mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Device for generating electrical energy by converting thermal energy into electrical energy, that comprises: - one circulation pipe for a hot fluid which has a T1 temperature; - another circulation pipe for a cold fluid, the cold fluid having a T2 temperature that is less than the T1 temperature of the hot fluid; and - a thermoelectric element (10, 10'), with at least two surfaces (10A, 10B), arranged to generate an electric current between its two surfaces (10A, 10B) when they are at different temperatures. - the media for thermal conductivity (15, 16) are presented in the form of a first heat separator for thermal conductivity, a metal plate for example, connected to the hot fluid pipe, and another cold separator for thermal conductivity, such as a metal plate, connected to the cold fluid pipe. The hot and cold separators (15, 16) are thus connected to different surfaces (10A, 10B) of the thermoelectric element (10, 10') and each fluid pipe (5, 6) crosses both the separators (15, 16). - one circulation pipe for a hot fluid which has a T1 temperature; - another circulation pipe for a cold fluid, the cold fluid having a T2 temperature that is less than the T1 temperature of the hot fluid; and - a thermoelectric element (10, 10'), with at least two surfaces (10A, 10B), arranged to generate an electric current between its two surfaces (10A, 10B) when they are at different temperatures. - the media for thermal conductivity (15, 16) are presented in the form of a first heat separator for thermal conductivity, a metal plate for example, connected to the hot fluid pipe, and another cold separator for thermal conductivity, such as a metal plate, connected to the cold fluid pipe. The hot and cold separators (15, 16) are thus connected to different surfaces (10A, 10B) of the thermoelectric element (10, 10') and each fluid pipe (5, 6) crosses both the separators (15, 16).
A rotor (3, 4, 4', 4") for an aircraft capable of hovering, comprising: - a stator (10, 150); - a rotatable element (11, 151), which is rotatable about an axis (A, B) with respect to said stator (10, 150); - at least one blade (13; 154), which is operatively connected with said element (11, 151); characterized by comprising: - a support element (36; 160, 161), which supports a source of a magnetic field (B S) and is either stationary or driven, in use, in rotation at a first rotational speed (ω1); and - a first electric circuit (32, 169), which is angularly integral with said element (11, 151) and can be driven, in use, in rotation at a second rotational speed (ω2) different from said first rotational speed (ω1); said first electric circuit (32, 169) being electromagnetically coupled with said source (30, 163), so that an electromotive force (emf R) is magnetically induced, in use, in said first electric circuit (32, 169) itself and a first electric current (i R) flows, in use, in said first electric circuit (32, 169); characterised by said rotor (3, 4, 4', 4") further comprising: - a second electric circuit (65; 65; 70; 90) which is either stationary or driven, in use, in rotation at a first rotational speed (ω1); and - a sensor configured to generate a signal (V c) associated to the value of a back electromotive force (bemf C, bemf S) induced on said second electric circuit (65; 70; 90) and associated to said electric current (i R) flowing inside said first electric circuit. - a stator (10, 150); - a rotatable element (11, 151), which is rotatable about an axis (A, B) with respect to said stator (10, 150); - at least one blade (13; 154), which is operatively connected with said element (11, 151); - a support element (36; 160, 161), which supports a source of a magnetic field (B S) and is either stationary or driven, in use, in rotation at a first rotational speed (ω1); and - a first electric circuit (32, 169), which is angularly integral with said element (11, 151) and can be driven, in use, in rotation at a second rotational speed (ω2) different from said first rotational speed (ω1); said first electric circuit (32, 169) being electromagnetically coupled with said source (30, 163), so that an electromotive force (emf R) is magnetically induced, in use, in said first electric circuit (32, 169) itself and a first electric current (i R) flows, in use, in said first electric circuit (32, 169); characterised by said rotor (3, 4, 4', 4") further comprising: - a second electric circuit (65; 65; 70; 90) which is either stationary or driven, in use, in rotation at a first rotational speed (ω1); and - a sensor configured to generate a signal (V c) associated to the value of a back electromotive force (bemf C, bemf S) induced on said second electric circuit (65; 70; 90) and associated to said electric current (i R) flowing inside said first electric circuit.
