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20140230927 | GLOBAL BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY - A backflow prevention assembly for global use with dispensers requiring a variety of backflow prevention devices based on regulatory standards is provided. The assembly includes a housing comprising first and second housing members and including quick connector attachments extending therefrom. The quick connector attachments are non-threaded members configured to be attached to the various measurement and types of connections found throughout the world. A cover is provided for venting purposes to reduce the backflow siphoning forces or pressure, which causes the backflow of a product chemistry. Furthermore, a backflow prevention device is configured to be fluidly coupled to the housing of the present invention to provide for one way flow and the prevention of backflow of a product chemistry into a water supply. The flow control may be selected based on the regulatory standards of the location used. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIATION OF FLOW TO ERODE SOLID CHEMISTRY - A method and apparatus for obtaining a product chemistry from a product and a fluid is provided. A product is housed within a dispenser. A fluid is introduced through a manifold diffuse member having a plurality of ports. A cover is positioned adjacent the manifold diffuse member and includes a plurality of ports. The cover is able to be adjusted, for example, by rotating the cover, to align and un-align the manifold diffuse ports and the cover ports. This adjustment controls the flow characteristics of the fluid through the manifold diffuse member and cover to control the characteristics of the fluid in contact with the product. The adjustment of the cover to control the flow will provide a generally consistent concentration and erosion rate based upon known relationships between a characteristic of the fluid and the flow of the fluid in relation to the product. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233347 | THERMAL VALVE - A method and apparatus for obtaining a solution from a solid product in contact with a liquid is provided. A solid product is housed within a dispenser. A liquid is introduced into contact with the solid product. The solution formed between the solid product and the liquid is collected, and a makeup liquid can be added thereto to further dilute or control the concentration of the formed solution. The amount of makeup liquid added to the solution can be controlled based on the temperature of the liquid to provide an automatic, continuously variable amount of liquid added to the solution. In addition, a method of providing a pressure independent control of the makeup liquid is also provided. | 08-21-2014 |
20150114475 | SINGLE PIECE THREE-WAY ELASTOMERIC VALVE - A drainage component in fluid communication with the fluid supply line includes a drain channel leading to a drain, the drain channel having an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall has a sealing surface approximate a three-way elastomeric valve. The elastomeric valve includes a moveable first wall having a first position when the fluid supply is on and a second position when fluid supply is off and a second wall connected to the moveable first wall, the second wall engaging a drain sealing surface when the first wall is in the first position. The elastomeric valve includes an orifice through which fluid may flow. When the pressure of the fluid on the elastomeric element increases, the second wall of the elastomeric valve engages the drain sealing surface. The elastomeric valve is preferably a fluoroelastomer to ensure both flexibility and resistance to a variety of chemical products. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110289304 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK SETTINGS - A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic for managing configurations in a computer system is disclosed. The computer program product includes code to configure network information in a first Operating System (OS) environment, code to pass the network information to a second OS environment, and code to effectuate the network information in the first and second OS environments without rebooting the first and second OS environments. | 11-24-2011 |
20120102368 | COMMUNICATING ERRORS BETWEEN AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND INTERFACE LAYER - Error information may be made quickly and easily accessible to an administrator by logging communications attempts in the operating system of a server. When the interface processor resides outside of the operating system, the interface processor may provide indications to the operating system of communications attempts. Specifically, the interface processor may provide message packets to the pass-through communications processor of the operating system when SSL/TLS communications attempts fail to establish secure communications sessions. The message packets may include information useful for diagnosing errors in SSL/TLS communication failures such as errors in the creation and management of certificates, certificate trust, private and public keys, and/or cipher suites. The communications logs in the operating system may be reviewed and/or analyzed by an administrator with a log trace analysis application. | 04-26-2012 |
20130060558 | UPDATING OF INTERFACES IN NON-EMULATED ENVIRONMENTS BY PROGRAMS IN THE EMULATED ENVIRONMENT - Updates to components of an interface may be carried out from a program executed in an emulated environment. For example, an interface that provides communications for the program in the emulated environment to the host operating system may be updated from the program in the emulated environment. Centralizing updates through the program improves the likelihood that components, such as the interface, have compatible versions with the program executing in the emulated environment. Thus, as the program is updated other components are updated by the program. | 03-07-2013 |
