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20140262105 | METHOD OF MAKING A REFRACTORY MOLD - A method of making a bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The method includes forming a fugitive pattern comprising a thermally removable material. The method also includes forming a refractory mold comprising a mold wall, the mold wall comprising a refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity, the mold defined by the fugitive pattern. The method further includes forming a gas vent that extends through the mold wall. The method also includes covering the gas vent with a gas permeable cover. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262106 | METHOD OF USING A REFRACTORY MOLD - A method of using a bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The method includes forming a refractory mold comprising a mold wall on a fugitive pattern comprising a thermally removable material, the mold wall comprising a refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity; a gas vent extending through the mold wall; and a gas permeable refractory material covering the gas vent, the fugitive pattern having a sprue portion, the sprue portion having a sprue channel that is in fluid communication with a sprue inlet and that extends toward a sprue outlet. The method also includes heating the refractory mold with a hot gas to remove the thermally removable material, wherein a portion of the hot gas is exhausted from the refractory mold through the gas vent. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262116 | REFRACTORY MOLD - A bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The mold includes a mold wall, the mold wall comprising a bonded refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity. The mold also includes a gas vent extending through the mold wall. The mold also includes a gas permeable cover covering the gas vent. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100299603 | User-Customized Subject-Categorized Website Entertainment Database - A dynamic website database system constructs, maintains and rank orders a searchable database of media works. Each media work is assigned attributes that relate to subject matter categories, in addition to general entertainment ratings. The system rank orders each media work separately in each applicable category. Users access the website over the Internet and categorize the media works in the database, add new titles to the database, and rank them by category. Users search for media works of interest by category and by rank within the category and rent or purchase media works and related items through the website. Bloggers, discussion forums, and informational links draw individuals passionate about a given subject to the site and cause them to form virtual associations, which are ready made sources for evaluating, financing and developing new media works and marketing and selling existing media works. | 11-25-2010 |
20100312655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING AND SELLING PUBLISHED MATERIAL USING SOCIAL AND COMPUTER NETWORKS - A series of text message units are created that follow the storyline of a fiction work, or in the case of a non-fiction work, a theme, philosophy, or set of facts. These message units are released into various social and/or computer networks in a periodic sequence and can be viewed freely by any network member, thus creating interest in the work. A database of all previously released message units can be retrieved from the host website by a computer to computer transfer. The host website has the capability to act as a store and sell selected chapters of the final published work by virtue of computer to computer transfers. Further, the host store can sell the entire published work in a variety of methods including computer to computer downloads, or by delivery of tangible products such as print, portable computer readable memory elements or audio copies. | 12-09-2010 |
20110161183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING AND SELLING PUBLISHED MATERIAL USING SOCIAL AND COMPUTER NETWORKS - A series of text message units are created that follow the storyline of a fiction work, or in the case of a non-fiction work, a theme, philosophy, or set of facts. These message units are accessed upon selection of text that is annotated in an electronic document. Upon selection, the messages are transmitted via a computer network to a consumer, with the intent to create interest in the work. The website has the capability to act as a store and sell selected chapters of the final published work by virtue of computer to computer transfers. Further, the host store can sell the entire published work in a variety of methods including computer to computer downloads, or by delivery of tangible products such as print, portable computer readable memory elements or audio copies. | 06-30-2011 |
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20140177478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INTERCEPTING TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COMMUNICANTS - During setup of a telephony communication between a calling and a called party, a check is made to determine is a special message or information should be played to the calling or called party before the telephony communication is established between the calling and called parties. If so, the message or information is delivered to the party as early media. Systems and methods embodying the invention may track which messages and information have been played to individual parties to thereby avoid delivering the same message or information more than once. | 06-26-2014 |
20140269445 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING CALL DETAIL RECORDS FOR THE SAME COMMUNICATION GENERATED BY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF AN IP TELEPHONY SYSTEM - Call detail records (CDRs) that are generated by different elements of an IP telephony system in connection with the same communication can be matched to one another using timing information contained in the CDRs. Other information in addition to timing information, and which is present in two CDRs relating to the same communication may be used in conjunction with timing information to match CDRs from the same communication. Also, information relating to the type of flow path that a communication follows through the elements of an IP telephony system may also be recorded in a final CDR that is created for each communication. | 09-18-2014 |
