Thin film lithium conducting powder material deposition from flux
Granted: June 7, 2016
Patent Number:
9362546
The present invention is directed to battery technologies and processing techniques thereof. In various embodiments, ceramic electrolyte powder material (or component thereof) is mixed with two or more flux to form a fluxed powder material. The fluxed powder material is shaped and heated again at a temperature less than 1100° C. to form a dense lithium conducting material. There are other variations and embodiments as well.
Dynamically reconfiguring rebuild agents for erasure code rebuild
Granted: May 31, 2016
Patent Number:
9356628
Example apparatus and methods support reconstructing an item from a set of erasure codes (e.g., fountain codes). Information about computer resources available to support reconstructing the item may be accessed and analyzed to control the spawning of multiple computer processes to support reconstructing the item. The information may include, for example, utilization and capacity data. The information may be provided by sensor agents that monitor the resources. The multiple computer…
Content distribution system and method
Granted: May 24, 2016
Patent Number:
9349136
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide an electronic marketplace that matches units of content from secondary content providers with suitable vacancies from primary content providers. Vacancies may constitute, or be included in, any digital transmission containers, such as a television or radio programming, web pages, and the like. Specifically, the electronic marketplace automatically matches content offered by secondary content…
Plasma synthesis of metal and lithium fluoride nanostructures
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9339784
Provided are methods and apparatus for forming electrode active materials for electrochemical cells. These materials include a metal (e.g., iron, cobalt), lithium, and fluorine and are produced using plasma synthesis or, more specifically, non-equilibrium plasma synthesis. A metal containing material, organometallic lithium containing material, and fluorine-containing material are provided into a flow reactor, mixed, and exposed to the electrical energy generating plasma. The plasma…
Shared community storage network
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9344378
A hardware and/or software facility for durably and securely storing data within a shared community storage network. A user may have a storage device that they intend to share with others in the network. All or a portion of the storage device is registered with the community storage network as a storage node. Once registered with the network, third party data may be stored on the storage node and remotely accessed by third parties. In addition, data stored on the storage device by the…
Adjusting redundancy in an erasure code object store to account for varying data value
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9344120
Example apparatus and methods control the number of rateless erasure codes (e.g., fountain codes) stored in an object store for an item (e.g., file stored as object). The codes for the item may be generated according to an M/N policy. A first safety factor that controls how many codes are stored initially in the object store is identified. A first number of codes are then stored in the object store, where the first number is selected as a function of the first safety factor. A second…
Media library system and method for monitoring changes in inventory of media cartridges
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9343100
A method for monitoring changes in an inventory of media cartridges in a media library includes the steps of determining with a controller that the inventory of media cartridges in the media library has changed, and asynchronously reporting with the controller the specific change in inventory of media cartridges that has occurred in the media library. The method can also include the step of determining whether the change in inventory included an increase or a decrease in the quantity of…
Reducing metadata controller communication volume
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9342568
Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with reducing metadata controller communication volume are described. One example apparatus produces tracking data by tracking metadata controller communications and then controls which of two different types of metadata controller communication message types are used for metadata controller communications based, at least in part, on the tracking data. One message type provides actual state and/or location information about a metadata…
Multi-deduplication
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9342525
Example apparatus and methods improve deduplication efficiency for a deduplication application or process. A first blocklet repository may have been created according to a first deduplication approach that was optimized for a first set of conditions. Example apparatus and methods create a second blocklet repository from the first blocklet repository by deduplicating the first blocklet repository using a second deduplication approach that is optimized for a second set of conditions. While…
Method for the preparation of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis (3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid)
Granted: May 17, 2016
Patent Number:
9340497
The present invention relates to a new method for the preparation of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) in five steps from (S)-ethyl 2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-4-(neopentyloxysulfonyl)butanoate A.
