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20110031425 | MOTOR OPERATED BUTTERFLY VALVE - A system for operating a valve including a motor shaft driven by a motor, a cam, a non-contact sensor, and a butterfly valve plate mounted on a butterfly valve shaft. The cam has an exterior profile and is mounted to the motor shaft. The non-contact sensor is proximate to the cam's exterior profile. The butterfly shaft is coupled to the motor shaft. A selected position of the butterfly valve plate may be set by activating the motor to a position determined by sensing the cam profile by the non-contact sensor. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031426 | ENGINE CONTROL VALVE SYSTEM WITH MOTOR - A system for operating a valve comprising a motor shaft driven by a motor; a first cam with a profile mounted to the motor shaft, a second cam with a profile mounted to the motor shaft; a non-contact sensor proximate to the first cam; and a valve actuator. The valve actuator follows the profile of the second cam. A selected position of the valve actuator may be set by activating the motor to a position determined by sensing the first cam profile by the non-contact sensor. | 02-10-2011 |
20110043308 | INTEGRATED SENSOR FOR POSITION CONTOL - An actuator control system including a servo-actuator comprising: at least one coil; a solenoid core within the at least one coil; a rod within the solenoid core having a first end, a second end, and a length extending between the first end and the second end, the first end coupled to a sensing core pin having a profile; a moveable member coupled to the second end of the rod; a moveable armature within the solenoid core surrounding a portion of the length of the rod and biased by a spring; and a noncontact sensor integral with servo-actuator and aligned with the first end of the rod coupled to the sensing core pin. A selected position of the servo-valve actuator may be set by the ECU by sensing the position of the sensing core pin using the non-contact sensor. | 02-24-2011 |
20110168271 | Adjustable Doser Valve - A doser valve with a seat comprising at least one axially located slot from an outer surface of the seat and at least one radial/tangential extending passage in fluid communication with the at least one axially located slot and an exit passage out of the seat. | 07-14-2011 |
20120312402 | Selector Valve For An Internal Combustion Engine - A selector valve for independently controlling fluid between a first passage, a second passage, and a common passage, comprising: a valve housing comprising an inner chamber in communication with the outlet, having a first valve seat in communication with the first inlet and a second valve seat in communication with the second inlet, a shaft slidably extending through the housing between the first and second valve seats; first and second valve poppets slidably mounted upon the shaft within the inner chamber, each having valve faces for seating against the first and second valve seats; and a spring coaxially located around the shaft between the first and second valve poppets, pushing against the inner surfaces of the first and second valve poppets, biasing the first valve poppet and the second valve poppet away from each other and toward the first valve seat and the second valve seat. | 12-13-2012 |
20130312836 | Adjustable Doser Valve - A doser valve with a seat comprising at least one axially located slot from an outer surface of the seat and at least one radial/tangential extending passage in fluid communication with the at least one axially located slot and an exit passage out of the seat. | 11-28-2013 |
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20150048098 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING AND PRESSURIZER SYSTEM - An apparatus comprises an inflatable object adapted to be inserted into a beverage container, and a mechanism adapted to inject air into the inflatable object in response to a decrease in pressure within the beverage container. The beverage container may hold a carbonated beverage, for example. In one embodiment, the mechanism is adapted to maintain an equilibrium between a first partial pressure within the carbonated beverage and a second partial pressure of an air pocket within the beverage container. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a cap adapted to fit onto the beverage container, wherein the inflatable object is coupled to the cap. The cap may comprise a tube connecting the cap and the inflatable object, wherein the tube comprises a channel adapted to transmit air to the inflatable object. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048117 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING AND PRESSURIZER SYSTEM - An apparatus comprises an inflatable object adapted to be inserted into a beverage container, and a mechanism adapted to inject air into the inflatable object in response to a decrease in pressure within the beverage container. The beverage container may hold a carbonated beverage, for example. In one embodiment, the mechanism is adapted to maintain an equilibrium between a first partial pressure within the carbonated beverage and a second partial pressure of an air pocket within the beverage container. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a cap adapted to fit onto the beverage container, wherein the inflatable object is coupled to the cap. The cap may comprise a tube connecting the cap and the inflatable object, wherein the tube comprises a channel adapted to transmit air to the inflatable object. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090154602 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD WITH REDUCED FALSE DETECTS DURING START OF MESSAGE BIT CORRELATION - A communications device includes a signal input for receiving signals such as a binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) communications signal having a repeated preamble bit or symbol pattern. A modem processes the communications signal and includes a demodulator and processor that generates an initial frequency offset estimate and phase error estimate by processing a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) that detects the repeated preamble pattern for a block of samples within the communications signal, correlates within a start of message correlator to search for a start of message sequence and correlates different phases of the repeated preamble pattern within training correlators for reducing false detections of the start of message. Radio circuitry is operative with the modem for processing communications data obtained from the communications signal. | 06-18-2009 |
20090207944 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD THAT DETECTS SYMBOL TIMING - A communications device includes a signal input for receiving signals such as a binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) communications signal having a repeated preamble bit or symbol pattern. A modem processes the communications signal and includes a demodulator and processor that generates an initial frequency offset estimate and phase error estimate by processing such as with a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), that detects the repeated preamble pattern for a block of samples within the communications signal, correlates two halves of the block of samples with a plurality of different shifted sequences and determines a maximum correlation value for the shifted sequence that provides the maximum correlation value to establish a symbol timing estimate based on the known timing alignment of this shifted sequence. Radio circuitry is operative with the modem for processing communications data obtained from the communications signal. | 08-20-2009 |
20100067619 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING MEASURED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO TO ADJUST PHASE AND FREQUENCY TRACKING - A communications device includes a phase and frequency tracking loop having a signal input and adjustable loop filter that establishes a predetermined tracking loop bandwidth for samples of communication signals received at the signal input and processed within the tracking loop. A tracking loop update circuit updates the loop filter operating parameters. It is operative with the loop filter for increasing or decreasing the tracking loop bandwidth of the phase and frequency tracking loop based on the measured signal-to-noise ratio in the received samples of communication signals at the signal output by the tracking loop and on the known or measured apriori tracking capabilities of demodulator based on the symbol rate of communication signal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067634 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING MEASURED FREQUENCY OFFSET OVER TIME TO ADJUST PHASE AND FREQUENCY TRACKING - The communications device includes a phase and frequency tracking loop having a signal input and an adjustable loop filter that establishes a predetermined tracking loop bandwidth for samples of communication signals received at the signal input and processed within the tracking loop. A tracking loop update circuit updates loop filter operating parameters and is operative with the loop filter for increasing or decreasing the tracking loop bandwidth of the phase and frequency tracking loop based on the dynamics of the frequency offset of measured samples from the output of the loop filter over time. | 03-18-2010 |
20140153617 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD THAT DETECTS RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) INTERFERER ON A COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL - A communications device includes a demodulator configured to demodulate a received communications signal into complex time domain samples. A processor is coupled to the demodulator and configured to determine the variance over time domain magnitude samples, perform a complex Fast Fourier Transform (cFFT) on the complex time domain samples as magnitude and phase to obtain frequency domain samples and determine the variance over the frequency domain samples. A comparator compares a variance ratio of the time domain magnitude samples and the frequency domain samples with a threshold to determine if a RF interferer is present, indicative that the communications channel is busy. | 06-05-2014 |