20150029899 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Bridgeless Conferencing Services - A system and method for making a VoIP-based and other types of group calls includes a user interface adapted for use by a group call administrator via the Internet, a database manager connected to the user interface, and a database connected to the database manager. In one embodiment of the invention, the group call administrator identifier and one or more group call invitee identifiers is a telephone number. A method includes using call information from the database to initiate conference call connections and an administrator call connection to facilitate a conference call in which the administrators call connections and the participants connections are joined to allow communications between the participants and the administrator. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029900 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Bridgeless Conferencing Services - A system and method for making a VoIP-based and other types of group calls includes a user interface adapted for use by a group call administrator via the Internet, a database manager connected to the user interface, a database connected to the database manager. Establishing one or more caucuses within the group call at a central location includes establishing the group call between an administrator and invitees to the group call where the administrator and the invitee are assigned to caucuses as members of the caucus. In the method, the central location receives a caucus request from the administrator, the caucus request identifying a first caucus and a control feature. The control feature is executed on the members of the first caucus and not to invitees of the conference call that are not members of the first caucus. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029901 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Bridgeless Conferencing Services - A system and method for making a VoIP-based and other types of group calls includes a user interface adapted for use by a group call administrator via the Internet, a database manager connected to the user interface, and a database connected to the database manager. In one embodiment, the group call administrator identifier and one or more group call invitee identifiers is a telephone number. The server responds to a group call request by initiating a first group call connection and initiating at least one or more second group call connections to join a group call administrator and at least one group call invitee. A method includes using call information from a database to initiate conference call connections and an administrator call connection to facilitate a conference call in which the administrators call connections and the participants connections are joined to allow communications between the participants and the administrator. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120142386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MAKE CURRENT WIRELESS RADIOS COGNITIVE USING AN EXTERNAL SENSOR AND APPLICATION LEVEL MESSAGING - A system and method for converting a non-cognitive radio into a cognitive radio is presented. A cognitive radio system includes, a non-cognitive radio; an electronic device, a spectrum sensing logic and configuration and management logic. The electronic device is connected to the non-cognitive radio so that it receives and/or transmits messages to/from a wireless network. The configuration and management logic is connected between the non-cognitive radio and the spectrum sensing logic. The spectrum sensing logic and the configuration and management logic are removable from the non-cognitive radio allowing the cognitive radio to operate in a non-cognitive mode. The spectrum sensing logic senses a wireless environment to determine available frequencies and available channels. The configuration and management logic transmits available frequencies, available channels or other spectrum data to a remote spectrum manager that is managing access to the wireless network. | 06-07-2012 |
20120250595 | Power aware scheduling and power control techniques for multiuser detection enabled wireless mobile ad-hoc networks - What is provided is a system for maintaining acceptable error rates in a MUD-enabled ad-hoc network. In this system the power spread associated with all of the nodes is maintained within the dynamic range of the system, for instance 30 dB. Also, the signal-to-noise ratio at an intended receiver is maintained above a predetermined minimum SNR, for instance above 5 dB. If the dynamic range rule is not met, then the power at the transmitting node is attenuated such that the dynamic range rule is met, checking to see that the minimum SNR rule is also met, or the transmission from this node is pulled. If there is no power control solution, then power aware scheduling is applied. Alternatively, only power aware scheduling is utilized. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250629 | MULTIUSER DETECTION ENABLED MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS - A method of providing medium access control for a wireless mobile ad hoc network includes defining a TDMA network timing frame including a data (DATA) zone having one or more time slots structured to support multiuser detection (MUD) of concurrent transmissions during each slot, a negative acknowledgment (NACK) zone during which nodes transmit requests for retransmission of packets destined to but not successfully received by the nodes, a broadcast (BC) zone during which network management messages are broadcast to the nodes, and a control (CTRL) zone. A primary master (PM) node is selected and operates as a source of network time for all the nodes. Each node synchronizes its time to that of the PM node during the CTRL zone in a distributed manner, by exchanging control messages with the PM node or other nodes located one or more hops from the PM node. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250632 | DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULER DESIGN FOR MULTIUSER DETECTION ENABLED WIRELESS MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS - In the method for operating an interference multiple access communications system, wherein the improvement comprises the steps of employing a distributed scheduler within a Media Access Controller (MAC) for Multiuser Detection (MUD) enabled Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETS) to increase spectral efficiency by increasing spectral use and providing a way to dynamically allocate virtual channels to achieve maximum channel reuse in different network topologies and different link patterns and to ameliorate any hidden or exposed node problems. | 10-04-2012 |
