mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A linear bearing comprising a plurality of concentrically arranged springs, wherein each spring is configured as a disk spring having a fastening part and a bore arranged in a center, wherein the fastening part is configured at least partly ring-shaped, wherein each spring further comprises a spring arm which, starting from the fastening part, ends in an end section, wherein the end section has the bore and wherein the bore is concentrically arranged with respect to the fastening part, wherein each spring has a movement direction running perpendicular to the fastening part, and wherein the springs are arranged following one another in the movement direction, characterized in that the spring arm has a spring arm section with a central line running concentrically with respect to the center, the spring arm section with central line extending over an angular range (γ) of between 100° and 270° and preferably extending over an angular range (γ) of between 180° and 300°; and in that the central line runs concentrically, and with a constant, radial distance with respect to the center, in that the spring arm section has a width in a radial direction with respect to the center, said width being at least five times larger than the thickness of the spring arm; and in that the width of the spring arm section is configured in such a way that this extends with respect to the ring-shaped fastening part and the end section on the formation of a lateral gap.
A method for calibrating a multiplex assay, comprising: adding a calibration reagent to a solid phase on which a plurality of capturing agents are immobilised, adding a detection molecule which has a capacity to bind to the calibration reagent, detecting bound detection molecule, thereby creating a calibration curve comprising a number of calibration points/intervals, characterised in that the calibration reagent comprises at least two different binding molecules, wherein each binding molecule has a capacity to bind specifically to a capturing agent immobilised on the solid phase and a capacity to bind to a detection molecule, and wherein at least two of the binding molecules have different specificities and are present at different concentrations in the calibration reagent, thereby representing different calibration points/intervals in the calibration curve. adding a calibration reagent to a solid phase on which a plurality of capturing agents are immobilised, adding a detection molecule which has a capacity to bind to the calibration reagent, detecting bound detection molecule, thereby creating a calibration curve comprising a number of calibration points/intervals, characterised in that the calibration reagent comprises at least two different binding molecules, wherein each binding molecule has a capacity to bind specifically to a capturing agent immobilised on the solid phase and a capacity to bind to a detection molecule, and wherein at least two of the binding molecules have different specificities and are present at different concentrations in the calibration reagent, thereby representing different calibration points/intervals in the calibration curve.
Apparatus for cooling a material flow, having an evaporating heat exchanger for evaporating a condensed gas by exchange of heat with a gaseous medium, which heat exchanger has a supply line for the condensed gas and a discharge line for evaporated gas, and a supply line and a discharge line for the gaseous medium, and having a product cooling heat exchanger for cooling a material flow, which latter heat exchanger has a supply and a discharge line (32, 40) for the material flow to be cooled, a supply and a discharge line for a coolant and heat exchanger surfaces (9, 9') for exchange of heat between the material flow and the coolant, wherein the supply for the coolant is fluidically connected with the discharge line for the evaporated gas from the evaporating heat exchanger, and the evaporating heat exchanger is accommodated within the product cooling heat exchanger and is equipped with a heat exchanger surface for exchange of heat with the material flow in the product cooling heat exchanger, wherein the discharge line for the coolant in the product cooling heat exchanger is fluidically connected with the supply line for the gaseous medium in the evaporating heat exchanger characterized in that the product cooling heat exchanger comprises a supply and a discharge line for a second coolant and heat exchanger surfaces (8, 8') for exchange of heat between the material flow and the coolant from the second supply, wherein the supply for the second coolant is fluidically connected with the discharge line for the gaseous medium from the evaporating heat exchanger.
A method (900, 1500, 2500) of making a multi-touch input device for a computing device, the multi-touch input device comprising a body with a curved geometric feature, and a multi-touch sensor configured to detect touches on a surface of the curved geometric feature, the method comprising: forming (902/906, 1504, 2502) on a substrate an array of sensor elements defining a plurality of pixels of the multi-touch sensor, the array of sensor elements including row sensor elements and column sensor elements; providing circuitry to detect touches via the touch sensor and configuring the multi-touch sensor to use detections including measuring changes of the capacitance between a row sensor element and a column sensor element of the array of sensor elements; placing a piezoresistive material over the array of sensor elements to form a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor being configured to electrically connect through a resistance pathway adjacent row sensor elements and column sensor elements to permit a detection of touch signals through capacitance determination between row and column sensor elements and pressure signals through resistance determination between row and column sensor elements that correspond to one or more actions on the multi-touch input device; forming (910, 1506, 2504) the substrate into a shape that conforms to a surface of the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device; and fixing (912, 1508, 2506) the substrate to the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device. forming (902/906, 1504, 2502) on a substrate an array of sensor elements defining a plurality of pixels of the multi-touch sensor, the array of sensor elements including row sensor elements and column sensor elements; providing circuitry to detect touches via the touch sensor and configuring the multi-touch sensor to use detections including measuring changes of the capacitance between a row sensor element and a column sensor element of the array of sensor elements; placing a piezoresistive material over the array of sensor elements to form a pressure sensor, the pressure sensor being configured to electrically connect through a resistance pathway adjacent row sensor elements and column sensor elements to permit a detection of touch signals through capacitance determination between row and column sensor elements and pressure signals through resistance determination between row and column sensor elements that correspond to one or more actions on the multi-touch input device; forming (910, 1506, 2504) the substrate into a shape that conforms to a surface of the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device; and fixing (912, 1508, 2506) the substrate to the curved geometric feature of the body of the input device.
