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9,845,824 | 1. A bearing inner race for a solar panel tracker positioning system, comprising: a semi-circular shaped body having a first upper land and an oppositely facing second upper land, wherein the body includes a clearance gap between the first and second upper lands sized to slidably receive a torque tube supporting at least one solar panel; a raised rib directed outwardly from an outer surface of the body and extending substantially along the outer surface of the body except at the first elongated aperture and the second elongated aperture; L-shaped, opposed first and second seat members, each having an outer bearing having an inwardly directed convex shaped surface; a first elongated aperture positioned proximate to the first upper land and a second elongated aperture positioned proximate to the second upper land; and a first alignment ring centered within the first elongated aperture and a second alignment ring centered within the second elongated aperture. | 38,648 |
9,394,134 | 1. A recording medium stacking apparatus, comprising: a stacking member having a stacking surface on which a recording medium transported from an image forming unit is stacked; an outside member that is located at the outside of the stacking surface and extends in a substantially vertical direction to the stacking surface; and a support member including a support portion that supports the stacking member, the support member being detachable from the outside member while supporting the stacking member, wherein the stacking member has an extension portion extending from the stacking surface, and wherein the support portion of the support member supports the extension portion of the stacking member and restricts movement of the extension portion of the stacking member, wherein the support member is formed as a plate-shaped member, and the support portion of the support member is a recessed portion being concaved inward from an upper surface of the support member, and the extension portion is received in the recessed portion of the support member. | 29,114 |
8,514,422 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a central processing unit; a read-only memory; a random-access memory; and a control board configured to include the central processing unit, the read-only memory, and the random-access memory, wherein the control board comprises: a reading unit configured to sequentially read a plurality of low jobs making up a high job, wherein each of the plurality of low jobs has a job ID, a corresponding user information element, and actual data, wherein the reading unit is further configured to read each of the plurality of low jobs beginning from the job ID and acquire the corresponding user information element; an authentication unit configured to determine whether each of the plurality of low jobs is proper or improper by verifying the corresponding user information element to each of the plurality of low jobs against a user information table to carry out authentication, wherein the user information table includes a registration of user information elements indicating authorized users; a job processing control unit configured to control, in a skip mode, if a first low job is determined to be improper, an operation of skipping the first low job determined to be improper and sequentially performing the reading and determination on subsequent low jobs; an output unit configured to output a low job determined to be proper; and an error display unit configured to display a first error indication if the first low job is determined to be improper and remove the first error indication in response to a predetermined operation; wherein after the first low job is determined to be improper and a second low job is determined to be improper, the authentication unit is configured to determine whether a third low job is proper or improper, without displaying a second error indication according to the second low job and without removing the first error indication. | 20,668 |
9,207,381 | 1. A backlight unit, comprising: a light source unit having a plurality of light emitting diode modules arranged in a row; and a light guide plate that has a light receiving face that is a side face where light from the light source unit enters, and that emits a planar light from a light exiting surface that is a main surface so as to emit the planar light from a front side of the backlight unit, wherein each of the light emitting diode modules is provided with a light-shielding part on a package that surrounds a light emitting diode chip, which is a light source, the light-shielding part being on at least the front side of the backlight unit, the light-shielding part protruding towards the light receiving face of the light guide plate, wherein a sealing part that seals the light emitting diode chip with a resin is formed in the package, and wherein a tip of the light-shielding part is closer to the light guide plate than the sealing part. | 22,481 |
9,302,881 | 1. A pair of sheet transport rolls comprising: a first roll that has a first convex portion spirally provided on an outer peripheral surface; and a second roll that is provided along the first roll and has a second convex portion that is spirally provided in a position facing the first convex portion of the first roll on the outer peripheral surface, wherein the first roll and the second roll are rotated, and a sheet is transported while being sandwiched between the first convex portion of the first roll and the second convex portion of the second roll, wherein a cross-sectional portion of the first convex portion includes a base portion fixed to an the outer peripheral surface of the first roll, and a top portion opposite the base portion, a width of the top portion being smaller than a width of the base portion, the top portion being a substantially flat portion, and wherein a cross-sectional portion of the second convex portion includes a base portion and a top portion opposite the base portion, a width of the top portion being smaller than a width of the base portion, the top portion being a substantially flat portion. | 43,023 |
8,429,912 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a first compressor device for compressing a fuel; a second compressor device downstream of the first compressor device for compressing the fuel; a cooling device downstream of the first compressor device for cooling the compressed fuel; an engine for combusting the fuel, the engine being disposed downstream of the second compressor device; a first bypass which conveys the fuel from an outlet side of the second compressor device to an inlet side of the first compressor device, the first bypass conduit having an inlet downstream of the second compressor device and upstream of the engine; a first fuel valve disposed on the first bypass conduit; a second bypass conduit having an inlet between the first compressor device and the second compressor device and conveying the fuel to the first bypass conduit; and a second fuel valve disposed on the second bypass conduit, wherein an amount of fuel which is recycled around both the first and second compressor devices before reaching the engine is regulated by the first fuel valve, and an amount of fuel which is recycled around the first compressor device before reaching the second compressor device is separately regulated by the second fuel valve. | 42,307 |
9,106,083 | 1. A system for providing positioning freedom, and support of different voltages, protocols, and power levels in a wireless power system, comprising: a base unit having one or more transmitter coils, which transmit inductive power to a receiver coil placed close to the one or more transmitter coils and configured to receive power therefrom; a switching layer having magnetic properties and covering the one or more transmitter coils, so that, a microcontroller within the base unit or the mobile device, for support of different voltages, protocols, and power levels, including determining by the base unit, for the mobile device to be charged or powered, a charging protocol from within a plurality of different charging protocols to be used, and one or more voltage and power level requirements for the mobile device; and a regulator for regulating, by the mobile device, power received at the receiver coil, including communicating between the receiver and the base unit, using the particular charging protocol, information used by the base unit to make appropriate adjustments to provide a required output voltage, current or power at the receiver output; wherein multiple mobile devices, batteries or receivers with different voltage or power level requirements can be simultaneously charged or powered by the base unit. | 7,126 |
8,861,349 | 1. A method for increasing bandwidth and data throughput comprising the steps of: sending a multilink request from a first device to a second device to join a multilink connection, the first device being connected at a first location to a network, the second device being connected at a second location to the network, the second location being geographically separate from the first location, the first device and the second device being configured for accessing the network; and when the multilink request is accepted by the second device, receiving at the first device first data from the network at the first location and during the multilink connection, concurrently receiving second data over a wireless connection from the second device, the second data being received at the second location from the network. | 37,778 |
9,451,656 | 1. A method comprising: performing a first pairing, by a first device comprising a processor that executes an access application, with a peripheral device that comprises peripheral transceiver and a wireless connectivity module that comprises a wireless connectivity module transceiver, wherein the first device pairs with the peripheral device via the peripheral transceiver using a first wireless protocol; initiating, by the processor, provisioning of services to the wireless connectivity module of the peripheral device to support communication with a network via the peripheral device; detecting, by the processor, completion of the provisioning; performing a second pairing, by the first device and with the peripheral device, wherein the first device pairs with the peripheral device via the wireless connectivity module transceiver; and communicating, by the processor, with the network via the peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device communicates with the network using the wireless connectivity module transceiver paired via a second wireless protocol. | 8,988 |
8,588,613 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a second fiber optic node including a second synchronous optical networking multiplexer and data sinks, timing information associated with a reference timing signal generated by a timing source and transmitted from a first fiber optic node, including a first synchronous optical networking multiplexer and data sources, to the second fiber optic node over a non-traffic bearing fiber-optic channel, wherein the first fiber optic node and the second fiber optic node are included in a fiber optic ring, the timing information is transmitted independently of transmission of other data over a fiber optic cable other than a fiber optic cable used to transmit the other data, such that the timing information is available at the second fiber optic node whenever the fiber optic ring is operational, and the timing information provides synchronization to devices included in the fiber optic ring that are not used to communicate the other data, and wherein the non-traffic bearing channel is multiplexed with a data channel by the first synchronous optical networking multiplexer; using the timing information to enable time-division data-channel de-multiplexing of the non-traffic bearing channel and a data channel by the second synchronous optical networking multiplexer. | 20,205 |
9,465,609 | 1. A method for correcting non-compliant source code, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: identifying a coding violation: forming an artifact by extracting a section of source code containing the coding violation from source code; searching, using an integrated development environment (IDE), based on keywords extracted from information pertaining to the coding violation, a first group of developers in attempt to identify a developer having a matching set of skills, for correcting the coding violation; when the developer is not identified by the search of the first group of developers, converting the information into a format configured for posting in a competition community, selecting a second group of developers from the competition community, the second group of developers having security credentials that match a confidentiality level corresponding to the information, and publishing the information to the second group of developers; and returning the artifact to the IDE following correction of the coding violation by a developer identified from the second group of developers, the artifact including a segment of modified source code that complies with a set of coding standards and a set of execution tests. | 25,308 |
