mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
The reaction product of: (i) an overbased oil-soluble detergent comprising an alkali- or alkaline earth metal hydrocarbyl phenate, carboxylate or sulfonate; and (ii) from 0.5 to 10 wt.% of an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, based on the weight of detergent expressed as active ingredient, wherein said α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound is selected from maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride, citraconic anhydride, alkyl maleic anhydride, cycloalkyl maleic anhydride, acrylic anhydride and methacrylic anhydride. (i) an overbased oil-soluble detergent comprising an alkali- or alkaline earth metal hydrocarbyl phenate, carboxylate or sulfonate; and (ii) from 0.5 to 10 wt.% of an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, based on the weight of detergent expressed as active ingredient,
Arrangement (1, 1b) for supplying bearings of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with lubricant, comprising a lubricant pump; and a lubricant pressure accumulator (4, 4b), by means of which the bearings of the internal combustion engine can be supplied with lubricant independently of the lubricant pump in an engine starting phase and/or an engine shutdown phase, wherein the lubricant pressure accumulator (4, 4b) is connected fluidically to the bearings via a switchable valve arrangement; characterized by a control unit, which is embodied to perform clocked filling of the lubricant pressure accumulator (4, 4b) by actuation of the valve arrangement, wherein a filling operation takes place when at least an engine load is less than a predetermined engine load threshold and a lubricant pressure produced by the lubricant pump is greater than a predetermined lubricant pressure threshold. a lubricant pump; and a lubricant pressure accumulator (4, 4b), by means of which the bearings of the internal combustion engine can be supplied with lubricant independently of the lubricant pump in an engine starting phase and/or an engine shutdown phase, wherein the lubricant pressure accumulator (4, 4b) is connected fluidically to the bearings via a switchable valve arrangement;
A scintillation crystal comprising a rare earth silicate, a first dopant, and a second dopant, wherein: the first dopant is an activator and has a first concentration in a range of 20 atomic ppm to 1200 atomic ppm based on a total rare earth content of the scintillation crystal; and the second dopant includes a Group 2 element and has a second concentration that does not exceed 200 ppm atomic based on the total rare earth content of the scintillation crystal; and the second atomic concentration divided by the first atomic concentration is in a range of 0.4 to 2.0. the first dopant is an activator and has a first concentration in a range of 20 atomic ppm to 1200 atomic ppm based on a total rare earth content of the scintillation crystal; and the second dopant includes a Group 2 element and has a second concentration that does not exceed 200 ppm atomic based on the total rare earth content of the scintillation crystal; and the second atomic concentration divided by the first atomic concentration is in a range of 0.4 to 2.0.
A system, comprising: a gas compression system, comprising: a gas compressor, comprising: a drive shaft; and an impeller drive shaft magnetically coupled to the drive shaft; and a shroud disposed between the drive shaft and the impeller drive shaft, characterised in that the shroud comprises a protrusion that extends from a driven side of the gas compressor into a drive side of the gas compressor, wherein the shroud is configured to block hot gas from passing between the drive side and the driven side of the gas compression system. a gas compression system, comprising: a gas compressor, comprising: a drive shaft; and an impeller drive shaft magnetically coupled to the drive shaft; and a shroud disposed between the drive shaft and the impeller drive shaft, characterised in that the shroud comprises a protrusion that extends from a driven side of the gas compressor into a drive side of the gas compressor, wherein the shroud is configured to block hot gas from passing between the drive side and the driven side of the gas compression system. a gas compressor, comprising: a drive shaft; and an impeller drive shaft magnetically coupled to the drive shaft; and a shroud disposed between the drive shaft and the impeller drive shaft, characterised in that the shroud comprises a protrusion that extends from a driven side of the gas compressor into a drive side of the gas compressor, wherein the shroud is configured to block hot gas from passing between the drive side and the driven side of the gas compression system. a drive shaft; and an impeller drive shaft magnetically coupled to the drive shaft; and a shroud disposed between the drive shaft and the impeller drive shaft, characterised in that the shroud comprises a protrusion that extends from a driven side of the gas compressor into a drive side of the gas compressor, wherein the shroud is configured to block hot gas from passing between the drive side and the driven side of the gas compression system.
