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9,626,484 | 1. A medication storage and dispensing workstation for use in a medication management system administering the inventory and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies in a healthcare environment comprising: a linear drawer assembly linearly movable between an open position and a closed position along a longitudinal axis, the drawer assembly comprising a plurality of individual, self-contained storage modules each defining a volume for containing medications and/or other medical supplies, the plurality of storage modules being arranged in a one-dimensional array that is parallel to the longitudinal axis; wherein each storage module comprises a drawer that is extensible generally horizontally and generally in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis; and wherein each storage module is independently removable from the drawer assembly and without affecting the volume defined by another storage module. | 23,944 |
8,488,542 | 1. A data transmission method, comprising: receiving, by a radio transceiver, information indicating capability category of a user equipment (UE) from a radio network controller; acquiring, by the radio transceiver, the capability category of the UE according to the information indicating the capability category of the UE; and performing, by the radio transceiver, data transmission to or from the UE according to the capability category of the UE; wherein the data transmission method is used in an enhanced cell forward access channel state. | 17,963 |
9,048,756 | 1. A full-bridge single phase bidirectional AC/DC power converter having two phase legs on an AC side thereof and a capacitor connected between said two phase legs, said converter including a plurality of switches connected in a full bridge configuration, a choke comprising magnetically coupled windings connected in series in respective ones of said two phase legs, a split capacitor connected between said two phase legs and in parallel with said capacitor connected between said two phase legs, and a connection between a mid-point of said split capacitor and a mid-point of a split capacitor connected between DC voltage rails on a DC side of said power converter, wherein said switches in said full bridge configuration are driven by a pulse width modulated signal that is modified from sinusoidal modulation to provide active filtering of common mode voltage variation on said two phase legs by said full bridge configuration. | 18,261 |
8,535,829 | 1. A powder of a lithium transition-metal compound for a positive-electrode material in a lithium secondary battery, comprising: a lithium transition-metal compound, as a main component, capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; wherein the powder is prepared by (a) incorporating at least one additive, that inhibits grain growth and sintering during firing in the main component, in an amount greater than or equal to 0.01 mol % and less than 2 mol % with respect to the total molar amount of the transition-metal elements in the main component, and then (b) performing firing; wherein the atomic ratio of the total amount of the additive element to the total amount of metal elements except Li and the additive element on surfaces of primary particles of the lithium transition-metal compound is 5 to 150 times the atomic ratio of the total amount of the additive element to the total amount of the metal elements except Li and the additive element in the entire particles of the lithium transition-metal compound; and wherein the lithium transition-metal compound is a lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide that has a crystal structure which has a layered structure and is represented by formula (I″): where the ratio of Li to M is in the range of 0.001 to 0.2 and M is represented by formula (II″): where 0≦x″≦0.1, −0.1≦y″≦0.1, and (1−x″)(0.0531 0.98y″)≦z″≦(1−x″)(0.20−0.88y″). | 45,941 |
8,974,967 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a carbon nanotube film having a plurality of carbon nanotubes that includes a porous structure; an inorganic material configured and arranged to provide a membrane including the plurality of carbon nanotubes embedded within the membrane; and a conductive electrode coupled to the carbon nanotube film for conducting current therefrom. | 20,587 |
9,683,277 | 1. A process for producing a ferric nitrate reagent for use in a hydrometallurgical process of copper ore containing iron (II) comprising: a. Providing an aqueous copper raffinate solution containing iron from a copper organic solvent extraction stage of a copper ore hydrometallurgical process; b. Concentrating iron (II) in the aqueous copper raffinate solution; c. Forming an iron mixture comprising the concentrated aqueous iron (II) solution and an acidic aqueous sodium nitrate solution; d. Feeding the iron mixture to an electrochemical reactor comprising an anode and a cathode and a membrane separating the anode and cathode, wherein an electric charge is applied to the cathode to generate a potential difference between the anode and cathode whereby, through an electrochemical reaction, (i) iron (II) in the iron mixture is oxidized to iron (III) to produce the ferric nitrate reagent, (ii) an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is produced, and (iii) water is produced; e. Forming a ferric nitrate mixture comprising the ferric nitrate reagent, sulfuric acid, and the aqueous copper raffinate solution; f. Diluting the ferric nitrate mixture with at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of water, aqueous copper raffinate solution, and an aqueous copper raffinate solution-water mixture; g. Dosing the ferric nitrate mixture to a heap leaching stage of a copper ore hydrometallurgical process; and h. Dosing the ferric nitrate reagent and sulfuric acid to a copper ore curing stage of a copper ore hydrometallurgical process. | 8,702 |
9,389,162 | 1. A device, comprising: a mixing portion configured to receive and mix a first liquid solution of unknown composition with a second liquid solution comprising a first non-magnetic suspended particle and a second non-magnetic suspended particle resulting in a mixed liquid solution, wherein a first surface of the first non-magnetic suspended particle and a second surface of the second non-magnetic suspended particle are functionalized to target an analyte, wherein the first non-magnetic suspended particle is a non-spherical particle and wherein the second non-magnetic suspended particle is a different size and a different shape from the first non-magnetic suspended particle; a surface of a solid substrate configured to receive and evaporate a drop of the mixed liquid solution, wherein evaporation of the drop in connection with an altered resistance to capillary flow of the mixed liquid solution disperses the first non-magnetic suspended particle and the second non-magnetic suspended particle in a ring pattern based on at least one property of the first non-magnetic suspended particle and the second non-magnetic suspended particle defined in relation to a presence of the analyte or an absence of the analyte in the first liquid solution; and a processing device configured to inspect image data representing ring pattern information associated with the ring pattern, and detect the presence of the analyte or the absence of the analyte in the first liquid solution based on at least one property of the ring pattern information, wherein the different size and the different shape of the first non-magnetic suspended particle and the second non-magnetic suspended particle in the second liquid solution create the altered resistance to capillary flow after the first non-magnetic suspended particle and the second non-magnetic suspended particle segregate apart or aggregate together as a result of the presence or the absence of the analyte in the first liquid solution. | 35,701 |
9,143,104 | 1. An audio signal processing circuit for receiving an analog single-ended input audio signal and performing a predetermined signal processing thereon to generate an analog single-ended output audio signal, the audio signal processing circuit comprising: a first amplifier configured to perform a non-inverting amplification on the input audio signal to generate a first analog audio signal; a second amplifier configured to perform an inverting amplification on the first analog audio signal to generate a second analog audio signal; an analog/digital converter having differential input terminals which includes a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal, and configured to receive the first analog audio signal at the positive input terminal and the second analog audio signal at the negative input terminal and convert them into a first digital audio signal; a digital signal processing unit configured to perform a predetermined signal processing on the first digital audio signal to output a second digital audio signal; a digital/analog converter configured to convert the second digital audio signal into differential third analog audio signals including a positive signal and a negative signal; a third amplifier configured to invert the positive signal of the third analog audio signals and add it to the negative signal of the third analog audio signals to generate a single-ended fourth analog audio signal; and a fourth amplifier configured to perform an inverting amplification on the fourth analog audio signal to generate the output audio signal, wherein the audio signal processing circuit is integrated on a single semiconductor substrate. | 35,696 |
8,598,805 | 1. A LED bulb comprising: a support having at least one LED mounted on a first side, the at least one LED being electrically coupled to a circuit mounted on a second side of the support for driving the LED bulb at a first or a second light intensity level, the circuit comprising: input terminals connectable to a power supply for receiving an input voltage; a LED driver component for adjusting the input voltage supplied to the at least one LED; a comparator circuit for detecting the input voltage and if above a threshold voltage closing a switch to drive the LED bulb at the first light intensity level; wherein the comparator circuit includes a Zener diode connected in series with a resistor and the switch. | 42,373 |
9,151,487 | 1. A heating element ( 25 ) for liquids to be vaporized, for instance, a burner ( 6 ) of a steam cutting device ( 1 ) or a burner ( 38 ) of a power-generating device, said element being designed as an induction heater ( 47 ) having a coil ( 25 a ), wherein the coil ( 25 a ) of the induction heater ( 47 ) is enclosed in a hybrid construction which is composed of a main part ( 31 ) with laterally extending webs ( 33 ) extending laterally of the coil and comprises an easily magnetizable material ( 35 ) and a thermally highly-conductive material, a covering element ( 32 ) comprising nanocrystalline materials being arranged on said webs ( 33 ), and the easily magnetizable material ( 35 ) comprising a soft magnetizable material and being designed to adjoin a thermally highly-conductive material ( 37 ) of a vaporizer ( 21 ). | 34,867 |
