mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Battery module having a multitude of battery cells connected via cell connectors, characterized in that the cell connector is a hollow body made from an electrically nonconductive material containing an electrically conductive fluid, in that a connection site between cell connector and pole connection of the battery is designed as a ball-and-socket joint, and in that a connecting wire of the cell connector between the connection sites has a winding contour.
A foamed thermoplastic polyurethane having a density of 0.5 to 1.0 g/cm 3, a cell size of 5 to 200 μm and a hardness [JIS-C hardness] of not less than 90, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane is obtainable by a reaction of a high polymer diol, an organic diisocyanate and a chain extender, contains not less than 6 % by weight of a nitrogen atom derived from the isocyanate group, and has a storage elastic modulus measured at 50 °C [E' 50] of not less than 5 × 10 9 dyn/cm 2.
Dispersing unit for a powder inhaler, with a mouthpiece in which an annular channel is provided for the supply of a particle flow and has an axial inlet and an axial outlet, wherein the axial outlet is adjoined by an annular deflection chamber in which the axially incoming particle flow is deflected into a predominantly radial direction of flow, and wherein the deflection chamber is adjoined in the axial direction by a rotation chamber with a circular peripheral wall and with an axial outlet, wherein guide vanes oriented obliquely with respect to the axial direction are arranged in the deflection chamber, characterized in that the guide vanes extend over the entire cross section of the deflection chamber.
An isolated human IgM antibody or fragment thereof which specifically binds neurons and protects neurons from cell death and which does not promote remyelination, wherein the antibody or fragment comprises the following sequence: (a) the variable heavy chain amino acid CDR domain sequences CDR1 GGSVSLYY (SEQ ID NO:31), CDR2 GYIYSSGST (SEQ ID NO:32) and CDR3 ARSASIRGWFD (SEQ ID NO:33), and light chain CDR sequences CDR1 QSISSY (SEQ IDNO: 34), CDR2 AAS (SEQ ID NO:35) and CDR3 QQSYHTPW (SEQ ID NO:36), as set out in Figure 5; or (b) the variable heavy chain amino acid CDR domain sequences CDR1 GFTFSTYA (SEQ ID NO: 37), CDR2 INVGGVTT (SEQ ID NO:38) and CDR3 VRRSGPDRNSSPADF (SEQ ID NO:39), and light chain CDR sequences CDR1 QGIG (SEQ ID NO: 40), CDR2 TTS (SEQ ID NO:41) and CDR3 QKYNSAPRT (SEQ ID NO: 42), as set out in Figure 6, for use in treating or ameliorating cerebral ischemia or stroke, improving neural function in an animal after stroke or cerebral ischemia, or in protecting neurons or neural cells from damage or cell death after stroke or cerebral ischemia. (a) the variable heavy chain amino acid CDR domain sequences CDR1 GGSVSLYY (SEQ ID NO:31), CDR2 GYIYSSGST (SEQ ID NO:32) and CDR3 ARSASIRGWFD (SEQ ID NO:33), and light chain CDR sequences CDR1 QSISSY (SEQ IDNO: 34), CDR2 AAS (SEQ ID NO:35) and CDR3 QQSYHTPW (SEQ ID NO:36), as set out in Figure 5; or (b) the variable heavy chain amino acid CDR domain sequences CDR1 GFTFSTYA (SEQ ID NO: 37), CDR2 INVGGVTT (SEQ ID NO:38) and CDR3 VRRSGPDRNSSPADF (SEQ ID NO:39), and light chain CDR sequences CDR1 QGIG (SEQ ID NO: 40), CDR2 TTS (SEQ ID NO:41) and CDR3 QKYNSAPRT (SEQ ID NO: 42), as set out in Figure 6,
A lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a separator and an electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein a gel polymer electrolyte is included between the negative electrode and the separator, and a liquid electrolyte is included between the positive electrode and the separator, wherein the gel polymer electrolyte comprises a polymer matrix impregnated with an electrolyte solution comprising an ether-based solvent and a lithium salt, and wherein the liquid electrolyte comprises a carbonate-based solvent and a lithium salt, and wherein the negative electrode comprises a lithium metal or lithium alloy. a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a separator and an electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein a gel polymer electrolyte is included between the negative electrode and the separator, and a liquid electrolyte is included between the positive electrode and the separator, wherein the gel polymer electrolyte comprises a polymer matrix impregnated with an electrolyte solution comprising an ether-based solvent and a lithium salt, and wherein the liquid electrolyte comprises a carbonate-based solvent and a lithium salt, and wherein the negative electrode comprises a lithium metal or lithium alloy.
