mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Process for operating an electrolysis apparatus for splitting water comprising the steps of: - providing at least one electrolysis unit comprising at least one electrolysis cell having at least one inlet opening for a first reactant stream and having at least one outlet opening for a first product stream, - producing the first product stream from the first reactant stream in the electrolysis unit, - separating the product stream into a water stream and a gas stream, - cooling the water stream by introducing it into at least one cooling apparatus in which the heat of the water stream is dissipated directly to the environment, wherein the cooling apparatus is arranged in an inclined orientation between an inflow side and an opposite and lower outflow side, - interrupting the cooling of the water stream in the case of a shutdown of the electrolysis unit or in standby operation of the electrolysis unit, and - detecting the ambient temperature during the offline state or the standby operation and if the ambient temperature is below 1°C emptying the water stream from the cooling apparatus into a liquid storage means, wherein the cooling apparatus is emptied via a height difference between the cooling apparatus and the liquid storage means. - providing at least one electrolysis unit comprising at least one electrolysis cell having at least one inlet opening for a first reactant stream and having at least one outlet opening for a first product stream, - producing the first product stream from the first reactant stream in the electrolysis unit, - separating the product stream into a water stream and a gas stream, - cooling the water stream by introducing it into at least one cooling apparatus in which the heat of the water stream is dissipated directly to the environment, wherein the cooling apparatus is arranged in an inclined orientation between an inflow side and an opposite and lower outflow side, - interrupting the cooling of the water stream in the case of a shutdown of the electrolysis unit or in standby operation of the electrolysis unit, and - detecting the ambient temperature during the offline state or the standby operation and if the ambient temperature is below 1°C emptying the water stream from the cooling apparatus into a liquid storage means, wherein the cooling apparatus is emptied via a height difference between the cooling apparatus and the liquid storage means.
Sealing assembly for the limitation of fluid flow along a rotatable shaft that is passed through a housing member that separates a high pressure side and a low pressure side, wherein the sealing assembly comprises: - a rotor connected to the rotatable shaft, and with a sealing surface which essentially extends radially in relation to the shaft, - a flushing sealing system that extends between the rotor and the housing member, which sealing system is in contact with both the housing member and the sealing surface of the rotor to provide a sealing effect, wherein the flushing sealing system comprises an elastic sealing member that in use imposes a pressing force directed to the sealing surface, and - a transport groove pattern with at least one running groove with a driving edge and in fluid connection with the high-pressure side and the low-pressure side, provided in the sealing surface of the rotor, wherein the sealing member forms a fluid leak path together with the transport groove pattern for flushing of the sealing system for the purpose of forming a hydrodynamic protective fluid film for the sealing assembly and to reduce pressure from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side, characterised in that a transport groove in the transport groove pattern, in cross-sectional view, has gradual transitions to the sealing surface and the sealing member is elastically formable so that during operation, the sealing member at least partially extends into the transport groove in order to suppress the fluid leak through the fluid leak path. - a rotor connected to the rotatable shaft, and with a sealing surface which essentially extends radially in relation to the shaft, - a flushing sealing system that extends between the rotor and the housing member, which sealing system is in contact with both the housing member and the sealing surface of the rotor to provide a sealing effect, wherein the flushing sealing system comprises an elastic sealing member that in use imposes a pressing force directed to the sealing surface, and - a transport groove pattern with at least one running groove with a driving edge and in fluid connection with the high-pressure side and the low-pressure side, provided in the sealing surface of the rotor, wherein the sealing member forms a fluid leak path together with the transport groove pattern for flushing of the sealing system for the purpose of forming a hydrodynamic protective fluid film for the sealing assembly and to reduce pressure from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side,
A spring (3, 3') comprising at least one element, each element comprising a rigid portion and a flexible beam, the extremities (320, 321) of the flexible beam being supported by the rigid portion, the flexible beam having a single stable position, so that the flexible beam can be deformed when a pressure is exerted between said extremities in the direction of the rigid portion, and returns to said single stable position when the pressure is released, so that the spring has a negative stiffness over an operating range, characterized in that the spring comprises a plurality of elements, and in that the rigid portion of at least one element is in contact with the flexible beam of the next element between said extremities (320, 321) of the flexible beam. the flexible beam having a single stable position, so that the flexible beam can be deformed when a pressure is exerted between said extremities in the direction of the rigid portion, and returns to said single stable position when the pressure is released, so that the spring has a negative stiffness over an operating range, characterized in that the spring comprises a plurality of elements, and in that the rigid portion of at least one element is in contact with the flexible beam of the next element between said extremities (320, 321) of the flexible beam.
