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20100138200 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEMONSTRATING STAGGER - In one embodiment a device is provided for visually demonstrating stagger. In this embodiment, the device includes first and second tires coaxially mounted on an axle, wherein the first tire has a smaller diameter than the second tire. The device also includes a member configured to be pushed or pulled by a person. The device may be pushed or pulled on a flat surface, such as a paved road. When the device is pushed or pulled in a forward direction, the first and second tires will rotate at the same rotational speed, but because the second tire has a larger diameter than the first tire, the second tire will travel a greater distance than the first tire during each tire rotation. Thus, the device will move in a curved path. | 06-03-2010 |
20100288444 | USE OF COLORED INDICIA ON TIRES AS A DESIGNATOR - A tire or rim for use on a racing vehicle comprising colored indicia disposed on a sidewall of the tire wherein the color marking is configured to be used as a designator. The colored indicia can designate, among other things, 1) left or right side installation of the tire on the racing vehicle, 2) that the tire is constructed of a certain rubber compound, 3) a points leader of a vehicle racing series, and/or 4) a pole position holder of a vehicle racing event. | 11-18-2010 |
20130081747 | USE OF COLORED INDICIA ON TIRES AS A DESIGNATOR - A method of providing race-specific information to an audience includes mounting a tire onto a vehicle entered in the race, the tire having information-bearing indicia provided on a black outer sidewall of the tire. The method further includes providing race-specific information to the audience by placing the vehicle in a stopped position on the track to expose the black outer sidewall of the tire to the audience, thereby permitting the audience to visibly detect the information-bearing indicia when the vehicle is stopped. The method also includes providing the same race-specific information to the audience by driving the vehicle along the track to expose the black outer sidewall of the tire to the audience thereby permitting the audience to visibly detect the information-bearing indicia on the black outer sidewall of the tire when the vehicle is moving. | 04-04-2013 |
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20080265097 | APPARATUS FOR AN AUTOMATED AERIAL REFUELING BOOM USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SENSORS - A system for automated control of a refueling boom coupled to a tanker aircraft is provided. The system includes: a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) providing inertial measurements for the tanker aircraft; a first GPS receiver providing a GPS location for a GPS antenna attached to the tanker aircraft; and a processor adapted to calculate a first inertial navigation state for the tanker aircraft through integration of the inertial measurements, the processor being further adapted to calculate a first inertial navigation state error relative to the GPS location and to filter the first inertial navigation state error and the first inertial navigation state based upon noise characteristics of the first IMU and the first GPS receiver to provide an updated inertial navigation state for the tanker aircraft, the processor being further adapted to control the refueling boom relative to a receiver aircraft based upon the first and updated inertial navigation states. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270027 | FAULT DETECTION AND RECONFIGURATION OF AN AUTOMATED REFUELING BOOM - A system for automated control of a refueling boom coupled to a tanker aircraft is provided. The system includes sensors such as electro-optical sensor or GPS sensors that provide measurements used by the system to automatically control the refueling boom so as to mate with a receiver aircraft. The system is configured to monitor the health of the sensors and to reconfigure itself if any of the sensor are faulty. | 10-30-2008 |
20090177339 | Optimization and Mechanization of Periodic Flight - The implementation of periodic flight for enhancing aircraft's endurance or range is described having at least two components in the periodic flight embodiments. The first component is the trajectory optimization which determines the optimal periodic trajectory (such as altitude, velocity and flight path angle) that produces maximal endurance or range for a given fuel. The second component is the periodic guidance law which mechanizes the optimal periodic trajectory. For certain aircraft, periodic flight improves that aircraft's endurance or range over steady state flight. | 07-09-2009 |
20090248225 | Apparatus For An Automated Aerial Refueling Boom Using Multiple Types Of Sensors - A system for automated control of a refueling boom coupled to a tanker aircraft is provided. The system includes: a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) providing inertial measurements for the tanker aircraft; a first GPS receiver providing a GPS location for a GPS antenna attached to the tanker aircraft; and a processor adapted to calculate a first inertial navigation state for the tanker aircraft through integration of the inertial measurements, the processor being further adapted to calculate a first inertial navigation state error relative to the GPS location and to filter the first inertial navigation state error and the first inertial navigation state based upon noise characteristics of the first IMU and the first GPS receiver to provide an updated inertial navigation state for the tanker aircraft, the processor being further adapted to control the refueling boom relative to a receiver aircraft based upon the first and updated inertial navigation states. | 10-01-2009 |