8,519,430 | 1. An optoelectronic device comprising: a substrate; and a first transition stack formed on the substrate comprising at least a first transition layer formed on the substrate having at least a hollow component formed inside the first transition layer, and a second transition layer formed on the first transition layer wherein the second transition layer is an unintentional doped layer or an undoped layer. | 23,842 |
8,976,149 | 1. A capacitance sensing apparatus comprising: a driving circuit unit to sequentially apply a driving signal to each of a plurality of first electrodes including a first electrode; a sensing circuit unit including a first integrating circuit to detect a first change in capacitance generated in at least one of a plurality of second electrodes by the driving signal and a second integrating circuit connected to another first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes adjacent to the first electrode to which the driving signal is applied; and an operating unit connected to the sensing circuit unit to determine a touch input, the second integrating circuit detects a second change in capacitance generated due to noise, which is created by the driving signal being applied to the first electrode, in the another first electrode, and the operating unit determines the touch input based on the first change in capacitance, which is generated in the at least one of the plurality of second electrodes, and the second change in capacitance, which is generated in the another first electrode. | 23,508 |
9,132,919 | 1. An environmental control system, comprising: an air cycle machine for conditioning an interior space with cooling air, the air cycle machine including a fan coupled to a shaft that rotates about a shaft axis, the fan being located at a distal end of the air cycle machine; a speed sensor module having a speed sensor for sensing a rotational speed of the shaft; wherein the speed sensor module includes an outer portion having a first bore aligned on the shaft axis, an intermediate portion having a second bore aligned on the shaft axis, an inner portion aligned on the shaft axis, a proximal end of the speed sensor module, and a distal end of the speed sensor module; and a diffuser assembly including a cylindrical assembly for ducting a first portion of the cooling air to an inlet side of the fan and for communicating a second portion of the cooling air directly to a discharge side of the fan without passing the inlet side, wherein the proximal end of the speed sensor module is coupled to the air cycle machine and the distal end of the speed sensor module is coupled to the diffuser assembly. | 49,761 |
9,695,358 | 1. An illuminating device comprising: a plurality of white light sources disposed on an illumination substrate, wherein the white light sources each include: wherein the red phosphor contains an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N) at the atom number ratio of the composition formula (1) | 21,106 |
9,618,160 | 1. A pressure vessel having a first end with a first boss and the vessel having a cylindrical portion, the vessel comprising: a liner; a composite shell disposed over the liner; a first longitudinal vent disposed between the liner and the composite shell, the first longitudinal vent comprising an elongated vent defining element, the first longitudinal vent extending at least from the cylindrical portion to the first boss; and a tape disposed between the vent defining element and the composite shell. | 10,927 |
8,924,128 | 1. A fuel injector control system, said system comprising: a fuel injector configured to respond to a control signal for operating the fuel injector to a closed-state and an open-state; a sensing device configured to provide a transition signal indicative of a time when the fuel injector transitions from the closed-state to the open-state, wherein the transition signal is based on injector current; and a controller configured to determine the control signal based on the transition signal. | 7,806 |
8,382,110 | 1. A gaming machine comprising: i) a plurality of rotating reels having an outer periphery on which images relating to a game being played on the machine are displayed; and ii) a wall section located adjacent to the reels, wherein at least two of the plurality of reels are mounted so that their outer periphery protrudes beyond at least a portion of the wall section adjacent to the reels, wherein the reels are arranged on different axes. | 37,219 |
9,175,624 | 1. An exhaust gas recirculation method for an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: detecting, by a controller of the engine, a transient cycle of the internal combustion engine; and in response to detecting the transient cycle of the internal combustion engine: | 36,384 |
9,131,422 | 1. A computer implemented method operative on a processor component, the method comprising: establishing a test voice call between a hybrid mobile device and a call server over a Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network; simulating values for one or more VoIP communication link parameters pertaining to a perceived quality of the test voice call; receiving user feedback during the test voice call between the hybrid mobile device and the call server, the user feedback correlating VoIP communication link parameter values associated with good perceived quality of the test voice call and VoIP communication link parameter values associated with bad perceived quality of the test voice call; determining call quality threshold values for each of the one or more VoIP communication link parameters based on the received user feedback, the call quality threshold values separating good call quality from bad call quality; and creating a handoff profile for the hybrid mobile device based on the call quality threshold values, the handoff profile establishing criteria for handing off a VoIP communication link to a communication link over an alternate network or an alternate access point on subsequent voice calls made or received by the hybrid mobile device. | 37 |
9,476,374 | 1. A method for regenerating nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters in an exhaust gas tract of a gasoline engine, the method comprising: operating the gasoline engine predominantly lean; supplying a first part of exhaust gas of the gasoline engine in a first exhaust bank to a first three-way catalytic converter and to a first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter connected downstream; supplying a second part of the exhaust gas of the gasoline engine in a second exhaust bank to a second three-way catalytic converter and to a second nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter connected downstream, wherein the exhaust gas is subsequently merged in a shared exhaust gas tract and supplied to a further catalytic converter for selective catalytic reduction and to a third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter connected downstream; operating the first exhaust bank rich during the regeneration, wherein the third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter and the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter are regenerated during this time; operating the second exhaust bank slightly lean so that a nitrogen oxide mass flow is generated in the second bank, wherein in the catalytic converter for selective catalytic reduction, ammonia of the first exhaust bank reacts with nitrogen oxide of the second exhaust bank, so that nitrous oxide cannot form at the third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter; operating slightly lean the first exhaust bank, after the regeneration of the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter and at least a partial regeneration of the third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, wherein a residual quantity of ammonia is stored in the catalytic converter for selective catalytic reduction from the rich operation of the first exhaust bank for reacting with the nitrogen oxide; and operating the second exhaust bank, which has previously been operated lean, using a rich exhaust gas, so that the second nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter and the third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter are regenerated; wherein the regeneration is completed when all of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are regenerated. | 38,866 |
9,476,040 | 1. A method for producing a plant exhibiting improved yield comprising the steps of: a. suppressing expression of endogenous MSH1 gene(s) in a plant or plant cell to obtain a first parental plant, wherein suppression of MSH1 expression is effected with: (i) a transgene comprising a polynucleotide of at least 19 nucleotides in length and having at least 90% sequence identity to the endogenous MSH1 gene(s) of the plant or plant cell; (ii) a mutation in the endogenous MSH1 gene(s); or (iii) a nucleic acid of at least 19 nucleotides in length and having at least 90% sequence identity to the endogenous MSH1 gene(s); b. selfing the first parental plant or crossing the first parental plant to a second parental plant; c. recovering progeny plants or a progeny plant line from the self or cross of the first parental plant of step (b) wherein MSH1 function is restored; and, d. selecting a progeny plant or a progeny plant line from a recovered progeny plant or plant line of step (c) or from a self or outcross of a recovered progeny plant or plant line of step (c) wherein the selected progeny plant or plant line exhibits improved yield in comparison to a control plant, wherein said improved yield is associated with one or more epigenetic changes in the nucleus of the progeny plant cells relative to the corresponding parental chromosomal loci and is heritable. | 19,527 |
8,588,921 | 1. An implantable electrode array for retinal stimulation comprising; An array body suitable to be implanted adjacent to a retina near its fovea; a central portion of the array body 1 millimeter in radius or greater which contains no electrodes; and electrodes on the array body surrounding the central portion; wherein the central portion is adapted to align with the foveal pit. | 29,006 |
9,123,932 | 1. A fuel cell membrane defining a proton-transmissive electrolyte therein, the electrolyte comprising: at least one non-reinforced layer comprising ionomer substantially free of nanofiber-supported catalyst; and at least one reinforced layer comprising ionomer and nanofiber-supported catalyst, wherein said nanofiber-supported catalyst comprises nanofibers that are directionally oriented substantially within a horizontal plane of the reinforced layer. | 25,098 |
8,370,517 | 1. A method of operating a data processing network, the method comprising: performing an initial link layer operating frequency negotiation between a server and a switch to which the server is connected, wherein the initial link layer operating frequency negotiation establishes an initial total bandwidth capacity of a network link between the server and the switch at an initial operating frequency of the network link; following the initial link layer operating frequency negotiation, the server communicating network traffic with the switch over the network link and measuring an effective data rate of the network traffic communicated between the server and the switch over the network link; and responsive to determining by the measuring that the effective data rate is materially less than the initial total bandwidth capacity of the network link operating at the initial operating frequency, performing a subsequent link layer operating frequency negotiation to establish a decreased total bandwidth capacity of the network link at a decreased operating frequency of the network link, wherein the decreased operating frequency is closer to the measured effective data rate than the initial operating frequency. | 44,797 |
9,660,653 | 1. A skew reduction circuit comprising: a first delay circuit that delays a first clock signal to generate a second clock signal; a second delay circuit that delays a third clock signal to generate a fourth clock signal; and a time-to-digital converter circuit that measures a skew between the second and fourth clock signals to generate a measurement of the skew between the second and fourth clock signals, wherein the skew reduction circuit adjusts a delay of one of the first or second delay circuits to reduce the skew between the second and fourth clock signals based on the measurement of the skew. | 9,965 |
