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20090108830 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SURFACE ANOMALIES - Processes and systems for detecting surface anomalies in components generally includes contacting a surface of the component with a detection apparatus, wherein the detection apparatus comprises at least one post, a wire extending from the post and a sensor in operative communication the wire; and sensing the surface anomaly as an increase in resistance of the wire across the surface. | 04-30-2009 |
20100150726 | ARTICLE AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method, system and article adapted for ultrasonic inspection of the article. The article is disk-shaped and has axially-oriented slots circumferentially spaced from each other at a periphery of the article, with members secured at the periphery of the article such that each member has a retention feature that extends into and engages a corresponding one of the slots so as to secure the members to the slots. Cavities are defined by and between the slots and radially-inward extremities of the retention features within the slots. The inspection method and system entail the use of at least one ultrasonic transducer placed within at least a first of the cavities defined by a first of the slots. The transducer is configured and oriented to perform a diagnostic technique on the article by emitting an ultrasonic signal that intersects an interior surface of a second of the slots immediately adjacent the first slot. | 06-17-2010 |
20110029114 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A TEST ARTICLE HAVING EMBEDDED FEATURES FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION - A method in a computer system having a display for producing a representation of an article having embedded features including calibration target(s) or simulated defect(s) on the display. The method can include generating a representation of a test component on the display, generating a representation of embedded features on the display and combining the representations of the test component and the embedded features on the display to generate a combined representation. The method can further include converting the combined representation to a layer-by-layer format including manufacturing parameters for additive manufacturing, and producing the test article with an additive manufacturing process. | 02-03-2011 |
20120310576 | MANUFACTURE OF ENGINEERING COMPONENTS WITH DESIGNED DEFECTS FOR ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION COMPONENTS - An engineering component with a designed defect and use of an engineering component with a designed defect to evaluate a production component are disclosed. A test component having a known defect is manufactured. This known defect is a flaw that is intentionally included in the test component. The test component is then analyzed to obtain a test profile of the defect. In addition, the engineering component to be tested is analyzed to obtain a production profile. This production profile is compared with the test profile to determine whether the engineering component has a defect that corresponds to the known defect. | 12-06-2012 |
20130086991 | DETECTION PROCESS - A detection process is disclosed. The detection process includes applying a load to a preselected portion of an article. The applying of the load permits visually indiscernible cracks in the preselected portion of the article to be detected. The treated article includes a preselected portion having treated visually indiscernible cracks. The treated visually indiscernible cracks are substantially devoid of damage due to the treatment of the visually indiscernible cracks. | 04-11-2013 |
20140250982 | IMMERSION INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE AND RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION - Systems, devices, and methods, adapted to immersively test/inspect machine components (e.g., tubes, conduits, etc.) in an in-situ manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a first seal member configured to sealingly engage a first portion of a machine component; a base system connected to the first seal member and configured to extend within the machine component, the base system including: a housing; and a inspection device disposed within the housing and configured to inspect the machine component; and a second seal member connected to the base system and configured to sealingly engage a second portion of the machine component. | 09-11-2014 |
20140363294 | Thermographic Inspection System for Composite Wind Turbine Blade - The present application provides a method of inspecting a bond joint. The method may include the steps of applying an exothermic adhesive to a first shell and/or a second shell, attaching the first shell to the second shell via the exothermic adhesive to create the bond joint, allowing the exothermic adhesive to cure, and imaging the heat released by the exothermic adhesive along the bond joint. The bond joint may be a turbine blade bond joint. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090150486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REMOTELY STORED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION - A method and system are disclosed for delivering interactive links for presenting applications and second information at a client computer from remote sources in a network-configured computer processing system. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving over a first communication connection, in response to a request of a client computer, informational content having computer program code embedded therein, and executing the embedded computer program code for establishing a second communication connection to an application server. The method further includes retrieving over the second communication connection first information including presentational information for presenting the application and the second information. The method also includes presenting the application and the second information based upon the presentational information, and storing on the client computer an interactive link for selectively re-establishing the second communication connection to the application server for retrieving the first information and presenting the application and the second information on an as-needed basis. Preferably, the storing of the interactive link includes downloading a graphical representation of the interactive link and storing a file containing information representing an operating environment of the client computer and a network address of the application server. | 06-11-2009 |
