mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A stator of a turbine section, comprising: vanes circumferentially distributed around a central axis, a vane of the vanes extending along a spanwise axis from a first end to a second end, the vane defining an internal passage extending from the first end to the second end; an insert received within the internal passage of the vane, the insert defining a cavity for receiving cooling air, the insert defining impingement cooling apertures in fluid communication with the cavity and facing an inner face of the vane; a splitter plate secured within the cavity of the insert between the first end and the second end and being transverse to the spanwise axis, characterized in the splitter plate having a base secured to the insert and a tip protruding from the base; and a flow passage defined between the tip of the splitter plate and the insert, the flow passage fluidly connecting a first section of the cavity located on a first side of the splitter plate to a second section of the cavity located on a second side of the splitter plate, the tip of the splitter plate secured to the insert at at least one location along a perimeter of the tip. vanes circumferentially distributed around a central axis, a vane of the vanes extending along a spanwise axis from a first end to a second end, the vane defining an internal passage extending from the first end to the second end; an insert received within the internal passage of the vane, the insert defining a cavity for receiving cooling air, the insert defining impingement cooling apertures in fluid communication with the cavity and facing an inner face of the vane; a splitter plate secured within the cavity of the insert between the first end and the second end and being transverse to the spanwise axis, characterized in the splitter plate having a base secured to the insert and a tip protruding from the base; and a flow passage defined between the tip of the splitter plate and the insert, the flow passage fluidly connecting a first section of the cavity located on a first side of the splitter plate to a second section of the cavity located on a second side of the splitter plate, the tip of the splitter plate secured to the insert at at least one location along a perimeter of the tip.
A process for insulating a pipe comprising one or more branch comprising the steps of: (i) providing a preform which is in contact with the pipe and either in contact with the branch or at a distance from the branch equal to or less than the thickness of the layer of insulating material to be molded around the pipe/preform assembly, to form a pipe/preform assembly and (ii) molding a layer of insulating material around the pipe/preform assembly. (i) providing a preform which is in contact with the pipe and either in contact with the branch or at a distance from the branch equal to or less than the thickness of the layer of insulating material to be molded around the pipe/preform assembly, to form a pipe/preform assembly and (ii) molding a layer of insulating material around the pipe/preform assembly.
A method performed by a parking area guiding system of an autonomous vehicle for autonomously guiding said vehicle through a parking area comprising at least one parking space, along at least a segment of a predefined track comprising one or several markers, which markers are markings and/or bumps, characterizedin that said one or several markers are continuously and/or intermittently arranged on a floor and/or the ground of said parking area along said predefined track, said method comprising: detecting visually, by means of a sensor unit comprised in said parking area guiding system, at least one selected marker associated with a selected segment of said track, wherein said selected marker comprises a guiding indicator indicating a vehicle guiding instruction for said selected segment, said vehicle guiding instruction indicating an intended navigational direction for said selected segment; and autonomously guiding, by means of a guiding unit comprised in said parking area guiding system, said autonomous vehicle along said selected segment based on said guiding indicator. detecting visually, by means of a sensor unit comprised in said parking area guiding system, at least one selected marker associated with a selected segment of said track, wherein said selected marker comprises a guiding indicator indicating a vehicle guiding instruction for said selected segment, said vehicle guiding instruction indicating an intended navigational direction for said selected segment; and autonomously guiding, by means of a guiding unit comprised in said parking area guiding system, said autonomous vehicle along said selected segment based on said guiding indicator.
A multiple layer test card (100, 500) comprising: an input channel formed in a layer of the test card; an output channel formed in another layer of the test card; and a filter (115, 505) coupled between the input channel and the output channel to receive fluid from the input channel and collect particles, such that the collected particles are optically visible proximate a first surface of the filter (115, 505); wherein the input channel provides the fluid proximate a first portion of a length of the filter (115, 505), and the output channel receives fluid passed over the filter (115, 505) proximate a second portion of the length of the filter (115, 505), and the first and second portions (235, 240) are separated along the length of the filter (115, 505). an input channel formed in a layer of the test card; an output channel formed in another layer of the test card; and a filter (115, 505) coupled between the input channel and the output channel to receive fluid from the input channel and collect particles, such that the collected particles are optically visible proximate a first surface of the filter (115, 505); wherein the input channel provides the fluid proximate a first portion of a length of the filter (115, 505), and the output channel receives fluid passed over the filter (115, 505) proximate a second portion of the length of the filter (115, 505), and the first and second portions (235, 240) are separated along the length of the filter (115, 505).