A nucleic acid molecule comprising a CDR3-encoding polynucleotide, wherein the CDR3-encoding polynucleotide encodes the CDR3 region of a T cell receptor that specifically binds to the preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME), wherein: a) the CDR3-encoding polynucleotide comprises a first polynucleotide that encodes a first polypeptide comprising the VJ regions of a TCRα polypeptide, wherein the first polypeptide comprises the CDR3 region of the TCRα polypeptide, and wherein the CDR3 region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; and b) the CDR3-encoding polynucleotide comprises a second polynucleotide that encodes a second polypeptide comprising the VDJ regions of a TCRβ polypeptide, wherein the second polypeptide comprises the CDR3 region of the TCRβ polypeptide, and wherein the CDR3 region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28; wherein the CDR3 region of the TCRα polypeptide and the CDR3 region of the TCRβ polypeptide together specifically bind to PRAME. a) the CDR3-encoding polynucleotide comprises a first polynucleotide that encodes a first polypeptide comprising the VJ regions of a TCRα polypeptide, wherein the first polypeptide comprises the CDR3 region of the TCRα polypeptide, and wherein the CDR3 region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; and b) the CDR3-encoding polynucleotide comprises a second polynucleotide that encodes a second polypeptide comprising the VDJ regions of a TCRβ polypeptide, wherein the second polypeptide comprises the CDR3 region of the TCRβ polypeptide, and wherein the CDR3 region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28;
An ultrasonic imaging probe for imaging a medium, the probe comprising: - a plurality of transducers of a first type dedicated to ultrasonic imaging of the medium and having a first focus in the medium, and - a plurality of ultrasonic transducers of a second type dedicated to generating a stress producing at least one transient modification of the medium and having a second focus in the medium, the transducers of both types (1, 2) being able to operate at least in a coupled mode where the first type of transducers operates in a synchronized way with the second type of transducers so as to image the time course of the transient modification of the medium, said probe being characterized in that: the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification are then distributed in two lines positioned on either side of the transducers dedicated to imaging, the transducers of the first and second type (1, 2) have different focuses configured so that the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification of the medium have a more remote elevational geometrical focus than the transducers dedicated to imaging, the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification of the medium have a lower resonance frequency than that of the transducers dedicated to imaging. - a plurality of transducers of a first type dedicated to ultrasonic imaging of the medium and having a first focus in the medium, and - a plurality of ultrasonic transducers of a second type dedicated to generating a stress producing at least one transient modification of the medium and having a second focus in the medium, the transducers of both types (1, 2) being able to operate at least in a coupled mode where the first type of transducers operates in a synchronized way with the second type of transducers so as to image the time course of the transient modification of the medium, the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification are then distributed in two lines positioned on either side of the transducers dedicated to imaging, the transducers of the first and second type (1, 2) have different focuses configured so that the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification of the medium have a more remote elevational geometrical focus than the transducers dedicated to imaging, the transducers dedicated to generating the stress producing a transient modification of the medium have a lower resonance frequency than that of the transducers dedicated to imaging.
A swing door operator for moving a swing door leaf between an open and closed position, the swing door operator comprising at least one drive unit that comprises at least one motor and at least one spring, the motor and spring being arranged to interact to enable moving the swing door leaf between the open and closed position, the swing door operator further comprising a control unit being operatively connected to the drive unit and the motor, the control unit comprising a memory, and the swing door operator further comprising at least one internal and/or external sensor and a user interface, wherein the control unit is adapted with a setup mode of the swing door operator, which can be initiated via the user interface, wherein the at least one internal and/or external sensor is adapted for detection and/or measurement, and registering, in the setup mode, of a force and/or torque of the motor required to bias the spring, while driving the motor and moving the swing door leaf without the swing door leaf being affected by any external force (Fext) in the memory, wherein the control unit: - in a first mode is configured to regulate the drive unit to move the swing door leaf between the open and closed position, and - in a second mode is configured to control the motor of the drive unit to counteract the force of the spring, using the registered spring force of the spring determined in the setup mode, such that the swing door leaf is configured to be moved in a free swing mode. wherein the control unit is adapted with a setup mode of the swing door operator, which can be initiated via the user interface, wherein the at least one internal and/or external sensor is adapted for detection and/or measurement, and registering, in the setup mode, of a force and/or torque of the motor required to bias the spring, while driving the motor and moving the swing door leaf without the swing door leaf being affected by any external force (Fext) in the memory, wherein the control unit: - in a first mode is configured to regulate the drive unit to move the swing door leaf between the open and closed position, and - in a second mode is configured to control the motor of the drive unit to counteract the force of the spring, using the registered spring force of the spring determined in the setup mode, such that the swing door leaf is configured to be moved in a free swing mode. - in a first mode is configured to regulate the drive unit to move the swing door leaf between the open and closed position, and - in a second mode is configured to control the motor of the drive unit to counteract the force of the spring, using the registered spring force of the spring determined in the setup mode, such that the swing door leaf is configured to be moved in a free swing mode.
