mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A hysteresis mechanism for a vehicular damper device including a pair of disc plates functioning as an input rotary member, a hub functioning as an output rotary member, and elastic members interposed between the disc plates and the hub, said hysteresis mechanism being characterized by comprising: first and second control plates (34, 38) configured to be disposed between one of said disc plates and said hub in an axial direction of the damper device; a first friction member configured to be disposed between said control plates (34, 38) and said hub in the axial direction; a second friction member configured to be disposed between said hub and the other of said disc plates in the axial direction; and a spring interposed in a preloaded state between said first control plate and said second control plate in the axial direction, and configured so that a hysteresis torque generated by a sliding action of the second friction member during a relative rotary motion between said hub and said other of said disc plates is smaller than a hysteresis torque generated by a sliding action of said first friction member during a relative rotary motion between said control plates (34, 38) and said hub; and each of said first control plate and said second control plate having a portion (34a, 38a) which is configured to be gripped between one end of said elastic members and said hub, and between the one end of said elastic members and said disc plates in a circumferential direction of the damper device. first and second control plates (34, 38) configured to be disposed between one of said disc plates and said hub in an axial direction of the damper device; a first friction member configured to be disposed between said control plates (34, 38) and said hub in the axial direction; a second friction member configured to be disposed between said hub and the other of said disc plates in the axial direction; and a spring interposed in a preloaded state between said first control plate and said second control plate in the axial direction, and configured so that a hysteresis torque generated by a sliding action of the second friction member during a relative rotary motion between said hub and said other of said disc plates is smaller than a hysteresis torque generated by a sliding action of said first friction member during a relative rotary motion between said control plates (34, 38) and said hub; and each of said first control plate and said second control plate having a portion (34a, 38a) which is configured to be gripped between one end of said elastic members and said hub, and between the one end of said elastic members and said disc plates in a circumferential direction of the damper device.
An information processing apparatus comprising: acquiring means (501, 503) for acquiring original data conforming to an original data format; converting means for converting said original data to converted data which conforms to a converted data format; generating means for generating content information for an associated item of data, the content information being generated based on property information, and the content information indicating whether the associated item of data is original data or converted data; and transmitting means for transmitting said content information and said associated item of data to another device; wherein another device determines data schemes to be played on said another device in dependence upon the transmitted content information, and the transmitting means is responsive to a transmission request from said another device to transmit to said another device the associated item of data, and wherein said determined data scheme is said data scheme of the original data in a situation where said data scheme of the original data is supported by said another device. acquiring means (501, 503) for acquiring original data conforming to an original data format; converting means for converting said original data to converted data which conforms to a converted data format; generating means for generating content information for an associated item of data, the content information being generated based on property information, and the content information indicating whether the associated item of data is original data or converted data; and transmitting means for transmitting said content information and said associated item of data to another device; wherein another device determines data schemes to be played on said another device in dependence upon the transmitted content information, and the transmitting means is responsive to a transmission request from said another device to transmit to said another device the associated item of data, and wherein said determined data scheme is said data scheme of the original data in a situation where said data scheme of the original data is supported by said another device.
An electronic device, comprising: a first housing structure; a second housing structure; a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate; a hinge cover covering the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside; a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure; a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in the internal space of the hinge cover, and wherein the hinge structure includes: a first elastic member attached to the first hinge plate; and a second elastic member attached to the second hinge plate, and wherein the first member and the second member are disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the hinge structure and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device. a first housing structure; a second housing structure; a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure and including a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate; a hinge cover covering the hinge structure when the hinge structure is viewed from the outside; a flexible printed circuit board crossing the hinge structure and extending from an inside of the first housing structure to an inside of the second housing structure; a pair of fixing members to permit deformation of the flexible printed circuit board in the internal space of the hinge cover, and wherein the hinge structure includes: a first elastic member attached to the first hinge plate; and a second elastic member attached to the second hinge plate, and wherein the first member and the second member are disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the hinge structure and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device. a first elastic member attached to the first hinge plate; and a second elastic member attached to the second hinge plate, and wherein the first member and the second member are disposed to face the flexible printed circuit board so as to prevent direct contact between the hinge structure and the flexible printed circuit board during folding and/or unfolding of the electronic device.
