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8,450,949 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving device, for generating a driving signal to drive multiple LEDs, wherein the LEDs are arranged in an array, the driving device receives a latch enable signal, a serial data input signal, and a clock signal, and outputs a serial data output signal, the driving device comprising: a recognition circuit, for generating a mode switching signal according to the latch enable signal and the clock signal; a switching circuit, for receiving the serial data input signal and storing the serial data input signal as a select signal or an update data according to the mode switching signal; at least one register circuit, comprising a first register series and a first selector, wherein the register circuit has a first input port and a first output port, the first input port is connected to the first register series and the first selector, the first register series is connected to the first selector, and the register circuit stores the update data in the first register series or bypasses the first register series to directly output the update data according to the select signal; a buffer circuit, connected in series with the at least one register circuit, and comprising a second register series, a bypass register, and a second selector, wherein the buffer circuit has a second input port and a second output port, the second port is connected to the bypass register and the second register series, the second register series and the bypass register are connected to the second selector, and the buffer circuit stores the update data in the second register series or outputs the update data via the bypass register according to the select signal; a display data storage, for storing multiple display data, and electrically connected to the first register series and the second register series, wherein the display data storage updates the display data according to the update data stored in the first register series and the second register series; and a signal generating circuit, for outputting the driving signal according to the display data. | 5,523 |
9,003,505 | 1. A method comprising: at an application server: receiving from a social networking application first authentication information associated with a user and a social networking service, the social networking application provided to the user by the application server in response to a selection of the user made on the social networking service, the first authentication information indicating that the user is authenticated with the social networking service, the authentication information is configured to be used in a protected application programming interface call to the social networking service; associating the first authentication information with a user account, using one or more processors configured to perform the associating, based upon determining that at least one common connection is included in both a social graph of the user retrieved from the social networking service, and in a previously retrieved social graph linked to the user account, the previously retrieved social graph retrieved from a second social networking service that is distinct from the social networking service, the user account including second authentication information that is different from the first authentication information and is associated with the user and with the second social networking service, the second authentication information indicating that the user is authenticated on the second social networking service, the second authentication information is configured to be used in a protected application programming interface call to the second social networking service; storing the authentication information as part of the user account; and sending both the first authentication information and the second authentication information to a second social networking application in response to a request from the second social networking application, the second social networking application provided to the user by the application server in response to a selection of the user made on the second social networking service. | 23,649 |
9,006,868 | 1. A method for producing a component comprising a substrate, a chip and a frame, comprising the following sequence of steps: applying the frame to the substrate; connecting the chip to the frame by placing the chip onto the frame; and hermetically sealing a volume enclosed by the substrate, the chip and the frame by means of a metallic closure layer, wherein the hermetic sealing by means of the metallic closure layer is effected by the metallic closure layer being applied on the frame and the chip over the whole area, wherein the closure layer is applied by means of at least one of the following: wherein after the metallic closure layer has been applied, the metallic closure layer is sintered. | 10,875 |
9,458,709 | 1. An improved gas injection oil recovery process comprising one or more producer wells and one or more gas injector wells, wherein injection of a gas into said gas injector wells drives oil towards said one or more producer wells for production of said oil, the improvement comprising preheating said oil with electromagnetic radiation so as to provide fluid communication between said producer well and said injection well before said gas injection; wherein said electromagnetic energy is provided by RF generator coupled via transmission lines to one or more antennae placed downhole in an oil reservoir, wherein at least one of said one or more antennae is located between wells, and wherein said gas is selected from the group consisting of air, CO 2 , N 2 , methane, ethane, propane, butane, flue gas and combinations thereof, and wherein said injected gas remains in the reservoir for the duration of the oil recovery process. | 1,522 |
9,687,586 | 1. A femoral component of a hip implant device, comprising: (a) a neck having a central axis; (b) a body distal to the neck and having a tapered proximal portion, and a distal stem portion, the distal stem portion of the body extending to and including a distal tip portion wherein at least a portion of the distal stem portion, including the distal tip, is configured for positioning in the intramedullary canal of a subject's femur; (c) wherein the tapered proximal portion of the body has a largest cross section perpendicular to the neck central axis, the largest cross section of the tapered proximal portion that is perpendicular to the neck central axis having a maximum height dimension and a maximum width dimension, wherein the maximum width dimension is 18.5 mm or less; and (d) wherein the largest cross section of the tapered proximal portion of the body that is perpendicular to the neck central axis is configured to be fit within at least a portion of the metaphysis of the femur when the portion of the distal stem portion, including the tip, is positioned in the intramedullary canal of the femur. | 6,616 |
8,471,547 | 1. A circuit arrangement for the inductive transfer of energy comprising: an oscillator; a power supply for supplying the oscillator with energy and having a complex input resistance; and a device for detecting the inductive load of the oscillator and for modifying the complex input resistance of the power supply depending on the load of the oscillator; wherein the power supply has a capacitive series resistance, a rectifier and a load resistance; and wherein the capacitive series resistance may be modified depending on the load of the oscillator, such that the non-reactive power consumption of the circuit arrangement is reduced when the load of the oscillator is lower. | 36,348 |
9,040,288 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiving bay configured to receive an insertable multi-lane microfluidic cartridge comprising a plurality of PCR reaction zones, each reaction zone configured to accept a polynucleotide-containing sample, each lane comprising one of the plurality of PCR reaction zones; a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; a plurality of heater sets fixed in position in the receiving bay, each heater set configured to thermally couple to one of the plurality of PCR reaction zones in the multi-lane cartridge, each heater set comprising a plurality of heat sources, the memory comprising instructions that direct the processor to independently control the temperature of the plurality of heat sources in each heater set to cyclically heat one of the plurality of PCR reaction zones in a series of heating phases without moving the plurality of heat sources relative to each other, the memory further comprising instructions that direct the processor to control the temperature of the plurality of heat sources to maintain a substantially uniform temperature throughout one of the plurality of PCR reaction zones during each heating phase without moving the plurality of heat sources relative to each other, the memory further comprising instructions that direct the processor to perform independent PCR reactions on polynucleotide-containing samples in the multi-lane cartridge; and a detector configured to detect the presence of one or more amplified polynucleotides on the multi-lane microfluidic cartridge. | 32,173 |
8,873,684 | 1. A method of computing soft information for use in estimating digital information from an intended source, the method comprising: estimating interference channel information associated with at least one interfering source; estimating intended channel information associated with the intended source; determining intended modulation information associated with the intended source; receiving a signal corresponding to the digital information; and computing soft information for the digital information from the signal based on the interference channel information, the intended channel information and the intended modulation information. | 27,298 |
9,637,907 | 1. A chamber for drainage, comprising: opposing side bases; sidewalls extending from the opposing side bases; a plurality of crest corrugations and a plurality of valley corrugations positioned along a length of the chamber; and at least one crest sub-corrugation extending upwardly from an opposing side base and along a portion of a crest corrugation, wherein the at least one crest sub-corrugation extends upwardly about one-quarter to two-thirds of a height of the chamber. | 42,237 |
8,448,359 | 1. A clothing iron holder, comprising: a thermally insulating shell having a front portion, a central portion and a rear portion, the front portion defining a plug at an upper end thereof and having a front surface and a rear surface, the plug being adapted for releasably covering and sealing a water fill opening of a clothing iron, the rear portion having a closed upper end and having opposed front and rear surfaces, the central portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the front, central and rear portions of the thermally insulating shell defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity being filled with a thermally insulating, padded and steam absorbent material, wherein the clothing iron is received by the clothing iron holder such that a front face of the clothing iron contacts the rear surface of the front portion, a rear face of the clothing iron contacts the front surface of the rear portion, and a lower face of the clothing iron is supported by the upper surface of the central portion, the plug formed at the upper end of the front portion releasably covering and sealing the water fill opening of the clothing iron such that water is prevented from exiting the water fill opening. | 33,960 |