A method of removing diamagnetic material from a carrier stream that comprises the steps of: (a) providing a housing having (i) a stream inlet, (ii) a stream outlet and (iii) an interior region between the inlet and outlet which contains an inducement paramagnetic material which is selected from the group consisting of Ce, CeO 2, CsO 2, Co, CoO, Ni, CuO, NiO, NiS, Fe, FeO, Fe 2 O 3, FeS, Mn, Ni/γAl 2 O 3, Cr 2 O 3, Dy 2 O 3, Gd 2 O 3, Ti, V, V 2 O 3, Pd, Pt, Rh, Rh 2 O 3, KO 2, and mixtures thereof; (b) contacting a carrier stream comprising a carrier fluid and a diamagnetic material to the inducement paramagnetic material within the region wherein the diamagnetic material is selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon carbide, γ-alumina, silica, silica/alumina, non-magnetic butadiene, magnetic butadiene, titanium oxide, ceramic, activated carbon, polyethylene, and elemental sulfur, and mixtures thereof and wherein the diamagnetic material comprises particles having a size in the range of 0.1 nm to 1.0 mm; and (c) establishing a magnetic field within the region thereby rendering the diamagnetic material sufficiently magnetic so as to be attracted by a magnet to a yield a cleaned carrier fluid with reduced levels of the diamagnetic material wherein the diamagnetic material is magnetized under the magnetic field through coordinated interaction of the diamagnetic material and the inducement paramagnetic material. (a) providing a housing having (i) a stream inlet, (ii) a stream outlet and (iii) an interior region between the inlet and outlet which contains an inducement paramagnetic material which is selected from the group consisting of Ce, CeO 2, CsO 2, Co, CoO, Ni, CuO, NiO, NiS, Fe, FeO, Fe 2 O 3, FeS, Mn, Ni/γAl 2 O 3, Cr 2 O 3, Dy 2 O 3, Gd 2 O 3, Ti, V, V 2 O 3, Pd, Pt, Rh, Rh 2 O 3, KO 2, and mixtures thereof; (b) contacting a carrier stream comprising a carrier fluid and a diamagnetic material to the inducement paramagnetic material within the region wherein the diamagnetic material is selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon carbide, γ-alumina, silica, silica/alumina, non-magnetic butadiene, magnetic butadiene, titanium oxide, ceramic, activated carbon, polyethylene, and elemental sulfur, and mixtures thereof and wherein the diamagnetic material comprises particles having a size in the range of 0.1 nm to 1.0 mm; and (c) establishing a magnetic field within the region thereby rendering the diamagnetic material sufficiently magnetic so as to be attracted by a magnet to a yield a cleaned carrier fluid with reduced levels of the diamagnetic material wherein the diamagnetic material is magnetized under the magnetic field through coordinated interaction of the diamagnetic material and the inducement paramagnetic material.
