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9,413,013 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode including a lithium-containing transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains lithium carbonate and lithium hydrogencarbonate in a total amount of 500 ppm or more and 3000 ppm or less, and exhibits a weight loss by temperature increase from 25° C. to 300° C. at 5° C./min of 70% or less of the total amount and of 1500 ppm or less. | 25,576 |
8,840,640 | 1. A vascular closure device comprising: a vessel locating member configured to be inserted through a hole in a blood vessel when in a retracted position and being expandable within the blood vessel to locate the position of a wall of the blood vessel that is adjacent to the hole; a plug configured to be deployed outside of the blood vessel adjacent to the hole and proximal of the vessel locating member within a tissue tract, the plug being shaped to prevent the plug from moving away from the blood vessel within the tissue tract; a sealing material configured to be positioned within the tissue tract proximal of and in contact with the plug, the sealing material having a pre-formed shape; a tamping member positioned proximal of the sealing material and operable to directly contact and compact the sealing material into a compacted position against the plug prior to removal of the vessel locating member; a suture connecting the sealing material to the plug, the suture holding the sealing material in the compacted position; wherein the plug is bioabsorbable and has an appreciably stable shape in the presence of bodily fluids; wherein the vessel locating member extends through the plug and the sealing material. | 12,302 |
8,458,363 | 1. A method comprising: providing a first user prompt on a first electronic device when a near field communication interface of the first electronic device is tapped to a near field communication interface of a second electronic device, wherein the first user prompt provides an option to transfer at least one of all files currently open in an application running on the second electronic device but not any other files; communicating a request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device to send the at least one of all files currently open in the application running on the second electronic device when the option is selected; receiving data associated with the at least one of all files currently open in the application running on the second electronic device in the first electronic device; and providing a second user prompt on the first electronic device, wherein the second user prompt provides an option to open one or more copies of the at least one of all files currently open in the application running on the second electronic device on the first electronic device. | 46,670 |
9,605,860 | 1. A method of increasing an efficiency of an exhaust ventilation system that comprises an exhaust ventilation fan that generates a ventilating force in an exhaust ventilation system duct, an exhaust ventilation system controller, and a plurality of exhaust ventilation points coupled to the exhaust ventilation system duct, each exhaust ventilation point having an exhaust ventilation load, a controllable damper, an exhaust ventilation point ductwork coupled to the controllable damper and to the exhaust ventilation system duct, a differential pressure sensor, a piece of equipment having an equipment ON/OFF switch and that generates fumes and is ventilated by the exhaust ventilation point ductwork, a system airflow sensor coupled to the exhaust ventilation system duct and an exhaust ventilation point controller coupled to the controllable damper, the differential pressure sensor, the system airflow sensor and the ON/OFF switch, the method comprising: reducing, by the exhaust ventilation system controller, the ventilation force generated by the exhaust ventilation fan in response to detecting a reduction in the exhaust ventilation load of at least one exhaust ventilation point, selectively adjusting a speed of the exhaust ventilation fan such that the system airflow sensor reads a predetermined level regardless of a current position of each damper in each of the exhaust ventilation points, and selectively adjusting the damper of each exhaust ventilation point such that the differential pressure sensor of each exhaust ventilation point reads a predetermined level. | 4,258 |
9,387,949 | 1. In a machine for enveloping bales of material with preformed bags having an open end and a closed end, an apparatus for placing the bags over an insertion tube comprising: a plurality of fingers, said fingers being moveable into the open end of said bags and over the insertion tube and being selectively retractable and extendable; a plurality of roller drive wheels, said roller drive wheels being rotatable and moveable in and out of engagement with the insertion tube; and, wherein said plurality of fingers and said roller drive wheels are carried on a common assembly which is moveable along the insertion tube. | 27,308 |
9,727,005 | 1. A semiconductive roller formed from a semiconductive rubber composition, the semiconductive roller comprising an outer peripheral surface having a surface roughness defined by a roughness profile such that an arithmetic average roughness is not greater than 0.7 μm and a profile section height difference Rδc between vertical section levels at a load length percentage Rmr1 of 25% and a load length percentage Rmr2 of 75% is not greater than 1.2 μm. | 40,917 |
8,490,703 | 1. A method of maintaining the structural integrity of heating conduit used to heat a permeable body of hydro carbonaceous material contained within a constructed permeability control infrastructure, comprising: obtaining a heating conduit with corrugated walls and configured for transporting a heat transfer fluid; burying the heating conduit at a depth within the permeable body of hydrocarbonaceous material being subject to substantial subsidence of greater than about 10%, the heating conduit having an inlet end extending from a boundary of the constructed permeability control infrastructure; operably coupling the inlet end of the heating conduit to a source of the heat transfer fluid; passing the heat transfer fluid through the heating conduit to transfer heat to the permeable body; and facilitating compression of the corrugated walls along a longitudinal axis of the heating conduit to mitigate stresses caused by restrained thermal expansion along the longitudinal axis, and conformable bending of the corrugated walls to mitigate stresses caused by the substantial subsidence of the permeable body. | 30,064 |
8,440,192 | 1. A bispecific binding agent capable of modulating biological activity of target cells that have a first and a second target antigen on their exterior surface, wherein: (i) said first and second target antigens do not share a common ligand; (ii) said second target antigen is a growth factor receptor or a cytokine receptor; and, (iii) said bispecific binding agent has a first binding domain that is an antibody that binds to the first target antigen with a dissociation constant (Kd) for the first target antigen of 10-7 M or less, and a second binding domain that is an antibody that binds to the second target antigen with a Kd for the second target antigen that is at least 10 times greater than the Kd of the first binding domain for the first target antigen; and, when the first target antigen of said first binding domain is ErbB2 (HER2), the second target antigen for said second binding domain is not ErbB3 (HER3); and, wherein said binding of said first antigen to said first binding domain does not modulate biological activity of said first target antigen, but said binding of said second binding domain to said second target antigen modulates biological activity of said second target antigen, and the modulation of the biological activity of the second target antigen results in either an inhibition of target cell proliferation or death of the target cell. | 42,725 |
8,598,764 | 1. An insulation bobbin unit of a stator, comprising: a first insulation bobbin having a first body and a plurality of first extension members coupled with the first body, wherein the first body has a first assembly hole, each of the extension members has a first wound portion, the first wound portion has a first top plate and one first side wall located on one side of the first top plate, and a thickness of the first top plate is smaller than that of the first side wall; and a second insulation bobbin having a second body and a plurality of second extension members, wherein the second body is coupled with the first body and has a second assembly hole aligning and communicating with the first assembly hole, the second extension members are coupled with the second body and aligned with the first extension members, each of the second extension members has a second wound portion, the second wound portion has a second top plate and one second side wall located on one side of the second top plate, and a room is defined by the first top plate, the first side wall, the second top plate and the second side wall, wherein the first side wall is aligned with one edge of the second top plate that is not mounted with the second side wall, and the second side wall is aligned with one edge of the first top plate that is not mounted with the first side wall. | 44,919 |
8,441,502 | 1. A method for altering a first graphic object to avoid an obstruction created by a second graphic object within a CAD drawing, comprising the steps of: identifying the obstruction created by the second graphic object, wherein the first and second graphic objects have been created prior to the identifying step; proposing a temporary arm around resolution graphic object based on one or more options selected by a user that would alter the first graphic object to avoid the obstruction, wherein the temporary arm around resolution graphic object has a graphic property that is different than a graphic property of the first graphic object; displaying the temporary arm around resolution graphic object to the user; and if an accepted selection which is based on input from the user is received, where the accepted selection relates to the temporary arm around resolution graphic object, automatically altering the first graphic object to avoid the obstruction based on the temporary arm around resolution graphic object. | 24,908 |
9,835,132 | 1. A wind or tidal turbine blade having an attachment, the attachment comprising: a support portion of the turbine blade, the support portion having opposite surfaces and an end face; an insert adapted to mount a bolt for attaching the support portion to another structure, the insert having a rear face that abuts the end face of the support portion; and a mounting for fitting the insert to the support portion, the mounting comprising a strap molding of a fibre reinforced composite material, the strap molding extending over and dimensioned to fit against a front face of the insert and the strap molding is fitted and bonded to the opposite surfaces of the support portion on opposite sides of the insert so that the strap molding is in contact with the opposite surfaces of the support portion and the front face of the insert, the strap molding permitting passage of a bolt therethrough to or from the insert. | 11,646 |
9,247,656 | 1. An enclosure comprising first and second mating members and a latch system for securing the first mating member to the second mating member, the latch system comprising: a deflecting arm on one of the first mating member and the second mating member for engaging a corresponding feature on the other member, the deflecting arm comprising a deflecting arm surface configured such that when the first and second mating members are moved towards engagement, the deflecting arm surface will flex when moved over the corresponding feature and then return to its original shape as the deflecting arm and the corresponding feature engage, thereby locking the mating members in place; a tee feature on the first mating member, the tee feature having a head and a stem, the stem extending between the head and a base on the first mating member; and a receiving slot on the second mating member to slidingly receive the stem of the tee feature; and a deflection slot positioned between the deflecting arm and one of the tee feature and the receiving slot; wherein when the first and second mating members are locked in place, the stem extends in a direction predominantly perpendicular to the deflecting arm surface and at least a portion of the second mating member adjacent the receiving slot is sandwiched between the head and a portion of the first mating member adjacent the base of the stem. | 29,582 |
8,372,226 | 1. A method of protecting a roof using elastomeric weatherproofing building material coatings and photovoltaic modules to provide a continuous, seamless, waterproof, weatherproof and electrically generating surface comprising the steps of: selecting a roof to be treated; coating said roof surface with a first elastomeric coating wherein said roof is protected from environmental damage; embedding at least one photovoltaic module within said first elastomeric coating wherein said photovoltaic module is sealed therein; applying a second elastomeric coating over said first elastomeric coating further sealing said roof and said at least one photovoltaic module therein. | 46,997 |
