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Retrofit Peltier Cooling Device

Insulated storage containers, i.e., coolers, continue to serve as the primary means for the portable preservation of food and beverages. Coolers are often essential for camping, picnics, tailgating, ...
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Brandon Behringer | T180052US02

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Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a magnetic structure with a low coercive force magnet and a high coercive force magnet that are ar...
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Robert Lorenz, Apoorva Athavale, Kensuke Sasaki, Takashi Kato, Takashi Fukushige | P150276US01

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High-Throughput Rheometer

A high throughput rheology machine measures transient response to a material subject to the decaying oscillation to determine nonlinear characteristics of the material with a single test cycle.
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Melih Eriten, Utku Boz | P180345US01

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Engines Using Supercritical Syngas

A first engine fuel, for example diesel fuel, is reformed (preferably via steam reforming) to produce syngas for use as a second engine fuel, with the fuels then both being used in an internal combust...
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Sage Kokjohn, Flavio Dal Forno Chuahy, David Wickman | P180102US01

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Low Voltage Drop, Cross-Field, Gas Switch And Method Of Operation

A gas switch includes an anode and a cathode spaced apart from the anode, wherein the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a plurality of magnets arranged to generate a ...
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James Lawler, William Hitchon, Tim Sommerer, David Smith, Steve Aceto, Jason Trotter, Joseph Michael, Kirk Marquard | P180151US01

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Bearing-Less Electrostatic Flywheel

A bearing-less flywheel both exchanges energy with a rotating flywheel using a regenerative controller via a rotating electrostatic field but also suspends the flywheel with an electrostatic field to ...
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Daniel Ludois, Eric Severson | P180324US01

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3d Structures And Methods Therefor

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving one or more of a conductive polymer, deposition of a conductive polymer and 3D (three-dimensional) printing of a continuo...
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Gregory Nellis, Jake Boxleitner, Thomas Mulholland | P180366US01

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Semiconductor Switch

A semiconductor switch includes four diodes, two transistors, and a capacitor. The capacitor includes a fourth terminal and a fifth terminal. An anode of a third diode is connected to a third terminal...
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Venkata Giri Venkataramanan | P190065US01

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Controller For Power Converter

A controller includes a torque command value calculation module configured to calculate a torque command based on a speed command of the motor, an output voltage controlling module configured to contr...
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Robert Lorenz, Yang Xu, Ryo Iida, Yukai Wang | P170166US01

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Variable Frequency Electrostatic Drive

A variable speed drive for an electrostatic motor provides feedback control by conversion of measured current phases provided to the motor into a vector in a rotating rotor framework. This vector is u...
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Daniel Ludois, Baoyun Ge, Aditya Ghule | P170165US01

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Switch Network Of A Multilevel Power Converter Architecture

A power converter provides a pyramidal structure of switches communicating between a capacitive divider at the base of the pyramid and a terminal at the top of the pyramid to provide a transformation ...
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Daniel Ludois, Mahima Gupta, Venkata Giri Venkataramanan, Robert Cuzner | P170314US01

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