mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for reusing materials and/or products by pulsed power according to which a series of electrical discharges are generated between at least two electrodes in a reactor containing an ambient liquid as well as the materials and/or products to be reused, in which the series of said electrical discharges produces, as a result of the energy, the frequency of the electrical discharges, as well as due to the voltage between the electrodes and the switching time, a mechanical shockwave that propagates over the materials and/or products to be treated in the reactor, and in which after a first step of weakening by the mechanical shockwave thereby produced, the products and/or materials are subjected to a series of electrical discharges of which the energy, the voltage between the electrodes that generate them, the switching time and the discharge frequency are chosen such that said discharges carry out a milling of the material by direct effect of the electrical discharges, characterised in that a drying of the materials and/or products is implemented by thermal induction due to a generation of microwaves.
A method for predicting risk of cervical shortening or preterm labour in a pregnant female subject, comprising determining the expression level of one or more miRNA molecules extracted from a biological sample obtained from said subject and comparing to a control value, wherein a difference in the expression level of the one or more of the miRNA molecules compared to the control value indicates that the subject is at high or low risk of cervical shortening or PTL and wherein the one or more miRNA molecules whose expression level is determined and compared includes hsa-miR-150-5p (SEQ ID NO. 7).
A process for the production of a multilayered moulded article for the thermal insulation of buildings, in which foamable or prefoamed polymer particles which are at least partially coated with an organic binding agent are used to form a layer, characterized in that the foamable or prefoamed polymer particles which are at least partially coated with the organic binding agent are in a form for carrying out a final foaming process with at least one board of expanded or extruded rigid polystyrene foam, whereby a stable composite of the foamable or prefoamed polymer particles with the board is produced by means of the binding agent.
A method for operating a node (12a, 12b), the node comprised in a network, said network further comprising a resource restricted device restricted in terms of power, the method comprising the steps of a) placing a presence ACK message in a buffer of the node (12a,12b), if said buffer does not contain a buffered message to be transmitted to the resource restricted device; b) after step a), detecting a received message transmitted by the resource restricted device; c) transmitting the presence ACK message or the buffered message to the resource restricted device after detection of the received message; the method further comprising repeating steps a) to c) after the presence ACK message or the buffered message has been transmitted, so that the buffer always contains a message ready to be sent. the method comprising the steps of a) placing a presence ACK message in a buffer of the node (12a,12b), if said buffer does not contain a buffered message to be transmitted to the resource restricted device; b) after step a), detecting a received message transmitted by the resource restricted device; c) transmitting the presence ACK message or the buffered message to the resource restricted device after detection of the received message; a) placing a presence ACK message in a buffer of the node (12a,12b), if said buffer does not contain a buffered message to be transmitted to the resource restricted device; b) after step a), detecting a received message transmitted by the resource restricted device; c) transmitting the presence ACK message or the buffered message to the resource restricted device after detection of the received message; the method further comprising repeating steps a) to c) after the presence ACK message or the buffered message has been transmitted, so that the buffer always contains a message ready to be sent.
A method for manufacturing a plastic automotive part that comprises a structure element and a trim element, the manufacturing method further comprising the steps of: I. Providing a structure element presenting assembly means and at least one bonding area; II. Providing a trim element presenting assembly means and at least one bonding area; III. Depositing a bead of structural glue on at least one bonding area of the structure element and / or at least one bonding area of the trim element; IV. Securing the structure element and the trim element by a mechanical assembly of the assembly means; V. Polymerizing the bead of structural glue; VI. Cutting the assembly means. I. Providing a structure element presenting assembly means and at least one bonding area; II. Providing a trim element presenting assembly means and at least one bonding area; III. Depositing a bead of structural glue on at least one bonding area of the structure element and / or at least one bonding area of the trim element; IV. Securing the structure element and the trim element by a mechanical assembly of the assembly means; V. Polymerizing the bead of structural glue; VI. Cutting the assembly means.
Axial ball joint, in particular for use on a steering gear, comprising a joint housing which is open on one side for receiving a joint ball which is assigned to a joint pivot, a housing pivot being arranged on the joint housing, and a damping device being provided on that side of the joint housing which is provided with the housing pivot, and the damping device having an elastic damping element made from plastic with a metallic insert, characterized in that the metallic insert is overmoulded by the material of the elastic damping element, and the damping element has in each case one axial bearing face on axially opposite sides, the joint housing on one side and a housing of the steering gear on the other side coming into contact with the said axial bearing faces of the damping element in a non-deformed state when a steering stop is reached.
An ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye, the implant comprising: atubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the tubular body extending in a curved volume whose longitudinal axis forms an arc of a circle; and a plurality of openings (124, 138) formed in the tubular body and adapted to allow aqueous humor to flow laterally across and/or laterally through the ocular implant; a plurality of strut areas (144, 146) formed in the tubular body, each of the strut areas (144, 146) comprising an edge (120, 122) defining one of the plurality of openings; a pressure sensor; the tubular body having a diameter of between 0.127 mm (0.005 inches) and 1.016 mm (0.04 inches) characterized in that the pressure sensor is disposed on the inner surface of the tubular body adjacent an opening of the plurality of openings (124, 138). atubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the tubular body extending in a curved volume whose longitudinal axis forms an arc of a circle; and a plurality of openings (124, 138) formed in the tubular body and adapted to allow aqueous humor to flow laterally across and/or laterally through the ocular implant; a plurality of strut areas (144, 146) formed in the tubular body, each of the strut areas (144, 146) comprising an edge (120, 122) defining one of the plurality of openings; a pressure sensor; the tubular body having a diameter of between 0.127 mm (0.005 inches) and 1.016 mm (0.04 inches) characterized in that the pressure sensor is disposed on the inner surface of the tubular body adjacent an opening of the plurality of openings (124, 138).
A hemodialysis system comprising: a dialyzer (20, 30); a blood circuit including a blood pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer (20, 30); a dialysate circuit including a dialysate circulation pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer and a regeneration loop comprising a sorbent cartridge for cleaning used dialysate flowing from the dialyzer (20, 30), at least a portion of the dialysate circuit and at least a portion of the regeneration loop incorporated into a disposable dialysate cassette, the portion of the regeneration loop included within the dialysate cassette being located between an outlet of the dialyzer (20, 30) and an inlet to the sorbent cartridge, the disposable cassette further including a first peristaltic pump tube for the blood pump and a second peristaltic pump tube for the dialysate circulation pump; a branch line fluidly connected to the regeneration loop that enables spent dialysate from the dialyzer (20, 30) to be selectively (i) routed for recirculation in the sorbent cartridge, or (ii) discarded; and a reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612) holding an initial supply of dialysate, wherein the reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612) is used to mix the initial supply of dialysate from water and concentrate located in the reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612). a dialyzer (20, 30); a blood circuit including a blood pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer (20, 30); a dialysate circuit including a dialysate circulation pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer and a regeneration loop comprising a sorbent cartridge for cleaning used dialysate flowing from the dialyzer (20, 30), at least a portion of the dialysate circuit and at least a portion of the regeneration loop incorporated into a disposable dialysate cassette, the portion of the regeneration loop included within the dialysate cassette being located between an outlet of the dialyzer (20, 30) and an inlet to the sorbent cartridge, the disposable cassette further including a first peristaltic pump tube for the blood pump and a second peristaltic pump tube for the dialysate circulation pump; a branch line fluidly connected to the regeneration loop that enables spent dialysate from the dialyzer (20, 30) to be selectively (i) routed for recirculation in the sorbent cartridge, or (ii) discarded; and a reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612) holding an initial supply of dialysate, wherein the reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612) is used to mix the initial supply of dialysate from water and concentrate located in the reservoir (14, 16, 18, 188, 612).
An air duct shielding device suitable for an air-cooled refrigerator, the air duct shielding device comprising: a fan base having a plurality of air outlets; a first adjusting part having a rotary disc portion and a plurality of first shielding sheets arranged at intervals, the first adjusting part being configured to controllably rotate around an axis of the rotary disc portion; and characterized by a second adjusting part provided between the first adjusting part and the fan base, the second adjusting part having a plurality of second shielding sheets arranged at intervals; wherein when the first adjusting part rotates around the axis of the rotary disc portion, the second adjusting part is driven to rotate, such that the first shielding sheet and/or the second shielding sheet completely shield(s), partially shield(s) or completely expose(s) each air outlet, thereby adjusting an air outlet area of each of the plural air outlets. a fan base having a plurality of air outlets; a first adjusting part having a rotary disc portion and a plurality of first shielding sheets arranged at intervals, the first adjusting part being configured to controllably rotate around an axis of the rotary disc portion; and characterized by a second adjusting part provided between the first adjusting part and the fan base, the second adjusting part having a plurality of second shielding sheets arranged at intervals; wherein when the first adjusting part rotates around the axis of the rotary disc portion, the second adjusting part is driven to rotate, such that the first shielding sheet and/or the second shielding sheet completely shield(s), partially shield(s) or completely expose(s) each air outlet, thereby adjusting an air outlet area of each of the plural air outlets.
