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| 20100282968 | Device and method for terahertz imaging with combining terahertz technology and amplitude-division interference technology - This invention provides a device and a method for THz imaging to obtain real 3D image of sample and achieve high resolution, by combining THz technology and amplitude-division interference technology. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289367 | PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR - A permanent magnet rotor comprising a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, a magnet disposed around the core, and a linker fixed relative to the shaft and located at one end of the core; wherein an elastic clamping structure is arranged between the linker and the magnet such that rotational torque of the magnet can be transferred to the shaft via the linker. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110093614 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DUPLICATING MULTICAST PACKETS - A message sending method is provided, which includes: obtaining route feature information of a user, and sending a request of the user, where the request is data in an Efficient Extensible Markup Language (XML) Interchange (EXI) format, and the route feature information is carried in a header of the data in the EXI format. A message processing method, a client, a router, and a message processing system are further provided. Through preceding technical solutions, a user request message is routed according to route feature information in an EXI header, thereby reducing a system overhead and improving a distribution processing efficiency. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110159849 | Method, Device, and Mobile Terminal for Controlling Locking and Unlocking - A method, a device, and a mobile terminal for controlling locking and unlocking are provided. The method includes the following steps. An acceleration sensor is adopted to detect a location state of a mobile terminal. A stabilization timer is started and a stabilization timing value of the stabilization timer is monitored when the mobile terminal is in an unlocked or a locked state. The stabilization timing value is reset to restart timing when it is monitored that the location state of the mobile terminal is unstable. The mobile terminal is controlled to enter a stable and unlocked state when it is monitored that the stabilization timing value reaches a stabilization timing threshold. Through the technical solutions, it is determined whether the mobile terminal enters the stable and unlocked state according to the location state of the mobile terminal in the locked or unlocked state. In this manner, the mobile terminal may not be locked in the stable state, and the afterward operations may be facilitated, thereby increasing usability of the mobile terminal and improving user's experience. | 06-30-2011 |
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| 20100068134 | METHODS OF ENHANCING KINETIC PROPERTIES OF HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS BY SELF-CATALYSIS - Methods of enhancing the kinetic properties of solid-state hydrogen storage materials are disclosed. The methods of the present invention comprise a process of utilizing built-in, ancillary reactions to effectually catalyze primary hydrogen storage reactions. This self-catalysis process gives rise to novel mechanisms for solid-state hydrogen storage compositions that benefit from enhanced kinetic properties, thereby increasing the usefulness of hydrogen storage technologies. The methods of enhancing the kinetic properties of hydrogen storage compositions by implementing a self-catalyzing reaction mechanism generally include formulating a hydrogen desorption pathway in a hydrogen storage composition, the pathway including a hydrogen releasing reaction and an ancillary reaction; and selecting the ancillary reaction to produce a product that serves to enhance the kinetic properties of the hydrogen releasing reaction. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100233076 | Hydrogen Storage Materials - According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen storage material is provided. In at least one embodiment, the material comprises a borohydride compound of the formula M(BH | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110008693 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS CONTAINING AMMONIA BORANE - According to at least one aspect of the present invention, an ammonia borane containing hydrogen storage material is provided to be present with substantially reduced formation of borazine or diborane. In at least one embodiment, the hydrogen storage material includes at least one ammonia borane (NH | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110142750 | HYBRID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid hydrogen storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the hybrid hydrogen storage system includes: a first hydrogen storage material present at a first volume percent (%) having a first gravimetric capacity and a first volumetric capacity; and a second hydrogen storage material forming an unreacted mixture with the first hydrogen storage material and present at a second volume % being 100 volume % minus the first volume %, the second storage material having a second gravimetric capacity and a second volumetric capacity, the first gravimetric capacity at the first volume % being higher or lower than the second gravimetric capacity at the second volume %, and the first volumetric capacity at the first volume % being the other of higher or lower than the second volumetric capacity at the second volume %. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142752 | Hydrogen Storage Materials - In one embodiment, a hydrogen storage system includes a core of hydrogen sorbent material and a shell of crystalline metal hydride material enclosing at least a portion of the core of hydrogen sorbent material. In another embodiment, the hydrogen storage system further includes an intermediate layer of amorphous metal hydride material, at least a portion of which being positioned between the core of hydrogen sorbent material and the shell of crystalline metal hydride material. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143173 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - A battery system includes a metal oxygen battery. The metal oxygen battery includes a first electrode, an oxygen storage material, and a selective transport member separating the oxygen storage material and the first electrode. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143226 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - According to one aspect of the present invention, a battery system is provided. In one embodiment, the battery system includes a metal oxygen battery including a first electrode and a second electrode, the second electrode including a metal material (M); and an oxygen containment unit in communication with and external to the metal oxygen battery, the oxygen containment unit including an oxygen storage material. In another embodiment, the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit are in a closed-loop with respect to each other. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143227 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - A battery system includes a metal oxygen battery. The metal oxygen battery includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode includes a metal material (M). The metal oxygen battery is in communication with an oxygen storage material. In certain instances, the oxygen storage material is contained within an oxygen containment unit. The metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit may be in a closed-loop with respect to each other. The battery system further includes a conduit for providing fluid communication from one of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit to the other of the metal oxygen battery and the oxygen containment unit. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143228 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - In one aspect of the present invention, a battery system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the battery system includes a metal oxygen battery (MOB) having a first electrode and second electrode. The second electrode includes a metal material. The battery system also includes an oxygen storage material disposed within the metal oxygen battery. In another embodiment, the oxygen storage material is on oxygen communication with the first electrode. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143913 | CATALYST ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a catalyst assembly. In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a two-dimension (2-D) extensive catalyst including one or more precious catalytic metals and having a catalyst crystal plane; and a substrate supporting the 2-D extensive catalyst, the substrate including one or more non-precious catalytic metals and having a substrate crystal plane in substantial alignment with the catalyst crystal plane. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110144229 | BIOCOMPATIBLE COATINGS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are biocompatible coatings for a substrate, the biocompatible coating including at least one polyanionic/polycationic bilayer including at least one nitric oxide generating moiety, wherein the polyanionic/polycationic bilayer has a layer of a polycationic polymeric material; and a layer of polyanionic material capable of non-covalently bonding to the polycationic polymeric material. Devices incorporating such coatings, and methods of making and using such coatings are also disclosed herein. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110165061 | METHOD OF ENHANCING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEMS - A system for reversibly storing hydrogen includes a storage tank with an internal volume with a thermally conducting composite material situated within the storage tank and having a three-dimensional and interconnected framework of a conductive metal within the internal volume of the storage tank. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165475 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - In one embodiment, a metal oxygen battery is provided. The metal oxygen battery includes a battery housing including a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment includes a first electrode and an oxygen storage material in communication with the first electrode. The second compartment includes a second electrode and the second electrode includes a metal material (M). In another embodiment, the oxygen storage material is configured as a number of particles disposed within the first electrode. In certain instances, at least a portion of the number of particles are each contained within a selective transport member. In certain other instances, the selective transport member is oxygen permeable and electrolyte impermeable. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165476 | Metal Oxygen Battery Containing Oxygen Storage Materials - In one embodiment, a metal oxygen battery system includes a metal oxygen battery having an electrode compartment. The electrode compartment includes an electrode being formed of an oxygen storage material. In another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes an ion conducting component. In yet another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes an electron conducting component. In yet another embodiment, the oxygen storage material includes a catalytic component. In yet another embodiment, at least one of the ion conducting component, the electron conducting component, and the catalytic component is attached to the oxygen storage material via a linker or as a pendant group. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110166012 | CATALYST ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a two-dimension (2-D) extensive catalyst having a catalyst crystal plane; and a substrate supporting the 2-D extensive catalyst and having a substrate crystal plane in substantial alignment with the catalyst crystal plane. In certain instances, the catalyst crystal plane includes first and second adjacent catalyst atoms defining a catalyst atomic distance, the substrate crystal plane includes first and second adjacent substrate atoms defining a substrate atomic distance, a percent difference between the catalyst and substrate atomic distances is less than 10 percent. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110262842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND DISCHARGING HEAT IN A VEHICLE - In at least one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a hydrogen storage system and a heat storage system is provided. The hydrogen storage system is configured to store hydrogen and to deliver a first heated fluid stream to an electrical generation system that generates a second heated fluid stream and electrical energy in response to the first heated fluid stream. The heat storage system includes a phase change material. The heat storage system is in fluid communication with the electrical generation system to deliver heat from the second heated fluid stream to a fuel cell stack. | 10-27-2011 |
