mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A system for cooling a patient, said system comprising: a generator which produces a flowing gas stream having entrained frozen solid particles therein, which solid particles absorb heat by melting or subliming; and means for directing the flowing gas stream (303; 403) to a body surface which is not part of the patient's respiratory system, wherein the means for directing comprises an inlet conduit (211; 311; 411) configured to be positioned through the abdominal wall to introduce the flowing gas stream through the inlet conduit and the abdominal wall into a body cavity where the solid particles absorb heat by melting or subliming, and an outlet conduit (212; 312; 412) configured to be positioned through the abdominal wall to remove the flowing gas stream from the body cavity through the outlet conduit, wherein the inlet conduit is separate from the outlet conduit and the inlet and outlet conduits are configured to be introduced through opposed locations on the abdominal wall. a generator which produces a flowing gas stream having entrained frozen solid particles therein, which solid particles absorb heat by melting or subliming; and means for directing the flowing gas stream (303; 403) to a body surface which is not part of the patient's respiratory system, wherein the means for directing comprises an inlet conduit (211; 311; 411) configured to be positioned through the abdominal wall to introduce the flowing gas stream through the inlet conduit and the abdominal wall into a body cavity where the solid particles absorb heat by melting or subliming, and an outlet conduit (212; 312; 412) configured to be positioned through the abdominal wall to remove the flowing gas stream from the body cavity through the outlet conduit, wherein the inlet conduit is separate from the outlet conduit and the inlet and outlet conduits are configured to be introduced through opposed locations on the abdominal wall.
An electronic apparatus comprising: a main body comprising a nut portion (330; 430; 520; 630; 910; 1030) having a screw coupling thread, wherein the nut portion is coupled to a bottom side of the main body; a level-adjustable foot (320; 420; 620; 920; 1020) at a lower side of the main body, configured to support the main body, adjustable in height to level the main body, and comprising a bolt portion (152; 322; 422; 510; 622; 922; 1022) having a screw coupling thread and being screw-coupled to the nut portion via engagement of the screw coupling thread of the nut portion and the screw coupling thread of the bolt portion; a support plate (350; 450; 650; 950; 1050) located inside the main body and configured to be in contact with an end portion of the bolt portion; and an elastic member (340; 440; 640; 940; 1040) configured to generate a repulsive force in response to the bolt portion being screw-coupled to the nut portion, to thereby increase contact between the screw coupling thread of the bolt portion and the screw coupling thread of the nut portion, wherein the elastic member is coupled to the support plate and to the bottom side of the main body, or the elastic member is coupled to the support plate and to the nut portion. a main body comprising a nut portion (330; 430; 520; 630; 910; 1030) having a screw coupling thread, wherein the nut portion is coupled to a bottom side of the main body; a level-adjustable foot (320; 420; 620; 920; 1020) at a lower side of the main body, configured to support the main body, adjustable in height to level the main body, and comprising a bolt portion (152; 322; 422; 510; 622; 922; 1022) having a screw coupling thread and being screw-coupled to the nut portion via engagement of the screw coupling thread of the nut portion and the screw coupling thread of the bolt portion; a support plate (350; 450; 650; 950; 1050) located inside the main body and configured to be in contact with an end portion of the bolt portion; and an elastic member (340; 440; 640; 940; 1040) configured to generate a repulsive force in response to the bolt portion being screw-coupled to the nut portion, to thereby increase contact between the screw coupling thread of the bolt portion and the screw coupling thread of the nut portion, wherein the elastic member is coupled to the support plate and to the bottom side of the main body, or the elastic member is coupled to the support plate and to the nut portion.
Drive device for a railcar which has a vehicle frame and at least one bogie with at least one drivable vehicle axle (3, 4), the drive device comprising a drive machine which is configured as an internal combustion engine, a transmission, a reversing gear mechanism, at least one articulated shaft (6, 10) and a final drive, and it being possible for the drive machine and the transmission to be arranged on the vehicle frame and for the final drive to be arranged on the bogie, the reversing gear mechanism being configured as a dedicated structural unit, being arranged downstream of the transmission in the power flow direction, and being capable of being fastened to the vehicle frame, characterized in that the reversing gear mechanism has an input shaft and an output shaft which are both arranged coaxially with respect to one another, the reversing gear mechanism being configured as a countershaft gear mechanism and having a spur gear stage on the input side, and it being possible for a countershaft to be driven via the spur gear stage, which countershaft can be coupled via a shifting device either to an output-side simple spur gear stage (24, 27) or an output-side spur gear stage (25, 27) with an intermediate shaft.
