mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Electronic card (82; 84; 98, 98A; 110; 120; 144, 148) comprising: - an external connector (78; 78A; 90; 104; 114; 116; 136, 140) which comprises an insulating substrate, defining an outer surface and an inner surface which are opposite one another, and a plurality of outer metal contact pads which are arranged on said outer surface of said insulating substrate; - a card body (12; 66) which has a recess in which said external connector is arranged; - an electronic unit and/or an antenna incorporated in said card body and electrically connected to a plurality of inner metal contact pads which are arranged in the card body, beneath the external connector, or on a surface of said recess and which are aligned respectively on the plurality of outer metal contact pads in a direction that is perpendicular to said outer surface; said plurality of outer metal contact pads being respectively electrically connected to the plurality of inner metal contact pads by a plurality of metal parts (18, 34, 80; 18, 62, 8, 80; 100, 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D) which are each formed at least in part by a brazing material (18; 62; 95; 132) and which pass through said insulating substrate through a plurality of respective openings provided in said insulating substrate; said electronic card being characterised in that said plurality of metal parts are each covered by the plurality of outer metal contact pads which close said plurality of openings in the insulating substrate on the side of its outer surface, the plurality of metal parts each forming junction bridges between the rear surfaces of the plurality of outer metal contact pads and said plurality of inner metal contact pads, in that said openings in said insulating substrate have a diameter of greater than 0.2 mm (200 μm), and in that most of each of said openings having a relatively large diameter is filled with metal. - an external connector (78; 78A; 90; 104; 114; 116; 136, 140) which comprises an insulating substrate, defining an outer surface and an inner surface which are opposite one another, and a plurality of outer metal contact pads which are arranged on said outer surface of said insulating substrate; - a card body (12; 66) which has a recess in which said external connector is arranged; - an electronic unit and/or an antenna incorporated in said card body and electrically connected to a plurality of inner metal contact pads which are arranged in the card body, beneath the external connector, or on a surface of said recess and which are aligned respectively on the plurality of outer metal contact pads in a direction that is perpendicular to said outer surface;
An acoustic attenuator (1, 5, 9, 10, 12) comprising: a first body (2, 5-5 IV, 6-6 IV, 7, 8, 13, 14) defining a cavity (4-4I V) therein and having at least one open aperture (3-3 V) in fluid communication with the cavity; said first body comprising: opposing first and second walls (2A, 2C, 5A-D to 5 IV A-5 IV D, 6A-6D, 6'A-6'D, 7A-D, 8A-F, 13A, 13C, 14A, 14C), the second wall being substantially parallel to the first wall, wherein the aperture is provided in the first wall or the second wall, the width of the aperture and the volume of the cavity are configured to define a resonant frequency band across which the first body attenuates incident acoustic waves, and wherein the first and second walls are separated by a gap (D, D1, D2, D3, D1+D3, D2+D3, D1+D2+D3), characterised in that: the gap defines a shortest distance (d) between the first and second walls, wherein the shortest distance (d) is substantially equal to an integer or half-integer number of wavelengths of the incident acoustic waves to be attenuated, such that the incident acoustic waves to be attenuated are scattered by the first and second walls, and the scattered waves interfere with each other to attenuate the incident acoustic waves. a first body (2, 5-5 IV, 6-6 IV, 7, 8, 13, 14) defining a cavity (4-4I V) therein and having at least one open aperture (3-3 V) in fluid communication with the cavity; said first body comprising: opposing first and second walls (2A, 2C, 5A-D to 5 IV A-5 IV D, 6A-6D, 6'A-6'D, 7A-D, 8A-F, 13A, 13C, 14A, 14C), the second wall being substantially parallel to the first wall, wherein the aperture is provided in the first wall or the second wall, the width of the aperture and the volume of the cavity are configured to define a resonant frequency band across which the first body attenuates incident acoustic waves, and wherein the first and second walls are separated by a gap (D, D1, D2, D3, D1+D3, D2+D3, D1+D2+D3), opposing first and second walls (2A, 2C, 5A-D to 5 IV A-5 IV D, 6A-6D, 6'A-6'D, 7A-D, 8A-F, 13A, 13C, 14A, 14C), the second wall being substantially parallel to the first wall, wherein the aperture is provided in the first wall or the second wall, the width of the aperture and the volume of the cavity are configured to define a resonant frequency band across which the first body attenuates incident acoustic waves, and wherein the first and second walls are separated by a gap (D, D1, D2, D3, D1+D3, D2+D3, D1+D2+D3), characterised in that: the gap defines a shortest distance (d) between the first and second walls, wherein the shortest distance (d) is substantially equal to an integer or half-integer number of wavelengths of the incident acoustic waves to be attenuated, such that the incident acoustic waves to be attenuated are scattered by the first and second walls, and the scattered waves interfere with each other to attenuate the incident acoustic waves.
