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20090030998 | CONTACT SIDEBAR TILE - Methods, systems, and computer program products for tracking real-time communication data within a single contact tracking application for diverse communication providers and applications. A global data store is synchronized with real-time communication data, such as presence, status, unread messages, and unread notifications, from each application/provider. Real-time communication data for contacts dynamically determined to be recent contacts is retrieved from the data store, based on properties such as a most recent communication time, a communication count, and the like. Real-time communication data corresponding to contacts identified as pinned contacts for which display of real-time communication data is preferred, also may be retrieved. A user interface is generated for displaying the one or more recent and/or pinned contacts, which may vary in size based on the number of contacts identified as pinned contacts, from which a contact may be selected for real-time conversation or e-mail. | 01-29-2009 |
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20120007762 | CURRENT REDUCTION IN A SINGLE STAGE CYCLIC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH VARIABLE RESOLUTION - A converter ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120026026 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER HAVING A SINGLE SET OF COMPARATORS FOR A MULTI-STAGE SAMPLING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - An analog to digital converter includes a first sample circuit that samples an analog input during a first phase of a clock. A second sample circuit samples the analog input during a second phase of the clock. A comparator compares a reference to the output of the first sample circuit during a non-overlapping time between an end of the first phase and beginning of the second phase and compares the reference to the output of the second sample circuit during a non-overlapping time between an end of the second phase and beginning of the first phase. The first sample circuit couples the sample of the analog input taken by the first sample circuit to the input of the comparator during the non-overlapping time between the end of the first phase and the beginning of the second phase and the second sample circuit couples the sample of the analog input taken by the second sample circuit to the input of the comparator during the non-overlapping time between the end of the second phase and the beginning of the first phase. | 02-02-2012 |
20130021189 | Freescale confidential proprietary comparator - A comparator is provided. In one embodiment, a method of operating a comparator comprises providing a bias current ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130285705 | SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT - A sample and hold circuit is provided. The circuit includes a plurality of switches, a first capacitor, an operational amplifier having a first input selectively coupled to the first capacitor and an output, a second capacitor and a third capacitor both selectively coupled to the first capacitor and both selectively coupled between the first input of the operational amplifier and the output of the operational amplifier, wherein the plurality of switches are configured to receive a plurality of control signals such that the first capacitor is configured to sample an input signal in a sample phase and to transfer a charge to one of the second capacitor and the third capacitor in a hold phase, and the second capacitor and third capacitor are configured to alternate between holding the transferred charge and resetting in any back-to-back hold phases. | 10-31-2013 |
20130314271 | VEHICLE-BORNE RADAR SYSTEMS WITH CONTINUOUS-TIME, SIGMA DELTA ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS, AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION - Embodiments of vehicle-borne radar systems and methods of their operation are provided. The vehicle-borne radar system includes a transmit path and a first receive path. The transmit path is capable of producing a signal for transmission over an air interface (e.g., a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal). The receive path includes a continuous-time (CT) sigma delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and the receive path is capable of receiving a reflected version of the signal from the air interface, and converting the reflected version along the receive path into a sequence of digital samples using the CT sigma delta ADC. In an embodiment, the transmit path and the receive path are integrated onto a single integrated circuit. | 11-28-2013 |
20130321059 | Sampling Switch Circuit that uses Correlated Level Shifting - A sampling switch circuit uses correlated level shifting. The sampling switch circuit includes: a sampling switch having a first terminal, a control terminal, and an output terminal, wherein the first terminal is connected to an input voltage node; a boosting circuit connected to first and second supply voltage nodes and coupled to the control terminal of the sampling switch; and a correlated level shifting buffer circuit. The correlated level shifting buffer circuit includes: an amplifier having first and second inputs and an output, wherein the first input is connected to the input voltage node, and the output and second input are coupled to the boosting circuit; and a level shifting capacitor coupled to the second input and output of the amplifier, to the boosting circuit, and to a level shifting voltage node. | 12-05-2013 |
