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9,295,555 | 1. A method for fabricating an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising: forming an annular recess in a rim surface of an acetabular cup that is defined between an outer surface and an inner surface of the acetabular cup, the outer surface being configured to confront a portion of an acetabulum of a patient when the acetabular cup is implanted in the patient and the inner surface forming an inner cavity being configured to receive a bearing insert; positioning a wireless communication device in the annular recess; and securing the wireless communication device in the annular recess using a biocompatible compound. | 47,898 |
8,918,651 | 1. A method for cryptographic erasure of selected encrypted data by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising: encrypting data files with a plurality of derived keys, wherein: placing the plurality of derived keys in a key store data set (KSDS); encrypting the KSDS with a different key than any of the plurality of derived keys; providing a label for each of the shred key and the served key in the KSDS; shredding the label, the shred key, and the served key, wherein failure to shred the shred key and the served key does not prohibit the shredding; and rewriting the KSDS without the deleted label, the shred key, and the served key. | 2,964 |
8,812,884 | 1. A method, comprising: configuring an energy efficiency control policy of a device; after said configuration, monitoring, by an energy efficiency controller in said device, traffic for one or more messaging protocols on a network link supported by said device; generating a report that enables a determination of an impact of said traffic by said one or more messaging protocols on an efficiency of operation of said configured energy efficiency control policy in producing energy savings for said device; and modifying a parameter of operation of one of said one or more messaging protocols in response to said generated report, wherein said modification results in lowering messaging traffic produced by said one of said one or more messaging protocols. | 13,013 |
8,604,041 | 1. A method of treating a patient suffering from panic disorder, which comprises administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a carbostyril compound of formula (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein said patient is a mammal: wherein the carbon-carbon bond between the 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or double bond. | 28,712 |
9,485,250 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting a peripheral device encryption key (Ki) and peripheral device identifying data encrypted with a key (SC receiving, from the security controller, a first encrypted message authentication code key (Km storing, by the peripheral device, each of Ki and the received first encrypted message authentication code key (Km | 365 |
9,078,380 | 1. An integrated circuit system, comprising: a printed circuit board; a first MOSFET device disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board; a second MOSFET device disposed on a second surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the first MOSFET device overlaps an edge of the second MOSFET device in a direction extending through the printed circuit board, and wherein a source electrode pin of the first MOSFET device is aligned to be directly opposite from a source electrode pin of the second MOSFET device; and a third MOSFET device disposed on the first surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the second MOSFET device overlaps an edge of the third MOSFET device, and wherein a gate electrode pin of the second MOSFET device is aligned to be directly opposite from a gate electrode pin of the third MOSFET device. | 39,020 |
9,822,223 | 1. A method of preparing a composition comprising a crosslinked first polymer and, optionally a second polymer, and water, the method comprising at least steps (i), (ii) and (iv) and, optionally step (iii): (i) crosslinking a mixture comprising the first polymer and water; (ii) subsequent to the crosslinking in step (i), terminating the crosslinking; (iii) optionally blending a product obtained in step (ii) with the second polymer; (iv) subjecting a product obtained in step (ii) or step (iii) to dialysis; wherein the first polymer and the second polymer is selected from hyaluronic acid and salts thereof, and wherein the second polymer may be crosslinked or non-crosslinked, and wherein the dialysis step (iv) comprises steps (a) to (c): (a) extruding a product obtained in step (ii) or step (iii) through a first sieve and subsequently extruding the extruded product from the first sieve through a second sieve, wherein the mesh size of the second sieve is less than the mesh size of the first sieve; or extruding a product obtained in step (ii) or step (iii) through a first sieve, and subsequently extruding the extruded product from the first sieve through a second sieve, and subsequently extruding the extruded product from the second sieve through a third sieve, wherein the mesh size of the second sieve less than the mesh size of the first sieve, less than the mesh size of the second sieve; and wherein the mesh size of the first sieve is in a range of from 200 to 600 μm, the mesh size of the second sieve is in a range of from 100 to 400 μm, and the mesh size of the third sieve is in a range of from 50 to 300 μm; (b) filling a product obtained in step (a) into a dialysis membrane; and (c) subjecting the filled dialysis membrane obtained in step (b) to a dialysis solution. | 39,159 |
8,883,348 | 1. A method for producing an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising steps of: applying a material mixture containing active material particles capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing lithium on a current collector comprising aluminum foil or aluminum alloy foil having a thickness of 10 to 25 μm; heating said current collector carrying said material mixture at 200 to 350° C. to soften said current collector; rolling said softened current collector carrying said material mixture with a linear pressure of 10 kN/cm to 15 kN/cm, so that said active material particles are partially embedded in said current collector, wherein: after the step of rolling, a surface of said current collector has recesses in which said active material particles are partially embedded, and shapes of the recesses conform to shapes of embedded portions of said active material particles, respectively, and in a cut surface obtained by simultaneously cutting said material mixture and said current collector vertically to an electrode plane, the maximum depth of said recesses is not less than 3.1 μm, said active material particles contain a lithium-containing composite oxide, and said lithium-containing composite oxide is represented by the formula (1): Li where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Y, Nb, Mo, W, Al, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and 0.97≦x≦1.1, 0.05≦y≦1 and 0≦z≦0.35 are satisfied. | 40,983 |
8,727,049 | 1. A method comprising: providing a first adaptive threshold of charge for a battery within a hybrid vehicle; based upon the first adaptive threshold of charge for the battery, operating the hybrid vehicle in a mode of operation that utilizes at least one of (i) a fuel engine component and (ii) an electric engine component to move the hybrid vehicle, wherein the mode of operation involves one or both of (i) a proportional use of power to be supplied by the fuel engine component for moving the hybrid vehicle and (ii) a proportional use of power to be supplied by the electric engine component for moving the hybrid vehicle, and wherein power supplied by the electric engine component is based upon energy supplied by the battery; automatically analyzing at least one condition; based upon the automatically analyzing at least one condition, automatically altering the first adaptive threshold of charge for the battery to provide a second adaptive threshold of charge for the battery that is different from the first adaptive threshold; and based upon the automatically altering the first adaptive threshold of charge for the battery to provide a second adaptive threshold of charge for the battery, automatically altering one or both of (i) the proportional use of power to be supplied by the fuel engine component for moving the hybrid vehicle and (ii) the proportional use of power to be supplied by the electric engine component for moving the hybrid vehicle. | 37,032 |
9,608,245 | 1. A battery module comprising: a housing; a plurality of electrochemical cells positioned in the housing, each electrochemical cell of the plurality of electrochemical cells having a respective terminal end at which at least one terminal is located; a skeletal frame coupled with the housing at the terminal ends of the plurality of electrochemical cells; and a framework disposed proximate to the skeletal frame such that the skeletal frame is positioned between the terminal ends of the electrochemical cells and the framework, wherein the framework is substantially aligned with the skeletal frame and configured to transfer a force applied to the framework to the skeletal frame, and wherein the framework is formed from a material having a lower modulus of elasticity than the skeletal frame. | 4,960 |
8,430,108 | 1. A device for cleaning a window or a lens of a motor vehicle comprising: a wash nozzle which is held by a nozzle stem and generates a fan-type jet, the wash nozzle having an inlet opening formed in a first side of the wash nozzle and an outlet opening formed in an opposite second side of the wash nozzle and configured to output the fan-type jet, wherein the wash nozzle comprises two shell parts pivotally connected to each other by at least one film hinge arranged at the second side of the wash nozzle at which the outlet opening is located, and wherein each of the shell parts has a flattened portion at the second side of the wash nozzle, the flattened portions together defining a flattening at the second side of the wash nozzle when the shell parts are arranged in a closed position, means for adjusting an angle of inclination of the wash nozzle in relation to the window, wherein the wash nozzle is adjustable in its inclination in relation to the nozzle stem, and means for adjusting a tilting angle, pointing transversely to the angle of inclination, of the fan-shaped jet generated by the wash nozzle, wherein the wash nozzle is adjustable for adjusting the tilting angle in relation to the nozzle stem. | 43,781 |
9,517,382 | 1. An exercise support apparatus comprising: two side structures; a back structure affixed to an edge of each of the two side structures via one or more hinges, wherein the back structure is configured to be positioned against a wall; and a plurality of slots formed in a front edge of each of the two side structures opposite the edge of each side structure affixed to the back structure, wherein the slots are configured to support a bar when a user performs a pushup; wherein the one or more hinges attaching each side structure to the back structure allow the user to transition the support apparatus between a deployed configuration and a storage configuration, wherein in the deployed configuration the back structure is substantially perpendicular to each of the two side structures and the two side structures are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein in the storage configuration the back structure and each of the two side structures are substantially parallel to each other, wherein the back structure comprises two sub-structures affixed together by one or more hinges, and wherein in a deployed configuration the exercise support apparatus is configured to allow the user to place the back structure against a wall, select a set of slots corresponding to a desired pushup incline from the plurality of slots, place the bar in the set of slots, and perform pushups, and wherein while performing pushups the user's weight pushes the back structure against the wall, thereby supporting the user while performing pushups. | 24,789 |
