mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A mattress state indicator assembly comprising: a housing (12, 102); a display (14, 124) configured to provide visual indicia of an operation state of a mattress without the need for interactive interfaces, wherein the display includes an outer edge that is over-molded by the housing (12, 102) to protect the display (14, 124) from damage and wherein the display (14, 124) is configured to communicate wirelessly with a controller of a bed for controlling the operation state of the mattress, the display (14, 124) being configured to illuminate in a first color to indicate that the mattress is in a first operation state and illuminate in a second color to indicate that the mattress is in a second operation state; and a connector (20, 150, 170, 200, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350) disposed within the housing (12, 102), wherein the connector (20, 150, 170, 200, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350) is configured to engage a complementary connector of the bed. a housing (12, 102); a display (14, 124) configured to provide visual indicia of an operation state of a mattress without the need for interactive interfaces, wherein the display includes an outer edge that is over-molded by the housing (12, 102) to protect the display (14, 124) from damage and wherein the display (14, 124) is configured to communicate wirelessly with a controller of a bed for controlling the operation state of the mattress, the display (14, 124) being configured to illuminate in a first color to indicate that the mattress is in a first operation state and illuminate in a second color to indicate that the mattress is in a second operation state; and a connector (20, 150, 170, 200, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350) disposed within the housing (12, 102), wherein the connector (20, 150, 170, 200, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350) is configured to engage a complementary connector of the bed.
A method for continuously producing a cyclic carbonate, the method comprising: filling a catalyst in a fixed-bed tube reactor, and continuously feeding carbon dioxide and an epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor to thereby bringing the carbon dioxide and the epoxide into contact with the catalyst, while continuously withdrawing the reaction liquid in the fixed-bed tube reactor, wherein the method comprises a pre-treatment step in which a pre-treatment liquid containing a cyclic carbonate is brought into contact with the catalyst before feeding the carbon dioxide and the epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor, and the generated glycol is removed out of the system. filling a catalyst in a fixed-bed tube reactor, and continuously feeding carbon dioxide and an epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor to thereby bringing the carbon dioxide and the epoxide into contact with the catalyst, while continuously withdrawing the reaction liquid in the fixed-bed tube reactor, wherein the method comprises a pre-treatment step in which a pre-treatment liquid containing a cyclic carbonate is brought into contact with the catalyst before feeding the carbon dioxide and the epoxide to the fixed-bed tube reactor, and the generated glycol is removed out of the system.
An anchoring harpoon, intended in particular for an aircraft, able to cooperate with an anchoring grate of a platform, including jack means comprising cylinder means containing mobile piston means provided with a rod that extends beyond the cylinder means and the free end of which includes a harpoon head for hooking in the grate, provided with retaining fingers (8, 13, 14) for retention therein, that can be moved between a retracted position and an active position by control means, the means for controlling the movements of the fingers comprise a control piston that can slide inside the rod of the jack and that is associated with a bistable actuator of the fingers, characterized in that the actuator is capable of moving between a retracted position and an active position in which the fingers are deployed with the application of successive pressure pulses in the jack means.
A method for heat transfer with a heat-transfer agent in a direction reverse to natural convection whereby an additional pumping substance is introduced to the heat-transfer agent in the heated area then the heat-transfer agent is heated so that the pumping substance is evaporated, and the generated vapour pressure is used to enforce circulation of the heat-transfer agent in the branches of flow circuit whilst the spent vapour is transferred from the upper part of the hot falling branch to the area with a lower temperature where the spent vapour is condensed and the condensate is reintroduced to the heated zone, moreover, the amount of the pumping substance is not less than it is necessary to fill the remaining part of the circulating loop free of the liquid heat-transfer agent with its vapour as well as to fill the condensate's drainage path leading from the condensation area to the evaporation area, characterized in that the pumping substance is insoluble in the heat-transfer agent and its boiling temperature is lower than the boiling temperature of the heat-transfer agent.
A thermoplastic profile roofing strip, comprising a horizontal base extending longitudinally and having a first upward bend along one longitudinal edge and a second upward bend along a second longitudinal edge opposite the first edge, the first bend and the second bend substantially equal; a vertical central portion laterally connected to an upper surface of the horizontal base and having a hook along an upper longitudinal edge of the vertical central portion; wherein the vertical central portion extends longitudinally along the horizontal base; wherein the hook of the vertical central portion extends partially horizontal from the upper longitudinal edge and partially downward therefrom.