8,558,638 | 1. An impedance transformer comprising: a first transmission line having a first impedance and provided over a first substrate having a first permittivity; a second transmission line and a third transmission line having an impedance lower than the first impedance and provided over a second substrate having a permittivity higher than the first permittivity, the second transmission line and the third transmission line being electrically coupled to the first transmission line; and a resistor coupled between the second transmission line and the third transmission line. | 7,615 |
8,356,883 | 1. A printing method for printing a plurality of pigmented colored inks and a colorless ink onto a receiving surface with an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzles using a plurality of printhead passes, the method comprising: processing an input color digital image to provide a halftoned image specifying a pattern of colored ink drops and a pattern of colorless ink drops to be printed as a function of pixel address on the receiving surface; providing a plurality of different colorless ink printhead masks, each colorless ink printhead mask including an array of printhead mask values that are used to control which nozzles and which printhead passes will be used to print the provided pattern of colorless ink drops, the colorless ink printhead masks being predefined independently of the input color image and including; for each pixel address on the receiving surface, selecting a colorless ink printhead mask, wherein if any colored ink drops are to be printed at the pixel address on the receiving surface, the first colorless ink printhead mask is selected, otherwise if no colored ink drops are to be printed at the pixel address, the second colorless ink printhead mask is selected; and for each pixel address, printing the specified pattern of colored ink drops using appropriate colored ink printhead masks, and printing the specified pattern of colorless ink drops using the selected colorless ink printhead mask; wherein ≧30% of the pixel addresses where colored ink is printed receive colorless ink during a single pass of the printhead. | 29,498 |
9,457,463 | 1. A method of adjusting solar panels in a solar farm using a robot, said method comprising: said robot moving on one or more rail or track systems in said solar farm; wherein said robot comprises an arm and a trunk; wherein said arm is connected to said trunk; wherein a wrench or tool is attached to said arm; wherein said robot comprises one or more motors; a processor detecting that said robot is in front of a first solar panel; a controller stopping said robot when said robot is in front of said first solar panel; said robot extending said wrench or tool using said one or more motors; said wrench or tool engaging said first solar panel at one or more panel adjustment devices; said one or more panel adjustment devices changing position or tilt of said first solar panel with respect to one or more angles, axes, or angular or Cartesian coordinate systems; said processor tracking the sun, based on an optimization module; said controller sending a command to said robot, based on said optimization module; said robot adjusting said position or tilt of said first solar panel, using said wrench or tool on said one or more panel adjustment devices; said robot retracting said wrench or tool using said one or more motors; said robot moving to a second solar panel, on said one or more rail or track systems in said solar farm. | 40,034 |
8,825,132 | 1. A method for carrying out an MRI or MRS experiment on hyperpolarizable magnetic nuclei of substrate molecules and/or their metabolites contained in a living human or animal body, the method comprising the steps of: a) polarizing the substrate molecules and/or their metabolites using non-hydrogenating para-hydrogen induced polarization (=NH-PHIP) into a singlet state or pseudo singlet state in an environment of a static magnetic field lower than 100 mT or lower than 10 mT; b) injecting, following step a), the substrate molecules and/or their metabolites, in the singlet state or in the pseudo singlet state, into the living human or animal body, the human or animal body or a part thereof being disposed within a magnet and in a static magnetic field lower than 100 mT or lower than 10 mT; c) switching on, following step b), the magnet to produce a static magnetic field strength inside the magnet higher than 200 mT or higher than 500 mT, wherein switching on the magnet converts at least a part of the substrate molecules and/or their metabolites in the singlet state or pseudo singlet state into observable magnetisation; and d) carrying out, following step c), an MRI or MRS measurement with the living human or animal body or the part thereof contained inside the magnet, thereby collecting data from the substrate molecules and/or their metabolites. | 5,738 |
8,448,426 | 1. A method for heating a urea SCR system that includes a plurality of resistive heating elements comprising: starting the urea SCR system in freezing conditions; activating a first resistive heating element when the urea system is stared in the freezing conditions, the first resistive heating element heating at least a first component or a first part of the first component which is constantly in contact with urea, and activating a second resistive heating element when the urea SCR system is started in the freezing conditions only when at least one of a second part of the first component, a second component, and a first part of the second component that is not in constant contact with the urea comes into contact with the urea, the second resistive heating element being activated independently of the activating of the first resistive heating element and heating the one of the second part of the first component, the second component, and the first part of the second component that comes into contact with the urea. | 26,764 |
9,354,650 | 1. A switching power supply device, comprising: a pair of input nodes to which an input voltage is applied; a pair of output nodes from which an output voltage is outputted; a coil and a cascode element serially connected between said pair of input nodes or between a higher-potential-side input node of said pair of input nodes and a higher-potential-side output node of said pair of output nodes; and a control circuit outputting a drive signal that controls a conduction state of said cascode element, wherein said cascode element includes a normally-on type transistor and a normally-off type transistor that are cascode-connected, a midpoint terminal to which a source of said normally-on type transistor and a drain of said normally-off type transistor are connected, a drain terminal to which a drain of said normally-on type transistor is connected, a gate terminal to which a gate of said normally-off type transistor is connected and which receives said drive signal, and a source terminal to which a gate of said normally-on type transistor and a source of said normally-off type transistor are connected, said cascode element is controlled to be in a conductive state when said drive signal is in a first state, and is controlled to be in a non-conductive state when said drive signal is in a second state, and said control circuit includes: a signal generation circuit outputting a first signal for changing said drive signal from said second state to said first state; an output voltage determination circuit outputting a second signal for changing said drive signal from said first state to said second state when said output voltage exceeds a target voltage; a first protection circuit outputting a first protection signal for changing said drive signal from said first state to said second state in response to an event that a midpoint voltage, which is a voltage between said midpoint terminal and said source terminal, has exceeded a first reference voltage during a period in which said drive signal is in said first state; and a drive signal output circuit generating said drive signal based on said first signal, said second signal and said first protection signal. | 30,139 |
8,946,849 | 1. A device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a backside; a plurality of image sensors disposed at the front side of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of clear color-filters and a plurality of colored color-filters on the backside of the semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of metal rings, each encircling one of the plurality of clear color-filters, wherein each of the plurality of metal rings comprises: | 41,040 |
9,388,756 | 1. A method of controlling a charging pressure for an internal combustion engine having at least one of a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gases, the method comprising: setting a nominal charging pressure of the internal engine as a function of operating parameters of the internal combustion engine; controlling the charging pressure of the internal combustion engine to achieve a nominal charging pressure value; determining a first value for the charging pressure that minimizes fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine by taking into account a direct influence of the charging pressure on the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine; determining a second value for the charging pressure that minimizes the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine by taking into account an indirect influence of the charging pressure on an interval-determined regeneration of the at least one particle filter and nitrogen oxide catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gases; and setting an optimized nominal charging pressure value by taking into account the first value for the charging pressure and the second value for the charging pressure. | 32,949 |
8,774,961 | 1. An automatic delivery system, comprising: a conveyor including: each of the loading stations having a station positioning device including at least one extension rod extending through and horizontally displaceable within the spacing between sequential ones of the powered first and fixed members, the station positioning device operating to displace a container received on the powered first rollers into and out of the loading station; a container entry portion having a plurality of second rollers oriented transverse to the first rollers and fixed members and sequentially separated by a spacing, the plurality of second rollers being rotatably powered in a first direction and an opposite second direction; and a pusher member connected to a pusher member rod, the pusher member rod positioned between sequential ones of the second rollers and displaceable horizontally to move the container from the second rollers onto the powered first rollers. | 12,983 |
