mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An apparatus comprising means adapted for: providing spatial audio signals for output for a first user via a first audio device and a second audio device , wherein the spatial audio signals comprise a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal comprising a voice object of object-based audio and the second audio signal comprising ambient audio; receiving an indication of deactivation of the second audio device ; performing , in response to receiving the indication of deactivation of the second audio device , a first modification of the spatial audio signals comprising adapting the spatial audio signals to mono playback by maintaining the voice object and removing the ambient audio; receiving an indication that the second audio device is re-activated by a second user; and performing , in response to receiving the indication thatthe second audio device is re-activated by the second user, a second modification of the spatial audio signals comprising adapting the spatial audio signals for a first mono playback and a second mono playback by maintaining the voice object and introducing the ambient audio to the spatial audio signals. providing spatial audio signals for output for a first user via a first audio device and a second audio device , wherein the spatial audio signals comprise a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal comprising a voice object of object-based audio and the second audio signal comprising ambient audio; receiving an indication of deactivation of the second audio device ; performing , in response to receiving the indication of deactivation of the second audio device , a first modification of the spatial audio signals comprising adapting the spatial audio signals to mono playback by maintaining the voice object and removing the ambient audio; receiving an indication that the second audio device is re-activated by a second user; and performing , in response to receiving the indication thatthe second audio device is re-activated by the second user, a second modification of the spatial audio signals comprising adapting the spatial audio signals for a first mono playback and a second mono playback by maintaining the voice object and introducing the ambient audio to the spatial audio signals.
Piece of furniture with a furniture body and a plurality of movable furniture parts , which are guided or held on the furniture body via a device , and the device is used for holding, braking or accelerating the movable furniture parts and has a driver which can be moved along a guide path between at least two end positions, and an activator which can be brought into engagement with the driver at a receptacle in order to hold, brake or accelerate one of the movable furniture parts , and can be decoupled from the driver at one of the two end positions, wherein the activator is movable through a guide in a longitudinal direction and is resiliently mounted in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction via a spring element and is movable along a run-up slope on the driver in order to latch on the receptacle behind the run-up slope , wherein the activator can be pretensioned in an engagement position on the driver in the event of a force in the longitudinal direction towards the driver , characterized in that a strip with several housings , each with a guide track for a driver , is fixed to the furniture body and each driver on the housing can be brought into engagement with the activator on a running rail of a pull-out guide or one of the movable furniture parts .
A dynamic postural device that comprises at least two oscillating elements having respectively: - a seating portion to support a buttock of a user ; - a supporting portion opposite to said seating portion and of a substantially convex shape comprising a supporting surface having a predefined radius of curvature, and which is adapted to allow the oscillation of the respective said oscillating element as a result of the seating of said user , wherein said oscillating elements are associated with each other by interposition of connection means having an elongated shape and comprising at least a connection element having a first ending part associated with one of said oscillating elements and a second ending part associated with the other of said oscillating elements ; and characterized in that it comprises adjustment means for adjusting the distance of said oscillating elements . - a seating portion to support a buttock of a user ; - a supporting portion opposite to said seating portion and of a substantially convex shape comprising a supporting surface having a predefined radius of curvature, and which is adapted to allow the oscillation of the respective said oscillating element as a result of the seating of said user , wherein said oscillating elements are associated with each other by interposition of connection means having an elongated shape and comprising at least a connection element having a first ending part associated with one of said oscillating elements and a second ending part associated with the other of said oscillating elements ; and characterized in that it comprises adjustment means for adjusting the distance of said oscillating elements .
A water-soluble thickening polyurethane resulting from the exclusive condensation: a) of at least one alcohol of formula (I): in which: - x represents 0 or 1, - p and q are integers, at least one of which is non-zero and - 4 < p + x + q < 7, b) of at least one poly(alkylene glycol) and c) of at least one polyisocyanate. a) of at least one alcohol of formula (I): in which: - x represents 0 or 1, - p and q are integers, at least one of which is non-zero and - 4 < p + x + q < 7, - x represents 0 or 1, - p and q are integers, at least one of which is non-zero and - 4 < p + x + q < 7, b) of at least one poly(alkylene glycol) and c) of at least one polyisocyanate.
