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Alistair Smit, Chelmsford, Essex GB
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20160109140 | CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM - A central heating product comprises a vessel for plumbing between a boiler ( | 04-21-2016 |
Alistair Smit, Chelmsford, Esses GB
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20150300699 | HEATING SYSTEM - A heat exchange system and apparatus comprising: a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a first condenser heat exchanger to which the compressed refrigerant is supplied and at which heat is transferred from the refrigerant to water in a hot water cylinder; an expansion valve that receives cooled liquid refrigerant from the first heat exchanger; a thermodynamic panel including a second heat exchanger heat that receives cool refrigerant from the expansion valve and is in thermal communication with an environmental heat source. | 10-22-2015 |
Anna Aletta Smit, Baden-Baden DE
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20150283189 | MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING MUSCLE AND SKELETAL DISEASES - The present invention concerns the field of therapy of muscle, joint and/or skeletal diseases. In particular, the invention relates to a composition comprising a first solution comprising preparations of | 10-08-2015 |
Anton Eugene Smit, Boksburg ZA
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20110156321 | Method and Apparatus for the Production of Fine Fibres - A method and apparatus provided for the production of fine fibres by electrospinning fibres by applying an electrical field between a primary electrode and a counter electrode ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110247311 | YARN AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A yarn spun from a plurality of nano-fibres is provided and is characterized in that at least some of the nano-fibres are folded with the folds occurring at predeterminable distances which are integer multiples of a specific spacing. The folds result from spinning the nano-fibres onto a plurality of moving conductive strips which are inclined to their direction of movement. A process and apparatus for producing such yarn is also provided. | 10-13-2011 |
20140302245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FINE FIBRES - A method and apparatus provided for the production of fine fibres by electrospinning fibres by applying an electrical field between a primary electrode and a counter electrode ( | 10-09-2014 |
Arno Smit, White Rock CA
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20100016983 | HIP PROTECTOR IMPLANT - An implant system is described to decrease the risk of hip fracture in humans determined to be at increased risk for hip fracture, over a time span well over several years after implantation. This implant increases the size of the contact area on the proximal femur at the time of a fall, decreasing contact pressures and contact stresses. The implant may be able to absorb energy on impact or cause an increase of energy absorption by the soft tissues, thus decreasing the energy transfer to the proximal femur at the time of a fall. The implant may also strengthen the proximal femur, while minimizing stress shielding of the surrounding bone. In addition, it minimizes the risk of displacement should fracture occur, thus minimizing the risk of formal fracture surgery. The method of application minimizes risks associated with initial application of the implant. | 01-21-2010 |
Arnoud Smit, Regensburg DE
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20080285230 | Electronic Unit with Sealed Coolant Passage - To improve coolant sealing or reduce the risks in the event of leakage for an electronic unit, e.g. an engine control unit, containing electric and/or electronic components which are disposed on an upper side of a thermally conductive electronic base plate and thermally coupled to the base plate, the base plate in turn being thermally coupled to a coolant passage, there is provided a particular configuration and arrangement of the components delimiting a coolant passage. Advantageously, the underside of the base plate can come into direct contact with a coolant (“direct cooling”). By making a ridge running in an annularly closed manner and being formed in one-piece with the base plate, coolant escaping from the coolant passage is prevented from passing directly to the underside of the base plate. Accordingly, the coolant passage may be sealed by a “double sealing arrangement” on the underside of the base plate. | 11-20-2008 |
Benno Frank Smit, Auckland NZ
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20110200474 | INTEGRATED PUMP FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS - A swash pump for compressible fluids uses sealing contacts made between the nutatable swash plate and the fixed cone plates to centre and locate the inner swash sphere which slides against two resiliently mounted ring seals only, minimising pump friction. A slanted end of a common drive shaft supporting and turned by the rotor of an integrated, variable speed motor causes nutation of the sphere. All bearings, especially axially slidable roller bearings inside the sphere, may settle in position with respect to the common shaft for least frictional loss. This pump is also adapted for pumping explosive gases. | 08-18-2011 |