20130315162 | Systems And Methods For Creating Non-Orthogonal Dimensionality Between Signals In Electronic Devices - Systems and methods for creating non-orthogonal dimensionality between signals are disclosed. Signals are received from at least one electronic device. An adjustment of a parameter of a received signal of a first device of the at least one of the electronic device that would result in an adjusted signal that is not orthogonal but differentiates the signal from at least one other signal of the received signals is determined. An instruction is communicated to the first device to implement the adjustment of the parameter. | 11-28-2013 |
20140067739 | REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF TRAINING FOR ADAPTIVE FILTERS AND NEURAL NETWORKS THROUGH LOOK-UP TABLE - A system and method of reducing or eliminating training for adaptive receiver and neural networks is disclosed. The adaptive filter or neural network is pre-training using simulation or empirically received data and a took-up table is created. Coefficient instantiation from the receiver for ail permutations of the key parameters of training data are stored along with the key parameters within the look-up table. After creating the look-up table, the key parameters of the signal to be decoded are estimated. The coefficient of filter or neural network for the estimated key parameters is obtained by accessing the loop-up table. The demodulated signal is produced by setting the filter or neural network coefficents to coefficient values obtained from the look-up table. For slow varying key parameters, the coefficients from the lookup table are occasionally replaced instead of implementing the adaptive filter or neural network. | 03-06-2014 |
20140369269 | Methods And Systems For Processing Communications Between A Base Station And Mobile Device Based On Wireless Communciations Of Another Base Station - Methods and systems for processing communications based on wireless communications of adjacent base stations are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes monitoring, by a separate interference monitoring receiver communicatively coupled to a first base station, wireless communications transmitted by a second base station to communicate with one or more mobile devices. The method also includes determining, based on the monitored wireless communications, a wireless communication scheme for processing communications between the first base station and one or more other mobile devices. Further, the method includes processing communications between the first base station and the one or more other mobile devices based on the wireless communication scheme. | 12-18-2014 |
20150085679 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Parameter Estimation Based On Historical Context Information - Methods and systems are described for parameter estimation based on historical context information. In one aspect, a communication context for a first mobile device is determined. The communication context is compared to a stored historical communication context of at least one other mobile device, wherein the stored historical communication context includes at least one of communication parameter estimates, mobile device statistics, mobile device transmit settings, and base station receiver settings. Parameters for communicating with the first mobile device are estimated based on the comparison. | 03-26-2015 |
20150111593 | Method And System For Improving Efficiency In A Cellular Communications Network - A method and system are described for improving operating efficiency and QoS in a cellular communications network. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes predicting background interference levels due at least partly to signals generated in neighboring cells, and transmitting operating parameters to user equipment that include power, frequency, and/or spectral efficiency parameters. The operating parameters are selected according to the predicted background interference to provide acceptable quality of service while also optimizing use of available bandwidth. The method further includes updating the background interference predictions, and transmitting revised operating parameters to the user equipment according to rules that minimize changes to operating parameters that strongly affect background interference in neighboring cells, such as power levels and frequencies, thereby minimizing background interference fluctuations. Power levels for user equipment entering the cell can be initially minimized, and then slowly ramped to an optimal level. SPS can be implemented. | 04-23-2015 |
20150180611 | Methods And Apparatus For Extracting Symbols From An SC-FDMA Digital Communications Signal Using A Maximum Likelihood Detector - A method and system are described for applying MLD detection to SC-FDMA data streams. Embodiments obtain initial estimates of at least some symbols encoded within an SC-FDMA data input using a non-MLD algorithm, and then use the initial estimates to reduce the search space and the MLD complexity. In addition, the reduced complexity MLD (“RC-MLD”) is applied only to a limited search window within the digital communication input, thereby modeling only a subset of the symbols included in the digital communication input. The MLD complexity is thereby reduced sufficiently for an RC-MLD decoder to simultaneously model and extract a plurality of the symbols included in the data input. Symbols initially decoded by the non-MLD algorithm can be subtracted from the data input in a serial interference cancelling module. This cancellation can be applied successively in a turbo-loop. | 06-25-2015 |
20150270878 | Systems And Methods For Creating Non-Orthogonal Dimensionality Between Signals In Electronic Devices - Systems and methods for creating non-orthogonal dimensionality between signals are disclosed. Signals are received from at least one electronic device. An adjustment of a parameter of a received signal of a first device of the at least one of the electronic device that would result in an adjusted signal that is not orthogonal but differentiates the signal from at least one other signal of the received signals is determined. An instruction is communicated to the first device to implement the adjustment of the parameter. | 09-24-2015 |
