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20080212215 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An information display mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle and having a casing, a mirror support arm and a reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an information display screen disposed separate from and independent of and lateral of the reflective element at a portion of the casing closer to a seating location of the vehicle driver or at a portion of the casing further from a seating location of the vehicle driver. The information display screen may be a touch-sensitive information display screen that displays information responsive to the driver of the vehicle at least one of touching its viewing surface and positioning a finger proximate its viewing surface. | 09-04-2008 |
20090290369 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicular mirror system comprises an interior electro-optic mirror having a transflective mirror reflector and a display screen disposed behind the mirror reflector so that the presence of the display screen is substantially unobservable to a driver of the vehicle until the display screen is actuated to emit light that passes through the electro-optic reflective element to be viewed by the driver of the vehicle. Control circuitry may receive a signal indicative of selection of a reverse gear of the vehicle by the driver and may actuate the display screen to display video images captured by a video imaging device disposed to the rear of the vehicle and having a field of view rearward of and external to the vehicle. Control circuitry may electronically generate indicia overlaying the video images on the display screen. | 11-26-2009 |
20120062744 | REAR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A rear vision system includes a video camera for capturing video images and a video display disposed in the cabin of the vehicle for displaying the video images captured by the camera. The video camera has a field of view that at least encompasses a vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle. The display displays the video images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle and/or connecting the vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle to a tow hitch connector of a trailer. A graphic overlay may be superimposed on the displayed video images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle to guide or assist the driver when executing a reversing maneuver and/or when connecting a tow hitch connector of a trailer to the vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle. | 03-15-2012 |
20130229522 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button attached at an in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield and a mounting element attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield separate from the mounting button. An interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror head and a mirror support, which includes a mirror mount configured to mount the mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button. A module is configured to be received at and supported by the mounting element attached at the windshield. The module accommodates a forward facing camera that views through the windshield. The forward facing camera may be part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle. With the module received by and supported by the mounting element, the mirror mount can be mounted to the mirror mounting button and can be demounted from the mirror mounting button without demounting the module from the mounting element. | 09-05-2013 |
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20080265711 | Mechanical packaging of surface acoustic wave device for sensing applications - A method and apparatus, wherein a die is attached to a supporting base structure utilizing a rigid bond adhesive for a SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) sensor. A rigid bond adhesive with a preferably high glass transition temperature (Tg) can be applied directly between the die and the die supporting structure in a pattern to eliminate time dependent gradual stress effects upon SAW sensor. The rigid bond adhesive can then be cured, which results in a high yield strength and a high young's modulus. The supporting base and the die material comprise a same co-efficient of thermal expansion in order to avoid die displacement over temperature. | 10-30-2008 |
20100145579 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONBOARD ZERO OFFSET COMPENSATION FOR ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST STEERING TORQUE SENSOR - A method and system for onboard zero offset compensation for ATV electric power assist steering (EPAS) torque sensor. An electric assist torque can be applied to an EPAS motor in a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction until a movement is generated in a steering column. A threshold value of torque signal generated by the torque sensor in both directions can be stored when the applied torque exceeds a reaction torque to cause acceleration of a shaft. The reaction torque can be determined under conditions such as, for example, when no one is holding the handle bars and the wheels are free from obstruction. The magnitude of the torque signals are approximately equivalent and an absolute magnitude of the torque signals falls below a general torque limit that can be set under ideal conditions with the ATV. Thereafter, an auto zeroing operation can be performed a number of times throughout the life of the ATV and the error due to offset drift of the sensor can be reduced. | 06-10-2010 |