A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage device, the method comprising the steps of preparing a cathode, an anode, and a separator; and assembling an electrode group from the cathode, the anode, and the separator, wherein the separator has a thickness ranging from 10 to 50 pm, and characterized in that the step of preparing the separator comprises the steps of: (i) preparing an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a porogen; (ii) forming a cured product of the epoxy resin composition into a sheet shape or curing a sheet-shaped formed body of the epoxy resin composition, so as to obtain an epoxy resin sheet; and (iii) removing the porogen from the epoxy resin sheet by means of a halogen-free solvent. preparing a cathode, an anode, and a separator; and assembling an electrode group from the cathode, the anode, and the separator, wherein (i) preparing an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a porogen; (ii) forming a cured product of the epoxy resin composition into a sheet shape or curing a sheet-shaped formed body of the epoxy resin composition, so as to obtain an epoxy resin sheet; and (iii) removing the porogen from the epoxy resin sheet by means of a halogen-free solvent.
A composition comprising a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human progastrin for use in preventing or preventing recurrence or treating metastatic colorectal cancer, wherein said antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region in which CDR1 comprises the amine acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, CDR2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and CDR3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, and a light chain variable region in which CDR1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, CDR2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5, and CDR3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6. wherein said antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region in which CDR1 comprises the amine acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, CDR2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and CDR3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, and a light chain variable region in which CDR1 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, CDR2 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5, and CDR3 comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:6.
A wheel hub, comprising - an outer collar region, as seen in the radial direction, and - an inner core region, as seen in the radial direction, wherein the inner core region has a greater extent in the axial direction than the outer collar region, and wherein, in the inner core region, the wheel hub has a substantially axially running primary recess for the connection of a brake disk, characterized in that a ratio between a radial distance between an axis of rotation and the primary recess and a diameter of the wheel hub, as measured in the radial direction, assumes a value of between 0.6 and 0.3. - an outer collar region, as seen in the radial direction, and - an inner core region, as seen in the radial direction,
Use of a method for removing a thermal barrier coating from a superalloy substrate preferably having a bondcoat thereon with an inorganic hydroxide liquid bath comprising at least 50 weight % of an alkali or alkaline earth hydroxide at ambient pressure and elevated temperature for providing at least one of the substrate and said bondcoat with an element selected from the group consisting of alkali and alkaline earth in an amount effective to increase the oxidation resistance of at least one of said substrate and said bondcoat.
