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| 20130074473 | TRIGGER ACTIVATED ADJUSTABLE PULSE WIDTH GENERATOR CIRCUIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT AND INJECTION - A method adjusts a pulse width of a signal. The method provides a fixed voltage input trigger pulse ( | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140182272 | USING RESISTANCE EQUIVALENT TO ESTIMATE HEATER TEMPERATURE OF AN EXHAUST GAS AFTER-TREATMENT COMPONENT - A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of an electronic catalyst or exhaust after-treatment component, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for facilitation of an exhaust after-treatment process. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140182366 | USING RESISTANCE EQUIVALENT TO ESTIMATE TEMPERATURE OF A FUEL-INJECTOR HEATER - A temperature of a heated component is determined for control and monitoring. The heater driver, upon receipt of a turn-on signal, generates a current within a component of a heated fuel injector, wherein the current through the component generates an appropriate loss to generate heat for a variable spray fuel injection system. The heater driver regulates the energy to the heated component based on the electrical resistance of that component as a function of temperature and a predetermined reference value for that temperature. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140373508 | REDUCTANT DELIVERY UNIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION WITH THERMALLY OPTIMIZED PEAK-AND-HOLD ACTUATION BASED ON AN INJECTOR OPEN EVENT - A trigger circuit is provided for a peak and hold driver circuit for a reductant delivery unit (RDU) having a solenoid-operated injector for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment for vehicles. The peak and hold driver circuit is constructed and arranged to actuate the injector in a rise-to-peak current phase followed by a low current hold phase. The trigger circuit includes an injector open detection circuit constructed and arranged, based on a detected opening event of the injector, to trigger a transition from the rise-to-peak phase to the subsequent hold phase of the injector. | 12-25-2014 |
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| 20130319004 | SHIELD SLOT ON SIDE OF LOAD SLOT IN GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR - A rotor body rotates about an axis of rotation. A ledge provides a holding structure for holding blades. A plurality of blades are positioned beneath the ledge. load slot is sized to allow a mount portion of the blades to be moved radially inwardly of the ledge. The blades are moved circumferentially to have the mounted structure radially inwardly of the ledge. A lock slot is positioned on one circumferential side of the load slot. The lock slot is formed to receive a lock, and the lock is partially received within a portion of at least one of the blades, to lock the blades within the rotor, and a shield slot on a second circumferential side of the load slot. The shield slot is sized to be different from the lock slot such that a lock cannot be inadvertently positioned within the shield slot. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140070794 | SENSOR AND TOOTH ARRANGEMENT FOR SHAFT SPEED DETECTION - A non-ferrous shaft includes multiple non-integral ferrous tooth components, thereby allowing a sensor to detect the shaft speed. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20150292336 | Root Lightening Holes with Slot - An airfoil includes a dovetail root having a base. A grooved slot is disposed in the base and a plurality of root lightening cavities is disposed in the grooved slot. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150361798 | FAN BLADE INCLUDING EXTERNAL CAVITIES - A blade of a gas turbine engine includes a blade portion. The blade portion includes a first portion located radially outwardly that is located in a flow path and a second portion located radially inwardly of the first portion that is not located in the flow path. A plurality of external cavities is in the second portion of the blade portion. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150377031 | COVERS FOR CAVITIES IN AIRCRAFT FAN BLADES - Hollow fan blades for gas turbine engines are disclosed. The hollow fan blades include a body having a convex side and a concave side wherein the convex side has a cavity formed therein. The cavity is covered by two covers including an inner cover that may be adhered to the body of the fan blade assembly and an outer cover that may be adhered to the inner cover and/or the body of the fan blade assembly. The covers may be made of titanium, more than two covers may be employed and more than one cavity may be employed. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160040541 | LIGHTWEIGHT BLADE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A blade for use in a gas turbine engine has an airfoil and a dovetail. The airfoil extends radially outwardly of the dovetail. An inner surface of the dovetail includes a slot extending along a length of the dovetail between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A rotor and a gas turbine engine are also disclose | 02-11-2016 |
