mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method comprising: storing, by one or more processors, a set of input data; generating, by the one or more processors, a noise distribution based on a two-step function, a height of the two-step function being determined by a privacy parameter, a width of the two-step function being determined by minimizing a variance of the noise distribution, and a mean of the two-step function being determined by a value of the set of input data to be privatized, a location of the two-step function being dictated by the mean of the two-step function or by the value; applying, by the one or more processors, the noise distribution to the set of input data to generate privatized noisy output data; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the privatized noisy output data in response to a request for a portion of, or a complete set of, the input data. storing, by one or more processors, a set of input data; generating, by the one or more processors, a noise distribution based on a two-step function, a height of the two-step function being determined by a privacy parameter, a width of the two-step function being determined by minimizing a variance of the noise distribution, and a mean of the two-step function being determined by a value of the set of input data to be privatized, a location of the two-step function being dictated by the mean of the two-step function or by the value; applying, by the one or more processors, the noise distribution to the set of input data to generate privatized noisy output data; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the privatized noisy output data in response to a request for a portion of, or a complete set of, the input data.
A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, a first flow path, a deflection region following the first flow path, and a second flow path following the deflection region, wherein a coolant can flow through the housing and the flow paths are arranged inside the housing, wherein a fluid to be cooled is capable of flowing through the first and the second flow path (1, 2), and wherein the coolant is capable of flowing around the first and the second flow path (1, 2) for the discharge of heat, wherein the second flow path has a flow resistance deviating from that of the first flow path, characterised in that ribs (6b, 7b) for enlarging a contact surface with the fluid are arranged in the flow paths (1, 2), wherein the ribs (6b, 7b) in the first flow path and in the second flow path have a different density.
An automatic anti-slipping system for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine, comprising: wheel supporting and rotating means having a rotary axis, for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced, wherein a rim of a wheel to be serviced can be placed onto a rim supporting surface of the wheel supporting and rotating means, at least two driving pins being provided at the wheel supporting and rotating means for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection between the wheel supporting and rotating means and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim when coinciding with said recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins are adapted to be reversibly moveable in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the wheel supporting and rotating means, and actuator means being able to reversibly move the driving pins in an actuated state, wherein the actuator means exerts an actuating force which is smaller than the weight force of a rim or a wheel or a wheel assembly to be serviced. wheel supporting and rotating means having a rotary axis, for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced, wherein a rim of a wheel to be serviced can be placed onto a rim supporting surface of the wheel supporting and rotating means, at least two driving pins being provided at the wheel supporting and rotating means for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection between the wheel supporting and rotating means and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim when coinciding with said recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins are adapted to be reversibly moveable in a direction parallel to the rotary axis of the wheel supporting and rotating means, and actuator means being able to reversibly move the driving pins in an actuated state, wherein the actuator means exerts an actuating force which is smaller than the weight force of a rim or a wheel or a wheel assembly to be serviced.
Process for the preparation of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid of chemical formula HOOC-Ar 1 -COOH, comprising; - providing a feedstock comprising at least an aromatic aldehyde compound of chemical formula OHC-Ar 1 -COOH, wherein Ar 1 represents an arylene or heteroarylene moiety, and an aqueous electrolyte; - introducing the feedstock and the aqueous electrolyte into an electrolytic cell comprising electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes comprises a non-noble metal and/or an oxide and/or a hydroxide thereof and/or carbon; and - oxidizing the aromatic aldehyde compound of formula electrochemically to yield the aromatic dicarboxylic acid. - providing a feedstock comprising at least an aromatic aldehyde compound of chemical formula OHC-Ar 1 -COOH, wherein Ar 1 represents an arylene or heteroarylene moiety, and an aqueous electrolyte; wherein Ar 1 represents an arylene or heteroarylene moiety, and an aqueous electrolyte; - introducing the feedstock and the aqueous electrolyte into an electrolytic cell comprising electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes comprises a non-noble metal and/or an oxide and/or a hydroxide thereof and/or carbon; and - oxidizing the aromatic aldehyde compound of formula electrochemically to yield the aromatic dicarboxylic acid.
