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20110013712 | SYSTEM FOR MIMO SPATIAL ADAPTIVITY IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS - An adaptive wireless multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system switches among two or more modes of operation including Uninformed Transmitter (UT) and Informed Transmitter (IT) modes based on channel conditions as reflected in a set of metrics including a temporal selectivity metric (TSM) indicative of the temporal dynamics of the MIMO channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the adaptive MIMO system uses a dominant eigenmode IT mode of operation if a signal-to-noise ratio is below a threshold, otherwise, the system uses an IT mode or a UT mode based on the TSM. If the TSM indicates a channel that is changing too rapidly for feedback to be effective, the UT mode is used, otherwise the IT mode is used. Overall system capacity in time varying MIMO channels is thereby improved. | 01-20-2011 |
20120282872 | DIRECTIONAL NOTCH FILTER FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE OF WIDEBAND SIGNALS - A directional notch filter for simultaneous transmit and receive of wideband signals comprises an antenna, an antenna match, a receiver, a power combiner, a first directional coupler, a second directional coupler and a shaping filter accepting a signal and producing a compensation signal as a replica of an antenna reflection transfer function, wherein the first and second directional couplers produce signals and portions of signals received by the antenna and sent to the receiver via the power combiner. The receiver can produce a receiver signal and the first directional coupler can produce a first signal as a portion of an overall signal received by the antenna, the first signal comprising at least reflection of a signal from the power amplifier and the second directional coupler samples a small portion of the receiver signal, said second directional coupler producing a second signal. | 11-08-2012 |
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20130032516 | Unitary Filter Tank and an Underdrain for Filtering a Body of Water - Exemplary embodiments include a unitary pool filter tank and/or an underdrain for a pool filter unit. Embodiments of the unitary pool filter tank can have an integrally formed housing and base. The filter tank can be formed using a blow molding process in which the base of the filter tank is includes a support section and a punted section that has an underdrain mounting member. Embodiments of the underdrain can be formed by interlocking top and bottom components. The top and bottom components can be interlocked by inter-component locking structures. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032517 | UNITARY FILTER TANK AND AN UNDERDRAIN FOR FILTERING A BODY OF WATER - Exemplary embodiments include a unitary pool filter tank and/or an underdrain for a pool filter unit. Embodiments of the unitary pool filter tank can have an integrally formed housing and base. The filter tank can be formed using a blow molding process in which the base of the filter tank is reinforced using multiple polymer layers that have been folded and/or pinched together. Embodiments of the underdrain can be formed by interlocking top and bottom components. The top and bottom components can be interlocked by inter-component locking structures. | 02-07-2013 |
20150097513 | Accessory for an Aerosol Delivery Device and Related Method and Computer Program Product - The present disclosure relates to an accessory device usable with a portable electronic device and an aerosol delivery device. The accessory device may include a case configured to receive the portable electronic device and the aerosol delivery device therein. Further, the accessory device may include an interface that provides an electrical connection and/or a data connection between the aerosol delivery device and the portable electronic device. Thereby, the portable electronic device may charge the aerosol delivery device or vice versa and/or data may be exchanged therebetween. A related method and a computer program product are also provided. | 04-09-2015 |
20150216232 | Aerosol Delivery Device Comprising Multiple Outer Bodies and Related Assembly Method - The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device may include a first outer body, a second outer body, and a coupler received therebetween. A securing mechanism may couple the outer bodies together to retain the aerosol delivery device in an assembled configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided. | 08-06-2015 |
20150216236 | Aerosol Delivery Device Comprising Multiple Outer Bodies and Related Assembly Method - The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device may include a first outer body, a second outer body, and a coupler received therebetween. A securing mechanism may couple the outer bodies together to retain the aerosol delivery device in an assembled configuration. For example, the coupler may be welded to the first outer body and the second outer body. Related assembly methods are also provided. | 08-06-2015 |