An x-ray source, comprising: an enclosing vessel; a first roller arranged at least partially within said enclosing vessel; a second roller arranged at least partially within said enclosing vessel and to be in rolling contact with said first roller; and a drive assembly operatively connected to at least one of said first and second rollers (104, 106), wherein said drive assembly causes said first and second rollers (104, 106) to rotate while in contact to bring portions of said first and second rollers (104, 106) into and out of contact within said enclosing vessel as said first and second rollers (104, 106) rotate, wherein said first roller has a surface at least partially of a first triboelectric material and said second roller has a surface at least partially of a second triboelectric material, said first triboelectric material having a negative triboelectric potential relative to said second triboelectric material, wherein said enclosing vessel is structured to provide a controlled atmospheric environment, wherein said first triboelectric material, said second triboelectric material and said controlled atmospheric environment are selected such that rolling contact between said first and second rollers (104, 106) produces x-rays, and wherein said controlled atmospheric environment is selected such that a gas pressure within said enclosing vessel is less than an atmospheric pressure immediately outside said enclosing vessel. an enclosing vessel; a first roller arranged at least partially within said enclosing vessel; a second roller arranged at least partially within said enclosing vessel and to be in rolling contact with said first roller; and a drive assembly operatively connected to at least one of said first and second rollers (104, 106), wherein said drive assembly causes said first and second rollers (104, 106) to rotate while in contact to bring portions of said first and second rollers (104, 106) into and out of contact within said enclosing vessel as said first and second rollers (104, 106) rotate, wherein said first roller has a surface at least partially of a first triboelectric material and said second roller has a surface at least partially of a second triboelectric material, said first triboelectric material having a negative triboelectric potential relative to said second triboelectric material, wherein said enclosing vessel is structured to provide a controlled atmospheric environment, wherein said first triboelectric material, said second triboelectric material and said controlled atmospheric environment are selected such that rolling contact between said first and second rollers (104, 106) produces x-rays, and wherein said controlled atmospheric environment is selected such that a gas pressure within said enclosing vessel is less than an atmospheric pressure immediately outside said enclosing vessel.
Connector for producing an electrically conductive connection between at least three terminals of battery cells (C1, C2, C3), characterized in that the connector comprises at least three fastening regions (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), in which in each case one terminal of a battery cell (C1, C2, C3) can be fastened or is fastened, and at least two electrically conductive connecting regions (14-1, 14-2), wherein each of the connecting regions (14-1, 14-2) is arranged between a pair of fastening regions (10-1, 10-2; 10-2, 10-3), conductively connects said pair of fastening regions and comprises a subregion (18-1, 18-2) which has a cross section perpendicular to a connecting line connecting a pair of fastening regions (10-1, 10-2; 10-2, 10-3) having a cross-sectional area which is reduced such that, in the event of an increased current flow in the subregion (18-1, 18-2), fusing of the subregion (18-1, 18-2) takes place, wherein at least one of the three battery cells is decoupled from the electrically conductive connection.
Apparatus for bending tubular products wherein each of said tubular products is preferably provided with a flexible portion configured to allow a bending of the corresponding tubular product, said apparatus comprises: - at least a support member configured to support, at least temporarily, one or more of said tubular products; - a plurality of positioning means associated with said support member to keep each of said tubular products at least temporarily in a determinate position with respect to said support member; and - a plurality of bending means, also associated with said support member, and cooperating each with a respective one of said positioning means to carry out at least one bending of a respective one of said tubular products, preferably in correspondence with said flexible portion, characterized in that said support member has a substantially cylindrical shape, is configured to rotate around an axis of rotation and is provided with a peripheral surface coaxial with the axis of rotation, on which surface said bending means are mounted. - at least a support member configured to support, at least temporarily, one or more of said tubular products; - a plurality of positioning means associated with said support member to keep each of said tubular products at least temporarily in a determinate position with respect to said support member; and - a plurality of bending means, also associated with said support member, and cooperating each with a respective one of said positioning means to carry out at least one bending of a respective one of said tubular products, preferably in correspondence with said flexible portion, characterized in that said support member has a substantially cylindrical shape, is configured to rotate around an axis of rotation and is provided with a peripheral surface coaxial with the axis of rotation, on which surface said bending means are mounted.
Aerofoil of an aerodynamic surface, the aerofoil comprising: a control surface comprising an upper surface (2.2) and a lower surface (2.3), and primary actuating means configured to elevate or lower the control surface; characterised in that at least a first portion of one of the upper surface (2.2) and the lower surface (2.3) of the control surface is auxetic with a negative Poisson ratio, and at least a second portion of the other of the upper surface (2.2) and the lower surface (2.3) of the control surface comprises a material with a Poisson ratio higher than the Poisson ratio of the first portion. a control surface comprising an upper surface (2.2) and a lower surface (2.3), and primary actuating means configured to elevate or lower the control surface; characterised in that at least a first portion of one of the upper surface (2.2) and the lower surface (2.3) of the control surface is auxetic with a negative Poisson ratio, and at least a second portion of the other of the upper surface (2.2) and the lower surface (2.3) of the control surface comprises a material with a Poisson ratio higher than the Poisson ratio of the first portion.
