Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090045961 | Antenna systems for passive RFID tags - Antenna systems for passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. The antenna systems have a very small form factor with good power harvesting and good performance in proximity to other antennas. The antenna system includes at least one, and preferably two, parallel serpentine antenna elements formed on, or otherwise supported by, an antenna substrate so that a RFID-tag integrated circuit (IC) can be electrically contacted to the antenna system at one end of the antenna substrate. A conducting wire that runs in the same direction as the at least one serpentine antenna element is used to match impedance and enhance antenna performance and power flow between the antenna and the IC. An impedance-matching circuit may be employed in place of the conducting wire to facilitate impedance matching between the antenna and the IC. | 02-19-2009 |
20090064790 | Microreactor Glass Diaphragm Sensors - Microfluidic devices having wall structures comprised of sintered glass frit and further including a glass, glass-ceramic or ceramic membrane structure sealed by a sintered seal to said wall structures, such that a fluid passage or chamber is defined at least in part by the wall structures and said membrane structure. This allows for changes in pressure within the fluid passage or chamber to cause deflections of the membrane structure, providing for direct measurement of pressure within the device. The microfluidic device may have both floors and walls of sintered frit, or may have only walls of sintered frit, with planar floor-like substrate structures, thicker than the membrane structure defining the vertical boundaries of the internal passages. The device may include multiple fluid passages or chambers each defined at least in part by a membrane structure. Multiple membrane structures may be used in a single device, and one single membrane structure may be used for multiple passages or chamber. | 03-12-2009 |
20090097846 | RFID Systems and Methods for Optical Fiber Network Deployment and Maintenance - An optical-fiber-network (OFN) radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for deploying and/or maintaining and/or provisioning service and/or locating faults in an OFN. The system includes a plurality of OFN components, and at least one RFID tag that includes RFID tag data that has at least one property of the OFN component associated with the RFID tag. The RFID tag data is written to and read from the RFID tags using one or more mobile RFID readers either prior to, during or after deploying the OFN components. An OFN-component-data database unit is used to store and process the RFID tag data and is automatically updated by the one or more mobile RFID readers. This allows for different maps of the OFN to be made, such as an inventory map and a maintenance map, and for the maps to be automatically updated. The OFN-RFID system allows for mobile automated operations and management of OFN components by service personnel, and provides for faster and more accurate OFN system deployment and maintenance. | 04-16-2009 |
20090109544 | Fluid lens lateral shifting - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of constructing a fluid lens is provided. The method comprises establishing a generalized sidewall profile function and converting the generalized sidewall profile function to a plurality of lens sidewall contact angle functions defined by different combinations of sidewall profile parameters. Thereafter, the method comprises determining respective degrees of operational linearity of the lens sidewall contact angle functions over a range of positions along the x axis by assessing derivative uniformity of each of the lens sidewall contact angle functions within an established slope flatness metric ε. The respective degrees of operational linearity of the lens sidewall contact angle functions are then evaluated to identify an optimized sidewall profile. A fluid lens is then constructed by forming the fluid lens reservoir having at least one sidewall with the optimized sidewall profile. | 04-30-2009 |
20090109600 | Oblong electrochemical double layer capacitor - An oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor is disclosed having a modified jelly roll design and having a plurality of fingers extending from each electrode in substantially the same direction. A packaged electrochemical double-layer capacitor is also disclosed comprising the oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor having a modified jelly roll design. A method for manufacturing an oblong electrochemical double-layer capacitor having a modified jelly roll design is also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110354 | Glass-based micropositioning systems and methods - A method of forming a microbump for micropositioning an optical element comprises providing a base substrate, providing a first optical element to be supported by the base substrate, and providing an alignment element capable of locally expanding when locally heated and adapted to support the first optical element from the base substrate. The method further comprises locally heating the alignment element to cause local expansion of the alignment element so as to create a microbump alignment element, terminating heating of the alignment element so as to fix the microbump and securing the alignment element to the base substrate, thereby supporting the first optical element from the base substrate. | 04-30-2009 |
