mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Packing element, in particular for use in mass transfer and/or heat transfer columns or towers, through which a gas and/or liquid flows, wherein the packing element confined by a first and a second outside comprises a plurality of exchange surfaces (4a-4f) which are essentially formed by the surfaces of wave-shaped strips (3a-3f) having half-waves (3a', 3a"-3f', 3f"), wherein the packing element comprises at least one first group of strips, comprising at least one half-wave-shaped and/or wave-shaped strip with a first periodic length I 1, and at least one adjoining second group of strips, comprising at least one wave-shaped strip (3c,3d) with a second periodic length I 2, wherein the wave-shaped strips (3a-3f) extend along an imaginary axial plane of the packing element and at least one strip (3a-3f) extends between a first end bridge and a second end bridge, the two end bridges (6a, 6b) extending in a transverse direction of the packing element, wherein the periodic length I 1 of a strip of the first group of strips adjoining the second group of strips, and the periodic length I 2 of a strip adjoining said strip of the first group of strips, are matched to each other in such a way, that the two adjoining strips (3b, 3c) are in operative contact with each other at at least one point, enabling a liquid transfer between these two strips (3b, 3c), wherein at least one strip (3a, 3f) extends from a first end bridge to a second end bridge, and wherein the two end bridges (6a, 6b) run along the transverse direction of the packing element, characterized in that at least one strip (3a-3d) of the packing element is torsioned about a torsion line running in the longitudinal direction of the packing element, wherein the torsion of the strip (3a-3d) along said torsion line increases starting from the first end bridge, is at maximum in the area of a first amplitude maximum of the strip (3a-3d), decreases in the area between said amplitude maximum and the central section of the packing element, increases, starting from said central section, up to a second amplitude maximum of said strip (3a-3d) and decreases in the area between said amplitude maximum and the second end bridge, and that all strips (3a-3f) are in contact with each other in this central section in such a way that a persistent connection for the liquid is formed from the first outside to the second outside of the packing element.
A sole for a shoe comprising: a shaped first sole element; and a second sole element comprising a textile material; wherein the second sole element is coupled to the first sole element and arranged to at least partially cover the first sole element; wherein the second sole element is molded around the first sole element; wherein the second sole element is at least partially arranged on a lateral side of the first sole element; wherein the first sole element comprises protrusions (13, 13a, 13b); wherein at least a portion of the second sole element is configured to contact an adjacent surface when the sole is attached to an upper; wherein the portion of the second sole element that contacts the adjacent surface generates an amount of at least one of friction and traction between the sole and the adjacent surface; and wherein the protrusions (13, 13a, 13b) are configured to increase the amount of the at least one friction and traction generated between the sole and the adjacent surface, characterized in that the first sole element partly extends through the second sole element. a shaped first sole element; and a second sole element comprising a textile material; wherein the second sole element is coupled to the first sole element and arranged to at least partially cover the first sole element; wherein the second sole element is molded around the first sole element; wherein the second sole element is at least partially arranged on a lateral side of the first sole element; wherein the first sole element comprises protrusions (13, 13a, 13b); wherein at least a portion of the second sole element is configured to contact an adjacent surface when the sole is attached to an upper; wherein the portion of the second sole element that contacts the adjacent surface generates an amount of at least one of friction and traction between the sole and the adjacent surface; and wherein the protrusions (13, 13a, 13b) are configured to increase the amount of the at least one friction and traction generated between the sole and the adjacent surface, characterized in that the first sole element partly extends through the second sole element.
A structure for a solar-powered aircraft, comprising: rigid supports; a skin tensioned over the supports, comprising: a heat-shrinking material tensioning the skin over the supports and comprising one or more holes formed therein; and one or more optically-transparent windows positioned in the one or more holes and for allowing visible light from the Sun to penetrate the skin; and one or more solar panels positioned to receive visible light from the Sun that has penetrated the skin through the one or more optically-transparent windows. rigid supports; a skin tensioned over the supports, comprising: a heat-shrinking material tensioning the skin over the supports and comprising one or more holes formed therein; and one or more optically-transparent windows positioned in the one or more holes and for allowing visible light from the Sun to penetrate the skin; and a heat-shrinking material tensioning the skin over the supports and comprising one or more holes formed therein; and one or more optically-transparent windows positioned in the one or more holes and for allowing visible light from the Sun to penetrate the skin; and one or more solar panels positioned to receive visible light from the Sun that has penetrated the skin through the one or more optically-transparent windows.