20130166272 | NETWORK PACKET CAPTURE IN EMULATED ENVIRONMENTS - Communications between an application executing in an emulated environment in an operating system and a network stack in the operating system may be improved to allow the application access to additional information. The application may be able to access a network traffic log of the operating system, including contents of packets transmitted and received for the application. The network traffic log may be transmitted to the application by a non-emulated interface executing in the operating system. The application may merge the contents of the network traffic log with an internal application log based on matching similar events between the two logs. | 06-27-2013 |
20130326212 | HELPER APPLICATIONS FOR DATA TRANSFERS OVER SECURE DATA CONNECTIONS - Data rates in secure data communications may be improved by executing helper applications to assist a computer system in responding to requests for secure data. The computation-intensive calculations may be offloaded to helper applications executing on different central processor units (CPUs). When the helper applications execute on different CPUs, higher data rates are achievable because additional CPU time is available for handling the encryption and decryption processing. A main application receives the initial request for secure data connections and assigns tasks related to the connections to the helper applications. | 12-05-2013 |
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20100146250 | DYNAMIC UPDATING OF TRUSTED CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATE REVOCATION LISTS IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM - This application generally describes techniques for dynamically updating trusted certificates and CRLs, generally referred to herein as certificate information. That is, techniques are described for updating trusted certificates and CRLs without terminating existing communication sessions. An exemplary method includes the steps of receiving an initial configuration that includes a trusted certificate authority, receiving certificate information that includes a certificate revocation list (CRL) and a first certificate from the trusted certificate authority, storing the certificate information in the configuration, initiating a communication session for an application, receiving an update to the certificate information, and updating the configuration to reflect the update to the certificate information without terminating the communication session. A computing device may receive the update to the certificate information from a user, as well as receiving a command from the user to apply the update to the certificate information to current communication sessions. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146588 | MAPPING PROPRIETARY SSL APIS ONTO OPENSSL APIS - Techniques are described for mapping an emulated SSL implementation to, for example, OpenSSL. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to initiate a communication session from an application, running in an emulation environment, with a first SSL API of an emulated SSL implementation running in the emulation environment, sending the request to a communication interface process that is running in a base computing environment, wherein the emulation environment is a process running on the base computing environment, extracting, with the communication interface process, communication session information from the request, calling, with the communication interface process, procedures provided by a second SSL API of an SSL implementation, in accordance with the request, to initiate a communication session with a computing device, wherein the SSL implementation is a program running in the base computing environment, initiating the communication session with the computing device, and transferring data to the computing device. | 06-10-2010 |
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20140325232 | REQUESTING AND STORING CERTIFICATES FOR SECURE CONNECTION VALIDATION - A client system may be configured to request a certificate from a server system and store the certificate locally. The stored certificate may be used to later authenticate a secure connection between the client system and the server system. The secure connection validated by the stored certificate may be, for example, a secure sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) connection. | 10-30-2014 |
20140380421 | Insecure Connection Prohibition - A server system may be configured to receive a request for a connection from a client application. The server system may also be configured to determine if the client application is permitted to connect with the server. The connection with the client application may be prohibited if the server determines that the client application is not permitted to connect with the server. A secure connection with the client application may be permitted if the server determines that the client application is permitted to connect with the server. The secure connection may be established with the security protocol settings specified by a process on the server or shared security protocol settings specified by on a server system-wide basis. | 12-25-2014 |
20160028819 | DATA PATH SELECTION FOR NETWORK TRANSFER USING HIGH SPEED RDMA OR NON-RDMA DATA PATHS - A method and apparatus for high-speed data path selection for network transfer using IP addresses is disclosed. The method may include configuring an IP address for a non-RDMA data transfer or an RDMA high speed data transfer. An application executing in an emulated environment may transfer data using the same function calls for both non-RDMA data transfer or an RDMA high speed data transfer. This reduces changes to the application to allow RDMA transfers. A non-emulated interface determines whether the IP address is flagged as an RDMA address. If so, the data is transferred via an RDMA data path. If the IP address is not flagged as an RDMA address, the data is transferred via a non-RDMA data path through a traditional network stack. | 01-28-2016 |
