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20140035539 | INTEGRATED CHARGER AND ALARM UNIT - An integrated charger and alarm unit. A plurality of alarm receptacles are in a housing, each for selectively receiving a sensor cord for sensing security status of one of a plurality of chargeable devices. A plurality of charging receptacles are in the housing, one for each alarm receptacle, each for selectively receiving a power cord for charging one of the chargeable devices. A power receptacle in the housing connects to an electrical power source. An electrical circuit is operatively connected to the alarm receptacles, the charging receptacles and the power receptacle. The electrical circuit comprises an alarm control powered by the electrical power source and connected to the alarm receptacles and generating an alarm signal if the security status of any of the plurality of chargeable devices is in an unsecured status. A power supply control regulates power from the electrical power source to each of the charging receptacles. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035746 | INTEGRATED CHARGER AND ALARM UNIT - An integrated charger and alarm unit. A plurality of alarm receptacles are in a housing, each for selectively receiving a sensor cord for sensing security status of one of a plurality of chargeable devices. A plurality of charging receptacles are in the housing, one for each alarm receptacle, each for selectively receiving a power cord for charging one of the chargeable devices. A power receptacle in the housing connects to an electrical power source. An electrical circuit is operatively connected to the alarm receptacles, the charging receptacles and the power receptacle. The electrical circuit comprises an alarm control powered by the electrical power source and connected to the alarm receptacles and generating an alarm signal if the security status of any of the plurality of chargeable devices is in an unsecured status. A power supply control regulates power from the electrical power source to each of the charging receptacles. | 02-06-2014 |
20150077254 | ALARM SYSTEM WITH SMART SENSORS - An alarm system for monitoring portable articles comprises a smart sensor for operatively engaging a portable article. The smart sensor includes an actuator having a secured state and an unsecured state relative to the portable article. A memory stores a sensor address. A controller has a sensor bus operatively connected to the smart sensor. The controller includes a memory storing sensor addresses. The controller is operative to periodically communicate with the smart sensor to determine state of the sensor and to read the sensor address. The controller generates an alarm when the smart sensor is in the unsecured state or if the sensor address read from the smart sensor is not stored in the memory. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080284613 | Method and system for controlling radio controlled devices - The present invention is a method and system for controlling a RC device via a secure radio link. In one embodiment of the invention, spread spectrum modulation may be employed which may provide a digital radio frequency (RF) link between a controller and a RC device. A controller may be coupled with a transmitter module and a radio controlled device may be coupled with a receiver module in accordance with the present invention to provide an add-on upgrade capability. The method and system for controlling a RC device may also include error detection and correction, interpolation of lost packets, failsafe technology and force-feedback telemetric technology to further enhance the user experience with radio controlled devices. | 11-20-2008 |
20120027049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RADIO CONTROLLED DEVICES - The present invention is a method and system for controlling a RC device via a secure radio link. In one embodiment of the invention, spread spectrum modulation may be employed which may provide a digital radio frequency (RF) link between a controller and a RC device. A controller may be coupled with a transmitter module and a radio controlled device may be coupled with a receiver module in accordance with the present invention to provide an add-on upgrade capability. The method and system for controlling a RC device may also include error detection and correction, interpolation of lost packets, failsafe technology and force-feedback telemetric technology to further enhance the user experience with radio controlled devices. | 02-02-2012 |
20150094880 | Dynamic Stabilization System and Methods - Systems and methods for stabilizing the steering and throttle of a radio-controlled (RC) vehicle are described herein. More specifically, sensors and circuitry are configured to control the wheel speed and wheel direction of a RC vehicle based on rotational information. In operation, one or more sensors may be configured to receive angular rotational information associated with a rotation of the RC vehicle. The rotational information may define a rotation of the RC vehicle around one or more axes of the RC vehicle. The circuitry may be configured to receive the angular rotation information associated with the rotation of the RC vehicle from the one or more sensors, and control a wheel speed and/or a wheel direction of at least one wheel of the RC vehicle based at least in part on (i) command data received from a controller associated with the RC vehicle and (ii) the received angular rotation information. | 04-02-2015 |