20090130388 | Glass-based laser ridges for adhesive confinement and related methods - A method for manufacturing an optical assembly comprises providing a first substrate having a first surface, providing a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface, and forming a patterned microbump on at least a select one of the first surface and the second surface. The method further comprises applying an adhesive to the at least select one of the first surface and the second surface in a region proximate the patterned microbump, and attaching the first substrate to the second substrate by placing the first surface and the second surface in close proximity to one another such that the adhesive contacts both the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the adhesive is held within a preselected area by the patterned microbump. | 05-21-2009 |
20090169445 | Devices and Methods For Honeycomb Continuous Flow Reactors - Disclosed is a reactor for reacting fluids such as fluids in continuous flow, the reactor including a multicellular extruded body having cells extending in parallel in a direction from a first end of the body to a second end, the body having a first plurality of cells open at both ends of the body and a second plurality of said cells closed at one or both ends of the body, the second plurality being contiguous cells and cooperating to define at least in part a fluidic passage extending at least partly through the body. The fluidic passage desirably has a serpentine path back and forth along cells of the second plurality of cells, and the passage connects laterally from cell to cell, within cells of the second plurality, at or near the ends of the body. | 07-02-2009 |
20090195363 | RFID SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND/OR DIRECTING THE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM - A radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based configuration detection system for automatically detecting, directing, and/or configuring the physical configuration of a complex system constituted by a set of one or more types of mateable components. The RFID configuration detection system utilizes a set of mateable RFID tags arranged so that each mateable component includes at least one mateable RFID tag. Each RFID tag includes information about its associated component and is arranged so that when the components are mated, their associated RFID tags also are mated. The system uses at least one RFID reader to read RFID tag signals from the RFID tags. The RFID tag signals provide information about mating status of the component, as well as information about components themselves. An information processing system operably connected to the RFID reader receives and process information concerning the number and type of mated connections and thus the configuration. Changes to the configuration, such as mated connections being unmated, can be tracked to provide real-time configuration information. | 08-06-2009 |
20090297099 | BENT OPTICAL FIBER COUPLERS AND OPTO-ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLIES FORMED THEREFROM - A bent optical fiber coupler ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100132928 | HONEYCOMB MINI-REACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed is a reactor or reactor component comprising a honeycomb structure having cells extending along a common direction and having one or more passages each extending across at least some of the cells, wherein the path or paths of the one or more passages, taken within a plane perpendicular to the common direction, includes or include a number of repeating sub-path units arranged in a two-dimensional array, each sub-path unit including one or more turns or bends in the path. Methods of making, and methods of use, including resulting standardized reactor or reactor component systems, and standardized reactor or reactor component engineering or design, are also disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100135873 | HONEYCOMB REACTORS WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO CHANNELS - Disclosed is a method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb including the steps of providing a honeycomb structure having cells divided by walls, the cells extending along a common direction from a first end to a second of the structure and removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to reduce the original height of the selected walls by at least 50%. Also disclosed is a method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb structure includes removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to completely removed the selected walls. Other methods and devices are also disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100143215 | EXTRUDED BODY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLUID PROCESSING - Disclosed is a device for processing fluids, the device comprising an extruded body having multiple elongated cells therein, the body having a first fluidic passage therethrough defined principally within at least some of said cells, the first fluidic passage having a longitudinally serpentine path back and forth along the at least some of said cells. | 06-10-2010 |
20100183846 | METHOD FOR LOCAL REVERSIBLE GLASS SWELLING - A method of forming, on the surface of a glass material, a raised feature having a height within a target range, comprising ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100206006 | MICROALIGNMENT USING LASER-SOFTENED GLASS BUMPS - Disclosed is a method for fabricating glass bump standoff structures of precise height, the method comprising providing oversized glass bumps on a glass substrate, providing a heat source to heat the bumps, positioning a substrate to be aligned on the oversized bumps, and reducing the height of the oversized bumps by a combination of manipulations comprising (1) softening the bumps by heating the bumps and (2) applying pressure to the substrate to be aligned. | 08-19-2010 |