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| 20120017112 | System and method for provisioning and running a cross-cloud test grid - An automated method for provisioning a grid used to run a load test on a target website includes sending one or more requests in a multi-threaded manner to at least one cloud provider, the one or more requests for an allocation of N load server instances and M result server instances which comprise the grid. Requests received back from the cloud provider are also handled in a multi-threaded manner; any errors occurring during the allocation being corrected automatically. The N load server instances and the M result server instances are then verified to be operational and correctly running software deployed to provide defined test services. Errors identified during the verification are automatically corrected either by attempting to restart a failed instance or allocating a different instance. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120017165 | Apparatus and method for combining / correlating data sets - A processor-implemented method includes providing an analytic dashboard with a graphical user interface (GUI) that outputs aggregated results streaming in real-time of a load test performed on a target website. Responsive to input of a user on the GUI, the input comprising selection of a source chart and a target chart, a single chart is automatically generated that represents either a combination or a statistical correlation of the source and target charts. The single chart has a left y-axis and an x-axis. The combination or the statistical correlation of the single chart changing in real-time as the load test progresses. A visual representation of the single chart is then produced on the analytic dashboard. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20130097307 | Session template packages for automated load testing - A computer-implemented method includes scanning a clip of messages that includes message requests and message responses arranged in a sequence. The scanning is performed based on one or more search parameters and produces a list of one or more name/value pairs. The clip is utilized to perform a load test on a target website. Each name/value pair has a corresponding value. For each name/value pair in the list a message request in the clip is identified where the corresponding value is first used. Then, looking backwards in the sequence from the message request where the corresponding value is first used, prior message responses are located where the corresponding value is found. An extraction point is specified in the clip for the corresponding value as a latest message response in the sequence where the corresponding value was returned from the target website. The corresponding value is then stored as a property. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130111257 | System and Method for Provisioning and Running a Cross-Cloud Test Grid | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140033055 | Animated Globe Showing Real-Time Web User Performance Measurements - A method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a view of the globe as from outer space. The view including a geographic distribution of beacons having one or more visual attributes. Each beacon corresponds to one or more real users who are accessing a website, web application or mobile app from a geographic location. The visual attributes include an indicator of a performance metric representative of an experience of the one or more real users of the website, web application, or mobile app. Each beacon is generated in real-time from aggregated data obtained in real-time from one or more corresponding real user sessions on the website, web application or mobile app. The beacons are periodically refreshed with the visual attributes changing in response to measured changes in the geographic distribution, a total number of real users at the location, or the performance indicator at the location. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20150067527 | Cloud-Based Custom Metric/Timer Definitions and Real-Time Analytics of Mobile Applications - A method for real-time capture of analytics from real users of a native mobile application (app) includes storing a custom metric/timer definition for a native mobile application (app) in a configuration file on a server. The custom metric/timer definition includes one or more identifiers of an element or object of the native mobile app selected by touch gesture input via a user interface on a mobile device running the native mobile app in a special mode. The configuration file is downloaded from the server to real users running the native mobile app on associated mobile devices. Immediately thereafter, one or more collector servers receive data beaconed in real-time from the associated mobile devices of the real users. The beaconed data includes custom metric/timer data obtained from the custom metric/timer definition. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150222494 | Virtual User Ramp Controller for Load Test Analytic Dashboard - A method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to dynamically change virtual user (VU) distributions of a load test performed on a target website or web application during test run-time. The GUI allowing the user to make a change to a current ramp profile of one or more VU distributions responsive to application of first user input. The first input including dragging an icon to a position in a first graph, the position denoting a future number of VUs at a future time. Following application of the first input, the change to the current ramp profile is visually displayed on a second graph in real-time as the load test progresses. | 08-06-2015 |
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| 20110066892 | Visual test automation tool for message-based applications, web applications and SOA systems - In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) enables the efficient composition and execution of a test of a message-based application, Web application, or SOA systems' capacity to receive, process and respond to message traffic. The GUI may be used to generate a test composition by dragging and dropping message clips onto one or more tracks. Each clip includes one or more message, with each track being organized into one or more bands. Each track and each band may run contemporaneously to send messages to a target device or application. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120060078 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC PERSONALIZATION FOR DATA DISPLAY - A method of optimizing a set of elements on a device display. The method includes positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a first set of spatial indicia, and the device display further includes a first set of device characteristics. The method also includes generating a first set of workspace configuration indicia based, in part, on the first set of spatial indicia and the first set of device characteristics; and, if desired, re-positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a second set of spatial indicia, and wherein the device display further includes a second set of device characteristics. The method further includes generating a second set of workspace configuration indicia based in part, on the second set of spatial indicia and the second set of device characteristics; wherein if the device display comprises the first set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the first set of workspace configuration indicia; else if, the display comprises the second set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the second set of workspace configuration indicia; else, positioning the set of elements according to a set of default workspace configuration indicia. | 03-08-2012 |
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| 20100253081 | In-pipe hydro-electric power system and turbine - A generally spherical turbine configured to rotate transversely within a cylindrical pipe under the power of fluid flowing either direction therethrough is operatively coupled with a rotating machine or generator to produce electricity. In one embodiment, the blades of the spherical turbine curve in an approximately 180 degree arc in a plane that is at an inclined angle relative to the rotational axis of a central shaft. In another embodiment, a deflector is provided upstream of the spherical turbine and within the cylindrical pipe to control flow through the spherical turbine by shielding a part thereof. The blades of the spherical turbine are airfoil in cross section to optimize hydrodynamic flow, to minimize cavitation, and to maximize conversion from axial to rotating energy. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253083 | In-pipe hydro-electric power system, turbine and improvement - A helical turbine configured to rotate transversely within a cylindrical pipe under the power of fluid flowing either direction therethrough is operatively coupled with a rotating machine or generator to produce work or electricity. The twisted blades of the turbine define a right circular cylinder when the shaft mounting them rotates under the influence of fluid flow through the pipe. In one embodiment, baffles are provided at least upstream of the cylindrical turbine and within the cylindrical pipe to control flow through the cylindrical turbine. The twisted blades of the helical turbine are airfoil in cross section, as are the radial struts or spokes that mount the twisted blades to the rotatable shaft, thereby to optimize hydrodynamic flow, to minimize cavitation, and to maximize conversion from axial to rotating energy. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110150652 | TURBINE ASSEMBLIES - A turbine is described. The turbine includes: (i) a shaft capable of rotation along its longitudinal axis and capable of connecting to an electrical generator, and the shaft having disposed thereon at least one shaft hinge; (ii) a radial arm including a first end having disposed thereon at least one first hinge; and a hinge pin that fits inside a cavity formed when at least one the shaft hinge of the shaft is in an engaged position with at least one first hinge of the radial arm, and in the engaged position the hinge pin capable of connecting the radial arm to the shaft. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110204640 | IN-PIPE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM AND TURBINE - A generally spherical turbine configured to rotate transversely within a cylindrical pipe under the power of fluid flowing either direction therethrough is operatively coupled with a rotating machine or generator to produce electricity. In one embodiment, the blades of the spherical turbine curve in an approximately 180 degree arc in a plane that is at an inclined angle relative to the rotational axis of a central shaft. In another embodiment, a deflector is provided upstream of the spherical turbine and within the cylindrical pipe to control flow through the spherical turbine by shielding a part thereof. The blades of the spherical turbine are airfoil in cross section to optimize hydrodynamic flow, to minimize cavitation, and to maximize conversion from axial to rotating energy. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120031518 | NOVEL DESIGNS AND ASSEMBLY METHODS FOR CONDUIT USED IN HARNESSING HYDROKINETIC ENERGY - A novel conduit design is disclosed. The conduit includes a cylindrical body having defined therein a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the first aperture is designed to receive a shaft of a turbine and the second aperture is sufficiently large to facilitate ingress or egress of a probe through the second aperture, and wherein the second aperture is located a distance away from the first aperture such that when a turbine is disposed through the first aperture, an entry by a probe into the cylindrical body through the second aperture is not prevented by presence of the turbine. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120306205 | NOVEL SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND POWER OUTPUT OF IN-CONDUIT HYDROELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM AND TURBINE - Inventive systems (e.g., turbines) for harnessing hydroelectric energy are described. The turbines, includes: ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130292945 | IN-CONDUIT TURBINES AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS - Inventive systems (e.g., turbines) for harnessing hydroelectric energy are described. The turbines include: (1) a central longitudinal shaft configured to mount and to rotate on a central axis perpendicular to a direction of fluid flow; (2) a plurality of substantially circularly arcing blades designed to couple to the shaft, each of the substantially circularly arcing blades having defined at one end one or more blade apertures; and (3) a fastening sub-assembly including fasteners, the fastening sub-assembly used for coupling the circularly arcing blades to the shaft. | 11-07-2013 |
