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20080282511 | Composite rope structures and systems and methods for terminating composite rope structures - A termination assembly for a composite rope structure comprising an end comprises a distal connection member and a proximal connection member. The distal connection member defines a first threaded surface and a working portion, where the working portion is adapted to be connected to a structure. The proximal connection member defines a second threaded surface, an internal surface, and a proximal opening. The first and second threaded surfaces are configured to engage each other to detachably attach the distal connection member and the proximal connection member. The internal surface of the proximal connection member is configured to engage the end of the composite rope structure to secure the composite rope structure relative to the proximal connection member. | 11-20-2008 |
20080282664 | Composite rope structures and systems and methods for making composite rope structures - A rope structure comprising a plurality of formed composite strands. Each of the formed composite strands comprises fiber material and matrix material. The fiber material within the matrix material is twisted. The shapes of the plurality of formed composite strands are predetermined to facilitate combination of the plurality of composite strands into the rope structure. | 11-20-2008 |
20080282666 | Composite rope structures and systems and methods for fabricating cured composite rope structures - A method of fabricating a composite rope structure comprising the following steps. Impregnated yarns comprising fibers within a resin matrix are fabricated at a first location. The impregnated yarns are transported from the first location to a second location. The impregnated yarns are dispensed at the second location. The resin matrix of the dispensed impregnated yarns is cured at the second location to obtain the composite rope structure. | 11-20-2008 |
20090301052 | SYNTHETIC ROPE FORMED OF BLEND FIBERS - A rope structure comprising a plurality of rope subcomponents, a plurality of bundles combined to form the rope subcomponents, a plurality of first yarns and a plurality of second yarns combined to form the bundles. In one embodiment, the first yarns have a tenacity of approximately 25-45 gpd and the second yarns have a tenacity of approximately 6-22 gpd. In another embodiment, the first yarns have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-5% and the second yarns have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-12%. | 12-10-2009 |
20100307124 | Wrapped yarns for use in ropes having predetermined surface characteristics - A rope comprising a plurality of yarns, where at least one of the plurality of yarns is a blended yarn comprising a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. Aabrasion resistance properties of the second fibers are greater than abrasion resistance properties of the first fibers. A coefficient of friction of the second fibers is less than a coefficient of friction of the first fibers. The second fibers substantially define abrasion resistance and coefficient of friction characteristics of the at least one blended yarn. When the rope contacts a structural member, the first set of fibers of the at least one blended yarn substantially bear tension loads on the at least one blended yarn and at least a portion of the second fibers of the at least one blended yarn substantially lie between the set of first fibers and the structural member. | 12-09-2010 |
20120042768 | Rope Structures and Rope Displacement Systems and Methods for Lifting, Lowering, and Pulling Objects - A rope structure comprising a plurality of fibers combined to form a plurality of yarns which are in turn combined to form a plurality of strands. The plurality of strands are combined using a single braid process to form the rope structure defining a void space. At least one of the fibers, the yarns, and the strands are configured substantially to reduce a volume of the void space and thereby maintain a shape of the rope structure when the rope structure is under load. | 02-23-2012 |
20120131895 | Synthetic Rope Formed of Blend Fibers - A rope structure comprising a plurality of rope subcomponents, a plurality of bundles, a plurality of first yarns, and a plurality of second yarns. The rope subcomponents are combined to form the rope structure. The bundles are combined to form the rope subcomponents. The first yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising HMPE, LCP, Aramids, and PBO and have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-5%. The plurality of second yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, and blends or copolymers of the two and have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-12%. The first and second yarns are combined to form the bundles. | 05-31-2012 |
20120304614 | Wrapped Yarns For Use in Ropes Having Predetermined Surface Characteristics - A blended yarn comprises a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. A coefficient of friction of the second fibers is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first fibers. Abrasion resistance characteristics of the second fibers are greater than abrasion resistance properties of the first fibers. A gripping ability of the second fibers is greater than a gripping ability of the first fibers. The plurality of second fibers are combined with the plurality of first fibers such that the first fibers extend along the length of the blended yarn and the second fibers do not extend along the length of the blended yarn at least a portion of the second fibers are engaged with and extend from the plurality of first fibers effectively to define surface characteristics of the blended yarn. | 12-06-2012 |
