mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A micromirror array (516, 556), comprising: a) a transparent substrate (528, 800) having an upper surface comprising an array of features, each feature in the array of features comprising a top and sides, wherein the tops and sides of the features comprise a reflective coating; characterized by b) an array of apertures (504, 550, 840) extending through the reflective coating into the transparent substrate, wherein the top of each feature comprises at least one aperture, wherein light emitted from the array of apertures is re-directed by the reflective coating on the sides of the array of features, and wherein each feature in the array of features comprises a zero-mode waveguide. a) a transparent substrate (528, 800) having an upper surface comprising an array of features, each feature in the array of features comprising a top and sides, wherein the tops and sides of the features comprise a reflective coating; characterized by b) an array of apertures (504, 550, 840) extending through the reflective coating into the transparent substrate, wherein the top of each feature comprises at least one aperture, wherein light emitted from the array of apertures is re-directed by the reflective coating on the sides of the array of features, and wherein each feature in the array of features comprises a zero-mode waveguide.
An applicator for a cosmetic, makeup or care product to human keratin materials, having: - an applicator tip made of felt, defining an application surface of the product, extending along a longitudinal axis, the application surface having: - at least one oblique groove (31, 32, 34, 36) extending along an axis not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip and not contained in a plane containing the longitudinal axis, or - at least three longitudinal grooves (37, 38, 39, 40) each extending along an axis contained in a plane (Ml) containing the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip. - an applicator tip made of felt, defining an application surface of the product, extending along a longitudinal axis, the application surface having: - at least one oblique groove (31, 32, 34, 36) extending along an axis not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip and not contained in a plane containing the longitudinal axis, or - at least three longitudinal grooves (37, 38, 39, 40) each extending along an axis contained in a plane (Ml) containing the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip. - at least one oblique groove (31, 32, 34, 36) extending along an axis not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip and not contained in a plane containing the longitudinal axis, or - at least three longitudinal grooves (37, 38, 39, 40) each extending along an axis contained in a plane (Ml) containing the longitudinal axis of the applicator tip.
Wound dressing material having a cover element for receiving wound secretions or for applying means promoting wound healing and a contact side for placing onto the wound, characterized in that - the contact side is formed by a biocompatible monofilament fabric consisting of monofilament threads of PET with a smooth stable surface, - the PET-monofilament threads have a diameter size ranging between 20 μm and 500 μm, and - in that the monofilament fabric is designed as a carrier layer with an upper side which faces away from the wound and onto which the cover element is applied and firmly connected in some areas to the carrier layer through spot welding. - the contact side is formed by a biocompatible monofilament fabric consisting of monofilament threads of PET with a smooth stable surface, - the PET-monofilament threads have a diameter size ranging between 20 μm and 500 μm, and - in that the monofilament fabric is designed as a carrier layer with an upper side which faces away from the wound and onto which the cover element is applied and firmly connected in some areas to the carrier layer through spot welding.
An image recording device comprising a display panel, a mounting part in which a cartridge is mounted, an information input interface, a memory and a controller, characterized in that the controller is configured to: obtain service provider information related to a service provider through the information input interface; store the obtained service provider information in the memory; obtain first identification information or second identification information related to a cartridge mounted in the mounting part; set an operation mode to a first mode in response to obtaining the first identification information; set the operation mode to a second mode in response to obtaining the second identification information; cause the display panel to display a cartridge type object indicating a type of the cartridge or a provider information object indicating the service provider information, the cartridge type object being displayed on condition that the operation mode is set to the first mode, the provider information object being displayed on condition that the operation mode is set to the second mode and the service provider information is stored in the memory. obtain service provider information related to a service provider through the information input interface; store the obtained service provider information in the memory; obtain first identification information or second identification information related to a cartridge mounted in the mounting part; set an operation mode to a first mode in response to obtaining the first identification information; set the operation mode to a second mode in response to obtaining the second identification information; cause the display panel to display a cartridge type object indicating a type of the cartridge or a provider information object indicating the service provider information, the cartridge type object being displayed on condition that the operation mode is set to the first mode, the provider information object being displayed on condition that the operation mode is set to the second mode and the service provider information is stored in the memory.