A device (100, 100"') for detecting critical states on a surface of a component part, characterised by an at least partially flexible carrier plate, which can be fastened to the surface and which is mechanically integrated into a unit together with at least one sensor for detecting critical states of the surface, an electrical energy store (3, 11), a device for electrical energy harvesting, a control unit for detecting and processing the sensor data and also a data transfer unit for wireless data transfer, wherein at least the sensor is hermetically sealed.
A computer-implemented method of maintaining software appliances in a computing system environment, a software appliance comprising a single image being pre-configured to run a single or a set of related applications and adapted for hosting on physical hardware or as virtual machines on a virtualization host, said method comprising: partitioning a software appliance into pluralities of files during creation, a kernel being one of the files; separately booting (220,410) the kernel of the software appliance on a processor of a computing device; sending an identifier of the software appliance to another computing device; receiving a single whole updated image for the operating system of the software appliance based on the sent identifier; and instantiating pluralities of updated software appliances from the received single whole updated image by overlaying (230, 440) application specific files on the single whole updated image. partitioning a software appliance into pluralities of files during creation, a kernel being one of the files; separately booting (220,410) the kernel of the software appliance on a processor of a computing device; sending an identifier of the software appliance to another computing device; receiving a single whole updated image for the operating system of the software appliance based on the sent identifier; and instantiating pluralities of updated software appliances from the received single whole updated image by overlaying (230, 440) application specific files on the single whole updated image.
A bulk product dispenser comprising a hopper for feeding products from a store of products, the outlet of the hopper being placed above a receiving zone for receiving a container, a sealing member being installed between the hopper and the receiving zone, said member being movable between at least a first position, in which the receiving zone can be accessed and the outlet of the hopper is sealed, a second position, in which the access to the receiving zone is sealed and the outlet of the hopper is open, and a third position, in which the access to the receiving zone is sealed and the outlet of the hopper is sealed, the sealing member being a rounded cover, the visible face of which is in the form of a circular arc and is provided with an opening with a shape that complements the shape of the outlet of the hopper, characterised in that an equalising bar is installed on the inner face of the cover, level with the opening formed in the cover, and in that the outlet of the hopper is provided with a spacer member designed to prevent any jamming of product between the outlet of the hopper and the opening of the cover during the movement of the latter.
An electronic device, comprising: an antenna node configured to communicatively couple to an antenna; and an interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the antenna node, configured to communicate with a second electronic device, wherein the interface circuit is configured to: provide, from the interface circuit, a frame addressed to the second electronic device, wherein the frame comprises a media access control, MAC, header including an encrypted Aggregate, A,-control subfield that includes control information for one or more features associated with a wireless communication protocol, and wherein the MAC header comprises a counter mode cipher block chaining, CBC,-MAC protocol, CCMP, header, characterised in that the encrypted A-control subfield is located in the MAC header before and adjacent to the CCMP header. an antenna node configured to communicatively couple to an antenna; and an interface circuit, communicatively coupled to the antenna node, configured to communicate with a second electronic device, wherein the interface circuit is configured to: provide, from the interface circuit, a frame addressed to the second electronic device, wherein the frame comprises a media access control, MAC, header including an encrypted Aggregate, A,-control subfield that includes control information for one or more features associated with a wireless communication protocol, and wherein the MAC header comprises a counter mode cipher block chaining, CBC,-MAC protocol, CCMP, header, characterised in that the encrypted A-control provide, from the interface circuit, a frame addressed to the second electronic device, wherein the frame comprises a media access control, MAC, header including an encrypted Aggregate, A,-control subfield that includes control information for one or more features associated with a wireless communication protocol, and wherein the MAC header comprises a counter mode cipher block chaining, CBC,-MAC protocol, CCMP, header, characterised in that the encrypted A-control subfield is located in the MAC header before and adjacent to the CCMP header.
A cross member made from extruded aluminium for attaching an electrical drive machine of a vehicle, and including at least two hollow longitudinal areas which are hollowed out during the extrusion phase, characterized in that these two hollow longitudinal areas are, subsequently to the extrusion phase, filled with solid added material thus forming at least two solid longitudinal areas (ZLj), in which there are defined at selected locations holes suitable for permitting an attaching of said electrical drive machine and/or of an equipment of the said vehicle, and/or a coupling of the said cross member to structural elements (ES1, ES2) of the said vehicle.
