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20100193302 | METHOD FOR THE SECURED RELEASE OF AN ELECTROMECHANICALLY ACTUABLE PARKING BRAKE - A method to limit overheating of a brake equipped with an electromechanically actuable parking brake including the steps of: driving a threaded spindle by an electric motor until a power drain (I | 08-05-2010 |
20100299035 | PARKING BRAKE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A parking brake device for motor vehicles is described, having an operator control element and at least two electromechanical actuators for generating a parking braking force at in each case one wheel of the motor vehicle, and having in each case one wheel actuation unit per electromechanical actuator, and a further control unit. The further control unit is connected here, on the one hand, to the operator control element and, on the other hand, in parallel to each wheel actuation unit via at least one parking brake data bus. The further control unit applies control signals to the wheel actuation units, and a safety element is provided which ensures reliable operation of the parking brake device with wheel control units with, in each case, one microcontroller. The safety element ensures, even in the case of a communication fault in the parking brake data bus, the reliable operation of the wheel actuation units within the parking brake, and the safety element ensures the activation of at least one actuator even in the case of a communication fault in the parking brake data bus of the parking brake device. In addition, a method for operating such a parking brake device is described. | 11-25-2010 |
20100308645 | PARKING BRAKE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A parking brake having an actuator, wherein the actuator is driven with a direct current motor which can be operated in two directions and which moves a piston of the actuator and, via a self-locking gear mechanism of the actuator, at least one brake shoe for applying or releasing the parking brake. A control unit for performing open-loop or closed-loop control of the movement of the direct current motor is also provided. During open-loop or closed-loop control of the movement of the direct current motor for applying and/or releasing the parking brake, the control unit takes into account a hydraulic admission pressure which is currently present at the piston if the brake is applied or was present at the piston if the brake has been released when it had previously been applied. A corresponding method for operating such a parking brake is also disclosed. | 12-09-2010 |
20110278105 | PARKING BRAKE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A parking brake having an actuator, wherein the actuator is driven by a direct current motor which can be operated in two directions. The actuator moves, via a self-locking gear mechanism of the actuator, at least one brake shoe for applying or releasing the parking brake in the direction of a rotary element or away therefrom. A control unit for performing open-loop or closed-loop control of the movement of the direct current motor is also provided. The parking brake is designed such that, when the parking brake is applied or released, an application point of the brake shoes against the rotary element is generally overshot. In order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the setting of the brake-application force when the parking brake is applied or of the brake-application clearance when the parking brake is released, the control unit determines the application point by forming the first derivative over time of the electric current taken up by the direct current motor during the application of the brake. A corresponding method for operating such a parking brake is also described. | 11-17-2011 |
20130103277 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING IN PARTICULAR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM - An operating method for a motor vehicle including an electronically controlled motor vehicle brake system, having an automated brake release function. A start-up request is determined electronically in an automated manner and subsequently at least one electronic command is transmitted to a parking brake actuating mechanism in order to release the brake, and the electronic unit EPB−ESC−ECU is networked with communication partners, for example, electronic units, sensors and/or data-bus systems in order to exchange signals and/or data with these communication partners, and including an electronic routine for providing software, configuring and/or calibrating the motor vehicle brake system. For improved operation, in a more flexible configuration routine, the routine for providing software, configuring and/or calibrating the motor vehicle brake system is embodied in a multi-level manner, and subsequent to the vehicle being produced the motor vehicle brake system includes at least self-learning properties in terms of an automated configuration routine. | 04-25-2013 |
20140196994 | ACTUATOR SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ACTUATOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to an actuator system, in particular an electromechanical parking brake system, comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is driven by a direct current motor that can be driven in both directions of rotation, wherein a control unit for controlling the movement of the direct current motor in an open-loop or closed-loop manner is provided. The core of the invention is that one or more pieces of information are supplied to a control unit, said information allowing the application force exerted by the electromotive actuator to be determined and compared to a predetermined minimum application force, and wherein the control unit emits at least one piece of information, signal or the like for requesting an auxiliary actuation to peripheral systems, components and/or electronic control units after the target to actual value comparison has shown that the determined, set application force is smaller than the predetermined minimum application force. | 07-17-2014 |