9,347,429 | 1. A method of operating a wind turbine of a wind park, the method comprising: checking a status of a communication connection to a wind park controller, wherein: wherein the substitute reference set point is determined based on past reference set points for the wind turbine; and wherein the substitute reference set point is determined based on a line of best fit of the past reference set points. | 27,886 |
9,331,206 | 1. An oxide material comprising: two or more kinds of crystalline portions which are different from each other in a direction of an a-axis or a direction of a b-axis in an a-b plane, wherein each of the crystalline portions is c-axis aligned, has at least one of a triangular atomic arrangement and a hexagonal atomic arrangement when seen from a direction perpendicular to the a-b plane, and is expressed as In | 7,423 |
8,556,985 | 1. An acetabular cup system comprising: an acetabular cup having a wall with an inner surface and an outer surface, the acetabular cup including a fixation opening through the wall, the fixation opening including a first wall portion adjacent to the inner surface and a second wall portion adjacent to the outer surface; and a fixation fastener including a head and a shaft with a bone-anchoring portion, the fixation fastener insertable though the fixation opening, the head including a first head portion engageable with the first wall portion and a second head portion engageable with the second wall portion, wherein the first head portion is substantially spherical and has an unthreaded surface that extends towards a central axis of the fixation fastener past a thread of the second head portion and the second head portion is cylindrical and the thread is a self-tapping thread configured to cut into the second wall portion. | 24,134 |
8,900,397 | 1. An apparatus for manufacturing joined laminated media by joining layers of membrane materials by pressing them, comprising: a pair of endless belts that transport the laminated media that are sandwiched between the belts; pressing devices that are disposed at the positions that are opposed to and that sandwich the pair of the endless belts, the pressing devices giving pressing forces by pressing the endless belts on the laminated media that are transported by the endless belts; a housing section which is a compartmentalized space formed between the endless belts that are opposed to each other such that the laminated media can be placed in the space; a discharging section that protrudes in the direction of the width of the endless belt and that communicates with the housing section and that is to discharge the air from the spaces, each space compartmentalized by the pair of endless belts and the housing section; a sealing member that comprises a plurality of the housing sections and discharging sections that are in a line running in the direction of the movements of the endless belts, which sealing member is formed on at least one of the pair of the endless belts; and a discharging member that discharges the air from the housing space through a hole for a discharge, the hole for a discharge being formed through the endless belt at the position corresponding to the discharging section, wherein the holes for a discharge are in a line running in the direction of the movements of the endless belts and outside the pressing devices in the width direction of the endless belts, and wherein the discharging member covers the holes for a discharge by contacting the side of the endless belt which side is opposite to the side of the sealing member, the discharging members being disposed at such positions that the air in the housing space can be kept to be discharged at least for the area where the laminated media are pressed by the pressing devices, and wherein the pair of endless belts are fixed firmly to the laminated media that are disposed in the housing space by having the air in the housing space discharged by the discharging member through a hole for a discharge, and wherein the laminated media are transported in a fixed position and can be pressed by the pressing devices. | 18,384 |
9,260,668 | 1. A method for revamping an HF or sulphuric acid alkylation unit to an ionic liquid alkylation unit, wherein the HF or sulphuric acid alkylation unit comprises: a reactor for contacting catalyst and hydrocarbon reactants; a separator unit for separating a reactor effluent into a catalyst phase and an alkylate-comprising hydrocarbon phase; a fractionator unit for fractionating the alkylate-comprising hydrocarbon phase into at least one stream comprising alkylate; an a catalyst phase recycle conduit to recycle at least part of the catalyst phase from the separator unit to the reactor unit; wherein the method for revamping comprises: replacing the HF or sulphuric acid catalyst in said HF or sulphuric acid alkylation unit with an ionic liquid catalyst; providing a means for injecting a hydrohalide and/or a halohydrocarbon into the catalyst phase recycle conduit; and providing a means for measuring pressure in the catalyst phase recycle conduit; wherein the means for injecting is configured to add hydrohalide and/or halohydrocarbon to the catalyst phase in the catalyst phase recycle conduit in a plurality of injection steps, the means for measuring pressure is configured to measure pressure after each injection step, and the means for injecting is configured to add hydrohalide and/or halohydrocarbon to the catalyst phase in the catalyst phase recycle conduit until saturation and there is no decrease in measured pressure. | 33,066 |
8,444,761 | 1. An asphaltic concrete mixture with improved properties relative to rutting, deformation, stability, and modulus, the asphaltic concrete mixture comprising: a. a modified bitumen comprising bitumen modified with heavy oil fly ash, the heavy oil fly ash comprising greater than about 90 wt. % carbon and being present in a range of about 3 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of the asphaltic concrete mixture; and b. aggregate, the aggregate being added to the modified bitumen after the bitumen and heavy oil fly ash are combined. | 42,486 |
9,657,460 | 1. A wheel loader comprising: an engine; a travel device driven by the engine; a transmission that transmits driving power from the engine to the travel device; and a vehicle body frame that supports the transmission; the transmission including | 45,003 |
9,430,519 | 1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more data processing apparatus, comprising: receiving one or more requests for a first type of performance measure; identifying, based on the one or more requests and from a dataset, a proper subset of data used to determine a value for the first type of performance measure; determining the value based on the proper subset of data; determining a first latency specifying an amount of time that was required to determine the value using the dataset; defining a pre-aggregated dataset that includes the proper subset of data from the dataset; calculating a benefit score for the pre-aggregated dataset based on a difference between the first latency and a second latency specifying an amount of time required to respond to the request using the pre-aggregated dataset; adjusting the benefit score as a rate of received queries for the first type of performance measure changes over time; determining, at a given time, that the adjusted benefit score meets a threshold value; and storing the pre-aggregated dataset in response to determining that the benefit score meets the threshold value. | 9,883 |
9,521,442 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device and from a client device, a request to start receiving a program; determining, by the computing device, a multi-program data stream comprising a plurality of programs, wherein the plurality of programs comprises the requested program, and wherein the multi-program data stream comprises a first association table indicating locations within the multi-program data stream at which assets for the plurality of programs are located; sending, by the computing device and to the client device in response to the request, a single-program data stream comprising assets for the requested program and comprising a second association table that is a subset of the first association table, wherein the second association table comprises information for the requested program and information for less than all of the plurality of programs; and determining a period of time for which the client device is to use the second association table; and responsive to determining that the period of time has elapsed, replacing the second association table within the single-program data stream with the first association table, and continuing to send the single-program data stream to the client device. | 18,472 |
8,353,328 | 1. A sand-forming apparatus comprising: a box comprising a cope and a drag which together define a cavity-having a shape corresponding to a desired sand-shape; a blowtube assembly comprising a blowplate and a first tube mounted thereon, the blowtube assembly positioned to enable communication with the cavity; a bonnet integral with or adjacent to the blowplate; and a sealed catalyst chamber on a drag side of the box, wherein the sealed catalyst chamber communicates with a source of catalyst, wherein relative movement among the cope, the blowplate, and/or the bonnet, converts the apparatus among: a sand-blowing state whereat a sand head can communicate with the cavity via a sand passageway through the blowtube assembly; and a catalyst-introducing state whereat the sand passageway is sealed from the cavity. | 29,598 |
8,958,944 | 1. A method for controlling creep torque to prevent a vehicle using an electric motor as a driving source from rolling backward on an upward slope, the method comprising: calculating, by an electric motor controller, in real-time, a gradient of a driving road from a detection value of a sensor and vehicle acceleration; calculating, by the electric motor controller, a maximum creep torque for preventing rolling-back caused by gravity according to the gradient using the gradient and vehicle information; calculating, by the electric motor controller, a first creep torque reference according to a vehicle speed based on the maximum creep torque and the vehicle speed; calculating, by the electric motor controller, a second creep torque reference according to vehicle acceleration based on the maximum creep torque and the vehicle acceleration; calculating, by the electric motor controller, a torque command value according to an operation state of a brake based on the first creep torque reference value and the second creep torque reference value, and the gradient; and generating, by the electric motor controller, a creep torque by controlling a torque output of a driving motor according to the calculated torque command value, wherein calculating the first creep torque reference value includes calculating the first creep torque reference value from a creep torque-vehicle speed map representing a relation between the maximum creep torque and the vehicle speed, wherein in the creep torque-vehicle speed map, a creep torque increment to be applied to a vehicle speed section in which rolling-back of the vehicle occurs and a vehicle speed section to a predetermined creep medium speed in a state where the vehicle acceleration changes into a positive (+) value is set to a value according to the maximum creep torque and the vehicle speed, wherein the step of calculating the torque command value comprises finally determining a minimum value of the first creep torque reference value and the second creep torque reference value as a creep torque reference value, and calculating a torque command value according to a brake depth from a brake depth-torque map representing a relation among the creep torque reference value, the brake depth, and the gradient, and wherein the brake depth-torque map is set such that the brake depth at which the creep torque is released (creep torque equals to 0) when a brake pedal is depressed varies according to the gradient. | 18,470 |
