mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Element for the ventilation of a housing containing an electrical, electronic, mechanical, electromechanical or similar device such as a headlamp of a motor vehicle or a housing for electrical units or components, said element comprising a rigid body having an outer cylindrical wall which is closed off at a first extremity by a closing part, said cylindrical wall being open at a second extremity facing the housing, said body comprising an inner cylindrical portion separated from said closing part of the rigid body and containing an inner tubular member of at least partly yielding material connected through an interference fit with said portion so as to be held by that portion within said rigid body, said cylindrical portion extending parallel to said cylindrical wall as far as the second extremity of the rigid body, there being present an intermediate space which is not deformable and able to provide a constant flow of ventilation air over time between the cylindrical portion and the cylindrical wall, said inner tubular member having a first extremity close to the closing part of the rigid body, said first extremity of said inner tubular member having a filtering membrane which has a continuous free surface, the inner tubular member having a second open extremity facing said housing, said inner tubular member having a hollow inner part forming a tubular connection between the inside of the housing and said membrane in such a way that air can pass from said housing across the entire surface of the membrane, within a space formed between the first extremity of the inner member and the closing part, this space being connected to said intermediate space through slots provided in said inner cylindrical portion close to said closing part, the air thus being able to pass from said space into said intermediate space and exit through the second open extremity of the cylindrical wall, characterised in that between the filtering membrane or the first extremity of said inner member and the closing part of the rigid body there is a distance of between 1 and 4 mm, means (50; 21) securing insertion of said inner member within the abovementioned rigid body being provided so as to allow said distance to be maintained at the time of said insertion, said securing means (50, 21) making it possible to keep the slots completely free and not obstructing the passage of air and the exit of any water which might have penetrated within body and collected in the space, said securing means comprising first securing means being a plurality of shoulders projecting from said closing part towards said inner member and capable of securing insertion of the latter into the rigid body in order to maintain the abovementioned distance, wherein the shoulders are placed on the sides of the slots and not in front of them, such that they do not occlude the slots.
A wearable device, comprising: a bezel ring including a plurality of holes uniformly positioned along a circumference of the bezel ring for placement of a plurality of magnets; a watch dial including: an outer periphery including another plurality of holes uniformly positioned around the outer periphery, and an inner periphery to house inertial sensors at a predetermined position; a plurality of compression springs each supporting a spherical ball and placed within the other plurality of holes of the outer periphery of the watch dial, a flexible ring placed in between an inner surface of the bezel ring and the watch dial to enable the bezel ring to shift over the watch dial, wherein the bezel ring is mounted over the watch dial and the spherical balls are arranged to contact the bottom surface of the bezel ring to enable the bezel ring to rotate over the watch dial, and wherein the plurality of compression springs on the outer periphery of the watch dial enable tilting of the bezel ring over the watch dial. a bezel ring including a plurality of holes uniformly positioned along a circumference of the bezel ring for placement of a plurality of magnets; a watch dial including: an outer periphery including another plurality of holes uniformly positioned around the outer periphery, and an inner periphery to house inertial sensors at a predetermined position; a plurality of compression springs each supporting a spherical ball and placed within the other plurality of holes of the outer periphery of the watch dial, a flexible ring placed in between an inner surface of the bezel ring and the watch dial to enable the bezel ring to shift over the watch dial, wherein the bezel ring is mounted over the watch dial and the spherical balls are arranged to contact the bottom surface of the bezel ring to enable the bezel ring to rotate over the watch dial, and wherein the plurality of compression springs on the outer periphery of the watch dial enable tilting of the bezel ring over the watch dial. an outer periphery including another plurality of holes uniformly positioned around the outer periphery, and an inner periphery to house inertial sensors at a predetermined position; a plurality of compression springs each supporting a spherical ball and placed within the other plurality of holes of the outer periphery of the watch dial, a flexible ring placed in between an inner surface of the bezel ring and the watch dial to enable the bezel ring to shift over the watch dial, wherein the bezel ring is mounted over the watch dial and the spherical balls are arranged to contact the bottom surface of the bezel ring to enable the bezel ring to rotate over the watch dial, and wherein the plurality of compression springs on the outer periphery of the watch dial enable tilting of the bezel ring over the watch dial.
