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20080275457 | ORTHOPEDIC TOOL FOR ALTERING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENTS - An orthopedic tool for loosening the connection between orthopedic components. In one embodiment, the orthopedic tool includes a housing and a wedge. The housing has a head, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an opening between the upper and lower portions. The wedge is positioned at least partially between the upper portion and the lower portion of the housing and is actuatable to move toward the head of the housing. When at least a portion of the head of the housing is placed in mating engagement with the junction between two assembled orthopedic components, advancement of the wedge towards the head results in separation of the upper portion and lower portion of the housing. Thus, as the wedge is advanced toward the head, the upper and lower portions of the housing are separated, which results in corresponding separation of the assembled orthopedic components. | 11-06-2008 |
20130289634 | ORTHOPEDIC TOOL FOR ALTERING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENTS - An orthopedic tool for loosening the connection between orthopedic components. In one embodiment, the orthopedic tool includes a housing and a wedge. The housing has a head, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an opening between the upper and lower portions. The wedge is positioned at least partially between the upper portion and the lower portion of the housing and is actuatable to move toward the head of the housing. When at least a portion of the head of the housing is placed in mating engagement with the junction between two assembled orthopedic components, advancement of the wedge towards the head results in separation of the upper portion and lower portion of the housing. Thus, as the wedge is advanced toward the head, the upper and lower portions of the housing are separated, which results in corresponding separation of the assembled orthopedic components. | 10-31-2013 |
20150230940 | ORTHOPEDIC TOOL FOR ALTERING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENTS - An orthopedic tool for loosening the connection between orthopedic components. In one embodiment, the orthopedic tool includes a housing and a wedge. The housing has a head, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an opening between the upper and lower portions. The wedge is positioned at least partially between the upper portion and the lower portion of the housing and is actuatable to move toward the head of the housing. When at least a portion of the head of the housing is placed in mating engagement with the junction between two assembled orthopedic components, advancement of the wedge towards the head results in separation of the upper portion and lower portion of the housing. Thus, as the wedge is advanced toward the head, the upper and lower portions of the housing are separated, which results in corresponding separation of the assembled orthopedic components. | 08-20-2015 |
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20080228697 | View maintenance rules for an update pipeline of an object-relational mapping (ORM) platform - A database update pipeline may be incorporated into a data access architecture for providing data services to applications, thereby bridging the gap between application data and data as persisted in databases. The update pipeline has the ability to translate changes made to object instances into data store change constructs, and carry those changes over to a data store. Such a pipeline can also advantageously perform the reverse operation, allowing applications to query using the database update pipeline, and receive materialized object instances. | 09-18-2008 |
20080263063 | TRANSLATING LATE BOUND LINQ EXPRESSIONS INTO DATABASE QUERIES - There is alteration of a late-bound expression produced by a compiler into an early-bound structure. Alteration of the late-bound expression can occur at runtime and a visitor pattern can be used to create the alteration. In one instance, a conversion from late-bound to early-bound takes place through replacing a late-bound property with a statically typed call. The early-bound structure can translate into an expression tree to enable an implementation of a store specific query operated upon storage. | 10-23-2008 |
20090055364 | DECLARATIVE VIEWS FOR MAPPING - The claimed subject matter provides systems and methods that effectuates and facilitates the generation of bidirectional views. The disclosed system can include components that transform queries and mappings into an internal representation that can be compiled into a bidirectional view. The bidirectional view can thereafter be employed to actuate query and update processing in a relational database management system. | 02-26-2009 |
20090248649 | EFFICIENT FUNCTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF RESULT SHAPING - A result shaping methodology is part of a bridge (translation layer) between an entity provider and an underlying store provider. The bridge accepts command trees and parameter values from a consumer (e.g., the entity provider), reshapes the trees as necessary for its underlying store provider to execute, executes resulting commands, and assembles the results from the commands into the nested data reader that the initial command tree requested. The result assembly advantageously takes a mapping declaration and compiles it into a set of expression definitions composed from a small number of simple functions. Each collection in the result has a corresponding expression describing how collection elements are realized given relational results. Other expressions describe boundary detection behavior. These expressions are compiled into functions used to shape relational data into arbitrary object graphs or streaming interfaces. Alternative versions of the expressions for performance or graceful contextual error handling are also compiled. | 10-01-2009 |