8,947,609 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate being opposite to the first substrate; a first color filter formed on a first portion of the second substrate, the first portion corresponding to a first area of a display area, the first area being a border area of the display area; a second color filter formed on a second portion of the second substrate, the second portion corresponding to a second area of the display area, the second area being the display area enclosed by the border area; a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrate in the first area, and a zero electric field being formed on the first liquid crystal layer; a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrate in the second area; a plurality of thin film transistors formed on a third portion of the first substrate, the third portion corresponding to the first area; a plurality of first pixel electrode being arranged in a matrix shape on a fourth portion of the first substrate, the fourth portion corresponding to the first area, the first pixel electrodes physically disconnected to electrodes of the thin film transistors to which an image signal is applied; and a common electrode formed on the first and the second color filter, wherein the zero electric field is formed by nullifying an electric potential difference in the first liquid crystal layer. | 23,584 |
9,085,980 | 1. A method for repairing a turbine component with a distressed portion, comprising the steps of: machining the turbine component into a first intermediate turbine article such that the distressed portion is removed; and rebuilding the first intermediate turbine article into the turbine component with an additive manufacturing process, wherein the turbine component includes internal passages, and wherein the rebuilding step includes rebuilding at least some of the internal passages with the additive manufacturing process; encapsulating the turbine component with an encapsulation layer, wherein the encapsulating step includes encapsulating within the internal passages; consolidating the turbine component and the encapsulation layer, wherein the encapsulating step includes converting surface connected defects to internal defects prior to the consolidating step, and wherein the consolidating step includes hot isostatic pressing; and removing the encapsulation layer after the machining, rebuilding, encapsulating, and consolidating steps. | 22,451 |
8,926,812 | 1. A cell-based transparent sensor comprising: a transparent substrate; an ion-selective field effect transistor sensor disposed on the transparent substrate; and an oxygen detection electrochemical sensor disposed on the transparent substrate in parallel to the ion-selective field effect transistor sensor, wherein the ion-selective field effect transistor sensor comprises: transparent drain and source electrodes disposed on the transparent substrate; a transparent semiconductor layer disposed on the transparent drain and source electrodes; a transparent ion-sensitive insulator detection layer disposed on the transparent substrate, such that the transparent substrate, the drain and source electrodes, the transparent semiconductor layer and the transparent ion-sensitive insulator detection layer are disposed in that order; transparent ion-selective membranes disposed on the transparent ion-sensitive insulator detection layer; and a reference electrode disposed between the transparent ion-selective membranes, and the oxygen detection electrochemical sensor comprises a transparent counter electrode, the reference electrode, and a transparent working electrode which are disposed on the transparent ion-sensitive insulator detection layer. | 43,687 |
8,834,021 | 1. A digital X-ray detector, comprising: a multi-functional panel support configured to be disposed within a shell assembly of the detector and to support a digital detector array on a first side of the panel support and electronics on a second side of the panel support, wherein the panel support comprises a first enclosure configured to be completely enclosed within the shell assembly and a rechargeable battery disposed within the first enclosure. | 42,100 |
9,124,830 | 1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising a pixel, wherein the pixel includes: a photoelectric conversion element configured to convert light to an electric charge; a buffer having an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the photoelectric conversion element, to perform a buffering of a voltage based on the electric charge of the photoelectric conversion element; a capacitor having a first electrode connected to the output terminal of the photoelectric conversion element; a first switch connected between a second electrode of the capacitor and an output terminal of the buffer; and a second switch connected between the second electrode of the capacitor and a fixed voltage node. | 6,279 |
9,039,174 | 1. An article of manufacture selected from the group consisting of contact lenses, phakic and aphakic intraocular lenses and corneal implants; wherein the article is formed from polymerizing a monomer mixture including an ethylenically unsaturated free radical polymerizable polycarbosiloxane monomer of formula (I) and at least a second free radical copolymerizable monomer, wherein the polycarbosiloxane monomer of formula (I) is present at from about 0.1 to about 30 percent by weight of the monomer mixture: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are each independently a monovalent atom or group selected from H, alkyl, halo alkyl, heteroalkyl, cyclo alkyl, heterocyclo alkyl, alkenyl, halo alkenyl, or aromatic; wherein R 3 is a monovalent atom or group selected from H, alkyl, halo alkyl, heteroalkyl, cyclo alkyl, heterocyclo alkyl, alkenyl, halo alkenyl, aromatic or methacryloxypropyl; wherein at least one of R 9 or R 10 is hydrogen, and the other of R 9 and R 10 may not be present when monomers of formula (I) comprise -[silyl-alkenyl-siloxy]- units, and when present in a monomer comprising -[silyl-alkyl-siloxy]- units is independently a monovalent atom or group selected from H, alkyl, alkene, alkyne; y is 2-7; n is 1-100; n 1 is greater than zero and up to 10; L is the same or different and is a divalent linker group or a bond; and V is an ethylenically unsaturated free radical polymerizable monovalent group. | 39,538 |
9,846,110 | 1. A diagnostic module for diagnosing a particulate matter sensor in a vehicle, the diagnostic module comprising: a sensor mode selection module that selects a protective heating mode and a regeneration mode, wherein the regeneration mode regenerates the particulate matter sensor; a heater power detector that determines a protective voltage output of the particulate matter sensor in response to the selected mode being the protective heating mode and a regeneration voltage output of the particulate matter sensor in response to the selected mode being the regeneration mode; and a diagnostic module that performs a diagnostic of the particulate matter sensor, wherein the diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in the particulate matter sensor in response to the protective voltage output being less than a protective power threshold and the regeneration voltage output being less than a regeneration power threshold, and selectively diagnoses the particulate matter sensor as normal in response to either the protective voltage output being greater than the protective power threshold or the regeneration voltage output being greater than the regeneration power threshold. | 41,453 |
9,116,500 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first housing; a second housing configured to be pivotable, relative to the first housing, between an open position and a closed position; a slider provided in one of the first housing and the second housing, the slider configured to be slidable relative to the one of the first housing and the second housing in a slide moving direction, the slider comprising a slider connecting portion that is a portion of the slider; a housing connecting portion provided in the other of the first housing and the second housing; an arm member, configured to be connected to each of the slider and the housing connecting portion and to be pivotable relative to each of the slider and the housing connecting portion, the arm member comprising an arm connecting portion that is a portion of the arm member and that is pivotally connected to the slider connecting portion; and an elastic member comprising a first engaging portion engaging with the slider and a second engaging portion engaging with the one of the first housing and the second housing, wherein the elastic member is configured to apply, to the slider, a force in a direction in which the slider moves closer to the housing connecting portion along the slide moving direction, when the second housing is in the closed position. | 45,070 |
8,676,468 | 1. A vehicle control device which generates a speed pattern of a vehicle and controls traveling of the vehicle based on the speed pattern, comprising: rear vehicle travel situation checking unit for checking a travel situation of a rear vehicle which travels behind the vehicle; wave-like travel speed pattern generating unit for generating a wave-like travel speed pattern where acceleration travel and free run travel are alternately repeated based on the travel situation of the rear vehicle; and control unit for controlling the traveling of the vehicle based on the wave-like travel speed pattern, wherein the wave-like travel speed pattern generating unit adjusts a degree of the wave-like travel of the vehicle according to a stability of the travel situation of the rear vehicle. | 38,550 |
8,960,158 | 1. A method for determining a fuel pressure present at a direct injection valve comprising a solenoid drive having a coil and an armature, the method comprising: switching off a current flow through the coil of the solenoid drive, thereby de-energizing the coil, leading to a closing of the direct injection valve, during a time period which includes a closing time of the direct injection valve, detecting a voltage induced in the de-energized solenoid drive by decaying eddy currents resulting from the de-energizing of the coil and by a movement of the armature, and determining the fuel pressure based on the detected induced voltage. | 26,007 |
9,358,981 | 1. A driveline method, comprising: in response to a driver demand torque greater that a first threshold and less than a second threshold, applying a torque via a driveline integrated starter/generator (DISG) to a torque converter impeller from a condition where DISG rotation is stopped, the torque at least thirty percent greater than the driver demand torque. | 18,780 |
9,076,559 | 1. A method of operating a nuclear plant including a pressurized water nuclear reactor, comprising injecting zinc into a coolant present in a primary cooling system of the nuclear reactor to form a oxide film on TT690 material which constitutes an inner surface of a primary cooling-system piping, after construction of the nuclear reactor and during execution of a hot function test, wherein the zinc is injected when a temperature of the coolant becomes a predetermined temperature which is above the range between 60 and 90 Celsius degrees, an injection rate of the zinc is decreased when a concentration of the zinc in the coolant exceeds a predetermined value, an injection amount of the zinc in a second stage, in which a generation speed of the oxide film slows compared with a first stage, is reduced compared with that in the first stage. | 12,430 |
