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20090020261 | MOTORCYCLE OIL COOLER - An oil cooler for a motorcycle includes a heat exchanger residing within a primary drive between an engine pulley and a clutch pulley. A fan within the primary drive pushes or pulls air through the heat exchanger. The fan may be electrically or mechanically operated and mounted to one of a base plate or a cover plate of the primary drive. Alternatively, the fan may be formed as a mechanical portion of one of the primary drive components. Vectoring blades may assist in directing an air flow within the primary drive to the heat exchanger, and vents may be formed in the cover plate for air intake and/or exhaust. | 01-22-2009 |
20090139473 | ENGINE FLUID COOLER - A fluid cooler for cooling a fluid, such as oil, associated with an engine of a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a housing for mounting to a portion of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the housing is tubular in shape. First and second vents for air flow are formed in the housing. In one embodiment, the first vent is for air intake and is located in a first end cap of the housing, while the second vent is for air exhaust, is located in a second end cap and has a cross sectional area approximately equal to a cross sectional area of the first vent. Within the housing, a fluid passageway exists for containing a flow path of the fluid associated with the engine. A fan moves air past the fluid passageway. By the design of the cooler and its mounting orientation on the vehicle, in a preferred embodiment, substantially no air passes through the housing when the fan is not operating regardless of whether the vehicle is moving. | 06-04-2009 |
20100095674 | VAPOR POWERED ENGINE/ELECTRIC GENERATOR - The present invention provides a vapor powered apparatus for generating electric power. Embodiments of the present invention include a storage tank containing a working fluid having a boiling point less than 160° F., a heating source that vaporizes at least a portion of the working fluid to provide a working pressure of the vaporized working fluid, and a pressure motor that converts the working pressure of the vaporized working fluid into mechanical motion. The vaporized working fluid exiting the pressure motor is captured, condensed and returned to the storage tank. Preferably, at least some of the components of the apparatus are hermetically sealed by an outer casing. | 04-22-2010 |
20110203862 | Fan Accessory Unit for a Motorcycle - A motorcycle fan unit or a horn and fan combination unit includes a decorative cover having a primary surface. An optional first bracket is attached to the cover, and an optional horn is attached to the first bracket. A second bracket is attached to the cover, and a fan is attached to the second bracket. The horn and fan are located behind the cover so as to be hidden from view when the cover is viewed from an angle being approximately perpendicular to the primary surface, or when the motorcycle is viewed from its lateral side. The fan may be located behind the horn in an overlapping fashion. Also, the fan may be designed to move air along a path approximately perpendicular to the primary surface of the cover and also move air along a path approximately parallel to the primary surface of the cover. | 08-25-2011 |
20120170255 | Multi-Level Thermal Air Cooled LED Light Fixture - There is provided a lighting fixture adapted to be installed on a ceiling having a predetermined plane. A light emitting diode light source is supported by the lighting fixture. At least a portion of the lighting fixture protrudes below the plane of the ceiling supported by the lighting fixture. A heat sink is attached to the back side of the LED light source. The heat sink includes a thermal chimney directing heat away from the LED light source. | 07-05-2012 |
20130027929 | Exchangeable Multi-Lensing System for Multi-Application LED Lighting - There is provided an LED light fixture including a housing adapted to be mounted a predetermined height above a surface. The housing includes at least one LED emitter situated so as to emit light toward the surface below the housing. A first lens plate is provided and is removably attached to the housing. The first lens plate has a first opening therein and a first lens having a first angle of light dispersion is received in the opening. The opening of the first lens plate is aligned with the LED emitter so that the first lens controls the footprint of the pattern of light from the LED emitter which impinges upon the surface. | 01-31-2013 |
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20080278207 | FALL TIME ACCELERATOR CIRCUIT - Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to digital signal transmissions and provide a novel and non-obvious fall time accelerator circuit for use in a USB interface. In one embodiment of the invention, the USB interface can include a USB port driver coupled to a host controller driver over a USB bus. The USB interface also can include a fall time accelerator circuit coupled to the USB bus between the USB port driver and the host controller driver. The fall time accelerator circuit can include a pulse signal generator coupled to an inbound signal path from the USB bus and arranged to generate a tunable pulse upon detecting a falling edge of a digital signal on the inbound signal path. The circuit further can include an active timer additionally coupled to the inbound signal path to hold the tunable pulse for a set period of time. Finally, the circuit can include a falling drive signal strengthener coupled to an outbound signal path from the pulse signal generator arranged to release the tunable pulse on the outbound signal path onto the USB bus. | 11-13-2008 |
