mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A catheter having a lumen which is configured to be introduced into and indwelled in a body lumen, comprising: a deformable region that is parallel to the lumen of the catheter , and that extends in an axial direction, wherein the deformable region is configured to be located on an inner side of a curved section when the catheter is bent so as to form the curved section, characterized in that at least a portion of an outer surface of the catheter is covered with a surface lubricating layer, and wherein on the outer surface of the catheter , a less lubricous portion which is less lubricous than the surface lubricating layer is disposed in at least a portion of the deformable region , and the surface lubricating layer and the less lubricous portion are disposed at the same position in the axial direction of the catheter , and the catheter further comprising: a reinforcement member possessing a coil shape; and a wire member extending parallel to the axial direction of the catheter , wherein the wire member is arranged on the same side as the deformable region . a deformable region that is parallel to the lumen of the catheter , and that extends in an axial direction, wherein the deformable region is configured to be located on an inner side of a curved section when the catheter is bent so as to form the curved section, characterized in that at least a portion of an outer surface of the catheter is covered with a surface lubricating layer, and wherein on the outer surface of the catheter , a less lubricous portion which is less lubricous than the surface lubricating layer is disposed in at least a portion of the deformable region , and the surface lubricating layer and the less lubricous portion are disposed at the same position in the axial direction of the catheter , and the catheter further comprising: a reinforcement member possessing a coil shape; and a wire member extending parallel to the axial direction of the catheter , wherein the wire member is arranged on the same side as the deformable region . a reinforcement member possessing a coil shape; and a wire member extending parallel to the axial direction of the catheter , wherein the wire member is arranged on the same side as the deformable region .
An actuator for a high-speed switch, the actuator comprising: a frame ; a driving unit provided in the frame and including a driving shaft having a contact at the end thereof brought into contact with an electrode on a line, and a first driving plate provided on the driving shaft ; a first coil unit provided on the frame so as to face the first driving plate of the driving unit and providing the driving unit with a force in a state where the contact of the driving unit is in contact with the electrode on the line such that the contact is separated from the electrode; an elastic member being a coil spring provided in the frame and elastically supporting a second driving plate provided in the driving unit to move the contact of the driving unit to be brought into contact with the electrode on the line and maintain a contact state of the contact with the electrode; and a permanent magnet provided on the frame so as to face the second driving plate to allow the contact of the driving unit to be brought into contact with the electrode on the line and maintain the contact state, along with the coil spring , wherein the second driving plate is provided on the frame such that the first surface of the second driving plate faces the permanent magnet and the second surface of the second driving plate faces the coil spring , so that the driving unit is initially moved only by a restoring force of the coil spring when the driving unit is moved to contact the electrode on the line, and then moved by adding the magnetic force of the permanent magnet so that the electrode contacts the contact. a frame ; a driving unit provided in the frame and including a driving shaft having a contact at the end thereof brought into contact with an electrode on a line, and a first driving plate provided on the driving shaft ; a first coil unit provided on the frame so as to face the first driving plate of the driving unit and providing the driving unit with a force in a state where the contact of the driving unit is in contact with the electrode on the line such that the contact is separated from the electrode; an elastic member being a coil spring provided in the frame and elastically supporting a second driving plate provided in the driving unit to move the contact of the driving unit to be brought into contact with the electrode on the line and maintain a contact state of the contact with the electrode; and a permanent magnet provided on the frame so as to face the second driving plate to allow the contact of the driving unit to be brought into contact with the electrode on the line and maintain the contact state, along with the coil spring , wherein the second driving plate is provided on the frame such that the first surface of the second driving plate faces the permanent magnet and the second surface of the second driving plate faces the coil spring , so that the driving unit is initially moved only by a restoring force of the coil spring when the driving unit is moved to contact the electrode on the line, and then moved by adding the magnetic force of the permanent magnet so that the electrode contacts the contact.