9,450,038 | 1. A flexible display, comprising: a base layer having a substantially flat portion and a bend portion that is curved away from a plane of the substantially flat portion; a plurality of insulation layers on the base layer, said plurality of insulation layers providing a high leveled surface and a low leveled surface such that a step is created between the high leveled surface and the low leveled surface; a conductive line trace laid over the high leveled surface and the low leveled surface, wherein the conductive line trace has a reinforced portion at the step; and a metal layer that is positioned under a first insulation layer providing the high leveled surface and a second insulation layer providing the low leveled surface, wherein a width of the reinforced portion is greater than a width of a portion of the conductive line trace adjacent to the reinforced portion, wherein at least some portion of the conductive line trace laid in the bend portion of the base layer has a bend stress relief trace design in which the conductive line trace splits and merges back at an interval, wherein the reinforced portion of the conductive line starts on the high leveled surface and ends on the low leveled surface, and wherein the step between the high leveled surface and the low leveled surface is provided within the substantially flat portion within an inactive area of the flexible display. | 15,660 |
8,663,323 | 1. An external mammary prosthesis, orthopedic cushion, anti-eschar cushion or anti-eschar mattress comprising a closed envelope formed from a polyurethane-based plastic film or a silicone elastomer, said closed envelope comprising a filling material comprising a crosslinked silicone gel that is the hydrosilylation product of at least one polyorganosiloxane (A) containing on average two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon per molecule, said alkenyl groups each containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and no silicon atom being bonded to more than one alkenyl group, and at least one hydrogen-bearing silicone compound (B) containing at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon per molecule, and optionally, at least one nonfunctionalized polyorganosiloxane (C), said silicone gel comprising at least one antiodor active principle selected from the group consisting of an aluminosilicate, a cyclodextrin and a compound having an open or closed cage structure, wherein said gel does not exhibit an amine-like odor when compared to a similar gel that does not comprise said antiodor active principle. | 7,034 |
9,830,749 | 1. A system for gathering vehicle data from a vehicle computer installed in a vehicle and a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle and providing functionality for a third-party to install and then execute custom scripts within a telematics application to change default functionalities of the telematics application when processing the vehicle data, the system comprising: an electronic device comprising digital logic circuitry and configured to be installed in a vehicle, the electronic device comprising a port configured to couple with a vehicle computer installed in the vehicle and have wired or wireless connections with a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle; and a first memory device in communication with the electronic device, the first memory device storing a telematics application that when executed by the electronic device causes the electronic device to gather vehicle data received from the vehicle computer and the plurality of sensors and determine vehicle events for the vehicle, wherein the electronic device is configured to: wherein the component comprises a sensor of the plurality of sensors, and the electronic device is configured to execute the custom script in the telematics application to change the default functionality of the telematics application so that the telematics application causes the electronic device to control operation of the sensor to adjust a configuration of the sensor. | 30,213 |
8,941,746 | 1. Adapter for processing electrical signals in an installation comprising a video camera equipment and a remote equipment, said adapter comprising: a digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit, one or more optical transmitters, which inputs are connected to the digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit, a de-serialising de-multiplexing and digital decoding circuit, one or more optical receivers, which outputs are connected to the de-serialising de-multiplexing and digital decoding circuit, a timing reference encoding circuit, able to provide an adjusted version of the digital representation of a timing reference signal, which output is connected to the digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit, a video frame synchroniser, able to delay a program video output, and a genlock monitoring and control circuit, able to compare the timing of the program video output and the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit, able to control both the timing reference encoding circuit and the video frame synchroniser and able to adjust the timing reference encoding circuit to match the timing of the program video output to the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit or to control the video frame synchroniser to synchronise the program video output to the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit. | 21,866 |
9,662,714 | 1. A hydraulic expansion chuck for receiving a tool, comprising: a chuck body having a mounting member; an expansion bushing which is received in the chuck body and defines a chuck opening; a pressure chamber which is interposed between the expansion bushing and the chuck body; and a reduction sleeve which is received in the chuck opening of the expansion bushing and defines a tool holder receptacle for receiving the tool to be chucked, wherein the reduction sleeve includes a connector element configured to cooperate with the mounting member to releasably attach the reduction sleeve to the chuck body, wherein the reduction sleeve includes a plurality of elongated slots that extend radially through the reduction sleeve to allow for radial deformation of the reduction sleeve; and wherein at least two of the plurality of elongated slots extend into an axial rearward end of the reduction sleeve. | 14,604 |
9,352,472 | 1. A direction-adjustable jig, comprising: a base topped with a platform, the platform defining a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other, the platform concavedly formed with a pair of guide rails, with one guide rail extending along the first direction and the other rail in an opposite direction; a sliding member disposed on the platform capable of reciprocating along the first direction; and a hinge member disposed on the platform and pivotally connected to one end of the sliding member and rotatable toward the second direction, the hinge member formed with a pair of guide teeth in a protruding manner for insertably mating with the guide rails, the guide teeth being perpendicular to each other. | 45,743 |
9,463,760 | 1. A system for protecting one or more occupants in a vehicle, comprising: a seat posture sensor configured to detect seat posture data; a collision detector configured to detect collision data of the vehicle; a controller configured to receive the collision data from the collision detector, determine a collision generation direction, and selectively deploy one or more airbags provided around the one or more occupants according to the collision generation direction and the seat posture data detected by the seat posture sensor, and an occupant detection sensor configured to detect whether or not two or more seats are occupied, wherein the controller is configured to selectively deploy, upon determining that a side collision of the vehicle occurs, a side center airbag according to the seat posture data and whether or not two or more seats are occupied, and wherein the controller is configured to deploy, upon determining that the side collision occurs, the side center airbag when two or more seats are occupied and a difference between angles of two seat backs of the two or more occupied seats is within a reference angle range. | 23,419 |
9,689,597 | 1. An air-conditioning system for conditioning a cabin of an aircraft, the cabin having a plurality of temperature zones and at least one door, the air conditioning system comprising: an air-conditioning unit, configured to condition air and provide the conditioned air to at least one of the plurality of temperature zones, a plurality of temperature zone sensors each of which is associated with a temperature zone for measuring the temperature in the respective temperature zone, and at least one control unit, wherein the at least one control unit is configured to receive information representing the closing state of the at least one door, wherein the at least one control unit is coupled to the plurality of temperature zone sensors and is configured to selectively control the temperature of the conditioned air provided to at least one of the plurality of temperature zones in a first operation mode, when at least one door is closed and, in a second operation mode, when at least one of at least one door is open, wherein, in the first operation mode, the temperature of the conditioned air provided to at least one of the plurality of temperature zones is controlled depending on the temperatures measured by at least one of the plurality of temperature zone sensors, and wherein, in the second operation mode, the temperature of the conditioned air provided to at least the temperature zone closest to an open one of the at least one door is controlled depending on at least one set-temperature. | 46,166 |
9,308,523 | 1. A catalyst comprising a precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support, wherein the precious metal is selected from the group consisting of rhodium, rhenium, ruthenium, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium and gold, wherein the one or more active metals are selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, vanadium, nickel, titanium, zinc, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, tin, lanthanum, cerium, and manganese, provided that the precious metal and the one or more active metals are a metal other than cobalt, wherein the modified support comprises a support material and a support modifier comprising (i)cobalt and (ii) an oxide of tungsten, molybdenum or vanadium in an amount from 0.1 to 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of the modified support. | 13,472 |
8,369,941 | 1. A method of impedance imaging of a target region located within a body, the method comprising the steps of: (a) representing the body as a plurality of adjacent finite elements, each finite element having a plurality of nodes and a distribution of admittivity values at a set of pre-defined points therein; (b) applying at least one electrical current, at at least one selected current input electrode, to flow within the body and exit therefrom at at least one selected current output electrode; (c) measuring at least one voltage at one or both of the at least one selected current input electrode and current output electrode; (d) identifying a measured voltage group of nodes as comprising those nodes corresponding to the at least one selected current input or current output electrode; (e) identifying a volume comprising a first one of the finite elements and those finite elements defining a region therearound, wherein the first one of the finite elements is selected based on the rate of change of the distribution of admittivities; (f) calculating at least one first voltage value, for each node that lies within the volume and outside the measured voltage group of nodes from the measured voltages at the measured voltage group of nodes; (g) calculating at least one second voltage value for each node that lies within the volume from the distribution of admittivity values and the at least one electrical current; (h) deriving a current value corresponding to each pre-defined point within the volume from the corresponding distribution of admittivity values and the at least one second voltage value; (i) updating the distribution of admittivity values corresponding to the set of pre-defined points within each finite element within the volume from the corresponding current value, the at least one first voltage value and the measured voltages at those of the measured voltage group of nodes that lie within the volume; and (j) displaying an image of the target region using the distribution of admittivity values within the body. | 48,428 |
