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20100028730 | FUEL CELL POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH AN INTEGRATED HYDROGEN UTILIZATION DEVICE - A fuel cell power production system and method for supplying power to a load, comprising a high-temperature fuel cell including an anode compartment, adapted to receive fuel from a fuel supply path and to output anode exhaust, and a cathode compartment adapted to receive oxidant gas and to output cathode exhaust, a water transfer assembly for transferring water in the anode exhaust to the fuel supply path and for outputting water-separated anode exhaust; and a hydrogen utilization device adapted to receive oxidant gas and one of the water-separated anode exhaust and gas derived from the water-separated anode exhaust and to output hydrogen utilization device exhaust including oxidant gas, wherein the hydrogen utilization device exhaust is used to provide oxidant gas to said cathode compartment. | 02-04-2010 |
20100047641 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY DUAL-STACK MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A dual stack fuel cell system comprising a first fuel cell stack comprising a first anode side, adapted to receive fuel and to output a first anode exhaust, and a first cathode side, a second fuel cell stack comprising a second anode side, adapted to receive processed anode exhaust derived from the first anode exhaust and to output a second anode exhaust, and a second cathode side, adapted to receive oxidant gas and to output a first cathode exhaust, wherein the first cathode side receives at least the first cathode exhaust outputted from the second cathode side; and wherein the first fuel cell stack includes indirect internal reforming and the second fuel cell stack may not include any indirect internal reforming. | 02-25-2010 |
20130175805 | ELECTRICAL GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HYBRID FUEL CELL POWER PLANT - A hybrid fuel cell system comprising a high temperature fuel cell having an anode section and a cathode section, a gas turbine comprising a compressor cycle for compressing a supply gas and an expansion cycle for expanding one of heated compressed supply gas and a second gas derived from the compressed supply gas to provide mechanical energy to an induction machine, and an induction machine for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy and adapted to output an electrical output. | 07-11-2013 |
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20100286808 | Article Manufacturing Process - A substrate having a surface representative of the geometric shape of the article is first modeled. Then, a plurality of paths for placing tape strips upon the substrate are serially defined. The first path is defined by first starting coordinates and an initial angle such that it follows a natural path along the surface of the modeled substrate. Subsequent paths are also defined by their respective starting coordinates and initial angles, wherein the starting coordinates are disposed adjacent a adjacent path and the initial angle causes the subsequent path to follow a natural path along the modeled substrate. The starting coordinates are adjusted to minimize a minimum gap between the adjacent paths, and the initial angle is adjusted to minimize an average gap between adjacent paths, all without the paths overlapping. Finally, tape strips are laid upon the substrate according to the defined paths, thereby forming the article. | 11-11-2010 |
20110042512 | Method and Apparatus for Jet Blast Deflection - Methods and apparatuses for passive jet blast deflection or the like. Use of the passive jet blast deflector permits the efficient dispersal of a fast moving local heat source into the environment through passive means while providing a high strength structure. The jet blast deflector system may include a first plate, a second plate, and a cellular core disposed between them adapted to allow cooling ambient air to flow through the cellular core, wherein the first plate, second plate, and core are all seamlessly coupled heat pipes that form a single vapor core to facilitate the spreading and even storing of thermal energy. An ejector plate may be attached to the top of the second plate to create a low pressure zone as the heat source passes over it, thereby pulling the ambient air through the cellular core, facilitating the removal the thermal energy from the system. | 02-24-2011 |
20130014916 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A system and related method that provides, but is not limited thereto, a thin structure with unique combination of thermal management and stress supporting properties. An advantage associated with the system and method includes, but is not limited thereto, the concept providing a multifunctional design that it is able to spread, store, and dissipate intense thermal fluxes while also being able to carry very high structural loads. An aspect associated with an approach may include, but is not limited thereto, a large area system for isothermalizing a localized heating source that has many applications. For example it can be used to mitigate the thermal buckling of ship deck plates, landing pad structures, or any other structures subjected to localized heating and compressive forces. It can also be used as a thermal regulation system in numerous applications, including but not limited to under-floor heating for residential or commercial buildings or for the de-icing of roads, runways, tunnels, sidewalks, and bridge surfaces. | 01-17-2013 |
