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20110060555 | Computer Based Models for Absorbent Articles - Methods of using computer based models for simulating the physical behavior of bodily fluids with absorbent articles. | 03-10-2011 |
20120185224 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL LIFE PREDICTION - Included are embodiments for predicting an expected life of a pliable material. Some embodiments of a method include modeling, by a computing device, the pliable material and simulating strain on the pliable material, wherein simulating strain on the pliable material includes creating a strain results file. Similarly, some embodiments of the method include identifying, from the strain results file, a point of strain energy density on the pliable material, accessing a life prediction curve associated with the pliable material to determine a material file, and creating a strain-material file by combining the strain results file and the material file. Still some embodiments of the method include executing software to predict the expected life of the pliable material and predicting the expected life of the pliable material. | 07-19-2012 |
20120253769 | Systems and Methods for Airborne Particle Contamination Control - The present invention relates to a method for airborne particle contamination control, comprising: creating a simulation by modeling a turbulent airflow in an environment that includes an equipment of interest; plotting a flow parameter on the simulation to visualize a flow field of air according to a current design; creating an injection point on the simulation for particles in the environment; determining a particle concentration of the particles; determining, by a computing device and from the particle concentration, whether the current design provides contamination control; in response to determining that the current design does not provide contamination control, creating a modified design; and providing the modified design for implementation. The present invention further relates to a computing device for airborne particle contamination control. The present invention still further relates to a non-transitory computer-readable medium for airborne particle contamination control. | 10-04-2012 |
20130006587 | Systems and Methods for Modeling Compliant Parts - Included are systems and methods for modeling compliant parts. Some of the systems and/or methods include creating a 3-dimensional simulation of a product that includes an outer part and an inner part, determining a deformation characteristic of the product, and simulating an interaction of the inner part with the outer part. Similarly, in some of the systems and/or methods a characteristic of interaction may be measured from the interaction, a determination may be made regarding whether the characteristic of interaction meets a predetermined threshold. In some of the systems and/or methods, in response to determining that the characteristic of interaction meets the predetermined threshold, an output may be sent indicating product design acceptability. In response to determining that the characteristic of interaction does not meet the predetermined threshold, the 3-dimensional simulation may be iteratively altered until the characteristic of interaction meets the predetermined threshold. | 01-03-2013 |
20140005983 | MICROSCALE MODELING OF POROUS MEDIA FLOW | 01-02-2014 |
20140149097 | METHOD TO DETERMINE LOTION EFFECTIVENESS OF A VIRTUAL ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Methods of using computer based models for interaction between a lotion and a surface. | 05-29-2014 |
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20080246525 | LEVEL-RESTORED FOR SUPPLY-REGULATED PLL - The present disclosure provides for a processor that can include digital processing circuitry that receives a digital clock signal from a supply regulated phase locked loop. The supply regulated phase locked loop can include a voltage controlled oscillator that can output an analog signal and a level restorer that can receive the analog signal from the voltage controlled oscillator and can translate the analog output into a digital signal that corresponds to an analog output of the voltage controlled oscillator. The supply regulated phase locked loop can receive an analog input having an input voltage that is within a range of acceptable input voltages. The supply regulated phase locked loop can also be configured to generate the digital output signal, such that the range of acceptable input voltages includes voltage values that are greater than and less than the output voltage. | 10-09-2008 |
20110006816 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Frequency Divided Signals - In a method for dividing a frequency of a clock signal, a first frequency divided signal is generated based on a clock signal. Rising edges in the first frequency divided signal are detected. Alternatively, falling edges in the first frequency divided signal are detected. An edge detection signal that includes a pulse for each detected edge is generated. A second frequency divided signal is generated based on the edge detection signal. | 01-13-2011 |
