mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A robotic fastening device having an end effector and a clamping device attached to the end effector, the clamping device comprising a clamp and a foot, characterised in that: the foot is adhesively bonded to an edge of the clamp and has a set of interlocking features that form a mechanical interlock with the clamp; and wherein the set of interlocking features increase a cohesive strength of an interface between the clamp and the foot; the foot further comprises: a base portion, wherein the set of interlocking features extend from the base portion; an interlocking feature in the set of interlocking features is comprised entirely of an elongated portion that extends from the base portion of the foot; and the elongated portion extends from the base portion of the foot at an angle relative to an interface between the base portion and the edge of the clamp, wherein the angle is between 5 degrees and 85 degrees relative to the interface. the foot is adhesively bonded to an edge of the clamp and has a set of interlocking features that form a mechanical interlock with the clamp; and wherein the set of interlocking features increase a cohesive strength of an interface between the clamp and the foot; the foot further comprises: a base portion, wherein the set of interlocking features extend from the base portion; an interlocking feature in the set of interlocking features is comprised entirely of an elongated portion that extends from the base portion of the foot; and the elongated portion extends from the base portion of the foot at an angle relative to an interface between the base portion and the edge of the clamp, wherein the angle is between 5 degrees and 85 degrees relative to the interface.
A method for improving the quality of sound emanating from an ear module, the ear module comprising a speaker and a portion extending into an ear canal of a user, the portion defining a sound bore having an exit and an entrance, the method comprising: selecting a shape for the sound bore, the sound bore defining an axis; selecting a length for the sound bore; selecting at least one cross-sectional size for the sound bore at positions along the axis; positioning the speaker within the sound bore between the exit and the entrance; and the selecting and positioning steps carried out to help improve the frequency response of the ear module so that the ear module has a resonant peak near 2.7 kHz and a maximum 20 dB decrease in high frequency response as measured at 5 kHz from the average frequency response as measured at 500 Hz, 800 Hz, and 1600 Hz. selecting a shape for the sound bore, the sound bore defining an axis; selecting a length for the sound bore; selecting at least one cross-sectional size for the sound bore at positions along the axis; positioning the speaker within the sound bore between the exit and the entrance; and the selecting and positioning steps carried out to help improve the frequency response of the ear module so that the ear module has a resonant peak near 2.7 kHz and a maximum 20 dB decrease in high frequency response as measured at 5 kHz from the average frequency response as measured at 500 Hz, 800 Hz, and 1600 Hz.
A joining device, associable with a shelf that can be arranged against a wall of a piece of furniture, said joining device comprising: - a cylindrical body adapted to be inserted in a first hole provided transversely in said shelf, said cylindrical body comprising a first axial seat and a second seat that is adjacent to said first seat, and a third seat or hole extending at a right angle with respect to the axis of said first seat, - a screw comprising a first stem adapted to be rotatable coupled in said first seat and provided with a first crown-shaped head adapted to be arranged rotatably within said second seat, wherein the joining device further comprises an insert accomodatable in a second hole provided in said shelf at right angles to said first hole so as to be arranged substantially flush with or below an upper surface of said shelf, and to be inserted within said third seat or hole, said insert comprises at least a first wing, wherein said insert surrounds and defines a seventh seat for the insertion of a first tool, said first wing being provided with a ninth seat configured such that said first crown-shaped head can be temporarily rotatably coupled with a third head of said first tool. - a cylindrical body adapted to be inserted in a first hole provided transversely in said shelf, said cylindrical body comprising a first axial seat and a second seat that is adjacent to said first seat, and a third seat or hole extending at a right angle with respect to the axis of said first seat, - a screw comprising a first stem adapted to be rotatable coupled in said first seat and provided with a first crown-shaped head adapted to be arranged rotatably within said second seat,
A hepatitis B virus antisense oligomer for use in the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B virus related conditions by reducing the amount of a hepatitis B virus DNA and HBV antigen in a mammalian cell or an organism, wherein the hepatitis B virus antisense oligomer comprises: a) essentially the sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs 14-22, or b) a sequence that is essentially complementary to any one of SEQ ID Nos 1-13; wherein at least 4 of the nucleoside units in the hepatitis B virus antisense oligomer are LNA units having a 2'-O-alkyl-4'-C linkage wherein the alkyl is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl, and wherein at least two of the internucleoside linkages present between the nucleoside units of the contiguous nucleoside sequence are phosphorothioate internucleoside linkages; or a salt, solvate, hydrate or ester thereof. a) essentially the sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs 14-22, or b) a sequence that is essentially complementary to any one of SEQ ID Nos 1-13;
A method for enhancing the efficiency of a water turbine, in particular a Pelton turbine, the water turbine comprising a rotatable turbine wheel having a wheel disc and a plurality of buckets fixed to the wheel disc, and further comprising at least one nozzle for expelling a water jet on the buckets, the rotatable wheel and the at least one nozzle being arranged in a casing with a water outlet, and the method comprising the step of providing the interior of the casing with means for reducing splash back of water leaving the wheel, or detrimental water spray on the rotatable wheel, these means including one or more energy damping devices which are attached on stationary, water splash exposed surfaces (21A-21F) inside the turbine casing in order to dissipate energy at least from water of high velocity leaving the buckets and/or dense pulverised water mist, characterized in that the one or more energy damping devices, which are fixed to the water splash exposed surfaces (21A-21F) inside the turbine casing, are mats, being of a material and having a surface suitable for dissipating the energy of the splashing water.
