mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An optical aperture multiplier comprising: (a) a first optical waveguide having a direction of elongation, said first optical waveguide having first and second pairs of parallel faces (12a, 12b, 14a, 14b) forming a rectangular cross-section, wherein a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces at least partially traverse said first optical waveguide, said partially reflecting surfaces being at an oblique angle to said direction of elongation; and (b) a second optical waveguide optically coupled with said first optical waveguide, one of the faces of the first pair of parallel faces (12a, 12b) of the first optical waveguide being adjacent to the second optical waveguide, said second optical waveguide having a third pair of parallel faces (22a, 22b) forming a slab-type waveguide, wherein a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces at least partially traverse said second optical waveguide, said partially reflecting surfaces being at an oblique angle to said third pair of parallel faces (22a, 22b), wherein said optical coupling and said partially reflecting surfaces of said first and second waveguides (10, 20) are configured such that, when an image is coupled into said first optical waveguide with an initial direction of propagation at a coupling angle oblique to both said first and second pairs of parallel faces (12a, 12b, 14a, 14b), the image advances by four-fold internal reflection along said first optical waveguide, with a proportion of intensity of the image reflected at said partially reflecting surfaces so as to be coupled into said second optical waveguide, and propagating through two-fold reflection within said second optical waveguide, with a proportion of intensity of the image reflected at said partially reflecting surfaces so as to be directed outwards from one of said parallel faces as a visible image, characterized in that a continuous common external cover is provided on the second and third pairs of parallel faces (14a, 14b, 22a, 22b) to maintain the external face surface quality, parallelism and perpendicularity to preserve image quality of an image propagating within the first and second optical waveguides (10, 20). (a) a first optical waveguide having a direction of elongation, said first optical waveguide having first and second pairs of parallel faces (12a, 12b, 14a, 14b) forming a rectangular cross-section, wherein a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces at least partially traverse said first optical waveguide, said partially reflecting surfaces being at an oblique angle to said direction of elongation; and (b) a second optical waveguide optically coupled with said first optical waveguide, one of the faces of the first pair of parallel faces (12a, 12b) of the first optical waveguide being adjacent to the second optical waveguide, said second optical waveguide having a third pair of parallel faces (22a, 22b) forming a slab-type waveguide, wherein a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces at least partially traverse said second optical waveguide, said partially reflecting surfaces being at an oblique angle to said third pair of parallel faces (22a, 22b),
A thermal interface pad, comprising a substrate and carbon nanowires, wherein the substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the carbon nanowires are disposed on both the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and the carbon nanowires are arranged in an array, characterized in that the substrate is made from a solder alloy and has a thickness of 10 to50 μm, wherein the carbon nanowires disposed on the first surface of the substrate have a length of 0.5 to 10 μm,and the carbon nanowires disposed on the second surface of the substrate have a length of 50 to 150 μm, and wherein the thermal interface pad further comprises a vapor deposited layer or a sputtered layer, the vapor deposited layer or the sputtered layer is located on one side of the second surface of the substrate, the carbon nanowires located on the second surface penetrate into the vapor deposited layer or the sputtered layer, at least one portion of the carbon nanowires on the second surface penetrates through the vapor deposited layer or the sputtered layer, and projects out of the vapor deposited layer or the sputtered layer, and the portion of the carbon nanowires projecting out of the vapor deposited layer or the sputtered layer has a length of 0.5 to 10 μm.
A ventilation and/or flue gas discharge system comprising an inner pipe (15; 26, 27, 28) and outer pipe (14; 23, 24, 25) connectable by at least one locking element, wherein the or each locking element is attached to one of the inner pipe or outer pipe and wherein the other of the inner pipe or outer pipe is provided with at least one coupling element co-acting with a locking element such that in mounted state of the inner pipe in the outer pipe the or each locking element engages a coupling element and the inner pipe is coupled locked in longitudinal direction to the outer pipe, characterized in that, the or each locking element is mounted pivotally in at least one of tangential, radial or axial direction of an inner pipe or outer pipe.