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20090092158 | Multi-aperture Three-Dimensional Beamforming - In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes: a mode-locked laser source configured to provide a pulsed multi-frequency laser output signal having spectrum with a plurality of comb lines, wherein one of the comb lines is a reference comb line, the comb lines forming a plurality of comb line pairs comprising the reference comb line and selected ones of the remaining comb lines; a plurality of optical-electronic (OE) conversion circuits, each OE circuit corresponding on a one-to-one basis to the plurality of comb line pairs, wherein each OE circuit is configured to provide an electrical output signal having a frequency corresponding to a heterodyning of the comb lines in its corresponding comb line pair; a plurality of amplifiers corresponding on a one-to-one basis with the OE conversion circuits, each amplifier configured to amplify a version of the electrical output signal from its corresponding OE conversion circuit so as to provide an amplified output signal; and an array of antennas corresponding on a one-to-one basis to the plurality of amplifiers, each antenna configured to transmit the amplified output signal from the corresponding amplifier, whereby the array of antennas transmits a coherent and multi-frequency signal output pulse. | 04-09-2009 |
20100045565 | FREE-SPACE-OPTICALLY-SYNCHRONIZED WAFER SCALE ANTENNA MODULE OSILLATORS - In one embodiment, a device is disclosed that includes: a first substrate, a plurality of antennas adjacent the first substrate; a plurality of oscillators integrated in the first substrate, each oscillator providing an output signal to drive a corresponding subset of the antennas; and a plurality of photodetectors corresponding to plurality of oscillators, each oscillator being adapted to injection lock its output signal to an electronic photodetector signal from the photodetector produced in response to an illumination of the photodetectors with a free-space optical signal modulated such that the photodetector signals are globally synchronized with each other, whereby the output signals driving the plurality antennas are also globally synchronized across the plurality of antennas. | 02-25-2010 |
20110228939 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OCDM-BASED OPTICAL ENCRYPTION USING SUBSETS OF PHASE-LOCKED FREQUENCY LINES - A method for optical signal processing includes receiving an optical signal containing a plurality of frequency lines, defining at least two wavesets including an updatable random subset of the frequency lines, receiving a data stream, modulating the optical signal with the data stream, encrypting the data stream by extracting the subset of the frequency lines of the at least two wavesets from the modulated optical signal, and phase coding the subset of frequency lines of the at least two wavesets in the modulated optical signal. | 09-22-2011 |
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20100212632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION PHASING IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Operating an engine includes monitoring engine crank position, a corresponding engine torque, and an engine operating point. A state of an engine control parameter is adjusted in response to a difference between an identified location of peak torque and a preferred location of peak torque. | 08-26-2010 |
20110208404 | HIGH-ACCURACY IMEP COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE USING A LOW-RESOLUTION ENCODER AND A CUBIC SPLINE INTEGRATION PROCESS - A method for computing indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) in an internal combustion engine using sparse input data. The method uses a cubic spline integration approach, and requires significantly lower resolution crankshaft position and cylinder pressure input data than existing IMEP computation methods, while providing calculated IMEP output results which are very accurate in comparison to values computed by existing methods. By using sparse input data, the cubic spline integration method offers cost reduction opportunities for a manufacturer of vehicles, engines, and/or electronic control units, through the use of lower cost sensors and the consumption of less computing resources for data processing and storage. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208407 | HIGH-ACCURACY IMEP COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE USING A LOW-RESOLUTION ENCODER AND AN INDIRECT INTEGRATION PROCESS - A method for computing indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) in an internal combustion engine using sparse input data. The method uses an indirect integration approach, and requires significantly lower resolution crankshaft position and cylinder pressure input data than existing IMEP computation methods, while providing calculated IMEP output results which are very accurate in comparison to values computed by existing methods. By using sparse input data, the indirect integration method offers cost reduction opportunities for a manufacturer of vehicles, engines, and/or electronic control units, through the use of lower cost sensors and the consumption of less computing resources for data processing and storage. | 08-25-2011 |
