mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A tool for forming a part, the tool comprising: a first tool portion comprising a first tool surface; a second tool portion comprising a second tool surface facing the first tool surface, wherein the first tool surface and the second tool surface define a tool chamber for forming the part; and a bladder subassembly disposed in the tool chamber between the first tool surface and the second tool surface, the bladder subassembly comprising: a plurality of inner bladders disposed within the tool chamber, wherein each inner bladder of the plurality of inner bladders comprises an inner bladder chamber that is independently inflatable to selectively apply pressure to the part within the tool chamber; and a bladder cover disposed over the plurality of inner bladders within the tool chamber to provide a barrier between the plurality of inner bladders and the part, wherein the bladder cover comprises a flexible sheet, and wherein each inner bladder comprises a flexible tube defining the inner bladder chamber, further comprising a first endcap disposed at a first end of the tool, the first endcap comprising a first endcap portion and a second endcap portion, wherein the first endcap portion and the second endcap portion clamp a first end of the flexible sheet therebetween, and wherein the first endcap portion and the second endcap portion clamp a first end of the flexible tube of each inner bladder therebetween to isolate the inner bladder chamber of the inner bladder within the tool chamber. a first tool portion comprising a first tool surface; a second tool portion comprising a second tool surface facing the first tool surface, wherein the first tool surface and the second tool surface define a tool chamber for forming the part; and a bladder subassembly disposed in the tool chamber between the first tool surface and the second tool surface, the bladder subassembly comprising: a plurality of inner bladders disposed within the tool chamber, wherein each inner bladder of the plurality of inner bladders comprises an inner bladder chamber that is independently inflatable to selectively apply pressure to the part within the tool chamber; and a bladder cover disposed over the plurality of inner bladders within the tool chamber to provide a barrier between the plurality of inner bladders and the part, wherein the bladder cover comprises a flexible sheet, and wherein each inner bladder comprises a flexible tube defining the inner bladder chamber, further comprising a first endcap disposed at a first end of the tool, the first endcap comprising a first endcap portion and a second endcap portion, wherein the first endcap portion and the second endcap portion clamp a first end of the flexible sheet therebetween, and wherein the first endcap portion and the second endcap portion clamp a first end of the flexible tube of each inner bladder therebetween to isolate the inner bladder chamber of the inner bladder within the tool chamber.
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising: a block copolymer including a first block having a glass transition temperature of 50°C or more, and a second block having a glass transition temperature of -10°C or less and including a radical polymerization group; and a multifunctional cross-linker, wherein the second block comprises: a main chain including an acrylic acid ester monomer and a copolymerizable monomer having a thermosetting functional group in the form of a polymer; and a radical polymerization compound which is bonded to the thermosetting functional group of the main chain and provides a radical polymerization group. a block copolymer including a first block having a glass transition temperature of 50°C or more, and a second block having a glass transition temperature of -10°C or less and including a radical polymerization group; and a multifunctional cross-linker, wherein the second block comprises: a main chain including an acrylic acid ester monomer and a copolymerizable monomer having a thermosetting functional group in the form of a polymer; and a radical polymerization compound which is bonded to the thermosetting functional group of the main chain and provides a radical polymerization group. a main chain including an acrylic acid ester monomer and a copolymerizable monomer having a thermosetting functional group in the form of a polymer; and a radical polymerization compound which is bonded to the thermosetting functional group of the main chain and provides a radical polymerization group.
A DNA cassette for increasing the productivity of cereal plants and/or root mass comprising the following elements: a) an expression promoter, b) a DNA fragment from a coding or non-coding portion of the cereal CKX cytokinin oxidase gene in a sense orientation, c) an intron, d) a DNA fragment from a coding or non-coding portion of the cereal CKX cytokinin oxidase gene in an antisense orientation and e) a 3' transcription terminator, wherein the cereal cytokinin oxidase gene is selected from among genes expressed in the developing head and/or root from a group encompassing the genes HvCKX, TaCKX, ZmCKX, ScCKX and AsCKX, wherein expression of said DNA cassette leads to the formation of hpRNA, and then siRNA for silencing the expression of at least one CKX gene, and in effect the expression of CKX is depressed. a) an expression promoter, b) a DNA fragment from a coding or non-coding portion of the cereal CKX cytokinin oxidase gene in a sense orientation, c) an intron, d) a DNA fragment from a coding or non-coding portion of the cereal CKX cytokinin oxidase gene in an antisense orientation and e) a 3' transcription terminator, wherein the cereal cytokinin oxidase gene is selected from among genes expressed in the developing head and/or root from a group encompassing the genes HvCKX, TaCKX, ZmCKX, ScCKX and AsCKX, wherein expression of said DNA cassette leads to the formation of hpRNA, and then siRNA for silencing the expression of at least one CKX gene, and in effect the expression of CKX is depressed.
