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| 20090200995 | COMBINATION CONTINUOUS AND DISCONTINUOUS CONTROL OF A POWER REGULATOR - One embodiment of the invention includes a power regulator system. The system includes a switching system comprising at least one switch and an inductor, the switching system being configured to provide an output voltage based on a current through the inductor. The system also includes a switch driver configured to provide a switching signal to the switching system to control the operation of the at least one switch to provide the current through the at least one inductor. A mode controller is configured to switch the switch driver between a continuous mode of operation and a discontinuous mode of operation based on both a feedback voltage associated with the output voltage and at least one other predetermined operating condition associated with each of the continuous and discontinuous modes of operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090309559 | AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURABLE DUAL REGULATOR TYPE CIRCUITS AND METHODS - Automatically configurable dual regulator type circuits and methods are provided. On embodiment of the invention includes an automatically configurable dual regulator type circuit. The circuit comprises a high-side switching device (HS-SD) coupled to a low-side switching device (LS-SD) at an output node. The circuit further comprises a control logic device that turns on the HS-SD to provide an output current to a user selected circuit configuration through the output node, turns off the HS-SD after a voltage fed back from an output terminal of the user selected circuit configuration exceeds a first threshold and sets a regulator type configuration mode based on the presence or absence of a flyback period at the output node after the HS-SD has been turned off. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100188117 | Defining a Default Configuration for Configurable Circuitry in an Integrated Circuit - An integrated circuit with a configurable portion, such as an input/output port, that can be placed in a default configuration prior to actual configuration of the integrated circuit. An external terminal that serves as an output during normal operation is coupled, after power-on of the integrated circuit, to a comparator that senses the voltage level at that external terminal. If the external terminal is at a particular level, a multiplexer is controlled to ignore the state of the normal configuration memory, and to place the configurable input/output port into a default protocol. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120155144 | FAST RESPONSE CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR FRAM POWER LOSS PROTECTION - A circuit to protect data on an FRAM during a read operation includes an FRAM voltage regulator having an output to supply an FRAM operating voltage to the FRAM. A voltage monitor monitors a supply voltage for the FRAM to generate a voltage fault signal if the supply voltage falls below a predetermined value. And a circuit responsive to the voltage fault signal maintains the FRAM operating voltage above a voltage required to assure data integrity of the FRAM for a sufficient time required to perform an FRAM read operation. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20150138856 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION AUTODETECT - A power supply system includes an Offline Total Power Management Integrated Circuit (OTPMIC). The OTPMIC controls a Power Factor Correction (PFC) converter, a main AC/DC converter, and a standby AC/DC converter. A PFC Autodetect circuit in the OTPMIC monitors current flow in the PFC converter. If a high power condition is detected, then the PFC Autodetect circuit enables the PFC converter. The high power condition may be a voltage drop across a current sense resistor of a predetermined voltage for a predetermined time, within one half period of the incoming AC supply voltage. If a low power condition is detected, then the PFC Autodetect circuit disables the PFC converter. The PFC Autodetect circuit stores an IMON value that determines the predetermined voltage, and a TMON value that determines the predetermined time. The IMON and TMON values are loaded into the Autodetect circuit across an optocoupler link of the standby converter. | 05-21-2015 |
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| 20100180914 | CONDUCTOR CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conductor cleaning system for cleaning aluminum strands of all aluminum and steel reinforced conductors, such as ACSS, ACSR, ACAR, and AAA. The conductor cleaning system having a container adapted to receive a portion of a conductor to be cleaned, a housing adapted to receive and support the container, and a cleaning solution contained in the container for cleaning the portion of the conductor. The cleaning solution being adapted to clean the conductor without reacting with or damaging the conductor. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100180921 | CONDUCTOR CLEANING SYSTEM - A conductor cleaning system for cleaning aluminum strands of all aluminum and steel reinforced conductors, such as ACSS, ACSR, ACAR, and AAA. The conductor cleaning system having a container adapted to receive a portion of a conductor to be cleaned, a housing adapted to receive and support the container, and a cleaning solution contained in the container for cleaning the portion of the conductor. The cleaning solution being adapted to clean the conductor without reacting with or damaging the conductor. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100230173 | Carbide Composites - A carbide composite material that includes a continuous ductile phase; and at least one discrete carbide region surrounded by the continuous ductile phase, each discrete carbide region may comprise an integrally bridged plurality of cast and/or sintered carbide particles, and each discrete region may have a nodular particle morphology. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100236834 | HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF APPLYING THE HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS, AND TOOLS USING SUCH HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS - A hardfacing composition comprising an iron-based binder alloy; and a carbide phase comprising a sintered carbide and a cast tungsten carbide, wherein the cast carbide is present in a quantity of at least 22% by weight, based on the total weight of the carbide phase, and the cast carbide comprises particles having sizes in the range of from 30 to 60 mesh. Also provided is a hardfacing composition comprising an iron-based binder alloy; and a carbide phase comprising a super dense sintered carbide and one or more additional carbide materials, wherein the super dense sintered carbide is present in a quantity of at least 10 percent by weight (% w), based on the total weight of the carbide phase, and comprises particles having sizes in the range of from 16 to 40 mesh. Included are methods of manufacturing such hardfacing compositions and downhole tools having such improved hardfacing compositions applied thereon. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100276209 | Roller Cones, Methods of Manufacturing Such Roller Cones, and Drill Bits Incorporating Such Roller Cones - A roller cone drill bit having a layer of wear resistant material applied thereon utilizing a thermal spray process and methods of manufacturing such drill bits. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110042145 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING A SURFACE OF A DOWNHOLE TOOL AND DOWNHOLE TOOLS HAVING AN ENHANCED SURFACE - A downhole tool having a layer of wear resistant material applied thereon utilizing a thermal spray process and methods of manufacturing such downhole tools. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120067651 | HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF APPLYING THE HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS, AND TOOLS USING SUCH HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS - A hardfacing composition comprising a carbide phase and a matrix phase, The carbide phase comprises mono-tungsten carbide in a quantity of greater than 50 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the carbide phase. The matrix phase comprises iron and nickel. The nickel is present in a quantity in the range of from 0.5 to 20 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the matrix phase. Also included are methods of applying such hardfacing compositions to a downhole tool and downhole tools having such hardfacing compositions applied thereon. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130255726 | CONDUCTOR CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conductor cleaning system for cleaning aluminum strands of all aluminum and steel reinforced conductors, such as ACSS, ACSR, ACAR, and AAA. The conductor cleaning system having a container adapted to receive a portion of a conductor to be cleaned, a housing adapted to receive and support the container, and a cleaning solution contained in the container for cleaning the portion of the conductor. The cleaning solution being adapted to clean the conductor without reacting with or damaging the conductor. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130255730 | CONDUCTOR CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conductor cleaning system for cleaning aluminum strands of all aluminum and steel reinforced conductors, such as ACSS, ACSR, ACAR, and AAA. The conductor cleaning system having a container adapted to receive a portion of a conductor to be cleaned, a housing adapted to receive and support the container, and a cleaning solution contained in the container for cleaning the portion of the conductor. The cleaning solution being adapted to clean the conductor without reacting with or damaging the conductor. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140262537 | CUTTING ELEMENT WITH IMPROVED SUBSTRATE MATERIAL - Cutting elements comprise a body and a polycrystalline diamond table disposed thereon, wherein the diamond table has a thickness of greater than about 2 mm. The body is specially formed from WC—Co and has a Co content of equal to or less than about 10 weight percent based on the total weight of the WC—Co, a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than about 5×10 | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140262542 | DOWNHOLE TOOLS INCLUDING TERNARY BORIDE-BASED CERMET AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Downhole tools include a component, at least a portion of which includes ternary boride cermet. A method of making a downhole tool including a ternary boride cermet includes obtaining a ternary boride cermet material and heating the ternary boride cermet material and a binder to form the downhole tool. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150075878 | CUTTING ELEMENT FOR A DOWNHOLE TOOL - A cutting element for a cutting tool. The cutting element may be at least partially made from a composite material including a carbide material, a binder material, and a plurality of diamond particles. The carbide material may be from 55 wt % to 97 wt % of a total weight of the composite material. The binder material may be from 3 wt % to 20 wt % of the total weight of the composite material. The plurality of diamond particles may be from 0.1% to 25% of the total weight of the composite material. The carbide material and the binder material may be combined and sintered together prior to being combined with the plurality of diamond particles, such that the carbide material and the binder material form a plurality of pellets having an average cross-sectional length from 10 μm to 250 μm. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150144405 | CUTTER BLOCK FOR A DOWNHOLE UNDERREAMER - A downhole tool has a body with a bore formed at least partially therethrough. A cutter block may be coupled to the body and move radially outward from the body in response to an increased pressure in the bore. The cutter block may include an outer surface that transitions from a first portion to a second portion, with the first portion being downhole of the second portion. A radius of curvature between the first and second portions may be less than about 7 cm. The second portion or a line tangential thereto may be oriented at an angle from about 60° to about 120° with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the body. A plurality of cutting elements may be disposed on the outer surface of the cutter block. At least one of the cutting elements may be disposed at least partially on the first or second portion of the outer surface. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150376966 | CUTTING INSERT FOR INITIATING A CUTOUT - A milling tool includes a cutting insert coupled to a movable blade. The movable blade may change from a retracted to an expanded state to engage and cut downhole casing. A cutout initiation region of the movable blade makes contact with the downhole casing, and cutting inserts with turning portions designed to cut in a turning manner may be located in the cutout initiation region. Cutting inserts with milling portions designed to cut in a face-milling manner may be located outside the cutout initiation region. Some cutting inserts may include both turning portions and milling portions. | 12-31-2015 |