20130011287 | PUMP OR TURBINE FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS - A rotatable drive shaft in the swash pump or turbine for liquids is supported by one bearing at each end. An integrated motor or dynamo uses the same two bearings. The compound first bearing supports a slanted section of the drive shaft placed inside the inner swash sphere, and transfers rotational power to the attached nutatable swash plate. The second bearing confines rotation of the drive shaft in a defined axis. Either one of the bearings is made to prevent axial movement of the drive shaft, preventing swash pump misalignment. A resilient drive, and an immersed pump are described. | 01-10-2013 |
Brian John Richard Smit, Calgary CA
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20100162929 | RECONFIGURABLE BLAST RESISTANT BUILDING - A reconfigurable blast resistant building is disclosed. Shear walls are stationed at the ends of the building to provide rigid support. Intermediate removable panels are detachably attached in seriatim between the shear walls. Each intermediate panel comprises a blast-resistant body having a front wall and a pair of side walls. One of the side walls has an outwardly extending flange, and the other side wall has an inwardly extending flange for abutting against the outwardly extending flange of an adjacent panel to cover the joint between the two panels and protect the inside of the building from being directly exposed to a blast force. | 07-01-2010 |
Christoffel Jakobus Smit, Citrusdal ZA
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20100119473 | INSECT ATTRACTANT - The invention relates to insect attractants containing compounds with pentagonal heterocyclic structures that are effective in attracting fruitflies. | 05-13-2010 |
Denis John Smit, Middlesbrough GB
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20140303052 | THICKENED GREASE COMPOSITION - A thickened grease composition is provided by process of heating a mineral oil and 12-hydroxystearic acid with lithium hydroxide and forming a simple lithium grease to which at least one component selected from the group comprising succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid, dimethyl succinate, dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, methyl hydroxycaproate, cyclohexanediols, methyl 5-hydroxyvalerate, methyl valerate, gamma butyrolactone, and methyl levulinate or mixtures thereof. | 10-09-2014 |
Denis John Smit, Middlesbrough DK
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20150299867 | ALIPHATIC DICARBOXLIC ACID MIXTURE FORMULATION - A novel mixture composition comprising various aliphatic dicarboxylic acids is provided. Further, a composition comprising the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid mixture composition, water and at least one water-soluble organic amine is provided. Further, a method for inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces comprising contacting the metal with the composition comprising the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid mixture composition as above, water and at least one water-soluble organic amine is provided. | 10-22-2015 |
Eugene Anton Smit, Gauteng Province ZA
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20100207303 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FIBERS - A process is provided for producing fibers which includes forming a plurality of bubbles on the surface of a fiber spinning solution, applying a voltage between the solution and a counter-electrode spaced apart therefrom to cause jets to extend from the bubbles to the counter-electrode, and treating the solution with a surfactant to stabilize the bubbles. | 08-19-2010 |
Franci Smit, Bled SI
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20080238040 | Ski or Snowboard Having Improved Torsional Rigidity - A ski or snowboard having improved the transmission of forces from a binding mounting area to the respective edge of a ski or snowboard is disclosed. Such a ski or snowboard comprises a gliding surface with the associated edges as well as a lower support comprising a number of support layers over which a core with its associated lateral flanks is built. Over the core, a support is arranged in a uniform and relief-like manner that is constructed as a uniform whole from the shaped flat material, for example from laminate or in principle also from shaped sheet metal, or a plate or laminate or a similar flat semi-finished product of metallic or non-metallic material. | 10-02-2008 |
Gabriel Smit, Cape Town ZA
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20130283176 | MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMPUTING NODES - Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 10-24-2013 |
Gert Smit, Cape Town ZA
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20100047760 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING PERFORMANCE BASED EMULATION TESTING - A computer system and method may include a processor instantiating a test scenario that includes a description of a stem that defines a context and at least one task to be performed in accordance with the context and via interaction with at least one target application; providing an interface to an instance of the at least one target application for the interaction; executing one or more stored evaluation queries to check a status of the instance of the at least one target application and record one or more binary values based on the status; and executing one or more stored scoring expressions to generate and output a score, the scoring expression defining a function having input parameters that are based on the one or more binary values. The processor may further provide an authoring environment in which to define the test scenario, evaluation queries, and scoring expressions. | 02-25-2010 |
