mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for transferring a ferromagnetic ribbon from a ferromagnetic ribbon roll mounted on a first reel to a first mandrel (2a, 12c), comprising the steps of: a) positioning the first reel at a first unrolling position; b) securing a free end of the ribbon roll on the first reel by means of a ribbon retention mechanism having retaining elements movable between a retaining position in which the free end of the ribbon roll is secured on the first reel and a releasing position in which the free end of the ribbon roll is free from the first reel; c) positioning an electromagnet proximate to the first reel; d) rotating the reel with the free end secured in step b); e) after step d), simultaneously triggering the retaining elements from the retaining position to the releasing position to free the free end of the ribbon, and injecting current into the electromagnet to capture the free end of the ribbon; f) displacing the free end captured in step e) along a path proximate to the first mandrel (2a, 12c) at a first rolling up position; g) simultaneously releasing the free end of the ribbon by stopping the step of injecting current in to the electromagnet, injecting a current by means of a controllable current source into a mandrel electromagnet located in said mandrel (2a, 12c), to urge said free end onto the mandrel (2a, 12c), and rotating said mandrel (2a, 12c) to roll up said ribbon on said mandrel (2a, 12c); and h) cutting the ferromagnetic ribbon when a predetermined diameter of ferromagnetic ribbon rolled up on the mandrel (2a, 12c) has been attained. a) positioning the first reel at a first unrolling position; b) securing a free end of the ribbon roll on the first reel by means of a ribbon retention mechanism having retaining elements movable between a retaining position in which the free end of the ribbon roll is secured on the first reel and a releasing position in which the free end of the ribbon roll is free from the first reel; c) positioning an electromagnet proximate to the first reel; d) rotating the reel with the free end secured in step b); e) after step d), simultaneously triggering the retaining elements from the retaining position to the releasing position to free the free end of the ribbon, and injecting current into the electromagnet to capture the free end of the ribbon; f) displacing the free end captured in step e) along a path proximate to the first mandrel (2a, 12c) at a first rolling up position; g) simultaneously releasing the free end of the ribbon by stopping the step of injecting current in to the electromagnet, injecting a current by means of a controllable current source into a mandrel electromagnet located in said mandrel (2a, 12c), to urge said free end onto the mandrel (2a, 12c), and rotating said mandrel (2a, 12c) to roll up said ribbon on said mandrel (2a, 12c); and h) cutting the ferromagnetic ribbon when a predetermined diameter of ferromagnetic ribbon rolled up on the mandrel (2a, 12c) has been attained.
Method for producing magnesium hydroxide by rehydration of caustic magnesium oxide, comprising the steps of a) adding the magnesium oxide to an aqueous medium with stirring; b) continuing the stirring after addition of the magnesium oxide has taken place, without further adding; c) removing the magnesium hydroxide obtained; d) drying the magnesium hydroxide; characterized in that the adding takes place with a rate of addition of at most 500 g of MgO/(litre × hour). a) adding the magnesium oxide to an aqueous medium with stirring; b) continuing the stirring after addition of the magnesium oxide has taken place, without further adding; c) removing the magnesium hydroxide obtained; d) drying the magnesium hydroxide;
Method for allocating participant addresses (i) to participants (1,..., 8) in a modular periphery system of automation technology, wherein the periphery system comprises a control module and a number of participants (1,..., 8), the participants (1,..., 8) being connected to the control module in this system such that a first participant is connected to the control module and further participants (2,...,8) are connected chained via the first participant or via a respective predecessor participant to the control module, wherein the control module forms a starting point for a line structure of the participants (1,...,8) connected in a chain, wherein the line structure comprises a first longitudinal branch and a second longitudinal branch and in a first participant (1,...,8) a first switching means in the first longitudinal branch and a second switching means in the second longitudinal branch is first opened and is operated at a later time for closing a chained communication path, characterised in that, for an expansion of the line structure to a tree structure, a connection element is switched into the chained communication path, wherein the connection element connects the first longitudinal branch through and disconnects the second longitudinal branch such that connection of a further participant for a further subordinate line structure to the connection element becomes possible, wherein for addressing, starting from the control module, an address request is sent, wherein as a function of a response message the participant (1,...,8) and by means of a first switching command and a second switching command, a third switching means disposed in the participants and a fourth switching means are controlled via the switching commands such that, if the connection element is present, initially the participants in the subordinate line structure are addressed, wherein the third switching means is operated in a first tie branch such that in an initial state, the first switching element selects and lets through response messages to the control module, wherein the fourth switching means is operated in a second tie branch such that, in the event of there not being a response message to an address request within a predetermined time, the second tie branch is closed and thus - on the one hand the end (E1, E2, E3) the respective subordinate line (102, 103) connected to the connection element (31, 32, 33) is marked and - on the other hand a new communication path for address requests is switched to the further participant in the superordinate line. - on the one hand the end (E1, E2, E3) the respective subordinate line (102, 103) connected to the connection element (31, 32, 33) is marked and - on the other hand a new communication path for address requests is switched to the further participant in the superordinate line.