20120103307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ENGINE OPERATING PARAMETERS - A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes monitoring signal output from a high-resolution torque sensor configured to monitor engine torque during ongoing operation, monitoring states of engine operating and control parameters associated with engine input parameters, and estimating a mass air charge for each cylinder event corresponding to the signal output from the high-resolution torque sensor and the states of engine operating and control parameters associated with the engine input parameters. | 05-03-2012 |
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20130268431 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Disclosed herein is a method for managing a payment transaction wherein a processor receives a transaction information input corresponding to a particular card type. The processor then accesses a BIN table and a rate table to calculate a fee based on the transaction information input and compares the calculated fee with alternate fees corresponding to alternate card types. A card type corresponding to a determined lowest fee between the calculated fee and the alternate fees is then outputted. The processor then completes the payment transaction by accessing transaction information corresponding to a user selected card type. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING BILL PRESENTMENT AND PAYMENT - A system and method for self or automated provisioning bill presentment and payment is provided. Billing software executing on a central billing server enables billers to configure a bill presentment and payment website to enable multiple forms of electronic payment and presentment to be made without the need for programming customized applications. | 10-10-2013 |
20140257977 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Disclosed herein is a method for managing a payment transaction wherein a processor receives a transaction information input corresponding to a particular card type. The processor then accesses a BIN table and a rate table to calculate a fee based on the transaction information input and compares the calculated fee with alternate fees corresponding to alternate card types. A card type corresponding to a determined lowest fee between the calculated fee and the alternate fees is then outputted. The processor then completes the payment transaction by accessing transaction information corresponding to a user selected card type. | 09-11-2014 |
20140279525 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS FOR A CARD - Embodiments of the disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for processing payments for a card. Such embodiments include receiving payment information from a payor at an intermediate entity server as well as authorizing the payment transaction, by the intermediate entity server, based on the payment information. Further such embodiments include providing instructions, by the intermediate entity, to debit a payor card account and credit payee shadow ledger account based on the payment information as well as providing instructions, by the intermediate entity, to debit the payee shadow ledger account and to credit the payee card account based on payment rules. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080196724 | Gas Supply Device for Sleep Apnea - An apparatus is provided for controlling air supplied under pressure to a patient suffering from sleep disorders such as apnoea. The apparatus measures and/or calculates the inspiratory air flow, volume and pressure to the airway. Controlled pressurized air is supplied to the patient's upper anatomical airway, wherein the apparatus measures the air flow and pressure to the airway. The apparatus determines whether to increase or decrease the pressure to the patient's airway based on a determination of one or more factors, such as the occurrence of hypopnoea, hyperventilation, obstructive or central apnoea, air leakage and acoustical vibrations. Occurrences of events representing a sleep problem may be stored by the apparatus and retrieved by a clinician at a later date. | 08-21-2008 |
20090165795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESPIRATORY THERAPY - The disclosure provides a method for delivering pressurized gas to an airway of a subject. The disclosure also provides a system for delivering pressurized gas to an airway of a subject. The disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions executable on a processor that include routines to monitor a respiratory flow rate from a subject, generate a filtered flow and a dynamic flow from the respiratory flow rate, and control a gas generator connected to a breathing device. | 07-02-2009 |
20090241952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING FOR PRESSURE DROP IN A BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A breathing assistance system configured to determine pressure drop may include a gas delivery system configured to deliver gas toward a patient, one or more sensors configured to measure one or more parameters of gas delivered by the gas delivery system, a calibration module, and a pressure drop calculation module. The calibration module may be configured to perform one or more pressure drop calibration tests, each pressure drop calibration test measuring a pressure drop in gas flowing through a breathing assistance system apparatus at a particular flow rate; and based at least on the results of the one or more pressure drop calibration tests, generating a non-linear equation relating (a) pressure drop in gas flowing through the breathing assistance system apparatus with (b) flow rate of gas flowing through the breathing assistance system apparatus. The pressure drop calculation module may be configured to determine pressure drops in gas flowing through the breathing assistance system apparatus for various flow rates based at least on the non-linear equation. | 10-01-2009 |
