mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A surgical soft tissue repair device (410, 410', 510, 710, 1210), comprising: an anchor (412, 412', 512, 712, 1212) configured to be fixated in bone and having at least one bore (416, 416', 516, 716, 1216) extending therethrough; a repair filament (420, 420', 520, 720, 1220); and a connecting filament (417, 417', 517, 717, 1217) in sliding engagement with the repair filament approximately at or adjacent to a distal end of the anchor, wherein the repair filament is disposed around the connecting filament; characterized in that in a folded configuration the connecting filament is unable to pass through the bore because a width formed when two portions of the connecting filament are compressed together is greater than the diameter of the bore, whereby the repair filament is anchored with respect to the anchor. an anchor (412, 412', 512, 712, 1212) configured to be fixated in bone and having at least one bore (416, 416', 516, 716, 1216) extending therethrough; a repair filament (420, 420', 520, 720, 1220); and a connecting filament (417, 417', 517, 717, 1217) in sliding engagement with the repair filament approximately at or adjacent to a distal end of the anchor, wherein the repair filament is disposed around the connecting filament; characterized in that in a folded configuration the connecting filament is unable to pass through the bore because a width formed when two portions of the connecting filament are compressed together is greater than the diameter of the bore, whereby the repair filament is anchored with respect to the anchor.
An assembly (30, 70) comprising: a rotor drive key (12, 72) configured to be positioned around a wheel boss of a wheel, wherein the rotor drive key (12, 72) defines a support member; a fastener configured to extend through the wheel boss and the support member in a substantially axial direction of the wheel when the rotor drive key (12, 72) is positioned over the wheel boss, wherein a fastening section of the fastener extends beyond the support member when the fastener extends through the wheel boss and the support member; and a fastening member configured to engage with the fastening section. a rotor drive key (12, 72) configured to be positioned around a wheel boss of a wheel, wherein the rotor drive key (12, 72) defines a support member; a fastener configured to extend through the wheel boss and the support member in a substantially axial direction of the wheel when the rotor drive key (12, 72) is positioned over the wheel boss, wherein a fastening section of the fastener extends beyond the support member when the fastener extends through the wheel boss and the support member; and a fastening member configured to engage with the fastening section.
A catheter, a catheter wall of which comprises an inner smooth layer made of a material having a low friction coefficient so as to facilitate pass of guidewires, a reinforcing layer and an outer covering layer in the order from inside to outside, the inner layer and the outer covering layer being both made of polymer materials, the reinforcing layer being a supporting layer, which is connected with the inner layer and the outer covering layer respectively, so as to connect the respective layers of the catheter together; and the catheter comprising a proximal portion and an extension portion in the direction from the proximal end to the distal end, whereby the reinforcing layer assumes a braid structure at the proximal portion, and assumes a helix structure at the extension portion, characterized in that an included angle α between a helix winding wire of the helix structure and the axial direction is in a range of 45-90° and that a pitch of the helix structure continuously decreases in the direction from the proximal end to the distal end.
An optical access network comprising an Ethernet passive optical network "E-PON" having a transmission line which is duplexed between an optical line terminal "OLT" and a plurality of optical network terminals "ONTs", characterised in that the OLT comprises a protocol structure in which protection control information is provided independently from an Ethernet media access control "MAC", as a protocol structure, to transfer user data and the protection control information, wherein a logical link for transferring the user data is the same logical link as the logical link for transferring the protection control information, and an information identifier for distinguishing the protection control information and the user data from each other is provided after a logical link identifier located in a head of a frame.
A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus is configured to periodically transmit (S61, S62), to a base station apparatus, first feedback information concerning a number of spatially multiplexed signal sequences and second feedback information concerning channel quality which is calculated based on the first feedback information, characterized in that the mobile station apparatus is configured to calculate (S64, S65, S66) the second feedback information based on a predetermined number of spatially multiplexed signal sequences when the first feedback information has not been transmitted and to transmit the second feedback information to the base station apparatus, and the base station apparatus is configured to process the second feedback information based on the predetermined number of spatially multiplexed signal sequences when the first feedback information has not been transmitted.
