mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A polymer comprising structural units according to formula, R 1 -X-(C=O)-NH-R 2 -NH-(C=O)-O-POA-R 3 -(O-POA-R 4) n wherein R 1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N-R 5, wherein R 5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R 2 represents a hydrocarbyl group comprising an aromatic group and having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group R 3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6 R 4 is independently selected from -(C=O)-NH-R 2 -NH-(C=O)-X-R 1, -(C=O)-NH-R 1, -R 6, wherein R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R 1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 g/mol (Daltons), and a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.0.
A thermally compensated valve trim component (152, 352) of a valve trim assembly for a fluid flow control device, the valve trim component (152, 352) comprising: a base formed of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, the base comprising a body and a stud extending outwardly from the body; characterized in that it further comprises: a sleeve coupled to the base and formed of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient, the sleeve axially disposed between the body and an end of the stud; and a thermal compensating apparatus arranged within a gland defined between the base and the sleeve, the thermal compensating apparatus being formed of a third material having a third thermal expansion coefficient different from the first and second thermal expansion coefficients such that the thermal compensating apparatus minimizes a resultant thermal expansion differential of the valve trim component. a base formed of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, the base comprising a body and a stud extending outwardly from the body; characterized in that it further comprises: a sleeve coupled to the base and formed of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient, the sleeve axially disposed between the body and an end of the stud; and a thermal compensating apparatus arranged within a gland defined between the base and the sleeve, the thermal compensating apparatus being formed of a third material having a third thermal expansion coefficient different from the first and second thermal expansion coefficients such that the thermal compensating apparatus minimizes a resultant thermal expansion differential of the valve trim component. a sleeve coupled to the base and formed of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient different from the first thermal expansion coefficient, the sleeve axially disposed between the body and an end of the stud; and a thermal compensating apparatus arranged within a gland defined between the base and the sleeve, the thermal compensating apparatus being formed of a third material having a third thermal expansion coefficient different from the first and second thermal expansion coefficients such that the thermal compensating apparatus minimizes a resultant thermal expansion differential of the valve trim component.
A method for manufacturing a chlorogenic acid-containing composition, comprising: a chlorogenic acid extraction step of obtaining a chlorogenic acid-containing liquid extract from sunflower seed residues remaining after oil expression by bringing chlorogenic acid and saccharides derived from the sunflower seed residues remaining after oil expression into contact with yeast and a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol, and a liquid mixture of water and an alcohol; and a bacterial treatment step of performing at least one treatment selected from germicidal treatment or sterilization treatment on the liquid extract. a chlorogenic acid extraction step of obtaining a chlorogenic acid-containing liquid extract from sunflower seed residues remaining after oil expression by bringing chlorogenic acid and saccharides derived from the sunflower seed residues remaining after oil expression into contact with yeast and a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol, and a liquid mixture of water and an alcohol; and a bacterial treatment step of performing at least one treatment selected from germicidal treatment or sterilization treatment on the liquid extract.
Method for preparing a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery, comprising the following steps: a) a step of preparing a first mixture by placing a carbon additive which is carbon black and/or activated carbon; a carbon organic binder, and a solvent in contact; b) a step of carbonising said first mixture, by means of which the result is a powder comprising agglomerates of carbon black and/or activated carbon; c) a step of placing the powder obtained in b) in contact with a powder of Li 2 S thus forming a second mixture; d) a step of melting the powder of Li 2 S of the second mixture, by means of which the result is a composite powder comprising agglomerates of carbon black and/or activated carbon and particles of Li 2 S; e) a step of dispersing the powder obtained in d) in an organic binder; f) a step of depositing the dispersion obtained in e) on a substrate, which is a material comprising carbon fibres or a metal strip; and g) a step of drying said dispersion thus deposited. a) a step of preparing a first mixture by placing a carbon additive which is carbon black and/or activated carbon; a carbon organic binder, and a solvent in contact; b) a step of carbonising said first mixture, by means of which the result is a powder comprising agglomerates of carbon black and/or activated carbon; c) a step of placing the powder obtained in b) in contact with a powder of Li 2 S thus forming a second mixture; d) a step of melting the powder of Li 2 S of the second mixture, by means of which the result is a composite powder comprising agglomerates of carbon black and/or activated carbon and particles of Li 2 S; e) a step of dispersing the powder obtained in d) in an organic binder; f) a step of depositing the dispersion obtained in e) on a substrate, which is a material comprising carbon fibres or a metal strip; and g) a step of drying said dispersion thus deposited.