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| 20100202427 | Apparatus and Method of Flow Movement for Network-Based Mobility Management Protocol - An apparatus comprising a local mobility anchor (LMA) configured to forward a flow to a mobile node (MN) via a first mobile access gateway (MAG) in a first network and via a second MAG in a second network, and to bind the flow to the second MAG from the first MAG, wherein the first MAG is configured to manage the MN mobility in the first network and the second MAG is configured to manage the MN mobility in the second network, wherein the first MAG sends a binding update comprising a flow description information to the LMA, and wherein the LMA replies to the binding update with a binding acknowledgement. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100223363 | Apparatus and Method for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version 6 Extensions for Configuring Hosts with Multiple Interfaces - An apparatus comprising a plurality of communication interfaces configured to receive a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) reply message comprising routing information for at least one of the plurality of interfaces, and a processor configured to select one of the plurality of interfaces for transmission based upon the routing information. An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a DHCP request message comprising a first multi-homed routing policy entry (MHRPE) option, selecting default route information based upon the first MHRPE option, and transmitting a DHCP reply message comprising a second MHRPE option comprising the default route information. A method comprising receiving a DHCP request message comprising a first MHRPE option, selecting default route information based upon the first MHRPE option, and transmitting a DHCP reply message comprising a second MHRPE option comprising the default route information. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100265902 | Apparatus and Method for Home Agent Initiated Flow Binding - An apparatus comprising a home agent (HA) configured to initiate a flow binding operation for a mobile node (MN) by sending a first message to the MN and receiving a second message from the MN, wherein the first message indicates the flow binding operation to the MN, and wherein the MN returns the second message to the HA in response to the first message. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first message from a HA to initiate a flow binding operation for a flow, and sending a second message to the HA. Included is a method comprising transmitting to a MN a flow binding message to perform a flow binding action for the MN. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100290478 | Using Internet Protocol Version Six (IPv6) Tunnel for Access Identifier Transport - A method comprising encapsulating a message with a tunnel header comprising an access identifier associated with a network entity. Also included is an apparatus comprising an access node (AN) configured to communicate with a residential gateway (RG) via the access network, wherein the AN is configured to encapsulate a router solicitation (RS) with a header comprising an access identifier associated with the RG, and send the encapsulated RS to an Internet Protocol (IP) edge, wherein the AN is configured to receive a router advertisement (RA), and wherein the AN is configured to forward the RA to the RG associated with the access identifier. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100296445 | System and Apparatus for Local Mobility Anchor Discovery By Service Name Using Domain Name Service - An apparatus comprising a mobile access gateway (MAG) configured to register an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a mobile node (MN) with a local mobility anchor (LMA) to allow proxy mobile IP version 6 (PMIPv6) mobility management for the MN, wherein the MAG communicates a query message that comprises a PMIPv6 service name to a Domain Name Service (DNS) and obtains the IP address of the LMA from the DNS. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to send a DNS query for a plurality of Service Resource Records (SRV RRs), and receive a DNS reply that comprises a plurality of Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) for a plurality of LMAs, wherein the DNS query comprises a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (PMIPv6) service name, a protocol name, and a domain name. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110164599 | Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six Multihoming Support for Flow Mobility - An apparatus comprising: a local mobility anchor (LMA) configured to maintain a plurality of binding cache entries (BCEs) for two or more active interfaces between a mobile node (MN) and a plurality of mobile access gateways (MAGs) comprising a first MAG and a second MAG, wherein the BCEs comprise a first BCE that corresponds to a home interface between the MN and the first MAG and that comprises a first list of home network prefixes (HNPs), and wherein the BCEs further comprise a second BCE that is linked to the first BCE, that corresponds to a secondary interface between the MN and the second MAG, and that comprises a second list of HNPs. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173678 | User and Device Authentication in Broadband Networks - A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising granting a user restricted access at a reduced rate without authenticating the user, attempting to authenticate the user, and granting the user unrestricted access at a full rate if the user authentication is successful. Included is a method comprising authenticating a user device, a user line, or both using a first communication, and authenticating a user using a second communication separate from the first communication. Also included is an apparatus comprising an access node (AN) configured to couple to an access network and communicate with a user equipment (UE) via the access network, wherein the UE is authenticated using either line authentication or device authentication based on the access network. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110183695 | Apparatus and Method for Local Mobility Anchor Initiated Flow Binding for Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six (IPv6) - An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to receive a first message from a local mobility anchor (LMA), wherein the first message initiates a flow binding operation that does not require mobility management by a mobile node (MN), perform the flow binding operation, and transmit a second message from a media access gateway (MAG) to the LMA acknowledging that the flow binding operation was successfully performed, wherein the flow binding operation comprises adding the flow binding to a MAG, deleting the flow binding from the MAG, modifying the flow binding in the MAG, refreshing the flow binding in the MAG, moving the flow binding from the MAG to a second MAG, switching the flow binding from the LMA to a second LMA, or combinations thereof. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110292857 | Network Address Translator 64 for Dual Stack Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six - An apparatus comprising a home agent (HA) configured to couple to a mobile node (MN), a network address translation (NAT) server, and an Internet Protocol (IP) version four (IPv4) only host and to associate an IP version six (IPv6) address for an interface with the MN with an IPv4 address for an interface with the IPv4 only host in a NAT state table entry, wherein the NAT state table entry is used to translate an IPv6 packet associated with the MN to an IPv4 packet associated with the IPv4 only host. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120005372 | Network Address Translation Six to Four for Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six - An apparatus comprising a Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) configured to couple to a mobile node (MN), a network address translation (NAT) server, and an Internet Protocol (IP) version four (IPv4) only host and to associate an IP version six (IPv6) address for an interface with the MN with an IPv4 address for an interface with the IPv4 only host in a NAT state table entry, wherein the NAT state table entry is used to translate an IPv6 packet associated with the MN to an IPv4 packet associated with the IPv4 only host. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120084568 | Lightweight Secure Neighbor Discovery Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks - An apparatus comprising a network node configured to support a lightweight secure neighbor discovery (LSEND) protocol for securing neighbor discovery protocols (NDP) for energy-aware devices, wherein the network node is configured to wirelessly communicate with a host node, wherein the network node is configured to exchange LSEND protocol messages with the host node, and wherein the LSEND protocol uses reduced public key and signature sizes and more lightweight signature calculations in comparison to a secure neighbor discovery (SEND) protocol for securing NDP communications that are more suitable for low-power and lossy networks (LLNs). | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120106333 | Network Aware Global Load Balancing System and Method - An apparatus comprising a network aware (NA) global load balancing (GLB) component configured to associate with a local data center (DC), couple to an end user via a network, select a server in the DC or in one or more remote DCs coupled to the network based on application resource information and network resource information, and select a route in the network based on the application resource information and the network resource information. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130287005 | System and Apparatus for Local Mobility Anchor Discovery by Service Name Using Domain Name Service - An apparatus comprising a mobile access gateway (MAG) configured to register an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a mobile node (MN) with a local mobility anchor (LMA) to allow proxy mobile IP version 6 (PMIPv6) mobility management for the MN, wherein the MAG communicates a query message that comprises a PMIPv6 service name to a Domain Name Service (DNS) and obtains the IP address of the LMA from the DNS. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to send a DNS query for a plurality of Service Resource Records (SRV RRs), and receive a DNS reply that comprises a plurality of Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) for a plurality of LMAs, wherein the DNS query comprises a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (PMIPv6) service name, a protocol name, and a domain name. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20160028583 | Cross-Stratum Optimization Protocol - An apparatus comprising an application cross-stratum optimization (CSO) gateway (ACG) coupled to an application layer that handles a plurality of servers, a network CSO gateway (NCG) coupled to a network layer that handles a plurality of network nodes and configured to communicate with the ACG using a CSO protocol (CSOP), and a CSO interface established between the ACG and the NCG that enables the exchange of a plurality of CSOP messages to allow joint application-network resource allocation, provisioning, and optimization. Also disclosed is a network apparatus implemented method comprising sending a user profile from a user plane to an application plane, sending an application profile from the application plane to a network plane via a CSO interface between an ACG and a NCG, and sending network capability information from the network plane to the application plane via the CSO interface. | 01-28-2016 |
