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20080247593 | LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker mounting assembly includes a frame, a sleeve, and a tilt-angle adjustment mechanism. The frame may include an outer frame, an inner frame rotatable about a frame axis relative to the outer frame, and a frame wall extending away from a rear side. The sleeve is coupled to the inner frame at a pivot axis and is tiltable to a plurality of tilt angles relative to the inner frame. The tilt-angle adjustment mechanism is engageable with the sleeve to enable selection of a desired tilt angle. A loudspeaker may be mounted to the sleeve such that the loudspeaker may be swiveled about the frame axis and tilted about the pivot axis. | 10-09-2008 |
20130022229 | LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker mounting assembly includes a frame, a sleeve, and a tilt-angle adjustment mechanism. The frame may include an outer frame, an inner frame rotatable about a frame axis relative to the outer frame, and a frame wall extending away from a rear side. The sleeve is coupled to the inner frame at a pivot axis and is tiltable to a plurality of tilt angles relative to the inner frame. The tilt-angle adjustment mechanism is engageable with the sleeve to enable selection of a desired tilt angle. A loudspeaker may be mounted to the sleeve such that the loudspeaker may be swiveled about the frame axis and tilted about the pivot axis. | 01-24-2013 |
20150049898 | LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker mounting assembly includes a frame, a sleeve, and a tilt-angle adjustment mechanism. The frame may include an outer frame, an inner frame rotatable about a frame axis relative to the outer frame, and a frame wall extending away from a rear side. The sleeve is coupled to the inner frame at a pivot axis and is tiltable to a plurality of tilt angles relative to the inner frame. The tilt-angle adjustment mechanism is engageable with the sleeve to enable selection of a desired tilt angle. A loudspeaker may be mounted to the sleeve such that the loudspeaker may be swiveled about the frame axis and tilted about the pivot axis. | 02-19-2015 |
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20150054329 | STADIUM MEMORABILIA SUPPORT BASE - A method for enhancing sales of stadium seat memorabilia by utilizing a stabilizing base, with a large surface area in the shape of sports memorabilia, such as baseball bats and/or sports figures, with or without brackets, to mount and stabilize a stadium seat for use outside of the stadium, such as at home or in a commercial setting. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054330 | STADIUM SEAT MEMORABILIA SUPPORT BASE - A method for enhancing sales of stadium seat memorabilia by utilizing a stabilizing base, with a large surface area in the shape of sports memorabilia, such as baseball bats and/or sports figures, with or without brackets, to mount and stabilize a stadium seat for use outside of the stadium, such as at home or in a commercial setting. | 02-26-2015 |
20150216312 | STADIUM SEAT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - An assembly for converting a recovered racetrack stadium seat to a freestanding chair, including a generally crescent- or C-shaped side mounting frame having a first elongated member, a second spaced elongated member substantially parallel to the first elongated member, and a third elongated member connected between the first and second elongated members, and a seat attachment assembly, further including at least two elongated attachment members for engaging at least one support members connected beneath the seat and a plurality of fasteners for connecting the attachment members to the generally C-shaped side mounting frame and securing the at least one support member therebetween. | 08-06-2015 |
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20140091952 | Runway Digital Wind Indicator System - A runway digital wind indicator system senses wind conditions at multiple locations, aggregates this data, and communicates up-to-date, usable information to pilots. Meteorological information, including wind speed, direction, and change (i.e., gustiness) plus temperature, humidity, barometer, wind shear, etc., can be sensed by three or more sensor pods placed along a runway (at least one at each end and another in the middle of a given runway). Data from these pods is then transferred to a computer receiver that processes the information into a real-time, concise, readable format that can be displayed to air traffic control, sent to runway digital display signs placed in proximity to runways for direct pilot reference, and/or posted to websites/internet locations that can then be used to wirelessly relay the information to any of a plethora of digital devices that can be accessed directly by a pilot. | 04-03-2014 |
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20150259453 | MODIFIED HETEROPHASIC POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION - A method of creating a modified heterophasic polyolefin composition is provided, whereby a polyolefin composition having at least two phases is melt mixed with a free radical generator, such as a peroxide, and a compatibilizing agent characterized by at least one nitroxide radical and at least one unsaturated bond capable of undergoing a radical addition reaction. Modified heterophasic polyolefin compositions with increased melt flow rates, impact strength, and clarity, which incorporate the compatibilizing agent, are also included within the scope of the invention. | 09-17-2015 |