20150305049 | Method And System For Improving Efficiency In A Cellular Communications Network - Operating a first base station in a cellular communications network includes receiving, by the first base station from a second base station, information regarding a scheduling decision made by the second base station applicable to a second user equipment for communicating with the second base station. Communication parameters for a first user equipment to communicate with the first base station is determined based on the received information. A future occurrence at which scheduling information from the scheduling decision made by the second base station will be provided to the second user equipment is determined based on the received information. The determined communication parameters are provided to the first user equipment for communicating with the first base station, the providing substantially coinciding with the determined future occurrence. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312016 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Determining A Radio Network Temporary Identifier And Coding Rate For An Intercell Signal In a Long Term Evolution Communications Network - Methods and systems are described for determining a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) and coding rate for an intercell signal in an LTE network. In one aspect, a plurality of potential RNTIs (that is a subset of all available RNTIs) associated with a received intercell signal is determined. A first signal based on a first potential combination of a one of the plurality of RNTIs and a coding rate is processed by a first decoder. Whether the first potential combination includes a correct RNTI and coding rate combination for the received intercell signal is determined based on at least one metric for the processed first signal. A second signal based on a second potential combination of a one of the plurality of RNTIs and a coding rate is processed by a second decoder if the first potential combination does not include the correct RNTI and coding rate combination. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312917 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Determining A Demodulation Reference Sequence For An Intercell Interfering Signal Received From A Mobile Device In a Long Term Evolution Communication System - Methods and systems are described for determining a Demodulation Reference Sequence (DMRS) for an intercell interfering signal received from a mobile device in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system. In one aspect, an interfering signal transmitted from a mobile device being served by a second cell of an LTE communication system is received at a receiver serving a first cell in the LTE communication system. At least one transmit parameter is detected from the received interfering signal. A DMRS for the received interfering signal is determined based on the detected transmit parameter. | 10-29-2015 |
20150358063 | Reduction Of Interference In A Wireless Network Through Spectrum Analysis And Transmit Beamforming - A method and system are described for optimizing signal strength of a beam-formed wireless network transmission at intended receiver(s) while reducing unintended interference with unintended receiver(s), without requiring high speed exchange of information between nodes. The method is operable by a multi-antenna node of a wireless network in which nodes use the same spectrum for both transmitting and receiving, so that the channel information between the nodes is reciprocal. This allows transmit channel information to be directly determined from signals received from unintended receivers. Scheduling information about the unintended receivers can also be estimated based on the received signals, for example by assuming that the unintended receivers will transmit as frequently as they receive, and/or by obtaining scheduling information from handshake signals or packet headers of the received signals. The precoding matrix can minimize the transmission at one or more unintended receiver and/or maximize a sum capacity of the transmission. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090100723 | Soft, Elastic, Plasticizer-Free Thermoplastic Polyurethane And Process To Synthesize The Same - The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane which is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol; wherein the hydroxyl terminated intermediate is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl terminated polyether intermediates and hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediates; wherein the hydroxyl terminated intermediate is comprised of repeat units that are derived from a branched glycol or is comprised of at least 2 different repeating units; wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane has a weight average molecular weight of at least 100,000 Daltons; wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender; and wherein the hard segments represent from 10 to 40 weight percent of the total weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane. | 04-23-2009 |
20100239803 | Thermoplastic Polyurethane With Reduced Tendency To Bloom - The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane which is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate is comprised of repeat units that are derived from 1,3-propylene glycol and a dicarboxylic acid; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate has a number average molecular weight from 500 to 10,000; and wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender. This thermoplastic polyurethane is unique in that it has a greatly reduced tendency to bloom. This is highly desirable in applications where high clarity is desired because blooming causes articles containing the thermoplastic polyurethane to be hazy or foggy in appearance. Blooming can also reduce the ability of an article made with the thermoplastic polyurethane to be securely bound to another article with an adhesive. | 09-23-2010 |
20110064898 | Thermoplastic Polyurethanes With Good Fuel Resistance - A high molecular weight, thermoplastic polyurethane composition characteristically resistant to aliphatic hydrocarbon fuels, where the polyurethane composition is adapted for use as an aliphatic hydrocarbon fuel barrier in the construction of flexible fuel containers, and the polyurethane is the reaction product of a poly(diethylene adipate) glycol reacted with a non-hindered diisocyanate and an aliphatic chain extender. | 03-17-2011 |
