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9,835,056 | 1. A power plant comprising: a water/steam power cycle comprising: a lignite dryer having: wherein the connection to the steam portion of the steam water power cycle comprises: a first extraction line, fluidly connected to the water/steam power cycle between the high pressure turbine and the intermediate pressure steam turbine, the first extraction line further including an ejector; a second extraction line, fluidly connected to the water/steam power cycle between the intermediate pressure steam turbine and the low pressure steam turbine, wherein the configuration and location of the ejector and the connection of the second extraction line to the ejector enables a lower pressure steam in the second extraction line to be fed into the heater together with a higher pressure steam of the first extraction line. | 9,061 |
9,751,759 | 1. A composition which comprises an intimate mixture of: (a) nonpassivated silicon; and (b) a dispersing agent which is a water-soluble molecular compound, a dispersant which is a water-soluble ionic compound having a heat of solution in water more negative than −40 kJmol a colloidal stabilizer which is a water-soluble polyelectrolyte. | 2,330 |
9,101,512 | 1. An absorbent-body manufacturing apparatus that has a driving source that drives a drum to rotate about a rotational shaft in synchronization with another apparatus based on a synchronization signal, the synchronization signal being repeatedly output taking a unit amount of motion of the other apparatus as a unit, the unit amount of motion corresponding to a production pitch, that manufactures an absorbent body by supplying an absorbent-body material and depositing the absorbent-body material in a plurality of recess sections, a first-pitch positioning member for setting the arrangement pitch to a first pitch; a second-pitch positioning member for setting the arrangement pitch to a second pitch that is different from the first pitch; a first signal-generating section that repeatedly generates a first rotational-angle signal based on a rotation of the drum taking a rotational angle of the drum as a unit, the rotational angle of the drum corresponding to the first pitch; a second signal-generating section that repeatedly generates a second rotational-angle signal based on a rotation of the drum taking a rotational angle of the drum as a unit, the rotational angle of the drum corresponding to the second pitch; and a controller that controls rotational driving of the driving source, wherein in the case where the arrangement pitch is set to the first pitch, in the case where the arrangement pitch is set to the second pitch, | 22,397 |
9,539,997 | 1. A method comprising: calculating a quantity of available reclaimed energy in a battery, the battery structured to power an electric motor, the motor connected to an internal combustion engine via a power splitter, wherein the battery, motor, engine, and power splitter comprise a hybrid powertrain structured to output power to meet a power demand; selecting a marginal displaced fuel consumption value for the engine based on incremental changes in the power contributions of the engine and the motor that is constrained by the quantity of available reclaimed energy in the battery, wherein the marginal displaced fuel consumption value is selected based on a desired marginal displaced fuel consumption contour line defining a region of displaced fuel consumption for the engine from an engine operating efficiency map in which losses shared with the motor are removed; interpreting the power demand from a demand input device in communication with the powertrain; operating the engine at a speed and load condition based on the marginal displaced fuel consumption value to generate engine power to meet at least a portion of the power demand; operating the motor to generate motor power sufficient to supply a remaining power demand not met by the engine power; and adjusting the engine power and/or the motor power in response to changes in power demand and/or available reclaimed energy. | 30,823 |
8,964,728 | 1. A method for merging locations, comprising: calculating a first characteristic of at least one carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a first penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said first characteristic; comparing said first penalty to a first preselected value; merging said first location and said second location if said first penalty is less than said first preselected value, thereby forming a first merged location; if said first penalty is not less than said first preselected value calculating a second characteristic of said carrier at a third location and at a fourth location; determining a second penalty for excluding said carrier based at least in part on said second characteristic; comparing said second penalty to said first penalty; and if said second penalty is less than said first penalty, merging said third location with said fourth location, or if said second penalty is greater than said first penalty merging said first location with said second location, or if said first penalty and said second penalty are the same creating a bias favoring said first merged location if said first merged location had been previously created, and repeating said calculating, said determining, said comparing, and said merging for one or more additional locations until a number of locations is less than a predetermined threshold. | 1,690 |
8,838,698 | 1. A method for delivering a message from a sending process to defined recipients using one or more of a set of specified sending services, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining the message, and a set of recipient identifiers corresponding to the defined recipient, from the sending process, recipient addresses for the message masked from said sender process; b) specifying one or more of a set of sending services to be used to send the message in a message service profile, the message service profile defining particular methods of delivery corresponding to obtained messages and associated recipient identifiers, wherein the particular methods of delivery include at least one of a fax service and an e-mail service; c) determining based on the information provided about each sending service as which sending services is most appropriate for a recipient; d) retrieving from a set of recipient data, a recipient address for each recipient identifier, specified sending service pair, the message service profile being inaccessible to the sending process; e) passing the message, recipient identifier and corresponding retrieved recipient address to each of the specified sending services for delivery; and f) adding one or more new sending services to the set of sending services, the new sending services providing additional methods of delivery for the sending process without reconfiguring the sender process. | 9,575 |
8,602,099 | 1. A process for the production of mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits in which at least one production well and at least one injection well have been sunk, comprising at least the following process steps: (1) forcing aqueous, gel-forming formulations (F) through an injection well into the mineral oil deposit, the formulations (F) comprising water and one or more chemical components, which, after being forced into the deposit, form gels under the influence of the deposit temperature, followed by (2) production of oil through at least one production well, wherein the deposit in the region between the injection well and the production well has a temperature distribution with a minimum temperature T in a step upstream of process step (1), the temperature distribution in the region between the injection well and the production well is analyzed, and in process step (1), at least two different portions of aqueous, gel-forming formulations (F) are injected successively into the formation, each of the portions being capable of gel formation at a temperature or in a temperature range within a span of from T | 48,014 |
9,545,910 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a power source; a drive motor driven by power from the power source; a switch which is provided inside the electric vehicle and instructs the electric vehicle to start-up; a power supply inlet which is connected to the power source; a separate equipment which is provided separately from the electric vehicle and has a power supply connector through which power is supplied from the power source as DC current to an external load as AC current; a fitting detection device which detects whether the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are fitted together or not; and a control device, wherein the control device includes a mode switching device which, by an instruction by the switch, selects a power supply mode that controls a power supply to the separate equipment, in a case where, when the electric vehicle is instructed to start-up by the switch provided inside the electric vehicle, the fitting detection device detects that the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are fitted together, and which, by an instruction by the switch, selects a driving mode that controls a driving of the electric vehicle, in a case where, when the electric vehicle is instructed to start-up by the switch provided inside the electric vehicle, the fitting detection device detects that the power supply inlet and the power supply connector are not fitted together. | 34,496 |
8,796,605 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a voltage source operative to bias a single-photon avalanche diode with a gating signal that is characterized by a fundamental frequency; and a first filter that is dimensioned and arranged to provide an output signal based on an input signal from the avalanche photodiode, the first filter having a filter response characterized by (1) a low-pass filter response having a rejection frequency that is less than twice the fundamental frequency and (2) a notch filter response centered at a center frequency, wherein the notch filter response attenuates a first frequency range that includes the fundamental frequency. | 3,340 |
8,767,299 | 1. A method for forming an embedded optical grating within a substrate, the method comprising: depositing a hard mask layer on the substrate; patterning a first pair of openings within the hard mask layer and a second pair of openings within the substrate corresponding with the first pair of openings; filling the second pair of openings with an oxide layer; removing a portion of the hard mask layer between the second pair of openings; with a remaining portion of the hard mask layer in place, vertically etching a center opening within the substrate between the second pair of openings and a plurality of scallops at sidewall edges of the center opening, wherein outer edges of the plurality of scallops are formed within the oxide layer; and completely filling the center opening and the plurality of scallops with a core layer material to form the embedded vertical optical grating. | 35,711 |
9,581,564 | 1. A system for analysis of a gas stream, the system comprising: a signal generator configured to generate an original waveform; an electrochemical sensor configured to receive the original waveform and configured to transmit the received original waveform as an affected waveform, the electrochemical sensor disposed at least partially within the gas stream, the electrochemical sensor comprising: a first electrode; and a second electrode disposed proximate to the first electrode; a signal detector configured to receive and detect the affected waveform from the electrochemical sensor; and a processor coupled to the signal detector, the processor configured to: receive the detected affected waveform from the signal detector; compare at least one portion of the affected waveform with the original waveform; determine a voltage-current time differential between the affected waveform and the original waveform; determine a value corresponding to at least one characteristic of the gas stream based on a portion of the determined voltage-current time differential between the original and affected waveforms; and output the determined value corresponding to the at least one characteristic of the gas stream. | 26,622 |
9,278,807 | 1. A method of storing and supplying hydrogen to a hydrogen pipeline comprising: compressing a feed stream of the hydrogen to produce a compressed hydrogen feed stream; injecting the compressed hydrogen feed stream into a salt cavern to produce stored hydrogen within the salt cavern through at least one conduit and withdrawing a stored hydrogen stream, composed of the stored hydrogen, from the salt cavern through the at least one conduit, the salt cavern having a residual brine layer located at a bottom region of the salt cavern and side regions extending upwardly from the bottom region of the salt cavern and the at least one conduit having at least one lower end located in an interior region of the salt cavern and spaced above the brine layer and from the side regions of the salt cavern; introducing the stored hydrogen stream after having been withdrawn from the salt cavern into the pipeline; maintaining at least a minimum quantity of the stored hydrogen within the salt cavern before, during, and between times at which the compressed hydrogen feed stream is injected and at which the stored hydrogen stream is withdrawn; and limiting the flow rates and the velocities at which the compressed hydrogen feed stream is injected into the salt cavern such that, as measured at the at least one lower end of the at least one conduit, the compressed hydrogen feed stream is injected at an injection ratio equal to an injection flow rate of the compressed hydrogen feed stream to the actual cavern volume of no greater than 7.5 scfd/cf and at an injection velocity of the compressed hydrogen feed stream of no greater than 100 feet per second and the stored hydrogen stream is withdrawn at a withdrawal ratio equal to the withdrawal flow rate of the stored hydrogen stream to the actual cavern volume of no greater than 10.0 scfd/cf and at a withdrawal velocity of the stored hydrogen stream of no greater than 150 feet per second such that the stored hydrogen stream is withdrawn from the salt cavern. | 9,655 |