20140070763 | E-FIELD SHIELD FOR WIRELESS CHARGER - A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper. | 03-13-2014 |
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20140231507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TOOL MANAGEMENT - A system of using machine readable labels affixed to tools for managing information related to those tools. The barcode is affixed to a tool so that the barcode does not interfere with the tool. By scanning the barcode on the specific tool, a user is able to access pertinent information related to that tool. Examples include specifications, recalls, hours of usage, liens, etc. Also, a method of reporting metrics of the history of a tool that includes the ability to create, report, store, and communicate machine tool details, parameters, usage, issues, maintenance actions, and or problems. Also, a method of generating a Preventative Maintenance alert report. Additionally, a method of tracking the lifecycle count of a tool. Also, a method of auto-populating a tool database. Finally, a method of tracking tool locations and updating tool metrics utilizing a GPS- and camera-enabled cell phone. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080265755 | Biscarbazol-9-Yl-Substituted Triarylamine-Containing Polymers and Electronic Devices - A conjugated or partially conjugated polymer including a structural unit of Formula (I); where T is an aryl or heteroaryl group that may be substituted or unsubstituted, or a C1-C24 alkyl group; R1 is alkyl, alkoxy, aryl group, cyano, or F; and a and b are independently selected from 1, 2 or 3. In addition, a composition of Formula (IV); wherein X is a halogen or a boronate group. | 10-30-2008 |
20090066224 | DICARBAZOLE AROMATIC AMINE POLYMERS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A conjugated or partially conjugated polymer comprising a structural unit of Formula I: I Wherein Ar1 is an aromatic group which contains one or more heteroatoms, or an aromatic group which comprises one or more fused aromatic or non-aromatic rings, said aromatic group may be substituted or unsubstituted; and R1 is alkyl, alkoxy, and aryl group, cyano, or F. | 03-12-2009 |
20090155534 | ORIENTED POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH A DEORIENTED SURFACE LAYER - Prepare an oriented polymer composition that is cavitated, has cross sectional dimensions all at least three millimeters and at least one de-oriented surface layer having a thickness of at least 80 microns and at least 50 microns less than half the thickness of the oriented polymer composition, the de-oriented surface layer having a lower degree of polymer orientation than a 100 micron thick portion of the oriented polymer composition adjacent to and below the de-oriented surface layer by sufficiently heat treating a surface of a cavitated oriented polymer composition. | 06-18-2009 |
20090305008 | SURFACE COLOR PATTERNING WHILE DRAWING POLYMER ARTICLES - Prepare an oriented polymer composition having a decorative appearance by a process including extruding an orientable polymer composition from an extruder, directing the orientable polymer composition through a calibrator and then drawing the orientable polymer composition, optionally through a drawing die, at a drawing temperature to form an oriented polymer composition wherein the process further includes disposing a colorant onto a surface of the oriented polymer composition prior to the calibrator, prior to the drawing die or both prior to a calibrator and prior to the drawing die in a pattern having a width of at least five millimeters and that preferably so that the colorant is at least partially located on a recessed portion of the resulting oriented polymer composition's surface and/or extends to a depth of at least one millimeter below the oriented polymer composition's surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20100160631 | AROMATIC MONOMER- AND CONJUGATED POLYMER-METAL COMPLEXES - A halogenated aromatic monomer-metal complex useful for preparing a polymer for electronic devices such as a light-emitting diode (LED) device is described. The aromatic monomer-metal complex is designed to include a linking group that disrupts conjugation, thereby advantageously reducing or preventing electron delocalization between the aromatic monomer fragment and the metal complex fragment. Disruption of conjugation is often desirable to preserve the phosphorescent emission properties of the metal complex in a polymer formed from the aromatic monomer-metal complex. The resultant conjugated electroluminescent polymer has precisely controlled metal complexation and electronic properties that are substantially or completely independent of those of the polymer backbone. | 06-24-2010 |
20110018162 | ORIENTED POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH A DEORIENTED SURFACE LAYER - Prepare an oriented polymer composition that is cavitated, has cross sectional dimensions all at least three millimeters and at least one de-oriented surface layer having a thickness of at least 8C microns and at least 50 microns less than half the thickness of the oriented polymer composition, the de-oriented surface layer having a lower degree of polymer orientation than a 100 micron thick portion of the oriented polymer composition adjacent to and below the de-oriented surface layer by sufficiently heat treating a surface of a cavitated oriented polymer composition. | 01-27-2011 |
