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20090188675 | DRILLING RIGS WITH APPARATUS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A rig for wellbore operations which has a rig floor, at least one mat on the rig floor, and energizing apparatus in or on the at least one mat for energizing wave-energizable apparatus on an item movable with respect to the rig. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 07-30-2009 |
20090208295 | Drilling rig riser identification apparatus - A riser having a riser body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and two spaced-apart ends, at least one identification assembly on the riser body, the identification assembly having an assembly body and a wave energizable apparatus in the body, the assembly body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a channel therethrough in which is positioned part of the riser body, the assembly body releasably secured on the riser body, and the wave energizable apparatus positioned within the assembly body. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 08-20-2009 |
20090283454 | Shale shakers and screens with identification apparatuses - A screen apparatus, which in certain aspects is a screen apparatus having a support, screening material on the support, a mass member connected to the screen apparatus, and energizable identification apparatus connected to (exteriorly, interiorly, and/or within) the mass member for identifying the screen apparatus; a vibratory separator with such a screen apparatus; and a vibratory separator or shaker with energizable identification apparatus. | 11-19-2009 |
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20110072904 | Ultrasonic Probe Apparatus, System, and Method for Detecting Flaws in a Tubular - An ultrasonic probe apparatus for detecting flaws in a tubular includes a probe house. The probe house has an axial axis, a central cavity lying along the axial axis, and a bottom face adapted for placement on the tubular. The bottom face of the probe house has an opening in the middle. A probe support is disposed within the central cavity and rotatable about the axial axis of the probe house. An ultrasonic probe is mounted on the probe support and has a scanning face exposed to the opening of the bottom face of the probe house. The scanning face is tiltable relative to a selected plane of the tubular by rotation of the probe support about the axial axis of the probe house. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072905 | Membrane-Coupled Ultrasonic Probe System for Detecting Flaws in a Tubular - An ultrasonic probe apparatus for detecting flaws in a tubular includes a probe housing. The probe housing has an axial axis, a central cavity lying along the axial axis, and a bottom face adapted for placement on the tubular. The bottom face of the probe housing has an opening in the middle. A probe support is disposed within the central cavity and rotatable about the axial axis of the probe housing. An ultrasonic probe is mounted on the probe support and has a scanning face exposed to the opening of the bottom face of the probe housing, and may be coupled to the pipe with a liquid acoustic couplent medium. | 03-31-2011 |
20130160309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PIPE - A system and method for measuring a pipe is provided. The system includes a frame rotatably receiving the pipe, a carriage movably positionable along the frame, a guide floatingly positionable about the carriage, at least one sensor for measuring a position of the pipe, and a measurement unit operatively linked to the sensor for collecting measurements therefrom. The guide has a mouth that receivingly engages the pipe and axially aligns therewith. The pipe is measured with the sensor(s) while moving at least one of the pipe, the carriage and the guide. | 06-27-2013 |
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20150144813 | SPHERICAL-ANNULAR BLOWOUT PREVENTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF PISTONS - A blowout preventer assembly is provided and is generally configured having an upper housing, a lower housing with a plurality of internally interconnected cylinders, a one piece energizing ring, and a plurality of individual bottom cover plates all enclosing a lower housing column bore for receiving well pipe. The blowout preventer assembly also has a plurality of annular pistons, a plurality of associated glands disposed in each cylinder with each piston, a main seal with a plurality of main seal ribs, an adaptor ring, and various dedicated and associated seals and threaded attachments. | 05-28-2015 |
20160084031 | MULTI-STAGE BLOWOUT PREVENTER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A blowout preventer includes a housing, a ram block carrier which moves within the housing, and one or more ram blocks configured to be placed within the ram block carrier. The ram block carrier may include an opening, an upper shelf within the opening configured to hold an upper ram block, and a lower shelf within the opening configured to hold a lower ram block. The housing may include a central bore, cavities on both sides of the bore, and openings which allow ram blocks to access a pipe within the bore. | 03-24-2016 |
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20080244084 | Method for improved network performance using smart maximum segment size - A method, system, and computer program product for negotiating a smart maximum segment size of a network connection for a data transfer. A client request to initiate a network connection, which includes a first maximum segment size, is received at a server. The server calculates a second maximum segment size, wherein at least one of the first maximum segment size or the second maximum segment size is a cache line size aligned Ethernet frame size, or smart maximum segment size. The server determines the smaller of the first and second maximum segment sizes and sends the second maximum segment size to the client. The client then selects the smaller of the first and second maximum segment sizes, and sends an acknowledgement to the server to complete the connection. The smaller of the first and second maximum segment sizes is used for the network connection and subsequent data transfer. | 10-02-2008 |