9,329,848 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; monitoring logic to monitor a software program for a program region having fusion candidate instructions for a macro fusion operation at the apparatus; evaluation logic to evaluate whether the macro fusion operation of the fusion candidate instructions is valuable to the software program; wherein the evaluation logic is further to evaluate a data dependency graph (DDG) relating to the fusion candidate instructions to determine depth or length of each fusion candidate instruction to further determine whether the macro fusion operation is critical to the software program, wherein criticality associated with each instructions is used as a metric to measure one or more performance values of one or more of the fusion candidate instructions; decision logic to allow the macro fusion operation to be performed, upon reviewing results of the evaluation; and execution logic to perform the macro fusion operation if the macro fusion operation is evaluated to be valuable to the software program. | 25,005 |
9,784,705 | 1. An electrode device comprising: a measuring electrode; and a reference electrode, wherein the measuring electrode includes: wherein the flow tube is arranged in the first body so as to make the responsive glass of the flow tube contact with the first internal liquid in the first internal liquid chamber, wherein the chemical liquid that flows in the flow tube is supplied to the reference electrode, and wherein an output end side of the flow tube connected to the reference electrode projects from the first body to form a projecting part, and an area of the projecting part that extends over a predetermined length is exposed to a space. | 25,842 |
9,228,983 | 1. A process analytic device comprising: an input to receive a sample of interest; an analytic detector operably coupled to receive the sample of interest and to provide an analytic output relative to the sample of interest; a cover at least partially defining a heated chamber, and wherein the sample of interest flows into the heated chamber; and a heat pipe thermally coupled to the analytical detector, wherein an evaporative portion of the heat pipe is thermally coupled to the cover. | 4,882 |
8,373,008 | 1. A process comprising the steps: a) introducing a feed comprising: into a first distillation column, wherein the first distillation column comprises a stripping section and optionally a rectifying section at an introduction point above the stripping section, the first distillation column having an operating temperature, T wherein T b) introducing a water-immiscible organic entrainer to at least one appropriate process stream or vessel; c) condensing the first vaporous overhead stream to produce a gas phase and recover a mixed condensate, wherein the mixed condensate comprises: wherein the mixed condensate comprises sufficient entrainer to provide phase separation of the organic and the aqueous phases; d) introducing at least a portion of the organic phase to the first distillation column; and e) introducing at least a portion of the first bottoms stream into a second distillation column having at least a stripping section and optionally a rectifying section and operating the second distillation column to produce a second bottoms stream comprising the extractant, and a second vaporous overhead stream comprising butanol. | 39,826 |
8,922,056 | 1. A power interchange system for interchanging electric energy between a battery and an electric grid, the interchange system comprising: a rectifier unit for converting alternating current of the electric grid into direct current for charging the battery; a grid measurement device for measuring an electric parameter of the electric grid; a controller unit for adjusting the direct current for charging the battery as a function of the electric parameter of the electric grid, and a grid response controller which calculates active and/or reactive current or power reference set points during dips in the electric grid voltage, wherein the set points are calculated as a function of a predefined look up table for the relation between the electric grid voltage and the active and/or reactive current or a power flow between the rectifier unit and the electric grid when the electric grid voltage dips below a predetermined threshold level, wherein the set points are used to maintain operation of a battery charging unit in an inverter mode as a generating unit during the electric grid voltage dips, wherein the power interchange system is monitored and controlled from a remote location, and wherein inputs from a battery charging/discharging controller, the grid response controller, and a data communication link are processed in an order of priority by the controller unit in order to provide electric grid disturbance response as requested by the grid response controller, to provide protection of the battery as requested by the battery charging/discharging controller, and to control the battery charging/discharging. | 25,714 |
8,979,420 | 1. A system for marking a surface comprising: a permeable paver that includes a structure having a plurality of honeycombed, hexagon-shaped cells with upstanding sidewalls, the sidewall of each cell having an upper surface and a lower surface, an inner surface and an outer surface, and a thickness; a marker comprising: | 13,046 |
8,960,221 | 1. A gas pressure regulating valve comprising: a housing including a valve passage connected to a primary port and a secondary port; a valve body provided in the housing and configured to move between a closed position where the valve body closes the valve passage and an open position where the valve body opens the valve passage to adjust an opening degree of the valve passage; a return spring configured to bias the valve body in a direction toward the closed position; and a valve body driving unit configured to apply a driving force corresponding to an applied voltage or an applied current to the valve body against the biasing of the return spring to cause the valve body to move in a direction toward the open position, the gas pressure regulating valve being configured to regulate pressure of a high-pressure fuel gas, supplied through the primary port to the valve passage, to pressure corresponding to the driving force of the valve body driving unit to output the fuel gas through the secondary port, the gas pressure regulating valve comprising: a pressure return chamber formed in the housing and connected to the secondary port; a first sealing member configured to receive pressure of the pressure return chamber in a direction against the driving force and cause the valve body to move toward the closed position in accordance with the pressure of the pressure return chamber; a bearing member provided in a gap between the valve body and the housing and configured to slidingly support the valve body; a second sealing member provided closer to the valve passage than the bearing member and configured to seal the gap; and a third sealing member provided closer to the valve passage than the second sealing member and configured to seal the gap, wherein a buffer chamber connected to the secondary port is formed between the third sealing member and the second sealing member. | 7,619 |
9,531,281 | 1. An AC-DC power converter, comprising: a) a rectifier bridge and filter configured to convert an external AC voltage to a sine half-wave DC input voltage; b) a first energy storage element configured to store energy from said sine half-wave DC input voltage via a first current through a first conductive path during a first operation mode, wherein said first current rises during said first operation mode; c) a second energy storage element configured to store energy from a second DC voltage via a second current through a second conductive path during said first operation mode, wherein said second current rises during said first operation mode; d) a transistor configured to share said first and second conductive paths; e) said first energy storage element being configured to release energy to a third energy storage element and a load through a third conductive path during a second operation mode, wherein said third energy storage element is configured to generate said second DC voltage, and wherein said first current declines during said second operation mode; and f) said second energy storage element being configured to release energy to said load through a fourth conductive path during said second operation mode, wherein a peak value of said first current is configured to vary along with said sine half-wave DC input voltage, and wherein an output of said AC-DC converter is configured to be substantially constant. | 35,528 |
8,588,999 | 1. A method of operating a combustion engine, the method comprising, adjusting an engine injection timing based on an ambient NOx level estimated by a first NOx sensor coupled with an engine intake. | 41,368 |
8,476,310 | 1. A pharmaceutical formulation for use in treatment of a patient in need thereof, comprising: (a) docetaxel, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount of about 40 mg/mL to about 80 mg/mL; (b) ethanol; and (c) α-lipoic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount of about 1 mg/mL to about 10 mg/mL; wherein the formulation is substantially free of polysorbates and polyethoxylated castor oil. | 47,808 |
8,786,395 | 1. A two-phase coupled inductor, comprising: a magnetic core having opposing first and second ends and forming a passageway having depth and height, the depth being greater than the height, the passageway extending through the magnetic core in the depthwise direction from the first end of the magnetic core to the second end of the magnetic core; and first and second windings wound at least partially around a common leg of the magnetic core and through the passageway in the depthwise direction; the second winding being separated from the first winding by a linear separation distance throughout the passageway, the separation distance being along an axis perpendicular to an axis of the height of the passageway and perpendicular to an axis of the depth of the passageway, the separation distance being greater than the height of the passageway; the common leg of the magnetic core forming an outer surface of the magnetic core, the outer surface separating, in the depthwise direction, the first end of the magnetic core from the second end of the magnetic core. | 20,574 |
9,827,986 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a GPS receiver configured to provide a location of the vehicle; a cruise control adjuster configured to, via a processor: | 33,664 |