A method of wireless communication of a user equipment, UE, or a base station, the method comprising: determining a code block size, CBS, of low-density parity check, LDPC, coding, wherein the CBS of the LDPC coding indicates the number of information bits in the LDPC-coding; comparing the CBS with at least one threshold; determining, based on a result of the comparison, a Kb number; determining a Kp number based on a code rate and the Kb number; generating a parity check matrix of the LDPC coding from a base graph having an information region and a parity region, wherein the parity check matrix comprises an information bits portion and a parity bits portion, wherein a first submatrix of the base graph having a size of Kp by Kb and comprising the last information element of the first row of the information region of the base graph is selected to form the information bits portion of the parity check matrix, wherein a second submatrix of the base graph having a size of Kp by Kp and comprising the first parity element of the first row of the parity region of the base graph is selected to form the parity bits portion of the parity check matrix, and wherein the parity check matrix is obtained by combining the first submatrix and the second submatrix and by replacing their respective elements by ZxZ matrices; and operating an LDPC encoder (192, 1012) or an LDPC decoder (194, 1008) based on the parity check matrix. determining a code block size, CBS, of low-density parity check, LDPC, coding, wherein the CBS of the LDPC coding indicates the number of information bits in the LDPC-coding; comparing the CBS with at least one threshold; determining, based on a result of the comparison, a Kb number; determining a Kp number based on a code rate and the Kb number; generating a parity check matrix of the LDPC coding from a base graph having an information region and a parity region, wherein the parity check matrix comprises an information bits portion and a parity bits portion, wherein a first submatrix of the base graph having a size of Kp by Kb and comprising the last information element of the first row of the information region of the base graph is selected to form the information bits portion of the parity check matrix, wherein a second submatrix of the base graph having a size of Kp by Kp and comprising the first parity element of the first row of the parity region of the base graph is selected to form the parity bits portion of the parity check matrix, and wherein the parity check matrix is obtained by combining the first submatrix and the second submatrix and by replacing their respective elements by ZxZ matrices; and
A shutter mechanism for use in shielding a sensor within a gas turbine engine, the shutter mechanism comprising: a shutter frame comprising a sensing window; at least one shutter member disposed within the shutter frame and configured to selectively cover and uncover the sensing window; and an actuator; characterized by the shutter member being a leaf member; and the actuator comprising: a rotatable member comprising a receiving slot; and a stator comprising a stopper member disposed within the receiving slot, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable relative to the stator over a range of motion defined relative to the stopper member, and wherein the rotatable member is coupled to the at least one leaf member such that rotating the rotatable member in a first direction uncovers the sensing window, and such that counter-rotating the rotatable member in a second direction covers the sensing window with the at least one leaf member. a shutter frame comprising a sensing window; at least one shutter member disposed within the shutter frame and configured to selectively cover and uncover the sensing window; and an actuator; characterized by the shutter member being a leaf member; and the actuator comprising: a rotatable member comprising a receiving slot; and a stator comprising a stopper member disposed within the receiving slot, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable relative to the stator over a range of motion defined relative to the stopper member, and wherein the rotatable member is coupled to the at least one leaf member such that rotating the rotatable member in a first direction uncovers the sensing window, and such that counter-rotating the rotatable member in a second direction covers the sensing window with the at least one leaf member. a rotatable member comprising a receiving slot; and a stator comprising a stopper member disposed within the receiving slot, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable relative to the stator over a range of motion defined relative to the stopper member, and wherein the rotatable member is coupled to the at least one leaf member such that rotating the rotatable member in a first direction uncovers the sensing window, and such that counter-rotating the rotatable member in a second direction covers the sensing window with the at least one leaf member.