9,485,194 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by a first device, that information regarding a virtual aggregated link, that represents a plurality of possible output links associated with a second device, is not received; determining, by the first device and after determining that the information regarding the virtual aggregated link is not received, that information regarding a failed link between the second device and a third device is received; selecting, by the first device and after determining that the information regarding the failed link is received, particular links of the plurality of possible output links based on the information regarding the failed link between the second device and the third device, updating, by the first device, membership information of the virtual aggregated link to remove the particular links from the virtual aggregated link. | 50 |
8,561,756 | 1. An apparatus for reproducing acoustic signals, the apparatus comprising: an enclosure; a free convection passage located within the enclosure, the free convection passage comprising: at least one heat producing element coupled to the free convection passage via a low thermal resistance conduction path, wherein heat produced by the heat producing element initiates a unidirectional free convective airflow in a direction corresponding to a path between the non-horizontal convection inlet acoustic port and the non-horizontal convection outlet acoustic port. | 36,330 |
9,684,145 | 1. A method of installing a fiber distribution system in a building having multiple floors, the method comprising: routing a feed fiber to a first enclosure located at one of the floors of the building; disposing pre-connectorized ends of distribution fibers within the first enclosure; routing optical ferrules, which terminate second ends of the distribution fibers without connector bodies, through the building via a sheath assembly; accessing the optical ferrules of the distribution fibers at respective floors; attaching connector bodies around the optical ferrules; and disposing the connector bodies within fiber distribution terminals at the floors. | 14,766 |
9,304,388 | 1. A three-dimensional imaging device, including: a left-eye image capturing unit for left eye having an image sensor for left eye; a right-eye image capturing unit for right eye having an image sensor for right eye; a frame synchronizing drive controller for driving the left-eye image sensor and the right-eye image sensor in a frame synchronizing manner; a camera processor for image-processing an image for left eye captured by the left-eye image capturing unit and an image for right eye captured by the right-eye image capturing unit to generate a parallax image of the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a vertical timing adjuster for adjusting timings of driving the left-eye image sensor and the right-eye image sensor using the frame synchronizing drive controller to reduce as close to zero as possible an amount of vertical displacement between a framing position of a target object image in the left-eye image and a framing position of a target object image in the right-eye image; an operation unit for generating a displacement adjustment command signal to instruct the vertical timing generator to adjust the drive timing through a manual operation by an operator of the three-dimensional imaging device, and a monitor on which a first image and a second image are displayed, wherein the vertical timing adjuster adjusts the drive timing using the frame synchronizing drive controller based on the displacement adjustment command signal, and the camera processor reduces a pair of left and right trimming images for the pair of left and right trimming areas positionally set so that relative positions of the same target object at a time point are consistent with each other into a monitor size and displays the reduced pair of left and right trimming images on left and right sides of the monitor. | 16,471 |
9,173,148 | 1. A method of communication, comprising: receiving, at a network node, a report that an access terminal provided to a source access point and that the source access point forwarded to the network node, wherein the report comprises a received signal strength value for each pilot signal received at the access terminal, a pseudorandom number (PN) sequence phase offset of all pilot signals received at the access terminal, and a PN sequence phase offset of the access terminal; identifying by the network node a plurality of candidate target access points comprising neighbors of the source access point for a handoff operation for the access terminal based on the report provided by the access terminal, wherein the plurality of candidate target access points transmit pilot signals having the same PN sequence phase offset as at least one of the pilot signals received at the access terminal, and wherein the access terminal received the at least one pilot signal from one of the identified plurality of candidate target access points; sending by the network node a message to each of the identified candidate target access points that transmit the pilot signals having the same PN sequence phase offset as the at least one pilot signal received at the access terminal to request each candidate target access point to monitor uplink signals from the access terminal based on parameters in the message; receiving at the network node at least one response to at least one of the messages; and identifying one of the plurality of candidate target access points that transmitted the at least one pilot signal received at the access terminal for the handoff operation based on the at least one response. | 22,637 |
9,477,644 | 1. A method of reconstructing browser history for analyzing interactions with the Internet, comprising: receiving, by a computing system having one or more processors, a request from a client device for a first item of content, the request having a referrer field; retrieving, by the computing system, a referral tree having a first recorded node associated with the first item of content and a second recorded node associated with a third item of content, responsive to the request, the referral tree identifying a plurality of items of content, each recorded node in the referral tree associated with a request for items of content, each item of content comprising a portion of an online document; determining, by the computing system, that the first recorded node is not connected with the second recorded node; identifying, by the computing system, a synthetic node of the referral tree connected to the first recorded node based on the referrer field for the first recorded node and to the second recorded node based on the referrer field for the second recorded node; determining, by the computing system, that the synthetic node is connected to the first recorded node and the second recorded node; determining, by the computing system, based on the identification, that the client device has retrieved a locally-cached copy of a second item of content associated with the synthetic node of the referral tree without the recorded request for the second item of content transmitted via the computing device, responsive to determining that the first recorded node is not connected to the second recorded node and to determining that the synthetic node is connected to the first recorded node and the second recorded node; identifying, by the computing system, the online document comprising the first item of content and second item of content, responsive to the determination that the client device has retrieved the locally-cached copy of the second item of content; and recording, by the computing system, a request for the identified online document by the client device. | 5,920 |
9,034,524 | 1. A solid electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a glass-based oxide present in the solid electrolyte in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 20 wt %, the glass-based oxide being selected from the group consisting of LiPO wherein, x is 0 to 1, M is Si or Ge, and y is 0 or 1. | 38,585 |
9,022,969 | 1. A fluid line connection system for a peritoneal dialysis system, the fluid line connection system comprising: a fluid handling cassette comprising: a housing that encloses a control system to control movement of the fluid in the fluid handling cassette and includes a door that is movably mounted to the housing; and a carriage mounted to move along guides extending along a length of the door, the carriage being arranged to receive a plurality of solution lines, each solution line of the plurality of solution lines having a connector end, wherein the carriage is arranged to automatically fluidly connect the connector end of each solution line of the plurality of solution lines with a corresponding spike of the plurality of dialysate solution line spikes. | 6,157 |
9,742,419 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first transistor including an oxide semiconductor in its channel; a second transistor including a gate electrically connected to one of source and drain of the first transistor; a capacitor electrically connected to the one of source and drain of the first transistor; and an inverter including an input, an output, a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein one of the first terminal and the second terminal is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the second transistor, and wherein a high power supply potential is applied to another of source and drain of the second transistor through no transistor. | 34,777 |
9,798,376 | 1. A processing system, comprising: a plurality of processors; a clock device configured to generate an input clock signal; a frequency adjuster configured to receive the input clock signal from the clock device, and to output an output clock signal to the plurality of processors based on the input clock signal; and a power manager configured to receive a signal to activate one or more of the processors that are in an idle mode while one or more other ones of the processors are in an active mode, wherein, in response to the signal, the power manager is configured to instruct the frequency adjuster to reduce a frequency of the output clock signal from a first clock frequency to a second clock frequency, to activate the one or more of the processors that are in the idle mode while the frequency of the output clock signal is at the second clock frequency, and to instruct the frequency adjuster to increase the frequency of the output clock signal from the second clock frequency to the first clock frequency after the one or more of the processors are activated, wherein the second clock frequency is between 20% to 80% of the first clock frequency. | 40,539 |
9,549,444 | 1. A dimming system, comprising: a controller, outputting a control signal in response to a dimming signal, comprising: a frequency adjustment circuit, adjusting the frequency of the control signal in response to the dimming signal; and a duty cycle adjustment circuit, adjusting the duty cycle of the control signal in response to the dimming signal; and an Alternating Current (AC)-to-Direct Current (DC) converter, converting an external power and generating a DC signal according to the control signal so as to drive a light source via the DC signal; wherein when the controller is operated at a first mode, the frequency of the control signal is a first frequency and the duty cycle of the control signal is a first duty cycle; when the controller switches to a second mode, the frequency of the control signal and the duty cycle of the control signal are simultaneously changed, the frequency of the control signal is changed to a second frequency and the duty cycle of the control signal is changed to a second duty cycle. | 26,180 |