A noise protection system for traffic routes with essentially C-shaped noise protection elements, opening towards the noise source, which are articulated on foundations opening towards a noise source, characterised in that an axis connecting the endpoints of the essentially C-shaped noise protection elements subtends with the horizontal an angle of 55° to 80°, in particular 60° to 70°, additional supporting profiles are fixed on the foundations for the essentially C-shaped noise protection elements, and the additional supporting profiles, in the region of the lower half facing towards the foundation, in particular in the lower third, and the side facing towards the noise source of the essentially C-shaped noise protection elements, are articulated, in particular at a joint between two plate-shaped elements, or at a kink in the same.
A frictional power transmission belt having a frictional power transmission surface wherein the frictional power transmission surface is covered with a fibrous member at least containing water absorptive fibers, and wherein the fibrous member comprises water absorptive fibers in a ratio of from 50 to 90% by mass relative to all the fibers therein; characterized in that an inorganic powder exists in at least a surface of the fibrous member; and in that the inorganic powder also exists between the fibers inside the texture of the fibrous member.
A tripod for video-photographic equipment comprising: - a plurality of legs which are articulated to a cross-piece, in which at least one of the legs is a removable leg which is connected to the cross-piece in a separable manner in the region of a first end thereof; - a column which is provided at a first end thereof with an attachment element of a video-photographic equipment, the column being removably engaged in a sliding manner inside a seat which is formed in the cross-piece and being separable from the cross-piece; - an end element which is separate from the column and which is connected to a second end of the column at the axially opposite side to the attachment element; characterized in that the end element comprises a first connection device in order to removably fix the end element to the removable leg in the region of the first end so as to form a monopod by connecting, by means of the end element, the removable leg to the column when both are separated from the cross-piece. - a plurality of legs which are articulated to a cross-piece, in which at least one of the legs is a removable leg which is connected to the cross-piece in a separable manner in the region of a first end thereof; - a column which is provided at a first end thereof with an attachment element of a video-photographic equipment, the column being removably engaged in a sliding manner inside a seat which is formed in the cross-piece and being separable from the cross-piece; - an end element which is separate from the column and which is connected to a second end of the column at the axially opposite side to the attachment element;
An optical device having a surface for transmitting light energy, the device comprising: an electronic structure (101,102,103) having a plurality of energy transfer regions, wherein the electronic structure exhibits an electronic band gap with an associated energy; a plurality of cavities extending from the surface of the device through the electronic structure and penetrating the respective energy transfer regions, each cavity having a predetermined cross-sectional shape with one or more corresponding sidewalls extending from the surface of the device through the electronic structure; and, a plurality of optically responsive particles, said particles disposed on one or more sidewalls of each cavity in close spatial proximity to the respective energy transfer region, wherein the optically responsive particles are adapted for: emitting light energy towards the surface of the device via a respective cavity; and, energy transfer with the respective energy transfer region using a non-radiative energy transfer mechanism, wherein the electronic band gap energy of the electronic structure is greater than an electronic band gap energy of each optically responsive particle whereby, when an electric potential is applied to the electronic structure, energy is transferred non-radiatively to the optically responsive particles from the electronic structure via the respective energy transfer region through non-contact dipole-dipole interaction and is emitted as light energy by the optically responsive particles. an electronic structure (101,102,103) having a plurality of energy transfer regions, wherein the electronic structure exhibits an electronic band gap with an associated energy; a plurality of cavities extending from the surface of the device through the electronic structure and penetrating the respective energy transfer regions, each cavity having a predetermined cross-sectional shape with one or more corresponding sidewalls extending from the surface of the device through the electronic structure; and, a plurality of optically responsive particles, said particles disposed on one or more sidewalls of each cavity in close spatial proximity to the respective energy transfer region, wherein the optically responsive particles are adapted for: emitting light energy towards the surface of the device via a respective cavity; and, energy transfer with the respective energy transfer region using a non-radiative energy transfer mechanism, emitting light energy towards the surface of the device via a respective cavity; and, energy transfer with the respective energy transfer region using a non-radiative energy transfer mechanism, wherein the electronic band gap energy of the electronic structure is greater than an electronic band gap energy of each optically responsive particle whereby, when an electric potential is applied to the electronic structure, energy is transferred non-radiatively to the optically responsive particles from the electronic structure via the respective energy transfer region through non-contact dipole-dipole interaction and is emitted as light energy by the optically responsive particles.
