mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Process for producing a coated steel substrate for packaging applications by depositing a chromium metal - chromium oxide coating on the substrate for packaging applications containing 1. a conventional non-passivated electrolytic, optionally flowmelted, tinplate, or 2. a cold-rolled and recovery annealed electrolytic, optionally flowmelted, tinplate, comprising electrolytically depositing on said substrate said chromium metal - chromium oxide coating in a single process step from a plating solution comprising a mixture of a trivalent chromium compound, a chelating agent, an optional conductivity enhancing salt, an optional depolarizer, an optional surfactant, to which an acid or base is optionally added to adjust the pH, wherein the plating solution does not contain a buffering agent, and wherein a sufficiently high cathodic current density is being applied to deposit chromium metal. 1. a conventional non-passivated electrolytic, optionally flowmelted, tinplate, or 2. a cold-rolled and recovery annealed electrolytic, optionally flowmelted, tinplate, - chromium oxide coating in a single process step from a plating solution comprising a mixture of a trivalent chromium compound, a chelating agent, an optional conductivity enhancing salt, an optional depolarizer, an optional surfactant, to which an acid or base is optionally added to adjust the pH, wherein the plating solution does not contain a buffering agent, and wherein a sufficiently high cathodic current density is being applied to deposit chromium metal.
An integrated circuit package for imaging decodable indicia on a target, said integrated circuit package comprising: a first substrate comprising integrated circuitry having an input/output for conducting control and output signals; a layered structure coupled to the first substrate to conduct at least one output to the input/output; a camera module integrated with the layered structure, the camera module comprising an image sensor die and an integrated lens assembly through which light reflected from the target passes to the image sensor die; an illumination module comprising a first light source for directing a first light beam in the direction of the target, and a shroud disposed in surrounding relation to the camera module, wherein the shroud is configured to prevent light from the illumination module from impinging directly on the camera module wherein the integrated circuit package is characterized by (i) an encapsulant layer disposed between said camera module and said illumination module, and (ii) multiple material layers defining said shroud, said layers being disposed in particular orientations so as to form a light barrier operatively configured to reduce exposure of the image sensor to stray light from light sources. a first substrate comprising integrated circuitry having an input/output for conducting control and output signals; a layered structure coupled to the first substrate to conduct at least one output to the input/output; a camera module integrated with the layered structure, the camera module comprising an image sensor die and an integrated lens assembly through which light reflected from the target passes to the image sensor die; an illumination module comprising a first light source for directing a first light beam in the direction of the target, and a shroud disposed in surrounding relation to the camera module, wherein the shroud is configured to prevent light from the illumination module from impinging directly on the camera module wherein the integrated circuit package is characterized by (i) an encapsulant layer disposed between said camera module and said illumination module, and (ii) multiple material layers defining said shroud, said layers being disposed in particular orientations so as to form a light barrier operatively configured to reduce exposure of the image sensor to stray light from light sources.
A vehicle with a bonnet safety assembly, the vehicle comprising: ∘ a bonnet; ∘ a windscreen; ∘ a chassis, to which the bonnet is hingedly joined by means of actuators; the assembly being characterized in that it comprises: ∘ an elongated guide fixedly mounted, and supported along its length, on the bottom side of the bonnet such that the elongated guide adheres, along its full length, to the bonnet; ∘ a sliding member provided inside the elongated guide to slide along the length of the elongated guide until it engages a stop coupled to the elongated guide whereas the sliding member, to one end of which the actuator is connected, is arranged to slidably move within the elongated guide and partially slide out of the elongated guide; ∘ whereas the sliding member is mounted in the elongated guide such that it is prevented from sliding out and sliding back the elongated guide thereby creating a field of visibility on the road for a driver when the bonnet flips over the windscreen. ∘ a bonnet; ∘ a windscreen; ∘ a chassis, to which the bonnet is hingedly joined by means of actuators; ∘ an elongated guide fixedly mounted, and supported along its length, on the bottom side of the bonnet such that the elongated guide adheres, along its full length, to the bonnet; ∘ a sliding member provided inside the elongated guide to slide along the length of the elongated guide until it engages a stop coupled to the elongated guide whereas the sliding member, to one end of which the actuator is connected, is arranged to slidably move within the elongated guide and partially slide out of the elongated guide; ∘ whereas the sliding member is mounted in the elongated guide such that it is prevented from sliding out and sliding back the elongated guide thereby creating a field of visibility on the road for a driver when the bonnet flips over the windscreen.
