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Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar, Getzville, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100266462Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - A flexible and substantially crack resistant intumescent, non-intumescent, or hybrid mounting mat material for use in mounting fragile structures includes at least one intumescent, non-intumescent or hybrid layer containing inorganic fibers and reinforcing layer applied to the layer. Also provided is an exhaust gas treatment device including a housing, a fragile catalyst support structure mounted within the housing, and the crack resistant mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure. Also disclosed are methods of making a mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.10-21-2010
20110097246Low Shear Mounting Mat for Pollution Control Devices - A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device including high temperature resistant ceramic fibers containing alumina and/or high temperature resistant biosoluble inorganic fibers, organic binder which at least partially liquefies at elevated temperature prior to binder burnout, colloidal inorganic oxide and optionally intumescent material. The exhaust gas treatment device includes a housing, a fragile catalyst support structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and the mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure.04-28-2011
20110123417EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - A device for treatment of exhaust gases includes a housing, a fragile structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and a non-intumescent mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile structure. The mounting mat includes a plurality of inorganic fibers that have undergone a surface treatment to increase the holding force performance of the mounting mat. Also disclosed are methods of making a mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.05-26-2011
20110126499Multiple Layer Mat and Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - A hybrid mounting mat for mounting a catalyst support structure within a housing in an exhaust gas treatment device. The exhaust gas treatment device includes an outer housing, a fragile catalyst support structure, and a mounting mat disposed in the gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure. Additionally disclosed are methods of making the hybrid mounting mat and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.06-02-2011
20110150715Multilayer Mounting Mat for Pollution Control Devices - A multilayer mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device including high temperature resistant inorganic fibers, optionally organic binder, and optionally intumescent material. A plurality of the mounting mat plies contain a substantial proportion of the inorganic fibers oriented in the x-y plane of the mounting mat. An exhaust gas treatment device includes a housing, a fragile catalyst support structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and the multilayer mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure.06-23-2011
20110150717MOUNTING MAT FOR EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device includes a wet laid sheet of polycrystalline inorganic fibers that have been physically entangled while the wet laid sheet is still in a wet condition. The exhaust gas treatment device includes a housing, a fragile catalyst support structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and the mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile structure. Additionally disclosed are methods of making a mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.06-23-2011
20110311403Use of Microspheres in an Exhaust Gas Treatment Device Mounting Mat - A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device including inorganic fibers, organic binder, high temperature resistant inorganic microspheres, and optionally intumescent material. The exhaust gas treatment device includes a housing, a fragile catalyst support structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and the mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure.12-22-2011
20110311404Thermally Stable Inorganic Fibers For Exhaust Gas Treatment Device Insulating Mat - An insulating mat for an exhaust gas treatment device thermally stable to at least 900° C., wherein the insulating mat contains inorganic fibers uniformly coated with a metal oxide including at least one of aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, or mixtures thereof; wherein said fibers are uniformly coated with the metal oxide by precipitating metal hydroxide corresponding to the metal oxide on the fibers, followed by converting the precipitated metal hydroxide to the metal oxide. A method of increasing the thermal stability of inorganic fibers for use in an exhaust gas treatment device insulating mat including the inorganic fibers, including uniformly coating the fibers with a metal oxide of at least one of aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide or mixtures thereof by a chemical precipitation process.12-22-2011
20120121473Mounting mat and exhaust gas treatment device - A mounting mat for mounting a catalyst support structure within a housing in an exhaust gas treatment device. The mounting mat includes a layer of high silica content fibers and a layer of polycrystalline and/or high alumina inorganic fibers. The exhaust gas treatment device includes an outer housing, a fragile catalyst, and a mounting mat disposed in the gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure. Additionally disclosed are methods of making the mounting mat and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.05-17-2012
20120121478Heated Mat and Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device, includes at least one layer comprising inorganic fibers and a heater in thermal communication with the layer. Also disclose is an exhaust gas treatment device comprising an outer housing, a fragile structure located in the housing and the mounting mat located between the housing and the fragile structure. A method is further disclosed for maintaining and/or increasing the temperature of a substrate of an exhaust gas treatment device comprising providing the mounting mat and transferring heat from the heater to the mounting mat in order to maintain and/or increase the temperature of the substrate and/or the exhaust gas treatment device during the battery mode of a hybrid gas/electric vehicle.05-17-2012