9,447,705 | 1. A fossil fuel waste incineration or plasma gasification process, wherein waste heat generated by a combustion of waste is captured by a heat transfer fluid and conveyed to an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for energy recovery, wherein the waste thermal energy in the process is recovered by cooling of the various thermal components with a liquid and by using the liquid to quench a hot process exhaust. | 47,245 |
8,514,075 | 1. An ultrasonic occupancy sensor for detecting presence or absence of an occupant in a space, the occupancy sensor comprising: an ultrasonic transmitting circuit comprising an ultrasonic transmitting element for transmitting ultrasonic waves; an ultrasonic receiving circuit comprising an ultrasonic receiving element for receiving ultrasonic waves and generating an ultrasonic input signal, an amplifier circuit for amplifying the amplified signal to generate an amplified signal, a synchronous rectifier for rectifying the input signal to generate a rectified signal, and a filter for filtering the rectified signal to generate a filtered signal, the synchronous rectifier comprising a non-inverting amplifier and an inverting amplifier both receiving the amplified signal, the synchronous rectifier further comprising a first analog switch coupled to an output of the non-inverting amplifier and a second analog switch coupled to an output of the inverting amplifier, the first and second analog switches electrically coupled together for forming the rectified signal; and a controller operable to drive the ultrasonic transmitting circuit with a drive signal to control an ultrasonic transmission frequency of the transmitted ultrasonic waves, the controller operable to render the first and second analog switches conductive and non-conductive on a complementary basis such the outputs of the analog switches are mixed together to form the rectified signal, the controller further operable to receive the filtered signal and to determine that the space is occupied if a magnitude of the filtered signal exceeds a threshold. | 429 |
8,802,298 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprises: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having a non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt, wherein the positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by Li the non-aqueous electrolyte contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of cyclohexylbenzene, tert-butylbenzene and tert-amylbenzene in a total concentration of 0.1 to 5% by mass relative to the mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte. | 44,086 |
8,880,318 | 1. A vehicle controlling system comprising: an engine serving as a power source of a vehicle; an electric storage device; an assist device that assists an operation of a driver by consuming power from the electric storage device so as to operate a running device that changes the running condition of the vehicle; and a starting device that consumes power from the electric storage device so as to start the engine, wherein when at least either one of a running environment in which it is predicted that the operation to the operation member of the running device is to be performed and a running environment in which it is predicted that the assist device is to be operated is present ahead during the execution of an inertial running in which the engine is stopped to allow the vehicle to run with inertia, the engine is started by the starting device before the operation of the assist device. | 39,866 |
9,160,022 | 1. A system comprising: a rechargeable battery; a solid fuel cell power generator coupled to the rechargeable battery, the power generator having a sensor to disable an air intake of the power generator when the system is submerged; and a fuel cartridge for the solid fuel cell power generator, the fuel cartridge being removably coupled to the solid fuel cell power generator; wherein the rechargeable battery, the solid fuel cell power generator, and the cartridge are housed in a form factor conforming to a size and shape of a standard battery. | 42,027 |
9,106,903 | 1. A system for tracking with reference to a three-dimensional display system, comprising: a display device which images, during use, a first stereo three-dimensional image; a surface comprising at least three emitters, wherein the surface is positionable, during use, with reference to the display device; at least two sensors coupled to the display device in a known position and orientation referenced to the display device, wherein at least two of the sensors detect, during use, light received from at least three of the emitters as light blobs when the light blobs from the at least three emitters of the surface are detected substantially in proximity to the display device during use; a processor coupled to at least two of the sensors, wherein the processor assesses, during use, a referenced position of the detected light blobs using a bounding function for each of at least two of the sensors, wherein the processor, correlates, during use, the assessed referenced position of the detected light blobs for each of at least two of the sensors such that a first position/orientation of the surface with reference to the display device is assessed; and an image processor which generates, during use, the first stereo three-dimensional image using the assessed first position/orientation of the surface with reference to the display device; wherein the first stereo three-dimensional image is from a first perspective, and wherein the first stereo three-dimensional image is distinct from a second stereo three-dimensional image which is derived from a second perspective using a second assessed position/orientation of the surface with reference to the display device. | 672 |
9,726,406 | 1. An expansion valve having: a valve housing defining a cylindrical main valve chamber; a first port communicated with the main valve chamber; a second port communicated with an axial end of the main valve chamber; a sub-valve arranged in the main valve chamber so as to move in a direction of an axis of the main valve chamber, the sub-valve having a valve port located between the main valve chamber and the second port; and a valve body arranged to move in the direction of the axis of the main valve chamber with respect to the sub-valve to open and close the valve port, wherein when a refrigerant flows from the first port to the second port, the sub-valve is seated on a circumference of the second port due to difference in pressures in the first port and the second port to make the second port to be in a closed state and a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the valve port is reduced by the valve body, and when the refrigerant flows from the second port to the first port, the sub-valve moves away from the second port due to difference in pressures in the first port and the second port to make the second port to be in a fully-open state, wherein the sub-valve comprises: a guide member arranged to slidably contact with an inner circumferential face of the valve housing and formed by pressing a metal plate; and a valve seat member having the valve port and arranged at a center of the guide member, the valve seat member being formed by cutting a metal material wherein the guide member includes a disk portion arranged to intersect perpendicularly with the axis of the main valve chamber and a fitting hole formed at a center of the disk portion, wherein the valve seat member includes a disk-like flange portion and a ring-like annular boss portion formed at an upper part of the flange portion, and wherein the annular boss portion of the valve seat member is passed through the fitting hole of the guide member, and an end of the annular boss portion is crimped so as to extend outward to bond the flange portion and the disk portion tightly together, and a welding is applied to a contact portion at which an edge of the disk portion and an edge of the flange portion contact each other to firmly fix the guide member and the valve seat member to each other. | 15,014 |
8,948,527 | 1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon an image decoding program which, when executed by a computer, effects operations comprising: extracting motion vector information, quantized DCT coefficients, and rounding method information from input information to be decoded; dequantizing the quantized DCT coefficients to obtain DCT coefficients; performing inverse DCT conversion on the DCT coefficients to obtain an error image; synthesizing a prediction image of a currently decoded image by performing motion compensation using the motion vector information, the rounding method information, and a reference image which is a previously decoded image; and adding the prediction image to the error image to obtain a decoded image; wherein the motion compensation is performed with half-pixel accuracy and uses bilinear interpolation to calculate intensity values of chrominance or luminance at points where no pixels actually exist in the reference image, the bilinear interpolation being performable using a positive rounding method or a negative rounding method; wherein the bilinear interpolation is performed using a rounding method specified by the rounding method information; wherein the rounding method information is included in coded information of the currently decoded image; wherein the rounding method information is included in a header section of the ceded information of the current image; wherein the rounding method specifies one of two values; wherein one of two values specifies a positive rounding method, and another one of two values specifies a negative rounding method; and wherein the rounding method information consists of one bit. | 3,602 |
9,543,376 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor layer including Ge; and a metal Ge compound region provided in a surface portion of the semiconductor layer, wherein Sn is included in an interface portion between the semiconductor layer and the metal Ge compound region, a lattice plane of the semiconductor layer matches with a lattice plane of the metal Ge compound region, and the lattice plane of the semiconductor layer is a (01-1) plane and the lattice plane of the metal Ge compound region is a (121) plane. | 3,174 |
8,978,357 | 1. A method for determining an exhaust system condition, the method comprising: determining, by a controller configured to control the exhaust system of a vehicle, if a reaction in an oxidation catalyst is performing acceptably based on a difference between a determined temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst and a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst when not properly functioning and a difference between a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst when properly functioning and the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst when not properly functioning; determining a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from a particulate filter downstream of the oxidation catalyst; determining a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the oxidation catalyst; determining a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst; determining an exhaust system condition based on a first difference between the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the particulate filter and the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst and a second difference between the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing from the oxidation catalyst and the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the oxidation catalyst, wherein the second difference is an absolute temperature difference; communicating a signal to identify the determined exhaust system condition; and connecting a diagnostic device to the vehicle for receiving the signal as a service code. | 6,334 |
