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20100161765 | Method and Apparatus for Accommodating Overlapping Wireless Networks - A method comprises forming a pathname indicative of a location of content on a wireless network, the pathname including an identifier of the wireless network; and sending a request for the content, the request including the pathname. In one embodiment, the pathname further includes a delimiter configured to specify a location of the identifier of the wireless network in the pathname. | 06-24-2010 |
20100199287 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Context-Based Contact Information Management - An apparatus for context-based contact information management may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive contact information and associated sender-based context information. In this regard, the contact information and sender-based context information may have been transmitted from a sending device. The processor may also be configured to associate receiver-based context information with the contact information and identify a historical context within a historical multi-dimensional context environment based at least in part on the sender-based context information and the receiver-based context information. Further, the processor may be configured to link the contact information to the historical context. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 08-05-2010 |
20100304756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING SIGNIFICANT PLACES - An approach is provided for determining significant places from cell identifiers. A circular sequence of cell identifiers associated with a mobile device is determined. Each of the cell identifiers has timing information according to when the mobile device has coverage by a corresponding one of a plurality of cells. The circular sequence also has a predetermined cardinality. The cell identifiers of the circular sequence are correlated using the timing information. One or more clusters of cell identifiers are generated based on the correlated cell identifiers. The one or more clusters are designated as one or more significant places. | 12-02-2010 |
20110022945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BROWSING MODELING - An approach is provided for modeling browsing. Data corresponding to navigation behavior relating to navigating a page of a browser application is collected. Storing of the data is initiated. An area within the page or another page of the browser application is predicted based on the stored data. | 01-27-2011 |
20110085565 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMMUNICATION ROUTING - An apparatus for communication routing may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a packet. In this regard, the packet may include an address of a sending entity. The processor may also be configured to identify the packet as a qualified packet and store a local gateway table entry in a local gateway table to thereby identify a local gateway relationship in response to identifying the qualified packet. In this regard, the local gateway table entry may include the address of the sending entity. The processor may also be configured to update a routing table based on the local gateway table entry. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-14-2011 |
20110270836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ACTIONABLE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL - An approach is provided for creating an actionable electronic journal. The journal creator classifies context data associated with a user according to a plurality of dimensions, granularities, or a combination thereof. Next, the journal creator recognizes one or more events in the context data based, at least in part, on the classification. Then, the journal creator creates one or more hierarchies of the recognized events based, at least in part, on the dimensions and the granularities, and presents, communicates or publishes them in a visually friendly format, along with additional information such as metadata and advertisements, and further details associated with each events of the journal. | 11-03-2011 |
20120030646 | Developing Programs in a Graphical Specification and Constraint Language - System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030647 | Developing Programs for Hardware Implementation in a Graphical Specification and Constraint Language via Iterative Estimation of Performance or Resource Utilization - System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030650 | Developing Programs for Hardware Implementation in a Graphical Specification and Constraint Language - System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation. | 02-02-2012 |
20130288703 | LOCALIZATION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PATTERNS - A system that uses historical position information accumulated in an apparatus to determine whether locations and/or routes may be classified as significant. A classification of a location or route as significant may be utilized in configuring localization in the apparatus. Localization configuration may include, for example, setting a type technology utilized in determining apparatus position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130303184 | STATE CHANGE SENSING BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PATTERNS - A system for detecting state transitions when apparatuses move between significant places or routes without having to employ high resolution, and high energy cost, localization technologies. Apparatuses may receive position information via lower resolution/lower energy cost localization resources, and this information may be used to determine whether the current position of the apparatus corresponds to a significant place or route. If the apparatus is determined to be positioned in a significant place or route, a further determination may be made as to whether at least one second level classifier exists for the significant place or route. Second level classifiers may be utilized to determine when apparatuses transition from one state (e.g., one significant place or route) to another. Upon detection of a state transition based on the second level classifier, a new localization configuration may be applied in the apparatus. | 11-14-2013 |