A system for non-invasively reducing vascular plaque by elevating the temperature of tissue by ultrasound energy waves comprising: - an imaging device adapted to image at least a portion of a mammalian body; - an interpreting device adapted to interpret said image to locate at least one vascular plaque and the base of said vascular plaque for determining plaque location and to identify a target location at the base of the plaque; - a monitoring device adapted to monitor the relative position of said target location with respect to a cardiac rhythm of the mammal; - at least one ultrasound delivery device adapted to deliver ultrasound energy waves to a focal point at said target location, said focal point having a size less than 15 mm 3 wherein the time duration for delivery of ultrasound waves is adjustable to between 80 ms and 1 second; - a temperature monitoring device adapted to monitor the temperature of said target location at the focal point; and - a controller adapted to steer and control the ultrasound delivery device to deliver ultrasound energy waves at the focal point to elevate the temperature of said target location to a desired temperature and to shut-off delivery of ultrasound energy waves when said target location achieves the desired temperature. - an imaging device adapted to image at least a portion of a mammalian body; - an interpreting device adapted to interpret said image to locate at least one vascular plaque and the base of said vascular plaque for determining plaque location and to identify a target location at the base of the plaque; - a monitoring device adapted to monitor the relative position of said target location with respect to a cardiac rhythm of the mammal; - at least one ultrasound delivery device adapted to deliver ultrasound energy waves to a focal point at said target location, said focal point having a size less than 15 mm 3 wherein the time duration for delivery of ultrasound waves is adjustable to between 80 ms and 1 second; - a temperature monitoring device adapted to monitor the temperature of said target location at the focal point; and - a controller adapted to steer and control the ultrasound delivery device to deliver ultrasound energy waves at the focal point to elevate the temperature of said target location to a desired temperature and to shut-off delivery of ultrasound energy waves when said target location achieves the desired temperature.
Method for creating a progressive varifocal lens having a far vision area, a near vision area and an intermediate progression area, comprising the steps: a) determining the x and y coordinates of a first point in the closed interval between the far vision reference point of the far vision area and the center point; b) determining the x and y coordinates of a second point as the near vision reference point of the near vision area; c) determining of a mathematical function D(y) obeying the following conditions: I) it contains the first point as local extremum II) it contains the second point as local extremum III) in the open interval between the first and second points, it contains precisely one point of inflection; d) distributing the addition according to the function D(y) along a principal meridian of progression connecting the first and second points; e) forming of the varifocal lens, characterised in that the function D(y) substantially obeys a Sin 2 -function in the interval [0, π /2], and in that the x coordinates of the line connecting the first and second points are determined using an equation based on a Sin 2 function, in the interval [0, π/2] and containing physiological data of the wearer as parameters, wherein the chosen function D(y) is scaled accordingly on the involved interval and adjusted on the respective intended range of values. a) determining the x and y coordinates of a first point in the closed interval between the far vision reference point of the far vision area and the center point; b) determining the x and y coordinates of a second point as the near vision reference point of the near vision area; c) determining of a mathematical function D(y) obeying the following conditions: I) it contains the first point as local extremum II) it contains the second point as local extremum III) in the open interval between the first and second points, it contains precisely one point of inflection; I) it contains the first point as local extremum II) it contains the second point as local extremum III) in the open interval between the first and second points, it contains precisely one point of inflection; d) distributing the addition according to the function D(y) along a principal meridian of progression connecting the first and second points; e) forming of the varifocal lens,
A process for the production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) via oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural, said HMF being present in a solution in an aprotic, high-boiling polar solvent and water, characterized by the combination of - a first oxidation step wherein the HMF is at least partly oxidized in said solution to yield a first reaction mixture comprising at least one monoacid selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfuran-2-carboxylic acid (HMFA) and 5-formylfuran-2-carboxylic acid (FFCA) and, optionally, FDCA - an extraction step after the first oxidation step wherein said aprotic high-boiling polar solvent is extracted from said first reaction mixture by means of an extraction solvent, wherein said at least one monoacid remains in an aqueous phase, - a second oxidation step wherein said at least one monoacid is oxidized to FDCA. - a first oxidation step wherein the HMF is at least partly oxidized in said solution to yield a first reaction mixture comprising at least one monoacid selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfuran-2-carboxylic acid (HMFA) and 5-formylfuran-2-carboxylic acid (FFCA) and, optionally, FDCA - an extraction step after the first oxidation step wherein said aprotic high-boiling polar solvent is extracted from said first reaction mixture by means of an extraction solvent, wherein said at least one monoacid remains in an aqueous phase, - a second oxidation step wherein said at least one monoacid is oxidized to FDCA.