20090254732 | Enabling Memory Module Slots In A Computing System After A Repair Action - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for enabling memory module slots in a computing system after a repair action, the computing system having a plurality of memory module slots and having at least one memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, that includes: determining, during a boot process for the computing system, whether any of the memory module slots are disabled; and if any of the memory module slots are disabled: retrieving, for each memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, a memory module identifier for that memory module, retrieving, from non-volatile memory of the computing system, previously stored memory module identifiers, determining whether the retrieved memory module identifiers match the previously stored memory module identifiers, and enabling the disabled memory module slots if the retrieved memory module identifiers do not match the previously stored memory module identifiers. | 10-08-2009 |
20110205769 | POWER SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TWO-STAGE POWER SUPPLIES - One embodiment of the invention provides a method for optimizing the power consumption in a redundant power system. A pulse width modulation waveform is generated in each of a first and second power supply to control the power output of each power supply. In response to the system load reaching a power setpoint, the first and second power supplies supply power to the system load in parallel. In response to the system load being below the power setpoint, the pulse width modulation waveform is disabled or blocked in the second power supply, and the system load is powered substantially entirely with the first power supply. | 08-25-2011 |
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20090293148 | Improved Methods Controlling Gene Expression - The present invention is in the field of genetics, especially plant genetics, and provides agents capable of controlling gene expression. The present invention specifically provides sequences of naturally occurring, tissue-specifically expressed microRNAs. The invention further provides for transgenic expression constructs comprising sequences encoding said microRNAs. By incorporation of the microRNA encoding sequence the expression from said expression construct is specifically silenced in the tissue where the naturally occurring microRNA is naturally expressed. Thereby the expression profile resulting from the promoter is modulated and leakiness is reduced. The invention further provides for a method for modulating transgenic expression by incorporating sequences encoding said microRNAs into transgenic expression constructs. The compositions and methods of the invention can be used to enhance performance of agricultural relevant crops and for therapy, prophylaxis, research and diagnostics in diseases and disorders, which afflict mammalian species. | 11-26-2009 |
20100192237 | Methods for Controlling Gene Expression Using Ta-Sira - The present invention is in the field of genetics, especially plant genetics, and provides agents capable of controlling gene expression. More specifically the inventions relates to methods for engineering ta-siRNA primary transcripts in order to target gene-of-interest (GOI) and control their expression. The invention further provides for a method for modulating transgenic expression by said engineered ta-siRNAs. | 07-29-2010 |
20110047645 | Compositions and Methods of Using RNA Interference for Control of Nematodes - The present invention provides double stranded RNA compositions and transgenic plants capable of inhibiting expression of essential genes in parasitic nematodes, and methods associated therewith. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of RNA interference to inhibit expression of a target essential nematode gene, which is a nematode innexin-like, pas-1, tep-1, snurportin-1 like, pol delta S, prs-4, rtp-1 or rpn-5 gene, and relates to the generation of plants that have increased resistance to parasitic nematodes, | 02-24-2011 |
20130031665 | ENHANCED METHODS FOR GENE REGULATION IN PLANTS - The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology and provides methods for regulating target gene expression in plants by suppression of the activity of endogenous small regulating RNAs targeting said target gene. | 01-31-2013 |
20130236954 | Method for Isolation of Transcription Termination Sequences - The invention relates to efficient, high-throughput methods, systems, and DNA constructs for identification and isolation of transcription termination sequences. The invention relates further to specific terminator sequences identified by said methods isolated from rice. | 09-12-2013 |
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20090080185 | LED multi-chip lighting units and related methods - Light emitting device multi-chip lighting units and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, a white LED chip, a red LED chip, a blue LED chip, and a green LED chip are operably configured to a semiconductor substrate positioned within a lighting unit housing. The lighting unit can therefore provide a white light beam, a red light beam, a green light beam, and a blue light beam. The LED chips can be configured on the substrate such that the emitted light beams can overlap. Thus, in addition to the white LED chip providing a white light beam, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip, and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously with the white LED chip to combine and emit a more powerful and intense white light beam. Additionally, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously to emit an intermediary intensity white light beam from the lighting unit. | 03-26-2009 |
20110006317 | SINGLE MULTI-CHIP LAMP SOURCES AND RELATED METHODS - Multi-chip sources and related methods are disclosed. A single multi-chip lamp source can include a substrate and at least three light emitting diode (LED) chips operably configured to the substrate to form a single LED package. The LED chips can include at least three different colored LED chips. The LED chips can be configured to be actuatable either individually or together to provide selectable colored light beams. The LED chips can be positioned on the substrate such that an emitted light beam remains concentric without shifting regardless of the chip or chips emitting the light beam. | 01-13-2011 |