8,803,489 | 1. A method of operating a power factor correction circuit, said method comprising steps of applying a cyclically varying voltage to an input of said power factor correction circuit, performing switching to control conduction of pulses of current at said cyclically varying input voltage to a filter/inductor at a frequency, which is sufficiently high to supply a predetermined current at a desired output voltage to a load, said switching defining a predetermined on-time and a predetermined off-time in accordance with said predetermined current and said desired output voltage and defining a switching cycle such that current through said filter/inductor is continuous in a continuous conduction mode, reducing said predetermined current supplied to supply a reduced current to said load, determining if said reduced current is less than one half of a current ripple produced by said switching on-time and off-time, and if said reduced current is less than one-half of said current ripple, reducing said frequency of said pulses by extending said off-time during at least a portion of a cycle of said cyclically varying voltage in accordance with said reducing of said predetermined current such that current through said filter/inductor is discontinuous in a discontinuous conduction mode. | 12,658 |
9,759,169 | 1. A vaporized fuel processing apparatus for an engine including an intake passage equipped with a supercharging device and a throttle valve, the vaporized fuel processing apparatus comprising: an adsorbent canister adapted to communicate with a fuel tank; and a purge passage communicating the adsorbent canister with the intake passage of the engine, the purge passage having, in series: wherein the purge passage includes a sub-passage for communicating the adsorbent canister with the intake passage without passing through the purge pump; wherein the purge passage divides into a first passage connected to the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve and a second passage connected to the intake passage upstream of the supercharging device; wherein the sub-passage is connected to both an inlet side and an outlet side of the purge pump such that the sub-passage bypasses the purge pump; wherein the sub-passage has a valve configured to prevent gas flow through the sub-passage from the outlet side of the purge pump toward the inlet side of the purge pump; wherein the purge passage divides into the first passage and the second passage between the purge pump and the intake passage; and wherein each of the first passage and the second passage has a valve configured to prevent gas flow from the intake passage toward the adsorbent canister. | 33,222 |
9,592,323 | 1. An implantable device, comprising a coating comprising: a reservoir layer comprising a biodegradable semi-crystalline polymer and a bioactive agent, and a primer comprising a biodegradable amorphous polymer; wherein the semi-crystalline polymer is selected from the group consisting of semi-crystalline poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLLA-GA) polymers with the content of L-lactide ranging from about 65 molar % to about 100 molar %, semi-crystalline poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLLA-CL) (L-lactide/CL=75/25 by molar) polymer, semi-crystalline poly(L-lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLLA-CL) (L-lactide/CL=70/30 by molar) polymer, and combinations thereof; wherein the amorphous polymer has a miscibility of at least 5% in the semi-crystalline polymer; wherein the amorphous polymer comprises a polyester having a degradation rate faster than the semi-crystalline polymer; and wherein the coating has a degradation or absorption rate that within a period of 6 months after deployment of the implantable device, the coating has a mass loss of about 80% or more. | 21,861 |
8,830,708 | 1. A method for limiting a current in a DC power transmission system using a voltage source converter including a fault current path between an AC side and a DC side of the converter, said fault current path including at least one switching unit of a first type, where each switching unit of the first type includes a primary switching element together with an anti-parallel secondary controllable rectifying element, the method comprising the steps of: blocking primary switching elements of the converter, detecting a fault in the DC power system, changing the control of the controllable rectifying elements in the fault current path from a first control mode to a second control mode, the first control mode being to control the controllable rectifying elements to act as non-controllable rectifying elements so that they will always conduct current as a positive voltage is applied over them and the second control mode being to control the controllable rectifying elements to act as controllable rectifying elements, and controlling, according to said second control mode, the controllable rectifying elements of the fault current path to limit a current (i wherein at least one characteristic of at least one power component at the DC side of the voltage source converter is compared with a first threshold level of the at least one characteristic to determine changing the control of the controllable rectifying elements in the fault current path from the first control mode to the second control mode, and is compared with a second threshold level of the at least one characteristic to determine changing the control of the controllable rectifying elements in the fault current path from the second control mode back to the first control mode, and the first threshold level of the at least one characteristic and the second threshold level of the at least one characteristic have different values. | 36,963 |
8,790,069 | 1. An enclosed vertical axis fluid rotor comprising: a rotor system having at least three stages, each stage having at least three sails that are enclosed and spaced about a central axis that is mounted upon a shaft with bearings, wherein each sail is a convex airfoil that extends from the central axis out to its terminate, has a rectangular shape with a concave back, and has a shape that allows fluid to push on the concave side of each sail, and pull on the convex side of each sail, wherein said at least three stages are stacked vertically along the central axis, and wherein each stage includes a circular top plate and a circular bottom plate; and a hydraulic brake system that is mounted upon the shaft with bearings. | 5,408 |
9,795,952 | 1. A process for the hydroformylation of ethylene with a transition metal catalyst promoted with a bidentate ligand of Formula I, II and III: in which both R for Formula I, II, or III, each aryl, heteroaryl, hydrocarbyl, heterohydrocarbyl, hydrocarbylene, and heterohydrocarbylene group independently is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents R | 13,101 |
9,786,951 | 1. A battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte including a fluidic electrolyte and a non-fluidic electrolyte, the fluidic electrolyte configured to be imaged as a void image in a secondary electron image and a reflection electron image obtained by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and the non-fluidic electrolyte configured to be imaged in the secondary electron image and the reflection electron image with a non-fluidic electrolyte contrast different from a contrast associated with a member selected from the group consisting of a solid current collector, an active material, a conductive material, a binding material and a separator, wherein a content of the non-fluidic electrolyte is greater than 0 up to 6% by volume with respect to the electrolyte. | 34,010 |
9,665,161 | 1. A method for dynamically managing power of a multi-core processor of a computing system, the multi-core processor having a plurality of first cores and a plurality of second cores, and the method comprising: generating at least a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) table with a plurality of entries, wherein each of the entries comprises first settings for the first cores and second settings for the second cores; determining a first index by alternatively selecting either a power budget or a required performance of the multi-core processor; determining a current thread level parallelism (TLP) of the computing system; selecting one of entries according to the current TLP and the first index; and configuring the first cores according to the first settings of the selected entry and configuring the second cores according to the second settings of the selected entry. | 31,512 |
9,109,814 | 1. An adaptive installation solar power system comprising: a plurality of solar collector suspension base supports; a collective of suspended solar power system column support structure members; a collective of suspended solar power system row support structure members; a solar support structure connection system configured to establish a pliant suspended solar component position lattice; and a collective of rigid fixation solar support structure anchor retainers configured to engage with said suspended solar power system column support structure members and said suspended solar power system row support structure members and configured to establish a rigid suspended solar component position lattice when said anchor retainers are rigidly fixed; wherein said pliant suspended solar component position lattice comprises an open structure of said suspended solar power system column support structure members which are adjustable and said suspended solar power row support structure members which are adjustable, and wherein said suspended solar power system column support structure members and said suspended solar power row support structure members frame support locations for solar power photovoltaic panels; wherein said suspended solar power row support structure members are configured to adjustably engage via row member slots with said pliant suspended solar component position lattice; and wherein said suspended solar power system column support structure members are configured to adjustably engage via column member slots with said solar collector suspension base supports. | 35,578 |
9,591,359 | 1. A method for selectively generating for display portions of an image, the method comprising: identifying an image corresponding to a media asset, wherein the image comprises a plurality of portions, and wherein each portion of the plurality of portions comprises a respective entity; determining an identity of each respective entity in each respective portion of the plurality of portions by; accessing a database to determine a level of prevalence of each identity in the media asset; determining which respective entity corresponds to a highest level of prevalence; and generating for display a respective portion comprising the respective entity that corresponds to the highest level of prevalence. | 737 |
8,344,536 | 1. A sewer electrical generation apparatus, comprising, in combination: a generator; means for connecting the generator to an existing sewer pipe of a sewer line; a rotatable generator drive shaft connected to the generator, the generator drive shaft partially disposed within the sewer pipe; a turbine having a housing, the housing installed within the sewer pipe; a rotatable turbine shaft extended from the turbine housing; means for connecting the turbine shaft to the generator shaft; a plurality of blade assemblies disposed within the turbine housing, each blade assembly comprising a plurality of blades, each blade selectively pivotable 180 degrees coaxially to the turbine shaft. | 14,111 |
9,296,845 | 1. An olefin resin composition comprising an olefin resin, an unsaturated silane compound, an amino silane compound, and a radical initiator, wherein the amino silane compound is included in an amount of 1 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silane compound in the whole olefin resin composition. | 12,732 |
9,771,864 | 1. A supercharging system for a gas turbine system having in series a compressor, a combustor, a turbine and a heat recovery steam generator comprising: a fan assembly, mechanically coupled to the turbine, that provides an air stream output; a cooling subsystem configured to control temperature and volumetric flow rates into the compressor, and for conveying a first portion of the air stream output to the compressor; and a bypass subsystem comprising a variable geometry diverter for selectively bypassing the cooling subsystem by diverting a second portion of the air stream output uninterruptedly to the heat recovery steam generator for increased steam production in the heat recovery steam generator. | 40,952 |