- An adaptive masking method for an element in a field of operations, method in which at least one cover allowing to cover the element is implemented, the cover carrying at least one image generator network, the network being connected to an image synthesizer coupled to a camera, method characterised in that the camera is positioned so as to cover both a portion of a background of the element and the entire cover, the image synthesizer determining beforehand the outline of the flexible cover placed on the element and determining on the images that will be taken continuously by the camera the frequency and contrast characteristics of the background and those of the cover, the image synthesizer controlling the image generator network or networks so as to minimize the contrast and optionally the frequency deviation between the background and the cover.
A receiver for receiving wireless communication signals, comprising: a wideband means for receiving a wideband signal and applying an analog gain to the wideband signal; a plurality of narrowband means configured to receive a plurality of narrowband signals, respective, of the wideband signal, wherein each of the narrowband means is configured to apply a digital gain (408_1, 408_N) to a corresponding one of the narrowband signals; and an automatic gain control, AGC, means for dynamically adjusting the analog gain and the digital gains (408_1, 408_N) in accordance with a wideband energy estimate and a plurality of narrowband energy estimates (412_1, 412_N), wherein the AGC means is configured to: if a minimum value of the narrowband energy estimates is less than a floor, increase the analog gain; and if any of the narrowband energy estimates is greater than an upper threshold, decrease the analog gain, and wherein the wideband energy estimate corresponds to the energy of the received signals, and the plurality of narrowband energy estimates (412_1, 412_N) correspond to the energy of the narrowband signals. a wideband means for receiving a wideband signal and applying an analog gain to the wideband signal; a plurality of narrowband means configured to receive a plurality of narrowband signals, respective, of the wideband signal, wherein each of the narrowband means is configured to apply a digital gain (408_1, 408_N) to a corresponding one of the narrowband signals; and an automatic gain control, AGC, means for dynamically adjusting the analog gain and the digital gains (408_1, 408_N) in accordance with a wideband energy estimate and a plurality of narrowband energy estimates (412_1, 412_N), wherein the AGC means is configured to: if a minimum value of the narrowband energy estimates is less than a floor, increase the analog gain; and if any of the narrowband energy estimates is greater than an upper threshold, decrease the analog gain, and if a minimum value of the narrowband energy estimates is less than a floor, increase the analog gain; and if any of the narrowband energy estimates is greater than an upper threshold, decrease the analog gain, and wherein the wideband energy estimate corresponds to the energy of the received signals, and the plurality of narrowband energy estimates (412_1, 412_N) correspond to the energy of the narrowband signals.
A body joint stabilizing apparatus for adaptively damping a body movement, comprising: a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is filled with a shear-thickening medium, a tensioning body that is movable relative to the receptacle, wherein the tensioning body is connectable to a body region of the user that is movable relative to another body region of the user, on which the receptacle is fastenable, an effector body that is displaceably arranged in the receptacle and provided for an interaction with the shear-thickening medium, and a connection element for transmitting forces between the receptacle and the tensioning body, characterized in that the receptacle, the tensioning body and the effector body are connected to one another by way of the connection element, wherein the connection element is guided via at least one deflection means for the purpose of dividing the force acting on the connection element. a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is filled with a shear-thickening medium, a tensioning body that is movable relative to the receptacle, wherein the tensioning body is connectable to a body region of the user that is movable relative to another body region of the user, on which the receptacle is fastenable, an effector body that is displaceably arranged in the receptacle and provided for an interaction with the shear-thickening medium, and a connection element for transmitting forces between the receptacle and the tensioning body, characterized in that the receptacle, the tensioning body and the effector body are connected to one another by way of the connection element, wherein the connection element is guided via at least one deflection means for the purpose of dividing the force acting on the connection element.