A dual gas-bearing system, comprising: a vacuum-preloaded gas bearing having an output face, wherein the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing is mounted to a machine base in a fixed location; a substrate having a first surface facing the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing and an opposing second surface, wherein a position of the substrate is moveable in a direction normal to the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing, and wherein a gas flow through the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing imparts a first net force onto the first surface of the substrate; and characterized by a gas-bearing backer having an output face facing the second surface of the substrate, wherein a gas flow through the output face of the gas-bearing backer imparts a second net force onto the second surface of the substrate and provides a gap between the output face of the gas-bearing backer and the second surface of the substrate, and wherein the gas-bearing backer is freely moveable in a direction normal to the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing such that the second net force and the gap between the output face of the gas-bearing backer and the second surface of the substrate are independent of the position and thickness of the substrate. a vacuum-preloaded gas bearing having an output face, wherein the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing is mounted to a machine base in a fixed location; a substrate having a first surface facing the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing and an opposing second surface, wherein a position of the substrate is moveable in a direction normal to the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing, and wherein a gas flow through the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing imparts a first net force onto the first surface of the substrate; and characterized by a gas-bearing backer having an output face facing the second surface of the substrate, wherein a gas flow through the output face of the gas-bearing backer imparts a second net force onto the second surface of the substrate and provides a gap between the output face of the gas-bearing backer and the second surface of the substrate, and wherein the gas-bearing backer is freely moveable in a direction normal to the output face of the vacuum-preloaded gas bearing such that the second net force and the gap between the output face of the gas-bearing backer and the second surface of the substrate are independent of the position and thickness of the substrate.
A gas sensor comprising a sensor device formed by stacking a first solid electrolyte layer, a spacer layer, and a second solid electrolyte layer; there being formed between a lower surface of the second solid electrolyte layer and an upper surface of the first solid electrolyte layer a gas inlet port, a first diffusion rate-limiting portion, a buffer space, a second diffusion rate-limiting portion, a first inner vacancy, a third diffusion rate-limiting portion and a second inner vacancy; the sensor device including an inner pump electrode and an outer pump electrode disposed respectively on an inner side and an outer side of the second solid electrolyte layer having oxygen-ion conductivity, the sensor device detecting concentration of a particular gas in an object gas to be measured by the operations of introducing the object gas into the first inner vacancy to which the inner pump electrode is exposed and pumping out oxygen in the gas chamber to the outside from the inner pump electrode through the outer pump electrode, and a heater disposed adjacent to the sensor device to be capable of heating the sensor device, the gas inlet port, the buffer space, the first inner vacancy and the second inner vacancy being provided in a hollow space in the spacer layer; and wherein the inner pump electrode is formed in a tunnel-like shape within the first inner vacancy, characterized in that the gas sensor further comprises a characteristic stabilizing layer covering the outer pump electrode and made of a porous body with a thickness of 10 to 100 μm and a thickness variation of 20% or less.
Device for measuring tracks for controlling and regulating track-laying machines, comprising two outer, one front and one rear measurement carriages (15, 21), which can travel on tracks, and a middle measurement carriage which is arranged therebetween and can travel on tracks, wherein the outer measurement carriages (5, 21) are allocated in each case at least one position encoder (14, 20) which points towards the middle measurement carriage and a receiver is arranged on the middle measurement carriage, characterised in that at least two optical sensors (16, 17), in particular cameras, are arranged as receivers on the middle measurement carriage on an optical axis such that at least one optical sensor is directed towards the rear measurement carriage and at least one other optical sensor is directed towards the front measurement carriage, and in that the position encoders (14, 20) are position lights (23, 24, 25, 26, 27) which are combined in a specific geometric arrangement to form in each case a lighting unit such that they emit an optical pattern, whereby the actual position of the front and the rear measurement carriage on the track is calculated in terms of height and lateral position by means of the geometrically known spaced intervals between the measurement carriages and the imaging scales of the optical sensors and the track-laying machine can be controlled and regulated by comparison with a desired position of the track.