9,700,846 | 1. A filtration device, comprising: a holding portion having a first flexible side and a second flexible side, the first and second flexible sides opposing each other, wherein the holding portion has a top end and a bottom end; and a first filter having a first edge and a second edge opposing the first edge of the first filter, wherein the first edge of the first filter is attached to the first flexible side of the holding portion at a first position and the second edge of the first filter is attached to the second flexible side of the holding portion at a second position lower relative to the first position, a second filter having a third edge and a fourth edge opposing the third edge of the second filter, wherein the third edge of the second filter is attached to the second flexible side of the holding portion at a third position that is at or below the second position of the first filter and the fourth edge of the second filter is attached to the first flexible side of the holding portion at a fourth position lower relative to the third position, wherein the holding portion has a first holding part, a second holding part, and a third holding part, wherein the first holding part is above the first filter and is configured to hold fluid received from the top end of the holding portion, wherein the second holding part is below the first filter and above the second filter and is configured to hold filtrate corresponding to the fluid having passed through the first filter, and wherein the third holding part is below the second filter and is configured to hold second stage filtrate corresponding to the filtrate having passed through the second filter. | 26,415 |
8,904,904 | 1. A strut, comprising: a laminated composite tube having a substantially hollow interior; a first pair of longitudinal stiffeners attached to the laminated composite tube at diametrically opposite locations on the laminated composite tube, in which each of the longitudinal stiffeners is trapezoidal in cross sectional shape; and a pair of fittings on opposite ends of the laminated composite tube, wherein each of the fittings is adapted to be attached to a structure. | 16,754 |
8,700,978 | 1. A method of determining data states using soft decision and convolutional decoding, the method comprising: reading soft decisions associated with sensed threshold voltages from multilevel memory cells of a memory array; maintaining sets of periodic functions, wherein each set is associated with a different plurality of program distributions of stored states, wherein the stored states associated with a particular periodic function are periodic with respect to one another; associating a soft decision with a particular set of the periodic functions; and selecting a program distribution from the particular set of periodic functions based at least partly on calculations of probabilities of candidate paths that had been followed for encoding to determine encoded states. | 24,778 |
8,410,277 | 1. A method for manufacturing a compound represented by the following formula (1): the method comprising reacting a compound represented by the following formula(III): and a compound represented by the following formula (II): in a solvent and in the presence of a palladium catalyst and a base, wherein R R X represents an oxygen atom and Y represents a nitrogen atom; Q represents a leaving group selected from halogen, a para-toluenesulfonyloxy group, a benzylsulfonyloxy group, methanesulfonyloxy group, a trifluoromethane-sulfonyloxy group, and a chloromethanesulfonyloxy group; the ring A represents a benzene ring; Z represents —CH R represents a hydrogen atom or a C R R | 42,620 |
9,028,476 | 1. An electrsurgical system for generating microwave energy, the system comprising: a microwave generator configured to generate a first microwave frequency signal and a second microwave signal; a transmission line configured to transmit the first and the second microwave frequency signals; a dual antenna microwave device including: wherein the first antenna choke circuit is configured to limit the propagation of electromagnetic fields generated by the first antenna toward the second antenna and the second antenna choke circuit is configured to limit the propagation of electromagnetic fields generated by the second antenna toward the first antenna. | 45,682 |
9,062,774 | 1. A radial shaft seal configured for receipt in a housing and about a shaft having a running surface to sealingly isolate an air-side of the shaft seal from an oil-side of the shaft seal, comprising: an annular mounting portion extending about a central axis; an elastomeric seal body connected to said mounting portion; a seal lip connected to said seal body, said seal lip having a conical, annular inner sealing surface extending axially from an oil-side end having a first diameter to a free air-side end having a second diameter, said first diameter being less than a diameter of the shaft running surface and said second diameter being less than said first diameter, thereby ensuring the entirety of said conical, annular inner sealing surface is brought into sealed engagement with the shaft running surface, said inner sealing surface having a first groove region extending along the shaft in sealed engagement with the running surface and a circumferentially continuous static rib, said first groove region being spaced axially from said static rib and extending between said static rib and said oil-side, said first groove region including a plurality of first grooves inclined relative to said static rib along a first direction, said first direction being configured to pump lubrication toward said oil side of said radial shaft seal during relative rotation of said radial shaft seal with said shaft along a direction R; said inner sealing surface further including a second groove region extending along the inner sealing surface from said static rib toward said air-side of said radial shaft seal, said second groove region having a plurality of individual second grooves inclined relative to said static rib along a second direction, said second direction being configured to pump lubrication toward said oil side of said radial shaft seal during relative rotation of said radial shaft seal with said shaft along the direction R; and wherein each of said individual second grooves extends along a reduced angle of inclination relative to said static rib as compared with said first grooves, at least one of said individual second grooves merging with said static rib. | 35,057 |
8,540,816 | 1. A recyclate comprising components obtained during extraction of metals from an aluminum salt slag, which contains up to 3 wt. % nitrides, wherein said recyclate further comprising an iron-sulfate-containing additive. | 15,224 |
9,450,877 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a gateway device configured to be operatively coupled to a switch via a plurality of links, the gateway device configured to operatively couple a network node during a communication session of the network node with the switch, the gateway device storing an association between the communication session of the network node and a link from the plurality of links such that data sent via the communication session of the network node is sent via the link, the gateway device configured to receive, from a virtual port associated with the network node, a login request, the gateway device configured to send, based on the login request from the virtual port, a login request to the switch to initiate a communication session of the virtual port between the virtual port and the switch, the gateway device configured to associate the communication session of the virtual port with the link from the plurality of links based on the communication session of the network node being associated with the link such that data sent via the communication session of the virtual port is sent via the link and such that load through the network node is balanced. | 6,018 |
8,832,931 | 1. A method for making a shielded electronic module comprising: mounting at least one electronic component on a surface of a circuit board panel; mounting a plurality of shield components on the surface of the circuit board panel, each shield component including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion, a portion of the conductive portion being in electrical contact with the surface of the circuit board panel and a portion of the non-conductive portion being in contact with the surface of the circuit board panel, top portions of the mounted shield components extending from the surface of the circuit board panel at least as high as a top portion of the at least one electronic component, and the mounted shield components providing an electromagnetic shield for the at least one electronic component; and sawing the non-conductive portion of one or more of the mounted shield components. | 23,528 |
8,807,538 | 1. A dispensing device, comprising: a housing; a fan; an annular reservoir having a compound disposed therein; and a permeable substrate in communication with the annular reservoir for releasing the compound in a first passive state, wherein the permeable substrate includes a horizontal surface and at least one wick extending from the horizontal surface into the reservoir, and wherein the compound is released from the permeable substrate according to a uniform diffusion profile, and wherein rotation of the fan causes air to pass over the permeable substrate to release the compound in a second, active state. | 19,050 |
8,868,705 | 1. A method of transparently creating an encrypted communications channel between a client device and a target device, each device being configured to allow secure data communications between the client device and the target device over the encrypted communications channel once the encrypted communications channel is created, the method comprising: (1) intercepting from the client device a request to look up an Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to a domain name associated with the target device; (2) determining whether the request to look up the IP address transmitted in step (1) corresponds to a device that accepts an encrypted channel connection with the client device; and (3) in response to determining, in step (2), that the request to look up the IP address in step (2) corresponds to a device that accepts an encrypted communications channel connection with the client device, providing provisioning information required to initiate the creation of the encrypted communications channel between the client device and the target device such that the encrypted communications channel supports secure data communications transmitted between the two devices, the client device being a device at which a user accesses the encrypted communications channel. | 46,294 |
8,427,968 | 1. An apparatus configured to take statistics of multiple different statistical conditions for communication data flowing through a network, the apparatus comprising: a receiver module configured to receive packets including multiple different identifiers; an aggregation module configured to classify each packet, which is received by the receiver module and has corresponding identifiers identical with at least two preset different identifiers selected from the multiple different identifiers, into a certain aggregate flow, generate and accumulate aggregate statistical information including a number of packets belonging to the certain aggregate flow, and output the accumulated aggregate statistical information when the accumulated aggregate statistical information satisfies a preset output condition; and a statistical processing module configured to receive the aggregate statistical information output from the aggregation module, and perform an updating process arranged to update, in response to each receipt of the aggregate statistical information, multiple statistical flow tables corresponding to different statistical conditions defined by both a combination of a single identifier and a combination of identifiers that are part of the identifiers included in the aggregation flow, the combination of identifiers including at least two identifiers among an identifier of a source IP address, an identifier of a destination IP address, and an identifier of a source port number, and each of the statistical flow tables including a number of packets and a number of bytes of packets belonging to each statistical condition. | 11,067 |