A vehicle comprising: an engine room; an engine accommodated in the engine room; and an air intake device for the engine, having a cover provided inside the engine room and covering the engine, and an intake duct for introducing fresh air outside the engine room into a combustion chamber of the engine, wherein the cover comprises a top face cover portion covering the engine from above, and a side face cover portion (24, 25) covering the engine from a lateral side, characterized in that the intake duct is disposed so as to be continuous to a side edge of the side face cover portion (24, 25) such that the intake duct covers the engine from the lateral side together with the side face cover portion (24, 25), the intake duct comprises an outside air introduction duct portion configured to introduce outside air which is air outside the engine room into the combustion chamber, and an inside air introduction duct portion configured to introduce inside air which is air inside the engine room into the combustion chamber, and is a composite duct in which the outside air introduction duct portion and the inside air introduction duct portion are connected to one downstream duct portion, the downstream duct portion having a downstream end connected to an air cleaner, the engine room is provided in a front portion of the vehicle, the air cleaner is disposed on a right outer side of the cover as viewed from a vehicle front side, and the intake duct is disposed on an outside of the cover and on a front side of the air cleaner, and covers the engine from a right side. an engine room; an engine accommodated in the engine room; and an air intake device for the engine, having a cover provided inside the engine room and covering the engine, and an intake duct for introducing fresh air outside the engine room into a combustion chamber of the engine, wherein the cover comprises a top face cover portion covering the engine from above, and a side face cover portion (24, 25) covering the engine from a lateral side, characterized in that the intake duct is disposed so as to be continuous to a side edge of the side face cover portion (24, 25) such that the intake duct covers the engine from the lateral side together with the side face cover portion (24, 25), the intake duct comprises an outside air introduction duct portion configured to introduce outside air which is air outside the engine room into the combustion chamber, and an inside air introduction duct portion configured to introduce inside air which is air inside the engine room into the combustion chamber, and is a composite duct in which the outside air introduction duct portion and the inside air introduction duct portion are connected to one downstream duct portion, the downstream duct portion having a downstream end connected to an air cleaner, the engine room is provided in a front portion of the vehicle, the air cleaner is disposed on a right outer side of the cover as viewed from a vehicle front side, and the intake duct is disposed on an outside of the cover and on a front side of the air cleaner, and covers the engine from a right side.
A nutritional composition comprising vegetable lipids and phospholipids for feeding a human subject with an age between 0 and 36 months for use in increasing bone mass density and/or increasing bone mineral content of a human subject when said human subject has reached an age above 5 years, said composition comprising 10 to 50 wt.% of said vegetable lipids based on dry weight of the composition and 1.0 to 20 wt.% of said phospholipids based on total lipid and said vegetable lipids and said phospholipids being comprised in lipid globules with a core comprising said vegetable lipids and a coating comprising said phospholipids.