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20120042661 | SPLIT THERMO-ELECTRIC CYCLES FOR SIMULTANEOUS COOLING, HEATING, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL - The invention is new types of split-thermo-electric structures for cooling, heating, or stabilizing the temperature of an object or for electric power generation. In a first type of structure the transport of the electric current between the heat absorbing and the heat dispersing sides of the structure is disengaged from the flow of heat between the sides of the thermo-electric structure. In a second type of structure a layer of thermo-electric material on the heat absorbing side of the structure is connected by connection layers to two or more layers of thermo-electric material on the heat dispersing side of the structure. In a third type of structure the elements of which the structure is comprised are arranged to cause different values of electric current to flow at the heat absorbing and the heat dispersing sides of the structure and through different elements in the interior of the structure. | 02-23-2012 |
20120067064 | THERMO-ELECTRIC STRUCTURE - The invention is a split-thermo-electric structure for cooling, heating, or stabilizing the temperature of an object or for electric power generation. The structure of the invention is comprised of one or more legs comprised of two or more layers of thermo-electric material and a connection layer ( | 03-22-2012 |
20150191337 | Method For Filling Bottles - A method of charging containers having flexible walls with a non-carbonated liquid, comprising: providing a non-carbonated liquid, dissolving a suitable gas in the non-carbonated liquid at a sub saturation level at a first temperature in a first temperature, transferring the non-carbonated liquid containing the dissolved gas into flexible walled containers to fill the containers to the top or to fill a pre-specified portion of the containers leaving an unfilled portion of the containers as a head space, closing the containers tightly, and allowing the non-carbonated liquid containing the dissolved gas to reach a second temperature whereby while maintaining a pressure in the head space to prevent deformation of the flexible walls during normal handling. The head space has a volume fraction that determines the required pressure of the dissolved gas in the non-carbonated liquid in order to produce a desired pressure build-up in the head space. | 07-09-2015 |
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20120116921 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PURCHASE ON THE WEB - A method for online purchase automation, comprising identifying when the user has selected to navigate to or receive a web page related to a purchasing action, identifying when content of the web page is received; analyzing the web page concurrent with the purchase action, without requiring detailed structural information about the web page in advance, and determining whether the web page is related to a purchasing action, by parsing the web page or related data elements. If the web page is related to a purchasing action, the next steps are determining the user interface elements of the web page or related data elements, retrieving site-independent customer data for the purchase based on the analyzing of the user interface elements, simulating user input using the site-independent customer data to populate at least portions of the web page, and displaying to the user the populated purchasing page for user action. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117455 | ANTHROPOMIMETIC ANALYSIS ENGINE FOR ANALYZING ONLINE FORMS TO DETERMINE USER VIEW-BASED WEB PAGE SEMANTICS - An analysis engine executes under client control to review web pages in real-time and control interaction with the web pages of a website to assist the user of the client in providing selections, providing information and otherwise interacting with the website. In analyzing web pages, the engine uses rule-based logic and considers web pages from an anthropomimetic view, i.e., considers the content, forms and interaction elements as would be perceived and dealt with by a human user, as opposed to by merely considering the web pages in their native form, such as HTML formatted files. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117569 | TASK AUTOMATION FOR UNFORMATTED TASKS DETERMINED BY USER INTERFACE PRESENTATION FORMATS - Methods and systems are provided for web page task automation. In one embodiment, the method comprises of the following steps: i) decomposing the high level task into a sequence of anthropomimetic subroutines, ii) decomposing each routine into a series of anthropomimetic actions or steps, for example stored as a unit shares of work, iii) generating computer code to interact with the content of the webpage, for each unit share of work, iv) executing the generated computer code by a web interface module, and transmitting the results of the execution of computer code, steps iii) and iv) being repeated until all steps of a subroutine have been executed, until the sequence of subroutines for a logical task have been achieved. | 05-10-2012 |