A method of controlling an electro-thermal heating system in a wind turbine blade, comprising: measuring a supply voltage to the electro-thermal heating system; when the measured supply voltage fluctuates above a predefined design voltage value, determining a duration of a variable time enforced off period (t i) based on the measured supply voltage; and inserting the variable time based enforced off period in a switching duty cycle (301, 302) or between consecutive switching duty cycles (401, 402), wherein the switching duty cycles control the electro-thermal heating system. measuring a supply voltage to the electro-thermal heating system; when the measured supply voltage fluctuates above a predefined design voltage value, determining a duration of a variable time enforced off period (t i) based on the measured supply voltage; and inserting the variable time based enforced off period in a switching duty cycle (301, 302) or between consecutive switching duty cycles (401, 402), wherein the switching duty cycles control the electro-thermal heating system.
Clip for holding two flat elements joined together at their main face, the clip comprising a lower wall, an upper wall, and two side walls (2a, 2b), the walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) being interconnected so as to define a closed volume and the two side walls (2a, 2b) each being provided with a groove having an end that opens into a face referred to as the "front face" of the clip, the grooves being configured to insert the clip by its front face onto the two joined flat elements and each being delimited on the side walls by a contour having an upper segment and a lower segment opposite the upper segment, the clip being characterized in that the side walls (2a, 2b) each have, on their respective outwardly facing faces, a flat holding flange that extends along a rectilinear portion of the lower segment of the groove and provides a contact surface with one of the flat elements.
A BTNL3 antagonist for use in treating a cancer patient or a patient infected with a pathogen, wherein the BTNL3 antagonist is: (a) an antagonistic antibody that binds to a protein consisting of amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 and/or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9, or (b) a variant BTNL3 protein that comprises a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical in an alignment window to amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9, wherein the alignment window of the amino acid sequence with amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9 is at least 150 amino acids long, wherein the variant BTNL3 protein does not comprise the amino acid sequence of amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9, and wherein the variant BTNL3 protein can antagonize the inhibition of proliferation of a T cell stimulated by an immobilized anti-CD3 antibody and a BTNL3 protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IN NO:7. (a) an antagonistic antibody that binds to a protein consisting of amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 and/or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9, or (b) a variant BTNL3 protein that comprises a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical in an alignment window to amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9, wherein the alignment window of the amino acid sequence with amino acids 18-236 of SEQ ID NO:2 or amino acids 18-166 of SEQ ID NO:9 is at least 150 amino acids long,
A current sensor comprising: a first Hall element; a second Hall element; a primary conductor arranged in a manner to have a current under measurement flow therethrough and to apply magnetic fields under measurement caused by the current under measurement, with different polarities, to the first Hall element and the second Hall element; and a secondary conductor arranged in a manner to have a reference current flow therethrough and to apply reference magnetic fields caused by the reference current, with the same polarity, to the first Hall element and the second Hall element, characterized in that the secondary conductor includes: a first coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the first Hall element; and a second coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the second Hall element, and the first coil section and the second coil section are wound in the same direction. a first Hall element; a second Hall element; a primary conductor arranged in a manner to have a current under measurement flow therethrough and to apply magnetic fields under measurement caused by the current under measurement, with different polarities, to the first Hall element and the second Hall element; and a secondary conductor arranged in a manner to have a reference current flow therethrough and to apply reference magnetic fields caused by the reference current, with the same polarity, to the first Hall element and the second Hall element, characterized in that the secondary conductor includes: a first coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the first Hall element; and a second coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the second Hall element, and a first coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the first Hall element; and a second coil section arranged in a manner to apply the reference magnetic field to the second Hall element, and the first coil section and the second coil section are wound in the same direction.
