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20090003301 | HS-PDSCH BLIND DECODING - The number of blind decoding operations in a wireless communication receiver is reduced. In one embodiment, a candidate set of transport formats is formed by eliminating one or more allowed transport formats, thus reducing the number of decode operations to be performed. In another embodiment, a received data transmission is partially decoded according to each of a plurality of transport formats, and decode quality metrics associated with each transport format are inspected. Only the transport formats yielding sufficiently high quality metrics are utilized to fully decode the transmission. In other embodiments, upon failure to successfully decode a received transmission, it is assumed to be a retransmission with a missed control transmission, and one or more transport formats specifying the position of a previous transmission in a buffer are added to the candidate set of transport formats. The received retransmission and previously received transmission are then HARQ combined and decoded. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003377 | Reliable Decoding of a High-Speed Shared Control Channel - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a control channel message transmitted on one of a plurality of shared control channels and targeted to a wireless receiver. In an exemplary method, messages transmitted over a plurality of shared control channels are decoded, and at least one likelihood metric is determined for each of the decoded messages. A best candidate is selected from the decoded messages, based on the likelihood metrics, and the at least one likelihood metric for the best candidate is compared to corresponding likelihood metrics for the messages other than the best candidate to determine whether the best candidate is a valid message. Wireless communication receivers configured correspondingly are also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
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20100130243 | Format Based Power Control - Power control methods and apparatus taught herein advantageously provide quick convergence to the signal quality target needed to achieve a given data error rate target, when changes in transport format use by a given transport channel require such convergence. Specifically, the methods and apparatus maintain a “baseline” signal quality target that stays current with changing signal propagation conditions because it is common to all transport formats used by the transport channel. The methods and apparatus then bias this baseline signal quality target with a target offset particularized for the transport format in use. This offset may be selected from memory or dynamically calculated, and, regardless, can often be applied after a single transmission time interval. | 05-27-2010 |
20100322199 | Methods and Arrangements for Channelization Code Selection - A method of channelization code selection for up-link transmission of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises determining, based on a first power limitation indication value associated with a first terminal of the wireless communication system, if the first terminal is power limited; dynamically selecting at least one first channelization code associated with a first signal variation value for allocation to the first terminal so that, if the first terminal is power limited, the first signal variation value indicates a first minimal signal variation; and signaling an indication of the at least one first channelization code to the first terminal. Corresponding arrangements are also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
20110111790 | Method and Apparatus for Communication Channel Error Rate Estimation - A wireless communication device or system generates transmit power control feedback for a received power control channel by determining a command error rate (CER), or by identifying a target signal quality for the power control channel according to a defined signal-quality-to-CER mapping function. Generally, the power control channel does not include error-coded data to use for CER estimation. However, in one embodiment, the channel does include known reference bits that are evaluated for CER estimation, with the estimated CER used to set the signal quality target for inner loop power control. In other embodiments, a computed reception error probability is used to identify a CER estimate according to a defined probability-to-CER mapping function. By way of non-limiting example, these embodiments may be used to provide power control feedback for power control commands transmitted on a Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel in WCDMA systems. | 05-12-2011 |
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20090309421 | POWER COMPENSATOR AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BLACK START WITH THAT COMPENSATOR - A power compensator for an electric power transmission line. The power compensator includes a voltage source converter, a capacitor and an energy storage device. The energy storage device includes a high voltage battery having a short circuit failure mode, a first main switch and second main switch for disconnecting the battery from the capacitor, and a control unit for operating the first and second switch. | 12-17-2009 |
20090317694 | Temperature controller - A temperature controller for providing heat to an energy storage device of a power compensator. The energy storage device includes a plurality of high temperature battery units on high potential. The temperature controller includes a pipe network for housing a heat transfer medium. The pipe network includes a main pipe loop and a local pipe loop in each battery unit. Each local pipe loop includes a first end for receiving a heat transfer medium and a second end for exhausting the medium. | 12-24-2009 |