20090067325 | Receiving and transmitting devices for providing fragmentation at a transport level along a transmission path - The present invention provides receiving and transmitting devices for providing fragmentation at a transport level along a transmission path. The transmitting device comprises an interface and a control unit coupled to the interface. The control unit is adapted to negotiate a packet size with a remote device. The control unit is also adapted to transmit a data packet of up to the negotiated size. The control unit is further adapted to receive acknowledgments from the remote device associated with one or more fragments, fragmented at the transport-level, of the transmitted data packet. The receiving device comprises an interface and a control unit coupled to the interface. The control unit is adapted to receive two or more fragments of a data packet transmitted by a remote device. The control unit is also adapted to transmit one or more acknowledgments to the remote device based on the received fragments. | 03-12-2009 |
20120131314 | Ganged Hardware Counters for Coordinated Rollover and Reset Operations - Mechanisms for controlling rollover or reset of hardware performance counters in the data processing system. A signal indicating that a rollover or reset of a first hardware performance counter has occurred is received and it is determined if the first hardware performance counter is analytically related to one or more second hardware performance counters based on defined ganged hardware performance counter sets. A signal is sent to each of the one or more second hardware performance counters in response to a determination that the first hardware performance counter is analytically related to the one or more second hardware performance counters. Each of the one or more second hardware performance counters is reset to an initial value in response to the one or more second hardware performance counters receiving the signal from the ganged hardware performance counter rollover/reset logic. | 05-24-2012 |
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20120258611 | SLOT DESIGN FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a connector footprint comprising a first footprint portion operative to receive a first connector portion and a second footprint portion operative to receive a second connector portion. The first footprint portion is compliant with a first communications link type and the first and second footprint portions are jointly compliant with a second communications link type. The printed circuit board includes first conductive traces coupled to the first footprint portion and a first device footprint. The first conductive traces are selectively configurable according to a selected one of the first and second communications link types. The printed circuit board includes a second conductive traces coupled to the second footprint portion and the first device footprint. In at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first communications link type is AC-coupled and the second communications link type is DC-coupled. | 10-11-2012 |
20140317267 | High-Density Server Management Controller - The described embodiments include a system management controller for managing servers on a plurality of sled devices. The system management controller includes a processing mechanism and a plurality of internal interfaces coupled to the processing mechanism. Each internal interface in the system management controller is coupled to at least one embedded management controller on each of the sled devices, the at least one embedded management controller on each sled device facilitating communications between the processing mechanism in the system management controller and a corresponding server on the sled device. In these embodiments, the processing mechanism in the system management controller is configured to manage one or more operations of the servers on the plurality of sled devices. | 10-23-2014 |
20140337496 | Embedded Management Controller for High-Density Servers - The described embodiments comprise an embedded management controller for managing a server on a sled device. The embedded management controller on the sled device comprises a processing mechanism; a plurality of internal interfaces coupled to the processing mechanism, each internal interface coupled to a corresponding interface of the server; and an external interface coupled to the processing mechanism, the external interface configured to be coupled to a system management controller separate from the sled device. In these embodiments, the processing mechanism is configured to communicate with the server using the internal interfaces, and is configured to selectively communicate information based on communications with the server to the system management controller using the external interface and commands to the server based on communications received from the system management controller using the external interface. | 11-13-2014 |
20150034363 | SLOT DESIGN FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a connector footprint comprising a first footprint portion operative to receive a first connector portion and a second footprint portion operative to receive a second connector portion. The first footprint portion is compliant with a first communications link type and the first and second footprint portions are jointly compliant with a second communications link type. The printed circuit board includes first conductive traces coupled to the first footprint portion and a first device footprint. The first conductive traces are selectively configurable according to a selected one of the first and second communications link types. The printed circuit board includes a second conductive traces coupled to the second footprint portion and the first device footprint. in at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first communications link type is AC-coupled and the second communications link type is DC-coupled. | 02-05-2015 |
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20150088629 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING OFFERS TO A USER - Methods and systems for providing offers to a user through a user interface are disclosed. A first offer having a first price to a user through the user interface is provided. A user input indicating an acceptance to the first offer through the user interface is received. A request is transmitted to a payment processor to process a payment from a payment account of the user for the first price. A message from the payment processor in response to the request that the first request cannot be completed is received. A first message is processed to generate a second offer having a second price, wherein the second price is lower than the first price. The second offer to the user through the user interface. | 03-26-2015 |
