mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining the duration (t 2 -t 1) for which an orifice separating two spaces (28, 29) containing a fluid at different pressures is open, the pressure in one of said spaces being measured as a function of the time (t), the method being characterized in that the variations of a characteristic stemming from the pressure measurement are determined, said opening time being determined on the basis of said variations in said characteristic.
A shoulder prosthesis, comprising: a body having an exterior surface, a shank connected to the body, a head connected to the body, a medial fin connected to the body, the medial fin including at least one suture hole, a posterior fin (43, 44) connected to the body, the posterior fin including at least one suture hole (43a, 44a), an anterior fin (44, 43) connected to the body, the anterior fin including at least one suture hole (44a, 43a), a projection on the lateral exterior surface of the body, and at least one lateral suture hole which is formed in the said projection, characterised in that the at least one lateral suture hole intersects the exterior surface of the body, and at least one of the anterior and posterior fins (43, 44) extends further above the exterior surface of the body than the projection. a body having an exterior surface, a shank connected to the body, a head connected to the body, a medial fin connected to the body, the medial fin including at least one suture hole, a posterior fin (43, 44) connected to the body, the posterior fin including at least one suture hole (43a, 44a), an anterior fin (44, 43) connected to the body, the anterior fin including at least one suture hole (44a, 43a), a projection on the lateral exterior surface of the body, and at least one lateral suture hole which is formed in the said projection, characterised in that the at least one lateral suture hole intersects the exterior surface of the body, and at least one of the anterior and posterior fins (43, 44) extends further above the exterior surface of the body than the projection.
An aqueous dispersion comprising dispersed particles comprising a polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane comprises at least the following building blocks derived from a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b) at least one carboxylate group-bearing isocyanate-reactive compound for providing chain-pendant carboxylate ionic dispersing groups in the polyurethane, and c) at least one organic isocyanate-reactive polyol, wherein at least one of the carboxylate group-bearing compounds b) has the following structural formula wherein R 1 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are 2-hydroxypropyl. a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b) at least one carboxylate group-bearing isocyanate-reactive compound for providing chain-pendant carboxylate ionic dispersing groups in the polyurethane, and c) at least one organic isocyanate-reactive polyol, R 1 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are 2-hydroxypropyl.
A method of calling an elevator, the method comprising: detecting, using a door lock, at least one status parameter of a door and the door lock operably associated with the door; wherein the at least one status parameter comprises: a door status parameter depicting whether the door is open or closed; and a lock status parameter depicting whether the door lock is engaged or disengaged; and the door status parameter further depicts a period of time that the door is opened or closed; and the lock status parameter further depicts a period of time that the door lock is engaged or disengaged; transmitting, using the door lock, the at least one status parameter to a remote device; evaluating these status parameters (602, 604) using the remote device; determining, using the remote device, whether to call an elevator in response to the at least one status parameter; transmitting, using the remote device, an elevator call request to a controller when the door has opened then closed and the privacy door lock has not been engaged; and moving, using the controller, an elevator to a floor where the door lock is located. a door status parameter depicting whether the door is open or closed; and a lock status parameter depicting whether the door lock is engaged or disengaged; and the door status parameter further depicts a period of time that the door is opened or closed; and the lock status parameter further depicts a period of time that the door lock is engaged or disengaged; transmitting, using the door lock, the at least one status parameter to a remote device; evaluating these status parameters (602, 604) using the remote device; determining, using the remote device, whether to call an elevator in response to the at least one status parameter; transmitting, using the remote device, an elevator call request to a controller when the door has opened then closed and the privacy door lock has not been engaged; and moving, using the controller, an elevator to a floor where the door lock is located.