20100228761 | MAPPING FROM OBJECTS TO DATA MODEL - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to mapping from application objects to an abstract data model. In aspects, a mapper receives registrations that indicate behavior (e.g., how objects are constructed, modified, or examined) of application objects. The behavior may be specified using user-supplied expressions. The mapper aggregates this data and uses it to map application requests for data access into one or more operations that operate on the abstract data model. A data access layer may then translate the operations into actions to access data corresponding to the requests from a store. If appropriate, data obtained from the store may then be inserted into application objects as indicated by the registrations. | 09-09-2010 |
20120158764 | MAPPING FROM OBJECTS TO DATA MODEL - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to mapping from application objects to an abstract data model. In aspects, a mapper receives registrations that indicate behavior (e.g., how objects are constructed, modified, or examined) of application objects. The behavior may be specified using user-supplied expressions. The mapper aggregates this data and uses it to map application requests for data access into one or more operations that operate on the abstract data model. A data access layer may then translate the operations into actions to access data corresponding to the requests from a store. If appropriate, data obtained from the store may then be inserted into application objects as indicated by the registrations. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090087147 | Strain-relief assemblies and methods for a field-installable fiber optic connector - A strain-relief assembly for a field-installable fiber optic connector is disclosed, wherein the assembly includes a ferrule holder, an intermediate sleeve, and a crimp sleeve. The ferrule holder back section holds a buffered section of a fiber optic cable, while the ferrule holder front end holds a ferrule and a splice assembly. A stub fiber is held within the ferrule and the splice assembly so as to interface with a section of field optical fiber protruding from the buffered section. The intermediate sleeve engages and generally surrounds a portion of the ferrule holder back section and thus surrounds a portion of the buffered layer. An intermediate sleeve handler may be used to handle the intermediate sleeve and attached the intermediate sleeve to the ferrule holder back section. Stress-relief strands from the fiber optic cable are flared around the outer surface of the intermediate sleeve. A crimp sleeve is placed over the intermediate sleeve to hold the ends of the stress-relief strands in place. The crimp sleeve is then crimped, which fixes the strand ends in place and also fixes the intermediate sleeve in place on the ferrule back section. | 04-02-2009 |
20100142905 | INSTALLATION TOOL WITH INTEGRATED VISUAL FAULT INDICATOR FOR FIELD-INSTALLABLE MECHANICAL SPLICE CONNECTOR - A mechanical splice fiber optic connector installation tool operable for performing splice terminations and verifying an acceptable splice termination includes a power source, a connector holder, an integrated Visual Fault Locater having an optical transmission element and a display for displaying the status of the termination. An adapter configured to receive the connector and align the connector with the optical transmission element, such that the optical transmission element is spaced apart from the connector at a predetermined distance and is in optical communication with the connector for propagating light energy through the adapter and along the stub optical fiber to a termination area of the connector. | 06-10-2010 |
20110052123 | STRAIN-RELIEF ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR A FIELD-INSTALLABLE FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - A strain-relief assembly for a field-installable fiber optic connector is disclosed, wherein the assembly includes a ferrule holder, an intermediate sleeve, and a crimp sleeve. The ferrule holder back section holds a buffered section of a fiber optic cable, while the ferrule holder front end holds a ferrule and a splice assembly. A stub fiber is held within the ferrule and the splice assembly so as to interface with a section of field optical fiber protruding from the buffered section. The intermediate sleeve engages and generally surrounds a portion of the ferrule holder back section and thus surrounds a portion of the buffered layer. An intermediate sleeve handler may be used to handle the intermediate sleeve and attached the intermediate sleeve to the ferrule holder back section. Stress-relief strands from the fiber optic cable are flared around the outer surface of the intermediate sleeve. A crimp sleeve is placed over the intermediate sleeve to hold the ends of the stress-relief strands in place. The crimp sleeve is then crimped, which fixes the strand ends in place and also fixes the intermediate sleeve in place on the ferrule back section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110247200 | FIBER HANDLER HAVING MULTIPLE SIDES - A fiber handler for handling a plurality of different fiber optic cable constructions is disclosed. Generally, the fiber handler comprises a first face that accepts a fiber optic cable of a first construction and a second face that accepts a fiber optic cable of a second construction. An alternate embodiment is disclosed that can accommodate up to four different fiber optic cable constructions. The fiber handler may interface with a fiber optic installation tool such as a fiber cleaving tool or a fiber splicing tool where it functions to align an optical fiber of the cable with functional components of the tool to be cleaved, fused, or the like. | 10-13-2011 |