9,265,030 | 1. A method of receiving a service in a user equipment of a wireless communication system based on Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) transmission, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of transport blocks from a base station in a predefined period; and receiving a multimedia broadcast/multicast service, when a service identification of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service subscribed to by the user equipment is included in a second transport block of the plurality of transport blocks that includes a control signaling, and when a notification indicator in a first transport block of the plurality of transport blocks is activated, wherein the first and second transport blocks are different. | 26,549 |
8,953,842 | 1. A method for road sign recognition, in which images of a region surrounding the vehicle are acquired by a camera, image data of the camera are analyzed, wherein at least one image region that contains a potential road sign is determined, the image region that contains the potential road sign is submitted to a first classification unit that identifies the potential road sign, on the basis of at least one class-specific feature, as a road sign belonging to a particular class having the class-specific feature, characterized in that a brightness or a color intensity of a surface of the road sign is analyzed along radially extending scanning beams starting from a defined starting point within the surface of the road sign, in a brightness or color intensity analysis that comprises a one-dimensional gradient formation of brightness values or color intensity values of pixels of the image data along the scanning beams, potential contour points of an information-bearing part of the road sign are determined from results of the brightness or color intensity analysis, a limited region of the surface of the road sign is extracted as an information-bearing part of the road sign that includes all determined potential contour points, and the extracted limited region is submitted to a second classification unit for semantic interpretation. | 12,476 |
9,069,661 | 1. A memory system for digital data communication with a host device to provide data storage capacity for the host device, said memory system comprising: a plurality of modules, each module including a nonvolatile memory section, wherein at least a particular one of the modules is configured to independently maintain a module portion of a distributed flash translation layer for the nonvolatile memory section of only that particular module based on one or more module input parameters. | 47,932 |
8,705,426 | 1. A method for data packet transmissions between a source node and a destination node in a network, the method comprising: configuring the nodes with an initial sleeping time period duration SP sending, by the source node, a preamble, segmented in micro-preambles, for indicating the beginning of a transmission, the micro-preambles being separated by listening slots, sending, by the destination node, upon receipt of at least one of the micro-preamble, a packet indicating its presence, called “Ready-To-Receive”, or RTR, packet, and sending, by the source node, in response to the RTR packet, a data packet intended for the destination node, wherein the sending of the preamble comprises: determining, by the source node, based on said SP wherein the method further comprises: | 34,630 |
8,707,712 | 1. A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine comprising: inner and outer platforms joined by a radially extending airfoil, the airfoil including leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface; and wherein the inner and outer platforms respectively include inner and outer sets of film cooling holes, wherein one of the inner and outer sets of film cooling holes are formed in substantial conformance with platform cooling hole locations described by one of the sets of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Tables 1 and 2, the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate, a circumferential coordinate, and a radial coordinate, relative to a zero-coordinate, and the cooling holes with Cartesian coordinates in Tables 1 and 2 have a diametrical surface tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of 0.200 inches (5.08 mm). | 21,357 |
8,948,609 | 1. A method comprising: receiving as input, data to be transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over an optical fiber in a coherent optical communications system; converting the data to sequences of one of at least four levels according to a multilevel quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) scheme, the levels including two outer levels and two or more inner levels; distorting only the two outer levels to reduce amplitudes of the two outer levels; and driving an optical modulator with the at least four levels after distorting only the two outer levels so that, as a result of the distorting of the at least two outer levels, eye openings of a received optical field at the receiver are equalized. | 39,537 |
8,960,850 | 1. An image recording device comprising: a transportation portion that transports a continuous medium along a transportation path, the continuous medium being formed by means of jointing a plurality of media with at least one joint member; a recording unit that includes a recording head facing the transportation path, and carries out recording operation of recording an image on the continuous medium by ejecting a photocurable liquid from the recording unit onto the continuous medium in a state of being transported along the transportation path; a light radiation portion that is arranged at a downstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path and hardens the liquid which is ejected on the continuous medium; a position detection portion that detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at a detection position which is located at an upstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path; and a controller that performs control of the recording unit and the transportation portion on the basis of a result of a detection made by the position detection portion so as to bring the recording operation to a halt after a detection time point at which the position detection portion detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at the detection position, and bring a transportation of the continuous medium to a stop at a transportation stop time point after a transportation of the continuous medium during a period until at least hardening of a liquid already ejected on the continuous medium at a halt time point of the recording operation is completed, wherein the position detection portion, the recording head and the light radiation portion are arranged along the transportation path such that a second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, becomes longer than a first distance, which is a distance of a transportation of the continuous medium in the case where, because of an existence of a liquid already landed on an area of the continuous medium at the detection time point, the area being located at a position which is on the transportation path and faces the recording unit, the continuous medium is transported during a period until at least hardening of the liquid is completed by the light radiation portion. | 43,652 |
9,688,297 | 1. A virtual crossing system comprising: one or more networks; a positive train control system, a positioning and mapping system, an alert receiving system, and an integration system wherein the integration system receives train information from the positive train control system over the one or more networks and constructs a first digital zone around the train, wherein the integration system receives location information from the alert receiving system over the one or more networks and constructs a second digital zone around the alert receiving device, and wherein the integration system issues at least one of an alert, a notification, and a command depending on (i) when the first digital zone intersects the second digital zone or (ii) when the first digital zone is expected to intersect the second digital zone, according to defined parameters. | 4,190 |
9,355,747 | 1. A fuel assembly for a light-water nuclear reactor with a square shape in the plan view and comprising: a seed region, including a bundle of seed fuel elements that are arranged in the rows and columns of a square coordinate grid in a cross-section; wherein each seed fuel element has a four-lobed profile forming spiral ribs, and comprises a kernel that includes enriched uranium or plutonium; and a blanket region, surrounding the seed region and including a bundle of breeding fuel elements; wherein, when viewed in a plan-view cross-section, the breeding fuel elements are arranged in the rows and columns of a square coordinate grid, and the breeding fuel elements define a plurality of square-shaped rings surrounding the seed region; further wherein each of the seed fuel elements defines a first circumscribed diameter defined by a circle circumscribing the seed fuel element, and each of the breeding fuel elements defines a second circumscribed diameter defined by a circle circumscribing the breeding fuel element that is different than the first circumscribed diameter. | 29,454 |
9,311,004 | 1. A method comprising: (a) sending a lookup command to a transactional memory, wherein the lookup command includes a memory address, and wherein the transactional memory includes a memory unit; (b) sending an input value (IV) to the transactional memory, wherein the memory address is used by the transactional memory to read a word out of the memory unit, wherein the word includes a plurality of result values (RVs), a plurality of reference values, and a plurality of prefix values; wherein the plurality of RVs, the plurality of reference values, the plurality of prefix values, and the IV are used to determine a lookup key value and a selector value; and wherein one of the plurality of RVs is selected based on the selector value. | 29,668 |
8,797,166 | 1. A system for monitoring the behavior of an animal, the system comprising: a sensor configured to detect the presence of the animal; a measuring device configured to measure a characteristic of the animal whenever presence of the animal is detected; a network adapter configured to couple to a network; a storage device configured to store the measured characteristics of the animal and threshold alert data; and a processor configured to: | 6,770 |
9,123,922 | 1. A lithium ion battery exterior material, comprising: a base material layer; and an adhesive layer, an aluminum foil layer provided with a corrosion prevention treated layer, an adhesive resin layer, and a sealant layer, which are sequentially laminated on one surface of the base material layer, the adhesive resin layer containing an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a miscible elastomer dispersed in the acid-modified polyolefin at a dispersed phase size of 1 nm to less than 1 μm, wherein the acid-modified polyolefin resin is a resin that has been graft-modified with one or more compounds of unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative components selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids, acid anhydrides of unsaturated carboxylic acids and esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids, and an absolute value of birefringence following a heat treatment of a thermoplastic resin layer is 0.002 or less and a degree of crystallization is 60% or less, the thermoplastic resin layer being composed of the adhesive resin layer and the sealant layer. | 48,730 |
8,358,116 | 1. A DC/DC converter for converting an input DC voltage into an output DC voltage comprising: an input capacitor, an inductor, a first electronic switch, a diode, an output capacitor, and a control unit, wherein the control unit drives the first electronic switch as a function of the signals fed to the control unit, wherein a first signal represents the current output voltage or the current output current and a second signal represents the desired voltage or the desired current, wherein the input capacitor is connected between the input voltage and ground or zero point, the inductor is connected between the input capacitor and the first electronic switch, and wherein the diode is disposed between the inductor and the output capacitor that is connected to ground or zero point, characterized in that a second electronic switch, which the control unit is configured to drive by means of a switching signal, is disposed between the load and the ground or zero point, and a second diode embodies a connection between the output of the load and the input capacitor, and the control unit is fed the value of the input voltage. | 48,821 |