Medical robotic system for performing medical procedures comprising a robot manipulator for robotically assisted handling of a medical instrument, wherein said robot manipulator comprises: a base; a manipulator arm having an essentially vertical part supported by said base and an essentially horizontal part supported by said vertical part; a manipulator wrist supported by said manipulator arm; and an effector unit supported by said manipulator wrist and configured for holding a medical instrument; said manipulator arm has a cylindrical PRP kinematic configuration, having, in sequence and only the following three joints, a prismatic first joint for varying the height of said vertical part by providing a translational degree of freedom along an essentially vertical axis, a revolute second joint for varying the rotational angle between said vertical part and said horizontal part by providing a rotational degree of freedom about an essentially vertical axis, and a prismatic third joint for varying the reach of said horizontal part by providing a translational degree of freedom along an essentially horizontal axis; and characterized in that said manipulator wrist comprises, in sequence after said third joint, a revolute fourth joint and a revolute fifth joint for orienting said effector unit, the axes of rotation of said fourth joint and said second joint being parallel. a base; a manipulator arm having an essentially vertical part supported by said base and an essentially horizontal part supported by said vertical part; a manipulator wrist supported by said manipulator arm; and an effector unit supported by said manipulator wrist and configured for holding a medical instrument; said manipulator arm has a cylindrical PRP kinematic configuration, having, in sequence and only the following three joints, a prismatic first joint for varying the height of said vertical part by providing a translational degree of freedom along an essentially vertical axis, a revolute second joint for varying the rotational angle between said vertical part and said horizontal part by providing a rotational degree of freedom about an essentially vertical axis, and a prismatic third joint for varying the reach of said horizontal part by providing a translational degree of freedom along an essentially horizontal axis; and characterized in that said manipulator wrist comprises, in sequence after said third joint, a revolute fourth joint and a revolute fifth joint for orienting said effector unit, the axes of rotation of said fourth joint and said second joint being parallel.
Open-end spinning device with a spinning rotor, the rotor shaft of which is supported in a rotor shaft bearing element and can be driven by a revolving tangential belt along the length of the machine and the rotor cup of which revolves at a high rotational speed during spinning operation in a negative pressure-loadable rotor housing, which can be closed by a cover element, which is a component of a housing of a fibre band opening mechanism, wherein the rotor shaft bearing element is mounted in such a way and connected by a pivot axle to the housing of the fibre band opening mechanism in such a way that the rotor shaft, when the open-end spinning device is opened, is displaced into a position, in which it is out of contact with the revolving tangential belt along the length of the machine, and in that the fibre band opening mechanism has a bearing mechanism, by means of which it is pivotably connected to a stationary bearing axle, wherein the housing of the fibre band opening mechanism and a housing of the bearing mechanism are configured as two separate components manufactured from different materials, wherein the housing, which is relevant to spinning, of the fibre band opening mechanism is manufactured from a light metal alloy and the housing of the bearing mechanism is manufactured from a plastics material.
An ultrasonic system for measuring a micro-vascular flow distribution of a tissue portion of a mammal; the system comprising: - an ultrasonic transducer arranged for measuring a first indicator for the blood flow through a capillary bed in the tissue portion, and arranged for measuring a second indicator of heterogeneity (CTTH, σ) of the blood flow in said capillary bed, and - a processor arranged for using the first and the second (CTTH, σ) indicator to estimate an extraction capacity of a substance from the blood in said capillary bed, wherein the first indicator is related to a mean transit time of the blood flow, and the second indicator is related to the standard deviation (σ) of the mean transit time of the blood flow, or, alternatively, the first indicator is related to a mean velocity of the blood flow, and the second indicator is related to the standard deviation (σ) of particle velocities in the blood flow, wherein the substance is oxygen, and the extraction capacity is an oxygen extraction capacity. - an ultrasonic transducer arranged for measuring a first indicator for the blood flow through a capillary bed in the tissue portion, and arranged for measuring a second indicator of heterogeneity (CTTH, σ) of the blood flow in said capillary bed, and - a processor arranged for using the first and the second (CTTH, σ) indicator to estimate an extraction capacity of a substance from the blood in said capillary bed, wherein the first indicator is related to a mean transit time of the blood flow, and the second indicator is related to the standard deviation (σ) of the mean transit time of the blood flow, or, alternatively, the first indicator is related to a mean velocity of the blood flow, and the second indicator is related to the standard deviation (σ) of particle velocities in the blood flow, wherein the substance is oxygen, and the extraction capacity is an oxygen extraction capacity.
