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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100185524 | TELEMATICS UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A method of operating a telematics unit comprising the steps of: first operating the telematics unit in a logistical support mode containing a first set of operations assisting tracking of at least one of (a) the telematics unit and (b) a vehicle containing the telemati... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100184595 | TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX ANION-BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL SYSTEM An exemplary embodiment and associated method of use discloses a hydrogen storage system that liberates hydrogen and includes a combination of at least one complex hydride containing a cation and a complex hydride anion based on boron, aluminum or nitrogen, together wit... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100167745 | TERTIARY CONNECTION STRATEGY FOR VEHICLE ORIGINATED CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO A CALL CENTER A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167737 | SECONDARY CONNECTION STRATEGY FOR VEHICLE ORIGINATED CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO A CALL CENTER A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167727 | VOICE CHANNEL DATA CONNECTION RETRY STRATEGY A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167722 | PRIMARY CONNECTION STRATEGY FOR VEHICLE ORIGINATED CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO A CALL CENTER A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167721 | VEHICLE ORIGINATED CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO A CALL CENTER A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167702 | VOICE FALLBACK STRATEGY FOR VEHICLE ORIGINATED CELLULAR COMMUNICATION TO A CALL CENTER A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out one of... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164790 | METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE VEHICLE ANTENNAS A system and method of managing multiple vehicle antennas. Wireless signals to and from the vehicle are communicated via a primary antenna system having one or more antennas mounted in a housing on the vehicle. Operation of the primary antenna system is monitored so tha... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100160153 | MAKING ELECTROCATALYST SUPPORTS FOR FUEL CELLS Titanium oxide (usually titanium dioxide) catalyst support particles are doped for electronic conductivity and formed with surface area-enhancing pores for use, for example, in electro-catalyzed electrodes on proton exchange membrane electrodes in hydrogen/oxygen fuel c... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159894 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BUSINESS CONTACT INFORMATION TO A WIRELESS USER A method for providing business services to a customer via a wireless device used by the customer. The method includes asking a customer for a wireless telephone number associated with a wireless device used by the customer, receiving the wireless telephone number, stor... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159869 | VEHICLE TELEMATICS COMMUNICATION FOR WELL-BEING CHECKS A method and system for attempting contact with a person via a vehicle telematics unit. The method carried out by the system involves receiving a request for well-being check of a person, placing a call to that person's vehicle, and performing a well-being check if the ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE A battery charging system and method for charging a plug-in electric vehicle with power from an external power source, such as a standard 110 volt or 220 volt AC wall outlet. The method senses various internal and external conditions and uses this information to charge ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100155675 | Filled Skutterudites for Advanced Thermoelectric Applications A low-cost filled skutterudite for advanced thermoelectric applications is disclosed. The filled skutterudite uses the relatively low-cost mischmetal, either alone or in addition to rare earth elements, as a starting material for guest or filler atoms.... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100152969 | ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME An active suspension system and method for controlling the height of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the active suspension system receives information from one or more input sources, including both internal and external vehicle inputs, and uses that information t... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151295 | ANODE MATERIALS FOR PEM FUEL CELLS The incorporation of tungsten-containing hydrogen spillover materials into a composite fuel cell anode can be helpful in preserving the carbon catalyst support materials in the fuel cell cathode during periods of hydrogen starvation. Preferred examples of such tungsten-... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151135 | METHOD OF COATING A SUBSTRATE WITH NANOPARTICLES INCLUDING A METAL OXIDE One exemplary embodiment may include a method comprising: depositing a solution comprising an organometallic compound on a substrate, drying the solution to provide a film of the organometallic compound and at least partially oxidizing an organic component of the organo... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100147634 | BRAKE CALIPER WITH REDUCED BRAKE SQUEAL An exemplary embodiment of a brake caliper has a housing with a first chamber and a second chamber. The brake caliper also has a first piston that moves in response to fluid pressure in the first chamber and has a second piston that moves in response to fluid pressure i... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100145638 | System And Method For Measuring A Fuel Level In A Vehicle Fuel Tank A fuel measurement system and method that can determine the fuel level in a vehicle fuel tank, even when the fuel is sloshing, splashing, or experiencing other dynamic conditions. Generally speaking, the system and method use different fuel measuring techniques to addre... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141416 | Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM) System and Method of Operating the Same There is provided an exemplary tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system that can use a half-duplex wireless link to communicate between one or more wheel-mounted sensor units and a vehicle-mounted transceiver unit. The half-duplex wireless link enables the sensor units to ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140033 | COMPONENT WITH INLAY FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS An exemplary embodiment includes an automotive brake component, such as a brake drum or a brake rotor, and an inlay coupled to the automotive brake component. The inlay constituting at least a portion of a braking surface that is acted upon during a braking event. The i... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136382 | MECHANICALLY JOINED BIPOLAR PLATES AND METHOD THEREFOR Exemplary embodiments include a product and a method of a bipolar plate assembly having a pair of plates, the bipolar plate assembly being a part of a fuel cell stack. The pair of plates may be joined together at their respective borders by a mechanical forming process.... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100130351 | SYNTHESIS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT-CONTAINING ALUMINA NANOWIRES Rare earth element(s) doped alumina nanowires are formed by a thermal evaporation method in which vapor from aluminum powder and vapor from a rare earth element compound (such as an halide) are reacted in an oxygen-containing inert gas stream to form alumina which depos... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100126999 | HIGH PRESSURE TANK AND METHOD THEREOF One exemplary embodiment of a high pressure tank and a method thereof includes providing a liner of the high pressure tank. A liner having at least one open end with a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter. The method also including providing a cap having a se... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100125113 | SELF-HEALING AND SCRATCH RESISTANT SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER SYSTEM An exemplary embodiment discloses a polymer system including a shape memory polymer material and a graphene material.... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REJUVENATION OF DEGRADED POUCH-TYPE LITHIUM ION BATTERY CELLS One embodiment includes a method including use of a manifold connected to one or more pouches for rejuvenating failed or degraded pouch-type lithium-ions batteries.... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124675 | FUEL CELL PLATES PRODUCED FROM LAYERED MATERIALS One exemplary embodiment discloses a bipolar plate assembly including a cathode plate and an anode plate. Each of the cathode plate and the anode plate includes a core material, a first surface material coupled to a first side of the core material, and a second surface ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100122880 | SURFACE CONFIGURATIONS FOR DAMPING INSERTS One embodiment of a product includes an insert for disposition in or on a component. The insert may have at least one contact surface that can experience relative frictional movement against an adjacent interior surface of the component. The at least one contact surface... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100122791 | BINDER DEGRADATION OF SAND CORES A sand core is prepared for use in defining a surface of a cast metal article. The core is formed of sand particles bonded with a polyurethane resin, preferably a polyol moiety-containing polyurethane resin. An alkali metal hydroxide, and optionally a glycol, is mixed w... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100117443 | LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM WHEEL WITH MAGNESIUM RIM One embodiment includes a wheel including a first portion including magnesium, the first portion including at least a rim; a second portion including aluminum; and an interface where the first portion and the second portion contact each other.... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100114513 | ESTIMATING MINIMUM VOLTAGE OF FUEL CELLS A method of estimating minimum voltage of fuel cells, and a product using same.... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112927 | ADJUSTABLE PROFILE PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH AN AIR MAKE-UP SYSTEM An adjustable profile plate assembly for use with an air make-up system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the adjustable profile plate assembly includes a slidable profile plate, a scissor-type linkage mechanism attached to the profile plate, and an actuator attach... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100111754 | Potassium and Sodium Filled Skutterudites Interstitial voids of the cubic CoSb3 type skutterudite structure can be filled with sodium and/or potassium atoms. Such filled skutterudites have the general formulas, KyCo4Sb12 and NayCo4Sb12... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100100441 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MONITORING AND RETRIEVING DEVICE USAGE A method and system for monitoring and retrieving device usage for a device at a vehicle including storing a vehicle data record in the telematics unit, monitoring the device usage for device data, storing the device data at the vehicle, requesting the telematics unit t... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098932 | SELF-CLEANING DRY ADHESIVES A shape memory polymer microfiber material coupled to a base portion and coated with a dry adhesive in which the tips of the microfibers may be modified to achieve superhydrophobicity. The resultant surface of the material may be altered between to an adhesive state fro... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098612 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR REDUCING NOX AND PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS IN EXHAUST GAS FROM HYDROCARBON FUEL SOURCE WITH A FUEL LEAN COMBUSTION MIXTURE An exemplary method and associated architecture for reducing NOx and particulate matter emissions in an exhaust stream may include passing the exhaust stream through a catalytic oxidation reactor; passing the exhaust stream through a two-way selective reducti... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092790 | MOLDED OR EXTRUDED COMBINATIONS OF LIGHT METAL ALLOYS AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE POLYMERS Hybrid articles comprising a molded mixture of a light metal alloy and a polymer are formed by processing (including co-molding and co-extruding) the metal in a semi-solid state at a high shear rate and the polymer in a melt processable state. For example, magnesium all... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100089977 | FRICTION STIR WELDING OF DISSIMILAR METALS When a friction stir weld tool penetrates the interface of two workpieces of dissimilar metal alloy materials, the resultant weld of the different alloy materials may produce a weak weld joint. Such weak joints are often experienced, for example, when attempting to form... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100089976 | Friction stir welding of dissimilar metals When a friction stir weld tool penetrates the interface of two workpieces of dissimilar metal alloy materials, the resultant weld of the different alloy materials may produce a weak weld joint. Such weak joints are often experienced, for example, when attempting to form... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100089747 | High pressure proton exchange membrane based water electrolyzer system A high pressure proton exchange membrane based water electrolyzer system that may include a series of proton exchange membrane (PEM) cells that may be electrically coupled together and coupled to a proton exchange membrane to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) tha... | 04/15/2010 |