20160024289 | MODIFIED HETEROPHASIC POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION - A heterophasic polymer composition comprises a propylene polymer phase, an ethylene polymer phase, and a compatibilizing agent. The compatibilizing agent comprises (i) an acyclic carbon-carbon double bond having a first carbon atom and a second carbon atom, (ii) an electron withdrawing group directly bonded to the first carbon atom in the acyclic carbon-carbon double bond, and (iii) a second carbon-carbon multiple bond in conjugation with the acyclic carbon-carbon double bond, wherein the second carbon-carbon multiple bond is linked to the acyclic carbon-carbon double bond through the second carbon atom. | 01-28-2016 |
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20120196683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED GAMING VOUCHER CONTROL - An input/output (I/O) device for use with a gaming machine includes a communication interface communicatively coupled to the gaming machine, a memory area, and a processor coupled to the communication interface and the memory area. The processor is configured to generate a code based at least in part on a unique machine identifier of the I/O device and store the code in the memory area. The processor is also configured to receive a verification request of the code from the gaming machine via the communication interface, and transmit a response message to the gaming machine via the communication interface, wherein the response includes a number of available credits available to a player. | 08-02-2012 |
20120202585 | GAMING MACHINE WITH WAGER REALLOCATION FEATURE - A gaming machine includes a display device and a processor coupled to the display device. The processor is programmed to cause the display device to display a plurality of games using a plurality of frames and to partially execute at least a first game of the plurality of games to create an intermediate game play outcome. The processor is also programmed to cause the display device to display the intermediate game play outcome and a wager reallocation input, to transfer, based on the wager reallocation input, at least a portion of a first wager associated with the first game to a second game of the plurality of games, and to enable play of the second game based on a second wager associated with the second game and the transferred portion of the first wager. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202592 | GAMING MACHINE WITH SCREEN SPLIT AND MERGE FEATURE - A gaming machine includes a display device and a processor coupled to the display device. The processor is configured to cause the display device to display a game using a first frame. The processor is also configured to divide the first frame into a plurality of second frames during play of the game in the first frame, cause the display device to display the plurality of second frames, and enable continued play of the game separately within each second frame. In addition, the processor is configured to merge the plurality of second frames into the first frame, cause the display device to display the first frame, and enable continued play of the game within the first frame. | 08-09-2012 |
20120289317 | GAMING MACHINE WITH SCREEN SPLIT AND MERGE FEATURE - A gaming machine includes a display device and a processor coupled to the display device. The processor is configured to cause the display device to display a game using a first frame. The processor is also configured to divide the first frame into a plurality of second frames during play of the game in the first frame, cause the display device to display the plurality of second frames, and enable continued play of the game separately within each second frame. In addition, the processor is configured to merge the plurality of second frames into the first frame, cause the display device to display the first frame, and enable continued play of the game within the first frame. | 11-15-2012 |
20130252720 | GAMING SYSTEMS WITH CONFIGURABLE JACKPOT AWARD STRATEGIES - A gaming machine includes an input device and a processor coupled to the input device. The input device is configured to receive a game play event from a player. The processor is programmed to determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based at least in part on the game play event. The jackpot trigger condition includes a target quantity of games played, a target set of game tokens, a target pattern of game symbols, and/or a target pattern of game play outcomes. The processor is further programmed to award a jackpot credit to one or more players when the jackpot trigger condition is satisfied. | 09-26-2013 |
20150038216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED GAMING VOUCHER CONTROL - A system that includes a first input/output (I/O) device configured to generate a code based at least in part on a unique machine identifier of the first I/O device, and a second I/O device communicatively coupled to the first I/O device via a network. The second I/O device is configured to read the code from a tangible medium, parse the code to determine the machine identifier, transmit a validation request directly to the first I/O device via the network, and receive a response message directly from the first I/O device, wherein the response message indicates a number of credits available to a user at the second I/O device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150187166 | GAMING MACHINE WITH A CURVED DISPLAY - A gaming machine that includes a cabinet, a peripheral device coupled to the cabinet, a curved video display, and a processor is provided. The curved video display includes a cutout, wherein a perimeter of the cutout surrounds the peripheral device, and wherein the processor is programmed to display, on the curved video display, a graphic adjacent to and associated with the peripheral device. | 07-02-2015 |