20130174719 | Rope Structures and Rope Displacement Systems and Methods for Lifting, Lowering, and Pulling Objects - A rope structure contains first and second sets of fibers. The first set of fibers is twisted together. The second set of fibers is twisted around the first set of fibers to form yarns. The first set of fibers is formed of a first material, the second set of fibers is formed of a second material, and elongation of the first set of fibers is different from elongation of the second set of fibers. Twists applied to the first and second fibers are such that loads on the rope structure are substantially evenly distributed across individual fibers. The yarns are combined to form strands in the form of a 3-strand rope. The strands are combined using a single braid process to form the rope structure defining a void space. The rope structure is formed such that lengths of fibers in the first and second sets are approximately the same. | 07-11-2013 |
20130333346 | Synthetic Rope Formed of Blend Fibers - A rope structure of the present invention comprises a plurality of first yarns and a plurality of second yarns. The first yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising HMPE, LCP, Aramids, and PBO, have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-5%, and have a tenacity of approximately 25-45 gpd. The second yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, and blends or copolymers of the two, have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-12%, and have a tenacity of approximately 6-22 gpd. The first and second yarns are combined to form rope sub-components. The rope sub-components comprise approximately 20-80% by weight of the first yarns. | 12-19-2013 |
20140000233 | Rope Structure with Improved Bending Fatigue and Abrasion Resistance Characteristics | 01-02-2014 |
20140230635 | Wrapped Yarns for Use in Ropes Having Predetermined Surface Characteristics - A blended yarn comprises a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. A coefficient of friction of the second fibers is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first fibers. Abrasion resistance characteristics of the second fibers are greater than abrasion resistance properties of the first fibers. A gripping ability of the second fibers is greater than a gripping ability of the first fibers. The plurality of second fibers are combined with the plurality of first fibers such that the first fibers extend along the length of the blended yarn and the second fibers do not extend along the length of the blended yarn at least a portion of the second fibers are engaged with and extend from the plurality of first fibers effectively to define surface characteristics of the blended yarn. | 08-21-2014 |
20140250856 | Segmented Synthetic Rope Structures, Systems, and Methods - A rope structure has a plurality of link structures each defining first and second ends and at least one organizer member. Each first end comprises at least first and second bend portions, and each second end comprises at least third and fourth bend portions. The first end of a first one of the plurality of link structures and the second end of a second one of the plurality of link structures engages the at least one organizer member such that the first and second bend portions of the first end of the first one of the plurality of link structures are substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the third and fourth bend portions of the second end of the second one of the plurality of link structures. | 09-11-2014 |
20140272409 | FIBER STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING ROPE STRUCTURES WITH IMPROVED LUBRICITY - A fiber structure for forming a rope structure has a base matrix of base fiber material and at least one lubricity portion of lubricity material. The lubricity material determines a lubricity of at least a portion of a surface of the fiber structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140311118 | Splice Systems and Methods for Ropes - A rope structure or method of forming a rope structure comprises a rope comprising a plurality of strands. The rope comprises first and second splice locations, an eye region between the first and second splice locations, and a main region. The main region of the rope is located adjacent to the first splice location and in an opposite direction along the rope from the eye region. At least one of the strands is a selected strand. An extracted portion of the at least one selected strand is extracted from the rope and inserted into the rope such that a bridge portion of the at least one selected strand extends between the first and second splice locations and a diameter of the rope is substantially consistent in the main region. | 10-23-2014 |
20150217973 | Rope Systems and Methods for Use as a Round Sling - A round sling includes a line arranged to define a plurality of loops and a plurality of organizers. The organizers engage the line such that each of the plurality of loops defines a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment. The first and third segments extend between the first and second ends of the round sling. The second and fourth segments define the first and second ends of the round sling. At least one first segment of at least one of the loops crosses over at least one first segment of at least one other loop. The second and fourth segments of the loops defining the first and second ends of the round sling are maintained in a fixed, substantially parallel relationship. | 08-06-2015 |
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20100023852 | DECLARATIVE FORMS AND VIEWS - Technologies are described herein for declaratively defining forms and views and for rendering the declaratively defined forms and views. A declarative and rendering technology agnostic form definition is defined and stored that defines a layout for a form. A transformation definition file is also stored that defines a transformation from the declarative form definition to renderer-specific code. A transformation is performed using the transformation definition file, the declarative form definition, and form data provided by an application to generate renderer-specific markup for the form. The desired form will be displayed when a rendering client is utilized to render the renderer-specific markup. A view may also be declaratively defined, transformed, and rendered similarly. | 01-28-2010 |