20110172426 | AROMATIC MONOMER- AND CONJUGATED POLYMER-METAL COMPLEXES - A halogenated aromatic monomer-metal complex useful for preparing a polymer for electronic devices such as a light-emitting diode (LED) device is described. The aromatic monomer-metal complex is designed to include a linking group that disrupts conjugation, thereby advantageously reducing or preventing electron delocalization between the aromatic monomer fragment and the metal complex fragment. Disruption of conjugation is often desirable to preserve the phosphorescent emission properties of the metal complex in a polymer formed from the aromatic monomer-metal complex. The resultant conjugated electroluminescent polymer has precisely controlled metal complexation and electronic properties that are substantially or completely independent of those of the polymer backbone. | 07-14-2011 |
20110229693 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SHAPED FOAM ARTICLE - The present invention is a method to manufacture shaped foam article. Specifically, the present invention is a method of extruding a styrenic polymer with a blowing agent to form a foam polymer plank having a density gradient and shaping the surface of the foam plank having the lowest density by passing the foam plank through one or more sets of rolls. Preferably, the foam has a vertical compressive balance (Rv) equal to or greater than 0.4 and more preferably, the foam has a cell gas pressure less than 1 atmosphere and/or an open cell content of equal to or less than 20 percent. | 09-22-2011 |
20120001358 | DRYING METHOD FOR CERAMIC GREENWARE - The present invention is directed to a method comprising a) placing wet ceramic greenware body on a carrying structure, and b) exposing the wet ceramic greenware body to conditions such that the liquid carrier in the ceramic greenware body is substantially removed; wherein the carrying structure contains a carrying sheet comprising a material which retains its shape under drying conditions, the carrying sheet having two flat parallel faces and a plurality of walls perpendicular to the flat parallel faces wherein the walls form a plurality of flow passages communicating between the two faces wherein the largest distance between any two walls in the carrying sheet is about 6 mm or less and the walls have a sufficient thickness to support the wet ceramic greenware body under drying conditions without deforming and the area of the flow passages measured parallel to the two faces is from about 60 to about 90 percent by volume. | 01-05-2012 |
20130085258 | CROSSLINKABLE ARYLAMINE COMPOUNDS AND CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS OR POLYMERS BASED THEREON - Crosslinkable arylamine compounds, oligomers and polymers prepared from such crosslinkable arylamine compounds, films and coatings, and multilayer electronic devices comprising such films are disclosed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130149458 | METHOD FOR APPLYING DISCRIMINATING LAYER ONTO POROUS CERAMIC FILTERS - A porous discriminating layer is formed on a ceramic support having at least one porous wall by (a) establishing a flow of a gas stream containing agglomerates of particles and (b) calcining said deposited layer to form the discriminating layer. At least a portion of the particles are of a sinter-resistant material or a sinter-resistant material precursor. The particles have a size from 0.01 to 5 microns and the agglomerates have a size of from 10 to 200 microns. This method is an inexpensive and effective route to forming a discriminating layer onto the porous wall. | 06-13-2013 |
20150040763 | AXIALLY SECTIONED CERAMIC HONEYCOMB ASSEMBLIES - Ceramic honeycomb assemblies are made from ceramic honeycomb sections arranged sequentially in an axial direction. The plugging patterns of the cells in the various sections are varied so that a portion of a fluid entering the assemblies can pass through upstream section(s) of the assembly without being filtered. One or more downstream sections capture particulate matter that has passed through the upstream sections without being filtered. This design reduces “ring-off” cracking, and high filtration capacity, with little increase in pressure drop during operation. | 02-12-2015 |
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20140231507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TOOL MANAGEMENT - A system of using machine readable labels affixed to tools for managing information related to those tools. The barcode is affixed to a tool so that the barcode does not interfere with the tool. By scanning the barcode on the specific tool, a user is able to access pertinent information related to that tool. Examples include specifications, recalls, hours of usage, liens, etc. Also, a method of reporting metrics of the history of a tool that includes the ability to create, report, store, and communicate machine tool details, parameters, usage, issues, maintenance actions, and or problems. Also, a method of generating a Preventative Maintenance alert report. Additionally, a method of tracking the lifecycle count of a tool. Also, a method of auto-populating a tool database. Finally, a method of tracking tool locations and updating tool metrics utilizing a GPS- and camera-enabled cell phone. | 08-21-2014 |
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20120038324 | DUAL-CHARGER SYSTEM - A dual-charger system operable to facilitate charging a battery with energy regulated by two chargers connected in parallel to the battery where one charger operates according to a voltage regulation mode and the other of the two chargers operates according to a current regulation mode. | 02-16-2012 |