A scoring system for a billiards game, comprising a camera, a computer, an output device and an input device wherein: the camera is configured to record images of a playing surface of a billiards table and a plurality of billiards balls on the playing surface; the computer is configured to analyze video data to obtain locations of the billiards balls based on a predetermined model, confirm a status of a scene of the billiards game based on the locations of the billiards balls, and record scores and/or obtain data of the current player based on the status of the scene and rules of playing the billiards game; the output device is configured to convert information of the scores and the current player into human-readable form characterized in that: the computer further comprises an initialization module configured to establish a model based on camera imaging parameters, picture conversion parameters, an effective area of the playing surface, pocket shapes and locations, color of the playing surface and ball colors; wherein the camera imaging parameters further comprise identification rate, scene rate, exposure time and white balance parameters, and the picture conversion parameters further comprise variance correction coefficients and single transform matrixes; the initialization module is configured to activate when the scoring system starts up or at a beginning of a billiards game; and the input device is configured to provide data and control signals from a user to the camera, the computer, and the output device respectively, and update the status of the scene based on the provided data and the control signals. the camera is configured to record images of a playing surface of a billiards table and a plurality of billiards balls on the playing surface; the computer is configured to analyze video data to obtain locations of the billiards balls based on a predetermined model, confirm a status of a scene of the billiards game based on the locations of the billiards balls, and record scores and/or obtain data of the current player based on the status of the scene and rules of playing the billiards game; the output device is configured to convert information of the scores and the current player into human-readable form characterized in that: the computer further comprises an initialization module configured to establish a model based on camera imaging parameters, picture conversion parameters, an effective area of the playing surface, pocket shapes and locations, color of the playing surface and ball colors; wherein the camera imaging parameters further comprise identification rate, scene rate, exposure time and white balance parameters, and the picture conversion parameters further comprise variance correction coefficients and single transform matrixes; the initialization module is configured to activate when the scoring system starts up or at a beginning of a billiards game; and the input device is configured to provide data and control signals from a user to the camera, the computer, and the output device respectively, and update the status of the scene based on the provided data and the control signals.
A propellant free continuous dispensing device comprising: an inner bag containing fluid or viscous materials under pressure; a valve attached to said inner bag to controllably release said fluid, the valve mounted in a mounting cup; a package (62, 82) enclosing said inner bag, the package having a first end and a base end opposite said first end; and a flange closing said package (62, 82) at said first end, the flange being sized for said mounting cup to fit within said flange, characterized by at least one of said cup and said flange being springy, thereby to allow snap-together fitting of said cup into said flange. an inner bag containing fluid or viscous materials under pressure; a valve attached to said inner bag to controllably release said fluid, the valve mounted in a mounting cup; a package (62, 82) enclosing said inner bag, the package having a first end and a base end opposite said first end; and a flange closing said package (62, 82) at said first end, the flange being sized for said mounting cup to fit within said flange, characterized by at least one of said cup and said flange being springy, thereby to allow snap-together fitting of said cup into said flange.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising in equal parts 1:1 v/v granulated sugar and a hydrogel biomaterial comprising a water-swollen polymeric material for use in a method of treating a chronic non-healing wound, wherein the pharmaceutical composition increases average percent change in wound closure compared to a control, wherein the control is the hydrogel biomaterial; wherein: (a) the hydrogel biomaterial comprises purified water, glycerol, hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, sodium lactate, and allantoin, wherein: (i) the purified water is about 70% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (ii) the glycerol is about 30% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (b) the pharmaceutical composition is administered: (i) as a topical formulation; or (ii) as a dressing, wherein a surface of the dressing is impregnated with the composition. for use in a method of treating a chronic non-healing wound, wherein the pharmaceutical composition increases average percent change in wound closure compared to a control, wherein the control is the hydrogel biomaterial; wherein: (a) the hydrogel biomaterial comprises purified water, glycerol, hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, sodium lactate, and allantoin, wherein: (i) the purified water is about 70% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (ii) the glycerol is about 30% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (b) the pharmaceutical composition is administered: (i) as a topical formulation; or (ii) as a dressing, wherein a surface of the dressing is impregnated with the composition. (a) the hydrogel biomaterial comprises purified water, glycerol, hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, sodium lactate, and allantoin, wherein: (i) the purified water is about 70% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (ii) the glycerol is about 30% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (i) the purified water is about 70% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (ii) the glycerol is about 30% of the hydrogel biomaterial; and (b) the pharmaceutical composition is administered: (i) as a topical formulation; or (ii) as a dressing, wherein a surface of the dressing is impregnated with the composition. (i) as a topical formulation; or (ii) as a dressing, wherein a surface of the dressing is impregnated with the composition.
