Abstract: Describes is a battery booster for jumpstarting a vehicle having an external battery. The battery booster comprising a set of electrical conductors, a power supply configured to supply a starting current to jump start the vehicle via the set of electrical conductors, a boost switch positioned in-line between the power supply and a set of battery clamps on one of the set of electrical conductors; and at least one processor configured to output a control signal to close the boost switch as a function of one or more parameters of the power supply, the external battery, or the vehicle. The set of electrical conductors are configured to couple with the external battery or with an engine that is electrically coupled with the external battery via the set of battery clamps. The set of electrical conductors comprises a positive electrical conductor and a negative electrical conductor.

Abstract: New 6xxx aluminum alloys having an improved combination of properties are disclosed. Generally, the new 6xxx aluminum alloys contain 1.00-1.45 wt. % Si, 0.32-0.51 wt. % Mg, wherein a ratio of wt. % Si to wt. % Mg is in the range of from 2.0:1 (Si:Mg) to 4.5:1 (Si:Mg), 0.12-0.44 wt. % Cu, 0.08-0.19 wt. % Fe, 0.02-0.30 wt. % Mn, 0.01-0.06 wt. % Cr, 0.01-0.14 wt. % Ti, and ?0.25 wt. % Zn, the balance being aluminum and impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy includes ?0.05 wt. % of any one impurity, and wherein the aluminum alloy includes ?0.15 in total of all impurities.

Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting digital content using digital watermarks and for distributing that protected digital content are described. The digital watermark contains watermark information, fingerprint information, and any other information desired by the provider of the digital content. To insert the digital watermark in the digital content, a section of the digital content is selected, whether it is a random section or a desired section (such as the first or last section), and then that section is broken into a given number of individual slides. The digital watermark is created as an additional slide or frame and then placed between the slides of that section. These individual slides, which now contain the watermark, are re-combined and then re-attached to the remainder of the digital content when desired, such as on the fly or at the time of the user's purchase of the digital content.

Abstract: New 6xxx aluminum alloys having an improved combination of properties are disclosed. Generally, the new 6xxx aluminum alloys contain 1.00-1.45 wt. % Si, 0.32-0.51 wt. % Mg, wherein a ratio of wt. % Si to wt. % Mg is in the range of from 2.0:1 (Si:Mg) to 4.5:1 (Si:Mg), 0.12-0.44 wt. % Cu, 0.08-0.19 wt. % Fe, 0.02-0.30 wt. % Mn, 0.01-0.06 wt. % Cr, 0.01-0.14 wt. % Ti, and ?0.25 wt. % Zn, the balance being aluminum and impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy includes ?0.05 wt. % of any one impurity, and wherein the aluminum alloy includes ?0.15 in total of all impurities.

Abstract: Multi-alloy composite sheets and methods of producing the composite sheets for use in automotive applications are disclosed. The automotive application may include an automotive panel having a bi-layer or a tri-layer composite sheet with 3xxx and 6xxx aluminum alloys. The composite sheets may be produced by roll bonding or multi-alloy casting, among other techniques. Each of the composite sheets may demonstrate good flat hem rating and mechanical properties, long shelf life, and high dent resistance, among other properties.

Abstract: A system and method for allocating inventory to satisfy online demand and demand at physical locations includes allocating a first portion of media rental inventory for online fulfillment and a second portion for fulfillment at physical rental locations. The method further includes making a determination of in-store rental activity for the second portion of inventory, and reallocating the first and second portions of inventory based on that determination.

Abstract: A system and method for fulfilling a media request includes receiving a media request associated with a subscriber account. One inventory location is selected from a plurality of inventory locations to fulfill the media request, and at least one of the inventory locations accommodates in-store media rental requests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aluminum brazing sheet with high levels of Magnesium in the core layer and having good Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) brazeability and suitable for use with any commercially available brazing flux, including brazing flux with or without Cesium.

Abstract: Multi-alloy composite sheets and methods of producing the composite sheets for use in automotive applications are disclosed. The automotive application may include an automotive panel having a bi-layer or a tri-layer composite sheet with 3xxx and 6xxx aluminum alloys. The composite sheets may be produced by roll bonding or multi-alloy casting, among other techniques. Each of the composite sheets may demonstrate good flat hem rating and mechanical properties, long shelf life, and high dent resistance, among other properties.