Measuring device for the detection of a fluid variable which relates to a fluid flow of a fluid, with a control device, a measuring tube which serves to conduct the fluid in a throughflow direction, and a first and a second vibration transducer (5, 6, 15) which are arranged spaced apart from one another on the measuring tube, the control device being set up to actuate the first and/or the second vibration transducer (5, 6, 15) in such a way that a shaft which is guided through one or a respective side wall (9, 12) of the measuring tube is excited, the guided shaft exciting compression vibrations of the fluid which can be conducted by the fluid to the respective other vibration transducer (5, 6, 15) and can be detected there by way of the control device for the determination of measuring data, the control device being set up to determine the fluid variable in a manner which is dependent on the measuring data, characterized in that at least one measuring insert (18, 34, 35, 38, 39) is inserted into the measuring tube in such a way that, at least in a measuring section of the measuring tube, which measuring section lies between the first and the second vibration transducer (5, 6, 15), a diameter of the flow cross section which can be utilized by way of the fluid flow through the measuring insert (18, 34, 35, 38, 39) in a transverse direction with respect to the internal diameter of the measuring tube is reduced in the transverse direction, and a diameter of the flow cross section in a vertical direction which lies perpendicularly on the transverse direction is identical to the internal diameter of the measuring tube in the vertical direction.
A device comprising: a housing that is moveable through a plurality of orientations involving at least two dimensions during usage; a heat generating component disposed within the housing; and a heat transfer device disposed within the housing, the heat transfer device having a plurality of heat pipes embedded in a thermal storage enclosure and configured to transfer heat using thermal conductivity and phase transition from the heat-generating component, the plurality of heat pipes arranged to provide generally uniform heat transfer from the heat generating component during movement of the housing through the plurality of orientations; wherein the thermal storage enclosure includes a phase change material, said phase change material configured to melt at a temperature achieved by the heat-generating component during a low power state, and below a temperature achieved by the heat-generating component during a high power state, and an amount of said phase change material selected based on an observed period of the high power state, said amount selected to not melt completely during the observed period of the high power state. a housing that is moveable through a plurality of orientations involving at least two dimensions during usage; a heat generating component disposed within the housing; and a heat transfer device disposed within the housing, the heat transfer device having a plurality of heat pipes embedded in a thermal storage enclosure and configured to transfer heat using thermal conductivity and phase transition from the heat-generating component, the plurality of heat pipes arranged to provide generally uniform heat transfer from the heat generating component during movement of the housing through the plurality of orientations; wherein the thermal storage enclosure includes a phase change material, said phase change material configured to melt at a temperature achieved by the heat-generating component during a low power state, and below a temperature achieved by the heat-generating component during a high power state, and an amount of said phase change material selected based on an observed period of the high power state, said amount selected to not melt completely during the observed period of the high power state.
An awning for a trunk of a vehicle, comprising: an awning body; and a connection system, configured to connect the awning body to a tailgate of the trunk, wherein the connection comprises: a hardboard, disposed within a tail end of the awning body; characterized in that one or more first hooks, having a front end fixed to a front end of the hardboard and extending downward from the front end of the hardboard and toward the tailgate; one or more second hooks, having a front end rotatably connected to the first hook and a tail end connected to the tailgate; and one or more stoppers, disposed on a tail end of the first hook, made of rubber material, and having ahead protruding backwards from a surface of the first hook, the head abutting against a trim of the tailgate to apply a supporting stress to the tail end of the first hook, the front end of the first hook supporting the front end of the hardboard based on the supporting stress, thereby preventing the hardboard from sinking due to a gravity thereof. an awning body; and a connection system, configured to connect the awning body to a tailgate of the trunk, wherein the connection comprises: a hardboard, disposed within a tail end of the awning body; characterized in that one or more first hooks, having a front end fixed to a front end of the hardboard and extending downward from the front end of the hardboard and toward the tailgate; one or more second hooks, having a front end rotatably connected to the first hook and a tail end connected to the tailgate; and one or more stoppers, disposed on a tail end of the first hook, made of rubber material, and having ahead protruding backwards from a surface of the first hook, the head abutting against a trim of the tailgate to apply a supporting stress to the tail end of the first hook, the front end of the first hook supporting the front end of the hardboard based on the supporting stress, thereby preventing the hardboard from sinking due to a gravity thereof. a hardboard, disposed within a tail end of the awning body; characterized in that one or more first hooks, having a front end fixed to a front end of the hardboard and extending downward from the front end of the hardboard and toward the tailgate; one or more second hooks, having a front end rotatably connected to the first hook and a tail end connected to the tailgate; and one or more stoppers, disposed on a tail end of the first hook, made of rubber material, and having ahead protruding backwards from a surface of the first hook, the head abutting against a trim of the tailgate to apply a supporting stress to the tail end of the first hook, the front end of the first hook supporting the front end of the hardboard based on the supporting stress, thereby preventing the hardboard from sinking due to a gravity thereof.
