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20100232076 | METHOD FOR MITIGATING NEGATIVE SEQUENCE EFFECT RESULTING FROM NON-SYMMETRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT FAILURE OF SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRIC MACHINE BASED SYSTEMS - A drive system for a multi-phase electric machine with a permanent magnet rotor, the drive system may comprise conduction paths for each phase. Detectors on each of the conduction paths may determine electrical condition of the conduction path. At least one selectable interconnection path may be present between all of the conduction paths. The at least one selectable interconnection path may be operable to connect all of the conduction paths together responsively to one or more of the detectors determining that the electrical condition of its respective electrical path is representative of a predetermined electrical fault condition so that heating of the rotor during continued rotation of the rotor is prevented. | 09-16-2010 |
20110103113 | COMPOSITE AC TO DC POWER CONVERTER - A 24-pulse composite AC-to-DC converter is a converter using two or more conversion methods in parallel. The converter may include a main rectifier receiving at least a portion of an input AC signal, an autotransformer having an output voltage with lower amplitude than the input AC signal, and a plurality of auxiliary bridge rectifiers, each receiving the output from each leg of the autotransformer. In one embodiment of the invention, the main rectifier may receive a substantial portion of the load current, allowing each of the auxiliary bridge rectifiers to be generally smaller than the main rectifier. | 05-05-2011 |
20120016531 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER QUALITY PROTECTION - A method for power quality protection includes measurement of electrical and nonelectrical parameters, calculation of additional electrical and nonelectrical parameters, comparison of the value of the calculated parameters with maximum allowed values from a power quality perspective, activation of protection mechanisms for transitioning to a safe mode or for isolation from the bus. The systems and methods may prevent equipment failures when out of the spec power quality is present in the distribution bus and may protect the distribution bus from imposing power quality problems due to equipment failures. Because most of the sensors in the systems of the present invention are already used for other control and protection purposes, there may be no reliability degradation. Most of the calculations and the control logic may be performed digitally for improved reliability and flexibility to modify algorithms. | 01-19-2012 |
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20090323567 | Wide Dynamic Range Power Detection Scheme - A power detection circuit is described that provides for a wide dynamic range power detection. In one embodiment, a system comprises a transmitter, a diplexer, an antenna, a detector module, a signal converter and a microprocessor. The transmitter may be configured to transmit an output signal. The diplexer electrically may be coupled to the transmitter and may be configured to provide the output signal. The antenna may be electrically coupled to the diplexer and may be configured to transmit the output signal from the diplexer. The detector module may be electrically coupled to the diplexer and the antenna. The detector module may be configured to detect a power level of the output signal. The signal converter may be electrically coupled to the detector module. The signal converter may be configured to convert the output signal to a digital signal. The microprocessor may be electrically coupled to the signal converter. The microprocessor may be configured to control an input into the transmitter based on the digital signal. | 12-31-2009 |
20120075040 | Systems and Methods of a Rectangular-to-Circular Waveguide Transition - Systems and methods for a filtering wave energy using a rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition are discussed herein. An exemplary system comprises a rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition and a filter card. The rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition may include a front section and a back section opposite the front section, the rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition defining a circular hole extending from the front section of the rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition through the back section, the rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition further having a first arcuate region on the face of the transition, the first arcuate region defining a first cavity extending from the circular hole through the first arcuate region, the rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition also having a second arcuate region defining a second cavity opposite the first cavity, the second cavity extending from the circular hole through the second arcuate region. The filter card may be configured to be placed across the circular hole of the rectangular-to-circular waveguide transition. | 03-29-2012 |
20140191807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIASING AMPLIFIERS WITH ADAPTIVE CLOSED LOOP CONTROL - Various embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for improved performance for power amplifiers, particularly GaN power amplifiers. According to some embodiments, a power amplifier (e.g., GaN power amplifier) utilizes an adaptive closed loop control of the drain current of the power amplifier to achieve improved performance for the power amplifier. | 07-10-2014 |
20140191808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIASING AMPLIFIERS DURING HIGH-POWER OPERATION WITH ADAPTIVE CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL - Various embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for improved performance for power amplifiers, particularly GaN power amplifiers. According to some embodiments, a power amplifier (e.g., GaN power amplifier) utilizes an adaptive closed-loop control of the drain current of the power amplifier to achieve improved performance for the power amplifier. Additionally, for some embodiments, use of the adaptive closed-loop control of the drain current of the power amplifier depends on the power region in which the power amplifier is operating (e.g., depends on the radio frequency power region). | 07-10-2014 |