20100245057 | COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING SENSOR DATA WITH COMPONENT LOCATION - Components having one or more sensors adapted to provide sensor data relating to a condition(s) of the component are disclosed. The component is adapted to communicate with another mating component to associate sensor data with identity information of the mating component. The sensor and identity information can be communicated remotely including via radio-frequency communications employing RF identification devices (RFIDs). Location of the mating component can be determined using the identity information of the mating component. In this manner, the sensor data can be associated with the location of the mating component using the identity information in a “component-to-component” configuration to provide location-specific sensor data. Having the ability to localize sensor data to a specific location can assist in pinpointing areas where performance or other condition issues may exist in a component, a mating component, an article of manufacture associated with the components, and/or communication and/or transmissions lines coupled between components. | 09-30-2010 |
20100303674 | Reactor With Upper and Lower Manifold Structures - A reactor is provided comprising a reactor substrate and upper and lower manifold structures. The upper manifold structure and the lower manifold structure each comprise at least one flow directing cavity that reverses a flow direction of a fluid flowing through the relatively short open-ended channels of the substrate between the upper and lower manifold structures. The flow directing cavities of the upper and lower manifold structures are configured to direct fluid from the inlet region of the upper manifold structure to the outlet region of the lower manifold structure in an additional serpentine path defined by the flow direction reversals introduced by the upper and lower manifold structures. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 12-02-2010 |
20110075132 | ANGLE-CLEAVED OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Optical fibers comprising a plurality of cleaved facets disposed at one end are disclosed. First and second facets of the plurality of cleaved facets are disposed at different angles. The optical fiber with the plurality of cleaved facets splits light from an optical component between an optical fiber core and a detector such that a portion of the light may be tapped off for monitoring. The first cleaved facet is disposed at a first angle such that a first portion of the light from an optical component is totally internally reflected into the fiber core. A second cleaved facet can be disposed at a second angle that is less than the first angle so that a second portion of light from the optical component refracts through the second facet to a detector. Methods of forming and using angle-cleaved optical fibers having a plurality of cleaved facets are also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075965 | Channeled Substrates For Integrated Optical Devices Employing Optical Fibers - A channeled substrate for forming integrated optical devices that employ optical fibers and at least one active optical component is disclosed. The channeled substrate includes a substrate member having an upper surface one or more grooves formed therein, and a transparent sheet. The transparent sheet, which is preferably made of thin glass, is fixed to the substrate member upper surface to define, in combination with the one or more grooves, one or more channels. The channels are each sized to accommodate an optical fiber to allow for optical communication through the transparent sheet between the active optical component and the optical fibers. Channeled substrates formed by molding and by drawing are also presented. Integrated optical devices that employ the channeled substrate are also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075976 | SUBSTRATES AND GRIPPERS FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT WITH OPTICAL ELEMENT(S) AND RELATED METHODS - Apparatuses and methods for the passive alignment of an optical fiber over an optical element on a substrate are disclosed. An optical element and at least one gripper element may be provided on the substrate, wherein the at least one gripper element is positioned in an axial path defined by the optical element. Thus, when an optical fiber is moved along the axial path until an end of the optical fiber makes contact with the at least one gripper element, the optical fiber is aligned with the optical element. In addition, methods of aligning an optical fiber over an optical element on a substrate are disclosed. Further, the optical fibers may be laser angle-cleaved optical fibers with shaped fiber ends, such as laser angle-cleaved wedge or taper structures, as examples. | 03-31-2011 |
20110140856 | RFID Condition Latching - A passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) system has an RFID reader that communicates with and provides power to an RFID tag. The RFID tag has an RFID integrated circuit chip that contains a memory device for storing information to be transmitted to the RFID reader, and energy storage device that stores energy for powering the integrated circuit chip. In the event that the RFID tag is activated during periods when the RFID integrated circuit chip is not receiving sufficient energy from the RFID reader, then either an energy storage device is provided to allow the activation event to be recorded at the RFID integrated circuit chip, or a memory device is provided that senses and records the activation event and communicates this activation event once power has been restored. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142395 | Planar Waveguide And Optical Fiber Coupling - An apparatus for optically coupling light between optical transmission components is provided. The apparatus includes first and second optical transmission components wherein the first optical transmission component includes a planar optical waveguide, a grating coupler, and a transparent substrate and the second optical transmission component includes an optical fiber. Preferably, the planar optical waveguide includes silicon and the transparent substrate includes glass. Methods for coupling light between optical transmission components are also provided. | 06-16-2011 |