9,471,183 | 1. A mobile device providing a mobile processing function, the mobile device comprising: a mobile device body; a processing system within the body including at least one processor programmed to be part of providing the mobile processing function; a projector mechanically coupled to the body to project an image from the processor onto a substantially planar surface when the mobile device body is on the surface such that the projector projects at a predetermined angle relative to the surface; and a pen-location transcription system coupled to the processing system to determine the positions of a writing implement or stylus at a plurality of instants of time by transmitting energy, including acoustic energy, between the writing implement or stylus and a device mechanically coupled to the mobile device body, the pen-location transcription system including one or more transmitters of acoustic energy and one or more acoustic sensor, the position determining including detecting an indication of time-of-arrival of said transmitted acoustic energy at said at least one acoustic sensor relative to the time or times of transmitting by at least one of the one or more transmitters of acoustic energy, wherein the mobile device further includes a support mechanism to maintain the mobile device such that the projector projects at the predetermined angle relative to the surface, wherein the support mechanism includes a pair of arms that are each hingeably connected to the mobile device body, able to be folded in and out, and that when folded out, lock to maintain the mobile device at the predetermined angle relative to the surface, wherein the writing implement or stylus includes a transmitter of the acoustic energy, wherein the support arms include at least two acoustic sensors to detect the transmitted acoustic energy, and wherein the support mechanism includes a mechanism establishing the relationship between said at least two acoustic sensors such that when the arms lock to maintain the mobile device body such that the projector projects at the predetermined angle relative to the surface, the relationship between said at least two sensors is established. | 36,912 |
8,425,375 | 1. A driving device for a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric motor; a power combination/distribution mechanism which is operatively coupled with both the engine and the electric motor and one of a pair of front wheels or rear wheels so as to combine and distribute power generated from the engine and the electric motor; a transmission mechanism which is operatively coupled with the engine and the other of the pair of front wheels or rear wheels; an engine reverse rotation preventing mechanism which is disposed on a power transmission path of the engine so as to be closer to the engine than the power combination/distribution mechanism; and a controller which controls an operation of the vehicle, wherein: | 33,767 |
9,438,142 | 1. A motor driving circuit including a battery, a contactor, a motor control circuit section to which a motor is connected and which is any one of an H-bridge circuit and a three-phase bridge circuit including a plurality of switching elements including backward diodes, a battery-positive-electrode-side line connecting a positive electrode terminal of the battery and a battery-positive-electrode-side terminal of the motor control circuit section to each other through the contactor, a battery-negative-electrode-side line connecting a negative electrode terminal of the battery and a battery-negative-electrode-side terminal of the motor control circuit section to each other, and a diode provided in parallel with the contactor, and connected at a cathode thereof to a primary-side contact of the contactor, characterized in that the motor driving circuit comprises: a Pch FET provided in series with the diode, and connected at a source thereof to a secondary-side contact of the contactor and connected at a drain thereof to an anode of the diode; and a gate voltage generation circuit for the Pch FET, the gate voltage generation circuit including | 23,145 |
8,732,627 | 1. A method for performing enhanced wafer quality prediction in a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method comprising steps of: obtaining, with a processor, data including at least one of tensor format wafer processing conditions, historical wafer quality measurements and prior knowledge relating to at least one of the semiconductor manufacturing process and wafer quality; building, with said processor, a hierarchical prediction model including at least the tensor format wafer processing conditions; and predicting, with said processor, wafer quality for a newly fabricated wafer based at least on the hierarchical prediction model and corresponding tensor format wafer processing conditions. | 7,842 |
9,452,686 | 1. A cooling member mounted between battery cells to remove heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, wherein the cooling member comprises: a plate-shaped cooling fin configured to have a structure in which two battery cell contact portions disposed on a same surface of the cooling fin extend in a same plane to be in tight contact with outer sides of the respective battery cells in a state in which the cooling fin is disposed between the respective battery cells; and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure in which a coolant flows, the coolant conduit thermally contacting the cooling fin, the coolant conduit being located at an outside of an electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells when the cooling fin is disposed between the battery cells, wherein the coolant conduit is configured so that at least a portion of the coolant conduit is bent so as to correspond to the shape of outer edges of the battery cell contact portions, wherein, when the electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells is formed in a quadrangular shape in plan, the coolant conduit is bent in the shape of ‘C’ corresponding to the outer edges of the battery cell contact portions in plan, wherein each battery cell includes a pair of major surfaces and four minor surfaces connecting the pair of major surfaces to each other, the pair of major surfaces being of a same size and said size being greater than a size of any of the minor surfaces, wherein one major surface of each battery cell contacts a respective battery cell contact portion, wherein the coolant conduit is bent so as to be disposed in tight contact with the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part, wherein the cooling fin is configured to have a structure in which two metal sheets are coupled to each other, and the coolant conduit is coupled to the cooling fin in a state in which the coolant conduit is disposed between the metal sheets, and wherein each of the battery cells is a plate-shaped secondary battery. | 48,509 |
8,588,461 | 1. A computer system including instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and readable by at least one processor, the system comprising: a first blocking module configured to divide a diffused filestream into a first set of data blocks, wherein each data block of the first set of data blocks includes a region of the diffused filestream and each data block of the first set of data blocks includes a plurality of pixels; a variance module configured to calculate the variance of the first set of data blocks; a second blocking module configured to order the first set of data blocks into a second set of data blocks, wherein each data block of the second set includes a plurality of data blocks of the first set; a threshold module configured to sum the variance of the second set of data blocks and to select a threshold data block, wherein the threshold data block is a data block within the second set of data blocks that has a variance at or above a set variation threshold level; and a watermarking module configured to embed a watermark in an original filestream from which the diffused filestream was derived, wherein the region of the watermark in the original filestream is in the same region of the threshold data block of the diffused filestream. | 28,565 |
8,913,708 | 1. A reactor device comprising: a reactor internal support including a shroud, an upper lattice plate including a first through-hole and positioned above the shroud, and a core support plate including a second through-hole and positioned below the shroud; a maintenance/repair device for the reactor internal structure installed on a bottom of a reactor pressure vessel, the maintenance/repair device comprising: | 38,114 |
8,855,177 | 1. A communication system, comprising: a transceiver coupled to a subscriber line and configured to transmit a discrete multitone (DMT) signal having a plurality of tones across the subscriber line; memory for storing interferer data, the interferer data indicative of a location of a radio frequency (RF) interferer and a frequency of an RF signal transmitted by the RF interferer; and logic configured to adjust a data rate of at least one of the tones based on the interferer data thereby mitigating for an effect of the RF signal on the DMT signal transmitted by the transceiver. | 41,193 |
9,566,550 | 1. A process for the solidification of carbon dioxide by reaction of carbon dioxide with an activated alkali metal silicate feedstock or an activated alkaline earth metal silicate feedstock to form a corresponding alkali metal carbonate or alkaline earth metal carbonate, which process comprises direct thermal activation of an alkali metal silicate feedstock or alkaline earth metal silicate feedstock by combustion of fuel in a fuel fired furnace with the heat released by said combustion being directly applied to the alkali metal silicate feedstock or alkaline earth metal silicate feedstock, to produce an activated feedstock, then suspending the activated feedstock in a solvent slurry and reacting the activated feedstock with carbon dioxide to form the alkali metal carbonate or alkaline earth metal carbonate. | 19,653 |
9,568,122 | 1. A marine pipeline installation tensioner for use on a pipeline installation vessel, the marine pipeline installation tensioner comprising: at least one lower track unit and at least one upper track unit, each track unit comprising an endless track, a chassis, bearings mounted on said chassis for supporting the endless track, and one or more track motion control members for effecting controlled motion of the track; and a tensioner frame, comprising: | 16,179 |