A portable fire protection installation for temporary installation in a particular determined risk environment, comprising a fire protection system with at least one sensor system (13, 22) for active detecting of and reaction to sensor data determined by the said risk environment, in addition comprising at least one extinguishing medium container (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 25) containing an extinguishing medium in the form of liquid, at least one pressurizing system (2, 23, 24) for pressurizing the liquid extinguishing medium, at least one nozzle (5, 10, 20) for achieving fire suppression and/or fire extinguishing in the determined risk environment by means of the liquid extinguishing medium that is pressurized by the at least one pressurizing system (2, 23, 24), and at least one pipe system (34, 34A, 34B) arranged between the comprised at least one extinguishing medium container (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 25), the at least one pressurizing system (2, 23, 24) and the at least one nozzle (5, 10, 20), wherein at least one of the at least one comprised nozzle (5, 10, 20) consists of a mist-spraying nozzle (5, 10, 20) for creating mist from the liquid extinguishing medium that is pressurized by the at least one pressurizing system to at least 100 bar, and wherein the fire protection installation is modular, comprising at least one basic unit (32, 32B), comprising the said fire protection system in the form of a basic system, and a number of additional systems/units which are selected and added to the basic unit (32, 32B) in regard to the determined risk environment, which additional systems/units comprise different functions for which determined function profiles are adapted and programmed into a control system incorporated in the fire protection installation for controlling the fire suppression and/or fire extinguishing by the fire protection system in the determined risk environment, which basic system and additional systems/units and associated determined function profiles are pre-selected in the control system in response to the determined risk environment and which function profiles are also able to be changed in response to the detected actual development of the fire via a communication unit
A multiple cartridge comprising: a plurality of porous membrane cartridges (1, 1a, 1b) for holding each porous membrane within a tubular body thereof, said plurality of the porous membrane cartridges (1, 1a, 1b) being provided side by side in a row and integrally configured, wherein said tubular body has an opening (11a, 11b) at a top end portion and rear end portion thereof, and wherein each said porous membrane cartridge comprises: a tubular barrel having an opening (11a, 11b) at a top end portion and rear end portion thereof; a cap that is formed like a tube having a fit-in portion for fitting outside said top end portion, abuts with an opening edge of said top end portion, and has a sandwich face for sandwiching a porous membrane between said barrel and the cap; said porous membrane sandwiched between said opening edge of said barrel and said cap, wherein an adjacent portion of each said porous membrane cartridge is linked by a link piece along a longitudinal direction of said barrel or said cap, wherein the length of said link piece in a vertical direction is L (mm) and a thickness thereof is t (mm) and L x t is not less than 5, so that when a force is applied toward top end portions from rear end portions of said plurality of the porous membrane cartridges (1, la, lb) bending of the multiple cartridge in a downward direction thereof is substantially hindered. a plurality of porous membrane cartridges (1, 1a, 1b) for holding each porous membrane within a tubular body thereof, said plurality of the porous membrane cartridges (1, 1a, 1b) being provided side by side in a row and integrally configured, wherein said tubular body has an opening (11a, 11b) at a top end portion and rear end portion thereof, and a tubular barrel having an opening (11a, 11b) at a top end portion and rear end portion thereof; a cap that is formed like a tube having a fit-in portion for fitting outside said top end portion, abuts with an opening edge of said top end portion, and has a sandwich face for sandwiching a porous membrane between said barrel and the cap; said porous membrane sandwiched between said opening edge of said barrel and said cap,
A hybrid module for a motor vehicle for coupling an internal combustion engine, having an electrical machine that comprises a rotor arranged on an axis of rotation, and having at least one coupling for transmitting a torque from a drive unit which is arranged in the space enclosed by the rotor, and having a rotary part which is fixedly connected to the rotor at least rotationally and also arranged on the axis of rotation, which extends further radially from the axis of rotation than the rotor, so that heat introduced into the rotary part by the rotor and/or the coupling can be dissipated into the surroundings of the rotary part, characterised in that the rotary part has a plurality of component segments arranged axially next to one another, which are arranged in parallel with one another in the radial extension, there being a distance between the component segments that favours the dissipation of heat from the component segments and enlarges the surface of the rotary part.
A luer adapter (100; 200), comprising: a body (110; 210) including an inner surface (120; 220) defining a lumen (122; 222), an outer surface, and first (112; 212) and second ends (114; 214), each end being adapted to connect to a medical device; at least one antimicrobial element positioned on at least one of the inner surface (120; 220) and the outer surface; and characterised in that the luer adapter further comprises a barrier positioned adjacent the antimicrobial element, wherein the antimicrobial element is able to pass through the barrier upon exposure of the barrier to moisture, the barrier includes a hydrophilic material (140; 250), the body (110; 210) defines at least one annular recess for receiving the antimicrobial element, and the hydrophilic material (140; 250) covers the at least one annular recess to enclose the antimicrobial element. a body (110; 210) including an inner surface (120; 220) defining a lumen (122; 222), an outer surface, and first (112; 212) and second ends (114; 214), each end being adapted to connect to a medical device; at least one antimicrobial element positioned on at least one of the inner surface (120; 220) and the outer surface; and characterised in that the luer adapter further comprises a barrier positioned adjacent the antimicrobial element, wherein the antimicrobial element is able to pass through the barrier upon exposure of the barrier to moisture, the barrier includes a hydrophilic material (140; 250), the body (110; 210) defines at least one annular recess for receiving the antimicrobial element, and the hydrophilic material (140; 250) covers the at least one annular recess to enclose the antimicrobial element.