9,852,666 | 1. A modification kit for converting a static billboard to an electronic sign, comprising: a static billboard having an existing mounting structure; a frame section kit for providing at least one pre-wired frame section to provide a plurality of display modules with low voltage direct current power, and data to display by the electronic sign; said at least one pre-wired frame section defining a plurality of bay members for receiving therein said plurality of display modules and said at least one pre-wired frame section having a plurality of interfaces disposed between said plurality of bay members and said plurality of display modules to facilitate aligning and latching said plurality of display modules within said plurality of bay members and to facilitate coupling the low voltage direct current power and data to the plurality of display modules, wherein the at least one pre-wired frame section is constructed from a framework of vertical and horizontal beams and an outer sheeting, the framework including an interior beam; a power kit for providing at least one power data hub and at least one wiring harness having output ends to facilitate rectifying a source of alternating current power distributed from a main power and data enclosure to a source of low voltage direct current power for distribution via said at least one wiring harness and to further facilitate coupling a data link distributed from the main power and data enclosure via said at least one wiring harness to said plurality of display modules through the output ends, wherein the interior beam supports a vertical routing of the at least one wiring harness to facilitate branching the output ends of the at least one wiring harness in a generally vertical direction into each individual one of said plurality of bay members; and an installation kit for providing lifting and alignment hardware to facilitate hoisting, aligning and mounting said at least one pre-wired frame section to the existing mounting structure, wherein the lifting and alignment hardware includes at least one mounting bracket for coupling with compensation for the existing signage mounting structure the at least one pre-wired frame section to the existing signage mounting structure to facilitate frame section alignment purposes, wherein the mounting bracket further includes datum hardware to facilitate frame section to existing signage structure alignment, wherein the datum hardware includes a first plate, an adjustable spacer located adjacent to the first plate, and second plate located adjacent to the first plate for locking or restraining a position of the first plate with respect to the existing signage mounting structure. | 2,209 |
9,365,434 | 1. A filtering device for filtering running water from a pressurized water source, comprising: a housing with at least one running water inlet and at least one filtered water outlet; two or more water treatment modules disposed within the housing, each of which defines a water treatment space that holds at least one water treatment element for either removing a component from or adding a component to the water, and having a water ingress and a water egress, the running water inlet being linked and in flow communication with the water ingress of a first water treatment module, the water egress of a last water treatment module being linked and in flow communication with the filtered water outlet, the water egress of each of the modules other than the last water treatment module being linked and in flow communication with the water ingress of at least one other module, to thereby define a water flow path from the water inlet to the water outlet through a succession of the water treatment modules; and | 32,766 |
8,791,545 | 1. A back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect structure comprising: a first metallization level including a first dielectric layer with a top surface and a first conductive feature in the dielectric layer, the first conductive feature having a top surface that projects above at least a portion of the top surface of the first dielectric layer; a passive element on the top surface of the first dielectric layer, the passive element including a layer of a conductive material having a top surface that is approximately coplanar with the top surface of the first conductive feature or below the top surface of the first conductive feature; and a second metallization level including a second conductive feature having a bottom surface coupled with the top surface of the layer of the passive element, the bottom surface of the second conductive feature positioned above the top surface of the first conductive feature. | 2,869 |
9,677,544 | 1. A power generation system comprising a wind power plant comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators; and a power plant controller comprising a determiner configured to determine, in response to a disturbance in the wind power plant, respective voltage references for each of the plurality of wind turbine generators based on respective locations of the plurality of wind turbine generators within the wind power plant relative to a location of the disturbance, wherein the power plant controller is configured to signal, to the plurality of wind turbine generators, the respective voltage references to control output voltages of the plurality of wind turbine generators; wherein each of the plurality of wind turbine generators comprises a controller configured to control the wind turbine generator based on one of the respective voltage references. | 18,503 |
9,212,826 | 1. A climatic conditioning system, comprising: a plurality of heat sink mass building construction articles configured to form a portion of a building structure, wherein multiple water vapor phase change cycles are generated through artificially creating climatic conditions within said heat sink mass for promoting water vapor phase change cycles and the transfer of thermal energy at least one of into and out of the heat sink mass of the building construction articles, wherein said building construction articles are arranged relative to each other to form an airflow passage extending through the portion of the building structure, and wherein a surface of each one of said building construction articles defines a respective portion of the airflow passage formed by said building construction articles; an airflow imparting apparatus having an airflow outlet passage thereof coupled to the airflow passage formed by said building construction articles such that the airflow outlet passage and the airflow passage formed by said building construction articles jointly define at least a portion of a closed-loop airflow circuit, wherein the airflow imparting apparatus provides a volume of thermally conditioned, moisture conditioned airflow through the airflow passage formed by said building construction articles; an energy transfer controller including an apparatus control unit and a sensor data unit, wherein the energy transfer controller is configured to manage operation of a humidifying apparatus and a dehumidifying apparatus, enabling implementation of climatic control for causing alternating vapor pressure imbalances between said building construction articles and a first thermally conditioned, relatively moist climatically conditioned air stream and then a second thermally conditioned, relatively dry climatically conditioned air stream circulating through the airflow passage formed by said building construction articles thereby promoting phase change and movement of water into and out of said building construction articles to at least one of dissipate thermal energy therefrom and provide thermal energy thereto. | 41,266 |
9,216,072 | 1. A drug-containing personal hygiene implement, comprising: a bottle body in which a drug is stored; and a personal hygiene body which has a shaft section and a distal-end side personal hygiene section, protrudes to a distal-end side of the bottle body, and is used to implement care of a human body; wherein a tubular protrusion which tubularly projects to cover the shaft section of the personal hygiene body is provided at the distal-end section of the bottle body, and a passage for guiding the drug to a distal-end side of the tubular protrusion is provided at an inner side of the tubular protrusion, said passage guiding the stored drug to the personal hygiene body; wherein by opening operation, the passage in the interior of the bottle body enables the drug to flow therethrough, further comprising a cap body covering the personal hygiene body, wherein a base end section of the cap body is installed consecutively with the distal-end section of the bottle body so as to block the passage; and by opening operation of twisting off the base end section of the cap body to separate it from the bottle body, a discharge opening of the passage is formed. | 2,449 |
9,644,547 | 1. An engine control device for a work vehicle, comprising: a controller having a CPU that a parking brake exclude mode switch that is connected with the controller, and excludes only a state of engagement of the parking brake device decided by the controller from criteria for the idling stop condition while still including the criteria for the front device, the steering device, the accelerator pedal, the transmission, and the service brake device. | 41,293 |
8,639,374 | 1. A method of producing a multi-component product comprising a product attribute profile, the method comprising providing a first and second component of the product, each component having a component attribute profile; supplying to a product formulation zone the first component and the second component in desired amounts and combining the first and second components together to provide the product or a precursor thereof to yield a target product attribute profile; responsive to a change or predicted change in at least one component attribute profile, supplying information concerning the attribute change to a data processing apparatus and calculating with respect to that change an adjustment in the amounts to reduce the deviation of one or more attributes of the product attribute profile from the target product attribute profile. | 1,303 |
8,867,887 | 1. A multimedia data recording/reproducing device configured to be connected with at least one further device through a transmission path for communication of packetized multimedia data containing one or both of digital sound and video data, the multimedia data recording/reproducing device comprising: a capturing device that captures the packetized multimedia data, converts the packetized multimedia data to original multimedia data and outputs the same; a storage device that stores, reads and outputs the multimedia data outputted from the capturing device; a delivery device that packetizes the multimedia data outputted from the storage device and transmits the same to the transmission path; and a switching control device that controls a connection state among the at least one further device connected through the transmission path, the capturing device and the delivery device; wherein the at least one further device includes a first device having transmission and reception functions and a second device having transmission and reception functions connected to the transmission path, and wherein: | 9,688 |
8,347,494 | 1. A method for mounting an electronic component on a printed circuit board, comprising: magnetically and removably attaching a first surface of a magnet panel directly to a magnetic body on a, first surface of an electronic component; attracting a second, opposite surface of the magnet panel to a mounter; moving the magnet panel to a printed circuit board; positioning a second, opposite surface of the electronic component on a first surface of the printed circuit board; releasing the mounter from the second surface of the magnet panel; and removing the magnet panel from the electronic component. | 43,158 |
8,745,975 | 1. An exhaust system for a combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising: a bent pipe section conducting an exhaust gas flow, which comprises an inlet region and an outlet region, an injector for introducing a liquid reduction agent into the exhaust gas flow, which is connected to the pipe section via a connecting pipe so that the injector can introduce the reduction agent through the connecting pipe into an introduction region of the pipe section located between inlet region and outlet region in the direction of the outlet region into the exhaust gas flow, a return flow plate, which in the pipe section is arranged upstream of the introduction region, which with its longitudinal direction extends sloped relative to a flow direction in the direction of the outlet region, which comprises the exhaust gas flow in the inlet region and which can be subjected to a lateral exhaust gas flow. | 180 |
8,961,579 | 1. A portable phototherapy device for selectively treating skin on one or more body parts, comprising: a carrying case comprising a base, a cover and a back portion, the carrying case adapted to receive said one or more body parts; at least one side panel located on a side of said carrying case that is configured to be folded inside said carrying case when the portable phototherapy device is in a closed position, said at least one side panel configured to engage with the cover such that the cover is oriented upward at an angle to allow a hand or a foot to be inserted into the carrying case; a protective sheet attached to the carrying case via fasteners to prevent leakage of ultraviolet light when the portable phototherapy device is in an open position, configured to be folded and stored inside the carrying case when the portable phototherapy device is in the closed position, the protective sheet having openings to allow the hand or foot to be inserted into the carrying ease when in the open position; and at least one ultraviolet source disposed in said carrying case, said at least one ultraviolet source positioned to treat skin on said one or more body parts with ultraviolet light. | 11,891 |