9,615,957 | 1. A surgical cast venting material, comprising: a waterproof, flexible substrate formed of a plastics material having a first side, an opposite second side, a length, and a width, said first side having a plurality of shallow, concave recesses distributed across the length and the width of the substrate and spaced-apart from one another, said second side having a plurality of protrusions distributed across the length and the width of the spaced-apart from one another, each of at least a majority of said protrusions being located directly opposite a respective one of said concave recesses, said substrate being perforated with a plurality of relatively small holes distributed across the length and width of the surgical cast venting material and wherein at least two opposite edges of said substrate have wedge-shaped edge sections extending therealong and each edge section has edge defining surfaces extending at a small acute angle to one other, said acute angle not exceeding 30 degrees. | 8,171 |
8,704,213 | 1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a pair of electrodes; a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes; and at least one electron blocking layer provided between one electrode of the pair of electrodes and the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer contains at least one organic material, and the at least one electron blocking layer has a mixed layer containing fullerene or fullerene derivatives. | 46,304 |
8,659,376 | 1. A method of making a magnetically latched solenoid comprising: providing a housing, the housing comprising a housing first end, the housing at least partially defining a housing cavity through which an axis extends, the housing cavity having an essentially open housing mouth; inserting, into the housing cavity, the following: inserting, through the housing mouth and into the housing cavity, the following: applying a force which acts on the pole member for driving the pole member mating surface toward the moveable magnetically permeable member and thereby adjusting a central air gap between the pole member mating surface and the moveable magnetically permeable member so that the central air gap occurs where the pole member has axial contact with the central magnetized mating surface of the moveable magnetically permeable member and so that the central air gap is dependent on a location of the moveable magnetically permeable member. | 29,270 |
9,263,740 | 1. A battery comprising: a battery element; a film outer package member in which the battery element is contained; a cathode; and an anode that is oppositely arranged to the cathode with a gelatinous electrolyte layer in between; wherein the anode contains an anode active material that includes a CoSnC material and at least one element selected from the group consisting of a titanium (Ti), a molybdenum (Mo), a phosphorus (P), and a gallium (Ga) material, and the anode active material is capable of inserting and extracting an electrode reactant and containing at least one of metal elements and metalloid elements; a distance between the cathode and the anode is between about 15 μm to 50 μm in the region where the cathode and the anode are oppositely arranged with the gelatinous electrolyte layer positioned therebetween; the gelatinous electrolyte layer contains a polymer and an electrolytic solution; and a distance between a separator and the cathode and a distance between the separator and the anode are each between about 3 μm to 20 μm in the region where the electrolyte layer is provided; wherein the content of the Co in the CoSnC material is 29.3 wt %, the content of the Sn in the CoSnC material is 49.9 wt %, and the content of the C in the CoSnC material is 19.8 wt %; and wherein the distance between the cathode and the anode is 32 μm, the distance between the separator and the cathode is 20 μm, and the distance between the separator and the anode is 3 μm. | 8,491 |
9,057,596 | 1. A device for monitoring an operational state of rotor blades of a turbine from a position facing a blade tip of a passing rotor blade, the device comprising a wavesource for generating an electromagnetic wave and a waveguide for directing the wave towards the blade tip, wherein said waveguide is included in a resonator defining at least one discrete resonance frequency of the wave on said waveguide and the resonator comprising an aperture at its front end through which an energy fraction of the wave can be emitted towards the blade tip, and the device further comprises a frequency adjusting unit that is configured to set the frequency of the wave to a resonance frequency of said resonator at the momentary operation conditions, and a measuring unit that is configured to compare at least one measurement parameter of the wave emitted towards the blade tip with a corresponding measurement parameter of the wave reflected from the blade tip. | 45,420 |
8,533,497 | 1. A power control method of a plurality of servers, wherein each of the servers has a corresponding baseboard management controller, and the power control method comprises: acquiring identification codes of the servers by a rack management device, wherein the identification codes of the servers are different from each other; and generating a plurality of delay periods based on the identification codes by the rack management device, wherein the rack management device sends a power-on command to the corresponding server after any one of the delay periods, and therefore, the baseboard management controller of the corresponding server supplies the power to the corresponding server according to the power-on command. | 40,454 |
8,901,838 | 1. A semiconductor device on a chip and for driving an LED, comprising: a semiconductor element in which a current is flown in a vertical direction, wherein the semiconductor element is a vertical type MOSFET, wherein the semiconductor element comprises: wherein the main element and the subsidiary element share a drain region, wherein the main element has a first source region and a first gate electrode, wherein the subsidiary element has a second source region and a second gate electrode, and wherein the first source region and the second source region are formed in a first surface of the chip of the semiconductor device and are of a first conductivity type, and are electrically insulated from each other through an isolation region formed in the first surface and is of a second conductivity type having an opposite polarity to that of the first conductivity type. | 31,387 |
9,059,098 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an insulating film over a substrate having a first opening which penetrates an upper surface through a back surface, the insulating film covering the upper surface of the substrate and the first opening; forming a transistor over the insulating film, the transistor including a source region and a drain region; forming an interlayer insulating film over the transistor, the interlayer insulating film covering the first opening; forming a second opening in the interlayer insulating film to reach one of the source region and the drain region; forming a third opening in the interlayer insulating film, the third opening overlapping with the first opening; forming a conductive film over the interlayer insulating film, in the second opening, and in the third opening, the conductive film connected to the one of the source region and the drain region through the second opening; and thinning the substrate from the back surface of the substrate so as to expose a bottom portion of the conductive film in the third opening. | 9,856 |
8,734,974 | 1. A rechargeable battery, comprising: at least one electrode assembly that performs charging and discharging; a case receiving the electrode assembly; a cap assembly coupled to the case and including at least one terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a lead tab electrically connecting the terminal and the electrode assembly; and a supporting member between the lead tab and the case, wherein: the lead tab includes at least one coupling bar attached to the electrode assembly, the supporting member includes a supporting protrusion coupled to one surface of the coupling bar and a base supported by an inner surface of the case, the coupling bar includes a welding portion welded to an uncoated region of the electrode assembly, the coupling bar includes a protruding hook portion, the hook portion being bent to protrude obliquely with respect to a plane of the welding portion, the coupling bar includes an insertion tip on the hook portion such that the hook portion is between the insertion tip and the welding portion, the insertion tip being separated from the uncoated region of the electrode assembly and being parallel with the welding portion, the at least one electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrode assemblies, and the insertion tip of the coupling bar extends between adjacent uncoated regions of the plurality of electrode assemblies. | 8,091 |
8,461,032 | 1. A method of creating a desired dopant profile in a solar cell, comprising: creating a pn-junction at a desired depth within said solar cell by selectively introducing a first dopant into a region of a surface of said solar cell using patterned ion implantation, wherein said region is less than an entirety of said surface; providing a higher dopant concentration at said surface of said solar cell by introducing a second dopant having a similar conductivity and higher diffusivity than said first dopant using diffusion; performing a thermal cycle so as to allow said first dopant and said second dopant to diffuse into said solar cell wherein said second dopant diffuses deeper into said solar cell than said first dopant; and applying contacts to said solar cell, wherein said contacts are applied to said region with high concentration of said first dopant. | 12,636 |
8,382,865 | 1. A reaction apparatus comprising: a first ceramic part including a reformer ceramic part, a CO-remover ceramic part and a connecting ceramic part connecting the reformer ceramic part and the CO-remover ceramic part; and a plurality of first members connected to the first ceramic part by a connecting member disposed therebetween such that a reforming reaction chamber is arranged on the reformer ceramic part and a CO-removing reaction chamber is arranged on the CO-remover ceramic part, the first members having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the first ceramic part, the connecting ceramic part having a cross-sectional area which is smaller than that of the reformer ceramic part and the CO-remover ceramic part. | 13,945 |
9,419,551 | 1. A driver circuit for driving an electrical motor coil comprising: switched inductance boost voltage converter circuitry comprising a storage capacitor and an input node arranged to be coupled to the electrical motor coil; and switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry comprising the input node and the storage capacitor, wherein inductance of the switched inductance boost voltage converter circuitry and of the switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry is provided when the input node is coupled to the electrical motor coil, and an output of the switched inductance boost voltage converter circuitry is a voltage developed across the storage capacitor and an input of the switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry is the voltage developed across the storage capacitor. | 34,986 |
8,543,111 | 1. A method for controlling cell search procedure by an apparatus for wireless communication, the method comprising: determining a change of position in relation to a serving cell; determining quality of a signal received from the serving cell; and causing the cell search procedure to stop if the change of position is smaller than a first value and the determined quality is lower than a second value. | 28,575 |
9,012,772 | 1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode upon the substrate; a second electrode upon the substrate; a semiconducting bilayer including a first continuous sublayer contacting a second continuous sublayer, the semiconducting bilayer being located upon the substrate between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first sublayer being closer in distance to the first electrode than the second sublayer, wherein a junction between the first sublayer and the second sublayer of the semiconducting bilayer has a root mean square surface roughness of from 1 nanometer to 6 nanometers; an electron transporting layer between the second sublayer and the second electrode; wherein the first sublayer comprises a metallophthalocyanine; and wherein the second sublayer comprises a different polymorph of the same metallophthalocyanine; and wherein the first sublayer has a thickness of at least 3 nanometers and the second sublayer has a thickness of at least 3 nanometers, and the first sublayer and the second sublayer together have a thickness of at most 16 nanometers. | 7,159 |
9,079,162 | 1. A process for the treatment of a gas stream comprising NO x , the process comprising conducting the gas stream gas stream over a catalyst for use in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO x , said catalyst comprising one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type, and one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type, wherein at least part of the one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type and at least part of the one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type respectively contain iron (Fe), and wherein iron in a positive oxidation state is contained within the porous structure of the respective zeolite framework, and wherein the amount of Fe in the one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type is comprised in the range of from 2.5 to 5.5 wt.-% based on the weight of the said one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type, and the amount of Fe in the one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type ranges from 0.5 to 2 wt.-% based on the weight of said one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type. | 25,123 |