Jan Tjeerd Smit, Roosevelt Part Ext. ZA
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20080223967 | Enhanced ore communication process and apparatus - A method and apparatus for comminuting particulate material by interparticle comminution in a bed of particles are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vertical roller mill with a horizontal grinding table rotating about a vertical mill axis. At least one grinding roller presses resiliently against a bed of particulate material on the grinding track and applies a compressive force. The geometry of the mill is such that the roller engages the bed of particulate material with a substantially pure rolling action. This minimizes shear forces applied to the particle bed and minimizes the reduction of fines. | 09-18-2008 |
Johannes Theodorus Smit, Fish Hoek ZA
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20130233648 | FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - The invention concerns a fall protection system for use when working on an elevated structure. The system includes an anchor rope which is securable on opposite sides of the elevated structure so that the anchor rope extends from one side of the structure to the opposite side of the structure. A safety rope, which is connectable to the anchor rope and to a harness worn by a user, is also provided. The system further includes a rope length adjustment device which is connectable to the safety rope and adapted to allow the safety rope to pass therethrough so that the effective length of safety rope extending between the rope length adjustment device and the anchor rope can be adjusted up to a certain length determined by the user in order to define a safe working area. The anchor rope may be connected to anchor points on the structure by means of belay-fall arrest-descending devices which allows a user to be lowered in a controlled manner down to ground level in the event of a fall occurring. The invention also concerns a method of installing the fall protection system. | 09-12-2013 |
Josephus P.a. Smit, Arnhem NE
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20150051467 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VENOUS DIAMETER - An implantable medical device system and associated method receive a signal from an implantable sensor operatively positioned relative to a vein, the signal being responsive to changes in a diameter of the vein. A diameter of the vein is determined in response to the sensor signal and used in estimating central venous pressure (CVP). | 02-19-2015 |
Jurie Pretorius Smit, Maroelasfontein ZA
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20150267537 | ROCK ANCHORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention discloses an underground rock anchoring system comprising a rock bolt having a bolt shaft operatively locatable in an elongate rectilinear hole drilled into a hanging wall such that an end portion of the bolt shaft protrudes from the hole, the bolt shaft having a side wall defining a hollow internal chamber extending along at least part of the length of the bolt shaft, a bearing plate adapted to be fitted over the protruding end portion of the bolt shaft for bearing against a rock surface of the hanging wall; and fastening means for pulling the bearing plate taut against the rock surface of the hanging wall. The invention also extends to a rock anchoring method in which such system is used. | 09-24-2015 |
Jurie Pretorius Smit, Thabazimbi District, Limpopo Province ZA
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20150267537 | ROCK ANCHORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention discloses an underground rock anchoring system comprising a rock bolt having a bolt shaft operatively locatable in an elongate rectilinear hole drilled into a hanging wall such that an end portion of the bolt shaft protrudes from the hole, the bolt shaft having a side wall defining a hollow internal chamber extending along at least part of the length of the bolt shaft, a bearing plate adapted to be fitted over the protruding end portion of the bolt shaft for bearing against a rock surface of the hanging wall; and fastening means for pulling the bearing plate taut against the rock surface of the hanging wall. The invention also extends to a rock anchoring method in which such system is used. | 09-24-2015 |
Keith Alexander Smit, Tzaneen ZA
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20100084910 | Wheel - The invention provides a heavy duty rim assembly ( | 04-08-2010 |
Matthew Paul Smit, Burnaby CA
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20130278989 | VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE OPTICAL DEVICES - A self-powered variable transmittance optical device, such as a smart window or other device, and associated method are provided. The device comprises one or more transparent substrates, with a switching material disposed thereon or therebetween. The switching material may be a hybrid photochromic/electrochromic material capable of transitioning from a first transmittance state to a second transmittance state with application of electricity, and from second state to first state due to another stimulus, such as UV radiation. Electrodes are coupled to the switching material for applying electricity. An electrical system provides for controllable application of the electricity, and may store energy. Energy is provided by an energy-harvesting power source such as a solar cell or other photovoltaic source, or array thereof, or another device for harvesting vibrational or thermal energy. Energy harvesting, energy storage capacity and/or switching material may be configured to provide at least a predetermined level of device operability. | 10-24-2013 |