20130344899 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and further obtains information associated with an event which is associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and further obtains, based at least in part on the duration of time, a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time that is determined based at least in part on the future time. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication of the departure time. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345957 | RANKING NEARBY DESTINATIONS BASED ON VISIT LIKELIHOODS AND PREDICTING FUTURE VISITS TO PLACES FROM LOCATION HISTORY - In some examples, systems and techniques can determine a respective visit likelihood for each respective destination of a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a respective distance between the respective destination and a geographic location from a location history associated with a user and a comparison between a time associated with the geographic location and a visit likelihood distribution across time. The systems and techniques can then sort at least some of the plurality of destinations. In other examples, systems and techniques can determine whether a user is likely to visit a place during a future instance of a timeslot based at least in part on a location history associated with the user. The systems and techniques can then output information relating to the place prior to the beginning of the future instance of the timeslot. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345969 | ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING OF LOCATIONS - Example techniques and systems include generating cluster information to consolidate multiple locations. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of location identifiers corresponding to a plurality of locations at which a mobile computing device was previously located, defining, by the computing device, a plurality of geographic regions based at least in part on the plurality of location identifiers, wherein each of the plurality of geographic regions defines a physical area in which at least one of the plurality of locations is located, selecting, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of geographic regions based on respective distances between a current location of the mobile computing device and a respective reference point within each of the geographic regions, and outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the subset of the plurality of geographic regions. | 12-26-2013 |
20130345971 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 12-26-2013 |
20140040855 | Optimization of a Data Flow Program Based on Access Pattern Information - System and method for optimizing a data flow diagram based on access pattern information are described. Access pattern information for a data flow diagram may be received. The data flow diagram may include a plurality of interconnected actors, e.g., functional blocks, visually indicating functionality of the data flow diagram. The access pattern information may include one or more of: input pattern information specifying cycles on which tokens are consumed by at least one of the actors, or output pattern information specifying cycles on which tokens are produced by at least one of the actors. A program that implements the functionality of the data flow diagram may be generated based at least in part on the access pattern information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140057659 | INFERRING USER INTERESTS - Techniques are disclosed herein for inferring user interests and serving recommendations to the user. An example for serving recommendations based on inferred user interests is described. The example includes receiving a plurality of location data points for a user, the location data points including a geographic position and a time, and storing the location data points in a data store. The location data points are processed using a processor in communication with the data store to generate visited place data for the user where the visited place data represents a location visited by the user, a category of the location visited, and a time. A histogram of the visited place data is built across categories of locations visited and the histogram is stored in the data store. Recommendations are then served to the user within a category represented on the histogram. | 02-27-2014 |
20140336926 | ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING OF LOCATIONS - Example techniques and systems include generating cluster information to consolidate multiple locations. In one example, a method includes receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of location identifiers corresponding to a plurality of locations at which a mobile computing device was previously located, defining, by the computing device, a plurality of geographic regions based at least in part on the plurality of location identifiers, wherein each of the plurality of geographic regions defines a physical area in which at least one of the plurality of locations is located, selecting, by the computing device, a subset of the plurality of geographic regions based on respective distances between a current location of the mobile computing device and a respective reference point within each of the geographic regions, and outputting, by the computing device and for display, an indication of the subset of the plurality of geographic regions. | 11-13-2014 |
20140350843 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 11-27-2014 |
20150020043 | Graphical Specification and Constraint Language for Developing Programs for Hardware Implementation and Use - System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation. | 01-15-2015 |