20120253985 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION AND ACCUMULATION OF SHOPPING DATA - A method for shopping cart validation automation, comprising analyzing a webpage to determine if it contains a shopping cart structure and if the user has expressed desire to initiate a checkout procedure, extracting shopping cart and other price elements from pages of a checkout tunnel, accumulating such information for the shopping transaction, validating the shopping transaction using the accumulated information, and allowing the user to confirm or cancel the transaction upon validation. Alternatively, the method may message the use that the transaction is not reconcilable where the shopping cart could not be validated. Also, the system can advantageously build a history database storing transactional details, including screen shots of pages of the checkout tunnel. | 10-04-2012 |
20130145447 | CLOUD-BASED DATA BACKUP AND SYNC WITH SECURE LOCAL STORAGE OF ACCESS KEYS - Methods and systems are provided for secure online data access. In one embodiment, three levels of security are provided where user master passwords are not required at a server. A user device may register with a storage service and receive a user device key that is stored on the device and at the service. The user device key may be used to authenticate the user device with the storage service. As data in the storage service is encrypted with a master password, the data may be protected from disclosure. As a user master key or derivative thereof is not used in authentication, the data may be protected from a disclosure or breach of the authentication credentials. Encryption and decryption may thus be performed on the user device with a user master key that may not be disclosed externally from the user device. | 06-06-2013 |
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20110056298 | FLOW AND PIPE MANAGEMENT USING VELOCITY PROFILE MEASUREMENT AND/OR PIPE WALL THICKNESS AND WEAR MONITORING - The present invention provides new techniques for non-invasive and real-time measurement of the velocity profile of slurry flow in horizontal pipes, as well as the measurement and trending of pipe wear on slurry lines. In the first case, this information can be used to determine the approach and onset of solid deposition on the bottom of the pipe. Having this information in real time can enable operation at lower velocities or higher solids concentration or both while avoiding solids deposition or plugging and their associated operational costs. In the second case, the present invention uses a permanently or semi-permanently installed ring of conformable ultrasonic transducers clamped onto the outside of the pipe. These transducers are used to measure the thickness of the pipe under their respective locations. | 03-10-2011 |
20110118998 | APPLICATIONS OF PUMP PERFORMANCE MONITORING - The present invention provides a processor or signal processing module that features one or more modules configured to receive an input signal containing information about the unsteady pressures or acoustic emissions caused by a medium flowing through a pump, and also configured to provide of an output signal containing information about the performance of the pump. The information about the performance of the pump may include information about pump performance monitoring by a slip flow measurement, about predicting impeller wear, about pump impeller cavitation monitoring, about pump monitoring through acoustic emissions, about pump leak detection, about pump efficiency monitoring and about positive displacement pump monitoring. | 05-19-2011 |
20110160893 | APPLICATIONS OF SONAR-BASED VF/GVF METERING TO INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING - The present invention provides a new and unique processor module that features one or more modules configured to respond to one or more input signals containing information about a volumetric flow of a fluid having minerals and varying amounts of entrained gas flowing in a pipe and being processed in a processing stage of a mineral extraction processing system for extracting a mineral from ore, and also configured to provide one or more output signals containing information about operations of the processing stage of the mineral extraction processing system that is not substantially affected by the varying amounts of entrained gas in the fluid flowing in the pipe. The one or more output signals may be used to control the operations of the processing stage. The one or more input signals may be based at least partly on a speed of sound measurement, including a SONAR-based entrained gas measurement to determine the amount of entrained air in conjunction with a density measurement of the fluid flowing in the pipe. | 06-30-2011 |
20120141301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING MAINTENANCE NEEDS OF A PUMP BASED AT LEAST PARTLY ON PUMP PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS - A signal processor is provided comprising one or more signal processor modules configured to: compare signaling containing information about historical data related to the performance of a pump; and provide corresponding signaling containing information about predicted maintenance needs of the pump on a real time basis based at least partly on the signaling compared containing information about the historical data related to the performance of the pump. The one or more signal processor modules may be configured to compare over time the hydraulic power generated by the pump and electric power consumed by a motor driving the pump, including tracking a ratio of hydraulic to electric power. The one or more signal processor modules may be configured to predict maintenance needs based on an algorithm that takes into account a trade-off between the cost of power consumed by a motor driving the pump and the cost associated with the pump maintenance in order to substantially minimize the total cost of operating the pump. | 06-07-2012 |