8,381,567 | 1. A procedure for detecting manipulations at lambda probes comprising the following steps: the lambda probe is excited by at least one electric excitation signal, wherein the electric excitation signal is a step-wise electric excitation of the probe, wherein the electric excitation signal is a current pulse, with which the probe is impinged; at least one electric response signal (ΔUADC) of the probe is detected; the at least one response signal (ΔUADC) is compared to at least one default electric response signal that characterizes a not manipulated probe; and the deviation of the detected at least one electric response signal (ΔUADC) from the at least one default electric response signal is used for detecting a manipulation of the probe, wherein a change (ΔUADC) of the probe voltage (UADC) that can be picked up above the probe is evaluated as electric response signal. | 47,125 |
9,176,133 | 1. An assay kit for detecting antibodies against Leptospira strains which contains at least one immunologically active purified protein derived from Leptospira interrogans wherein such protein is characterized in that it: a. elicits an immunological response from a mammal; b. has been prepared by expression in a bacterium other than c. is free of other d. is a protein (i) comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 34, or SEQ ID NO: 46, or (ii) consisting of at least 9 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 46; which protein reacts with the antibodies present in a test fluid, and wherein said kit has at least one indicator component which detects complexes of immunologically active protein and antibody. | 31,585 |
9,365,630 | 1. A method for treating cancer, comprising administering to a human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition, wherein the composition comprises: (a) a purified complex comprising an interleukin-15 (IL-15) polypeptide bound to a purified chimeric polypeptide comprising a soluble form of an IL-15 receptor alpha (IL-15Ra) polypeptide that is covalently linked to the Fc portion of an antibody; or (b) a purified IL-15 polypeptide and a purified chimeric polypeptide comprising the soluble form of an IL-15Ra polypeptide that is covalently linked to the Fc portion of an antibody. | 28,215 |
8,858,841 | 1. An aluminum paste composition for a solar cell element, comprising: (a) 65-85 wt % of an aluminum powder; (b) 0.1-15 wt % of a glass grit; (c) 0.1-30 wt % of a binder; and (d) 0.2-3 wt % of a dispersing agent, based on the total weight of the composition; wherein the dispersing agent comprises a phosphate ester, linseed oil, octanoic acid, or a mixture thereof. | 2,871 |
9,016,703 | 1. A suspension system for a vehicle having a frame, comprising: a first interface member; a second interface member, wherein the first interface member and the second interface member are positioned along a common central axis; a connector coupled to the first interface member, the connector comprising: a flange extending radially outward from the outer surface of the first interface member; a thrust bearing disposed between the flange and the inner race, wherein the flange is configured to engage the thrust bearing and limit axial movement of the first interface member; a first body member coupled to the first interface member and configured to rotate about the common central axis; a second body member coupled to the second interface member and configured to rotate about the common central axis; and a torsion spring coupled to the first interface member with a first splined connection and coupled to the second interface member with a second splined connection different than the first splined connection, wherein the first splined connection includes a male and a female spline having a first diameter and the second splined connection includes a male and a female spline having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter, wherein the torsion spring is disposed along the common central axis. | 28,480 |
8,606,703 | 1. A method of transferring money from a user to a recipient using an email message, comprising: receiving, by a payment service system, the email message originating at a sender device associated with the user, wherein the email message is transmitted to an email server by the sender device and forwarded by the email server to the payment service system using a payment service email address associated with the payment service system, wherein the email message is addressed to a recipient email address and has a header that specifies the payment service email address associated with the payment service system, and wherein the email message includes, within a body or a subject line of the email message, a payment amount to be transferred to a recipient associated with the recipient email address; analyzing, by the payment service system, the received email message to identify a sender email address associated with the user and the recipient email address; identifying, by the payment service system, a sender financial account associated with the identified sender email address of the email message, wherein the sender financial account is preregistered with the payment service system; identifying, by the payment service system, a recipient financial account associated with the identified recipient email address of the email message; analyzing, by the payment service system, the subject line or the body of the email message to determine the payment amount to the transferred to the recipient associated with the recipient email address; and initiating, by the payment service system, a transfer of the determined payment amount from the respective sender financial account to the recipient financial account. | 15,332 |
8,804,682 | 1. Apparatus for use in a home base station that functions as a proxy for a user equipment (UE) accessing to a local IP network, the apparatus comprising: a token generating unit that generates a token to identify a communication channel between a packet data network gateway (PGW) and the home base station when establishing the communication channel, and sends the token to the PGW; a receiving unit that receives a token sent from the PGW via a mobility management entity (MME); a verifying unit that verifies whether the token received from the PGW is identical to the token created by the token generating unit; a proxy function that establishes a path between the home base station and the local IP network, and transfers packets received from the UE to the local IP network using the path; and an activating unit that activates the proxy function when the token received from the PGW is identical to the token created by the token generating unit. | 27,342 |
9,494,998 | 1. A processor comprising: a multicore processor having: a power control unit (PCU) including an alignment logic receive duty cycle policy information from a software agent, the duty cycle policy information comprising user preference information for a tradeoff between performance and power consumption, and determine based on the duty cycle policy information a duration of an active time window of a duty cycle and a duration of an idle time window of the duty cycle, the duty cycle formed of a plurality of cycling intervals each having the active time window followed by the idle time window, and to cause at least one workload to be executed on a first core of the plurality of cores to be rescheduled to a different time to enable the plurality of cores to be active during the active time window and to be in a low power state during the idle time window, wherein the at least one workload was originally scheduled to be executed at least in part during the idle time window. | 28,048 |
9,528,420 | 1. A method comprising: identifying a predetermined amount of degradation of a catalyst to simulate by a catalyst diagnostic limit part; preparing a washcoat slurry including a first amount of an active catalyst and a second amount of an inactive catalyst at a predetermined ratio of the first amount to the second amount so as to simulate the predetermined amount of degradation of the catalyst; coating a substrate with the washcoat slurry; and installing the coated substrate in a housing to form the catalyst diagnostic limit part; wherein the predetermined ratio is no higher than 30%:70%. | 13,412 |
8,907,674 | 1. A system for determining degradation of a rechargeable lithium ion battery, comprising: a degradation parameter acquisition unit operative to perform a degradation diagnosis based on an open circuit voltage characteristic of said rechargeable lithium ion battery indicating how said rechargeable lithium ion battery varies in open circuit voltage as said battery varies in capacity to obtain a capacity ratio of a positive electrode of said rechargeable lithium ion battery, a capacity ratio of a negative electrode of said rechargeable lithium ion battery, and a battery capacity fluctuation amount; a lithium deposition estimation unit operative to apply said capacity ratios respectively of said positive and negative electrodes that are obtained to a previously obtained correspondence between said capacity ratios respectively of said positive and negative electrodes and a first amount of said battery capacity fluctuation amount to separate said battery capacity fluctuation amount that is obtained into said first amount and a second amount of said battery capacity fluctuation amount, said first amount corresponding to degradation attributed to wear, said second amount corresponding to degradation attributed to deposition of lithium; and a determination unit operative to determine whether said rechargeable lithium ion battery is reusable/recyclable based on at least one of: said capacity ratios respectively of said positive and negative electrodes obtained by said degradation parameter acquisition unit; and said second amount calculated by said lithium deposition estimation unit; said capacity ratio of said positive electrode being represented by a ratio of a capacity of said positive electrode with said rechargeable lithium ion battery in a degraded state to a capacity of said positive electrode with said rechargeable lithium ion battery in an initial state, said capacity ratio of said negative electrode being represented by a ratio of a capacity of said negative electrode with said rechargeable lithium ion battery in said degraded state to a capacity of said negative electrode with said rechargeable lithium ion battery in said initial state, said battery capacity fluctuation amount being indicated by a product of said capacity of said negative electrode in said degraded state and an amount of a deviation of an axis of a composition of said negative electrode relative to an axis of a composition of said positive electrode in said degraded state. | 3,485 |
9,359,230 | 1. A membrane including liposomes supported by a base porous membrane, said liposomes having proteins incorporated into their walls wherein said liposomes are internally UV-crosslinked and wherein there is external cross-linking between liposomes or between the liposomes and an interstitial matrix or a support, said external cross-linking being via the hydrophilic region of the liposomes. | 22,118 |
9,299,423 | 1. A memory system comprising: a memory device; an access device for accessing the memory device; an optical link between the access device and the memory device; a plurality of bidirectional optical channels on the optical link for sending data between the access device and the memory device, each of the bidirectional optical channels having an associated communication wavelength; a plurality of unidirectional optical channels on the optical link for sending commands and addresses from the access device to the memory device, each of the unidirectional channels having an associated communication wavelength; a first plurality of electrical/optical transducers coupled to the access device for converting electrical data signals from the access device to optical signals on at least one of the plurality of bidirectional optical channels and for converting optical signals from at least one of the plurality of bidirectional optical channels to electrical data signals which are provided to the access device; a second plurality of electrical/optical transducers coupled to the access device for converting electrical command and address signals from the access device to optical signals on at least one of the plurality of unidirectional optical channels; and a wave division optical multiplexer/demultiplexer coupled between the first and second pluralities of electrical/optical transducers and the optical link for multiplexing optical channels which are transmitted to the optical link and for demultiplexing optical channels received from the optical link, wherein the memory device, the access device, and the optical link are all integrated onto the same die. | 44,442 |