A piezoelectric element comprising: a piezoelectric layer ; electrode layers formed on both sides of the piezoelectric layer ; and a protective layer laminated on a surface of each electrode layer opposite to a surface on a piezoelectric layer side, wherein the protective layer has a hole that penetrates from a surface to the electrode layer , and the piezoelectric element includes a filling member made from a cured conductive material , which is formed from an inside of the hole to a part of the surface of the protective layer and is electrically connected to the electrode layer , a conductive member which covers at least a part of the filling member and is electrically connected to the filling member , and characterized by a a fixing member that fixes the conductive member to a surface of the protective layer opposite to the electrode layer . a piezoelectric layer ; electrode layers formed on both sides of the piezoelectric layer ; and a protective layer laminated on a surface of each electrode layer opposite to a surface on a piezoelectric layer side, wherein the protective layer has a hole that penetrates from a surface to the electrode layer , and the piezoelectric element includes a filling member made from a cured conductive material , which is formed from an inside of the hole to a part of the surface of the protective layer and is electrically connected to the electrode layer , a conductive member which covers at least a part of the filling member and is electrically connected to the filling member , and characterized by a a fixing member that fixes the conductive member to a surface of the protective layer opposite to the electrode layer .
Timepiece oscillator (1; 1'; 1") comprising - a balance , - a shaft to which the balance is fixedly attached, the shaft defining an axis (A), - a support , and - a flexible pivot arranged to guide the shaft in rotation with respect to the support about the axis (A) and to exert a return force on the shaft , and wherein - the flexible pivot comprises a hub fixedly attached to the shaft and, in parallel between the hub and the support , at least three elastic members , - each elastic member comprises, in series, a pair of elastic strips , a rigid intermediate body and a flexible guide , - the strips of the pairs of elastic strips are of the same stiffness and extend along semi-axes which start from the axis (A), - the pairs of semi-axes corresponding respectively to the pairs of elastic strips are arranged about the axis (A) with symmetry of order N, where N is the number of elastic members , in orthogonal projection in a plane perpendicular to the axis (A), and - in each elastic member , the flexible guide is arranged to enable guided movement of the rigid intermediate body with respect to the support substantially in translation along the bisecting line (B) of the pair of semi-axes , in orthogonal projection in said plane perpendicular to the axis (A), during regular operation of the oscillator . - a balance , - a shaft to which the balance is fixedly attached, the shaft defining an axis (A), - a support , and - a flexible pivot arranged to guide the shaft in rotation with respect to the support about the axis (A) and to exert a return force on the shaft , and wherein - the flexible pivot comprises a hub fixedly attached to the shaft and, in parallel between the hub and the support , at least three elastic members , - each elastic member comprises, in series, a pair of elastic strips , a rigid intermediate body and a flexible guide , - the strips of the pairs of elastic strips are of the same stiffness and extend along semi-axes which start from the axis (A), - the pairs of semi-axes corresponding respectively to the pairs of elastic strips are arranged about the axis (A) with symmetry of order N, where N is the number of elastic members , in orthogonal projection in a plane perpendicular to the axis (A), and - in each elastic member , the flexible guide is arranged to enable guided movement of the rigid intermediate body with respect to the support substantially in translation along the bisecting line (B) of the pair of semi-axes , in orthogonal projection in said plane perpendicular to the axis (A), during regular operation of the oscillator .