A method for determining a distance (h) to a surface of a product in a tank based on a time delay of electromagnetic signals propagating between a predefined reference and a surface of said product, said method comprising the steps of: i) generating a transmission signal (tx) in the form of a first pulse train having a predetermined pulse repetition frequency, said first pulse train comprising at least 5 pulses having a constant pulse repetition frequency; ii) generating a reference signal (rx) in the form of a second pulse train by generating a predefined and fixed time delay (T D)between said first and second pulse trains relative each other; wherein each pulse in said first and second pulse trains have essentially identical waveforms; wherein said first and second pulse trains have the same pulse repetition frequency; iii) guiding said transmission signal into the tank as electromagnetic signals, and allowing said signals to propagate towards said surface; iv) receiving a reflected signal (refl) reflected from the tank; v) forming a correlation value (corr) based on a time correlation between a pulse of the reference signal and the reflected signal, and storing said correlation value and the associated pulse repetition frequency; vi) carrying out steps i) to v) in sequence for at least three different pulse repetition frequencies (PRF 1-3), until at least three pairs of correlation values (cor n) and associated pulse repetition frequencies (PRF n) have been stored; vii) determining said distance based on said at least three pairs of correlation values and associated pulse repetition frequencies, and said fixed time delay between the reference signal and the transmission signal. i) generating a transmission signal (tx) in the form of a first pulse train having a predetermined pulse repetition frequency, said first pulse train comprising at least 5 pulses having a constant pulse repetition frequency; ii) generating a reference signal (rx) in the form of a second pulse train by generating a predefined and fixed time delay (T D)between said first and second pulse trains relative each other; iii) guiding said transmission signal into the tank as electromagnetic signals, and allowing said signals to propagate towards said surface; iv) receiving a reflected signal (refl) reflected from the tank; v) forming a correlation value (corr) based on a time correlation between a pulse of the reference signal and the reflected signal, and storing said correlation value and the associated pulse repetition frequency; vi) carrying out steps i) to v) in sequence for at least three different pulse repetition frequencies (PRF 1-3), until at least three pairs of correlation values (cor n) and associated pulse repetition frequencies (PRF n) have been stored; vii) determining said distance based on said at least three pairs of correlation values and associated pulse repetition frequencies, and said fixed time delay between the reference signal and the transmission signal.
A method of programming a medical infusion pump, comprising: determining with a software application operating on a remote electronic device an amount of a medicament bolus for delivery by a medical infusion pump; transmitting an operating command for delivery of the bolus amount from the remote electronic device to the medical infusion pump via the software application operating on the remote electronic device; and causing an indication of the bolus amount to issue from the medical infusion pump, characterized in that the indication of the bolus amount comprises one or more auditory and/or vibratory indications with each auditory and/or vibratory indication corresponding to a predetermined increment of the bolus amount, and if the one or more auditory and/or vibratory indications comport with the user's expectations, the user can confirm the delivery. determining with a software application operating on a remote electronic device an amount of a medicament bolus for delivery by a medical infusion pump; transmitting an operating command for delivery of the bolus amount from the remote electronic device to the medical infusion pump via the software application operating on the remote electronic device; and causing an indication of the bolus amount to issue from the medical infusion pump, characterized in that the indication of the bolus amount comprises one or more auditory and/or vibratory indications with each auditory and/or vibratory indication corresponding to a predetermined increment of the bolus amount, and if the one or more auditory and/or vibratory indications comport with the user's expectations, the user can confirm the delivery.