A method for operating a flight control system of an aircraft, wherein the flight control system comprises an elevator control system, the method comprising: determining first and second values, wherein the first and second values comprise first and second input force values associated with control columns (204, 206) of the flight control system of the aircraft; based on the values, determining a location of a jam in the elevator control system of the aircraft, wherein a forward jam exists when the jam is located forward of one of the control columns (202, 206), wherein an aft jam exists when the jam is located aft of the control columns (202, 206), and wherein the location of the jam is determined based on a first summation of the first and second values; and based on the jam being a forward jam, enabling a forward jam override device to mitigate the jam, wherein the forward jam override device decouples the control columns (202, 206). determining first and second values, wherein the first and second values comprise first and second input force values associated with control columns (204, 206) of the flight control system of the aircraft; based on the values, determining a location of a jam in the elevator control system of the aircraft, wherein a forward jam exists when the jam is located forward of one of the control columns (202, 206), wherein an aft jam exists when the jam is located aft of the control columns (202, 206), and wherein the location of the jam is determined based on a first summation of the first and second values; and based on the jam being a forward jam, enabling a forward jam override device to mitigate the jam, wherein the forward jam override device decouples the control columns (202, 206).
Torch with a cylindrical housing on whose outer shell an on/off switch is arranged consisting of a rigid annular body (13, 31) which is arranged to be displaceable in each optional radial direction and through which actuation directly or indirectly a button or pressure switch can be actuated characterized in that the annular body (13, 31) is in contact with at least one body (20, 21; 32) which is crowned, preferably spherical, in the longitudinal axial direction of the cylindrical housing and which can be moved by means of a radial displacement pushed out of at least one trough (22, 23) of a further body that is elastically mounted in the longitudinal axial direction and thereby triggers a longitudinal axial displacement of this further body, which produces a pressure contact with the button or the switch that triggers the switching process.
A wick structure for a junction of a heat pipe network, the wick structure comprising: multiple channels defined by wall portions protruding from a first surface of the wick structure and extending in an axial direction along a length of the wick structure, characterised in that at least one of the wall portions comprises a tapered termination; a first wick portion configured to be located in a first heat pipe and a second wick portion configured to be located in a second heat pipe, the first heat pipe and the second heat pipe forming a junction, wherein the tapered termination of the wall portion is provided in the junction region between the first wick portion and the second wick portion. multiple channels defined by wall portions protruding from a first surface of the wick structure and extending in an axial direction along a length of the wick structure, characterised in that at least one of the wall portions comprises a tapered termination; a first wick portion configured to be located in a first heat pipe and a second wick portion configured to be located in a second heat pipe, the first heat pipe and the second heat pipe forming a junction, wherein the tapered termination of the wall portion is provided in the junction region between the first wick portion and the second wick portion.
A key detection method, comprising: detecting a charge change amount of a capacitance in a capacitive key, and obtaining a key signal, where the key signal is a digital signal corresponding to the charge change amount of the capacitance in the capacitive key sampling the key signal; and outputting a control signal, characterized in that the key signal is sampled with varying frequencies, and that the control signal is outputted if the number of effective key signals sampled in a predetermined time span reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, wherein if a charge change amount of the capacitance corresponding to the sampled key signal is greater than a threshold of charge change amount, the sampled key signal is determined as an effective key signal, where the sampling frequency varies from a first frequency increasing to a second frequency and then from the second frequency decreasing to the first frequency, the increasing and decreasing sampling processes are repeated, and the sampling stays in each frequency point for a predetermined time. detecting a charge change amount of a capacitance in a capacitive key, and obtaining a key signal, where the key signal is a digital signal corresponding to the charge change amount of the capacitance in the capacitive key sampling the key signal; and outputting a control signal, characterized in that the key signal is sampled with varying frequencies, and that the control signal is outputted if the number of effective key signals sampled in a predetermined time span reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, wherein if a charge change amount of the capacitance corresponding to the sampled key signal is greater than a threshold of charge change amount, the sampled key signal is determined as an effective key signal, where the sampling frequency varies from a first frequency increasing to a second frequency and then from the second frequency decreasing to the first frequency, the increasing and decreasing sampling processes are repeated, and the sampling stays in each frequency point for a predetermined time. sampling the key signal; and outputting a control signal, characterized in that the key signal is sampled with varying frequencies, and that the control signal is outputted if the number of effective key signals sampled in a predetermined time span reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, wherein if a charge change amount of the capacitance corresponding to the sampled key signal is greater than a threshold of charge change amount, the sampled key signal is determined as an effective key signal, where the sampling frequency varies from a first frequency increasing to a second frequency and then from the second frequency decreasing to the first frequency, the increasing and decreasing sampling processes are repeated, and the sampling stays in each frequency point for a predetermined time.