20140210558 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIASING AMPLIFIERS USING ADAPTIVE CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL AND ADAPTIVE PREDISTORTION - Various embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for improved performance for power amplifiers, particularly GaN power amplifiers. According to some embodiments, a power amplifier (e.g., GaN power amplifier) utilizes adaptive predistortion and adaptive closed-loop control of the drain current of the power amplifier to achieve improved power amplifier performance. | 07-31-2014 |
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20150133960 | Robotic Surgery System - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated;; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142012 | Robotic Surgery System - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148817 | Robotic Surgery System - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148818 | Surgical robot system - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 05-28-2015 |
20150150638 | Surgical robot system - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 06-04-2015 |
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20090073941 | MESH NETWORK CONNECTING 3G WIRELESS ROUTERS - A communication routing arrangement includes two or more wireless routers coupled to a communication network, and a user device adapted to couple with the communication network through a communication path including at least one of the two or more wireless routers. The communication path between the user device and the communication network is selected based on available resources of the two or more wireless routers. | 03-19-2009 |
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20120294260 | MESH NETWORK CONNECTING 3G WIRELESS ROUTERS - A communication routing arrangement includes two or more wireless routers coupled to a communication network, and a user device adapted to couple with the communication network through a communication path including at least one of the two or more wireless routers. The communication path between the user device and the communication network is selected based on available resources of the two or more wireless routers. | 11-22-2012 |
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20120241690 | PREPARATION OF GRAPHENE BY MECHANICALLY THINNING GRAPHITE MATERIALS - The preparation of graphene, mono-, bi- and multi-layers from graphite-based precursor materials, for example, pencil lead or graphite, by a method of mechanical thinning on the surface of a planar substrate with controlled roughness, followed by sonication in order to collect the graphene deposited on the substrate in a liquid medium. The bearing force during thinning by mechanical friction enables the number of graphene sheets deposited on the surface of the substrate to be controlled. | 09-27-2012 |
20140194542 | CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF A SYNTHESIS GAS TO HYDROCARBONS - Catalytic process for the partial conversion of a gaseous mixture containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a mixture of hydrocarbons, including bringing the said gaseous mixture into contact with a solid catalyst, the solid catalyst having a porous support with a composite material including SiC and a titanium carbide and/or a titanium oxide, and an active phase. The support is prepared in the form of grains, beads, or extrudates, or in the form of cylinders or sheets of cellular foam. | 07-10-2014 |
20150191401 | CATALYST SUPPORTS MADE FROM SILICON CARBIDE COVERED WITH TIO2 FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS - Catalysts supports and catalysts capable of being used in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalyst support belongs to the porous supports based on silicon carbide (SiC), in particular, based on β-SiC, modified by a surface deposit of TiO | 07-09-2015 |
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20100010272 | DEHYDRATION OF METHANOL TO DIMETHYL ETHER USING CATALYSTS BASED ON A ZEOLITE SUPPORTED ON SILICON CARBIDE - A process for the preparation of dimethyl ether by catalytic dehydration of methanol, in which there is used a catalyst based on a zeolite immobilized on a silicon carbide support, for example a zeolite of type ZSM-5 supported on silicon carbide extrudates or on a silicon carbide cellular foam. | 01-14-2010 |
20100239470 | Photocatalysts Based on Structured Three-Dimensional Carbon or Carbon-Containing Material Forms - The invention relates to a photocatalyst comprising a cellular foam selected from carbon foam and the foam of a carbon material, such as a polymer, and a photocatalytically active phase, deposited directly on said cellular foam or on an intermediate phase deposited on said cellular foam. The average size of the cells is between 2500 μm and 5000 μm. The foam can comprise nanotubes or nanofibers (in particular TiO | 09-23-2010 |
20100297428 | COMPOSIT CONSISTING OF NANOTUBES OR NANOFIBRES ON A B-SIC FILM - The invention relates to a method of producing a composite comprising nanofibres or nanotubes on a porous β-SiC substrate, said method comprising the following steps: (a) a catalyst for growing nanotubes or nanofibres is incorporated into said porous β-SiC substrate or into an SiC precursor; (b) carbon nanotubes or nanofibres are grown from a mixture comprising hydrogen and at least one hydrocarbon; and (c) optionally, said carbon nanotubes or nanofibres are converted to SiC nanofibres. This composite may be used as a catalyst or catalyst support. | 11-25-2010 |