20140002291 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD WITH INPUT AND REFERENCE VOLTAGE SCALING | 01-02-2014 |
20140197973 | DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER WITH CURRENT STEERING SOURCE FOR REDUCED GLITCH ENERGY ERROR - A digital to analog converter including a current steering source and a master replica bias network. The current steering source includes a data current source providing a source current to a source node, a switch circuit operative to steer the source current to a selected one of first and second control nodes based on a data bit, a buffer circuit that buffers the source current between the first control node and a first current output node or between the second control node and a second current output node, and an activation current source provides activation current to the buffer circuit via the first and second control nodes. The master replica bias network replicates biasing of the buffer circuit relative to a replica control node and drives the buffer circuit to maintain the first control node, the second control node and the replica control node at a common master control voltage. | 07-17-2014 |
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20120077835 | FORMULATIONS OF RIFAXIMIN AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to new rifaximin forms comprising solid dispersions of rifaximin, methods of making same and to their use in medicinal preparations and therapeutic methods. | 03-29-2012 |
20120220654 | THERAPEUTIC SOLUTION CONCENTRATE - A concentrated poly(ethylene glycol) solution that has good stability for extended storage is provided for use as a laxative. The concentrated solution comprises water, sodium benzoate, poly(ethylene glycol), and enough acid to yield a solution having a pH at 25° C. in the range 3.0-5.0. It is prepared and packaged to minimize the accumulation of degradation products. | 08-30-2012 |
20140080918 | THERAPEUTIC SOLUTION CONCENTRATE - A concentrated poly(ethylene glycol) solution that has good stability for extended storage is provided for use as a laxative. The concentrated solution comprises water, sodium benzoate, poly(ethylene glycol), and enough acid to yield a solution having a pH at 25° C. in the range 3.0-5.0. It is prepared and packaged to minimize the accumulation of degradation products. | 03-20-2014 |
20140378495 | RIFAXIMIN DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF - 25-desacetyl rifaximin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. Methods of treatment of bowl related disorders using isolated and/or purified 25-desacetyl rifaximin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are also provided. | 12-25-2014 |
20150133482 | FORMULATIONS OF RIFAXIMIN AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to new rifaximin forms comprising solid dispersions of rifaximin, methods of making same and to their use in medicinal preparations and therapeutic methods. | 05-14-2015 |
20150342934 | RIFAXIMIN DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF - 25-desacetyl rifaximin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. Methods of treatment of bowl related disorders using isolated and/or purified 25-desacetyl rifaximin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are also provided. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090235779 | MODULAR CRANKSHAFT - In accordance with certain embodiments, a modular crankshaft features a connection system between modules that features opposed female receptacles. A pin having opposed beveled ends and hydraulic passages with it is inserted into the opposed receptacles. A pair of seals is disposed on the beveled ends and straddles a hydraulic fluid outlet. The crankshaft wall that defines each receptacle is designed to flex in response to applied hydraulic pressure between the seals on the tapered pin portion. A notch at the base of the receptacle in the crankshaft reduces stress concentration and enables the wall defining the crankshaft receptacle to come back when hydraulic pressure through the pin is removed. The opposed crankshaft receptacles are flanged to allow them to be pulled together over the pin. An interference fit results around the pin after the flanges are mated and the hydraulic pressure is removed. | 09-24-2009 |
20100275772 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND FRAME - A reciprocating compressor is provided. In one embodiment, a reciprocating compressor frame includes a central body and at least two crosshead guides extending from opposite sides of the central body. Additionally, the compressor frame crosshead guide support structures extending outwardly from the central body along a respective crosshead guide. Other embodiments of compression systems, devices, and frames of such systems are also provided. | 11-04-2010 |
