mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Direct broadcast alert apparatus for protection against collisions with debris and the like found in the Earth's atmosphere or in spare characterized in that it comprises: - a containing structure mounted outside or inside a body of an aircraft, of a space vehicle or of a flying object in general which moves through the atmosphere or the space, in which sensor means are housed that are arranged for checking a release of debris and the like, coming from said body following an explosion and/or ablation thereof, that are dispersed in a hazard space and/or arranged for checking conditions that are referable to said explosion and/or ablation and for detecting features of said hazard space, - a processing unit, arranged in said containing structure, connected to said sensor means for processing said features in order to determine the extent and the dynamics of said hazard space; - transceiver means (7, 8, 13, 14) arranged for sending an output signal carrying an alert message on the basis of said extent and said dynamics to a space vehicle and/or to an aircraft having a route intersecting said hazard space, and/or to a ground station (5, 17) and/or to an end user (6, 16) arranged on the Earth's surface at a presumed impact area between said hazard space and the Earth's surface in order to activate respective emergency procedures, said sensor means and said transceiver means (7, 8, 13, 14) being positioned at said hazard space. - a containing structure mounted outside or inside a body of an aircraft, of a space vehicle or of a flying object in general which moves through the atmosphere or the space, in which sensor means are housed that are arranged for checking a release of debris and the like, coming from said body following an explosion and/or ablation thereof, that are dispersed in a hazard space and/or arranged for checking conditions that are referable to said explosion and/or ablation and for detecting features of said hazard space, - a processing unit, arranged in said containing structure, connected to said sensor means for processing said features in order to determine the extent and the dynamics of said hazard space; - transceiver means (7, 8, 13, 14) arranged for sending an output signal carrying an alert message on the basis of said extent and said dynamics to a space vehicle and/or to an aircraft having a route intersecting said hazard space, and/or to a ground station (5, 17) and/or to an end user (6, 16) arranged on the Earth's surface at a presumed impact area between said hazard space and the Earth's surface in order to activate respective emergency procedures,
Coupling element for an external fixator arrangement to connect a pin clamp that clamps at least one pin or a rod with a rod, wherein said coupling element comprises a rod coupling section to clamp said rod, wherein said coupling element further comprises a post section to be in an engagement via said pin clamp with the pin and a pivoting section to adjust the orientation of the rod coupling section relative to the post section in the space, wherein the rod coupling section is rotatable around a first axis with respect to the pivoting section and wherein via the pivoting section the rod coupling section is pivotable around a second axis with respect to said post section, wherein the second axis is arranged angular to the first axis, wherein the pivoting section is rotatable around a third axis with respect to said post section, and wherein a tightening element is used to block rotation of the pivoting section around the third axis and to block pivot-motion of the post section with respect to the pivoting section around the second axis, characterized in that the tightening element comprises a screw and two wedge elements having sloped surfaces which wedge elements are moveable against each other, wherein said wedge elements are in contact with at least one sloped flange (30, 61) of the post section and/or of the pivot section (5, 6) whereby upon actuation of the screw the wedge elements move together and due to the sloped surface and the sloped flange (30, 61) an axial force is provided with which the rotation of the pivoting section and pivot-motion of the post section is blocked.
An isolated truncated IL-38 protein, or a functional variant thereof, wherein said truncated IL-38 protein or said functional variant thereof is N-terminally truncated compared to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and consists of an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and wherein said truncation comprises at least 10 adjoining amino acids between positions 1 to 30 of SEQ ID NO: 1.
A process for the heat weld sealing of the end edges of two side walls of a flexible container pack to a support body of a spout interposed between the mentioned side walls, said support body having two opposing, convex, flexible sealing surfaces (3a, 3b) with a general arch shape, the process comprising the operation of applying under pressure each of the side walls of the pack against a respective sealing surface of the support body of the spout, exerting pressure by means of the operative surface (6a, 6b) of a corresponding clamp (5a, 5b) on the side walls of the pack, and of supplying heat to cause the bonding of the mentioned side walls and the sealing surfaces by melting the materials that form them, the process being characterized in that the operative surface of each of the clamps is formed by an arched concavity, its span (a) being smaller than the span of the arch of the respective sealing surface, all such that each clamp simultaneously exerts pressure on the two ends of the arch of the corresponding sealing surface causing, due to the elastic reaction of the support body of the spout, a deformation in the sealing surface which causes a bulging effect, such as an increase of its height and a reduction of its span, such that the entire sealing surface contacts against the concavity of the operative surface of the clamp, with the interposition of the corresponding side wall of the pack.
