one piezoelectric oscillator, a damping compound and two electrically conductive conducting elements (106, 107) that are in contact with the piezoelectric oscillator, wherein the damping compound encloses the conducting elements (106, 107), and the composite structure of the conducting elements (106, 107) and of the damping compound is designed such that the composite structure is in contact over an area with the piezoelectric oscillator, and forms a support on the side of the ultrasound transducer that faces away from the piezoelectric oscillator on which the ultrasound transducer can be supported, wherein the conducting elements (106, 107) are designed as helical springs, and wherein the conducting elements (106, 107) are each in contact with the piezoelectric oscillator at one end.
An implantable neural stimulation device comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer, a drug and a silicone surface, characterised in that the PHA polymer has a weight average molecular weight between 50,000 and 1,200,000 relative to polystyrene controls, and the PHA polymer and drug are coated onto a plasma-activated silicone surface such that the PHA polymer coating imparts lubricity to the device during implantation.
A process for regenerating a liquid absorbent, comprising: contacting the liquid absorbent with a hydrophobic medium, wherein the liquid absorbent comprises at least one amine of Formula and degradation product thereof comprising at least one imine of Formula: wherein each Ar is independently an aromatic group and each R is independently selected from hydrogen, an organyl group and NH 2; and selectively extracting the degradation product into or through the hydrophobic medium. contacting the liquid absorbent with a hydrophobic medium, wherein the liquid absorbent comprises at least one amine of Formula and degradation product thereof comprising at least one imine of Formula: wherein each Ar is independently an aromatic group and each R is independently selected from hydrogen, an organyl group and NH 2; and selectively extracting the degradation product into or through the hydrophobic medium.
A double ended power door opener 54 comprising a power actuator 12 having a front side 56 and a rear side 58, an actuator shaft 20 extendable from the front side 56 of the power actuator 12, the actuator shaft 20 being movable between a closed position and an extended position wherein the actuator shaft 20 is extended outwardly and an electric motor 16 adapted to move the actuator shaft 20 between its closed and extended positions, a movable push plate 34 affixed to the actuator shaft 20, the movable push plate 34 having a movable tapered pry member 42 extending outwardly therefrom, an extension 60 removably affixed to the rear side 58 of the power actuator 12 extending outwardly from the rear side 58 of the actuator 12, the extension 60 having a distal end wherein the distal end of the extension 60 and movable push plate 34 are moved apart by the outwardly extending movement of the actuator shaft 20, wherein the extension 60 is selected from a plurality of extensions 60, each having a different length.
An oligonucleotide of at least 18 sequential nucleotides in length derived from the sequence of SEQ ID NOs:9, 10, 11 or 12, or the complement of SEQ ID NOs:9, 10, 11, or 12 and flanking the base pair polymorphisms 24d1, as shown in SEQ ID NO:29 or SEQ ID NO:30, and/or 24d2, as shown in SEQ ID NO:41 or SEQ ID NO:42.
A filter element (1, 10), in particular for filtering air for the interior space of a motor vehicle, with a zigzag folded pleated pack and at least one end element folded in parallel to the pleats of the pleated pack, the end element comprising a first leg which is arranged perpendicular to a flow passage direction (A 1, A 2) of the filter element, a second leg and a third leg, wherein the legs (3, 4, 5) are delimited by folding edges (6, 7) of the end element, wherein the third leg protrudes laterally away from the filter element (1, 10) for forming a lateral sealing and an end fold section of the pleated pack is glued to the second leg of the end element and a first folding of the end element forms the folding edge between the first leg and the second leg, and a second folding of the end element having an opposite orientation with respect to the first folding forms the folding edge between the second leg and the third leg, wherein the filter element (1, 10) further comprises a lateral strip which is mounted as one piece on several transversely cut pleats of the pleated pack, and wherein the first leg of the end element is supported by an edge of the lateral strip, wherein the lateral strip and the first leg of the end element form a robust frame around the pleated pack.
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a face image, which is an image including a face of a person; a lip extracting unit configured to extract a lip region, which is a region corresponding to a lip, from the face image; a representative-color determining unit configured to determine a representative color of the lip on the basis of pixels included in the lip region; a value acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each pixel included in the face image, a first value representing a proximity to the lip region and a second value correlated to similarity of a color to the representative color; a lip-correction-map generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of distributions of the first values and the second values, a lip correction map representing a distribution of weights used in correcting a color of the lip included in the face image; and an image correcting unit configured to correct the color of the lip included in the face image using the lip correction map; wherein each of the second values is a value obtained by multiplying the similarity of the color to the representative color by a predetermined weight, and the predetermined weight increases as an intensity of a component of red of a target pixel increases. an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a face image, which is an image including a face of a person; a lip extracting unit configured to extract a lip region, which is a region corresponding to a lip, from the face image; a representative-color determining unit configured to determine a representative color of the lip on the basis of pixels included in the lip region; a value acquiring unit configured to acquire, for each pixel included in the face image, a first value representing a proximity to the lip region and a second value correlated to similarity of a color to the representative color; a lip-correction-map generating unit configured to generate, on the basis of distributions of the first values and the second values, a lip correction map representing a distribution of weights used in correcting a color of the lip included in the face image; and an image correcting unit configured to correct the color of the lip included in the face image using the lip correction map; wherein each of the second values is a value obtained by multiplying the similarity of the color to the representative color by a predetermined weight, and the predetermined weight increases as an intensity of a component of red of a target pixel increases.