Method for separating a feed gas containing, as the main components, nitrogen and carbon monoxide and optionally hydrogen in a distillation column wherein: i) the feed gas is cooled in a heat exchanger ii) at least part of a gas derived from the feed gas is sent to a vessel reboiler of the distillation column in order to at least partially condense it, producing a liquid and optionally a gas iii) at least part of the liquid and optionally at least part of the gas is sent to the column iv) a flow enriched with gaseous nitrogen is drawn off from the column v) a flow enriched with carbon monoxide is drawn off from the column and is heated in the heat exchanger, characterised in that the flow enriched with carbon monoxide is compressed in order to supply a product enriched with carbon monoxide at a production pressure, the feed gas is sent after cooling into a first phase separator, the liquid from the first phase separator is expanded, the expanded liquid is sent into a second phase separator and at least part of the liquid from the second phase separator is vaporised in order to derive the gas to be sent to the vessel reboiler. i) the feed gas is cooled in a heat exchanger ii) at least part of a gas derived from the feed gas is sent to a vessel reboiler of the distillation column in order to at least partially condense it, producing a liquid and optionally a gas iii) at least part of the liquid and optionally at least part of the gas is sent to the column iv) a flow enriched with gaseous nitrogen is drawn off from the column v) a flow enriched with carbon monoxide is drawn off from the column and is heated in the heat exchanger, characterised in that the flow enriched with carbon monoxide is compressed in order to supply a product enriched with carbon monoxide at a production pressure, the feed gas is sent after cooling into a first phase separator, the liquid from the first phase separator is expanded, the expanded liquid is sent into a second phase separator and at least part of the liquid from the second phase separator is vaporised in order to derive the gas to be sent to the vessel reboiler.
A fixing device for a tibia alignment system for knee operations, comprising a transverse bar the front end of which can be connected to a main rod of the tibia alignment system, said main rod being provided for alignment along a tibia, and a rear end of which has an anchor system with at least one anchor pin that extends obliquely to the transverse bar and can be driven into a knee joint-side end of the tibia, wherein, for improving fixation of the anchor system to the tibia, the anchor system further has a drive-in anvil to which the at least one anchor pin is connected and into which the at least one anchor pin is integrated and which is designed to transmit impact forces acting on the drive-in anvil from outside to the at least one anchor pin in order to drive the same into the tibia, characterized in that said anchor pin and said drive-in anvil are guided in the transverse bar for this purpose in a longitudinally movable manner. a transverse bar the front end of which can be connected to a main rod of the tibia alignment system, said main rod being provided for alignment along a tibia, and a rear end of which has an anchor system with at least one anchor pin that extends obliquely to the transverse bar and can be driven into a knee joint-side end of the tibia, wherein, for improving fixation of the anchor system to the tibia, the anchor system further has a drive-in anvil to which the at least one anchor pin is connected and into which the at least one anchor pin is integrated and which is designed to transmit impact forces acting on the drive-in anvil from outside to the at least one anchor pin in order to drive the same into the tibia, characterized in that said anchor pin and said drive-in anvil are guided in the transverse bar for this purpose in a longitudinally movable manner.
A glass mat comprising: an assembly of glass fibers; and a binder composition comprising a polymer resin having a pH of at least 5.0, wherein the polymer resin comprises a styrenic copolymer, an acrylic copolymer, or combination thereof, the polymer resin having at least one functional group of a carboxylic acid, a salt of a carboxylic acid, an anhydride, a salt of an anhydride, or combination thereof; and a crosslinker present at an amount of 0.1% by weight to 8% by weight based on the total weight of the polymer resin, the crosslinker consisting essentially of a main crosslinker and an optional crosslinker, the main crosslinker consisting essentially of a β-hydroxyalkylamide and the optional crosslinker consisting essentially of a polyepoxy, a polycarbodiimide, a polyaziridine, a bivalent metal carbonate, or combination thereof. an assembly of glass fibers; and a binder composition comprising a polymer resin having a pH of at least 5.0, wherein the polymer resin comprises a styrenic copolymer, an acrylic copolymer, or combination thereof, the polymer resin having at least one functional group of a carboxylic acid, a salt of a carboxylic acid, an anhydride, a salt of an anhydride, or combination thereof; and a crosslinker present at an amount of 0.1% by weight to 8% by weight based on the total weight of the polymer resin, the crosslinker consisting essentially of a main crosslinker and an optional crosslinker, the main crosslinker consisting essentially of a β-hydroxyalkylamide and the optional crosslinker consisting essentially of a polyepoxy, a polycarbodiimide, a polyaziridine, a bivalent metal carbonate, or combination thereof.