9,401,614 | 1. A method for controlling a battery having at least one battery module string having a plurality of battery modules which are connected in series, each battery module including at least one battery cell, at least one coupling unit, a first connection and a second connection and being configured to assume one of at least two switching states as a function of actuation of the at least one coupling unit, various switching states corresponding to different voltage values between the first connection and the second connection of the battery module, the method comprising: i. determining a ranking of the battery modules with which said battery modules are involved in providing a desired output voltage of the battery module string, wherein the battery modules compare their respective operating states and determine the ranking on the basis of the comparison; ii. determining, with a controller, an output voltage, which is to be provided, of the battery module string; iii. sending, with the controller, a message to at least one of the battery modules; iv. establishing a switching state, which is to be assumed, in each of the battery modules on the basis of a comparison between the message sent by the controller and the determined ranking; and v. assuming, by each of the battery modules, the established switching state. | 1,385 |
9,575,065 | 1. A method of detecting elevated MPO mass in a patient sample comprising: a) obtaining a plasma sample from a human patient having atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD); and b) detecting elevated MPO mass in said plasma sample, as compared to a control MPO mass level from the general population or apparently healthy subjects, by contacting said plasma sample with anti-MPO antibodies and detecting binding between MPO in said plasma sample and said anti-MPO antibodies. | 437 |
9,357,579 | 1. A method for data communication, the method comprising: discovering, in a communication device, a list of local networks and nodes accessible by the communication device; storing, in the communication device, at least one data format and at least one communication protocol associated with at least one node of at least one remote network and storing, in the communication device, at least one data format and at least one communication protocol associated with at least one node of the local networks; configuring an ad hoc network including the at least one remote network and one of the local networks, such that a communication path is established between a first node for which at least one data format and at least one communication protocol is stored in the communication device in association with the remote network and a second node for which at least one data format and at least one communication protocol is stored in the communication device in association with the one of the one of the local networks; confirming, in the communication device, that the at least one data format and the at least one communication protocol stored in association with the first node are compatible with the at least one data format and the at least one communication protocol stored in association with the second node; and controlling the transmission of data between the first node and the second node through the ad hoc network via the communication path, wherein the first node and the second node are separate from the communication device. | 12,709 |
8,781,478 | 1. A handover control apparatus controlling a handover process between a terminal and a first base station wirelessly connected with the terminal to establish a wireless data communications link, the handover process wirelessly connecting the terminal to a second base station different from the first base station, the handover control apparatus comprising: a threshold value storage section that stores a threshold value of an electric wave state, the stored threshold value being associated with a moving speed that serves as a parameter, the threshold value being varied to be higher as the moving speed becomes greater; a speed detection section that detects a moving speed of the terminal; and a central processing unit configuring the correction section being further configured to | 3,269 |
9,195,643 | 1. A method of managing data, comprising: generating a model file on a non-transitory computer readable medium containing descriptions of the data, wherein the descriptions of the data in the model file are formatted as a collection of dictionaries, wherein the descriptions of the data are divided into multiple groups that are associated with multiple hierarchical pages, wherein the multiple groups associated with the multiple hierarchical pages are listed in the model file in a flat structure, and wherein a first entry in a first of the multiple hierarchical pages shares an identifier with a second entry in a second of the multiple hierarchical pages; and generating a controller file on the non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to interpret the model file and present the data in the multiple hierarchical pages to a user, wherein the controller file refers to one of the multiple groups in the model file, wherein the controller file is re-used to interpret the multiple groups in the descriptions of the data and present the data in the multiple hierarchical pages, and wherein the controller file is configured to retrieve data associated with the second entry and display at least a portion of the data associated with the second entry on the first of the multiple hierarchical pages. | 31,232 |
8,396,505 | 1. A radio communication system in which a plurality of small cell base stations are installed within a large cell formed by a large cell base station and each are configured to form a small cell smaller than the large cell, and the small cell base stations are configured to control transmission powers of radio terminals connected to the small cell base stations, wherein a network side device that is formed of at least one of the large cell base station and an upper-level device of the large cell base station comprises: the small cell base stations each comprises: | 4,747 |
8,846,526 | 1. A method of producing a through-hole substrate, comprising: preparing a substrate having a through-hole filled with a filler containing a material capable of being selectively removed with respect to the substrate; forming a structure, at least a part of a surface of which has an insulating property, in a region including at least a part of the through-hole on at least one surface of the substrate; forming a plated layer on the substrate having the structure formed thereon; and removing the filler and the structure after forming the plated layer. | 34,704 |
9,136,590 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first housing in which first electronic components including a wireless circuit unit are provided; a second housing in which second electronic components are provided; a hinge mechanism which connects the first housing and the second housing to each other to allow the first and second housing to be rotated; and first and second antennas which are provided in an intermediate portion of the hinge mechanism, and arranged side by side and apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a longitudinal direction of the hinge mechanism, the first and second antennas being provided to resonate for the same frequency band, wherein one of end portions of the hinge mechanism is made electrically conductive, and the other end portion is decreased in electrical conductivity. | 15,433 |
8,576,591 | 1. A DC/DC converter having an input, an output for providing an output voltage, at least one power switch coupled between the input and the output, and a controller for operating the at least one power switch to control operation of the DC/DC converter, the controller configured to operate in a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) mode when the output voltage of the DC/DC converter is above a threshold level, and to operate the DC/DC converter in a power decreasing with decreasing voltage region of a power delivery curve of the DC/DC converter when the output voltage is below the threshold level. | 28,790 |
9,104,017 | 1. A zoom lens, comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming; a third lens unit; a stop; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens subunit having a negative refractive power which does not move, a second lens subunit having a positive refractive power which moves during focusing, and a third lens subunit having a positive refractive power which does not move, wherein the first lens subunit is composed of one or more negative lenses, and the second lens subunit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, and wherein the following expression is satisfied: where ν11a represents an average value of Abbe constants of the first lens subunit, ν12ap represents an average value of Abbe constants of the at least one positive lens of the second lens subunit, ν12an represents an average value of Abbe constants of the at least one negative lens of the second lens subunit, and Abbe constant ν is defined as, where NF represents a refractive index for F-line, Nd represents a refractive index for d-line, and NC represents a refractive index for C-line. | 2,847 |
9,669,823 | 1. An engagement device comprising: an engaged portion disposed rotatably about a rotating shaft and configured to rotate in conjunction with the rotating shaft; an engaging portion disposed coaxially with the engaged portion and configured to perform engagement with the engaged portion and release from the engagement with the engaged portion by shifting in an axial direction; a control unit configured to control rotation of the engaged portion and shifting of the engaging portion in the axial direction; and a one-way clutch disposed on a power transmission path from the rotating shaft to a coupling member coupled to the engaging portion, wherein the control unit is configured to rotate the engaged portion in an idling direction of the one-way clutch at a time of performing engagement or release of the engaging portion with or from the engaged portion. | 19,512 |
9,532,225 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a pairing request from an instrument including a unique access code; receiving a pairing request from an end user mobile device comprising an end user mobile device identifier, end user identification data, and an access code; determining that the unique access code from the instrument matches the access code from the end user mobile device; transmitting a pairing confirmation message to the end user mobile device; determining that the end user identification data is adequate; transmitting a pairing confirmation message to the instrument deleting the unique access code; and adding the end user mobile device identifier to a security group. | 38,962 |
9,456,066 | 1. A protective cover for a handheld electronic device such as a smart phone and a tablet computer, with a display screen side, a backside, and surrounding edges, comprising: a. a set of u-shape clips attachable to the surrounding edges and are positioned on at least four corner edges of the device, the clips have shock absorbing mechanisms on multiple sides, the shock absorbing mechanisms include a plurality of shock absorbing buttons and dot protrusions; b. a plurality of stretch fabric straps anchored to the set of clips and positioned across the backside of the device, the clips and the straps protect the device from damage in an accidental fall of the device. | 5,670 |