A method of fabricating a stent, characterized in: providing a single stent pattern or a plurality of stent patterns in a flat sheet of metal, said pattern or each stent pattern having a luminal surface, a vessel wall surface, a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side; covering a portion of the stent pattern or at least one of the plurality of stent patterns with a mask; coating at least one of the surfaces of the stent pattern or at least one of the plurality of stent patterns with a therapeutic substance; forming the coated stent pattern or the at least one of the plurality of stent patterns into a tubular shape; and attaching the first longitudinal side and second longitudinal side of said stent pattern to form the stent. providing a single stent pattern or a plurality of stent patterns in a flat sheet of metal, said pattern or each stent pattern having a luminal surface, a vessel wall surface, a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side; covering a portion of the stent pattern or at least one of the plurality of stent patterns with a mask; coating at least one of the surfaces of the stent pattern or at least one of the plurality of stent patterns with a therapeutic substance; forming the coated stent pattern or the at least one of the plurality of stent patterns into a tubular shape; and attaching the first longitudinal side and second longitudinal side of said stent pattern to form the stent.
Self-heating cosmetic cleansing gel having a content of surfactants comprising a) more than 50 wt% water-miscible hydroxyl compounds selected from polyethylene glycol ethers having 6 to 10 ethylene oxide units, wherein said hydroxyl compounds are liquid at 25°C, with the proviso that the selected substances develop heat on dissolution in water, b) at least 9 wt% high molecular weight PEG having 20 to 180 ethyleneoxy units. a) more than 50 wt% water-miscible hydroxyl compounds selected from polyethylene glycol ethers having 6 to 10 ethylene oxide units, wherein said hydroxyl compounds are liquid at 25°C, with the proviso that the selected substances develop heat on dissolution in water, b) at least 9 wt% high molecular weight PEG having 20 to 180 ethyleneoxy units.
A method for dynamically allocating radio resources implemented by a device for dynamically allocating radio resources of a telecommunications network with shared resources, the network also comprising at least: a router, a data stream generator, a border manager corresponding to an access control point with a network core comprising a plurality of radio subnetworks, a radio subnetwork grouping together a plurality of radio links established between a plurality of pieces of radio equipment coordinated by the device for dynamically allocating radio resources, the method comprising: - receiving a request to engage radio resources capable of conveying a data stream subject to a conveyance request, the request being sent by the border manager receiving the conveyance request formulated by the data stream generator, - depending on the propagation conditions associated with other conveyance(s) in progress and expected performance level(s), selecting pieces of radio equipment capable of conveying the data stream as well as the radio resources capable of guaranteeing that it is conveyed properly during its lifetime, - developing programming elements capable of allowing a piece of radio equipment to exploit the selected radio resources, - generating a programming indicator for conveying streams comprising at least: ∘ an identifier of the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, and ∘ at least one programming element usable by the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, - transmitting the indicator to the border manager sending the radio resource request. - receiving a request to engage radio resources capable of conveying a data stream subject to a conveyance request, the request being sent by the border manager receiving the conveyance request formulated by the data stream generator, - depending on the propagation conditions associated with other conveyance(s) in progress and expected performance level(s), selecting pieces of radio equipment capable of conveying the data stream as well as the radio resources capable of guaranteeing that it is conveyed properly during its lifetime, - developing programming elements capable of allowing a piece of radio equipment to exploit the selected radio resources, - generating a programming indicator for conveying streams comprising at least: ∘ an identifier of the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, and ∘ at least one programming element usable by the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, ∘ an identifier of the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, and ∘ at least one programming element usable by the piece of radio equipment capable of conveying the stream, - transmitting the indicator to the border manager sending the radio resource request.
An aqueous cobalt chloride solution refinement method for bringing metallic nickel into contact with an aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride to remove an impurity by a cementation reaction, wherein the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride has a pH of not less than 1.5 and not more than 2.5, and the metallic nickel is washed with an acidic liquid having a pH of not more than 2.5 before the metallic nickel is brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride.
