mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computing device for improving platform initialization, the computing device comprising: a security co-processor to execute security co-processor commands submitted thereto; a basic input/output system, BIOS, module to begin initialization of a platform of the computing device; characterized by a security co-processor driver module to add a security co-processor command to a command list in response to receipt of the security co-processor command from the BIOS module; and a timer module to establish a periodic interrupt of the initialization of the platform, wherein the security co-processor driver module is further to, in response to an occurrence of the periodic interrupt: i) query (318, 320) the security co-processor regarding an availability of a security co-processor response to a prior submitted security co-processor command and ii) forward, in response to receipt of an available security co-processor response, the available security co-processor response to the BIOS module. a security co-processor to execute security co-processor commands submitted thereto; a basic input/output system, BIOS, module to begin initialization of a platform of the computing device; characterized by a security co-processor driver module to add a security co-processor command to a command list in response to receipt of the security co-processor command from the BIOS module; and a timer module to establish a periodic interrupt of the initialization of the platform, wherein the security co-processor driver module is further to, in response to an occurrence of the periodic interrupt: i) query (318, 320) the security co-processor regarding an availability of a security co-processor response to a prior submitted security co-processor command and ii) forward, in response to receipt of an available security co-processor response, the available security co-processor response to the BIOS module. i) query (318, 320) the security co-processor regarding an availability of a security co-processor response to a prior submitted security co-processor command and ii) forward, in response to receipt of an available security co-processor response, the available security co-processor response to the BIOS module.
A dynamic line management system for a digital subscriber loop telecommunications network (30, 32) for carrying data between a remote access server and a plurality of individual network terminations over connections which use electrical connections for at least part of their length, comprising a data collection system (43, 57) for identifying radio frequencies used by wireless transmitters in the vicinity of each electrical connection, and a transmission management system for managing the spectrum of transmission frequencies carried over the respective digital subscriber loops to prevent transmission in frequency ranges in which nearby radio transmitters are operating, characterised in that the data collection system (43, 57) comprises, at each of two or more nodes (1, 2,) in the electrical part of the network, data collection apparatus for collection of data relating to the RF environment at the respective nodes, and wherein each such node also comprises a data exchange system to allow such data collected locally to each node to be exchanged between the nodes.
Control method for a vehicle comprising a powertrain and at least one piece of electrical equipment capable of ensuring pre-conditioning when it is supplied with electrical energy by a service battery having a state of charge, comprising a step in which, when said pre-conditioning is required while said vehicle is asleep, said pre-conditioning is authorized as long as said state of charge remains strictly above a threshold, representative of a state of charge necessary for the operation of said group powertrain, characterized in that it comprises an additional authorization condition being that a chosen state of charge quantity, allocated to said preconditioning, has not been fully used by said preconditioning. service battery having a state of charge, comprising a step in which, when said pre-conditioning is required while said vehicle is asleep, said pre-conditioning is authorized as long as said state of charge remains strictly above a threshold, representative of a state of charge necessary for the operation of said group powertrain, characterized in that it comprises an additional authorization condition being that a chosen state of charge quantity, allocated to said preconditioning, has not been fully used by said preconditioning.
A sucking and separating device disposed in a textile machine, the sucking and separating device comprising a suction flow generating device configured to produce suction flow for sucking a removed object; a casing configured to contain the suction flow generating device; an intake portion formed in the casing; a first exhaust portion formed in the casing; characterized by a second exhaust portion formed in the casing and at an intermediate portion of a flow path formed by the intake portion and the first exhaust portion, and covered by an air permeable member configured to separate the removed object and air.