20110247473 | FIBER DEVICES WITH DISPLACEABLE FIBER GUIDE - A fiber cleaver having a displaceable fiber guide for aligning and guiding an optical fiber is disclosed. Generally, the fiber cleaver comprises a pair of clamps that may articulate between a retracted position and a clamping position. A displaceable fiber guide directs the optical fiber as it travels along an internal path of the fiber cleaver. The fiber guide translates between a loading position and a clamping position. When the clamps are securing the optical fiber to the internal path, a linear actuator may be depressed in order to translate the fiber guide and ultimately direct the optical fiber toward a scoring blade to cleave the fiber. The fiber guide is sized and shaped such that a predetermined length of optical fiber will remain after cleaving. | 10-13-2011 |
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20100124394 | PROCESS FOR CONNECTING FIBERS AND CONNECTED OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A process for connecting optical transmission media such as fibers and connected assembly made by using the process. The invention features the use of an intermediate index-matching material between the connecting end faces and a lubricant during the connecting process. The resultant assembly exhibits lower insertion loss and reflectance loss, as well as lower loss variation compared to connection using the intermediate, index-matching material only. | 05-20-2010 |
20130265794 | OPTICAL FIBER INSTALLATION TOOL HAVING A PASSIVE ILLUMINATION FEATURE - Disclosed is a passive illumination apparatus for improving the visibility of an optical fiber by projecting reflected light to passively illuminate an optical fiber for allowing the user improved visibility for inserting the optical fiber into an orifice. One embodiment of the concept uses a passive illumination apparatus having a pattern of one or more colors for reflectively transmitting chromatic light along with an optional contrast surface such as a gray or black stripe for providing a highly contrasting background for the user to view the optical fiber against. The ambient light is transmitted or directed from a reflective surface such as a concave curved region for passively illuminating the optical fiber. The passive illumination apparatus may be used on any suitable device such as a connector installation tool, a splicer, a stripper for an optical fiber coating or a cleaver as desired. | 10-10-2013 |
20150116699 | REMOVABLE DEVICE FOR INSPECTING POLISH OF AN OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE USING A PORTABLE CAMERA, AND RELATED COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A fiber inspection device is configured to be removably attached to a portable camera, such as a smartphone or other mobile computing device. The device may be arranged to have a slim form factor that complements the form factor of the smartphone or other device. The device may be configured to inspect a polish and/or cleave of the optical fiber. By leveraging the built in camera, computing power and user interface of a smartphone or other mobile computing device, a fiber inspection device can be inexpensively produced for inspecting a polish of an optical fiber endface using mass market camera hardware and software, without the need to develop dedicated electronics hardware or embedded software. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116700 | DEVICE FOR INSPECTING A CLEAVE OF AN OPTICAL FIBER ENDFACE, AND RELATED COMPONENTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fiber inspection device is configured to inspect a cleave of an optical fiber endface. The device may also be configured to inspect a polish of the optical fiber using the same imaging hardware and/or software. Just as it is important to attain a smooth uniform polish of the optical fiber endface, it is equally important that the initial cleave generate a flat and uniform surface. If an adequate cleave is not attained, signal attenuation may occur, even if the polish of the endface is of otherwise high quality. Thus, by enabling cleave inspection both in the field and lab settings, overall quality control can be increased. | 04-30-2015 |
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20140358806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGISTRATION AND SHARING OF TOYS AND APPAREL TO CREATE LINKS IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate relating users in an online social network. In one embodiment, the system can receive a first registration code of a first physical toy via a first scanning device and modify a first user account to include the first registration code. The system can also receive a second registration code of a second physical toy via a second scanning device and modify a second user account to include the second registration code. Responsive to the system then receiving the second registration code via the first scanning device, and receiving the first registration code via the second scanning device, the system can compare the first user account with the second user account. Based on the comparison, the system can identify a transaction between the first and second user accounts to generate a link in the social network between the first and second user accounts. | 12-04-2014 |