20100011307 | USER INTERFACE FOR BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing a user interface for a breathing assistance system are disclosed. A user interface may include a plurality of user-activated buttons configured to receive user input and a display communicatively coupled to the plurality of buttons. The display may include a plurality of function indicators, each function indicator associated with a corresponding one of the user-activated buttons and configured to display a different graphical function representations in different situations, the different graphical function representations indicating different functions of the corresponding user-activated button. The display may also include a modification indicator configured to display different graphical modification representations in different situations to indicate whether or not a selected parameter value may be modified using one or more of the user-activated buttons | 01-14-2010 |
20100078023 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRESSURE IN A BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A breathing assistance system for providing breathing assistance to a patient is provided. The breathing assistance system may include a ventilation system for supplying a gas flow, a conduit operatively coupled to the ventilation system, and a pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure of the gas flow through the conduit. The pressure sensor may include a structure configured to create a localized pressure drop in the gas flow proximate the pressure sensor structure. | 04-01-2010 |
20100242961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING WATER DAMAGE IN A BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A breathing assistance system includes a gas delivery system including a gas flow generation device configured to generate a gas flow; a humidifier system including a liquid water chamber and an outlet, and a microporous filter. The gas delivery system and the humidifier system at least partially define a gas flow path from the gas flow generation device to the outlet of the humidifier system. The microporous filter is located along the gas flow path such that the gas flow generated by the gas flow generation device flows through the microporous filter, subsequently becomes humidified in the liquid water chamber, and subsequently flows through the outlet of the humidifier system. The microporous filter is gas-permeable and liquid water-impermeable, such that the microporous filter prevents liquid water in the liquid water chamber from flowing into the gas flow generation device in any orientation of the gas delivery system and humidifier system. | 09-30-2010 |
20120211008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRESSURE IN A BREATHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A breathing assistance system for providing breathing assistance to a patient is provided. The breathing assistance system may include a ventilation system for supplying a gas flow, a conduit operatively coupled to the ventilation system, and a pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure of the gas flow through the conduit. The pressure sensor may include a structure configured to create a localized pressure drop in the gas flow proximate the pressure sensor structure. | 08-23-2012 |
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20080219466 | Low bit-rate universal audio coder - A biologically-inspired process for universal audio coding based on neural spikes is presented. The process is based on the generation of sparse two-dimensional time-frequency representations of audio signals, called spikegrams. The spikegrams are generated by projecting the audio signal onto a set of over-complete adaptive gamma-chirp kernels. A masking model is applied to the spikegrams to remove inaudible spikes and to increase the coding efficiency. In respect of one aspect of the invention, the masked spikegram is then quantized using a genetic-algorithm-based quantizer (or its simplified linear version). The values are then differentially coded using graph based optimization and entropy coded afterwards. | 09-11-2008 |
20120023051 | SIGNAL CODING WITH ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK - The invention relates to sparse parallel signal coding using a neural network which parameters are adaptively determined in dependence on a pre-determined signal shaping characteristic. A signal is provides to a neural network encoder implementing a locally competitive algorithm for sparsely representing the signal. A plurality of interconnected nodes receive projections of the input signal, and each node generates an output once an internal potential thereof exceeds a node-dependent threshold value. The node-dependent threshold value for each of the nodes is set based upon the pre-determined shaping characteristic. In one embodiment, the invention enables to incorporate perceptual auditory masking in the sparse parallel coding of audio signals. | 01-26-2012 |
