mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An implantable medical device (106, 206, 306, 406, 1206), comprising: an antenna; characterized by a matching network coupled to the antenna, the antenna and the matching network together configured to receive a far field radiative powering signal, the matching network configured to provide a matching impedance to the antenna; a voltage rectifier coupled to the matching network, the voltage rectifier configured to rectify the received far field radiative powering signal and to output a rectified voltage based on the received far field radiative powering signal; and an impedance feedback circuit configured to adjust the matching impedance of the matching network based on the rectified voltage, wherein the impedance feedback circuit includes a first switch coupled to the matching network and a second switch coupled to the matching network, the first switch configured to couple a first impedance to the matching network when the first switch is activated in response to the rectified voltage satisfying a first voltage threshold, the second switch configured to couple a second impedance to the matching network when the second switch is activated in response to the rectified voltage satisfying a second voltage threshold. an antenna; characterized by a matching network coupled to the antenna, the antenna and the matching network together configured to receive a far field radiative powering signal, the matching network configured to provide a matching impedance to the antenna; a voltage rectifier coupled to the matching network, the voltage rectifier configured to rectify the received far field radiative powering signal and to output a rectified voltage based on the received far field radiative powering signal; and an impedance feedback circuit configured to adjust the matching impedance of the matching network based on the rectified voltage, wherein the impedance feedback circuit includes a first switch coupled to the matching network and a second switch coupled to the matching network, the first switch configured to couple a first impedance to the matching network when the first switch is activated in response to the rectified voltage satisfying a first voltage threshold, the second switch configured to couple a second impedance to the matching network when the second switch is activated in response to the rectified voltage satisfying a second voltage threshold.
A floor panel comprising a core comprising a thermoplastic material, a decorative layer (4; 4a) arranged on the core, wherein the decorative layer is a thermoplastic foil comprising a thermoplastic material, and a transparent layer arranged on the decorative layer (4; 4a), wherein the transparent layer is a thermoplastic foil comprising a thermoplastic material, wherein the decorative layer (4; 4a) comprises a print layer arranged under the transparent layer, the print layer comprising particles and colour pigments attached to said particles, and wherein the particles comprise a thermoplastic powder. a core comprising a thermoplastic material, a decorative layer (4; 4a) arranged on the core, wherein the decorative layer is a thermoplastic foil comprising a thermoplastic material, and a transparent layer arranged on the decorative layer (4; 4a), wherein the transparent layer is a thermoplastic foil comprising a thermoplastic material, wherein the decorative layer (4; 4a) comprises a print layer arranged under the transparent layer, the print layer comprising particles and colour pigments attached to said particles, and wherein the particles comprise a thermoplastic powder.
A computer system, comprising: a processor; and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) module coupled to the processor, wherein the BIOS module comprises a boot block storing instructions executed during a boot process of the computer system and a signature domain storing a signature, wherein the boot block and the signature domain are used as a Core Root of Trust for Measurement (CRTM) that specifies predefined policies and is configured to perform integrity measurements to establish whether the computer system can be trusted, wherein the CRTM is configured to conditionally unlock itself, wherein the boot block comprises a lock function; wherein the computer system is configured to execute the lock function during each boot process of the computer system before the boot block transfers control to an operating system of the computer system, wherein the lock function is configured to search a predetermined location of the BIOS module for a signature, to unlock the CRTM and to delete the signature in the predetermined location if the signature stored in the signature domain and the signature in the predetermined location match, and to lock the CRTM if the signatures do not match; and a CRTM update utility configured to update the CRTM during the computer system's runtime once the computer system has booted if the CRTM is unlocked. a processor; and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) module coupled to the processor, wherein the BIOS module comprises a boot block storing instructions executed during a boot process of the computer system and a signature domain storing a signature, wherein the boot block and the signature domain are used as a Core Root of Trust for Measurement (CRTM) that specifies predefined policies and is configured to perform integrity measurements to establish whether the computer system can be trusted, wherein the CRTM is configured to conditionally unlock itself, wherein the boot block comprises a lock function; wherein the computer system is configured to execute the lock function during each boot process of the computer system before the boot block transfers control to an operating system of the computer system, wherein the lock function is configured to search a predetermined location of the BIOS module for a signature, to unlock the CRTM and to delete the signature in the predetermined location if the signature stored in the signature domain and the signature in the predetermined location match, and to lock the CRTM if the signatures do not match; and a CRTM update utility configured to update the CRTM during the computer system's runtime once the computer system has booted if the CRTM is unlocked.