Bi-component polymer fibre, wherein the fibre comprises a core component A and a shell component B and (i) the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer in component A is higher by at least 5°C than the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer in component B; and (ii) the fibre material comprising component A comprises a biopolymer A and the fibre material comprising component B comprises a biopolymer B; (iii) the biopolymer A is an aliphatic polyester, preferably a biopolymer comprising repeat units of the lactic acid and biopolymer B is an alipathic polyester, wherein the biopolymer B and the biopolymer A differ regarding their chemical structure; characterised in that the bi-component polymer fibres have a hot-air thermal shrink rate in the range from 0% to 10% measured at 110°C, as described in the specification, and the biopolymer A and the biopolymer B are respectively biologically degradable, synthetic biopolymers according to ASTM D5338-15. (i) the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer in component A is higher by at least 5°C than the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer in component B; and (ii) the fibre material comprising component A comprises a biopolymer A and the fibre material comprising component B comprises a biopolymer B; (iii) the biopolymer A is an aliphatic polyester, preferably a biopolymer comprising repeat units of the lactic acid and biopolymer B is an alipathic polyester, wherein the biopolymer B and the biopolymer A differ regarding their chemical structure;
An anti-contamination agent composition for preventing pitch contamination in a dry part of a paper-making process, comprising: a linear polysiloxane compound represented by following formula, characterized by further comprising a cyclic siloxane compound. [wherein substituents R 1 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a methylphenyl group, a polyether group, a higher fatty acid ester group, an amino-modified group, an epoxy-modified group, a carboxy group, a phenol group, a mercapto group, a carbinol group, or a methacryl group in one molecule, and the number n of repeating siloxane units represents an integer from 20 to 1430]. a linear polysiloxane compound represented by following formula, characterized by further comprising a cyclic siloxane compound. [wherein substituents R 1 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a methylphenyl group, a polyether group, a higher fatty acid ester group, an amino-modified group, an epoxy-modified group, a carboxy group, a phenol group, a mercapto group, a carbinol group, or a methacryl group in one molecule, and the number n of repeating siloxane units represents an integer from 20 to 1430].
A system for preparing purified water utilized in performance of medical treatments, the system comprising: a multiple stage water filtration module with a fluid circuit with a pump positioned in said fluid circuit to pump water therethrough, an inlet, an outlet, and at least two filtration stages (130, 244) each having a replaceable filter component (204, 205, 206, 208); a controller (112, 240) having a signal output and a water quality sensor connected to the fluid circuit and positioned to detect the quality of water upstream of the at least two filtration stages (130, 244) and output a water quality signal; the controller (112, 240) further having a signal output and further being connected to control the pump; characterized in that the controller (112, 240) includes a processor and a data store, the processor being programmed to generate cumulative load data, stored in said data store and indicative of a cumulative amount of filterable material in water processed through said fluid circuit up to a point of time prior to a change of at least one of the replaceable filter components (204, 205, 206, 208), wherein the cumulative load data is responsive to multiple samples of said water quality signal; the controller (112, 240) is configured to generate a control or data output signal responsive to the cumulative load data for use in replacing the at least one of the replaceable filter components. a multiple stage water filtration module with a fluid circuit with a pump positioned in said fluid circuit to pump water therethrough, an inlet, an outlet, and at least two filtration stages (130, 244) each having a replaceable filter component (204, 205, 206, 208); a controller (112, 240) having a signal output and a water quality sensor connected to the fluid circuit and positioned to detect the quality of water upstream of the at least two filtration stages (130, 244) and output a water quality signal; the controller (112, 240) further having a signal output and further being connected to control the pump; characterized in that the controller (112, 240) includes a processor and a data store, the processor being programmed to generate cumulative load data, stored in said data store and indicative of a cumulative amount of filterable material in water processed through said fluid circuit up to a point of time prior to a change of at least one of the replaceable filter components (204, 205, 206, 208), wherein the cumulative load data is responsive to multiple samples of said water quality signal; the controller (112, 240) is configured to generate a control or data output signal responsive to the cumulative load data for use in replacing the at least one of the replaceable filter components.
Capsule for preparing edible products, such as for example aromatic beverages, said capsule comprising a container part and a lid part, the container part presenting a base wall that is also the beverage exit wall, and a sidewall extending with relation to a central axis, and with structural configuration adapted for resisting interior pressures of at least 4 bar, preferentially at least 8 bar, the container part provided in a composite substance presenting a composition that includes biopolymers, characterized in that the container part presents reinforcement means including: - lateral reinforcement means configured so that represent an increase of thickness of the sidewall towards the base wall, and - base reinforcement means that represent an increase of thickness of the base wall towards the centre of the base wall, whereby said reinforcement means (131, 132) are provided as ribs that extend in the interior surface of the container part, so that provide a localized increase of the wall thickness of the container part, when seen in side cut, said increase of wall thickness generally extending in the downstream direction and to the centre thereof. said capsule comprising a container part and a lid part, the container part presenting a base wall that is also the beverage exit wall, and a sidewall extending with relation to a central axis, and with structural configuration adapted for resisting interior pressures of at least 4 bar, preferentially at least 8 bar, the container part provided in a composite substance presenting a composition that includes biopolymers, characterized in that the container part presents reinforcement means including: - lateral reinforcement means configured so that represent an increase of thickness of the sidewall towards the base wall, and - base reinforcement means that represent an increase of thickness of the base wall towards the centre of the base wall, - lateral reinforcement means configured so that represent an increase of thickness of the sidewall towards the base wall, and - base reinforcement means that represent an increase of thickness of the base wall towards the centre of the base wall, whereby said reinforcement means (131, 132) are provided as ribs that extend in the interior surface of the container part, so that provide a localized increase of the wall thickness of the container part, when seen in side cut, said increase of wall thickness generally extending in the downstream direction and to the centre thereof.