An oxide sintered body which contains zinc (Zn) and magnesium (Mg) and at least one type of element X that has an ionization potential Ip of 4.5 eV≦Ip≦8.0 eV and an atomic radius d of 1.20 Å≦d≦2.50 Å and which has a sintered density of at least 95%, wherein the element X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Sc, Ti, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Ho, Hf, Ta, W and Bi in the following composition ratios (atomic ratios): 0.0001 ≦ X/ Zn + Mg + X ≦ 0.01 0.0002 ≦ Mg + X / Zn + Mg + X ≦ 0.20.
An assembly for the production of a wiping system, comprising: a terminal part (4; 14) of a wiper arm (3; 13) designed to move a wiper blade; a connecting device (2; 12) of the wiper blade which is releasably connectable to the terminal part; a sliding element (6; 16) movably mounted on the terminal part and movable between a first position for locking the connecting device of the wiper blade on said terminal part, and a second position enabling the terminal part and the connecting device to be separated; and a connecting interface (5; 15) which is releasably connectable to the connecting device of the wiper blade and provided for interfacing a liquid supply tube and/or an electrical cable with the connecting device; the connecting interface (5; 15) and the connecting device (2; 12) are together provided with interlocking parts (51, 71; 151, 171) for securing said releasable connection, the assembly being characterised in that at least one of said interlocking parts comprises a resilient member (51; 151) which is shaped for being pushed by a protrusion (61; 161) of the sliding element and to remove the connecting interface (5; 15) from the connecting device (2; 12), when moved from the first position to the second position, and to thereby disengage said releasable connection. a terminal part (4; 14) of a wiper arm (3; 13) designed to move a wiper blade; a connecting device (2; 12) of the wiper blade which is releasably connectable to the terminal part; a sliding element (6; 16) movably mounted on the terminal part and movable between a first position for locking the connecting device of the wiper blade on said terminal part, and a second position enabling the terminal part and the connecting device to be separated; and a connecting interface (5; 15) which is releasably connectable to the connecting device of the wiper blade and provided for interfacing a liquid supply tube and/or an electrical cable with the connecting device; the connecting interface (5; 15) and the connecting device (2; 12) are together provided with interlocking parts (51, 71; 151, 171) for securing said releasable connection, the assembly being characterised in that at least one of said interlocking parts comprises a resilient member (51; 151) which is shaped for being pushed by a protrusion (61; 161) of the sliding element and to remove the connecting interface (5; 15) from the connecting device (2; 12), when moved from the first position to the second position, and to thereby disengage said releasable connection.
An apparatus for improving an operating field for medical procedures for a patient comprising: a frame with a peripheral edge and a first end and a second end; the frame further having a centrally disposed opening, a shape to an inner frame and at least one breakable portion, which is oriented in between the first end and the second end; the at least one breakable portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than the frame; a flexible membrane grabs and conforms to the shape of the inner frame and substantially covers the frame opening; and the flexible membrane having a centrally disposed membrane opening; the first end of the frame has a first tab; the second end of the frame has a second tab; and the first and the second tabs (60, 65) outwardly extend past the peripheral edge of the frame; the first tab and the second tab act as grasping points on the frame; whereby the apparatus can engage an appendage of the patient with said flexible membrane to provide an effective exsanguination of said appendage, and whereby the at least one breakable portion allows the frame to be easily snapped from a first unsnapped position to a second snapped position to form two opposing halves so that the membrane opening may be enlarged by pulling on said halves for removal of the apparatus from the appendage. a frame with a peripheral edge and a first end and a second end; the frame further having a centrally disposed opening, a shape to an inner frame and at least one breakable portion, which is oriented in between the first end and the second end; the at least one breakable portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than the frame; a flexible membrane grabs and conforms to the shape of the inner frame and substantially covers the frame opening; and the flexible membrane having a centrally disposed membrane opening; the first end of the frame has a first tab; the second end of the frame has a second tab; and the first and the second tabs (60, 65) outwardly extend past the peripheral edge of the frame; the first tab and the second tab act as grasping points on the frame; whereby the apparatus can engage an appendage of the patient with said flexible membrane to provide an effective exsanguination of said appendage, and whereby the at least one breakable portion allows the frame to be easily snapped from a first unsnapped position to a second snapped position to form two opposing halves so that the membrane opening may be enlarged by pulling on said halves for removal of the apparatus from the appendage.