An intravenous, IV, set comprising: a flush container; tubing extending from the flush container to a patient interface; a pump interface portion of the tubing disposed between the flush container and the patient interface and configured to be coupled to and manipulated by an infusion pump; and a flow control valve coupled to the tubing at a location between the pump interface portion and the patient interface, wherein the flow control valve comprises a syringe port characterized such that: when a syringe is not coupled to the syringe port, the flow control valve allows fluid to flow through the flow control valve to the patient interface from a first portion of the tubing disposed between the pump interface portion and the flow control valve; and when a syringe is coupled to the syringe port, the coupling of the syringe to the syringe port causes the flow control valve to allow fluid to flow from the syringe to the first portion of the tubing while preventing fluid from flowing to the patient interface from the first portion. a flush container; tubing extending from the flush container to a patient interface; a pump interface portion of the tubing disposed between the flush container and the patient interface and configured to be coupled to and manipulated by an infusion pump; and a flow control valve coupled to the tubing at a location between the pump interface portion and the patient interface, wherein the flow control valve comprises a syringe port characterized such that: when a syringe is not coupled to the syringe port, the flow control valve allows fluid to flow through the flow control valve to the patient interface from a first portion of the tubing disposed between the pump interface portion and the flow control valve; and when a syringe is coupled to the syringe port, the coupling of the syringe to the syringe port causes the flow control valve to allow fluid to flow from the syringe to the first portion of the tubing while preventing fluid from flowing to the patient interface from the first portion. when a syringe is not coupled to the syringe port, the flow control valve allows fluid to flow through the flow control valve to the patient interface from a first portion of the tubing disposed between the pump interface portion and the flow control valve; and when a syringe is coupled to the syringe port, the coupling of the syringe to the syringe port causes the flow control valve to allow fluid to flow from the syringe to the first portion of the tubing while preventing fluid from flowing to the patient interface from the first portion.
A method of assembling a compound optic including a plurality of stacking elements (12, 80, 86, 102, 104, 106) for spacing, aligning, and retaining optical elements comprising the steps of: measuring surface height variations across stacking faces (56, 58, 82, 90, 92) of a plurality of stacking elements that include optic holders, extracting, from said measurements, low-order surface errors (110, 120) that can be represented by orthonormal polynomials having a radial order and having a primary angular frequency referenced to a datum feature on said stacking elements, relatively positioning the stacking elements including the optic holders in relative orientations that enhance complementarity between the low-order surface errors of mating stacking faces, and securing the combinations of relatively oriented stacking elements together to control stress or strain that would otherwise distort the optic holders in other relative orientations. measuring surface height variations across stacking faces (56, 58, 82, 90, 92) of a plurality of stacking elements that include optic holders, extracting, from said measurements, low-order surface errors (110, 120) that can be represented by orthonormal polynomials having a radial order and having a primary angular frequency referenced to a datum feature on said stacking elements, relatively positioning the stacking elements including the optic holders in relative orientations that enhance complementarity between the low-order surface errors of mating stacking faces, and securing the combinations of relatively oriented stacking elements together to control stress or strain that would otherwise distort the optic holders in other relative orientations.
Cylinder head of an internal combustion engine with at least one outlet duct formed by a sheet metal jacket cast around the cylinder head, wherein all outlet ducts are formed at least in segments, and an exhaust manifold is formed by the sheet metal jacket cast in the cylinder head, characterized in that in that the sheet metal jacket is composed of several jacket parts (2, 3), wherein one jacket part is an upper half-shell and an additional jacket part is a lower half-shell of the sheet metal jacket, and wherein each of the half-shells is associated with a different half of the cross-section of the outlet duct or of the exhaust manifold, respectively.
Assembly at flowing water in the region of a transverse structure and/or waterworks, in particular a fish lift, for transporting aquatic animals, in particular fish, comprising a substantially vertical shaft, in which a transport unit is movable between the area of the tailwater, in particular the tailwater level, and the area of the headwater, in particular the headwater level, wherein the transport unit is connected to at least one buoyancy means, wherein the transport unit is movable in the shaft free of guides, characterized in that that the transport unit is designed free of walls, in particular as a disc.
Method for forming packaging stacks by stacking infusion bags, in which the infusion bags are removed individually from a conveyor belt on which the infusion bags are supplied one behind the other to a removal station in which the infusion bags are removed from the conveyor belt and are arranged in a stack-holding device (122; 300) so as to rest against one another in order to form the packaging stack, which is emptied when a number of infusion bags forming the packaging stack is reached, wherein the removal of the infusion bags from the conveyor belt is not being interrupted during the emptying of the stack holding device (122; 300) and at least one infusion bag removed in the process being arranged upstream of the stack holding device (122; 300), characterized in that the infusion bag located on the conveying path is deflected downwards by way of a deflecting wheel from a substantially horizontal orientation into a substantially vertical orientation and, owing to the centrifugal force generated in that case, is separated from the conveying path with a horizontal speed component and is moved in the direction of the stack holding device (1 22; 300).