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| 20090006996 | Updating Content Within A Container Document For User Groups - A system and method for authenticating a user based on the user's association with a user group, enabling the user to configure a container document associated with the user group, receiving input from the user regarding configuring the container document associated with the user group, and providing an actual representation of the container document to the user based on the received input. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090037806 | Cross-Domain Communication - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes generating, within a web-accessible document, a parent container document associated with a first Internet domain and one or more child container documents within the parent container document and associated with a second Internet domain. The method also includes receiving, by the parent container document, information requested from a server associated with the first Internet domain, and communicating the information from the first Internet domain to the second Internet domain using the parent container document associated with the first Internet domain to transmit the information to the one or more child container documents associated with the second Internet domain. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090037935 | Updating The Configuration of Container Documents - A system and method for registering components of a user interface, registering events regarding configuration of a container document, associating registered components with registered events, receiving information associated with registered event that has occurred for one of the registered components, and providing the information associated with registered event to all other associated components. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100089450 | NEAR-FIELD DIFFRACTION SUPERPOSITION OF LIGHT BEAMS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein is a concentrating photovoltaic system utilizing a lens/reflector array to spatially divide the incident sunlight into separate incoherent beams, and a principle optical element to superpose the separate beams that undergo near-field diffraction/transmission, and form a uniform illumination pattern on the photovoltaic (PV) cell with similar shape and size. The array and principle optical element can be flexibly disposed in the system as long as the near-field diffraction condition is satisfied. The PV cell is disposed close to the focus of the principle optical element, and the concentrated illumination pattern on the PV cell is nearly a geometric projection of individual lens/reflector in the array. The size of the pattern is controlled by changing the focal lengths of the array and principle optical element, the distance between them, and the size of individual lens/reflector in the array. The system is insensitive to component misalignment and has the advantage of achieving high concentration ratio and efficient energy conversion with relatively low cost and compact design. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100274795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPOSITE DATABASE - Methods and systems are provided that may be used to selectively implement and/or search a composite database comprising a flat file and a relational database based on the query. | 10-28-2010 |
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| 20110215903 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus configured to identify a particular motion state of a portable electronic device, and vary the geographical location data sampling rate for the portable electronic device based on the identified particular motion state of the portable electronic device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120100867 | Determining Points of Interest of a Mobile User - Methods, systems and apparatus for tracking points of interest of a user of a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes determining points of interest of a user of a mobile device. The method includes obtaining user-related information, wherein the user-related information includes spatial information about the user, and determining at least one point of interest of the user based on the user-related information. Another embodiment includes an apparatus for determining points of interest of a user. For one embodiment, the apparatus is a mobile device. The mobile device is operative to obtain user-related information, wherein the user-related information comprising spatial information about the user, and the mobile device is operative to determine at least one point of interest of the user based on the user-related information. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100869 | Location Based User Behavior Analysis and Applications - Methods, systems and apparatuses for generating a user profile of a mobile device user are disclosed. One method includes tracking user stays of the user over time, wherein the user stays include at least one location, and generating the user profile based at least in part on at least one of an arrival time, a time duration or a frequency of visits of the user at each of the user stays. Another method includes determining a current state of a mobile device user. The method includes tracking locations of user stays of the mobile device user over time, and determining a current state of a mobile device user based on user stays within a predetermined time of a present time, wherein the predetermined time is dependent upon an application of the user device or an observed behavior of a user of the user device. | 04-26-2012 |
