Abstract: An electric motor/generator includes a stator, a rotor with a plurality of magnets and a rotor frame arranged to support the plurality of magnets in an outer rotor configuration so that the plurality of magnets are arranged to form an annular ring surrounding the stator. The electric motor/generator also includes a banding sleeve disposed on a circumferential portion of the rotor frame radially outwardly of the plurality of magnets. The banding sleeve may comprise a composite material such as a carbon fibre composite.

Abstract: A propeller system includes a rotatable housing having at least one propeller blade mounted thereon and an electric pitch control motor within the rotatable housing. A pitch control member is coupled to the propeller blade and extends through a wall of the rotatable housing. The pitch control motor is configured to move the pitch control member and to thereby vary the pitch of the propeller blade.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus, system, and method are provided herein, in which an exercise apparatus has a tracking mechanism comprising a gyroscope, processor and transmitter. The user may wear a sensor, for example, on his shoe. The gyroscope detects the position of the exercise apparatus with respect to the sensor, and thus detects the motions made by the user with the apparatus. A mobile device such as a cellular phone may have an application running thereon, which tracks these motions, and notify the user if the user's form is incorrect, and preferably provides an image of the proper form. The exercise apparatus may include wheels with which the exercise apparatus may be rolled.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator assembly for an electric motor or generator is disclosed, comprising: providing a plurality of stator windings, each stator winding formed from a multistrand cable that comprises a plurality of wires that are electrically insulated, connecting an end of the multistrand cable of each stator winding to a respective conductive stud and then mounting the stator windings in a stator housing.

Abstract: An electric motor includes one or more channels or grooves for directing fluid along the rotor as the rotor rotates.

Abstract: An electric propulsion system, comprising a propeller and a motor arranged to rotate the propeller, the motor comprising an axial flux motor comprising a rotor disc and a stator disc mounted in face-to-face relationship with an air gap defined therebetween, the rotor disc driven to rotate relative to the stator disc to cause magnetic flux in the air gap to cause rotation of the propeller, characterised in that the propeller is directly attached to the rotor disc to rotate with the rotor disc.

Abstract: A propeller system includes a rotatable housing having at least one propeller blade mounted thereon and an electric pitch control motor within the rotatable housing. A pitch control member is coupled to the propeller blade and extends through a wall of the rotatable housing. The pitch control motor is configured to move the pitch control member and to thereby vary the pitch of the propeller blade.

Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. In a first PASS configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the PASS may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the first output value, the PASS may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS configuration having a second configuration setting, such that the second configuration setting is different than the first configuration setting.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus, system, and method are provided herein, in which an exercise apparatus has a tracking mechanism comprising a gyroscope, processor and transmitter. The user may wear a sensor, for example, on his shoe. The gyroscope detects the position of the exercise apparatus with respect to the sensor, and thus detects the motions made by the user with the apparatus. A mobile device such as a cellular phone may have an application running thereon, which tracks these motions, and notify the user if the user's form is incorrect, and preferably provides an image of the proper form. The exercise apparatus may include wheels with which the exercise apparatus may be rolled.

Abstract: A payment device includes an application storage device for storing a plurality of payment applications and a capture module for capturing user verification information. The payment device also includes a verification module. The verification module is interfaced to the capture module. The verification module is for receiving and verifying the captured user verification information and for outputting a user verification result. The payment device further includes a shared cardholder verification method (CVM) module, which is interfaced to the verification module. The shared CVM module receives the user verification result and also receives a reference to one of the payment applications. The shared CVM module responds to the verification result by outputting an application credential to the payment application to which it was referred.

Abstract: A method for compensating for panel capacitance the associated current is proposed, wherein the mutual capacitances of a capacitance sensing array are selectively coupled to drive voltages and to a self capacitance under test.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for cost effectively and accurately testing the validity and/or success of an over-the-air (OTA) personalization of a payment-enabled mobile device. In an embodiment, a process includes transmitting, by a mobile device processor to an issuer financial institution (FI) computer, a request for a unique number, receiving the unique number, generating a cryptogram based on the unique number, and transmitting the cryptogram and a zero value purchase amount transaction request to the issuer FI computer. The process also includes receiving, by the mobile device processor, a zero value transaction authorization message from the issuer FI computer which indicates that the payment application successfully loaded and is functional. In some embodiments, a payment application load success message is then displayed on a display component of the payment-enabled mobile device.

Abstract: A method for compensating for panel capacitance the associated current is proposed, wherein the mutual capacitances of a capacitance sensing array are selectively coupled to drive voltages and to a self capacitance under test.

Abstract: An exercise device includes a first strap portion having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion joined together along a common longitudinal axis at varying points to define a first plurality of loops, a second strap portion having a third elongate portion and a fourth elongate portion joined together along a second common longitudinal axis at varying points to define a second plurality of loops, and an anchoring device. The first strap portion and the second strap portion are coupled to one another and the anchoring device is configured to hold or secure the coupled first and second strap portions such that the first plurality of loops and the second plurality of loops extend substantially symmetrically away from the anchoring device.

Abstract: A capacitive sensing system (100) can connect groups of capacitive sensors (112-1 to 112-N) to a common node (106) to detect change in capacitance. States of a set of capacitive sensors (112-1 to 112-N) can thus be scanned faster than approaches that scan such sensors one-by-one. Faster scanning can allow for reduced power consumption in applications that only periodically scan the set of capacitive sensors (112-1 to 112-N).

Abstract: A first touch is sensed at a first button on a capacitive touch sensor. A second button on the capacitive touch sensor is activated using one of a search-and-tap technique or a search-and-lift technique.

Abstract: A method for embedding covert information on a printed substrate is provided. The method can include the steps of printing overt indicia on a substrate and generating a pattern of microtext representative of at least a portion of the overt indicia. Such microtext is capable of being printed in at least two distinct fonts, including a first font and a second font. The method can further include steps of varying the pattern of microtext such that at least one character of the pattern of microtext is configured to be printed in the first font and at least one character is configured to be printed in the second font, thereby providing a font variation which corresponds to a covert code, and printing the pattern of microtext which includes the font variation on the substrate.

Abstract: A generic data over cable system configures different cable and/or non-cable network infrastructures to operate in a data over cable environment. In one embodiment, a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) core is coupled to one or more physical gateways over a packet switched network. The physical gateways are connected to endpoints over either a cable or non-cable network infrastructure. An adaptation layer configures the physical gateways and the associated endpoints so that cable applications and cable subscriber services can operate over either the cable or non-cable network infrastructures.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biological particle analogue, or biological analogue, that simulates a chosen biological organism or compound. The biological analogue includes a first portion that is not, in and of itself, recognized by the biological detection system, and a second portion, which provides the properties necessary for recognition by the detection system, carried by the first portion. The biological analogue is constructed in such a way as to include some important characteristics of the chosen biological organism or compound, while excluding other undesirable characteristics of the chosen biological organism or compound. The present invention is useful in testing a variety of biological detection systems.

Abstract: An item of apparel that includes: (a) a lower undergarment having a horizontal torso band and a traversing center member, wherein the horizontal torso band and the traversing center member create two leg openings; and, (b) a jewelry device removably attached to the lower undergarment. The lower undergarment is typically underwear bottoms of a male or female type, preferably female underwear bottoms, constructed of fabric such as cotton, silk, synthetics, etc. These may be modest or risque. The lower undergarment and/or the jewelry has an attachment mechanism for attachment and removal of one from the other as desired.