An airplane propelled by a turbine engine having at least one fan, the turbine engine being integrated in the rear of a fuselage of the airplane, extending it rearwards and being centered on a longitudinal axis (X-X) of the fuselage, the axis (X-X) being also the longitudinal axis of the turbine engine, the airplane further comprising at least one panel forming an acoustic baffle and connected to the fuselage of the airplane and arranged below the turbine engine, and in a vertical plane containing a longitudinal axis (X-X) of the turbine engine, the panel extends longitudinally between an upstream end and a downstream end, a straight line (ΔA) passing through the upstream end of the panel and a center of an air inlet of at least one fan (20a, 20b) of the turbine engine forming an angle (α) with the longitudinal axis (X-X) of the turbine engine that lies in the range 30° to 80°, and a straight line (ΔB) passing through the downstream end of the panel and a center of the air inlet of at least one fan of the turbine engine forming an angle (β) with the longitudinal axis (X-X) of the turbine engine lying in the range 60° to 130°.
An apparatus comprising: (a) a body; (b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the body, wherein the shaft assembly defines a longitudinal axis; (c) an end effector, wherein the end effector comprises: (i) an anvil, and (ii) a lower jaw, wherein the anvil is pivotable toward the lower jaw to capture tissue between the anvil and the lower jaw; and (d) a staple cartridge coupled with the lower jaw, wherein the staple cartridge comprises: (i) a deck facing the anvil, (ii) a plurality of staples positioned in a plurality of staple openings formed through the deck, and (iii) at least one compressible feature (196a, 196b) extending toward the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature is positioned along an outer region of the deck, wherein the at least one compressible feature is configured to compress tissue against the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature defines an opening and a length, characterized in that the opening is in a cross-sectional profile of the at least one compressible feature (196a, 196b) and extends along the length of the compressible feature. (a) a body; (b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the body, wherein the shaft assembly defines a longitudinal axis; (c) an end effector, wherein the end effector comprises: (i) an anvil, and (ii) a lower jaw, wherein the anvil is pivotable toward the lower jaw to capture tissue between the anvil and the lower jaw; and (i) an anvil, and (ii) a lower jaw, wherein the anvil is pivotable toward the lower jaw to capture tissue between the anvil and the lower jaw; and (d) a staple cartridge coupled with the lower jaw, wherein the staple cartridge comprises: (i) a deck facing the anvil, (ii) a plurality of staples positioned in a plurality of staple openings formed through the deck, and (iii) at least one compressible feature (196a, 196b) extending toward the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature is positioned along an outer region of the deck, wherein the at least one compressible feature is configured to compress tissue against the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature defines an opening and a length, (i) a deck facing the anvil, (ii) a plurality of staples positioned in a plurality of staple openings formed through the deck, and (iii) at least one compressible feature (196a, 196b) extending toward the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature is positioned along an outer region of the deck, wherein the at least one compressible feature is configured to compress tissue against the anvil, wherein the at least one compressible feature defines an opening and a length,
Exhaust-gas turbocharger which has a turbine housing which has a coolant inlet duct and/or a coolant outlet duct, wherein, - in the turbine housing, there is provided a coolant splitting-up region in which coolant of the turbine housing delivered through the coolant inlet duct is split up, and/or, - in the turbine housing, there is provided a coolant merging region in which coolant is merged to form a common coolant outlet flow, characterized in that, - in each case one cone-shaped guide body is arranged in the coolant splitting-up region and/or in the coolant merging region. - in the turbine housing, there is provided a coolant splitting-up region in which coolant of the turbine housing delivered through the coolant inlet duct is split up, and/or, - in the turbine housing, there is provided a coolant merging region in which coolant is merged to form a common coolant outlet flow, characterized in that, - in each case one cone-shaped guide body is arranged in the coolant splitting-up region and/or in the coolant merging region.
A pipeline for a gaseous medium, wherein the pipeline comprises a pipe unit and an adjoining pipe (2, 4), wherein the pipe unit is adapted to be connected to the adjoining pipe (2,4), which pipe unit comprises a tubular body with two end portions and a contact surface (11b 1, 11c 1) which is close to at least one of said end portions and which is adapted to being in contact with a contact surface (2a 1, 4a 1) of the adjoining pipe (2, 4) in the pipeline, wherein the pipe unit comprises a tubular flexible sealing means (8, 10) which at a first end (8a, 10a) is firmly attached to the external surface of the tubular body and at a second end has a flange element (8b, 10b) which is detachably connectable to a flange element (2b, 4b) of the adjoining pipe (2, 4) by a connecting means (7, 9), wherein the flange element (8b, 10b) has at the second end of the tubular flexible sealing means (8, 10) a fastening surface (8b 1, 10b 1) which forms an angle with a fastening surface (2b 1, 4b 1) of the adjoining pipe's flange element (2b, 4b) so that it is possible to connect and press the flange elements (2b, 4b, 8b, 10b) together by means of a V-clamp (7, 9), wherein the contact surfaces (2a 1, 4a 1, 11b 1, 11c 1) are so configured that the pipe unit in a connected state has mobility relative to the adjoining pipe (2, 4).