A solid-state battery system comprising: a first anode (106; 172); a first cathode (110; 174); a variable resistive load; a first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176) positioned between the first anode (106; 172) and the first cathode (110; 174); a housing enclosing the first anode (106; 172), the first cathode (110; 174), and the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176); at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) positioned within the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176), wherein the at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) comprises a thermoelectric material, is in electrical communication with the first anode (106; 172) through the variable resistive load, is in electrical communication with the first cathode (110; 174), and is configured to modify a temperature within the housing; and a battery management system configured to control the variable resistive load to modify a temperature in the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176), to identify a failure of the cell, and to cool the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176) using the at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) in response to the identified failure. a first anode (106; 172); a first cathode (110; 174); a variable resistive load; a first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176) positioned between the first anode (106; 172) and the first cathode (110; 174); a housing enclosing the first anode (106; 172), the first cathode (110; 174), and the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176); at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) positioned within the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176), wherein the at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) comprises a thermoelectric material, is in electrical communication with the first anode (106; 172) through the variable resistive load, is in electrical communication with the first cathode (110; 174), and is configured to modify a temperature within the housing; and a battery management system configured to control the variable resistive load to modify a temperature in the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176), to identify a failure of the cell, and to cool the first solid-state electrolyte layer (108; 134; 156; 176) using the at least one thermal control wire (120; 132; 142; 162; 182) in response to the identified failure.
A computer-implemented method for determination of subsoil composition or structure comprising: - receiving a model representing the subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells; - for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining an index ( QI cell) function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation; - receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and an index ordering in said formation; and - associating a facies to each cell, characterised by said step of associating comprising: /a/ selecting a cell with a lowest index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated to; /b/ associating, to said cell, a facies with a lowest index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; /c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a facies; and - outputting the model determined in step /c/ for future use in geophysical tools. - receiving a model representing the subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells; - for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining an index ( QI cell) function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation; - receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and an index ordering in said formation; and - associating a facies to each cell, /a/ selecting a cell with a lowest index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated to; /b/ associating, to said cell, a facies with a lowest index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; /c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a facies; and - outputting the model determined in step /c/ for future use in geophysical tools.
A method for preparing a positive electrode material for a lithium-ion battery, characterized by comprising the following steps: a) stirring a liquid polyacrylonitrile (LPAN) solution at a temperature of between 80 and 300°C for between 8 and 72 h to yield a cyclized LPAN solution; b) adding positive electrode material for a lithium-ion battery, in a powder form, to the cyclized LPAN solution, and evenly mixing a resulting mixture; c) grinding the mixture, and drying the mixture at room temperature; and d) calcining the mixture at a temperature of between 500 and 1800°C for between 6 and 24 h in the presence of an inert gas and enabling the cyclized LPAN to form a graphene-like compound evenly distributed in the positive electrode material of the lithium-ion battery, thereby obtaining a graphene-like-compound-doped positive electrode material. a) stirring a liquid polyacrylonitrile (LPAN) solution at a temperature of between 80 and 300°C for between 8 and 72 h to yield a cyclized LPAN solution; b) adding positive electrode material for a lithium-ion battery, in a powder form, to the cyclized LPAN solution, and evenly mixing a resulting mixture; c) grinding the mixture, and drying the mixture at room temperature; and d) calcining the mixture at a temperature of between 500 and 1800°C for between 6 and 24 h in the presence of an inert gas and enabling the cyclized LPAN to form a graphene-like compound evenly distributed in the positive electrode material of the lithium-ion battery, thereby obtaining a graphene-like-compound-doped positive electrode material.