A wound dressing comprising (a) a bioresorbable sponge having a wound-facing surface and an opposite bottom surface, the sponge comprising oxidized regenerated cellulose and collagen; and (b) a bioresorbable top sheet covering the wound-facing surface of the bioresorbable sponge, the top sheet comprising a polysaccharide polymer. (a) a bioresorbable sponge having a wound-facing surface and an opposite bottom surface, the sponge comprising oxidized regenerated cellulose and collagen; and (b) a bioresorbable top sheet covering the wound-facing surface of the bioresorbable sponge, the top sheet comprising a polysaccharide polymer.
A signal processing method for generating a reconstructed, location dependent signal vector, using an iteration process for determining a solution of a vector equation that a product of a vector V and a matrix of derivatives of that vector V with respect to components of the reconstructed signal vector is zero, the vector V comprising first vector components V1 corresponding to differences between values of an incoming signal and predictions of the incoming signal values derived from the reconstructed signal and second vector components V2 that are square roots of values obtained by applying a regularization function to measures of variation of the reconstructed signal as a function of the location, the iteration process using a product matrix that is a scalar product of a transpose of the matrix of derivatives of the vector V with the matrix of derivatives, the method comprising - receiving the incoming signal represented by a set of signal values; - executing successive iterations of the iteration process, each iteration comprising solving a respective update of the reconstructed signal from an equation for the respective update, wherein the update occurs in the equation multiplied by the product matrix; - wherein the regularization function has a derivative of bounded size that varies continuously as a function of the measure of variation from zero at zero measure of variation. - receiving the incoming signal represented by a set of signal values; - executing successive iterations of the iteration process, each iteration comprising solving a respective update of the reconstructed signal from an equation for the respective update, wherein the update occurs in the equation multiplied by the product matrix; - wherein the regularization function has a derivative of bounded size that varies continuously as a function of the measure of variation from zero at zero measure of variation.
A method of determining a color of a pixel in a ray tracing image processing system having first and second processing elements, the method comprising: by the first processing element, issuing a primary ray into a three dimensional scene through the pixel; determining an initial color value for the pixel based on a color value of a first primitive intersected by the primary ray by the first processing element; issuing at least one secondary ray into the scene from the primitive intersected by the primary ray by the second processing element; and updating the color value for the pixel based on a color value of a second primitive intersected by the secondary ray and a scaling factor of color contribution associated with the first primitive intersected by the primary ray. by the first processing element, issuing a primary ray into a three dimensional scene through the pixel; determining an initial color value for the pixel based on a color value of a first primitive intersected by the primary ray by the first processing element; issuing at least one secondary ray into the scene from the primitive intersected by the primary ray by the second processing element; and updating the color value for the pixel based on a color value of a second primitive intersected by the secondary ray and a scaling factor of color contribution associated with the first primitive intersected by the primary ray.
A method for producing a watch case middle having reduced weight, comprising: generating a 3-D dataset for the case middle, the case middle comprising an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a bottom surface and a top surface; converting the 3-D data set into a plurality of layers, each layer representing a cross-sectional layer of the middle; forming the case middle layer-by-layer from powdered material using an additive manufacturing process in order to provide the case middle with a unitary construction; and machining a through hole (40, 42) formed through the middle to a desired finish and/or precision, the through hole being designed to receive a control member stem when a watch movement is mounted inside the middle; wherein the data set further comprises at least one internal cavity within the case middle so that the case middle has the least one internal cavity formed within it, the method further comprising removing loose powder from each cavity via one or more powder evacuation holes (60, 62) formed between the at least one internal cavity and an external surface of the case middle, wherein one or more powder evacuation holes (60, 62) are formed between the bottom surface of the middle and the cavity, wherein the bottom surface is destined to receive a watch case back. generating a 3-D dataset for the case middle, the case middle comprising an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface, a bottom surface and a top surface; converting the 3-D data set into a plurality of layers, each layer representing a cross-sectional layer of the middle; forming the case middle layer-by-layer from powdered material using an additive manufacturing process in order to provide the case middle with a unitary construction; and machining a through hole (40, 42) formed through the middle to a desired finish and/or precision, the through hole being designed to receive a control member stem when a watch movement is mounted inside the middle; wherein the data set further comprises at least one internal cavity within the case middle so that the case middle has the least one internal cavity formed within it, the method further comprising removing loose powder from each cavity via one or more powder evacuation holes (60, 62) formed between the at least one internal cavity and an external surface of the case middle, wherein one or more powder evacuation holes (60, 62) are formed between the bottom surface of the middle and the cavity, wherein the bottom surface is destined to receive a watch case back.