A method for securing a multi-block message in a communication network of an industrial process control system, in particular of a substation automation system, characterised by: - generating block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) for a block of the message (100, 200) based on characters of the block (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107) and based on block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) of a previous block (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107) while transmitting or forwarding the previous block (201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207) of the message, - generating a message authentication signature (208, 508) based on the block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) of a final block of the message, and - appending the authentication signature (208, 508) to the final block of the message, or verifying a received authentication signature of the message. - generating block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) for a block of the message (100, 200) based on characters of the block (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107) and based on block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) of a previous block (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107) while transmitting or forwarding the previous block (201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207) of the message, - generating a message authentication signature (208, 508) based on the block authentication information (501, 502, 503, 504) of a final block of the message, and - appending the authentication signature (208, 508) to the final block of the message, or verifying a received authentication signature of the message.
A composite beam assembly comprising: a first plastic composite beam having a longitudinal length and top and bottom surface (12, 14) defining a height therebetween and first and second side surfaces defining a width therebetween; and a flitch plate having a longitudinal length and having top and bottom surfaces defining a height therebetween and first and second side surfaces defining a width therebetween; wherein the width of the beam is greater than the width of the flitch plate; and wherein the flitch plate is secured to the beam to provide additional stiffness to the beam; characterised in that the composite beam assembly further comprises a rod extending laterally through holes (28, 26) formed in the flitch plate and beam, wherein the rod compresses the flitch plate and beam against each other in a lateral direction; wherein the hole in the flitch plate is in the form of a slot extending in the longitudinal direction to allow relative longitudinal movement between the flitch plate and the beam in response to longitudinal expansion and contraction of the beam. a first plastic composite beam having a longitudinal length and top and bottom surface (12, 14) defining a height therebetween and first and second side surfaces defining a width therebetween; and a flitch plate having a longitudinal length and having top and bottom surfaces defining a height therebetween and first and second side surfaces defining a width therebetween; wherein the width of the beam is greater than the width of the flitch plate; and wherein the flitch plate is secured to the beam to provide additional stiffness to the beam; characterised in that the composite beam assembly further comprises a rod extending laterally through holes (28, 26) formed in the flitch plate and beam, wherein the rod compresses the flitch plate and beam against each other in a lateral direction; wherein the hole in the flitch plate is in the form of a slot extending in the longitudinal direction to allow relative longitudinal movement between the flitch plate and the beam in response to longitudinal expansion and contraction of the beam.
Anchor rail having a C-profile rail which comprises an anchor hole, and having an anchor which comprises an anchor head and an anchor shank, and which is inserted from the inside through the anchor hole, so that the anchor head is located in the C-profile rail and the anchor shank protrudes outwardly from the C-profile rail, characterized in that the anchor shank comprises knurling at a distance from the anchor head, in that a cross section of the anchor shank is the same on both sides of the knurling, and in that a hole edge of the anchor hole engages between the anchor head and the knurling.
A method for transceiving a signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a measurement report on one or more neighboring base stations to a serving base station; receiving a handover command message respective to a target base station among the one or more neighboring base stations from the serving base station, wherein the handover command message includes information on an interference to be received from the serving base station after a handover; performing the handover to the target base station based on the handover command message; and applying an interference mitigating scheme based on the information on the interference after the handover. transmitting a measurement report on one or more neighboring base stations to a serving base station; receiving a handover command message respective to a target base station among the one or more neighboring base stations from the serving base station, wherein the handover command message includes information on an interference to be received from the serving base station after a handover; performing the handover to the target base station based on the handover command message; and applying an interference mitigating scheme based on the information on the interference after the handover.