A computer-implemented method for orienting 3D printing of a real object, the method comprising: - providing a 3D modeled object that represents the real object; and - determining (S40, S56) one or more orientations of the 3D modeled object in which to 3D print the real object for which an overhang volume is optimal, the overhang volume representing a volume below overhang surfaces, the optimal overhang volume having a value which corresponds at least substantially to the result of an optimization program which penalizes said overhang volume; wherein the optimization program consists in minimizing said overhang volume under the constraint that distance between the 3D modeled object and a contact plane be superior or equal to a predetermined distance; wherein the determining of the one or more orientations includes: - computing, for each one of a finite discrete set of candidate orientations, a respective overhang volume; and - identifying one or more orientations of the 3D modeled object for which the computed overhang volume is optimal; wherein computing a respective overhang volume for each candidate orientation of the discrete set comprises: - positioning the 3D modeled object in the candidate orientation or alternatively in a respective opposite orientation; - determining overhang segments; - summing length of the overhang segments; wherein the determining of overhang segments comprises determining intersections between vertical lines and the 3D modeled object and determining segments of the vertical lines that correspond to overhang; and - printing the real object in one of the determined one or more orientations. - providing a 3D modeled object that represents the real object; and - determining (S40, S56) one or more orientations of the 3D modeled object in which to 3D print the real object for which an overhang volume is optimal, the overhang volume representing a volume below overhang surfaces, the optimal overhang volume having a value which corresponds at least substantially to the result of an optimization program which penalizes said overhang volume; - computing, for each one of a finite discrete set of candidate orientations, a respective overhang volume; and - identifying one or more orientations of the 3D modeled object for which the computed overhang volume is optimal; - positioning the 3D modeled object in the candidate orientation or alternatively in a respective opposite orientation; - determining overhang segments; - summing length of the overhang segments; wherein the determining of overhang segments comprises determining intersections between vertical lines and the 3D modeled object and determining segments of the vertical lines that correspond to overhang; and - printing the real object in one of the determined one or more orientations.
A method for managing a display of a terminal device for use in conjunction with one or more vehicles, the method comprising: supporting communication of the terminal device with one or more first controllers of a first vehicle; determining a user level of a user of the first vehicle based on an identity of the user as verified by an authentication process, storing the identity and user level of a corresponding user; and retrieving permission data on first enabled features and first disabled features for the first vehicle based on the determined user level; characterised in that the terminal device is portable and can be moved from the first vehicle to a second vehicle and communicates with the one or more first controllers via a first data bus; that the permission data are retrieved from the one or more first controllers, that the identity and user level of a corresponding user are stored in the terminal device; and that the first enabled features are displayed on the display associated with the terminal device consistent with the retrieved permission data. supporting communication of the terminal device with one or more first controllers of a first vehicle; determining a user level of a user of the first vehicle based on an identity of the user as verified by an authentication process, storing the identity and user level of a corresponding user; and retrieving permission data on first enabled features and first disabled features for the first vehicle based on the determined user level; characterised in that the terminal device is portable and can be moved from the first vehicle to a second vehicle and communicates with the one or more first controllers via a first data bus; that the permission data are retrieved from the one or more first controllers, that the identity and user level of a corresponding user are stored in the terminal device; and that the first enabled features are displayed on the display associated with the terminal device consistent with the retrieved permission data.
A method for dynamic load profiling of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in a power network, the method comprising: receiving static load data in the power network; generating a load forecast from the static load data; predicting and generating dynamic load data from data related to the PEVs in the power network; modifying the load forecast based on the dynamic load data for profiling the PEVs; and generating a power dispatch plan including a state of the power network and load demand locations in the power network, in order to determine distribution of power, and to determine modifying the amount of power, in the power network. receiving static load data in the power network; generating a load forecast from the static load data; predicting and generating dynamic load data from data related to the PEVs in the power network; modifying the load forecast based on the dynamic load data for profiling the PEVs; and generating a power dispatch plan including a state of the power network and load demand locations in the power network, in order to determine distribution of power, and to determine modifying the amount of power, in the power network.