9,829,190 | 1. A device for illuminating a space, comprising: a central body portion, with a length and a width, and including a first plate and a second plate running along the length of the central body portion; a spacer positioned between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the first plate and the second plate are separated by the spacer to form an opening that extends through the lighting device between the first plate and the second plate along a length of the central body; a first reflector extending from the first plate along the length of the central body; a second reflector extending from the second plate along the length of the central body; a first plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the first reflector along the length of the central body; and a second plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the second reflector along the length of the central body. | 41,203 |
9,827,560 | 1. A crystalline microporous material having a ferrierite (FER) framework type, a molar ratio of greater than about 10 of a first tetravalent metal oxide to a second tetravalent or trivalent metal oxide, and a mean crystal size of about 200 nm or less, wherein the crystalline microporous material has a surface area ranging from about 300 m | 5,594 |
9,798,598 | 1. A method of managing a failure of a critical high availability (HA) component, the method comprising the steps of: a computer identifying a plurality of critical HA components of a HA system; the computer receiving and assigning categories to the plurality of critical HA components; the computer receiving and assigning weights to the categories; the computer obtaining a current value indicating a performance of a critical HA component included in the plurality of critical HA components, the current value obtained by periodically monitoring the plurality of critical HA components; the computer receiving a reference value for the performance of the critical HA component; the computer determining a deviation between the current value and the reference value; based on the deviation, the computer determining the critical HA component has failed; and based in part on the failed critical HA component, the categories, and the weights, the computer determining a health index in real-time, the health index indicating in part how much the critical HA component having failed affects a measure of health of the HA system. | 39,941 |
8,421,214 | 1. A semiconductor device mountable to a substrate, comprising: a semiconductor package that includes at least one semiconductor die, an electrically conductive attachment region, and a packaging material in which is embedded the semiconductor die and a first portion of the electrically conductive attachment region contacting the die; a metallic shell enclosing the embedded semiconductor die and the first portion of the electrically conductive attachment region; and a thermally conductive adhesive layer located between the metallic shell and the semiconductor package for securing the metallic shell to the semiconductor package, wherein said thermally conductive adhesive layer is applied to outer surfaces of the packaging material of said semiconductor package and wherein said metallic shell contacts said thermally conductive adhesive layer. | 21,783 |
8,900,765 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell arranged to generate electric power using a fuel and air containing an oxidizer; a change information obtaining device programmed to obtain at least one amount of change information from an amount of temperature change information of the air used in power generation of the fuel cell, an amount of humidity change information of the air, and an amount of output change information of the fuel cell; and a control device programmed to stop the power generation in the fuel cell based on the amount of change information obtained by the change information obtaining device; wherein the air is air external to the fuel cell system or present inside the fuel cell system; the amount of output change information includes information regarding an amount of change in voltage of the fuel cell or an amount of change in current of the fuel cell; the control device is programmed to stop the power generation in the fuel cell if the amount of change is not smaller than a predetermined first threshold value; and the change information obtaining device obtains the at least one amount of change information by determining an amount of difference in temperature, humidity, or output between a latest detection result and a previous detection result. | 15,097 |
8,655,653 | 1. A method of encoding a speech signal according to a source-filter model whereby the speech signal is modeled to comprise a source signal filtered by a time-varying filter, the method comprising: utilizing at least one processor: | 32,225 |
9,284,944 | 1. A Darrieus windmill equipped with a vertical primary shaft and a plurality of primary blades fixed to the primary shaft and generating rotating moment by means of lift force, the Darrieus windmill comprising starting means that are formed at the primary shaft or the primary blades and starts the primary shaft by means of wind force, wherein the starting means comprises secondary blades, wherein each of the secondary blades comprises a first portion extending in a first direction, a bending portion extending from the first portion, and a second portion extending from the bending portion in a second direction, wherein the first and second directions are opposite so that the first and second portions face each other, wherein the first portion has a length larger than a length of the second portion; and the second portion is nearer to the primary shaft than the first portion; and further comprising a plurality of support arms radially extending from the outer circumference of the primary shaft wherein the secondary blades are fixed to the support arms, respectively, and wherein the secondary blades generate rotating moment by means of a drag force. | 23,361 |
9,234,157 | 1. A chromatographic separation process for recovering a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) product from a feed mixture, which process comprises the steps of: (i) purifying the feed mixture in a first separation step in a simulated or actual moving bed chromatography apparatus having a plurality of linked chromatography columns containing, as eluent, an aqueous organic solvent, to obtain an intermediate product; and (ii) purifying the intermediate product obtained in (i) in a second separation step using a simulated or actual moving bed chromatography apparatus having a plurality of linked chromatography columns containing, as eluent, an aqueous organic solvent, to obtain the PUFA product; wherein (a) the first and second separation steps are carried out sequentially on the same chromatography apparatus, the intermediate product being recovered between the first and second separation steps and the process conditions in the chromatography apparatus being adjusted between the first and second separation steps such that the PUFA product is separated from different components of the feed mixture in each separation step; or (b) the first and second separation steps are carried out on separate first and second chromatography apparatuses respectively, the intermediate product obtained from the first separation step being introduced into the second chromatography apparatus, and the PUFA product being separated from different components of the feed mixture in each separation step; and wherein (1) part of an extract stream from the apparatus used in the first separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in the first separation step; and/or (2) part of a raffinate stream from the apparatus used in the first separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in the first separation step; and/or (3) part of an extract stream from the apparatus used in the second separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in the second separation step; and/or (4) part of a raffinate stream from the apparatus used in the second separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in the second separation step, and wherein (I) a rate at which liquid collected via one or both of the extract and raffinate streams in the first separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in that separation step is adjusted such that the PUFA product can be separated from different components of the feed mixture in each separation step; and/or (II) a rate at which liquid collected via one or both of the extract and raffinate streams in the second separation step is recycled back into the apparatus used in that separation step is adjusted such that the PUFA product can be separated from different components of the feed mixture in each separation step. | 1,158 |
8,846,604 | 1. A process for efficiently providing a composition with high amounts of omega-3 phospholipids consisting essentially of: contacting immature herring roe with a polar solvent; extracting a lipid fraction from the immature herring roe and separating the lipid fraction from the solids of the immature herring roe, to provide a primarily polar lipid fraction comprising omega-3 phospholipids; and removing the solvent from the lipid fraction, to provide a solid polar lipid composition comprising omega-3 phospholipids, wherein at least about 40% of the total fatty acids of the lipid fraction are omega-3 fatty acids, the fatty acids of the composition comprise docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), the ratio of DHA to EPA is at least about 1.3:1, and the composition comprises less than about 1 wt. % free fatty acids. | 37,232 |
8,887,164 | 1. A system comprising: at least one computer system having at least one processor, the at least one computer system adapted to prioritize a set of integrated circuit tasks in a very large scale integration (VLSI) process, by performing actions comprising: | 36,693 |
9,200,513 | 1. A longwall shearer loader, comprising: a shearer body having an articulating joint eyelet located in a bottom portion of the body; a ranging arm having first and second ends, said first end disposed inside the shearer body and having upper and lower sets of eyelets, wherein the lower set of eyelets are pivotally connected to the articulating joint eyelet to provide a pivot point for the ranging arm within the shearer body; an armoured face conveyor positioned outside of the bottom portion of the shearer body; and a hydraulic cylinder having a first end pivotally connected within the shearer body and a second end pivotally connected to the upper set of eyelets of the ranging arm. | 47,164 |
9,488,477 | 1. A vibrating reed comprising: a first main surface and a second main surface of a piezoelectric body, the second main surface being on a back surface of the piezoelectric body with respect to the first main surface; an outside surface that connects the first main surface and the second main surface; and a detection unit that vibrates in a direction intersecting the first main surface, wherein the detection unit includes the piezoelectric body is included between the first outside surface and the first inside surface, the piezoelectric body is included between the second outside surface and the second inside surface, each of the first outside surface electrode and the second outside surface electrode includes an end surface positioned on the second main surface side in a direction from the first main surface to the second main surface, and at least one of the first outside surface and the second outside surface has a non-electrode-formed area where the first outside surface electrode or the second outside surface electrode is not provided in an area from the end surface to the second main surface. | 48,049 |