Patent applications by Amit Kumar, Getzville, NY US

Amit Kumar, Bangalore IN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090106821CALL LIMITER FOR WEB SERVICES - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with web services are disclosed.04-23-2009
20090164632WEB SERVICE MULTI-KEY RATE LIMITING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and computer system for limiting a number of web service programming calls including intercepting a web request for web service programming from a client and extracting call specific data from the web request. The method and computing system further includes transmitting call specific data to a plurality of rate limiter servers and on the rate limiter servers, calculating a total number of web requests, where the web requests are identified by the call specific data. The method and computing system further includes receiving web request totals from the rate limiter servers and thereby determining accessibility of the client to the web request based on a comparison of the number of web requests for the web service programming relative to a predetermined access limit.06-25-2009
20110040830WEB SERVICE MULTI-KEY RATE LIMITING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and computer system for limiting a number of web service programming calls including intercepting a web request for web service programming from a client and extracting call specific data from the web request. The method and computing system further includes transmitting call specific data to a plurality of rate limiter servers and on the rate limiter servers, calculating a total number of web requests, where the web requests are identified by the call specific data. The method and computing system further includes receiving web request totals from the rate limiter servers and thereby determining accessibility of the client to the web request based on a comparison of the number of web requests for the web service programming relative to a predetermined access limit.02-17-2011
20110153833RATE PROVISIONER FOR WEB SERVICES - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with web services are disclosed.06-23-2011
20110166745AUTOMATED START-STOP SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - An automated start/stop system for a vehicle comprises an auto-stop module, a diagnostic module, and an auto-start module. The auto-stop module selectively initiates an auto-stop event and shuts down an engine while the vehicle is running. The diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in a clutch pedal position sensor of the vehicle. The auto-start module, while the vehicle is running and the engine is shut down, selectively initiates an auto-start event after the fault has been diagnosed when current drawn by a starter motor is less than a predetermined maximum starting current.07-07-2011

Amit Kumar, Agrate Brianza IT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100332671METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION CONTENTS AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The interfacing of coded media data packets in the transfer from and to a peer-to-peer network envisages that the data packets are included in groups of packets that may have lengths different from one another. Each group of data packets is encapsulated in a group of chunks of given length. The media data is made available in the network as a multiplicity of different descriptions of a multiple-description coding of one and the same media content. The terminals of the peer-to-peer network are configured for accessing selectively the multiplicity of different descriptions of said media contents, combining them with one another, or else accessing one of the different descriptions in substitution for another preserving access to the media contents. The data may be made available as base layer and at least one enhancement layer of one and the same media content.12-30-2010

Amit Kumar, Redmond, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100286992Integration of Third-Party Business Applications with Hosted Multi-Tenant Business Software System - A computing device includes a processing unit and a memory with instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a business software processing module that manages business application software for a plurality of businesses. The business processing software module comprises a customization module, a registration module and an activation module. The customization module stores and processes definitions for business solutions that permit a business application external to the computing device to be integrated with business application software included on the computing device. The registration module makes the business solutions available to users of the computing device. The activation module generates an activation token and a web page for each request to activate a business solution. For each activation request, the activation module redirects the web page to a URL specified in the business solution definition corresponding to the activation request.11-11-2010
20110145643REPRODUCIBLE TEST FRAMEWORK FOR RANDOMIZED STRESS TEST - A test framework architecture that separates the generation of random test actions from test execution and provides a way to record the state of the system under test at user controlled intervals. This saved state is used to bring the test system to the last known state before failure and then execute the much smaller set of actions to the point of failure, thus requiring shorter run time. Given the same time constraints, this enables the execution of this smaller set more frequently, providing better bug fix verification and shorter reproduction time.06-16-2011
20120129506DESKTOP TO MOBILE DATA AND ACTION TRANSFER - Methods and systems for utilizing tags to transfer data are provided. Digital tags may be presented on a display device of a first computing device such that the tags are selectable by a second computing device. The tags may include tag content that is associated with a target item indicated by a user. The tag content may be identified based on actions performed by the second computing device. Upon selection of the tag by the second computing device, the tag content is communicated to the second computing device.05-24-2012