RFID card protection apparatus, comprising: - an antenna adapted to receive energy from a RF signal emitted by a card reader, said RF signal having a narrow band spectrum at the carrier frequency; - an energy storage element coupled with the antenna for storing energy received by the antenna; and - a jamming circuit having an input port and an output port and generating a modulation signal at a subcarrier frequency output from the output port, wherein the jamming circuit is supplied with energy from the energy storage element by the input port coupled with the energy storage element; - wherein the output port is coupled with the antenna such that the modulation signal generated by the jamming circuit modulates the signal induced in and transmitted by the antenna and generates a jamming signal having an upper bandwidth at the carrier frequency plus subcarrier frequency and/or lower bandwidth at the carrier frequency minus subcarrier frequency; characterized by a first switching element for alternatingly activating the jamming signal emitted by the antenna and for alternatingly switching the energy absorbed by the antenna to the energy storage element. - an antenna adapted to receive energy from a RF signal emitted by a card reader, said RF signal having a narrow band spectrum at the carrier frequency; - an energy storage element coupled with the antenna for storing energy received by the antenna; and - a jamming circuit having an input port and an output port and generating a modulation signal at a subcarrier frequency output from the output port, wherein the jamming circuit is supplied with energy from the energy storage element by the input port coupled with the energy storage element; - wherein the output port is coupled with the antenna such that the modulation signal generated by the jamming circuit modulates the signal induced in and transmitted by the antenna and generates a jamming signal having an upper bandwidth at the carrier frequency plus subcarrier frequency and/or lower bandwidth at the carrier frequency minus subcarrier frequency;
A wall assembly (60, 62) for a gas turbine engine, the wall assembly comprising: a liner panel (72, 74); a support shell (68, 70) with a contoured region to define at least one convergent passage between the support shell (68, 70) and the liner panel (72, 74); and a multiple of heat transfer augmentors that extend from the liner panel (72, 74) toward the support shell (68, 70), characterized in that each of the multiple of heat transfer augmentors defining a height that corresponds with the contoured region; wherein said wall assembly further comprises: an intermediate rail that extends from the liner panel (72, 74) toward the support shell (68, 70), the multiple of heat transfer augmentors decreasing in height with respect to a distance from the intermediate rail. a liner panel (72, 74); a support shell (68, 70) with a contoured region to define at least one convergent passage between the support shell (68, 70) and the liner panel (72, 74); and a multiple of heat transfer augmentors that extend from the liner panel (72, 74) toward the support shell (68, 70), characterized in that each of the multiple of heat transfer augmentors defining a height that corresponds with the contoured region; wherein said wall assembly further comprises: an intermediate rail that extends from the liner panel (72, 74) toward the support shell (68, 70), the multiple of heat transfer augmentors decreasing in height with respect to a distance from the intermediate rail.
A process variable transmitter, comprising; a process variable sensor having a process variable sensor output related to a sensed process variable over a plurality of ranges; an environmental sensor adapted to measure an environmental property which affects operation of the process variable sensor; an output circuitry; a digital control circuit; an analog signal compensation circuitry; wherein the analog signal compensation circuitry includes: a programmable amplifier adapted to amplify the process variable sensor output as a function of a control output of the digital control circuit to provide a compensated process variable sensor output (U); and a summing node adapted to provide a summation of the compensated process variable sensor output (U) and a feedback signal (ΔU) received from the digital control circuit to the output circuitry; wherein the output circuitry has an output (I) based upon the summation of the compensated process variable sensor output and the feedback signal (U + ΔU); and characterized in that the digital control circuit is coupled to the programmable amplifier and has a control output applied to the control input of the programmable amplifier to thereby control the amplification of the process variable sensor output, wherein the control output is a function of a range of the sensed process variable within the plurality of ranges and of said sensed environmental measurement, and in that the digital control circuit is coupled to the summing node and is adapted to provide said feedback signal (ΔU) based upon the range of the sensed process variable and the environmental property. a programmable amplifier adapted to amplify the process variable sensor output as a function of a control output of the digital control circuit to provide a compensated process variable sensor output (U); and a summing node adapted to provide a summation of the compensated process variable sensor output (U) and a feedback signal (ΔU) received from the digital control circuit to the output circuitry;
A process for producing a lithium beryllium fluoride salt, comprising: mixing ammonium beryllium fluoride with a lithium compound to form a reaction mixture; melting the reaction mixture to produce a molten phase; purging the molten phase; and cooling the molten phase to obtain the lithium beryllium fluoride salt; wherein the lithium compound is lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate. mixing ammonium beryllium fluoride with a lithium compound to form a reaction mixture; melting the reaction mixture to produce a molten phase; purging the molten phase; and cooling the molten phase to obtain the lithium beryllium fluoride salt; wherein the lithium compound is lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate.