Patent • #8,979,080. Various technologies described herein pertain to an adjustable compliance apparatus. The adjustable compliance apparatus includes a shaft, a sleeve element, and a torsion spring. The sleeve element includes a bore there through, where the shaft is positioned through the bore of the sleeve element. Further, the torsion spring includes...
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Apparatus for assembly of microelectronic devices
Patent • #9,763,370. An apparatus including a carrier substrate configured to move a microelectronic device. The apparatus further includes a rotatable body configured to receive the microelectronic device. Additionally, the apparatus includes a second substrate configured to receive the microelectronic device from the rotatable body.
Apparatus for controlling fluid flow in a conduit wall
Patent • #6,561,275. A frangible rupture disk and mounting apparatus for use in blocking fluid flow, generally in a fluid conducting conduit such as a well casing, a well tubing string or other conduits within subterranean boreholes. The disk can also be utilized in above-surface pipes or tanks where temporary and controllable...
Apparatus for high-throughput sequential tensile testing and methods thereof
Patent • #11,002,649. The present invention relates, in part, to an apparatus configured to test a plurality of test samples within a sample cartridge. Such an apparatus can facilitate high-throughput tensile testing of such test samples. Also described herein are methods for using such an apparatus and for testing such test samples.
Apparatus for in situ cleaning of carbon contaminated surfaces
Patent • #6,772,776. Activated gaseous species generated adjacent a carbon contaminated surface affords in-situ cleaning. A device for removing carbon contamination from a surface of the substrate includes (a) a housing defining a vacuum chamber in which the substrate is located; (b) a source of gaseous species; and (c) a source of...
Apparatus for inspecting a group of containers and method of using same
Patent • #8,126,596. An apparatus and method for inspecting a plurality of containers are provided. Each container has an outer surface for housing at least one material therein. The techniques provided involve at least one inspection vehicle and at least one detector. Each inspection vehicle has a plurality of wheels for movably...
Apparatus for measuring the concentration of a species at a distance
Patent • #7,027,150. Corrosion of refractory silica brick and air quality issues due to particulate emissions are two important glass manufacturing issues that have been tied to sodium vapor and its transport throughout the melt tank. Knowledge of the relationship between tank operating conditions and tank atmosphere sodium levels are therefore important...
Apparatus for pneumatic shuttering of an aerosol particle stream
Patent • #10,058,881. The invention provides pneumatic shuttering of a focused or collimated aerosol particle stream. The aerosol stream can be collimated by an annular sheath of inert or non-inert gas. The apparatus propagates a sheathed aerosol stream through a series of aerodynamic lenses along the axis of a flow cell. The...
Apparatus for producing a thin sample band in a microchannel system
Patent • #7,371,310. The present invention improves the performance of microchannel systems for chemical and biological synthesis and analysis by providing a method and apparatus for producing a thin band of a species sample. Thin sample bands improve the resolution of microchannel separation processes, as well as many other processes requiring precise...
Apparatus for raising or tilting a micromechanical structure
Patent • #7,421,924. An active hinge apparatus is disclosed which can be used to raise a micromechanical structure (e.g. a plate or micromirror) on a substrate. The active hinge apparatus utilizes one or more of teeth protruding outward from an axle which also supports the micromechanical structure on one end thereof. A...
Apparatus for sensing volatile organic chemicals in fluids
Patent • #6,902,701. A chemical-sensing apparatus is formed from the combination of a chemical preconcentrator which sorbs and concentrates particular volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and one or more chemiresistors that sense the VOCs after the preconcentrator has been triggered to release them in concentrated form. Use of the preconcentrator and chemiresistor(s) in...
APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND UTILIZATION OF SEM CHARGED PARTICLES
Patent • #10,770,262.
Apparatus, method and system to control accessibility of platform resources based on an integrity level
Patent • #9,479,513. Techniques and mechanism to selectively provide resource access to a functional domain of a platform. In an embodiment, the platform includes both a report domain to monitor the functional domain and a policy domain to identify, based on such monitoring, a transition of the functional domain from a first...
Apparatus, methods and system for temperature gradient aging with in-situ electrical monitoring
Patent • #10,876,987. An apparatus for making in-situ electrical measurements of a sample while the sample is subjected to a temperature gradient between a first side of the sample and a second side of the sample. The apparatus comprises a first heater and a second heater that are positioned in contact with...
Apparatus, system and method for highlighting activity-induced change in multi-pass synthetic aperture radar imagery
Patent • #10,698,104. Described herein are various technologies relating to constructing a differenced change product (DCP) image. A plurality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of a scene are generated based upon radar signals directed towards and reflected off of the scene, and a plurality of coherence change detection (CCD) images of...
Apparatus, system and method for highlighting anomalous change in multi-pass synthetic aperture radar imagery
Patent • #10,535,127. Described herein are various technologies relating to constructing a statistically-normalized coherence (SNC) image. A plurality of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of a scene are generated based upon radar signals directed towards and reflected off of the scene, and a plurality of coherence change detection (CCD) images of the...
Apparatus, system and method for providing cryptographic key information with physically unclonable function circuitry
Patent • #9,208,355. Techniques and mechanisms for providing a value from physically unclonable function (PUF) circuitry for a cryptographic operation of a security module. In an embodiment, a cryptographic engine receives a value from PUF circuitry and based on the value, outputs a result of a cryptographic operation to a bus of...
Apparatuses and methods for tuning center frequencies
Patent • #9,270,281. Apparatuses and methods for tuning center frequencies are described herein. Examples of tuning described herein including tuning using feedback from the resonator. Variable gain feedback for tuning of acoustic wave resonators is provided in some examples. An example apparatus may include a resonator and a feedback loop. The resonator...
Application for managing model-based material properties for simulation-based engineering
Patent • #7,499,841. An application for generating a property set associated with a constitutive model of a material includes a first program module adapted to receive test data associated with the material and to extract loading conditions from the test data. A material model driver is adapted to receive the loading conditions...
Approximate circuits for increased reliability
Patent • #9,112,490. Embodiments of the invention describe a Boolean circuit having a voter circuit and a plurality of approximate circuits each based, at least in part, on a reference circuit. The approximate circuits are each to generate one or more output signals based on values of received input signals. The voter...
Approximate circuits for increased reliability
Patent • #9,218,444. Embodiments of the invention describe a Boolean circuit having a voter circuit and a plurality of approximate circuits each based, at least in part, on a reference circuit. The approximate circuits are each to generate one or more output signals based on values of received input signals. The voter...
Aqueous Na-ion redox flow battery with ceramic NaSICON membrane
Patent • #10,586,997. A redox flow battery is described herein that has a sodium-super-ionic-conductor NaSICON barrier disposed between an anolyte chamber of the battery and the catholyte chamber of the battery. The NaSICON barrier prevents crossover of solvents or active redox species between the anolyte chamber and the catholyte chamber, while permitting...
Arc plasma-generating systems and methods thereof
Patent • #10,261,120. The present invention relates to systems for generating an arc fault in an electrical circuit, as well as methods thereof. In particular, the system provides a platform that can produce an arc discharge in a controlled manner, while measuring various parameters to characterize that discharge. Such parameters include voltage...
Architected Porous Stamp for Liquid Transfer Printing
Featured Opportunity • An architected porous stamp fabricated using multiphoton lithography (MPL) can achieve very fine tunable features and exceptional control in liquid transfer printing Mass production roll-to-roll printing techniques such as flexography, gravure, and offset are undergoing re-examination for their suitability in the emerging area of printed electronics. These methods rely on...
Architected stamps for liquid transfer printing
Patent • #11718115. The present invention relates to architected stamps having beneficial printing properties. In particular, negative Poisson ratio structures and/or porous reservoirs can be employed to control fluid dynamics and to provide metered ink transfer.
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