A smoking article (101, 102) comprising: an aerosol forming substrate (106, 111); a heating element (104, 113) configured to heat, but not combust, the aerosol forming substrate; a flavour precursor compound added to the aerosol forming substrate, wherein the flavour precursor compound releases a thiol-containing flavour compound upon heating of the aerosol forming substrate by the heating element. an aerosol forming substrate (106, 111); a heating element (104, 113) configured to heat, but not combust, the aerosol forming substrate; a flavour precursor compound added to the aerosol forming substrate, wherein the flavour precursor compound releases a thiol-containing flavour compound upon heating of the aerosol forming substrate by the heating element.
A physiological monitoring device comprising: - a cup-shaped element suitable for acquiring signals from a skin surface, - a control element suitable for communicating with said cup-shaped element, - said cup-shaped element being suitable for acquiring signals comprising pressure pulsations, - said control element comprising a pressure sensor suitable for detecting said signals independently of the frequency and with frequencies having a minimum detectable value that is at least lower than 5 Hz until a null frequency, and wherein said monitoring device is designed to transduce the pressure wave into an electric signal, subsequently convert the electric signal to a digital signal, and to use a dedicated algorithm, said algorithm enabling the shifting of the low frequencies towards the high frequencies, making the otherwise inaudible pressure waves audible. - a cup-shaped element suitable for acquiring signals from a skin surface, - a control element suitable for communicating with said cup-shaped element, - said cup-shaped element being suitable for acquiring signals comprising pressure pulsations, - said control element comprising a pressure sensor suitable for detecting said signals independently of the frequency and with frequencies having a minimum detectable value that is at least lower than 5 Hz until a null frequency, and wherein said monitoring device is designed to transduce the pressure wave into an electric signal, subsequently convert the electric signal to a digital signal, and to use a dedicated algorithm, said algorithm enabling the shifting of the low frequencies towards the high frequencies, making the otherwise inaudible pressure waves audible.
Process for collation shrink packaging of one or more items including: i) wrapping one or more items to be packaged in a coextruded multi-layer collation shrink film which comprises: A) a layer A with density reducing bubbles formed in LDPE or optionally in a blend of LDPE with a linear polyethylene, said blend of LDPE comprising at least 50 wt% of LDPE, said LDPE or blend of LDPE blend having an melt index MI as determined according to ASTM-D-1238 at 190 °C of from 0.1 to 2 g/10 min; B) a polyethylene shrink layer B comprising at least 75 wt% of an LLDPE, said LLDPE having a melt strength factor MSF measured according to the description of more than 0.003 Newton, a density of from 0.915 g/cm 3 to 0.940 g/cm 3 and an MI of from 0.05 to 10 g/10 min; and ii) heating the one or more wrapped items so that the film grips the one or more wrapped items by shrinkage while increasing in thickness to form a thermally insulating wrap around the items packaged. i) wrapping one or more items to be packaged in a coextruded multi-layer collation shrink film which comprises: A) a layer A with density reducing bubbles formed in LDPE or optionally in a blend of LDPE with a linear polyethylene, said blend of LDPE comprising at least 50 wt% of LDPE, said LDPE or blend of LDPE blend having an melt index MI as determined according to ASTM-D-1238 at 190 °C of from 0.1 to 2 g/10 min; B) a polyethylene shrink layer B comprising at least 75 wt% of an LLDPE, said LLDPE having a melt strength factor MSF measured according to the description of more than 0.003 Newton, a density of from 0.915 g/cm 3 to 0.940 g/cm 3 and an MI of from 0.05 to 10 g/10 min; and A) a layer A with density reducing bubbles formed in LDPE or optionally in a blend of LDPE with a linear polyethylene, said blend of LDPE comprising at least 50 wt% of LDPE, said LDPE or blend of LDPE blend having an melt index MI as determined according to ASTM-D-1238 at 190 °C of from 0.1 to 2 g/10 min; B) a polyethylene shrink layer B comprising at least 75 wt% of an LLDPE, said LLDPE having a melt strength factor MSF measured according to the description of more than 0.003 Newton, a density of from 0.915 g/cm 3 to 0.940 g/cm 3 and an MI of from 0.05 to 10 g/10 min; and ii) heating the one or more wrapped items so that the film grips the one or more wrapped items by shrinkage while increasing in thickness to form a thermally insulating wrap around the items packaged.
Household appliance with at least one pipeline, wherein attached to a first internal component of the household appliance is at least one first adapter, on which a first damping element is arranged, which at least partially contacts the pipeline along the pipe circumference, and attached in a second internal component of the household appliance is a second adapter, on which a second damping element is arranged, wherein the pipeline is arranged between the first damping element and the second damping element, characterised in that the household appliance is a dryer or tumble dryer, the household appliance, in a heat pumping circuit, has a compressor and a heat exchanger, to which the pipeline is connected, the first adapter is integrated into the first internal component, and the first internal component is a base assembly and the second internal component is a heat exchanger cover, and the damping elements (4, 6) serve to damp mechanical oscillations of the pipeline.