20150073693 | RANKING NEARBY DESTINATIONS BASED ON VISIT LIKELIHOODS AND PREDICTING FUTURE VISITS TO PLACES FROM LOCATION HISTORY - In some examples, systems and techniques can determine a respective visit likelihood for each respective destination of a plurality of destinations based at least in part on a respective distance between the respective destination and a geographic location from a location history associated with a user and a comparison between a time associated with the geographic location and a visit likelihood distribution across time. The systems and techniques can then sort at least some of the plurality of destinations. In other examples, systems and techniques can determine whether a user is likely to visit a place during a future instance of a timeslot based at least in part on a location history associated with the user. The systems and techniques can then output information relating to the place prior to the beginning of the future instance of the timeslot. | 03-12-2015 |
20150354963 | PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR A CURRENT LOCATION OR TIME - A computing system is described that obtains, based at least in part on information included in at least one previous communication associated with a user of a computing device, an indication of a future location and a future time and event information associated with the future location and the future time. The computing system obtains a duration of time for the user to travel from a current location of the computing device to the future location, and, based at least in part on the duration of time, obtains a departure time at which the user is predicted to need to depart from the current location in order to arrive at the future location by an arrival time based on the event. The computing system outputs, for transmission to the computing device, an indication associated with the event and including information indicative of the departure time. | 12-10-2015 |
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20100258033 | WOOD ADHESIVE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THEREOF - A wood adhesive having a) 100 weight parts of water; b) between 3 and 45 weight parts of a proteinaceous material; c) between 0.01 and 15 weight parts of an acidity regulator; d) between 0.01 and 15 weight parts of an aromatic compound; e) between 0.01 and 15 weight parts of a curing agent; f) between 0.01 and 15 weight parts of a preservative; g) between 0 and 15 weight parts of a viscosity modifier; h) between 0 and 10 weight parts of a filler; and i) between 0 and 15 weight parts of a drier. The wood adhesive can be used for preparation of plywood, blockboard, oriented strand board (OSB), flakeboard, fiberboard, veneer plywood, middle density fibreboard, high density fibreboard, hardboard, flooring substrate, LVL, and so on. A method for preparing the wood adhesive is also provided. | 10-14-2010 |
20110318260 | MANUFACTURE METHOD OF ULTRA-PURE SULFURIC ACID - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing ultra-pure sulfuric acid. Industrial sulfur trioxide is used as the raw material, gasifying it in a round gasifier, getting it gasified for the second time after condensation, sulfur trioxide gas has been purified. Absorbing the sulfur trioxide gas with the dilute sulfuric acid circularly, collect the target product of ultra-pure sulfuric acid. The main content of the ultra-pure sulfuric acid obtained by the method of the present invention can reach more than 96 wt %, the content of the impurities of metal ions is in conformity with the SEMI C12 standard. Furthermore, secondary gasification is applied in the present invention to improve the purity of sulfur trioxide, the purified sulfur trioxide was absorbed by dilute sulfuric acid with different concentration circularly, and overcome the shortcomings, such as the unstable quality of the product which produced in the traditional production methods, the high content of the impurities of metal ions, high energy consumption, high cost and easy to cause pollution, so this invention is more suitable for large-scale continuous production. | 12-29-2011 |
20120227028 | GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING OBJECT POPULATION USER INTERFACE AUTOGENERATION - Automatically generated user interfaces are provided to aid data population of object instances in graphical programming environments. A selection gesture identifies an instance of an object type. The public fields defined for the instance are automatically determined, and a user interface is automatically generated with the name of each defined field and a currently assigned value for each field that has one. Fields which have no currently assigned value are optionally displayed with a hint. The user interface can be placed in an application under development, such as a sequential workflow application, as a class initializer and/or as an object configurator. When the object to be populated has another object as a field, the fields of that nested object are similarly displayed. Data can be entered into a container object through the user interface without replacing prior value(s) of the container object. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090189719 | Circuit Breaker Locking And Unlocking Mechanism - A circuit breaker and method include main contacts configured to connect in an on position and be separated in an off position. A handle is coupled to one of the main contacts to adjust the contacts between the on position, the off position, a trip position and an over on position. Secondary contacts are configured to provide power when connected using the handle in the over on position, even when the main contacts are separated. A stop mechanism configured to maintain separation between the main contacts to enable testing using the secondary contacts to power a test circuit such that if a test passes, the stop mechanism is released to permit resetting of the main contacts. | 07-30-2009 |
20100025378 | PIVOTING BARRIER FOR CONTACT ARM PROTECTION - A circuit breaker includes a pivoting arc barrier that is interposed between the moving contact arm axis of motion and the moving contact, so that arc gasses are deflected away from the contact arm structure. The pivoting arc barrier pivots in a complimentary motion path with that of the moving contact arm so that an arc shield face is interposed between the contact separation arc generated around the moving contact and the remaining arm structure to it which the moving contact is affixed throughout the range of contact arm operational motion. The pivoting arc barrier moves independently of the moving contact arm and advantageously does not increase the contact arm mass or bulk swept volume through its range of motion. | 02-04-2010 |
