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20080249939 | Systems and Methods for Using Interactive Devices for Identification, Security, and Authentication - A computer implemented method of using data from 1 or more physical devices to process business logic. The devices can comprise of things like a mobile phone or hand set, a cell phone system tower, a GPS satellite, cable systems set top box, a business machine like a merchant's credit card processing machine or a unique personal communication device. The data received from the different device(s) is analyzed by a server(s) to determine things like location, best practice, fraud, identification, secure data ownership, payment verification and the presence of a device owner's actual control of the physical device or a physical asset. | 10-09-2008 |
20090106233 | QUERY ENGINE INTERPRETER AND PRIORITIZATION ENGINE - A method for refining a search query includes receiving a query from a user, submitting at least one question to the user based on information provided in the query, and receiving an answer to the question from the user. The method also includes refining the query based on the answer received from the user, querying the database using the refined query to identify a subset of records tagged with categories relevant to the query, and delivering search results to the user. | 04-23-2009 |
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20080297362 | FUEL RETENTION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A PRESSURIZED HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK ON A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF USE - The invention relates to a fuel retention monitoring system for a pressurized hydrogen storage tank on a vehicle. The vehicle includes a hydrogen dispensing system having a plurality of conduits for carrying a hydrogen gas. the conduits have at least one connection linking them together. The monitoring system includes a vapor concentrator for the hydrogen gas, shrouding a first one of the connections. The first connection has a parting line where the conduits forming the connection meet. The vapor concentrator may be positioned above the parting line of the first connection and may include a periphery and a top defining a headspace cavity. The monitoring system further includes a hydrogen gas sensor locatable adjacent to the headspace cavity and capable of providing a signal correlated to a hydrogen gas concentration in the headspace cavity. | 12-04-2008 |
20100032934 | FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM - A fuel storage vessel includes a valve operatively associated with the storage vessel, a conduit disposed within the vessel and in fluid communication with the valve for delivering a stream of pressurized fuel to the storage vessel and a detector adjacent the conduit for detecting a state of the pressurized fuel in the storage vessel. The detector is positioned outside of the stream of pressurized fuel. | 02-11-2010 |
20110101001 | TANK ASSEMBLY COLLAR MOUNT - A tank assembly having a gas impermeable liner having a neck for storing a compressed gas is provided. The neck has a threaded bore. An annular collar having a generally circular opening is disposed around the neck. A structural layer substantially envelopes the liner and secures the collar to the neck. | 05-05-2011 |
20110140483 | Vehicle Fuel Storage System - A system for integrating and embedding a fuel storage tank in the roof of an automotive vehicle is provided. The automotive vehicle may include a roof assembly having inner roof panels and outer roof panels. The roof panels may define a cavity that protrudes into the passenger compartment below the roof line of the automotive vehicle. A pressurized fuel tank may be disposed within the cavity of the roof assembly. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142750 | HYBRID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid hydrogen storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the hybrid hydrogen storage system includes: a first hydrogen storage material present at a first volume percent (%) having a first gravimetric capacity and a first volumetric capacity; and a second hydrogen storage material forming an unreacted mixture with the first hydrogen storage material and present at a second volume % being 100 volume % minus the first volume %, the second storage material having a second gravimetric capacity and a second volumetric capacity, the first gravimetric capacity at the first volume % being higher or lower than the second gravimetric capacity at the second volume %, and the first volumetric capacity at the first volume % being the other of higher or lower than the second volumetric capacity at the second volume %. | 06-16-2011 |
20140097260 | Thermal Protection System For Pressurized Gas Cylinders In Vehicles - Disclosed is a thermal protection system for a pressurized gas cylinder. The system includes a pressurized gas cylinder | 04-10-2014 |
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20080247173 | LENS SYSTEM FOR LED LIGHTS - An optical device for distributing light produced by a white LED or other light-producing device includes a lens portion that refracts the light to provide a desired light intensity distribution, and a collimating portion that internally reflects light from the white LED. The optical device may be molded from an acrylic polymer material or the like. The reduced thickness of the device facilitates low cycle times and reduces warpage or other distortion that would otherwise be generated during the molding process. | 10-09-2008 |
20080253140 | LIGHT FOR VEHICLES - A light for motor vehicles and the like includes one or more LEDs that are embedded in a polymer material. The light may be positioned on an exposed surface of the vehicle, and the encapsulation of the LEDs and other electrical components provides a waterproof assembly that is substantially impervious to ambient conditions. The light may include a light source and a light guide that are disposed in a watertight housing. | 10-16-2008 |
20090154182 | OVERMOLDED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD - An electrical device includes a circuit board having one or more electrical components mounted to the circuit board. At least a portion of the circuit board is encapsulated in a thermoplastic polymer material to encapsulate the electrical components. The device may be fabricated by at least partially shielding the electrical components with polymer material, followed by overmolding the polymer material with thermoplastic polymer material. The shielding material may comprise a pre-formed component, or it may comprise thermoplastic polymer material that is molded around the electrical components in a first molding step or “shot”. | 06-18-2009 |
20090175044 | LIGHT MODULE - A light module includes one or more LEDs that are encapsulated in a thermoplastic polymer material. Metal conductors and electrical components providing a power supply circuit for the LED are also encapsulated in the thermoplastic polymer material. The conductive material may include a pair of relatively rigid portions that project outwardly from the thermoplastic polymer material to provide for electrical connection of the light module. The body may include connecting surface portions that permit the light module to be connected to a conventional electrical receptacle or the like, such that the light module can be mechanically and electrically connected to a socket or other connector previously utilized for incandescent bulbs. | 07-09-2009 |
20110146068 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING BOARDLESS ELECTRICAL COMPONENT MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT - An electrical device such as an LED light assembly includes a conductive circuit and one or more electrical components connected to the circuit. The electrical components and the circuit are at least partially overmolded with a thermoplastic polymer material to encapsulate the components. The material utilized to cover the circuit and/or electrical components may also be utilized to form a housing or other structure of a finished part. | 06-23-2011 |