mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A covering for architectural openings comprising: a roller; ashade wrapped around the roller, the shade extendable from the roller when the roller rotates in a first direction, and retractable onto the roller when the roller rotates in a second direction; a retraction mechanism operably associated with the roller for biasing the roller in a direction to retract the shade; a positioning device operably engaging the roller for selectively holding the shade at a selected extension location and selectively releasing the shade for additional extension or retraction; wherein the positioning device is actuated to hold the shade at the selected extension position by movement of the shade in either the extension or retraction direction, and characterized in that the positioning device comprises a spool having a length operably connected to the roller and selectively rotatable therewith; and a shuttle at least partially received around the spool; wherein as the roller rotates, the shuttle translates along the length of the spool; when the shuttle is in a first position on the spool, the roller can rotate; and when the shuttle is in a second position on the spool, the roller is prevented from rotating; the shuttle includes one or more locking pins or travelling engagement members that travel along a surface of the spool in predefined pathways. a roller; ashade wrapped around the roller, the shade extendable from the roller when the roller rotates in a first direction, and retractable onto the roller when the roller rotates in a second direction; a retraction mechanism operably associated with the roller for biasing the roller in a direction to retract the shade; a positioning device operably engaging the roller for selectively holding the shade at a selected extension location and selectively releasing the shade for additional extension or retraction; wherein the positioning device is actuated to hold the shade at the selected extension position by movement of the shade in either the extension or retraction direction, and characterized in that the positioning device comprises a spool having a length operably connected to the roller and selectively rotatable therewith; and a shuttle at least partially received around the spool; wherein as the roller rotates, the shuttle translates along the length of the spool; when the shuttle is in a first position on the spool, the roller can rotate; and when the shuttle is in a second position on the spool, the roller is prevented from rotating; the shuttle includes one or more locking pins or travelling engagement members that travel along a surface of the spool in predefined pathways.
A metal-bisphosphonate nanoparticle comprising a core comprising: (a) M 1, wherein M 1 is a multivalent metal ion; and (b) a bisphosphonate, wherein the bisphosphonate comprises a metal complex having the formula M 2 L x, wherein x is an integer of 2 or greater, M 2 is a second metal ion, each L is a metal ion ligand, and wherein two L have the formula -O-C(=O)-NH-P(=O) 2, wherein each R is independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, or a negative charge, and wherein said multivalent metal ion M 1 is a divalent metal ion, and wherein M 2 is platinum, ruthenium, or a beta-emitting radionuclide such as 99 Y, and x is 5 or 6. (a) M 1, wherein M 1 is a multivalent metal ion; and (b) a bisphosphonate, wherein the bisphosphonate comprises a metal complex having the formula M 2 L x, wherein x is an integer of 2 or greater, M 2 is a second metal ion, each L is a metal ion ligand, and wherein two L have the formula -O-C(=O)-NH-P(=O) 2, wherein each R is independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, or a negative charge, and wherein said multivalent metal ion M 1 is a divalent metal ion, and wherein M 2 is platinum, ruthenium, or a beta-emitting radionuclide such as 99 Y, and x is 5 or 6.
A method of operating a corona ignition system, comprising the step of: providing energy to a corona igniter at a first drive frequency during a first period of time and at a third drive frequency during a third period of time spaced from the first period of time by a second period of time during which no energy is provided to the corona igniter, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of obtaining a resonant frequency of the corona igniter from at least one of a first output voltage and a first output current of the corona igniter during the second period of time during which no energy is provided to the corona igniter. providing energy to a corona igniter at a first drive frequency during a first period of time and at a third drive frequency during a third period of time spaced from the first period of time by a second period of time during which no energy is provided to the corona igniter, characterized in that the method further comprises the step of obtaining a resonant frequency of the corona igniter from at least one of a first output voltage and a first output current of the corona igniter during the second period of time during which no energy is provided to the corona igniter.
