Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate the management of connections between one or more client devices and an access point over one or more service sets. An access point may maintain a list of client devices that have successfully associated with a private service set broadcast from the access point, and when a client device from the list attempts to connect to a public service set broadcast from the access point, the access point may deny the client device's attempt to connect to the public service set. Attempts by the client device to join the public service set may be denied for a predetermined number of attempts or a predetermined period of time. Denying an attempt to connect to a public service set may provide a client device with more opportunities to connect to a private service set broadcast from a corresponding access point.

Abstract: A protective device for a hand-held tool includes a protective shield having a first end and an opposing second end, a first clamp portion attached to the first end of the protective shield, and a second clamp portion removably attached to the first clamp portion. The first and second clamp portions are configured to securely fix a portion of the handle of the hand-held tool therebetween when the second clamp portion is attached to the first clamp portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used for the establishment of a conference call via a packet network (which may be an IP fixed packet network) administered by a communications server, including a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based server.

Abstract: A user interface of an entity-centric knowledge discovery system presents an entity profile including a mix of structured and unstructured data relating to an entity. As a user refines the entity profile based on information gathered from various sources, the changing entity profile can be used as a substantially continuously updating query to search, retrieve, and rank new and pertinent information specifically relevant to the profiled entity. The platform described herein provide an active loop for refining an entity description and searching for additional information in which human input and machine-based algorithms can cooperate to more quickly build a comprehensive description of an entity of interest.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used for the establishment of a conference call via a packet network (which may be an IP fixed packet network) administered by a communications server, including a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based server.

Abstract: The Automated Roof Runoff Management System mitigates the impact of storm water overwhelming existing infrastructure to handle it by automatically retaining storm water on roofs and releasing it at times where the system has adequate capacity to handle the retained water.

Abstract: A stuffing box isolation apparatus and method for use with a stuffing box at a wellhead. The stuffing apparatus includes an anchor component that secures the apparatus within the stuffing box, when inserted into an open bore of a stuffing box. The apparatus further includes a sealing element that is expandable to sealingly engage an inner surface of the stuffing box. The expansion of the sealing element effectively seals the open bore of the stuffing box, preventing release of wellbore fluids and/or back-flow of the produced fluids.

Abstract: An electronic expansion valve for an HVAC system and method of operating the same is provided, wherein the EEV comprises a longitudinal displacement axis, an obturator, a rotor comprising a magnet, a first sensor disposed along the longitudinal displacement axis at a first longitudinal location and configured to output a first voltage, and a second sensor disposed along the longitudinal displacement axis at a second longitudinal location and configured to output a second voltage, wherein the first longitudinal location is longitudinally displaced from the second longitudinal location along the longitudinal displacement axis, and wherein the position, direction of movement, linear speed, angular speed, and angular displacement of an obturator may be determined as a result of the first voltage output from the first sensor and second voltage output from the second sensor.

Abstract: A reduced nickel-chromium alloy component having by weight about 0.38% to about 0.43% C, about 0.15% to about 0.30% Si, about 1.00% to about 1.25% Mn, about 0.75% to about 0.90% Ni, about 1.00% to about 1.30% Cr, about 0.25% to about 0.35% Mo, about 0.05% to about 0.12% V, up to about 0.015% S, up to about 0.015% P, up to about 0.15% Cu, and balance iron and incidental impurities. The component has a hardenability corresponding to an ideal diameter of greater than about 10 inches.

Abstract: A fluid seal assembly (the assembly) of the present invention is disposed between an outer surface, i.e. engine block or any other part that requires application of the assembly and a rotatable member, such as, for example a shaft, wherein the assembly circumscribes the shaft and lubricated the shaft and the same rotates around the axis. The assembly includes a primary seal and a wear sleeve. The primary seal includes a casing and a seal element that contacts a sealing surface on the wear sleeve. The casing includes an outer diameter and an outer seal molded onto the outer diameter. The wear sleeve has a cylindrical portion defining an inner diameter and an inner seal molded into the inner diameter of the wear sleeve. The outer and inner seals of the present invention provide improved retention in metal bores during thermal expansion and eliminate spring back effect of the assembly after installation.

