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20110290403 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING GREEN TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A plant and a process for building green tyres for vehicle wheels. The process includes: a) building a carcass structure on a first forming drum in at least one carcass structure building line including a plurality of work stations arranged according to a sequential series, the carcass structure including at least one carcass ply and a pair of annular anchoring structures; b) building a crown structure on at least one second forming drum in at least one crown structure building line including a plurality of work stations arranged according to a sequential series, the crown structure including at least one belt structure; c) toroidally shaping the carcass structure assembling it to the crown structure in at least one shaping and assembling work station, wherein the transfers of each of the first forming drum and the second forming drum, with the respective carcass structure and crown structure being processed, from one work station to the other of the respective building lines includes at least one transfer from a first work station to a second work station not adjacent to the first one in the sequential series, and wherein each step d) of transfer takes place in such a way that the first forming drum and the second forming drum only pass in the first and second work station. | 12-01-2011 |
20120138213 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A plant, a method and a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels in a carcass structure building line includes: a) associating a pair of support rings with a forming drum in a work station for associating support rings; b) building at least one structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum provided with the pair of support rings in at least one work station of the carcass structure building line; c) removing the pair of support rings from the forming drum in a work station for removing support rings; d) transferring the pair of support rings dissociated from the forming drum to a temporary storage for support rings; and e) building at least one further structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum without the pair of support rings in a work station of the carcass structure building line. | 06-07-2012 |
20130213558 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MANAGEMENT OF ANNULAR ANCHORING STRUCTURES IN A PROCESS AND A PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; and d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine. The method includes the sequential cyclic repetition of the above actions. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110010331 | Community-Driven Relational Filtering of Unstructured Text - A method and apparatus for calculating a score for word selection, which may be used to preprocess sets of words prior to a dimensionality reduction process, employs information about relationships between words themselves (such as synonym relationships) or relationships between items with which the words are associated (such as products in a catalog). In some embodiments, the relationships are also community based; i.e., the relationships are established by a community of users. The relationships may be references to two or more word sets in which the word of interest is common. In one embodiment, the word sets are descriptions of products in an online catalog, the community is the group of people who view the catalog, and the relationships used for calculating the score for a particular word of interest are coreferences (e.g., viewing or purchasing) of pairs of products for which the catalog descriptions both include the particular word. | 01-13-2011 |
20110125699 | TRACKING METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT EMPLOY BAYESIAN NETWORKS - The present invention includes relational Bayesian network-based tracking methods. Various, distinct embodiments of the present invention include tracking methods for: real-time relational tracking of e-commerce segmentation and personalization, in-residence tracking of elderly and disabled people, real-time relational tracking for ground target tracking, and real-time relational tracking of satellites and satellite constellations. | 05-26-2011 |
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20100324973 | Dynamic Webpage Generation Including Request-Time Auctioned Web Content - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems associated with providing request-time auctioning of web content and web services. The auction may be performed by a request-time web content auctioning service, which may accept bids of content and/or services from content and/or service providers, and may auction these bids against offers of space on webpages in websites. The auction may, in various embodiments, be performed in real time, such as, for example, during generation of a webpage in response to a request to view a webpage from a visitor to the webpage. The auction service may, in various embodiments, also provide for the auctioning of web services for webpages, such as, for example, content filtering. Other embodiments may be described and claimed | 12-23-2010 |
20100324974 | Multi-Attribute Web Content Auctions - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems which may provide for multi-attribute auctioning. Bids and offers which comprise non-price attributes may be received by an auction service, such as web content bids and offers for space on webpages. The service may evaluate the various attributes of the bids and offers in a quantitative manner, developing a value for the bid and offer that includes both price information and other non-price attributes. This valuation may be performed through the use of one or more willingness-to-pay functions which, based on a knowledge of an agent, determine a numerical value for that agent's willingness to pay according to the non-price attributes. The result from evaluating this function may then be used to determine which auction bids and offers may be matched. The auction service may publish statistics about past performance of agents and the bid or offer can include one or more probability distributions for future performance, based on the published statistics. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100127841 | DETERMINATION AND SIGNALLING TO A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OF A POTENTIAL COLLISION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN OBSTACLE - Described herein is a method for determining and signalling to a driver of a motor vehicle a condition of danger deriving from a potential collision of the motor vehicle itself with an obstacle. The method is able to: determine a path of travel of the motor vehicle along a stretch of road; define an area of detection of the obstacles in the stretch of road; detect the obstacles present in the area of detection in such a way as to generate a list of possible obstacles that might be hit; identify, from among the possible obstacles detected, a main obstacle; determine a level of risk associated to a condition of impact of the motor vehicle with the main obstacle detected; and finally generate a signal or alarm message regarding the level of risk determined. | 05-27-2010 |
20150027152 | CONTROL OF AN AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH AIR REHEATING BASED ON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COOLANT FLOW CONTROL - An automotive air conditioning system comprising: an air cooling circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator, fluidically connected to be flowed, during operation, by a heat transfer fluid, and a blower fan associated with the evaporator and operable to generate an airflow through the evaporator; an air heating circuit including a liquid/air heater configured to be flowed, during operation, by a heat transfer fluid and arranged close to the evaporator to be flowed also by the airflow generated by the blower fan associated with the evaporator, and a flow rate regulation solenoid valve arranged to regulate the flow rate of the heat transfer fluid through the heater; and an electronic control unit configured to receive a measured evaporator air temperature and a set cabin air temperature and to switch an operating condition of the compressor when the measured evaporator air temperature exhibits a given relation with at least one on/off threshold temperature computed, in at least certain operating conditions, based on the set cabin air temperature. | 01-29-2015 |