A connector module for an electronic rack, comprising: a frame having mounts configured for attaching the frame onto the electronic rack; a plurality of channels formed in the frame to accept fluid connectors; a plurality of fluid connectors slidably mounted in the channels to match a spatial orientation of an inlet connector and an outlet connector of a server chassis in the electronic rack and to be secured in said spatial orientation before mounting the server chassis in the electronic rack by engaging two of said fluid connectors with the inlet connector and the outlet connector, such that each of the fluid connectors is slidable to different positions along the corresponding channel; and a locking mechanism affixing the fluid connector in a fixed location within the channel corresponding to one of said different positions. a frame having mounts configured for attaching the frame onto the electronic rack; a plurality of channels formed in the frame to accept fluid connectors; a plurality of fluid connectors slidably mounted in the channels to match a spatial orientation of an inlet connector and an outlet connector of a server chassis in the electronic rack and to be secured in said spatial orientation before mounting the server chassis in the electronic rack by engaging two of said fluid connectors with the inlet connector and the outlet connector, such that each of the fluid connectors is slidable to different positions along the corresponding channel; and a locking mechanism affixing the fluid connector in a fixed location within the channel corresponding to one of said different positions.
Kitchen fitting having an outlet fitting and a fluid supply for one or more fluids and having an operator control unit which has a controller and one or more operator control elements (7-11) connected to said controller, wherein one operator control element is designed as a non-contact on/off switch for a flow of fluid , wherein the non-contact on/off switch switches on the flow of fluid when actuated and switches off the flow of fluid again when actuated again, wherein the non-contact on/off switch is designed as an optical sensor which can be actuated manually and without contact, wherein the non-contact on/off switch is arranged on the top side of a fitting head at the free upper end of a fitting pipe of the outlet fitting , wherein the non-contact on/off switch has an upwardly directed region of action , wherein the optical sensor has a cover that reduces the incidence of external light and the controller has a program for distinguishing between sensor light and stray light, characterized in that the operator control element is designed as a non-contact on/off switch for a flow of water being outlet from the kitchen fitting .
A method for determining the tap times of a user in response to an auditory stimulus, the method comprising the following steps: - 100) playing back the auditory stimulus, said auditory stimulus corresponding to the reference audio signal (S R ), - 200) recording the reference audio signal (S R ) and one or more vibro-acoustic events (e va ), said vibro-acoustic events (e va ) being subsequent to one or more taps by the user on a touchscreen of a touchscreen device in reaction to the reference audio signal (S R ), the signal resulting from the recording being referred to as recorded audio signal (S E ), - 300) detecting the reference audio signal (S R ) in the recorded audio signal (S E ), - the recorded audio signal (S E ) is recorded by means of a microphone of the touchscreen device , the method being characterized in that : - during the step of detecting 300) the reference audio signal (S R ) in the recorded audio signal (S E ), the reference audio signal (S R ) and the recorded audio signal (S E ) are placed on a single common time scale, - it comprises a filtering step 400) in which the recorded signal obtained subsequently to the detecting step 300) is initially filtered, then normalized in such a way as to keep only the frequencies corresponding to the vibro-acoustic events (e va ) generated by the actions of the user on the touchscreen, and in that - it comprises a step 500) of detecting vibro-acoustic events (e va ) in which instants (t i ) associated with the vibro-acoustic events (e va ) are identified in the signal obtained at the end of the filtering step 400). - 100) playing back the auditory stimulus, said auditory stimulus corresponding to the reference audio signal (S R ), - 200) recording the reference audio signal (S R ) and one or more vibro-acoustic events (e va ), said vibro-acoustic events (e va ) being subsequent to one or more taps by the user on a touchscreen of a touchscreen device in reaction to the reference audio signal (S R ), the signal resulting from the recording being referred to as recorded audio signal (S E ), - 300) detecting the reference audio signal (S R ) in the recorded audio signal (S E ), - the recorded audio signal (S E ) is recorded by means of a microphone of the touchscreen device , - during the step of detecting 300) the reference audio signal (S R ) in the recorded audio signal (S E ), the reference audio signal (S R ) and the recorded audio signal (S E ) are placed on a single common time scale, - it comprises a filtering step 400) in which the recorded signal obtained subsequently to the detecting step 300) is initially filtered, then normalized in such a way as to keep only the frequencies corresponding to the vibro-acoustic events (e va ) generated by the actions of the user on the touchscreen, and in that - it comprises a step 500) of detecting vibro-acoustic events (e va ) in which instants (t i ) associated with the vibro-acoustic events (e va ) are identified in the signal obtained at the end of the filtering step 400).