Compact dry-running piston compressor with at least one cylinder for compressing air by means of an associated piston, which can be moved by electric motor by a crank drive consisting of a crankshaft and a connecting rod, which is mounted to rotate in a compressor housing with no oil bath by virtue of permanently lubricated roller bearings (6a, 6b), and as a result of the movement cycle produces a cooling flow inside the housing, wherein the compressor housing has two housing halves (8, 9) separated by a partition wall in order to accommodate the crank drive in the first housing half and to accommodate the electric motor in the second housing half, wherein a roller bearing common to both the crank drive and the electric motor is inserted into the partition wall, wherein besides the roller bearing arranged in the partition wall the crankshaft is mounted to rotate, at its other end, by a further roller bearing, and the rotor of the electric motor as well is held by the two roller bearings (6a, 6b) of the crankshaft (40, characterised in that as a result of its movement cycle the crank drive produces a cooling air flow inside the housing, which passes in a valve-controlled manner via a duct on the cylinder side into the first housing half and emerges from it through a valve-switched opening, wherein the common roller bearing lies in the path of the cooling air stream passing through the first housing half, which air stream flows in through a plurality of inflow ducts arranged in the compressor housing, the cross-section of the said ducts varying in such manner that different cooling air flows pass through the individual assemblies, namely the crankcase, the winding space of the electric motor and the commutating electronics circuit.
Device for storing root crops comprising a main frame with a filling bunker with a movable bottom, first and second roller modules (7, 8) with an adjustable distance between the central axes of adjacent rollers, with respectively a first and a second transverse discharge conveyor (9, 10) co-acting therewith, and an end discharge conveyor, characterized in that between the first and the second roller module (7, 8) a space is present in which a transport module is situated for receiving the root crops from the first roller module and delivering thereof to the second roller module.
A final injection molded assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one first injection molded part of a first material that is non-plateable, the first injection molded part including an opening; at least two mounting features integrally formed on a backside of said at least one first injection molded part and each including an attachment feature for attachment to said motor vehicle; at least one second injection molded part of a second material that is plateable, wherein the at least one first injection molded part is partially overmolded by the at least one second injection molded part, said second injection molded part having another opening aligned with said opening of said first injection molded part, and said second injection molded part forming a lip around an outer front side of said opening of said first injection molded part; and wherein said second injection molded part forms a pathway through the opening and the pathway provides a predetermined surface path which directs the flow path of chrome material to predetermined desired areas when a predetermined electric current is applied, wherein the pathway is integrally formed with a front side and a backside of the second injection molded part, and wherein the pathway is connected on the backside, which is a non-show surface side, by a plurality of paths leading to the pathway. at least one first injection molded part of a first material that is non-plateable, the first injection molded part including an opening; at least two mounting features integrally formed on a backside of said at least one first injection molded part and each including an attachment feature for attachment to said motor vehicle; at least one second injection molded part of a second material that is plateable, wherein the at least one first injection molded part is partially overmolded by the at least one second injection molded part, said second injection molded part having another opening aligned with said opening of said first injection molded part, and said second injection molded part forming a lip around an outer front side of said opening of said first injection molded part; and wherein said second injection molded part forms a pathway through the opening and the pathway provides a predetermined surface path which directs the flow path of chrome material to predetermined desired areas when a predetermined electric current is applied, wherein the pathway is integrally formed with a front side and a backside of the second injection molded part, and wherein the pathway is connected on the backside, which is a non-show surface side, by a plurality of paths leading to the pathway.
A method of preparing a T cell vaccine, comprising: (a) providing a sample comprising T cells isolated from a patient; (b) adding peptide mixes each comprising different peptides to a plurality of portions of the sample, wherein each different peptide in a peptide mix is from 8-20 amino acids and comprises an overlapping sequence of 4-19 amino acids with another different peptide in the peptide mix; and wherein the sequences of the different peptides in the peptide mixes collectively comprise the complete sequence of a polypeptide antigen; and (c) identifying a portion of the sample comprising activated autoreactive T cells, wherein a peptide mix that activates the autoreactive cells identified by (c) with a stimulation index above a predetermined value is a patient-specific peptide mix; (d) providing a further sample comprising T cells isolated from the patient; (e) contacting the T-cells with the patient-specific peptide mixes identified in steps (a) to (c), whereby autoreactive T-cells are activated; (f) expanding activated autoreactive T cells; and (g) attenuating the autoreactive T cells, so that the T cells are replication incompetent yet viable; wherein the stimulation index for each peptide mix is calculated by comparing [ 3 H]thymidine incorporation in a sample of the patient's T cells cultured in the presence of a peptide mix comprising a portion of the polypeptide to [ 3 H]thymidine incorporation