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| 20090092968 | SCREENING METHOD FOR MYCOBACTERIA IN METAL REMOVAL FLUID SYSTEMS - One embodiment of the invention includes a method for testing a fluid for contamination by a mycobacterial organism. A plurality of individual standardized samples may be acquired from a plurality of predetermined sampling points and pooled into a pooled sample. The pooled sample may be analyzed using a polymerase chain reaction technique and the results compared against a pool concern level which is calculated from an individual concern level that governs each individual standardized sample. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20130226392 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVISING CUSTOMERS REGARDING VEHICLE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - Systems and methods for system for encouraging compliance with a recommendation related to engine oil of a vehicle. The system includes a computer-readable medium having instructions causing a processor to (A) determine that a communication regarding the engine oil life should be sent providing at least one datum of (i) information considered in generating the communication, (ii) a predicted result of following the recommendation, being a first predicted result, (iii) a predicted result of not following the recommendation, being a second predicted result, (iv) a message including a positive remark, being a first message, and (v) a message including a remark identifying an improvement that can be made, being a second message. The method can also include (B) sending the communication from the processor to a destination. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130345925 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY COMPENSATING FOR A CHANGE IN AMOUNT OF UNWANTED FLUID DILUTED IN ENGINE OIL RESULTING FROM A RECENT LONG TRIP - A system, for use in accounting for an effect of a long-trip cycle on remaining life of engine oil, being used in a vehicle, using a long-trip rebate value. The system includes a computer processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that is in operative communication with the processor and has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform various operations. The operations include determining a long-trip time indicating an amount of time that the vehicle was operated recently in the long-trip cycle. The operations further include determining the long-trip rebate according to a rebate function using the determined long-trip time. | 12-26-2013 |
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| 20080247011 | DATA STORAGE METHOD AND DEVICE - A method for storing data including: providing a first substrate having a plurality of micro-holograms therein, the micro-holograms being indicative of the data; providing a second hologram-supporting substrate; illuminating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate through the second substrate, thereby producing a holographic pattern in the second substrate indicative of reflections of the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate; providing a third hologram-supporting substrate; and, illuminating the holographic pattern in the second substrate through the third substrate, thereby substantially replicating the plurality of micro-holograms in the first substrate in the third substrate. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20100175857 | MILLICHANNEL HEAT SINK, AND STACK AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cooling device comprises an upper surface configured to contact the baseplate, an inlet manifold configured to receive a coolant, an outlet manifold configured to exhaust the coolant, and at least one set of millichannels in the upper surface. The at least one set of the millichannels defines at least one heat sink region with at least one groove about one or more millichannels in the respective heat sink region with the groove configured to receive a seal. The at least one heat sink region establishes direct contact of the coolant with the baseplate, and the millichannels are configured to receive the coolant from the inlet manifold and to deliver the coolant to the outlet manifold. An apparatus and a stack are also presented. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100277868 | INSULATED METAL SUBSTRATES INCORPORATING ADVANCED COOLING - A power module includes one or more semiconductor power devices bonded to an insulated metal substrate (IMS). A plurality of cooling fluid channels is integrated into the IMS. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120217032 | BUSBAR FOR POWER CONVERSION APPLICATIONS - A busbar for power conversion applications that includes two planar conductors that have terminal locations; a first planar insulator located between the planar conductors; two impedances elements that are electrically connected to each of the planar conductors, wherein the impedance elements each extend in a plane that is non-coplanar from the planar conductors, further wherein the impedance elements are configured so as to define a gap between them; and a second planar insulator is located in the gap. A power conversion assembly that connects an energy source and a power switch to the busbar is disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120327603 | COOLING DEVICE FOR A POWER MODULE, AND A RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A cooling device for a power module having an electronic module disposed on a base plate via a substrate is disclosed. The cooling device includes a heat sink plate having at least one cooling segment. The cooling segment includes an inlet plenum for entry of a cooling medium, a plurality of inlet manifold channels, a plurality of outlet manifold channels, and an outlet plenum. The plurality of inlet manifold channels are coupled orthogonally to the inlet plenum for receiving the cooling medium from the inlet plenum. The plurality of outlet manifold channels are disposed parallel to the inlet manifold channels. The outlet plenum is coupled orthogonally to the plurality of outlet manifold channels for exhaust of the cooling medium. A plurality of millichannels are disposed in the base plate orthogonally to the inlet and the outlet manifold channels. The plurality of milli channels direct the cooling medium from the plurality of inlet manifold channels to the plurality of outlet manifold channels. | 12-27-2012 |
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| 20100014797 | RADIAL ROLLER BEARING, IN PARTICULAR FOR STORING SHAFTS IN WIND TURBINE TRANSMISSIONS - A radial roller bearing for storing shafts in wind turbine transmissions, which has an external bearing ring with an inner runway, an internal bearing ring arranged coaxial thereto provided with an external runway, and a plurality of roller bodies that displace on the runways between the bearing rings held at regular intervals by a bearing cage. to prevent slip, roller bodies are replaced by hollow rollers that have a greater diameter and a smaller elasticity module than the roller body bodies ensuring, when the radial roller bearing is in the load-free state, a permanent contact with the bearing rings, and a permanent drive of the bearing cage and the roller bodies have kinematic rotation. The hollow rollers, by a defined dimensioning of their internal diameter in relation to their external diameter for the dimensioning of the radial roller bearing, have the same bearing capacity as the roller bodies. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100061675 | RADIAL ANTI-FRICTION BEARING, PARTICULARLY CYLINDER ROLLER BEARING FOR THE SUPPORT OF SHAFTS IN WIND POWER GEARBOXES - A radial anti-friction bearing, which has an outer and inner bearing race with an inner and outer raceway and cylinder rollers that roll on the raceways between the bearing races and which are held at equal distances to each other in the peripheral direction by a bearing cage. To prevent slip, the cylinder rollers are replaced by hollow rollers, which have a larger outside diameter and lower modulus of elasticity. The dimensions of the bearing races, cylinder rollers and hollow rollers are configured such that both the cylinder and hollow rollers initially have a defined radial bearing clearance in the non-installed state of the radial anti-friction bearing, and the pretension necessary for the continuous drive of the bearing cage is adjusted on the hollow rollers only once the radial anti-friction bearing has been installed, while simultaneously reducing the radial bearing clearance at the cylinder rollers. | 03-11-2010 |