8,841,834 | 1. A light fixture comprising: a mixing chamber including an opening; at least one LED within the mixing chamber of the light fixture configured to emit light of a first color when energized; a substantially transparent substrate at the opening of the mixing chamber; an organic light emitting diode (OLED) configured to emit light of a second color when energized, the OLED positioned on the substantially transparent substrate so that when the at least one LED and the OLED are energized at least the first and second colors of light mix before exiting the opening; and phosphor adjacent to the substantially transparent substrate between the at least one LED and the OLED to provide wavelength conversion of a portion of the light of the first color so that the light fixture produces substantially white light with a color rendering index of at least 90. | 46,102 |
9,440,946 | 1. A fungicide composition comprising a fungicidally effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of formula A: wherein: wherein the substituents of compounds 1-31 through B12 are as defined in the following table: as well as its salts, N-oxides, and optically active isomers; | 22,320 |
9,254,757 | 1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine, an electric motor, and a power storage device that stores electric power to be supplied to said electric motor a control unit that determines a parameter of said hybrid vehicle in accordance with a driver's operation and switches a control mode between a Charge Depleting mode that does not sustain SOC of said power storage device and a Charge Sustain mode that sustains the SOC; and a display unit that displays said parameter, wherein in said Charge Sustain mode, said control unit drives said engine when said parameter is equal to or greater than a first value, in said Charge Depleting mode, said control unit when said parameter is equal to or greater than a second value that is greater than said first value, and said display unit displays said parameter in different manners between when said hybrid vehicle is controlled in said Charge Sustain mode and when said hybrid vehicle is controlled in said Charge Depleting mode. | 107 |
8,567,543 | 1. A hybrid vehicle in which a case for housing an electrical component including at least a battery module is disposed underneath a floor of a luggage compartment interposed between left and right rear side frames immediately to the rear of a fuel tank disposed beneath a floor panel, and a canister is disposed on one side of left and right sides of the case, the canister being disposed further inside than the outer end of the rear side frame in the left-and-right direction and further forward than the rear end of the case. | 47,089 |
8,916,146 | 1. A method of treating an individual having inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of non-hematopoietic placental stem cells, wherein said placental stem cells are CD10 + ,CD34 − , CD105 + , CD200 + , and CD117 − as detectable by flow cytometry, and wherein the therapeutically effective amount is an amount sufficient to cause a detectable improvement in one or more symptoms of said inflammatory bowel disease. | 16,047 |
9,816,725 | 1. A heat exchanger, comprising: a main body; a heat-exchanging element having a plurality of liners and a plurality of spacers respectively disposed between the plurality of liners to define air passages; corner guides respectively coupled to side corners of the heat-exchanging element and respectively having a space to receive each side corner of the heat-exchanging element; covers respectively having coupling portions to couple with the corner guides at a position corresponding to the space and respectively disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion of the heat-exchanging element and corner guides; and guide rails arranged within the main body to guide the heat exchanger when placing the heat exchanger within the main body, wherein each of the corner guides comprises a guide channel forming a cylindrical space outside each corner of the heat-exchanging element and having an outer surface having a C-shaped cross section, an inner surface, and contacts extended from both ends of the guide channel to contact adjacent sides of each corner of the heat-exchanging element, and wherein each of the guide rails has a C-shaped cross section corresponding to each of the outer surface of the corner guides of the heat exchanger, and each of the guide rails includes an inner surface, wherein at least half of the inner surface is configured to contact each outer surface of the corner guides to support each outer surface of the corner guides when mounting the heat exchanger on the main body. | 25,816 |
9,117,442 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining, with a processor, a watermarked noise signal including a watermark and a first noise signal having energy substantially concentrated in an audible frequency band, the watermarked noise signal being associated with a first operating state of a device; attenuating, with the processor and based on an ambient noise level sensed in an environment in which the device is operating, the watermarked noise signal to be substantially inaudible when the watermarked noise signal is not combined with a separate audio signal; and outputting the watermarked noise signal in response to determining that the device is in the first operating state. | 3,851 |
9,000,434 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor structure having a surface including an active semiconductor device directly surrounded by an inactive semiconductor area, the active semiconductor device including one of a laser or a photodiode; and a visual indicator disposed on said semiconductor structure, wherein the visual indicator is a continuous ridge that peripherally surrounds the entirety of the active semiconductor device, and wherein the visual indicator is composed of a sufficiently soft material that mechanical damage to the indicator indicates that mechanical damage to the active semiconductor device also may have occurred. | 12,028 |
9,376,085 | 1. An active bolster for mounting at an interior trim surface of a passenger compartment in an automotive vehicle, comprising: a plastic-molded front wall for deploying in a deployment direction toward a passenger in the passenger compartment; a plastic-molded bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with the front wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder, wherein the bladder member includes at least one substantially circumferential pleated baffle; and an inflator for coupling an inflation gas into the inflatable bladder in response to a crash event of the vehicle; wherein the pleated baffle forms a plurality of at least five vent openings including at least one stress relief vent juxtaposed to a peak stress region of the hot weld seam and a plurality of tuning vents which are concentrated at a lowest restraint-force region of the inflatable bladder. | 24,078 |
9,505,770 | 1. An organic photovoltaic device, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic, photovoltaically active zone located between the first and second electrodes, wherein the photovoltaically active zone comprises an organic electron-donor material, p-type, and an organic electron-acceptor material, the electron-donor and electron-acceptor materials forming at least one heterojunction, and the electron-donor material, p-type, comprises one or more trivalent- or tetravalent-metal phthalocyanines with alkylchalcogenide ring substituents at least one of which is thioalkyl substituent. | 19,395 |
8,901,771 | 1. An apparatus for providing power to an irrigation controller, comprising: an alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) voltage converter configured to convert an input AC voltage into a DC voltage; an AC voltage generator coupled to the AC to DC voltage converter, the AC voltage generator configured to generate an output AC voltage using the DC voltage; and the AC voltage generator coupled to the irrigation controller, the AC voltage generator further configured to supply the output AC voltage to the irrigation controller, wherein the irrigation controller is powered by a single power source and is configured to use the output AC voltage to drive AC solenoid actuated valve terminals in accordance with a watering schedule. | 34,317 |
8,700,258 | 1. A park assist system for providing guidance to park a vehicle in a parking area, the park assist system comprising: an imaging device that acquires image data representative of a field of view (FOV); at least one indicator for providing feedback to guide the vehicle into the parking area; and a control module in communication with the imaging device and the at least one indicator, the control module comprising: | 1,514 |
9,327,157 | 1. An exercise machine comprising: a platform forming a housing wherein the platform has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a first side, a second side and an interior; at least one rope, strap or chain located within the interior of the platform wherein the rope, strap or chain has a first end and a second end; at least one gear located within the interior of the platform wherein the rope, strap or chain is in contact with the gear and wherein the gear alters the direction of the rope, strap or chain within the interior of the platform; at least one opening located on the top of the platform wherein the rope, strap or chain extends from within the interior of the platform and partially out of the opening on the top of the platform such that the second end of the rope, strap or chain is located on the top of the platform; wherein the first end of the rope, strap or chain is controlled by a manual crank; and wherein during use a first person is positioned on the top of the platform and wherein a second person controls the manual crank so that a downward force is applied to the rope, strap or chain and pulls the rope, strap or chain downward toward the top of the platform and wherein the first person pushes upward on the rope, strap or chain to perform an exercise. | 16,442 |
9,784,346 | 1. A device useful to guide rope, cord or wire comprising: an elongated component comprised of a longitudinally elongated upright member and a bottom member forming a generally right-angle with respect to each other; two generally U-shaped brackets attached to the back side of said elongated component away from said bottom member and being-in direct line of sight of and spaced apart from each other and proximate to opposite ends of said elongated component, each of said U-shaped brackets having a lower bight and two outwardly extending legs extending from said lower bight on either side thereof; said legs supporting an axle of an axle-mounted pulley therebetween, said axles being supported so as to be generally mutually parallel, at least one of said legs of each U-shaped bracket being side-mounted to said longitudinally elongated upright member nearer to one horizontally distal end of said longitudinally elongated upright member than the at least one leg is to the middle of said longitudinally elongated member, by fasteners disposed below the axle supported by the U-shaped bracket; a cover support member above said pulleys; and an elongated protective cover, said elongated protective cover being disposable over said elongated component and U-shaped brackets and attached to said elongated component. | 42,285 |