20150109651 | OPTICAL FILTER COMPRISING A VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE LAYER - A optical filter comprising a variable transmittance layer having a first spectrum in a dark state, and a second spectrum in a faded state; and a color balancing layer having a third spectrum; each of the first, second and third spectra comprising a visible portion; the first and third spectra combining to provide a dark state spectrum approximating a dark state target color; and the second and third spectra combining to provide a fades state spectrum approximating a faded state target colour. The optical filter may further comprise a light attenuating layer. The optical filter may further comprise part of a laminated glass. | 04-23-2015 |
20150116808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPTICAL FILTER ASSEMBLY - A control system for a variable transmittance optical filter assembly includes a controller in communicatively coupled to a pair of load terminals, and a memory communicatively coupled to the controller and having encoded thereon statements and instructions executable by the controller to transition the optical filter assembly between operating states when coupled to the pair of load terminals. The controller is operable to perform any one or more of: allowing the optical filter assembly to transition to a dark state by shorting the load terminals together, maintaining the optical filter assembly in a hold mode by applying a pulse width modulated voltage signal across the load terminals, and transitioning the optical filter assembly between operative states by applying a voltage signal having voltage pulses of opposite polarities to the load terminals. | 04-30-2015 |
20160085131 | VARIABLE TRANSMITTANCE OPTICAL DEVICES - A self-powered variable transmittance optical device, such as a smart window or other device, and associated method are provided. The device comprises one or more transparent substrates, with a switching material disposed thereon or therebetween. The switching material may be a hybrid photochromic/electrochromic material capable of transitioning from a first transmittance state to a second transmittance state with application of electricity, and from second state to first state due to another stimulus, such as UV radiation. Electrodes are coupled to the switching material for applying electricity. An electrical system provides for controllable application of the electricity, and may store energy. Energy is provided by an energy-harvesting power source such as a solar cell or other photovoltaic source, or array thereof, or another device for harvesting vibrational or thermal energy. Energy harvesting, energy storage capacity and/or switching material may be configured to provide at least a predetermined level of device operability | 03-24-2016 |
Mike Smit, Upper Tantallon CA
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20150288669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRECISION SHARING OF BIG DATA - An ecosystem that allows fine-grained multi-party control over access to information stored in one or more data sources of a data provider. A requesting party can submit a query job to the data provider. Resellers in the chain can introduce their own query modifiers to the query job, adding additional data access, data transformation and segmentation functions to the query job. The data provider can append its own query modifier to the query job and execute the query job with all of the query modifiers. Access control for each link in the chain is checked before the query modifier for the link is executed. After execution of all query modifiers and the query job, the results can be provided to the requesting party. | 10-08-2015 |
Oliver Mitchel Smit, Centurion ZA
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20140351684 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING FORMS TO NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A mobile application engine includes an adapter, translation server and mobile renderer for providing forms as native mobile applications on a mobile device. | 11-27-2014 |
Patrick Henri Smit, Gauteng ZA
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20130312634 | SELF-STEERING RAILWAY BOGIE - The invention relates to railway bogies, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a self-steering bogie for a locomotive. In accordance with the invention there is provided a self-steering railway bogie ( | 11-28-2013 |
Paul Rudolph Smit, Centurion, Guateng ZA
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20160037733 | MODULAR WALL SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL GARDENS - The invention provides a modular wall system [ | 02-11-2016 |
Peter Smit, Cooroibah AU
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20140332095 | PUMP APPARATUS - Pump apparatus comprising a base or chassis, a power unit and a reel assembly each operatively mounted to the base or chassis, a flexible conveyor conduit and flexible service line adapted to be payed out from the reel assembly and a work head including a pump operatively connected to the conveyor conduit. The work head comprises a pump having an outlet which is operatively connected to a conveying conduit, a support frame to which the pump is mounted and a powered traction drive assembly operatively mounted to the support frame. The reel assembly comprises a reel rotatably mounted to the base or chassis, a conveying conduit and a flexible service line, each being adapted to be wound thereon and payed out therefrom. | 11-13-2014 |