Measuring device for testing the dimensional stability of a workpiece, comprising a carrier element with a longitudinal axis and at least two supporting elements (2, 3) arranged at a distance (a) from one another on the carrier element, wherein the distance (a) of the supporting elements (2, 3) from one another is variable for setting a reference length, also comprising a measuring unit for detecting a deviation of a linear dimension of the workpiece from a preset reference length, wherein at least part of the carrier element is produced from a carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic; characterized in that the supporting elements (2, 3) have bearing elements, which are in the form of pins and are arranged in pairs in parallel alignment with respect to the longitudinal axis of the carrier element on at least one supporting element (2, 3); wherein the bearing elements are designed to bear against a planar end face of the workpiece when the measuring device is placed onto the workpiece; and wherein at least one supporting element (2, 3) has a contact element, which can be set against an outer or inner circumferential surface of the workpiece and is designed for making contact with the workpiece at a single point.
A fluid pathway connection comprising: a piercing member and a sterile sleeve, wherein the piercing member is initially retained within the sterile sleeve, a drug container having a cap, a pierceable seal, a barrel, and a plunger seal, a fluid conduit, and a connection hub having an internal aperture therein, the piercing member and the fluid conduit being connected at opposite ends of the internal aperture of the connection hub, and the internal aperture having at least one of a smaller diameter than the fluid conduit to restrict the flow of a drug fluid passing there-through, and a circuitous or tortuous path within the connection hub to extend the fluid pathway. a piercing member and a sterile sleeve, wherein the piercing member is initially retained within the sterile sleeve, a drug container having a cap, a pierceable seal, a barrel, and a plunger seal, a fluid conduit, and a connection hub having an internal aperture therein, the piercing member and the fluid conduit being connected at opposite ends of the internal aperture of the connection hub, and the internal aperture having at least one of a smaller diameter than the fluid conduit to restrict the flow of a drug fluid passing there-through, and a circuitous or tortuous path within the connection hub to extend the fluid pathway. a smaller diameter than the fluid conduit to restrict the flow of a drug fluid passing there-through, and a circuitous or tortuous path within the connection hub to extend the fluid pathway.
Hand held vacuum cleaning apparatus includes an elongate housing which is cylindrical in shape, the housing defining an inlet opening, an interior and an exhaust opening; the housing further defining, within the interior, a receptacle receiving chamber in which, in use, a removable dust retaining receptacle is located; the receptacle receiving chamber being substantially circular in cross section and comprising substantially the whole of the diameter of the interior in cross section; the apparatus including a flow inducer located in the interior, whereby, in use, the flow inducer induces air flow from the inlet opening, through the receptacle in the receptacle receiving chamber, through the flow inducer to the exhaust opening; the housing has a longitudinal axis, the inlet opening is circular and is centred on the longitudinal axis; each of the inlet opening, the receptacle, and the chamber is aligned along the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a handle, which extends outwardly from the end of the housing remote to the inlet opening; the handle includes a gripping part, which in use is gripped by a user; the gripping part has a length with a longitudinal axis which extends at an angle to the housing longitudinal axis, and the gripping part is arranged so that some part of the length extends on either side of the housing longitudinal axis; characterised in that: the flow inducer is located offset from and parallel to the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a power store, which is located alongside the flow inducer so that its longest axis extends in parallel to the longitudinal axis. the housing has a longitudinal axis, the inlet opening is circular and is centred on the longitudinal axis; each of the inlet opening, the receptacle, and the chamber is aligned along the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a handle, which extends outwardly from the end of the housing remote to the inlet opening; the handle includes a gripping part, which in use is gripped by a user; the gripping part has a length with a longitudinal axis which extends at an angle to the housing longitudinal axis, and the gripping part is arranged so that some part of the length extends on either side of the housing longitudinal axis; characterised in that: the flow inducer is located offset from and parallel to the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a power store, which is located alongside the flow inducer so that its longest axis extends in parallel to the longitudinal axis.
A drive system for an aircraft landing gear, the drive system comprising: a pinion gear; a drive shaft arranged to rotate the pinion gear about a drive axis; a driven gear arranged to mesh with the pinion gear to be rotatable by the pinion gear, the driven gear being connectable to a wheel of the landing gear to be capable of rotating the wheel about a wheel axis; and a flexible interface, characterised in that the flexible interface comprises a crowned spline joint between the drive shaft and the pinion gear to permit tilting of the pinion gear relative to the drive axis, and wherein the pinion gear is slidably mounted on the drive shaft to permit relative translation between the pinion gear and the drive shaft along the drive axis.