A method of cavitation peening, comprising: coupling a moveable fluid source to a portable nozzle through a flexible conduit (16,18), the nozzle having a first channel and a second channel, positioning the nozzle adjacent a treatment surface of a work piece, and discharging toward the treatment surface, a first fluid stream through the first channel, and a second fluid stream through the second channel, the second channel being concentrically positioned around the first channel, wherein the first fluid stream has a first fluid pressure and the second fluid stream has a second fluid pressure, the first fluid pressure being greater than the second fluid pressure, wherein the first and second fluid streams combine to generate a cloud of cavitation bubbles; and maintaining the nozzle at a distance from the treatment surface approximately twice the length of the cloud of cavitation bubbles. coupling a moveable fluid source to a portable nozzle through a flexible conduit (16,18), the nozzle having a first channel and a second channel, positioning the nozzle adjacent a treatment surface of a work piece, and discharging toward the treatment surface, a first fluid stream through the first channel, and a second fluid stream through the second channel, the second channel being concentrically positioned around the first channel, wherein the first fluid stream has a first fluid pressure and the second fluid stream has a second fluid pressure, the first fluid pressure being greater than the second fluid pressure, wherein the first and second fluid streams combine to generate a cloud of cavitation bubbles; and maintaining the nozzle at a distance from the treatment surface approximately twice the length of the cloud of cavitation bubbles.
A capsule for containing beverage ingredients intended to produce a beverage in a beverage preparation device upon liquid injection into the capsule and by rotating the capsule around its central axis in the device, the capsule comprising a side wall, a bottom wall and a flange-like rim, and an upper wall attached to the flange-like rim and/or the side wall of the capsule, the upper wall comprising a central liquid inlet and peripheral outlet apertures, wherein the upper wall further comprises an outwardly protruding sealing member which is arranged at an annular portion of the upper wall between the central liquid inlet and the peripheral outlet apertures, and which is designed to at least significantly hinder, preferably prevent liquid from flowing at the outside of the capsule from the liquid inlet to the outlet apertures when the sealing member is engaged by the beverage preparation device and, wherein the sealing member is located radially distanced from the liquid inlet, characterized in that the side wall, bottom wall and flange-like rim, are devoid of liquid inlet apertures and of beverage outlet apertures. a side wall, a bottom wall and a flange-like rim, and an upper wall attached to the flange-like rim and/or the side wall of the capsule, the upper wall comprising a central liquid inlet and peripheral outlet apertures, wherein the upper wall further comprises an outwardly protruding sealing member which is arranged at an annular portion of the upper wall between the central liquid inlet and the peripheral outlet apertures, and which is designed to at least significantly hinder, preferably prevent liquid from flowing at the outside of the capsule from the liquid inlet to the outlet apertures when the sealing member is engaged by the beverage preparation device and, wherein the sealing member is located radially distanced from the liquid inlet, characterized in that the side wall, bottom wall and flange-like rim, are devoid of liquid inlet apertures and of beverage outlet apertures.
A method for forming palletisable layers (22, 28) from articles standing next to each other, on a layer forming station with at least one software-controlled manipulator for collecting and/or transferring individual or a plurality of articles from at least two feed stations (13, 15) that are spatially distant from each other and/or spatially displaced; and for positioning by rotating and/or displacing the articles in specifiable release positions on the layer forming station, characterised in that a supply frequency of the articles at the feed stations (13, 15) varies; and the at least one manipulator collects the articles from the feed stations (13, 15) selectively and without a determined sequence, based on a present supply situation of the articles at the at least two feed stations (13, 15); and transfers them into the release position under flexible adaptation to the particular transfer path, wherein a movement rule of the at least one manipulator is deviated from upon exceeding a specified limit value that defines the gaps between articles, with the movement rule having been previously identified as expedient and having been predefined; and an alternative movement profile is selected, resulting in altogether deviating displacement paths for the articles for producing the desired layer pattern.
An apparatus (12, 62) comprising: a transmitter (20, 62) comprising a pulsed Radio Frequency source coupled to an antenna, the transmitter (20, 62) being configured to transmit a Radio Frequency pulse during each of a gated mode and a non-gated mode; a receiver (32, 62) comprising an amplifier coupled to the antenna, the receiver (32, 62) being configured to receive a returned transmission (30, 68) from at least one target (14, 64); and a controller configured to adjust one or more durations of a ranging cycle of the apparatus, wherein the ranging cycle comprises a first duration of the gated mode and a second duration of the non-gated mode, the gated mode blinding the amplifier during a transmission of the pulse by the transmitter, and the non-gated mode reducing a gain of the amplifier during the transmission of the pulse; wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one of the first duration and the second duration in response to a maximum duty-cycle operation and based on at least one of a required first Signal to Noise Ratio margin of the at least one target (14, 64) being a short-range target and a required second SNR margin of the at least one target (14, 64) being a long-range target. a transmitter (20, 62) comprising a pulsed Radio Frequency source coupled to an antenna, the transmitter (20, 62) being configured to transmit a Radio Frequency pulse during each of a gated mode and a non-gated mode; a receiver (32, 62) comprising an amplifier coupled to the antenna, the receiver (32, 62) being configured to receive a returned transmission (30, 68) from at least one target (14, 64); and a controller configured to adjust one or more durations of a ranging cycle of the apparatus, wherein the ranging cycle comprises a first duration of the gated mode and a second duration of the non-gated mode, the gated mode blinding the amplifier during a transmission of the pulse by the transmitter, and the non-gated mode reducing a gain of the amplifier during the transmission of the pulse; wherein the controller is configured to adjust at least one of the first duration and the second duration in response to a maximum duty-cycle operation and based on at least one of a required first Signal to Noise Ratio margin of the at least one target (14, 64) being a short-range target and a required second SNR margin of the at least one target (14, 64) being a long-range target.