8,454,898 | 1. An exhaust gas treatment device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, the exhaust gas treatment device comprising: at least one exhaust gas treatment element extending axially between an upstream inflow end and a downstream outflow end that is supported radially on a housing by a bearing material and is supported axially on the housing at the downstream outflow end by a supporting device; wherein the supporting device has a carrier, which is connected to the housing by at least one connection site and has at least one receptacle for holding a supporting material in axial contact with the exhaust gas treatment element; wherein the carrier has a cross-sectional contour, which widens in the axial direction from the respective receptacle to the respective connection site; and wherein the carrier is attached to the housing by several connection sites spaced a distance apart from one another in the circumferential direction; and wherein the carrier is spaced a distance apart from the housing between neighboring connection sites forming an axial through-opening radially between the carrier and the housing between neighboring connection sites. | 40,378 |
8,531,985 | 1. A network device, comprising: a plurality of port interfaces; and at least one management module operable to: | 31,217 |
9,650,900 | 1. An engine component, comprising: a body with an inner surface and an outer surface; and a plurality of cooling holes formed in the body, the plurality of cooling holes including a first cooling hole, wherein the first cooling hole is defined by a single cylindrical upstream portion with a single inlet on the inner surface that transitions into a multi-lobed shape with at least a first lobe, a second lobe, and a third lobe on the outer surface, wherein the first lobe has a first length on the outer surface, the second lobe has a second length on the outer surface, and the third lobe has a third length on the outer surface, and wherein the first length is different than the second length, wherein the multi-lobe shape is formed by at least a first oval, a second oval, and a third oval, each oval having a first end and a second end, and wherein the first ends of the at least the first oval, the second oval, and the third oval at least partially overlap, wherein each of the first, second, and third lobes have straight sides such that at least a portion of each of the first, second, and third lobes have a constant width. | 2,583 |
8,911,892 | 1. A battery module mounting assembly, comprising: a base plate for contacting and holding first and second battery module housings thereon; and a first retention clamp having a first plate of uniform thickness, the first plate having a central rib, first and second base portions, and first and second clamping portions; the central rib extending longitudinally along a length of the first plate; the first and second base portions coupled to and extending from first and second sides, respectively, of the central rib, the first and second base portions contacting the base plate and fixedly attached to the base plate; the first clamping portion coupled to and extending upwardly and outwardly from the first base portion, the first clamping portion engaging and holding a first portion of the first battery module housing between the first clamping portion and the base plate; and the second clamping portion coupled to and extending upwardly and outwardly from the second base portion, the second clamping portion engaging and holding a second portion of the second battery module housing between the second clamping portion and the base plate. | 43,778 |
8,750,006 | 1. A rectifier circuit comprising: a transformer configured to receive an input voltage across a primary winding and induce voltages across a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding; a first switch coupled in series between a first portion of the first secondary winding and a second portion of the first secondary winding, the first switch controlled by a first control signal; a second switch coupled in series between a first portion of the second secondary winding and a second portion of the second secondary winding, the second switch controlled by a second control signal; a first output terminal coupled to; a second output terminal having an output polarity opposite the first output terminal, the second output terminal coupled to: | 13,486 |
9,713,245 | 1. A wired circuit board, comprising: a first insulating layer; a conductive pattern disposed on the first insulating layer and including a plurality of terminals arranged in parallel to be spaced apart from each other and a plurality of wires continued individually to the plurality of terminals; and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer so as to cover the conductive pattern, wherein each of the plurality of terminals includes: a main body portion continued to the corresponding wire; and a protruding portion protruding from the main body portion and having a dimension in a parallel arrangement direction in which the plurality of terminals are arranged in parallel which is shorter than a dimension of the main body portion in the parallel arrangement direction, the second insulating layer includes: a plurality of end-portion covering portions disposed individually on both end portions of the main body portion in the parallel arrangement direction and exposing a middle portion of the main body portion in the parallel arrangement direction and the protruding portion, and a downstream end surface of the protruding portion in a protruding direction is exposed from the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. | 34,723 |
9,761,355 | 1. A resistance assembly comprising: a body portion having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other; a first resistor and a second resistor disposed on the first surface of the body portion and formed integrally with each other; a first terminal and a third terminal disposed on surfaces of the first resistor and the second resistor, respectively, and separated from each other; and a second terminal spaced apart from each of the first and third terminals, and connected to the surfaces of the first and second resistors in common, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are formed of a same material, wherein the first terminal and the third terminal are in direct contact with the first resistor and the second resistor, respectively, wherein the second terming is in direct contact with the resistor and the second resistor in common, and where the first resistor and the second resistor are forming in a single layer. | 20,775 |
9,610,856 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a control device to control application of charge transfer between an electric vehicle and a power source through a charge transfer device; a transceiver to communicate with a remote server; a current measuring device to measure current flowing for charge transfer for the electric vehicle; a controller coupled with the control device, transceiver, and current measuring device, wherein the controller is configured to: | 41,524 |
9,315,714 | 1. A method of treating a formation, comprising: emplacing gel components within the formation to form a hydrolysable gel therein; exposing a region of the formation occupied by the hydrolysable gel to a hydrolyzing agent; after emplacing the gel components and the formation of the hydrolysable gel, then emplacing a swelling agent into the region of the formation occupied by the hydrolysable gel, wherein the swelling agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, and pyrrolidones; allowing the swelling agent to expand the hydrolysable gel structure; and allowing sufficient time for the hydrolyzing agent to hydrolyze the hydrolysable gel; wherein the swelling agent is emplaced into the region of the formation occupied by the hydrolysable gel after the hydrolysable gel performs a function selected from zonal isolation, loss circulation, wellbore strengthening, or formation permeability control. | 32,509 |
8,928,349 | 1. An on-die termination (ODT) circuit, comprising: an ODT control circuit configured to determine an ODT status based on a read latency control signal (RL) in order to generate an ODT control signal; and an ODT section being activated/deactivated in response to the ODT control signal, wherein the ODT control circuit is further configured to generate the ODT control signal in response to the read latency control signal (RL) and a clock enable signal. | 27,282 |
9,509,219 | 1. A power supply system comprising: a switching power supply configured to convert an AC voltage from an AC power supply into a predetermined DC voltage and to output the DC voltage; a latching relay, which is provided at a preceding stage of the switching power supply on an AC input line, and which is configured to switch a connection state of the switching power supply with the AC power supply in response to an input of a relay drive signal; a control device configured to generate a relay control signal for controlling the latching relay; a relay drive circuit configured to generate the relay drive signal in response to an input of the relay control signal, and to drive the latching relay by the relay drive signal; a battery configured to supply electric power to the control device and the relay drive circuit in a case where the control device and the relay drive circuit are connected; and a switch configured to switch the connection state of the battery with respect to the control device and the relay drive circuit, the switch including: wherein the control device comprises the mode setting terminal for setting any one of a power saving mode, in which the switching power supply and the AC power supply are in a disconnection state, and a normal mode, in which the switching power supply and the AC power supply are in a connection state; wherein the control device is configured to be supplied with electric power from a storage circuit through the power supply line in the power saving mode; and wherein the switch further functions as a mode setting switch for setting the power saving mode or the normal mode. | 39,425 |
9,709,036 | 1. An electricity generating vehicle display comprising: a support removably securable at a first end to a vehicle; a windsock support ring mounted on a second end of said support; a windsock connected to the windsock support ring; a hub supported centrally relative to said windsock support ring; a generator connected to the hub and having a shaft extending forward of the hub; an impeller connected to the shaft on an end opposite the generator. | 49,473 |
8,576,821 | 1. A method of communication, comprising: selecting different Golay codes to include for each of a plurality of data blocks; dividing a payload of a packet into the plurality of data blocks, wherein each data block comprises Golay codes and data portions, and every data portion of a data block is between two of the Golay codes selected for that data block; inserting information between two successive data blocks of the plurality of data blocks, said information comprising at least two different Golay codes and enabling at least one of time, channel and frequency estimation; and transmitting the packet. | 25,529 |
8,974,670 | 1. A method of aerating a bio-mat, comprising the steps of: supplying air to an air supply source; compressing air through said air supply source; expelling air from said aeration laterals through said tapered diffuser holes, said air flowing to said bio-mat to aerate said bio-mat. | 21,505 |