20110135899 | Films And Articles Made With Thermoplastic Block Copolymers - The present invention relates to printing blankets, pipe liners, conveyor belts, inflatable articles, collapsible containers, protective clothing, and other types of coated fabrics that are manufactured with a thermoplastic block copolymer (TBC). This TBC can be a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a copolyester (COPE), a copolyamide (COPA) or a polyurethaneurea (TPUU). The subject invention more specifically discloses a printing blanket or printing sleeve and a cured in place liner for a passageway or pipe. The TBC is (I) the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, (2) a polyisocyanate or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and (3) a linear chain extender containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or (II) the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, and (2) a carboxylic terminated telechelic polyamide sequence. | 06-09-2011 |
20140107311 | Thermoplastic Polyurethane With Reduced Tendency To Bloom From A Bio-Based Glycol - The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender; wherein the polyester intermediate is comprised of repeat units derived from a 1,3-propylene glycol component and a dicarboxylic acid wherein the 1,3-propylene glycol component comprises a bio-based 1,3-propylene glycol; wherein the polyester intermediate has a number average molecular weight from 500 to 10,000; and wherein the polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender. This thermoplastic polyurethane is unique as it has a greatly reduced tendency to bloom and is prepared from a renewable material. Blooming causes articles containing the polyurethane to be hazy or foggy in appearance and can also reduce the ability of an article to be securely bound to another with an adhesive. | 04-17-2014 |
20140333001 | Thermoplastic Polyurethane With Reduced Tendency To Bloom - The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane which is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate is comprised of repeat units that are derived from 1,3-propylene glycol and a dicarboxylic acid; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate has a number average molecular weight from 500 to 10,000; and wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender. This thermoplastic polyurethane is unique in that it has a greatly reduced tendency to bloom. This is highly desirable in applications where high clarity is desired because blooming causes articles containing the thermoplastic polyurethane to be hazy or foggy in appearance. Blooming can also reduce the ability of an article made with the thermoplastic polyurethane to be securely bound to another article with an adhesive. | 11-13-2014 |
20150275402 | DYEABLE AND FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE FIBERS - The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane fibers, and process of making the same, where the described fiber has good dyeability, and in some embodiments, good flame retardant properties. Such fibers are made from a composition that includes (a) a thermoplastic polyurethane itself comprising the reaction product of: (i) one or more polyols, (ii) one or more diisocyanates, (iii) one or more chain extenders, (iv) optionally one or more crosslinking agents, and (v) one or more functional modifiers wherein each said functional modifier is a reaction product of an aminodiol and a Bronsted acid. | 10-01-2015 |
20150368392 | CLEAR HYDROPHOBIC TPU - A clear hydrophobic TPU is provided by reacting (a) a hydrophobic polyol made from dimerised fatty acid, (b) a chain extender mixture of a linear diol chain extender and a branched diol chain extender, and (c) a diisocyanate. The preferred polyol is a C | 12-24-2015 |
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20140101814 | GARMENT WITH TETHERING SYSTEM - A garment includes an outer garment having a skirt portion with an inner side and a pair of elastic tethers having first fastening elements, and an undergarment having a front panel and a pair of second fastening elements. Each of the first fastening elements of the tethers of the outer garment is adapted to engage releasably a corresponding one of the second fastening elements of the undergarment. The first and second fastening elements may include snap elements, buttons, pins, zippers, or hook and loop fasteners. | 04-17-2014 |
20140101815 | GARMENT WITH TETHERING SYSTEM - A garment includes an outer garment having a shorts portion with an inner side and a pair of elastic tethers having first fastening elements, and an undergarment having a front panel and a pair of second fastening elements. Each of the first fastening elements of the tethers of the shorts portion is adapted to engage releasably a corresponding one of the second fastening elements of the undergarment. The first and second fastening elements may include snap elements, buttons, pins, zippers, or hook and loop fasteners. | 04-17-2014 |
20140215690 | GARMENTS - A garment including a pants portion, an upper portion, and a plurality of tethers attached to a waistline portion of the pants portion. Each tether includes a first fastening element adapted to engage releasably a second fastening element of an outer garment. A garment including a pants portion, an upper portion having a plurality of loops located on an inner side thereof, and a pair of straps having hooks at ends thereof. The hooks of the straps are adapted to engage releasably the loops of the upper portion. A pants portion having an inner crotch portion and a pad attached to the inner crotch portion. | 08-07-2014 |
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20150239795 | Fluid Activated Disintegrating Metal System - An engineered composite system designed to be passive or inert under one set of conditions, but becomes active when exposed to a second set of conditions. This system can include a dissolving or disintegrating core, and a surface coating that has higher strength or which only dissolves under certain temperature and pH conditions, or in selected fluids. These reactive materials are useful for oil and gas completions and well stimulation processes, enhanced oil and gas recovery operations, as well as in defensive and mining applications requiring high energy density and good mechanical properties, but which can be stored and used for long periods of time without degradation. | 08-27-2015 |