A pressure regulator including: a housing (12, 14) including a flow passage (44, 46, 48); a plunger configured to move within the housing, wherein the plunger is hollow and has a plunger passage included in the flow passage; a valve seat in the housing and disposed in the flow passage immediately upstream of an inlet to the plunger passage; characterized by: a shuttle within the housing configured to move between an upstream-most position at which the shuttle abuts the valve seat to close the flow passage and a downstream position displaced from the valve seat which opens the flow passage; a sealed chamber within the housing and between the plunger and the shuttle, wherein the sealed chamber is configured to be operated at pressures other than at atmospheric pressure; and a port in the housing and open to the sealed chamber, wherein the port is configured to be connected to a source of a pressurized fluid. a housing (12, 14) including a flow passage (44, 46, 48); a plunger configured to move within the housing, wherein the plunger is hollow and has a plunger passage included in the flow passage; a valve seat in the housing and disposed in the flow passage immediately upstream of an inlet to the plunger passage; characterized by: a shuttle within the housing configured to move between an upstream-most position at which the shuttle abuts the valve seat to close the flow passage and a downstream position displaced from the valve seat which opens the flow passage; a sealed chamber within the housing and between the plunger and the shuttle, wherein the sealed chamber is configured to be operated at pressures other than at atmospheric pressure; and a port in the housing and open to the sealed chamber, wherein the port is configured to be connected to a source of a pressurized fluid. a shuttle within the housing configured to move between an upstream-most position at which the shuttle abuts the valve seat to close the flow passage and a downstream position displaced from the valve seat which opens the flow passage; a sealed chamber within the housing and between the plunger and the shuttle, wherein the sealed chamber is configured to be operated at pressures other than at atmospheric pressure; and a port in the housing and open to the sealed chamber, wherein the port is configured to be connected to a source of a pressurized fluid.
A roll for folding, or interfolding, a web, or sheet, of paper, fed along an advancing direction in a paper converting machine, or similar machines, said roll for folding, or interfolding, comprising: - a tubular body configured to rotate about a longitudinal rotation axis, said tubular body providing an external lateral surface and an internal lateral surface pneumatically communicating with each other through a plurality of suction holes (3a,3b) organized in a predetermined number of suction groups, each suction group comprising a predetermined number of close longitudinal rows (30a,30b) of suction holes (3a,3b) distributed along said tubular body; - a suction chamber provided internally to said roll for folding, or interfolding, and pneumatically connected to a suction device configured to generate a predetermined vacuum level; - a vacuum distribution device configured to selectively put in pneumatic connection said suction chamber with at least a row of suction holes of said plurality, at predetermined angular positions of said tubular body in such a way to cause the suction of the processed sheet, or web, of paper, and its adhesion at corresponding portions of said external lateral surface of said roll for folding, or interfolding; said roll for folding, or interfolding, wherein each suction group comprises at least 3 close longitudinal rows (30a,30b,30c) of suction holes (3a,3b,3c) configured to hold each sheet, or web, of paper on said roll at a respective portion of said external lateral surface, characterized in that at least 2 of said close longitudinal rows (30a,30b,30c,30d) of suction holes (3a,3b,3c,3d) of each suction group (60a,60b,60c,60d) are arranged according to directions lying on incident planes (γa,γb,γc,γd) arranged to intersect each other in an intersection line parallel to said longitudinal rotation axis of said roll. - a tubular body configured to rotate about a longitudinal rotation axis, said tubular body providing an external lateral surface and an internal lateral surface pneumatically communicating with each other through a plurality of suction holes (3a,3b) organized in a predetermined number of suction groups, each suction group comprising a predetermined number of close longitudinal rows (30a,30b) of suction holes (3a,3b) distributed along said tubular body; - a suction chamber provided internally to said roll for folding, or interfolding, and pneumatically connected to a suction device configured to generate a predetermined vacuum level; - a vacuum distribution device configured to selectively put in pneumatic connection said suction chamber with at least a row of suction holes of said plurality, at predetermined angular positions of said tubular body in such a way to cause the suction of the processed sheet, or web, of paper, and its adhesion at corresponding portions of said external lateral surface of said roll for folding, or interfolding;