20100094480 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR A POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An apparatus for reducing subsynchronous resonance phenomena in a power transmission system. A determining arrangement determines components of the voltage from stator windings of a generator with one or more discrete frequencies. A calculating arrangement calculates, on a basis of the result of the determining, a voltage to be added to the voltage from the stator windings for reducing phenomena in the power system and an arrangement adapted to add the voltage calculated to the voltage from the stator windings. | 04-15-2010 |
20120025751 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM - A photovoltaic system for generating an output voltage that is uninfluenced by varying irradiation, includes a photovoltaic source having an input terminal and an output terminal. The photovoltaic system includes a voltage adding arrangement having a first input terminal and an output terminal. The voltage adding arrangement is connected in series with the photovoltaic source, and includes a first route having a voltage source and a second route as a voltage source bypass. The first and second routes extend between the first input terminal and the output terminal of the voltage adding arrangement. The first and second routes being alternately activateable. | 02-02-2012 |
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20080255709 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUBSTATION OR DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - According to the present disclosure, an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) such as a digital relay or protection device for Substation or Distribution Automation is conceived in a modular way, comprising distinct modules dedicated to distinct tasks and having dedicated housings or casings, which modules are mechanically arranged on a common support and both visible and accessible from outside of the IED at all times. Modules for signal input (process interface modules comprising a number of input terminals and signal processing (process data handling modules for evaluating signals in view of an automated protection function or as a communication gateway) define the basis of a modular arrangement that is not delimited by any prefabricated cover or cabinet and that allows for a quasi-unlimited flexibility regarding the number of modules and an easy replacement or extension of individual modules. | 10-16-2008 |
20110138083 | Configuring Of An Intelligent Electronic Device - An intelligent electronic device and a method for activating a function in an intelligent electronic device; the device includes an inter-module bus, a first interface and a number of hardware modules connected to each other via the inter-module bus. The modules include a process control module including a control unit that senses the types of hardware modules connected to the inter-module bus, that obtains set-up data from an external portable data carrier, where the set-up data includes configuration data and verification data, where the verification data includes hardware type data related to the modules in the device, that compares the obtained verification data with own verification data including data regarding the sensed hardware type, and that activates a protection function only if there is a match between all verification data being compared. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157837 | Flexible Intelligent Electronic Device - An intelligent electronic device for a Substation Automation or Distribution Automation system as well as to a method and computer program product for providing it. The device has a structuring of its own functionality according to a communication standard and includes mechanically separable, replaceable hardware modules interconnected via an inter-module bus). The modules implement functionality related to function related elements of the standard and include a communication module and I/O modules. The device includes elements of the communication standard comprising one device related element and replaceable function related elements of all the functions provided by the modules. The communication module includes the device related element and function elements associated with the function of the communication module as well as functions provided by all the I/O modules. | 06-30-2011 |
20110160929 | Electrical Process Interface Device - An electrical process interface device for provision in a low control and protection level of a Substation Automation or Distribution Automation system; the device includes a process interface unit for interfacing the electrical process at the low control and protection level, which unit has a number of parallel data connections on which I/O data related to control and protective devices on higher control and protection levels may be transmitted. The device also includes a signal conversion unit connected to the data connections, which unit packets data of the data connections according to a communication standard used by control and protective devices on the at least one higher control and protection level for allowing data to be directly transmitted between the electrical interface device on the low control and protection level and other devices on higher control and protection levels. | 06-30-2011 |
20130057389 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO TEMPORARILY CONNECTED DEVICES - A system for setting up a wireless connection between two temporarily connected devices includes a device interconnector having a first end provided with a first wireless communication identifier and a second end provided with a second wireless communication identifier, a first device having a first interconnector mating unit, a first wireless communication unit and a first reading unit and a second device having a second interconnector mating unit, a second wireless communication unit and a second reading unit. The wireless communication units of each device is configured to receive an identifier being read by the corresponding reading unit as the device interconnector is attached to the corresponding mating unit and the wireless communication unit is configured to employ this identifier in setting up, together with the other wireless communication unit, a wireless connection between the two devices. | 03-07-2013 |