20100073113 | Electromagnet Assembly Directly Driving Latch Of An Electronic Circuit Breaker - A circuit breaker includes a trip unit and an electronic fault detection unit sharing a common trip latch for causing the circuit breaker to trip upon detection of a fault by either unit. The circuit breaker has an electromagnet for causing the circuit breaker to trip upon detection of a fault by an electronic fault detection unit. The electromagnet is oriented in the housing proximal the trip latch without any components interposed between them, and directly attracts the latch. Advantageously the electromagnet orientation does not impact operation or the range of motion of the latch or other trip unit components. Advantageously the circuit breaker of the present invention does not increase the trip latch mass, its bulk swept volume through its range of motion or require additional linkage components that potentially might increase trip cycle time. In some embodiments the electromagnet core is reciprocable. | 03-25-2010 |
20100237047 | CIRCUIT BREAKER ARC CHAMBERS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME - Embodiments provide arc chambers, and methods adapted to rapidly extinguish arcs in circuit breakers. In one aspect, a circuit breaker is provided having first and second electrical contacts, wherein at least one of the contacts is movable and has a maximum contact face transverse dimension (d), and an arc chamber including first and second sidewalls spaced by a transverse spacing (Ts). The sidewalls are provided in close proximity to each other providing a transverse arc compression ratio (TACR) less than or equal to about 2.0, wherein TACR=Ts/d. According to another aspect, an arc chamber including one or more recesses formed into a transverse sidewall is provided, as are other aspects. | 09-23-2010 |
20100238611 | LOW-PROFILE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS, BREAKER TRIPPING MECHANISMS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Embodiments provide a low-profile, electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker includes a housing containing first and second electrical branches coupled to respective first and second load terminals, and an electronic processing circuit within the housing adapted to monitor an electrical condition of the first and second electrical branches, wherein a maximum transverse width (Wt) of the housing is limited to occupy only a single standard breaker panelboard location. Circuit breakers including triggering mechanisms and tripping units are also disclosed. System and method aspects are provided, as are other aspects. | 09-23-2010 |
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20120181737 | POSITIONING FIXTURE - A positioning fixture for positioning a workpiece includes a base, a support mounted on the base and for receiving the workpiece, two toggle clamps mounted on two opposite sides of the base and the support and an upper cover placed on the support. The upper cover cooperates with the two toggle clamps to position the workpiece on the support. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182562 | TEST FIXTURE FOR TESTING POSITIONING OF CONNECTOR - A test fixture for testing positioning of a connector includes a support, a housing mounted on the support, a movable block received within in the housing, a power module set inside of the movable block, a conductive block mounted on the power module, a probe element aligned with the conductive block, and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the power module and the probe element. The movable block is movably mounted on the support, and includes an extending portion. When the connector is precisely positioned in a slot of an electronic device and the extending portion is inserted into the slot of the electronic device, the movable block is resisted by the connector to be driven to move such that the conductive block contacts the probe element, thereby turning on the light-emitting element. | 07-19-2012 |
20120186468 | PRESS FIXTURE - A press fixture for pressing a housing and a battery together includes an air cylinder, a motor to control a motion of the air cylinder, a controller, a base, and a support mounted on the base. The support is used to receive the battery. The housing is placed on the battery. The controller controls the motor to drive the air cylinder to press the housing and the battery together in response user input. | 07-26-2012 |
20130091997 | PUNCH DEVICE - A punch device includes a mounting platform, a punch mechanism, a feeding mechanism, and a positioning and ejecting mechanism. The punch mechanism is mounted over the mounting platform for punching a pre-punched workpiece positioned on the mounting platform. The feeding mechanism is mounted on the mounting platform for conveying the pre-punched workpiece. The positioning and ejecting mechanism is mounted on the mounting platform and positioned under the punch mechanism, for positioning the pre-punched workpiece during a punching process, and ejecting the punched workpiece after the punching process is performed, thereby facilitating an operator to take away the punched workpiece. | 04-18-2013 |
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20110307289 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMER PROJECT INVOICING AGREEMENT, ENGINEERING CHANGE CASE, PRODUCT DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN VERSION HIERARCHY, AND PROJECT EXPENSE VIEW BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a customer project invoicing agreement, an engineering change case, a product design, a product design version hierarchy, and/or a project expense view business object. | 12-15-2011 |