An isolated polypeptide comprising a pro-domain of TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE), the polypeptide being devoid of a catalytic domain of said TACE, said polypeptide comprising a modification at a site selected from the group consisting of R 58, R 56 and K 57 which renders said polypeptide resistant to furin degradation the polypeptide being capable of downregulating an activity of TACE, wherein the numbering of said modification corresponds to the full length TACE enzyme.
Hood for cleanroom gown, the hood comprising a base body defining an outside and an inside adapted to receive a head, the hood defining a hood central axis (X - X), and the base body having a visor opening, the hood comprises a visor and fixing means adapted to releasably fix the visor to the base body over the visor opening, the base body comprising abutments for the visor, characterized in that the abutments are adapted to maintain the visor in a bent configuration around the hood central axis and in that the visor rests in the pre-stressed bent configuration against the abutments.
Lighting arrangement, which comprises at least one light source (2, 2'), with at least one camera (10, 15) and a control system, wherein the colour and/or colour temperature of the light source is variable and the camera captures images (11, 12) of a region illuminated by the light source, wherein the control system controls the lighting arrangement such that the light source illuminates the illuminated region successively with light of a different colour and/or colour temperature, wherein the control system separately evaluates and/or outputs at least a first image captured at a first colour and/or colour temperature of the lighting, characterized in that the control system controls the light source in at least one operating mode in such a way that the change in the colour and/or colour temperature takes place so quickly that this is not perceptible for the human eye when looking directly at the illuminated region. wherein the control system controls the lighting arrangement such that the light source illuminates the illuminated region successively with light of a different colour and/or colour temperature, wherein the control system separately evaluates and/or outputs at least a first image captured at a first colour and/or colour temperature of the lighting, characterized in that the control system controls the light source in at least one operating mode in such a way that the change in the colour and/or colour temperature takes place so quickly that this is not perceptible for the human eye when looking directly at the illuminated region.
A method of manufacturing a reverse osmosis membrane, the method comprising: forming a polysulfone layer by applying a solution including a mixed solvent containing two solvents to a surface of a porous support; forming an active layer made of polyamide on the polysulfone layer, wherein the mixed solvent includes N,N-dimethylformamide and y-butyrolactone mixed in a ratio of 95:5 to 50:50. forming a polysulfone layer by applying a solution including a mixed solvent containing two solvents to a surface of a porous support; forming an active layer made of polyamide on the polysulfone layer, wherein the mixed solvent includes N,N-dimethylformamide and y-butyrolactone mixed in a ratio of 95:5 to 50:50.