20160099945 | DNS SECURITY EXTENSIONS FOR EMULATED APPLICATIONS - The non-emulated interface may determine whether the domain-name-to-be-resolved resides in a zone on a list of secured zones. If so, the DNS query may be processed by a non-emulated interface in the host environment. The non-emulated interface may determine whether the domain-name-to-be-resolved resides in a zone on a list of secured zones. If so, the DNS query may be performed by the non-emulated interface using DNSSEC. DNS resolutions that do not pass the security checks may fail while DNS resolutions that pass the security checks will be returned to the customer. | 04-07-2016 |
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20100205601 | RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUALIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLIANCES - A system for virtualizing information technology (IT) appliances can include an IT appliance hosting facilities software. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can be implemented at a layer of abstraction above a virtual machine host, which is implemented in a layer of abstraction above a hardware layer of a computing system. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can include programmatic code functioning as virtualized hardware upon which a set of IT appliance software modules are able to concurrently run. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can provide caching, application level security, and a standardized framework for running the IT appliance software modules, which are configured in conformance with the standardized framework. | 08-12-2010 |
20120174115 | RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUALIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLIANCES - A system for virtualizing information technology (IT) appliances can include an IT appliance hosting facilities software. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can be implemented at a layer of abstraction above a virtual machine host, which is implemented in a layer of abstraction above a hardware layer of a computing system. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can include programmatic code functioning as virtualized hardware upon which a set of IT appliance software modules are able to concurrently run. The IT appliance hosting facilities software can provide caching, application level security, and a standardized framework for running the IT appliance software modules, which are configured in conformance with the standardized framework. | 07-05-2012 |
20140149492 | ADJUSTMENT TO MANAGED-INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-A-SERVICE CLOUD STANDARD - An arbitrary customer instance is transferred from a customer environment to a target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment as a transferred image. An image adjustment plan, capturing at least one adjustment required to render the transferred image compliant with standards of the target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment, is formulated. The image adjustment plan is executed to adjust the transferred image to obtain an adjusted image compliant with standards of the target managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment. The adjusted image is on-boarded into the managed-infrastructure-as-a-service cloud environment as a standard image thereof. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149983 | REPLACING VIRTUAL MACHINE DISKS - At least one target virtual disk descriptor that describes at least one virtual disk associated with an existing target virtual machine in a target virtualized environment is merged with at least one source virtual disk descriptor that describes at least one virtual disk associated with a source. The merging is carried out to obtain at least one merged virtual disk descriptor compatible with the target virtualized environment. The at least one virtual disk associated with the existing target virtual machine in the target virtualized environment is replaced with the at least one virtual disk associated with the source, in accordance with the at least one merged virtual disk descriptor. | 05-29-2014 |
20150261842 | CONFORMANCE SPECIFICATION AND CHECKING FOR HOSTING SERVICES - One or more requirements of a target hosting environment are captured in a specification. The specification is automatically checked against a source content of a source environment with a conformance checker, where the source content is to be migrated to the target hosting environment. It is determined whether the source content conforms to the specification. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264128 | SPECIFICATION-GUIDED MIGRATION - A conformance checker is received on a system that contains hostable content, and is executed. One or more results provided by the conformance checker are evaluated; and the hostable content is migrated to a destination host in accordance with the evaluating step. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100131532 | Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation - The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library, digitizing it and comparing it to the digital images in the digital library, and providing a text descriptive of the image from outside the digital library. | 05-27-2010 |