Patent applications by Amit Kumar, Redmond, WA US

Amit Kumar, Williston, VT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256207FINFET DEVICES FROM BULK SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a transistor comprising a first fin having a first gate electrode disposed across the first fin; the gate electrode contacting opposing surfaces of the fin; and a planar oxide layer having a second gate electrode disposed across the planar oxide layer to form a planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor; the first fin and the planar oxide layer being disposed upon a surface of a wafer.10-15-2009
20100242012FORMATION OF MASKS/RETICLES HAVING DUMMY FEATURES - A method of forming a mask. The method includes providing design information of a design layer. The design layer includes M original design features and N original dummy features. The method further includes (i) creating a cluster of P representative dummy features, P being a positive integer less than N, (ii) performing OPC for the cluster of the P representative dummy features but not for the N original dummy features, resulting in P OPC-applied representative dummy features, and (iii) forming the mask including N mask dummy features. The N mask dummy features are identical. Each mask dummy feature of the N mask dummy features of the mask has an area which is a function of at least an area of an OPC-applied representative dummy feature of the P OPC-applied representative dummy features. The N mask dummy features have the same relative positions as the N original dummy features.09-23-2010
20100269085Automated Generation of Oxide Pillar Slot Shapes in Silicon-On-Insulator Formation Technology - A method of automated generation of oxide pillar (PX) slot shapes of a PX layer within silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structures that includes generating a placement grid on recess oxide (RX) shapes, creating PX placement markers on the placement grid along a perimeter of the RX shapes, filtering the PX placement markers, generating a PX slot shape corresponding to each filtered PX placement marker on the RX shapes, correcting location errors associated with the generated PX slot shapes, generating PX slot shapes on RX shapes of a predetermined size for which PX slot shapes were not generated, performing a verification operation of the PX slot shapes, and outputting the PX layer including the verified PX slot shapes.10-21-2010

Patent applications by Amit Kumar, Williston, VT US

Amit Kumar, Meerut IN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100216428MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING ANTI-THEFT AND AUTO-NOTIFICATION FUNCTIONS - A mobile communication apparatus comprises an anti-theft control circuit and a transmission control circuit. The anti-theft control circuit has an information management module and a security module. The information management module is used for storing a user personal database comprising at least one of a phonebook database, a schedule database, and an e-mail database. The transmission control circuit is used for transmitting data and/or signals. When the transmission control circuit receives a remote message, the security module examines whether the remote message is a predetermined legitimate remote control message; wherein if YES, the transmission control circuit sends out at least one record of the phonebook database, the schedule database, and the e-mail database to an electronic apparatus indicated by the remote message.08-26-2010

Patent applications by Amit Kumar, Meerut IN

Amit Kumar, Hillsboro, OR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100169501Massage communication techniques - A network protocol unit interface is described that uses a message engine to transfer contents of received network protocol units in message segments to a destination message engine. The network protocol unit interface uses a message engine to receive messages whose content is to be transmitted in network protocol units. A message engine transmits message segments to a destination message engine without the message engine transmitter and receiver sharing memory space. In addition, the transmitter message engine can transmit message segments to a receiver message engine by use of a virtual address associated with the receiver message and a queue identifier, as opposed to a memory address.07-01-2010
20100169528Interrupt technicques - Techniques are described that can be used by a message engine to notify a core or hardware thread of activity. For example, an inter-processor interrupt can be used to notify the core or hardware thread. The message engine may generate notifications in response to one or more message received from a transmitting message engine. Message engines may communicate without sharing memory space.07-01-2010
20110258283MESSAGE COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES - A network protocol unit interface is described that uses a message engine to transfer contents of received network protocol units in message segments to a destination message engine. The network protocol unit interface uses a message engine to receive messages whose content is to be transmitted in network protocol units. A message engine transmits message segments to a destination message engine without the message engine transmitter and receiver sharing memory space. In addition, the transmitter message engine can transmit message segments to a receiver message engine by use of a virtual address associated with the receiver message and a queue identifier, as opposed to a memory address.10-20-2011

Amit Kumar, Houston, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090162424COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMERIZED LIPOSOMES - According to some embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for making and using multifunctional polymerized liposomes finding relevant application in medical sciences, particularly in bioimaging, diagnostics, drug delivery, and drug formulation. The compositions and methods involve lipids that are both polymerizable and have a “clickable” group that provides the ability to functionalize via a click reaction with various functional moieties useful for the above-listed applications.06-25-2009
20100159265Butt weld and method of making using fusion and friction stir welding - Provided are butt welds and methods of making such butt welds using a combination of fusion root welding and friction stir welding to yield welds with decreased propensity for dropout during friction stir welding without the need for a back-up support plate. In one form of the present disclosure, the butt weld includes: two or more abutting structural steel components beveled on faying surfaces on one side of the components to form a suitably shaped fusion root weld groove and unbeveled on faying surfaces on the opposite side of the components and interconnected with a first fusion root weld on the beveled side of the components and a second friction stir weld on the unbeveled side of the components, wherein the first fusion root weld has a width ranging from 7 mm to 30 mm, a penetration depth ranging from 2 mm to 20 mm, and an overfill ranging from 2 mm to 5 mm, and wherein the stir zone of the second friction stir weld penetrates the first fusion root weld. The butt welds and methods of making find application in joining linepipe for oil and gas production.06-24-2010