A method comprising: receiving, by a controller, a set of data related to a determination of optimal settings for inter-frequency load-balancing; negotiating, by the controller, a functional split of inter-frequency load-balancing operations between the controller and a radio access network node based on at least one of: inter-frequency load-balancing capabilities of the controller, and inter-frequency load-balancing capabilities of the radio access network node; based on the functional split, determining, by the controller, at least one modification to at least one parameter of an inter-frequency load-balancing operation to be performed by the radio access network node; and communicating, by the controller, the determined at least one modification. receiving, by a controller, a set of data related to a determination of optimal settings for inter-frequency load-balancing; negotiating, by the controller, a functional split of inter-frequency load-balancing operations between the controller and a radio access network node based on at least one of: inter-frequency load-balancing capabilities of the controller, and inter-frequency load-balancing capabilities of the radio access network node; based on the functional split, determining, by the controller, at least one modification to at least one parameter of an inter-frequency load-balancing operation to be performed by the radio access network node; and communicating, by the controller, the determined at least one modification.
Injector device comprising an elongated mixing container extending along a first axis, and a piston member slidably positioned in the mixing container, the injector device further comprises a mixing device comprising a mixing member, an elongated member parallel to the first axis and a handle member, the piston member comprising a piston head having a bore adapted to slidably accommodate the elongated member of the mixing device, and a coupling element provided at the first end for facilitating coupling or attachment of needle, cannula, syringe or tubing, characterized in that the piston member comprises a first locking arm flexibly connected to the piston head, the piston member comprising a first hinge part formed between the piston head and the first locking arm for flexibly connecting the first locking arm to the piston head, such that the first locking arm in a first position extends substantially parallel to the elongated member and engages with the mixing device in such a way that the piston member moves in a first direction along the first axis with the mixing device, and in a second position is bent such that the first locking arm form an angle in the range from 0° to 135° with the first axis, where an angle of 0° corresponds to the distal end of the first locking arm pointing in the first direction and allows the mixing device to move relative to the mixing container independently of the piston member, and further characterized in that the second position is attainable when the piston member comprising a piston head are in level with the first and second flange part, at the open second end.
Control method in a cellular network, comprising: - a first cell management entity suitable for managing a first radio cell which can be in an active state or in an inactive state; - a second cell management entity suitable for managing at least one second radio cell; and - at least one control entity suitable for controlling the first cell management entity; said first and second radio cells at least partially overlapping geographically; said method comprising the following steps in the control entity: /1/ obtaining a presence indication relating to the presence of at least one terminal in a radio vicinity area of the first cell; /2/ deciding (23, 24) a state of activity of the first cell according to said presence indication; said radio vicinity area of the first cell comprising at least the second cell. - a first cell management entity suitable for managing a first radio cell which can be in an active state or in an inactive state; - a second cell management entity suitable for managing at least one second radio cell; and - at least one control entity suitable for controlling the first cell management entity; /1/ obtaining a presence indication relating to the presence of at least one terminal in a radio vicinity area of the first cell; /2/ deciding (23, 24) a state of activity of the first cell according to said presence indication;
A method of assessing compatibility of a selected feature in a network element or elements with network features of an existing telecommunications network, the method comprising: a) providing a model of the network features defining the relationships between the network features, network elements (12,26), software elements and software features required for each network feature; b) collecting information about said existing telecommunications network to identify deployment of the selected feature in the existing network; c) building a feature compatibility matrix from said model using said information collected from the existing telecommunications network, said matrix defining the compatibility of network features in said existing telecommunications network; d) interrogating the matrix with information defining parameters of the selected feature; e) determining from said matrix whether said selected feature is compatible with features of the existing network in order to assess whether all of the requirements provided in the network features model have been fulfilled for the selected feature; the method being characterized in that it further comprises the step of: f) determining, if the selected feature is incompatible with features of the existing network, whether a solution can be created, whereby modifications to the network resources are proposed in order to fulfil the selected feature requirements. a) providing a model of the network features defining the relationships between the network features, network elements (12,26), software elements and software features required for each network feature; b) collecting information about said existing telecommunications network to identify deployment of the selected feature in the existing network; c) building a feature compatibility matrix from said model using said information collected from the existing telecommunications network, said matrix defining the compatibility of network features in said existing telecommunications network; d) interrogating the matrix with information defining parameters of the selected feature; e) determining from said matrix whether said selected feature is compatible with features of the existing network in order to assess whether all of the requirements provided in the network features model have been fulfilled for the selected feature; the method being characterized in that it further comprises the step of: f) determining, if the selected feature is incompatible with features of the existing network, whether a solution can be created, whereby modifications to the network resources are proposed in order to fulfil the selected feature requirements.