A method of controlling a trim system of an airplane, the method comprising: determining takeoff trim settings based on airplane takeoff parameters, wherein the takeoff trim settings comprise a stabilizer orientation setting and an elevator orientation setting, wherein the airplane takeoff parameters comprise at least one parameter selected from one of an airplane weight, an airplane center of gravity, a takeoff flap setting, or a takeoff thrust setting, and wherein the elevator orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings is different from a neutral orientation of the elevator; adjusting, prior to takeoff of the airplane, orientation of a stabilizer of the airplane using a stabilizer orientation mechanism of the airplane in accordance with the stabilizer orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings; and adjusting, prior to takeoff of the airplane, orientation of an elevator of the airplane using an elevator orientation mechanism of the airplane in accordance with the elevator orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings. determining takeoff trim settings based on airplane takeoff parameters, wherein the takeoff trim settings comprise a stabilizer orientation setting and an elevator orientation setting, wherein the airplane takeoff parameters comprise at least one parameter selected from one of an airplane weight, an airplane center of gravity, a takeoff flap setting, or a takeoff thrust setting, and wherein the elevator orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings is different from a neutral orientation of the elevator; wherein the takeoff trim settings comprise a stabilizer orientation setting and an elevator orientation setting, wherein the airplane takeoff parameters comprise at least one parameter selected from one of an airplane weight, an airplane center of gravity, a takeoff flap setting, or a takeoff thrust setting, and wherein the elevator orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings is different from a neutral orientation of the elevator; adjusting, prior to takeoff of the airplane, orientation of a stabilizer of the airplane using a stabilizer orientation mechanism of the airplane in accordance with the stabilizer orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings; and adjusting, prior to takeoff of the airplane, orientation of an elevator of the airplane using an elevator orientation mechanism of the airplane in accordance with the elevator orientation setting of the takeoff trim settings.
Process for producing high-purity gadobutrol (= the gadolinium complex of N-(1 -hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-1,4,7-triscarboxymethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane), characterized in that the starting material cyclen (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) is reacted with 4,4-dimethyl-3,5,8-trioxabicyclo[5,1,0]octane and lithium chloride in isopropanol at elevated temperatures, then distilled on water and alkylated with sodium monochloroacetate in alkaline medium, worked up under hydrochloric conditions, the salts are removed by addition of methanol and the crude ligand is reacted with gadolinium oxide in water at elevated temperatures, the pH is then adjusted with lithium hydroxide to 7.1-7.4, the solution is concentrated and ethanol is added in such an amount that a water content of 7.0-9.5% is reached, the mixture is then heated under reflux for at least 60 minutes and the crude product is, after cooling, isolated and dried at 46°-48°C, the crude product is then dissolved in water and purified on an ion exchanger cascade, where the solution is passed first through the acidic and then through the basic ion exchanger, the purified solution, which has a conductance of < 20 μS/cm, is then concentrated, treated with activated carbon, subjected to sterile filtration and, by metered addition of ethanol, adjusted to a water content in the range 10 - 12%, then boiled under reflux and cooled, and the product is isolated and dried at 53-55°C.
A catalyst for the reaction of formaldehyde or a suitable source thereof with a carboxylic acid or ester to produce an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably α, β ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or ester, wherein the catalyst comprises a metal oxide having at least two types of metal cations, M 1 and M 2, wherein M 1 is at least one metal selected from group 3 or 4 in the 4th to 6 th periods of the periodic table, group 13 in the 3 rd to 5 th periods of the periodic table, or the remaining elements in the lanthanide series (namely, scandium, yttrium, the lanthanide elements, titanium, zirconium, hafnium; aluminium, gallium, indium) and M 2 is at least one metal selected from group 5 in the 5 th or 6 th periods of the periodic table or group 15 in the 4 th or 5 th periods of the periodic table (namely, niobium, tantalum, arsenic and antimony), wherein the combinations of metal oxides is selected from the list consisting of:- Al\Sb oxide; Ti\Sb oxide; Ga\Sb oxide; Zr\Nb oxide; La\Nb oxide; La\Ta oxide; and Al\Sb\Nb oxide which oxides are supported on a suitable support of alumina, silica, silicon nitride, colloidal silica, titania or aluminium phosphate, wherein further metals or metal cations of the type M 3 and/or M 4 may also be present in the mixed metal oxide, wherein the M 3 metals are metals from groups 1 and 2 of the periodic table and the M 4 metals are metals from group 14 of the periodic table, and wherein the metal oxide catalyst compound of the invention does not include other metal types above a level 0.1 mol% other than the types M 1, M 2 and optionally M 3 and/or M 4. wherein further metals or metal cations of the type M 3 and/or M 4 may also be present in the mixed metal oxide, wherein the M 3 metals are metals from groups 1 and 2 of the periodic table and the M 4 metals are metals from group 14 of the periodic table, and wherein the metal oxide catalyst compound of the invention does not include other metal types above a level 0.1 mol% other than the types M 1, M 2 and optionally M 3 and/or M 4.