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20100262767 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device may include a command bus, a status bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and to the status bus, and a controller including multiple channel controllers, where the channel controllers are operably coupled to the command bus and to the status bus and each of the channel controllers is arranged and configured to control one or more of the memory devices. The data storage device may include multiple programmable logic devices that are operably coupled to the status bus, where each of the programmable logic devices is configured to retrieve a ready/busy signal from each of the memory devices under control of one of the channel controllers using the status bus, serialize the ready/busy signals and communicate the serialized ready/busy signals to the channel controllers. | 10-14-2010 |
20100262979 | CIRCULAR COMMAND QUEUES FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST AND A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A method for communicating commands between a host and a flash memory data storage device includes populating a circular command queue of a driver on the host with commands for retrieval by the data storage device, transferring commands from the circular command queue to the data storage device via a device initiated direct memory access operation, populating, via a direct memory access operation initiated by the data storage device, a circular response queue of the host with responses by the data storage device for retrieval by the host device, where each response acknowledges the reception of a command from the host by the data storage device, and consuming responses from the circular response queue at the host. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269015 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device may include an interface that is arranged and configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller may be arranged and configured to receive a read metadata command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, read metadata from the specified memory device and communicate the metadata to the host using the interface. | 10-21-2010 |
20100287217 | HOST CONTROL OF BACKGROUND GARBAGE COLLECTION IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - An apparatus includes a flash memory data storage device and a host operably coupled to the data storage device via an interface. The flash memory data storage device includes a plurality of memory chips. The host includes a host activity monitoring engine configured to monitor activity of the host and a garbage collection control engine configured to control the background garbage collection performed by the data storage device's garbage collector. | 11-11-2010 |
20120030416 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes an interface that is configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller is configured to receive a bad block scan command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, scan the specified memory device for bad blocks, generate a map of the bad blocks and communicate the map to the host using the interface. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030507 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes an interface that is configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller is configured to receive a verify on write command from the host using the interface, write data to one of the memory devices, read the data from the memory device, calculate an error correction code for the data as the data is being read, verify the data was written correctly to the memory device using the error correction code and communicate results to the host using the interface. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030542 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes an interface that is configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller is configured to receive a copy command from the host using the interface, read data from a source memory device in response to the copy command, write the data to a destination memory device in response to the copy command and communicate results to the host using the interface. | 02-02-2012 |
20140047172 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device may include a first memory board having multiple memory chips and a controller board that is arranged and configured to operably connect to the first memory board. The controller board may include an interface to a host and a controller that is arranged and configured to control command processing for multiple different types of memory chips, automatically recognize a type of the memory chips on the first memory board, receive commands from the host using the interface, and execute the commands using the memory chips. | 02-13-2014 |
20140089605 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device may include an interface that is arranged and configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller may be arranged and configured to receive a read metadata command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, read metadata from the specified memory device and communicate the metadata to the host using the interface. | 03-27-2014 |