9,487,833 | 1. A method of detecting at least one Enterococcus genus microorganism expressing a vancomycin resistance gene, the method comprising: (i) providing (a) at least one and (b) at least one vancomycin resistance gene specific primer set selected from the group consisting of (ii) contacting the primer set specific for at least one wherein the first primer set, the second primer set, the third primer set, the fourth primer set, the fifth primer set, the sixth primer set, the seventh primer set, and the eighth primer set are for the amplification of an (iii) elongating the primers hybridized with a target nucleic acid to amplify the target nucleic acid and provide an amplification product; and (iv) identifying the presence of the target nucleic acid in the sample on the basis of the amplification product. | 47,452 |
8,532,588 | 1. An RF front end of a transmit chain providing direct conversion, the RF front end comprising: a plurality of sets of mixers, each mixer set receiving I and Q components of an input signal and a local oscillator (LO) signal; a plurality of adders, each adder receiving inputs from one set of mixers; a signal designator for receiving summed signals from the plurality of adders and selecting designated output signals; a plurality of power amplifiers (PAs), each PA receiving a designated output signal from the signal designator; and a plurality of antenna ports, each antenna port receiving an amplified signal from one of the plurality of PAs. | 26,927 |
8,772,050 | 1. A method comprising: forming a ferroelectric on a substrate by a monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process, including: annealing the ferroelectric at least once in one of a non-oxidizing ambient or an oxidizing ambient. | 11,144 |
8,397,487 | 1. A gas turbine engine compressor bleed air supply system comprising: a compressor air supply precooler for cooling compressor bleed air from a bleed air source and operably connected in supply flow communication with an environmental control system operable for conditioning cabin air and/or providing cooling for avionics and/or other equipment, a bleed air outlet line connecting the compressor air supply precooler to the environmental control system, the precooler including an air-to-air heat exchanger in fluid communication with a source of cooling air and operable for cooling the compressor bleed air, the source of cooling air being a fan of the gas turbine engine, a variable bypass valve disposed between the bleed air source and environmental control system, and the variable bypass valve operable for bypassing at least a portion of the compressor bleed air around the heat exchanger. | 44,775 |
9,003,231 | 1. A computer-implemented method for managing sandbox environment instances, the method comprising: instantiating a first testing sandbox environment instance to a known state based on a golden state definition, wherein the golden state definition specifies configurations of at least one component and at least one service for the first testing sandbox environment instance; performing a testing operation using the first testing sandbox environment instance by changing the configuration of at least one component or service of the first testing sandbox environment instance without changing the golden state definition, wherein the configuration of the at least one component or service of the first testing sandbox environment instance is placed in a testing state; determining changes between the configurations of the at least one component or service of the first testing sandbox environment instance and the configurations of the at least one component and at least one service of the golden state definition after performing the testing operation; and selectively restoring the first testing sandbox environment instance to the known state using the determined changes to only restore configurations of the at least one component or service of the first testing sandbox environment instance that were changed. | 9,669 |
9,835,589 | 1. A method for measuring a gas concentration level of a target gas using at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element and a thermal-reaction-type gas sensing element, the MTJ element including a reference layer defining a reference magnetic orientation and a storage layer defining a storage magnetic orientation, the thermal-reaction-type gas sensing element being configured to generate reaction heat in an amount proportional to the concentration level of said target gas, said method comprising: during a reset phase, generating a first amount of control heat such that an MTJ temperature of said MTJ element increases above a storage blocking temperature of said storage layer; applying a first magnetic bias force such that said storage magnetic orientation is biased into in a first direction relative to said reference magnetic orientation by said first magnetic bias force; decreasing said MTJ temperature below said storage blocking temperature such that said storage magnetic orientation is fixed in said first direction relative to said reference magnetic orientation; and during a gas sensing phase following the reset phase, applying a second magnetic bias force while generating a second amount of control heat that maintains said MTJ temperature at a work point temperature such that, when said measured gas concentration level of said target gas is above a predetermined minimum gas concentration level, said reaction heat generated by said gas sensing element increases said MTJ temperature from said work point temperature to said storage blocking temperature, wherein said second magnetic bias force is generated such that said storage magnetic orientation is biased into in a second direction relative to said reference magnetic orientation by said second magnetic bias force, said second direction being opposite to said first direction such that said storage magnetic orientation switches from said first direction to said second direction when said target gas is above said predetermined minimum gas concentration level. | 37,621 |
9,272,702 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine including an in-cylinder fuel injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder and a port fuel injection valve that injects fuel into an intake port, the engine being configured to output motive power to a drive shaft connected to an axle shaft; an electric motor connected to the drive shaft via a gear mechanism, the electric motor being configured to output motive power to the drive shaft; a battery configured to supply electric power to the electric motor and receive electric power from the electric motor; and an electronic control unit programmed to: (a) control the engine and the electric motor such that a demanded drive force for moving the hybrid vehicle is output to the drive shaft, (b) when the engine is started during a cold state, control the engine such that the engine is started with a fuel injection from the port fuel injection valve, without performing a fuel injection from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve, (c) when a noise of the gear mechanism is detected after the engine is started, execute a noise detection-time fuel injection control which controls the engine such that the engine is operated with the fuel injection from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve, without performing the fuel injection from the port fuel injection valve, (d) continue execution of the noise detection-time fuel injection control until a predetermined time elapses, the predetermined time being a time that is set beforehand and is needed for an ice deposit on the port fuel injection valve to melt. | 49,131 |
8,600,619 | 1. A method comprising facilitating access to at least one interface to allow access to at least one service, the service configured to at least perform the following: determining, by at least one processor, an input specifying a level of zoom for rendering a geographic representation presented at a device, the geographic representation including a plurality of objects; determining, by the at least one processor, respective degrees of relevance of the plurality of objects; and determining to render one or more of the plurality of objects with at least one different level of visibility with respect to other ones of the plurality of objects based, at least in part, on the respective degrees of relevance, the level of zoom, or a combination thereof. | 2,881 |
8,965,696 | 1. A method of displaying navigational instructions when a navigation application is running in a background mode of an electronic device, the method comprising: displaying an output display of a non-navigation application that is running in the foreground on a display screen of the electronic device; and displaying a navigation status bar on the display screen such that the navigation status bar overlays a portion of the output display of the non-navigation application, wherein when the device is not approaching a navigation point, the navigation status bar does not provide any navigation instruction, and when the device is approaching a navigation point, the navigation status bar provides a navigation instruction for the navigation point. | 44,279 |
8,663,187 | 1. A female member of a hook-and-loop fastener formed of a fibrous material, the female member engageable with a mating male member, the female member comprising: a plurality of lines of dense fiber portions in which the fibrous material has a high basis weight; and a plurality of lines of sparse fiber portions provided between the dense fiber portions, the fibrous material in the sparse fiber portions having a basis weight lower than in the dense fiber portions, and wherein the dense fiber portions are continuous convex ribs which are formed on the fibrous material being piled up, and the sparse fiber portions are continuous concave grooves provided between the ribs. | 9,422 |
8,921,509 | 1. A polyester composition, consisting of: a partially aromatic polyester polymer comprising a repeating unit of alkylene terephthalate or alkylene naphthalate, having an It.V. of at least 0.50 dL/g produced in an ester exchange melt phase process; from 2.5 to 40 ppm cobalt; about 0 ppm titanium; less than 10 ppm germanium; and less than 10 ppm manganese. | 15,993 |
8,772,590 | 1. A plant of soybean variety A1026330, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120903. | 44,705 |
9,500,563 | 1. A system for detecting an at-fault combustor, comprising: a combustor; a sensor configured to sense combustion dynamics pressure data from the combustor; and a computing device in communication with the sensor and configured to receive the combustion dynamics pressure data from the sensor, the computing device programed to: convert the combustion dynamics pressure data into a frequency spectrum; segment the frequency spectrum into a plurality of frequency intervals; extract a feature from the frequency spectrum; generate feature values for the feature within a corresponding frequency interval over a period of time; electronically store the feature values to provide a historical database of the feature values; execute a machine learning algorithm using the historical database of the feature values to train the computing device to recognize feature behavior indicative of an at-fault combustor; convert the combustion dynamics pressure data of a second combustor into a second frequency spectrum; segment the second frequency spectrum into a plurality of frequency intervals; extract a feature from the second frequency spectrum that corresponds to the feature extracted from the first combustor; generate a feature value for the feature from the second frequency spectrum over a period of time, wherein the feature value is generated within the same frequency interval as the frequency interval of the first combustor; and compare behavior of the feature of the second combustor to the behavior of the feature of the combustor; wherein the computing device adjusts operation or indicates that maintenance is required for at least one of the first combustor and the second combustor based on a detection of anomalous behavior between the behavior of the feature of the second combustor and the behavior of the feature of the first combustor is detected, wherein anomalous behavior between the behavior of the feature of the second combustor and the behavior of the feature of the first combustor indicates an at-fault combustor. | 31,427 |