Racket for warming up, gripping, and fluidity of movements for a racket sport, in particular tennis, comprising a frame, a racket face made of strings, and a ball embedded by means of the strings so that the embedded ball is free to move and bounce on the frame of the racket, whereby the embedded ball bouncing on the frame of the racket provides a sensation of hitting a ball, characterized in that the ball is connected to the frame of the racket by an elastic resistance band which enables the ball to be repositioned after it bounces on the frame.
An electrolyte solution comprising: at least one solvent; and an ionic liquid comprising a phosphazene compound comprising a plurality of phosphorus nitrogen units and at least one pendant group bonded to each phosphorus atom of the plurality of phosphorus nitrogen units, wherein: one pendant group of the at least one pendant group comprises a positively charged pendant group and the positively charged pendant group is bonded to the phosphorus atom through an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a phosphorus atom, a nitrogen atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged or a phosphorus atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged, wherein the phosphazene compound does not comprise a halogen atom directly bonded to a phosphorus atom of a phosphorus nitrogen unit. at least one solvent; and an ionic liquid comprising a phosphazene compound comprising a plurality of phosphorus nitrogen units and at least one pendant group bonded to each phosphorus atom of the plurality of phosphorus nitrogen units, wherein: one pendant group of the at least one pendant group comprises a positively charged pendant group and the positively charged pendant group is bonded to the phosphorus atom through an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a phosphorus atom, a nitrogen atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged or a phosphorus atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged, one pendant group of the at least one pendant group comprises a positively charged pendant group and the positively charged pendant group is bonded to the phosphorus atom through an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a phosphorus atom, a nitrogen atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged or a phosphorus atom of one of the phosphorus nitrogen units of the plurality is positively charged, wherein the phosphazene compound does not comprise a halogen atom directly bonded to a phosphorus atom of a phosphorus nitrogen unit.
An immunogenic composition for use in reducing one or more of the following symptoms associated with PCV2 infection: nasal shedding, increased mortality rate, wherein the composition comprises protein expressed by ORF2 of PCV2 and is capable of eliciting or enhancing an immune response against PCV2, and wherein the reduction in symptoms is obtained by a single administration of the composition to pigs not older than 6 weeks of age. nasal shedding, increased mortality rate, wherein the composition comprises protein expressed by ORF2 of PCV2 and is capable of eliciting or enhancing an immune response against PCV2, and wherein the reduction in symptoms is obtained by a single administration of the composition to pigs not older than 6 weeks of age.
Use of the dispersants of formula, including salts thereof wherein T is hydrogen or a polymerising terminating group; A is C 16-20 alkylene or alkenylene group; B is C 10-20 alkylene or alkenylene group; Z is the residue of a polyamine or polyimine; n is 2 to 50; m is 0 to 25; p is 2 or more, in one embodiment not greater than 2000 and in another embodiment not greater than 1000; sand the weight ratio of T-(O-A-CO) n (O-B-CO) m to Z is at least 5:1, for controlling asphaltene in a hydrocarbon fluid. T is hydrogen or a polymerising terminating group; A is C 16-20 alkylene or alkenylene group; B is C 10-20 alkylene or alkenylene group; Z is the residue of a polyamine or polyimine; n is 2 to 50; m is 0 to 25; p is 2 or more, in one embodiment not greater than 2000 and in another embodiment not greater than 1000; sand the weight ratio of T-(O-A-CO) n (O-B-CO) m to Z is at least 5:1,
A composition for hair cleansing and conditioning, comprising: - 0.1 to 8.0 wt.% of sodium methyl cocoyl taurate; - 0.1 to 8.0 wt.% of sodium cocoyl isethionate; - 0.05 to 2.0 wt.% of polyquaterium-10; - 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% cetrimonium chloride; and - 0.05 to 2.0 wt.% of an acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer; wherein the composition is essentially free of sulfate-based surfactant and silicone-based hair conditioning agent. - 0.1 to 8.0 wt.% of sodium methyl cocoyl taurate; - 0.1 to 8.0 wt.% of sodium cocoyl isethionate; - 0.05 to 2.0 wt.% of polyquaterium-10; - 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% cetrimonium chloride; and - 0.05 to 2.0 wt.% of an acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer;
A first computing device, comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; a user interface configured to emit a human perceptible stimuli; a memory in which command instructions are stored; and a processor operably connected to the transmitter, receiver, user interface, and memory, and configured to execute the command instructions to: form an association with a second computing device using the transmitter and the receiver, compute a fingerprint of a common key derived during the association formation with the second computing device, and control the user interface to emit a first audio stimuli based upon encoding the computed fingerprint, wherein the first audio stimuli is at least one octave number apart from a second audio stimuli emitted by the second computing device based on the common key, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the command instructions to emit the first audio stimuli simultaneously with emission of the second audio stimuli. a transmitter; a receiver; a user interface configured to emit a human perceptible stimuli; a memory in which command instructions are stored; and a processor operably connected to the transmitter, receiver, user interface, and memory, and configured to execute the command instructions to: form an association with a second computing device using the transmitter and the receiver, compute a fingerprint of a common key derived during the association formation with the second computing device, and control the user interface to emit a first audio stimuli based upon encoding the computed fingerprint, wherein the first audio stimuli is at least one octave number apart from a second audio stimuli emitted by the second computing device based on the common key, form an association with a second computing device using the transmitter and the receiver, compute a fingerprint of a common key derived during the association formation with the second computing device, and control the user interface to emit a first audio stimuli based upon encoding the computed fingerprint, wherein the first audio stimuli is at least one octave number apart from a second audio stimuli emitted by the second computing device based on the common key, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the command instructions to emit the first audio stimuli simultaneously with emission of the second audio stimuli.