20130024499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REMOTELY STORED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION - The computerized method and apparatus for mobile device interactivity includes hosting a network application on a server. The method and apparatus further includes receiving, at the application on the server, an event message from a mobile application executing on a mobile device, the application having executable code embedded therein for communicating with the network information for presenting a user interface for the network application on the mobile device, the event message reporting an action taken via the user interface. The method and apparatus further including executing application logic within the network application to generate data values based on the action reported in the event message and mobile device information and sending to the mobile device an update message with at least some of the generated data values and instructions for use by the executable code to present the data values within the user interface at the mobile device. | 01-24-2013 |
20140310333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REMOTELY STORED APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION - The present invention includes computerized method and apparatus for user interactivity with a network application executing on a server. The method and apparatus includes receiving, via a wireless network, an event message from a mobile device, the event message representing an input from a user interface on the mobile device where the user interface is executing based on a mobile application. The method and apparatus further includes generating data values based on the input in the event message and information relating to the mobile device. Moreover, the method and apparatus includes sending an update message to the mobile device based on the data values for updating a display of the mobile device. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080213933 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A LARGE AREA TRANSDUCER ARRAY - Methods of fabricating a tiled transducer array are disclosed. Embodiments of the methods include fabricating a wafer comprising a plurality of transducers, dicing the wafer to form individual transducers, testing the individual transducers to identify a plurality of known good transducers, preparing a substrate having a front side and a backside wherein the backside of the substrate comprises a plurality of connectors, positioning the plurality of known good transducers on the front side of the substrate and aligning the plurality of transducers in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to form a transducer array, and electrically coupling the connectors on the substrate to the plurality of known good transducers, wherein the connectors are arranged such that each of the plurality of known good transducers may be electrically coupled to an electronic device disposed on the backside of the substrate, through a respective one or more of the plurality of connectors. | 09-04-2008 |
20080277456 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF SOLDER - An assembly including a solder wettable surface is provided. The assembly also includes a metal mask configured to restrict solder from flowing outside the solder wettable surface. | 11-13-2008 |
20090080601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLY BINNING ENERGY DISCRIMINATING DATA - A CT detector includes a direct conversion material configured to generate electrical charge upon reception of x-rays, a plurality of metallized anodes configured to collect electrical charges generated in the direct conversion material, at least one readout device, and a redistribution layer having a plurality of electrical pathways configured to route the electrical charges from the plurality of metallized anodes to the at least one readout device. A plurality of switches is coupled to the plurality of electrical pathways between the plurality of metallized anodes and the at least one readout device, wherein each of the plurality of switches includes an input line electrically coupled to one of the plurality of metallized anodes, a first output node electrically coupled to the at least one readout device, and a second output node electrically coupled to at least one other switch of the plurality of switches. | 03-26-2009 |
20110139495 | CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING MASK FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF SOLDER - A circuit board includes a solder wettable surface and a metal mask configured to restrict solder from flowing outside the solder wettable surface of the circuit board. | 06-16-2011 |
20120001078 | SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A scintillator array and method for making the same are provided. The array comprises a bi-layer reflector further comprising a conformal smoothing layer and a mirror layer. The bi-layer reflector does not comprise an intervening reducing agent or adhesion layer and/or comprises aluminum. Further, the mirror layer may be deposited via gas phase metallization, allowing application to tightly confined spaces. A detector array comprising the scintillator array is also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
20120133054 | DETECTOR ARRAY WITH A THROUGH-VIA INTERPOSER - A method for forming a sensor stack is presented. The method includes providing a substrate having a first side and a second side. Furthermore, the method includes disposing an integrated circuit having a first side and a second side on the first side of the substrate, where the integrated circuit comprises a first plurality of contact pads disposed on the first side of the integrated circuit. The method also includes providing a sensor array having a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each of the sensor elements has a first side and a second side, and wherein the sensor array comprises a second plurality of contact pads disposed on the second side of the sensor array. Furthermore, the method includes disposing an interposer having one or more interposer elements and one or more through vias disposed therethrough between the one or more sensor elements of the sensor array and the integrated circuit to raise the sensor array away from the first side of the integrated circuit such that a plane of the one or more sensor elements is locally normal to a sensor stack normal, wherein the interposer is configured to operationally couple the second side of the sensor elements in the sensor array to the first side of the integrated circuit. In addition, the method includes operationally coupling the first plurality of contact pads on the first side of the integrated circuit to a second plurality of contact pads on the second side of the sensor array to form a tileable sensor stack. | 05-31-2012 |