Abstract: A system and method for processing media requests includes receiving a media request associated with a subscriber account. The availability of a slot associated with the subscriber account is determined. The slot includes at least one in-store slot and at least one on-line slot.

Abstract: A heat exchanger tube having enhanced corrosion resistance and improved resistance to high burst pressures. The heat exchanger tube comprises an aluminum alloy that consists essentially of about 0.01-1.5% silicon, up to about 1.2% copper, up to about 2.0% manganese, about 0.01-1.0% iron, about 0.01-5.0% zinc, up to about 0.02% titanium and the balance substantially aluminum and incidental elements and impurities.

Abstract: A multi-layer metallurgical product comprising a core aluminum alloy, purposefully tailored through chemistry and processing route to resist recrystallization during the brazing cycle to intentionally exploit the higher strengths immediately after brazing of a deformed and recovered microstructure, the core aluminum alloy being positioned on one side to an aluminum alloy interliner designed to be resistant to localized erosion, which, in turn, is adjacent to a 4xxx cladding alloy. The multi-layer product can be fabricated at least in part via any multi-alloy ingot casting processes such as the Simultaneous Multi-Alloy Casting process or the Unidirectional Solidification of Castings process.

Abstract: Batch annealed, semi-processed and fully processed motor lamination steels are made by processes which subject a slab having a particular ultra low carbon composition (less than 0.01%) to steps which include hot rolling a slab into a strip and coiling the strip. This is followed by the sequential steps of preferably annealing the strip in coil form, cold rolling the strip and batch annealing the strip in coil form. The strip is flattened by a temper rolling or leveling process. The flattening step reduces the thickness of the strip by an amount ranging from greater than 0% to not greater than 1.0% to provide the strip with a permeability when stress relief annealed of at least 2500 Gauss/Oersted.

Abstract: An ultrasonic signal drive/sense circuitry is provided, which circuitry is adaptable to a variety of automated or manual fastener tightening operations. This circuitry operates for measuring tension in a fastener as a function of change in time of flight of an ultrasonic wave. A microcontroller directs the operation of circuit components to generate high amplitude, high repetition rate, drive pulses with these amplitude and repetition rate factors being electronically adjustable to compensate for fastening tool and fastener acoustical properties and tightening rates. Software driven timing circuitry calculates, calibrates and adjusts pulse echo detection window width and center location and also optimum echo detection threshold. This timing circuitry is implemented by digital techniques to measure pulse time of flight and incorporates analog interpolation of data between digital counts. Sampling rates of the echo pulses are adjusted to tool speed.

Abstract: High strength, cold finished steel bars strengthened through the addition of from 0.05% to 0.15% vanadium and 0.001% to 0.025% nitrogen are produced by a series of steps involving hot rolling, cold drawing, and heat-treatment.

Abstract: The temperature of a substrate to be vacuum vapor coated is measured immediately before its is passed over a source of coating metal vapor and immediately after the vapor has condensed on it. Costing conditions are controlled to maintain the difference between those temperatures at a value which is related to the thickness of the condensed coating by a heat balance equation.

Abstract: A steel product having a combination of high strength and formability (as measured by percent tensile uniform elongation) is produced by austenitizing a steel consisting essentially of from 0.04 to 0.17% carbon, 0.8 to 2.0% manganese, up to 1.0% silicon, up to 0.12% vanadium, up to 0.1% columbium, up to an effective amount of titanium to form titanium carbonitrides, 0.001 to 0.025% nitrogen, balance essentially iron and then cooling at a rate of no more than about 70.degree. F/sec. to about 850.degree. F and at a rate of more than about 10.degree. F/sec. to transform the freshly formed austenite to a microstructure of from 10 to 35% by volume of martensite and/or lower bainite (MLB), balance essentially proeutectoid ferrite. Slower cooling rates may be employed to obtain the desired microstructure if a restricted chemical composition is used. The heat-treated steel product is characterized by an ultimate tensile strength of 80,000 p.s.i. minimum and a uniform elongation of 16% minimum.