Sadri
Afshin Sadri, Woodbridge CA
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20090093978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF TAPBLOCKS AND SIMILAR ELEMENTS - The described embodiments relate to systems and methods for acoustic monitoring of metallurgical furnace cooling elements. Some metallurgical furnaces have a tapblock that is blocked during operation of the furnace. The tapblock may be opened by lancing, drilling, tapping or by other means to release metal from the furnace. By monitoring acoustic emissions during the opening process, feedback may be provided to improve the opening process and to avoid excessive damage to the tapblock, the cooling elements, a refractory lining of the tapblock or other elements of the metallurgical furnace. | 04-09-2009 |
20100213922 | ELECTROMAGNETIC BATH LEVEL MEASUREMENT FOR PYROMETALLURGICAL FURNANCES - In a first aspect, some embodiments of the invention provide a system for measuring the level of a plurality of phases of a conductive or semi-conductive mixture in a vessel, the system comprising: a vessel configured to hold a conductive or semi-conductive mixture including a plurality of phases, the vessel comprising a sidewall with an interior surface and an exterior surface, a plurality of antennas configured to transmit electromagnetic and/or eddy current signals into the sidewall of the vessel to impinge upon the plurality of phases in the conductive or semi-conductive mixture and to receive corresponding signals reflected from the plurality of phases in the conductive or semi-conductive mixture, the antennas situated at a plurality of different levels along the exterior surface of the vessel sidewall, wherein reflected signals are received, a transmitter module configured to generate electromagnetic and/or eddy current signals in communication with the plurality of antennas, a receiver module configured to receive electromagnetic and/or eddy current signals in communication with the plurality of antennas, a control module in communication with the transmitter module and the receiver module configured to control the operation of the transmitter module and the receiver module, and a signal analysis module in communication with the receiver module configured to process the reflected signals to determine the levels of the plurality of phases of the conductive or semi-conductive mixture within the vessel. | 08-26-2010 |
20140123758 | FURNACE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various systems and method for acoustic monitoring of smelting furnaces and similar devices are disclosed. Acoustic sensors (and optionally other sensors) are mounted to the furnace. Acoustic emission events generated in the furnace are analyzed to identify conditions that exceed one or more thresholds. The location of acoustic emissions may be identified and reported. Output signals may be generated in response to acoustic emissions. The location of acoustic emissions may be used to identify the location of potential failures in the furnace. | 05-08-2014 |
Afshin Sadri, Mississauga CA
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20110272865 | MEASUREMENT OF CHARGE BANK LEVEL IN A METALLURGICAL FURNACE - Various systems and methods for monitoring the level of a feed material layer in a metallurgical furnace are described. At least one non-contact sensor is used to sense a distance between the feed layer and a reference position. A process controller linked to the sensor provides a control signal based upon the sensed distance. The control signal may be used to control various factors in the operation of the metallurgical furnace. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272866 | MEASUREMENT OF CHARGE BANK LEVEL IN A METALLURGICAL FURNACE - Various systems and methods for monitoring the level of a feed material layer in a metallurgical furnace are described. At least one non-contact sensor is used to sense a distance between the feed layer and a reference position. A process controller linked to the sensor provides a control signal based upon the sensed distance. The control signal may be used to control various factors in the operation of the metallurgical furnace. | 11-10-2011 |
Ali Soheil Sadri, Cary, NC US
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20090259463 | Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Vocoder Implementations - Techniques for implementing vocoders in parallel digital signal processors are described. A preferred approach is implemented in conjunction with the BOPS® Manifold Array (ManArray™) processing architecture so that in an array of N parallel processing elements, N channels of voice communication are processed in parallel. Techniques for forcing vocoder processing of one dataframe to take the same number of cycles are described. Improved throughput and lower clock rates can be achieved. | 10-15-2009 |
20130006617 | Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Vocoder Implementations - Techniques for implementing vocoders in parallel digital signal processors are described. A preferred approach is implemented in conjunction with the BOPS® Manifold Array (ManArray™) processing architecture so that in an array of N parallel processing elements, N channels of voice communication are processed in parallel. Techniques for forcing vocoder processing of one data-frame to take the same number of cycles are described. Improved throughput and lower clock rates can be achieved. | 01-03-2013 |
Amir Sadri, Toronto CA
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20080216698 | MICRODOT PRINTING HEAD - A microdot printing head containing hollow pins as reservoirs for biological samples is manufactured with a high degree of accuracy in the spacing of the hollow pins by press fitting the pins into bushings at precisely dimensioned end sections in the bores of the bushings, and receiving the bushings into a common support block. | 09-11-2008 |
20130143272 | THERMAL CYCLER WITH VAPOR CHAMBER FOR RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGES - Rapid and uniform temperature changes in the wells of a microplate or any thin-walled plate that contains an array of reaction wells or sample receptacles are achieved by the use of heating and cooling elements with a vapor chamber interposed between such elements and the microplate. The upper surface of the vapor chamber and the underside of the sample plate in certain embodiments are complementary in shape, i.e., they have identical but oppositely directed contours in the areas around each of the sample receptacles, to provide continuous surface contact along the surface of each receptacle. In other embodiments, an intermediary plate is placed between the vapor chamber and the well plate, with the top surface of the intermediary plate being complementary in shape to the underside of the well plate. | 06-06-2013 |
Amir M. Sadri, Toronto CA