A method for creating a channel for transmitting data on a Digital Subscriber Line, DSL, connection, the method comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of sets of tones, wherein each set of tones includes one or more tones used by a DSL connection; identifying a transmission characteristic of each set of tones in the plurality of sets of tones; characterised by defining a first channel for transmitting data on the DSL connection, including allocating a first set of tones of the plurality of sets of tones to the first channel based on the identified transmission characteristic of the first set of tones and a transmission requirement of the first channel; and defining a second channel for transmitting data on the DSL connection, including allocating a second set of tones of the plurality of sets of tones to the second channel based on the identified transmission characteristic of the second set of tones and a transmission requirement of the second channel. defining a plurality of sets of tones, wherein each set of tones includes one or more tones used by a DSL connection; identifying a transmission characteristic of each set of tones in the plurality of sets of tones; characterised by defining a first channel for transmitting data on the DSL connection, including allocating a first set of tones of the plurality of sets of tones to the first channel based on the identified transmission characteristic of the first set of tones and a transmission requirement of the first channel; and defining a second channel for transmitting data on the DSL connection, including allocating a second set of tones of the plurality of sets of tones to the second channel based on the identified transmission characteristic of the second set of tones and a transmission requirement of the second channel.
A method of cooking on a grill a food product having an initial uncooked thickness, the grill having upper and lower platens (16, 18) wherein each platen has an opposable cooking surface (24, 26) comprising: placing the food product on the lower platen cooking surface; closing at least one of the platens so that the platen cooking surfaces (24, 26) are in a direct opposed relationship, the opposed cooking surfaces (24, 26) defining a gap spacing therebetween that is adjustable; and adjusting the gap spacing between the opposable cooking surfaces (24, 26) so that during an initial stage of the cooking the gap spacing is less than a nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food product and during a secondary stage of the cooking, after the initial stage of the cooking, the gap spacing between the platens (16, 18) is increased and is less than the nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food product. placing the food product on the lower platen cooking surface; closing at least one of the platens so that the platen cooking surfaces (24, 26) are in a direct opposed relationship, the opposed cooking surfaces (24, 26) defining a gap spacing therebetween that is adjustable; and adjusting the gap spacing between the opposable cooking surfaces (24, 26) so that during an initial stage of the cooking the gap spacing is less than a nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food product and during a secondary stage of the cooking, after the initial stage of the cooking, the gap spacing between the platens (16, 18) is increased and is less than the nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food product.
An iterative method of generating at least one tracer kinetic parameter value for a volume of interest in a functional image of a subject based on motion corrected projection data; the method including the steps of: (a) determining a motion correction estimate for projection data corresponding to the VOI based on analysis of the VOI projection space data and/ or reconstructed projection space data; (b) motion correcting the projection data corresponding to the VOI to generate the motion corrected projection data; (c) providing a present estimate of the at least one kinetic parameter value based on the motion corrected projection data or image data generated with the motion corrected projection data; (d) determining a difference between the present estimate of the at least one kinetic parameter value and either a previously generated, or a previously estimated kinetic parameter value; and (e) repeating steps (a) - (d) using the motion corrected projection data from step (b) as the projection data in step (a) until the difference determined in step (d) is less than a predetermined threshold value. (a) determining a motion correction estimate for projection data corresponding to the VOI based on analysis of the VOI projection space data and/ or reconstructed projection space data; (b) motion correcting the projection data corresponding to the VOI to generate the motion corrected projection data; (c) providing a present estimate of the at least one kinetic parameter value based on the motion corrected projection data or image data generated with the motion corrected projection data; (d) determining a difference between the present estimate of the at least one kinetic parameter value and either a previously generated, or a previously estimated kinetic parameter value; and (e) repeating steps (a) - (d) using the motion corrected projection data from step (b) as the projection data in step (a) until the difference determined in step (d) is less than a predetermined threshold value.