20120316886 | SPARSE CODING USING OBJECT EXTTRACTION - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficient encoding of media signals including audio. A 2d sparse representation, or spikegram, of one frame of a digitized audio signal is generated using an overcomplete set of kernels. The spikegram is then mapped to a non-negative matrix, which is decomposed into a 3D component matrix containing hidden components and a 3D weight matrix using a two-dimensional non-negative matrix factorization. Elements of the 3D component and weight matrices are then adaptively quantized using integer programming to determine an optimal quantization scheme, and the quantized values are the optionally encoded using an arithmetic coder. | 12-13-2012 |
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20130307626 | Silicon-on-Insulator High Power Amplifiers - Illustrative embodiments of power amplifiers and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method may include fabricating a power amplifier in a first silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, wherein the SOI substrate comprises the first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and a buried oxide layer disposed between the first and second silicon layers; removing at least some of the second silicon layer from the SOI substrate, after fabricating the power amplifier; and securing the SOI substrate, after removing at least some of the second silicon layer, to an electrically non-conductive and thermally conductive substrate. | 11-21-2013 |
20140203796 | NANOELECTROMECHANICAL RESONATORS - A silicon device, e.g., a nanoelectromechanical resonator, has a silicon substrate; an oxide layer having a trench therein; a silicon device layer over the oxide layer; and a nanowire disposed at least partly over the trench. Substantially no oxide or polysilicon is over the nanowire in the trench. A polyimide layer over the silicon device layer includes an opening over the trench. A silicon device can include silicon-on-insulator layers and at least one complementary metal-oxide semiconductor transistor in addition to a nanowire substantially suspended over a trench. A system for measurement of a nanoresonator includes an AC source in series with the nanoresonator to provide an electrical signal thereto at a selected first frequency. Electrode(s) adjacent to and spaced apart from the nanoresonator are driven by voltage source. A detector detects a current through the nanoresonator. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090050958 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A SPACER LAYER DOPED WITH SLOWER DIFFUSING ATOMS THAN SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate heavily-doped with phosphorous. A spacer layer is disposed over the substrate and is doped with dopant atoms having a diffusion coefficient in the spacer layer material that is less than the diffusion coefficient of phosphorous in silicon. An epitaxial layer is also disposed over the substrate. A device layer is disposed over the substrate, and over the spacer layer. | 02-26-2009 |
20100003823 | Method for Forming Trenches with Wide Upper Portion and Narrow Lower Portion - A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A hard mask layer is formed over a semiconductor region. The hard mask layer has inner portions that are thinner than its outer portions, and the inner portions define an exposed surface area of the semiconductor region. A portion of the semiconductor region is removed through the exposed surface area of the semiconductor region. The thinner portions of the hard mask layer are removed to expose surface areas of the semiconductor region underlying the thinner portions. An additional portion of the semiconductor region is removed through all exposed surface areas of the semiconductor region thereby forming a trench having an upper portion that is wider than its lower portion. | 01-07-2010 |
20100065904 | High density trench field effect transistor - A semiconductor structure comprises trenches extending into a semiconductor region. Portions of the semiconductor region extend between adjacent trenches forming mesa regions. A gate electrode is in each trench. Well regions of a first conductivity type extend in the semiconductor region between adjacent trenches. Source regions of a second conductivity type are in the well regions. Heavy body regions of the first conductivity type are in the well regions. The source regions and the heavy body regions are adjacent trench sidewalls, and the heavy body regions extend over the source regions along the trench sidewalls to a top surface of the mesa regions. | 03-18-2010 |
20130026563 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING HIGH DENSITY TRENCH FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS - A semiconductor structure comprises trenches extending into a semiconductor region. Portions of the semiconductor region extend between adjacent trenches forming mesa regions. A gate electrode is in each trench. Well regions of a first conductivity type extend in the semiconductor region between adjacent trenches. Source regions of a second conductivity type are in the well regions. Heavy body regions of the first conductivity type are in the well regions. The source regions and the heavy body regions are adjacent trench sidewalls, and the heavy body regions extend over the source regions along the trench sidewalls to a top surface of the mesa regions. | 01-31-2013 |
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20130212065 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212130 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 08-15-2013 |