A packing assembly, comprising: a first segment comprising at least one first guiding surface; a second segment comprising at least one second guiding surface in engagement with at least a portion of the at least one first guiding surface; and a shape-memory member coupling the first and second segments (40, 42), the shape-memory member being formed of a material that is responsive to changes in temperature, so that, in response to a change in temperature i) the shape-memory member causes relative movement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a first direction, and ii) in response to the movement, the first and second guiding surfaces (70, 80) cause relative displacement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a second direction, characterised in that the first segment comprises a plurality of first guiding surfaces spaced apart about an axis, and the second segment comprises a plurality of second guiding surfaces spaced apart about the axis in engagement with the plurality of first guiding surfaces, each of the plurality of first guiding surfaces comprises an inclined surface, and each of the plurality of second guiding surfaces comprises a complementary inclined surface that slidingly mates with the respective inclined surface of the plurality of first guiding surfaces, each of the inclined surfaces (70, 80) has a helical shape, and the shape-memory member is formed of a shape-memory alloy. a first segment comprising at least one first guiding surface; a second segment comprising at least one second guiding surface in engagement with at least a portion of the at least one first guiding surface; and a shape-memory member coupling the first and second segments (40, 42), the shape-memory member being formed of a material that is responsive to changes in temperature, so that, in response to a change in temperature i) the shape-memory member causes relative movement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a first direction, and ii) in response to the movement, the first and second guiding surfaces (70, 80) cause relative displacement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a second direction, i) the shape-memory member causes relative movement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a first direction, and ii) in response to the movement, the first and second guiding surfaces (70, 80) cause relative displacement of the first and second segments (40, 42) in a second direction, characterised in that the first segment comprises a plurality of first guiding surfaces spaced apart about an axis, and the second segment comprises a plurality of second guiding surfaces spaced apart about the axis in engagement with the plurality of first guiding surfaces, each of the plurality of first guiding surfaces comprises an inclined surface, and each of the plurality of second guiding surfaces comprises a complementary inclined surface that slidingly mates with the respective inclined surface of the plurality of first guiding surfaces, each of the inclined surfaces (70, 80) has a helical shape, and the shape-memory member is formed of a shape-memory alloy.
A light apparatus comprising one or a plurality of light-emitting units and a transparent portion through which light emitted by said units is intended to pass, which light apparatus further comprises a heating system intended to conduct heat that is generated by the light-emitting unit(s) by means of a heat-transferring medium to the transparent portion in order to heat the same, the heating system comprising a conducting arrangement arranged in direct connection to said transparent portion and containing said heat-transferring medium, wherein the heating system is a closed system in which vaporization and condensation of the heat-transferring medium occur, and wherein the heat that is generated in connection with condensation is utilized to heat said transparent portion directly, wherein the heating system comprises a heat-absorbing part arranged in connection to said light-emitting units and containing said heat-transferring medium, at least one first line arranged so as to conduct said heat-transferring medium from said heat-absorbing part to said conducting arrangement, and at least one second line arranged so as to conduct said heat-transferring medium from said conducting arrangement back to said heat-absorbing part c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said conducting arrangement is arranged integrated into the transparent portion.
Dimmable driver device for producing a variable effective current through semiconductor light sources, comprising: - an output current source, which is a switched-mode converter that comprises an energy-storing inductor, a power switch and a freewheeling current path, - an output that comprises a first node and a second node within said output current source, - a capacitor coupled essentially across said output for maintaining an essentially constant output voltage of said driver device, - a controllable switch on said freewheeling current path, with a control input, and - a control circuit coupled to said control input and configured to selectively maintain said controllable switch conductive during periods when said power switch is non-conductive, wherein an arrangement of said controllable switch and said control circuit is configured to allow electric current to flow in both directions through said controllable switch during said periods when said power switch is non-conductive for driving the semiconductor light sources at high accuracy and efficiency at low brightness levels; characterized in that - said control circuit comprises a controllable delay element (804, 805) configured to implement a controllable delay of a switch-on signal propagating through said delay element, - said control circuit is configured to create switch-on and switch-off signals to said power switch and said controllable switch in complementary manner, and to direct switch-on signals to said power switch through said controllable delay element (804, 805), and - said control circuit is configured to vary the length of said controllable delay in relation to a level of desired output current of the dimmable driver device. - an output current source, which is a switched-mode converter that comprises an energy-storing inductor, a power switch and a freewheeling current path, - an output that comprises a first node and a second node within said output current source, - a capacitor coupled essentially across said output for maintaining an essentially constant output voltage of said driver device, - a controllable switch on said freewheeling current path, with a control input, and - a control circuit coupled to said control input and configured to selectively maintain said controllable switch conductive during periods when said power switch is non-conductive, - said control circuit comprises a controllable delay element (804, 805) configured to implement a controllable delay of a switch-on signal propagating through said delay element, - said control circuit is configured to create switch-on and switch-off signals to said power switch and said controllable switch in complementary manner, and to direct switch-on signals to said power switch through said controllable delay element (804, 805), and - said control circuit is configured to vary the length of said controllable delay in relation to a level of desired output current of the dimmable driver device.