A transformer filter arrangement, comprising a transformer having a first winding and a second winding formed by conducting and isolation layers of a chip or printed circuit board, wherein winding loops of both the first and the second winding are arranged such that they together, considered in a plane of the windings of the transformer, enclose an area of said chip or printed circuit board; and one or more reactive sub circuits (130a-b, 330), each comprising an inductor (200, 200a-b, 210, 220, 235, 240, 340) and a capacitor (205, 215, 225) connected in series or in parallel with said inductor (200, 200a-b, 210, 220, 235, 240, 340); wherein the first winding of the transformer is divided into a plurality of winding segments (140a-c); for at least a first one of the one or more reactive sub circuits (130a-b): - the reactive sub circuit (130a-b) is connected in series with the winding segments (140a-c) of the first winding between two such winding segments (140a-c); and - said inductor (200a-b) of the reactive sub circuit (130a-b) is located in said area; and the transformer and the one or more reactive sub circuits (130a-b, 330) are tuned such that the transformer filter arrangement is configured to pass signals at a fundamental frequency and to suppress signals at one or more interfering frequencies. - the reactive sub circuit (130a-b) is connected in series with the winding segments (140a-c) of the first winding between two such winding segments (140a-c); and - said inductor (200a-b) of the reactive sub circuit (130a-b) is located in said area; and
A hemodynamics imaging and analyzing apparatus comprising: a laser light irradiation system for applying laser light to an observation area of a biotissue including blood cells; a light receiving section composed of a plurality of pixels for detecting reflection light from the observation area of the biotissue; an image capturing section for successively capturing a plurality of images on the basis of a signal from the light receiving section; an image storage section for storing the plurality of images; a computation section for computing a blood flow speed within the biotissue from time-course changes of output signals of corresponding pixels of the plurality of images stored; and a display section for displaying, as a blood flow map, a two-dimensional distribution which is the result of the computation, wherein the computation section includes a heartbeat strength computation section which obtains, from time-course changes of the blood flow map obtained as a result of the computation of the blood flow speed, a signal intensity at a fundamental frequency determined from time-series blood flow data within a predetermined region, and calculates a heartbeat strength which represents the strength of heartbeats on the basis of the signal intensity, wherein the display section images and displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section. a laser light irradiation system for applying laser light to an observation area of a biotissue including blood cells; a light receiving section composed of a plurality of pixels for detecting reflection light from the observation area of the biotissue; an image capturing section for successively capturing a plurality of images on the basis of a signal from the light receiving section; an image storage section for storing the plurality of images; a computation section for computing a blood flow speed within the biotissue from time-course changes of output signals of corresponding pixels of the plurality of images stored; and a display section for displaying, as a blood flow map, a two-dimensional distribution which is the result of the computation, wherein the computation section includes a heartbeat strength computation section which obtains, from time-course changes of the blood flow map obtained as a result of the computation of the blood flow speed, a signal intensity at a fundamental frequency determined from time-series blood flow data within a predetermined region, and calculates a heartbeat strength which represents the strength of heartbeats on the basis of the signal intensity, wherein the display section images and displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section.
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to an object and configured to receive an ultrasonic echo signal reflected from the object; a controller configured to control the ultrasonic probe; and an image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of the object based on the ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasonic probe; wherein the controller is further configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer such that the ultrasonic signal transmitted to the object simultaneously comprises a fundamental frequency and at least one harmonic of the fundamental frequency; wherein the image generation unit is configured to generate a harmonic image from the ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasonic probe at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency; characterised in that the controller is further configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer such that the ultrasonic signal transmitted to the object simultaneously comprises (a) the fundamental frequency f1 and the first harmonic 2f1 if the user selects the first harmonic; (b) the fundamental frequency f1 and the second harmonic 3f1 if the user selects the second harmonic; and (c) the fundamental frequency f1, the first harmonic 2f1 and the second harmonic 3f1 if the user selects both the first harmonic and the second harmonic. an ultrasonic probe comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to an object and configured to receive an ultrasonic echo signal reflected from the object; a controller configured to control the ultrasonic probe; and an image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of the object based on the ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasonic probe; wherein the controller is further configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer such that the ultrasonic signal transmitted to the object simultaneously comprises a fundamental frequency and at least one harmonic of the fundamental frequency; wherein the image generation unit is configured to generate a harmonic image from the ultrasonic echo signal received by the ultrasonic probe at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency; characterised in that the controller is further configured to drive the ultrasonic transducer such that the ultrasonic signal transmitted to the object simultaneously comprises (a) the fundamental frequency f1 and the first harmonic 2f1 if the user selects the first harmonic; (b) the fundamental frequency f1 and the second harmonic 3f1 if the user selects the second harmonic; and (c) the fundamental frequency f1, the first harmonic 2f1 and the second harmonic 3f1 if the user selects both the first harmonic and the second harmonic.