Electrical breaking contact, in particular a radial-magnetic-field electrical breaking contact, for a medium-voltage vacuum interrupter, the contact comprising: - a rod extending along a longitudinal axis, said rod being configured to be passed through by an electrical current, - a contact body extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and comprising a first fastening surface, the contact body and the rod being coaxial, wherein the rod comprises: - a second fastening surface securely fastened to the first fastening surface, - an abutment surface radially exterior to the second fastening surface, the abutment surface being distant from the contact body along the longitudinal axis and turned toward the contact body. characterized in that the contact body and the abutment surface are configured so that one segment of the contact body makes contact with the abutment surface during a flexion of the contact body. - a rod extending along a longitudinal axis, said rod being configured to be passed through by an electrical current, - a contact body extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and comprising a first fastening surface, the contact body and the rod being coaxial, wherein the rod comprises: - a second fastening surface securely fastened to the first fastening surface, - an abutment surface radially exterior to the second fastening surface, the abutment surface being distant from the contact body along the longitudinal axis and turned toward the contact body. - a second fastening surface securely fastened to the first fastening surface, - an abutment surface radially exterior to the second fastening surface, the abutment surface being distant from the contact body along the longitudinal axis and turned toward the contact body. characterized in that the contact body and the abutment surface are configured so that one segment of the contact body makes contact with the abutment surface during a flexion of the contact body.
A medical device having a barrel, a retractable needle, a needle retraction assembly (18, 22), and a plunger that slidably engages the barrel, wherein the needle retraction assembly (18, 22) is biased to project the needle rearwardly relative to the barrel during retraction of the needle and is held in place relative to the barrel prior to retraction of the needle at least in part by a retainer member that contacts the barrel; and the plunger has a plunger tubular body and an interior retraction cavity configured to receive enough of the needle retraction assembly (18, 22) that the needle is not exposed following retraction; the medical device further comprises an elastomeric plunger seal having an annular body disposed on the plunger, the plunger seal further comprising a pierceable transverse elastomeric web, integrally formed with the annular body, that spans and seals an opening into the retraction cavity prior to or during retraction of the needle; wherein the needle retraction assembly (18, 20, 22, 16) comprises a rearwardly projecting structure that is configured to contact, stretch and rupture the elastomeric web as the plunger is moved forwardly inside the barrel, wherein the plunger contacts the retainer member to release the needle retraction assembly (18, 22) from the barrel as the plunger is advanced inside the barrel. characterized in that the annular body is rearwardly moveable on the plunger, and wherein the plunger seal comprises an annular recess to receive and slide over an annular positioning ring of the plunger tubular body.
A method to produce microorganisms which resist the phenomenon of lactose killing when grown in an environment in which lactose is combined with another carbon source, wherein said method comprises: a. mutating the expression of a lactose transporter within microorganisms by introducing a heterologous promoter in front of an endogenous or exogenous lactose transporter gene by a) deleting the endogenous lactose transporters from the genome and reintroducing them at another location within the genome of said microorganism, b) by introducing a heterologous promoter in front of the endogenous lactose transporters, or c) by knocking out the endogenous lactose promoter and introducing a heterologous promoter at the same location in the genome of said microorganism, and/or, by mutating the untranslated region in front of the coding sequence that contains the ribosome binding or Kozak sequences and/or by modifying the codon usage of the endogenous lactose transporter gene, wherein said mutation results in the expression of said lactose transporter. b. growing said mutated microorganisms on a medium comprising a carbon-source which is not lactose, c. adding lactose to said medium during growth of said mutated microorganisms, and d. selecting the microorganisms which resist the phenomenon of lactose killing growing on said medium comprising lactose and which retain at least 50% of the lactose influx obtained with the wild type expression cassette of said lactose transporter. a. mutating the expression of a lactose transporter within microorganisms by introducing a heterologous promoter in front of an endogenous or exogenous lactose transporter gene by a) deleting the endogenous lactose transporters from the genome and reintroducing them at another location within the genome of said microorganism, b) by introducing a heterologous promoter in front of the endogenous lactose transporters, or c) by knocking out the endogenous lactose promoter and introducing a heterologous promoter at the same location in the genome of said microorganism, and/or, by mutating the untranslated region in front of the coding sequence that contains the ribosome binding or Kozak sequences and/or by modifying the codon usage of the endogenous lactose transporter gene, wherein said mutation results in the expression of said lactose transporter. b. growing said mutated microorganisms on a medium comprising a carbon-source which is not lactose, c. adding lactose to said medium during growth of said mutated microorganisms, and d. selecting the microorganisms which resist the phenomenon of lactose killing growing on said medium comprising lactose and which retain at least 50% of the lactose influx obtained with the wild type expression cassette of said lactose transporter.