A wrappable textile sleeve (10; 110; 210; 310) for protecting elongate members , comprising: a wall (16; 116; 216; 316) including a plurality of warp filaments (12; 112; 212; 312) and at least one weft filament (14; 114; 214; 314) woven with one another, said wall having opposite sides (18, 20; 118, 120; 318, 320) extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation with a central longitudinal axis (22; 322) between opposite ends (24, 26; 324, 326), said opposite sides being wrappable about said central longitudinal axis into overlapping relation with one another to bound the elongate member within a cavity (30; 330) of the sleeve; and at least one of said warp and/or weft filament being provided as a bulky, fluffy multifilament (33; 333) characterised in that the bulky, fluffy multifilament is woven to form at least one float (34; 134; 234; 334) extending over 2 or more weft and/or warp yarns, wherein said at least one float provides loops (36; 136; 236; 336) suited for attachment to hooks of a standard hook and loop fastener. a wall (16; 116; 216; 316) including a plurality of warp filaments (12; 112; 212; 312) and at least one weft filament (14; 114; 214; 314) woven with one another, said wall having opposite sides (18, 20; 118, 120; 318, 320) extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation with a central longitudinal axis (22; 322) between opposite ends (24, 26; 324, 326), said opposite sides being wrappable about said central longitudinal axis into overlapping relation with one another to bound the elongate member within a cavity (30; 330) of the sleeve; and at least one of said warp and/or weft filament being provided as a bulky, fluffy multifilament (33; 333) characterised in that the bulky, fluffy multifilament is woven to form at least one float (34; 134; 234; 334) extending over 2 or more weft and/or warp yarns, wherein said at least one float provides loops (36; 136; 236; 336) suited for attachment to hooks of a standard hook and loop fastener.
A functional unit for attachment to a workpiece , in particular to a sheet metal part, said functional unit comprising: a fastening element having a fastening section , in particular having a self-piercing fastening section , for the rotationally fixed fastening of the functional unit to the workpiece and having a head part which adjoins the fastening section in an axial direction and which has a functional section and a head part support surface remote from the fastening section ; and a fixing element which can be fixed to the functional section of the head part of the fastening element by means of a rotational movement and which has a fixing element support surface which, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element , faces the head part support surface such that an attachment part can be clamped between the head part support surface and the fixing element support surface , wherein the head part support surface has at least one feature providing security against rotation which projects from the surface and which is configured to at least sectionally deform the material of the attachment part , characterized in that the fixing element support surface has at least one depression or recess which is configured, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element , to receive the at least one feature providing security against rotation projecting from the head part support surface while the fixing element support surface is at least sectionally in contact with the head part support surface , with the depression or recess comprising at least one ring-shaped peripheral groove. a fastening element having a fastening section , in particular having a self-piercing fastening section , for the rotationally fixed fastening of the functional unit to the workpiece and having a head part which adjoins the fastening section in an axial direction and which has a functional section and a head part support surface remote from the fastening section ; and a fixing element which can be fixed to the functional section of the head part of the fastening element by means of a rotational movement and which has a fixing element support surface which, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element , faces the head part support surface such that an attachment part can be clamped between the head part support surface and the fixing element support surface , wherein the head part support surface has at least one feature providing security against rotation which projects from the surface and which is configured to at least sectionally deform the material of the attachment part ,
A climate-control system including a variable-capacity compressor unit and a control module controlling the compressor unit , the compressor unit operable in a first capacity mode and in a second capacity mode that is higher than the first capacity mode, the control module configured to switch the compressor unit among a shutdown state, the first capacity mode and the second capacity mode based on a demand signal (Y) and outdoor-air-temperature data, wherein the control module is configured to switch the compressor unit from the shutdown state to the first capacity mode in response to receipt of the demand signal (Y), and wherein the control module is configured to switch the compressor unit from the first capacity mode to the second capacity mode based on whether the compressor unit has been operating in the first capacity mode for greater than a first predetermined time period (T1, T1'), and wherein the control module is configured to switch the compressor unit from the first capacity mode to the second capacity mode while receiving the same demand signal (Y), characterised in that : the control module is configured to switch the compressor unit from the first capacity mode to the second capacity mode if the measured temperature value of the outdoor-air-temperature data is greater than a predetermined temperature value and a previous runtime (T2, T2') of the compressor unit in the second capacity mode during a previous demand period exceeds a second predetermined time period.