20110041468 | Smoke Evacuation System - A smoke evacuating system for use during surgical procedures, particularly minimally invasive procedures involving the use of a laser or cautery at a surgical site having an associated higher than ambient pressure, wherein the system includes a filter with a site side and an outlet side and a fluid conduit extending between the surgical site and the filter. The filter includes a filter media and a housing substantially surrounding the filter media with a space between the filter media and the housing to collect condensed vapor. The filter exhibits low resistance or a low pressure drop and resists fluid flow, whereby the higher than ambient pressure is not substantially diminished and generates a fluid flow in the fluid flow path tending to carry smoke to and through the filter. | 02-24-2011 |
20120271253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVACUATING MATERIALS AT A SURGICAL SITE - An apparatus for evacuating material from a surgical site, the apparatus including a housing and a filter media, and being operably coupled to a vacuum source. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer side wall, together defining an inner cavity of the housing. The housing further includes an access opening in fluid communication with the inner cavity and one or more ingress apertures in fluid communication with the access opening. The filter media is positioned in or adjacent to the inner cavity such that a flow of fluid through the ingress apertures is moved through the filter media. | 10-25-2012 |
20140053657 | FLUID AND BIOAEROSOL MANAGEMENT - The present invention comprises a central vacuum producing system suitable for collecting both liquid and gaseous material, one or more end effectors for use at a site at which liquid and gaseous material are produced, and a coupling device or connector for operably coupling one or more end effectors to the central vacuum. The connector may include a suitable liquid monitor or counter such as a flow meter, and/or features for separating, quantifying, routing and/or disposing of collected bioaerosol and/or its components at the site at which the connector is being used. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058343 | SMOKE EVACUATOR AND EVACUATION SYSTEM - A smoke evacuator and evacuation system for removing gaseous and/or particulate byproducts of surgical procedures and noxious vapors from chemicals is provided and includes an end effector or vacuum head positionable at a surgical site, the end effector including a plenum, a plenum support for preventing the plenum from collapsing, and an adaptor for coupling the end effector or vacuum head to a vacuum source. | 02-27-2014 |
20140303576 | EVACUATION SYSTEM - An evacuation system and method for removing and/or treating gaseous and/or particulate byproducts of surgical procedures includes an end effector such as a side vent trocar, an operating room tower or the equivalent, a disposal vessel, a vacuum source and optionally a filter. The end effector may be coupled to the tower by a conduit, the tower may be coupled to the collection tank by a conduit, and the collection tank may be coupled to the vacuum source. Gaseous and/or particulate byproducts may flow from the surgical site through the trocar, conduits, tower tank and filter, and the flow may be regulated at least in part by the components of the system. | 10-09-2014 |
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20080213710 | COMBUSTION BLOWER CONTROL FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A forced air furnace may include a pneumatically modulated gas valve that is configured to provide gas to a burner. A pneumatic sampling device may be disposed proximate a combustion blower and may be configured to provide the pneumatically modulated gas valve with a first pneumatic signal and a second pneumatic signal that are representative of fluid flow through the pneumatic sampling device. The pneumatically modulated gas valve may regulate gas flow in accordance with the first and second pneumatic signals. In some cases, the pneumatic sampling device may include a restriction, a first pressure port disposed upstream of the restriction and a second pressure port disposed downstream of the restriction. The first and second pressure ports may provide the first and second pneumatic signals to the pneumatically modulated gas valve. | 09-04-2008 |
20090308372 | SELECTABLE EFFICIENCY VERSUS COMFORT FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A furnace controller for a modulating furnace that helps provide a balance between energy efficiency and occupant comfort across various burner firing rates and/or across various circulating blower speeds. In some cases, the furnace controller can be configured to permit a user to customize operation of the furnace in accordance with their particular needs and/or desires with respect to efficiency and comfort. A selection may be made between an energy efficiency setting and a user comfort setting. Then, a plenum parameter such as a discharge air temperature (DAT) or discharge air flow (DAF) may be regulated in accordance with the selected setting. | 12-17-2009 |
20100009302 | BURNER FIRING RATE DETERMINATION FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A modulating furnace having a variable rate burner and a controller is operated at a first burner firing rate for a first period of time, and a higher burner firing rate once the first period of time has expired. In some instances, the burner may be operated only while the controller is receiving a call for heat from a thermostat or the like. | 01-14-2010 |
20110269082 | GAS PRESSURE CONTROL FOR WARM AIR FURNACES - Systems, methods, and controllers for controlling gas-fired appliances such as warm air furnaces are disclosed. An illustrative furnace system can include a burner unit in communication with a combustion air flow conduit and heat exchanger, a variable speed inducer fan or blower adapted to provide a flow of combustion air to the burner unit, a furnace controller and motor speed control unit adapted to regulate the speed of the inducer fan or blower, and a pneumatically modulated gas valve adapted to variably output gas pressure to the burner unit based at least in part on the combustion air flow. | 11-03-2011 |