A method for the blow moulding of containers wherein, after having been thermally conditioned in a blow mould comprising two blow mould halves (19, 20) and a bottom mould, a preform made of a thermoplastic material is stretched in a blowing station by a stretch forming bar and moulded by the action of blowing pressure to form the container, in which method a pneumatic block which feeds the blowing pressure into the preform and governs said blowing pressure is applied to said preform to rest thereagainst in a sealing manner and removed again after the moulding operation has been completed, wherein at least one blow mould half (19; 20) and the bottom mould is formed such that it can be positioned in a driving manner, wherein the blow mould halves (19, 20) and the bottom mould are moved from an open position in which a preform can be inserted into and removed from the blow mould to a closed position, wherein the stretch forming bar, the pneumatic block and, optionally, further elements of the blowing station, e.g., a blow mould locking device, are positioned in a driving manner, characterised in that - at least three of the aforementioned positioning movements of the blowing station are made such that the movements are mechanically coupled and are driven by a common drive device (50, 51). - at least three of the aforementioned positioning movements of the blowing station are made such that the movements are mechanically coupled and are driven by a common drive device (50, 51).
A bubble jetting assembly comprising: (i) a bubble jetting member comprising: a core formed from a conductive material and forming an active electrode; a shell part formed from an insulating material, including an extended section extending out from a tip of the core, the shell part covering the core, a space formed between the extended section of the shell part and the tip of the core, and (ii) an electrode part that, together with the core, constitutes a pair of electrodes, the bubble jetting member having a tip, from which bubbles generated in said space are ejected when a high-frequency voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes; characterized in that the bubble jetting member comprises, to the outside of the shell part, an outside shell part having an axis coaxial with the center axis of the shell part and formed at a position extending further away from the shell part, so that another space is left therebetween, the shell part and the outside shell part respectively having two coaxial openings, in that the bubble jetting member is adapted to eject a gas/liquid when a solution containing an injection substance is introduced into said another space, so that the generated bubbles onto which the solution is adsorbed form the gas/liquid ejected from the tip of the bubble jetting member; and in that the electrode part is formed on an outer face of the shell part. (i) a bubble jetting member comprising: a core formed from a conductive material and forming an active electrode; a shell part formed from an insulating material, including an extended section extending out from a tip of the core, the shell part covering the core, a space formed between the extended section of the shell part and the tip of the core, and a core formed from a conductive material and forming an active electrode; a shell part formed from an insulating material, including an extended section extending out from a tip of the core, the shell part covering the core, a space formed between the extended section of the shell part and the tip of the core, and (ii) an electrode part that, together with the core, constitutes a pair of electrodes,
A multi-phase unit dose detergent composition, comprising: a water-soluble single-chamber container; and a cleaning system comprising at least two different phases selected from the group consisting of a solid powder phase, a solid gel phase, and a liquid phase, wherein said phases comprise at least one solid powder phase, and at least one solid gel phase; optionally at least one liquid phase, wherein said at least two different phases each form separate layers that are in direct contact with each other and demonstrate little or no visible intermixing at the interphase between said phases; wherein a gel layer must be present between a powder layer and a liquid layer; and wherein said powder phase composition comprises said at least one detersive surfactant and said gel phase composition comprises: at least one rinse aid polymer; or, at least one enzyme; or, at least one catalyst compound suitable for activating a bleaching system or composition; or, at least one fabric conditioning compound or composition; or, non-ionic surfactants. a water-soluble single-chamber container; and a cleaning system comprising at least two different phases selected from the group consisting of a solid powder phase, a solid gel phase, and a liquid phase, wherein said phases comprise at least one solid powder phase, and at least one solid gel phase; optionally at least one liquid phase,
A UPS comprising: a plurality of inputs (102a, 102b, 102c) configured to be coupled to a three-phase AC power source and to receive 3-phase input power from the three-phase AC power source; a converter coupled to the plurality of inputs and configured to convert the 3-phase input power into DC power; a positive DC bus coupled to the converter; a negative DC bus coupled to the converter; an inverter coupled to the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus and configured to convert the DC power received from the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus into output AC power; a first output coupled to the inverter and configured to be coupled to a single-phase load and to provide a first portion of the output AC power from the inverter to the single-phase load; a second output coupled to the inverter and configured to be coupled to the single-phase load, in parallel with the first output, and to provide a second portion