8,757,556 | 1. An aerodynamic body with an aerodynamic surface that creates an aerodynamic contoured surface for a fluid to stream around, and with at least one flow-influencing device to influence the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface, wherein the flow-influencing device comprises: a passage running along a direction of an aerodynamic body thickness and into the aerodynamic body, the passage being configured to periodically aspirate and purge a fluid therethrough, an indentation disposed in the direction of the aerodynamic body thickness between the passage and the aerodynamic contoured surface, the indentation extending along a direction of an aerodynamic body wingspan, wherein the indentation is disposed in a direction of an aerodynamic body wingspan such that the passage is located at an end of the indentation in the direction of the aerodynamic body wingspan, which indentation is formed by a recessed section of the aerodynamic surface beside the passage and by a boundary wall, which boundary wall together with the recessed section defines the indentation wherein the passage is located, in the aerodynamic wingspan direction, between the boundary wall and the recessed section, wherein periodically aspirating and purging of the fluid through the passage generates an asymmetrical flow state providing a swirl in the flow of the fluid streaming around the aerodynamic surface, the swirl being provided over portions of the passage and the indentation, and the swirl having a rotational axis directed along a direction of an aerodynamic body chord. | 42,610 |
8,435,430 | 1. A method for increasing the rate of heat transfer inside wood fibres including the steps of: forming a mixture of thermosetting resin, a nano particle and wood fibres, wherein the nano particle is a high thermal conductivity metal oxide; and subjecting the mixture at a predetermined temperature and predetermined pressure for a specified time duration to form wood-boards of particular thickness. | 46,405 |
8,383,871 | 1. A method for converting biomass to methane and light hydrocarbons with low levels of depositable tars, comprising: a) a fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass using a hydrogen containing sweep gas at between about 400° C. and about 600° C. and at an elevated pressure of about 3 atm to about 50 atm to produce a hot pyrolysis gas mixture and a by-product containing char and ash; b) passing the hot pyrolysis gas mixture containing hydrogen through a first section of a catalytic reactor to form a methane, steam and light hydrocarbon enriched gas stream at a temperature above step a) and less than about 650° C. without the addition of air or oxygen to induce the temperature rise; c) providing an extended gas residence time within a second section of the catalytic reactor and at temperatures above the temperature of step a) and below about 650° C.; and d) cooling and separating the gas stream to output a useful methane-rich fuel gas plus by-product condensed light hydrocarbons and light oxygenates. | 12,444 |
8,479,493 | 1. A method of oxidizing carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) in an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine; the method comprising: operating an internal combustion engine to burn a mixture of air and fuel in which a fuel content in the mixture is lean with respect to the stoichiometric air-to-fuel mass ratio, the engine producing an exhaust gas stream having a temperature that is often below 300 degrees Celsius; passing the exhaust gas stream in contact with an oxidation catalyst for a period of time sufficient to oxidize substantially all of the CO to carbon dioxide (CO | 41,545 |
9,146,444 | 1. A liquid crystal element comprising: a first glass sheet; a second glass sheet disposed facing the first glass sheet; a spacer disposed between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet and defining an interior space including an inlet together with the first and second glass sheets; and a liquid crystal layer provided in the interior space, wherein the spacer comprises: a first spacer formed of an annular glass or metal sheet in which an opening constituting the interior space is formed; a second spacer made of resin, disposed between the glass sheet and the first spacer, and having a smaller thickness than the first spacer; and a third spacer made of resin, disposed between the glass sheet and the first spacer, and having a smaller thickness than the first spacer, and an opening connected to the opening in the first spacer and constituting the inlet is formed in at least one of the second and third spacers. | 5,767 |
8,534,017 | 1. A wall assembly, comprising: a wall panel having a tapered lower edge; a baseboard positioned adjacent the wall panel; a cavity defined between the baseboard and the tapered lower edge; and a baseboard support disposed in the cavity, the baseboard support further comprising: | 19,837 |
9,117,591 | 1. An electrolyte solution comprising a quaternary ammonium tetrafluoroborate salt dissolved in a solvent, wherein a concentration of chloride ions in the electrolyte solution is at most 1 ppm; a concentration of bromide ions in the electrolyte solution is at most 600 ppm; and a concentration of ammonium ions in the electrolyte solution is greater than 1 ppm; and a concentration of each respective metal ions selected from the group consisting of magnesium, iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, calcium, lead, arsenic, zinc and aluminum in the electrolyte solution is at most 5 ppm. | 34,360 |
9,147,795 | 1. A method of forming emitters for a solar cell, the method comprising: printing a first solid-state dopant source of a first conductivity type above a substrate, the first solid-state dopant source comprising a plurality of spaced apart regions; depositing by chemical vapor deposition a second solid-state dopant source of a second conductivity type above and between the plurality of spaced apart regions of the first solid-state dopant source, wherein the first conductivity type is opposite the second conductivity type; and patterning the second solid-state dopant source to form a plurality of first regions of the second solid-state dopant source alternating with but not in contact with the plurality of spaced apart regions of the first solid-state dopant source, and to form a plurality of second regions of the second solid-state dopant source on the plurality of spaced apart regions of the first solid-state dopant source; and driving dopants from the plurality of first regions of the second solid-state dopant source and from the first solid-state dopant source, but not from the plurality of second regions of the second solid-state dopant source, into the substrate. | 28,344 |
8,683,983 | 1. A method for automatically controlling a stationary gas engine, comprising the steps of: computing a speed control deviation (dn) from a set speed (nSL) and an actual speed (nIST); using the speed control deviation (dn) in a speed controller to determine a set torque (MSL) as a correcting variable; limiting the set torque (MSL) by a torque limiter to an air ratio limit torque (MLAM); and determining a set volume flow (VSL) from the limited set torque (MSLB) in order to determine a mixture throttle angle (DKW 1 , DKW 2 ) and a gas throttle angle. | 23,404 |
8,386,567 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a server, to a user computer, a selectively generated application configured to establish a first communications link between the user computer and the server and to interface with a second communications link established between the server and a second computer; wherein the selectively generated application comprises a subset of functionalities that are required for the user computer to visually and bi-directionally communicate with the second computer, and to display and modify data shared between the user computer and the second computer using a user computer view; in response to receiving a first trigger indicating that the user computer needs additional functionality to visually communicate with the second computer, dynamically generating and transmitting to the user computer a first extension to the selectively generated application to enable the additional functionality between the user computer and the second computer; in response to receiving a second trigger indicating that the user computer needs to audibly communicate with the second computer, dynamically generating and transmitting to the user computer a second extension to the selectively generated application to enable audio communications between the user computer and the second computer; wherein the method is performed by one or more processors. | 8,496 |
9,802,070 | 1. A vehicle accessory support assembly for use on any vehicle having a pair of opposed parallel seat rails after the vehicle has been initially sold by the manufacturer, the vehicle accessory support assembly comprising: a) a bar having a longitudinal axis, a first end portion, a second end portion, and one or more slots extending along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the bar; b) a first grip comprising a first engaging portion, the first grip slidably coupled to the first end portion of the bar and configured to grip a first one of the pair of opposed seat rails; c) a first opening disposed in the first engaging portion; d) a second grip comprising a second engaging portion, the second grip slidably coupled to the second end portion of the bar and configured to grip a second one of the pair of opposed seat rails; e) a second opening disposed in the second engaging portion; f) a first pair of fasteners configured to couple the first grip to the first end portion of the bar and the second grip to the second end portion of the bar via the one or more slots in the bar; g) a second pair of fasteners configured to couple the first and second grips to the first and second seat rails, wherein a first fastener of the second pair of fasteners is inserted through the first opening of the first engaging portion to couple the first grip to the first seat rail and a second fastener of the second pair of fasteners is inserted through the second opening of the second engaging portion to couple the second grip to the second seat rail; and h) at least one support projecting from the bar, the support configured to support a vehicle accessory; wherein the vehicle accessory support assembly is reversibly mechanically coupled to the pair of opposed seat rails such that there is no alteration to the pair of opposed seat rails. | 36,848 |
8,539,351 | 1. A method for displaying advertising content on a display device, the method comprising: determining at least one color characteristic of the advertising content and the main content in a web page; increasing a first level of the at least one color characteristic for at least one portion of the advertising content, wherein the increasing of the first level comprises: | 41,641 |
9,404,448 | 1. A system for an engine, comprising: an exhaust passage through which exhaust gas is configured to flow from the engine; a turbocharger with a turbine positioned in the exhaust passage; an exhaust gas treatment system disposed in the exhaust passage upstream of the turbine, the exhaust gas treatment system including at least one exhaust gas treatment device and a bypass with a bypass valve, the bypass valve configured to be adjusted to control exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas treatment system; an exhaust gas recirculation system coupled between the exhaust passage and an intake passage of the engine, the exhaust gas recirculation system including an exhaust gas recirculation passage and at least one exhaust gas recirculation valve, an inlet of the exhaust gas recirculation system positioned upstream of the exhaust gas treatment system; a control unit configured to control the bypass valve to reduce the exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas treatment s stem in response to a transient operatin condition; and a throttle having plural throttle settings, wherein the control unit is configured to automatically control the throttle based on a trip plan, and wherein the transient engine operating condition is initiated by a shift from one of the throttle settings to another of the throttle settings. | 26,991 |
9,213,421 | 1. A method comprising: presenting a list of messages on a display of an electronic device, the messages managed by a messaging application executing on the electronic device; detecting a gesture performed on the display; in response to detecting the gesture, scrolling the list of messages and displaying at least one calendar event on the display and a reduced list of the messages, the at least one calendar event managed by a calendar application executing on the electronic device; detecting continuation of the gesture after displaying the at least one calendar event and the reduced list of messages; and when continuation of the gesture meets a threshold, displaying additional calendar events adjacent to the at least one calendar event on the display of the electronic device. | 36,990 |
8,381,533 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a tangential onboard injector (TOBI) for a turbine rotor having a plurality of openings emanating a flow of cooling air; a self-supporting seal plate having a plurality of cooling holes in fluid communication with the flow of cooling air emanating from the tangential onboard injector (TOBI); and a rotating disk of a gas turbine engine including a plurality of turbine blade slots formed therein, wherein the self-supporting seal plate is disposed on the rotating disk, wherein the plurality of cooling holes are in fluid communication with the plurality of turbine blade slots for directing the flow of cooling air to provide cooling to a plurality of turbine blades of the gas turbine engine; wherein each of the plurality of cooling holes has an elliptical geometry to reduce operating hoop stresses; wherein the plurality of openings, the plurality of cooling holes and the plurality of turbine blade slots are in axial alignment; and wherein the plurality of cooling holes and the plurality of blade slots are in an abutting relationship. | 15,777 |