in a sample of the T cells cultured in a media only control, expressed as the quotient of the mean counts per minute of antigen aliquots / mean counts per minute of control aliquots, wherein the predetermined value is at least 1.3. (a) providing a sample comprising T cells isolated from a patient; (b) adding peptide mixes each comprising different peptides to a plurality of portions of the sample, wherein each different peptide in a peptide mix is from 8-20 amino acids and comprises an overlapping sequence of 4-19 amino acids with another different peptide in the peptide mix; and wherein the sequences of the different peptides in the peptide mixes collectively comprise the complete sequence of a polypeptide antigen; and (c) identifying a portion of the sample comprising activated autoreactive T cells, wherein a peptide mix that activates the autoreactive cells identified by (c) with a stimulation index above a predetermined value is a patient-specific peptide mix; (d) providing a further sample comprising T cells isolated from the patient; (e) contacting the T-cells with the patient-specific peptide mixes identified in steps (a) to (c), whereby autoreactive T-cells are activated; (f) expanding activated autoreactive T cells; and (g) attenuating the autoreactive T cells, so that the T cells are replication incompetent yet viable;
A coupler member for coupling together first and second gas-insulated electrical elements, respectively including a first casing and a second casing, in order to connect these casings to each other in leaktight manner, while being detachable, said coupler member including a socket fitted with leaktight fastener means for fastening to the first casing and a sleeve fitted with leaktight fastener means for fastening to the second casing, the socket and the sleeve both being bodies of revolution, the sleeve being partially engaged in the socket so as to be movable in translation in said socket along a main axis, between a closed, deployed position in which it is fastened to the second casing and an open, retracted position in which it is spaced apart from the second casing, the socket presenting a free end comprising an inner circular edge provided with a groove in which a sealing gasket is housed, said groove being defined by a flank constituting a surface of revolution about the main axis, the free end of the socket being fitted with a plate in the form of a ring having clamping screws passing therethrough that are parallel with the main axis and screwed into the free end of the socket in order to close the groove and to compress the gasket in said groove so that it deploys radially while bearing against the flank and against the sleeve, characterized by said groove being further defined by a plane end wall in the form of an annulus, of orientation that is perpendicular to the main axis.
A box for receiving a fluid, such as coolant, for a heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicles, with two side walls (22, 24 and 22a, 24a), two end walls (26, 28 and 26a, 28a), a cover (18 and 18a) and a base (20 and 20a) arranged opposite the cover (18 and 18a) in which one or more openings are provided for receiving tubes, in particular connecting tubes, such as flat tubes, wherein the cover (18 and 18a) has at least one recess (90, 92, 94) into which at least one wall (26, 26a, 28, 28a, 32) extends, characterised in that the at least one recess (90, 92, 94) of the cover (18 and 18a) in which a wall (26, 26a, 28, 28a, 32), in particular an end wall (26, 28 and 26a, 28a), is received extends essentially over the whole width of the cover (18 and 18a).
A process for foaming thermoplastic elastomer comprising a blowing agent which is solid at 23°C, where the elastomer and the blowing agent are present as powder and the elastomer is mixed with the blowing agent and heated by electromagnetic radiation such that the elastomer at least partly melts and thus foams to give a foam, where the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation is in the range from 0.01 GHz to 300 GHz, preferably from 0.01 GHz to 100 GHz, particularly preferably from 0.1 GHz to 50 GHz, and the elastomer is selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polyester elastomer and thermoplastic copolyamide.
A container, in particular a plastic container, preferably in form of a pail, having a lid for closing the container, said lid having a receiving area in which, when said container is in the closed state; the lip limiting the container opening engages and is held, wherein latching elements which are interacting against each other as well as sealing surfaces are provided at the receiving area of the lid and at the lip of the container opening, said latching elements being configured such that when said container is in the closed state, said sealing surfaces are pressed together reliably and form seals, with the receiving area of the lid providing a contraction which forms an integral hinge which forms a lower segment, wherein at least two differently acting pairs of latching elements (21, 14; 13, 11) which are arranged upon one another are provided at the lower segment and the lip of the container opening, with at least one pair of latching elements being configured such that releasing the latching would have to take place with a different, in particular opposite movement than with the remaining pairs of latching elements, so that at least one part of the receiving area of the lid or the lip of the container opening for releasing the latching of differently acting pairs of latching elements must be moved in different directions, in particular opposite directions characterized in that at least two pairs of latching elements (12, 10; 13, 11; 14, 21) are provided at the outer leg of the U-shaped receiving area of the lid and in form of undercuts at the lip area of the container opening and the outer leg of the receiving area of the lid provides a contraction, wherein a latching element of a first pair of latching elements (14, 21) is arranged at the lower outer end of the lower segment and a latching element of a second pair of latching elements (11, 13) is arranged at an upper inner end of the lower segment in direct proximity to a groove which is arranged at the inner side of the outer leg, into which groove the latching element of the second pair of latching elements (11, 13) arranged at the lip can additionally engage.
