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20100277295 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE OUTPUT LEVEL SWITCHING - Various techniques are provided for implementing a lighting device with selectable output level switching. In one example, a lighting device includes a light source, a controller adapted to provide one or more signals to control the operation of the light source, a power terminal adapted to receive a power source, and a tailcap assembly. The tailcap assembly includes a tailcap, a push button, and a washer disposed in the tailcap. The washer includes at least one arm adapted to be pushed against a surface to selectively connect the controller to the power terminal in response to a manipulation of the tailcap assembly. | 11-04-2010 |
20110261556 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A lighting device with thermal management may be, for example, a headlamp device that includes a light source and a housing. The housing includes a first portion comprising a first set of external surfaces adapted to operate as a first heat sink to dissipate heat from within the first portion. The light source is disposed within the first portion. The housing also includes a second portion comprising a second set of external surfaces adapted to operate as a second heat sink to dissipate heat from within the second portion. Substantially all external surfaces of the of housing are adapted to be exposed to ambient air when the headlamp device is in use and are included in the first and second sets of external surfaces. Methods and other lighting devices are also provided. | 10-27-2011 |
20120068624 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH MULTI-POSITION JOYSTICK - Various lighting devices and related methods are provided. In one example, a portable lighting device includes a light source, lighting control circuitry, a body, and a tailcap assembly attached to an end of the body. The tailcap assembly includes a multi-position joystick adapted to pivot relative to the body in response to lateral pressure and move vertically relative to the body in response to vertical pressure. The tailcap assembly also includes switches adapted to provide signals to the lighting control circuitry in response to pivot movement and vertical movement of the joystick. The lighting control circuitry is adapted to operate the light source in response to the signals. | 03-22-2012 |
20130043795 | LIGHTING DEVICE CONTROLLER PROGRAMMING - Various techniques are provided for programming lighting devices. In one example, a lighting device includes a light emitting diode (LED). The lighting device also includes a microcontroller configured to receive a programming signal generated by the LED in response to illumination of the LED with an externally-supplied light signal modulated with the programming signal. | 02-21-2013 |
20130043807 | LIGHTING DEVICE CONTROL USING VARIABLE INDUCTOR - Various techniques are provided for implementing a lighting device variable control using a variable inductor. In various examples, the variable control may be implemented with a plurality of continuous or stepped settings. The variable control may be adjusted by a user-actuated movement of a part of the lighting device, such as the depression of a tail cap or another appropriate physical control to change the inductance of the variable inductor. An oscillating signal may be induced in a variable inductor circuit that includes the variable inductor. The oscillating signal may exhibit characteristics, such as frequency, that change with the inductance of the variable inductor. Such characteristics may be measured to determine a setting of the variable control and which may be used to adjust the brightness or other attributes of the lighting device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130283660 | GUN SIGHT - Various gun sights and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, a gun sight includes a light source adapted to project light, a user-viewable interface, and an optical element. The optical element includes a first surface adapted to pass the light to provide a reticle at the user-viewable interface. The optical element also includes a second surface adapted to refract the light to provide a light guide at a peripheral area of the user-viewable interface to aid a user to substantially align the user's eye with the reticle. Various mechanisms for aligning gun sights, attaching gun sights, related methods, and other embodiments are also provided. | 10-31-2013 |
20150102746 | LIGHTING DEVICE CONTROL USING VARIABLE INDUCTOR - Various techniques are provided for implementing a variable control for a lighting device, such as a flashlight, that uses a variable inductor. The lighting device may include a tail cap, a battery terminal, and a variable inductor mounted in the tail cap and electrically connected in series with the battery terminal. The lighting device may also include a user operable switch configured to selectively bypass the variable inductor. The variable inductor may include, for example, a magnetic coil comprising a wire coil and a core. The variable inductor may also include a ring comprised of ferrous material and having a substantially elliptical inner circumfery and surrounding the magnetic coil, wherein the ring is adapted to be rotated relative to the magnetic coil in response to user actuation of a rotatable user control. | 04-16-2015 |
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20090077937 | COLLAPSIBLE FILTER WITH FOLDING ARMS - The present invention addresses the need for a collapsible filter that is easily assembled and installed. The collapsible filter comprises top and bottom arms rotatably attached to the top and bottom edges of two end caps. A pleated filter media is provided attached to at least one of the end caps. The present invention also addresses the need for mechanisms to facilitation the expansion of the pleated filter media, utilizing spring-like devices or other materials that may be compressed but expand to a natural state. Similarly, the present invention further addresses the need for mechanisms that allow for controlling the distance between adjacent pleats within a pleated, collapsible filter media. The present invention recognizes that a combination of these approaches may be utilized to provide a collapsible filter that is easily constructed at a manufacturing facility, assembled in the field, and installed within a system having need for a filter. | 03-26-2009 |