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20100327039 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR FASTENER-DRIVING TOOLS - A new and improved combustion chamber and cooling system for a fastener-driving tool wherein a new and improved tangentially oriented, vortex induced fuel-injection system is operatively associated with the tool's combustion chamber. In addition, a new and improved trigger-controlled valve actuating system, such as, for example, a switch-operated, solenoid-actuated valve-controlling system, is incorporated within the tool so as to ensure the rapid operation of the intake and outlet valve structures. Still further, a sealed, liquid evaporative or liquid recirculating cooling system is integrally incorporated within the tool housing. | 12-30-2010 |
20110005502 | SINGLE COMPONENT INTAKE/EXHAUST VALVE MEMBER, FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION-POWERED FASTENER-DRIVING TOOL - A new and improved combustion-powered fastener-driving tool utilizes a new and improved single component in-take/exhaust valve member which integrally defines both the intake and exhaust valves thereon. The intake/exhaust valve member is axially movable within the combustion chamber, and operatively cooperates with wall structure of the combustion chamber. When the intake/exhaust valve member is disposed, for example, at a first upper position, both the intake and exhaust ports defined within the wall structure of the combustion chamber are closed so as to permit the ignition and combustion phases of the tool-firing cycle to proceed, whereas, conversely, when the intake/exhaust valve member is disposed, for example, at a second lower position, both the intake and exhaust ports within the combustion chamber are open so as to permit incoming air to scavenge combustion exhaust products and to subsequently mix with injected fuel in preparation for the commencement of another tool-firing cycle. | 01-13-2011 |
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20100282212 | PRESSURE CONTROL IN LOW STATIC LEAK FUEL SYSTEM - A pressure relief valve includes a valve body having a valve seat fluidly positioned between an inlet and an outlet. A valve member is movable among a first position, a second position, and a third position. The valve member is in contact with the valve seat and fluidly blocks the inlet from the outlet at the first position. At the second position of the valve member, the inlet is fluidly connected to the outlet via a small flow area. The inlet is fluidly connected to the outlet via a large flow area when the valve member is at the third position. An electrical actuator is attached to the valve body and is operably coupled to move the valve member when energized. The valve member includes an opening hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the inlet when at the first position. A spring is operably positioned to bias the valve member toward the second position when the valve member is at the third position. | 11-11-2010 |
20110297125 | Reverse Flow Check Valve For Common Rail Fuel System - A common rail fuel system includes a reverse flow check valve fluidly positioned between each of a plurality of common rail fuel injectors and an outlet of a high pressure pump. The reverse flow check valves divide the overall system fluid volume into an upstream common volume and a plurality of separate downstream volumes. The upstream common volume is greater than the sum of the separate downstream volumes. The reverse flow check valve is movable between a first configuration with a large flow area and a second configuration with a small flow area. The reverse flow check valve associated with each of the individual fuel injectors may be housed in a quill that fluidly connects the fuel injectors to the high pressure common rail. | 12-08-2011 |
20110315117 | FUEL SYSTEM HAVING ACCUMULATORS AND FLOW LIMITERS - A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system may have a pump, a plurality of fuel injectors, and a plurality of fuel accumulators. Each of the plurality of fuel accumulators may be disposed at least partially within a different cylinder head of the engine in fluid communication with an associated fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors. Each of the plurality of fuel accumulators may also be in fluid communication with adjacent fuel accumulators of the plurality of fuel accumulators. At least one of the plurality of fuel accumulators may also be in fluid communication with the pump. The fuel system may further have a plurality of flow limiters. Each of the plurality of flow limiters may be disposed between an associated fuel accumulator of the plurality of fuel accumulators and an associated fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors. | 12-29-2011 |
20140116387 | PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR COMMON RAIL FUEL SYSTEM - A pressure relief valve for a common rail fuel system includes a hard ceramic spherical valve member that moves into and out of contact with a conical valve seat of a soft metallic valve body. Fretting damage to the valve is inhibited by using the dissimilar materials, and by using a guide pin that is allowed to move on the spherical surface of the ceramic spherical valve member. The valve member may be constructed of silicon nitride. | 05-01-2014 |