20130145250 | Generation of Test Data for Web Service-Based Test Automation and Semi-Automated Test Data Categorization - Test data for a software services (e.g., a Web service) can be automatically generated from a user-provided specification. The user-provided specification may identify mandatory data elements along with data elements to be tested. Test categories may be defined to specify the type of test to be performed. A value provider may serve as a source of data values for the generated test data. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151264 | Processing of Business Object Identifiers in Master Data Integration Scenarios Involving Non-Local Identifiers - Disclosed is a mechanism to process business object IDs in inbound and outbound processing. The mechanism takes into account a mapping table, matching capabilities, number ranges, inbound error and conflict handling, inbound processing, outbound processing, initial load, and data migration. | 06-13-2013 |
20130198103 | Mapping Between Different Delta Handling Patterns - A received delta message of a first kind, expressed in one interchange format, may be used to modify business record(s) in accordance with the processing of a delta message of a second kind expressed in a different interchange format. Conversely, a delta message of the first kind may be generated to express modifications made to a business record, where the modifications are specified in accordance with a delta message of the second kind. | 08-01-2013 |
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20140181020 | INTEGRATION SCENARIO FOR MASTER DATA WITH SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE SYSTEM - According to one general aspect, a method may include replicating, to a software-as-a-service application, a plurality of pieces of master data from a physically remote master database. The method may also include converting the plurality of pieces of master data into one or more pieces of local data of the software-as-a-service application. The method may include changing one or more of either the pieces of master data or the pieces of local data. The method may further include synchronizing the changed pieces of either master data or local data between the remote master database and the software-as-a-service application. | 06-26-2014 |
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20120085627 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING A LOCKING AND UNLOCKING MECHANISM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker has main electrical contacts configurable between an opened and a closed condition, a handle coupled to at least one of the main electrical contacts, the handle moveable between at least an ON configuration and an OFF configuration, secondary electrical contacts configured to engage each other in the ON configuration, and a moveable stop operable to maintain separation of the main electrical contacts initially when moved toward the ON configuration, and operable to unlock and allow closing of the main electrical contacts upon successful completion of a self-test. A method of operating the electronic circuit breaker is provided, as are other aspects. | 04-12-2012 |
20130088310 | CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING AN UNLOCKING MECHANISM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker has a moveable contact arm having a moveable main electrical contact, and a lockout mechanism operable to contact the moveable contact arm and block motion of thereof, the lockout mechanism having a lockout latch with one or more pivot joints, a moveable stop, and an offset engagement portion, the moveable stop adapted to contact the moveable contact arm, and an unlock actuator providing an unlock force at the engagement portion causing lockout latch pivoting and release of the moveable contact arm. Also disclosed are secondary electrical contacts configured to engage each other in the ON configuration, with a leaf spring operably supporting a moveable one of the secondary contacts, the leaf spring configured to be flexed to close the secondary contacts. A method of operating the electronic circuit breaker is provided, as are other aspects. | 04-11-2013 |
20130153375 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKER, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKER SUBASSEMBLY, CIRCUIT BREAKER SECONDARY ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY, AND POWERING METHODS - Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker subassembly and circuit breaker secondary electrical contact assembly. The circuit breaker secondary electrical contact assembly has a main contact terminal connectable to a main power terminal, a secondary electrical contact set having a stationary secondary electrical contact and a moveable secondary electrical contact, a lockout conductor provided in spring-engaged contact with the main contact terminal on a first end and including one of the stationary or moving secondary electrical contacts on a second end, and a spring having the moveable secondary electrical contact provided on a moveable portion. Circuit breakers and methods of operating the electronic circuit breaker are provided, as are other aspects. | 06-20-2013 |
20130234809 | CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING AN UNLOCKING MECHANISM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - Embodiments provide an electronic circuit breaker. The electronic circuit breaker has a moveable contact arm having a moveable main electrical contact, and a lockout mechanism operable to contact the moveable contact arm and block motion of thereof, the lockout mechanism having a lockout latch with one or more pivot joints pivotal about a pivot axis, a moveable stop on, and an offset engagement portion, the moveable stop adapted to contact the moveable contact arm, and an unlock actuator providing an unlock force at the engagement portion causing lockout latch pivoting about the pivot axis and release of the moveable contact arm. Also disclosed are secondary electrical contacts configured to engage each other in the ON configuration, with a leaf spring operably supporting a moveable one of the secondary contacts, the leaf spring configured to be flexed to close the secondary contacts. A method of operating the electronic circuit breaker is provided, as are other aspects. | 09-12-2013 |