8,349,444 | 1. A wallboard building material comprising: a first facing membrane and a second facing membrane, wherein the first facing membrane and the second facing membrane are independently selected from the group consisting of paper, metal, and metal alloys; and a core matrix sandwiched between the first facing membrane and the second facing membrane, wherein the core matrix includes: from about 25 wt % to about 60 wt % of microspheres based on wet formulation, the microspheres having a size of from about 100 to about 1500 microns, wherein the microspheres are all cenospheres, each cenosphere comprising an outer shell and a hollow interior filled with a gas; and from about 20 wt % to about 36 wt % sodium silicate binder; and from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % organic binder, wherein the microspheres are bonded together by the sodium silicate binder to create a plurality of voids between the microspheres, wherein a cured core matrix material formed therefrom is resistant to substantially all mold growth. | 22,157 |
8,849,443 | 1. A method for controlling at least one part of a paper machine comprising an online model of the following plant units: a drying section, a heat recovery system, a steam and condensate system, wherein the method comprises: drawing a distinction in the online model between the following four material streams: calculating, in the online model, a mass and energy balance for all the material streams in each of; calculating a specific energy consumption from the mass and energy balances, and displaying at least one of the mass and energy balances and the specific energy consumption. | 32,117 |
9,553,284 | 1. A molding material for package comprising: an outer base material layer comprising a heat-resistant resin; an inner sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic resin; a metal foil layer disposed between the outer base material layer and the inner sealant layer; and a matte-coating layer formed on a side of the outer base material layer that is opposite to another side of the outer base material layer on which the metal foil layer is disposed, wherein the matte-coating layer includes: | 2,300 |
8,760,413 | 1. A device comprising: a housing; a surface responsive to user engagement, the surface supported by the housing; an actuator mechanism operably associated with the surface, the actuator mechanism comprising a pair of conductive layers maintained in a spaced-apart configuration by a peripheral spring mechanism disposed between the pair of conductive layers defining an air space between the pair of conductive layers, one of the pair of conductive layers associated with the surface and operable to move relative to the other conductive layer; and drive circuitry configured to drive the conductive layers with an electrical signal that increases an attractive force between the conductive layers, the electrical signal applied in response to an engagement provided by the user at the surface, the attractive force causing movement of at least one of the conductive layers relative to the other of the conductive layers, the movement causing a compression of the peripheral spring mechanism reducing the air space between the pair of conductive layers thereby providing tactile feedback to the user. | 12,536 |
8,731,730 | 1. A method for providing clustered charge distribution and charge prioritization for electric vehicles, the method comprising: receiving member information about electric vehicles at a plurality of distributed processing units; each distributed processing unit generating a message based on the member information received for each electric vehicle; collecting, using a power distribution manager, the message from each of the distributed processing units; performing, using the power distribution manager, a preliminary screening of the electric vehicles based on the messages; selecting, using the power distribution manager, a prioritization algorithm based on the messages; selectively activating a subset of the distributed processing units based at least on the preliminary screening and the prioritization algorithm; wherein performing the preliminary screening includes: when it is determined that a user of the electric vehicle is a delinquent member, excluding charging service to said user; when it is determined that a user of the electric vehicle is an off-peak rate preference member, excluding charging service to said user during peak-rate times; when it is determined that a user of the electric vehicle is a peak rate preference member, not excluding charging service to said user during peak-rate times; of the remaining users not yet excluded from charging service, parsing the associated remaining messages to determine whether users of the electric vehicles are VIPs or not; for the users of the electric vehicles determined not to be VIPs, adding power requests for said non-VIPs to a queue; for the users of the electric vehicles determined to be VIPs, checking whether power requests from the VIPs are within a location power line limit; when it is determined that the requests from the VIPs are within the location power line limit, activating the distributed processing units associated with the electric vehicles of the VIPs so that said electric vehicles for the VIPs are charged; and when it is determined that the requests from the VIPs are not within the location power line limit, adding at least some power requests from said VIPs to the queue. | 34,592 |
9,470,185 | 1. A method, comprising: adjusting an evaporative emissions leak test parameter based on a ratio of cylinder run time of a deactivatable cylinder of an engine to total vehicle run time; and indicating degradation based on the adjusted parameter, wherein the degradation is a leak of a fuel system. | 30,062 |
9,511,424 | 1. A drill comprising: a chip discharge flute opened in a tip surface; and a cutting edge formed at an intersecting portion between an inner wall surface of the chip discharge flute on a side toward a drill rotation direction and a tip flank formed on the tip surface, the cutting edge being made up of a concavely-curved cutting edge portion formed on an inner circumferential side and a convexly-curved cutting edge portion formed on an outer circumferential side, the drill further comprising: | 1,793 |
9,240,821 | 1. A communication system comprising: a power feeding device, and a vehicle connected to the power feeding device by two cables, and the vehicle having an electric storage device receiving power from the power feeding device, and communication of a control signal required for charge control of the electric storage device is performed through the cables, wherein one of the power feeding device and the vehicle includes a first superimposing/separating unit connected to two branch lines branched from the two cables, respectively, and performing superimposition of a communication signal different from the control signal onto communication through the cables and performing separation of the communication signal superimposed onto the communication through the cables, and a first communication unit transmitting and receiving a communication signal through the first superimposing/separating unit, and that another one of the power feeding device and the vehicle includes a second superimposing/separating unit located in only one of the two cables and performing superimposition of the communication signal onto communication through the cable and performing separation of the communication signal superimposed onto the communication through the cable, and a second communication unit transmitting and receiving a communication signal through the second superimposing/separating unit. | 726 |
8,886,918 | 1. A method for prioritizing instructions in a data processing system comprising: assigning a first priority value to instructions in a first instruction thread and a second priority value to instructions in a second instruction thread by tagging each instruction from the first instruction thread to include a first priority tag value and tagging each instruction from the second instruction thread to include a second priority tag value so that tagged instructions in the first and second instruction threads have different priority tag values; presenting to a first hardware resource a first tagged instruction request from the first instruction thread and a second tagged instruction request from the second instruction thread; extracting the first priority value and second priority value, respectively, from the first tagged instruction request and second tagged instruction request; and allocating the first hardware resource to the first tagged instruction request from the first instruction thread or the second tagged instruction request from the second instruction thread by determining at the first hardware resource which tagged instruction request has a higher priority tag value. | 30,322 |
8,733,364 | 1. A one-piece molded bruxism treatment device which in upright orientation has top and bottom parts, comprising: a. an elongated flexible band having top and bottom edges and having a generally U-shape defining a closed front end part and legs extending rearward along a front-to-rear direction, and adapted to be positioned around the outer surfaces of a person's upper gums and teeth, said front end and legs having top and bottom edges, each of said legs terminating as a foot having a bottom edge below the bottom edges of said front end and legs, b. said front end top edge having a downward extending recess adapted to provide clearance for a person's frenulum when said device is positioned in the person's mouth with said band between said person's upper lip and upper teeth, and c. two generally planar bite pads oriented generally horizontally, each molded with the band to extend contiguously from one of said feet of said band medially toward the other, each of said bite pads having top and bottom surfaces and adapted to be positioned on one side of the person's jaw between the facing surfaces of a person's upper and lower teeth, and d. each said bite pads being, at least in part, resiliently deformable, thus adapted to absorb forces when said bite pad is clenched between the person's upper and lower teeth, wherein at least one of said top and bottom surfaces of each of said pads has a plurality of resiliently deformable projections extending from said surface. | 7,742 |
8,961,182 | 1. A method of assisting a consumer with a selection of a wood-flooring product, comprising: allowing the consumer to access at least one web page, the at least one web page including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of wood-flooring samples, each of the wood-flooring samples being made of a flexible material and having a substantially flat primary surface that includes a wood-flooring image replicating a wood-flooring product, the primary surface having a width and a length, at least one of the length and the width of each wood-flooring sample being at least 18 inches, the wood-flooring image for each wood-flooring sample being an image of only a single wood-floor product and having multiple wood plank images with width dimensions that substantially correspond to width dimensions of wood planks of the wood-flooring product being replicated, each of the wood-flooring samples includes a coating over the wood-flooring image so that the wood-flooring sample better matches the reflectivity of the corresponding wood-flooring product than the flexible material on which the wood-flooring image has been printed, the wood-flooring products being replicated by the plurality of wood-flooring samples having different characteristics; based on the interaction of the consumer with the at least one webpage, receiving selections of at least one of the plurality of wood-flooring samples; rolling the at least one selected wood-flooring sample into a generally cylindrical shape such that the primary surface containing the wood-flooring image is facing outwardly; and while in the generally cylindrical shape, placing the at least one selected wood-flooring sample into a tubular package for transportation to the consumer. | 48,473 |