20110027008 | MODULAR CRANKSHAFT - In accordance with certain embodiments, a modular crankshaft features a connection system between modules that features opposed female receptacles. A pin having opposed beveled ends and hydraulic passages with it is inserted into the opposed receptacles. A pair of seals is disposed on the beveled ends and straddles a hydraulic fluid outlet. The crankshaft wall that defines each receptacle is designed to flex in response to applied hydraulic pressure between the seals on the tapered pin portion. A notch at the base of the receptacle in the crankshaft reduces stress concentration and enables the wall defining the crankshaft receptacle to come back when hydraulic pressure through the pin is removed. The opposed crankshaft receptacles are flanged to allow them to be pulled together over the pin. An interference fit results around the pin after the flanges are mated and the hydraulic pressure is removed. | 02-03-2011 |
20110116940 | VISCOELASTIC COMPRESSOR PULSATION DAMPENER - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a pulsation dampener for minimizing the adverse effects of pulsation waves in a process fluid generated by a reciprocating compressor. The pulsation dampener may be installed proximate to the source of the pulsation waves and external to a main flow path of the process fluid being compressed within the reciprocating compressor. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the pulsation dampener may be a pulsation dampening valve enclosure configured to at least partially encase a valve assembly of the reciprocating compressor. The pulsation dampening valve enclosure may be filled with a pulsation dampening material, such as a wire mesh material, a viscoelastic material, an elastomeric material, or a combination thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
20110138995 | COMPRESSION SYSTEM HAVING SEAL WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING OF PISTONS - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a barrier with magnetic coupling between opposite sides of the barrier. For example, the system may include a first member with a first magnet that translates along with the first member, and a second member having a second magnet that translates along with the second member. The system also may include the barrier completely isolating the first member from the second member, wherein the first magnet magnetically couples with the second magnet through the barrier to impart translational motion from the first member to the second member. | 06-16-2011 |
20120152110 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND FRAME - A reciprocating compressor is provided. In one embodiment, a reciprocating compressor frame includes a central body and at least two crosshead guides extending from opposite sides of the central body. Additionally, the compressor frame crosshead guide support structures extending outwardly from the central body along a respective crosshead guide. Other embodiments of compression systems, devices, and frames of such systems are also provided. | 06-21-2012 |
20130189139 | VALVELESS RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a compression cylinder configured to mount to a reciprocating compressor. The compression cylinder includes an intake port and a discharge port. The system also includes a piston assembly disposed within the compression cylinder. The piston assembly includes a piston configured to selectively block the intake port upon movement of the piston assembly relative to the compression cylinder. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189140 | VALVELESS RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a compression cylinder configured to mount to a reciprocating compressor. The compression cylinder includes an intake port and a discharge port. The system also includes a piston assembly disposed within the compression cylinder. The piston assembly includes a piston, and a flow control member extending from the piston. The flow control member is configured to selectively block the intake port and the discharge port upon movement of the piston assembly relative to the compression cylinder. | 07-25-2013 |
20130220424 | ROTATING COMPRESSOR VALVE - As described in detail below, the disclosed embodiments include a rotating compressor valve having stationary front and rear plates (e.g., guards) and a rotating plate configured to rotate relative to the stationary front and rear plates. The stationary front and rear plates and the rotating plate all include a plurality of slots which, when aligned, allow a process fluid (e.g., natural gas) to flow through the rotating compressor valve. In certain embodiments, the slots of the rotating plate include an arc radius that is smaller than an arc radius of the slots of the stationary front and rear plates. | 08-29-2013 |
20130331934 | ARTIFICIAL HEART SYSTEM - An artificial heart with a centrifugal pump is disclosed. In one embodiment, the artificial heart includes an impeller disposed in a housing. The impeller is configured to rotate to circulate blood through the housing. The impeller may include a set of blades on a first side of the impeller and a set of vanes on a second side opposite the first. The blades on the first side and the vanes on the second side allow blood circulation from both the first and the second sides of the impeller. The artificial heart may also or instead include a diffuser with adjustable vanes that enable variation in the output characteristics of the artificial heart pump. Various other artificial hearts, pumps, systems, and methods, including control systems and methods, are also disclosed. | 12-12-2013 |