20110175503 | EQUIPMENT CABINET HAVING IMPROVED SPACE UTILIZATION - An equipment cabinet ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110274437 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) IN COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS, INCLUDING FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS - Radio frequency identification (RFID)-equipped communication components are disclosed. The communication components can include fiber optic components, such as fiber optic connectors and fiber optic adapters as examples. An RFID-equipped circuit is provided in the communication components to communicate information. In order that the electrical circuit be provided in the communication component without altering the communication component connection type, the circuit may be disposed in at least one recessed area of the communication component housing. In this manner, the communication component maintains its connection type such that it is compatible with a complementary communication component connection type for backwards compatibility while also being RFID-equipped. The circuit may also be provided in a substrate containing one or more electrical contacts coupled to the circuit such that a wired coupling is established with one or more electrical contacts provided in another communication component when connected. | 11-10-2011 |
20110290351 | Methods and Devices for Fluid Handling - A device is provided for delivering fluids to, or removing fluids from, one or more fluid streams, the device having a body having a plurality of channels extending through the body from a first to a second end of the body, the body having one or more internal passages therein extending in a direction crossways to the plurality of channels. Each channel is in fluid communication with one or more of the passages via a porous wall between the respective channel and an associated passage. The one or more passages are in fluid communication with the exterior of the body. | 12-01-2011 |
20110306088 | Mini-Reactor Optimized Channel Sizing - A honeycomb body is disclosed having cells extending along a common direction, a first plurality of the cells being open at both ends of the body and a second plurality of the cells being closed at one or both ends of the body, the second plurality of cells arranged in one or more groups of cells cooperating to define one or more fluid passages extending through the body at least in part perpendicularly to the common direction, wherein, in a plane perpendicular to the common direction, the ratio of the area of cells of the first plurality to the area of cells of the second plurality varies along the length of at least one of the one or more fluid passages. | 12-15-2011 |
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20120082601 | HONEYCOMB REACTOR OR HEAT EXCHANGER MIXER - A honeycomb reactor or heat exchanger ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120126949 | Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Connected Tag Communications Protocol And Related Systems And Methods - Protocols, systems, and methods are disclosed for two or more RFID tags to communicate with each other using direct connections, wherein the two or more RFID tags are configured to mate and directly exchange identification information. A disclosed method includes detecting that a first RFID tag is connected to a second RFID tag. A first message comprising a first tag identification is sent directly from the first RFID tag to the second RFID tag, and the first RFID tag receives a first acknowledgement from the second RFID tag if the first tag identification was correctly received. A second message comprising a second tag identification may be sent directly from the second RFID tag to the first RFID tag and a second acknowledgement may be received from the first RFID tag if the second tag identification was correctly received. | 05-24-2012 |
20120126950 | Protocol For Communications Between A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag And A Connected Device, And Related Systems And Methods - Protocols, systems, and methods are disclosed for at least one RFID tag and a device, to communicate with each other using direct connections, wherein the at least one RFID tag and the device are configured to mate and directly exchange identification information. A message comprising a tag identification may be sent directly from the RFID tag to the device, and the RFID tag may receive a first acknowledgement from the device if the first tag identification was correctly received. A connection may be detected between the RFID tag and the device prior to directly exchanging information. The exchange of information may include sending data from the device to the RFID tag. | 05-24-2012 |
20120133490 | Communications Between Multiple Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Connected Tags And One Or More Devices, And Related Systems And Methods - Protocols, systems, and methods are disclosed for two or more RFID tags to communicate with each other and a device using direct connections. A disclosed system includes a first RFID tag, a second RFID tag, and a device. The first and second RFID tags are configured to mate to each other and directly exchange information. The second RFID tag is further configured to directly exchange information with the device such that information received directly at the second RFID tag from the first RFID tag may then be directly exchanged with the device. The first RFID tag may send a first tag identification directly from the first RFID tag to the second RFID tag. The second RFID tag may then send a first acknowledgement to the first RFID tag if the first tag identification was correctly received by the second RFID tag. | 05-31-2012 |