20150026156 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING THE RETAIL SHOPPING EXPERIENCE ONLINE - Systems and methods of the present disclosure can facilitate selecting a search result. In some embodiments, the system includes a server. The server can be configured to access a data structure, storing product descriptions describing products in a retail store. The server can be configured to store an image including visual representations of the products. The server can be configured to associate image segments with the product descriptions, the segments including the visual representations. The server can be configured to associate classifications with the product descriptions. The server can be configured to display, responsive to input from a user, the image. The server can be configured to select, responsive to input from the user, the search result from the product descriptions. The server can be configured to order the search result, based on the classifications and the image segments associated with the product descriptions selected by the search result. | 01-22-2015 |
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20120125931 | LIDS AND CONTAINERS - One aspect of the invention provides a lid comprising: a base defining a first orifice; and a sealing member rotatably coupled to the base, the sealing member configured to seal the first orifice when placed in a sealing position. The base and the sealing member include one or more detents configured to releasably hold the sealing member in the sealing position. Still another aspect of the invention provides a container including a mug and a lid configured for releasable coupling with the mug. The lid includes a base defining a first orifice and a sealing member rotatably coupled to the base. The sealing member is configured to seal the first orifice when placed in a sealing position. The base and the sealing member include one or more detents configured to releasably hold the sealing member in the sealing position. | 05-24-2012 |
20120285961 | LIDS AND CONTAINERS - One aspect of the invention provides a lid comprising: a base defining a first orifice; and a sealing member rotatably coupled to the base, the sealing member configured to seal the first orifice when placed in a sealing position. The base and the sealing member include one or more detents configured to releasably hold the sealing member in the sealing position. Still another aspect of the invention provides a container including a mug and a lid configured for releasable coupling with the mug. The lid includes a base defining a first orifice and a sealing member rotatably coupled to the base. The sealing member is configured to seal the first orifice when placed in a sealing position. The base and the sealing member include one or more detents configured to releasably hold the sealing member in the sealing position. | 11-15-2012 |
20130056498 | DISPENSER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A BOTTLE AND ADAPTED FOR USE WITH THICK CONSUMABLE FLUID HAVING SOLID INGREDIENTS THEREIN - A dispenser adapted for use with thick salad dressing or other consumable fluid which may have large solid ingredients therein. | 03-07-2013 |
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20080223570 | Wellhead isolation tool and wellhead assembly incorporating the same - A wellhead assembly is provided including a casing and a tubular member mounted over the casing. A flange extends from the tubular member. A generally elongated annular member is provided in the tubular member. The generally elongated annular member has a first end portion above the tubular member and second end portion below the first end portion. A hanger may be suspended within the tubular member. In such case, a seal may be formed between the elongate annular member and the hanger. | 09-18-2008 |
20100193178 | WELLHEAD ISOLATION TOOL AND WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING THE SAME - A wellhead assembly is provided including a casing and a tubular member mounted over the casing. A flange extends from the tubular member. A generally elongated annular member is provided in the tubular member. The generally elongated annular member has a first end portion above the tubular member and second end portion below the first end portion. A hanger may be suspended within the tubular member. In such case, a seal may be formed between the elongate annular member and the hanger. | 08-05-2010 |
20120227956 | WELLHEAD ISOLATION TOOL AND WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING THE SAME - A wellhead assembly is provided including a casing and a tubular member mounted over the casing. A flange extends from the tubular member. A generally elongated annular member is provided in the tubular member. The generally elongated annular member has a first end portion above the tubular member and second end portion below the first end portion. A hanger may be suspended within the tubular member. In such case, a seal may be formed between the elongate annular member and the hanger. | 09-13-2012 |
20120291877 | GATE VALVE - A gate valve including a valve body having a bore there-through, a gate moveable through the bore for blocking and unblocking flow through the bore, a moveable stem coupled to the gate for moving the gate between a first position blocking flow through the bore and a second position not blocking flow through the bore, and a scraper for scraping at least a portion of an outer surface of the stem when the stem is moving for moving the gate. | 11-22-2012 |
20120292550 | VALVE SEAT AND VALVE - A valve including a valve seat having an annular body having a first annular end opposite a second end and an annular groove formed on the first annular end. At least one sealing member is within the groove, and at least a seat face insert is fitted to the sealing member for interfacing with a valve obturator and with the sealing member. | 11-22-2012 |
