Abstract: A method of treating a calculi mass can include using an ultrasonic probe to produce acoustic energy and fragment the mass. The method can include varying the frequency at which fragmentation occurs to treat the mass with a resonant frequency. The ultrasonic probe can have a distal tip for contact with the mass, where the tip has a morphology for concentrating stress on the mass. The ultrasonic probe can have two or more ultrasonic horns to allow for higher voltage and power levels.

Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle having a prime mover motively coupled to a drive line; a motor/generator selectively coupled to the drive line, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line; a battery pack; a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load, the DC/DC converter comprising a DC/DC converter housing; and a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer configured to provide electrical connectivity to terminals of the plurality of batteries.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to invert a robotic arm, includes an angling adaptor and swing arm. The angling adaptor includes a truck or crane boom head adaptor and a hinge coupler. The swing arm extends downwardly from the angling adaptor and may include a boom adaptor arm and a jib. The lower end of the swing arm is mounted to the main beam of the robotic arm. The hinge coupler mounts to the upper end of the crane or truck boom. The robotic arm is mounted on the swing arm so as to downwardly orient the insulators on the robotic arm. A lowermost end of each insulator is adapted for releasably holding an electrical bypass which may include a bus bar and electrical cable jumpers.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a damper having a jounce shock. The damper includes a top mounting portion adapted to couple the damper to a vehicular frame and a bottom mounting portion adapted to couple the damper to a vehicular suspension system. The damper further includes a damper tube assembly disposed between the top mounting portion and the bottom mounting portion. The damper tube assembly includes a jounce shock system and a rod having a first piston and a second piston. The rod is movable within the damper tube assembly from a first position to a second position, and the second piston engages the jounce shock system as the rod approaches the second position.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a damper having a jounce shock. The damper includes a top mounting portion adapted to couple the damper to a vehicular frame and a bottom mounting portion adapted to couple the damper to a vehicular suspension system. The damper further includes a damper tube assembly disposed between the top mounting portion and the bottom mounting portion. The damper tube assembly includes a jounce shock system and a rod having a first piston and a second piston. The rod is movable within the damper tube assembly from a first position to a second position, and the second piston engages the jounce shock system as the rod approaches the second position.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a modular, all-in-one computing device. The modular, all-in-one computing device includes a computer module comprising a processor, a memory, a storage system, and an interface, wherein the computer module does not include a keyboard or a video display. The modular, all-in-one computing device also includes a display unit, configured to support the computer module, provide power to the computer module, and interface with the computer module.

Abstract: Exemplary computer system architectures and methods are described. In some embodiments, a computer network comprises a computing engine including a plurality of compute nodes and a load balancer coupled to the computing engine and including a processor and a memory module. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive a connection request from a client computing device for computing services provided by one of the compute nodes, obtain, from the connection request, a session identifier associated with the request, and store the session identifier in a memory coupled to the load balancer.

Abstract: A blade computer system includes a plurality of client devices, a blade enclosure having a plurality of blades therein, and an allocation server configured to allocate and deallocate the blades to and from the client devices. The blade enclosure is configured to place individual ones of the blades into or out of a sleeping state responsive to network messages received from the allocation server.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of resources. The resources may be any limited-capacity computing resource that is capable of serving a computing demand of a resource user. A resource user refers to any entity which consumes computing capacity of a resource. The system comprises at least one power consumption profile associated with a respective resource user. The system also comprises at least one power management agent for measuring power consumption by ones of the plurality of resources in serving computing demands of the resource user, wherein said power consumption profile contains information based at least in part on the measured power consumption. The system also comprises at least one allocation agent for dynamically allocating the resource user to at least one of the resources based at least in part on the resource user's power consumption profile.

Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a method includes receiving a remote computing session request. The method further includes inspecting a user profile based on the remote computing session request and selectively re-mapping a network topology based on information in the user profile.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer network comprises a computing engine comprising a plurality of compute nodes and a load balancer coupled to the computing engine and coupled to a processor and a memory module, wherein the memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, in the load balancer, a connection request from a first client computing device and a corresponding first persistence identifier for computing services provided by a first compute node managed by the load balancer, restore, on the first compute node, a stored computing session when the first persistence identifier is associated with the stored computing session, initiate, on the first compute node, a generic computing session when the first persistence identifier is not associated with any stored computing session, and assign the connection request from the first client computing device to the first compute node.

Abstract: A blade enclosure includes a plurality of blades, an enclosure manager processing device and a bus coupling the enclosure manager processing device to each of the blades. Each blade has at least one power mode bit configured to be controlled by the enclosure manager processing device via the bus, and each blade is configured to cause itself to enter a working state or a sleeping state responsive to its at least one power mode bit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of resources. The resources may be any limited-capacity computing resource that is capable of serving a computing demand of a resource user. A resource user refers to any entity which consumes computing capacity of a resource. The system comprises at least one power consumption profile associated with a respective resource user. The system also comprises at least one power management agent for measuring power consumption by ones of the plurality of resources in serving computing demands of the resource user, wherein said power consumption profile contains information based at least in part on the measured power consumption. The system also comprises at least one allocation agent for dynamically allocating the resource user to at least one of the resources based at least in part on the resource user's power consumption profile.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer network comprises a computing engine comprising a plurality of compute nodes and a load balancer coupled to the computing engine and coupled to a processor and a memory module, wherein the memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, in the load balancer, a connection request from a first client computing device and a corresponding first persistence identifier for computing services provided by a first compute node managed by the load balancer, restore, on the first compute node, a stored computing session when the first persistence identifier is associated with the stored computing session, initiate, on the first compute node, a generic computing session when the first persistence identifier is not associated with any stored computing session, and assign the connection request from the first client computing device to the first compute node.

Abstract: Exemplary computer system architectures and methods are described. In some embodiments, a computer network comprises a computing engine including a plurality of compute nodes and a load balancer coupled to the computing engine and including a processor and a memory module. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive a connection request from a client computing device for computing services provided by one of the compute nodes, obtain, from the connection request, a session identifier associated with the request, and store the session identifier in a memory coupled to the load balancer.

Abstract: Exemplary computer system architectures and methods are described. In one embodiment, a computer network comprises a computing engine including a plurality of compute nodes, and a load balancer coupled to the computing engine and coupled to a processor and a memory module, wherein the memory module comprises logic instructions, which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, in the load balancer, a connection request from a first client computing device associated with a first persistence identifier for computing services provided by a compute node managed by the load balancer, assign the connection request from the first client computing device to a first compute node, and prevent the first compute node from receiving a subsequent connection request associated with a second persistence identifier, different from the first persistence identifier.

Abstract: A decorative sign including an aluminum substrate having a highly reflective surface that is covered, at least in part, by a polymer coating. Inks and/or dyes are transferred into and received by the polymer coating to form a decorative image that covers some, but preferably not all, of the highly reflective surface of the aluminum substrate.