20150240337 | Manufacture of Controlled Rate Dissolving Materials - A castable, moldable, or extrudable structure using a metallic base metal or base metal alloy. One or more insoluble additives are added to the metallic base metal or base metal alloy so that the grain boundaries of the castable, moldable, or extrudable structure includes a composition and morphology to achieve a specific galvanic corrosion rates partially or throughout the structure or along the grain boundaries of the structure. The insoluble additives can be used to enhance the mechanical properties of the structure, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The insoluble particles generally have a submicron particle size. The final structure can be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final structure as compared to the non-enhanced structure. | 08-27-2015 |
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20090121729 | System and Method for Current Measurement - Load current of a circuit is determined across a component of the circuit by calibrating the resistance of the component with a reference current having a distinguishable characteristic. For example, a reference current with swept frequency modulation is applied to the component so that the resistance of the component is determined from voltage drop associated with the reference current across the component. The component resistance is applied to a voltage drop associated with the load current to determine the load current. For example, a filter matched to the reference current frequency modulation isolates the reference current voltage drop so that a ratio of the reference current voltage drop and the load current voltage drop provides a ratio of the reference current and load current. | 05-14-2009 |
20100097019 | System and Method for Providing Cooling Fan Characteristic Feedback - A device comprising a fan controller, an encoder, a driver, a resistor/capacitor filter, and a baseboard management controller. The fan controller is configured to output a cooling fan status signal, and to output a cooling fan information data signal. The encoder is configured to encode the cooling fan status signal and the cooling fan information data signal together into a combined signal. The driver is configured to invert the combined signal and to output an inverted signal. The resistor/capacitor filter is configured to filter out the cooling fan information data signal from the inverted signal, and to output a filtered signal. The baseboard management controller is configured to determine a status of a cooling fan in response to the filtered signal, and to output a control signal to the fan controller module for the cooling fan based on the cooling fan information data signal within the inverted signal. | 04-22-2010 |
20140108692 | System and Method for Integrating Multiple Servers into Single Full Height Bay of a Server Rack Chassis - An information handling system includes a server rack chassis, an adaptor assembly, and second and third servers. The server rack chassis includes a bay adapted to receive a first server that has a height that is substantially equal to a height of the bay. The adaptor assembly is inserted within the bay and includes first, second, third, and fourth slots to receive servers. The adaptor assembly is substantially the same size and dimension as the first server. The second server is inserted within the first slot of the adaptor assembly, and includes a first communication fabric. The height of the second server is substantially equal to a quarter of the height of the bay. The third server is inserted within the second slot of the adaptor assembly, and includes a second communication fabric. The height of the third server is substantially equal to a quarter of the height of the bay. | 04-17-2014 |
20140233165 | FLEX CIRCUIT - A flex circuit including a plurality of layers folded on a first fold line and folded on a second fold line is disclosed. The plurality of layers may include a first conductive layer, an insulating layer adjacent the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer adjacent the insulating layer. The flex circuit may include a plurality of slits extending through each layer of the plurality of layers, the plurality of slits disposed on the first fold line and the second fold line. | 08-21-2014 |
20140238733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY SHIFTING RESONANCE OF AN UNUSED VIA IN A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location. | 08-28-2014 |
20140326489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECREASING STUB RESONANCE OF PLATING FOR CIRCUIT BOARDS - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a stub corresponding to a portion of a trace running proximate to an edge of the circuit board, wherein the stub is configured to electrically couple to a plating bar for plating electrical paths of the circuit board with a conductive metal and a termination pad electrically coupled to the stub and configured to electrically couple to a termination resistor for resistively terminating the stub. | 11-06-2014 |
20140340784 | Preventing Damage to Storage Devices within a Storage System Due to Movement of the Storage System - A method implemented in a storage system that has moveable storage devices includes a motion controller receiving movement related data of a storage device from at least one sensor associated with the storage device. The method further includes determining if the received movement related data indicates presence of at least one pre-identified movement related condition that can result in damage to the storage device. In response to the received movement related data indicating at least one pre-identified condition, a park command is issued that triggers the reading head of the storage device to enter a parked state in which the storage device is protected from damage that can occur due to motion of the reading head while the pre-identified condition exists. | 11-20-2014 |
20150195910 | BALL GRID ARRAY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing a ball grid array connection include providing a circuit board having a circuit board surface including a plurality of pads. A ball grid array component includes a plurality of solder balls. The ball grid array component is coupled to the circuit board to position each of the plurality of solder balls adjacent a respective one of the plurality of pads. A solder reflow process is then performed to produce a plurality of soldered connections from each of the plurality of solder balls and a respective one of the plurality of pads. At least one spacer member is provided between the ball grid array component and the circuit board during the solder reflow process to provide a mechanical stop between the ball grid array component and the circuit board and a minimum height for each of the plurality of soldered connections. | 07-09-2015 |