A photoresistless method of forming a patterned hard mask on a surface of a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a reduced pressure chamber; forming a gas cluster ion beam comprising gas cluster ions comprising carbon atoms within the reduced pressure chamber; accelerating the gas cluster ions to form an accelerated gas cluster ion beam along a beam path within the reduced pressure chamber; promoting fragmentation and/or dissociation of at least a portion of the accelerated gas cluster ions along the beam path; removing charged particles from the beam path to form an accelerated neutral beam along the beam path in the reduced pressure chamber; introducing a patterned template and the substrate into the reduced pressure chamber; holding the substrate in the beam path; treating a portion of a surface of the substrate by irradiating it through openings in the patterned template with the accelerated neutral beam to form a hardened and/or densified carbon-containing patterned layer on the irradiated portion of the surface by implanting carbon atoms into the irradiated portion of the surface; separating the template from the substrate; first etching the surface having the carbon-containing patterned layer to preferentially remove material in non-carbon-containing parts of the surface, forming one or more trench(es) and one or more plateau(s); forming a hard mask layer over the plateau(s) and trench(es); planarizing the hard mask layer to remove it from the plateau(s), but not the trench(es); and optionally, second etching the surface, using the hard mask layer as a mask to remove substrate material. providing a reduced pressure chamber; forming a gas cluster ion beam comprising gas cluster ions comprising carbon atoms within the reduced pressure chamber; accelerating the gas cluster ions to form an accelerated gas cluster ion beam along a beam path within the reduced pressure chamber; promoting fragmentation and/or dissociation of at least a portion of the accelerated gas cluster ions along the beam path; removing charged particles from the beam path to form an accelerated neutral beam along the beam path in the reduced pressure chamber; introducing a patterned template and the substrate into the reduced pressure chamber; holding the substrate in the beam path; treating a portion of a surface of the substrate by irradiating it through openings in the patterned template with the accelerated neutral beam to form a hardened and/or densified carbon-containing patterned layer on the irradiated portion of the surface by implanting carbon atoms into the irradiated portion of the surface; separating the template from the substrate; first etching the surface having the carbon-containing patterned layer to preferentially remove material in non-carbon-containing parts of the surface, forming one or more trench(es) and one or more plateau(s); forming a hard mask layer over the plateau(s) and trench(es); planarizing the hard mask layer to remove it from the plateau(s), but not the trench(es); and optionally, second etching the surface, using the hard mask layer as a mask to remove substrate material.
A mechanical arrangement for transmitting power, including means for changing the speed ratio, comprising a plurality of rotating components able to be mounted according to three alternative mounting configurations in a casing and producing respective speed ratios between an output member and an input member, determined by the mounting configuration, characterized in that the components (15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26; 65, 66, 70, 72, 74, 76) are designed to allow changes in mounting configuration, each of which produces a specific predetermined speed ratio, the components comprising, between the input member and the output member (15, 16; 65, 66), an assembly of a planetary gearset including a sun gear (20; 70), a planet carrier (22; 72) carrying planet gears (24; 74) and a ring gear (26; 76), the mounting configurations each being achievable by blocking with respect to the casing respectively of the sun gear, the planet carrier or the ring gear.
A method of enabling a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, DASH, player to fetch media segments from a network, wherein said method comprises the steps of: - receiving (201, 310), by a DASH Aware Network Element, DANE, middleware, from said network: - a manifest, wherein said manifest comprises a representation base Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, for indicating a location to said DASH player for fetching said media segments; - a default representation base URI which is available in a default mode for fetching said media segments from a default content delivery network, CDN; - a secondary representation base URI which is available in a secondary mode for fetching said media segments from a secondary CDN; - transmitting (204, 320), by said DANE middleware, said manifest to said DASH player; - transmitting (208, 330), by said DANE middleware, to said DASH player, a ManifestModificationCommand message, wherein said ManifestModificationCommand message comprises one or more representation base URI's of any of said default representation base URI and said secondary representation base URI that are to modify a representation base URI in said manifest. - receiving (201, 310), by a DASH Aware Network Element, DANE, middleware, from said network: - a manifest, wherein said manifest comprises a representation base Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, for indicating a location to said DASH player for fetching said media segments; - a default representation base URI which is available in a default mode for fetching said media segments from a default content delivery network, CDN; - a secondary representation base URI which is available in a secondary mode for fetching said media segments from a secondary CDN; - a manifest, wherein said manifest comprises a representation base Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, for indicating a location to said DASH player for fetching said media segments; - a default representation base URI which is available in a default mode for fetching said media segments from a default content delivery network, CDN; - a secondary representation base URI which is available in a secondary mode for fetching said media segments from a secondary CDN; - transmitting (204, 320), by said DANE middleware, said manifest to said DASH player; - transmitting (208, 330), by said DANE middleware, to said DASH player, a ManifestModificationCommand message, wherein said ManifestModificationCommand message comprises one or more representation base URI's of any of said default representation base URI and said secondary representation base URI that are to modify a representation base URI in said manifest.
Cart for use as a bicycle trailer or as a handcart, comprising a frame a pair of wheels, a loading surface, and a fold-out stand, the fold-out stand having a stand holder which is arranged on the frame, and a stand element which is held in a foldable manner by the stand holder, and the stand holder having a recess within which the stand element can be folded between a folded-in state and a folded-out state, characterized in that the recess is delimited by two recess ends, and the recess has a recess constriction between the two recess ends. a frame a pair of wheels, a loading surface, and a fold-out stand, the fold-out stand having a stand holder which is arranged on the frame, and a stand element which is held in a foldable manner by the stand holder, and the stand holder having a recess within which the stand element can be folded between a folded-in state and a folded-out state, characterized in that the recess is delimited by two recess ends, and the recess has a recess constriction between the two recess ends.
Sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture containing at least the following constituents: - at least one diene rubber selected from the group consisting of synthetic polyisoprene and natural polyisoprene and styrene-butadiene rubber and polybutadiene and butyl rubber and halobutyl rubber and - 3 to 200 phr of at least one carbon black A having an iodine adsorption number according to ASTM D 1510 of 100 to 140 g/kg and a DBP number according to ASTM D 2414 of 50 to 75 ml/100 g. - at least one diene rubber selected from the group consisting of synthetic polyisoprene and natural polyisoprene and styrene-butadiene rubber and polybutadiene and butyl rubber and halobutyl rubber and - 3 to 200 phr of at least one carbon black A having an iodine adsorption number according to ASTM D 1510 of 100 to 140 g/kg and a DBP number according to ASTM D 2414 of 50 to 75 ml/100 g.
Water flow energy converter having at least two blade wheels suitable for mounting in a water flow, at least two blade systems are arranged on each blade wheel, each blade system comprises at least two blade pieces arranged in series, and the at least two blade pieces are mounted on rotation axles that are parallel with the shaft of the blade wheel and are spaced from the blade wheel's shaft by different distances such as to allow rotation of the blade pieces around the rotation axles in a first rotation direction (i) with respect to an initial position and to block counter rotation in a second counter rotation direction (j) comprising a generator suitable for underwater operation and comprising a frame, and the at least two blade wheels and the generator are arranged inside the frame, and the frame is provided with feet for supporting the water flow energy converter at a distance from a channel, in particular a river, bed and the length of the feet is selected such that the water flow energy converter does not affect surface shipping and an upper frame portion of the frame lies deeper than the lowest occurring water level of the channel, in particular the river, characterised in that a net or grid-like protective cover is fixed on the frame so as to surround the blade wheels from the outside.
An information processing apparatus capable of connecting to an external apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: first setting means for enabling a first function of transmitting a first issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus in accordance with a previously designated schedule, and acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the first issuance request; and second setting means for enabling a second function of transmitting a second issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus in response to an instruction issued by a user for an issuance request for a digital certificate and acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the second issuance request, wherein, the second setting means is adapted to inhibit the second function in a case where the first function is currently enabled by the first setting means. first setting means for enabling a first function of transmitting a first issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus in accordance with a previously designated schedule, and acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the first issuance request; and second setting means for enabling a second function of transmitting a second issuance request for a digital certificate to the external apparatus in response to an instruction issued by a user for an issuance request for a digital certificate and acquiring a digital certificate from the external apparatus in response to the second issuance request, wherein, the second setting means is adapted to inhibit the second function in a case where the first function is currently enabled by the first setting means.