Device, in particular a carriage, for aligning a track support plate with respect to a ground, comprising: - a chassis, - running gear for moving the chassis along the track support plate, and - at least one spacer element, characterized in that a control unit and an adjusting device having at least one preferably electrically driven actuating unit for adjusting the at least one spacer element on the track support plate are provided, the at least one spacer element penetrating the track support plate from an upper side to an underside via a through-hole or being arranged laterally on the track support plate by means of a retaining element, the control unit being configured to receive an actual position (P ist) of the track support plate from a position-determination device and, by actuating the adjusting device, to align the track support plate on the basis of the actual position (P ist) according to a target position (P soll). - a chassis, - running gear for moving the chassis along the track support plate, and - at least one spacer element,
An opening/closing control device of a chuck which carries out an opening and closing motion of a chuck gripping a work on the basis of a movement in an axial direction of an operation rod coupled to a claw of the chuck, the chuck opening/closing control device comprising a stroke sensor which detects a moving position of said operation rod, characterised in that the opening/closing control device further comprises: an external memory device which stores a position of said operation rod when said chuck grips and releases said work, in connection with a product type of said work; a setting means which sets a work gripping position and a work releasing position of the work of the product type in a controller controlling the opening and closing motion of said chuck when the product type of said work is designated; a grip detecting means which outputs a grip signal in the case that the detecting position of said stroke sensor and said set work gripping position conform when said operation rod moves in the work gripping direction; and a release detecting means which stops the movement in the axial direction of the operation rod in the case that the detecting position of said stroke sensor and said set work releasing position conform when said operation rod moves in the work releasing direction. an external memory device which stores a position of said operation rod when said chuck grips and releases said work, in connection with a product type of said work; a setting means which sets a work gripping position and a work releasing position of the work of the product type in a controller controlling the opening and closing motion of said chuck when the product type of said work is designated; a grip detecting means which outputs a grip signal in the case that the detecting position of said stroke sensor and said set work gripping position conform when said operation rod moves in the work gripping direction; and a release detecting means which stops the movement in the axial direction of the operation rod in the case that the detecting position of said stroke sensor and said set work releasing position conform when said operation rod moves in the work releasing direction.
A device for use in a shaving device configured to cut hair using laser light, the device comprising: a shaving portion configured to be coupled to a handle portion of the shaving device, the shaving portion comprising: a mechanical support (120, 140), and a waveguide supported by the mechanical support (120, 140), the waveguide having a first location, a second location, and an outer side wall, characterised in that: the waveguide has a cutting region extending along a portion of the outer side wall, and, wherein the waveguide is configured to receive laser light, from a laser light source at the first location, the laser light having a wavelength selected to target a predetermined chromophore to cut a hair shaft, and to conduct the laser light from the first location toward the second location, and emit the laser light out of the cutting region and toward a hair shaft. a mechanical support (120, 140), and a waveguide supported by the mechanical support (120, 140), the waveguide having a first location, a second location, and an outer side wall, the waveguide has a cutting region extending along a portion of the outer side wall, and, wherein the waveguide is configured to receive laser light, from a laser light source at the first location, the laser light having a wavelength selected to target a predetermined chromophore to cut a hair shaft, and to conduct the laser light from the first location toward the second location, and emit the laser light out of the cutting region and toward a hair shaft.
Palmitoylethanolamide for use in combination with one or more compounds selected from Silymarin, total or partial extract of the plant Silybum marianum, Silibinin, Silibinin disodium dihydrogensuccinate, complex between Silymarin and phosphatidylcholine, inclusion complexes of Silymarin in β-cyclodextrins such as hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and methylated β-cyclodextrin and Silibinin glycosides, in the treatment of renal diseases, wherein said palmitoylethanolamide and said compound selected from Silymarin, total or partial extract of the plant Silybum marianum, Silibinin, Silibinin disodium dihydrogensuccinate, complex between Silymarin and phosphatidylcholine, inclusion complexes of Silymarin in β-cyclodextrins such as hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and methylated β-cyclodextrin and Silibinin glycosides, are formulated for a separate, sequential, concomitant administration or in admixture.
