mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A deployable bed cover assembly for a vehicle , comprising at least one deployable panel having a predetermined profile, where the deployable panel selectively extends and retracts between a stowed position and a deployed position, where the deployment of the deployable panel improves aerodynamics; at least one actuator , where the actuator is in communication with the vehicle and automatically deploys the deployable panel under predetermined conditions; and a slide out panel slidably connected to the at least one deployable panel to slide in/out, characterized in that the deployable panel is configured to be rotated up/down by the at least one actuator between the deployed position and the stowed position and that when the deployable panel is up in the deployed position, it is generally between the side walls of the vehicle bed , extending horizontally. at least one deployable panel having a predetermined profile, where the deployable panel selectively extends and retracts between a stowed position and a deployed position, where the deployment of the deployable panel improves aerodynamics; at least one actuator , where the actuator is in communication with the vehicle and automatically deploys the deployable panel under predetermined conditions; and a slide out panel slidably connected to the at least one deployable panel to slide in/out, characterized in that the deployable panel is configured to be rotated up/down by the at least one actuator between the deployed position and the stowed position and that when the deployable panel is up in the deployed position, it is generally between the side walls of the vehicle bed , extending horizontally.
A bone cutting system for cutting a bone of a subject, the bone cutting system comprising an elongated surgical bone cutting tool adapted for cutting the bone, the elongated surgical bone cutting tool having a first extremity for fixing the elongated surgical bone cutting tool to a cutting robot or machinery and a second extremity opposite thereto at an end of the elongated surgical bone cutting tool, the bone cutting system further comprising a protection system , the protection system comprising a protection element attachable to the elongated bone cutting tool or to a frame of the elongated bone cutting tool, wherein the protection element includes an interposing portion covering, when the protection element is attached to the elongated bone cutting tool or to the frame of the elongated bone cutting tool, at least part of the second extremity of the elongated bone cutting tool, so that the interposing portion is being interposed between soft tissue surrounding the bone and the bone cutting tool during cutting with the elongated cutting tool, for preventing the bone cutting tool (200, 220 230) from cutting into soft tissue surrounding the bone, and wherein during cutting with the elongated cutting tool, the protection element follows in congruence with the bone cutting tool (200, 220 230) and characterized in that the bone cutting system comprises at least one sensor for extracting a contact force of the protection element on the bone. the protection element includes an interposing portion covering, when the protection element is attached to the elongated bone cutting tool or to the frame of the elongated bone cutting tool, at least part of the second extremity of the elongated bone cutting tool, so that the interposing portion is being interposed between soft tissue surrounding the bone and the bone cutting tool during cutting with the elongated cutting tool, for preventing the bone cutting tool (200, 220 230) from cutting into soft tissue surrounding the bone, and wherein during cutting with the elongated cutting tool, the protection element follows in congruence with the bone cutting tool (200, 220 230) and characterized in that the bone cutting system comprises at least one sensor for extracting a contact force of the protection element on the bone.
A surgical retractor system comprising a substantially tubular retractor having in axial direction a number of segments (3, 3', 3", 3′′′), wherein at least one segment is subdivided in the circumferential direction into at least one expanding section and one plate section which are of differing radial flexibility and connected to each other in a one-piece material bond so that a plastic radial expansion of the retractor is made possible, wherein the surgical retractor system has at least one extractor , which has a handle section and an operating section with a longitudinal slit , which is defined by a first leg and a second leg and can be placed on the plate section in such a way that it engages around the latter in a quasi-linear manner on its radially inward-facing surface and on its radially outward-facing surface, so that the first leg contacts the retractor from radially inside, while the second leg contacts the retractor from radially outside, so that it brings about, in case of a radial expansion, a plastic radial constriction of the retractor contrary to the radial expansion of the retractor , in that the at least one extractor , via its two legs , cooperates with the at least one plate section for the introduction of a torsional moment in order to effect the radial constriction of the retractor in this way.
An elevated roadway for autonomous vehicles , comprising: a pylon extending vertically from a ground anchor and comprising: a metal tube defining a central cavity; and a concrete column within the central cavity; a bracket coupled to the pylon and comprising: a mounting plate secured to the pylon ; and a cantilevered road support member extending from the mounting plate ; and a cantilevered road section coupled to the pylon via the cantilevered road support member such that the cantilevered road section is only supported along one side, wherein the cantilevered road section comprises: a joist structure structurally coupled to the cantilevered road support member ; a road member above the joist structure and supported by the joist structure ; and first and second side barriers along first and second sides of the road member , respectively. a pylon extending vertically from a ground anchor and comprising: a metal tube defining a central cavity; and a concrete column within the central cavity; a metal tube defining a central cavity; and a concrete column within the central cavity; a bracket coupled to the pylon and comprising: a mounting plate secured to the pylon ; and a cantilevered road support member extending from the mounting plate ; and a mounting plate secured to the pylon ; and a cantilevered road support member extending from the mounting plate ; and a cantilevered road section coupled to the pylon via the cantilevered road support member such that the cantilevered road section is only supported along one side, wherein the cantilevered road section comprises: a joist structure structurally coupled to the cantilevered road support member ; a road member above the joist structure and supported by the joist structure ; and first and second side barriers along first and second sides of the road member , respectively. a joist structure structurally coupled to the cantilevered road support member ; a road member above the joist structure and supported by the joist structure ; and first and second side barriers along first and second sides of the road member , respectively.