Amit Kumar, Palo Alto, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100041482RECOMMENDATION GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AFFINITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN A VENTURE EXCHANGE - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-implemented venture exchange technology, and more particularly, to systems, computer-readable media, and methods for predicting an affinity to engage in a particular venture, such as a bet, and recommending participation in a networked exchange, which can be a computer-implemented betting exchange.02-18-2010
20100144426Inviting Users to Participate in a Venture Exchange - A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager. The method includes receiving a wager placed by a first user; parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager; determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics; causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, where the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager; receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user.06-10-2010

Amit Kumar, New Delhi IN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100115350DETERMINISTIC WAVELET THRESHOLDING FOR GENERAL-ERROR METRICS - Novel, computationally efficient schemes for deterministic wavelet thresholding with the objective of optimizing maximum-error metrics are provided. An optimal low polynomial-time algorithm for one-dimensional wavelet thresholding based on a new dynamic-programming (DP) formulation is provided that can be employed to minimize the maximum relative or absolute error in the data reconstruction. Directly extending a one-dimensional DP algorithm to multi-dimensional wavelets results in a super-exponential increase in time complexity with the data dimensionality. Thus, novel, polynomial-time approximation schemes (with tunable approximation guarantees for the target maximum-error metric) for deterministic wavelet thresholding in multiple dimensions are also provided.05-06-2010

Amit Kumar, Princeton, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090252171EXPRESS VIRTUAL CHANNELS IN A PACKET SWITCHED ON-CHIP INTERCONNECTION NETWORK - A method, router node, and set of instructions for using express virtual channels in a component network on a chip are disclosed. An input link 10-08-2009

Amit Kumar, Shenzhen CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090201932METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MPLS NETWORK DIFFSERV TRAFFIC ENGINEERING - A method for implementing DS-TE in MPLS network is disclosed. The method includes carrying Quality of Service (QoS) parameters relating to resource allocation in a path message when establishing an LSP; reserving bandwidth resource for service traffic according to the QoS parameters; using the reserved bandwidth to forward service traffic after the LSP is established. A system for implementing DE-TE in the MPLS network is also disclosed. The system includes an Ingress LSR, a relay LSR and a Egress LSR. The Ingress LSR or the relay LSR carry QoS parameters relating to the resource allocation in the path message for establishing LSR. The relay LSR reserves bandwidth resource for service traffic based on the QoS parameters and forwards the service traffic based on the reserved bandwidth when receiving the service traffic, after the LSP is established. An LSR is further disclosed according to the present invention. According to the method, system and LSR of the present invention, bandwidth resources can be allocated based on different service class and thus granularity for the DiffServ traffic engineering is further refined.08-13-2009

Amit Kumar, Amherst, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090162256EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - A device for treatment of exhaust gases includes a housing, a fragile structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and a non-intumescent mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile structure. The mounting mat includes a plurality of inorganic fibers that have undergone a surface treatment to increase the holding force performance of the mounting mat. Also disclosed are methods of making a mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.06-25-2009

Patent applications by Amit Kumar, Amherst, NY US

Amit Kumar, Lucknow IN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120003273SUBSTITUTED BENZFUROCHROMENES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BONE RELATED DISORDERS - The present invention relates to novel substituted benzfurochromenes and related compounds having the general formula (I), salts and chiral, achiral derivatives thereof; wherein R01-05-2012

Amit Kumar, Oak Ridge, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120125783REAL SPACE MAPPING OF IONIC DIFFUSION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITY IN ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION MATERIALS - A method and system for probing mobile ion diffusivity and electrochemical reactivity on a nanometer length scale of a free electrochemically active surface includes a control module that biases the surface of the material. An electrical excitation signal is applied to the material and induces the movement of mobile ions. An SPM probe in contact with the surface of the material detects the displacement of mobile ions at the surface of the material. A detector measures an electromechanical strain response at the surface of the material based on the movement and reactions of the mobile ions. The use of an SPM tip to detect local deformations allows highly reproducible measurements in an ambient environment without visible changes in surface structure. The measurements illustrate effective spatial resolution comparable with defect spacing and well below characteristic grain sizes of the material.05-24-2012