9,443,496 | 1. A guitar stand for supporting a guitar, comprising a pair of front legs, a rear leg, a top member pivotally connected with a respective top end of each said front leg and said rear leg for allowing said front legs and said rear leg to be biased relative to said top member between an extended position and a received position, and two bearing bars for supporting a bottom edge of the guitar respectively pivotally connected to said front legs with a respective first pivot-connection member and biasable relative to the respective said front legs between an operative position for supporting the guitar and a non-operative position, wherein: each said front leg comprises a foot assembly mounted at a bottom end thereof, said foot assembly comprising a front foot member fixedly fastened to the bottom end of the associating said front leg, said front foot member comprising an axial hole extending through opposing top and bottom ends thereof and a front stop edge located at a front side of the bottom end thereof, a second pivot-connection member transversely mounted in said front foot member and a stop bar coupled to said second pivot-connection member, said stop bar comprising a longitudinal sliding slot coupled to said second pivot-connection member in such a manner that said stop bar is axially movable in and out of said front foot member and turnable forwardly outwards to have the periphery thereof be stopped at the front stop edge of said front foot member after having been moved out of said front foot member. | 33,146 |
8,696,357 | 1. A tactile communication apparatus comprising: a signal receiver configured to decode data received via a wireless signal; a forearm support that holds the tactile communication apparatus to a user; a portable tactile communication device containing a plurality of pins on one side and configured to be detachably attached over a palm of a user such that the one side having the plurality of pins contacts the palm of the user without restriction of finger movement, each pin configured to respectively move in an outward direction and an inward direction to form a plurality of pin combinations to be received in the palm of the user in response to a plurality of pin activation signals activating at least a portion of the plurality of pins; and a communication processor configured to generate the plurality of pin activation signals determined from the received data so as to convey the data tactilly to a user through the plurality of pin combinations of the tactile communication device. | 31,003 |
9,142,852 | 1. A method of operating a fuel cell having a cathode chamber, an anode chamber, and a pH gradient between the cathode and anode chambers, comprising: supplying a gas flow to the cathode chamber; wherein the gas flow contains carbon dioxide at a concentration of less than or equal to about 5%, wherein at least a portion of the carbon dioxide contained in the gas flow was produced in the anode chamber and recycled to the cathode chamber. | 41,935 |
9,349,278 | 1. A fire protection actuation circuit comprising: a plurality of pyrotechnic initiators electrically interconnected in series, wherein a pyrotechnic initiator is included in an ignition unit of a fire extinguishing assembly; a plurality of subcircuits electrically interconnected between the pyrotechnic initiators to form a first circuit route to electrically interconnect the plurality of pyrotechnic initiators and a second circuit route to electrically interconnect the pyrotechnic initiators; and a control unit electrically connected to the first circuit route and the second circuit route and configured to: apply a first constant monitoring current to the first circuit route; apply a second constant monitoring current to the second circuit route; monitor a first voltage at terminals of the first circuit route as a first parameter of the first circuit route; monitor a second voltage at terminals of the second circuit route as a second parameter of the second circuit route; detect when at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter is outside of a specified parameter range; generate an alert indication according to the detection; and apply, in response to a release request, a release current to the pyrotechnic initiators using at least one of the first circuit route or the second circuit route, wherein the applied release current is configured to ignite a plurality of pyrotechnic initiators of the at least one of the first circuit route or the second circuit route. | 46,228 |
9,557,367 | 1. A method for monitoring maximum power point tracking (MPPT) operation comprising: measuring, external to a device that performs the MPPT, a DC current and a DC voltage to obtain a DC current value and a DC voltage value, wherein the DC current and the DC voltage are from a distributed generator (DG) coupled to the device; determining, external to the device, a constellation of data points, wherein each data point of the constellation comprises a DC voltage change and a corresponding DC current change resulting from an AC waveform; determining, external to the device, a dynamic resistance of the DG based on the constellation; computing a ratio of the DC voltage value to the DC current value; comparing the dynamic resistance to the ratio; and determining, based on the comparison of the dynamic resistance to the ratio, if the DG is biased at a maximum power point (MPP). | 2,976 |
9,447,443 | 1. A method for producing 3-acetylamino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid or a salt thereof, comprising: a) culturing a microorganism so that 3-acetylamino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid or a salt thereof is produced, and b) collecting said 3-acetylamino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid or salt thereof; wherein the microorganism is transformed with a recombinant vector encoding a GriI protein, a GriH protein, or GriI and GriH proteins, and has increased formation of 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid from dihydroxyacetone phosphate and aspartate semialdehyde as compared to the same microorganism that does not comprise said recombinant vector, and wherein the microorganism is transformed with a recombinant vector encoding a N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferase (NhoA) protein and has increased NhoA activity as compared to the same microorganism that does not comprise said recombinant vector, and wherein said NhoA protein is selected from the group consisting of: (I) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (II) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, but having no more than one to ten amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions or additions, and wherein said protein has NhoA activity; (III) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having 95% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and having NhoA activity; and (IV) combinations thereof. | 32,997 |
9,522,532 | 1. An ink jet recording apparatus equipped with an ink for ink jet recording, and a discharge unit that discharges a liquid droplet of the ink onto a recording medium, wherein the ink contains at least a colorant, a polymer particle, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the ink has a dynamic surface tension after 1 msec of 32 mN/m or less, the dynamic surface tension after 1 msec being a dynamic surface tension when a bubble pressure reaches a maximum bubble pressure after 1 msec from a formation of a new interface at a capillary edge, when the dynamic surface tension is measured by a maximum bubble pressure method, the ink has a dynamic surface tension after 1 sec of less than 30 mN/m, the dynamic surface tension after 1 sec being a dynamic surface tension when a bubble pressure reaches a maximum bubble pressure after 1 sec from a formation of a new interface at a capillary edge, when the dynamic surface tension is measured by a maximum bubble pressure method, and the ink has a variation width in the dynamic surface tension for the period from 1 msec after to 1 sec after of from 0.2 mN/m to 3.0 mN/m, a recording speed is from 10 m/min to 50 m/min. | 2,146 |
9,143,017 | 1. A motor structure comprising: a housing including a shaft tube having an upper opening, with a shaft retaining assembly being received in the shaft tube and having a top face adjacent to the upper opening, with the shaft tube including a positioning member on an outer periphery thereof, with the positioning member distant from the top face by a first distance in an axial direction of the shaft tube; a rotor including a shaft rotatably extending through the bearing; and a stator including an assembling hole receiving the outer periphery of the shaft tube, with the stator including a bobbin, a plurality of silicon steel plates coupled with the bobbin, and a winding wound around the plurality of silicon steel plates, with the stator coupling with the positioning member of the shaft tube, with the bobbin including an abutting portion pressing the top face of the shaft retaining assembly by a free end thereof; wherein the abutting portion is made of elastic material, a second distance between the positioning member and the free end in an axial direction of the assembling hole is defined, and the second distance is smaller than the first distance when the stator is separate from the shaft tube. | 39,985 |
8,508,061 | 1. A wind-power generation system including a plurality of wind turbines, in which an output power of each of the plurality of wind turbines is supplied to a utility grid through a common interconnection point, wherein the wind-power generation system is structured to operate in a normal operation and an output-power limiting operation in which a rotational speed of each of the plurality of wind turbines is higher than that in the normal operation, and in a case where the output-power limiting operation for decreasing grid frequency is performed, when at least one of the wind turbines is disconnected depending on wind conditions, output powers of other wind turbines in operation are increased. | 40,168 |
9,649,622 | 1. A bimetal oxysulfide solid-solution catalyst represented by the following formula: wherein M | 5,249 |
9,723,286 | 1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an image input interface at which an input image is received, wherein a color adjustment process is performed by the image processing apparatus on at least a spatially partial region of the input image to generate an output image; an image output interface from which the output image is outputted; a memory interface from which color adjustment information is outputted for storage by a memory, wherein the color adjustment information includes information representing an approximate expression which approximates conversion characteristics of the color adjustment process and region information representing the spatial position of the spatially partial region of the input image, wherein a color space of an image is divided into a plurality of color ranges, and wherein the image processing apparatus acquires a color histogram regarding color in at least the spatially partial region of the input image, acquires, for each of the plurality of color ranges, information representing an approximate expression which approximates conversion characteristics of the color range as division characteristics, and generates, as composition characteristics, information representing an approximate expression which composites the approximate expressions of the plurality of color ranges by compositing the division characteristics of the plurality of color ranges based on the color histogram, wherein the composition characteristics are outputted as information representing the approximate expressions. | 37,147 |
9,509,339 | 1. A method of transferring data in a vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving at a high-speed transmitter non-video parallel data from a plurality of data sources in the vehicle; sampling the parallel data received from the plurality of data sources; serializing at the high-speed transmitter the sampled parallel data from the plurality of data sources; and then transmitting via a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) the serialized parallel data to a high-speed receiver in the vehicle for deserialization while performing a sample and hold function as new parallel data is received at the high-speed transmitter during transmission, wherein the high-speed transmitter is configured to provide video data. | 5,623 |
9,810,983 | 1. A polymer comprising recurring units (a1) having the general formula (1): wherein R 1 is —C(═O)—R 4 , —O—C(═O)—R 4 or —C(═O)—O—R 4 , R 2 is hydrogen or methyl, R 3 is an acid labile group, and R 4 is a straight or branched C 1 -C 4 alkyl group or C 2 -C 4 alkenyl group, the polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000. | 10,794 |
8,863,937 | 1. Conveyor lane divider for dividing a one-lane flow of trays into two lanes, the conveyor lane divider comprising: first, second, third and fourth conveyor units in succession in a direction of transport, each of which has a drive; the conveyor lane divider further comprising, a divider unit; a divider sensor; two pre-stops; two release stops designed to simultaneously release a first row of trays for further transport to a subsequent production unit; and a lane sensor provided between the release stop and the pre-stop of each lane in order to detect the presence of a tray between the release stop and the pre-stop and/or the back end of a tray for every lane, and wherein a distance from the pre-stop opposite the direction of transport to the beginning of the fourth conveyor unit corresponds to a length of a tray plus a tolerance of up to 20%. | 37,696 |