of the output AC power from the inverter to the single-phase load; a neutral line configured to be coupled to the single-phase load for providing a path for a return current of the current to be provided to the single-phase load via the first and second outputs; a third output configured to be coupled to the inverter; and a controller coupled to the inverter; characterized in that: the converter is a PFC converter; and the controller is configured to operate the inverter to draw at least a portion of said return current. a plurality of inputs (102a, 102b, 102c) configured to be coupled to a three-phase AC power source and to receive 3-phase input power from the three-phase AC power source; a converter coupled to the plurality of inputs and configured to convert the 3-phase input power into DC power; a positive DC bus coupled to the converter; a negative DC bus coupled to the converter; an inverter coupled to the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus and configured to convert the DC power received from the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus into output AC power; a first output coupled to the inverter and configured to be coupled to a single-phase load and to provide a first portion of the output AC power from the inverter to the single-phase load; a second output coupled to the inverter and configured to be coupled to the single-phase load, in parallel with the first output, and to provide a second portion of the output AC power from the inverter to the single-phase load; a neutral line configured to be coupled to the single-phase load for providing a path for a return current of the current to be provided to the single-phase load via the first and second outputs; a third output configured to be coupled to the inverter; and a controller coupled to the inverter; characterized in that: the converter is a PFC converter; and the controller is configured to operate the inverter to draw at least a portion of said return current.
A trailer braking system, comprising: a vehicle having a continuously-variable hydrostatic transmission; a trailer coupled for towing by the vehicle, the trailer having two or more wheels with trailer brakes operable from the vehicle; the system including a first pressure sensor arranged to measure a fluid pressure (PH, PSYS) at a predetermined point within the transmission, and a rotation sensor arranged to determine a rotation direction of a predetermined component in a driveline of the vehicle; the system further comprising an electronic control unit (ECU 26) coupled to the first pressure sensor and to the rotation sensor, characterized in the ECU being configured to determine, based on respective output signals from the first pressure sensor and the rotation sensor, whether a PUSH condition exists in dependence a particular combination of fluid pressure at the predetermined point within the transmission and rotational direction of the predetermined component within the driveline of the vehicle, and further configured to operate the trailer brakes in response to a determination that a PUSH condition exists. a vehicle having a continuously-variable hydrostatic transmission; a trailer coupled for towing by the vehicle, the trailer having two or more wheels with trailer brakes operable from the vehicle; the system including a first pressure sensor arranged to measure a fluid pressure (PH, PSYS) at a predetermined point within the transmission, and a rotation sensor arranged to determine a rotation direction of a predetermined component in a driveline of the vehicle; the system further comprising an electronic control unit (ECU 26) coupled to the first pressure sensor and to the rotation sensor, characterized in the ECU being configured to determine, based on respective output signals from the first pressure sensor and the rotation sensor, whether a PUSH condition exists in dependence a particular combination of fluid pressure at the predetermined point within the transmission and rotational direction of the predetermined component within the driveline of the vehicle, and further configured to operate the trailer brakes in response to a determination that a PUSH condition exists.
Suction hose connecting piece for a suction hose designed to create a flow connection, in particular from a machine tool to a vacuum cleaner, said connecting piece comprising a tubular body with a circumferential wall which delimits a flow channel and a plug section arranged on said tubular body designed to create a plug connection with a mating connecting piece, wherein the connecting piece and the mating connecting piece can be plugged together along a longitudinal axis of the plug section, wherein that at least one rotational form-fit contour is arranged on the plug section in order to create a form-fit connection with a rotational form-fit mating contour of the mating connecting piece, wherein at least one rotational form-fit contour can be brought into or out of engagement with the rotational form-fit mating contour through a relative rotational movement of the connecting piece and the mating connecting piece, characterised in that a longitudinal latch contour is arranged on the plug section which counteracts detachment of the mating connecting piece from the connecting piece relative to the longitudinal axis and which engages with a mating longitudinal latch contour of the mating connecting piece when the mating connecting piece is plugged onto the connecting piece along the longitudinal axis of the plug section, and in that the longitudinal latch contour can be brought into snap-locking engagement or out of snap-locking engagement with a mating latch contour of the mating connecting piece through a longitudinal movement or sliding movement parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plug section and, in order to achieve a spring effect, the consists of an elastic material and/or is arranged on an elastic section of the connecting piece.