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20130184906 | Control System For A Vehicle On An Incline - A system for a vehicle includes a vehicle stability module that receives a commanded torque value, that determines whether to apply the commanded torque value based on at least one vehicle position characteristic, a position of an accelerator pedal, and a brake status, and that selectively outputs instructions to apply the commanded torque value in response to the determination. A torque control module receives the instructions from the vehicle stability module and applies a torque, corresponding to the commanded torque value, to at least one wheel of the vehicle based on the instructions. | 07-18-2013 |
20150158389 | USING AC AND DC GENERATORS WITH CONTROLLERS AS A REGENERATIVE POWER BURN OFF DEVICE - A power generation device for a utility vehicle having a battery source, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a motive drive system, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force, and a generator system operably coupled to the internal combustion engine and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The generator system is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module, and further is capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module. Between a first voltage and a second voltage, the output of the generator is reduced. Between the second voltage and a third voltage, the generator output is reduced to zero and the internal combustion engine is reduced to idle. | 06-11-2015 |
20150158390 | Using DC Motor With A Controller As A Generator - A power generation device for a utility vehicle having a battery source capable of storing electrical energy and selectively outputting electrical energy and selectively receiving electrical energy, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a drive system of the utility vehicle, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force in response to a control input from the logic/driver module, and a brushless DC motor operably coupled to the internal combustion engine via a coupler and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The brushless DC motor is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module, and further is capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module. | 06-11-2015 |
20150158391 | Using AC Induction Motor As A Generator In A Utility Vehicle - A power generation device for a utility vehicle having a battery source capable of storing electrical energy and selectively outputting electrical energy and selectively receiving electrical energy, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a drive system of the utility vehicle, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force in response to a control input from the logic/driver module, and an AC induction motor operably coupled to the internal combustion engine via a coupler and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The AC induction motor is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module, and further is capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159614 | Using A DC Or AC Generator As A Starter With Fault Detection - A power generation and starting device for a utility vehicle having a battery source capable of storing electrical energy, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a drive system of the utility vehicle, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force, and a generator system operably coupled to the internal combustion engine and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The generator system is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module. The generator is further capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module to drive the internal combustion engine during startup of the internal combustion engine. | 06-11-2015 |
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20080256533 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE - A method for evaluating a virtual machine, the method includes: monitoring, using an out of band monitor, information exchanged between the virtual machine and a hypervisor; and evaluating a state of the virtual machine by applying a statistical classification process to at least a portion of the monitored information. | 10-16-2008 |
20080301279 | Specifying Associations among Attributes of Entities in - Specifying associations among attributes of entities in a data center, the data center comprising a facility that houses computers and equipment supporting computer operations, the entities including the computers and the equipment, some attributes associated with a resource domain, the resource domain composed of a physical characteristic shared by some of the computers and equipment, including inducing, by a management module within the data center, a change in a value of a first attribute of a first entity; monitoring, by the management module within the data center, a change in a value of a second attribute of a second entity; determining whether the monitored change in the second attribute correlates with the induced change in the first attribute; and, if the monitored change in the second attribute correlates with the induced change in the first attribute, specifying an association among the first attribute, the second attribute, and the resource domain. | 12-04-2008 |
20090024764 | Tracking The Physical Location Of A Server In A Data Center - Tracking the physical location of a server in a data center including detecting, through a one-wire link between a connector in a cabinet slot and a management module, insertion of the server into a cabinet slot, the server connected upon insertion to a one-wire link through a connector in the cabinet slot and determining, in dependence upon the one-wire link's multiplexer address code, a physical location of the server. The data center includes a plurality of cabinet slots, each cabinet slot having a connector, the data center also includes a presence-detection network, the presence-detection network comprising one-wire links among the cabinet slots and the management module, the one-wire links coupled between the connectors and the management module and multiplexed into the management module according to multiplexer address codes, each one-wire link associated with a separate multiplexer address code, each multiplexer address code associated with a separate physical location. | 01-22-2009 |