20090145060 | FRAME FOR RECEIVING A FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING - A frame for receiving a filter element includes: a pair of first members and a pair of second members. The first members may be arranged alternately with the second members in the assembled orientation to establish a plurality of joining structures between adjoining members. Each respective joining structure of the plurality of joining structures maintains the adjoining members oriented substantially about a respective axis. The first members and the second members cooperate to define a volume for effecting the receiving. | 06-11-2009 |
20100106309 | GENERAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN A HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING NETWORK - The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In various embodiments of systems and methods including a bus, a compressor is coupled to the bus, and a subnet controller is coupled to the bus. The subnet controller disables the compressor when acting upon a dehumidification command. | 04-29-2010 |
20120205328 | FRAME FOR RECEIVING A FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING - Provided is an apparatus for receiving a filter member. The apparatus, in this embodiment, includes a plurality of discrete substantially rigid frame sections. In this embodiment, each respective section of the plurality of sections lies generally in a respective plane substantially oriented about a respective axis and has a respective length greater than a respective width. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the plurality of sections are joined width-to-width generally oriented with respect to a plane in an assembled orientation to circumscribe a quadrilaterally bound zone for effecting said receiving. Further to this embodiment, adjacent portions of respective joined sections in the assembled orientation establish respective joining structures. Even further to this embodiment, each respective joining structure maintains the adjacent portions oriented substantially about a respective axis. | 08-16-2012 |
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20100207976 | PRINT HEAD - A print head assembly includes a print head and a print head cover disposed around the print head. The print head cover includes a face and a print opening disposed in the face. The print opening disposed adjacent an ejection point of the print head. A perforated area is disposed on the face. | 08-19-2010 |
20100220149 | INK JET MODULE - A core module for an ink jet printer includes a housing and a connection manifold disposed on the housing and including a plurality of ports providing fluid communication into and out of the module. A plurality of components is disposed within the housing, including a filter module, an ink reservoir, and an ink circuit. The filter module includes a fluid filter disposed in a filter housing. The filter housing has an inlet and an outlet. The ink circuit is in fluid communication with the components and the ports, and includes fluid paths for conveying ink between the components. The filter module is connected to the connection manifold such that the filter housing inlet and outlet are each in fluid communication with one of the plurality of ports on the manifold. | 09-02-2010 |
20100238212 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERTER FOR INK JET PRINTING - A method of driving an electromechanical converter of a print head of a continuous inkjet printer, wherein the electromechanical converter is arranged to break up a continuous stream of ink into a plurality of drops. The method includes determining a modulation voltage to drive the electromechanical converter, at least a property of the modulation voltage being controlled to take into account movement of a break up point of the continuous stream of ink, and to ensure that in a characteristic of modulation voltage versus a property at least indicative of a break up point of the continuous stream of ink, the characteristic has a predetermined gradient, or a gradient related to this predetermined gradient; and driving the electromechanical converter at the determined modulation voltage. | 09-23-2010 |
20110032298 | PRINTING METHOD - A method of printing an image on a substrate effected by moving the substrate past a print head during a printing operation and printing the image by printing a plurality of strokes. Printing each stroke includes emitting a plurality of drops of ink from the print head. The method includes receiving image data defining an image to be printed, the image data including data relating to a characteristic of the image; selecting printer control data defining the plurality of drops of ink which are to be emitted from the print head to print a stoke, the selecting being based upon data indicating a maximum number of drops of ink which can be emitted from the print head during a stroke and the characteristic of the image; and printing the image based upon the data defining the image to be printed and the printer control data. | 02-10-2011 |
20110037814 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system for an ink jet printer, particularly a continuous ink jet printer, has a manifold assembly of two parts that are brought together at interfacing surfaces. At least one of the surfaces has a plurality of ink flow channels for conveying ink around an ink circuit between components. The other of the interfacing surfaces is configured to close and seal the channels. A plurality of ports is provided in fluid communication with the channels, the circuit components being connectable to the ports. The manifold assembly provides for a compact and neat arrangement free of many tubes and pipes. The lower number of connections significantly reduces the risk of leakage. | 02-17-2011 |