20120148457 | Zoned Monolithic Reactor and Associated Methods - A reactor formed within a honeycomb monolith is disclosed, the monolith having a plurality of parallel cells and comprising one or more process fluid paths lying within closed cells of the monolith and extending laterally from cell to cell, the monolith having porous walls that are coated with a non-porous coating in at least a first zone along the one or more process fluid paths and that remain porous in at least a second zone along the one or more process fluid paths, the porous walls in the second zone adapted to allow permeate in a respective process fluid path to pass through the porous walls. A method of forming a reactor in a honeycomb monolith is also disclosed, including providing a porous honeycomb monolith having cells extending in a common direction divided by cell walls, forming a process fluid path within closed cells of the monolith extending laterally from cell to cell, coating the cell walls of the monolith within at least a first zone along the process fluid path within the monolith with a non-porous coating, and allowing the at least some cell walls of the monolith within a second zone along the process fluid path to remain porous. | 06-14-2012 |
20120156423 | Falling-Film Reactor Fluid Distributors and Methods - A fluid distribution or fluid extraction structure for honeycomb-substrate based falling film reactors is provided, the structure comprising a one or two-piece non-porous honeycomb substrate having a plurality of cells extending in parallel in a common direction from a first end of the substrate to a second and divided by cell walls, and a plurality of lateral channels extending along a channel direction perpendicular to the common direction, the channels defined by the absence of cell walls or the breach of cell walls along the channel direction, the channels being closed or sealed to fluid passage in the common direction but open to the exterior of the structure through one or more ports in a side of the structure, the channels being in fluid communication with the plurality of cells via holes or slots extending through respective cell walls, the holes or slots having a width and a length, the width being equal to or less than the length, and the width at widest being less than 150 μm. Methods of fabrication are also disclosed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120168521 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) IN COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS, INCLUDING FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS - Radio frequency identification (RFID)-equipped communication components are disclosed. The communication components can include fiber optic components, such as fiber optic connectors and fiber optic adapters as examples. An RFID-equipped circuit is provided in the communication components to communicate information. In order that the electrical circuit be provided in the communication component without altering the communication component connection type, the circuit may be disposed in at least one recessed area of the communication component housing. In this manner, the communication component maintains its connection type such that it is compatible with a complementary communication component connection type for backwards compatibility while also being RFID-equipped. The circuit may also be provided in a substrate containing one or more electrical contacts coupled to the circuit such that a wired coupling is established with one or more electrical contacts provided in another communication component when connected. | 07-05-2012 |
20120171387 | Methods for Producing Extruded Body Reactors - A method is disclosed for plugging selected cells of a honeycomb monolith so as to form a fluidic reactor, the method comprising contacting selected cells of a honeycomb monolith with a melted or softened plug material, the material comprising at least one sinterable particulate and a binder, the binder comprising at least one thermo-setting component and at least one UV-radiation curable polymer, the contacting performed such that a portion of the material remains in contact with the selected cells and plugs the selected cells; cooling the melted or softened plug material such that the thermo-setting component sets; after cooling, irradiating the portion of the material so as to at least partially cure the radiation curable polymer; and after irradiating, sintering the portion of the material so as to remove the binder and so as to sinter the at least one sinterable particulate. A method of preventing bubble formation during the contacting process is also disclosed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120177327 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH LENSES HAVING OPPOSING ANGLED PLANAR SURFACES - An optical connector for optically connecting at least one light source to at least one light receiver is disclosed. The optical connector includes first and second connector members respectively having first and second positive-power lens elements with respective first and second planar lens surfaces. The lens elements are arranged in their respective connector members such that when the two connector members are operably mated, the first and second lenses form an optical system where the first and second planar lens surfaces are spaced apart in opposition with a narrow gap in between, and are non-perpendicular to the optical system axis. The lenses may be conventional uniform-refractive-index lenses having a convex surface or may be gradient-index lenses having two planar surfaces. The optical connector is tolerant to contamination that can find its way into the narrow gap. | 07-12-2012 |