A method of processing packets associated with a logical network that comprises a logical router implemented by a plurality of managed forwarding elements, MFEs, (215, 610; 225) in a physical network, the method comprising, at a particular one of the MFEs (215, 610) that executes on a host computer: receiving, from a gateway of the logical network, a first packet encapsulated with a tunnel header that comprises information associated with the logical network, directed to a virtual machine (260, 601) of the logical network that also executes on the host computer and originating from a remote machine (290, 655) not in the logical network; decapsulating the first packet and providing the decapsulated packet to the virtual machine (260, 601) on the host computer; receiving a second packet from the virtual machine (260, 601) that is addressed to the remote machine (290, 655) from which the first packet originated; and based on the second packet being addressed to the remote machine, identifying a particular logical port of the logical router, that directly connects to a router external to the logical network, as a logical egress port for the second packet; based on the identification of the particular logical port as the logical egress port for the packet, transmitting the second packet to the external router without any tunnel header in order for the external router to forward the second packet to the remote machine (290, 655) without traversing through the gateway of the logical network. receiving, from a gateway of the logical network, a first packet encapsulated with a tunnel header that comprises information associated with the logical network, directed to a virtual machine (260, 601) of the logical network that also executes on the host computer and originating from a remote machine (290, 655) not in the logical network; decapsulating the first packet and providing the decapsulated packet to the virtual machine (260, 601) on the host computer; receiving a second packet from the virtual machine (260, 601) that is addressed to the remote machine (290, 655) from which the first packet originated; and based on the second packet being addressed to the remote machine, identifying a particular logical port of the logical router, that directly connects to a router external to the logical network, as a logical egress port for the second packet; based on the identification of the particular logical port as the logical egress port for the packet, transmitting the second packet to the external router without any tunnel header in order for the external router to forward the second packet to the remote machine (290, 655) without traversing through the gateway of the logical network.
A method for the production of cement clinker in a system comprising a cyclone tower with cyclones and with a pre-calciner unit wherein fuel is combusted to feed the cyclone tower with heat and a rotating drum kiln which has at least one feed end and which is heated by means of further fuel, in which method raw clinker meal is passed through said cyclone tower to preheat it, said fuel is combusted in said pre-calciner unit to produce a hot zone in the cyclone tower wherein the raw clinker meal is heated to a temperature of at least 800°C to calcine it, the heated and calcined raw clinker meal is fed from the cyclone tower via the feed end of the rotating drum kiln into this rotating drum kiln wherein the raw clinker meal is further heated to be molten and the molten raw clinker meal is subsequently cooled to produce the cement clinker, characterised in that at least 2 wt.% of a fibre cement material containing organic fibres, based on the total weight of raw clinker meal and fibre cement material, is added in said hot zone to said raw clinker meal and is heated in said hot zone in less than 5 seconds to a temperature of at least 800°C.
A computer-implemented method for updating expansion read-only memory, ROM, code in a computer system during boot-up of the computer system, comprising: accessing one or more copies of a expansion ROM code in at least one of a plurality of repositories, wherein the expansion ROM code is configured to execute an initialization process for a specific device in the computer system, and the plurality of repositories includes local repositories in the computer system and remote repositories outside of the computer system; selecting one of the one or more copies of the expansion ROM code based on a selection criterion to yield a selected ROM code; copying the selected ROM code to system memory of the computer system; and executing the selected ROM code in the system memory to initialize the specific device. accessing one or more copies of a expansion ROM code in at least one of a plurality of repositories, wherein the expansion ROM code is configured to execute an initialization process for a specific device in the computer system, and the plurality of repositories includes local repositories in the computer system and remote repositories outside of the computer system; selecting one of the one or more copies of the expansion ROM code based on a selection criterion to yield a selected ROM code; copying the selected ROM code to system memory of the computer system; and executing the selected ROM code in the system memory to initialize the specific device.
A method for coating plastic spouts, in particular produced by injection molding, for packaged-good packages, in particular for stand-up pouches, comprising a fixing portion having a sealing surface for fixing a packaging container jacket, in particular a stand-up pouch film, by preferably thermal sealing, and a spout channel extending in an axial direction, penetrating the fixing portion and preferably axially protruding beyond the fixing portion, with a barrier layer, in particular comprising SiO x, under vacuum in order to increase the permeation blocking effect against at least one chemical compound and/or at least one chemical element on an inner surface of the spout channel, a plurality of plastic spouts being simultaneously coated with the barrier layer under vacuum in a vacuum coating chamber, preferably by an ALD method, a CVD method or a PVD method, characterized in that prior to being coated with the barrier layer, the plastic spouts are placed on a support in such a manner that the sealing surface of each plastic spout faces toward the support during the coating process so as to be masked against being coated with the barrier layer, and that an axial through-hole of the support is assigned to each plastic spout in such a manner that the spout channels are aligned with the through-holes, coating gas and/or coating plasma thus flowing through the passage openings and spout channels during the coating process under vacuum.