20140129557 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129693 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 05-08-2014 |
20140195664 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for zone-based sensor platforms are provided. Contemplated platforms include a zone server configured to obtain a plurality of sensor streams and aggregate a customized zone sensor stream according to one or more zone relevancy profiles. | 07-10-2014 |
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20140201287 | Method, Apparatus and System for Social Networking - A method, apparatus and system for social networking is provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of mobile devices that can directly connect to each other via a peer-to-peer connection. The devices can additionally connect to a server. The server maintains a profile schema which can be used to generate profiles for users for each of the mobile devices. | 07-17-2014 |
20140214460 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 07-31-2014 |
20150031398 | Zone-Based Information Linking, Systems and Methods - Systems and methods of accessing and managing geo-fence zones are presented. Specific geo-fence zone addresses can be recognized by a document processing engine. Based on address identification rules, the processing engine identifies a zone address token, which is matched to the corresponding geo-fenced zone. A device configured with the processing engine can then link to the target zone or target zone service via the address. | 01-29-2015 |
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20100314021 | METHOD FOR THE IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF THE INSULATION OF A CONDUCTOR ELEMENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A method is provided for the manufacture of an insulation of a conductor element of an electrical machine. The insulation includes an insulating strip with a filler contained in it, which is wound around the conductor element. At least one electrode plate is arranged adjacent to the outside of the insulation, and an amount of heat being introduced into the insulation by applying a voltage between the conductor element and the electrode plate in order to cause an effect on the filler. | 12-16-2010 |
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20120030936 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A CONDUCTOR BAR FOR THE STATOR OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR OF A GENERATOR, AND AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF A CONDUCTOR BAR - A method is disclosed for production of a conductor bar for the stator of a generator, which conductor bar has a plurality of internal partial conductors which are surrounded externally by insulation which includes an insulating ribbon which is wound around the partial conductors, with the insulating ribbon which is wound around the partial conductors being impregnated with an impregnation fluid. The conductor bar is compressed after the impregnation of the insulating ribbon and at least at times during a curing phase. An apparatus is likewise provided, and can be designed to compress at least an axial section of the conductor bar at least at times during a curing phase of the impregnated insulating ribbon. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038241 | DEVICE FOR AXIAL TENSIONING OF A STATOR COIL OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An apparatus axial stresses a stator winding of an electrical machine, the winding including a plurality of winding bars, the ends of the winding bars passing axially out of a core of a stator and forming a widened end winding at least one axial end face of the core. A plurality of winding supports is distributed circumferentially and substantially at a right angle with respect to the end winding on the at least one axial end face of the core. At least one axially acting compression spring device is configured to support the plurality of winding supports on the at least one axial end face of the core and to axially stress the plurality of winding supports. A readjusting device communicates with at least one of the plurality of winding supports and has an axially adjustable contact surface, the at least one axially acting compression spring device being axially supported on the core and on the axially adjustable contact surface of the readjusting device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038308 | ROTATING TRANSFORMER FOR SUPPLYING THE FIELD WINDING IN A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - An apparatus for transmission of electrical power includes an AC voltage source configured to produce AC voltage. A stator includes a primary winding arrangement electrically fed from the AC voltage source, the primary winding arrangement having at least two primary windings. A rotor includes a secondary winding arrangement inductively coupled to the primary winding arrangement of the stator, the rotor being rotatable in a rotation direction about a rotation axis. The rotation axis does not pass through the at least two primary windings, and the at least two primary windings each extend over a predetermined sector with respect to the rotation direction and are disposed offset with respect to one another with in the rotation direction. | 02-16-2012 |
20120068560 | ARRANGEMENT OF CONDUCTING BAR ENDS - An arrangement includes conducting bar ends connected together and a cap) covering them filled with a putty. The cap is made of a resin containing a high thermal conductivity filler. The putty is a silicone elastomer containing a high thermal conductivity filler. | 03-22-2012 |