8,394,517 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell, a reactant gas supply device, and a battery to supply a power to auxiliary devices when the fuel cell is in a temporary power generation stop state, the fuel cell system being configured to drive the reactant gas supply device based on a predetermined current instruction value to supply a reactant gas to the fuel cell, thereby generating the power, the fuel cell system further comprising: a control device programmed to judge whether or not the current instruction value is below a water balance zero current value when the water content of the fuel cell is below a predetermined threshold and the stored electric charge of the battery is a predetermined threshold or more and which switches the power generation state of the fuel cell to the temporary power generation stop state when affirmative judgment is obtained. | 13,072 |
9,010,133 | 1. An appliance for use in an environment comprising: an appliance housing; an interface adapted to receive power information; a plurality of sensors for sensing environmental conditions; a plurality of controls for controlling operations of the appliance; an intelligent control disposed within the appliance housing and operatively connected to the interface and the plurality of sensors and adapted to dynamically select control values associated with the plurality of controls based on at least one of the power information, the environmental conditions, or a combination thereof to increase energy efficiency of the appliance. | 14,815 |
9,409,306 | 1. A workpiece positioning system comprising: a transport configured to convey a workpiece in a flow direction toward a cutting member; a sensor configured to detect a workpiece on the transport upstream of the cutting device; a projector, and a computer system operatively coupled with the sensor and the projector, the computer system programmed with instructions operable, upon execution by a processor, to | 21,035 |
9,627,928 | 1. An electrical outlet component, comprising: a housing having a line-side connection interface arranged for electrically coupling the electrical outlet component to a source of electrical power and a load-side connection interface for electrically coupling the electrical outlet component to an electrical power receiving device; one or more US National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) outlets mounted within the housing, the one or more NEMA outlets being separate and distinct from the load-side connection interface; a power controller electrically coupled to the line-side connection interface and the one or more NEMA outlets and operable to control a bringing of power to the one or more NEMA outlets and the load-side connection interface from the line-side connection; and a wireless receiver electrically coupled to the power controller for receiving a first signal from a device external to the outlet component and for generating, in response thereto, a second signal for controlling operations of the power controller. | 13,858 |
9,737,843 | 1. A fuel tank cap comprising: a casing; a main chamber disposed in the casing; a vapor vent channel disposed in the casing and communicating with the main chamber; a plurality of annular partition walls disposed in the main chamber and configured to divide the main chamber into a plurality of troughs, each partition wall including a cut so that the troughs are capable of communicating with each other via the cut; and activated carbon filled in the troughs; wherein the vapor vent channel is comprised of the cuts and the troughs; and wherein the activated carbon is configured to capture fuel vapors and absorb volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the fuel vapors when the fuel vapors pass through the vapor vent channel. | 24,082 |
9,166,988 | 1. A method for controlling a virtual network with a security function comprising the steps of: receiving an attack detection-related security alert (expressed in a common event format) from vIPSs in a virtual network controlling system including a cloud ESM (Enterprise Security Management) system; analyzing traffic or an attack pattern detected in the vIPS through a correlation analysis by the cloud ESM system when the attack detection-related security alert is received; determining a real time blocking reaction against the detected traffic or attack in the cloud ESM system on the basis of the analyzed results and sending the blocking reaction command to the vIPS; creating real time blocking rules by the vIPS according to the blocking reaction command; sending the real time blocking rules to the vSwitch and blocking the intruder's attacking traffic by the vSwitch according to the received blocking rules; checking whether or traffic blocking was actually carried out during a blocking time when the blocking time is lapsed according to the blocking rules; deleting the created blocking rules and terminating the corresponding traffic blocking by the vIPS if the traffic blocking was not carried out actually during the blocking time; and extending the blocking time based on the present state to which the blocking rules were applied and terminating blocking of the corresponding traffic by the vIPS if the traffic blocking was carried out actually during the blocking time, wherein the cloud ESM system comprises: a cloud collection information management module which stores and manages virtualization resource information and security events collected in the vIPS; a cloud security event analysis and security state monitoring module which carries out attack correlation analysis in reference to information received from the vIPS; and a cloud security control management module which forcedly migrates the malicious virtual machine in a logical/physical manner, recognizes a change in information of the virtual machine, and sends a security control command according to a policy change to the vIPS through a cloud agent. | 4,500 |
9,231,238 | 1. An electric storage device comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator facing the negative electrode which is formed of one material; and a lithium electrode having a lithium ion supply source for supplying lithium ions to the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode, wherein the lithium electrode is disposed at a distance from the positive electrode or the negative electrode via a lithium electrode separator made of a non-woven fabric that satisfies following conditions: (a) an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm; (b) a thickness of 5 μm to 500 μm; (c) a gas permeability (seconds/100 cm3) of 100 or less; and (d) a polycarbonate liquid absorption rate (mm/10 minutes) of 20 or more; wherein the non-woven fabric includes aramid fibers; and wherein the separator facing the negative electrode formed of one material is of a different material than the lithium electrode separator facing the lithium electrode. | 44,172 |
9,224,187 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a block processing pipeline comprising a plurality of stages, each stage configured to perform one or more operations on a block of pixels from a frame passing through the pipeline; and a plurality of buffers; wherein the block processing pipeline is configured to: | 45,644 |
8,397,077 | 1. A computerized method for performing an automated client application login process for a user, the automated client application login process transparent to a user of the computer, the method comprising: receiving, from a computer operating system, a user name and a clear-text password previously entered by a user for authenticating the user, wherein the act of performing an automated client application login process for a user includes accessing a pre-existing user authentication directory, the pre-existing user authentication directory including a plurality of password protected user specific attributes, each of the plurality of password protected user specific attributes associated with a user name and a clear-text password of one system user; subsequent to authenticating the user, receiving a user request to access a password protected client application; responsive to the user request, the automated authentication process invoking a password interceptor process, transparent to the user; the password interceptor process configured for retrieving an administratively predefined set of user attributes from the pre-existing user authentication directory, and whereby the automated authentication process produces a generated client application password from at least one of the administratively predefined set of user specific attributes using a pre-defined algorithm; responsive to producing the generated client application password, the automated authentication process registering the generated client application password with the password protected client application as an authorized password for the user to access the password protected client application; and wherein the computerized method next logs the authenticated user onto the password protected client application, transparent to the user, using the previously registered generated client application password. | 24,085 |
8,450,603 | 1. A solar cell concentrator, said solar cell concentrator comprising: a plurality of monolithic transparent optical members; a void or chamber located inside each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members; wherein said void or chamber is completely enclosed by said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members in all directions; wherein said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members is disposed directly over a solar cell, having one solar cell corresponding to said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members; wherein a portion of incident light or electromagnetic radiation on said solar cell concentrator goes through said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members, and then goes through said void or chamber, and then goes through said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members, before reaching to said solar cell wherein said void or chamber has more than one containers; wherein each of said more than one containers is attached to a separate voltage or current source; an adjustment module; wherein said adjustment module adjusts the position of said each of said plurality of monolithic transparent optical members with respect to said solar cell. | 49,358 |
8,454,661 | 1. A transconnector configured to interconnect first and second rods; the transconnector comprising: a bridge member having a first end and a second end; and first and second rod engaging members, wherein the first rod engaging member is coupled to the first end of the bridge member and the second rod engaging member is coupled to the second end of the bridge member, the first and second rod engaging members each including a rod receiving channel configured to receive one of the first and second rods therein, the first rod engaging member disposed in a position relative to the bridge member, the position being adjustable; the first rod engaging member includes an actuation screw, the first end of the bridge member including a bore that receives the actuation screw such that the actuation screw passes through the bore of the first end of the bridge member and also passes through the first rod engaging member such that rotation of the actuation screw secures the first rod within the first rod receiving channel and secures the position of the first rod engaging member with respect to the bridge member. | 14,805 |