20120193545 | DETECTOR SYSTEMS WITH ANODE INCIDENCE FACE AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A detector module for an imaging system, such as a CT system, and a method for fabricating the same are presented. The detector module includes an array of direct conversion sensors, the direct conversion sensors having a first side and a second side. The first side of the direct conversion sensors includes a segmented electrode side forming an array of pixels that receive radiation and convert the received radiation into corresponding charge signals, whereas the second side includes a common electrode side. The detector module also includes a readout electronic circuitry coupled to one or more of the direct conversion sensors where the readout electronic circuitry is configured to be shielded from the radiation. In addition, the detector module includes a bias voltage circuitry coupled to the one or more direct conversion sensors on the second side. | 08-02-2012 |
20130319759 | FINE-PITCH FLEXIBLE WIRING - A flexible wire assembly includes a plurality of elongated conductors and insulators each having a quadrilateral cross section and alternatingly laminated together, the flexible wire assembly having a wire width measured across the conductor and insulators, a wire height equivalent to the height of the conductors and insulators, and a wire length which is measured in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the wire width and the wire height, wherein the wire length is one or more orders of magnitude greater than the wire width and the wire height; and a first device comprising a plurality of bond pads spaced to define a bond pad pitch, wherein the flexible wire assembly is coupled to the first device at the bond pads such that spacing of the conductor conductors is matched to the bond pad pitch. | 12-05-2013 |
20150108357 | INTEGRATED SHIELD STRUCTURE FOR MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - In certain embodiments, a mixed signal integrated circuit is provided that includes both a digital portion and an analog portion. A shield is provided that overlays one of the digital portion or the analog portion of the mixed signal integrated circuit. The shield limits propagation of signals between the digital portion and the analog portion of the mixed signal integrated circuit. | 04-23-2015 |
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20090117614 | BETA-MANNANASE FROM COFFEE BERRY BORER, HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated β-mannanase protein having an amino acid sequence which is 90% similar to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as isolated polynucleotides encoding the β-mannanase protein, and isolated expression systems and host cells containing the polynucleotides. The present invention also relates to a method of recombinantly producing β-mannanase protein. Also disclosed is a method of degrading mannans and polysaccharides in plant material, which involves providing plant material and contacting the plant material with the β-mannanase protein of the present invention under conditions effective to degrade mannans and polysaccharides in the plant material. | 05-07-2009 |
20100035301 | BETA-MANNANASE FROM COFFEE BERRY BORER, HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated β-mannanase protein having an amino acid sequence which is 90% similar to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, as well as isolated polynucleotides encoding the β-mannanase protein, and isolated expression systems and host cells containing the polynucleotides. The present invention also relates to a method of recombinantly producing β-mannanase protein. Also disclosed is a method of degrading mannans and polysaccharides in plant material, which involves providing plant material and contacting the plant material with the β-mannanase protein of the present invention under conditions effective to degrade mannans and polysaccharides in the plant material. | 02-11-2010 |
20100333223 | CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PLANT HYDROLASES WHICH ALTER PLANT CELL WALLS - The present invention discloses a transgenic plant cell which includes a nucleic acid construct. The nucleic acid construct contains a nucleic acid molecule encoding a plant endo-1,4-β-xylanase and/or a plant endo-1,4-β-glucanase, where the plant endo-1,4-β-xylanase and/or the plant endo-1,4-β-glucanase each have a modular carbohydrate binding domain, or multiple modular carbohydrate binding domains. The nucleic acid construct also includes a plant promoter and a plant termination sequence, where the plant promoter and the plant termination sequence are operably coupled to the nucleic acid molecule and at least one of the plant promoter or the plant termination sequence is heterologous to the nucleic acid molecule. The present invention also relates to methods of producing transgenic plants, polysaccharide depolymerizing the transgenic plants and non-transgenic plants, and identifying plants capable of undergoing enhanced polysaccharide depolymerization. | 12-30-2010 |
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20080201397 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEM WITH AN ITERATIVE LEARNING METHOD FOR UNCOVERING THE LEADING INDICATORS IN BUSINESS PROCESSES - Embodiments herein select performance indicators from raw data and measure the indicators over at least one time period to extract a time series of data for each of the indicators. The methods filter out redundant indicators to produce a reduced indicator set of time series of data. The embodiments detect correlations among the time series of data within the reduced indicator set by considering time-shifts between the time series of data so as to identify correlated indicators. The method determines a time order among the correlated indicators and determines a causal direction among the correlated indicators based on which of the correlated indicators occurs first in time so as to identify relative leading indicators among the correlated indicators. However, if the correlated indicators occur at approximately a same time, the determining of the causal direction is based on a relative ability of each of the indicators to predict behavior of another of the correlated indicators. The processes of determining the time order and determining the causal direction can comprise applying Dynamic Time Warping and/or Granger Causality techniques to the time series of data. | 08-21-2008 |