20140108708 | RAID CONFIGURATION IN A FLASH MEMORY DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A method of storing data in a flash memory data storage device that includes a plurality of memory chips is disclosed. The method includes determining a number of memory chips in the data storage device, defining, via a host coupled to the data storage device, a first partition of the data storage device, where the first partition includes a first subset of the plurality of memory chips and defining a second partition of the data storage device via a host coupled to the data storage device, where the second partition includes a second subset of the plurality of memory chips. First data is written to the first partition while reading data from the second partition, and first data is written to the second partition while reading data from the first partition. | 04-17-2014 |
20140156915 | PARTITIONING A FLASH MEMORY DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A method of partitioning a data storage device that has a plurality of memory chips includes determining a number memory chips in the data storage device, defining, via a host coupled to the data storage device, a first partition of the data storage device, where the first partition includes a first subset of the plurality of memory chips, defining a second partition of the data storage device via the host where the second partition includes a second subset of the plurality of memory chips, such that the first subset does not include any memory chips of the second subset and wherein the second subset does not include any memory chips of the first subset. | 06-05-2014 |
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20080203478 | High Frequency Switch With Low Loss, Low Harmonics, And Improved Linearity Performance - A switch element includes a field effect transistor (FET) structure formed on a substrate, the FET structure having a drain, a gate and a source, the drain having a drain capacitance, the gate having a gate capacitance, the source having a source capacitance and an electrical connection to couple the drain capacitance, gate capacitance and the source capacitance to the substrate. | 08-28-2008 |
20080284520 | System And Method For Power Detection In A Power Amplifier - A system for detecting power output of a power amplifier includes a first power detector configured to detect a forward power output of a power amplifier, the first power detector configured to provide a first power detector output, and a second power detector configured to receive a collector parameter signal and detect a collector parameter therefrom, the second power detector also configured to provide a second power detector output. | 11-20-2008 |
20090015347 | Switching device with selectable phase shifting modes for reduced intermodulation distortion - According to one exemplary embodiment, a switching device with phase selection terminals to select between at least two phase shifting modes to reduce intermodulation distortion in the switching device includes a first phase selection terminal to select a first phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a first transmission line in a first phase shifting switching branch coupled to an input of the switching device. The switching device further includes a second phase selection terminal to select a second phase shifting mode of the switching device by enabling a second phase shifting switching branch coupled to the switching device input. The intermodulation distortion in the switching device is reduced by selecting one of the first and second phase shifting modes. The first transmission line is enabled by enabling a FET coupled in series with the first transmission line in the first phase shifting switching branch. | 01-15-2009 |
20110151776 | COMPACT LOW LOSS HIGH FREQUENCY SWITCH WITH IMPROVED LINEARITY PEROFRMANCE - A switch element includes a switch device having a drain, a source and a plurality of gates, and at least one additional interconnect located between the plurality of gates, the additional interconnect operative to establish a constant potential between the at least two gates. | 06-23-2011 |
20110294443 | HIGH ISOLATION SWITCH WITH NOTCH FILTER - A switching method and apparatus that provides high isolation between circuit arms of a mobile communication device by attenuating noise over a defined frequency range using a switched shunt LC notch filter. | 12-01-2011 |
20120190313 | COMPACT SWITCH WITH ENHANCED LINEARITY PERFORMANCE - A switch element includes a switch device having a drain, a source and a plurality of gates, and at least one additional interconnect located between the plurality of gates, the additional interconnect operative to establish a constant potential between the at least two gates. | 07-26-2012 |
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20140009212 | BODY-GATE COUPLING TO IMPROVE LINEARITY OF RADIO-FREQUENCY SWITCH - Radio-frequency (RF) switch circuits are disclosed having one or more transistors coupled to provide improved switching performance. RF switches include at least one field-effect transistor (FET) disposed between first and second nodes, each the at least one FET having a respective body and a corresponding gate. A coupling circuit couples the respective body and corresponding gate of the at least one FET. The coupling circuit may include a diode in series with a resistor and may be configured to facilitate removal of excess charge from the respective body. | 01-09-2014 |
20140009213 | BODY-GATE COUPLING TO REDUCE DISTORTION IN RADIO-FREQUENCY SWITCH - Radio-frequency (RF) switch circuits are disclosed having one or more transistors coupled to provide improved harmonic management. The RF switch circuits including at least one field-effect transistor (FET) disposed between first and second nodes, each of the at least one FET having a respective body and gate. A coupling circuit can be configured to couple the respective body and gate of each of the at least one FET. The coupling circuit can include a capacitor electrically parallel with a diode. | 01-09-2014 |