9,723,554 | 1. A network entity comprising: a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the network entity to effectuate operations comprising: | 24,880 |
8,377,737 | 1. A method of isolating thin film photovoltaic cells on a superstrate, the method comprising: focusing a laser beam onto a first surface of the superstrate to remove a thin film stack positioned on a second surface of the superstrate, the laser beam having a laser wavelength of about 375 nm or less, wherein the thin film stack comprises a transparent conductive oxide layer comprising a cadmium tin oxide on the second surface, an n-type window layer on the transparent conductive oxide layer, and an absorber layer comprising cadmium telluride on the n-type window layer; and, directing the laser beam across the first surface of the superstrate to form an isolation scribe that is substantially free from the thin film stack. | 45,238 |
8,399,615 | 1. A process for preparing a racemic mixture of cis- and trans-octahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrole-1-carboxylic acids of Formula 7 comprising the step of carboxylation of an azabicyclooctane of Formula 6, wherein R′ is C | 42,592 |
8,448,988 | 1. A vehicle system comprising: an exhaust heat recovery apparatus that is installed below a floor of a vehicle, the vehicle having an internal combustion engine; a muffler; an exhaust pipe; an outlet pipe that connects the exhaust heat recovery apparatus to the internal combustion engine of the vehicle; and a vehicle structure, the vehicle structure comprising a plurality of support members, wherein the plurality of support members include | 16,558 |
9,413,271 | 1. A DC to DC boost converter (DDBC) for converting power received from a variable, low voltage DC source, the DDBC comprising: a plurality of interleaved, isolated, full-bridge DC-DC converters arranged in a Delta-Wye configuration and a multi-leg bridge; an input current filter and a plurality of DC-AC converters, wherein said plurality of DC-AC converters are electronically coupled to said input current filter and configured to receive a discontinuous input current; and a plurality of transformers, wherein each of said plurality of transformers is electronically coupled to a corresponding respective one of said plurality of DC-AC converters. | 32,720 |
9,652,418 | 1. A register file memory device comprising: a static bitcell; and a pipeline of combinational logic circuits within the register file memory device to couple the bitcell to an input/output (I/O) node, the pipeline of combinational logic circuits including multiple stages, each stage including a static logic element and a register element, wherein each stage transfers data to a subsequent stage of the pipeline within the register file in a single clock cycle. | 26,638 |
9,591,568 | 1. A method for receiving a signal at a User Equipment (UE) from a transmission point in a multi-tier wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, antenna turn-on/turn-off interval information of a transmission point, wherein the antenna turn-on/turn-off interval information indicates at least an antenna turn-on time interval of the transmission point or an antenna turn-off time interval of the transmission point; wherein when the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC)_CONNECTED state, the method further comprises: where when the UE is in an IDLE state, receiving a control signal after the antenna turn-on time interval of the transmission point starts. | 34,921 |
9,054,582 | 1. A load actuation circuit in an electronic motor vehicle including: a step-down controller including: wherein: 1) the respective control terminals of the first and second semiconductor switches are connected to a common control source, 2) the respective control terminals of the third and fourth semiconductor switches are connected to a common reference potential, and 3) the step-down controller is connected to a load and delivers electric current to the load. | 31,687 |
8,791,650 | 1. An LED lighting system for connection to a variable power source providing input power, comprising: at least one LED array extending along a support structure spanning between a first end and a second end, the support structure made of rigid material, the support structure being sufficiently heat conductive to provide heat dissipation for LEDs in the at least one LED array; an electrical connector for connection to the variable power source at least at the first end or between the first end and the second end; power control circuitry for the at least one LED array, the power control circuitry being carried by the support structure and being in electrical communication with the electrical connector; a circuit board supporting the at least one LED array, the corresponding power control circuitry being provided on the circuit board or on a separate board; the at least one LED array being divided into sets of LEDs; the power control circuitry being formed of one or multiple current controllers, each of the one or multiple current controllers providing current control for a corresponding set of LEDs in the LED array; and at least one power analyzing and processing circuitry connecting to the variable power source and being configured to: | 17,481 |
9,487,684 | 1. An adhesive comprised of (i) block copolymers and also mixtures thereof, having an A-B-A, (A-B) (ii) at least one tackifier resin. | 49,166 |
9,797,490 | 1. An actuator for moving a first component relative to a second component comprising: a first actuating mechanism secured to the first component and having a first motor, a first nut, and a first shaft rigidly fixed to the first motor and the first nut such that the first nut is rotatable with the first motor and the first shaft, the first motor, and the first nut have fixed longitudinal positions on the first actuating mechanism; a second actuating mechanism secured to the second component and having a second motor, a second nut, and a second shaft rigidly fixed to the second motor and the second nut such that the second nut is rotatable with the second motor and the second shaft, the second motor, and the second nut have fixed longitudinal positions on the second actuating mechanism; and a screw threadably engaged with the first nut and the second nut such that rotation of at least one of the first motor and the second motor causes movement between the first and second nuts to move the second component relative to the first component. | 10,381 |
8,924,059 | 1. An electronic control device comprising: a processing unit having a function of transition to a sleep mode; a watch dog timer having a time counter that resets in response to a pulse signal outputted from the processing unit at certain intervals, the watch dog timer outputting a signal having a level inverted according to existence or absence of overflow occurrence, a latch circuit that latches the signal outputted from the watch dog timer and outputs a signal obtained through the latching as a first output enable signal, and an AND circuit that calculates a logical product of the first output enable signal outputted from the latch circuit and a second output enable signal outputted from the processing unit, a level of the second output enable signal being inverted when the processing unit completes startup and an overflow occurs and during the processing unit performing a process of transition to the sleep mode, and that outputs a signal indicating a calculation result as a final output enable signal; wherein the processing unit stops outputting the pulse signal before transition to the sleep mode, and carries out failure diagnosis of the watch dog timer based on the final output enable signal outputted from the AND circuit and the first output enable signal outputted from the latch circuit after output of the pulse signal is stopped. | 38,027 |
8,604,092 | 1. A polymeric complex supporter for controlling oxygen-releasing compounds (PCS-ORCs), comprising: 1 part to 92 parts by weight of ORCs, wherein the ORCs comprises peroxides and has an average diameter from 1 nanometer (nm) to 100 micrometers (μm); and 8 parts to 50 parts by weight of PCS, wherein the PCS and the ORCs are mixed, the PCS possesses an internal coralloid-like channel structure and surface pores with an average pore size from 1 nm to 100 μm, and the PCS belongs to sulfone polymers or fluorine-containing polymers, and wherein as the PCS-ORCs is delivered into a water-containing environment, water molecules can diffuse into the internal coralloid-like channel structure through the surface pores and then react with ORCs, so as to continuously release out oxygen through the surface pores for one to six months long, thereby enhancing aerobic biodegradation process in the water-containing environment. | 510 |
9,268,387 | 1. A method in an electronic device, comprising: determining a current battery consumption amount; measuring a signal strength of the electronic device only if the current battery consumption amount is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold; and determining whether to enter into a low power mode depending on the current battery consumption and the signal strength level of the electronic device. | 2,545 |
8,676,641 | 1. A method of an exchange computer executing a purchase transaction with a user computer, a merchant computer, and an issuer computer, comprising: an exchange computer receiving from a merchant computer a price discount schedule that specifies price discounts to be automatically generated by the exchange computer as a function of elapsed time that an item is available for purchase, wherein the price discount that is applied to the item will increase as the length of time that the item is available for purchase increases; the exchange computer automatically generating a price discount in accordance with the price discount schedule as a function of elapsed time that the item is available for purchase and offering the item for sale to a user computer using the generated price discount, the exchange computer receiving from the user computer a request to purchase the item with the generated price discount and a selection of a user reward account stored on an issuer computer and a quantity of reward points to be redeemed from the user reward account towards payment of the purchase price; and the exchange computer executing a purchase transaction for the item from the merchant computer using at least the quantity of reward points from the user reward account selected by the user computer by | 6,615 |
8,859,200 | 1. A reagent for analysis of immature leukocytes comprising: an at least one surfactant which can damage cell membranes of erythrocytes and mature leukocytes, a solubilizing agent which can shrink the damaged blood cells and a dye for staining nucleic acid represented by the following formula (I): wherein X | 41,759 |
9,720,082 | 1. An aircraft hazard warning system, comprising: a processing system associated with an active radar system configured to detect a high altitude ice crystal (HAIC) or high altitude ice crystal cloud (HAIC a downconverter; a receiver; an antenna system comprising an X band antenna having first elements for a first polarization signal in an X band and second elements for a second polarization signal in the X band and a W band antenna for a signal in the W band, the W band antenna being disposed in a face of the X band antenna; a duplexer, wherein a first path and a second path is disposed between the downconverter and the duplexer, wherein the first path is for the first type of the return from a first type of radar signal of the two types of radar signals and the second path is for the second type of return from a second type radar signal of the two types of radar signals, wherein the first type of radar signal is the first polarization signal in the X band and the second type of radar signal is the second polarization signal in the X band or the first type of radar signal is in the X band and the second type of radar signal is the signal in the W band. | 15,041 |