A high-pressure fuel supply pump for an internal combustion engine, wherein the high-pressure fuel supply pump comprises: a first low-pressure fuel port and a second low-pressure fuel port in addition to a high-pressure fuel discharge port configured to discharge high-pressure fuel; a compression chamber configured to pressurize fuel from the first low-pressure fuel port and discharge pressurized fuel to the high-pressure fuel discharge port; and a low-pressure fuel channel (10e, 10g) provided in a body of the high-pressure fuel supply pump; characterized in that the low-pressure fuel channel (10e, 10g) is configured to allow low-pressure fuel flow to the second low-pressure fuel port even in case the high-pressure fuel supply pump is not discharging high-pressure fuel, wherein the fuel from the first low pressure fuel port flows to a damper chamber, wherein the damper chamber includes a first outlet introducing the fuel to the second low pressure fuel port and a second outlet introducing the fuel to the compression chamber when an intake valve member is open; and wherein the fuel from the first outlet is introduced to the second low-pressure fuel port via a plunger seal chamber of the high-pressure fuel supply pump. a first low-pressure fuel port and a second low-pressure fuel port in addition to a high-pressure fuel discharge port configured to discharge high-pressure fuel; a compression chamber configured to pressurize fuel from the first low-pressure fuel port and discharge pressurized fuel to the high-pressure fuel discharge port; and a low-pressure fuel channel (10e, 10g) provided in a body of the high-pressure fuel supply pump; characterized in that the low-pressure fuel channel (10e, 10g) is configured to allow low-pressure fuel flow to the second low-pressure fuel port even in case the high-pressure fuel supply pump is not discharging high-pressure fuel, wherein the fuel from the first low pressure fuel port flows to a damper chamber, wherein the damper chamber includes a first outlet introducing the fuel to the second low pressure fuel port and a second outlet introducing the fuel to the compression chamber when an intake valve member is open; and wherein the fuel from the first outlet is introduced to the second low-pressure fuel port via a plunger seal chamber of the high-pressure fuel supply pump.
A pneumatic tire comprising, on a tread surface, one or more land portions (31, 32, 33, 34) sandwiched by a plurality of circumferential main grooves (21, 22, 23) extending in a tire circumferential direction, wherein: the land portion (32, 33) is partitioned into a plurality of blocks by lateral grooves, both ends of the lateral groove open to the plurality of circumferential main grooves (21, 22, 23) sandwiching the land portion (32, 33); each block has an inclined groove formed thereon, the inclined groove having one end opening to a first one of the circumferential main grooves (21, 22) and the other end terminating within the block, and, in a developed view of the tread surface, extending in a manner inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction; the inclined groove has a connecting portion connected to the first one of the circumferential main grooves (21, 22), a wide-width portion connected to the connecting portion, and a narrow-width portion connected to the wide-width portion; in a developed view of the tread surface, the wide-width portion and the narrow-width portion have smaller inclination angles with respect to the tire circumferential direction as compared to the connecting portion; the block has a sipe formed thereon, the sipe having one end opening to the connecting portion and the other end opening to a second one of the circumferential main grooves; and in a developed view of the tread surface, the sipe has a bent portion, characterised in that: the wide-width portion is formed with a groove width larger than the connecting portion. the land portion (32, 33) is partitioned into a plurality of blocks by lateral grooves, both ends of the lateral groove open to the plurality of circumferential main grooves (21, 22, 23) sandwiching the land portion (32, 33); each block has an inclined groove formed thereon, the inclined groove having one end opening to a first one of the circumferential main grooves (21, 22) and the other end terminating within the block, and, in a developed view of the tread surface, extending in a manner inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction; the inclined groove has a connecting portion connected to the first one of the circumferential main grooves (21, 22), a wide-width portion connected to the connecting portion, and a narrow-width portion connected to the wide-width portion; in a developed view of the tread surface, the wide-width portion and the narrow-width portion have smaller inclination angles with respect to the tire circumferential direction as compared to the connecting portion; the block has a sipe formed thereon, the sipe having one end opening to the connecting portion and the other end opening to a second one of the circumferential main grooves; and in a developed view of the tread surface, the sipe has a bent portion, characterised in that: the wide-width portion is formed with a groove width larger than the connecting portion.