20130068447 | WELLHEAD ISOLATION TOOL AND WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING THE SAME - A wellhead assembly is provided including a casing and a tubular member mounted over the casing. A flange extends from the tubular member. A generally elongated annular member is provided in the tubular member. The generally elongated annular member has a first end portion above the tubular member and second end portion below the first end portion. A hanger may be suspended within the tubular member. In such case, a seal may be formed between the elongate annular member and the hanger. | 03-21-2013 |
20150267480 | RATCHET ASSEMBLY - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a ratchet assembly having a ratchet nut, a shaft at least partially disposed within the ratchet nut and a first and second pawl disposed within the ratchet nut and supported by the shaft. The first and second pawls are movable along a common central axis. The assembly further includes a biasing mechanism, the biasing mechanism biasing the first and second pawls in an engaged position to maintain contact with the ratchet nut to prevent relative rotation between the shaft and the ratchet nut. The assembly also includes an alignment pin extending at least partially within the first and second pawls to maintain alignment and to facilitate movement of the pawls along the common central axis. | 09-24-2015 |
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20130082153 | Docking Station - A hydraulically-operated implement has a hydraulic system with a hose and a coupler connecting the hose to a mating port on a tractor. A docking station is mounted on the implement receives the coupler on the free end of the hose when disconnected from the tractor. The docking station includes a station body having a coupler receiving portion and a leakage collection portion. The coupler receiving portion has a primary side with at least one circular bore and the leakage collection portion contains a drain opening. A retention device positioned on the inner periphery of each of the circular bores receives the coupler. The drain opening is sealed with a drain plug and the docking station has an inside bulkhead parallel with the primary side of the station body. The bulkhead has a circular hole formed therein aligned with the at least one cylindrical bore in the primary side. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091707 | Method for Making a Tube Joint in an Agricultural Implement Frame - An agricultural implement frame having at least one beam welded to additional components is formed by cutting the beam into a first tube member and a second tube member having an overlaying portion formed by overlaying ends of the first and second tube members. Each overlaying end has an overlaying wall and a base wall connected by opposing interface side walls. The laser cut forms interface surfaces in the interface side walls. The cut forms a plurality of interlocking load transfer teeth in the interface surfaces. Micro tabs are left uncut in the interface side walls to keep the first and second tube members aligned. The beam is then welded to other components of the implement frame. The micro tabs are broken to separate the first and second tube members so the frame may be folded. When joined, the interface surfaces contact and the interlocking load transfer teeth mesh. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092407 | Tube Joint in Implement Frame - An agricultural implement frame has a beam with a pair of tube members joined by a tube joint. The tube joint has an overlaying portion formed by overlaying ends of the first and second tube members, each overlaying end having an overlaying wall and a base wall connected by opposing side walls. The side walls have interface surfaces extending from a lip at one end of the overlaying wall to a foot in the base wall such that when the tube members are joined together, the interface surfaces contact and the lip of the first tube member abuts the foot of the second tube member and the lip of the second tube member abuts the foot of the first tube member. A fastener clamps together the overlaying ends of the tube members and interlocking load transfer teeth in the interface surfaces transfer load between the tube members. | 04-18-2013 |
20130192855 | Interlocking Basket for Strip Tillage Machine - A strip tillage implement for movement over a crop berm has a frame configured to carry a coulter, a row cleaner, a shank and closing discs. The implement includes a basket assembly located behind the closing discs having a downwardly and rearwardly directed basket drawbar that forks into left and right support arms. The basket assembly includes a left basket half section rotatably attached to the left support arm and a right basket half section rotatably attached to the right support arm of the basket drawbar in cantilever fashion. Each of the basket half sections includes a support plate and a plurality of clod-breaking tines spaced about the periphery of the plate. Each plate is substantially perpendicular to the axis of its respective support arms such that the two plates form an upwardly diverging angle with the drawbar acting between the basket half sections to clean residue collected between the half sections. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090276239 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 11-05-2009 |
20120173274 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 07-05-2012 |
20140108039 | VALIDATED HOSPITAL CLEANING AND SANITATION PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 04-17-2014 |