A support arrangement for a rearward-facing child seat , said support arrangement comprising a support column having an axial direction (A, A 2 ), said support column being adapted to transfer a collision load in said axial direction (A, A 2 ), characterized in that said support column comprises, or is constituted by, at least one inflatable body , said support column being adapted to in an inflated state of said inflatable body extend in said axial direction (A, A 2 ) between said child seat and a support surface , wherein said support column comprises a child seat contacting portion , which is adapted to support a seat back of said child seat , said support column having an extension in said axial direction (A) adapted to span a distance between said seat back of said child seat and a vehicle floor .
A method comprising: receiving, by a software-defined networking (SDN) cabling validation engine , a user-defined cabling plan for a computer network; determining, by an SDN controller for the computer network using a discovery protocol, a physical cabling topology for the computer network, wherein the SDN controller is logically centralized and physically distributed and configured to construct an overlay virtual network on an underlay network formed by the physical cabling topology; determining, by the SDN cabling validation engine, a difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology; generating an updated cabling plan in response to determining the difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology; and outputting, by the SDN cabling validation engine, the updated cabling plan and an indication of the difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology. receiving, by a software-defined networking (SDN) cabling validation engine , a user-defined cabling plan for a computer network; determining, by an SDN controller for the computer network using a discovery protocol, a physical cabling topology for the computer network, wherein the SDN controller is logically centralized and physically distributed and configured to construct an overlay virtual network on an underlay network formed by the physical cabling topology; determining, by the SDN cabling validation engine, a difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology; generating an updated cabling plan in response to determining the difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology; and outputting, by the SDN cabling validation engine, the updated cabling plan and an indication of the difference between the user-defined cabling plan and the physical cabling topology.
An aerosol-generating device comprising: a housing comprising a first tubular section for receiving a combustible heat source and a second tubular section for receiving an aerosol-generating substrate ; a heat-conductive element disposed between the first tubular section and the second tubular section of the housing for transferring heat from a combustible heat source received in the first tubular section to an aerosol-generating substrate received in the second tubular section , the heat-conductive element comprising a bimetallic element having a first portion and a second portion; and a heat-insulative sleeve around at least a portion of the second tubular section of the housing , wherein the heat-insulative sleeve comprises one or more air inlets , wherein the bimetallic element is arranged to deform from a first position, in which a first portion of the bimetallic element is proximate the first tubular section of the housing and a second portion of the bimetallic element is proximate the second tubular section of the housing , to a second position, in which the first portion of the bimetallic element is displaced away from the first tubular section of the housing towards the second tubular section of the housing , when the bimetallic element is heated above a threshold temperature. a housing comprising a first tubular section for receiving a combustible heat source and a second tubular section for receiving an aerosol-generating substrate ; a heat-conductive element disposed between the first tubular section and the second tubular section of the housing for transferring heat from a combustible heat source received in the first tubular section to an aerosol-generating substrate received in the second tubular section , the heat-conductive element comprising a bimetallic element having a first portion and a second portion; and a heat-insulative sleeve around at least a portion of the second tubular section of the housing , wherein the heat-insulative sleeve comprises one or more air inlets , wherein the bimetallic element is arranged to deform from a first position, in which a first portion of the bimetallic element is proximate the first tubular section of the housing and a second portion of the bimetallic element is proximate the second tubular section of the housing , to a second position, in which the first portion of the bimetallic element is displaced away from the first tubular section of the housing towards the second tubular section of the housing , when the bimetallic element is heated above a threshold temperature.
An attenuated mutant Zika virus comprising a protein E consisting of the amino acid sequence having at least 98% of identity with SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the isoleucine residue (I) at position 152 is substituted by a threonine residue (T), the threonine residue (T) at position 156 is substituted by an isoleucine residue (I), and the histidine residue (H) at position 158 is substituted by a tyrosine residue (Y).
A method for sputter depositing an additive-containing aluminium nitride film containing an additive element selected from Sc or Y, the method comprising the steps of: depositing a first layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film onto a substrate disposed within a chamber by pulsed DC reactive sputtering, wherein an electrical bias power is applied to the substrate so that the first layer has a compressive stress; and depositing a second layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film onto the first layer by pulsed DC reactive sputtering, the second layer having the same composition as the first layer; wherein: the step of depositing the first layer comprises introducing a gas or gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, and 87-100 % of the flow rate in sccm is a flow of nitrogen gas; the step of depositing the second layer comprises introducing a gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, the gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen gas and an inert gas; and the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the first layer is greater than the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the second layer. depositing a first layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film onto a substrate disposed within a chamber by pulsed DC reactive sputtering, wherein an electrical bias power is applied to the substrate so that the first layer has a compressive stress; and depositing a second layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film onto the first layer by pulsed DC reactive sputtering, the second layer having the same composition as the first layer; wherein: the step of depositing the first layer comprises introducing a gas or gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, and 87-100 % of the flow rate in sccm is a flow of nitrogen gas; the step of depositing the second layer comprises introducing a gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, the gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen gas and an inert gas; and the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the first layer is greater than the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the second layer. the step of depositing the first layer comprises introducing a gas or gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, and 87-100 % of the flow rate in sccm is a flow of nitrogen gas; the step of depositing the second layer comprises introducing a gaseous mixture into the chamber at a flow rate in sccm, the gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen gas and an inert gas; and the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the first layer is greater than the percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate in sccm used during the step of depositing the second layer.