A variant of subtilisin BPN' which differs from the sequence of BPN' subtilisin of SEQ ID NO:2 only by one of the following sets of modifications: G097A/G128S/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/A134T/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/Y217Q, V068I/G097A/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/S101D/G128S/S204F/Y217Q/S236F/T254P, G097A/S101D/G128S/Y217Q, G097A/S101D/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/Z099.01S/A114S/G128S/Y217Q (where Z099.01S indicates an insertion of serine between positions 99 and 100), G097A/G128S/P129T/Y217Q, G097A/G128 S/P129C/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129Q/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129E/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129A/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129K/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129K/G131S/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129R/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129Y/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129L/Y217Q, or G097A/G128S/P129W/Y217Q. G097A/G128S/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/A134T/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/Y217Q, V068I/G097A/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/S101D/G128S/S204F/Y217Q/S236F/T254P, G097A/S101D/G128S/Y217Q, G097A/S101D/G128S/P129D/Y217Q, G097A/Z099.01S/A114S/G128S/Y217Q (where Z099.01S indicates an insertion of serine between positions 99 and 100), G097A/G128S/P129T/Y217Q, G097A/G128 S/P129C/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129Q/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129E/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129A/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129K/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129K/G131S/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129R/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129V/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129Y/Y217Q, G097A/G128S/P129L/Y217Q, or G097A/G128S/P129W/Y217Q.
A printer for printing on flat materials in the form of tinplate sheets with at least one printing ink, wherein the surface tension of these flat materials is less than the surface tension of the printing ink, comprising at least one printing unit (5, 5e) which can be activated and a drying unit which is arranged at the downstream side of this at least one printing unit (5, 5e) which can be activated, said drying unit being provided to dry the printing ink applied to the flat material by at least one printing unit (5, 5e) which can be activated, characterized in that upstream of the first printing unit (5, 5e) which can be activated in the process sequence at least one irradiation unit (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e) having at least one electromagnetic radiation source each is configured to irradiate and increase the surface tension of the flat material prior to the supply thereof to the first printing unit (5, 5e) which can be activated, and that the radiation source is an elongated UV gas-discharge tube or an elongated infrared heater.
A method for inserting, locking and extracting an electronic module reversibly connected with a back panel of a housing structure configured with individual slots for each of the electronic modules, this method wherein in that it consists in carrying out the following steps for locking each electronic module: - introducing the electronic module in an individual slot until a start of pivoting of an effort gearing-down lever is released and triggered by a mobile link formed between a distal end of said gearing-down lever mounted to rotate on the back panel and the electronic module (22, 22', 2); - exerting a pressure on said lever from a proximal end of this lever to continue the pivoting of the lever, move the electronic module against the back panel by the orientation of the mobile link (22, 31) and connect the electronic module to the back panel by a transference of the insertion efforts in a connection interface; - completing the pivoting of the lever to reach a position of automatic locking of its proximal end by triggering a locking mechanism; and, for the extraction of each electronic module: - acting on the locking mechanism to unlock the proximal end of the lever, pivot the lever in the reverse direction of the locking direction to disconnect the electronic module by transference of the uncoupling efforts in the connection interface, and advance the electronic module in its slot before removing the electronic module. - introducing the electronic module in an individual slot until a start of pivoting of an effort gearing-down lever is released and triggered by a mobile link formed between a distal end of said gearing-down lever mounted to rotate on the back panel and the electronic module (22, 22', 2); - exerting a pressure on said lever from a proximal end of this lever to continue the pivoting of the lever, move the electronic module against the back panel by the orientation of the mobile link (22, 31) and connect the electronic module to the back panel by a transference of the insertion efforts in a connection interface; - completing the pivoting of the lever to reach a position of automatic locking of its proximal end by triggering a locking mechanism; - acting on the locking mechanism to unlock the proximal end of the lever, pivot the lever in the reverse direction of the locking direction to disconnect the electronic module by transference of the uncoupling efforts in the connection interface, and advance the electronic module in its slot before removing the electronic module.