A dispensing speed control mechanism for use in an injection device having a housing (10, 30, 40; 40'; 40"; 40"') and a drive member, which is driven by a power reservoir (100, 100') and axially movable between a dose setting position, in which the drive member is rotationally constrained to the housing (10, 30, 40; 40'; 40"; 40"'), and a dose dispensing position, in which the drive member is rotationally de-coupled from the housing (10, 30, 40; 40'; 40"; 40"'), the speed control mechanism comprising friction means for retarding the drive member during dose dispensing depending on the axial position of the drive member.
A clamping assembly for adjustably connecting a device to a rail, comprising: a clamp body; a rail interface mechanism dimensioned to receive a rail, comprising a first and second jaw, the second jaw vertically slideable relative to the first jaw; a rail clamp control comprised of a threaded vertical axle terminating in a pin end, the vertical axle rotatably coupled to the clamp body and extending through the second jaw; a threaded wedge restricted to a vertical sliding motion and threadably coupled to threads of the vertical axle, the threaded wedge including an angled wedge face sloping downward toward an internal face of the clamp body; and a floating wedge constrained to motion in a horizontal direction, having a wedge face parallel and operatively coupled to the angled wedge face of the threaded wedge, wherein rotating the rail clamp control causes the rail interface mechanism to move the second jaw and further causes the floating wedge to move horizontally to secure the rail horizontally between the floating wedge and the first and second jaws; and a vertical support mechanism coupled to the clamp body providing rotational control of the device. a clamp body; a rail interface mechanism dimensioned to receive a rail, comprising a first and second jaw, the second jaw vertically slideable relative to the first jaw; a rail clamp control comprised of a threaded vertical axle terminating in a pin end, the vertical axle rotatably coupled to the clamp body and extending through the second jaw; a threaded wedge restricted to a vertical sliding motion and threadably coupled to threads of the vertical axle, the threaded wedge including an angled wedge face sloping downward toward an internal face of the clamp body; and a floating wedge constrained to motion in a horizontal direction, having a wedge face parallel and operatively coupled to the angled wedge face of the threaded wedge, wherein rotating the rail clamp control causes the rail interface mechanism to move the second jaw and further causes the floating wedge to move horizontally to secure the rail horizontally between the floating wedge and the first and second jaws; and a first and second jaw, the second jaw vertically slideable relative to the first jaw; a rail clamp control comprised of a threaded vertical axle terminating in a pin end, the vertical axle rotatably coupled to the clamp body and extending through the second jaw; a threaded wedge restricted to a vertical sliding motion and threadably coupled to threads of the vertical axle, the threaded wedge including an angled wedge face sloping downward toward an internal face of the clamp body; and a floating wedge constrained to motion in a horizontal direction, having a wedge face parallel and operatively coupled to the angled wedge face of the threaded wedge, wherein rotating the rail clamp control causes the rail interface mechanism to move the second jaw and further causes the floating wedge to move horizontally to secure the rail horizontally between the floating wedge and the first and second jaws; and a vertical support mechanism coupled to the clamp body providing rotational control of the device.
A method of producing a recombinant antibody that inhibits release of active, mature TGFβ peptide, comprising: identifying an antibody that binds an epitope in the head and/or hybrid domains of β8; recombinantly modifying the heavy chain CDR2 sequence to introduce a glycosylation site; and expressing the antibody, wherein, upon binding to β8, the antibody causes a conformational change that reduces the angle between the head and hybrid domains of β8 compared to β8 not contacted with the antibody. identifying an antibody that binds an epitope in the head and/or hybrid domains of β8; recombinantly modifying the heavy chain CDR2 sequence to introduce a glycosylation site; and expressing the antibody, wherein, upon binding to β8, the antibody causes a conformational change that reduces the angle between the head and hybrid domains of β8 compared to β8 not contacted with the antibody.
Protection device for a heel of a shoe, wherein said protection device comprises a tubular element configured to be inserted on, and coupled with, a heel of a shoe, wherein the tubular element is a heat-shrinkable plastic or bio-plastic element configured to shrink around a heel of a shoe following exposure to a heating agent at a temperature ranging from 50°C to 90°C, wherein the tubular element comprises a main development direction, and is configured in such a way that, following coupling said tubular element with a heel the main development direction is arranged substantially parallel to a main development direction, or vertical direction, of a heel of a shoe and wherein the tubular element comprises at least one preferential rupture zone along said main development direction, characterized in that the tubular element comprises a filament incorporated or applied in the tubular element and arranged along this main development direction, said filament having a greater resistance to breaking than the tubular element for breaking or cutting the tubular element along said preferential rupture zone when pulled.