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20130036322 | HARDWARE FAILURE MITIGATION - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: detecting, by a resource allocation device, a failure of server hardware; identifying a first agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the first agent device in response to the server hardware failure. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: identifying a second agent device that is configured to utilize the server hardware; and taking at least one action to effect a reconfiguration of the second agent device in response to the server hardware failure. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: receiving, by the resource allocation device from a second agent device, an indication of the failure of server hardware, wherein the second agent device is different from the first agent device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130086411 | HARDWARE CONSUMPTION ARCHITECTURE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a hardware failure of a failed component of a plurality of hardware components; determining a set of agent devices currently configured to utilize the failed component; reconfiguring an agent device to utilize a working component of the plurality of hardware components. Various exemplary embodiments additionally or alternatively relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: projecting a failure date for the hardware module; determining whether the projected failure date is acceptable based on a target replacement date for the hardware module; if the projected failure date is not acceptable: selecting a parameter adjustment for a hardware component, wherein the parameter adjustment is selected to move the projected failure date closer to the target replacement date, and applying the parameter adjustment to the hardware component. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086430 | LIVE MODULE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: determining that a diagnostic test should be performed on a hardware component of a plurality of hardware components, wherein the plurality of hardware components support a plurality of agent devices and at least one agent device of the plurality of agent devices is assigned to at least one of the plurality of hardware components; ensuring that no agent device of the plurality of agent devices is assigned to the hardware component; and after ensuring that no agent device of the plurality of agent devices is assigned to the hardware component, performing the diagnostic test on the hardware component, wherein at least one other hardware component of the plurality of hardware components continues operation during performance of the diagnostic test. | 04-04-2013 |
20130212422 | Method And Apparatus For Rapid Disaster Recovery Preparation In A Cloud Network - Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing a rapid disaster recovery preparation in cloud networks that proactively detects disaster events and rapidly allocates cloud resources. Rapid disaster recovery preparation may shorten the recovery time objective (RTO) by proactively growing capacity on the recovery application(s)/resource(s) before the surge of recovery traffic hits the recovery application(s)/resource(s). Furthermore, rapid disaster recovery preparation may shorten RTO by growing capacity more rapidly than during “normal operation” where the capacity is increased by modest growth after the load has exceeded a utilization threshold for a period of time. | 08-15-2013 |
20130262681 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE AVAILABILITY TO A USER VIA SELECTION OF DATA CENTERS FOR THE USER - A capability is provided for improving service availability experienced by a user requesting access to a service via a user device, where the service has multiple service instances available from multiple data centers. A set of servicing data centers is selected for the user device. The set of servicing data centers is selected from a set of candidate data centers. The set of servicing data centers is selected from the set of candidate data centers in a manner for maximizing the independence/orthogonality of the network paths between the user device and the servicing data centers. The set of servicing data centers includes two or more of the candidate data centers from which the user device may access the service, thereby providing the user device with a primary service instance and one or more backup service instances which may be used to access the service. | 10-03-2013 |
20130326053 | Method And Apparatus For Single Point Of Failure Elimination For Cloud-Based Applications - Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing SPOF elimination for cloud-based applications that provides rules that support rapid elasticity, infrastructure maintenance such as, for example, software/firmware/hardware upgrades, updates, retrofit, and growth, and preventative maintenance such as, for example, cleaning fan filters and replacing failed hardware components. In particular, the SPOF elimination provided by the method and apparatus is based on network architecture and persistent storage considerations in addition to VM to host instance mappings. | 12-05-2013 |
20140089493 | MINIMALLY INTRUSIVE CLOUD PLATFORM PERFORMANCE MONITORING - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for determining performance compliance of a cloud computing service implementing an application, including: receiving an application service performance requirement; receiving a cloud computing service performance requirement; receiving non-intrusive application performance data; determining that application performance does not meet the application service performance requirement based upon the received application performance data; determining that the cloud computing service provider does not meet the cloud computing service performance requirement based upon the received application service performance data; and determining that the cloud computing system not meeting the cloud computing performance requirement substantially contributes to the application performance not meeting the application service performance requirement. | 03-27-2014 |