Operating circuit for at least one LED, which is supplied with a DC or rectified AC voltage, and which provides a supply voltage for at least one LED by means of a coil and a first switch that is clocked by a control unit, whereby energy is stored temporarily in a coil when the first switch is switched on, and which is discharged through at least one LED when the first switch is switched off, whereby the current passes through the coil in the form of a sawtooth about a mean value, without dropping to zero, whereby the control unit is set up to determine the time t off between a switching off and a subsequent switching on of the first switch as a function of the voltage across the coil, characterized in that - the control unit is set up to monitor a voltage across the coil by means of a winding that is inductively coupled to the coil, - the control unit is set up to calculate the current passing through the coil from the voltage across the coil and an inductance of the coil, and to so determine the current passing through the at least one; LED, and - that the control unit applies an offset voltage to the voltage via the winding coupled to the coil only during the switched off phase of the first switch in order to raise this voltage into a positive area. - the control unit is set up to monitor a voltage across the coil by means of a winding that is inductively coupled to the coil, - the control unit is set up to calculate the current passing through the coil from the voltage across the coil and an inductance of the coil, and to so determine the current passing through the at least one; LED, and - that the control unit applies an offset voltage to the voltage via the winding coupled to the coil only during the switched off phase of the first switch in order to raise this voltage into a positive area.
A pallet system for an aircraft, the system comprising at least one pallet assembly which comprises: a cargo pallet; a pallet adapter sized and shaped complementary to the cargo pallet and attached to an upper side of the cargo pallet, the pallet adapter including: a panel assembly including frame members covered by one or more top skin panels and/or bottom skin panels removably mounted to the frame members; one or more flight test equipment units mounted to the panel assembly; and a flight test equipment mounting system for adjustably positioning the flight test equipment on the panel assembly, the flight test equipment mounting system coupling one or more of the flight test equipment units to the panel assembly; wherein the flight test equipment mounting system includes: one or more seat tracks mounted to the top of the panel assembly, each seat track having a hollow groove extending along a length of the seat track; one or more seat track fittings slidable along the hollow groove and being fixedly positionable at one of a plurality of discrete locations along the seat track; and one or more flight test equipment units mounted to the seat tracks. a cargo pallet; a pallet adapter sized and shaped complementary to the cargo pallet and attached to an upper side of the cargo pallet, the pallet adapter including: a panel assembly including frame members covered by one or more top skin panels and/or bottom skin panels removably mounted to the frame members; one or more flight test equipment units mounted to the panel assembly; and a flight test equipment mounting system for adjustably positioning the flight test equipment on the panel assembly, the flight test equipment mounting system coupling one or more of the flight test equipment units to the panel assembly; a panel assembly including frame members covered by one or more top skin panels and/or bottom skin panels removably mounted to the frame members; one or more flight test equipment units mounted to the panel assembly; and a flight test equipment mounting system for adjustably positioning the flight test equipment on the panel assembly, the flight test equipment mounting system coupling one or more of the flight test equipment units to the panel assembly; one or more seat tracks mounted to the top of the panel assembly, each seat track having a hollow groove extending along a length of the seat track; one or more seat track fittings slidable along the hollow groove and being fixedly positionable at one of a plurality of discrete locations along the seat track; and one or more flight test equipment units mounted to the seat tracks.
An implantable device comprising a contiguous weave of a buckled first non-absorbable filament and a first absorbable filament, the first absorbable filament having a lower melting point than the first non-absorbable filament, wherein the absorbable filament has been subjected to shrinkage in at least two dimensions, causing the non-absorbable filament to buckle and providing a random orientation of said non-absorbable filament.