20130271257 | LOW TRIPPING LEVEL CIRCUIT BREAKERS, TRIPPING UNITS, AND METHODS - Embodiments provide a circuit breaker having a relatively low instantaneous current level at tripping. The circuit breaker includes a tripping mechanism coupled to a moveable electrical contact, the tripping mechanism including a tripping unit having a magnet, a bimetal member extending alongside of the magnet and having a moveable end, and an armature including an engagement portion being moveable as a result of motion the moveable end to trip the circuit breaker upon exceeding an instantaneous current level, and either the armature or the bimetal member includes a non-magnetic separating piece preventing a magnetic short circuit. System and method aspects are provided, as are other aspects. | 10-17-2013 |
20150049420 | LOW-PROFILE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A low-profile electronic circuit breaker includes first and second electrical branches coupled to respective first and second load terminals. The electronic circuit breaker also includes an electronic processing circuit configured to monitor an electrical condition in the first and second electrical branches. The electronic circuit breaker is packaged in a housing sized to occupy a standard single-pole breaker panelboard location. In some embodiments, the electronic circuit breaker has no load neutral terminals associated with the first and second load terminals. Methods of assembling an electronic circuit breaker are provided, as are other system and method aspects. | 02-19-2015 |
20150069021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN A CIRCUIT BREAKER WHILE TRANSITIONING TO A CLOSED CIRCUIT CONDITION - Apparatus and method for reducing formation of electrical arcing in a circuit breaker while transitioning to a closed circuit condition are disclosed. An electrical contact assembly ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150318136 | BREAKER TRIPPING MECHANISMS, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Embodiments provide tripping unit of a circuit breaker. The tripping unit includes a magnet, a bimetal member extending alongside of the magnet, and an armature pivotable on the magnet, wherein the armature having an engagement portion engageable with the bimetal member at a moveable end of the bimetal member. Circuit breakers including triggering mechanisms and tripping units are also disclosed, as are low-profile, electronic circuit breakers including a maximum transverse width (Wt) limited to occupy only a single standard breaker panelboard location. System and methods are provided, as are other aspects. | 11-05-2015 |
20160071672 | EXPANSION CHAMBERS FOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS - Embodiments include a circuit breaker having first and second electrical contacts, the contacts adapted to generate an electrical arc during separation, at least one of the first and second electrical contacts being a movable electrical contact. The circuit breaker also includes an expansion chamber disposed adjacent to at least one of the first and second electrical contacts such that an arcing space is defined by the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact when the first and second electrical contacts are separated. The expansion chamber includes an opening configured to permit air flow between the arcing space and a chamber of the expansion chamber. | 03-10-2016 |
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20120257551 | Duplex Communication Method, Terminal Scheduling Method and System - The present invention provides a method for duplexing communication, and a method and a system for scheduling a terminal. The method for scheduling a terminal includes: determining capability information of the terminal when the terminal makes a request for a service; allocating a band resource for the terminal according to the capability information of the terminal and the currently available band resources, and sending information of the allocated band resource to the terminal in the band currently used by the terminal, wherein the allocated band resource includes a bidirectionally used band, and at least one of the uplink band and downlink band includes a unidirectional band; and communicating with the terminal in the manner of time division duplexing by way of the allocated band resource. The present invention makes the best of the band resources near the TDD licensed band and improves the communication efficiency. | 10-11-2012 |
20120275352 | Wireless relay device and method for wireless relay device to communicate with base station and terminal - A wireless relay device includes: a first receiving channel configured to receive signals from a base station or from a base station and a terminal, a second receiving channel configured to receive signals from the terminal, a first sending channel configured to send signals to the base station or to the base station and the terminal, and a second sending channel configured to send signals to the terminal, and further includes a radio frequency control unit configured to, during communicating with the base station and the terminal, control the first receiving channel, the second receiving channel, the first sending channel and the second sending channel to use frequency bands in the following mode: receiving signals synchronously from the base station and the terminal in a first time interval, and sending signals synchronously to the base station and the terminal in a second time interval, wherein the third frequency band and the fifth frequency band are two guard bands between the working frequency band of a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system and the second frequency band serving as the working frequency band of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. The disclosure realizes the bidirectional relay communication between the base station and the terminal by using an idle guard band, increasing the utilization efficiency and the utilization flexibility of the guard band. | 11-01-2012 |