20110262312 | PHOTOCATALYSTS BASED ON STRUCTURED THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARBIDE, IN PARTICULAR B-SIC, FOAMS - The invention relates to a photocatalyst comprising a β-SiC cellular foam and a photocatalytically active phase, deposited directly on said cellular foam or on an intermediate phase deposited on said cellular foam. The average size of the cells is between 2500 μm and 5000 μm. The foam can comprise nanotubes or nanofibers (particularly of carbon, SiC, and TiO | 10-27-2011 |
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20140362195 | ENHANCED 3-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) NAVIGATION - One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for 3-dimensional (3-D) navigation are provided herein. A heads-up display (HUD) component can project, render, display, or present graphic elements on focal planes around an environment surrounding a vehicle. The HUD component can cause these graphic elements to appear volumetric or 3-D by moving or adjusting a distance between a focal plane and the vehicle. Objects within the environment may be tracked, identified, and corresponding graphic elements may be projected on, near, or around respective objects. For example, the HUD component may project graphic elements or pointers on pedestrians such that it may alert the driver or operator of the vehicle of their presence. These pointers may stay ‘stuck’ on the pedestrian as he or she is walking within the environment. Metadata associated with objects may be presented, such as address information, ratings, telephone numbers, logos, etc. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365228 | INTERPRETATION OF AMBIGUOUS VEHICLE INSTRUCTIONS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a command interpreter for use in a vehicle control system in a vehicle for interpreting user commands, a vehicle interaction system including such a command interpreter, a vehicle including such a vehicle interaction system, and related method and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including: a memory and a processor, the processor being configured to: receive, from at least one human via a first input device, a first input having a first type; receive a second input having a second type via a second input device, wherein the second type comprises at least one of sensed information describing a surrounding environment of the vehicle and input received from at least one human; interpret both the first input and the second input to generate a system instruction; and transmit the system instruction to a different system of the vehicle. | 12-11-2014 |
20140375543 | SHARED COGNITION - A system includes at least one sensor, at least one display, and a computing device coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one display. The computing device includes a processor, and a computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to receive information from at least a first occupant, identify an object based at least partially on the received information, and present, on the at least one display, a first image associated with the object to a second occupant. The first image is aligned substantially between an eye position of the second occupant and the object such that the at least one display appears to one of overlay the first image over the object and position the first image adjacent to the object with respect to the eye position of the second occupant. | 12-25-2014 |
20150022426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARNING A DRIVER OF A POTENTIAL REAR END COLLISION - A system for indicating braking intensity to a main vehicle has an observational device monitoring positional and speed data of at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle. A control unit is coupled to the observational device. The control unit processes the positional and speed data monitored by the observational device and generates graphical representations of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle and graphical representations of a braking intensity level of the at least one vehicle proximate the main vehicle. | 01-22-2015 |
20150062168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY BASED DIRECTIONS BASED ON VERBAL AND GESTURAL CUES - A method and system for providing augmented reality based directions. The method and system include receiving a voice input based on verbal cues provided by one or more vehicle occupants in a vehicle. The method and system also include receiving a gesture input and a gaze input based on gestural cues and gaze cues provided by the one or more vehicle occupants in the vehicle. The method and system additionally include determining directives based on the voice input, the gesture input and the gaze input and associating the directives with the surrounding environment of the vehicle. Additionally, the method and system include generating augmented reality graphical elements based on the directives and the association of the directives with the surrounding environment of the vehicle. The method and system further include displaying the augmented reality graphical elements on a heads-up display system of the vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
20150178990 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE INTERACTION - A system and method for interaction in a vehicle includes establishing a bi-directional interaction session between a first display and a second display via a communication link, wherein each of the first display and the second display are communicatively coupled to the vehicle and the first display is operated by a first user and the second display is operated by a second user. Upon receiving a first interaction input associated generating a first augmented reality object based on the first interaction input and transmitting via the communication link the first augmented reality object to the second display. Upon receiving a second interaction input, generating a second augmented reality object based upon the second interaction input and transmitting via the communication link the second augmented reality object to the first display. | 06-25-2015 |