20130342379 | Vehicle Remote Function System and Method - A vehicle remote function system is provided for determining a location of a fob relative to a vehicle. The system includes a controller adapted to be mounted in the vehicle and configured for communication with antennas mounted at different vehicle locations, the controller for use in determining the location of the fob based on ultra-wide band wireless signals transmitted between the antennas and the fob. The controller is configured to locate the fob within one of multiple three-dimensional zones, one of the zones configured to have a non-spherical shape. A method is also provided for use in a vehicle remote function system, the method for determining a location of a fob relative to a vehicle. The method includes transmitting ultra-wide band wireless signals between the vehicle and the fob, and determining the location of the fob within one of multiple three-dimensional zones, one of the zones having a non-spherical shape. | 12-26-2013 |
20140248898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - A vehicle system and method is provided for detecting the location of a portable wireless device. The vehicle system includes the portable device and a plurality of base stations positioned about a vehicle. The portable device is configured to transmit a first wireless signal and a second wireless signal indicative of motion data of the portable device. A main base station of the plurality of base stations is configured to determine a first final position of the portable device in response to each of the plurality of base stations successfully receiving the first wireless signal. The main base station is further configured to determine a second final position of the portable device using the first final position and the motion data of the second wireless signal as received at the first base station and after determining that the second base station has not successfully received the second wireless signal. | 09-04-2014 |
20140253287 | Vehicle Remote Function System and Method for Effectuating Vehicle Operations Based on Vehicle FOB Movement - A vehicle remote function system is provided for use in effectuating vehicle operations based on movement of a fob relative to a vehicle. The system may include a controller for determining locations of the fob within zones proximate the vehicle based on ultra-wide band wireless signals transmitted between the antennas and the fob, the zones including a primary zone and secondary zones, each secondary zone at least partially within the primary zone. The controller may be configured to detect a movement of the fob between secondary zones and generate a control signal for use in effectuating a vehicle operation based on the movement detected. A method is also provided which may include transmitting ultra-wide band wireless signals between the fob and the antennas, detecting a movement of the fob between secondary zones, and generating a control signal for use in effectuating a vehicle operation based on the movement detected. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253288 | Vehicle Remote Function System and Method for Determining Vehicle FOB Locations Using Adaptive Filtering - A vehicle remote function system is provided for determining locations of a fob relative to a vehicle. The system may include a controller configured for communication with antennas mounted at different locations in the vehicle, the controller for use in determining locations of the fob based on ultra-wide band wireless signals transmitted between the antennas and the fob. The controller is configured to use a first filtering of the wireless signals to determine an initial location of the fob, and a second filtering of the wireless signals to determine a subsequent location of the fob. A method is also provided which may include transmitting ultra-wide band wireless signals between the fob and antennas mounted in the vehicle, using a first filtering of the wireless signals to determine an initial location of the fob, and using a second filtering of the wireless signals to determine a subsequent location of the fob. | 09-11-2014 |
20140308971 | Vehicle System for Detecting a Three-Dimensional Location of a Wireless Device - A vehicle system is provided with a portable device that is configured to provide a wireless signal. The vehicle system includes at least three base stations for being positioned about a vehicle within a first plane and a fourth base station for being positioned within the vehicle and vertically offset from the first plane to define a second plane with two of the at least three base stations. Each base station is configured to receive the wireless signal and to generate a message indicative of a time of flight of the wireless signal. The fourth base station is further configured to determine a three-dimensional location of the portable device based on the message generated by each base station. | 10-16-2014 |
20150208207 | WIRELESS DEVICE LOCALIZATION - A vehicle system is provided with a portable device configured to provide a wireless signal and at least three base stations for being positioned about a vehicle. Each base station being configured to receive the wireless signal and to generate a message indicative of a time of flight of the wireless signal. The vehicle system also includes a main base station for being positioned within the vehicle and configured to determine a general location of the portable device within one of a plurality of zones about the vehicle and to determine a three-dimensional location of the portable device based on the message using a first estimation in response to the portable device being located in a first zone. | 07-23-2015 |