20120130542 | BURNER FIRING RATE DETERMINATION FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A modulating furnace having a variable rate burner and a controller is operated at a first burner firing rate for a first period of time, and a higher burner firing rate once the first period of time has expired. In some instances, the burner may be operated only while the controller is receiving a call for heat from a thermostat or the like. | 05-24-2012 |
20130213379 | FURNACE PREMIX BURNER - A system having a pre-mix burner manifold in a housing that may permit air to be drawn through slots in the housing to flow over an external surface of the manifold. The flow of air may maintain a temperature of the manifold lower than a temperature that the manifold might have without the flow. The manifold may be attached to a burner and heat exchanger. | 08-22-2013 |
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20130213378 | BURNER SYSTEM FOR A FURNACE - A burner system for a furnace. The system may have a wedged or other shaped burner box. An air-fuel mixer may be attached to a smaller end of the burner box at about a right angle relative to a direction of a gas and air mixture leaving the larger box end. A burner head may be attached to the larger end of the box. The burner head may be sufficient for numerous heater sections of a heat exchanger. A spacer and an orifice shield may be situated between the burner head and heat exchanger. A fan may pull in the gas and air mixture from the mixer, through the box and the burner head. The mixture may be ignited into a flame which is pulled into the heat exchanger. Some of the flue gas from the exchanger exhaust may be recirculated by being added with air to the mixer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130230812 | FURNACE WITH MODULATING FIRING RATE ADAPTATION - A furnace is disclosed that includes a burner with a firing rate that is variable between a minimum and a maximum firing rate. After a call for heat is received, the firing rate is set to an initial level above the minimum firing rate, and the burner is ignited. The firing rate is then modulated downward toward the minimum firing rate. If the flame is lost during or after modulation, the burner is reignited and the firing rate is maintained above the firing rate at which the flame was lost until the current call for heat is satisfied. In some cases, the firing rate is maintained until one or more subsequent calls for heat are satisfied. | 09-05-2013 |
20150053197 | FURNACE WITH MODULATING FIRING RATE ADAPTATION - A furnace is disclosed that includes a burner with a firing rate that is variable between a minimum and a maximum firing rate. After a call for heat is received, the firing rate is set to an initial level above the minimum firing rate, and the burner is ignited. The firing rate is then modulated downward toward the minimum firing rate. If the flame is lost during or after modulation, the burner is reignited and the firing rate is maintained above the firing rate at which the flame was lost until the current call for heat is satisfied. In some cases, the firing rate is maintained until one or more subsequent calls for heat are satisfied. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090293279 | METHOD OF MAKING ELECTRET ARTICLES BASED ON ZETA POTENTIAL - A method of making an electret article, from a polymeric article that has a zeta potential of greater than or less than −7.5 millivolts. The article is charged by contacting it with an aqueous liquid that has a pH and conductivity as follows: (i) if the article has a zeta potential of −7.5 mV or less, then the contacting liquid has pH greater than 7 and a conductivity of 5 to 9,000 microSiemens per centimeter; and (ii) if the article has a zeta potential of greater than −7.5 mV, then the contacting liquid has a pH of 7 or less and a conductivity of 5 to 5,500 microSiemens per centimeter. An electret article made in this manner can provide improved electret performance, particularly in electret filtration articles. | 12-03-2009 |
20110126734 | FUNCTIONALIZED ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES AND HIGH INDEX FILMS MADE THEREFROM - The present disclosure relates to surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles, methods for making and using the same, and high index of refraction films made therefrom. The provided zirconia nanoparticles are surface modified with ligands that include N-hydroxyurea functionalities. The provided ligands also can contain compatibilizing groups that allow the provided surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles to be incorporated into an organic matrix. High index of refraction films can be made using these organic matrices. | 06-02-2011 |
20110245376 | NANOCALCITE COMPOSITES - Compositions comprising surface-modified nanocalcite particles dispersed in a curable resin, and to coatings and fibrous composites incorporating such compositions are described. The surface-modifying agents include a binding group ionically associated with the calcite and a compatiblizing segment, compatible with the curable resin. The surface-modifying agent may also include a reactive group capable of reacting with the curable resin. Methods of preparing nanocalcite composites and coating a fibrous composites prepared from such nanocalcite composites are also described. | 10-06-2011 |
20130046107 | FUNCTIONALIZED ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES AND HIGH INDEX FILMS MADE THEREFROM - The present disclosure relates to surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles, methods for making and using the same, and high index of refraction films made therefrom. The provided zirconia nanoparticles are surface modified with ligands that include N-hydroxyurea functionalities. The provided ligands also can contain compatibilizing groups that allow the provided surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles to be incorporated into an organic matrix. High index of refraction films can be made using these organic matrices. | 02-21-2013 |
