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20090256029 | Winglets with Recessed Surfaces, and Associated Systems and Methods - Winglets with recessed surfaces, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a wing having an inboard portion and an outboard portion, and further includes a winglet coupled to the wing at the outboard portion. The winglet can have a first surface facing at least partially inboard and a second surface facing at least partially outboard, with the first surface including a recessed region. | 10-15-2009 |
20130256460 | PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING WINGLET SYSTEM AND METHOD - A winglet system for an aircraft wing may include an upper winglet and a lower winglet mounted to a wing tip. The lower winglet may have a static position when the wing is subject to a ground static loading. The lower winglet may be configured such that upward deflection of the wing under an approximate 1-g flight loading causes the lower winglet to move from the static position to an in-flight position and resulting in a relative span increase of the wing. | 10-03-2013 |
20150083867 | LEADING EDGE VARIABLE CAMBER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for varying a wing camber of an aircraft wing may include a leading edge device coupled to the wing. The leading edge device may be configured to be actuated in an upward direction and a downward direction relative to a retracted position of the leading edge device. | 03-26-2015 |
20160068259 | WINGLET SYSTEM - A winglet system for an aircraft wing may include an upper winglet and a lower winglet mounted to a wing tip. The upper winglet root chord and the lower winglet root chord may each have a length of no greater than 100 percent of the wing tip chord. The lower winglet may have a static position when the wing is subject to an on-ground static loading. The lower winglet may be configured such that upward deflection of the wing under an approximate 1-g flight loading causes the lower winglet to move upwardly and outwardly from the static position to an in-flight position resulting in an effective span increase of the wing under the approximate 1-g flight loading relative to the span of the wing under the on-ground static loading. | 03-10-2016 |
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20080255705 | Flow Cytometer Sorter - Disclosed are computer-implemented methods of sorting particles from a particle stream in a flow cytometer. The methods include: calculating sort decision making parameters using the raw event data values from a flow cytometer and a sort logic; performing sort logic computations using the sort logic definition and the sort decision making parameters to generate sort decisions; converting the sort decisions into sort commands; and sending the one or more sort commands to the flow cytometer. Sort logic computations may include algorithmically using conditional branching logic, and may include sort logic equations having mathematical functions characterizing one or more regions of interest in multidimensional data space. Such mathematical functions may be determined based on one or more parameters provided by a user. Also disclosed are corresponding systems having a flow cytometer and a computer. | 10-16-2008 |
20090287421 | Enhancing Flow Cytometry Discrimination with Geometric Transformation - In flow cytometry, particles ( | 11-19-2009 |
20110010144 | SELF-TUNING, BIOLOGICALLY MODELED SORTER - Disclosed is a self-tuning flow cytometer that uses a mathematical model to perform sort decisions that is based upon the biological response of the particular types of cells that are being sorted. In one embodiment, statistical calculations of the likelihood of an event belonging to a certain population are used to make the sort decisions. Automated self-tuning processes are used to optimize the operating parameters of the flow cytometer to achieve a selected purity with higher yield at optimal sorting speeds. The fully automated processes minimize user input and allows the user to select a desired purity while maximizing yield. | 01-13-2011 |
20130244317 | Flow Cytometer Sorter - Disclosed are computer-implemented methods of sorting particles from a particle stream in a flow cytometer. The methods include: calculating sort decision making parameters using the raw event data values from a flow cytometer and a sort logic; performing sort logic computations using the sort logic definition and the sort decision making parameters to generate sort decisions; converting the sort decisions into sort commands; and sending the one or more sort commands to the flow cytometer. Sort logic computations may include algorithmically using conditional branching logic, and may include sort logic equations having mathematical functions characterizing one or more regions of interest in multidimensional data space. Such mathematical functions may be determined based on one or more parameters provided by a user. Also disclosed are corresponding systems having a flow cytometer and a computer. | 09-19-2013 |