Pump (1, 50) comprising: - a pump body in which there are a suction inlet and a delivery outlet; - a pumping unit housed in said pump body and configured to be connected to an electric motor by means of a transmission shaft; - a pair of flanges, one associated with said suction inlet and one associated with said delivery outlet, each of said flanges comprising a flange body (10, 100) having at least one front sealing surface and peripherally a securing ring (14, 140) associated with the respective flange body (10, 100) by means of a threaded joint (16, 160) comprising a female thread (16a, 160a) made on the inside of said securing ring (14, 140) and a male thread (16b, 160b) made on the outside of said flange body (10, 100), characterized in that said female thread involves only a part of the thickness of said securing ring and said male thread involves only a part of the thickness of said flange body (10, 100). - a pump body in which there are a suction inlet and a delivery outlet; - a pumping unit housed in said pump body and configured to be connected to an electric motor by means of a transmission shaft; - a pair of flanges, one associated with said suction inlet and one associated with said delivery outlet, each of said flanges comprising a flange body (10, 100) having at least one front sealing surface and peripherally a securing ring (14, 140) associated with the respective flange body (10, 100) by means of a threaded joint (16, 160) comprising a female thread (16a, 160a) made on the inside of said securing ring (14, 140) and a male thread (16b, 160b) made on the outside of said flange body (10, 100),
An implant adapted for use in treating a vascular disorder, the implant comprising: an embolic coil forming a lumen; and a cover of unitary construction comprising a through-thickness cut pattern and helically wound about an exterior of the embolic coil, wherein (i) the cover does not extend into the lumen, said implant being characterized in that (ii) the cover is expandable such that the cover covers the embolic coil in a constrained configuration during delivery of the implant to the vascular disorder and assumes an expanded configuration when the implant is placed within the vascular disorder, and (iii) the cover covers more surface area of the embolic coil in the expanded configuration than in the constrained configuration. an embolic coil forming a lumen; and a cover of unitary construction comprising a through-thickness cut pattern and helically wound about an exterior of the embolic coil, wherein (i) the cover does not extend into the lumen, said implant being characterized in that (ii) the cover is expandable such that the cover covers the embolic coil in a constrained configuration during delivery of the implant to the vascular disorder and assumes an expanded configuration when the implant is placed within the vascular disorder, and (iii) the cover covers more surface area of the embolic coil in the expanded configuration than in the constrained configuration.
Electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery of general formula Li 1+x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d) 1-x O 2 wherein x is in the range of from zero to 0.05, a is in the range of from 0.1 to 0.3, b is in the range of from 0.5 to 0.8, c is in the range of from zero to 0.15, d is in the range of from zero to below 0.05, M is selected from Al, B, Mg, W, Mo, Ti, Si and Zr, witha+ b + c + d = 1 and a > c and 0.01 ≤ c + d ≤ 0.15 and wherein Co and Ni are homogeneously distributed over the particle diameter of the electrode active material. x is in the range of from zero to 0.05, a is in the range of from 0.1 to 0.3, b is in the range of from 0.5 to 0.8, c is in the range of from zero to 0.15, d is in the range of from zero to below 0.05, M is selected from Al, B, Mg, W, Mo, Ti, Si and Zr, witha+ b + c + d = 1 and a > c and 0.01 ≤ c + d ≤ 0.15 and wherein Co and Ni are homogeneously distributed over the particle diameter of the electrode active material.
A system for performing a surgical procedure on a portion of a knee joint, the system comprising: a provisional tibial prosthesis system implantable on a first resected surface of a proximal tibia and comprising a tibial base plate, a tibial bearing component attachable to the tibial base plate, and at least one shim slidably receivable between the tibial base plate and the tibial bearing component; and a cut guide (1300, 1400, 1500, 1500', 1600) removably attachable to the tibial prosthesis system, characterised in that the cut guide is configured to create a second resected surface of the proximal tibia that is at an angle relative to the first resected surface. a provisional tibial prosthesis system implantable on a first resected surface of a proximal tibia and comprising a tibial base plate, a tibial bearing component attachable to the tibial base plate, and at least one shim slidably receivable between the tibial base plate and the tibial bearing component; and a cut guide (1300, 1400, 1500, 1500', 1600) removably attachable to the tibial prosthesis system, characterised in that