A thermal analysis method for determining a thermal property of a sample, the method comprising differential measurement of a physical parameter between two samples (84, 84'), wherein the samples are substantially identical as to their composition and as to their thermal properties, wherein, at the beginning of measurement, the samples present an initial temperature difference of known magnitude, characterized in that, during the measurement, the samples are subjected either to a same temperature variation or to a same heat power.
A wall mountable back plate for securing a Heating, Ventilation and/or Air Conditioning (HVAC) control module to a wall, the wall mountable back plate comprising: a housing having a front side and a back side, wherein the back side is configured to be mountable toward a wall; the housing defining a field wire receiving aperture through the back side of the housing, the field wire receiving aperture configured to accommodate one or more field wires; characterized in that the wall mountable back plate further comprises a terminal block platform rotatably coupled to the housing, the terminal block platform including one or more terminal blocks that are configured to connect one or more field wires to one or more terminal pins of an HVAC control module. a housing having a front side and a back side, wherein the back side is configured to be mountable toward a wall; the housing defining a field wire receiving aperture through the back side of the housing, the field wire receiving aperture configured to accommodate one or more field wires; characterized in that the wall mountable back plate further comprises a terminal block platform rotatably coupled to the housing, the terminal block platform including one or more terminal blocks that are configured to connect one or more field wires to one or more terminal pins of an HVAC control module.
A transmission method, comprising: receiving Downlink Control Information, DCI, sent from a network device; wherein the DCI is scrambled by a Cyclic Redundancy Check scrambling sequence; determining channel priority of the first channel scheduled by the DCI according to the CRC scrambling sequence of the DCI; wherein the channel priority of the first channel is impliedly indicated by Cyclic Redundancy Check,CRC, scrambling sequence according to a correspondence between the CRC scrambling sequence and the channel priority; determining a transmission scheme of the first channel according to the channel priority of the first channel. receiving Downlink Control Information, DCI, sent from a network device; wherein the DCI is scrambled by a Cyclic Redundancy Check scrambling sequence; determining channel priority of the first channel scheduled by the DCI according to the CRC scrambling sequence of the DCI; wherein the channel priority of the first channel is impliedly indicated by Cyclic Redundancy Check,CRC, scrambling sequence according to a correspondence between the CRC scrambling sequence and the channel priority; determining a transmission scheme of the first channel according to the channel priority of the first channel.
An actuator assembly for a turbine of a turbocharger comprising: a bushing, an actuator shaft with a shaft step and a reduced diameter portion, wherein the actuator shaft is arranged inside the bushing, and characterized by a sealing arrangement comprising an insert sleeve and a seal ring, the insert sleeve having a sleeve step between a larger diameter sleeve portion and a smaller diameter sleeve portion, the insert sleeve being arranged on the reduced diameter portion, wherein the seal ring is arranged in a cavity formed radially between the bushing and the smaller diameter sleeve portion and axially between the sleeve step and the shaft step, wherein the sealing arrangement defines a radial sealing region which is formed between the bushing and the seal ring, and an axial sealing region which is formed between the seal ring and the insert sleeve, and wherein the seal ring is configured and arranged to be driven into contact with the insert sleeve by exhaust gas pressure. a bushing, an actuator shaft with a shaft step and a reduced diameter portion, wherein the actuator shaft is arranged inside the bushing, and characterized by a sealing arrangement comprising an insert sleeve and a seal ring, the insert sleeve having a sleeve step between a larger diameter sleeve portion and a smaller diameter sleeve portion, the insert sleeve being arranged on the reduced diameter portion, wherein the seal ring is arranged in a cavity formed radially between the bushing and the smaller diameter sleeve portion and axially between the sleeve step and the shaft step, wherein the sealing arrangement defines a radial sealing region which is formed between the bushing and the seal ring, and an axial sealing region which is formed between the seal ring and the insert sleeve, and wherein the seal ring is configured and arranged to be driven into contact with the insert sleeve by exhaust gas pressure.