20120267980 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE BUSHINGS OF AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE BUSHINGS OF AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR - A cooling system for bushings of an electric generator, which includes a casing housing a stator and a rotor connected to a rotor shaft activating at least a fan defining at least a high pressure zone and a low pressure zone. The generator has a plurality of phases electrically connected to hollow phase rings that are electrically connected to bushings supported by the casing and having cooling circuits to let a cooling medium pass through them to cool them. The outlets of the bushing cooling circuits are housed in the high pressure zone and are connected to inlets of the hollow phase rings. A method for cooling the bushings of an electric generator is also provided. | 10-25-2012 |
20130069458 | CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT FOR WINDINGS OF ELECTRIC MACHINES - A connection arrangement is provided for the windings of an electric machine and includes a plurality of phase connections, each phase connection including conductors, each conductor having an annular or annular sector shape and includes a plurality of connecting ends. The conductors of each phase connection are radially shifted. | 03-21-2013 |
20130147310 | SLIP RING - A slip ring includes a first element and a second element movable relative to each other, a chamber between the first and second elements, a metal or alloy in the chamber. The metal or alloy is liquid or becomes liquid under operating conditions. A passage is connected to the chamber between the first and second element. An outer chamber is connected to the passages. The outer chamber is filled with a sealing fluid for the chamber. | 06-13-2013 |
20140301851 | ROTOR - A rotor for a gas-turbine engine, is provided having a first and a second rotor disc that are suitable to be joined directly. The first and second rotor discs are symmetric with respect to an axis of rotation common to the two rotor discs. The first rotor disc provides an interrupted screw on one side. The second rotor disc provides an interrupted screw on another side. The interrupted screw of the second rotor disc reciprocates the interrupted screw of the first rotor disc. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306558 | CONNECTING SYSTEM FOR CONNECTION OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE TO A CONVERTER - The arrangement of an electric machine, a connecting system and a converter, includes the connecting system connected between the electric machine and the converter. The connecting system has an enclosure that houses non-shielded conductors each non-shielded conductor is connected between a phase of the electric machine and the inner side of the converter. The non-shielded conductors of the connecting system that are connected to an operating phase of the electric machine are adjacent to conductors of the connecting system that are not connected to operating phases of the electric machine. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080311674 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING PROTEINS - Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed for determining one or more target polypeptides in a sample where the target polypeptides have undergone a post-translational modification. A mixture comprising the sample and a first reagent comprising a cleavage-inducing moiety and a first binding agent for a binding site on a target polypeptide is subjected to conditions under which binding of respective binding moieties occurs. The binding site is the result of post-translational modification activity involving the target polypeptide. The method may be employed to determine the target polypeptide itself. In another embodiment the presence and/or amount of the target polypeptide is related to the presence and/or amount and/or activity of an agent such as an enzyme involved in the post-translational modification of the target polypeptide. The interaction between the first binding agent and the binding site brings the cleavage-inducing moiety into close proximity to a cleavable moiety, which is associated with the polypeptide and is susceptible to cleavage only when in proximity to the cleavage-inducing moiety. In this way, an electrophoretic tag for each of the polypeptides may be released. Released electrophoretic tags are separated and the presence and/or amount of the target polypeptides are determined based on the corresponding electrophoretic tags. | 12-18-2008 |
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20090111127 | Surface Receptor Complexes as Biomarkers - The invention is directed to a new class of biomarker in patient samples comprising dimers of cell surface membrane receptors. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of determining the status of a disease or healthful condition by correlating such condition to amounts of one or more dimers of cell surface membrane receptors measured directly in a patient sample, in particular a fixed tissue sample. In another aspect, the invention includes a method of determining a status of a cancer in a specimen from an individual by correlating measurements of amounts of one or more dimers of cell surface membrane receptors in cells of the specimen to such status, including presence or absence of a pre-cancerous state, presence or absence of a cancerous state, prognosis of a cancer, or responsiveness to treatment. Preferably, methods of the invention are implemented by using sets of binding compounds having releasable molecular tags that are specific for multiple components of one or more types of receptor dimers. After binding, molecular tags are released and separated from the assay mixture for analysis. | 04-30-2009 |