A nanostructure comprising a plurality of nanohelices or nanozigzags, wherein the plurality of nanohelices or nanozigzags are made of SiO 2 or TiO x, wherein x is in the range of 0.33 ≤ x ≤_2, wherein the nanostructure is manufactured by a GLAD technique. wherein the length of each of the nanohelices is at least 540nm and each nanohelix comprises at least two pitches and having a pitch of at least 240 nm, and the nanohelices are made of SiO 2 and the nanostructure having a stiffness of 12.6 ± 1.8 μN/nm; the length of each of the nanozigzags is at least 550nm and each nanozigzag comprises at least three pitches and having a pitch of at least 165 nm, and the nanozigzags are made of SiO 2 and the nanostructure having a stiffness of 19.7 ± 2.3 μN/nm. wherein the length of each of the nanohelices is at least 540nm and each nanohelix comprises at least two pitches and having a pitch of at least 240 nm, and the nanohelices are made of SiO 2 and the nanostructure having a stiffness of 12.6 ± 1.8 μN/nm; the length of each of the nanozigzags is at least 550nm and each nanozigzag comprises at least three pitches and having a pitch of at least 165 nm, and the nanozigzags are made of SiO 2 and the nanostructure having a stiffness of 19.7 ± 2.3 μN/nm.
LED module having: - terminals for an LED converter that supplies the LED module with a supply voltage; - additional terminals for an LED series; - a circuit that can be activated if a predetermined constant current that is less than the rated current of the LED series or a predetermined constant voltage that is less than the forward voltage of the LED series is applied to the LED module at the terminals for the LED converter, wherein a start phase begins with the application of the predetermined constant current or of the constant voltage; wherein the circuit is designed to represent, upon activation, a variable-current, active power load which produces a repeated change in the power consumption of the LED module according to at least one predetermined protocol, wherein the circuit can be deactivated and, upon being deactivated, is designed to not represent an active power load, and characterized in that the circuit has means for automatically deactivating itself after a predetermined time interval has elapsed since the beginning of the start phase. - terminals for an LED converter that supplies the LED module with a supply voltage; - additional terminals for an LED series; - a circuit that can be activated if a predetermined constant current that is less than the rated current of the LED series or a predetermined constant voltage that is less than the forward voltage of the LED series is applied to the LED module at the terminals for the LED converter, wherein a start phase begins with the application of the predetermined constant current or of the constant voltage;
A solder alloy consisting of: tin, silver, indium, bismuth, and antimony, and optionally at least one arbitrary element selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, cobalt, gallium, germanium, and phosphorus, wherein with respect to the total amount of the solder alloy, the content ratio of the silver is 2.8 mass% or more and 4.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the indium is 6.2 mass% or more and 9.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the bismuth is 0.7 mass% or more and 5.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the antimony is 1.0 mass% or more and 5.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the arbitrary element is above 0 mass% and 1 mass% or less, when an arbitrary element is contained; and - apart from inevitable impurities - the content ratio of the tin is the balance, and the value of A in the following discriminant is 4.36 or less A = 0.87 × In content ratio mass % − 0.41 × Ag content ratio mass % − 0.82 × Sb content ratio mass % tin, silver, indium, bismuth, and antimony, and optionally at least one arbitrary element selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, cobalt, gallium, germanium, and phosphorus, wherein with respect to the total amount of the solder alloy, the content ratio of the silver is 2.8 mass% or more and 4.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the indium is 6.2 mass% or more and 9.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the bismuth is 0.7 mass% or more and 5.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the antimony is 1.0 mass% or more and 5.0 mass% or less; the content ratio of the arbitrary element is above 0 mass% and 1 mass% or less, when an arbitrary element is contained; and - apart from inevitable impurities - the content ratio of the tin is the balance, and the value of A in the following discriminant is 4.36 or less A = 0.87 × In content ratio mass % − 0.41 × Ag content ratio mass % − 0.82 × Sb content ratio mass %
Optics tube for an endoscope, wherein a lens arrangement comprising at least one rod lens (2, 3, 34, 39) is received in the inside of the optics tube, wherein a sleeve (5, 6, 20, 25) is fixed on the at least one rod lens (2, 3, 34, 39) and partially encloses the rod lens (2, 3, 34, 39), and in that the sleeve (5, 6, 20, 25) is welded to the optics tube and the sleeve (5, 6, 20, 25) encloses the rod lens (2, 3, 34, 39) along a guide length which is smaller than a length of the rod lens (2, 3, 34, 39), wherein only a suitably short portion of the rod lens is enclosed by the sleeve welded to the optics tube so that, in the other portions, the wall thickness of the sleeve means that the rod lens does not touch the inside face of the optics tube, characterized in that the sleeve (5, 6, 20, 25) has a ferromagnetic material so that a magnetic force can be applied to the sleeve with the aid of a magnet arranged outside the optics tube.