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20100286867 | VEHICLE SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONALITY - The vehicle system, controlled by control inputs, provides functionalities in the motor vehicle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20110109578 | DISPLAY AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A display device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110121958 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A USER RECOGNITION SIGNAL - In a device and a method to produce a user recognition signal upon an actuation by a user in a vehicle using a control unit linked with a transmitter and receiver which are disposed relative to one another to set up a user-specific high frequency transmission path therebetween upon actuation by the the user, at least one HF signal is provided and transferred through the body of the user, the HF transfer is evaluated to determine the user-specific transmission path to identify the user, and a user recognition signal is produced that identifies the user, wherein using at least one detection unit an action of the user is detected or an action presence is monitored, and in the detection of the action an action signal is produced, and the transmitter only provides the one HF transmission signal after or upon the existence of an action signal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110175843 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN ACTUATION ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A FINGER OF A USER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE - A method for determining the position of an actuation element, e.g. a finger of a user, in a motor vehicle when the element approaches a surface and to a position determination device, has the following steps: generating an HF signal; coupling the HF signal into the user; transmitting the HF signal via the body of the user; receiving the HF signal that has been transmitted via the body and the actuation element, using several sensors and determining the position of the actuation element using sensor signals of the sensors, the sensor signals forming a measurement for the received signal intensity of the HF signal and are used to first calculate the position of the centre of gravity of the approaching object, in particular the approaching body part comprising the actuation element, and the position of the actuation element is calculated, taking into consideration the position of the centre of gravity. | 07-21-2011 |
20110221696 | OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED APPROACH SENSING - The invention relates to an operator control apparatus and to a method for operating an operator control apparatus which comprises at least one operator control element for capturing user inputs and an approach recognition device which is designed to sense an approach by an actuating element, in particular a body part, of a user to the operator control element before the at least one operator control element is touched, wherein the approach recognition device comprises a reflection light barrier, which has at least one lamp ( | 09-15-2011 |
20120098768 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND OPERATING DEVICE FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a graphical user interface, wherein a menu is defined, in which several objects of the menu are each associated with a function, and a global input gesture is associated with at least a part of the objects, wherein the input gesture can be executed on a touch-sensitive surface of an input device and different display contents can be displayed on a display surface. In the method, a global input gesture executed on the touch-sensitive surface is captured and, independently of the currently rendered display content on the display surface, a function is executed, which is associated with the object that is associated with the captured input gesture. Further disclosed is an operating device for executing the method. | 04-26-2012 |
20130307825 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATOR CONTROL OF A MATRIX TOUCHSCREEN - A method for the operation of a capacitive, matrix touchscreen for use in a motor vehicle, wherein touching the matrix touchscreen in the region of a matrix element produces a signal level associated with the matrix element, wherein the extent of a signal level which is produced by touching the matrix touchscreen in the region of the matrix element and which is associated with the matrix element is altered, and wherein the thus modified signal levels of two adjacent matrix elements are taken as a basis for determining whether the two matrix elements are being touched as part of collective areal touching of the matrix touchscreen. | 11-21-2013 |
20140095000 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE IN A VEHICLE - A method and system for providing a user interface in a vehicle, wherein a wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Operating parameters relevant for the operation of the vehicle are detected on the vehicle and information relating to detected operating parameters is displayed by a display and control unit installed in the vehicle and which can be read from the driver's seat position. A wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Data for generating display content are transmitted via the wireless data link from the vehicle to the playback device, and on the basis of the transmitted data display content is generated on the playback device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140300561 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR AN APPLICATION, AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - Methods for the operator control of electronic appliances and appropriately set-up electronic appliances in which an input of at least one letter is captured independently of an input request, and a volume of data is displayed on a screen of the electronic appliance on the basis of the captured letter. The input may be made by handwriting or by voice input, for example. | 10-09-2014 |