20110006819 | LEVEL-RESTORED SUPPLY-REGULATED PLL - The present disclosure provides for a processor that can include digital processing circuitry that receives a digital clock signal from a supply regulated phase locked loop. The supply regulated phase locked loop can include a voltage controlled oscillator that can output an analog signal and a level restorer that can receive the analog signal from the voltage controlled oscillator and can translate the analog output into a digital signal that corresponds to an analog output of the voltage controlled oscillator. The supply regulated phase locked loop can receive an analog input having an input voltage that is within a range of acceptable input voltages. The supply regulated phase locked loop can also be configured to generate the digital output signal, such that the range of acceptable input voltages includes voltage values that are greater than and less than the output voltage. | 01-13-2011 |
20120133408 | RACE FREE SEMI-DYNAMIC D-TYPE FLIP-FLOP - Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a D-type flip-flop, comprising a first latch configured to generate a sample enable signal, based on logical states of an input signal, and generate a sampled signal, based on logical states of the input signal and the sample enable signal; and a second latch configured to generate an output signal responsively to the sampled signal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 05-31-2012 |
20140077853 | RACE FREE SEMI-DYNAMIC D-TYPE FLIP FLOP - Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a D-type flip-flop, comprising a first latch configured to generate a sample enable signal, based on logical states of an input signal, and generate a sampled signal, based on logical states of the input signal and the sample enable signal; and a second latch configured to generate an output signal responsively to the sampled signal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100004891 | METHOD OF ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF CARGO FIRE ON PRIMARY AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE TEMPERATURES - Embodiments provide systems and methods for analyzing effects of cargo fire on primary aircraft structure. A thermal profile of a suppressed fire in a cargo compartment of an aircraft is developed. The thermal profile is applied to a heat transfer model of structure of an aircraft, and structural integrity of the modeled structure is analyzed. The thermal profile may be developed by introducing a fire in a physical model of a cargo compartment instrumented with temperature sensors and determining profiles of temperature versus time. A heat transfer model of aircraft structure is built, boundary conditions are input into the heat transfer model, and the model is run. When analysis of the modeled structure determined structural integrity to be insufficient to satisfy flight certification requirements, structural parameters are modified, the thermal profile is applied to a heat transfer model of the modified structure, and the analysis is repeated. | 01-07-2010 |
20100098131 | ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF CARGO FIRE ON PRIMARY AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE TEMPERATURES - Systems for analyzing effects of cargo fire on primary aircraft structure are provided. A particular system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to access a thermal profile of a suppressed fire in a physical model of a cargo compartment of an aircraft. The instructions are also executable to analyze heat transfer resulting from applying the thermal profile of the suppressed fire to a structure of the aircraft surrounding the cargo compartment to determine a predicted temperature reached by one or more parts of the structure surrounding the cargo compartment as a result of the suppressed fire. The instructions are also executable to generate an output including the predicted temperature reached by the one or more parts of the structure surrounding the cargo compartment. | 04-22-2010 |
20130231898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - A method of analyzing a structural component may include the step of storing one or more of the following on a server: at least one material allowable for a structural component, at least one load case for the structural component, and at least one analysis template having at least one analysis variable. The method may further include the step of providing, using an interface, at least one entry for the analysis variable. The method may further include performing, using a processor-based structural component analyzer, a strength analysis of the structural component using the analysis template and based on the load case and the entry for the analysis variable. The method may further include determining, using the analyzer, a margin of safety of the structural component based on the material allowable. | 09-05-2013 |