Connecting arrangement - having a lightweight board which has two cover panels and a middle layer therebetween, - having a further component (2', 2") and - having a connecting device for connecting the lightweight board to the further component (2', 2"), containing a first connecting means having a first portion (5.1) which is configured for insertion into a recess in the lightweight board, and having a second portion (5.2) which is configured for insertion into a recess in the further component (2', 2"), wherein the connecting device connects the lightweight board to the further component (2', 2") and wherein the first portion (5.1) has a larger outer cross-section than the second portion (5.2), - wherein the recess of the lightweight board extends from a front edge of the lightweight board parallel to the two cover panels into the inside of the lightweight board, - wherein the first portion (5.1) of the first connecting means is at least partially, preferably completely, arranged in the recess and - characterized in that the first portion (5.1) of the first connecting means touches the two cover panels of the lightweight board and thereby forms a non-positive connection between lightweight board and connecting device, and that, at least section wise, the first portion (5.1) and the second portion (5.2) of the first connecting means are made from the same material and are in one piece. - having a lightweight board which has two cover panels and a middle layer therebetween, - having a further component (2', 2") and - having a connecting device for connecting the lightweight board to the further component (2', 2"), containing a first connecting means having a first portion (5.1) which is configured for insertion into a recess in the lightweight board, and having a second portion (5.2) which is configured for insertion into a recess in the further component (2', 2"), wherein the connecting device connects the lightweight board to the further component (2', 2") and wherein the first portion (5.1) has a larger outer cross-section than the second portion (5.2), - wherein the recess of the lightweight board extends from a front edge of the lightweight board parallel to the two cover panels into the inside of the lightweight board, - wherein the first portion (5.1) of the first connecting means is at least partially, preferably completely, arranged in the recess and - characterized in that the first portion (5.1) of the first connecting means touches the two cover panels of the lightweight board and thereby forms a non-positive connection between lightweight board and connecting device, and that, at least section wise, the first portion (5.1) and the second portion (5.2) of the first connecting means are made from the same material and are in one piece.
A liquid discharge head comprising: a housing; a nozzle plate attached to the housing, the nozzle plate having a nozzle from which a liquid is to be discharged; a valve in the housing, the valve configured to move in an opening and closing direction and openably close the nozzle; a driver having one end coupled to the valve in the opening and closing direction, the driver configured to drive the valve; and a fixing member fixed to the housing and coupled to another end of the driver in the opening and closing direction, wherein the driver has a first linear expansion coefficient, each of the valve and the fixing member has a second linear expansion coefficient, the first linear expansion coefficient and the second linear expansion coefficient are reversed in positivity and negativity, and the driver is coupled to each of the valve and the fixing member via a heat transfer layer. a housing; a nozzle plate attached to the housing, the nozzle plate having a nozzle from which a liquid is to be discharged; a valve in the housing, the valve configured to move in an opening and closing direction and openably close the nozzle; a driver having one end coupled to the valve in the opening and closing direction, the driver configured to drive the valve; and a fixing member fixed to the housing and coupled to another end of the driver in the opening and closing direction, wherein the driver has a first linear expansion coefficient, each of the valve and the fixing member has a second linear expansion coefficient, the first linear expansion coefficient and the second linear expansion coefficient are reversed in positivity and negativity, and the driver is coupled to each of the valve and the fixing member via a heat transfer layer.
A thermonuclear reactor comprising a vacuum vessel and blanket modules connected thereto by means of flexible supports, wherein each flexible support is secured at one end on the vacuum vessel and at the other end on the blanket module, characterized in that the flexible supports further carry out the functions of electrical connectors, wherein the supports are made of a material with high electrical conductivity, while the two secured ends of each flexible support face the blanket module, the flexible support itself is formed from two hollow cylindrical elements placed one in the other and perforated by longitudinal slots in a part free from mountings, and the ends of the hollow cylindrical elements opposite the secured ends are connected electrically and mechanically.
A method of manufacturing an insulator for a spark plug, the method comprising the steps of: combining at least two raw materials to form a powdered insulator formulation; spray drying the powdered insulator formulation; pressing the powdered insulator formulation to create an insulator blank; bisque firing the insulator blank to a peak temperature of between about 450 degrees Celsius and about 1200 degrees Celsius; grinding the bisque fired insulator blank to form the insulator; and sintering the insulator. combining at least two raw materials to form a powdered insulator formulation; spray drying the powdered insulator formulation; pressing the powdered insulator formulation to create an insulator blank; bisque firing the insulator blank to a peak temperature of between about 450 degrees Celsius and about 1200 degrees Celsius; grinding the bisque fired insulator blank to form the insulator; and sintering the insulator.