9,467,288 | 1. A method, comprising: operating a storage device to store encrypted data in a first non-volatile memory; determining that at least a portion of the storage device is inoperable; destroying, after the determining, key material used to decrypt the encrypted data, the key material stored in a second non-volatile memory of the storage device; and returning the storage device to operation, after repairing the storage device after the destroying. | 30,375 |
8,409,323 | 1. A method of controlling application of electrical power in an electrically driven oxygen separation device, said method comprising: applying part of the electrical power in at least one separation zone of the electrically driven oxygen separation device having at least one composite membrane element by applying an electrical potential difference to anode and cathode electrodes of the at least one composite membrane element while heating the at least one composite membrane element to an operational temperature, thereby to separate the oxygen from the oxygen containing feed stream by inducing oxygen ion transport in an electrolyte situated between the anode and cathode electrodes through the application of the electrical potential difference; the at least one composite membrane element having a resistance increasing over time and during operation of the at least one composite membrane element; and controlling the electrical potential difference applied to the at least one composite membrane element such that an electric current drawn by the at least one composite membrane element remains at a substantially constant, predetermined electrical current level by increasing the electrical potential difference as the resistance increases until the electrical potential difference reaches a predetermined voltage level and thereafter, maintaining the electrical potential difference at a constant voltage level when the electrical potential difference reaches the predetermined voltage level, the constant voltage level being below a maximum voltage level at which the at least one composite membrane element will fail. | 47,200 |
8,771,477 | 1. A water purification and desalination system comprising a plurality of fluid-process components, heat-transfer components, and a control system, wherein: the fluid-process components define a fluid-process pathway of fluid flow from a water inlet to outlets for products and for waste, and wherein each component along the fluid-process pathway is in fluid communication with adjacent fluid-process components, and wherein the fluid process components comprise, in order of fluid flow: a water inlet, a preheater, a degasser, an evaporation chamber, a demister, a product condenser, and said outlets; such that, in operation, the degasser removes organics, volatiles, and gasses from the water using steam from the evaporation chamber; the evaporation chamber collects water from the degasser and sends steam to the demister; the demister separates clean steam from waste steam and sends clean steam to the product condenser; the degasser and demister work in cooperation to remove from a contaminated water sample at least one contaminant selected from the group consisting of microbiological contaminants, radiological contaminants, metals, salts, and organics; the product condenser yields purified water with levels of all contaminants below the levels shown in the MCL Column of Table 1, when the contaminated water has levels of the contaminants that are up to 25 times greater than the levels shown in the MCL Column of Table 1; the heat-transfer components provide distillation energy from a source selected from the group consisting of electricity, waste heat, and combustion, of oil, hydrocarbons, or natural gas; and and wherein the heat transfer components comprise heat pipes in contact with at least the product condenser and/or the evaporation chamber, and wherein the heat transfer components define a heat-cycling and recovery pathway to permit heat from the product condenser to be cycled back to the preheater and/or to the evaporation chamber; and wherein the control system permits continuous purification and desalination of inlet water without requiring user intervention or cleaning; and wherein the fluid process removes, from a contaminated water sample, at least one contaminant selected from the group consisting of microbiological contaminants, radiological contaminants, metals, salts, and organics. | 32,738 |
8,448,898 | 1. An unmanned solar-powered aircraft, comprising: a lightweight solar wing comprising an airfoil profile, a top surface, a bottom surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, wing tips, and at least one photovoltaic cell, wherein the surfaces and edges follow a negative downward curvature bow shape across a span of the wing during flight, and wherein the wing weight to surface area ratio is less than 5 kg/m a fuselage, and a propeller, wherein the fuselage is placed below the solar wing and contains an electric motor, a battery, and electronics. | 35,777 |
8,405,240 | 1. A hydro power turbine generator for generating electrical power from a naturally occurring water flow, said hydro power turbine positioned submerged in said water flow and characterized by an augmented water flow velocity through: a. a shrouded turbine casing comprised of a shroud affixed to a turbine casing to augment the water flow velocity within said hydro power turbine by compressing the water flow traversing said hydro power turbine with therefore said shroud acting as a compression shroud; b. a central cone and tube positioned and attached inside said shrouded turbine casing to further augment the water flow velocity within said hydro power turbine by further compressing the water flow traversing said hydro power turbine; c. an induced water flow vortex inside said hydro power turbine generated by a spiraling helix affixed to the interior surface of said shrouded turbine casing and a spiraling helix affixed to the exterior surface of said central cone and tube to augment the water flow velocity within said hydro power turbine; d. an electric generator rotor with an annular shape and turbine blades affixed to the interior side of said electric generator rotor and with said electric generator rotor set in motion by the augmented water flow velocity of said induced water flow vortex inside said hydro power turbine with said electric generator rotor affixed to said hydro power turbine casing at the diametrically opposite end of where the shroud of said shrouded turbine casing is positioned; e. an electric generator stator affixed to said hydro power turbine casing and overlapping said electric generator rotor to generate electric power. | 33,614 |
8,395,035 | 1. A plant of corn variety CV552047, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety CV552047 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12235. | 11,463 |
9,597,389 | 1. An immunogenic composition in a dose volume suitable for human use comprising an influenza virus antigen or antigenic preparation prepared in the presence of less than or equal to 5 μg/ml thiomersal in combination with an oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant, wherein the oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant consists of an aqueous carrier, squalene and one or two emulsifying agents, and wherein the squalene is present in an amount from 0.5 mg to 9 mg and the one or two emulsifying agents are present in a total amount from 0.1 mg to 5 mg per human dose, wherein the dose volume is between 0.25 ml and 1.5 ml; and wherein the influenza virus antigen or antigenic preparation comprises 0.5 to 7 μg of haemagglutinin (HA) per dose per influenza strain. | 38,766 |
9,476,352 | 1. A method for power generation using carbonaceous material and a gasifier, comprising: drying the carbonaceous material in a hopper of the gasifier to produce dried carbonaceous material; feeding the dried carbonaceous material from the hopper, through an airlock, and into a body of the gasifier, the body comprising a pyrolysis module and a reactor module; substantially maintaining an air seal of the body of the gasifier with the airlock concurrent with feeding the dried carbonaceous material from the hopper, through the airlock, and into the body of the gasifier; pyrolyzing the dried carbonaceous material in the pyrolysis module to produce tar gas and charcoal; combusting the tar gas with air in the reactor module to produce combusted tar gas; reducing the combusted tar gas with the charcoal in the reactor module to produce gaseous fuel; routing the gaseous fuel from the reactor module through a first heat exchanger thermally connected to the hopper, wherein drying the carbonaceous material in the hopper comprises drying the carbonaceous material with heat from the gaseous fuel; and converting the gaseous fuel into electrical energy. | 8,321 |
9,631,684 | 1. A mechanical and magnetic clutch, comprising: a clutch device having a first magnet; a movable member having a plurality of magnets; the clutch device having a first position in which the clutch device and the movable member are disengaged and a second position in which the clutch device and the movable member are engaged and move together; one of the plurality of magnets arranged on the movable member so as to interact with the first magnet and move the clutch device from the first position to the second position, when the clutch device is moving at a first speed relative to the movable member; and the plurality of magnets arranged on the movable member so as on average to interact with the first magnet and keep the clutch device in the first position while the movable member is moving at a second speed relative to the clutch device. | 2,671 |
9,116,207 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: A. a test clock lead capable of receiving a test clock signal; B. a test mode select counter lead capable of carrying bidirectional serial data signals and receiving a test mode select signal; C. first circuitry having inputs coupled to the test clock lead and to the test mode select counter lead, and having a CE clock output lead for carrying CE clock signals; D. counter circuitry having a CE clock input connected to the CE clock output lead, the counter circuitry counting edges of the CE clock signals, a first count output corresponding to a first count of the CE clock signals, a second count output corresponding to a second count of the CE clock signals, and a third count output corresponding to a third count of the CE clock signals; and E. gating circuitry having inputs connected to the first, second, and third count outputs and having a selection output lead carrying an output based on the first and second count outputs, and a deselection output lead carrying an output based on the second and third outputs. | 7,376 |
8,801,815 | 1. A method of producing a high quality synthesis gas comprising less than a desired percentage of non-synthesis gas components, which are components other than hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and a desired mole ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide, the method comprising: producing a low quality synthesis gas comprising greater than the desired percentage of non-synthesis gas components via gasification of a carbonaceous feed in a gasifier; introducing the low quality synthesis gas into a fluid bed conditioner, wherein the fluid bed conditioner is one fluidized bed reactor of a dual fluidized bed loop, and wherein the fluid bed conditioner is operated at a higher temperature than the gasifier; introducing a flue gas into a fluid bed combustor, wherein the fluid bed combustor is the second fluidized bed reactor of the dual fluidized bed loop; extracting a first catalytic heat transfer stream comprising a catalytic heat transfer material and having a first temperature from the fluid bed conditioner, and introducing at least a portion of the first catalytic heat transfer stream into the fluid bed combustor; extracting a second catalytic heat transfer stream comprising catalytic heat transfer material and having a second temperature greater than the first temperature from the fluid bed combustor, and introducing at least a portion of the second catalytic heat transfer stream into the fluid bed conditioner; and extracting high quality synthesis gas comprising the desired percentage of non-synthesis gas components and the desired mole ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide from the fluid bed conditioner. | 31,493 |