9,472,818 | 1. A method for regulating a sump system comprising: initiating a sump drain event by actuating a drain valve of the sump system; receiving orientation information from one or more orientation sensors; determining an adjusted sump drain termination fill level in the sump system based on the orientation information; and terminating the sump drain event by actuating the drain valve of the sump system to maintain a level of liquid in the sump system at or above the adjusted sump drain termination fill level. | 14,543 |
8,697,308 | 1. A solid oxide electrolyte layer for a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a solid oxide electrolyte, the solid oxide electrolyte comprising: an oxide represented by Formula 1 wherein 0<a<0.2, 0<b<0.2, 0<x<0.5, δ is selected so that the Ce Ma is a rare-earth metal, Mb comprises at least one of Al Mc is at least one of Mn wherein the solid oxide electrolyte layer is a component of the solid oxide fuel cell. | 26,938 |
9,264,999 | 1. A short range communication device, comprising: a data storage device configured to store at least one protocol specific channel criterion for a connection with a second short range communication device; a short range transceiver configured to execute a preliminary scan of a set of communication channels to detect radio frequency energy associated with the second short range communication device; and a processor configured to execute a full scan of the set of communication channels based in part on the protocol-specific channel criterion, wherein the protocol specific channel criterion comprises a detected radio frequency energy level on channels of a frequency hopping pattern. | 5,903 |
9,435,893 | 1. A method for calibrating multiple simultaneous beams, comprising: receiving a first signal from a first direction by multiple antenna elements arranged in a non-planar array; cross correlating said first signal received from one of said antenna elements with said first signal received from said antenna elements so as to calculate a first beam weighting vector of a first one of said simultaneous beams pointing at said first direction; receiving a second signal from a second direction by said antenna elements; and cross correlating said second signal received from one of said antenna elements with said second signal received from said antenna elements so as to calculate a second beam weighting vector of a second one of said simultaneous beams pointing at said second direction. | 41,384 |
8,994,278 | 1. Device for controlling an electrical load comprising: at least two single loads, wherein the at least two single loads are connected in series and each of the at least two single loads is connected in parallel to a controllable switch so that each of the at least two single loads is configured to be switched independently of one another, a driver stage, which drives a current into the electrical load, and a control unit, which controls the controllable switches, wherein at least one dummy load is connected in series to the at least two single loads and is configured to be switched when one of the at least two single loads is switched to prevent load surges. | 22,340 |
8,918,107 | 1. A handover method, comprising: monitoring, by a low-power base station, an uplink signal which is sent by a user equipment served by a neighbor base station, and obtaining signal measurement information of the uplink signal and characteristic information of the uplink signal, wherein the characteristic information is used for a macro base station to determine whether the user equipment corresponding to the characteristic information is the user equipment served by the macro base station; and sending, by the low-power base station, the signal measurement information of the uplink signal and the characteristic information of the uplink signal to at least one macro base station which covers the low-power base station, so that the macro base station, according to the signal measurement information, determines whether the user equipment to which the characteristic information corresponds is unloaded to the low-power base station. | 25,773 |
8,538,117 | 1. An automated decision-support system for analysis of bone X-ray and computed tomography (CT) images to provide diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations, comprising: means for inputting X-ray bone images; first pre-processing means for automated segmenting of multiple bone X-ray image structures, said automated segmenting being performed on each structure individually using Active Shape Model (ASM) technique, a previously detected bone structure being used to begin detection of a next bone structure; fracture detection means receiving segmented multiple bone X-ray images from said first pre-processing means and outputting data identifying one or more detected fractures in an X-ray bone image; displacement calculation means receiving segmented multiple bone X-ray images from said pre-processing means and measuring displacements of bone segments; means for inputting CT bone images; second pre-processing means for automated segmenting of multiple bone CT image structures, template/shape matching means receiving segmented multiple bone CT images from said second pre-processing means and identifying segmented bone images; a processed trauma database receiving and storing data from said fracture detection means, said displacement calculation means, and said template/shape matching means; data processor means for accessing data in said processed trauma database, applying machine learning to accessed data, and generating rules for predicting injury severity; display means coupled with user interface means for receiving and displaying diagnostic information including images of detected bone fractures and predictions of injury severity from said data processor means, said user interface configured to receive user input of therapy to be administered to a patient; and a patient record database recording the diagnostic information and therapy to be administered for the patient. | 45,319 |
8,602,480 | 1. A sunvisor apparatus comprising: a pivot arm fixed to a headlining; a sunvisor portion rotatably installed at an end portion of the pivot arm; and a damper device installed between the pivot arm and the sunvisor portion to reduce a rotating speed of the sunvisor portion through increasing of a frictional force while the end portion of the pivot arm is inserted into the damper device; wherein the damper device includes: | 7,101 |
9,580,868 | 1. A method of making a paper and paperboard comprising: providing a composition comprising Formula I: wherein R is a branched or straight chain alkyl that is at least 6 carbon atoms in length; R R wherein R, R contacting the composition with a pulp material; forming a paper or paperboard; and optionally, applying the composition of Formula I to the surface of the paper or paperboard. | 47,337 |
9,564,202 | 1. A method to design a memory chip, the method comprising: determining a failure probability of a portion of a volatile memory array, the portion including a plurality of memory cells; based on the determined failure probability, determining an improved energy use and memory capacity overhead of the volatile memory array; and determining a number of spare memory cells to include in the volatile memory array based on the improved memory capacity overhead and according to a refresh interval for the volatile memory array that is based on the improved energy use. | 40,459 |
8,541,134 | 1. An electrode comprising a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body as a base material, wherein the electrode is a sheet-shaped electrode, and the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body has an elliptic shaped cell, and wherein when a cross section in the thickness direction of the electrode is divided into three regions of a region a ratio of the average of the number of cross sections of an aluminum skeleton in the region | 16,744 |
8,372,170 | 1. A hydrogen generation system ( 1 ) comprising: a fuel reformer ( an H an H and a startup valve ( | 27,010 |
8,462,746 | 1. A terminal for use in a wireless network, the terminal comprising: a radio frequency (RF) receiver, which is configured to receive a RF signal transmitted by an evolved NodeB (eNodeB) in accordance with a Third Generation Partnership Project-Long Term Evolution (3GPP-LTE) standard over a wireless channel and to downconvert the RF signal so as to generate an output signal, the RF signal comprising downlink frames, each downlink frame comprising at least an allocation zone followed by a data zone, the allocation zone containing Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) symbols providing an indication of a time allocation in the data zone during which downlink data will be transmitted to the terminal; an analog/digital (A/D) converter, which is coupled to convert the output signal into a stream of digital samples; and a digital processing circuit, which is coupled to process the digital samples of the PDCCH symbols transmitted in the allocation zone of at least one downlink frame so as both to identify the time allocation and to estimate one or more characteristics of the wireless channel in order to calculate a margin as a function of the estimated characteristics, and then to process the digital samples in the data zone of the downlink frame so as to recover the downlink data transmitted during the identified time allocation, and to shut down the RF receiver at a shut-down time that follows an end time of the time allocation in the downlink frame by the margin. | 35,204 |
9,382,277 | 1. A method for co-regulating JAK-2 and Syk, said method comprising administering in vivo or in vitro a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): wherein: R R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. | 30,455 |
9,673,729 | 1. A system for controlling a plurality of photovoltaic cells, the system comprising: a first power converter coupled to a first photovoltaic cell, the first power converter being formed on a first semiconductor substrate; a first controller to control the first power converter, wherein the first controller is formed on the first semiconductor substrate; a second power converter coupled to a second photovoltaic cell, the second power converter being formed on a second semiconductor substrate; a second controller to control the second power converter, wherein the second controller is formed on the second semiconductor substrate; and a third controller that controls a current through the first and second power converters based on signals from the first and second controllers. | 1,628 |
8,769,407 | 1. A method for pointing help in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising: receiving a help event in association with a GUI control in the GUI rendered for an application executing in a computer with at least one processor and memory; generating a help message for placement in a portion of the GUI statically configured to present different help messages; and, visually coupling the GUI control with the help message through pointing help visually rendered in the GUI separately from the help message and the GUI control and comprising an image in the form of an arrow; wherein receiving a help event in association with a GUI control in the GUI, comprises receiving a help event selected from the group consisting of a mouse over event, a mouse down event, selection event, caret insertion event, and a help keystroke event. | 46,737 |