9,346,455 | 1. A control method for a transmission in a vehicle, the method comprises: a shift-determination stage performed by a transmission control unit (TCU), the shift-determination stage including receiving the rpm of an engine from an rpm sensor and determining whether to perform shifting of gears depending on the received rpm; wherein while the shifting of gears is determined in the shift-determination stage, an ECU-control stage allowing the TCU to control an engine control unit (ECU) to cut off fuel supplied to a combustion chamber by controlling a fuel injector and to release a clutch connecting an engine and a transmission; wherein after the control action in the ECU-control stage, an engine-braking stage monitoring a change in pressure of engine cylinders and allowing engine braking action to be activated by controlling an exhaust valve to be opened; and wherein while the rpm is reduced to a predefined value or less after the engine-braking stage, a shift-stage performing a shift action. | 44,915 |
8,469,334 | 1. A solenoid actuator attached to hydraulic equipment, comprising: a shaft connected to the hydraulic equipment, the shaft having a center axis; a plunger made of a magnetic material and fixed to the shaft; a coil which magnetically drives the plunger in a direction of the center axis; a first bearing and a second bearing which support the shaft, the first bearing and the second bearing being located on either side of the plunger in the direction of the center axis such that the first bearing is nearer to the hydraulic equipment than the second bearing; a plunger front chamber formed between the first bearing and the plunger; a plunger rear chamber formed between the plunger and the second bearing; a plunger exterior oil passage formed on the outside of the plunger to connect the plunger front chamber and the plunger rear chamber; a communication passage connecting the hydraulic equipment and at least one of the plunger front chamber and the plunger rear chamber; a first bearing front chamber formed on a side of the first bearing opposite to the plunger front chamber; a second bearing rear chamber which is formed on a side of the second bearing opposite to the plunger rear chamber and enlarges/contracts according to a displacement of the shaft along the center axis; a bobbin supporting the coil and having a hollow portion; and a pressure vessel fitted in the hollow portion, wherein the plunger, the first bearing, and the second bearing are housed in the pressure vessel, and the first bearing front chamber the plunger front chamber the plunger rear chamber, the second bearing rear chamber, the plunger exterior oil passage, and the communication passage are formed in the pressure vessel, and the plunger exterior oil passage comprises a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the plunger and an inner circumferential surface of the pressure vessel. | 885 |
9,810,425 | 1. A pulverized coal burner for an oxyfuel combustion boiler comprising: burner inner and outer cylinders which penetrate a wind box and come close to a throat portion; a pulverized coal feed passage provided between the burner inner and outer cylinders; and a plurality of oxygen injection means positioned outwardly from the burner outer cylinder, penetrating the wind box and coming close to the throat portion for directly feeding oxygen ahead of the burner outer cylinder, wherein a tip of the burner outer cylinder is disposed inside of the oxygen injection means and directly adjacent to a tip of the oxygen injection means, the tip of the burner outer cylinder being an outlet surface of the burner outer cylinder perpendicular to a central axis of the burner outer cylinder, the tip of the oxygen injection means being an outlet surface of the oxygen injection means perpendicular to the central axis of the burner outer cylinder, and wherein each of the oxygen injection means includes the tip on an injection side disposed behind the tip of the burner outer cylinder to prevent injected oxygen from hitting the tip of the burner outer cylinder and to prevent flame from the tip of the burner outer cylinder from hitting the tip of the oxygen injection means. | 48,936 |
8,515,793 | 1. A virtual production control method for effectively conjecturing delivery capability of a real factory at a supplier side, the virtual production control method comprising: processing a current shipping plan and a plurality of sets of historical WIP (Work-In-Process) data respectively belonging to a plurality of historical production cycles sent from the supplier side, thereby obtaining a plurality of historical input schedules and a plurality of historical output schedules belonging to said historical production cycles, an expected production capacity limit of a next production cycle following said historical production cycles, and an loss rate of the most recent one of said historical production cycles; performing an integer programming method by a computer using said current shipping plan and one of said historical input schedules belonging to the most recent one of said historical production cycles, to compute a latest ideal input schedule and a latest ideal output schedule belonging to said next production cycle; and simulating and obtaining a latest feasible input schedule and a latest feasible output schedule belonging to said next production cycle by using said historical input schedules, said historical output schedules, and said latest ideal output schedule belonging to said next production cycle in accordance with a distributed-parameters estimation method, a neural network method and Petri Nets. | 41,639 |
9,300,363 | 1. A communications device, comprising: a communications module configured to perform a service; and a controller configured to route a first portion and a second portion of information related to the service to a first user interface when a power level of a battery is sufficient to operate the first user interface and to begin to route the second portion of the information to a second user interface that is different from the first user interface as the battery begins to deplete, wherein the first user interface is configured to provide a first visual notification or a first audible notification relating to the first portion of the information, and wherein the second user interface is configured to provide a second visual notification or a second audible notification relating to the second portion of the information. | 23,151 |
8,570,377 | 1. A system comprising: a first camera to acquire one or more images of a container; a second camera to acquire one or more images of a pallet; a presence sensing module to detect a presence status of an air cargo unit in a scanning zone, the presence status having a value of present or absent; and a recognition processor coupled to the presence sensing module and to at least one of the first camera or the second camera, and to: obtain from the presence sensing module information relating to the presence status of the air cargo unit; trigger the first camera and the second camera to acquire images based on a change in the value of the presence status, one or more of the images having a confidence value; process the images from the first camera and the images from the second camera to perform arbitration, the arbitration determining whether the air cargo unit is a container, a pallet, or neither a container nor a pallet; match, based on at least one confidence value, information relating to the acquired images with stored information relating to previously acquired images; and improve the arbitration based on the matching. | 45,975 |
9,546,801 | 1. A solar-thermal conversion device comprising: a first layer consisting of a solar-thermal conversion member comprising a β-FeSi a collector; a thermal medium; and at least one of a container and a flow channel for the thermal medium, wherein the first layer is disposed on a surface of at least one of the container and the flow channel; the thermal medium is held within at least one of the container and the flow channel; light is concentrated on at least one of the container and the flow channel; and the thermal medium within at least one of the container and the flow channel is heated by the concentrated light. | 34,225 |
9,779,076 | 1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing a document comprising: receiving the document; extracting text of the document from a native form of the document, wherein the text of the document comprises a glossary including a lexical ontology; separating the document into two or more physical sections; identifying, using text analytics on the lexical ontology of the glossary and without user-input, one or more directives within the text; generating, based on the one more directives, one or more annotations within the two or more physical sections; comparing the annotations to identify duplicate annotations and conflicting annotations within the text; and displaying the annotations and results of the comparison of the annotations in a searchable interface. | 26,162 |
9,647,094 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor heteroepitaxy structure, comprising forming a structure precursor by: (a) depositing ex situ a layer of semiconductor silicon oxide on a base semiconductor substrate layer, wherein said base semiconductor substrate layer comprises a III-V semiconductor with native oxides, wherein thickness of the layer of silicon oxide is less than 1.5 nm; (b) depositing ex situ a layer of oxygen-permeable insulator on said layer of silicon oxide, wherein the layer of oxygen-permeable insulator comprises hafnium oxide; (c) depositing ex situ a layer of oxygen-gettering metal onto said insulator layer, wherein said layer of oxygen-gettering material is hafnium, titanium or mixtures thereof; (d) depositing ex situ a layer of gate metal or a protecting dielectric material comprising a titanium nitride-polysilicon mixture on said layer of oxygen-gettering metal, said layer of gate metal or said protecting dielectric material deposited to protect said oxygen-gettering metal from oxidation caused by oxygen diffusing from ambient air, thereby forming the structure precursor; and annealing the structure precursor at a predetermined temperature so that (1) oxygen atoms from said silicon oxide layer are scavenged, moved to and reacted with said layer of oxygen-gettering metal and (2) silicon atoms in the scavenged layer are rearranged and crystallized to form a strained, silicon epitaxy film on said base semiconductor substrate layer, thereby removing the native oxides and providing the semiconductor heteroepitaxy structure. | 27,129 |