20100291594 | ErbB Surface Receptor Complexes as Biomarkers - The invention is directed to a new class of biomarker in patient samples comprising dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of determining the status of a disease or healthful condition by correlating such condition to amounts of one or more dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors measured directly in a patient sample, in particular a fixed tissue sample. In another aspect, the invention includes a method of determining a status of a cancer in a specimen from an individual by correlating measurements of amounts of one or more dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors in cells of the specimen to such status, including presence or absence of a pre-cancerous state, presence or absence of a cancerous state, prognosis of a cancer, or responsiveness to treatment. Preferably, methods of the invention are implemented by using sets of binding compounds having releasable molecular tags that are specific for multiple components of one or more types of receptor dimers. After binding, molecular tags are released and separated from the assay mixture for analysis. | 11-18-2010 |
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20080317110 | RELIABLE MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION IN THE PRESENCE OF TIMING PHASE ERROR - A method, system and apparatus for reliable multicarrier communication in the presence of timing phase error is disclosed. Phase noise due to a sampling-time phase mismatch between a transmitter device and a receiver device is measured in a signal. A Gaussian noise power level in the signal is determined, and a gain factor associated with the phase noise is calculated. The gain factor is applied to the Gaussian noise power level to calculate an equivalent noise power. In one aspect, the equivalent noise power is used to determine a signal-to-noise ratio. In another aspect, the signal is a multicarrier signal including a plurality of sub-carriers. | 12-25-2008 |
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20090137192 | MULTI-ZONE PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A pressure control system that controls the pressure of a fluid in a plurality of zones includes a distribution manifold, at least one main manifold connected to the distribution manifold, and at least one disposable manifold connected to the distribution manifold and the main manifold. The disposable manifold is adapted to be replaced independent of the distribution manifold and the main manifold, and is connected to each zone and to at least one vacuum source. The distribution manifold distributes the fluid to the plurality of zones, so as to cause flow of the fluid into and out of a measurement chamber located within each zone. The main manifold includes, for each zone, a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the measurement chamber in that zone, and a control valve configured to regulate the flow of the fluid through that zone. | 05-28-2009 |
20120205255 | Apparatus and Method for Disinfecting Contact Lenses - A system and method for disinfecting contact lenses produces ozone from the water in which the contact lenses are submerged, thus avoiding the need to supply ozone from an external source. Ozone is created by an electrolytic cell including a diamond electrode, which is submerged in the water with the contact lenses to be disinfected. The diamond electrode may include a number of fingers, and may be fabricated from a diamond blank. | 08-16-2012 |
20130193079 | Water Purification System - A water purification system disinfects incoming water by filtering the water before creating ozone from the water and directly into the water. After the water is disinfected by exposure to ozone, excess ozone is removed prior to providing the disinfected water to an end user. Some embodiments divide the incoming water into a divided water flow, and provide only one of the flows to the ozonating electrode. Some embodiments include a feedback network for controlling the system to produce purified water, and/or to maintain the purity of previously-purified water. | 08-01-2013 |
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20130206654 | HUB AND REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE FOR PRODUCING AND DELIVERING OZONATED WATER - An apparatus has a hub including a water inlet for receiving source water, a water outlet for discharging ozonated water, and an interface between the water inlet and the water outlet. The apparatus also has a cartridge including an electrolytic cell for ozonating the source water. The electrolytic cell has a cathode, an anode comprising diamond, and a membrane between the cathode and the anode. The electrolytic cell is configured to flow source water through both the cathode and the anode. The cartridge further includes at least one cartridge port for removably coupling with the interface on the hub. The at least one cartridge port and the interface are configured to flow source water from the hub into the electrolytic cell and to flow ozonated water from the electrolytic cell into the hub. | 08-15-2013 |