Abstract:
A power distribution assembly with memory and control assembly for controlling thereof. The power distribution assembly comprising one or more submodules, each of which comprising a memory and a relay. The power distribution assembly is connected to a control assembly via a communication interface for receiving instructions. The memory retaining instructions previously received from the control assembly. The relay is configured to operate based on instructions retained in said memory in absence of instructions received via said communication interface. The control assembly comprising a controller is connected to a slave assembly via a communication interface. The slave assembly comprising one or more submodules, that are controller by the controller using instructions transmitted via the communication interface. The instructions comprise a boot-up sequence configuration that is sent to the slave assembly during regular operation and not as part of a boot-up operation.
Abstract:
An assembly configured to be mounted in a computer rack, the assembly comprises a computer controller, an input, an interface allowing a second assembly having a second input, to be rigidly connected to said assembly, wherein said interface comprises an output, wherein said output is configured to mate and feed the second input, whereby when said assembly and the second assembly are rigidly connected, said assembly provides power supply to the second assembly. A power distribution (PDU) assembly comprising an input and outputs. The PDU assembly is configured to be rigidly connected to a control assembly, wherein said PDU assembly is configured to receive power supply via said input from the control assembly when connected thereto, wherein said PDU assembly is configured to be controlled by the control assembly, when connected thereto.
Abstract:
An apparatus having an enclosure that is mountable on a computer rack. The apparatus comprising: a U-shaped plate, two end-caps, and a module having three faces. The U-shaped plate comprising a channel and forming a bottom face and at least a portion of the front and back faces of the enclosure. The module, which has three faces, is configured to mate with the U-shaped plate via the channel. When the module is mated with the U-shaped plate, the three faces of the module form, at least partially, the top, front and back faces of the enclosure. The two end-caps are configured to be attached to the U-shaped plate at distal ends of the U-shaped plate, wherein, when the two end-caps are attached to the U-shaped plate, side walls of the end-caps form two side faces of the enclosure.
Abstract:
A 0U, rack-mounted, power distribution, environment monitoring, and fireprotection apparatus including an environmental monitoring sensor system, including a fire detection and protection system located in a computer rack. The invention includes a system to localize damage to equipment, business interruption, and hazardous 5 conditions to a computer rack.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring tissue regions. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting changes in tissue regions over a period of time. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention are used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular treatment of a tissue region. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a parametric response map approach for detecting and analyzing changes in tissue regions over a period of time to detect and monitor disease or tissue health and to monitor the impact of therapeutic interventions.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a process for coating a surface of a substrate with a powder coating composition and forming a smooth film thereon; wherein the process comprises: applying a powder coating composition to a surface of a substrate; melting and curing the powder coating composition, wherein pulsed NIR radiation is used to perform said melting and curing of the powder coating composition, the NIR radiation being provided by an NIR radiation emitter and the pulsed NIR radiation comprising the steps of: a) applying heat by NIR radiation at 20-50 % NIR radiation emitter power to the surface of the substrate coated with the powder coating composition for a sufficient time to at least partially adhere the powder coating to the surface of the substrate; and then b) removing the heat for a period of time to allow the powder coating to at least partially coalesce and adhere to the surface of the substrate; and then c) applying said heat by NIR radiation at 80-100 % NIR radiation emitter power to the surface of the substrate to form a smooth cured film thereon.
Abstract:
An ultrasonic imaging system acquires echo signals from an object being imaged such as a moving coronary artery and the cross-correlation between echo signals is employed as an objective measure of relative object location. The method is used in a prescan procedure to determine an optimal gating window to acquire iamge data during a cardiac gated scan, and it is used during the scan as real time gating signal.
Abstract:
A wind turbine has multiple blades (10) that are mounted on a shaft (19) with a ring around a circumference of the blades. There are tires (18) that are arranged to be in contact or out of contact with the ring. The tires draw generators when the tires are in contact with the ring and the ring is rotating. A controller monitors the wind conditions and controls the turbine to produce electricity or other-energy output or to shut down if the wind falls below a predetermined level.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an anode straightening apparatus (10, 30, 60) for the straightening of an anode (100) typically used in an electrowinning process. In the preferred embodiment the apparatus includes clamps (21, 41, 71) for clamping a busbar (101) of the anode and clamps (22, 42, 71) for clamping a blade of the anode to the apparatus during the course of the straightening process. At least one sensor (29, 52, 85) monitors the curvature of the blade (102) of the anode (100) when the anode is secured to the apparatus by the clamps. The apparatus ((10, 30, 60) includes a movable head (24, 44, 78) housing straightening means for bending the anode in a desired direction in response to feedback received from the sensor. The head is movable in two planes of movement which are transverse to one another. The apparatus further has actuators (27, 28, 48, 49, 81, 83) for urging the straightening means along its axes of movement in the first and second planes respectively so that the anode may be straightened by urging the straightening means in the second plane of movement while moving it in the first plane of movement. The invention also concerns a method of straitening an anode (100) by first bending the anode into a pre-set curvature and thereafter bending it to a theoretically correct curvature, which is preferably a zero curvature.
Abstract:
A cleaning station for thoroughly cleaning the AFM component surfaces that are exposed to fluid during imaging of a sample supported in a fluid medium is disclosed. The cleaning station is designed to selectively expose the AFM component surfaces to cleansing agents, such as soap/detergent and water, plasma cleaning, etc., and cleaning tools, such as brushes, while protecting fluid sensitive components from exposure to the cleansing agents. The preferred embodiments are particularly beneficial for scanners in which the fluid sensitive components (actuator, sensor, connector, etc.) are integrated in the same device to which the cantilever holder is attached.