9,334,802 | 1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a thermal management system that includes a first fluid circuit and a second fluid circuit that manage heat generated in at least a portion of the gas turbine engine; a first heat exchanger incorporated into a first branch of said first fluid circuit and said second fluid circuit; a second heat exchanger incorporated into a second branch of said first fluid circuit; a valve configured to that controls aft a first amount of a first fluid that is communicated to said first heat exchanger and a second amount of said first fluid that, is communicated to said second heat exchanger; and a controller configured to control a positioning of said valve, wherein said first amount of said first fluid communicated to said first heat exchanger is based on a first characteristic of a second fluid and said second amount of said first fluid communicated to said second heat exchanger is based on a second characteristic of said second fluid. | 46,223 |
8,360,861 | 1. A method of gaming using a display, the method comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols; displaying the selected symbols on the display at respective ones of a plurality of display positions, said displaying including arranging said symbols into a plurality of sub-arrays that combine to form a three-dimensional array, said three-dimensional array being viewable on said display; and determining that a game outcome is a winning outcome when a predetermined subset of the selected symbols displayed in the plurality of sub-arrays forming the three-dimensional array corresponds with at least one of a plurality of predefined pay lines, at least two of the plurality of predefined pay lines being defined by display positions in different planes visually apparent to each other on the display. | 41,903 |
9,362,457 | 1. A light emitting device (LED), comprising: a light emitting structure comprising a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer; a carrier injection layer over the second conductive semiconductor layer; an electrode layer over the carrier injection layer; a first electrode coupled to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode over the electrode layer, wherein the second electrode passes through the electrode layer to establish electrical coupling to the carrier injection layer and wherein the second electrode physically contacts the carrier injection layer without physically contacting the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein a portion of the electrode layer includes a reflection layer, wherein the second electrode passes through the reflection layer, and a lateral width of a bottom surface of the second electrode is less than a lateral width of a top surface of the second electrode, wherein the carrier injection layer directly contacts with the second electrode and the electrode layer, and a work function of a material used for forming the carrier injection layer is greater than that of the electrode layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the carrier injection layer is one single layer, and wherein both top edge surfaces of the second conductive semiconductor layer are exposed from both edges of the carrier injection layer, a width of the carrier injection layer and a width of the electrode layer being the same. | 14,677 |
9,069,186 | 1. An Ophthalmic Lens with a thermoformed insert device, the Ophthalmic Lens comprising: a thermoformed insert device, wherein the thermoformed insert device comprises a first insert piece, wherein the first insert piece is a thermoformed material of a three-dimensional shape; and a hydrogel encapsulant around the thermoformed insert device; wherein the thermoformed insert device comprises a plurality of layers of material; and wherein a layer of material alters the hydrophobicity of the surface of the first insert piece. | 15,217 |
9,322,695 | 1. A solid ammonia canister detection system comprising: a solid ammonium canister having stored therein a supply of solid ammonium; a radio frequency identification device tag associated with the cannister; an antenna configured to receive data from, and transmit data to, the radio frequency identification device tag; a transceiver chip configured to decode data received from, and code data sent to, the radio frequency identification device tag; and a microcontroller configured to record data received from the radio frequency identification device tag, wherein the microcontroller determines a quantity of solid ammonia that has been depleted from the canister, and wherein the microcontroller determines a quantity of solid ammonia remaining in the canister based on data from the radio frequency identification device and the quantity of solid ammonia depleted from the canister. | 9,313 |
8,941,126 | 1. A semiconductor electricity converter, comprising: an AC input module configured to convert an input AC electric energy into a light energy, the AC input module comprising a plurality of semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structures, each semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structure comprising an electricity-to-light conversion layer; and an AC output module configured to convert the light energy back into an output AC electric energy, the AC output module comprising a plurality of semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structures, each semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structure comprising a light-to-electricity conversion layer; wherein an emitting spectrum of each semiconductor electricity-to-light conversion structure and an absorption spectrum of each semiconductor light-to-electricity conversion structure are matched with each other. | 26,077 |
9,347,112 | 1. A method of pretreating a pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin, the method comprising: (i) first, converting the pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin into a Br (ii) second, replacing the hydrobromic acid aqueous solution in (i) with an acetic acid solvent, wherein the pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin is suitable for collecting a liquid-phase oxidation catalyst in a process of producing terephthalic acid, and the method is capable of preventing or reducing volume expansion and heat generation of the pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin during (ii), and wherein (i) comprises continuously feeding the hydrobromic acid aqueous solution from a bottom of the column in an up-flow stream, at a rate of from 0.5 to 8 m/hr as a linear velocity based on an empty column, thereby contacting the hydrobromic acid aqueous solution with the pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin; and (ii) comprises continuously feeding the acetic acid solvent from the bottom of the column in the up-flow stream, thereby contacting the acetic acid solvent with the pyridine ring-comprising chelate resin. | 29,649 |
9,141,180 | 1. A system, comprising: a memory controller; an I/O controller; a clock generator; and a multi-core processor, the multi-core processor comprising: wherein the first processor core and the second processor core each support a core C6 (CC6) state in which a core state of a corresponding processor core is saved to a cache memory; and wherein the multi-core processor supports a package sleep state (C6) in which phase-locked loops (PLLs) are to be powered down and a voltage level provided to the multi-core processor is to be transitioned to a value corresponding to the voltage identification value after the first processor core and the second processor core enter the core C6 (CC6) state. | 41,102 |
9,708,051 | 1. An aircraft interior component system having: an aircraft interior component, a first structure holder, which is fastened to an element of an aircraft structure, and a first component holder, which is fastened to the aircraft interior component and is complementary to the first structure holder, the first component holder being fastened to the aircraft interior component in a first region of the aircraft interior component which faces an aircraft cabin ceiling when the aircraft interior component is mounted in an aircraft, the first structure holder and the first component holder being configured to attach the aircraft interior component in a suspended manner to the element of the aircraft structure, and the aircraft interior component being configured such that, when the aircraft interior component is attached in a suspended manner to the element of the aircraft structure, a mounting gap is present, at least in a second region of the aircraft interior component which faces an aircraft cabin floor when the aircraft interior component is mounted in an aircraft, between a rear side of the aircraft interior component and an aircraft component opposite the rear side of the aircraft interior component, wherein the aircraft interior component comprises at least one supply line section which is connected to a first connecting device arranged adjacent to the rear side of the aircraft interior component in the second region of the aircraft interior component, the first connecting device being configured to be connected to a second connecting device complementary to the first connecting device, in order to connect the supply line section of the aircraft interior component to a corresponding supply line section of the aircraft, wherein via the mounting gap, the rear side of the aircraft interior component and the aircraft component opposite the rear side of the aircraft interior component remain accessible even after the aircraft interior component has been attached to the element of the aircraft structure via the first structure holder and the first component holder, the mounting sap extends from the second region in the direction of the first region of the aircraft interior component, a portion of the element of the aircraft structure, to which the first structure holder is fastened, and the rear side of the aircraft interior component face each other, and the mounting gap extends between at least a section of the portion of the element of the aircraft structure facing the rear side of the aircraft interior component and the rear side of the aircraft interior component at least in a second region of the aircraft interior component. | 44,303 |
8,386,210 | 1. A method for evaluating unit processes for a semiconductor manufacturing process, comprising: utilizing a combinatorial processing tool to perform a semiconductor manufacturing operation in a combinatorial manner wherein the semiconductor manufacturing operation is one of a wet chemical operation or a dry processing operation; utilizing the combinatorial processing tool to perform a first set of tests corresponding to input variables in order to evaluate material properties on a first substrate; inputting results of the first set of tests and the corresponding input variables into a computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon wherein the executable program includes a mathematical model to derive coefficients relating the corresponding input variables to the results of the first set of tests; utilizing the mathematical model to define new sets of varied input variables; utilizing the mathematical model to combine the new sets of varied input variables with the coefficients to derive a predicted output for each new set of varied input variables; utilizing the mathematical model to select a portion of the new sets of varied input variables; and utilizing the combinatorial processing tool to perform a second set of tests in a combinatorial manner according to the portion of new sets of varied input variables on a second substrate. | 15,046 |
9,370,262 | 1. An open refrigerated display case comprising: a refrigerated display area including one or more shelves; an air outlet and an air inlet opening into the display area and spaced from one another; a duct fluidically coupling the air inlet to the air outlet, wherein the duct is configured to direct air flow out of the air outlet across the display area and toward the air inlet to form an air curtain across the display area; a flow stabilizing device provided with each of the one or more shelves, wherein each shelf of the one or more shelves includes a first lateral side and a second lateral side defining a shelf width extending therebetween, wherein each flow stabilizing device includes | 44,910 |
9,474,939 | 1. A method of manufacturing a golf ball with a patterned layer, comprising: providing a golf ball, wherein the golf ball comprises a land area and a plurality of dimples; forming a pattern on a film material by removing portions of film from the film material; molding the film material with the pattern into substantially hemispherical cups of the film material with the pattern; and then applying the substantially hemispherical cups of the film material with the pattern to the land area of the golf ball to form the patterned layer, wherein the pattern on the film is aligned with the dimples of the golf ball. | 28,613 |