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20080210224 | Dose Counter Device for Inhaler - The invention refers to a dose counter device for an inhaler that in a reliable way will register a delivered dose from a canister comprised in the inhaler, and that at the same time substantially will reduce the risk of falsely register a dose not delivered. Thus, the present invention will in an effective way, substantially avoid erroneous counting of delivered doses from the canister. | 09-04-2008 |
20090005735 | Medical Device with Orientation Sensitive Priming Mechanism - The present invention relates to a device for a medical device, which medical device comprises a body ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090293870 | Dose Information Device - The present invention relates to a device to be used with a medical administration device, which administration device comprises administration drive means for administrating a prescribed dose of medicament; mechanical dose setting means for setting a prescribed dose of medicament to be administered, including a mechanical indicating member ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090308386 | Device for Delivering Medicament - The present invention relates to a device for the delivery of predetermined doses of liquid medicament to a patient, which medicament is intended to be inhaled by the patient or intended to be injected into the body of the patient. The device is adapted to be in a medicament delivery state and in a medicament non-delivery state. When the device is in a medicament delivery state, said device is adapted to drive a piston into a cartridge containing the liquid medicament to be delivered, with a predetermined force value. The device is designed and arranged to ensure that the predetermined dose of medicament expelled from the cartridge has a high degree of accuracy and to show the user in a simple manner how much medicament is remaining in the cartridge after a dose or several doses has/have been expelled and at the same time offering a shorter device, which is more convenient for the user when he/she has to carry it with him/her. | 12-17-2009 |
20100186739 | Device for Delivering Medicament - The present invention relates to a device for the delivery of predetermined doses of liquid medicament to a patient, which medicament is intended to be inhaled by the patient or intended to be injected into the body of the patient. The device is adapted to be in a medicament delivery state and in a medicament non-delivery state. When the device is in a medicament delivery state, said device is adapted to drive a piston into a cartridge containing the liquid medicament to be delivered, with a force that is above or equal to a predetermined minimum force value and below a predetermined maximum force value. The minimum force value is the lowest force value needed to deliver the predetermined dose and the maximum force value is the first force value at which it exists a risk of damaging the cartridge or the components of the device. Further, more of the spring force is brought to an efficient output torque ensuring that a predetermined volume of medicament is expelled from a cartridge. | 07-29-2010 |
20110082420 | Medicament Delivery Device - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a generally tubular distal housing part ( | 04-07-2011 |
20110152781 | Medicament Delivery Device - The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a generally tubular distal housing part ( | 06-23-2011 |
20120055472 | DOSE COUNTER - A dose counter device for an inhaler registers when a dose is delivered. The dose counter is adapted to mount on the distal end of the inhaler. The inhaler includes a canister comprising an inhaler housing. The dose counter device comprises a device trigger provided in an electron circuit on the distal end of the canister. The electron circuit further comprises an acoustic sensor also provided on the distal end of the canister. A force sensor is adapted to activate the acoustic sensor when a force is applied to the distal end of the canister. The acoustic sensor registers dose delivery when it picks up a sound. | 03-08-2012 |
20120150125 | Safety Pen Needle Device - The present invention relates to a safety pen needle device comprising a first needle shield ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120216805 | Metered Liquid Droplet Inhaler - A metered liquid droplet inhaling device includes a chassis; a holder releasably connected to the chassis; a container in the holder having a chamber for a composition, an opening for expelling the composition, and a piston; a dose knob accessible outside the chassis for setting a dose to be expelled by accumulating a rotational force; a power supply mechanism for converting the rotational force into an axial force applied to the piston; an activation device connected to the power supply mechanism; a mouth piece connected to the container holder and having a mouth engaging area and an air opening; a droplet generator arranged in the mouth piece and having a plurality of through passing orifices in fluid communication with the opening of the container and with the mouth piece; and a rotation damping member connected to the power supply mechanism for damping an initial pressure peak inside the container. | 08-30-2012 |
20130131590 | Injection Device - Injection device comprising a tubular elongated main body, a needle shield slidably arranged in said main body, a needle shield link slidably connected to said needle shield, a enclosure containing medicament arranged in said main body, a needle connected to said enclosure, a plunger operatively arranged to said enclosure for ejecting said medicament through said needle and arranged on its upper part with a number of outwardly extending stop members, spring means arranged to said plunger for operating said plunger, a dose activating means, a needle shield spring surrounding the needle shield link. The injection device is capable of setting and delivering a certain preset dose. | 05-23-2013 |
20140288504 | Safety Pen Needle Device - The present invention relates to a safety pen needle device comprising a first needle shield ( | 09-25-2014 |