9,312,750 | 1. A high-frequency ac-dc power converter with an input ac signal and an output dc signal, comprising: at least two front-end rectifier diodes arranged as a full wave rectifier of the input ac signal, a first inductor with an input connected to the output of the full wave rectifier and an output connected to one end of a load for the converter, an output capacitor connected across the load for the converter, at least one additional inductor and one additional capacitor have one end connected to the junction between the first inductor and the load, a switching circuit connected to the other ends of the additional inductor and capacitor for selectively forming different (LC) resonant circuits with the inductors and capacitors during predetermined parts of a cycle of the input ac signal to form a ac-dc power converter. | 39,637 |
9,375,210 | 1. A device for providing access through and sealing of a puncture in tissue, comprising: a generally elongated and radially-expandable main body, the main body comprising a distal portion having a distal end and a distal lumen and a proximal portion having a proximal end and a proximal lumen, the distal lumen being sized to receive the proximal lumen, thereby creating a continuous internal lumen through the main body, the main body having an unexpanded configuration having an unexpanded outer diameter, the main body further having an expanded configuration having an expanded outer diameter; a plurality of prongs extending from the distal end of the distal portion of the main body, each of the prongs comprising a proximal end secured to the distal end of the distal portion of the main body, each of the prongs further comprising a distal end, wherein each of the prongs comprises a straight configuration wherein the prong is generally straight and extends generally distally from the main body distal portion such that the distal end of the prong is positioned distally of the main body, each of the prongs further comprising a bent configuration wherein the prong is generally curved such that the distal end of the prong is positioned radially outward from the main body and the distal end of the prong is positioned proximally of the distal portion of the main body; wherein the device comprises a delivery configuration, an access configuration, and a closed configuration, and further wherein in the delivery configuration the main body is in the unexpanded configuration and the prongs are in the straight configuration; wherein in the access configuration the main body is in the expanded configuration and the prongs are in the curved configuration; and wherein in the closed configuration the main body is in the unexpanded configuration and the prongs are in the curved configuration; wherein a hemostatic barrier positioned within the distal lumen, the proximal lumen, or both, and configured to prevent fluid leakage proximally and distally through the inner lumen when the main body is in the unexpanded configuration. | 43,240 |
8,469,875 | 1. A method for treating urinary incontinence, said method comprising: (a) making an incision in a region adjacent to the urethra, and (b) positioning a tape under the urethra through the incision such that one portion of said tape extends from under the urethra through one obturator foramen and another portion of said tape extends from under the urethra through the other obturator foramen. | 47,103 |
8,742,378 | 1. A target supply unit comprising: a reservoir for storing a target material; a heater provided inside the reservoir for heating the target material stored in the reservoir; a heater power supply for supplying current to the heater; and a target outlet for outputting the target material stored inside the reservoir. | 38,417 |
8,614,604 | 1. A method of sharing inductors for inductive peaking of an amplifier having at least two stages, comprising: calculating a single stage inductance of a single stage of the at least two stages for inductive peaking in order to have a stable impulse response; calculating a shared inductance for inductive peaking by dividing the single stage inductance by a number of stages of the at least two stages; and sharing at least two inductors having the shared inductance among the at least two stages for inductive peaking. | 13,447 |
8,940,317 | 1. A method of preparing a bone void filler composition, the method comprising: combining particles of a porous, osteoconductive material with a solution of a polypeptide to form a slurry; and adding to the slurry a second polymer under conditions such that the polypeptide crosslinks with the second polymer to form a continuous matrix having the particles of the osteoconductive material dispersed therein; wherein before said adding step, at least a portion of the pores in the particles of the osteoconductive material have a biocompatible material adsorbed therein. | 9,344 |
9,061,732 | 1. A leaning vehicle comprising: a frame having a front portion and a rear portion; a straddle seat mounted on the frame; a motor supported by the frame; a shock tower pivotally connected to the front portion of the frame, the frame being pivotable relative to the shock tower about a pivot axis between an upright position and a plurality of leaning positions; a first left stopper connected to one of the frame and the shock tower, the first left stopper being adapted to abut another one of the frame and the shock tower when the frame pivots left relative to the shock tower by a first angle thereby limiting pivoting of the frame relative to the shock tower toward the left; a first right stopper connected to one of the frame and the shock tower, the first right stopper being adapted to abut another one of the frame and the shock tower when the frame pivots right relative to the shock tower by a second angle thereby limiting pivoting of the frame relative to the shock tower toward the right; a front left suspension assembly and a front right suspension assembly operatively connected to the front portion of the frame; a front left ground engaging member operatively connected to the front left suspension assembly; a front right ground engaging member operatively connected to the front right suspension assembly; a steering assembly operatively connected to the front left ground engaging member and to the front right ground engaging member to steer the vehicle, the steering assembly having a steering column supported by the frame and a handlebar connected to the steering column; a rear suspension assembly operatively connected to the rear portion of the frame; a rear ground engaging member operatively connected to the rear suspension assembly; each of the front left suspension assembly and the front right suspension assembly comprising: a second left stopper connected to one of the frame and the lower suspension arm of the front left suspension assembly, the second left stopper being adapted to abut another one of the frame and the lower suspension arm of the front left suspension assembly when the frame has pivoted left relative to the shock tower by the first angle and the shock absorber of the left suspension assembly is compressed by a first amount thereby limiting leaning of the vehicle relative to vertical toward the left; and a second right stopper connected to one of the frame and the lower suspension arm of the front right suspension assembly, the second right stopper being adapted to abut another one of the frame and the lower suspension arm of the front right suspension assembly when the frame has pivoted right relative to the shock tower by the second angle and the shock absorber of the right suspension assembly is compressed by a second amount thereby limiting leaning of the vehicle relative to vertical toward the right. | 40,752 |
9,748,742 | 1. A manufacturing apparatus of a spark plug, comprising: a holding unit that holds a workpiece, the workpiece having a shape extending along a center axis thereof and including a metal shell part to be processed into a metal shell of the spark plug and a ground electrode part to be processed into a ground electrode of the spark plug, the ground electrode part being located on one end side of the workpiece at a position displaced from the center axis of the workpiece; a feeding unit that feeds the workpiece to the holding unit; dies for working the workpiece to form a thread portion on an outer circumferential surface of the metal shell part; a position measurement unit that measures a position of the ground electrode part in a state where the workpiece is held in position by the holding unit; and a die control unit that controls working of the workpiece with the dies, wherein the die control unit is capable of changing a working phase of the dies relative to the workpiece; wherein the position measurement unit measures the position of the ground electrode part by emitting laser light to the ground electrode part from a direction perpendicular to the center axis of the workpiece; and wherein the die control unit controls the dies to adjust the working phase of the dies relative to the workpiece based on the measured position of the ground electrode part and then effects working of the workpiece with the dies. | 11,948 |
9,522,320 | 1. A dual brake assembly for decelerating motion of a vehicle having a deck and a plurality of wheels, such as a skateboard or longboard where, as a result of the shifting of the weight of a rider to one side, the deck moves closer to the wheels on that one side, and the front and rear wheels on that one side move closer together, the dual brake assembly comprising: a first brake assembly and a second brake assembly both coupled to the deck, the first brake assembly configured for use with a first wheel in the plurality of wheels, the second brake assembly configured for use with a second wheel in the plurality of wheels, each brake assembly of the first and second brake assemblies comprising: a connector coupled to the first portions of the generally U-shaped members of both the first and second brake assemblies; wherein the connector permits a simultaneous actuation of the first and second brake assemblies upon a depression of either foot bar of the first brake assembly or second brake assembly, thereby decelerating the vehicle. | 20,865 |
8,413,253 | 1. A computer-implemented-method comprising: maintaining, on a host system, a list of protected disk blocks in a memory of a microcontroller of the host system, wherein the memory is inaccessible to software running on a processor of the host system; intercepting, on the host system, a write command sent by the software running on the processor to a storage controller of the host system; inspecting, on the host system, the write command to determine whether the write command attempts to write to a disk block on the list of protected disk blocks; causing, on the host system, the write command to fail if a result of the determination indicates the write command attempts to write to a disk block on the list of protected disk blocks; and in response to receiving, on the host system, a request to update a requested disk block after the requested disk block has been removed from the list of protected disk blocks in response to a remove request received via a secure interface of the host system, | 16,175 |
9,487,387 | 1. A mechanical actuator, comprising a first flexible sheet including a first top side and a first bottom side, each side coated with a first conductive layer, the first flexible sheet comprising a plurality of first chambers; a second flexible sheet including a second top side and a second bottom side, each side coated with a second conductive layer, the second flexible sheet comprising a plurality of second chambers; a third flexible sheet including a third top side and a third bottom side, wherein the third flexible sheet comprises a plurality of third chambers of a honey-comb arrangement; the second top side of the second flexible sheet is fused to the third bottom side of the third flexible sheet at a plurality of regular intervals and the first bottom side of the first flexible sheet is fused to the third top side of the third flexible sheet at a plurality of regular intervals to obtain an assembled flexible sheet structure including a plurality of assembled chambers; an outer membrane including a working fluid, wherein the assembled flexible sheet structure is positioned inside the outer membrane to create the mechanical actuator; and the assembled flexible sheet structure configured to contract and expand to form a linear actuator when a voltage is applied to pump the working fluid across the assembled flexible sheet structure and into the plurality of assembled chambers. | 6,426 |