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20140057877 | Therapeutic polyamine compositions and their synthesis - This invention relates to a process of synthesis and composition of open chain (ring), closed ring, linear branched and or substituted polyamines, polyamine derived tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors and PPAR partial agonists/partial antagonists via a series of substitution reactions and optimizing the bioavailability and biological activities of the compounds. Polyamines prevent the toxicity of neurotoxins and diabetogenic toxins including paraquat, methyphenyl pyridine radical, rotenone, diazoxide, streptozotocin and alloxan. These polyamines can be utilized to treat neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine acquired and inherited mitochondrial DNA damage diseases and other disorders in mammalian subjects, and more specifically to the therapy of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, Binswanger's disease, Olivopontine Cerebellar Degeneration, Lewy Body disease, Diabetes, Stroke, Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Ischemia, Cardiomyopathy, Nephropathy, Ischemia, Glaucoma, Presbycussis, Cancer, Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and as Antidotes to Toxin Exposure. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110086301 | EMULSION AGGREGATION TONER COMPOSITION - A toner composition that includes at least one low molecular weight amorphous polyester resin, at least one high molecular weight amorphous polyester resin, at least one crystalline polyester resin, at least one wax, at least one biocide and at least one colorant, and wherein the toner composition has a minimum fusing temperature of from about 100° C. to about 125° C. | 04-14-2011 |
20110151374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RAPID CONTINUOUS DROP FORMATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL TONER AND NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A process for making particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes a mixing tank for mixing a plurality of droplets dispersed within a liquid media. The process further includes a drop ejector controlling unit in operable communication with a drop ejector array for launching a plurality of droplets, the plurality of droplets including the plurality of particles, and an outlet port for receiving the plurality of droplets. | 06-23-2011 |
20110151375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RAPID CONTINUOUS PROCESS TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL TONER AND NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLES - A process for making particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes a mixing tank for mixing a plurality of particles dispersed within a liquid media and a vane unit for applying a swirling effect to the plurality of droplets received from the mixing tank through a spray nozzle. The vane unit is in operable communication with a spray nozzle for launching a plurality of droplets, the plurality of droplets including different combinations of the plurality of particles. The process further includes a plurality of outlet ports, where each of a first set of outlet ports includes a filter and of the other outlet port is filterless. | 06-23-2011 |
20140261083 | METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY FORMING AN AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION USING A SCREW EXTRUDER - A continuous process for making a pigment dispersion includes continuously feeding a pigment into a feed section of a screw extruder at a controlled rate, continuously feeding a surfactant into the feed section of the screw extruder at a controlled rate, continuously feeding water downstream of the feed section to emulsify the pigment and the surfactant, forming a water-in-pigment dispersion, continuously feeding additional water downstream of the previously fed water to cause a phase inversion of the water-in-pigment dispersion, forming a pigment-in-water dispersion, continuously homogenizing the pigment-in-water dispersion in the screw extruder to create a homogenous aqueous pigment dispersion and collecting the homogenous aqueous pigment dispersion from an exit section of the screw extruder. | 09-18-2014 |
20140302432 | CONTINUOUS COALESCENCE PROCESSES - Processes for continuously coalescing particles from an aggregated particle slurry are disclosed. The aggregated particle slurry is heated, then coalesced by raising the pH. The coalesced particles are homogenized and exit as a coalesced particle slurry. A multi-screw extruder is used for the coalescing. These processes are useful for providing coalesced particles such as toner compositions. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302436 | CONTINUOUS WAX DISPERSION PRODUCTION PROCESSES - Processes for continuously producing a wax dispersion are disclosed. A multi-screw extruder is used for the processes. A wax and a surfactant are fed into the extruder and melted together. Water is then added to form a dispersion. The wax particles are homogenized and exit the extruder to be passed through a quenching unit. The wax dispersion can be used to make toner compositions. | 10-09-2014 |
20150017585 | TONER PARTICLE PROCESSING - A process includes adding a particulate toner additive to toner particles to form a slurry, filtering the slurry to form a filter cake, the particulate toner additive functioning as a filtration aid, and washing the filter cake, after the washing step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto, and de-agglomerating/drying the toner particles with the additive, after the drying step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto. | 01-15-2015 |
20150025174 | PROCESS TO PREPARE POLYESTER PHASE INVERSION LATEXES - A process includes dissolving a polyester resin in an organic solvent to form a solution, the polyester resin has a latex-destabilizing cation, removing substantially all of the latex-destabilizing cation, neutralizing the solution of the polyester resin, adding a sufficient amount of water to the neutralized solution form an emulsion, and removing a portion of the organic solvent from the emulsion to form a latex of the polyester resin. | 01-22-2015 |
20150160575 | Additive Attachment on Toner Particles by Plasma - A process for attaching additives onto toner particles using plasma is described. | 06-11-2015 |
20160004175 | Magenta Toner - A process for making a latex emulsion where distillation occurs at an elevated temperature is used to make resin particles with a conditioned surface which can be used to make magenta toner with increased efficiency. | 01-07-2016 |