9,782,916 | 1. A waste plastic container recycling system, for determining if a waste container is made of one of a plurality of plastic materials so as to recycle the waste container accordingly, including: a light generator, arranged in a vicinity of the waste container for emitting light to the waste container; a sensing probe, arranged in the vicinity of the waste container and corresponding to the light generator to receive a light signal which is produced from the light entering the waste container or from the light being reflected by the waste container; an optical spectrum analyzer, electrically connected to the sensing probe for receiving the light signal, producing a spectrum of the waste container based on the light signal; a controller, electrically connected to the optical spectrum analyzer, having specific spectrums of respective ones of the plastic materials saved therein, determining if the spectrum of the waste container is identical to any one of the specific spectrums, wherein if the controller determines the spectrum of the waste container is identical to any one of the specific spectrums, a process of recycling the waste container is conducted; an operation member; and an image identification device, electrically connected to the controller, the image identification device being neighboring to the waste container and arranged outside of a receiving space of the waste container, the image identification device for identifying if a configuration of the waste container is identical to a specific configuration which represents the plastic material, wherein if the image identification device identifies the configuration of the waste container is non-identical to the specific configuration of the plastic material, the controller controls the operation member not to conduct a process of recycling the waste container. | 31,664 |
9,438,978 | 1. A microphone comprising: a base seat including a tube unit connected to said base seat; a sound head disposed in said receiving space of said base seat, and spaced apart from said base wall of said base seat; and a cable electrically connected to said sound head, and extending through said tube unit; wherein said tube unit includes a flexible tube seat connected to said base seat, and having an outer surrounding surface that is formed with at least one surrounding groove; wherein said base seat further includes a linking wall connected to said surrounding wall and formed with a first cable hole, said tube unit further including an end tube seat, said flexible tube seat being disposed between said end tube seat and said base seat, said flexible tube seat of said tube unit being formed with a second cable hole, said second cable hole being in spatial communication with said first cable hole and having a first engaging hole section engaged with said linking wall of said base seat, said cable extending through said first and second cable holes; and wherein said tube unit further includes a cable tube coupled to said end tube seat, and having an inner tube wall that defines a third cable hole, and an outer tube wall that is sleeved on said inner tube wall, said third cable hole being in spatial communication with said second cable hole, said second cable hole further having a second engaging hole section that is spaced apart from said first engaging hole section, said end tube seat having an abutment portion that abuts against said flexible tube seat, and an engaging portion that engages non-rotatably said second engaging hole section of said second cable hole. | 38,268 |
9,335,710 | 1. An electric power supply control device comprising: a first converter for performing converting behavior to convert input electrical current and output direct electric current; at least one second converter being connected with the first converter in series, which can work in intermittent oscillation method, and performs converting behavior to output direct electric current voltage by converting outputting electrical voltage being output from the first converter; and an electrical voltage control unit for controlling the outputting electrical voltage being output from the first converter; wherein the second converter is configured to perform low electric power behavior under certain circumstances, in which a switching frequency of oscillation being performed is lower than other circumstances or intermittent oscillation is performed; and the electrical voltage control unit controls the outputting electrical voltage, so that | 16,486 |
9,549,430 | 1. A communications system, comprising: a first base station and a second base station that control signaling interactions with a user equipment (UE); the first base station is configured to: the second base station is configured to control signaling interaction with the UE using a signaling radio bearer different from the first signaling radio bearer. | 47,486 |
8,759,148 | 1. A method of mounting a semiconductor chip for electrically connecting a bonding pad, which is provided on a surface of a semiconductor chip disposed on an insulating base material surface, to an electrode pad corresponding to the bonding pad formed on the insulating base material surface, the method comprising: forming a resin coating on a surface of a path connecting the bonding pad and the electrode pad; forming, by laser beam machining, a wiring gutter having a depth that is equal to or greater than a thickness of the resin coating along the path for connecting the bonding pad and the electrode pad; depositing a plating catalyst or a precursor of the plating catalyst on a surface of the wiring gutter; removing the resin coating by dissolving or swelling the resin coating in a predetermined liquid; and forming, after the resin coating is removed, an electroless plating coating only at a site where the plating catalyst or a plating catalyst formed from the plating catalyst precursor remains. | 368 |
9,542,203 | 1. A dock for a portable computing device, the dock comprising: a support structure configured to receive the computing device in response to the computing device being placed on a support surface of the dock; a plurality of tags configured to wirelessly transmit multiple values to the computing device, wherein the multiple values include tag identifiers that identify individual tags of the plurality of tags and an application identifier that indicates that an application having a corresponding application identity is to be executed by the computing device to automatically configure the computing device for use with the dock in response to a reading of the application identifier by the computing device, and wherein the application is associated with a location of the dock; and a non-contact power supply configured to transfer power to the computing device when the computing device is placed on the support surface of the dock. | 24,162 |
9,264,252 | 1. A client for use with at least one appliance having an appliance control system enabling the appliance to perform a useful cycle of operation on a physical article in an appliance network, wherein the appliance control system has at least one functionality associated with the cycle of operation from a universe of functionalities, the client comprising: at least one control board having a software architecture configured for communication over the appliance network including with the appliance control system of the at least one appliance, wherein the software architecture associates the at least one functionality with a first identifier being an Operational Code (Op Code), and associates the first identifier with at least one second identifier that represents a logical group of functionalities, the second identifier being an Application Programming Interface identifier (API ID), wherein each API ID comprises one or more instances, and wherein the first identifier need only be unique within the context of the second identifier so that the software architecture and the plurality of functionalities is modular and reusable without modification because the at least one functionality within the logical group of functionalities has a unique API ID and the one or more instances comprise a unique instance identifier, and the software architecture enables multiple functionalities simultaneously without changing the values of any of the second identifiers. | 16,151 |
8,774,970 | 1. A floor cleaning device that autonomously traverses an area to be cleaned, the floor cleaning device comprising: a housing; a drive mechanism attached to the housing for propelling the floor cleaning device across a floor; and a controller in communication with at least one sensor and with the drive mechanism for controlling movement of the floor cleaning device across the floor, the controller having a training mode wherein manual user manipulation of the floor cleaning device defines a cleaning route and alternate cleaning modes defined by operation of alternate cleaning apparatus supported by the floor cleaning modes wherein the controller initiates the cleaning route and respective cleaning modes automatically, and automatically deviates from the cleaning route and returns to the cleaning route, in response to signals from the at least one sensor to avoid unexpected obstructions that would result in unacceptable changes in elevation of the work area. | 11,732 |
9,766,716 | 1. A three-dimensional imaging and display system comprising: a mobile device having a processor; optical detection circuitry coupled to the processor and configured to optically detect input in an imaging volume; and parallax compensation circuitry coupled to the processor and configured to compensate for parallax in the optically detected input, wherein the parallax compensation circuitry compensates for parallax as a function of a scan coordinate defined by a mirror system position and at least the measured distance from the mirror system to a target object; and display circuitry coupled to the processor and configured to present visual image feedback concerning the detected input. | 30,737 |
9,296,654 | 1. A method comprising: contacting a first material with a fluid, wherein the first material comprises a geopolymer resin material, a geopolymer material, or a combination thereof, and wherein contacting the first material with the fluid breaks up or disintegrates the first material, thereby forming particles; and removing at least some of the fluid to yield a product. | 34,422 |
8,772,556 | 1. A process for producing bio-oil and processing byproducts of bio-oil production, said process comprising: (a) pyrolyzing biomass in a conversion reactor in the presence of a catalyst to thereby produce a reactor effluent comprising bio-oil, carbon monoxide (CO), and methane, wherein the weight ratio of said CO to said bio-oil in said reactor effluent is at least 0.5:1, wherein the weight ratio of said methane to said bio-oil in said reactor effluent is at least 0.05:1; (b) condensing and separating a substantial portion of said bio-oil from said reactor effluent, thereby leaving an uncondensed stream comprising at least a portion of said methane and at least a portion of said CO; and (c) generating hydrogen by reacting water with at least a portion of said CO and/or at least a portion of said methane, thereby producing a hydrogen-enriched stream comprising generated hydrogen, wherein said process produces said generated hydrogen at a rate that is at least 0.5 percent of the rate of introduction of said biomass into said conversion reactor on a weight basis. | 41,299 |
9,002,653 | 1. A method for identifying pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of particular solid tumor cells, the method comprising the steps of: (i) selecting at least one solid tumor cell line from each subgroups from a panel of solid tumor cells classified according to genomic subgroups, wherein the panel is assembled from a method comprising: (a) obtaining a plurality of m samples comprising at least one tumor or cancer cell line; (b) acquiring a first data set comprising copy number alteration information from at least one locus from each chromosome from each sample obtained in step (a); (c) identifying in the first data set, copy number alteration information obtained from samples contaminated by normal cells and eliminating the contaminated samples from the first data set, wherein the identifying and eliminating comprises: (d) estimating a range of a number of subgroups, r, in the data set by applying an unsupervised clustering algorithm using Pearson linear dissimilarity algorithm to the data set to generate a dendrogram; (e) assigning each sample in the data set to at least one subgroup using a modified genomic non-negative matrix factorization (gNMF) algorithm with each one of the r values estimated in step (d), wherein the modified gNMF algorithm comprises: wherein the V wherein C is the correlation matrix, C (f) applying a Cophenetic correlation, Bayesian Information Criterion, or a combination thereof to provide a final number of subgroups from the data set, wherein each final subgroup defines a genomic subgroup for each tumor or cancer cell line sample; and (g) evaluating the stability of the final number of subgroups selected in step (f) using a ten-fold stability test; (h) selecting at least one solid tumor cell from each subgroup selected in step (f) and assembling into panels defined according to genomic subgroups; (ii) contacting the at least one solid tumor cell from each subgroup with the pharmaceutical compound; (iii) assaying the efficacy of the pharmaceutical compound to treat the at least one solid tumor cell from each subgroup; and (iv) classifying the pharmaceutical compound according to the determined efficacy of the pharmaceutical compound to treat the at least one solid tumor cell from each subgroup, wherein treating the at least one solid tumor cell from one subgroup, but not another, indicates specificity of the pharmaceutical compound to treat solid tumor cells of that subgroup. | 18,179 |