20150100424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING AND TRACKING PROMOTION OF A USER IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes identifying a user in a computer-implemented matching system as having paid a fee for additional promotion of the identified user during a promotional period; and, during the promotional period, providing an increased number of impressions for the identified user to achieve a promotional target with respect to the user, in which the impressions comprise presenting the identified user to other users in the computer-implemented matching system. The method further includes providing evidence to the identified user of each of the impressions during the promotional period; and providing at least one premium service to the identified user to enable the identified user to optimize use of the computer-implemented matching system. | 04-09-2015 |
20150142823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING MATCHES BETWEEN USERS IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Finding a match for an end user on an online social platform is not a trivial task. To improve match making, various methods and systems are disclosed which are configured to compute heuristics for various end users, which help to predict the likelihood that two end users would ultimately engage in some form of communication with each other. The heuristics are used in an algorithm (i.e., a statistical/predictive model) for providing a set of matches to an end user. These heuristics may be computed based on varying forms of communication which indicate different levels of engagement between end users, and/or based on some other indication of how an end user may react to another end user. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING MATCHES BETWEEN USERS IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Finding a match for an end user on an online social platform is not a trivial task. To improve match making, various methods and systems are disclosed which are configured to compute heuristics for various end users, which help to predict the likelihood that two end users would ultimately engage in some form of communication with each other. The heuristics are used in an algorithm (i.e., a statistical/predictive model) for providing a set of matches to an end user. These heuristics may be computed based on varying forms of communication which indicate different levels of engagement between end users, and/or based on some other indication of how an end user may react to another end user. | 05-21-2015 |
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20090064864 | AIR PURIFIER ASSEMBLY - In a particular embodiment, an air purifier assembly is disclosed and can include a housing assembly. The air purifier assembly can include a first fluid communication channel within the housing assembly. The first fluid communication channel can have an air inlet formed in a back of the housing assembly and an air outlet formed in a first side of the housing assembly. Further, the air purifier assembly can include a second fluid communication channel within the housing assembly. The second fluid communication channel can have an air inlet formed in a back of the housing assembly and an air outlet formed in a second side of the housing assembly, opposite the first side of the housing. | 03-12-2009 |
20110069449 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURES HAVING IMPROVED VENTILATION TO DISSIPATE HEAT - Electronic device enclosures providing improved heat dissipation are described herein. An example enclosure for holding an electronic circuit board includes a housing having a first portion coupled to a second portion to form a cavity to hold the electronic circuit board. Each of the first and second portions comprises openings to direct convention airflow across opposing faces of the electronic circuit board at the same time. A baffle is coupled to the housing to substantially visually obscure the openings and to define a gap between the housing and the baffle to direct the convection airflow across the opposing faces of the electronic circuit board. | 03-24-2011 |
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20150114894 | FILTERS - A filter has first and second fittings, a permeable filter medium, and a housing. The housing defines a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, and the permeable filter medium is arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path. A finger hold is positioned in an upper region of the housing, the finger hold defining a space that is sufficient to allow one or more fingers of an operator to fit in the space and grasp the filter. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114896 | METHODS FOR MOVING A FILTER ALONG A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY; FILTER ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING A FILTER AND A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY; AND FILTERS - To move a filter along a manifold assembly the filter may be seated on a moveable shuttle assembly. Seating the filter on the shuttle assembly may include mating a key portion on the filter with a key portion on the shuttle assembly, each key portion corresponding to a filtration characteristic of the filter. The shuttle assembly and the seated filter may then be moved between a first position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and first and second fittings of the filter are spaced from first and second fittings of the manifold assembly, and a second position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and the first and second fittings of the filter sealingly engage the first and second fittings of the manifold assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
20150129478 | FILTERS AND FILTER ARRANGEMENTS WHICH INCLUDE A FILTER AND A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY - A filter has first and second fittings, a permeable filter medium, and a housing. The housing defines u fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, and the permeable filter medium is arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path. A reservoir is positioned in an upper region of the housing and includes a wall surrounding the first and second fittings of the filter. Each of the fittings has a topmost portion and the wall of the reservoir has a topmost portion, the topmost portion of each filter fitting being at or below the topmost portion of the reservoir wall. A filter arrangement may include a filter and a manifold assembly having first and second fittings which may be sealingly coupled to or uncoupled from the first and second fittings of the filter. | 05-14-2015 |