A polymer blend comprising a copolymer and an additional polymer, wherein: (a) the copolymer comprises a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer immiscible with the backbone; or (b) the copolymer comprises a polymeric backbone chain comprising a diene based elastomer selected from the group consisting of solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, emulsion polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, natural polyisoprene rubber, synthetic polyisoprene rubber, and polybutadiene, and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(N-cyclopropylacrylamide), and poly(N, N-diethylacrylamide); and wherein the additional polymer consists of a polymer miscible with the polymeric sidechains. (a) the copolymer comprises a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer immiscible with the backbone; or (b) the copolymer comprises a polymeric backbone chain comprising a diene based elastomer selected from the group consisting of solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, emulsion polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, natural polyisoprene rubber, synthetic polyisoprene rubber, and polybutadiene, and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(N-cyclopropylacrylamide), and poly(N, N-diethylacrylamide);
Plasma ignition device for internal combustion engines comprising: - a driving and control unit; - an ignition coil; said ignition coil comprising: - a first primary winding and a second primary winding for magnetically charging a magnetic core and having a central electrical connection (34.1) between the first primary winding and the second primary winding, wherein the first primary winding and the second primary winding have the same wrapping orientation respect to the magnetic core; - a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the first and second primary windings by means of the magnetic core and connected to a spark plug; the plasma ignition device further comprises: - a capacitor connected (35.1) between the second primary winding and a ground connection; - a first diode interposed between a voltage generator and the central electrical connection; and - a static switch; characterized in that the driving and control unit further comprises: - a second diode having the anode terminal connected to the first primary winding; in that the static switch being connected between the cathode terminal of the second diode and a ground connection, the second diode being connected in series with the static switch; and in that the driving and control unit is configured to drive the opening and closing of the static switch in order to charge and discharge the first primary winding and to charge and discharge the capacitor for generating a spark between the electrodes of the spark plug. - a driving and control unit; - an ignition coil; - a first primary winding and a second primary winding for magnetically charging a magnetic core and having a central electrical connection (34.1) between the first primary winding and the second primary winding, wherein the first primary winding and the second primary winding have the same wrapping orientation respect to the magnetic core; - a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the first and second primary windings by means of the magnetic core and connected to a spark plug; the plasma ignition device further comprises: - a capacitor connected (35.1) between the second primary winding and a ground connection; - a first diode interposed between a voltage generator and the central electrical connection; and - a static switch; - a second diode having the anode terminal connected to the first primary winding; in that the static switch being connected between the cathode terminal of the second diode and a ground connection, the second diode being connected in series with the static switch;
A formulation comprising at least one compound selected from methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) and glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and salts thereof, at least one graft copolymer composed of (a) at least one graft base selected from nonionic monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and side chains obtainable by grafting on of (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and (c) at least one compound of the general formula, where the variables are defined as follows: R 1 is selected from methyl and hydrogen, A 1 is selected from C 2 -C 4 -alkylene, R 2 are identical or different and selected from C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, X - is selected from halide, mono-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl sulfate and sulfate. at least one compound selected from methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) and glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and salts thereof, at least one graft copolymer composed of (a) at least one graft base selected from nonionic monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and side chains obtainable by grafting on of (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and (c) at least one compound of the general formula, where the variables are defined as follows: R 1 is selected from methyl and hydrogen, A 1 is selected from C 2 -C 4 -alkylene, R 2 are identical or different and selected from C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, X - is selected from halide, mono-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl sulfate and sulfate. (a) at least one graft base selected from nonionic monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, and side chains obtainable by grafting on of (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and (c) at least one compound of the general formula, R 1 is selected from methyl and hydrogen, A 1 is selected from C 2 -C 4 -alkylene, R 2 are identical or different and selected from C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, X - is selected from halide, mono-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl sulfate and sulfate.
A rotor assembly, comprising: a rotor shaft disposed at a central axis and rotatable thereabout; a rotor secured to the rotor shaft; a gear interactive with the rotor shaft to urge rotation of the rotor shaft about the central axis; and a quill shaft configured to translate rotational energy between the gear and the rotor shaft having a rotor shaft spline, the quill shaft comprising: a first leg having an inner spline which meshes with the rotor shaft spline; and a second leg concentric with the first leg and radially offset and separated from the first leg by a distance, the second leg including an outer spline which meshes with the gear; wherein the first leg is connected to the second leg at one end to allow the distance to change while translating the rotational energy between the gear and a rotor shaft, characterized in that the quill shaft has a U-shaped cross-sectional profile, with the first leg connected to the second leg at a peak portion of the U-shaped cross-sectional profile, such that the quill shaft is flexible in a radial direction when necessary due to flight loads and/or manufacturing tolerance mismatch, and in that the gear is a bull gear. a rotor shaft disposed at a central axis and rotatable thereabout; a rotor secured to the rotor shaft; a gear interactive with the rotor shaft to urge rotation of the rotor shaft about the central axis; and a quill shaft configured to translate rotational energy between the gear and the rotor shaft having a rotor shaft spline, the quill shaft comprising: a first leg having an inner spline which meshes with the rotor shaft spline; and a second leg concentric with the first leg and radially offset and separated from the first leg by a distance, the second leg including an outer spline which meshes with the gear; wherein the first leg is connected to the second leg at one end to allow the distance to change while translating the rotational energy between the gear and a rotor shaft, characterized in that the quill shaft has a U-shaped cross-sectional profile, with the first leg connected to the second leg at a peak portion of the U-shaped cross-sectional profile, such that the quill shaft is flexible in a radial direction when necessary due to flight loads and/or manufacturing tolerance mismatch, and in that the gear is a bull gear. a first leg having an inner spline which meshes with the rotor shaft spline; and a second leg concentric with the first leg and radially offset and separated from the first leg by a distance, the second leg including an outer spline which meshes with the gear; wherein the first leg is connected to the second leg at one end to allow the distance to change while translating the rotational energy between the gear and a rotor shaft, characterized in that the quill shaft has a U-shaped cross-sectional profile, with the first leg connected to the second leg at a peak portion of the U-shaped cross-sectional profile, such that the quill shaft is flexible in a radial direction when necessary due to flight loads and/or manufacturing tolerance mismatch, and in that the gear is a bull gear.