9,049,772 | 1. A driving device for a discharge lamp, comprising: an alternating current supply section configured to supply two electrodes of the discharge lamp with an alternating current; and a frequency modulation section configured to modulate a frequency of the alternating current in accordance with a first modulation pattern and a second modulation pattern respectively including a plurality of retentive periods, each retentive period having a constant frequency and temporally adjacent retentive periods having different frequencies from each other, wherein | 17,627 |
9,382,639 | 1. A device for crystallization of a molecule, comprising: at least one crystallization cell, the crystallization cell comprising: a crystallization chamber that includes an optical bottom, an aperture facing the optical bottom, and a cavity into which the aperture opens, the cavity being configured to receive a first solution S a dialysis membrane configured to cover the aperture of the cavity of the crystallization chamber, a reservoir configured to be fitted on top of the crystallization chamber, so as to create a sealed compartment formed by the reservoir and the crystallization chamber, the compartment being configured to be filled with a second solution S at least one image acquisition means, and at least one addition means configured to add the constituents to the solution S and/or at least one sampling means configured to sample all or part of the solution S | 25,360 |
8,427,709 | 1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an interface unit that (a) transmits, to an external storage device capable of recording an image captured by the imaging apparatus, a command for inquiring battery capacity information and storage capacity information, and (b) receives the battery capacity information and the storage capacity information from the external storage device after the command is transmitted to the external storage device; a control unit that (a) uses the received battery capacity information to detect a condition of a battery coupled to the external storage device, and (b) uses the received storage capacity information to detect a condition of a storage capacity of the external storage device; and a display unit that (a) displays the condition of the battery coupled to the external storage device, and (b) displays the condition of the storage capacity of the external storage device. | 16,212 |
9,809,754 | 1. A method of pyrolyzing a rubber-containing material, said method comprising: (a) heating at least one crucible at least partially filled with a first quantity of said rubber-containing material under conditions sufficient to pyrolyze at least a portion of said rubber-containing material to thereby form pyrolysis vapors and pyrolysis solids, wherein said pyrolysis solids comprise carbon black, carbon black fines, and metallic elements; (b) cooling said pyrolysis solids within said crucible to provide cooled pyrolysis solids; (c) emptying said cooled pyrolysis solids from said crucible into a solids transfer zone; (d) transferring at least a portion of said pyrolysis solids from said solids transfer zone to a solids cooling zone; (e) further cooling said pyrolysis solids in said solids cooling zone to provide further cooled pyrolysis solids, wherein at least a portion of said cooling is performed using a fluidized bed cooler; (f) separating said further cooled pyrolysis solids into carbon black and metallic elements in a solids separation zone; (g) loading at least a portion of said carbon black into one or more storage containers in a loading zone, wherein at least one of said emptying, said transferring, said further cooling, said separating, and said loading causes at least a portion of said carbon black fines to be emitted into the surrounding environment; (h) capturing at least a portion of said carbon black fines emitted into said surrounding environment during at least a portion of said emptying, said transferring, said further cooling, said separating, and/or said loading to provide captured carbon black fines; and (i) introducing at least a portion of said captured carbon black fines into one or more storage containers in said loading zone. | 34,025 |
8,460,157 | 1. A torque down control apparatus for an automotive vehicle, the vehicle limiting an upper limit value of a drive force of a prime mover thereof, comprising: a torque down section configured to reduce the upper limit value of the drive force to a predetermined value when a predetermined condition is established; and a torque down recovery control section configured to increase the upper limit value of the drive force at a predetermined speed to recover the drive force from the predetermined value, wherein the torque down recovery control section includes: a limiting section configured to limit the recovery when an accelerator opening angle is smaller than a predetermined opening angle than a case where the accelerator opening angle is equal to or larger than the predetermined opening angle during the recovery of the upper limit value of the drive force; and a limitation relieving section configured to relieve the limitation by means of the limiting section when a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined vehicle speed than a case where the vehicle speed is lower than the predetermined vehicle speed. | 25,133 |
8,904,401 | 1. A method of managing one or more executing applications in a portable terminal, the method comprising: receiving a first user selection of a program monitor widget displayed on a display of the portable terminal, the program monitor widget including a graphical indication of a first amount of resources corresponding to collective resources used by the one or more executing applications; in response to the first user selection, displaying a list of the one or more executing applications including indications of respective amount of resources used by each of the one or more executing applications; receiving a second user selection to stop the execution of at least one of the one or more executing applications; in response to the second user selection, stopping the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications; and after stopping the execution the at least one of the one or more applications, updating the first amount of resources, wherein the resources used by the one or more executing applications include at least one of Central Processing Unit (CPU) resources and memory resources. | 22,884 |
9,388,206 | 1. A metal dithiolene complex of formula (I) wherein M is Ni, Pd, or Pt; X at least one of the substituents R the substituents R m+n is an integer of 4 to 10, n is an integer of 1 or 2, and m is an integer of 3 to 8. | 19,944 |
9,128,083 | 1. A method of inhibiting the adsorption of lipids and/or proteins to an article, comprising: (1) allowing the article to contact an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble copolymer, wherein the water-soluble copolymer comprises: (i) a repeating unit (A) derived from at least one species of monomer (a) and represented by formula (1): wherein R wherein R wherein R (ii) a repeating unit (B) derived from at least one species of a monomer (b) and represented by formula (2): wherein R R wherein the amount of monomer (a) in the water-soluble copolymer is 30 to 99% by weight and the amount of monomer (b) in the water-soluble copolymer is 1 to 70% by weight; and (iii) a repeating unit (C) represented by the following formula (3): wherein R R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R (2) contacting the article with at least one lipid, protein or a mixture thereof, wherein the copolymer inhibits nonspecific adsorption of lipids and proteins to the article. | 44,509 |
9,631,415 | 1. A composite fenestration frame comprising: a plurality of frame segments defining a central opening through the composite fenestration frame, the plurality of frame segments cooperating to define an exterior frame surface on one side of the central opening and an interior frame surface on an opposing side of the central opening when the composite fenestration frame is installed into a wall; at least one of the plurality of frame segments comprising an internal frame segment made from paulownia and a plurality of external frame segments made from a second material having a material property different from paulownia, the external frame segments respectively defining the exterior and interior frame surfaces such that the internal frame segment substantially completely covered by the exterior frame surface and the interior frame surface, whereby the internal frame segment is not exposed at the interior frame surface or the exterior frame surface when the composite fenestration frame is installed into the wall. | 16,036 |
9,417,955 | 1. A method for recovering data from a plurality of storage devices, said data being grouped as containers written by at least one writing entity within a corresponding one of a plurality of hosts, each container being identified by a unique key that is independent of physical storage identifiers and comprising a set of data chunks stored in different ones of the plurality of storage devices, said method comprising: detecting inaccessibility of one of the plurality of storage devices in which data chunks are stored; iteratively requesting and receiving data chunks from the data storage devices in which a given container's chunks are stored; for each container having a data chunk stored in the inaccessible storage device, reconstructing from the received data chunks belonging to the same container the corresponding data chunk that had been stored in the inaccessible storage device; and storing the reconstructed data chunk in a different one of the storage devices. | 25,815 |
9,074,563 | 1. An engine system comprising: an intake conduit positioned upstream of an engine cylinder; a PCV outlet opening into the intake conduit; and a condensate bypass duct in parallel fluidic communication with and vertically below the intake conduit, the condensate bypass duct including a duct inlet opening into the intake conduit and a duct outlet opening into the intake conduit, where a diameter of the condensate bypass duct decreases in a downstream direction. | 19,599 |
8,814,837 | 1. A device for treating tinea unguium of nail with a liquid antifungal agent for external use supplied through a needle of an injector, comprising: a dome-shaped applicator formed throughout of an elastic material and consisting essentially of a side wall portion defining an opening at one end thereof, an upper portion contiguous to and closing the other end of the side wall portion, and an annular flange formed along a periphery of the opening of the side wall portion and configured to be hermetically adhered to the nail, wherein said side wall portion, together with said upper portion, defines an inside space of the dome-shaped applicator, said inside space being closed when the dome-shaped applicator is attached to the nail with the annular flange being hermetically adhered to the nail, wherein the thickness of the side wall portion is such that the needle is insertible therethrough for injecting the liquid antifungal agent into the inside space but the injected liquid antifungal agent is prevented from exiting therethrough after removal of the needle therefrom, wherein the upper portion has a thin-walled portion elastically expandable outward when the antifungal agent is fed to the inside space under pressure through the needle inserted through the side wall portion, and wherein the side wall portion has a thickness in the range of 2 to 5 mm and the thin-walled portion has a thickness in the range of 0.02 to 2 mm. | 18,062 |