Semiconducting alloy polymers formed from orthocarborane and 1,4-diaminobenzene
Granted: April 26, 2016
Patent Number:
9324960
Novel semiconducting polymers have been formed via the electron-induced cross-linking of orthocarborane B10C2H2 and 1,4-diaminobenzene. The films were formed by co-condensation of the molecular precursors and 200 eV electron-induced cross-linking under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Ultraviolet photoemission spectra show that the compound films display a shift of the valence band maximum from ˜4.3 eV below the Fermi level for pure boron carbide to ?1.7 eV below the Fermi level when…
Method for media allocation in a partitioned removable media storage library
Granted: April 12, 2016
Patent Number:
9311147
An open systems based media storage library system (10) for use by one or more hosts (5) includes a first hosted partition (12A) and a pool partition (14). The first hosted partition (12A) can be accessed by one of the hosts (5). Additionally, the first hosted partition (12A) includes a plurality of first hosted resources (16, 18). The plurality of first hosted resources (16, 18) can include a plurality of first hosted storage slots (16) and a plurality of first hosted storage media…
Modular architecture for helium compressors
Granted: April 12, 2016
Patent Number:
9310104
A modular architecture for helium compressors is described. In the modular architecture, oil is cooled independently from gas. In one aspect, the oil is cooled subsequent to the gas with a series of water-cooled heat exchangers. In another aspect, the oil is cooled using a water-cooled heat exchanger coupled to a radiator, and the gas is independently cooled using a refrigerant-cooled heat exchanger coupled to a condensing unit.
Adaptive correction of symmetrical and asymmetrical saturation in magnetic recording devices
Granted: April 5, 2016
Patent Number:
9305591
A magnetic recording device includes a preprocessor, an interpolator and a slicer. The preprocessor receives at least n saturated input signals including an nth saturated input signal The preprocessor is configured to process each of the n saturated input signals to produce a corresponding nth output signal. The n output signals include an nm output signal from the nth saturated input signal. The interpolator processes the nth output signal to determine an nth interpolator output. The…
Combined asynchronous and synchronous fountain code storage in an object store
Granted: April 5, 2016
Patent Number:
9304852
Example apparatus and methods produce a set of rateless erasure codes (e.g., fountain codes) for a file stored in a primary data store (e.g., hard drive) or in an archive system. The archive system may store the file in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID). A first subset of the rateless erasure codes are stored in an object storage using a synchronous protocol. A second subset of rateless erasure codes are stored in the object storage using an asynchronous protocol. The object…
Method and apparatus for optical coupling and opto-electronic conversion
Granted: April 5, 2016
Patent Number:
9304267
A method for converting an optical signal, propagating in an optical fiber, into an electrical output signal, including the following steps: providing an optical interface having opposing flat surfaces and being formed of a material having a refractive index that is substantially higher than the refractive index of the optical fiber; disposing a first of the opposing flat surfaces of the interface adjacent an output end of the optical fiber, and disposing a photodetector adjacent a…
Light emitting and lasing semiconductor methods and devices
Granted: March 29, 2016
Patent Number:
9299876
A method for producing light emission from a semiconductor structure, including the following steps: providing a semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor base region of a first conductivity type and having a relatively long minority carrier diffusion length characteristic, between a semiconductor emitter region of a second conductivity type opposite to that of the first conductivity type, and a semiconductor drain region of the second conductivity type; providing, between…
Solid state energy storage devices
Granted: March 22, 2016
Patent Number:
9293255
Described in this patent application are devices for energy storage and methods of making and using such devices. In various embodiments, blocking layers are provided between dielectric material and the electrodes of an energy storage device. The block layers are characterized by higher dielectric constant than the dielectric material. There are other embodiments as well.
Crystalline phase of (3S.3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) with L-lysine
Granted: March 8, 2016
Patent Number:
9278921
The present invention relates to a new crystalline phase of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and its use, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, and to processes for preparation thereof. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one crystalline phase of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such…
System and method for ammonia synthesis
Granted: March 1, 2016
Patent Number:
9272920
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for synthesizing ammonia using nano-size metal or metal alloy catalyst particles. Hydrogen and nitrogen gases are passed through a system comprising, for example, a bed of magnetite supporting nano-size iron or iron alloy catalyst particles having an optional oxide layer that forms the catalyst.