An apparatus comprising: processing unit configured to acquire a traffic load, channel quality, and/or information on bandwidth of a base station (10A; 10B) of a macrocell and at least one cell of a group of cells (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) associated with the apparatus and connected to the base station (10A, 10B) via a wireless backhaul, the at least one cell defined by a terminal device (20A, 20B, 20C, 20D) whose operation mode is a base station mode; and perform routing control of traffic including selection of the base station or the at least one cell to route traffic to a terminal device serviced by the base station or the at least one cell (21A, 21B) based on the traffic load, the channel quality, and/or the bandwidth, and wherein the respective cells (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) in the group of cells have a coverage area smaller than the base station (10A, 10B) and overlap with the macrocell. acquire a traffic load, channel quality, and/or information on bandwidth of a base station (10A; 10B) of a macrocell and at least one cell of a group of cells (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) associated with the apparatus and connected to the base station (10A, 10B) via a wireless backhaul, the at least one cell defined by a terminal device (20A, 20B, 20C, 20D) whose operation mode is a base station mode; and perform routing control of traffic including selection of the base station or the at least one cell to route traffic to a terminal device serviced by the base station or the at least one cell (21A, 21B) based on the traffic load, the channel quality, and/or the bandwidth, and wherein the respective cells (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) in the group of cells have a coverage area smaller than the base station (10A, 10B) and overlap with the macrocell.
A forceps, comprising: an instrument housing; an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the instrument housing; and a rotation knob assembly supported in the instrument housing and including a rotation knob and an inner housing, the rotation knob coupled to the shaft assembly and positioned to rotate about the inner housing to rotate the elongated shaft assembly relative to the instrument housing, the inner housing coupled to the instrument housing and supporting electrical contacts (314,316) configured to transmit electrical energy through the rotation knob assembly. an instrument housing; an elongated shaft assembly extending distally from the instrument housing; and a rotation knob assembly supported in the instrument housing and including a rotation knob and an inner housing, the rotation knob coupled to the shaft assembly and positioned to rotate about the inner housing to rotate the elongated shaft assembly relative to the instrument housing, the inner housing coupled to the instrument housing and supporting electrical contacts (314,316) configured to transmit electrical energy through the rotation knob assembly.
An article of footwear comprising a knitted component forming an overfoot portion and an underfoot portion of the article of footwear, the knitted component comprising: a first layer forming an interior surface defining a void; a second layer, wherein the second layer at least partially surrounds the first layer, wherein the second layer forms an outer surface on the overfoot portion and the underfoot portion, and wherein a portion of the first layer is continuous with a portion of the second layer in an ankle region of the knitted component; an interstitial space formed between the first layer and the second layer; wherein the knitted component is characterized by at least one pocket located within the interstitial space; and a component disposed between the first layer and the second layer within the pocket. a first layer forming an interior surface defining a void; a second layer, wherein the second layer at least partially surrounds the first layer, wherein the second layer forms an outer surface on the overfoot portion and the underfoot portion, and wherein a portion of the first layer is continuous with a portion of the second layer in an ankle region of the knitted component; an interstitial space formed between the first layer and the second layer; wherein the knitted component is characterized by at least one pocket located within the interstitial space; and a component disposed between the first layer and the second layer within the pocket.
A multi-purpose radiation therapy system, comprising a base, a rotatable gantry and a radiotherapeutic apparatus, the rotatable gantry being arranged on the base and the radiotherapeutic apparatus being installed on the rotatable gantry, wherein the radiotherapeutic apparatus comprises a multi-source focusing radiotherapeutic unit and an adaptive intensity modulated radiotherapeutic unit, the system being characterised in that the adaptive intensity modulated radiotherapeutic unit comprises a radioactive source, a precollimator, and a multi-leaf collimator.
A watercraft comprising a hull which has a flow channel or with which a flow channel is associated. wherein a motor-driven water-acceleration arrangement, in particular a propeller, is associated with the flow channel, characterised in that the hull has a flooding chamber which is connected to the surroundings via water inlet openings and water outlet openings (35, 33) in order to generate a flow in the flooding chamber during drive operation, and that the flow channel extends in the region of the flooding chamber and delimits two sub-regions with respect to one another in some regions in the flooding chamber.