20100250487 | Access to Line-of-Business Databases in Declarative Workflow - A first database and a second database have different schemas. An activity in a workflow accesses a data item in a list by invoking a method in an interface of a list object. The list comprises a collection of data items. Each data item in the list comprises an item key field specifying an item key. No two data items in the data item collection have item key fields specifying a shared item key. In addition, each data item in the list comprises a set of additional fields. Each field in the set of additional fields has a value derived from the first database or each field in the set of additional fields has a value derived from the second database. In this way, the activity can be implemented without knowledge of the different schemas of the first database and the second database. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250609 | EXTENDING COLLABORATION CAPABILITIES TO EXTERNAL DATA - A computing device includes instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to: create a business data catalog module that accesses and manipulates data residing on an internal data store and an external data store, wherein the business data catalog module receives a request for data, determines whether the data resides in the internal data store or the external data store, and access the data residing on the external data store, and create a external data provisioning module that provisions data accessed from the external data store, wherein the external data provisioning module maps external data from the external data store for presentation on a client computing device. A user can access and manipulate the data from the external data store in a same manner as accessing and manipulating data from the internal data store. | 09-30-2010 |
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20150027157 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MEDICINAL STORAGE DEVICES - In some embodiments, a medicinal storage container includes: a desiccant unit including external walls forming a gas-impermeable barrier around an interior desiccant region and including an aperture; a heating element; a controller operably attached to the heating element; a cooling unit; a compressor system including at least one evaporator coil unit, the compressor operably connected to the controller; a vapor conduit, the vapor conduit attached to a the desiccant unit at a first end, the vapor conduit attached to the evaporative cooling unit at a second end, the vapor conduit forming an internal, gas-impermeable passageway between the desiccant unit and the cooling unit; a vapor control unit attached to the vapor conduit and operably attached to the controller; and a medicinal storage unit including external walls encircling a medicinal storage region including a temperature sensor operably connected to the controller. | 01-29-2015 |
20150143831 | REFRIGERATION DEVICES INCLUDING TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CONTAINER SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to the refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned at least partially within the liquid-impermeable container; a unidirectional thermal conductor with a condensing end and an evaporative end, the condensing end positioned within the liquid-impermeable container; a first aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the first aperture of a size, shape and position to permit the set of evaporator coils to traverse the aperture; a second aperture in the liquid-impermeable container, the second aperture including an internal surface of a size, shape and position to mate with an external surface of the unidirectional thermal conductor; and one or more walls substantially forming a storage region in thermal contact with the evaporative end of the unidirectional thermal conductor. | 05-28-2015 |
20150233617 | REFRIGERATION DEVICES INCLUDING TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CONTAINER SYSTEMS - In some embodiments, a refrigeration device includes: walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container configured to hold phase change material internal to a refrigeration device; at least one active refrigeration unit including a set of evaporator coils positioned within an interior of the liquid-impermeable container; walls substantially forming a storage region; and a heat transfer system including a first group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form a condenser in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a liquid-impermeable container, a second group of vapor-impermeable structures with a hollow interior connected to form an evaporator in thermal contact with the walls substantially forming a storage region, and a connector with a hollow interior affixed to both the condenser and the evaporator, the connector forming a liquid and vapor flow path between the hollow interior of the condenser and the hollow interior of the evaporator. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090301883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONCENTRATING PARTICLES FROM A SOLUTION - Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20110155745 | Temperature-stabilized storage systems with flexible connectors - Substantially thermally sealed containers including flexible connectors joining an aperture in the exterior of the container to an aperture in a substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container are described. The flexible connectors include a duct forming an elongated thermal pathway between the exterior of the container and the substantially thermally sealed storage region within the container. The flexible connectors include compression units mated to each end of the duct and a plurality of compression strands connected between the compression units. | 06-30-2011 |