A crankcase lubricating oil composition comprising or made by admixing (A) an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (B) as an additive component, 0.1 to 10 mass %, based on the total mass of the lubricating oil composition, of an oil-soluble succinic anhydride having the formula: where R is a linear unbranched aliphatic hydrocarbyl substituent having 12 to 36 carbon atoms; the crankcase lubricating oil composition having a total base number (TBN) of between 4 to 15. (A) an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (B) as an additive component, 0.1 to 10 mass %, based on the total mass of the lubricating oil composition, of an oil-soluble succinic anhydride having the formula: where R is a linear unbranched aliphatic hydrocarbyl substituent having 12 to 36 carbon atoms; the crankcase lubricating oil composition having a total base number (TBN) of between 4 to 15. where R is a linear unbranched aliphatic hydrocarbyl substituent having 12 to 36 carbon atoms; the crankcase lubricating oil composition having a total base number (TBN) of between 4 to 15.
A method for operating a multi-access edge computing, MEC, system in which applications are provided by MEC tenants for deployment on MEC hosts of the MEC system and in which various levels of privileges are provided to the MEC tenants , the method comprising: assigning, by an MEC broker , privileges to MEC tenants , wherein the privileges refer to a set of allowed actions the respective MEC tenants are authorized to perform with respect to administering and managing how their respective MEC applications are deployed, configured and executed; exposing, by the MEC broker , interfaces and functions of the MEC system to the MEC tenants based on the privileges assigned to the MEC tenants ; initiating, by the MEC broker via interactions with one or more of an MEC Orchestrator , an MEC platform manager , and a user app LCM proxy , operations including one or more selected from the group consisting of: application package on-boarding, application instance installation on selected MEC hosts , application provisioning, through configuration of appropriate parameters, and application life-cycle management operations including one or more of bootstrapping, termination, migration, scaling; and pre-validating, using the privileges provided to the MEC tenants , operation requests issued by the MEC tenants by the MEC broker to detect conflicts on the resources of MEC hosts . assigning, by an MEC broker , privileges to MEC tenants , wherein the privileges refer to a set of allowed actions the respective MEC tenants are authorized to perform with respect to administering and managing how their respective MEC applications are deployed, configured and executed; exposing, by the MEC broker , interfaces and functions of the MEC system to the MEC tenants based on the privileges assigned to the MEC tenants ; initiating, by the MEC broker via interactions with one or more of an MEC Orchestrator , an MEC platform manager , and a user app LCM proxy , operations including one or more selected from the group consisting of: application package on-boarding, application instance installation on selected MEC hosts , application provisioning, through configuration of appropriate parameters, and application life-cycle management operations including one or more of bootstrapping, termination, migration, scaling; and application package on-boarding, application instance installation on selected MEC hosts , application provisioning, through configuration of appropriate parameters, and application life-cycle management operations including one or more of bootstrapping, termination, migration, scaling; and pre-validating, using the privileges provided to the MEC tenants , operation requests issued by the MEC tenants by the MEC broker to detect conflicts on the resources of MEC hosts .
Watch movement including a frame comprising a first bearing and a second bearing , and a tourbillon comprising two cages, of which one cage is known as the external cage , the external cage being mounted in a pivoting manner on the frame between the first bearing and the second bearing , the movement comprising in addition two watch jewels supporting two pivots of the external cage , characterized in that the movement includes two translational elements capable of displacement in relation to the bearings in the axis of rotation (A1) of the external cage in the assembled position of the external cage on the frame , so as to cause a displacement of the watch jewels or a displacement of the pivots .
Assembly for packaging and applying a liquid cosmetic product comprising, on the one hand, a body forming a reservoir comprising a liquid cosmetic product (P) containing solid particles, in particular pigments and/or nacres and, on the other hand, an applicator comprising an application member that defines a convex application surface having at least one apex ; the body which forms the reservoir comprising a housing capable of receiving the application member and of which a dividing wall with the reservoir has a plurality of through-orifices in direct fluid communication with the reservoir , wherein the application member is produced from an open-cell porous material, characterized in that said through-orifices are located only at at least one end wall of the housing opposite a zone around the geometric apex representing 10% of the total surface of the application surface of the application member , when said application member is in place in the housing of the body which forms the reservoir.