A heat sink, comprising: a body of solid-phase material defining at least one contact face adapted for direct contact with a heat source requiring cooling, characterized in that the body of solid-phase gallium has a plurality of sealed cavities defined therein; and said heat sink further comprises an unencapsulated phase change material disposed in the cavities; wherein the unencapsulated phase change material absorbs heat from the solid-phase elemental gallium, maintaining viability of the heat sink, characterized in that said body of solid-phase material is elemental gallium and in that the unencapsulated phase change material has a higher specific heat capacity that gallium. a body of solid-phase material defining at least one contact face adapted for direct contact with a heat source requiring cooling, characterized in that the body of solid-phase gallium has a plurality of sealed cavities defined therein; and said heat sink further comprises an unencapsulated phase change material disposed in the cavities; wherein the unencapsulated phase change material absorbs heat from the solid-phase elemental gallium, maintaining viability of the heat sink, characterized in that said body of solid-phase material is elemental gallium and in that the unencapsulated phase change material has a higher specific heat capacity that gallium.
A method for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material (21, 21.1) from preforms made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the preform is thermally conditioned before the shaping thereof and is subsequently shaped into the container during a forming and filling phase in a mould of a forming and filling station with the filling material (21, 21.1) as pressure medium, wherein the filling material (21, 21.1) is introduced into the preform by a forming and filling head, wherein the forming and filling head is moved from an idle position, which allows a preform to be supplied and inserted into the mould of the forming and filling station, into a sealing position to the preform, wherein the preform is preferably guided and is stretched in the axial direction at least temporarily by means of a stretching rod during the shaping into the container, wherein the container is closed by means of a closure cap after the conclusion of the forming and filling phase, before the container is removed from the forming and filling station, wherein the closure cap is supplied into the region of the forming and filling station by a cap supplying device, characterised in that the forming and filling head is moved from the sealing position into a position spaced apart from the container after the conclusion of the forming and filling phase, the closure cap is then supplied into the region between container and forming and filling head, and the closure cap is then pressed onto the container in a container longitudinal direction by the forming and filling head, in order to at least temporarily close the container.
Optical transceiver module (OTRX 1:4) for communications in Distributed Antenna Systems, installable on the Master Unit side of a Distributed Antenna System connectable to a plurality of Remote Units, comprising at least one uplink connector (UL RF) and at least one downlink connector (DL RF) connectable to at least one radio base station, at least a first optical connector (COMMON 1) and at least a second optical connector (COMMON 2) connectable to said Remote Units, at least one downlink path for the connection between said downlink connector (DL RF) and said first and second optical connector (COMMON 1, COMMON 2), and at least one uplink path for the connection between said uplink connector (UL RF) and said first and second optical connector (COMMON 1, COMMON, 2), wherein said uplink path comprises at least a first coupler (WDM 1) of the WDM type and at least a second coupler of the WDM type connected, respectively, to said first optical connector (COMMON 1) and to said second optical connector (COMMON 2), characterized in that said uplink path comprises at least a first demultiplexer (DWDM1, CWDM1) and a second demultiplexer (DWDM2, CWDM2) connected, respectively, to the outputs of said first coupler (WDM 1) and of said second coupler and configured for separating the optical uplink signals coming from each of said Remote Units, and at least one unit for conversion and processing connected to the outputs of said first demultiplexer (DWDM1, CWDM1) and of said second demultiplexer (DWDM2, CWDM2) and connected to said uplink connector (UL RF), configured for converting and processing said separated optical signals to obtain an RF signal to be sent to said uplink connector (UL RF), wherein said uplink path comprises at least four optical receivers (R1, R2, R3, R4) connected to respective outputs of said first demultiplexer (DWDM1, CWDM1) and said second demultiplexer (DWDM2, CWDM2).