20120085070 | Establishment and maintenance of low gas pressure within interior spaces of temperature-stabilized storage systems - Methods and apparatus described herein relate to establishing and maintaining low gas pressure within a gas-sealed device fabricated from heat sensitive materials. Methods include transferring activated getters within the interior of an apparatus from regions fabricated from heat-resistant materials to interior regions of the gas-sealed device fabricated from heat-sensitive materials. | 04-12-2012 |
20140251808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONCENTRATING PARTICLES FROM A SOLUTION - Methods and systems are provided for concentrating particles (e.g., bacteria, viruses, cells, and nucleic acids) suspended in a liquid. Electric-field-induced forces urge the particles towards a first electrode immersed in the liquid. When the particles are in close proximity to (e.g., in contact with) the first electrode, the electrode is withdrawn from the liquid and capillary forces formed between the withdrawing electrode and the surface of the liquid immobilize the particles on the electrode. Upon withdrawal of the electrode from the liquid, the portion of the electrode previously immersed in the liquid has particles immobilized on its surface. | 09-11-2014 |
20150159924 | Storage Apparatuses and Related Methods for Storing Temperature-Sensitive Items - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to apparatuses and methods for storing temperature-sensitive items. More specifically, embodiments include a storage apparatus that may store the temperature-sensitive items. For example, the storage apparatus may include a storage compartment that may be maintained at a predetermined temperature or temperature range. | 06-11-2015 |
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20110058516 | Accessory Based Data Distribution - In some aspects, a telecommunications device obtains an identifier from an accessory token. The telecommunications device may transmit the identifier to a server to request content associated with the identifier. The telecommunications device may receive the content from the server when the identifier is valid and/or the content is available. In various aspects, the accessory token is communicatively coupled to the telecommunications device, which enables the telecommunications device to obtain the identifier. | 03-10-2011 |
20110175747 | Interactive Electronic Device Shell - An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175748 | Element Mapping to Control Illumination of a Device Shell - An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device. | 07-21-2011 |
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20090214052 | SPEECH SEPARATION WITH MICROPHONE ARRAYS - A system that facilitates blind source separation in a distributed microphone meeting environment for improved teleconferencing. Input sensor (e.g., microphone) signals are transformed to the frequency-domain and independent component analysis is applied to compute estimates of frequency-domain processing matrices. Modified permutations of the processing matrices are obtained based upon a maximum magnitude based de-permutation scheme. Estimates of the plurality of source signals are provided based upon the modified frequency-domain processing matrices and input sensor signals. | 08-27-2009 |
20100085979 | MODELS FOR ROUTING TREE SELECTION IN PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS - Peer-to-peer communications sessions involve the transmission of one or more data streams from a source to a set of receivers that may redistribute portions of the data stream via a set of routing trees. Achieving a comparatively high, sustainable data rate throughput of the data stream(s) may be difficult due to the large number of available routing trees, as well as pertinent variations in the nature of the communications session (e.g., upload communications caps, network link caps, the presence or absence of helpers, and the full or partial interconnectedness of the network.) The selection of routing trees may be facilitated through the representation of the node set according to a linear programming model, such as a primal model or a linear programming dual model, and iterative processes for applying such models and identifying low-cost routing trees during an iteration. | 04-08-2010 |
20110173485 | FEC IN COGNITIVE MULTI-USER OFDMA - A multiuser scheme allowing for a number of users, sets of user, or carriers to share one or more channels is provided. In the invention, the available channel bandwidth is subdivided into a number of equal-bandwidth subchannels according to standard OFDM practice. A transmitter transmits data on a set of OFDM subchannels that need not be contiguous in the spectrum or belong to the same OFDM channel. A receiver receives and decodes the data and detects errors on subchannels. The receiver then broadcasts the identity of those subchannels on which the error rate exceeds a specific threshold, and the transmitter may select different subchannels for transmission based on this information. | 07-14-2011 |