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20160076344 | Combustion System of Composite Heat Carrier Generator - A combustion system of a composite heat carrier generator comprises combustion and vaporization chambers. The combustion chamber comprises a main body and a head portion connected thereto. The main body includes a housing having an outer shell and an inner bush that form a spiral cooling channel therebetween. A combustion cavity is formed in the inner bush. A plurality of spray holes penetrate the cooling channel and the combustion cavity. The head portion comprises an outer shell, a cyclone, and fuel receiving, fuel spray nozzle, water receiving, and air receiving nozzles. The fuel receiving and fuel spray nozzles are connected. The air receiving nozzle forms an air inlet cavity in communication with the fuel spray nozzle and the cyclone. The cyclone includes a pre-combustion chamber facing the fuel spray nozzle and a groove. The pre-combustion chamber receives a mixture of fuel and air, and the cyclone groove introduces air. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076759 | Combustion Apparatus of Composite Heat Carrier Generator - A combustion system of a composite heat carrier generator comprises combustion and vaporization chambers. The combustion chamber comprises a main body and a head portion connected thereto. The head portion comprises an outer shell, a cyclone, and fuel receiving, fuel spray nozzle, water receiving, and air receiving nozzles. The fuel receiving and fuel spray nozzles are connected. The air receiving nozzle forms an air inlet cavity in communication with the fuel spray nozzle and the cyclone. The cyclone includes a pre-combustion chamber facing the fuel spray nozzle and a groove. The pre-combustion chamber receives a mixture of fuel and air, and the cyclone groove introduces air. | 03-17-2016 |
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20140071604 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - In certain embodiments, a protective cover includes a housing having a surface, and a latch mechanism hingeably coupled to the housing. The latch can include a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing. The latch can be configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, between a first configuration and second configuration. In the first configuration, the top side of the latch can be flush with the surface of the housing and the bottom side embedded within the housing such that the latch does not protrude from the housing. In the second configuration, the latch can be rotated relative to the first configuration and protrude from the housing. The latch can be operable to be rotated open from the first configuration to the second configuration via the hinge coupling. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071606 | Protective Cover for a Tablet Computer - In certain embodiments, a protective cover for an input device includes a housing having an outer portion and an inner portion, with the inner portion including a first end and a second end, and a plurality of keys disposed in an area at the first end of the inner portion of the housing. A holder can be configured to receive and secure an input device with at least a portion of the holder coupled to the second end of the inner portion of the housing. The housing can be configurable in a plurality of positions including a closed configuration, an open configuration, a first active configuration, and a second active configuration. The protective cover can further include a plurality of magnets coupled to the housing and configured to secure the housing in one or more of the closed, open, and active configurations. | 03-13-2014 |
20140262876 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - Certain embodiments relate to a protective cover with a housing and a latch mechanism. The latch can be hingeably coupled to a back portion of the housing such that the latch is configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, from a closed position to an open position. The latch can further be slideably coupled to the housing such that the latch is configured to laterally slide out from the back portion of the housing to an extended position, where the bottom side of the latch can be configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130306288 | TUBE STRUCTURES FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A fluid-carrying tube for a heat exchanger includes an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter, and a plurality of ridges extending from the inner perimeter inwardly into an interior of the tube. Each ridge includes a ridge height, a base width and a tip width. A ratio of the ridge height to the base width is between about 0.2 and about 4.0, and a ratio of the tip width to the base width is between about 0.015 and about 0.965. | 11-21-2013 |
20130319036 | BRAZED PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR WATER-COOLED HEAT REJECTION IN A REFRIGERATION CYCLE - A water-cooled heat rejection heat exchanger is provided and includes a housing having first and second opposing end plates and sidewalls extending between the end plates to form an enclosure, at least the first end plate including first and second inlet/outlet pairs for first and second fluids, respectively, a plurality of plates disposed within the enclosure between the first and second end plates to define a first fluid pathway disposed in fluid communication with the first inlet/outlet pair and a second fluid pathway disposed in fluid communication with the second inlet/outlet pair and a plurality of brazed formations disposed between adjacent ones of the first end plate, the plurality of plates and the second end plate to isolate the first fluid pathway from the second fluid pathway. | 12-05-2013 |