20140130662 | PISTON ROD CLAMPING SYSTEM - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a piston clamping system including a piston rod comprising a piston rod shoulder and a piston rod nut coupled to the piston rod, wherein the piston rod nut and the piston rod shoulder are configured to axially capture first and second body portions of a piston therebetween. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130663 | CROSSHEAD LUBRICATION SYSTEM - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a crosshead having a crosshead body, a recess formed in an outer surface of the crosshead body, and a lubricant port extending through the crosshead body from the recess to an aperture of the crosshead, wherein the crosshead is configured to move in a reciprocating motion in a machine. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130664 | LIGHT COMPOSITE PISTON - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a composite piston. The composite piston comprises a piston body made of a composite material, wherein the composite material comprises a reinforcing material distributed in a matrix material. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133786 | LIGHT COMPOSITE CROSSHEAD - A system, in certain embodiments, includes a composite crosshead. The composite crosshead comprises a crosshead body made of a first composite material, wherein the first composite material comprises a first reinforcing material distributed in a first matrix material, wherein the composite crosshead is configured to move in a reciprocating motion in a machine. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134035 | TROCHOIDAL ROTARY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system including a trochoidal rotary device. The trochoidal rotary device includes a housing comprising an inner surface, a rotor having at least one bearing recess, a shaft eccentrically mounted to the rotor, wherein the shaft and the rotor are integrated with one another, and at least one bearing disposed between the bearing recess of the rotor and the inner surface of the hollow housing, wherein at least one of the inner surface of the hollow housing, the bearing recess of the rotor, and the at least one bearing comprise a bearing interface comprises a surface treatment. | 05-15-2014 |
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20080263449 | Automated maintenance of pooled media content - Automated maintenance of media content such as digital photographs and video in a pool is provided by an arrangement where the time interval that each piece of media content remains in the pool is tracked and modified by user-behavioral factors. This “virtual age” of the media content is depicted on a representative image displayed by a graphical user interface through the use of visual metaphors that simulate the physical characteristics of an object such as a printed photograph as it ages. As the virtual age of the content increases, visual metaphors including fading or yellowing, and physical deterioration such as tattering, creasing, and ripping are overlaid as effects onto the displayed image. Older content is displayed using other respective images which have increased fading or yellowing and greater physical deterioration until, in one example, an image appears to crumble to dust, at which point the associated media content is automatically deleted from the pool. | 10-23-2008 |
20080320027 | Strongly typed tags - In one or more embodiments, a tag is provided and includes a property that associates a strongly typed variable with the tag. Strongly typed variables can include any suitable types. For example, in at least some embodiments, the strongly typed variable is a people type that allows the tag to be associated with an individual person or group of people by virtue of a unique identification that is associated with the person or group. Strongly typed tags can then serve as a foundation upon which various other types of information and services can be provided to enhance the user experience. | 12-25-2008 |
20110131254 | STRONGLY TYPED TAGS - In one or more embodiments, a tag is provided and includes a property that associates a strongly typed variable with the tag. Strongly typed variables can include any suitable types. For example, in at least some embodiments, the strongly typed variable is a people type that allows the tag to be associated with an individual person or group of people by virtue of a unique identification that is associated with the person or group. Strongly typed tags can then serve as a foundation upon which various other types of information and services can be provided to enhance the user experience. | 06-02-2011 |