20120209550 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF INDIVIDUAL HYDROCYCLONES USING SONAR- BASED SLURRY FLOW MEASUREMENT - Apparatus, including a signal processor, featuring at least one module configured to respond to signals containing information about sound propagating through a slurry flowing in part, including overflow pipes, of cyclones operating in parallel on a cyclone battery, and determine the performance of individual cyclones based at least partly on the information contained in the signals. The signal process may form part of a non-invasive acoustic-based passive monitoring system, comprising: cyclones and sensors; where the cyclones are configured in parallel to form a cyclone battery in order to process a slurry, each cyclone having an overflow pipe for providing some portion of the slurry flowing in the cyclone battery, where each sensor is configured to mount on a respective overflow pipe of a respective cyclone, to respond to sound propagating through the slurry flowing in the respective overflow pipe of the respective cyclone, and to provide a respective signal containing information about the sound propagating through the slurry flowing in the respective overflow pipe of the respective cyclone; and where the signal processor is configured to respond to respective signals from the sensors and determine the performance of individual cyclones based at least partly on the information contained in the respective signals. | 08-16-2012 |
20140026666 | WEAR MONITORING WITH ROTATIONAL SENSOR AND SENSOR THICKNESS - Apparatus for determining a thickness of a wall of a pipe, featuring a signal processing module configured to respond to signaling containing information about traveling stress waves transmitted to and reflected back from a wall of a pipe by a sensor band that includes a series, ring or array having multiple transducers circumferentially arranged and mounted around, and attached to or clamped onto, an outside wall of the pipe; and determine a profile of a thickness of the wall of the pipe corresponding to circumferential locations of the multiple transducers based on the signaling received from the sensor band; and one or more orientation or rotation sensors, each responding to its orientation in relation to its displacement on the pipe and to provide an orientation signal containing information about the same. | 01-30-2014 |
20140026667 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE RE WEAR MONITORING - Apparatus for determining a thickness of a wall of a pipe, featuring a signal processing module configured to respond to signaling containing information about traveling stress waves transmitted to and reflected back from a wall of a pipe by a sensor band that includes a series, ring or array having multiple transducers circumferentially arranged and mounted around, and attached to or clamped onto, an outside wall of the pipe; determine a profile of a thickness of the wall of the pipe corresponding to circumferential locations of the multiple transducers based on the signaling received from the sensor band, and the provides corresponding signaling containing information about the profile of the thickness of the wall of the pipe; and another module configured to receive the corresponding signaling and provide a visual indication of either data or a graph of the thickness of the wall of the pipe. | 01-30-2014 |
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20130087544 | ARTICLE OF CLOTHING COMPRISING AN OPERATING PART - An article of clothing, comprising an operating part for manually operating a controllable device which can be connected to the article of clothing by means of at least one operating element of the operating part, wherein the operating part comprises a first molding, which is rigidly connected to the article of clothing and which comprises the at least one operating element, and a second molding, which comprises a holder for a control unit of the device and can be connected to the first molding, wherein the first molding comprises at least one first retaining element and the second molding comprises at least one second retaining element, wherein the two retaining elements can be brought in mutual engagement with each other so as to establish a detachable connection between the first molding and the second molding. | 04-11-2013 |
20130244074 | BATTERY PACK FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, IN PARTICULAR HEATING ELEMENTS - A battery pack for supplying electrical components, in particular heating elements, includes a battery unit which has at least one battery received in a first housing part and a control unit for controlling a voltage to be output or a current to be output, the control unit having an electronic part received in a second housing part. According to the invention, the first and second housing parts are connected together detachably in a retaining position prescribed by a limit stop, contacts disposed on the first housing part in the retaining position having a conductive connection to contacts disposed on the second housing part. | 09-19-2013 |