Electroconductive microparticles each comprising at least an electroconductive metal layer, a barrier layer, a copper layer, and a solder layer containing tin that are laminated in said order on a surface of a core particle made of a resin, the copper layer and the solder layer being in contact with each other directly, a ratio of copper of the copper layer directly in contact with the solder layer being 0.5 to 5% by weight relative to tin contained in the solder layer.
An audio signal processing method, comprising: analyzing a noisy audio signal that is supplied as an input signal; generating a mixed noise information by mixing a plurality of noise information about one kind of known noise to be suppressed and stored in a memory in advance with a method which is determined based on the result of said analysis of the noisy audio signal; and suppressing said one kind of known noise using said mixed noise information. analyzing a noisy audio signal that is supplied as an input signal; generating a mixed noise information by mixing a plurality of noise information about one kind of known noise to be suppressed and stored in a memory in advance with a method which is determined based on the result of said analysis of the noisy audio signal; and suppressing said one kind of known noise using said mixed noise information.
A method of detecting the presence or absence of multiple barcodes in a partition, the method comprising, forming partitions comprising forward primers comprising a barcode and, at the 3' end of the forward primers, a capture sequence complementary to the 3' sequence of a target nucleic acid or the reverse complement of said target nucleic acid, wherein different partitions contain different forward primers comprising different barcode sequences, a partition ID tag oligonucleotide comprising a variable partition ID tag sequence and a reverse complement of the capture sequence at the 3' end of the partition ID tag oligonucleotide; in the partitions, hybridizing at least one forward primer to the partition ID tag oligonucleotide to form a hybridized product; performing amplification on the hybridized product to form amplicons, wherein at least some amplicons are formed from a forward primer and the partition ID tag oligonucleotide; and sequencing the amplicons, wherein if different forward primers form amplicons with the same variable partition ID tag sequence, the different forward primers are considered to be from the same partition, wherein the partition ID tag oligonucleotide has a blocked 3' end such that a polymerase cannot extend the blocked 3' end during amplification; or the partition ID tag oligonucleotide comprises a double-stranded variable partition ID tag sequence and one or two single-stranded 3' ends comprising the reverse complement of the capture sequence. forming partitions comprising forward primers comprising a barcode and, at the 3' end of the forward primers, a capture sequence complementary to the 3' sequence of a target nucleic acid or the reverse complement of said target nucleic acid, wherein different partitions contain different forward primers comprising different barcode sequences, a partition ID tag oligonucleotide comprising a variable partition ID tag sequence and a reverse complement of the capture sequence at the 3' end of the partition ID tag oligonucleotide; in the partitions, hybridizing at least one forward primer to the partition ID tag oligonucleotide to form a hybridized product; performing amplification on the hybridized product to form amplicons, wherein at least some amplicons are formed from a forward primer and the partition ID tag oligonucleotide; and sequencing the amplicons, wherein if different forward primers form amplicons with the same variable partition ID tag sequence, the different forward primers are considered to be from the same partition, wherein the partition ID tag oligonucleotide has a blocked 3' end such that a polymerase cannot extend the blocked 3' end during amplification; or the partition ID tag oligonucleotide comprises a double-stranded variable partition ID tag sequence and one or two single-stranded 3' ends comprising the reverse complement of the capture sequence.