Process for recycling pulverulent silicon carbide waste products, wherein pulverulent SiC waste products which are residual sludge SiC from Si machining processes, grinding sludges, grinding dusts from surface machining processes or fine fractions from the process for producing crude SiC and comprise at least 50% by mass of SiC and have average particle sizes D 50 measured by laser light scattering in the range from 0.5 to 500 μm are subjected to a heat treatment under reduced pressure or an oxygen-free atmosphere at temperatures in the range from 2000°C to 2600°C.
A method of operating a charge management system for distributing power from a power source to a load, the charge management system including a power distribution bus circuit operably connected to the power source and the load, and an intermediate energy storage circuit operably connected to the power distribution bus circuit, the method comprising: (i) operably connecting the power source to the load; (ii) charging at least one energy storage capacitor in the intermediate energy storage circuit (14; 226); characterized by: (iii) determining load current demand, and based upon a determination that the load demands current that meets or exceeds a predetermined level, activating a discharge switch of the intermediate energy storage circuit to operably connect the at least one energy storage capacitor in the intermediate energy storage circuit to at least one power bus capacitor in the power distribution bus circuit, thereby discharging at least some energy stored in the energy storage capacitor and at least some energy stored in the power bus capacitor to the load; (iv) deactivating the discharge switch to operably disconnect the at least one energy storage capacitor from the at least one power bus capacitor, based upon a determination that the voltage across the at least one energy storage capacitor and the voltage across the at least one power bus capacitor are within a predetermined range; and (v) repeating steps (ii) through (iv). (i) operably connecting the power source to the load; (ii) charging at least one energy storage capacitor in the intermediate energy storage circuit (14; 226); (iii) determining load current demand, and based upon a determination that the load demands current that meets or exceeds a predetermined level, activating a discharge switch of the intermediate energy storage circuit to operably connect the at least one energy storage capacitor in the intermediate energy storage circuit to at least one power bus capacitor in the power distribution bus circuit, thereby discharging at least some energy stored in the energy storage capacitor and at least some energy stored in the power bus capacitor to the load; (iv) deactivating the discharge switch to operably disconnect the at least one energy storage capacitor from the at least one power bus capacitor, based upon a determination that the voltage across the at least one energy storage capacitor and the voltage across the at least one power bus capacitor are within a predetermined range; and (v) repeating steps (ii) through (iv).
Interior drawer divider for dividing an interior space of a movable furniture part, in particular an interior space of a drawer, wherein the divider has an interior-wall element (20-23, 41) and a plug-in member (24, 42, 43) which is coordinated with the interior-wall element (20-23, 41), and the interior-wall element and plug-in member can be connected to one another, wherein a plurality of interior-wall elements (20-23, 41) can be used to form a frame part (18, 19) of the divider, and the frame part can be arranged in the interior of the furniture part, wherein locking means are present, with a catch portion (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) on the interior-wall element (20-23, 41) and an accommodating contour on the plug-in member (24, 42, 43), wherein the catch portion (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) and the accommodating contour are coordinated with one another such that, in the connected state, the plug-in member (24, 42, 43) and the interior-wall element (20-23, 41) can be locked to one another, wherein, when the plug-in member (24, 42, 43) and the interior-wall element (20-23, 41) are in a connected state, the catch portion (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) can be moved out of a starting position into a locking position as a result of plastic deformation, and therefore, in the locking position, the catch portion (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) projects into the accommodating contour on the interior-wall element (20-23, 41), characterized in that the catch portion (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) is formed on an underside (33, 46) of the interior-wall element (20-23, 41), said underside being in the form of a narrow side, and the accommodating contour is present on an underside (28, 42a) of the plug-in member (24, 42, 43), and therefore, when use is made of the interior drawer divider, the locking means are concealed.