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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184363 | All-fiber integrated high power coherent beam combination A fiber laser amplifier system including a master oscillator that generates a signal beam. A splitter splits the signal beam into a plurality of fiber beams where a separate fiber beam is sent to a fiber amplifier for amplifying the fiber beam. A tapered fiber bundl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184361 | Integrated spectral and all-fiber coherent beam combination A fiber laser amplifier system including a plurality of master oscillators each generating a signal beam at a different wavelength. A splitter is provided for each master oscillator that splits the signal beam into a plurality of fiber beams where a separate fiber b... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184031 | High-order wide band modulators and multiplying digital-to-analog converters using distributed weighting networks A distributed weighting network that employs a summing line including distributed summing blocks disposed thereon. Each summing block includes a plurality of resistors that define a resistor divider network. Each summing block includes at least three ports having an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170818 | Battery state estimator using multiple sampling rates A method for estimating vehicle battery parameters that uses two different sampling rates. The method samples a battery terminal voltage and current at a high sampling rate to estimate the battery open circuit voltage and high frequency resistance. The battery state... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170743 | Integrated diagnosis and prognosis system as part of the corporate value chain An integrated diagnosis and prognosis system that collects vehicle information over the life of a vehicle and its development. The system provides the collected vehicle information to supplier management, product development management, service/dealership management... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170740 | Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on vehicle launching An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a drivers driving style based on vehicle launching maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle speed signal during a predetermined time window is greater than a speed threshold, whether the vehicle speed sig... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170739 | Path generation algorithm for automated lane centering and lane changing control system A system for providing path generation for automated lane centering and/or lane changing purposes. The system includes a desired path generation processor that receives signals detecting the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling, a request for a lane change, veh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170725 | Vehicle stability enhancement control adaptation to driving skill based on highway on/off ramp maneuver A system that classifies driver driving skill based on on-ramp or off-ramp maneuvers. The system reads sensor signals for vehicle speed and vehicle yaw rate. The system determines that the vehicle has made an on-ramp or off-ramp maneuver using the vehicle speed sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170718 | Multiple priority operational space impedance control A system and method for providing multiple priority impedance control for a robot manipulator where impedance laws are realized simultaneously and with a given order of priority. The method includes a control scheme for realizing a Cartesian space impedance objectiv... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169692 | Waveguide parametric device and method A waveguide parametric device including a multi-mode waveguide having orientation layers formed in a propagation direction of a signal beam and a pump beam propagating down the waveguide. The orientation layers are oppositely oriented to provide non-linear coupling ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168343 | Humidification control during shutdown of a fuel cell system A process for controlling the length of a purge and the purge rate of a fuel cell stack at system shut-down so as to provide the desired amount of stack humidity. The membrane humidification is measured at system shut-down by a high frequency resistance sensor that ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168340 | Water removal features for PEMfc stack manifolds A bipolar plate includes angled facets oriented to form V-shaped projections on the plate edge. Liquid leaving the reactant channels is drawn back into the V-shaped grooves of the projections, leaving no liquid to obstruct the channel exit openings. The bipolar plat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167444 | Road curvature estimation for rearview mirror adjustment system A system and method for automatically correcting the viewing angle of a rear-view mirror on a vehicle when the vehicle is traveling around a curve. The system estimates the curvature of the road using only vehicle speed and vehicle steering angle information. The ro... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8155853 | Mechanical time dilation algorithm for collision avoidance system A system and method for providing mechanical time dilation by pre-braking a vehicle in the event there is a collision threat so as to reduce or eliminate the need for full automatic braking if the collision becomes imminent. The system calculates a time dilation dec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154242 | Method of fully charging an electrical energy storage device using a lower voltage fuel cell system A fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell stack and an EESD electrically coupled to a common high voltage bus line. The EESD has a higher voltage output than the fuel cell stack, and thus the stack is unable to fully charge the EESD, for example, at system shut-d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150579 | Pump speed command generation algorithm for magnetorheological power steering coupling A method for determining a speed of a power steering pump used in a power steering assembly of a vehicle that has particular application in a vehicle using a magneto-rheological hydraulic power steering (MRHPS) system for improving the fuel efficiency and ride comfo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148952 | Control strategy for HV battery equalization charge during driving operation in fuel cell hybrid vehicles A system and method for equalizing the state of charge of the cells of a battery in an electric vehicle while the vehicle is being driven. The method includes monitoring the state of charge of the battery cells in the battery and measuring the actual current of the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136231 | Positioning device and method for transferring electronic components using optical alignment A positioning apparatus for transferring at least one electronic component, in particular a chip, from a first flat support to at least one predetermined location on a second flat support which extends parallel to the first support, comprising an ejection device for... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129060 | Bleed trigger monitor used in fuel cell system A system and method for monitoring anode bleed trigger events and determining when to adjust a proactive bleed schedule in a fuel cell system. The system employs a bleed trigger monitor algorithm for monitoring proactive bleed and reactive bleeds that determines whe... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129056 | System and method for controlling an anode side recirculation pump in a fuel cell system A system and method for controlling the speed of a recirculation pump in an anode recirculation loop of a fuel cell system based on a predetermined ratio of fresh hydrogen to recirculated anode gas. The system uses a model to determine the volume flow of the recircu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121964 | State machine method for editing requirements using transition systems, a sub-state mechanism, and a partial behaviors mechanism in order to reduce complexity and the number of states A method for providing writing requirements for a structured transition system employing state machines. The requirements employ a plurality of structuring mechanisms, namely, sub-state based structuring, abstraction based structuring and partial behavior structurin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118813 | Bone graft delivery system for a vertebral interbody device A surgical delivery system that has particular application for providing bone graft material to an interbody device that restores disc space height during spinal fusion surgery. The bone graft delivery system includes a body portion and a shaft coupled thereto. An a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118737 | Retractor device for cervical spinal fusion A retractor device for cervical spinal fusion surgery. The retractor device includes a first post assembly having a first pin for mounting the first post assembly to a first vertebral body and a first rod coupled thereto in a multi-axial manner so that the first rod... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118143 | Centrifugal emergency brake An emergency braking assembly that stops the rotation of a shaft in the event that the speed of the shaft exceeds a predetermined speed. The braking assembly includes a flanged mounting ring that is mounted to a housing where the shaft extends through the ring, and ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108103 | Nonlinear frequency dependent filtering for vehicle ride/stability control A system and method for facilitating ride and stability control of a vehicle. The system includes a plurality of suspension displacement sensors, with each of the plurality of suspension displacement sensors positioned proximate to a suspension element of the vehicl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103554 | Method and system for playing an electronic book using an electronics system in a vehicle A method and system for using a vehicle's electronic systems to provide all features and functions typically found on a handheld electronic book device. The vehicle's electronic systems can be used in an integrated fashion with a user's handheld electronic book devi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098198 | Vertically integrated phased array A vertically integrated electronically steered phased array that employs beamsteering using a programmable phase locked loop including a local oscillator. The local oscillator provides an oscillator signal that is converted to an RF signal that can be either up-conv... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098139 | Test head device There is disclosed a test head device for testing the functionality of a large number of RFID chips arranged in smart labels (17) within a smart label production apparatus by means of a data reading and/or data writing process, wherein the smart labels (17... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095261 | Aggregated information fusion for enhanced diagnostics, prognostics and maintenance practices of vehicles A system and method for enhancing vehicle diagnostic and prognostic algorithms and improving vehicle maintenance practices. The method includes collecting data from vehicle components, sub-systems and systems, and storing the collected data in a database. The collec... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090949 | Certificate assignment strategies for efficient operation of the PKI-based security architecture in a vehicular network A system and method for assigning certificates and reducing the size of the certificate revocation lists in a PKI based architecture for a vehicle wireless communications system that includes separating a country, or other area, into geographic regions and assigning... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089290 | Liquid water sensor signal conditioning circuit for use in PEM fuel cells A measurement circuit that has particular application for detecting a high impedance measurement signal from a liquid water sensor. The measurement circuit includes a high impedance resistance-to-frequency conversion circuit that is coupled to the sensor and receive... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088530 | Method of operating a fuel cell system in standby/regenerative mode A system and method for putting a fuel cell system in a stand-by during a system idle condition to improve system fuel efficiency. The method can include diverting the cathode airflow around the stack, reducing an airflow output from a cathode compressor to a minimu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088529 | Remedial action to operate a fuel cell system with a failed bleed manifold unit A system and method for providing an anode exhaust gas bleed in a fuel cell system. The system provides a normal anode side bleed using first and second bleed valves if the first and second bleed valves are not blocked and the temperature of first and second split s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088526 | Anode reactive bleed and injector shift control strategy A system and method for correcting a large fuel cell voltage spread for a split sub-stack fuel cell system. The system includes a hydrogen source that provides hydrogen to each split sub-stack and bleed valves for bleeding the anode side of the sub-stacks. The syste... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088525 | Online low performing cell (LPC) prediction and detection of fuel cell system A system and method for detecting and predicting low performing cells in a fuel cell stack. When the fuel cell stack is running and certain data validity criteria have been met, an algorithm collects the data, such as stack current density, average cell voltage and ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088523 | Startup reliability using HFR measurement A system and method for improving fuel cell system start-up reliability. The method includes determining if the resistance of the membranes in a fuel cell stack is too high, where the reliability of system start-up will be reduced, and if so, providing one or more r... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087845 | Integrated locking assembly for reconfigurable end-effectors An integrated locking assembly that includes a linear locking mechanism and a rotary locking mechanism. The linear locking mechanism employs opposing locking plates having aligned bores that can lock onto a rod extending through the bores. The rotary locking mechani... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086367 | Vehicle lateral velocity and surface friction estimation using force tables A system and method for estimating vehicle lateral velocity and surface coefficient of friction using front and rear axle lateral force versus side-slip angle tables and sensor measurements. The sensor measurements include lateral acceleration, yaw-rate, longitudina... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082140 | Parametric analysis of real time response guarantees on interacting software components A system and method for providing control timing for a vehicle system at the design level. The method includes defining component timing specifications in a parametric form at a system level and at a sub-system level; mathematically representing the timing specifica... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081210 | Location of broadcast transmitters and mobile-adaptation using map-based navigation A system and method for mitigating the effects of Doppler shift, multipath and/or noise for a mobile receiver, such as on a vehicle, that is receiving broadcast television signals. The vehicle may include a map database and a GPS receiver that combine to identify th... | 12/20/2011 |