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20100050251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURITY TOKEN AUTHENTICATION - Described herein are systems and methods for centralizing and standardizing implementation of security tokens so as to provide one token per one user for accessing business applications across an enterprise, providing scalability to support authentication of as many enterprise users as desired or needed, and providing a standardized token management interface that supports both pre-binding and post-binding user registration processes and different types of security token. | 02-25-2010 |
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20140089262 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING A REPLICATION TOPOLOGY - Methods and systems for modeling a replication topology involve, for example, representing a plurality of replication components of a replication topology in a first binary matrix using a processor coupled to memory and generating a result matrix based at least in part on the first binary matrix likewise using the processor. Thereafter, also using the processor, replication components of the replication topology may be identified that are either enabled or non-enabled to receive replications from other replication components of the replication topology based at least in part on the result matrix. | 03-27-2014 |
20140122568 | Methods and Systems for Managing Directory Information - Methods and systems for managing directory information, such as onboarding a LDAP server, employing a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for receiving a request related to one or more applications from a requestor in pre-determined business logic, acknowledging the request by an approver function without requiring the requestor to negotiate, for example, with an LDAP administrator to justify the request, and provisioning the request into the enterprise LDAP server in the pre-determined business logic. | 05-01-2014 |
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20120303704 | CROSS LANGUAGE OBJECT SHARING - Methods, system, and computer storage media are provided for enabling cross-language object sharing by providing shareable typename information agreed upon by clients that wish to share object with each other. A first client creates an object by communicating a create request, which includes typename information associated with the object. The object is created and the typename information, along with data and properties associated with the object, is stored. A second client requests to open that object. The data, properties, and typename information stored in associated with the object is communicated to the second client so that the second client is able to create a correct instance of the object. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311725 | MODERATION OF SHARED DATA OBJECTS - Methods, system, and computer storage media are provided for moderating actions performed on shared data objects. Rule enforcement logic is received for an application that is associated with one or more data objects shared between various clients. The rule enforcement logic is stored at a data server that also stores data associated with data objects. A moderator, also stored on the data server, is used to enforce the rule enforcement logic corresponding to the application when a client attempts to perform an action to a data object associated with the application. | 12-06-2012 |
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20090026665 | PROCESSES AND METHODS OF MAKING BORON CARBIDE - High-density components and products as well as processes for making high-density components and products are disclosed. One exemplary component, among others, includes a boron carbide component comprised of a homogeneous boron carbide powder. The component has at least a 93% relative density (RD) and a Vickers hardness of at least 2000 kg/mm | 01-29-2009 |
20100032874 | PROCESSES AND METHODS OF MAKING BORON CARBIDE AND BORON CARBIDE COMPONENTS - High-density components and products as well as processes for making high-density components and products are disclosed. One exemplary component, among others, includes a boron carbide component comprised of a homogeneous boron carbide powder. The component has at least a 93% relative density (RD) and a Vickers hardness of at least 2000 kg/mm | 02-11-2010 |
20100288113 | BORON CARBIDE COMPONENT AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A boron carbide body having a graphite content in which the central portion of the body includes more graphite that the region surrounding the central portion and adjacent the exterior surface thereof, and a method for fabricating the boron carbide body. | 11-18-2010 |
20130334723 | BORON CARBIDE BASED MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR THE FABRICATION THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for fabricating a solid article from a boron carbide powder comprising boron carbide particles that are coated with a titanium compound. Further disclosed herein are the unique advantages of the combined use of titanium and graphite additives in the form of water soluble species to improve intimacy of mixing in the green state. The carbon facilitates sintering, whose concentration is then attenuated in the process of forming very hard, finely dispersed Ti B2 phases. The further recognition of the merits of a narrow particle size distribution B4C powder and the use of sintering soak temperatures at the threshold of close porosity which achieve post-HlP ed microstructures with average grain sizes approaching the original median particle size. The combination of interdependent factors has led to B4C-based articles of higher hardness than previously reported. | 12-19-2013 |
20140038808 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATION OF HIGH-HARDNESS, FINE-GRAINED, COMPLEX-SHAPED SILICON CARBIDE ARTICLES - A process for the fabrication of a SiC-based article that includes preparing an aqueous suspension with SiC powder, a titanium source, a carbon source and boron carbide powder, spray drying the mixture to obtain a powder, preparing a green body from the powder, applying heat treatment to the green body in a pyrolysis/thermolysis step, pressureless sintering the green body, optimally followed by HIPing for further densification. | 02-06-2014 |