A sheet conveying device, comprising: a conveying path forming unit configured to form a conveying path of a sheet; and an orthogonal movement permitting device provided in the conveying path and configured to convey the sheet along a conveying direction (Vs) and allowing the sheet to move in a conveying orthogonal direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, wherein the orthogonal movement permitting device includes a contact surface that abuts the sheet, characterised in that the contact surface has a first friction coefficient in the conveying direction and a second friction coefficient smaller than the first friction coefficient in the conveying orthogonal direction. a conveying path forming unit configured to form a conveying path of a sheet; and an orthogonal movement permitting device provided in the conveying path and configured to convey the sheet along a conveying direction (Vs) and allowing the sheet to move in a conveying orthogonal direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, wherein the orthogonal movement permitting device includes a contact surface that abuts the sheet, characterised in that the contact surface has a first friction coefficient in the conveying direction and a second friction coefficient smaller than the first friction coefficient in the conveying orthogonal direction.
Method for monitoring a motion of a subject, wherein - a monitoring signal is emitted towards a corresponding receiver, - the motion is detected based on a change in the received monitoring signal, the change being caused by the monitoring signal encountering the subject or interacting with the subject, wherein the motion monitoring is combined with a magnetic resonance, MR, based method for imaging the subject, wherein a frequency of the monitoring signal is set to overlap a frequency band of a magnetic resonance imaging signal, wherein the monitoring signal is emitted using a spread-spectrum technique, characterised in that - the monitoring signal is essentially uniformly spread out over a predetermined frequency band using the spread-spectrum technique, - a signal level of the monitoring signal is set so that at each frequency it is essentially at or below a noise level of a received MR echo signal, and - the received monitoring signal is separated from the received MR echo signal through signal averaging over at least one time period that is long compared to a measurement period defined in a respective MR imaging sequence. - a monitoring signal is emitted towards a corresponding receiver, - the motion is detected based on a change in the received monitoring signal, the change being caused by the monitoring signal encountering the subject or interacting with the subject, wherein the motion monitoring is combined with a magnetic resonance, MR, based method for imaging the subject, wherein a frequency of the monitoring signal is set to overlap a frequency band of a magnetic resonance imaging signal, wherein the monitoring signal is emitted using a spread-spectrum technique, characterised in that wherein the motion monitoring is combined with a magnetic resonance, MR, based method for imaging the subject, wherein a frequency of the monitoring signal is set to overlap a frequency band of a magnetic resonance imaging signal, wherein the monitoring signal is emitted using a spread-spectrum technique, characterised in that - the monitoring signal is essentially uniformly spread out over a predetermined frequency band using the spread-spectrum technique, - a signal level of the monitoring signal is set so that at each frequency it is essentially at or below a noise level of a received MR echo signal, and - the received monitoring signal is separated from the received MR echo signal through signal averaging over at least one time period that is long compared to a measurement period defined in a respective MR imaging sequence.
A polymer laminate in which 2-100 layers each containing a biodegradable resin and having a thickness in a range of 10 nm-400 nm are laminated, a thickness of at least one of outermost layers is in a range of 10 nm-180 nm, and said outermost layers are joined to each other by a joint portion at pinpoints, at a part of the end portion of the laminate, at the entire part of the end portion of the laminate, or combinations thereof, wherein the layers other than the outermost layers may be joined or may not be joined to the outermost layer.
Filter medium comprising two porous zones arranged in the form of a stack: a first porous zone, named "prefiltration", treated with at least once reagent presenting affinity for red blood cells and leading to red blood cells being captured or agglutinated on the prefiltration zone; and a second porous zone, named "asymmetric", presenting pore size that decreases transversely to its thickness, the portion of higher pore size being positioned towards the prefiltration zone. a first porous zone, named "prefiltration", treated with at least once reagent presenting affinity for red blood cells and leading to red blood cells being captured or agglutinated on the prefiltration zone; and a second porous zone, named "asymmetric", presenting pore size that decreases transversely to its thickness, the portion of higher pore size being positioned towards the prefiltration zone.