9,228,565 | 1. A wind propelled generator comprising: a housing within which a generator is located and from which a rotor extends upwardly through a top surface of said housing; wherein wind vanes attach to the rotor and are capable of rotational movement when wind pushes there against, and from which said rotational movement is transmitted to said generator thereby producing electricity; wherein the housing is adapted for securement and is able to be hung from a bottom surface of a pitched roof surface the housing including a first side surface, a second side surface, and curved side surfaces; wherein a pair of vertically-oriented tracks are integrated into the first side surface, slideable brackets affixed to the vertically-oriented tracks such that the slideable brackets are able to adjust up or down relative to the tracks as needed, wherein the slideable brackets are attached to a first hinged member which is able to rotate about a first pivot point; the rotor comprising a cover that is custom fitted to the rotor, the cover designed to extend above the pitched roof surface in order to maintain a waterproof surface, the rotor further comprising a first rotor member that is non-rotating and which works with the cover to support the housing in place with respect to the pitched roof surface. | 43,919 |
8,549,114 | 1. A method for configuring a plurality of heterogeneous servers across a network, the method comprising: browsing, using at least one processor, in response to user input, server objects in one or more of a plurality of servers across a network to examine current configuration of the server objects in the servers, the server objects comprising server assets that store configuration settings for the servers and configuration parameters that provide configuration settings for the servers; creating, using the at least one processor, a template by selecting identifiers of one or more of the browsed server objects; creating a reference model by recording values of server objects retrieved from a server selected from the plurality of heterogeneous servers, the recorded values being for the server objects specified by the identifiers in the template and providing values for baseline server objects and the reference model including a compliance range for at least one baseline server object that is based on the value of the at least one baseline server object, the compliance range being a range of configuration values considered acceptable for compliance with the reference model; comparing, using the at least one processor, values for server objects from a second server from the plurality of heterogeneous servers to the reference model to discover discrepancies between the server objects of the second server and the baseline server objects of the reference model, wherein a discrepancy for the at least one baseline server object is outside of the compliance range; and correcting the second server objects based on the discrepancies discovered by the comparing. | 12,225 |
9,392,753 | 1. An interface for converting a desired physiological plant response into control instructions for at least one lighting system having at least adjustable lighting property, said interface comprising: a receiver for receiving a desired physiological plant response; a processor functionally coupled to said receiver for converting said desired physiological plant response into said control instructions, and a transmitter, functionally coupled to said processor, for transmitting said control instructions, wherein said desired physiological plant response is defined as a set point in a multi-dimensional horticulture action space, said multi-dimensional horticulture action space being represented by at least two dimensions selected from a first dimension representative for a desired photosynthesis action, a second dimension representative for a desired phototropine action, a third dimension representative for a desired phytochrome Pr action, and a fourth dimension representative for a desired phytochrome Pfr action, wherein said processor is functionally coupled to a memory comprising a description of a subspace of the multi-dimensional horticulture action space representing points in the multi-dimensional horticulture action space that are convertible into control instructions executable by a lighting system, and wherein said processor is adapted for mapping said set point to a target point in said subspace and determine corresponding control instructions for a lighting system. | 14,080 |
9,198,131 | 1. A method in a wireless communications device having a discontinuous receive mode in which a receiver is configured to monitor a first downlink signal during a series of regularly scheduled awake intervals and to monitor the first downlink signal for retransmissions during retransmission-monitoring intervals scheduled at a first predetermined delay from each detected data transmission to the receiver, wherein the method comprises: detecting that a first retransmission-monitoring interval overlaps a previously scheduled radio activity during which the receiver is unavailable to monitor the first downlink signal; and adjusting the first retransmission-monitoring interval, adding an additional retransmission-monitoring interval, or both, responsive to said detecting, wherein adjusting the first retransmission-monitoring interval, adding an additional retransmission-monitoring interval, or both, comprises adding a first additional retransmission-monitoring interval that commences at a second pre-determined delay from the beginning of the first retransmission-monitoring interval. | 47,934 |
8,803,548 | 1. In an integrated circuit, a tamper-resistant bus architecture for secure lock bit transfer, comprising: a nonvolatile memory having an n-bit storage region for storing encoded lock bits; a plurality of read access circuits coupled to the nonvolatile memory; an n-bit tamper-resistant bus coupled to the read access circuits; a decoder coupled to the tamper-resistant bus; a k-bit decoded lock signal bus coupled to the decoder; a controller coupled to the k-bit decoded lock signal bus; an encode control bus coupling encode control signals from the controller to the decoder; encode control circuitry disposed in the decoder and coupled to the encode control bus, the encode control circuitry having an output coupled to additional 1-bit lines of the tamper-resistant bus; and encode control circuitry disposed in the read access circuits and coupled to additional 1-bit lines of the tamper-resistant bus, the encode control circuitry encoding the lock bits read by the read access circuits before placing them on the tamper-resistant bus. | 48,401 |
8,581,431 | 1. A wave energy converter apparatus, which comprises: at least two members joined by a connector movable so as to allow displacement of the members relative to one another in response to waves in water where the apparatus is located, the apparatus further comprising an energy converter for converting motion of the connector into electrical energy, and a device for storing and/or transporting elsewhere the energy produced, wherein, when in use and located in a body of water, the at least two members are completely submerged, the apparatus, as a whole, being neutrally buoyant, and a member being provided for maintaining each of the submerged members substantially at rest relative to the surrounding water with which they are in contact, such that the submerged members move under wave-induced action substantially in the same manner as a water particle would move under wave-induced action if located in the same region as the respective submerged member, the at least two submerged members being spaced from one another so as to assume respective positions affected differently by the wave-induced water motion, the at least two submerged members including an upper and a lower submerged member. | 11,326 |
9,187,592 | 1. Hot-curing epoxy resin composition comprising: at least one liquid epoxy resin having an average of more than one epoxy group per molecule; at least one solid epoxy resin having an average of more than one epoxy group per molecule; at least one polymeric impact modifier, wherein the polymeric impact modifier comprises a capped polyurethane polymer of a formula (IV) at least one homopolymer, solid at room temperature, of an olefinically unsaturated monomer; and at least one epoxy-resin hardener which is activated via an elevated temperature, with a proportion by weight of the polymeric impact modifier, based on the epoxy resin composition, being smaller than 20% by weight, and an amount by weight of the homopolymer, solid at room temperature, being greater than the amount by weight of the polymeric impact modifier. | 35,602 |
9,775,518 | 1. A device to measure a temperature of a human, the device comprising: a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and providing at least two images to the microprocessor; a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having only digital readout ports, the digital infrared sensor having no analog sensor readout ports; and a wireless communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that is operable to transmit a representation of the temperature of the human, wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the digital readout ports a digital signal that is representative of an infrared signal detected by the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor is operable to determine the temperature of the human from the digital signal that is representative of the infrared signal and the microprocessor including a cropper that is operable to receive the at least two images and operable to crop the at least two images to exclude a border area of the images, generating at least two cropped images, the microprocessor also including a temporal-variation-amplifier of the at least two cropped images that is operable to generate a temporal variation of the at least two cropped images, the microprocessor also including a vital-sign generator that is operably coupled to the temporal-variation-amplifier that is operable to generate at least one vital sign from the temporal variation, wherein the device does not support specific discovery protocols or domain name service. | 36,205 |
9,559,391 | 1. A method for adjusting a battery module including a plurality of connected cells, wherein each of the connected cells is a nickel-metal hydride battery including a positive electrode containing an active material of which a main component is nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen adsorption alloy, and an electrolytic solution that is an alkali solution, wherein the method comprises: over-discharging the battery module so that a state of charge reaches 0% in every one of the connected cells, wherein the over-discharging the battery module includes setting a discharge amount from when the state of charge reaches 0% in at least one of the connected cells to be greater than or equal to a difference between an initial capacity of the battery module and a capacity of the battery module when starting the over-discharging. | 6,282 |
9,347,380 | 1. A system, comprising: a bleed system configured to bypass a combustor of the system and to direct a bleed flow from a compressor to an exhaust outlet, wherein the bleed system comprises: | 30,922 |
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