9,569,935 | 1. A poker gaming device comprising, a body structure having a player input device; a video display device housed in the body structure, the video display including a game portion having a grid of multiple card positions; a memory device enclosed in the body structure, the memory device storing executable instructions and a plurality of virtual cards each having a rank value and a suit type, and configured to store a credit amount; a wager input device housed in the body structure, the wager input device structured to receive physical items associated with a currency value; and a processor enclosed in the body structure, the processor arranged to execute the instructions stored in the memory to: receive a signal from the wager input device indicating receipt of a physical item associated with a currency value; increase the credit amount stored in the memory based on the currency value of the received physical item; receive a wager on a poker game of chance, an amount of the wager deducted from the credit amount stored in the memory; display a first number of the plurality of virtual cards in the card positions of the grid, the displayed first number of virtual cards forming a poker hand; determine whether two or more of the displayed virtual cards meet a combination criterion; combine the two or more determined cards when said cards meet the combination criterion, the cards being combined in a single card position in the grid, wherein the combination of two or more determined cards in the single card position is a multi-indicia card symbol showing each of the combined cards; replace cards combined to a different card position on the grid with replacement cards from the plurality of virtual cards, where each grid position includes either a single virtual card or a multi-indicia card; and identify a plurality of resulting hands for the poker hand when one or more of the card positions of the grid are associated with a multiple-indicia card, each of the plurality of resulting hands including a different subset of a total of the cards by splitting indicia of the multiple-indicia card into individual cards and making combinations using the other cards in the card positions of the grid to generate the plurality of resulting hands; evaluate each of the generated plurality of first resulting hands to determine if it is associated with any awards; and increase the credit amount stored in a memory by amounts of any awards determined from the evaluated plurality of first resulting hands. | 16,819 |
9,306,098 | 1. A method of forming a photovoltaic device, comprising forming an absorber layer above a substrate, the absorber layer comprising a I-III-VI forming a surface layer on the absorber layer, the surface layer comprising a I-III-VI | 36,754 |
9,452,772 | 1. A steering column assembly shroud comprising: a first member and a second member, said first member having an end portion which is received within said second member, said second member having at least one slit extending partially along a length thereof, a guide bush which comprises a sleeve that is located between an outwardly facing wall of said end portion of said first member and an inwardly facing wall of said second member, said guide bush being fixed relative to one of said first member and said second member and providing a surface over which the other member can slide to alter an overall length of said first member and said second member, said guide bush further having at least one slit extending through its wall along at least a part of its length, and a clamp mechanism which, in a clamped position, squeezes said second member onto said guide bush which is, in turn, squeezed onto said first member so as to clamp said first member and said second member together to prevent reach adjustment of said steering column assembly, and which, in an unclamped position, allows said one of said first member and second member to which said guide bush is fixed to move relative to the clamp mechanism to permit reach adjustment of said steering column assembly, wherein a cross section of said guide bush varies along its length such that a difference between a first resistance that said guide bush provides to crushing by said clamp mechanism when the overall length of said first member and said second member is at a greatest length and a second resistance that said guide bush provides to crushing by said clamp mechanism when the overall length of said first member and said second member is at a shortest length is less than a difference that would be achieved if a guide bush of uniform material and having a uniform cross section along its length was provided. | 1,044 |
9,202,564 | 1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory cell array, the memory cell array comprising a plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections of a plurality of first wiring lines and a plurality of second wiring lines, each memory cell comprising a variable resistive element; and a control circuit configured to perform a state determination operation of sensing a voltage of the first wiring lines, the voltage changing based on current flowing from the first wiring lines to the second wiring lines via a plurality of variable resistive elements, the control circuit being configured to adjust a voltage to be applied to the first wiring line in a reset operation or a set operation based on the voltage of the first wiring lines sensed in the state determination operation, the reset operation being an operation to increase resistance of a variable resistive element, and the set operation being an operation to decrease resistance of a variable resistive element. | 5,417 |
9,473,312 | 1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising: a logic circuit; and a memory coupled to the logic circuit, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the logic circuit, cause the IHS to: | 43,274 |
9,435,038 | 1. A method of forming a recessed feature in a metal substrate, comprising: implanting oxygen ions into a region of said metal substrate to form a metal oxide region having a thickness of about 10 nm; exposing said metal oxide region to an etchant; and repeating said implanting and exposing to create said recessed feature of a desired depth, wherein the oxygen ions are implanted at a plurality of energies so as to create a uniform distribution of oxygen ions throughout the metal oxide region. | 45,245 |
9,399,687 | 1. A method for producing a chlorinated vinyl chloride-based resin, the method comprising the steps of: introducing chlorine into a slurry of a vinyl chloride-based resin in a first tank; transferring, from the first tank to a second tank, the slurry into which chlorine has been introduced; irradiating, with UV light, the slurry in the second tank; and circulating the slurry having been irradiated with UV light in the second tank to the first tank. | 45,545 |
9,247,500 | 1. A method for reducing power consumption in customer premises equipment (CPE) for use in a content and data distribution network, the method comprising the steps of: determining an operational status of a connection between the CPE and a headend in the content and data distribution network; when a power failure event is not present and the operational status is indicative of a loss of connectivity between the CPE and the headend, placing the CPE in a first mode of operation, wherein in the first mode of operation, power to a first subset of functional modules in the CPE is disabled to thereby reduce power consumption in the CPE; and when a power failure event is present and the operational status is indicative of a loss of connectivity between the CPE and the headend, placing the CPE in a second mode of operation, wherein in the second mode of operation, power to a second subset of functional modules in the CPE is disabled, the second subset of functional modules being greater than the first subset of functional modules. | 44,728 |
9,252,793 | 1. A semiconductor device provided with a semiconductor chip sealed with a resin, the semiconductor chip having an oscillation circuit, the oscillation circuit having: in the voltage-current converting unit, a reference current being generated by applying a reference voltage to the reference resistor, and a current in accordance with the reference current being inputted to the voltage generating unit as the input current, wherein, on a main surface of the semiconductor chip, the reference resistor is formed by connecting a plurality of resistors in series with each other inside a first region surrounded by a first line, a second line, and a first side of the main surface of the semiconductor chip, the first line connecting between one end of the first side and a center of the main surface of the semiconductor chip, and the second line connecting between the other end of the first side and the center of the main surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein each of the plurality of resistors has a length in a first direction orthogonal to the first side that is greater than a respective width thereof in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and wherein the reference resistor is formed at a position that is at least 0.1 mm away from the first side in the first region and is arranged closer to the first side than a third line connecting a center of the first line and a center of the second line in the first region. | 27,042 |
9,682,692 | 1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the control apparatus comprising: a first power transmission path that connects an engine and an electric motor together; a second power transmission path that connects the first power transmission path and drive wheels together; a clutch mechanism inserted in the second power transmission path, and switched over between an engaged state and a disengaged state; a clutch controller that controls the clutch mechanism to be in the engaged state in response to a decrease in a supply current, and controls the clutch mechanism to be in the disengaged state in response to an increase in the supply current; a supply current controller coupled to the clutch controller through a conduction line and to an electric power supply through a first electric power supply line and a second electric power supply line in a parallel fashion, and that controls the supply current supplied to the clutch controller; a self-shut relay that holds a conducting state of the second electric power supply line over a set time, in response to a change in a state of the first electric power supply line from a conducting state to a non-conducting state; and a hybrid control unit that operates with the supply current controller to execute an electric power generating mode upon a stop of the vehicle, the electric power generating mode driving the electric motor to generate electric power upon the stop of the vehicle, and the stop of the vehicle causing the clutch mechanism to be disengaged, wherein when the electric power generating mode is executed, the supply current controller sets the supply current supplied to the clutch controller to a first current value set in the range from a minimum value to a maximum value, and when the state of the first electric power supply line is changed from the conducting state to the non-conducting state in the state the electric power generating mode is executed, the supply current controller increases the supply current supplied to the clutch controller to a second current value larger than the first current value. | 41,263 |
8,467,355 | 1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) control system, comprising: a WLAN network controller; and a plurality of access points on-site of the WLAN, the WLAN network controller being (i) located at a service provider off-site of the WLAN, and (ii) in communication with each of the plurality of on-site WLAN access points via a wired transport data network, substantially all WLAN network control functions for the plurality of on-site WLAN access points being provided by said WLAN network controller and external of the WLAN, the substantially all WLAN network control functions including at least (i) management and operation of physical network resources, (ii) provision of client authentication functions to limit network access to authorized users, (iii) provision of cross-subnet mobility, and (iv) administration of per-user functions, and wherein the plurality of access points are not disposed at the service provider location; and wherein the WLAN network controller is in communication, via the wired transport data network, with at least one additional server, the at least one additional server being (i) co-located with at least one of the plurality of on-site WLAN access points and (ii) configured to access an enterprise directory database, the enterprise directory database including information relating to authorized users of the WLAN system; and wherein the off-site WLAN network controller is in communication with the at least one additional server computer via a secured data link. | 28,059 |
8,662,835 | 1. A turbine nozzle for a turbomachine, the nozzle comprising: two annular platforms, respectively an inner platform and an outer platform, interconnected by substantially radial vanes, the inner platform carrying annular elements of abradable material for co-operating with annular wipers of a rotor of the turbomachine to form a labyrinth type seal, wherein the annular elements of abradable material are carried by annular sheet-metal sectors of substantially L-, S-, or C-shaped section that are mounted radially inside the inner platform and each of which has an outer periphery having a first weld or brazed joint with the inner platform and an inner periphery having a second weld or brazed joint with an element of abradable material or to a piece of sheet metal fastened to an element of abradable material. | 2,169 |
9,150,468 | 1. A method of producing an organic compound having the formula C n H 2n using a metathesis catalyst in a coupling reaction of at least one olefin, the method comprising: introducing at least one olefin, a benzoquinone, and a metathesis catalyst, and optionally an organic solvent into a container thereby forming a mixture thereof, wherein the amount of the metathesis catalyst introduced into the container ranges from 2.4 ppm to about 100 ppm by weight of the mixture; and causing the at least one olefin in the mixture to undergo a coupling reaction while bubbling a gas through the mixture, wherein a product having the formula C | 37,311 |