An airplane including at least two wings projecting with a sweep axis from a body, each wing including a wing-tip profile comprising a closed-loop form enclosing an area, wherein a wing chord plane intersects the enclosed area of the closed-loop form, and wherein the closed-loop form is a spiroid, and wherein the spiroid originates at the wing along the leading edge at a point A, the spiroid is a planar projection directed generally downward, toward the tail of the plane, and away from the plane body at a cant angle φ 2 to a point B, spiroid section A-B between point A and point B being swept toward the tail of the plane at the same or a greater angle than the sweep angle of the wing; wherein the spiroid then extends from the point B horizontal and extends along the wing sweep axis toward a point C; wherein the spiroid then projects from a point C to a point D vertically, is swept toward the rear of the plane by an angle Λ; wherein the next section of the spiroid extends from the point D to a point E horizontal toward the plane body; wherein the spiroid, in a final section from the point E to a point F, closes the loop by projecting downward and toward the plane body and toward the plane nose so that the trailing edge of said final section E-F meets with the trailing edge of the wing; whereby the minimal chord length along the spiroid is near the transition at point D; and whereby the sections A-B and E-F are tapered and close the spiroid loop by overlapping the ends in an offset configuration as seen from above. wherein the spiroid then extends from the point B horizontal and extends along the wing sweep axis toward a point C; wherein the spiroid then projects from a point C to a point D vertically, is swept toward the rear of the plane by an angle Λ; wherein the next section of the spiroid extends from the point D to a point E horizontal toward the plane body; wherein the spiroid, in a final section from the point E to a point F, closes the loop by projecting downward and toward the plane body and toward the plane nose so that the trailing edge of said final section E-F meets with the trailing edge of the wing; whereby the minimal chord length along the spiroid is near the transition at point D; and whereby the sections A-B and E-F are tapered and close the spiroid loop by overlapping the ends in an offset configuration as seen from above.
An indicia reader comprising: a processor and a memory, the memory having configuration settings and software comprising firmware and/or a device driver stored therein, the indicia reader being characterised by the software being configured to, when executed on the processor, cause the indicia reader to: cause a first information bearing indicia to be read, wherein the first information bearing indicia is representative of software for use on a portable device, and wherein the first information bearing indicia comprises encoded instructions that contain configuration settings for the indicia reader; cause the encoded instructions to be stored in the memory; and execute the encoded instructions on the indicia reader, wherein the encoded instructions cause the configuration settings to be set on the indicia reader. a processor and a memory, the memory having configuration settings and software comprising firmware and/or a device driver stored therein, the indicia reader being characterised by the software being configured to, when executed on the processor, cause the indicia reader to: cause a first information bearing indicia to be read, wherein the first information bearing indicia is representative of software for use on a portable device, and wherein the first information bearing indicia comprises encoded instructions that contain configuration settings for the indicia reader; cause the encoded instructions to be stored in the memory; and execute the encoded instructions on the indicia reader, wherein the encoded instructions cause the configuration settings to be set on the indicia reader. cause a first information bearing indicia to be read, wherein the first information bearing indicia is representative of software for use on a portable device, and wherein the first information bearing indicia comprises encoded instructions that contain configuration settings for the indicia reader; cause the encoded instructions to be stored in the memory; and execute the encoded instructions on the indicia reader, wherein the encoded instructions cause the configuration settings to be set on the indicia reader.