An oral care system comprising: a toothbrush body comprising a handle and a head; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head; an opening in the toothbrush body that forms a passageway into an internal cavity of the handle; a first dispenser positioned within the internal cavity and comprising a first store of oral care material, characterised in that the first dispenser is resiliently coupled to the toothbrush body to be alterable between: a first retracted state; and a first extended state, in which a distal portion of the first dispenser protrudes from the opening. a toothbrush body comprising a handle and a head; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head; an opening in the toothbrush body that forms a passageway into an internal cavity of the handle; a first dispenser positioned within the internal cavity and comprising a first store of oral care material, characterised in that the first dispenser is resiliently coupled to the toothbrush body to be alterable between: a first retracted state; and a first extended state, in which a distal portion of the first dispenser protrudes from the opening.
A cutting insert, comprising: an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface; an upper cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, and a through hole extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the lower surface comprises a mount part located outside of the through hole, and comprising alternately three first top portions spaced a distance a away from a central axis which passes through the through hole and three second top portions spaced a distance b away from the central axis in a bottom view, the second top portions are located closer to the upper surface than the first top portions, characterised in that the mount part has a concave shape and an outer edge of the mount part has a curved line shape protruded toward the upper surface at an intermediate portion of the outer edge located between the first top portion and the second top portion. an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface; an upper cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, and a through hole extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the lower surface comprises a mount part located outside of the through hole, and comprising alternately three first top portions spaced a distance a away from a central axis which passes through the through hole and three second top portions spaced a distance b away from the central axis in a bottom view, the second top portions are located closer to the upper surface than the first top portions, characterised in that the mount part has a concave shape and an outer edge of the mount part has a curved line shape protruded toward the upper surface at an intermediate portion of the outer edge located between the first top portion and the second top portion.
A relay comprising: a relay switch configured to operate in a first switch mode and a second switch mode; a flag structure for indicating an operative status of the relay switch, the flag structure capable of being orientated in a first position for indicating the relay switch being in the first switch mode and in a second position for indicating the relay switch being in the second switch mode; a card structure coupled to the flag structure for changing the orientation of the flag structure from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position; and a base plate coupled to the flag structure and the card structure, the base plate comprising open ended slots (116; 800; 900) in the form of top open ended slots for allowing part of the flag structure to be received therein without deformation of the flag structure, wherein the flag structure comprises projections (240, 250) for slotting into the open ended slots (116; 800; 900) of the base to provide a pivoting point for changing the orientation of the flag structure, and wherein the relay further comprises a housing for coupling with the base plate and for preventing the projections (240, 250) of the flag structure from dislodging from the open ended slots (116; 800; 900) of the base plate through the top opened end. a relay switch configured to operate in a first switch mode and a second switch mode; a flag structure for indicating an operative status of the relay switch, the flag structure capable of being orientated in a first position for indicating the relay switch being in the first switch mode and in a second position for indicating the relay switch being in the second switch mode; a card structure coupled to the flag structure for changing the orientation of the flag structure from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position; and a base plate coupled to the flag structure and the card structure, the base plate comprising open ended slots (116; 800; 900) in the form of top open ended slots for allowing part of the flag structure to be received therein without deformation of the flag structure, wherein the flag structure comprises projections (240, 250) for slotting into the open ended slots (116; 800; 900) of the base to provide a pivoting point for changing the orientation of the flag structure, and wherein the relay further comprises a housing for coupling with the base plate and for preventing the projections (240, 250) of the flag structure from dislodging from the open ended slots (116; 800; 900) of the base plate through the top opened end.