An acoustic biometric imaging system comprising: a transparent device member having a first face to be touched by a finger surface of a user, and a second face opposite the first face, said transparent device member having a first acoustic impedance (Z 1); a ultrasonic transducer acoustically coupled to the second face of said transparent device member in a first transducer region for receiving acoustic signals (S In) conducted by said transparent device member from a finger touch region laterally spaced apart from said transducer region, saidfirst ultrasonic transducer having a second acoustic impedance (Z 2); an opaque masking layer arranged between said transparent device member and said ultrasonic transducer in said transducer region, said opaque masking layer having a third acoustic impedance (Z 3) between said first acoustic impedance (Z 1) and said second acoustic impedance (Z 2); and an attachment layer between said opaque masking layer and said ultrasonic transducer, wherein said attachment layer is a Bismuth-based alloy. a transparent device member having a first face to be touched by a finger surface of a user, and a second face opposite the first face, said transparent device member having a first acoustic impedance (Z 1); a ultrasonic transducer acoustically coupled to the second face of said transparent device member in a first transducer region for receiving acoustic signals (S In) conducted by said transparent device member from a finger touch region laterally spaced apart from said transducer region, saidfirst ultrasonic transducer having a second acoustic impedance (Z 2); an opaque masking layer arranged between said transparent device member and said ultrasonic transducer in said transducer region, said opaque masking layer having a third acoustic impedance (Z 3) between said first acoustic impedance (Z 1) and said second acoustic impedance (Z 2); and an attachment layer between said opaque masking layer and said ultrasonic transducer, wherein said attachment layer is a Bismuth-based alloy.
A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell assembly configured to generate a direct current signal; one or more inverters (104, 106) coupled to the fuel cell assembly by way of one or more first bus lines; a variable frequency drive (136, 140) coupled to an output of the one or more inverters (104, 106) and configured to receive AC power from the one or more inverters (104, 106), wherein the VFD (136, 140) is configured to convert the AC power to DC power and to then invert this DC power to output variable frequency power to at least one auxiliary component during a normal operating condition; and one or more second bus lines configured to receive the DC signal via the one or more first bus lines and to provide the DC signal to the VFD (136, 140), and then to invert this DC signal to output variable frequency power to the at least one auxiliary component during a low voltage ride through condition. a fuel cell assembly configured to generate a direct current signal; one or more inverters (104, 106) coupled to the fuel cell assembly by way of one or more first bus lines; a variable frequency drive (136, 140) coupled to an output of the one or more inverters (104, 106) and configured to receive AC power from the one or more inverters (104, 106), wherein the VFD (136, 140) is configured to convert the AC power to DC power and to then invert this DC power to output variable frequency power to at least one auxiliary component during a normal operating condition; and one or more second bus lines configured to receive the DC signal via the one or more first bus lines and to provide the DC signal to the VFD (136, 140), and then to invert this DC signal to output variable frequency power to the at least one auxiliary component during a low voltage ride through condition.
A method, comprising: receiving (S2-1), generated terminal mobility restriction information in the form of at least one text information element comprised in an authentication notification message, wherein at least one of the following applies: the at least one text information element is constituted by a type-length-value information element; the at least one type-length-value information element comprises sub information elements relating to at least one of a restriction type, a list of allowed base stations, a list of prohibited base stations, and an allowed location of a terminal; and the authentication notification message is constituted by an extensible authentication protocol notification request message, wherein the terminal mobility restriction information is received after a network entry authentication procedure, from an access network gateway entity in one of the terminal and an access, authorization and accounting server. the at least one text information element is constituted by a type-length-value information element; the at least one type-length-value information element comprises sub information elements relating to at least one of a restriction type, a list of allowed base stations, a list of prohibited base stations, and an allowed location of a terminal; and the authentication notification message is constituted by an extensible authentication protocol notification request message, wherein the terminal mobility restriction information is received after a network entry authentication procedure, from an access network gateway entity in one of the terminal and an access, authorization and accounting server.