8,897,919 | 1. A robot controller which moves either a tool or a workpiece relative to the other one of them by a hand unit of the robot to control the force acting between said tool and said workpiece, comprising: a force detector unit for detecting a force in one axial direction and moments about the axes in two axial directions that are at right angles with said one axis and are, further, at right angles with each other; a force-presuming point setting unit for setting a force-presuming point at where a force acting between said tool and said workpiece is presumed; and a force-presuming unit for presuming forces in said two axial directions and a moment about said one axis based upon the force in said one axial direction and the moments about the axes in said two axial directions detected by said force detector unit, and upon the position of said force-presuming point set by said force-presuming point setting unit. | 298 |
9,638,707 | 1. A method of processing biological samples, comprising: providing a closed processing system comprising a container assembly comprising a first member having a substantially rigid body and a flexible barrier member sealably attached to the first member to define an internal chamber, wherein the flexible barrier member is substantially impermeable, and wherein a plurality of flexible conduits are in fluid communication with the internal chamber and extend outward from the first member; processing a biological sample in the internal chamber while the flexible barrier remains sealably attached to the first member, wherein the flexible barrier can move up and down during the processing; and automatically directing a pump in communication with at least one of the plurality of flexible conduits to flow at least one amount of the processed biological sample out of the internal chamber through at least one of the flexible conduits to at least one aliquot vessel without disrupting a sealed state of the closed processing system. | 48,597 |
9,409,484 | 1. A power supply unit for an electrical system of a motor vehicle, which has an a.c. generator that provides a phase signal, comprising: an excitation coil; a field regulator assigned to the excitation coil; and a rectifier having rectifying elements to rectify a generator voltage supplied by the a.c. generator; wherein: | 45,512 |
8,424,255 | 1. A PV module mounting and support assembly, for use on a support structure of the type having a deck on which PV modules are to be mounted, comprising: a PV module; a base, having a lower surface, mountable to a deck; a deck-penetrating fastener engageable with the base and extendable into the deck so to secure the base to the deck, the lower surface facing the deck; the base comprising a PV module-support surface; and PV module mounting hardware comprising an elongated fastener and a retaining element securable to the base by the elongated fastener at a position spaced apart from and not in contact with the PV module-support surface, whereby an edge of the PV module is positioned on top of and is supported by the PV module-support surface with the edge of the PV module spaced apart from the deck and captured between the PV module-support surface and the retaining element, wherein the retaining element comprises a mounting clip securable directly to the base by the elongated fastener with the elongated fastener extending between and directly engaging the mounting clip and the base. | 9,978 |
9,573,697 | 1. An apparatus for energy recovery of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising: a turbine comprising a body and rotor blades, the turbine adapted for mounting to an exterior of the aircraft such that the body receives an air stream flowing at the exterior of the aircraft, wherein the body is located on a first end of the turbine; and the rotor blades selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein all of the rotor blades are mounted on a single rotatable hub located on a second end of the turbine, wherein the second end of the turbine is located opposite the first end of the turbine, wherein at the deployed position, the rotor blades are rotated by the air stream so as to generate electricity, wherein at the stowed position, the rotor blades are folded away from the body such that edges of the rotor blades meet each other to form a rear tapering fairing. | 26,864 |
9,787,255 | 1. A sequential broadband Doherty power amplifier with adjustable output power back-off, the sequential broadband Doherty power amplifier comprising: at least one input for receiving at least one broadband HF signal, wherein at least one of the at least one broadband HF signal has at least an average power level (P a first amplifier branch for amplifying one or more of the at least one input signal, with the first amplifier branch substantially providing amplification for at least the average power level (P at least a second amplifier branch for amplifying one or more of the at least one input signal, with the at least one second amplifier branch substantially providing amplification for the peak envelope power level, wherein an output of the first amplifier branch is connected via an impedance inverter (Z wherein the first amplifier branch and the at least one second amplifier branch each have a supply voltage, with at least one of the supply voltages being variable as a function of the crest factor of the signal to be amplified, wherein a signal propagation delay through the first amplifier branch and the at least one second amplifier branch is substantially identical in the operating range, and wherein an output impedance detected by the first amplifier branch corresponds approximately to: where BO ref to an operating mode in output power back-off and PEP refers to an operating mode at peak envelope power (PEP), and wherein can be derived from currents I | 30,153 |
9,566,116 | 1. A method for using a catheter to photoablate an obstruction from a body passage, the catheter including a shaftway defining a lumen extending therethrough, the shaftway comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter further comprising a flexible portion adjacent the distal end of the shaftway, the flexible portion comprising at least one expandable member mechanically attached to the shaftway and extending radially therefrom, a balloon for expanding the at least one expandable member, and a plurality of optical fibers each having a distal end attached to the expandable member, the method comprising the steps of: inserting the catheter into the body passage; advancing the catheter until the catheter is adjacent to the obstruction; expanding the at least one expandable member by inflating the balloon; photoablating the obstruction by transmitting laser energy through the plurality of optical fibers; forming a core of the obstruction within the flexible portion by advancing the catheter while photoablating the obstruction; and containing the core of the obstruction within the flexible portion by contracting the at least one expandable member. | 19,246 |
8,688,278 | 1. A controller unit for an economizer unit of an HVAC system, wherein the economizer unit is configured to provide an air stream to a cooling and/or heating unit, the economizer unit having an outside air stream of incoming outside air, a return air stream of return air, and a mixed air stream of mixed incoming outside air and return air, wherein the mixed air stream is to be provided to the cooling and/or heating unit of the HVAC system, the economizer unit further including one or more controllable dampers for controlling a mixing ratio of incoming outside air to return air in the mixed air stream, and one or more sensors for sensing one or more sensed parameters of the mixed air stream, the controller unit comprising: a controller configured to receive a measure of the one or more sensed parameters sensed by the one or more sensors, and to issue commands to the one or more controllable dampers; the controller further configured to: | 38,608 |
9,322,913 | 1. A weather radar, comprising: a. a pedestal for supporting said radar; b. a rotational assembly supported by said pedestal and adapted for continuous 360 degree rotation, said rotational assembly including a rotational axis, and wherein said rotational assembly further comprises a harmonic drive assembly including a harmonic drive actuator for driving rotation thereof, and wherein said harmonic drive actuator includes an identical rotational axis with said rotational assembly rotational axis, and wherein said harmonic drive assembly and harmonic drive actuator define a bore through said harmonic drive assembly co-extensive with said rotational assembly; c. an elevational assembly rotationally supported by said rotational assembly and including two axially aligned elevational joints mounted on opposite sides of said elevational assembly, and a fiber optic rotary joint mounted within said elevational assembly and rotationally supported by said rotational assembly such that a fiber optic cable may pass down through said elevational assembly and said rotational assembly without rotational binding; d. a frame superstructure rotationally supported by and spanning said elevational joints about said elevational assembly, said frame superstructure including a separate antenna mounting frame spanning said elevational assembly; and, e. a parabolic antenna assembly mounted on said antenna mounting frame having an orthomode feed horn and at least one waveguide assembly connected to said orthomode feed horn for bidirectional communications with a transceiver assembly. | 16,404 |
9,012,525 | 1. A tire processing method comprising: a first step of, at a tire that is constituted with a thermoplastic material and a material other than the thermoplastic material, heating a portion of the thermoplastic material and either melting or softening the portion; and a second step of, at a melted or softened portion of the thermoplastic material, separating the melted or softened thermoplastic material and the material other than the thermoplastic material, wherein a tire carcass portion of the tire extends from one bead portion to another bead portion, the tire carcass portion being formed of the thermoplastic material, and a reinforcement layer is provided at an outer periphery portion of the tire carcass portion, the reinforcement layer including a cord formed of the material other than the thermoplastic material, the first step includes heating and either melting or softening the outer periphery portion of the tire carcass portion, and the second step includes drawing out the cord from the melted or softened portion of the thermoplastic material, wherein the cord is provided in a helical arrangement at the outer periphery of the tire carcass portion, the first step includes sequentially melting the outer periphery portion of the tire carcass portion while the tire is being turned, and the second step includes winding up the cord while drawing out the cord from melted portions of the thermoplastic material while the tire is being turned, and in the second step, the cord is wound up sequentially from one end portion of the cord, and wherein the first step includes directing hot air onto, and either melting or softening, the thermoplastic material. | 30,405 |
9,377,257 | 1. A functional gas-operated modular firearm, comprising: a receiver assembly comprising: wherein the barrel assembly comprises: the barrel assembly removably attachable with the receiver assembly by movement of the pin; and | 5,778 |
9,275,515 | 1. A gaming system, comprising: a gaming machine including a gaming housing, an electronic display device, and one or more electronic input devices, the electronic display device and the one or more electronic input devices being coupled to the gaming housing, at least one of the one or more electronic input devices configured to detect a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance, at least one of the one or more electronic input devices configured to receive a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance, the credit balance changing based on play of the casino wagering game; and one or more controllers configured to: | 35,219 |