A dishwasher comprising a body, a washing tub in which the washing process is performed, at least one spray arm arranged on the washing tub, enabling spraying water in the washing tub by rotating about itself, a water supply line conveying water it receives through the mains to the spray arm, and a coupling mechanism provided between the water supply line and the spray arm, enabling the spray arm to be mounted on the water supply line, the coupling mechanism enabling the spray arm to move in vertical direction, having a bearer member whose one end is connected to the water supply line and the other end to the spray arm, a rotatable member mounted on the bearer member so as to be rotatable on the bearer member, at least one first peak and at least one first dip provided on the surface of the bearer member contacting the rotatable member, wherein the rotatable member is configured to rotate about its axis upon rotation of the spray arm, characterised by at least one second peak and at least one second dip provided on the surface of the rotatable member contacting the bearer member, and a spring provided on the bearer member, enabling the rotatable member to be pushed upwards when the rotatable member is mounted on the bearer member, whereby the bearer member and the rotatable member are configured to move away from each other by means of the peaks (9, 11) and to approach each other by means of the dips (10, 12), wherein the spring enables the second peak and/or the second dip on the rotatable member to continuously contact the first peak and/or the first dip provided on the bearer member.
A gripping device comprising body having a longitudinal axis and including at least one elongate opening for receiving an elongate element, a gripping element, and means for bringing the gripping element into engagement with an elongate element located in the said opening, wherein the gripping element is mounted for translational movement in a slot (4e, 4e') having a longitudinal axis, and the longitudinal axis of the slot is set at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the opening, and wherein a force component exerted on an elongate element located in the said opening causes the gripping element to move in the slot (4e, 4d') and towards the elongate element, and wherein said opening is defined by walls and wherein one of the walls includes two intersecting surfaces (4a', 4a") lying at a fixed angle to one another, characterised in that the angle between the two surfaces is concave.
An in vitro or ex vivo method of expressing an antigenic peptide or a part thereof on the surface of a cell, comprising contacting said cell with said antigenic peptide, a photosensitizing agent, and a TLR ligand, and irradiating the cell with light of a wavelength effective to activate the photosensitising agent, wherein said antigenic peptide is released into the cytosol of the cell and the antigenic peptide or a part thereof is subsequently presented on the cell's surface; wherein said TLR ligand is selected from: i) a TLR2 ligand which is a lipopolysaccharide; ii) a TLR3 ligand which is Poly(I:C); iii) a TLR4 ligand which is a lipopolysaccharide or a Monophosphoryl Lipid A (MPLA); iv) a TLR7 ligand which is (a) an imidazoquinoline compound of formula, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R 1 is N-CH 2 -C(CH 3) 2 -R 3; R 2 is -CH 2 -X-CH 2 CH 3 or a hydrogen atom; R 3 is OH or a hydrogen atom, and X is O or NH; or (b) ssPolyU; v) a TLR8 ligand which is ssPolyU; and vi) a TLR9 ligand which is a CpG oligonucleotide which is a single-stranded oligonucleotide of from 6-50 bases which includes at least one CpG motif and at least one base flanking said motif on each of the 3' and 5' sides. i) a TLR2 ligand which is a lipopolysaccharide; ii) a TLR3 ligand which is Poly(I:C); iii) a TLR4 ligand which is a lipopolysaccharide or a Monophosphoryl Lipid A (MPLA); iv) a TLR7 ligand which is (a) an imidazoquinoline compound of formula, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R 1 is N-CH 2 -C(CH 3) 2 -R 3; R 2 is -CH 2 -X-CH 2 CH 3 or a hydrogen atom; R 3 is OH or a hydrogen atom, and X is O or NH; or (b) ssPolyU; (a) an imidazoquinoline compound of formula, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R 1 is N-CH 2 -C(CH 3) 2 -R 3; R 2 is -CH 2 -X-CH 2 CH 3 or a hydrogen atom; R 3 is OH or a hydrogen atom, and X is O or NH; or R 1 is N-CH 2 -C(CH 3) 2 -R 3; R 2 is -CH 2 -X-CH 2 CH 3 or a hydrogen atom; R 3 is OH or a hydrogen atom, and X is O or NH; or (b) ssPolyU; v) a TLR8 ligand which is ssPolyU; and vi) a TLR9 ligand which is a CpG oligonucleotide which is a single-stranded oligonucleotide of from 6-50 bases which includes at least one CpG motif and at least one base flanking said motif on each of the 3' and 5' sides.