8,685,904 | 1. An aqueous lubricant emulsion for medical or food apparatus, comprising: (a) 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a mineral oil; (b) 5 wt % to 30 wt % of an emulsifier system consisting of (c) 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % of one or more coemulsifiers selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols, long-chain fatty acids, and diisooctyl succinate sulfonates; and (d) the balance of water. | 23,784 |
8,846,243 | 1. A stacking or stacking and folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure comprising: at least one electrode plate; electrode tabs extending between first ends and second ends, the electrode tabs having no active material applied thereto and being coupled to the at least one electrode plate at the first ends; and at least one electrode lead electrically coupled to the electrode tabs at the second ends; wherein the at least one electrode lead and the electrode tabs are coupled to form a joint portion and lengths of the electrode tabs are increased from an electrode tab closest to the at least one electrode lead to an electrode tab farthest from the at least one electrode lead such that the joint portion has a first length, and wherein the at least one electrode plate and the at least one electrode lead are spaced apart by a horizontal distance, the first length being larger than the horizontal distance. | 44,453 |
8,739,751 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: operating a turbocharger; operating a start/stop automatic system which automatically switches off the engine when a stop condition is met, and automatically starts the engine when a starting condition is met; and when the stop condition is met, delaying the automatic switching off of the engine by a predefinable delay time (Δt) if a temperature of oil supplied to the turbocharger is above a threshold temperature. | 46,057 |
8,623,786 | 1. A biologically-active composition comprising: (a) one or more surfactants obtained by reacting a compound with two or more hydroxyl groups selected from the group consisting of polyhydric alcohols, polyols, saccharides, polysaccharides and mixtures thereof, with a sulphating agent, (b) one or more biologically-active ingredients comprising one or more herbicides, and (c) optionally, one or more auxiliary agents. | 15,408 |
9,032,711 | 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust purification system comprising: an engine exhaust passage; a hydrocarbon feed valve for feeding hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbon feed valve being arranged inside of the engine exhaust passage; an exhaust purification catalyst for reacting NO an electronic control unit having control logic configured to cause the electronic control unit to control an injection pressure and an injection time of the hydrocarbons fed from the hydrocarbon feed valve into the exhaust purification catalyst in accordance with an oxidizing strength of the exhaust purification catalyst, such that the fed hydrocarbons vibrate at a predetermined range of amplitude for a predetermined period of time, and wherein the control logic is configured to cause the electronic control unit to control the injection pressure and the injection time of the hydrocarbons fed from the hydrocarbon feed valve into the exhaust purification catalyst such that when the injection pressure increases, the injection time decreases, and wherein the control logic is configured to cause the electronic control unit to control the injection time of the fed hydrocarbons longer than the predetermined period of time, wherein when the fed hydrocarbons vibrate at the predetermined range of amplitude for the predetermined period of time, the precious metal catalyst causes the NO wherein when the electronic control unit controls the injection time of the fed hydrocarbons longer than the predetermined period of time, the exhaust purification catalyst has a property being increased in storage amount of NO | 20,512 |
9,528,382 | 1. A heat shield apparatus for an airfoil, the apparatus comprising: casing walls configured to be positioned and removable from a turbomachine casing; a wall disposed between and integrally formed with the casing walls, the wall including: | 8,039 |
9,278,428 | 1. A method of screening for separating and reclaiming abrasive blasting material from contaminants, comprising the steps of: providing a support member having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis; and providing an endless flexible screen belt mounted to the support member and movable about an endless closed loop in the direction of the longitudinal axis; the screen belt having a plurality of openings, the screen openings being sized to allow articles of abrasive blasting material of a desired size to fall therethrough by gravity and to prevent contaminants larger than the abrasive blasting material from falling therethrough by gravity; providing a drive mechanism mounted to the support member for driving the screen belt along the endless closed loop; and depositing contaminated abrasive blasting material onto the screen belt and moving the screen belt in the direction of the longitudinal axis and allowing abrasive blasting material to fall through the screen belt while allowing contaminants to be transported along the screen belt; the drive mechanism comprising an endless flexible power transmitting member attached to the screen belt so that the movement of the endless flexible power transmitting member imparting the corresponding movement of the screen belt; the endless flexible power transmitting member being an endless flexible drive chain attached to said screen belt so that the movement of said drive chain imparting the corresponding movement of said screen belt. | 24,784 |
8,862,905 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining telemetry data using a set of sensors for a computer system; analyzing the telemetry data to estimate a value of a parameter for the computer system that is at least one of a power utilization and a temperature; and controlling a subsequent value of the parameter by regulating utilization of a processor in the computer system on a per process basis based on the estimated value, wherein regulating the utilization comprises, for each process in a set of processes that are executing on the processor: | 391 |
9,567,971 | 1. A system to generate electricity using a flow of air, the system comprising: a plurality of vertical blades disposed radially along an outer circumference of a cylindrical blade drum, wherein the plurality of vertical blades encircle an internal volume; a conical fan disposed within the internal volume, the conical fan further comprising: a generally conical support member having an exterior surface, a major axis, a base, and a tip; and a plurality of generally sickle-shaped blades, each generally sickle-shaped blade attached to the exterior surface, wherein the plurality of generally sickle-shaped blades are positioned with a generally uniform orientation to define a helix for urging air to flow in a spiral pattern up and around the generally conical support member; a shaft disposed along the major axis, the shaft having a first end and a second end, the second end operationally connected to a generator, wherein rotation of the cylindrical blade drum or conical fan causes the generator to generate electricity; an internal fan positioned at or below the lower aperture, the internal fan capable of rotation to force a fluid along the major axis; wherein the conical support member is frustoconical, defining an upper aperture and a lower aperture. | 40,736 |
9,120,196 | 1. A system including a device for deblocking an optical workpiece, particularly a spectacle lens, from a block piece for holding the workpiece, comprising: a block piece and workpiece assembly, a first movement device for rotating the block piece and workpiece assembly about a workpiece axis of rotation via the block piece, wherein the workpiece is blocked on a defined curved blocking surface of the block piece, which also has an outer circumferential surface, a nozzle with an outlet opening for delivery of a high-pressure jet of a pressure medium via the outlet opening in a direction substantially transverse to the workpiece axis of rotation onto a point of incidence in an edge region between the block piece and the workpiece, and a second movement device for generating a relative movement between the nozzle and the workpiece, wherein the second movement device has a nozzle guide section on which the nozzle is mounted and by which the nozzle is positionable with respect to the block piece under mechanically positive cam control depending on one of the geometry of the outer circumferential surface of the block piece and the curvature of the blocking surface of the block piece in order to direct the high-pressure jet of pressure medium in defined manner onto the point of incidence, constructed such that during deblocking a substantially constant clear spacing is maintained between the outlet opening of the nozzle and the point of incidence and/or the high-pressure jet of pressure medium is set to be incident on the point of incidence at a predetermined incidence angle. | 4,372 |
9,795,280 | 1. An endoscope system, including an endoscope and first and second connectors, said endoscope having an elongated tube for entry in a body cavity for imaging, a fluid channel, formed inside said elongated tube, for transferring fluid, and a port device, disposed on a proximal end side of said elongated tube of said endoscope, for communicating with said fluid channel, said first and second connectors being selectively coupled with said port device, said endoscope system comprising: said port device including: a sleeve portion having an opening; a flange formed to project radially from an outer surface of said sleeve portion; a first tapered portion formed in said opening; said first connector including: a flow sleeve for entry in said opening; a sealing structure for sealing an outer surface of said flow sleeve entered in said opening; an engaging device for engagement with said flange; said second connector including: a coupling sleeve for entry in said opening; a second tapered portion, formed with said coupling sleeve, and tapered in compliance with said first tapered portion; a fastening device for fastening with said port device; a pusher for pressing said second tapered portion to said first tapered portion upon fastening of said fastening device with said port device, to seal said first and second tapered portions; wherein said port device further includes a third tapered portion that is formed in said opening between said first tapered portion and said fluid channel, and is tapered at a taper angle different from that of said first tapered portion. | 16,428 |
9,840,745 | 1. A method of manufacturing a product, the method comprising: providing a container apparatus, the container apparatus including a culture medium and a support element therein; placing at least one reinforcing structure on the support element; introducing dermal cells into the culture medium, so that the dermal cells grow and divide to form a tissue layer including a first stratum on a first side of the tissue layer, a second stratum on a second side of the tissue layer and having different properties than the first stratum, and a third stratum disposed between the first stratum and the second stratum, wherein various solutions are deposited at different stages to induce specific strata to form, and wherein the reinforcing structure extends into both the first stratum and the second stratum and the reinforcing structure has (a) a first portion that extends into the third stratum such that the first portion of the reinforcing structure is parallel to both a first surface and a second surface of the third stratum, (b) a second portion that is perpendicular to the first portion of the reinforcing structure, the second portion of the reinforcing structure extending from the first portion through both the third stratum and the first stratum such that the second portion is surrounded by the third stratum and the first stratum, and (c) a third portion that is perpendicular to the first portion of the reinforcing structure, the third portion extending from the first portion through both the third stratum and the second stratum such that the third portion is surrounded by the third stratum and the second stratum; and wherein the second stratum has different properties that the first stratum, wherein the tissue layer grows around the at least one reinforcing structure in such a manner as to completely surround the at least one reinforcing structure, thereby forming a cultured leather that incorporates the at least one reinforcing structure; removing the cultured leather from the container apparatus; and incorporating the cultured leather into a product. | 16,632 |
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