20090115613 | ASSOCIATION OF RACK MOUNTED EQUIPMENT WITH RACK POSITION - System, method, and computer program for associating a piece of equipment mounted at a position on a rack with the rack and the position on the rack are provided. The system includes a rack comprising a plurality of positions at which pieces of equipment can be mounted on the rack, and a plurality of radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags attached to the rack, each of the plurality of RFID tags being attached to the rack at one of the plurality of positions on the rack and being operable to transmit information regarding the rack and the position on the rack at which the RFID tag is attached. | 05-07-2009 |
20090287943 | Mapping power domains in a data center - Mapping power domains in a data center, the data center including one or more power consuming computing devices, the computing devices managed by a management module, each power domain in the data center including one or more power service modules located in an electrical path connecting one or more of the computing devices to a power source, each power service module associated with a power line communications controller, where the mapping includes establishing a unique domain identification for each electrical path connecting one or more of the computing devices to a power source; receiving, by the management module from the computing devices, the unique domain identifications; and maintaining, by the management module, a map associating the unique domain identifications with identifications of the computing devices. | 11-19-2009 |
20130185667 | OPEN RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR SIMPLIFIED AND COORDINATED ORCHESTRATION OF MULTIPLE AVAILABILITY MANAGERS - Availability manager orchestration systems and methods and, particularly, an open resilience framework for simplified and coordinated orchestration of multiple availability managers. | 07-18-2013 |
20130262915 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPEN AND EXTENSIBLE INTEGRATION OF MANAGEMENT DOMAINS IN COMPUTATION AND ORCHESTRATION OF RESOURCE PLACEMENT - An aspect of this invention is a method that includes evaluating a computing environment by performing auditing of a fault tolerance ability of the computing environment to tolerate each of a plurality of failure scenarios; constructing a failover plan for each of the plurality of scenarios; identifying one or more physical resource limitations which constrain the fault tolerance ability; and identifying one or more physical resources to be added to the computing environment to tolerate each of the plurality of failure scenarios. | 10-03-2013 |
20130275805 | PROVIDING APPLICATION BASED MONITORING AND RECOVERY FOR A HYPERVISOR OF AN HA CLUSTER - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method associated with a node comprising a hypervisor and guest VMs, each guest VM being managed by the hypervisor and disposed to run applications, the node being joined with other nodes to form an HA cluster. The method includes establishing an internal bidirectional communication channel between each guest VM and the hypervisor, and further includes sending commands and responses thereto through the channel, wherein respective commands manage a specified application running on the given guest VM. The messages are selectively monitored, to detect a failure condition associated with the specified application running on the given guest VM. Responsive to detecting a failure condition, action is taken to correct the failure condition, wherein the action includes sending at least one command through the internal channel from the hypervisor to the given guest VM. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275966 | PROVIDING APPLICATION BASED MONITORING AND RECOVERY FOR A HYPERVISOR OF AN HA CLUSTER - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method associated with a node comprising a hypervisor and guest VMs, each guest VM being managed by the hypervisor and disposed to run applications, the node being joined with other nodes to form an HA cluster. The method includes establishing an internal bidirectional communication channel between each guest VM and the hypervisor, and further includes sending commands and responses thereto through the channel, wherein respective commands manage a specified application running on the given guest VM. The messages are selectively monitored, to detect a failure condition associated with the specified application running on the given guest VM. Responsive to detecting a failure condition, action is taken to correct the failure condition, wherein the action includes sending at least one command through the internal channel from the hypervisor to the given guest VM. | 10-17-2013 |
20130332771 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE RECOVERY - Methods and apparatus for recovery of virtual machine failure. A succession of data images is captured, with each of the data images comprising an operating system of the virtual machine. The data images are images of data elements chosen based at least in part on their suitability for virtual machine restoration. Upon detection of a virtual machine failure, an attempt is made to restore the virtual machine using the highest ranked. If the attempt fails, further attempts are made using lower ranked data images, until an attempt is successful or all available data images have been used. | 12-12-2013 |
20150127970 | Selected Virtual Machine Replication and Virtual Machine Restart Techniques - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for selected VM replication and VM restart techniques are provided herein. A method includes selecting a sub-set of one or more VMs from a set of multiple VMs in a system to be replicated before an identification of one or more failed VMs in the set of multiple VMs; replicating the sub-set of one or more VMs before the identification of one or more failed VMs in the set of multiple VMs; selecting a sub-set of the identified one or more failed VMs to be restarted upon an identification of the one or more failed VMs in the set of multiple VMs in the system; and restarting the sub-set of the identified one or more failed VMs upon the identification of the one or more failed virtual machines in the set of multiple VMs. | 05-07-2015 |