20130264061 | METHOD FOR TREATING HYDROCARBON-BEARING FORMATIONS WITH FLUORINATED AMINE - A method of modifying a surface of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation is disclosed. The method includes contacting the surface of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a fluorinated amine, and the surface of the hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes a carbonate. The method can typically include introducing a treatment composition comprising solvent and at least one of the fluorinated amine or a salt thereof into the carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Hydrocarbon-bearing formations treated according to the method are also disclosed. Certain fluorinated amines useful for treating carbonate hydrocarbon-bearing formations and methods of making them are also disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
20130338251 | SURFACE-MODIFIED ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES - Surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles include zirconia nanoparticles and surface-modifying ligands attached to the zirconia nanoparticles. The ligand includes a hydroxamate functionality, and either a reactive group or an oligomeric group. Reactive groups include chain transfer groups or photoinitiator groups. Oligomeric groups include poly(meth)acrylate or poly(meth)acrylamide groups. Articles can be prepared that include the surface-modified zirconia nanoparticles in an organic matrix. | 12-19-2013 |
20150343455 | ELECTRET WEBS WITH CHARGE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES - Electret webs include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The charge-enhancing additive is a divalent metal-containing substituted-mercaptobenzimidazolate salt. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media. | 12-03-2015 |
20160067717 | ELECTRET WEBS WITH CHARGE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES - Electret webs include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The charge-enhancing additive is an arylamino-substituted benzoic acid or an arylamino-substituted benzoic acid salt. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100010562 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR INTERCONNECT - An electrolytic capacitor is constructed as a stacked structure of alternating anode and cathode plates. A clip is fitted over a peripheral portion of each cathode plate, the clips being welded together to electrically connect the cathode plates in common. The dimensions of the clips are such that the clips take up approximately the same space away from the edges of the cathode plates as the thickness of the anode plate on each side of a cathode plate when the anode and cathode plates are stacked upon one another. | 01-14-2010 |
20110094093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SELF-ALIGNING POWER SOURCE CASING - By way of example, the present subject matter provides a method, including stacking a plurality of substantially planar electrodes into a stack, in alignment, encapsulating the stack by pressing a first beveled edge of a first cup-shaped housing piece against a second beveled edge of a second cup-shaped housing piece, with the first beveled edge of the first cup-shaped housing piece encouraged into substantially coextensive alignment with the second beveled edge of the second cup-shaped housing piece and joining the first beveled edge of the first cup-shaped housing piece to the second beveled edge of the second cup-shaped housing piece. | 04-28-2011 |
20110159748 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD - An IS-4 terminal connector assembly includes three terminal electrodes positioned over an inner tubular member such that they are radially offset from one another. Each of the terminal ring electrodes are configured such that they can withstand both tensile and cyclical bending loads with minimal compromise in their outer geometry. Additionally, each of the terminal electrodes is configured such that they have both an inner and outer geometry that facilitates adequate insulation between a select terminal electrode and an adjacent conductor. Additionally, each of the terminal ring electrodes is configured such that they facilitate an external approach to staking a cable conductor. | 06-30-2011 |
20130137312 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD - An IS-4 terminal connector assembly includes three terminal electrodes positioned over an inner tubular member such that they are radially offset from one another. Each of the terminal ring electrodes are configured such that they can withstand both tensile and cyclical bending loads with minimal compromise in their outer geometry. Additionally, each of the terminal electrodes is configured such that they have both an inner and outer geometry that facilitates adequate insulation between a select terminal electrode and an adjacent conductor. Additionally, each of the terminal ring electrodes is configured such that they facilitate an external approach to staking a cable conductor. | 05-30-2013 |
20140073194 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD - An IS-4 terminal connector assembly includes three terminal electrodes positioned over an inner tubular member such that they are radially offset from one another. Each of the terminal ring electrodes are configured such that they can withstand both tensile and cyclical bending loads with minimal compromise in their outer geometry. Additionally, each of the terminal electrodes is configured such that they have both an inner and outer geometry that facilitates adequate insulation between a select terminal electrode and an adjacent conductor. Additionally, each of the terminal ring electrodes is configured such that they facilitate an external approach to staking a cable conductor. | 03-13-2014 |