Liquid supply system comprising a suction lance configured to be inserted into a liquid container , at least one level sensor fixed on said lance and configured to detect a liquid level inside the liquid container , and a control device connected to said level sensor , characterized in that the control device is configured to determine a rate of change of the liquid level detected by said at least one level sensor and to detect a lance removal if the rate of change reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold, which threshold is set to a value which during normal operation is not reached.
A method for a production of a lenticular image, comprising: feeding a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side and a printing side into a digital printing press; feeding at least one nontransparent ink to set a substantially nontransparent layer on a printing blanket of said printing press; feeding a plurality of colored inks to set an interlaced color image layer on top of said substantially nontransparent layer on said printing blanket; and using said printing blanket which is loaded with the interlaced color image layer and the substantially nontransparent layer to impress, in a single impression operation, said interlaced color image layer and said substantially nontransparent layer, onto said printing side of the lenticular printing substrate. feeding a lenticular printing substrate having a corrugated side and a printing side into a digital printing press; feeding at least one nontransparent ink to set a substantially nontransparent layer on a printing blanket of said printing press; feeding a plurality of colored inks to set an interlaced color image layer on top of said substantially nontransparent layer on said printing blanket; and using said printing blanket which is loaded with the interlaced color image layer and the substantially nontransparent layer to impress, in a single impression operation, said interlaced color image layer and said substantially nontransparent layer, onto said printing side of the lenticular printing substrate.
Method for producing an engine block of an internal combustion engine, comprising the following steps: - providing an engine block basic body having head fastening means for fastening a cylinder head and having at least one cylinder bore for a piston of the internal combustion engine, wherein the cylinder bore extends between an upper end an a lower end , - applying an auxiliary structure to the engine block basic body and fastening the auxiliary structure on the head fastening means , wherein the auxiliary structure has a through-opening , which exposes the upper end of the cylinder bore , - establishing a rotational symmetry about a centre axis of the cylinder bore by machining the cylinder bore , and - incorporating at least one enlarging region in the volume enclosed by the cylinder bore by machining the cylinder bore , - wherein a diameter of the cylinder bore at the upper end is smaller than at the lower end by virtue of the enlarging region , - wherein the enlarging region is a lower bell-shaped widening region or has at least one first frustoconical portion and at least one second frustoconical portion , - wherein the lower bell-shaped widening region bears on the lower end and a diameter of the cylinder bore continuously increases non-linearly over the lower bell-shaped widening region in the direction of the lower end , and - wherein the first frustoconical portion and the second frustoconical portion directly adjoin one another and the first frustoconical portion has a greater wall inclination than the second frustoconical portion . - providing an engine block basic body having head fastening means for fastening a cylinder head and having at least one cylinder bore for a piston of the internal combustion engine, wherein the cylinder bore extends between an upper end an a lower end , - applying an auxiliary structure to the engine block basic body and fastening the auxiliary structure on the head fastening means , wherein the auxiliary structure has a through-opening , which exposes the upper end of the cylinder bore , - establishing a rotational symmetry about a centre axis of the cylinder bore by machining the cylinder bore , and - incorporating at least one enlarging region in the volume enclosed by the cylinder bore by machining the cylinder bore , - wherein a diameter of the cylinder bore at the upper end is smaller than at the lower end by virtue of the enlarging region , - wherein the enlarging region is a lower bell-shaped widening region or has at least one first frustoconical portion and at least one second frustoconical portion , - wherein the lower bell-shaped widening region bears on the lower end and a diameter of the cylinder bore continuously increases non-linearly over the lower bell-shaped widening region in the direction of the lower end , and - wherein the first frustoconical portion and the second frustoconical portion directly adjoin one another and the first frustoconical portion has a greater wall inclination than the second frustoconical portion .