A method to form a cerium-doped high-κ dielectric film which can maintain a relative permittivity of 20 to 100 at frequencies of 1KHz to 1GHz and comprises hafnium oxide and cerium; zirconium oxide and cerium; titanium oxide and cerium; or a mixture of hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide and/or titanium oxide and cerium; in which the cerium stabilizes a metastable phase of a lattice of the hafnium oxide, the zirconium oxide, the titanium oxide or the mixture of hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide and/or titanium oxide by substituting some of the said hafnium, zirconium or titanium of the lattice with cerium having a +4 charge without forming charged oxygen vacancies, or by locating cerium interstitially as interstitial inclusions of the lattice; the method comprising using a chemical phase deposition process to deliver at least one metal-source precursor and at least one cerium precursor to a substrate, wherein the at least one cerium precursor corresponds in structure to Formula I: Ce x (Formula I) wherein: L is independently selected from the group consisting of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate, pentane-2,4-dionate, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate, and 1-methoxy-2-methyl-2-propanolate; and x is 4; and wherein the chemical phase deposition process is chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition. L is independently selected from the group consisting of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate, pentane-2,4-dionate, 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate, and 1-methoxy-2-methyl-2-propanolate; and x is 4; and wherein the chemical phase deposition process is chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition.
A drug delivery system comprising: a drug delivery device; a holder for the drug delivery device when the device is not in use; a detector for detecting the presence of the drug delivery device within or close to the holder; an analyte measurement meter; and at least one algorithm stored in the analyte measurement meter for querying and prompting a user of the drug delivery device to conduct a glucose measurement test or to enter drug delivery information, wherein the at least one algorithm is activated upon removal of the drug delivery device from the holder, characterised in that the meter is configured to prompt the user with a suggested dosage of insulin to be administered if the user conducts a glucose measurement test with said meter. a drug delivery device; a holder for the drug delivery device when the device is not in use; a detector for detecting the presence of the drug delivery device within or close to the holder; an analyte measurement meter; and at least one algorithm stored in the analyte measurement meter for querying and prompting a user of the drug delivery device to conduct a glucose measurement test or to enter drug delivery information, wherein the at least one algorithm is activated upon removal of the drug delivery device from the holder, characterised in that the meter is configured to prompt the user with a suggested dosage of insulin to be administered if the user conducts a glucose measurement test with said meter.
A hoof shoe for a hoofed animal, preferably a horse, with a bottom part (1, 41) and with a wall (2, 42) that encloses the hoof, which wall is provided with tightening means (15, 16, 17, 51) for fastening the hoof shoe to the hoof, whereby this wall (2, 42) enclosing the hoof at the front and sides is provided with an opening at the back with approximately the width of the hoof and at least one closure flap (9, 10, 45), which can be opened and closed at this opening, characterised in that a respective pivotable closure flap (9, 10) with half-shells (12, 13) matched to the hoof instep is provided on both sides at the side of the wall or a shell-shaped closure flap is provided, that can be opened and closed towards the bottom about a swivel axis located on the bottom part, whereby the half-shells (12, 13) respectively this shell-shaped closure flap in the closed state can be pressed approximately with a form fit onto the rear part of the hoof by the tightening means (15, 16, 17, 51).
An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration, the prosthetic valve comprising: an annular frame; a leaflet structure positioned within the frame; an inner skirt, and an annular outer skirt positioned around an outer surface of the frame, the outer skirt comprising an inflow edge secured to the frame at a first location, an outflow edge secured to the frame at a second location, and an intermediate portion between the inflow edge and the outflow edge; wherein when the valve is in the expanded configuration, the intermediate portion of the outer skirt comprises slack in the axial direction between the inflow edge of the outer skirt and the outflow edge of the outer skirt, and when the valve is collapsed to the collapsed configuration, the axial distance between the inflow edge of the outer skirt and the outflow edge of the outer skirt increases, reducing the slack in the outer skirt in the axial direction; and wherein the inner skirt is sutured to the frame at locations away from a suture line which attaches lower edges of leaflets of the leaflet structure to the inner skirt. an annular frame; a leaflet structure positioned within the frame; an inner skirt, and an annular outer skirt positioned around an outer surface of the frame, the outer skirt comprising an inflow edge secured to the frame at a first location, an outflow edge secured to the frame at a second location, and an intermediate portion between the inflow edge and the outflow edge; wherein when the valve is in the expanded configuration, the intermediate portion of the outer skirt comprises slack in the axial direction between the inflow edge of the outer skirt and the outflow edge of the outer skirt, and when the valve is collapsed to the collapsed configuration, the axial distance between the inflow edge of the outer skirt and the outflow edge of the outer skirt increases, reducing the slack in the outer skirt in the axial direction; and wherein the inner skirt is sutured to the frame at locations away from a suture line which attaches lower edges of leaflets of the leaflet structure to the inner skirt.