20120219752 | Honeycomb Body U-Bend Mixers. - A honeycomb extrusion body ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120222769 | Honeycomb Body Devices Having Slot-Shaped Intercellular Apertures - A honeycomb extrusion body has multiple cells extending along a common direction from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The cells are separated by cell walls, and the body has at least one fluid path defined within a plurality of said cells. The fluid path includes one or more apertures, through respective cell walls between cells of one or more respective pairs of said plurality of cells. Each aperture has an aperture width measured perpendicular to the common direction of 90% or less of a cell wall width of the respective cell wall measured perpendicular to the common direction. Optionally one or more of the plurality of cells has at least two cell walls each having an aperture at the same position in the common direction. As a further option, these apertures may be offset from the respective centers of their respective walls in the same rotational direction about a central axis of the cell. | 09-06-2012 |
20120274452 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF)-ENABLED LATCHES AND RELATED COMPONENTS, ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Radio frequency (RF)-enabled latches and related components, assemblies, systems, and methods are disclosed that affect control of mating and/or demating of components. In one embodiment, a component is provided that includes a body configured to be mated to a second component to establish a connection. A latch is disposed in the body and configured to either affect demating of the body from the second component or mating of the body to the second component, when the latch is not actuated. A transponder disposed in the body can be configured to actuate the latch to either affect demating of the body from the second component or mating of the body to the second component. The transponder can also be configured to actuate the latch based on the identification information of the second transponder received through the communication connection or lack of receiving identification information from a second transponder or reader. | 11-01-2012 |
20120306123 | Honeycomb Body Reactor Plugging Process Improvements - A method is disclosed for plugging selected cells of a honeycomb monolith so as to form a fluidic reactor, the method comprising contacting selected cells of a honeycomb monolith with a melted or softened plug material, the material comprising at least one sinterable particulate and a binder, the binder comprising at least one thermo-setting component and at least one UV-radiation curable polymer, the contacting performed such that a portion of the material remains in contact with the selected cells and plugs the selected cells; cooling the melted or softened plug material such that the thermo-setting component sets; after cooling, irradiating the portion of the material so as to at least partially cure the radiation curable polymer; and after irradiating, debinding or debinding and sintering the portion of the material so as to remove the binder or s as to debind and sinter the at least one sinterable particulate, wherein the step of debinding or debinding and sintereing is performed with the cells of the monolith in a vertical orientation resting on a flat surface with a compatible ceramic or other refractory material felt covering the openings below and above and with a weight resting on the upper face, with optional shims defining the distance between the felt and the end faces. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308769 | Honeycomb Body Interdigitated Mixers and Methods for Producing - Honeycomb body interdigitating mixers are disclosed along with methods for producing them, the honeycomb body having parallel cells extending along a common direction, the mixer comprising a first fluid path extending within the honeycomb body along a first path direction perpendicular to the common direction, the first fluid path defined within a first plurality of said cells, at least a high aspect ratio portion of the first fluid path having an aspect ratio of height in the common direction to width perpendicular to the common direction and to the first path direction of at least 3:1, and a second fluid path extending within the honeycomb body along a second path direction perpendicular to the common direction, the second fluid path defined within a second plurality of said cells, at least a high aspect ratio portion of the second fluid path having an aspect ratio of height in the common direction to width perpendicular to the common direction and to the second path direction of at least 3:1, wherein the first fluid path is fluidically connected to the second fluid path within their respective high aspect ratio portions via a group of apertures, the group extending in the common direction, the group of apertures taken together having a ratio of height in the common direction to width perpendicular to the common direction of at least 3:1. | 12-06-2012 |