9,567,928 | 1. A system comprising: a cylinder control module that deactivates and reactivates a cylinder of an engine based on a driver torque request while an ignition system associated with the engine is in an on position; and a valve control module that selectively adjusts a duration of a period for which at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of the cylinder are opened based on a first time corresponding to a crank angle of the engine when the cylinder is reactivated relative to top dead center. | 21,379 |
9,510,330 | 1. A terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver which, in operation, receives first and second downlink data in first and second component carriers, respectively, wherein a first configuration pattern of UL (uplink) and DL (downlink) subframes is set for the first component carrier and a second configuration pattern of UL and DL subframes is set for the second component carrier; and a memory which, in operation, stores retransmission data of the first and second downlink data in a soft buffer, wherein the soft buffer for the second downlink data is sized according to a maximum number of downlink HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) retransmission processes executable in a reference configuration pattern of UL and DL subframes, the maximum number of downlink HARQ retransmission processes is determined according to the reference configuration pattern, and the reference configuration pattern is determined according to the first and second configuration patterns. | 13,803 |
8,954,970 | 1. A management apparatus for managing a production apparatus that executes a plurality of processes in accordance with a predetermined production plan, the management apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting an amount of a release-forgotten memory area that is kept allocated on a memory of the production apparatus by each process after completion of the process; determining executable processes on basis of a sum of a size of the detected release-forgotten memory area in the production apparatus; performing a retrieval of one of the executable processes; determining a next process to be executed by selecting the next process from a process based on a result of the retrieval and a process based on the predetermined production plan; and controlling the production apparatus to execute the next process; wherein determining the next process in accordance with the result of the retrieval comprises selecting, from the executable processes, the next process as one expected to achieve a highest production quantity. | 49,519 |
9,350,032 | 1. A method for operating a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) at variable power levels and protecting the DMFC from transient variations in ambient temperature, said method comprising: (a) arranging a DMFC stack so that denuded air exiting the stack drains downward and all fuel exiting the stack flows upward; (b) continuously monitoring voltage of a stack, section and/or single cell of the DMFC; (c) interrupting continuous operation of the DMFC suddenly and observing voltage decay; (d) assessing cell and stack conditions and/or methanol demand based upon the measured voltages via the algorithm F wherein F F F F F (e) correctively adjusting methanol concentration of the DMFC. | 21,062 |
8,631,534 | 1. A toothbrush, comprising: a handle; and a toothbrush head including: wherein: the height of each gum cushion relative to the height of the plurality of toothbrush bristles is less than the height of the plurality of toothbrush bristles; and first plurality of gum cushions is a configuration of multilobal cushions having at least two peaks with a valley therebetween, the bottom of the valley being higher than the dorsal surface of the toothbrush head, and the height of each of the peaks of the first plurality of gum cushions relative to the height of the plurality of toothbrush bristles tapers downward from the proximal end of the toothbrush head to the distal end of the toothbrush head such that the difference in height between the plurality of toothbrush bristles and a peak of the first plurality of gum cushions adjacent the distal end of the toothbrush head is greater than the difference in height between the plurality of toothbrush bristles and a peak of the first plurality of gum cushions adjacent the proximal end of the toothbrush head; and the second plurality of gum cushions is a configuration of multilobal cushions having at least two peaks with a valley therebetween, the bottom of the valley being higher than the dorsal surface of the toothbrush head, and the height of each of the peaks of the second plurality of gum cushions relative to the height of the plurality of toothbrush bristles tapers downward from the proximal end of the toothbrush head to the distal end of the toothbrush head such that the difference in height between the plurality of toothbrush bristles and a peak of the second plurality of gum cushions adjacent the distal end of the toothbrush head is greater than the difference in height between the plurality of toothbrush bristles and a peak of the second plurality of gum cushions adjacent the proximal end of the toothbrush head. | 27,751 |
9,177,279 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory contains | 12,854 |
8,964,615 | 1. A wireless communication device, comprising: a communications interface including a receiver circuit; a storage medium; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface and the storage medium, the processing circuit adapted to: | 15,904 |
9,324,598 | 1. A substrate processing system, comprising: a processing chamber defining a processing zone; a first chuck array coupled to a first transport mechanism positioned on a first side, wherein the first chuck array is configured to be linearly movable back and forth on the first transport mechanism, thereby traversing the processing zone; a second chuck array coupled to a second transport mechanism positioned on a second side, opposite the first side, wherein the second chuck array is configured to be linearly movable back and forth on the second transport mechanism, thereby traversing the processing zone; and wherein each of the first and second transport mechanism is configured to be movable in elevation direction to enable one of the first and second chuck arrays to pass below the other one of the first and second chuck arrays; wherein the first transport mechanism comprises: wherein the second transport mechanism comprises: wherein the first chuck array is positioned on a first cantilevered shelf configured to ride on the first rail assembly; and, wherein the second chuck array is positioned on a second cantilevered shelf configured to ride on the second rail assembly. | 43,138 |
9,706,536 | 1. A method of receiving control information, by a user equipment in a distributed multi-radio remote head (RRH) system, the method comprising: receiving information on an enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) resource assignment scheme from a first RRH among a plurality of RRHs distributed in a cell; and receiving, based on the received information on the E-PDCCH resource assignment scheme, control information including information on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource assignment scheme from the first RRH via an E-PDCCH, wherein the information on the E-PDCCH resource assignment scheme indicates whether the E-PDCCH is allocated based on a localized resource assignment scheme for directly mapping a physical resource block (PRB) to a virtual resource block (VRB) or whether the E-PDCCH is allocated based on a distributed resource assignment scheme for distributing the PRB before mapping the PRB to the VRB, and wherein the E-PDCCH resource assignment scheme is the same for the plurality of RRHs distributed in the cell and the PDSCH resource assignment scheme is independently determined for each RRH among the plurality of RRHs distributed in the cell. | 23,321 |
8,659,354 | 1. A power-amplifier arrangement comprising: a pulse modulator configured to receive a digital input signal of the power-amplifier arrangement and generate, based on the digital input signal of the power-amplifier arrangement, an output signal of the pulse modulator with a plurality of quantization levels; wherein the pulse modulator has a plurality of output ports for representing the output signal of the pulse modulator and each output port of the pulse modulator is associated with a unique one of the quantization levels such that a signal output on the output port adopts: a first state when the output signal of the pulse modulator equals or exceeds the associated quantization level; or otherwise adopts a second state; and an amplifier section comprising: | 42,435 |
8,609,110 | 1. An isolated polypeptide, comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide has an antibacterial activity against a biofilm. | 16,863 |
9,384,586 | 1. An image processing system for enhanced flight vision, comprising: a processor; and memory coupled to the processor and containing program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive radar return data for a runway structure; generate a three-dimensional model representative of the runway structure based on the radar return data; generate a two-dimensional image of the runway structure from the three-dimensional model; and generate an aircraft situation display image representative of the position of the runway structure with respect to an aircraft based on the two-dimensional image, wherein the program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to filter the radar return data to identify areas in the three-dimensional model having a reflectivity lower than a predetermined value, wherein the data is filtered to reduce the radar return data in the areas to be zeroed out. | 6,144 |
8,869,515 | 1. A method for controlling the treatment of NOx present in the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine, said system comprising an injector for introducing a reducing agent in the exhaust line upstream of the NOx reduction catalyst, the method comprising: estimating a treatment efficiency relative to a maximum conversion potential obtained if the ratio between the quantity of injected reducing agent and the NOx quantity in the exhaust gas meets a given ratio set point and if the mass of reducing agent stored in the reduction catalyst meets a given storage set point; estimating a mass of reducing agent is stored in the catalyst by integrating, as a function of time, the storage rate of the ammonia injected in the line and the depletion rate of the ammonia through NOx reaction; and wherein the depletion rate of the ammonia through the NOx reaction is estimated based on the NO Otherwise, and adjusting the amount of reducing agent injected into the exhaust line based on the estimated efficiency. | 39,501 |
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