An isolated polynucleotide comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having delta-8 desaturase activity, wherein the polypeptide has at least 95% amino acid identity, based on the Clustal V method of alignment, when compared to an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23 or SEQ ID NO:24; (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having delta-8 desaturase activity, wherein the nucleotide sequence has at least 95% sequence identity, based on the BLASTN method of alignment, when compared to a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19 or SEQ ID NO:20; or (c) a complement of the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b), wherein the complement and the nucleotide sequence consist of the same number of nucleotides and are 100% complementary. (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having delta-8 desaturase activity, wherein the polypeptide has at least 95% amino acid identity, based on the Clustal V method of alignment, when compared to an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23 or SEQ ID NO:24; (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having delta-8 desaturase activity, wherein the nucleotide sequence has at least 95% sequence identity, based on the BLASTN method of alignment, when compared to a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19 or SEQ ID NO:20; or (c) a complement of the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b),
A method in a 3GPP system, comprising: transmitting, from a base station, a set of Time Division Duplex, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations to a first communication device and a second communication device, wherein each TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the set of TDD uplink/downlink configurations comprises at least one downlink subframe, at least one uplink subframe, and at least one bidirectional subframe; transmitting, from the base station to each of the first and second communication devices, a TDD indication that indicates one TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the set of TDD uplink/downlink configurations for that communication device; receiving, by the base station from the first communication device, uplink data during a particular bidirectional subframe according to the TDD uplink/downlink configuration indicated to the first communication device; transmitting, from the base station to the second communication device, downlink data during the particular bidirectional subframe according to the TDD uplink/downlink configuration indicated to the second communication device. transmitting, from a base station, a set of Time Division Duplex, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations to a first communication device and a second communication device, wherein each TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the set of TDD uplink/downlink configurations comprises at least one downlink subframe, at least one uplink subframe, and at least one bidirectional subframe; transmitting, from the base station to each of the first and second communication devices, a TDD indication that indicates one TDD uplink/downlink configuration of the set of TDD uplink/downlink configurations for that communication device; receiving, by the base station from the first communication device, uplink data during a particular bidirectional subframe according to the TDD uplink/downlink configuration indicated to the first communication device; transmitting, from the base station to the second communication device, downlink data during the particular bidirectional subframe according to the TDD uplink/downlink configuration indicated to the second communication device.
Valve comprising a body having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a check-valve mounted movably with respect to the body, and a control element mounted movably with respect to the body and connected to the check-valve with clearance, the control element being movable in a unidirectional flow position in which the clearance permits the opening and closing of the check-valve, and in a forced-closed position in which the control element immobilises the check-valve in the closed position, the valve comprising a drive element for controlling the movement of the control element, and a removable cover intended to be secured to the body while capping the drive element and a protruding end of the control element protruding from the body.
A power conversion device comprising a three-phase and three-winding transformer that comprises a secondary winding and a tertiary winding, whereby the secondary winding and the tertiary winding each employ a delta wiring structure, characterized in that the power conversion device further comprises a point (NP_R2, NP_S2, NP_T2) between two windings in each phase of the secondary winding of the three-phase and three-winding transformer is connected to a respective point (NP_R3, NP_S3, NP_T3) between two windings in a same phase of the tertiary winding; a unit module comprising a leg and a capacitor connected in parallel with each other, the leg comprising two self-extinguishing switching elements (21U, 21X) connected in series; and positive-side and negative-side unit arms (Up, Vp, Wp, Un, Vn, Wn) each comprising a multiple number of the unit module connected in series, the positive-side unit arm (Up, Vp, Wp) comprises one end connected to a positive side of a DC power supply, and three other ends each connected to a respective output terminal in each phase of the secondary winding of the three-phase and three-winding transformer; and the negative-side unit arm (Un, Vn, Wn) comprises one end connected to a negative side of the DC power supply, and three other ends each connected to a respective output terminal in each phase of the tertiary winding of the three-phase and three-winding transformer.
An internal combustion engine comprising: a piston; and an apparatus for converting linear motion into rotary motion or vice versa, the apparatus comprising a shaft which is rotatable about a fixed axis and carrying a circular cam mounted eccentrically relative to that axis, the cam being rotatably mounted within a circular journal, an axis of rotation of the cam relative to the journal being spaced from a center of the journal, the journal being in turn rotatably mounted within a housing mounted for reciprocating motion along a second axis in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the shaft whereby reciprocating motion of the housing along the second axis is converted into rotation of the shaft, or rotation of the shaft is converted into reciprocating motion of the housing along the second axis, wherein the second axis intersects the centre of the journal, the fixed axis of the shaft is spaced from the second axis, and the housing is rigidly fixed to the piston. a piston; and an apparatus for converting linear motion into rotary motion or vice versa, the apparatus comprising a shaft which is rotatable about a fixed axis and carrying a circular cam mounted eccentrically relative to that axis, the cam being rotatably mounted within a circular journal, an axis of rotation of the cam relative to the journal being spaced from a center of the journal, the journal being in turn rotatably mounted within a housing mounted for reciprocating motion along a second axis in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the shaft whereby reciprocating motion of the housing along the second axis is converted into rotation of the shaft, or rotation of the shaft is converted into reciprocating motion of the housing along the second axis, wherein the second axis intersects the centre of the journal, the fixed axis of the shaft is spaced from the second axis, and the housing is rigidly fixed to the piston.