A modular wall mounted storage system comprising: - a drawer frame , comprising two side rails that are spaced apart, each side rail having a front end and a back end; - a back rail between the two side rails connecting to the back end of each of the two side rails ; and - a bracket , extending between and connecting to each of the two side rails ; wherein the two side rails , back rail and bracket define a rectilinear-shaped opening into which an open topped container may be inserted and supported by the frame; and a drawer front having a finished outer-facing surface and an inside surface for attaching to the bracket , the drawer front extending to or beyond the outside edges of each side rail, and extending below and above bracket - wherein the inner-facing surface of the drawer front has formed therein a recess extending from a top edge of the drawer front down to at least a top of the bracket for accommodating a lip of a container when placed within the opening , the recess extending only partially into the drawer front from the inner-facing surface. - a drawer frame , comprising two side rails that are spaced apart, each side rail having a front end and a back end; - a back rail between the two side rails connecting to the back end of each of the two side rails ; and - a bracket , extending between and connecting to each of the two side rails ; wherein the two side rails , back rail and bracket define a rectilinear-shaped opening into which an open topped container may be inserted and supported by the frame; and a drawer front having a finished outer-facing surface and an inside surface for attaching to the bracket , the drawer front extending to or beyond the outside edges of each side rail, and extending below and above bracket - wherein the inner-facing surface of the drawer front has formed therein a recess extending from a top edge of the drawer front down to at least a top of the bracket for accommodating a lip of a container when placed within the opening , the recess extending only partially into the drawer front from the inner-facing surface.
A method of obtaining a three-dimensional topological surface profile of a tyre using a hand-held device , the method comprising: projecting an elongate pattern of light through an aperture in a base of said hand-held device onto a surface of the tyre; imaging, by a detector , at least of portion of the projected pattern reflected from the surface of the tyre; moving the device over the surface of the tyre on a plurality of pairs of guide wheels mounted on respective axles mounted on the base , wherein the guide wheels are linked by a linking assembly (240, 245, 270a, 270b, 215a-d) arranged to collectively rotate the guide wheels together; using a rotary encoder to determine relative movement between the device and the tyre; and using a wireless transceiver to communicate with an external device to provide measurement data to the external device , wherein the measurement data comprises imaging data obtained by the detector and signal data generated by the rotary encoder . projecting an elongate pattern of light through an aperture in a base of said hand-held device onto a surface of the tyre; imaging, by a detector , at least of portion of the projected pattern reflected from the surface of the tyre; moving the device over the surface of the tyre on a plurality of pairs of guide wheels mounted on respective axles mounted on the base , wherein the guide wheels are linked by a linking assembly (240, 245, 270a, 270b, 215a-d) arranged to collectively rotate the guide wheels together; using a rotary encoder to determine relative movement between the device and the tyre; and using a wireless transceiver to communicate with an external device to provide measurement data to the external device , wherein the measurement data comprises imaging data obtained by the detector and signal data generated by the rotary encoder .
A method of covalently attaching a chromosome within a cell to a matrix comprising modifying a plurality of nucleotides within the chromosome to include a matrix attachment moiety wherein the chromosome contacts the matrix, and attaching the matrix attachment moiety of the plurality of nucleotides to the matrix, thereby attaching the chromosome to the matrix. wherein the matrix attachment moiety comprises one or more of amine, amine reactive groups, acrydite, an acrydite modified entity, alkyne, biotin, azide, thiol, a thiol-modified entity, and entities suitable for click chemistry techniques; wherein the matrix is an expandable matrix comprising one or more of polyacrylamide, cellulose, alginate, polyamide, crosslinked agarose, cross-linked dextran, cross-linked polyethylene glycol, and optionally including avidin/streptavidin derivative or an antibody; and wherein the matrix attachment moiety and the matrix are selected based on the ability of the matrix attachment moiety to attach to the matrix. modifying a plurality of nucleotides within the chromosome to include a matrix attachment moiety wherein the chromosome contacts the matrix, and attaching the matrix attachment moiety of the plurality of nucleotides to the matrix, thereby attaching the chromosome to the matrix. wherein the matrix attachment moiety comprises one or more of amine, amine reactive groups, acrydite, an acrydite modified entity, alkyne, biotin, azide, thiol, a thiol-modified entity, and entities suitable for click chemistry techniques; wherein the matrix is an expandable matrix comprising one or more of polyacrylamide, cellulose, alginate, polyamide, crosslinked agarose, cross-linked dextran, cross-linked polyethylene glycol, and optionally including avidin/streptavidin derivative or an antibody; and wherein the matrix attachment moiety and the matrix are selected based on the ability of the matrix attachment moiety to attach to the matrix.