A method of purifying exhaust gas exhausted from an internal combustion engine which comprises an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage and a hydrocarbon feed valve arranged in the engine exhaust passage upstream of the exhaust purification catalyst, a precious metal catalyst is carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst, a basic layer is formed on the exhaust gas flow surface around the precious metal catalyst, and a first NO x removal method which reduces NO x contained in the exhaust gas by a reducing intermediate which is held on the basic layer and generated by injecting hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve within a predetermined range of period and a second NO x removal method in which an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is made rich by a period which is longer than said predetermined range to make NO x which is stored in the exhaust purification catalyst when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean to be released from the exhaust purification catalyst and be reduced are used, wherein the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is made a first target rich air-fuel ratio by generating a rich air-fuel ratio combustion gas in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine when releasing a stored NO x from the exhaust purification catalyst in case where the second NO x removal method is being used, characterized in that, if the catalyst temperature is low, the second NO x removal method is used, while if the catalyst temperature is high, the first NO x removal method is used, and the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is made a second target rich air-fuel ratio which is smaller than the first target rich air-fuel ratio by generating the rich air-fuel ratio combustion gas in the combustion chamber when a NO x removal method is switched from the second NO x removal method to the first NO x removal method.
A one piece skateboard platform, comprising: an elongate, flexible, one piece, molded plastic platform having a long axis, the platform including a foot support area (14, 16) at each end of the platform having a foot support area width sufficient to support a rider's foot transverse to the long axis, and an integral central area connecting the foot support areas (14, 16), the central area having a central area width sufficiently narrower than the foot support area (14, 16) width to permit sufficient relative twisting of foot support areas (14, 16) along the long axis by the rider to provide substantial forward locomotion of a skateboard formed by supporting each foot support area (14, 16) with a single wheel mounted thereto for rotation and pivoted about generally parallel axes (34, 50) forming an acute angle with the long axis; characterized by at least one integral vertical support (52, 54, 62) being integral with the elongate flexible platform to resist bowing of the central area along the long axis when at least a portion of the rider's foot is supported on the central section. an elongate, flexible, one piece, molded plastic platform having a long axis, the platform including a foot support area (14, 16) at each end of the platform having a foot support area width sufficient to support a rider's foot transverse to the long axis, and an integral central area connecting the foot support areas (14, 16), the central area having a central area width sufficiently narrower than the foot support area (14, 16) width to permit sufficient relative twisting of foot support areas (14, 16) along the long axis by the rider to provide substantial forward locomotion of a skateboard formed by supporting each foot support area (14, 16) with a single wheel mounted thereto for rotation and pivoted about generally parallel axes (34, 50) forming an acute angle with the long axis; characterized by a foot support area (14, 16) at each end of the platform having a foot support area width sufficient to support a rider's foot transverse to the long axis, and an integral central area connecting the foot support areas (14, 16), the central area having a central area width sufficiently narrower than the foot support area (14, 16) width to permit sufficient relative twisting of foot support areas (14, 16) along the long axis by the rider to provide substantial forward locomotion of a skateboard formed by supporting each foot support area (14, 16) with a single wheel mounted thereto for rotation and pivoted about generally parallel axes (34, 50) forming an acute angle with the long axis; characterized by at least one integral vertical support (52, 54, 62) being integral with the elongate flexible platform to resist bowing of the central area along the long axis when at least a portion of the rider's foot is supported on the central section.
Directional coupler for high-frequency applications comprising a scanning unit, wherein the scanning unit comprises a measuring coil and a current-to-voltage converter which is connected to the measuring coil wherein the scanning unit is configured such that a current is measured in an inductive manner by the measuring coil, characterized in that the directional coupler is formed on a printed circuit board.