20150211837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY SHIFTING RESONANCE OF AN UNUSED VIA IN A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location. | 07-30-2015 |
20150216046 | Structure to Dampen Barrel Resonance of Unused Portion of Printed Circuit Board Via - A printed circuit board includes a first trace, a second trace, and a first via. The first trace is in a first conductive layer. The second trace is in a second conductive layer. The first via interconnects the first trace and the second trace, and communicates a first signal from the first trace to the second trace through a third conductive layer. The third conductive layer has a higher impedance than the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. | 07-30-2015 |
20150241504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR CONTACT JOINT INTEGRITY - Methods and systems for monitoring contact joint integrity in an information handling system may include precisely monitoring a change in resistance of a resistive element associated with a contact joint. The change in resistance of the resistive element may be indicative of the integrity of the contact joint. The resistance may be measured using a modulated current source and by demodulating a voltage signal resulting from the modulated current flowing across the resistive element. | 08-27-2015 |
20150262601 | PREVENTING DAMAGE TO STORAGE DEVICES WITHIN A STORAGE SYSTEM DUE TO MOVEMENT OF THE STORAGE SYSTEM - A method implemented in a storage system that has moveable storage devices includes a motion controller receiving movement related data of a storage device from at least one sensor associated with the storage device. In response to the received movement related data indicating at least one pre-identified condition, a park command is issued that triggers the reading head of the storage device to enter a parked state in which the storage device is protected from damage that can occur due to motion of the reading head while the pre-identified condition exists. | 09-17-2015 |
20150318082 | Signal and Drain Arrangement for High Speed Cables - A system and method are disclosed for a novel dual axial cable configuration. More specifically, with a dual axial cable configuration in accordance with the present invention, a shape of the signal conductors and drain conductors is configured to ensure the electric field density is oriented towards the drain conductor. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the dual axial cable configuration comprises signal conductors and a drain conductor in which either or all the cross sectional shapes of the signal conductors and the drain conductor are rectangular. Such a dual axial cable configuration results in thinner insulation lowering the cable height and also reduces space by improving the pitch of the conductors when the conductors are stored in bulk. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the signal conductors are positioned horizontally and vertically equidistant. The signal conductors are also positioned equidistant from a horizontally centrally positioned and vertically offset drain conductor. | 11-05-2015 |
20150357082 | DUAL AXIAL CABLE - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a dual axial cable may include two substantially parallel and substantially adjacent wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded throughout its length by a bifurcated electrical insulator. Each bifurcated electrical insulator may include a first portion of electrically insulative material and a second portion of electrically insulative material having a dielectric constant substantially higher than a dielectric constant of the first portion, such that a cross-section of each wire includes its respective first portion and respective second portion. The cable may be configured such that throughout the length of the cable, the second portions of each of the two wires are substantially adjacent to each other. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090296359 | Optimized Two-Socket/Four-Socket Server Architecture - An information handling system is set forth which includes a fully connected 4S topology that can also be populated with two processors and two link modules (e.g., two passive “slugs”) to implement a fully connected 2S topology. More specifically, the link module is a printed circuit board that implements a loopback connection between certain links of the architecture. In certain embodiment, the link module includes no electrical components. The link module merely includes a set of electrical connections (e.g., copper traces) connecting pads (e.g., gold plated pads) on a thick printed circuit board (PCB) dielectric material that is shaped to fit the processor socket. The link module is used to carry user data when the information handling system is configured in a 2S topology. The link module includes proper lane assignment that allows the module to be passive without performance reduction. | 12-03-2009 |
20100064180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUB TUNING IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An information handling system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a signal path with a trace coupled to a source, another trace coupled to a load, a tuned stub, and a via connecting the traces and the tuned stub. A method includes providing a signal path on a PCB with a trace coupled to a source, a trace coupled to a load, a tuned stub, and a via connecting the traces and the tuned stub, driving a signal on the signal path, and adjusting the tuned stub length so that the signal is unchanged between the source and the load. A PCB includes a signal path between a source and a load with two traces and a via, and a tuned path between the source and the load with the two traces, another trace, and the via, the length of the tuned path being a half wavelength stub. | 03-11-2010 |