A cartridge for an aerosol generating device, the cartridge comprising: a liquid storage provided with a space storing a liquid composition that is atomized by a heater to generate an aerosol and comprising an open end portion of one side sealed by a sealing means to prevent leakage of the liquid composition stored in the space; a mouthpiece coupled in a direction covering the open end portion of the liquid storage and comprising a discharge hole through which the aerosol generated from the liquid composition stored in the liquid storage is discharged to an outside; characterized in that a flavor capsule (501, 710, 810) is provided in a space between the open end portion of the one side of the liquid storage hidden by coupling of the liquid storage and the mouthpiece and the sealing means and crushed due to pressure from a user to discharge a flavoring agent. a liquid storage provided with a space storing a liquid composition that is atomized by a heater to generate an aerosol and comprising an open end portion of one side sealed by a sealing means to prevent leakage of the liquid composition stored in the space; a mouthpiece coupled in a direction covering the open end portion of the liquid storage and comprising a discharge hole through which the aerosol generated from the liquid composition stored in the liquid storage is discharged to an outside; characterized in that a flavor capsule (501, 710, 810) is provided in a space between the open end portion of the one side of the liquid storage hidden by coupling of the liquid storage and the mouthpiece and the sealing means and crushed due to pressure from a user to discharge a flavoring agent.
A beard trimmer comprising one or several rotary cutting heads, said rotary cutting heads comprising a moving blade and a fixed blade, each head being surrounded by a crown-shaped comb, said comb being height adjustable and making it possible to adjust, in use, the distance between said blades (2, 3) and the skin and thus to adapt the cutting of the beard hairs to the desired length, characterized in that said trimmer comprises a fixed blade, the geometry of which is characterized by: - a tooth length L3 comprised between 1 and 3 mm, preferably between 1.5 and 2 mm; - an opening angle between the teeth α comprised between 20 and 30°, preferably between 22 and 28°, and particularly preferably between 24 and 27°; - a tooth width L2, at the end of the teeth, comprised between 0.3 and 1 mm, preferably between 0.4 and 0.9 mm. - a tooth length L3 comprised between 1 and 3 mm, preferably between 1.5 and 2 mm; - an opening angle between the teeth α comprised between 20 and 30°, preferably between 22 and 28°, and particularly preferably between 24 and 27°; - a tooth width L2, at the end of the teeth, comprised between 0.3 and 1 mm, preferably between 0.4 and 0.9 mm.
Computer system, comprising - a power supply unit for generating at least one DC supply voltage (V cc, V aux) based on an AC supply voltage (V AC), and - a system board electrically connected to the power supply unit, wherein the system board comprises a sequencing microcontroller configured - to selectively activate further components of the system board, the further components comprising a chipset; - to monitor the state of at least one control signal provided by the power supply unit and/or the system board; - to detect a shutdown triggered manually by a user or automatically by a software requiring a manual restart based on the monitored state of the at least one control signal and to detect a successful reboot of the system board based on the monitored state of the at least one control signal; and, - after a shutdown of the system board triggered manually by a user or automatically by a software is detected, to automatically signal a reboot command to at least the chipset at predetermined intervals until a successful reboot of the system board is detected. - a power supply unit for generating at least one DC supply voltage (V cc, V aux) based on an AC supply voltage (V AC), and - a system board electrically connected to the power supply unit, wherein the system board comprises a sequencing microcontroller configured - to selectively activate further components of the system board, the further components comprising a chipset; - to monitor the state of at least one control signal provided by the power supply unit and/or the system board; - to detect a shutdown triggered manually by a user or automatically by a software requiring a manual restart based on the monitored state of the at least one control signal and to detect a successful reboot of the system board based on the monitored state of the at least one control signal; and, - after a shutdown of the system board triggered manually by a user or automatically by a software is detected, to automatically signal a reboot command to at least the chipset at predetermined intervals until a successful reboot of the system board is detected.