A method of manufacturing items from clear and colored recycled PET bottles comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of recycled PET bottles; grinding the plurality of recycled PET bottles into a group of polymer flakes, the group of polymer flakes comprising between about six up to about ten percent colored polymer flakes and balance substantially clear polymer flakes; washing the group of polymer flakes; providing a color concentrate; mixing the color concentrate with the group of polymer flakes to form a concentrate-polymer mixture comprising up to about three percent color concentrate by weight and balance the group of polymer flakes; melting the concentrate-polymer mixture to produce a polymer melt; providing a polymer flow extrusion system; reducing a pressure within the polymer flow extrusion system to between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars; while maintaining the pressure within the polymer flow extrusion system between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars, passing the polymer melt through the polymer flow extrusion system, wherein the polymer extrusion stream has a pressure between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars; after passing the polymer melt through the polymer flow extrusion system, filtering the polymer melt through at least one filter; and after passing the polymer melt through the filter, forming the polymer melt into items; wherein the color concentrate at least partially masks a coloration of the items caused by the colored polymer flakes. providing a plurality of recycled PET bottles; grinding the plurality of recycled PET bottles into a group of polymer flakes, the group of polymer flakes comprising between about six up to about ten percent colored polymer flakes and balance substantially clear polymer flakes; washing the group of polymer flakes; providing a color concentrate; mixing the color concentrate with the group of polymer flakes to form a concentrate-polymer mixture comprising up to about three percent color concentrate by weight and balance the group of polymer flakes; melting the concentrate-polymer mixture to produce a polymer melt; providing a polymer flow extrusion system; reducing a pressure within the polymer flow extrusion system to between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars; while maintaining the pressure within the polymer flow extrusion system between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars, passing the polymer melt through the polymer flow extrusion system, wherein the polymer extrusion stream has a pressure between about 0 millibars and about 12 millibars; after passing the polymer melt through the polymer flow extrusion system, filtering the polymer melt through at least one filter; and after passing the polymer melt through the filter, forming the polymer melt into items; wherein the color concentrate at least partially masks a coloration of the items caused by the colored polymer flakes.
A tape for producing a non-quilted article, the tape comprising adhesive portions on outer surfaces on one side and on the reverse side of the tape, the tape being a cut piece of a double-layer woven fabric comprising a fabric layer arranged on one side of the fabric and a fabric layer arranged on the reverse side of the fabric, the tape comprising adhesive portion-free surfaces arranged to face each other.
A honing machine for machining workpieces that have at least one bore to be machined by means of honing, comprising: a plurality of workstations (180-1, 180-2), wherein at least one of the workstations is configured as a honing station (180-1, 180-2) that comprises at least one honing unit (150-1, 150-2) that has a spindle shaft that is rotatable about a vertical spindle axis by means of a rotary drive and is movable back and forth parallel to the spindle axis by means of a reciprocating drive; and a pallet transport system internal to the machine, for transporting workpieces from and to the workstations (180-1, 180-2) by means of pallets (210-1, 210-2), wherein the pallet transport system is designed such that different transport paths are freely configurable via a control unit of the honing machine, characterized in that the pallet transport system has four bi-directionally usable linear transport paths (202-1, 202-4) which are arranged in a rectangular arrangement, wherein transfer positions (204-1, 204-4) for the delivery of pallets (210-1, 210-2) between transport paths, which are adjacent at right-angles to one another, are arranged in corner regions of the rectangular arrangement. a plurality of workstations (180-1, 180-2), wherein at least one of the workstations is configured as a honing station (180-1, 180-2) that comprises at least one honing unit (150-1, 150-2) that has a spindle shaft that is rotatable about a vertical spindle axis by means of a rotary drive and is movable back and forth parallel to the spindle axis by means of a reciprocating drive; and a pallet transport system internal to the machine, for transporting workpieces from and to the workstations (180-1, 180-2) by means of pallets (210-1, 210-2), wherein the pallet transport system is designed such that different transport paths are freely configurable via a control unit of the honing machine, characterized in that the pallet transport system has four bi-directionally usable linear transport paths (202-1, 202-4) which are arranged in a rectangular arrangement, wherein transfer positions (204-1, 204-4) for the delivery of pallets (210-1, 210-2) between transport paths, which are adjacent at right-angles to one another, are arranged in corner regions of the rectangular arrangement.