Peter Martin Smit, Buderim AU
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20100307608 | Valve assembly - A valve assembly ( | 12-09-2010 |
20120024400 | Valve Assembly - A valve assembly ( | 02-02-2012 |
20130228237 | Valve Assembly - A valve assembly able to be mounted with a liquid container, the valve assembly comprising: a housing having a passageway that extends through the housing; a breather float valve mounted within the housing, the breather float valve movable between an open position to allow gas to pass through the passageway and a closed position that prevents liquid from passing through the passageway; a liquid inlet, forming part of the housing, the liquid inlet allowing fluid to pass into the housing; and an inlet float valve mounted within the housing, the inlet float valve movable between an open position that permits the flow of liquid through the liquid inlet and a closed position that prevents the flow of fluid through the liquid inlet. | 09-05-2013 |
Riana Smit, Pretoria ZA
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20100234002 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE NETWORK - A method of and system for distributing information forming part of an information campaign to a user's mobile device in a mobile communication network are provided. The method comprises receiving campaign message information defining campaign messages to be distributed on behalf of an information provider to a mobile device. A campaign message request associated with a mobile device is received by the system, with the campaign message being generated by embedded architecture content forming part of an application program of a mobile device service provider. The system associates the campaign request with target profile information defined by the information provider in order to select a suitable campaign message for distribution and distributes the selected campaign message to the service provider or mobile device, in response to the received campaign request. | 09-16-2010 |
Robbert Smit, Taipei TW
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20100141581 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR COMPUTER - Control device for a computer mouse. In order to enhance comfort as much as possible and to avoid or even cure RSI phenomena, a control | 06-10-2010 |
Ruud Smit, Haarlem NE
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20140161888 | FORMULATIONS OF 6-MERCAPTOPURINE - The present invention provides improved formulations of 6-mercaptopurine that exhibit better bioavailability and faster dissolution than previous formulations. | 06-12-2014 |
Theo Smit, Heidelberg DE
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20120184702 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a process for producing composite materials which consist essentially of | 07-19-2012 |
20120238676 | USE OF OLIGOMERIC CARBODIIMIDES AS STABILIZERS - Oligomeric carbodiimides comprising at least one heterocyclic end group are used as stabilizers for polymers. The oligomeric carbodiimides may be compounds of the general formula (I), | 09-20-2012 |
20120328870 | COATED POLYMER FOILS WITH OXYGEN BARRIER PROPERTIES - A coated polymer foil is described and can be produced via coating of a polymer foil with an aqueous composition comprising (A) a polymer which is obtained via free-radical polymerization and which is composed of from 10 to 80% by weight of a compound selected from ethylenically unsaturated anhydrides and ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the carboxylic acid groups of which can form an anhydride group, and (B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxy groups. The coating gives the polymer foil an oxygen barrier and can in particular be used for producing packaging. | 12-27-2012 |
20130046055 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN AQUEOUS BINDER SYSTEM - The invention provides aqueous binder systems comprising at least one polymeric carboxylic acid, at least one saccharide compound and at least one alkanolamine having at least two hydroxyl groups. | 02-21-2013 |
20130131255 | ADDITIVES FOR STABILIZING POLYCONDENSATES WITH RESPECT TO HYDROLYSIS - A mixture comprising at least one polyfunctional chain extender having at least three reactive groups, and at least one mono- or difunctional hydrolysis stabilizer, where the chain extenders and the hydrolysis stabilizers react with the terminal groups of polymers in the molten or solid state of the polymers to form a chemical bond. Use of such mixtures as stabilizers for polymers. Methods for stabilizing polymers with respect to molecular weight loss, where an effective amount of such a mixture is added to the polymer. | 05-23-2013 |
20140017411 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a process for producing composite materials formed from | 01-16-2014 |
20140073717 | PHOTOREACTIVE POLYMER - A description is given of a photoreactive polymer preparable by radical polymerization using at least one photoreactive monomer, where the photoreactive monomer has at least one radically polymerizable C—C double bond, at least one hydrophilic group selected from an ethylene glycol group and polyethylene glycol groups having at least 2 ethylene glycol units, and at least one photoreactive group, the photoreactive group being a photoenolizable carbonyl group. | 03-13-2014 |