Abstract: Metastable beta titanium alloys and methods of processing metastable (?-titanium alloys are disclosed. For example, certain non-limiting embodiments relate to metastable (?-titanium alloys, such as binary ?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, having tensile strengths of at least 150 ksi and elongations of at least 12 percent. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of processing metastable ?-titanium alloys, and more specifically, methods of processing binary (?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, wherein the method comprises hot working and aging the metastable ?-titanium alloy at a temperature below the (?-transus temperature of the metastable (?-titanium alloy for a time sufficient to form ?-phase precipitates in the metastable ?-titanium alloy. The metastable ?-titanium alloys are not solution heat treated after hot working and prior to aging.

Abstract: Metastable beta titanium alloys and methods of processing metastable ?-titanium alloys are disclosed. For example, certain non-limiting embodiments relate to metastable ?-titanium alloys, such as binary ?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, having tensile strengths of at least 150 ksi and elongations of at least 12 percent. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of processing metastable ?-titanium alloys, and more specifically, methods of processing binary ?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, wherein the method comprises hot working and direct aging the metastable ?-titanium alloy at a temperature below the ?-transus temperature of the metastable ?-titanium alloy for a time sufficient to form ?-phase precipitates in the metastable ?-titanium alloy. Articles of manufacture comprising binary ?-titanium alloys according to various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein are also disclosed.

Abstract: Metastable beta titanium alloys and methods of processing metastable ?-titanium alloys are disclosed. For example, certain non-limiting embodiments relate to metastable ?-titanium alloys, such as binary ?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, having tensile strengths of at least 150 ksi and elongations of at least 12 percent. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of processing metastable ?-titanium alloys, and more specifically, methods of processing binary ?-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent molybdenum, wherein the method comprises hot working and direct aging the metastable ?-titanium alloy at a temperature below the ?-transus temperature of the metastable ?-titanium alloy for a time sufficient to form ?-phase precipitates in the metastable ?-titanium alloy. Articles of manufacture comprising binary ?-titanium alloys according to various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for heat treating an alloy steel component includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure opposed to the first enclosure. The first and second enclosures define a chamber around only a portion of the alloy steel component. The system further includes a heating element in the chamber to heat the portion of the alloy steel component. A method for heat treating an alloy steel component includes placing a first enclosure against a first side of the alloy steel component and placing a second enclosure against a second side of the alloy steel component. The method further includes creating a substantially airtight chamber around only a portion of the alloy steel component between the first and second enclosures and heating the portion of the alloy steel component inside the substantially airtight chamber.

Abstract: There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another.

Abstract: There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another.

Abstract: The present invention provides composite implants for the replacement or augmentation of non-load bearing or load bearing soft tissues, and methods of making and using these implant compositions. In one embodiment, a composite implant of the present invention comprises a soft polymeric component coupled to a porous polymeric substrate.

Abstract: A fluid seal assembly (the assembly) of the present invention is disposed between an outer surface, i.e. engine block or any other part that requires application of the assembly and a rotatable member, such as, for example a shaft, wherein the assembly circumscribes the shaft and lubricated the shaft and the same rotates around the axis. The assembly includes a primary seal and a wear sleeve. The primary seal includes a casing and a seal element that contacts a sealing surface on the wear sleeve. The casing includes an outer diameter and an outer seal formed onto the outer diameter. The wear sleeve has a cylindrical portion defining an inner diameter and an inner seal formed into the inner diameter of the wear sleeve. The outer and inner seals of the present invention provide improved retention in metal bores during thermal expansion and eliminate spring back effect of the assembly after installation.

Abstract: A method for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network includes receiving, by a storm water management component, environmental data associated with a storage node. The method includes analyzing, by the storm water management component, the received environmental data. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, an operation of the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a valve in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a pump in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a gate in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

Abstract: A system for heat treating an alloy steel component includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure opposed to the first enclosure. The first and second enclosures define a chamber around only a portion of the alloy steel component. The system further includes a heating element in the chamber to heat the portion of the alloy steel component. A method for heat treating an alloy steel component includes placing a first enclosure against a first side of the alloy steel component and placing a second enclosure against a second side of the alloy steel component. The method further includes creating a substantially airtight chamber around only a portion of the alloy steel component between the first and second enclosures and heating the portion of the alloy steel component inside the substantially airtight chamber.