20160001489 | Unitary Filter Tank And An Underdrain For Filtering A Body Of Water - Exemplary embodiments include a unitary pool filter tank and/or an underdrain for a pool filter unit. Embodiments of the unitary pool filter tank can have an integrally formed housing and base. The filter tank can be formed using a blow molding process in which the base of the filter tank is includes a support section and a punted section that has an underdrain mounting member. Embodiments of the underdrain can be formed by interlocking top and bottom components. The top and bottom components can be interlocked by inter-component locking structures. | 01-07-2016 |
20160106149 | PACKAGE FOR A TOBACCO-CONTAINING MATERIAL WITH A VALVE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED PACKAGING METHOD - A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container and a valve assembly. The container may include a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein. The valve assembly may be configured to affect an atmosphere within the internal space of the container. For example, the valve assembly may remain closed except when releasing pressure from the internal space. Thereby, by way of further example, the valve assembly may vent the container so as to avoid damage thereto, while reducing moisture loss from the tobacco-containing material stored in the internal space. | 04-21-2016 |
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20100282788 | ASYMMETRIC HANGER FOR SHORT AND LONG TROUSERS - A method and device for hanging long or short pants or any other similar articles of clothing that contains a waistband are disclosed. The device, an asymmetric hanger, hangs folded pants from the waist and is composed of a finger adapted to insert into the top of a pair of trousers engaging the inside of the waistband along with a clamp that clasps the waistband from the outside near the opposite end of the folded pants and that exerts a force away from the finger. The device can be adapted to hang pants from a simple clothes pole to a variety of novel designs that display pants and facilitate removal or hanging. | 11-11-2010 |
20120018463 | TILT AND SLIDE SPACE SAVINGS CLOTHING STORAGE DEVICE AND SELF-LOCKING CLIP FOR ASYMMETRIC HANGER ACCESSORY - A family of space savings storage devices for hanging, storing and removal of any item that can be hung in a vertical plane from an appropriate hanger hook is disclosed. The devices consist of a pair of downwardly diverging legs forming either an inverted V-shaped or U-shaped receiver. The fixed angle of divergence of the legs ranges from 60 to 120 degrees. In one embodiment that angle can be varied. On the undersides of the legs are attached sockets from which items can be hung using appropriate hooks attached to the body of a hanger. The spacing of the sockets can be equal or variable. Increased spacing on the lower segments of the legs for the inverted U-shaped receiver, where the legs are nearly vertical, prevents hung items which are generally bulkier at the top, or hanger components which also can be bulky from interfering with each other as the spacing can be adjusted to allow such parts to lay one above the other. At the top of each device is a slide element which can be placed over a glide or horizontally disposed support post. By moving the slide element to either side of the vertical or equilibrium position on the support post, these devices by simple principles of Physics tilt. From basic geometrical considerations, items hung on the upwardly tilted leg horizontally spread apart, while those on the more vertically oriented leg move together. This allows easy access to items suspended from sockets on the more horizontal leg. Devices disclosed can be constructed where the horizontal space requirement in the vertical position is no more than in the tilted and slide position. Thus loading or unloading items from these devices can be done in a fixed horizontal space. The inverted V-shaped or U-shaped also confers excellent visual inventory of hung items. Also disclosed is a self locking spring clip that improves the use of Asymmetric Hangers for long or short trousers and skirts. Asymmetric Hangers with this modification and a modified hook to fit the hook and socket system employed here lend themselves well to use with the storage systems disclosed. Other hangers with appropriate means for attachment to the devices can also be used. | 01-26-2012 |
20150153259 | MULTI-PARAMETER HIGH GRADIENT MAGNETIC SEPARATOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a high gradient magnetic separation apparatus for recovering magnetic ally labeled target entities from viscous and/or complex test media. The target entities are captured on a ferromagnetic element in which a magnetic field gradient is induced by a magnetic field source. The apparatus is designed to perform various operations on captured target entities. Methods of using the apparatus are also disclosed, e.g., for isolation of circulating tumor cells. | 06-04-2015 |