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20080201759 | VERSION-RESILIENCE BETWEEN A MANAGED ENVIRONMENT AND A SECURITY POLICY - A method and system for enforcing a security policy that is version-independent of a managed environment when loading custom code for a host application is provided. A security system of the managed environment receives an identifier of custom code to be loaded by the host application. Before loading the identified custom code, the managed environment enforces the security policy using the security system. The security system applies the security policy expressed using a version-independent indication of identifiers of untrusted custom code. If the security system determines that the trust of the custom code is unknown, then the security system requests a trust manager associated with the host application to enforce a host application-specific security policy. When the custom code is trusted, the managed environment loads the custom code. | 08-21-2008 |
20100023767 | API for Diffie-Hellman secret agreement - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for implementing a Diffie-Hellman secret agreement. An application programming interface is provided that is operable to allow a first computer to generate a Diffie-Hellman secret agreement for communicating securely with a second computer over an insecure channel. A get public key operation is performed upon receiving a request to perform the get public key operation. The get public key operation gets a public key of the first computer. A retrieval operation is performed upon receiving a request to perform the retrieval operation. The retrieval operation retrieves the Diffie-Hellman secret agreement upon supplying a public key of the second computer. | 01-28-2010 |
20130066622 | SIMULATION OF STATIC MEMBERS AND PARAMETERIZED CONSTRUCTORS ON AN INTERFACE-BASED API - Embodiments are directed to providing a simulation of a type-level construct on an interface instance and to maintaining a token-based event handling system. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates an interface instance that includes an instance object and multiple instance members. The computer system also instantiates a separate typed object which is configured to maintain one or more simulated type-level parameterized constructors. The computer system then associates the instantiated interface instance with the separate typed object. The typed object routes method invocations from the interface instance to various simulated type-level parameterized constructors and static members of the type. | 03-14-2013 |
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20130159718 | UPDATING SIGNATURE ALGORITHMS FOR STRONG NAME BINDING - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for updating signature algorithms used for signing an assembly with a strong name without changing the identity of the assembly. The present invention enables an assembly that has already been given an identity (via strong name signing with an identity public/private key pair) to be resigned with a different public/private key pair without changing the original identity that was based on the identity public/private key pair. This is accomplished by including a counter signature within the assembly that links the original identity of the assembly to the new signature key pair. | 06-20-2013 |
20140379740 | EFFICIENTLY PROVIDING MULTIPLE METADATA REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME TYPE - Embodiments are directed to dynamically adapting metadata for use with a native data encoding and to efficiently modifying object model type references. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates a metadata reader over an object model description to access various portions of metadata in the object model description. The metadata reader is configured to read native metadata, where native metadata is metadata represented in an encoding that is expected by the metadata reader. The metadata reader determines that the accessed metadata is encoded in a non-native encoding and then determines which metadata modifications are to be performed to transform the non-native encoding into a native encoding. The computer system then dynamically adapts the metadata of the object model from a non-native encoding to a native encoding according to the determined modifications. As such, the object model is readable by a native runtime. | 12-25-2014 |
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20140145595 | FAST START INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH BURST-MODE DIMMING - A fast starting induction RF fluorescent lamp capable of changing illumination level through a burst-mode dimming facility, comprising a dimming facility enabling the induction RF fluorescent lamp to dim in response to a control signal, and with structures within the bulb envelope that facilitate rapid luminous development during a turn-on phase | 05-29-2014 |
20140145598 | HIGH FREQUENCY INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH BURST-MODE DIMMING - A high frequency induction RF fluorescent lamp with an electronic ballast operating at a frequency greater than 5 MHz comprising a burst-mode dimming facility enabling the induction RF fluorescent light bulb to dim in response to a control signal. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145602 | INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH BURST-MODE DIMMING - A burst-mode dimmable induction RF fluorescent lamp that is able to replace an ordinary reflector-type incandescent lamp, both in its ability to screw into a standard incandescent lamp socket and to have the general look of the ordinary reflector incandescent lamp, but with all of the advantages of an induction lamp, as described herein. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145619 | INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH LOAD CONTROL FOR EXTERNAL DIMMING DEVICE - An induction RF fluorescent lamp comprising a dimming device load control facility enabling the induction RF fluorescent lamp to provide for electrical loads required for the proper operation of an external control dimming device, the dimming device load control facility controlling a switched electrical load switched in and out of connectivity within the electronic ballast to provide a load for the external dimming device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140368109 | INDUCTION RF FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH PROCESSOR-BASED EXTERNAL DIMMER LOAD CONTROL - A processor controlled induction RF fluorescent lamp, where the control processor runs a load control algorithm at least for switching the electrical load for connection to an external dimming device, the lamp comprising a vitreous envelope filled with an ionizable gas mixture; a power coupler comprising at least one winding of an electrical conductor; and an electronic ballast providing appropriate voltage and current to the power coupler. | 12-18-2014 |