System for analysing a gas having a pressure of the order of a secondary vacuum, including: - a device for ionizing gases including a plasma source comprising • a cathode which comprises conductive walls defining a cylindrical volume in which the plasma is generated and a disc comprising at least one central through-hole, and • an anode placed substantially in the centre of the hole, the plasma being generated by the combined action of an electric field and a magnetic field that is orthogonal to the electric field; - a system for collecting the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma; - a cylindrical cavity, placed between the ionizing device and the collecting system adjacent to the cylindrical volume and coaxial with the anode, having a conductance that is less than said cylindrical volume and being free of any electric or magnetic field, the end of the cavity opposite the cylindrical volume being closed off by a window or by a lens which are transparent to the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma; and - a device for analysing ionized gases comprising an optical spectrometer for analysing the variation in the spectrum of the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma. - a device for ionizing gases including a plasma source comprising • a cathode which comprises conductive walls defining a cylindrical volume in which the plasma is generated and a disc comprising at least one central through-hole, and • an anode placed substantially in the centre of the hole, the plasma being generated by the combined action of an electric field and a magnetic field that is orthogonal to the electric field; • a cathode which comprises conductive walls defining a cylindrical volume in which the plasma is generated and a disc comprising at least one central through-hole, and • an anode placed substantially in the centre of the hole, the plasma being generated by the combined action of an electric field and a magnetic field that is orthogonal to the electric field; - a system for collecting the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma; - a cylindrical cavity, placed between the ionizing device and the collecting system adjacent to the cylindrical volume and coaxial with the anode, having a conductance that is less than said cylindrical volume and being free of any electric or magnetic field, the end of the cavity opposite the cylindrical volume being closed off by a window or by a lens which are transparent to the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma; and - a device for analysing ionized gases comprising an optical spectrometer for analysing the variation in the spectrum of the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma.
A channel assignment method at a base station in a cell of a wireless communication system between the base station and a subscriber station, the wireless communication system having conventional channels distinguished by frequency, time or code assignments, or by some combination of these assignments, the method characterised by: receiving from the subscriber station, reported downlink received signal levels measurements on each downlink channel; estimating, from the reported downlink received signal levels, a downlink received interference-plus-noise level that would result for each existing conventional channel if the subscriber station was assigned to a given conventional downlink channel; computing a cost for each existing conventional downlink channel using a prescribed cost function based on the estimated downlink received interference-plus-noise levels; selecting, for assignment to the subscriber station, a conventional downlink channel that has a minimal computed cost from among the existing conventional downlink channels; assigning to the subscriber station a spatial downlink channel on the selected conventional downlink channel if the selected conventional downlink channel is in use within the cell. receiving from the subscriber station, reported downlink received signal levels measurements on each downlink channel; estimating, from the reported downlink received signal levels, a downlink received interference-plus-noise level that would result for each existing conventional channel if the subscriber station was assigned to a given conventional downlink channel; computing a cost for each existing conventional downlink channel using a prescribed cost function based on the estimated downlink received interference-plus-noise levels; selecting, for assignment to the subscriber station, a conventional downlink channel that has a minimal computed cost from among the existing conventional downlink channels; assigning to the subscriber station a spatial downlink channel on the selected conventional downlink channel if the selected conventional downlink channel is in use within the cell.