8,438,419 | 1. A master module for a differential communication bus, the bus comprising at least first and second conductors whereby to communicate between the master module and a plurality of slave modules connected to the conductors of the bus, the master module comprising: a driver for applying first and second voltages respectively to said first and second conductors and for sourcing and sinking currents in said first and second conductors, said driver controlling a difference between said first and second voltages and a common mode value of said first and second voltages, said driver including first sourcing and sinking current limiters and second sourcing and sinking current limiters for limiting said currents in said first and second conductors respectively; wherein said master module is selectively responsive to a fault condition triggering simultaneous activation of said first and second sourcing current limiters or of said first and second sinking current limiters to generate a specific fault signal. | 44,309 |
9,367,139 | 1. A method of operating a wearable electromyography (“EMG”) device, wherein the wearable EMG device includes a set of EMG sensors and a processor communicatively coupled to the set of EMG sensors, the method comprising: detecting muscle activity of a user of the wearable EMG device by the set of EMG sensors, wherein the muscle activity corresponds to a user-performed gesture; in response to detecting muscle activity of the user by the set of EMG sensors, providing a set of signals from the set of EMG sensors to the processor; characterizing the set of signals as a first signal vector {right arrow over (s)} determining a property of a first angle θ identifying the user-performed gesture by the processor, wherein identifying the user-performed gesture by the processor includes identifying the first gesture as the user-performed gesture by the processor if, at least, the property of the first angle θ | 28,768 |
9,045,511 | 1. A compound of formula (I) below: wherein: E is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C GF is a reactive group of vinyl; formyl; carbonyl; acetal; styrenyl; alcohol; silane; alkoxysilane in which the alkoxy chain is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C R R X X R | 9,432 |
9,349,681 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an interposer comprising: a plurality of functional die, each comprising: a first underfill material between each of the plurality of functional die and the interposer; a substrate comprising: a molded encapsulant structure that encapsulates at least the die side surfaces, side surfaces of the first underfill material, and the interposer top surface, the molded encapsulant structure comprising: a molded encapsulant top surface, a molded encapsulant bottom surface, and a plurality of molded encapsulant side surfaces between the molded encapsulant top surface and the molded encapsulant bottom surface, where the molded encapsulant top surface is coplanar with the die top surfaces. | 12,227 |
8,557,480 | 1. A fuel cell, comprising: a porous electrolyte support structure defining an array of microchannels, the microchannels including fuel and oxidant microchannels; fuel electrodes formed along at least some of the microchannels; oxidant electrodes formed along other of the microchannels; a base coupled to the porous electrolyte structure, the base comprising a plurality of base gaps; and a plurality of walls, each wall having an internal surface and an outer surface, wherein the outer surfaces of the plurality of walls define the microchannels, wherein the internal surfaces of the plurality of walls define a plurality of internal gaps, each internal gap being positioned interior to the internal surfaces of the associated wall, and wherein each base gap provides an independent conduit configured to facilitate direct fluid communication with the porous electrolyte support structure. | 13,897 |
8,689,196 | 1. A method for presenting a parallel computing debugging user interface, the method comprising: an act of setting a break point in a particular code context of a parallel program code; an act of executing the parallel program code, including performing a parallel execution of a plurality of execution contexts, wherein performing the parallel execution of the plurality of execution contexts includes simultaneously executing the same particular program code context of the parallel program code with each of the plurality of execution contexts; an act of detecting that a particular execution context of the plurality of execution contexts has encountered the break point while executing the particular program code context, thereby causing the parallel program code to enter a break state; an act of detecting user input that identifies a plurality of expressions to be evaluated in the break state for the particular code context; an act of identifying the plurality of related execution contexts that were executing the particular program code context when the break state was encountered, including identifying (i) the particular execution context that encountered the break point, and (ii) one or more execution contexts of the plurality of execution contexts that were also executing in the particular code context at the time that the particular execution context encountered the break point; an act of evaluating each of the plurality of expressions in each of the plurality of related execution contexts while in the break state; an act of displaying results of the act of evaluating on a user interface while in the break state; and in response to a user manipulation of an expression add or edit mechanism at the user interface while in the break state: | 27,043 |
8,698,548 | 1. An adaptive thermal compensation circuit for an intrinsic element in a system, comprising: a thermal sensor circuit operative to sense an output voltage of the system to generate a voltage error signal, and to sense an external environment temperature of the intrinsic element to generate a sensed external environment temperature value for adjusting the voltage error signal; a current sensor sensing a current of the intrinsic element to generate a current sense signal; and a thermal compensation gain controller connected to the current sensor, responsive to the current sense signal to generate a thermal compensation value for compensating the adjusted voltage error signal to generate an adaptive thermal compensated signal. | 22,779 |
8,843,923 | 1. A computer including devices, the computer comprising: a plurality of guest virtual machines that processes said devices; a device driver virtual machine that performs access processing to said devices on behalf of said plurality of guest virtual machines a measuring unit that measures elapsed time at a non-access state between one of said guest virtual machines and said devices as a non-access time with respect to each of said guest virtual machines accessing said devices via said device driver virtual machine; a storage unit that stores operation profile information that matches said non-access time with operation mode information representing a plurality of operation modes of each of said devices, said plurality of operation modes allowing said plurality of guest virtual machines perform the access processing to said plurality of devices through said device driver virtual machine; a decision unit that decides the operation mode with reference to said operation profile information on the basis of said measured non-access time; and a transition control unit that shifts said devices to said operation mode, wherein said device driver virtual machine calculates a power saving state that respective quest virtual machines can shift a device to using a power saving profile managing table; and said device driver virtual machine changes a calculation method for incrementing a time that there is no access from respective quest virtual machines to the devices in accordance with a clock changed by a timer interrupt managing unit. | 33,700 |
9,519,990 | 1. An image display apparatus for displaying an image of an object, the image display apparatus comprising: an image providing unit for providing an image of the object, a template providing unit for providing a template defining display parameters for displaying an image based on anatomical features of the object and further based on significance values assigned to the anatomical features, the significance values defining a degree of consideration of the respective anatomical feature while determining the display parameters, the significance values being calculated based on a variation between a current position of the anatomical features of the object in the image and a defined position of the anatomical features of the object in the template, an anatomical feature detecting unit for detecting several anatomical features in the image, a display parameter determining unit for determining a display parameter based on the detected anatomical features, the template and the significance values assigned to the anatomical features to minimize a term between deviations corresponding to a view between the current position of the anatomical features of the object in the image and a defined position of the anatomical features of the object in the template, and a display unit for updating and displaying the updated image view in accordance with the determined display parameter. | 2,015 |
9,781,201 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a memory containing a machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of multicast transport; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to: | 42,283 |
8,721,273 | 1. An arrangement for an axial turbomachine, comprising: a ring-shaped flow duct which is delimited by a first wall surface and a second wall surface of an outer wall and of an inner wall, respectively, and between which is provided a guide vane cascade through which a medium is capable of flowing; the guide vane cascade, comprising, a ring diffuser arranged downstream of the guide vane cascade, with a ring diffuser outer wall and with a ring diffuser inner wall coaxial with the ring diffuser outer wall, between which a diffuser duct extends in ring form along an axial extent so as to diverge from an inflow-side end to an outflow-side end, wherein the ring diffuser inner wall and the ring diffuser outer wall in each case comprising a second ring diffuser wall surface and a first ring diffuser wall surface, respectively, delimiting the diffuser duct, wherein the ring diffuser outer wall is arranged downstream of the outer wall of the flow duct and/or the ring diffuser inner wall is arranged downstream of the inner wall of the flow duct, wherein the second ring diffuser wall surface of the ring diffuser inner wall and/or the first ring diffuser wall surface of the ring diffuser outer wall is rotationally asymmetrical at least in a first portion of the ring diffuser, wherein the second ring diffuser wall surface at which the gaps are arranged further upstream is a rotationally asymmetrical design, and wherein the first portion is arranged at the inflow-side end of the ring diffuser and merges into a rotationally symmetrical second portion which is arranged downstream of the rotationally asymmetrical first portion in relation to the throughflow direction of the ring diffuser. | 36,502 |
8,875,263 | 1. A method of controlling a soft token running within an electronic apparatus, the method comprising: providing, by the electronic apparatus, an initial series of authentication codes based on a first set of machine states, the initial series of authentication codes being provided from the electronic apparatus to a server through a forward channel to authenticate a user; receiving, by the electronic apparatus, a modify command from the server through a reverse channel between the electronic apparatus and the server, the reverse channel providing communications in a direction opposite to that of the forward channel; changing, by the electronic apparatus, the first set of machine states to a second set of machine states in response to the modify command; and providing, by the electronic apparatus, a new series of authentication codes based on the second set of machine states, the new series of authentication codes being provided from the electronic apparatus to the server through the forward channel to authenticate the user; wherein each authentication code of the initial series and the new series of authentication codes includes a respective one-time use passcode (OTP); wherein the initial series of authentication codes includes auxiliary data from an initial auxiliary data source of the electronic apparatus; wherein changing the first set of machine states to the second set of machine states in response to the modify command includes selecting a new auxiliary data source of the electronic apparatus from which to obtain auxiliary data in place of the initial auxiliary data source; wherein at least some authentication codes of the new series of authentication codes includes data from the new auxiliary data source; wherein the initial auxiliary data source is a silent alarm module residing within the electronic apparatus which outputs a silent alarm in response to detection of a suspicious tampering activity; and wherein providing the initial series of authentication codes includes sending a respective OTP which includes the silent alarm to alert the server that the silent alarm module residing within the electronic apparatus has detected the suspicious tampering activity. | 23,938 |
9,649,236 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a frame configured to support an active seat; said active seat configured to move from a seated position to a standing position, said active seat including: wherein, when the active seat moves from the seated position to the standing position, a movement of the movable pivot axis is both an upwards and backwards movement. | 24,668 |