A valve element for a pressure-regulating valve that comprises a pressure-regulating chamber, the valve element comprising: a regulating element having a regulator head that is configured to be slidably and sealingly receivable in the pressure-regulating chamber; at least one spring; and an adjustment head for adjusting an initial compression of the at least one spring when the valve element is received in the pressure-regulating chamber; characterised in that the at least one spring is integrally formed with the regulator head and the adjustment head and extends between the regulator head and the adjustment head. a regulating element having a regulator head that is configured to be slidably and sealingly receivable in the pressure-regulating chamber; at least one spring; and an adjustment head for adjusting an initial compression of the at least one spring when the valve element is received in the pressure-regulating chamber; characterised in that the at least one spring is integrally formed with the regulator head and the adjustment head and extends between the regulator head and the adjustment head.
A room management apparatus comprising: a central controller configured to recognize an operation state of an air conditioner (10, 20) including a plurality of outdoor units (110, 210) and indoor units, and to determine that one or more rooms are assignable to an occupant on the basis of the operation state of the air conditioner, characterized in that the central controller is adapted for: recognizing, from among the plurality of outdoor units, one or more outdoor units in operation or to be operated and indoor unit(s) corresponding thereto; and determining a room corresponding to the recognized indoor unit(s) as said one or more assignable rooms. a central controller configured to recognize an operation state of an air conditioner (10, 20) including a plurality of outdoor units (110, 210) and indoor units, and to determine that one or more rooms are assignable to an occupant on the basis of the operation state of the air conditioner, characterized in that the central controller is adapted for: recognizing, from among the plurality of outdoor units, one or more outdoor units in operation or to be operated and indoor unit(s) corresponding thereto; and determining a room corresponding to the recognized indoor unit(s) as said one or more assignable rooms.
A device, comprising: an element, which defines a rigid surface of a linear cross-section, configured to make contact with a substance; at least one sensor, in physical contact with the rigid surface; and a mechanism, adapted for applying a force to the substance, for stretching the substance against the rigid surface, thus achieving effective contact between the substance and the rigid surface, characterized in that: the line of force is at an acute angle with the rigid surface; the at least one sensor comprises a plurality of sensors; the element defines a curvature for obtaining three-dimensional information; and the plurality of sensors including at least two sensors, arranged along the curvature, each defining a viewing angle, the at least two sensors sharing a portion of their viewing angles so as to obtain three-dimensional information. an element, which defines a rigid surface of a linear cross-section, configured to make contact with a substance; at least one sensor, in physical contact with the rigid surface; and a mechanism, adapted for applying a force to the substance, for stretching the substance against the rigid surface, thus achieving effective contact between the substance and the rigid surface, characterized in that: the line of force is at an acute angle with the rigid surface; the at least one sensor comprises a plurality of sensors; the element defines a curvature for obtaining three-dimensional information; and the plurality of sensors including at least two sensors, arranged along the curvature, each defining a viewing angle, the at least two sensors sharing a portion of their viewing angles so as to obtain three-dimensional information.