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| 20080222613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING - A method and system can include multiple data handling stages for manipulating tracked information associated with content distributed to users and/or computers, such as static objects, media objects, and/or software objects, for example. The content can be distributed as widget instances and the associated tracked information can be received over a network. The information received can be associated with a session corresponding to each widget instance and/or with multiple identifiers, such as widget, user, content, session, content aggregation point, processor, and/or placement identifiers, for example. Data handling processes, including sorting, storing, filtering, combining, queuing, and/or authenticating, for example, can be performed during the data handling stages. The processed information can be used to determine modifications to a behavior associated with widgets and/or widget containers. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090094339 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIDGET SHARING BETWEEN CONTENT AGGREGATION POINTS - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a processing device to send a widget to a handheld mobile device. The request can be defined after at least a portion of an instance of the widget has been processed at the processing device. The request can be associated with a widget identifier. The method can also include defining a widget precursor at a widget-sharing server in response to the request from the processing device. The widget precursor can be associated with the widget identifier and a placement identifier. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100100605 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF INTER-WIDGET INTERACTIONS - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process includes code to transmit using a communication channel a discovery signal from a first virally spread widget that has at least a portion executed at a content aggregation point to a second virally spread widget. The code also includes code to receive at the first virally spread widget a response signal sent from the second virally spread widget in response to the discovery signal. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100626 | METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO INTER-WIDGET INTERACTIONS MANAGED BY A CLIENT-SIDE MASTER - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a first widget executing at a first client a first signal sent from a second widget executing at a second client. The first signal can be associated with an interactive session between at least the first widget and the second widget. The first widget can be selected to operate as a client-side master. The method can also include defining at the first widget, and based on the first signal, a second signal having a master flag. The second signal can be sent from the first widget to the second widget. | 04-22-2010 |
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| 20080222232 | Method and Apparatus for Widget and Widget-Container Platform Adaptation and Distribution - A method includes receiving a request for a widget-container defined in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed within the content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving a widget. The method includes modifying a portion of the widget-container. The portion of the widget-container is based on a first configuration before the modifying and based on a second configuration substantially compliant with a content rule associated with the content aggregation point after the modifying. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080222658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDGET AND WIDGET-CONTAINER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL BASED ON CONTENT RULES - A method includes receiving an instruction used to define a widget-container containing a service module associated with a widget. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving the widget. The method also includes determining whether processing of the widget within the portion of the widget-container is restricted and/or allowed. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20120227060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDGET-CONTAINER HOSTING AND GENERATION - A method includes receiving at least one of a widget or a reference to a widget, where the widget can be at least one of a static data object, a media object, or a software object. At least a portion of a widget container, which is a procedural software framework containing a service module associated with the widget and the widget, is generated. The service module can be a pre-defined function associated with the widget container before the widget container is generated. The widget container can be configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget container being accessed from a processor-readable vehicle. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20160041714 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDGET AND WIDGET-CONTAINER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL BASED ON CONTENT RULES - A method includes receiving an instruction used to define a widget-container containing a service module associated with a widget. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving the widget. The method also includes determining whether processing of the widget within the portion of the widget-container is restricted and/or allowed. | 02-11-2016 |