A toothed belt comprising a body made of a first elastomeric material comprising a working surface covered with a fabric, said fabric having been subjected to a first treatment, said belt being characterized in that said first treatment provides a coating comprising at least one fluorinated elastomer and an antifriction agent chosen in the group constituted by fluorinated plastomer, molybdenum sulphide, graphite, copper dust.
A staple cartridge, comprising: a longitudinal axis; a cartridge body, wherein a plurality of staple cavities are defined in said cartridge body, wherein said plurality of staple cavities are arranged in a plurality of patterns, and wherein said plurality of patterns comprises: a first pattern comprising a first plurality of longitudinally-repetitive staple cavities angularly oriented relative to said longitudinal axis; and a second pattern (3022, 3024) comprising a second plurality of staple cavities (3010a-d, 3010e-f), wherein said second plurality of staple cavities are longitudinally offset from said first plurality of staple cavities, and wherein said second pattern is different than said first pattern; and a plurality of staples positioned in said staple cavities; characterised in that said second plurality of staple cavities are laterally aligned with said first plurality of staple cavities. a longitudinal axis; a cartridge body, wherein a plurality of staple cavities are defined in said cartridge body, wherein said plurality of staple cavities are arranged in a plurality of patterns, and wherein said plurality of patterns comprises: a first pattern comprising a first plurality of longitudinally-repetitive staple cavities angularly oriented relative to said longitudinal axis; and a second pattern (3022, 3024) comprising a second plurality of staple cavities (3010a-d, 3010e-f), wherein said second plurality of staple cavities are longitudinally offset from said first plurality of staple cavities, and wherein said second pattern is different than said first pattern; and a plurality of staples positioned in said staple cavities; characterised in that said second plurality of staple cavities are laterally aligned with said first plurality of staple cavities. a first pattern comprising a first plurality of longitudinally-repetitive staple cavities angularly oriented relative to said longitudinal axis; and a second pattern (3022, 3024) comprising a second plurality of staple cavities (3010a-d, 3010e-f), wherein said second plurality of staple cavities are longitudinally offset from said first plurality of staple cavities, and wherein said second pattern is different than said first pattern; and a plurality of staples positioned in said staple cavities; characterised in that said second plurality of staple cavities are laterally aligned with said first plurality of staple cavities.
An electrophoretic display device comprising a plurality of pixels comprising charged pigment particles (70, 72) for determining a pigmentation of the pixels, each pixel comprising an aperture area being a visible part of the pixel (22,) determining the pigmentation area of the pixel, each pixel further comprising a storage area for storing the charged pigment particles (70, 72) away from the aperture area, each pixel comprising an accumulation electrode (50, 52) and a field electrode (60, 62), the accumulation electrode (50, 52) being arranged at the storage area for accumulating the charged pigment particles (70, 72) away from the aperture area, and the field electrode (60, 62) occupying a field-electrode area (80, 82) being at least a part of the aperture area of the pixel, the charged pigment particles (70, 72) being movable between the accumulation electrode (50, 52) and the field electrode (60, 62) under control of an electric field, the dimension of the charged pigment particles (70, 72) being selected sufficiently small to obtain a uniform distribution of charged pigment particles (70, 72) across the field-electrode area (80, 82) for generating a substantial homogeneous pigmentation at the part of the aperture of the pixel occupied by the field electrode (60, 62), the sufficiently small charged pigment particles (70, 72) having a repellent force to prevent the forming of a rim of charged pigment particles (70, 72) at or around the field-electrode (80, 82) edges, at least half of the charged pigment particles are nano-particles having a particle size below 400 nanometers, wherein the accumulation electrode (50, 52) and the field electrode (60, 62) are arranged in an in-plane configuration for generating an essentially lateral electric field; Characterised in that the accumulation electrodes (50, 52) of the plurality of pixels are coupled to form a common accumulation electrode (50, 52) for the plurality of pixels, and a barrier between the plurality of pixels is omitted, and that a part of the common accumulation electrode (50, 52) that is arranged adjacent to the field electrodes (60, 62) of directly adjacent pixels is shared between said adjacent pixels in such a manner that said part of the common accumulation electrode (50, 52) is configured to accumulate charged pigment particles corresponding to both adjacent pixels.