A vehicle front portion structure comprising: a pair of front side members arranged at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction, each of the front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a gusset attached to a vehicle width direction outside surface of each of the front side members, protruding outwards in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side member, and having a vehicle width direction dimension decreasing toward a rear of a vehicle; and an MC cross member stretching between the front side members, said vehicle front portion structure being characterized in that the MC cross member and the front side member face each other in a state where the MC cross member and the front side member are apart from each other in the vehicle width direction at the same vehicle front-rear direction position as a rear end of the gusset. a pair of front side members arranged at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction, each of the front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a gusset attached to a vehicle width direction outside surface of each of the front side members, protruding outwards in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side member, and having a vehicle width direction dimension decreasing toward a rear of a vehicle; and an MC cross member stretching between the front side members, said vehicle front portion structure being characterized in that the MC cross member and the front side member face each other in a state where the MC cross member and the front side member are apart from each other in the vehicle width direction at the same vehicle front-rear direction position as a rear end of the gusset.
A gateway between a first network and a second network, the second network comprising a TCP/IP network, the gateway comprising: a transmission buffer for first data awaiting transmission on the first network; a reception buffer that receives second data from the second network, the gateway configured to determine a first flow condition of the first network by inspecting the transmission buffer for packets awaiting transmission on the first network and modulate a second flow condition of the second network responsive to the first flow condition by controlling data transfers between the reception buffer and the transmission buffer, wherein data transfers between the reception buffer and the transmission buffer are controlled by generating by the gateway and sending by the gateway one or more acknowledgements to a source on the second network for a data packet that has previously been received by the gateway from the source on the second network, wherein the data packet is addressed to a receiver on the first network, wherein the gateway is a device that is separate from the receiver on the first network, wherein the first flow condition comprises congestion on the first network; wherein acknowledgements are generated and transmitted to the source on the second network in response to transferring to the transmission buffer packets originating the generation and sending of acknowledgements by the gateway. a transmission buffer for first data awaiting transmission on the first network; a reception buffer that receives second data from the second network, the gateway configured to determine a first flow condition of the first network by inspecting the transmission buffer for packets awaiting transmission on the first network and modulate a second flow condition of the second network responsive to the first flow condition by controlling data transfers between the reception buffer and the transmission buffer, wherein data transfers between the reception buffer and the transmission buffer are controlled by generating by the gateway and sending by the gateway one or more acknowledgements to a source on the second network for a data packet that has previously been received by the gateway from the source on the second network, wherein the data packet is addressed to a receiver on the first network, wherein the gateway is a device that is separate from the receiver on the first network, wherein the first flow condition comprises congestion on the first network; wherein acknowledgements are generated and transmitted to the source on the second network in response to transferring to the transmission buffer packets originating the generation and sending of acknowledgements by the gateway.
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, the light emitting layer having a graded composition of a first element, characterized in that: a change in composition of the first element in the light emitting layer is greater than 0.2% per angstrom and less than 0.8% per angstrom across a thickness of the light emitting layer. a change in composition of the first element in the light emitting layer is greater than 0.2% per angstrom and less than 0.8% per angstrom across a thickness of the light emitting layer.
A protein expression system comprising: a) a λpL promoter; and b) a perfect palindrome operator sequence. a) a λpL promoter; and b) a perfect palindrome operator sequence.
A polycarbonate resin composition comprising a copolymerized polycarbonate resin containing, as main repeating units, a carbonate unit (a-1) having a fluorene ring in a side chain and a carbonate unit (a-2) represented by the following formula (a-2): (wherein W represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R represents a branched or linear-chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, and u represents an integer of 0 to 3.), and a polycarbonate resin containing, as a main repeating unit, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, wherein 1) a molar ratio of the carbonate unit (a-1) to the carbonate unit (a-2) in the polycarbonate resin is from 50/50 to 80/20, and 2) a weight ratio of the polycarbonate resin to the polycarbonate resin is from 1:99 to 70:30. 1) a molar ratio of the carbonate unit (a-1) to the carbonate unit (a-2) in the polycarbonate resin is from 50/50 to 80/20, and 2) a weight ratio of the polycarbonate resin to the polycarbonate resin is from 1:99 to 70:30.