Torsional vibration damper assembly (80; 90; 92; 94; 200) in particular for the drive train of a vehicle, comprising: a carrier assembly which can rotate about an axis of rotation; a deflection mass which can move in the circumferential direction relative to the carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly and the deflection mass are coupled to one another, in such a way that they can rotate with respect to one another, by means of a multiplicity of elastic restoring elements which are arranged in the circumferential direction and extend in the direction of the carrier assembly from the deflection mass, wherein a restoring element can be deformed in each case about a force application point (54; 56) which can move in a radial direction under the effect of a centrifugal force and is assigned to the restoring element, wherein a prestressing force which acts radially in the direction of the axis of rotation is applied to the movable force application point (54; 56) by means of a prestressing spring, characterized in that a main axis or a longitudinal axis of the prestressing spring and a main axis or a longitudinal axis of the restoring element do not run coaxially, with the result that the restoring element is arranged outside the prestressing spring. a carrier assembly which can rotate about an axis of rotation; a deflection mass which can move in the circumferential direction relative to the carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly and the deflection mass are coupled to one another, in such a way that they can rotate with respect to one another, by means of a multiplicity of elastic restoring elements which are arranged in the circumferential direction and extend in the direction of the carrier assembly from the deflection mass, wherein a restoring element can be deformed in each case about a force application point (54; 56) which can move in a radial direction under the effect of a centrifugal force and is assigned to the restoring element, wherein a prestressing force which acts radially in the direction of the axis of rotation is applied to the movable force application point (54; 56) by means of a prestressing spring, characterized in that a main axis or a longitudinal axis of the prestressing spring and a main axis or a longitudinal axis of the restoring element do not run coaxially, with the result that the restoring element is arranged outside the prestressing spring.
A tubular device for the transit of a heat exchange fluid, particularly for heat exchangers, comprising a tube that has a series of tube portions (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) each with a cross-section having a profile that is formed by a plurality of lobes arranged in a substantially radial direction, each lobe defining a heat exchange channel (20,21,22) of said tube portion (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d), the cross-sections (12,12a9 of two successive tube portions (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) being rotated relative to one another with respect to the axis of the tube by a certain angle, and the tubular device comprising a removable rod-like flow redirection element inserted in the axial space between blending portions (17,18,19) between two successive lobes of the cross-section of each tube portion (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d), and designed to redirect laterally the flow of heat exchange fluid introduced into said tube toward the heat exchange channels (20,21, 22) of the tube portions (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d).
An air conditioner comprising an indoor unit and an electrical unit accommodated in the indoor unit on a front side thereof, wherein the indoor unit comprises an indoor heat exchanger, an upper suction opening defined in an upper wall of the indoor unit, through which indoor air is sucked from above, and a front suction opening defined in a front wall of the indoor unit through which indoor air is sucked from front, wherein the electrical unit comprises a base, a substrate mounted on the base and having electrical components placed thereon, and a cover for covering the base, wherein the cover is rotatably mounted to the base; characterized in that the electrical unit is disposed at a location delimited by the upper suction opening, the front suction opening, and a front face of the indoor heat exchanger.
LLDPE fiber of 1 to 3 denier and comprising 1 to 6% by weight nanoclay, the fiber having a heat distortion temperature higher than 70°C as measured by ASTM D 648 at a load of 455 kPa, wherein the nanoclay is coated with titanate, or zirconate coupling agents.
A paint composition comprising: a resin part comprising an epoxy, a polysiloxane and an organooxysilane; and a cure part comprising one or more amino-silanes; the resin part and the cure part being designed and selected such that, when combined together, wherein the paint composition has an amine to epoxy equivalent weight in a range of 1.30 to 5.00 and wherein the paint composition is substantially free of any opacifying agent or pigment, they cure to form a clear surface coating that demonstrates at least one dry-erase characteristic; wherein said dry-erase characteristic, measured as in the description, is selected from the group consisting of an average surface roughness (Ra) of less than 7,500 nm; a maximum surface roughness (Rm) of less than 10,000 nm; a 60 degree gloss of higher than 70; a contact angle of less than 150 degrees; a porosity of less than 45 percent; an elongation at break of between 10 percent and 100 percent; a Sward hardness of greater than 3; a Taber abrasion value of less than 150 mg/thousand cycles; a sag resistance of between 4 mils and 24 mils, and combination thereof. a resin part comprising an epoxy, a polysiloxane and an organooxysilane; and a cure part comprising one or more amino-silanes; the resin part and the cure part being designed and selected such that, when combined together, wherein the paint composition has an amine to epoxy equivalent weight in a range of 1.30 to 5.00 and wherein the paint composition is substantially free of any opacifying agent or pigment, they cure to form a clear surface coating that demonstrates at least one dry-erase characteristic; wherein said dry-erase characteristic, measured as in the description, is selected from the group consisting of an average surface roughness (Ra) of less than 7,500 nm; a maximum surface roughness (Rm) of less than 10,000 nm; a 60 degree gloss of higher than 70; a contact angle of less than 150 degrees; a porosity of less than 45 percent; an elongation at break of between 10 percent and 100 percent; a Sward hardness of greater than 3; a Taber abrasion value of less than 150 mg/thousand cycles; a sag resistance of between 4 mils and 24 mils, and combination thereof.