A method of operating an uninterruptible power supply (100, 200, 300, 500, 600) including an AC/DC converter circuit (110, 210, 310, 510, 610) having an input (112, 212, 312, 512) configured to be coupled to an AC source, a DC/AC converter circuit (120, 220, 320, 520, 620) having an input coupled to an output of the AC/DC converter circuit by a DC link (115, 215, 315, 515, 615), and a bypass circuit (130, 230, 330, 530, 630) operative to couple and decouple an output (124, 224, 324, 524) of the DC/AC converter circuit (120, 220, 320, 520, 620) to and from the input of the AC/DC converter circuit (110, 210, 310, 510, 610), the method comprising: transferring power from the output (124, 224, 324, 524) of the DC/AC converter circuit (120, 220, 320, 520, 620) via the bypass circuit (130, 230, 330, 530, 630) to conduct a test of the uninterruptible power supply (100, 200, 300, 500, 600); characterised by calibrating a component of the uninterruptible power supply (100, 200, 300, 500, 600) responsive to the test of the uninterruptible power supply. transferring power from the output (124, 224, 324, 524) of the DC/AC converter circuit (120, 220, 320, 520, 620) via the bypass circuit (130, 230, 330, 530, 630) to conduct a test of the uninterruptible power supply (100, 200, 300, 500, 600); characterised by calibrating a component of the uninterruptible power supply (100, 200, 300, 500, 600) responsive to the test of the uninterruptible power supply.
A mounting system for supporting and electrically contacting a ceiling or wall luminaire, comprising a first mounting part (100; 2100a-e; 3100-9100) and a second mounting part (200; 1200-9200), the first and second mounting parts being releasably attachable to each other, said first mounting member (100; 2100a-e; 3100-9100) comprising one or more first centering means (110; 2110a; 3110-9110) and a first contacting means (120; 2120a; 3120, 9120a-c) disposed adjacent said one or more first centering means (110; 2110a; 3110-9110) and spaced therefrom, said second mounting member (200; 1200-9200) comprising one or more second centering means (210; 1210-9210) and a second contacting means adjacent said one or more second centering means (210; 1210-9210) and spaced therefrom, wherein the first and second centering means are adapted to couple each other, and wherein the first and second contacting means are adapted to couple each other, wherein the first (110; 2110a; 3110-9110) and second (210; 1210-9210) centering means are further arranged to attach the first and second mounting parts to each other and hold the luminaire when the first and second contacting means are coupled in, said first and second contacting means each having mutual electrical contacting means adapted to contact each other when said first and second contacting means are coupled in, wherein the first and second mounting members are further adapted to be releasably secured to each other by moving the first and second mounting members toward each other along a mounting direction, characterised in that during said movement firstly one of the one or more first centering means (110; 2110a; 3110-9110) and one of the one or more second centering means (210; 1210-9210), couple and align the first and second mounting members with each other before the first and second contacting means couple, wherein the one or more first centering means (110; 2110a; 3110-9110) and the one or more second centering means (210; 1210-9210) further comprise means (9130, 9230, 9117, 9217) for non-rotating coupling to each other by the first and second centering means being formed as pins having an asymmetric cross-section and as receiving channels having a corresponding asymmetric cross-section, respectively.
A detection device for molten metal, the device comprising: a temperature sensor; a sample cup having a cavity configured to receive a sample of molten metal; and a blob arranged in the cavity, the blob comprising a carbide stabilizing element and a hydrogen releasing material characterised in that the hydrogen releasing material comprises a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal. a temperature sensor; a sample cup having a cavity configured to receive a sample of molten metal; and a blob arranged in the cavity, the blob comprising a carbide stabilizing element and a hydrogen releasing material characterised in that the hydrogen releasing material comprises a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal.
Gear train comprising a housing, a shaft arranged in the housing, having at least a first, second and third shaft shoulder (4, 10, 12), a gear wheel arranged on a first shaft shoulder, a first axial lock which is arranged on a first side of the gear wheel and secures it axially, a second axial lock which is attached on the other side of the gear wheel to a second shaft shoulder and secures it axially, wherein the diameter (D 2) of the second shaft shoulder is smaller than the diameter (D 1) of the first shaft shoulder, a radial-axial sliding-contact bearing unit which mounts the shaft in the housing and is attached to the third shaft shoulder provided adjacent to the second shaft shoulder, the diameter (D 3) of which is smaller than the diameter (D 2) of the second shaft shoulder, and at least one further component attached to the shaft which defines a sliding surface for the axial sliding-contact bearing of the radial-axial sliding-contact bearing unit, characterised in that the second axial lock is designed and arranged such that it defines a running surface for the axial sliding-contact bearing of the radial-axial sliding-contact bearing unit.