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20090246578 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Embodiments of thermally integrated HT PEM fuel cell systems are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a fuel processor configured to form a processed fuel for the fuel cell, and a thermal management system comprising a heat transfer fluid circulation loop that circulates a heat transfer fluid through the fuel cell and through the fuel processing system in a common loop. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253000 | System and method for operating a high temperature fuel cell as a back-up power supply with reduced performance decay - A method is provided for reducing degradation in a fuel cell assembly, including at least one fuel cell with a PBI membrane, during standby, operation. The method may include electrochemically consuming an oxidant from a cathode coupled to the PBI membrane in response to a disconnection of an external load and supplying fuel to remove or electrochemically consume any back-diffused oxidant to the associated fuel cell sufficient to replace or consume the back-diffused oxidant while the external load is removed, and/or also may include controlling a standby temperature of the fuel cell. In this way, it may be possible to avoid increased cell voltage decay associated with degradation of the PBI in a simple and cost effective system. | 10-08-2009 |
20090280367 | Extraction of Energy From Used Cooking Oil - The extraction of energy from used cooking oil is disclosed. In one embodiment, used cooking oil is admitted from a cooking appliance to an interface, and then to a reactor or a series of reactors where it is reformed into a hydrogen-containing, reformed fuel. The hydrogen-containing, reformed fuel is then admitted to a fuel cell which produces electricity. | 11-12-2009 |
20100216041 | Extraction of Energy From Used Cooking Oil - The extraction of energy from used cooking oil is disclosed. In one embodiment, used cooking oil is admitted from a cooking appliance to an interface, and then to a reactor or a series of reactors where it is reformed into a hydrogen-containing, reformed fuel. The hydrogen-containing, reformed fuel is then admitted to a fuel cell which produces electricity. | 08-26-2010 |
20100216044 | Air-Cooled Thermal Management for a Fuel Cell Stack - The air-cooled thermal management of a fuel cell stack is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a cooling plate apparatus for an air-cooled fuel cell stack, where the cooling plate comprises a body configured to receive heat from one or more fuel cells in thermal communication with the body, and airflow channels formed in the body and configured to allow a flow of a cooling air to pass across the body. An insulating structure is disposed in the airflow channels, wherein the insulating structure has decreasing thickness from a cooling air inlet toward a cooling air outlet. | 08-26-2010 |
20100227250 | Rigidity & Inplane Electrolyte Mobility Enhancement for Fuel Cell Eletrolyte Membranes - Embodiments related to fuel cells and membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a membrane-electrode assembly includes a catalyzed anode material and a membrane disposed in face-sharing contact with the catalyzed anode material. The membrane comprises mutually interpenetrating first and second phases, the first phase supporting an ionic conduction through the membrane, and the second phase supporting a dimensional structure of the membrane. The membrane-electrode assembly also includes a catalyzed cathode material disposed in face-sharing contact with the membrane, opposite the catalyzed anode material. Two opposing flow plates are also provided, each flow plate configured to distribute a reactant gas to a catalyzed electrode material of the membrane-electrode assembly. Other embodiments provide variants on the membrane-electrode assembly and methods to make the membrane-electrode assembly. | 09-09-2010 |
20120156581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL AS A BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY WITH REDUCED PERFORMANCE DECAY - A method is provided for reducing degradation in a fuel cell assembly, including at least one fuel cell with a PBI membrane, during standby, operation. The method may include electrochemically consuming an oxidant from a cathode coupled to the PBI membrane in response to a disconnection of an external load and supplying fuel to remove or electrochemically consume any back-diffused oxidant to the associated fuel cell sufficient to replace or consume the back-diffused oxidant while the external load is removed, and/or also may include controlling a standby temperature of the fuel cell. In this way, it may be possible to avoid increased cell voltage decay associated with degradation of the PBI in a simple and cost effective system. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164551 | Decreasing Electrolyte Loss in PEM Fuel Cell - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to preventing electrolyte wicking by bipolar plates in a fuel cell system. In one example, a fuel cell system includes a first membrane-electrode assembly and a second membrane-electrode assembly. The fuel cell system further includes a bipolar plate disposed between the first membrane-electrode assembly and the second membrane-electrode assembly, the bipolar plate comprising a graphite layer and a surface energy adjustment layer. | 06-28-2012 |