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20140102459 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one expansion mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector forming cavities that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. To move one or more of the longitudinal segments of the expandable tube, which are within the cul-de-sac cavities of the H-shaped connector, a sliding mechanism within the H-shaped connector moves from a first position to a second position to cause the expansion mechanism to expand such that the diameter of the flexible inter vivos tube is increased. | 04-17-2014 |
20140116446 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. To move one or more of the movable elements of the expandable tube, which are within a cavity of the “H”-shaped connector, a fluid or air is introduced into the H-shaped connector running along the longitudinal axis of the flexible expandable inter vivos tube, so that the hydraulic or air pressure within an inner rib of the H-shaped connector expands the movable elements and, thus, the circumference and diameter of the flexible inter vivos tube are increased. A free end of the arched segment may include a retaining pin that engages a serrated free end of the corresponding movable element. | 05-01-2014 |
20140213969 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. To move one or more of the movable elements of the expandable tube, which are within a cavity of the “H”-shaped connector, a fluid or air is introduced into the H-shaped connector running along the longitudinal axis of the flexible expandable inter vivos tube, so that the hydraulic or air pressure within an inner rib of the H-shaped connector expands the movable elements and, thus, the circumference and diameter of the flexible inter vivos tube are increased. A free end of the arched segment may include a retaining pin that engages a serrated free end of the corresponding movable element. | 07-31-2014 |
20140238405 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. A flexible membrane is contained in the at least one cavity so that the hydraulic or air pressure within an inner rib of the H-shaped connector expands the movable element and, thus, the circumference and diameter of the flexible inter vivos tube are increased. A free end of the arched segment may include a retaining pin that engages a serrated free end of the corresponding movable element. | 08-28-2014 |
20140345622 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. A flexible membrane is contained in the at least one cavity so that the hydraulic or air pressure within an inner rib of the H-shaped connector expands the movable element and, thus, the circumference of the flexible inter vivos tube are increased. The flexible membrane attached to the free end portion limits the travel of the movable element within a corresponding one of the at least one cavity. | 11-27-2014 |
20150011828 | Expandable Inter Vivos Tube and Method of Manufacturing Same - A flexible expandable inter vivos tube includes at least one arched segmented portion, a corresponding movable element and at least one positioning mechanism. The at least one arched segmented portion and corresponding movable element forming a flexible closed longitudinally expandable tube. The at least one arched segment includes an H-shaped connector having at least one cavity that allows variable slidable movement of a free end portion of the corresponding movable element. A balloon is contained in each of the at least one cavity so that the hydraulic or air pressure within balloon expands the movable element and, thus, the circumference of the flexible inter vivos tube is increased. | 01-08-2015 |
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20080201258 | Process for Managing Domain Name Registrations - Domain names are registered with a domain name registration service for an indefinite period in exchange for a lump sum payment from the domain name registrant. The domain name registration service registers the domain name in the name of the domain name registrant and the domain name registration is kept active so long as the domain name registrant keeps the lump sum payment with the domain name registration service. If the user cancels the indefinite-period domain name registration, the lump sum payment is returned to the user minus any applicable penalties for early cancellation. | 08-21-2008 |
20140030980 | MOBILE USER CONTENT SHARING APPLICATION - A system and method for a first user to share user content from a first mobile device with a second user of a second mobile device, including inviting, by the first mobile device, the second mobile device to communicate with the first mobile device. In response to receiving an acceptance from the second user of the second mobile device, a communications link may be established between the first and second mobile devices. The first mobile device may be established as a presenter and the second mobile device may be established as a viewer. The user content may be communicated as directed by the first mobile device for substantially synchronously displaying the user content on the second mobile device. Responsive to the first user altering display of the user content on the first mobile device, display of the user content may be substantially synchronously altering on the second mobile device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140310264 | IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of managing an image registry may include receiving an image and metadata associated with the image to be associated with the user, where the user may be an author of the image stored in the image registry. A registration timestamp in response to receiving the image may be generated. The image, metadata, and registration timestamp may be stored in relation to the user. An identity of the author of the image may be caused to be displayed for the user in response to receiving a query to identify the author of the image, where the query may be inclusive of at least a portion of the metadata or image. | 10-16-2014 |
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20120154143 | TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH VIBRATION INDUCING WARNING CIRCUITRY - An improved alarm device for use in a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system is provided. The device includes a processor configured to monitor at least one function of an implanted cardiac assist device and to generate an internal vibratory alarm. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157753 | TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE SECONDARY COILS - A transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system is provided having a plurality of secondary coils adapted for disposition in a patient, at least one primary coil configured to transmit transcutaneous energy, and a controller adapted for disposition in a patient. The controller includes circuitry to isolate the secondary coils from each other and direct electric current from at least one of the secondary coils to a charge storage device and/or implantable medical device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157754 | COMPACT BATTERY AND CONTROLLER MODULE FOR A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM - A compact implantable controller and battery module for a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system is provided having a single biocompatible housing encasing an energy storage device, a power control module, and a device control module. The power control module controls energy transfer to the storage device during charging and monitors power consumption of a cardiac assist device. The device control module controls and monitors the operation of a cardiac assist device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY TRACKING AVAILABLE CHARGE IN A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM - Improved devices and methods for tracking power consumption and available charge in a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system are provided. The method includes measuring the available charge in a battery and the current rate of power consumption in an implanted medical device, determining the remaining time before the charge level of the battery reaches a predetermined threshold level, and communicating the remaining time to a user. | 06-21-2012 |
20120265003 | TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER COIL WITH INTEGRATED RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA - Improved methods and devices for communicating via radio frequency (RF) in transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) systems is provided. In particular, an improved implantable coil for use in a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system is provided having an integrated radio frequency (RF) antenna. Further, a method of communicating between an external device and an implanted device having a plurality of secondary coils with integrated RF antennas is also provided. | 10-18-2012 |