20140094561 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a process for producing a composite material composed of at least one inorganic or organometallic phase and one organic polymer phase with aromatic or heteroaromatic structural units, wherein homo- or copolymerization of the monomers of the formula I is performed in the presence of a base selected from organic nitrogen bases and inorganic or organic oxo bases and fluoride salts. | 04-03-2014 |
20140243477 | ADDITIVES FOR STABILIZING POLYMERS WITH RESPECT TO HYDROLYSIS - Use of copolymers (C) comprising at least one epoxy group and at least one alkoxysilane group as stabilizers for polymers (P), where the copolymers (C) are generally obtained via polymerization of monomers and said monomers comprise those that comprise epoxy groups or alkoxysilane groups or epoxy groups and alkoxysilane groups, or that are reacted during or after polymerization and, after the reaction, comprise epoxy groups or alkoxysilane groups, or epoxy groups and alkoxysilane groups. Processes for stabilizing polymers (P) with respect to hydrolysis, which comprise adding, to the polymers (P), an effective amount of copolymers (C). Copolymers (C′) composed of specific compositions of monomers comprising at least one epoxy group and at least one alkoxysilane group, and also optionally other monomers. Mixtures comprising copolymers (C′) and polymers (P). | 08-28-2014 |
20150218328 | RUBBER MATERIAL WITH BARRIER MATERIAL MADE OF CYCLOOLEFIN COPOLYMERS - The use of a certain copolymer is described for reducing the gas-permeability of rubber material. A rubber material provided with a barrier material in the form of the copolymer is also described. The copolymer can be produced via ring-opening metathesis polymerization of a) one first olefin monomer selected from the group consisting of cyclic olefin monomers having at least one endocyclic C—C double bond, where no tertiary carbon atom bearing a hydrogen atom is present in alpha-position to the double bond, and b) one second olefin monomer selected from the group consisting of cyclic olefin monomers having one endocyclic C—C double bond, where a tertiary carbon atom bearing a hydrogen atom is present in at least one alpha-position to the double bond, where the copolymer has been oxidized at least to some extent, where the amount of polycyclic olefin monomers used to produce the copolymer with at least two C—C double bonds is zero or less than 1 mol %, based on the entirety of the monomers. | 08-06-2015 |
Theodorus J. Smit, Calgary CA
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20130178728 | HEART RATE MONITOR HAVING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTIVE LAYER - A heart rate monitor (HRM) includes an electrostatic discharge protective layer configured to at least partially shield the heart rate monitor from electrostatic discharge (ESD). The heart rate monitor includes a strap configured to be worn on the body of a user that includes signal and ground electrodes. The signal electrode is configured to receive electrical impulses from the heart of the user, while the ground electrode is configured to electrically ground the heart rate monitor to the body of the user. An electrostatic discharge protective layer is disposed on or in the strap over the signal electrode so that the signal electrode is at least substantially positioned between the body of the user and the electrostatic discharge protective layer when the strap is worn. The electrostatic discharge protective layer is electrically coupled to the ground electrode to at least partially shield the signal electrode from electrostatic discharge. | 07-11-2013 |
20150345925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CYCLIST IS SITTING OR STANDING - A method and apparatus for determining a bicyclist's bodily position, such as sitting or standing, while riding a bicycle. Sensors measure a force applied by the bicyclist to the pedals. The measurement data is analyzed to identify a feature, such as whether a radial force is higher or lower than a tangential force or whether a total vertical force is high or low, which is indicative of the bicyclist's bodily position. A series of changes in the bicyclist's bodily position during the ride is recorded. A series of changes in the geographic location of the bicyclist and/or a series of changes in one or more performance metrics while riding the bicycle may also be recorded. The series of changes in the bicyclist's bodily position, the geographic location, and the performance metrics may be correlated, graphically communicated in real-time or post-ride, and used to improve the bicyclist's performance. | 12-03-2015 |
20160041051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING FORCE APPLIED BY CYCLIST - A method and apparatus for determining a power phase and other force-related performance of a bicyclist while riding a bicycle. Sensors measure a force applied by the bicyclist to the left and right pedals. The measurement data is analyzed to determine the power phase performance by correlating the force applied by the bicyclist to the left and right pedals with corresponding angles of the left and right cranks. A series of changes in the power phase performance during the ride is recorded. A series of changes in the geographic location of the bicyclist and/or a series of changes in one or more performance metrics while riding the bicycle may also be recorded. The series of changes in the bicyclist's power phase performance, the geographic location, and the performance metrics may be correlated, graphically communicated in real-time or post-ride, and used to improve the bicyclist's performance. | 02-11-2016 |