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20100164412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO START MULTIPLE AC MOTORS SUPPLIED BY A POWER CONVERTER VIA A COMMON AC BUS - A method to start at least two AC motors that are supplied from a common AC bus, which in turn is supplied from a power converter. At least one of the AC motors is an electrically excited synchronous motor including an excitation circuit. The synchronous motor is started first. During starting of remaining of the at least two AC motors a reactive power supplied by the power converter is determined and an increase of a field current or of a field voltage of the synchronous motor in linear dependence on the reactive power supplied by the power converter is determined. The increased field current or field voltage is applied to the excitation circuit of the synchronous motor. | 07-01-2010 |
20110153113 | CONTROL OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER USING SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE EMULATION - The invention concerns a method, device and computer program product for controlling a voltage source converter ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110222323 | POWER CONVERTER WITH DISTRIBUTED CELL CONTROL - A device for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage and vice versa comprises a control system to control the voltage conversion and at least one phase leg ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110261598 | POWER CONVERTER WITH MULTI-LEVEL VOLTAGE OUTPUT AND HARMONICS FILTER - A device for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage and vice versa comprises at least one phase leg with a first voltage source and a first inductor connected in series between a first DC terminal and a first AC terminal and with a second inductor and a second voltage source connected in series between the first AC terminal and a second DC terminal, where each of the voltage sources comprises at least a first and a second submodule in series-connection, each submodule comprising at least one power electronic switch connected in parallel with at least one capacitor. In the device, a passive electronic filter is arranged between the first and the second inductor as well as the first AC terminal for reducing harmonics in a circulating current. | 10-27-2011 |
20110273915 | METHOD IN A CASCADED TWO-LEVEL CONVERTER, CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A method for providing a switching order signal to a cell of a cascaded two-level converter is provided. The cell includes a capacitor parallel-connected with two series-connected semiconductor devices. The cascaded two-level converter includes two or more of the cells cascade connected and arranged in a phase, divided into two phase arms, between a first pole and a second pole of a direct voltage side. The method includes measuring voltages of the capacitor of the cell; calculating a compensated voltage reference based on a voltage reference and the measured voltages of the capacitors, wherein the voltage reference corresponds to a desired ac current to be output on an ac-side; using the compensated voltage reference to calculate a switching order signal, and providing the switching order signal to the cells. | 11-10-2011 |
20130027995 | MODULAR MULTI-LEVEL POWER CONVERTER WITH SECOND AND THIRD ORDER HARMONICS REDUCTION FILTER - A device for converting a DC voltage into an AC voltage includes a passive electronic filter having a first and second energy storage element, a third energy storage element placed between the first and second energy storage elements, a fourth energy storage element connected between a junction of the first energy storage element and the third energy storage element and an AC terminal and a fifth energy storage element connected between a junction of the second energy storage element and the third energy storage element and the AC terminal. The energy storage elements are of two different types, capacitive and inductive, with values selected to provide reduction of frequency components at two times the fundamental frequency of the AC voltage and at three times the fundamental frequency of the AC voltage. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110297277 | STEEL ALLOY AND TOOLS OR COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED OUT OF THE STEEL ALLOY - The invention relates to a powder metallurgically manufactured steel with a chemical composition containing, in % by weight: 0.01-2 C, 0.6-10 N, 0.01-3.0 Si, 0.01-10.0 Mn, 16-30 Cr, 0.01-5 Ni, 0.01-5.0 (Mo+W/2), 0.01-9 Co, max. 0.5 S and 0.5-14 (V+Nb/2), where the contents of N on the one hand and of (V+Nb/2) on the other hand are balanced in relation to each other such that the contents of these elements are within an area that is defined by the coordinates A′, 13% G, H, A′, where the coordinates of [N, (V+Nb/2)] are: A′: [0.6,0.5]; B′: [1.6,0.5]; G: [9.8,14.0]; H: [2.6,14.0], and max. 7 of (Ti+Zr+Al), balance essentially only iron and impurities at normal amounts. The steel may be used for tools for injection moulding, compression moulding and extrusion of components of plastics, and cold working. | 12-08-2011 |
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20100322840 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A LAYER BY ARC-EVAPORATION FROM CERAMIC CATHODES - A method of producing hard wear resistant layer with improved wear resistance. The method is a reactive arc-evaporation based process using a cathode including as main constituent at least one phase of a refractory compound M | 12-23-2010 |
20110123829 | Composite coating for finishing of hardened steels - The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert, solid end mill, or drill, comprising a substrate and a coating. The coating is composed of one or more layers of refractory compounds of which at least one layer comprises a cubic (Me,Si)X phase, where Me is one or more of the elements Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and Al, and X is one or more of the elements N, C, O or B. The ratio R=(at-% X)/(at-% Me) of the c-MeSiX phase is between 0.5 and 1.0 and X contains less than 30 at-% of O+B. This invention is particularly useful in metal machining applications where the chip thickness is small and the work material is hard e.g. copy milling using solid end mills, insert milling cutters or drilling of hardened steels. | 05-26-2011 |