20110085009 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system for an ink jet printer, particularly a continuous ink jet printer, has a manifold assembly of two parts that are brought together at interfacing surfaces. At least one of the surfaces has a plurality of ink flow channels for conveying ink around an ink circuit between components. The other of the interfacing surfaces is configured to close and seal the channels. A plurality of ports is provided in fluid communication with the channels, the circuit components being connectable to the ports. The manifold assembly provides for a compact and neat arrangement free of many tubes and pipes. The lower number of connections significantly reduces the risk of leakage. | 04-14-2011 |
20140028761 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system for an ink jet printer, particularly a continuous ink jet printer, has a manifold assembly of two parts that are brought together at interfacing surfaces. At least one of the surfaces has a plurality of ink flow channels for conveying ink around an ink circuit between components. The other of the interfacing surfaces is configured to close and seal the channels. A plurality of ports is provided in fluid communication with the channels, the circuit components being connectable to the ports. The manifold assembly provides for a compact and neat arrangement free of many tubes and pipes. The lower number of connections significantly reduces the risk of leakage. | 01-30-2014 |
20150138285 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system for an ink jet printer, particularly a continuous ink jet printer, has a manifold assembly of two parts that are brought together at interfacing surfaces. At least one of the surfaces has a plurality of ink flow channels for conveying ink around an ink circuit between components. The other of the interfacing surfaces is configured to close and seal the channels. A plurality of ports is provided in fluid communication with the channels, the circuit components being connectable to the ports. The manifold assembly provides for a compact and neat arrangement free of many tubes and pipes. The lower number of connections significantly reduces the risk of leakage. | 05-21-2015 |
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20100223382 | EMBEDDED COLLECTION AND INVENTORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING NETWORK SUPPORT FOR AN INSTALL-BASE NETWORK - A system, method and application for facilitating network support for an install-base network is provided. The method includes performing, at an access node of the install-base network, network discovery to discover one or more nodes of the install-base network. The method also includes collecting, at the nodes, their respective inventories (“network-node inventories”). The method further includes collecting the network-node inventories at the access node, and sending the network-node inventories from the access node to a back-office system external to the install-base network. The method may, optionally, include the access node aggregating the network-node inventories to form aggregate information, and sending the aggregate information to the back-office system in addition to or in lieu of the of network-node inventories. | 09-02-2010 |
20110023119 | TOPOLOGY-AWARE ATTACK MITIGATION - Techniques are disclosed for preventing malicious attacks or other exploits on a computer server. A network manager may be configured to determine a topology of a plurality of network devices and deploy an intrusion prevention system in one or more of the network devices to mitigate attacks against the vulnerable servers. The one or more network devices may be identified based on the topology and one or more constraints for optimizing the deployment of the intrusion prevention systems. | 01-27-2011 |
20130067078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SCRIPT-BASED COLLECTION FOR DEVICES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes verifying a storage capacity of a network element coupled to an end device over a network connection. The method also includes executing script provided in the network element, which is configured for exchanging packets in a network environment. The script initiates a collection of data being retrieved from the end device. The data can be Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) data associated with the end device. The data collected from the end device is communicated to a next destination. | 03-14-2013 |
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20130313318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK INVENTORY MANAGEMENT UTILIZING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY - A system for streamlining a network management system (NMS) includes scanning, via a mobile device, a code on a hardware or software component; and determining, via the mobile device, whether the hardware or software component is a network component (NC), based on the scanned code. The hardware or software component may be a call manager, server, client device, interface card, repeater, hub, bridge, switch, router, or firewall, for example. | 11-28-2013 |
20140089148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK INVENTORY MANAGMENT UTILIZING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY - A system for streamlining a network management system (NMS) includes scanning, via a mobile device, a code on a hardware or software component; and determining, via the mobile device, whether the hardware or software component is a network component (NC), based on the scanned code. The hardware or software component may be a call manager, server, client device, interface card, repeater, hub, bridge, switch, router, or firewall, for example. | 03-27-2014 |