8,681,890 | 1. A method of signal processing, comprising: a) receiving a plurality of analog receive signals, each such analog receive signal being received by a corresponding one of a plurality of antennas; b) switching a switch to select from one antenna at a time a corresponding one of the plurality of analog receive signals to generate a multiplexed analog signal; c) filtering the multiplexed analog signal at a filter to pass a predetermined frequency band; d) controlling a gain of the multiplexed analog signal automatically to account for a received signal strength of each antenna, wherein the step of controlling the gain is synchronized to the step of selecting; e) sampling the multiplexed analog signal at an analog to digital converter to generate a multiplexed digital signal; and f) demultiplexing the multiplexed digital signal to generate a plurality of digital signals for digital processing. | 16,209 |
8,647,884 | 1. A sensor comprising: a substantially continuous first reflective layer; a detection layer over the first reflective layer, the detection layer comprising a substantially microporous, amorphous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive organosilicate material, wherein the substantially microporous, amorphous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive organosilicate material comprises micropores which define a pore volume, and wherein the detection layer is prepared from a precursor mixture that is calcined. | 13,930 |
9,535,940 | 1. A method for storing database information, comprising: storing a table comprising data values in a column major order, wherein the data values comprise encoded and unencoded data values, wherein the data values within each column are stored in a list of blocks, wherein each block comprises an array; assigning a tuple sequence number (TSN) to each data value in each column of the table according to a sequence order in the table, wherein data values that correspond to each other across a plurality of columns of the table have equivalent TSNs; identifying a bit length of each encoded data value and an encoding representation of each encoded data value; assigning each encoded data value in a block to one of a plurality of partitions within the block based on the bit length of each encoded data value and the encoding representation of each encoded data value, and assigning the unencoded data values to a separate partition from the encoded data values, the unencoded data values stored in an unencoded format and each other partition comprising data values stored in a distinct encoding format, representing each partition in the array within the block, wherein the array is an index separate from the plurality of partitions; indexing the data values in the block in an array contained in the block by assigning a tuple map value to each data value, wherein the tuple map value identifies the partition in which each data value is located; and storing the tuple map values in the array within the block. | 2,482 |
8,457,331 | 1. A thermoacoustic unit comprising: at least one first electrode; at least one second electrode; a sound wave generator electrically connected with the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode; a housing completely receiving the at least one first electrode, the at least one second electrode, and the sound wave generator therein; a first socket connector and a second socket connector located on the housing; and a first plug and a second plug; wherein the first socket connector is adapted to be connected to the first plug, and the second socket is adapted to be connected to the second plug, the housing comprises two opposite sidewalls, the first socket connector and the second socket connector are located on one of the two opposite sidewalls, and the first plug and the second plug are respectively located on the two opposite sidewalls. | 22,010 |
9,231,343 | 1. An inlet to which a charging connector is connected when charging a power storage device from an external power supply, the power storage device being mounted in a vehicle, the inlet comprising: a guide wall that guides the charging connector, a shape of the guide wall being cylindrical; a flange portion that has a plate shape, the flange portion being provided on an outer periphery of the guide wall, and the flange portion being fixed to the vehicle; a retaining portion that is provided on the outer periphery of the guide wall, and the retaining portion being configured to retain the charging connector; and a recessed portion that is provided in a position overlapping with the retaining portion when viewed from a connecting direction of the charging connector, the recessed portion being recessed toward the connecting direction of the charging connector from the flange portion, the recessed portion being provided on a vertically upper side of the guide wall, and the recessed portion including a bottom surface that is inclined vertically downward along a near side from a far side in a recessed direction from the flange portion. | 48,896 |
8,930,055 | 1. A drive system for an electric vehicle, comprising: a dual rotor motor in mechanical communication with a continuously variable transmission system, and a vehicle controller, the dual rotor motor comprising: a housing; an output shaft; an outer rotor; a stator located inside the housing, the output shaft being at least partly located in the housing and arranged rotatably relative to the housing, the stator being sleeved around the output shaft, an outer three-phase winding being arranged outside the stator, the outer rotor being sleeved around the outer three-phase winding and arranged rotatably relative to the stator, an inner rotor, an inner three-phase winding arranged inside the stator, the inner rotor is inserted in the inner three-phase winding around the output shaft and arranged rotatably relative to the stator, thus the inner three-phase winding and the inner rotor constitute an inner motor subsystem, the outer three-phase winding and the outer rotor constitute an outer motor subsystem; and wherein the continuously variable transmission comprises: and | 46,537 |
8,754,445 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising a laminate structure comprising a first semiconductor layer provided on one side of a substrate in parallel with a surface of the substrate surface, a p-type second semiconductor layer, an n-type third semiconductor layer, and at least one of an n-type fourth semiconductor layer and a p-type fifth semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer is disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer and has an impurity concentration lower than the impurity concentrations of the second and third semiconductor layers, the fourth semiconductor layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and has a bandgap larger than that of the first semiconductor layer, the fifth semiconductor layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer and has a bandgap larger than that of the first semiconductor layer, when the second semiconductor layer is far from the substrate relative to the third semiconductor layer, the fourth semiconductor layer is essential, the outer circumference of the second semiconductor layer is more inward than the outer circumference of the fourth semiconductor layer, when the third semiconductor layer is far from the substrate relative to the second semiconductor layer, the fifth semiconductor layer is essential, and the outer circumference of the third semiconductor layer is more inward than the outer circumference of the fifth semiconductor layer. | 3,484 |
9,190,281 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: (a) alternately supplying a first source containing a first metal element and a halogen element and a second source containing a second metal element different from the first metal element and at least one selected from the group consisting of a ligand of a methyl group, a ligand of an ethyl group and a ligand of a cyclopenta-based group onto a substrate in a process chamber to form a composite metal-containing film on the substrate; and (b) alternately supplying a third source containing a third metal element and a fourth source containing nitrogen onto the substrate in the process chamber to form a metal nitride film on the composite metal-containing film. | 3,338 |
9,655,359 | 1. A microcapsule comprising: a solid core having at least one essential oil in a mixture with a porous solid material; at least one film layer uniformly encapsulating the solid core, the at least one encapsulating film layer including a) a polyurea film and/or a polyurethane film, or b) an amphipathic shell composed of a multivalent salt form of at least one alkanoic acid; and at least one fatty layer formed around the encapsulating film layer, wherein the at least one fatty layer and the at least one film layer control the release rate of the at least one essential oil from the solid core, such that the thickness of the at least one fatty layer at least partially controls the release rate of said essential oil, and such that the at least one fatty layer and the at least one film layer have a combined effect on the release rate of said essential oil. | 13,660 |
9,475,153 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining a plurality of planar sheets, wherein: spiral-welding the plurality of planar sheets sequentially so that at least one first edge of one of the plurality of planar sheets contacts a second edge of another one of the plurality of planar sheets to form a frusto-conical structure. | 35,474 |
9,507,187 | 1. A method for detecting a bright point in a liquid crystal display panel due to tiny dusts that results in a short-circuit between a pixel electrode and a data line, where a voltage on the pixel electrode is not controlled by a TFT switch and the voltage is equal to a voltage on the data line, comprising: applying a cutoff voltage to a gate of the liquid crystal display panel, remaining a thin film transistor TFT switch turning off; applying a voltage higher than the voltage of a common electrode to a data line; and detecting a bright point under a black image based on the voltages applied to the gate and the data line, wherein the detecting the bright point under the black image comprises: a short-circuit occurring between a pixel electrode and the data line, the voltage of the pixel electrode is higher than the voltages of other pixel electrodes around the pixel electrode, which makes an electric field between the pixel electrode and the common electrode strong, thereby the liquid crystal is deflected, and the pixel is brighter than other pixels around the pixel, which results in the bright point under the black image. | 8,634 |
8,507,298 | 1. A method of manufacturing a workpiece comprising: forming a dielectric layer over a doped region of a workpiece wherein said doped region comprises a plurality of n-type regions and a plurality of p-type regions; performing a patterned implant into said dielectric layer whereby a plurality of implanted regions are formed, wherein said patterned implant comprises implanting an n-type dopant and a p-type dopant whereby said n-type dopant is implanted through said dielectric layer into said plurality of n-type regions and said p-type dopant is implanted through said dielectric layer into said plurality of p-type regions; selectively etching said dielectric layer to form a plurality of openings, wherein said doped region of said workpiece is exposed through said plurality of said openings; and applying a metal layer to said doped region through said openings. | 27,590 |
8,603,665 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a rectangular battery having an electrode assembly, which includes cathodes, anodes, and separators, and an electrolyte contained in a battery case in a sealed state; a pack case having an inner space to receive the rectangular battery, the pack case being a frame-shaped member that surrounds only side surfaces of the battery; and an insulating material filled in an empty space defined between an inner surface of the upper end of the pack case and an upper end of the battery, wherein electrode terminals of the electrode assembly protrude from the battery case and are bent around and into contact with one of side surfaces of the rectangular battery. | 3,608 |
9,157,360 | 1. A method for low-contamination generation of energy comprising: (a) forming a gas mixture by mixing a treated gaseous effluent stream and air; (b) introducing said gas mixture and fuel at a given gas to fuel ratio into at least one diesel engine; (c) burning said fuel in said diesel engine to generate energy and a flue gas stream comprising particulate matter (PM), and nitrogen oxides (NOx); (d) treating at least a portion of said flue gas stream with an aqueous stream in a cyclone unit comprising a housing defined by a cylindrical peripheral wall and provided with at least one inlet opening for receiving flue gas and at least one inlet opening for receiving fluids thereinto and with at least one swirling means, and wherein said cyclone unit is characterized in that the velocity of said flue gas stream inside said cyclone unit is between 20 m/sec and 120 msec, whereby a treated gaseous effluent stream and an aqueous effluent stream are formed; (e) emitting a portion of said treated gaseous effluent stream to form an emitted portion; (f) using a portion of said treated gaseous effluent stream to form said gas mixture, and (g) repeating steps (a) through (f) multiple times; whereby said emitted portion has reduced PM, and reduced NOx content when compared with a reference gaseous effluent stream formed by standard burning of the same fuel in an identical engine to which air and fuel are provided in the same given gas to fuel ratio as above. | 46,109 |