20130022350 | RFID SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK DEPLOYMENT AND MAINTENANCE - An optical-fiber-network (OFN) radio-frequency identification (RFID) method for deploying and/or provisioning service and/or locating faults in an OFN. The method includes providing at least one RFID tag on at least one OFN component of a plurality of OFN components that constitute an OFN and writing OFN component data to the at least one RFID tag that relates to at least one property of the OFN component associated with the RFID tag. The RFID tag data is written to and read from the RFID tags using one or more mobile RFID readers. The OFN component data is recorded and stored in an OFN database unit. The plurality of OFN components are deployed and operations of the OFN are provisioned using the OFN component data. The method may also include using the OFN component data and a plurality of locations on a spatial map to locate a fault in the OFN. | 01-24-2013 |
20130194098 | Radio Frequency Identification Transponder For Communicating Condition Of A Component - There is provided a passive RFID transponder assembly that includes a condition responsive device adapted to read a condition relating to the component that is associated with the RFID transponder assembly. The condition that is read by the condition responsive device relates to physical contact with a field technician or a mating component, relates to electrical connection between an integrated circuit chip and an antenna, relates to one or more environmental conditions, or the like. The components with which the RFID transponder assemblies are associated include components of telecommunications equipment, such as fiber optic connectors, fiber optic adapters, fiber optic patch panels, copper connectors, and copper adapters to list some non-limiting examples. | 08-01-2013 |
20130206269 | Honeycomb-Body-Based Fluidic Interconnectors and Methods - Inter connectors for fluidically connecting reactor modules in a millimeter scale continuous flow reactor or the like is disclosed, the interconnectors including a honey-comb-body substrate having first and second ends and a plurality of channels extending along a common direction as well as a structure formed on or in the substrate for attaching an interface clamp to the substrate. The interconnectors further have one or more open channnels extending through the substrate and a plurality of closed channels closed off by a plugging material at the ends of the substrate and surrounding the one or more open channels. Methods of making the interconnectors are also disclosed. | 08-15-2013 |
20140097254 | EXCESS RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) POWER STORAGE AND POWER SHARING RF INDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS, AND RELATED CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Excess radio-frequency (RF) power storage and power sharing RF Identification (RFID) tags, and related RFID tag connection systems and methods are disclosed. The excess RF power storage and power sharing RFID tags and related RFID tag connection systems and methods in embodiments disclosed herein allow connected RFID tags to store excess energy derived from excess received RF power in a shared energy storage device. In this manner, an individual RFID tag or a group of connected RFID tags in the RFID tag connection system can continue operation during temporary times when sufficient RF power is not being received from a RFID reader. Sharing stored energy derived from excess received RF power in a shared energy storage device among connected RFID tags in a RFID tag connection system can significantly mitigate problems of RF power interruption. | 04-10-2014 |
20140219612 | INTERPOSER STRUCTURE HAVING OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION AND RELATED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are interposer structures having an optical fiber connection and a related fiber optic ferrule that can form a portion of an optical assembly. The interposer structure is useful for transmitting optical signals to/from an integrated circuit that may be attached to the interposer. Specifically, the interposer structure and the related ferrule of the optical connector provide a passively aligned structure having a matched thermal response to maintain a suitable optical connection between the devices over a range of temperatures. | 08-07-2014 |
20140318185 | EXTRUDED BODY DEVICES INCLUDING SHEET MATERIAL HOLE MASKING - A method of making a fluidic device is provided. The method includes locating a meltable sheet material on a face of an extruded body including extended cells therein. At least some of the cells are interconnected by melting the sheet material such that the melted sheet material flows into the at least some of the cells to form a fluidic passage through the body defined within the at least some of the cells. The fluidic passageway may have a longitudinally serpentine path back and forth along the at least some of the cells. | 10-30-2014 |
20150078709 | METHODS OF REDUCING AND/OR AVOIDING FIBER ORDERING IN A CONNECTORIZED MULTI-FIBER, FIBER OPTIC CABLE SYSTEM, AND RELATED FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND ASSEMBLIES - Methods of reducing and/or avoiding fiber ordering during preparations of a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable to provide a connectorized multi-fiber, fiber optic cable system, and related fiber optic cables and assemblies are also disclosed. The embodiments disclosed herein allow for a section of a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable to be prepared to form two or more connectorized fiber optic cables as part of a multi-fiber cable system without requiring specific fiber ordering in the fiber optic connectors. The natural ordering of the optical fibers in the fiber optic cable is fixed in place in at least one section of the fiber optic cable before the optical fibers are cut to form adjacent fiber optic connectors in the cable system. Thus, the fiber ordering between adjacent fiber optic connectors in the cable system will be the same even though the fiber ordering of the optical fibers was random during cable preparations. | 03-19-2015 |