20140311720 | Multiple Bank Flattened Tube And Folded Fin Heat Exchanger - A multiple bank, flattened tube heat exchange unit includes a first tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship and a second tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank at a desired spacing gap. A first plurality of folded fins is disposed between respective adjacent pairs of the heat exchange tube segments of the first tube bank and a second plurality of folded fins disposed between respective adjacent pairs of the heat exchange tube segments of the second tube bank. | 10-23-2014 |
20150027677 | MULTIPLE TUBE BANK HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION METHOD - A multiple tube flattened heat exchange tube assembly includes a first flattened tube segment, a second flattened tube segment and a web member interconnecting the trailing edge of the first flattened tube segment and the leading edge of the second flattened tube segment. The web member may be provided with one or more retained water drainage openings. A multiple slab flattened tube heat exchanger is provided that includes a plurality of the multiple tube flattened heat exchange tube assemblies disposed in spaced parallel relationship. A method for fabricating a flattened tube finned heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger slab and a second heat exchanger slab is also disclosed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150377561 | Multiple Bank Flattened Tube Heat Exchanger - A multiple bank, flattened tube, finned heat exchanger includes a first tube bank including a plurality of flattened heat exchange tube segments extending longitudinally and arrayed in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold and a second tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally and arrayed in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold, the second tube bank disposed in spaced relationship with and behind the first tube bank. A folded fin is disposed between each set of adjacent heat exchange tube segments of the first and second tube banks. Each folded fin extends between a respective set of adjacent heat exchange tube segments of both the first tube bank and the second tube bank, spanning the spacing gap between the tube banks. A plurality of fin notches protrude outwardly from each folded fin into the spacing gap. | 12-31-2015 |
20160003545 | MULTIPLE TUBE BANK HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT WITH MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY - A multiple bank, flattened tube heat exchange unit includes a first tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold and a second tube bank including a plurality of flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship between a first manifold and a second manifold, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank. The second manifold of the first tube bank and the second manifold of the second tube bank form a manifold assembly wherein an interior volume of the second manifold of the first tube bank and an interior volume of the second manifold of the second tube bank of the manifold assembly are internally connected in fluid communication. | 01-07-2016 |
20160033182 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR AIR-COOLED CHILLER - An air-cooled chiller system includes a heat exchanger including a first tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship; a second tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank; a fan creating an airflow across the first heat exchanger, the airflow flowing over the first tube bank prior to flowing over the second tube bank, wherein refrigerant flows in the heat exchanger in a cross-counterflow direction opposite that of the airflow direction. | 02-04-2016 |
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20160076344 | Combustion System of Composite Heat Carrier Generator - A combustion system of a composite heat carrier generator comprises combustion and vaporization chambers. The combustion chamber comprises a main body and a head portion connected thereto. The main body includes a housing having an outer shell and an inner bush that form a spiral cooling channel therebetween. A combustion cavity is formed in the inner bush. A plurality of spray holes penetrate the cooling channel and the combustion cavity. The head portion comprises an outer shell, a cyclone, and fuel receiving, fuel spray nozzle, water receiving, and air receiving nozzles. The fuel receiving and fuel spray nozzles are connected. The air receiving nozzle forms an air inlet cavity in communication with the fuel spray nozzle and the cyclone. The cyclone includes a pre-combustion chamber facing the fuel spray nozzle and a groove. The pre-combustion chamber receives a mixture of fuel and air, and the cyclone groove introduces air. | 03-17-2016 |
20160076759 | Combustion Apparatus of Composite Heat Carrier Generator - A combustion system of a composite heat carrier generator comprises combustion and vaporization chambers. The combustion chamber comprises a main body and a head portion connected thereto. The head portion comprises an outer shell, a cyclone, and fuel receiving, fuel spray nozzle, water receiving, and air receiving nozzles. The fuel receiving and fuel spray nozzles are connected. The air receiving nozzle forms an air inlet cavity in communication with the fuel spray nozzle and the cyclone. The cyclone includes a pre-combustion chamber facing the fuel spray nozzle and a groove. The pre-combustion chamber receives a mixture of fuel and air, and the cyclone groove introduces air. | 03-17-2016 |