20140009214 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS RELATED TO SILICON-ON-INSULATOR BASED RADIO-FREQUENCY SWITCHES - Radio-frequency (RF) switch circuits are disclosed providing improved switching performance. An RF switch system includes a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) connected in series between first and second nodes, each FET having a gate and a body. A compensation network including a gate-coupling circuit couples the gates of each pair of neighboring FETs. The compensation network may further including a body-coupling circuit that couples the bodies of each pair of neighboring FETs. | 01-09-2014 |
20150022256 | RADIO-FREQUENCY SWITCHES HAVING GATE BIAS AND FREQUENCY-TUNED BODY BIAS - Radio-frequency (RF) switch circuits are disclosed providing improved switching performance. An RF switch system includes a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) connected in series between first and second nodes, each FET having a gate and a body. A compensation network including a gate-coupling circuit couples the gates of each pair of neighboring FETs. The compensation network may further including a body-coupling circuit that couples the bodies of each pair of neighboring FETs. | 01-22-2015 |
20160028351 | TRANSFORMER-BASED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER - Transformer-based Doherty power amplifier (PA). In some embodiments, a Doherty PA can include a carrier amplification path having an output that includes a carrier transformer, and a peaking amplification path having an output that includes a peaking transformer. The Doherty PA can further include a combiner configured to combine the outputs of the carrier and peaking amplification paths into an output node. The combiner can include a quarter-wave circuit implemented between the carrier and peaking transformers. | 01-28-2016 |
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20080257145 | PRODUCT GAS CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Various equipment and methods associated with providing a concentrated product gas are provided. In one embodiment, the equipment includes an input device first and second sieve tanks, a variable restrictor, and a controller. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) selecting a desired output setting for the concentrated product gas from a plurality of output settings, b) separating one or more adsorbable components from a pressurized source gaseous mixture via first and second sieve tanks in alternating and opposing pressurization and purging cycles to form the concentrated product gas, and c) selectively controlling a variable restrictor based at least in part on the desired output setting to selectively provide flow between the first and second sieve tanks such that the flow for at least one output setting is different from the flow for at least one other output setting in relation to corresponding pressurization cycles. | 10-23-2008 |
20090065526 | Apparatus and Method of Providing Concentrated Product Gas - In one aspect, a product gas concentrator is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include: a first process separating absorbable components from a source gaseous mixture, a second process providing concentrated product gas in a continuous output mode, a third process providing concentrated product gas in a pulsed output mode, and a fourth process selectively switching between the continuous and pulsed output modes. In another embodiment, the apparatus may include: a first process pressurizing a source gaseous mixture, a second process separating absorbable components from the pressurized gaseous mixture, a product tank accumulating concentrated product gas for dispensing, an output path, a third process selecting a volume to be dispensed during a predetermined time, a pressure sensor monitoring pressure of the concentrated product gas, and a fourth process controlling flow of the concentrated product gas in response to the selected volume and the monitored pressure. | 03-12-2009 |
20110113964 | OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR HAVING STRUCTURAL SIEVE BEDS - Embodiments of oxygen concentrators having a sieve bed that includes a vessel filled with a separation medium are disclosed. The sieve bed vessel at least partially supports one chassis component of the oxygen concentrator with respect to another chassis component. of the oxygen concentrator. | 05-19-2011 |
20140251130 | PRODUCT GAS CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Various equipment and methods associated with providing a concentrated product gas are provided. In one embodiment, the equipment includes an input device first and second sieve tanks, a variable restrictor, and a controller. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) selecting a desired output setting for the concentrated product gas from a plurality of output settings, b) separating one or more adsorbable components from a pressurized source gaseous mixture via first and second sieve tanks in alternating and opposing pressurization and purging cycles to form the concentrated product gas, and c) selectively controlling a variable restrictor based at least in part on the desired output setting to selectively provide flow between the first and second sieve tanks such that the flow for at least one output setting is different from the flow for at least one other output setting in relation to corresponding pressurization cycles. | 09-11-2014 |