9,096,914 | 1. A process for the production of iron ore pellets, where green pellets replace burnt pellets for covering a metallic surface in a travelling grate furnace during a burning step, the process comprising: grinding iron ore and limestone to a size less than 0.044 mm to form a crushed iron ore; filtering the crushed iron ore to form a filtered iron ore; mixing the filtered iron ore with at least sodium silicate and cornstarch and, optionally, microsilica, to form a mixture; pelletizing the mixture to form the green pellets; drying the green pellets to form dried green pellets; transferring the dried green pellets of the iron ore to a side grid and a bottom grid of the travelling grate furnace and forming burnt iron ore pellets; and screening the burnt iron ore pellets. | 48,156 |
8,801,272 | 1. A zero-heat-flux temperature device with first and second flexible substrate layers sandwiching a layer of thermally insulating material, comprising: a heater trace disposed on the first substrate layer defining a heater surrounding a zone of the first substrate layer having no heater trace, a first thermal sensor disposed in the zone of the first substrate layer having no heater trace, a thermal sensor calibration device, a second thermal sensor disposed on the second substrate layer, a plurality of connection pads, and a plurality of conductive traces connecting the heater trace and the first and second thermal sensors with the plurality of connection pads. | 48,218 |
9,226,278 | 1. A method for transmitting a distributed control channel element (CCE) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) and a localized CCE in a physical resource block (PRB) pair from a node, comprising: precoding by the node at least one distributed CCE and at least one localized CCE for the PRB pair; transmitting the at least one distributed CCE for transmit diversity using at least two user equipment-specific reference signal (UERS) ports and transmitting the at least one localized CCE in the PRB pair, wherein the at least two UERS ports are used to transmit two CCEs; and applying a precoding vector w for beamforming to a UERS port for one of the localized CCE and applying a precoding vector orth(w) for transmit diversity to a UERS port for the distributed CCE, wherein orth(w) is a precoding vector that is orthogonal to w, and w and orth(w) are each an N | 33,703 |
8,959,367 | 1. A computing electronic complex (CEC) comprising: a processor; an input/output (I/O) interface coupled to an external network; and a memory coupled to said processor, wherein said memory includes: establish a minimum energy entitlement for an LPAR; determine one or more of: (a) an amount of energy consumed by the LPAR; and (b) an amount of energy respectively consumed by other LPARs; determine whether: (a) said amount of energy consumed by the LPAR is adequate to satisfy the minimum energy entitlement; and (b) said amount of energy consumed by the other LPARs respectively satisfy corresponding minimum energy entitlements; in response to the amount of energy consumed by the LPAR being adequate to satisfy the minimum energy entitlement and the other LPARS having satisfied the respective minimum energy entitlements, determining whether said amount of energy consumed by the LPAR is adequate to satisfy a maximum energy requirement; in response to the amount of energy consumed by the LPAR not being adequate to satisfy the minimum energy entitlement, allocating an additional energy entitlement to said LPAR, according to an allocation policy; wherein said allocation policy is based on one or more of: (a) respective energy consumption of LPARS that have not satisfied maximum energy entitlements; and (b) priorities of LPARS whose energy consumption has not satisfied maximum energy entitlements; determine whether a level of energy consumption of the CEC is below a specified limit, where the CEC is a first CEC among a plurality of interconnected CECS on the network; broadcast available entitlement to other CECs via the hypervisor in response to determining that (a) there is no LPAR on the first CEC that requires more resources and (b) that the level of energy consumption of the first CEC is below the specified limit; receive a request for the available entitlement from one or more requesting CECs, wherein said request provides an indication of priority information for a requesting CEC; and select one or more requesting CECs to receive further entitlement based on an allocation policy for inter-CEC collaboration. | 41,552 |
9,690,356 | 1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a battery pack, having a battery cell and a first processor, generates a target current value; a second processor to be operated at one of a first clock frequency and a second clock frequency lower than said first clock frequency; a sensor resistor, coupled to said battery pack, that converts a discharge current to a voltage, wherein said discharge current is supplied from said battery pack to said second processor; an embedded controller sets a reference current in response to said target current value from said battery pack; and a negative feedback control circuit, having a plurality of comparators, converts said reference current to a triangular wave reference current and compares said triangular wave reference current to a feedback current from said sensor resistor in order to generate an actuating signal to cause said second processor to operate at one of said first and second clock frequencies. | 6,379 |
9,534,581 | 1. A wind turbine comprising: a framework including an annular upper guide means and an annular base guide means; an annular rotor assembly surrounding a central space, the rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor vanes, each rotor vane being held in position between the upper guide means and the base guide means; and a screening for guiding a flow of fluid to circulate substantially within the central space in the same direction as the rotor assembly during use. | 1,349 |
8,580,590 | 1. A method for manufacturing a polychromatic light emitting diode device, comprising steps of: providing an epitaxial substrate; forming a multiple semiconductor layer on said epitaxial substrate, wherein said multiple semiconductor layer comprises an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between said n-type semiconductor layer and said p-type semiconductor layer, and said active layer emits light of a first wavelength; forming a buffer layer between said substrate and said multiple semiconductor layer and a p-type electron blocking layer between said active layer and said p-type semiconductor layer; forming a first wavelength conversion layer on said multiple semiconductor layer, the first wavelength conversion layer having a plurality of indentations, wherein said first wavelength conversion layer is made of semiconductor and said first wavelength conversion layer absorbs a portion of said light of a first wavelength emitted from said active layer and emits light of a second wavelength, wherein said second wavelength is longer than said first wavelength; and forming a transparent conductive layer on said first wavelength conversion layer, wherein said transparent conductive layer is in direct contact with said multiple semiconductor layer via said plurality of indentations of the first wavelength conversion layer. | 16,188 |
9,804,226 | 1. An impedance control device for tuning a device under test comprising a first terminal port arranged for connecting a device under test, a high reflective termination connected to a second terminal port, a first signal path for a signal travelling between said first and said second terminal port, said first signal path comprising an attenuator and a phase shifter, first coupling means arranged for picking up a part of said signal travelling in said first signal path, a second signal path arranged for receiving said part of said signal from said first coupling means, said second signal path comprising a correction circuit for applying attenuation and phase shifting to said signals travelling either towards the device under test or away from the device under test between said first terminal port and said second terminal port, and second coupling means arranged for coupling back into said first signal path an adapted signal output by said correction circuit. | 18,194 |
8,864,958 | 1. A method for depositing a layer composed of a mixture of materials and having a plurality of compositions and a plurality of predetermined composite refractive indices, in a sputter-deposition system, comprising: providing a vacuum chamber; providing a single DC power supply; providing a substrate disposed on a substrate support in the vacuum chamber; providing a plurality of target cathodes in the vacuum chamber, wherein each target cathode comprises a target material having a different composition, and wherein the plurality of target cathodes are separate from one another and are connected in parallel to a negative lead of the single DC power supply, such that the plurality of target cathodes are powered by only the single DC power supply; cosputtering the plurality of target cathodes to deposit the layer composed of a mixture of materials on the substrate by simultaneously applying a substantially identical cathode voltage to each target cathode throughout deposition of the layer, by means of the single DC power supply; moving the substrate support rotationally to uniformly expose the substrate to each target cathode during deposition of the layer; and adjusting a common operating parameter affecting all of the plurality of target cathodes to have a plurality of values during deposition of the layer, wherein the common operating parameter is cathode power, cathode voltage, cathode current, or a flow rate of a reactive gas introduced into the vacuum chamber, such that the relative amounts of materials applied from the plurality of target cathodes are affected so that the layer has a plurality of compositions and a plurality of predetermined composite refractive indices along a thickness of the layer. | 42,390 |
9,101,004 | 1. A public lighting system, comprising: at least one street lamp of the type comprising a lighting device; a device for converting renewable energy into electric energy; a post switch for alternately connecting either the lighting device or the device for converting renewable energy into electric energy to a power line; and a line switch adapted to switch between a first position, in which said power line is connected to a power grid, and a second position, in which said power line is connected to an inverter interposed between said line switch and said power grid. | 30,243 |
8,970,438 | 1. A method of providing an antenna mast for a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting a lower module and an upper module from a set of modules, wherein the set of modules comprises either: assembling the selected lower module and the selected upper module into a mast body of the antenna mast that forms a supporting structure for an antenna arrangement of the wireless communication system, including the antenna arrangement in the selected upper module and including an electronic device in at least one of the selected lower module and the selected upper module, wherein the electronic device included in a selected module is a kind of electronic device for which that selected module is configured; wherein said assembling comprises: | 49,666 |
9,652,512 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: creating, using a processor of a computer, a first bloom filter for a first data element, wherein the first bloom filter includes an array with two encrypted values for each of multiple characters of the first data element, by encrypting each character of the multiple characters of the first data element with a beginning offset position to generate a first value of the two encrypted values and with an end offset position to generate a second value of the two encrypted values; creating, using the processor of the computer, a second bloom filter for a second data element, wherein the second bloom filter includes another array with two encrypted values for each of multiple characters of the second data element, by encrypting each character of the multiple characters of the second data element with a beginning offset position to generate a first value of the two encrypted values and with an end offset position to generate a second value of the two encrypted values; receiving, using the processor of the computer, a query with the first bloom filter, the second bloom filter, and a logical operation that indicates how the first bloom filter and the second bloom filter are combined; using fuzzy matching to compare, using the processor of the computer, the first bloom filter and the second bloom filter with the logical operation against data elements in a data store to determine whether there is a match to at least one of the data elements; and in response to determining that there is a match to at least one of the data elements, returning, using the processor of the computer, an indication that there is a match; and in response to determining that there is no match to at least one of the data elements, returning, using the processor of the computer, an indication that there is no match. | 29,344 |
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