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20080249058 | AGENTS THAT REDUCE NEURONAL OVEREXCITATION - The present invention provides methods of identifying candidate agents for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. The present invention further provides methods for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. | 10-09-2008 |
20100040612 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING AMYLOID BETA LEVELS - The present invention provides methods for reducing the level of amyloid beta protein in a cell or tissue, the methods generally involving contacting the cell or tissue with an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), and methods for treating cerebral angiopathy, in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual having AD a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. | 02-18-2010 |
20110256120 | Methods and Compositions for Reducing Amyloid Beta Levels - The present invention provides a method of increasing cathepsin B-induced cleavage of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in a cell or tissue, the method generally involving contacting the cell or tissue with an agent that increases the level of cathepsin B in the cell or tissue. The present invention further provides variant cathepsin B polypeptides that are resistant to inhibition by a cysteine protease inhibitor; as well as nucleic acids encoding the variants, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. | 10-20-2011 |
20120198573 | Agents that Reduce Neuronal Overexcitation - The present invention provides methods of identifying candidate agents for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. The present invention further provides methods for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. | 08-02-2012 |
20130253041 | Methods of Treating Neurodegenerative Disease - The present disclosure provides a method of increasing the level and/or function of an Eph receptor B2 in a neuronal cell; and methods of treating an amyloid-beta-induced neurodegenerative disease in an individual. The present disclosure further provides methods of identifying an agent that increases the level and/or function of an Eph receptor B2 in a neuronal cell. | 09-26-2013 |
20130273035 | Methods and Compositions for Reducing Amyloid Beta Levels - The present invention provides methods for reducing the level of amyloid beta protein in a cell or tissue, the methods generally involving contacting the cell or tissue with an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), and methods for treating cerebral angiopathy, in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual having AD a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. | 10-17-2013 |
20140065206 | Agents that Reduce Neuronal Overexcitation - The present invention provides methods of identifying candidate agents for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. The present invention further provides methods for treating excitotoxicity-related disorders. | 03-06-2014 |
20140234302 | Methods and Compositions for Reducing Amyloid Beta Levels - The present invention provides methods for reducing the level of amyloid beta protein in a cell or tissue, the methods generally involving contacting the cell or tissue with an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), and methods for treating cerebral angiopathy, in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual having AD a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080217915 | Method and Device for Interconnecting, Sealed Against Contamination, the Ends of Elongate Elements Such as Tubes or Pipes - A method and a device are provided for interconnecting, sealed against contamination, the ends of tubes by two cooperating connecting means, each having an inlet and an outlet for connection to each other. The connecting means each have a connecting plane, into which the outlets open, each covered by a protective means, and which are movable into engagement with each other with the outlets facing each other. A locking element, which is slidably arranged on one connecting means, is, in a controlled manner and without interruption of the sliding movement, movable onto the other connecting means to a distinct end position. The protective means are removable by means of the locking element when this is moved, and the outlets are sealingly pressable against each other. The locking element is prevented from moving until a predetermined force is applied in the moving direction. | 09-11-2008 |
20080277878 | Device and Method for Contamination-Free and/or Sterile Sealing Between At Least Two Interconnectable Connecting Means - A method and a device are provided for contamination-free and/or sterile sealing between two interconnectable connecting means having opposing openings. Interconnection allows transfer of a fluid between the openings. Sealing elements are arranged on the connecting means around the openings, and protective films are provided, covering the sealing elements and the openings and adapted to be removed in the final interconnection. The sealing elements are each provided with at least one recess which extends wholly or partly around the associated opening and receives a gas. In use the sealing elements are moved into engagement with each other, interleaved with the protective films, to reduce the volume of the recesses and, thus, increase the pressure of the gas therein. During removal of the protective films, the gas flows out of the recesses to the environment to prevent penetration of contamination into the openings. | 11-13-2008 |
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20110186766 | VALVE SEAL - A device in a valve ( | 08-04-2011 |