A light control film , comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed facing each other; a light control material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and changing a transmittance in accordance with a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode , wherein the light control material comprises a liquid crystal material; a potential gradient forming part for providing a gradient of the potential difference in an extension direction of the first electrode and the second electrode ; the potential gradient forming part comprising; at least one power feeding unit provided on at least one portion of the first electrode and is arranged to provide 4trrg- a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode , wherein at least another portion of the first electrode , which is different from the at least one portion on which the at least one power feeding unit is provided, is electrically connected to the second electrode ; characterised in that , a resistance member is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode , and a resistance value of the resistance member is variable. a first electrode and a second electrode disposed facing each other; a light control material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and changing a transmittance in accordance with a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode , wherein the light control material comprises a liquid crystal material; a potential gradient forming part for providing a gradient of the potential difference in an extension direction of the first electrode and the second electrode ; the potential gradient forming part comprising; at least one power feeding unit provided on at least one portion of the first electrode and is arranged to provide 4trrg- a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode , wherein at least another portion of the first electrode , which is different from the at least one portion on which the at least one power feeding unit is provided, is electrically connected to the second electrode ; characterised in that , a resistance member is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode , and a resistance value of the resistance member is variable.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in preventing or treating osteoarthritis comprising 3'-sialyllactose or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 for use in local modulation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in the gastrointestinal system of a subject suffering from gastrointestinal pain, wherein said L. reuteri DSM 17938 is selected to reduce spontaneous and/or induced TRPV1 activation locally in said gastrointestinal system to prevent or reduce gastrointestinal pain in said subject while minimizing any modulation of TRPV1 outside of said gastrointestinal system.
A system, comprising: an electric field generator ; and an implantable device in electrical communication with the field generator and configured for positioning proximate to or within a target site of a patient, wherein the field generator is configured to use the implantable device to generate electric fields at a frequency of from about 50 kHz to about 500 kHz; characterized in that : the field generator is configured to periodically change a direction of the electric fields at a frequency of one orthogonal change of direction per second. an electric field generator ; and an implantable device in electrical communication with the field generator and configured for positioning proximate to or within a target site of a patient, wherein the field generator is configured to use the implantable device to generate electric fields at a frequency of from about 50 kHz to about 500 kHz; characterized in that : the field generator is configured to periodically change a direction of the electric fields at a frequency of one orthogonal change of direction per second.
A ball joint (J1) comprising: a ball stud including a stud portion having one end portion connected to a structural member and another end portion, to which a spherical ball portion is integrally joined; a housing made of metal and configured to support the spherical ball portion of the ball stud to allow swinging and rotating movement of the spherical ball portion , the housing having a space that opens to one side thereof; and a ball seat made of plastic and interposed between the housing and the spherical ball portion , the ball seat including a plurality of protrusions jutting out from the ball seat and inserted into a plurality of through holes formed in a bottom portion of the housing , wherein the protrusions having pierced through the through holes are staked at their distal portions (e2), characterized in that : a protrusion has a large diameter portion (e1), whose diameter (φC) is larger than an inner diameter (φB) of a through hole of the housing before being inserted into the through hole , at its proximal portion proximal from a distal portion (e2) thereof, and the distal portion (e2) is a cylindrical rod-shaped distal portion (e2) with a first diameter (φA), and the large diameter portion (e1) is a cylindrical large diameter portion (e1) with a second diameter (φC) larger than the first diameter (φA). a ball stud including a stud portion having one end portion connected to a structural member and another end portion, to which a spherical ball portion is integrally joined; a housing made of metal and configured to support the spherical ball portion of the ball stud to allow swinging and rotating movement of the spherical ball portion , the housing having a space that opens to one side thereof; and a ball seat made of plastic and interposed between the housing and the spherical ball portion , the ball seat including a plurality of protrusions jutting out from the ball seat and inserted into a plurality of through holes formed in a bottom portion of the housing , wherein the protrusions having pierced through the through holes are staked at their distal portions (e2), characterized in that : a protrusion has a large diameter portion (e1), whose diameter (φC) is larger than an inner diameter (φB) of a through hole of the housing before being inserted into the through hole , at its proximal portion proximal from a distal portion (e2) thereof, and the distal portion (e2) is a cylindrical rod-shaped distal portion (e2) with a first diameter (φA), and the large diameter portion (e1) is a cylindrical large diameter portion (e1) with a second diameter (φC) larger than the first diameter (φA). a protrusion has a large diameter portion (e1), whose diameter (φC) is larger than an inner diameter (φB) of a through hole of the housing before being inserted into the through hole , at its proximal portion proximal from a distal portion (e2) thereof, and the distal portion (e2) is a cylindrical rod-shaped distal portion (e2) with a first diameter (φA), and the large diameter portion (e1) is a cylindrical large diameter portion (e1) with a second diameter (φC) larger than the first diameter (φA).