Device for supervising a site (11, 12) in an alert situation, comprising: - a means for identifying at least one person likely to be on the site; - for at least one person likely to be on the site, an item of information in a memory, representative of a medical profile of this person; - a means for locking the memory of medical profiles, configured to only give access to a medical profile when the person having this medical profile is likely to be present on the site (11, 12) for which an alert has been triggered; and - at least one means (21, 22, 60, 70) for displaying: - a representation of the site (23, 61 to 65, 71); - a representation (24, 66, 76, 77), within the representation of the site, of at least one person present on the site; and - a representation (25, 67, 76, 77) of the medical profile of at least one person shown in the representation of the site. - a means for identifying at least one person likely to be on the site; - for at least one person likely to be on the site, an item of information in a memory, representative of a medical profile of this person; - a means for locking the memory of medical profiles, configured to only give access to a medical profile when the person having this medical profile is likely to be present on the site (11, 12) for which an alert has been triggered; and - at least one means (21, 22, 60, 70) for displaying: - a representation of the site (23, 61 to 65, 71); - a representation (24, 66, 76, 77), within the representation of the site, of at least one person present on the site; and - a representation (25, 67, 76, 77) of the medical profile of at least one person shown in the representation of the site.
Test element, more particularly in the form of an immunological test strip operating according to the sandwich principle, for the fluorophoric detection of one or more analytes in a sample, comprising - an analyte detection zone, and - a combined control and calibration zone, characterized in that the combined control and calibration zone a) comprises fluorophore, wherein the fluorophore bound on the combined calibration/control zone serves as calibration standard and b) comprises binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore, wherein the binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore are present in an immobilized state, wherein the reagents labelled with a fluorophore interact with the analyte specifically by means of direct or indirect binding. - an analyte detection zone, and - a combined control and calibration zone, characterized in that the combined control and calibration zone a) comprises fluorophore, wherein the fluorophore bound on the combined calibration/control zone serves as calibration standard and b) comprises binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore, wherein the binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore are present in an immobilized state, wherein the reagents labelled with a fluorophore interact with the analyte specifically by means of direct or indirect binding. a) comprises fluorophore, wherein the fluorophore bound on the combined calibration/control zone serves as calibration standard and b) comprises binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore, wherein the binding partners for the specific binding of reagents labelled with a fluorophore are present in an immobilized state, wherein the reagents labelled with a fluorophore interact with the analyte specifically by means of direct or indirect binding.
A liquid dispensing system comprising a housing, a vacuum dispensing tube and a container for a liquid and; wherein the housing retains the vacuum dispensing tube, provides an enclosure about an aperture defined within a wall of the container and is operably attached to a support surface; wherein the container operably serves to provide a reservoir of liquid; wherein the vacuum dispensing tube has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe; wherein the inlet pipe of the vacuum dispensing tube is operably arranged within the container through the aperture, whereby liquid can be removed from the container and be dispensed from the outlet pipe; wherein the housing is provided with a container securement element, operable in an open state to allow placement of the container within the housing and, in a secured state, to allow engagement of at least one of the securement element and the housing with a handle of the container whereby to ensure secure association of the container, the housing and the inlet pipe with respect to the container. wherein the housing retains the vacuum dispensing tube, provides an enclosure about an aperture defined within a wall of the container and is operably attached to a support surface; wherein the container operably serves to provide a reservoir of liquid; wherein the vacuum dispensing tube has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe; wherein the inlet pipe of the vacuum dispensing tube is operably arranged within the container through the aperture, whereby liquid can be removed from the container and be dispensed from the outlet pipe; wherein the housing is provided with a container securement element, operable in an open state to allow placement of the container within the housing and, in a secured state, to allow engagement of at least one of the securement element and the housing with a handle of the container whereby to ensure secure association of the container, the housing and the inlet pipe with respect to the container.
A method of producing or machining a toothing on a workpiece, wherein the workpiece, which is rotationally driven around its axis of rotation, is brought into rolling machining engagement with a tool toothing rotating around an axis of rotation which in particular is at a non-null crossed-axes angle (Σ) to the axis of rotation of the workpiece, and wherein the machining engagement is automatically monitored through a capture thereof using sensors which is already taking place during the machining engagement, characterised in that the monitoring includes monitoring of periodicities on time scales which are greater than the product of the number of teeth and the rotational speed (n) of the workpiece for a recurring irregularity originating from tool wear of at least one tool tooth, which is greater than that of other tool teeth.