20130265994 | Information feedback method and device for uplink closed loop transmission diversity - The present disclosure discloses an information feedback method for uplink closed loop transmission diversity, which includes: a base station allocates each Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel (F-DPCH) to at least one user; and the base station takes at least one F-DPCH as a feedback channel and arranges information of different users in each said F-DPCH by time division multiplexing, wherein information of at least one user in the F-DPCH includes feedback information of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity and an uplink Transmission Power Control (TPC) command. The present disclosure further discloses an information feedback device for uplink closed loop transmission diversity. Through the solution of the present disclosure, information feedback of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity can be implemented, when the information is a weight, the problem of weight feedback of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity is solved, and a user side of a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) system is facilitated to complete an operation of transmission diversity. | 10-10-2013 |
20130337851 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION SUBSYSTEM FOR PAGING TERMINAL IN MULTI-BAND NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a base station subsystem for paging a terminal in a multi-band network. The method includes: obtaining a frequency band support capability of the terminal, where the frequency band support capability is information about one or multiple frequency bands supported by the terminal; if the terminal supports multiple frequency bands, obtaining a corresponding frequency band for the terminal according to the preset rule; and page the terminal on the obtained corresponding frequency band. In the embodiments of the present invention, the base station subsystem, according to the rule, can determine a redirected frequency band for a multi-band terminal and accurately page the multi-band terminal on the redirected frequency band, thereby the consumption of network capacity is reduced. | 12-19-2013 |
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20140337799 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND TERMINAL FOR SELECTING CONTENT - A method, an apparatus, and a terminal for selecting content. The method includes displaying a rail and a slider on the rail in a predetermined region of a display screen, the rail including at least one rail segment and each rail segment corresponding to one list content; receiving a first sliding signal for controlling the slider; and sliding the slider on the rail based on the first sliding signal and performing selection operation or selection-clearing operation on the list content corresponding to the rail segments through which the slider passes during its sliding. With the configurations of the present disclosure, a plurality of list contents are selected in batch or such selection is cleared in batch by sliding the slider only once or by sliding a few times. | 11-13-2014 |
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20150248465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HISTORY OPERATION RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method for processing history operation records of an electronic terminal, including: recording, after an application program completes a predetermined operation, an operation record about the predetermined operation, the operation record at least including a target object, an operation time, and an action; performing cluster analysis on the operation records to separately aggregate operation records of each target object; receiving a request for displaying operation records, acquiring a time period which is included in the request and during which operation records to be displayed are located; and displaying, in a first display area according to the request, aggregated operation records of at least one target object during the time period. The foregoing method helps a user quickly find a needed file or folder in history operation records. In addition, the present disclosure further provides an apparatus for processing history operation records of an electronic terminal. | 09-03-2015 |
20160059422 | CLAMPING APPARATUS AND SCREW LOCKING DEVICE USING SAME - A clamping device includes a supporting bracket, a lifting assembly, a first adjusting assembly and a holding assembly. The supporting bracket includes a supporting member. The lifting assembly includes a first lifting member, a second lifting member, a fixed pulley, a connecting member and a clump weight. The first lifting member and the second lifting member are both slidably sleeved on the supporting member. The fixed pulley is mounted on the supporting member. The connecting member is arranged on the fixed pulley and couples the first lifting member to the second lifting member. The clump weight is detachably fixed to the first lifting member. The first adjusting assembly includes a first fixed member rotatably sleeved on the second lifting member and a first adjusting member rotatably sleeved to the first fixed member. The holding assembly is rotationally mounted on the first adjusting member. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061702 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND TORSION TEST MEASURING DEVICE USING SAME - A supporting apparatus includes a supporting assembly including a fixed member, a mounting member fixed to the fixed member and a lifting assembly. The mounting member includes a mounting portion having a first side, a second side opposite and parallel to the first side, and a top side coupling the first side with the second side. The lifting assembly includes a support member slidably attached to the first side of the mounting portion, a lifting member slidably attached to the second side of the mounting portion, at least one fixed pulley attached to the top side of the mounting portion, a connecting member arranged on the at least one fixed pulley, and coupling the support member with the lifting member, and one or more weight elements attachable to the lifting member. | 03-03-2016 |