20130294710 | RECOVERING DIS-OCCLUDED AREAS USING TEMPORAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION - A temporal information integration dis-occlusion system and method for using historical data to reconstruct a virtual view containing an occluded area. Embodiments of the system and method use temporal information of the scene captured previously to obtain a total history. This total history is warped onto information captured by a camera at a current time in order to help reconstruct the dis-occluded areas. The historical data (or frames) from the total history match only a portion of the frames contained in the captured information. This warping yields warped history information. Warping is performed by using one of two embodiments to match points in an estimation of the current information to points in the captured information. Next, regions of current information are split using a classifier. The warped history information and the captured information then are merged to obtain an estimate for the current information and the reconstructed virtual view. | 11-07-2013 |
20140160122 | CREATING A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION BASED ON CAMERA DATA - Some implementations may include a computing device to generate a three dimensional representation of an object. The computing device may receive data associated with an object that is within a view of a camera. The computing device may determine occluded portions of the object that are occluded from the view of the camera. The computing device may determine extrapolated data corresponding to the occluded portions of the object. The computing device may generate a representation corresponding to the object based on the data and the extrapolated data. The representation may include a mesh and a set of bones, where each bone of the set of bones is attached to a vertex of a polygon of the mesh. | 06-12-2014 |
20140204088 | SURFACE CODEC USING REPROJECTION ONTO DEPTH MAPS - A surface reprojection codec and method for surface compression using non-redundant surface projection onto depth maps. A multiple depth map encoder takes a two-dimensional (2D) surface that is a representation of a three-dimensional (3D) object and divides it into a plurality of surface patches. Each of these surface patches is projected onto a depth map from a set of depth maps. This generates a set of converted depth maps. This set of converted depth maps then are encoded using standard encoding techniques. The encoded version of the 3D object may be stored, transmitted over a network, or both. A multiple depth map decoder decodes the set of converted depth maps to obtain the surface patches. These surface patches and connectivity information can be used to regenerate the 2D surface. The 2D surface in turn can be used to reconstruct the 3D object. | 07-24-2014 |
20140334432 | FEC IN COGNITIVE MULTI-USER OFDMA - A multiuser scheme allowing for a number of users, sets of user, or carriers to share one or more channels is provided. In the invention, the available channel bandwidth is subdivided into a number of equal-bandwidth subchannels according to standard OFDM practice. A transmitter transmits data on a set of OFDM subchannels that need not be contiguous in the spectrum or belong to the same OFDM channel. A receiver receives and decodes the data and detects errors on subchannels. The receiver then broadcasts the identity of those subchannels on which the error rate exceeds a specific threshold, and the transmitter may select different subchannels for transmission based on this information. | 11-13-2014 |
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20090194223 | LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING OF LANTHANUM STRONTIUM MANGANITE-BASED CONTACT PASTES FOR SOFCS - A method for forming electrical connections between parts of a fuel cell that includes subjecting a contact paste positioned between the parts to alternating flows of gasses having varying high and low partial pressures of oxygen. This method demonstrates the ability to form conductive interconnections that have sufficient mechanical stability because these pastes can be cured at a temperature less than the temperatures of the surrounding materials thus allowing desired portions to be cured while allowing other portions such as the glass or ceramic portions to maintain their desired mechanical and electrical properties. | 08-06-2009 |
20090311570 | SOFC Double Seal with Dimensional Control for Superior Thermal Cycle Stability - A seal for devices such as a solid oxide fuel cells. The seal is a double seal having a first sealing material having a first preselected characteristic and a second sealing material having a second sealing characteristic. In one embodiment of the invention the first sealing material is a compressive sealing material and the second sealing material is a hermetic sealing material. In some embodiments a dimensional stabilizer may also be included as a part of the seal. In use these double seals provide superior thermal cycling stability in electrochemical devices where gasses must be separated from each other. | 12-17-2009 |
20140048183 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ALUMINIZATION OF METAL-CONTAINING SUBSTRATES - A system and method are detailed for aluminizing surfaces of metallic substrates, parts, and components with a protective alumina layer in-situ. Aluminum (Al) foil sandwiched between the metallic components and a refractory material when heated in an oxidizing gas under a compression load at a selected temperature forms the protective alumina coating on the surface of the metallic components. The alumina coating minimizes evaporation of volatile metals from the metallic substrates, parts, and components in assembled devices during operation at high temperature that can degrade performance. | 02-20-2014 |
20150030963 | ENGINEERED GLASS SEALS FOR SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELLS - A seal for a solid oxide fuel cell includes a glass matrix having glass percolation therethrough and having a glass transition temperature below 650° C. A deformable second phase material is dispersed in the glass matrix. The second phase material can be a compliant material. The second phase material can be a crushable material. A solid oxide fuel cell, a precursor for forming a seal for a solid oxide fuel cell, and a method of making a seal for a solid oxide fuel cell are also disclosed. | 01-29-2015 |