Device to control the feed of the metal charge in an electric arc furnace, comprising a conveyor associated at the end to a introduction mouth provided in said electric arc furnace, and at least a detection system (30, 130; 36) selected between an X-ray detection system (30, 130) and a brush of the laser type to detect the point-by-point profile of the metal charge present on said conveyor, the device also comprising two or more selective containing and loading means (31, 32; 115; 21, 23; 22, 24) for said metal charge, disposed distanced each other along said conveyor, and a processing and control system connected to said detection system (30, 130; 36) of the point-by-point profile of the metal charge in order to detect zones of the conveyor that are empty or insufficiently filled, wherein said selective containing and loading means (31, 32; 115; 21, 23; 22, 24) are configured to be selectively activated by said processing and control system in order to replenish the metal charge present on said conveyor with an additional charge in correspondence of said zones empty or insufficiently filled.
A high-frequency circuit system comprising an electron tube being provided with a cathode electrode and a heater arranged for raising the temperature of the cathode electrode; and a power supply unit arranged for supplying power to said heater, the power supply unit comprising: a DC voltage source; an inverter arranged for converting a DC voltage output from said DC voltage source into an AC voltage; a rectifying circuit arranged for rectifying said AC voltage and to supply the resultant DC voltage to said heater; a current detector arranged for detecting the heater current flowing through said heater for every predetermined time period; and a control circuit which is arranged such that, at the time of power activation, it determines the rate of change of the current flowing through said heater, and outputs a control signal that starts the operation of said electron tube when said rate of change becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold. a DC voltage source; an inverter arranged for converting a DC voltage output from said DC voltage source into an AC voltage; a rectifying circuit arranged for rectifying said AC voltage and to supply the resultant DC voltage to said heater; a current detector arranged for detecting the heater current flowing through said heater for every predetermined time period; and a control circuit which is arranged such that, at the time of power activation, it determines the rate of change of the current flowing through said heater, and outputs a control signal that starts the operation of said electron tube when said rate of change becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold.
A razor cartridge assembly comprising: one or more razor blades, each having a cutting edge; a blade housing configured to accommodate the one or more razor blades in a longitudinal direction of the blade housing; and a connector configured to be coupled to a back of the blade housing, characterized in that: the blade housing comprises a rib (12a, 12b) disposed at the back of the blade housing and positioned in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (d); and the connector comprises an inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and an outer cantilever (22a, 22b) opposite the inner cantilever (21a, 21b), wherein the inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and the outer cantilever (22a, 22b) are configured to engage with the rib (12a, 12b) to couple the blade housing and the connector together, and the razor cartridge assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to a razor handle. one or more razor blades, each having a cutting edge; a blade housing configured to accommodate the one or more razor blades in a longitudinal direction of the blade housing; and a connector configured to be coupled to a back of the blade housing, characterized in that: the blade housing comprises a rib (12a, 12b) disposed at the back of the blade housing and positioned in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (d); and the connector comprises an inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and an outer cantilever (22a, 22b) opposite the inner cantilever (21a, 21b), wherein the inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and the outer cantilever (22a, 22b) are configured to engage with the rib (12a, 12b) to couple the blade housing and the connector together, and the razor cartridge assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to a razor handle. the blade housing comprises a rib (12a, 12b) disposed at the back of the blade housing and positioned in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (d); and the connector comprises an inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and an outer cantilever (22a, 22b) opposite the inner cantilever (21a, 21b), wherein the inner cantilever (21a, 21b) and the outer cantilever (22a, 22b) are configured to engage with the rib (12a, 12b) to couple the blade housing and the connector together, and the razor cartridge assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to a razor handle.
A method of forming a perfluoroelastomer coating comprising (a) dissolving a curable perfluoropolymer, having at least one curesite monomer comprising a cyano group, and a curing agent in a solvent to form a solution, (b) applying the solution to a surface; and (c) curing the perfluoropolymer to form a cured perfluoroelastomeric coating on the surface, wherein step (c) comprises heating the coating layer for a sufficient period of time to effectively cure the perfluoropolymer, further wherein the curing agent is selected from the group consisting of a monoamidine, a monoamidoxime and an aryldioxime.