20140096130 | REDUCING RESPONSE TIME VARIANCE OF VIRTUAL PROCESSORS - A capability is provided for reducing response variance of virtual processors. A controller receives a processing request. The controller may propagate the processing request toward multiple virtual processors hosted on multiple hardware devices contemporaneously. The controller may propagate the processing request toward a first virtual processor hosted on a first hardware device and propagate the processing request toward a second virtual processor hosted on a second hardware device based on a determination that a timeout period expires before a processing response is received from the first virtual processor. The timeout period may be determined based on one or more response time statistics of the virtual processor and one or more response time statistics of a physical processor. | 04-03-2014 |
20140215272 | PREVENTING EXTREME CORESIDENCY HAZARDS IN CLOUD COMPUTING - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of preventing extreme coresidency hazards among application instances in a cloud network. The method includes determining a first failure group of a first instance of an application; establishing a connection with a second instance of a peer application; determining a second failure group of the second instance; comparing the first failure group to the second failure group; and establishing a second connection with a third instance of the peer application if the first failure group and the second failure group share a failure point. | 07-31-2014 |
20150089275 | PREVENTING EXTREME CORESIDENCY HAZARDS IN CLOUD COMPUTING - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of preventing extreme coresidency hazards among application instances in a cloud network. The method includes determining a first failure group of a first instance of an application; establishing a connection with a second instance of a peer application; determining a second failure group of the second instance; comparing the first failure group to the second failure group; and establishing a second connection with a third instance of the peer application if the first failure group and the second failure group share a failure point. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120124413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ELEMENT SERVICE RECOVERY - A method and system for network element recovery are provided. In one form, frontend servers intelligently proxy error or unavailability messages returned by backend servers and simulate frontend server failure. In at least one form, the frontend server also includes intelligence or logic to determine that directing the client to recover service to an alternate system or site would assure better service availability, reliability, and/or quality-of-experience for the client. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLIENT RECOVERY STRATEGY IN A REDUNDANT SERVER CONFIGURATION - A method and system for client recovery strategy to maximize service availability for redundant configurations is provided. The technique includes adaptively adjusting timing parameter(s), detecting failures based on adaptively-adjusted timing parameter(s), and switching over to a redundant server. The timing parameter(s) include a maximum number of retries, response timers, and keepalive messages. Switching over to alternate servers engaged in warm sessions with the client may also be implemented to improve performance. The method and system allow for improved recovery time and suitable shaping of traffic to redundant servers. | 05-17-2012 |
20150113144 | VIRTUAL RESOURCE PLACEMENT FOR CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS - A virtual resource placement management capability is presented herein. The virtual resource placement management capability enables a cloud consumer to manage placement of virtual resources of the cloud consumer by a cloud service provider within a cloud environment of the cloud service provider. The virtual resource placement management capability may support management of placement of virtual resources of a cloud consumer onto physical resources of a cloud service provider (e.g., physical resources used by the cloud service provider to provide a cloud environment), which also may be referred to herein as mapping of virtual resources of a cloud consumer onto physical resources of a cloud service provider. The virtual resource placement management capability may support management of placement of virtual resources of a cloud-based application or a cloud-based solution of a cloud consumer onto physical resources of a cloud service provider. | 04-23-2015 |
20150163131 | ONLINE APPLICATION TESTING OF GROWN APPLICATION CAPACITY - A capability for online application testing of grown application capacity is presented. The capability for online application testing of grown application capacity enables grown application capacity of a cloud-based application to be tested and validated while the application remains online for handling of live application traffic. The capability for online application testing of grown application capacity enables grown application capacity of a cloud-based application to be tested and validated with minimal impact or risk to the application traffic of the application or the existing application capacity of the application. The capability for online application testing of grown application capacity may support online testing of grown application capacity for various mechanisms for growing application capacity of a cloud-based application (e.g., horizontal growth mechanisms, vertical growth mechanisms, pseudo-vertical growth mechanisms, or the like). | 06-11-2015 |