20130199639 | Fluid Transfer Device - A disposable device for the sterile transfer of fluids, such as liquids or gases, includes a body, a bore formed through at least a portion of the interior of the body, and a linearly moveable plunger contained within the bore. The body is formed from a rotating section and a stationary section. Partial rotation of the rotating section around a portion of the stationary section and the plunger drives the plunger linearly within the bore, opening and closing the device. The plunger includes at least a first and a second opening, and a fluid channel in the interior of the plunger connecting the first and second openings forming a fluid pathway to downstream components when the device is open. A termination component at one end of the plunger connects to a downstream component. A flange at one end of the body attaches to an upstream component. When the device is closed, the upstream end of the plunger is in alignment with the upstream flange of the body, forming a steamable sterilized in place face and a sterile barrier. | 08-08-2013 |
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20090254059 | REFASTENABLE PANT-LIKE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND A METHOD FOR MAKING IT - A pant-type absorbent article including a first body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side and a second body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side, the body facing sides of first and second body panels are held together in a face-to-face relationship along lateral edges to form side connections. The article further including a first fastening member hingedly attached to or near a lateral edge of the body facing side of the first body panel and having a portion which is unattached to said first body panel, said portion is refastenably attached to a complementary second fastening member provided on the body facing side of the second body panel. A recess forming a finger grip may be provided in the lateral edge of the first body panel. | 10-08-2009 |
20110168318 | REFASTENABLE PANT-LIKE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND A METHOD FOR MAKING IT - A pant-type absorbent article including a first body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side and a second body panel having a body facing side and a garment facing side, the body facing sides of first and second body panels are held together in a face-to-face relationship along lateral edges to form side connections. The article further including a first fastening member hingedly attached to or near a lateral edge of the body facing side of the first body panel and having a portion which is unattached to said first body panel, said portion is refastenably attached to a complementary second fastening member provided on the body facing side of the second body panel. A recess forming a finger grip may be provided in the lateral edge of the first body panel. | 07-14-2011 |
20120088646 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANTS-TYPE DIAPER - A method for facilitating the alignment of first and second side panel portions of a pants-type diaper whilst feeding a pants-type diaper precursor in a machine direction through processing apparatus. The pants-type diaper precursor includes a leading edge region, a trailing edge region and first and second side edge regions, each of the first and second side edge regions having a first side panel portion at the leading edge region and a second side panel portion at the trailing edge region. The method includes applying elastic elements under tension to a flat continuous web having a predetermined width in the cross-machine direction, the web forming either the backsheet or the topsheet of the pants-type diaper. The elastic element in the trailing edge region is adapted to generate a greater gathering force than the elastic element in the leading edge region such that the first and second panels are better aligned when brought into overlapping relationship. | 04-12-2012 |
20130184670 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY ELASTICATING A MOVING WEB AND AN ARTICLE COMPRISING THE ELASTICATED WEB - A method for producing an elasticated chassis web for use as a continuous and coherent layer in a disposable garment, including attaching continuous elastic elements ( | 07-18-2013 |
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20120005157 | IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM SERVICE CONFIGURATION - According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of operating an XML Document Management Server in an IP Multimedia Subsystem. The method comprises receiving a message from a user terminal requesting an XML document, the XML document conforming to a given structure and containing one or more service rules relating to a service, retrieving an XML document containing said service rules from a data storage entity. If the structure of the retrieved XML document differs from said given structure, adapting a rule or rules of the retrieved XML document such that the XML document conforms to said given structure, and sending the adapted XML document to the user terminal. | 01-05-2012 |
20130324116 | VIRTUAL HOME NETWORK - There is disclosed a network node acting as a virtual home network. The network node comprises a communications interface arranged to receive a service request for a service from a user equipment in a visited network, the user equipment being associated with a home network operator and the service being associated with actions. The communications interface is further arranged to receive a service control and policy environment of the home network operator, the communications interface thereby being arranged to acquire control of said actions. The network node further comprises a processing unit arranged to, based on the actions, determine a service access route for the user equipment to access the service. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090048747 | Hybrid Vehicle With Soft Shafts - A fast automated gear shift operation is performed using a powertrain in a hybrid vehicle, the powertrain including a gear box, an engine, at least one controllable motor, a torque ripple damping device, a mechanical connecting device for connecting or disconnecting the engine to or from, respectively, wheels of the vehicle. In the gear shift operation the motor is controlled to perform a sequence of steps in which different torques are delivered by the motor to temporarily change the speed thereof. The torques are selected so that they to reduce the mechanical tension over at least one elastic part of the powertrain. Hence it can be achieved, that during at least a period during the gear shift operation torques over mechanical elements in the gear box cooperating in the current gear and/or over the mechanical connecting device are eliminated or at least strongly reduced. The period should be sufficiently long so as to permit disconnection of said mechanical elements cooperating for the present gear and/or to permit disconnection of the mechanical connection device. | 02-19-2009 |