20080239369 | Production workflow integration system - A production workflow integration system for a print shop includes multiple workstations, a printing device and a computer in communication with at least one of the workstations and the printing device. Each workstation includes a data collection module having at least one an electronic data storage device reader. The printing device prepares a job ticket for each print job to be produced by the print shop. The computer stores print job instructions for the print job on an electronic data storage device attached to the job ticket and stores the identification information of the electronic data storage device in a field of a print job record in a database stored in the computer. | 10-02-2008 |
20080267512 | Automatic review of variable imaging jobs - A VI production system and method for automatic review of variable imaging job output includes a VI interpreter includes raster image processing for producing electronic output document images based on a variable imaging job included in a VI job stream. A proofing process includes obtaining sample document images from the output document images, and for each obtained sample document image, performing a review procedure. The review procedure includes comparing the obtained sample document image to a corresponding expected document image selected from the expected database to determine differences between the obtained sample document image and the corresponding expected document image. Based on at least one difference being determined, the differences are resolved by displaying the obtained sample document image on the user interface, indicating in the displayed sample document image each of the differences, and performing a difference procedure based on an operator input. | 10-30-2008 |
20090089111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT - A system and method to automate product life cycle management is disclosed. Product registration is automated by providing a package with automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) media, such as an RFID tag or a barcode, and a point-of-sale terminal that writes a unique product registration key to the AIDC media. Information about the product and customer is maintained by the brand owner's product management system. A global directory service acting as a broker is used as an intermediary to facilitate interactions between point-of-sale or post sale systems and the brand owner's system. Upon product purchase, customer and unique product identifier is sent to the brand owner's product management system via the broker. The brand owner's system creates a unique product registration key that is sent back to the point of sale terminal, which then writes the unique product registration key to the AIDC media annexed to the product. When the product returned to a store, the AIDC media is scanned, the unique product registration key is extracted, and sent to the brand owner's system for decoding, verification and for product life cycle management. The disclosed system and method ensures that retailers or other unauthorized entities cannot track the product thus alleviating privacy concerns. | 04-02-2009 |
20090116055 | Transforming partially specified processing instructions and PDL data into a product description - A rule based system can produce a formal product description when only partially specified processing instructions and page description language (PDL) files are available. The PDL files contain product content data and can contain product description data. The partially specified processing instructions can be obtained from PDL file metadata or from other sources such as a Job Definition Format (JDF) Graybox. A knowledge based reasoning module can use the product description data and partially specified processing instructions to produce a formal product description from which a process network can be automatically produced. | 05-07-2009 |
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20100075300 | ARRAYED DETECTOR SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF ANTI-VIRAL IMMUNE RESPONSE - A sensor chip for detecting an immune response against a virus, the sensor chip including a substrate having a surface and a plurality of virus-like particles or capsid fragments bound to discrete locations on the surface of the substrate. Detection devices containing the sensor chip and methods of detecting anti-viral immune responses are also described herein. | 03-25-2010 |
20100260792 | RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS VACCINE BASED ON CHIMERIC PAPILLOMAVIRUS VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES OR CAPSOMERES - The present invention is directed to a chimeric papillomavirus virus-like particle (VLP) or capsomere including an L1 polypeptide and, optionally, an L2 polypeptide, and a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) protein or polypeptide fragment thereof comprising a first epitope, where the RSV protein or polypeptide fragment thereof is attached to one or both of the L1 and L2 polypeptides. Chimeric proteins, genetic constructions, and recombinant vectors and host cells suitable for expression of the constructs and making of the chimeric VLPs or capsomeres are also disclosed. Use of the VLPs or capsomeres, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, is contemplated for inducing a protective immune response against RSV. | 10-14-2010 |
20130252841 | ARRAYED DETECTOR SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF ANTI-VIRAL IMMUNE RESPONSE - A sensor chip for detecting an immune response against a virus, the sensor chip including a substrate having a surface and a plurality of virus-like particles or capsid fragments bound to discrete locations on the surface of the substrate. Detection devices containing the sensor chip and methods of detecting anti-viral immune responses are also described herein. | 09-26-2013 |