9,434,755 | 1. A process for the isolation of rhamnolipids, said process comprising: A) providing an aqueous medium containing at least one rhamnolipid and having a pH of less than 6, wherein the aqueous medium comprises between 10 g/l and 300 g/l of the at least one rhamnolipid, B) i) bringing the aqueous medium into contact with at least one organic solvent to provide a multiphase system X, wherein the at least one organic solvent dissolved in the aqueous medium is in an amount from 0.1 to 30% by weight of the multiphase system X, ii) separating off the aqueous phase from multiphase system X, to provide an organic phase Y, C) increasing the pH of the organic phase Y, to a value of 6 or more to provide a multiphase system Z comprising at least two organic phases, and D) separating off a rhamnolipid-enriched organic phase from the multiphase system Z. | 31,247 |
9,501,598 | 1. A processor-implemented method for managing analog assertion publication and re-use, the method comprising: using a processor: | 3,927 |
8,739,615 | 1. A catalyst determining device comprising: an oxidation catalyst disposed in an outlet passage in an engine, the oxidation catalyst comprising an adsorption substance for adsorbing and desorbing an exhaust component in exhaust and a catalytic substance capable of oxidizing the exhaust component; a calculating unit for calculating a difference in oxygen concentration between upstream and downstream of the oxidation catalyst; and a determination unit for determining deterioration of the oxidation catalyst through comparison of a plurality of the differences in oxygen concentration obtained at different temperatures of the oxidation catalyst by calculating unit. | 43,629 |
9,644,665 | 1. A method for correcting translational misalignment between male and female fastener members to prevent false threading, the method comprising: inserting a lead end of a male fastener member into a female fastener member, wherein the female fastener member comprises: at least one female fastening thread formed in an interior of the female fastener member, at least one female lead thread formed in the interior of the female fastener member, the at least one female lead thread having a groove in the crest, and wherein the male fastener member comprises: a shank that has a lead end for insertion into the interior of the female fastener member; at least one male fastening thread formed on the exterior of the shank as a plurality of thread windings adapted to mate with the at least one female fastening thread; at least one male lead thread formed on the exterior of the shank at the lead end that is at least a half winding around the shank and comprises a curved profile defined by an arc having a radius approximately equal to a radius of an arc that is tangent to both flanks of a thread profile of the at least one male fastening thread and below the pitch line of the at least one male fastening thread; and rotating the fastener members relative to each other while the at least one male lead thread of the male fastener member passes over and does not thread into the groove in the crest of the at least one female lead thread of the female fastener member. | 6,035 |
9,002,834 | 1. A method of identifying web pages of a world wide web having relevance to a first file, comprising: identifying a plurality of web pages within the world wide web, wherein the plurality of web pages each have a relationship with the first file, wherein the world wide web provides a platform for sharing web pages, and wherein each web page includes a document or information resource that is suitable for the world wide web and is accessible through a web browser; generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of web pages, wherein the list of inquiries includes search terms used in a search that identified the first file and the plurality of web pages, wherein the search terms are included within text of citations of the first file; providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one author of the first file; receiving from the at least one author at least one response to the list of inquiries; selecting a subset of the plurality of web pages based on the at least one response; and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of web pages for access if the first file is selected; providing, by the system server, the selected subset of the plurality of web pages to a user that selects the first file; and identifying the at least one author to the user. | 31,550 |
9,483,136 | 1. A touch panel, comprising; a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other: a second substrate being a polarizer that comprises, a first surface arranged on the first surface side of the first substrate, and a second surface, the first surface of the polarizer and the second surface of the polarizer being opposite to each other; a circuit directly formed on the first surface of the polarizer or the second surface of the polarizer, the circuit comprising a driving circuit and a sensing circuit; and a third substrate arranged on the second surface side of the polarizer; and further comprising a color filter directly formed on the second surface of the first substrate, wherein the third substrate is a cover lens. | 39,418 |
9,281,130 | 1. An electrolytic solution for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, comprising an electrolyte (C) comprising at least one alkyl phosphate anion (A) selected from the group consisting of anions represented by the following formula (1) and anions represented by the following formula (2) and an amidinium cation (B), at least one boric acid compound (F) selected from the group consisting of boric acid and a borate (F1), a carboxylic acid (D) having 2 to 15 carbon atoms consisting of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and hydrogen atoms, and an organic solvent (E) in formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; in formula (2), R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. | 48,567 |
8,624,513 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first channel of first light emitting devices (LEDs) connected in series with each other; a second channel of second LEDs connected in series with each other, at least one of the second LEDs having at least one of a different color and a different color temperature than at least one of the first LEDs; and a driver for driving the first and second channels of LEDs, the driver including: | 9,134 |
8,452,473 | 1. Method for operating a powertrain system configured to transfer torque to a driveline, the powertrain system comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric machine coupled via a torque transfer device to a transmission, the method comprising: establishing an operating torque security limit comprising a default torque security limit; setting the operating torque security limit to an override limit when engine speed is less than a threshold speed; detecting a torque security fault only when a combined torque output from the internal combustion engine and the electric machine to the torque transfer device deviates from an operator torque request by an amount greater than the operating torque security limit; and resetting the operating torque security limit to the default torque security limit when the engine speed exceeds the threshold speed. | 44,936 |
9,077,513 | 1. A method for a line-based high precision temporal synchronization of measured value acquisitions in a spatial coordinate measuring machine comprising a plurality of spatially distributed measuring subunits, the method comprising: signaling an instant for triggering the measured value acquisition using a trigger signal; respectively acquiring and buffer-storing a measured value in the measuring subunit at the instant determined by the trigger signal, wherein the measured value is acquired in the measuring subunits in each case in a time-quantified manner with a local clock signal of the measuring subunit; phase synchronizing of the local clock signals of the measuring subunits using a synchronization signal for ensuring simultaneity of acquiring the measured value in the measuring subunits with a temporal uncertainty less than 90% of a period duration of the local clock signal; and providing the synchronization signal and a further signal as common signal via a common signal line. | 36,948 |
8,655,524 | 1. A power supply system comprising: a plurality of power storage mechanisms allowing charging and discharging; a charger for receiving a power from an external power supply and externally charging said plurality of power storage mechanisms; a state-estimating unit for estimating a remaining capacity of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms; a power storage mechanism temperature obtaining unit for obtaining a temperature of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms, and obtaining a rise temperature of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms based on the temperature of the corresponding one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms; a power storage mechanism voltage value obtaining unit for obtaining the voltage value of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms; and a control unit for controlling the charging of said plurality of power storage mechanisms, said control unit including: a charging unit for charging said plurality of power storage mechanisms with a charge current supplied from said charger when said plurality of power storage mechanisms attain a state allowing the charging by the external power supply, a charge-allowed power deriving unit for deriving a charge-allowed power of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms based on the estimated remaining capacity while said plurality of power storage mechanisms are being externally charged, a first determining unit for determining a relationship in magnitude between a charge-allowed power total value being a total value of the derived charge-allowed powers of the respective power storage mechanisms and a predetermined preset value, a charge ending unit for ending the external charging of said plurality of power storage mechanisms when said first determining unit determines that said charge-allowed power total value is equal to or smaller than said predetermined value, a second determining unit for setting the remaining capacity target value of said plurality of power storage mechanisms based on the obtained temperature of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms, and determining whether the estimated remaining capacity of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached said remaining capacity target value or not, a third determining unit for determining whether the obtained temperature of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached a predetermined allowed upper-limit temperature or not, a fourth determining unit for determining whether the obtained rise temperature of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value or not, a fifth determining unit for determining whether the obtained voltage value of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached a predetermined upper-limit voltage value or not, and a sixth determining unit for calculating an estimated full-charge time required for completing the external charging of said plurality of power storage mechanisms, based on a difference between the estimated remaining capacity of each of said plurality of power storage mechanisms and the fully charged state, and determining whether an execution time of the external charging has reached said estimated full-charge time or not, wherein: said plurality of power storage mechanisms are connected in parallel to said charger, and said charge ending unit ends the external charging of said plurality of power storage mechanisms, in response to satisfaction of one of such conditions that said first determining unit determines that said total value of the charge-allowed powers is equal to or smaller than said predetermined value, that said second determining unit determines that the remaining capacity of one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached said remaining capacity target value, that said third determining unit determines that the temperature of one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached said predetermined allowed upper-limit temperature, that said fourth determining unit determines that the rise temperature of one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms is equal to or larger than said predetermined reference value, that said fifth determining unit determines that the voltage value of one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached said predetermined upper-limit voltage value, and that said sixth determining unit determines that the execution time of the external charging of one of said plurality of power storage mechanisms has reached said estimated full-charge time. | 983 |
9,482,277 | 1. An air bearing shaft for a cabin air compressor, the air bearing shaft comprising: a first edge and a second edge; a surface extending between the first edge and the second edge; and chrome plating on the surface between the first edge and the second edge; wherein L wherein L a chrome fade out on the surface of the air bearing shaft between the second end of the chrome plating and the second edge of the air bearing shaft; and wherein L | 34,584 |
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