A method comprising: obtaining a binary data sequence at a communication device for transmission via a Bluetooth data link configured according to an audio-codec-based Bluetooth profile, wherein an audio codec is configured to receive a multi-bit data byte and output a single bit indicating whether the received multi-bit data byte is larger or smaller than a prior output reference byte; generating a multi-bit data byte sequence based on the binary data sequence; providing the multi-bit data byte sequence to the audio codec to induce the codec to generate a one-bit per-sample binary sequence representative of the binary data sequence; the one-bit per-sample binary sequence comprises a single data bit or a string of multiple data bits corresponding to each data bit in the binary data sequence; and, transmitting the generated one-bit per-sample binary sequence via the Bluetooth data link. obtaining a binary data sequence at a communication device for transmission via a Bluetooth data link configured according to an audio-codec-based Bluetooth profile, wherein an audio codec is configured to receive a multi-bit data byte and output a single bit indicating whether the received multi-bit data byte is larger or smaller than a prior output reference byte; generating a multi-bit data byte sequence based on the binary data sequence; providing the multi-bit data byte sequence to the audio codec to induce the codec to generate a one-bit per-sample binary sequence representative of the binary data sequence; the one-bit per-sample binary sequence comprises a single data bit or a string of multiple data bits corresponding to each data bit in the binary data sequence; and, transmitting the generated one-bit per-sample binary sequence via the Bluetooth data link.
A computer-implemented method for the transmission of genomic data as multiplexed data streams comprising: a genomic dataset list data structure for providing a list of all genomic datasets, said genomic datasets comprising genomic data available in genomic streams; a genomic dataset mapping table data structure for providing the identifier of each stream of said genomic data associated to each genomic dataset (482 - 483); wherein the genomic datasets are partitioned into randomly accessible access units; wherein said genomic streams comprise encoded aligned reads organized into multiple layers of homogeneous data descriptors which univocally represent genome sequence reads, wherein in one layer it is stored the mapping position of the first read of each access unit as absolute position with respect to the reference genome, and all the other positions are expressed as a difference with respect to the previous position and are stored in a specific layer; said method further comprising: the compression of said layers of homogeneous data descriptors and the transmission of said data streams. a genomic dataset list data structure for providing a list of all genomic datasets, said genomic datasets comprising genomic data available in genomic streams; a genomic dataset mapping table data structure for providing the identifier of each stream of said genomic data associated to each genomic dataset (482 - 483); wherein the genomic datasets are partitioned into randomly accessible access units; wherein said genomic streams comprise encoded aligned reads organized into multiple layers of homogeneous data descriptors which univocally represent genome sequence reads, wherein in one layer it is stored the mapping position of the first read of each access unit as absolute position with respect to the reference genome, and all the other positions are expressed as a difference with respect to the previous position and are stored in a specific layer; said method further comprising: the compression of said layers of homogeneous data descriptors and the transmission of said data streams.
A spectrometer comprising: a light source to project a light beam to a target object advancing in an advancing direction (Y axis); an optical element with a plurality of apertures through which the light beam reflected by the target object transmits; a diffraction element to form diffracted images from a plurality of light beams having transmitted through the optical element; a light receiving element to receive the diffracted images formed by the diffraction element and including an optical shield to block a diffracted image other than a certain-order diffracted image; and a linear sensor with pixels closely arranged on the axis perpendicular to the advancing direction of the target object (X axis) for receiving only the diffracted image in said certain order; characterized in that the apertures of the optical element are two-dimensionally arranged to be parallel to a virtual plane (XY plane) and are arranged in columns parallel to a direction in that plane such that each of the apertures are arranged at different positions along the axis (X axis) perpendicular to the advancing direction of the target object. a light source to project a light beam to a target object advancing in an advancing direction (Y axis); an optical element with a plurality of apertures through which the light beam reflected by the target object transmits; a diffraction element to form diffracted images from a plurality of light beams having transmitted through the optical element; a light receiving element to receive the diffracted images formed by the diffraction element and including an optical shield to block a diffracted image other than a certain-order diffracted image; and a linear sensor with pixels closely arranged on the axis perpendicular to the advancing direction of the target object (X axis) for receiving only the diffracted image in said certain order; characterized in that the apertures of the optical element are two-dimensionally arranged to be parallel to a virtual plane (XY plane) and are arranged in columns parallel to a direction in that plane such that each of the apertures are arranged at different positions along the axis (X axis) perpendicular to the advancing direction of the target object.