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20100209800 | FUEL CELL REPEATER UNIT - An example fuel cell repeater includes a separator plate and a frame establishing at least a portion of a flow path that is operative to communicate fuel to or from at least one fuel cell held by the frame relative to the separator plate. The flow path has a perimeter and any fuel within the perimeter flow across the at least one fuel cell in a first direction. The separator plate, the frame, or both establish at least one conduit positioned outside the flow path perimeter. The conduit is outside of the flow path perimeter and is configured to direct flow in a second, different direction. The conduit is fluidly coupled with the flow path. | 08-19-2010 |
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20090173900 | Self-Regulating Valve for Controlling the Gas Flow in High Pressure Systems - A controlled pressure release valve controls the gas flow in high-pressure systems. The valve includes a valve body, a slidable spool, a primary flow passage, a first and second chamber, a first and second spring, a first and second passages, and a valve actuator. The valve body has a gas inlet and a gas outlet and houses the slidable spool. The slidable spool has a first end and a second end, and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The primary flow passage connects the gas inlet and the gas outlet and increases with lineal movement of the slidable spool. The first chamber is located adjacent the first end of the slidable spool and a second chamber is located adjacent the second end of the slidable spool. The sliding spool is biased toward the first position by a gas pressure applied by the second chamber and the second spring. | 07-09-2009 |
20100262300 | ACTIVE VIBRATION SUPPRESSION VIA POWER MINIMIZATION - A vibration suppressor system includes a control system operable to control power from a power system to an actuator system in response to a minimal actuation power algorithm. The minimal actuation power algorithm employs a real electric power consumption of the actuator system as a single control objective function to suppress a vibration of the structure. | 10-14-2010 |
20110209507 | SEMI-ACTIVE ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUID CLUTCH FOR ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK - A clutch for an electronic door lock includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a spring, a rheological fluid, and a plunger. The second shaft has an aperture therein and is axially co-aligned with the first shaft and is rotatably mounted adjacent the rotatable first shaft. The spring is disposed in the aperture in the second shaft. The rheological fluid is held within the aperture and is capable of changing viscosities in response to the application of an electrical current across the fluid. The plunger is biased by the spring into selective coupling engagement with the first shaft and is capable of selective motion into the aperture in response to contact by a camming surface of the first shaft due to relative rotation of the first shaft with respect to the second shaft. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210564 | BI-STABLE ACTUATOR FOR ELECTRONIC LOCK - An actuator for an electronic door lock includes a stationary first magnet assembly, a beam, and a second magnet assembly. The first magnet includes at least one magnet stationarily positioned within the electronic door lock. The beam is movable relative to the first magnet assembly to a first position and a second position. The second magnet assembly is connected to the beam and is configured to be magnetically repulsed away from the first magnet assembly. The repulsion of the second magnet assembly maintains the beam in either the first or second position until the beam is selectively actuated therefrom. | 09-01-2011 |
20110260081 | DISCHARGE FLOW CONTROL VALVE - A self-regulating valve controls the flow of high pressure gas discharging from a gas cylinder in a fire suppression system in response to a detection of a fire within a protected space by a two-step process which reduces the pressure rise within the protected space upon release of the fire suppression gas into the protected space. | 10-27-2011 |
20110260581 | Flexible Phased Array Sensor - A sensor includes a film, at least one piezoelectric strip disposed on the film, a first conductive line disposed on the film, the first conductive line electrically connected to a first portion of the at least one piezoelectric strip, a second conductive line disposed on the film, the second conductive line electrically connected to a second portion of the at least one piezoelectric strip, and a dampening member disposed on the at least one piezoelectric strip. | 10-27-2011 |
20110291428 | LOW ENERGY CLUTCH FOR ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK - A clutch for an electronic door lock includes a primary mover, a pivotal pawl, a first shaft, and a second shaft. The second shaft is axially co-aligned with the first shaft and is rotatably mounted adjacent the rotatable first shaft. The primary mover is selectively actuatable to engage the pawl such that rotation of the first shaft relative to the second shaft by a user pivots the pawl into coupling engagement between the first shaft and the second shaft. | 12-01-2011 |
20120207602 | MODULAR INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR ROTOR BLADE CONTROL - A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade including one or more pockets and a housing located on the rotor blade within one or more pockets. The housing is secured to the rotor blade via one or more dovetail joints. A drive mechanism for a control surface of a rotor blade includes an actuator and a rocker operably connected to the actuator. At least one hinge rod is operably connected to the rocker and operably connected to a control surface at a control surface pivot. The drive mechanism translates substantially linear motion of the actuator into rotational motion of the control surface about the control surface pivot. | 08-16-2012 |
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20090274656 | HEPATITIS C VIRUS INHIBITORS - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: | 11-05-2009 |
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20110086858 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 04-14-2011 |
20110311482 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: | 12-22-2011 |
20120093766 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093767 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 04-19-2012 |
20120213729 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 08-23-2012 |
20120330019 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: | 12-27-2012 |
20130078214 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095063 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095066 | Compounds for the Treatment of Hepatitis C - The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV. | 04-18-2013 |
20130115190 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) | 05-09-2013 |
20130129671 | Tripeptides Incorporating Deuterium as Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) | 05-23-2013 |
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20140079664 | Tripeptides Incorporating Deuterium as Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) | 03-20-2014 |
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20140163231 | Hepatitis C Virus Inhibitors - Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: | 06-12-2014 |