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20110130560 | SONICATION CARTRIDGE FOR NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION - A cartridge in which sonication is applied to biological matter to disrupt and release nucleic acids from the matter is formed from a cartridge body containing a series of wells connected by fluid passages engineered to prevent backflow, with at least one well containing a sonication window covered by a thin lamina to transmit sonic vibrations from a sonication horn contacting the exterior surface of the window. Fluid transport among the wells is achieved by pressure differentials through the fluid passages, and a succession of functions is performed in the various wells, including disruption, mixing, binding of the released nucleic acids to binding materials, washing, elution, and collection. | 06-02-2011 |
20120046765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER CONTROL - A system for controlling an ultrasonic transducer utilizes an indication of the relative phase of the voltage on the transducer and the current passing through the transducer to control the relative phase to a value that has been preselected to correspond to resonance of an electromechanical system that includes the ultrasonic transducer. In one example application, the system includes a waveform generator that produces an oscillating signal, and the frequency of the oscillating signal is adjustable under control of the control processor. The control processor adjusts the frequency of the oscillating signal according to a proportional control law at least some of the time, and according to a proportional-integral control law at least some of the time. The control processor may also control the amplitude of the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducer. | 02-23-2012 |
20150064694 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING CHAMBER - Systems, including apparatus and methods, for the microfluidic manipulation, dispensing, and/or sorting of particles, such as cells and/or beads. The systems may include a shaped focusing chamber and/or a branched diverting mechanism. | 03-05-2015 |
20150093743 | ON-DEMAND PARTICLE DISPENSING SYSTEM - Systems, including apparatus and methods, for the microfluidic manipulation, dispensing, and/or sorting of particles, such as cells and/or beads. | 04-02-2015 |
Fariba Sadri, Sandhausen DE
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20160092883 | TIMELINE-BASED VISUALIZATION AND HANDLING OF A CUSTOMER - A system and method for navigating a customer management application hosted on an electronic device is provided. Using the customer management application, a user may review data from a plurality of applications and data sources. In addition, the data may be arranged along one or more timeline displays. For example, the system and method may display a timeline having first and second timescales, display one or more entries along the timeline, each of the entries containing one or more corresponding events, detect a user input though an input detector of the electronic device, and upon detecting the user input, vary the timeline according to the user input. | 03-31-2016 |
Hossein J. Sadri, Novi, MI US
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20130185114 | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM WITH EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES - A method refines performance of a product that includes a plurality of interacting systems. A plurality of system-based FMEAs are developed for the interacting systems, each having system-specific failure modes and corresponding actions for respective ones of the system-specific failure modes. Product feedback from recipients of the product is collected, wherein the product feedback is indicative of product performance shortcomings. A plurality of experts for the respective interacting systems review the product feedback to identify particular system-specific failure modes contained in the plurality of system-based FMEAs that have an influence on the product performance shortcomings. The particular system-specific failure modes identified by the experts are prioritized based on a potential to improve the product performance shortcomings. The corrective actions are pursued for the particular system-specific failure modes according to the prioritization. | 07-18-2013 |
Omid Sadri, New York, NY US
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20130095723 | FOLDING TOY FIGURINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A folding toy figurine includes a lid formed from a flat foldable stock and has a top wall and side walls when it is folded into erect position. The toy also has a box component which is formed from flat foldable stock which, when folded into erect position, has a bottom wall, walls and a hollow interior. At least one of side walls has a small slot therein and a lid fitting snugly over the box component to form a hollow box. The toy has parts that are loosely held inside the box. At least one of the parts is removable from the interior of the box and insertable into said small slot in side wall, from the exterior thereof. The invention also provides a method of making parts with boundaries for insertion into slots. | 04-18-2013 |
Soorena Sadri, Alexandria, VA US
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20090261080 | ENHANCED PLASMA FILTER - A device is provided for compressing a plasma stream flowing in a plasma flow direction and maintaining the plasma stream in the compressed state. The device has a plasma compression region; a plurality of first magnets positioned around the plasma compression region for compressing the plasma stream, each of the first magnets having a dominant magnetic force direction that is non-parallel to the plasma flow direction; a reaction region positioned down stream from the plasma compression region; and a plurality of second magnets positioned around the reaction region for maintaining the plasma stream in its compressed state. | 10-22-2009 |
Soorena Sadri, Potomac, MD US
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20120199079 | ELECTROMAGNETIC APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AFFECTING BEHAVIOR IN ELASMOBRANCH FISH - An apparatus for selectively affecting the behavior of elasmobranch fish such as rays, skates and sharks, with electromagnetic waves. The apparatus comprises a power source, an electrical circuit capable of generating a selected voltage, current, and alternating frequency, an antenna capable of receiving the converted power from the electrical current and transmitting the converted power as an electromagnetic field, and an optional control means disposed between the power source and the antenna. In operation, this apparatus generates and transmits electromagnetic waves whose effects are perceivable by certain aquatic elasmobranch fish, which can be adjusted to cause a selected behavior, such as attraction or repulsion. The characteristics of the emitted electromagnetic waves can be controlled and changed to fit the desired needs. The apparatus can be self-contained or part of a larger system, and can be incorporated into a variety of devices. | 08-09-2012 |