A computer-implemented method for obtaining information about foods consumed by a subject of a blood glucose test carried out in a system for obtaining information about foods consumed by a subject of a structured blood glucose test, the system comprising a portable device, a food database and a blood glucose meter, the method comprising: - determining, by a location detection system of the portable device possessed by the subject, a location of the portable device; - providing, at an output device of the portable device, to the subject a list of food items, provided by the food database containing information about various foods as well as a prescribed diet of the subject which is entered via a computer, in which foods available at the determined location are at least emphasized, wherein said providing to the subject the list of food items includes emphasizing the foods available at the determined location by sorting the list of food items based on proximity to the subject; - if it is determined that the determined location lacks food items that meet dietary requirements for the subject, providing via the portable device a list of alternative locations that meet the dietary requirements for the subject; - receiving, at an input device of the portable device, a selection from the list that is indicative of a food consumed by the subject; - collecting a blood glucose reading from the subject from the blood glucose meter; - storing the blood glucose reading and the selection of the food consumed in a memory of the portable device or in the food database; and - processing at least the blood glucose reading and the selection of the food consumed to identify any patterns for the structured blood glucose test. - determining, by a location detection system of the portable device possessed by the subject, a location of the portable device; - providing, at an output device of the portable device, to the subject a list of food items, provided by the food database containing information about various foods as well as a prescribed diet of the subject which is entered via a computer, in which foods available at the determined location are at least emphasized, wherein said providing to the subject the list of food items includes emphasizing the foods available at the determined location by sorting the list of food items based on proximity to the subject; - if it is determined that the determined location lacks food items that meet dietary requirements for the subject, providing via the portable device a list of alternative locations that meet the dietary requirements for the subject; - receiving, at an input device of the portable device, a selection from the list that is indicative of a food consumed by the subject; - collecting a blood glucose reading from the subject from the blood glucose meter; - storing the blood glucose reading and the selection of the food consumed in a memory of the portable device or in the food database; and - processing at least the blood glucose reading and the selection of the food consumed to identify any patterns for the structured blood glucose test.
A method for controlling uplink power comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, uplink power control information transmitted by a network device, wherein the uplink power control information comprises open-loop power control information, and the open-loop power control information comprises open-loop power control parameters corresponding to multiple precoding schemes comprising a target uplink precoding scheme; determining, by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme; and determining (S 130), by the terminal device, according to the target power control parameter, target transmitting power for transmitting a target uplink signal using the target uplink precoding scheme; wherein the determining (S 120), by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme comprises: determining, by the terminal device, according to the open-loop power control information, a target open-loop power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme from the open-loop power control parameters. receiving, by a terminal device, uplink power control information transmitted by a network device, wherein the uplink power control information comprises open-loop power control information, and the open-loop power control information comprises open-loop power control parameters corresponding to multiple precoding schemes comprising a target uplink precoding scheme; determining, by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme; and determining (S 130), by the terminal device, according to the target power control parameter, target transmitting power for transmitting a target uplink signal using the target uplink precoding scheme; wherein the determining (S 120), by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme comprises: determining, by the terminal device, according to the open-loop power control information, a target open-loop power control parameter corresponding to the target uplink precoding scheme from the open-loop power control parameters.
A method for manufacturing cement comprising: - supplying at least one effluent from etching a silicon-based substrate comprising a dissolved silicate of an alkali metal M, of formula SiO 2:M 2 O, having a SiO 2 /M 2 O molar ratio greater than or equal to 0.8, and preferably greater than or equal to 1.40, - supplying an aluminosilicate raw material, and - mixing the aluminosilicate raw material with the etching effluent. - supplying at least one effluent from etching a silicon-based substrate comprising a dissolved silicate of an alkali metal M, of formula SiO 2:M 2 O, having a SiO 2 /M 2 O molar ratio greater than or equal to 0.8, and preferably greater than or equal to 1.40, - supplying an aluminosilicate raw material, and - mixing the aluminosilicate raw material with the etching effluent.