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20080314283 | CORROSION PROTECTION OF BRONZES - A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a substrate comprising a copper or copper alloy surface. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; a nitrogen-containing organic compound selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amine, tertiary amine, and aromatic heterocycle comprising nitrogen; and an alcohol. | 12-25-2008 |
20090121192 | SELF ASSEMBLED MOLECULES ON IMMERSION SILVER COATINGS - A method for enhancing the corrosion resistance of an article comprising a silver coating deposited on a solderable copper substrate is provided. The method comprises exposing the copper substrate having the immersion-plated silver coating thereon to an anti-corrosion composition comprising: a) a multi-functional molecule comprising at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces and at least one organic functional group that interacts with and protects silver surfaces; b) an alcohol; and c) a surfactant. | 05-14-2009 |
20100151263 | METALLIC SURFACE ENHANCEMENT - A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a device comprising a copper or copper alloy substrate and at least one metal-based layer on a surface of the substrate. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; an organic compound comprising a nitrogen-containing functional group; and a solvent having a surface tension less than about 50 dynes/cm as measured at 25° C. | 06-17-2010 |
20100291303 | ANTI-TARNISH COATINGS - A method is disclosed for enhancing the corrosion resistance of a surface of a copper or copper alloy substrate. The method comprises depositing a metallic surface layer comprising a precious metal on a surface of the copper or copper alloy substrate by immersion displacement plating and exposing the electronic device to an aqueous composition comprising a first organic molecule comprising at least one functional group that interacts with and protects precious metal surfaces and a second organic molecule comprising at least one functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces. | 11-18-2010 |
20100319572 | CORROSION PROTECTION OF BRONZES - A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a substrate comprising a copper or copper alloy surface. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; a nitrogen-containing organic compound selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amine, tertiary amine, and aromatic heterocycle comprising nitrogen; and an alcohol. | 12-23-2010 |
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20120175022 | ANTI-TARNISH COATINGS - A method is disclosed for enhancing the corrosion resistance of a surface of a copper or copper alloy substrate. The method comprises depositing a metallic surface layer comprising a precious metal on a surface of the copper or copper alloy substrate by immersion displacement plating and exposing the electronic device to an aqueous composition comprising a first organic molecule comprising at least one functional group that interacts with and protects precious metal surfaces and a second organic molecule comprising at least one functional group that interacts with and protects copper surfaces. | 07-12-2012 |
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20090052910 | Automatic dual receiver in a multi-wavelength fiber optic system - An optical-to-electrical converter may include and/or involve a splitter to separate one or more narrowcast signals from a broadcast signal, at least one broadcast signal receiver to receive the broadcast signal separated from one or more narrowcast signals, at least one narrowcast signal receiver to receive the narrowcast signal separated from the broadcast signal, the narrowcast receiver including an attenuator and a filter, and a controller including logic to dynamically monitor and adjust the attenuator to maintain separation between the broadcast and narrowcast signals. | 02-26-2009 |
20090237285 | DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER SPUR CANCELLATION - A device includes an upsampling digital-analog converter (DAC) and logic to add a DC offset to a signal input to the DAC, the logic adapted to set the DC signal to cancel a DAC output spur. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237767 | PREDISTORTION USING FPGA - Predistortion logic for an optical communications laser or optical modulator, includes predistortion logic embodied in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). A first analog to digital converter (ADC) provides a representation of an RF signal at an input of the FPGA. A digital to analog converter provides a representation of an output of the FPGA to a laser or modulator. | 09-24-2009 |
20090256655 | Anti-Parallel Pi Pin Attenuator Structure with Improved CSO Performance - An RF attenuator circuit includes an anti-parallel PI structure having an input shunt arm comprising a single PIN diode, and an output shunt arm comprising a single PIN diode configured to have opposite polarity of the PIN diode of the input shunt arm. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263141 | DUAL USE OF TEST POINT POWER MONITOR - A channel alignment system in an optical communication network includes logic to sample power of a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) channel at a component downstream from a QAM modulator. The system determines if the sampled channel power has a sufficient level. The system signals power control logic of the QAM modulator to adjust a gain of the sampled channel. | 10-22-2009 |
20120213515 | SERVICE GROUP AGGREGATION - Methods and systems for aggregating service groups are provided. A chain of fiber nodes in a DOCSIS system is formed to aggregate the service groups served by the fiber nodes to form a super-service group. Multiple channels of a multiplexed data stream are used to transmit the signals from the super-service group. By creating a chain of fiber nodes and using multiple channels to transmit the signals from the super-service group, a DOCSIS system can be more efficiently reconfigured to segment a super-service group once the system has become exhausted. | 08-23-2012 |
20130004173 | OVERLAY SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL OPTICAL TRANSMITTER FOR DIGITIZED NARROWCAST SIGNALS - Methods and apparatuses are provided to modify existing overlay system architectures in a cost effective manner to meet the growing demand for narrowcast services and to position the existing overlay systems for additional future modifications. The implementations of the improved overlay system of this disclosure re-digitize narrowcast analog signals after they have been QAM modulated and upconverted to RF frequencies and replace the analog narrowcast transmitters with digital narrowcast transmitters. In the fiber nodes, the received narrowcast signals are converted back to analog signals and combined with analog broadcast signals for transmission to the service groups. | 01-03-2013 |
20130071120 | DIGITIZER FOR USE IN AN OVERLAY SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL OPTICAL TRANSMITTER FOR DIGITIZED NARROWCAST SIGNALS - Methods and apparatuses are provided to digitize an analog multi-channel RF narrowcast signal in an overlay system by dividing the signal into a plurality of subband signals and digitizing each subband signal using practical A/D converters. | 03-21-2013 |
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