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20110056786 | Electrically Controlled Brake - An electrically controlled brake includes a rotatable first mechanical system and a second mechanical system that is stationary or fixed. The two systems have friction surfaces/parts that can be made to come in engagement with each other, providing a braking effect, and be withdrawn from each other releasing the braking effect. In the second system, windings can be wound around two braking shoes made from soft magnetic material so that an electric current flowing in the windings affects magnetic fluxes through the soft magnetic parts to move at least one thereof. The movement is in a direction that affects the effective width of an air gap in the closed main magnetic path. The electric current gives attraction forces over the air gap which tend to move the braking shoes to reduce the length of the air gap. A spring that e.g. can be a flat spring is rigidly mounted to inner ends of the braking shoes, creating forces on the braking shoes acting in a direction substantially opposite that of the attraction forces. The spring and the braking shoes form a unified structure that via a portion of the spring is rigidly attached to a stationary component of the brake, such as through a bar. Since the movements of the braking shoes are not performed about some shaft or articulation, there is no mechanical play in the brake. | 03-10-2011 |
20130342049 | COOLED MAGNET MOTOR - An electric motor/generator comprises a rotor with magnets mounted on the surface of the rotor, the magnets facing the stator over a gap. The magnets have a very high flux density but a limited ability to withstand high stator currents at high temperatures, preferably magnets made of the N48H material. By providing rotor magnet cooling means that reduces the temperature of the magnets by a cooling fluid, use of magnets with lower maximum working temperature and higher flux density is permitted and thereby higher flux can be obtained from the magnets. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090315572 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating a Mechanical Property - An apparatus for estimating or supervising one or more internal mechanical properties of a metal alloy object with a known chemical composition based on the resistivity of the metal alloy object. The apparatus includes a device for measuring the resistivity of the metal alloy object, and a computation unit adapted to calculate the content of dissolved alloying elements in the metal alloy object based on the measured resistivity and the known chemical composition of the metal alloy, and based thereon to calculate at least one internal mechanical property of the metal alloy object. | 12-24-2009 |
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20130035873 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A MECHANICAL PROPERTY - A method for supervising a process for producing a metal alloy object with a known chemical composition. A resistivity of the metal alloy object is determined. A content of dissolved alloying elements in the metal alloy object is estimated based on the determined resistivity and the chemical composition of the metal alloy object. A content of precipitated alloying elements in the metal alloy object is estimated based on the determined resistivity and the chemical composition of the metal alloy object. The production process is supervised based on a ratio between the estimated content of dissolved alloying elements and the estimated content of precipitated alloying elements. | 02-07-2013 |
20130085685 | Method And Arrangement For Crack Detection In A Metallic Material - A method of determining a crack depth of a crack in a metallic material including the steps: feeding a current with a first magnitude to a transmitter coil for generating a magnetic field in the metallic material; controlling the current such that it obtains a second magnitude when the magnetic field is estimated to have penetrated deeper than a deepest crack depth desired to be measured in the metallic material; detecting the magnetic field by means of a receiver coil; determining a first characteristic value of the signal in a first time range; determining a second characteristic value of the signal in a second time range after the first time range; and determining a possible presence of a crack and its crack depth based on the first characteristic value and the second characteristic value. | 04-04-2013 |
20140197825 | Arrangement For Crack Detection In Metallic Materials In A Metal Making Process - An arrangement for a metal making process for detecting cracks along a strip of a metallic material moving in relation to the arrangement. The arrangement includes a coil arrangement fixedly arranged during crack inspection, having: a first winding portion extending in a first direction for inducing a first current in the first direction; a second winding portion extending in a second direction for inducing a second current in the second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other; a first receiver coil arranged to detect a magnetic field generated by the first current; and a second receiver coil arranged to detect a magnetic field generated by the second current, the magnetic field generated by the first current and the magnetic field generated by the second current providing a measure of whether a crack is present in the portion of the strip. | 07-17-2014 |
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