8,954,278 | 1. A device operative to provide route guidance, the device including computer executable program code embedded in a computer readable memory and a processor coupled therewith, the computer executable program code being executable by the processor to cause the processor to: receive a request for route guidance from a user, wherein the request includes an origin, a destination, and a day; calculate a route from the origin to the destination; identify at least one location code associated with a physical location along the route; use the at least one location code and the day to select a speed profile identifier from a lookup table, the selected speed profile identifier identifying, in a speed profile dictionary separate from the lookup table, one of a unique speed profile unique to the location code or a combined speed profile comprising a combination of substantially similar speed profiles; select, subsequent to the selection of the selected speed profile identifier, the identified unique speed profile or combined speed profile from the speed profile dictionary based on the selected speed profile identifier; calculate an estimated time of travel for the route using the speed profile; and provide the route and the estimated time of travel to the user. | 5,777 |
9,016,246 | 1. A portable handheld work apparatus comprising: an internal combustion engine having a cylinder provided with cooling ribs; a carburetor having a carburetor housing and being operatively connected to said engine; a fan wheel for generating a cooling airflow passing over said cooling ribs causing said cooling airflow to become a heated cooling airflow; a housing having an engine compartment for accommodating said engine therein and a carburetor compartment for accommodating said carburetor therein and having an intermediate wall separating said compartments from each other; an opening passing said heated cooling airflow to said carburetor for temperaturizing said carburetor as may be needed; a closure element for selectively opening or closing said opening for controlling the heated cooling airflow to said carburetor; said opening being disposed in said intermediate wall; said closure element having an air guide wall extending substantially transversely to said heated cooling airflow so as to cause said heated cooling airflow to be at least in part backed up and deflected; and, said closure element being configured to be in a selectable position so as to cause said heated cooling airflow to be split into a first component of heated cooling airflow configured to flow into said carburetor compartment to there flow about said carburetor housing so as to warm said carburetor housing from the outside thereof and a second component of heated cooling airflow configured to flow toward said cooling ribs. | 18,010 |
9,823,936 | 1. A method for providing assistive technology during interactive computer use, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of interactions of a user with a computer system and collecting data relating to the interactions of the user by an assistive tool executing on a processor; calculating an average speed of the interactions of the user; analyzing, by the assistive tool, the collected data to build and store a plurality of patterns of the interactions of the user; detecting a delay in a current activity of the user on the computer system based on the average speed of the interactions of the user, wherein the delay is a detected period of user inactivity indicative of a hesitation by the user; retrieving, based on detecting the delay, data relating to a plurality of prior interactions that the user has carried out in a sequence prior to the delay; matching the retrieved data with the stored patterns of the interactions of the user; determining one or more probable next steps in the current activity of the user based on the matching; presenting the sequence of the prior interactions that the user has carried out so far prior to detecting the delay in the current activity; and suggesting, by the assistive tool, at least one of the one or more probable next steps to the user. | 22,675 |
8,900,356 | 1. An air filter assembly for an engine, the air filter assembly comprising: a cylindrical filter element defining a hollow interior; a sound attenuation member extending into the hollow interior of the cylindrical filter element, the sound attenuation member including a flange at a first end thereof, the flange having a diameter greater than a diameter of the hollow interior; and an end cap secured to the cylindrical filter element and fixing the sound attenuation member relative to the filter member; wherein the sound attenuation member is operative for reducing engine noise travelling through the air filter assembly; wherein the sound attenuation member includes a hollow axially extending throat member radially closing an axial throat passage therein, the axial throat passage extending from a first axial end of the sound attenuation member to an opposing second axial end; a first axially open end of the throat passage opening axially through the first axial end of the sound attenuation member; an opposing second axially open end of the throat passage opening axially through the second axial end of the sound attenuation member to open into the hollow interior of the filter element for airflow between the throat passage and the hollow interior of the filter element; wherein the sound attenuation member closes the axial throat passage radially from the first axial end to the second axial end of the sound attenuation member; wherein the hollow axially extending throat member includes: | 4,913 |
8,603,980 | 1. A method of delaying thrombus formation in a subject comprising: administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound that inhibits the activity of one or more glutamate receptors in non-neuronal cells, thereby delaying thrombus formation in a subject wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of CNQX, NBQX, GYKI52466, GYKI53655, GYKI47261, cyclothiazide, YM90K, Zonampel (YM872), YM928, Perampanel (E2007), CP-465,022, ZK200775, Talampanel (LY300164), and Tezampanel (NGX424), LY382884, NS-102, UBP301, CX-516, CX-717, and philanthotoxin-343, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, esters, and hydrates thereof. | 4,040 |
9,528,448 | 1. A method, comprising: estimating a first fuel alcohol content based on an air-fuel ratio estimated with an exhaust oxygen sensor; after an engine temperature increases above a threshold, estimating a second fuel alcohol content based on a change in sensor output during modulating a reference voltage of the exhaust oxygen sensor between a first and second voltage; and adjusting engine operation based on a difference between the first and second fuel alcohol contents. | 17,480 |
9,416,372 | 1. A process for the treatment of a liquid comprising organic material, the process comprising steps of, anaerobic digestion of the liquid to produce a digestate; separating solids from the digestate in two or more sequential separation steps wherein an upstream one of the two or more sequential separation steps comprises separating particles above a first size and a downstream one of the two or more sequential separation steps comprises separating particles above a second size that is smaller than the first size and wherein the upstream one of the two or more sequential separation steps provides a coarse separation of materials that are difficult for anaerobic bacteria to digest. | 46,106 |
9,337,536 | 1. A hybrid satellite antenna apparatus comprising: a processor; memory connected to the processor; a motor connected to the processor; a phased array antenna connected to the motor and to the processor; and computer executable program code, wherein, | 18,212 |
9,030,036 | 1. An arrangement for a wind turbine, comprising: a tower of the wind turbine; a tower flange at a top of the tower; a direct drive generator arranged on an upwind side of the tower, said direct drive generator comprising: wherein the stator segment comprises a first supporting projection; wherein the rotor segment comprises a second supporting projection; wherein the first supporting projection and the second supporting projection are supported against each other. | 28,190 |
8,543,833 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a multi-touch sensitive display including a sensor configured to receive biokinematic input including data representing detected positions of each of a plurality of digit touches made by a corresponding plurality of digits of a user, in each of a series of successive time intervals during a defined identification gesture; and a user identification module executed by a processor of the computing device, the user identification module being configured to receive the biokinematic input from the sensor, and further configured to compare relative positions of the plurality of digit touches and/or relative rates of change in said positions of the plurality of digit touches to a stored user template of verified biokinematic data for the user, and if a match is determined, to display an indication on the display that the user has been successfully identified, the stored user template generated from user-identifying features extracted from previous biokinematic input associated with the user, the user-identifying features including at least an outline of the user's hand. | 845 |
9,614,250 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; and a solid polymer electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the solid polymer electrolyte comprising: | 37,333 |
8,579,750 | 1. A transmission for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: an input element where rotation power is inputted and an output element from which the rotation power is outputted; a first motor generator and a second motor generator; a first planetary gear set that is a multiple planetary gear set where the input element, the output element, and the first motor generator are connected and that includes at least four or more rotary elements; a second planetary gear set where the output element and the second motor generator are connected; and a first clutch and a second clutch, wherein a first rotary element of the first planetary gear set and a first rotary element of the second planetary gear set are kept connected with the output element, a second rotary element and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear set are connected with the input element and the first motor generator, respectively, a second rotary element of the second planetary gear set is connected with the second motor generator, a third rotary element of the second planetary gear set is switched to be rotatable by the first clutch, and a fourth rotary element of the first planetary gear set and the second rotary element of the second planetary gear set are switched to be selectively connected by the second clutch. | 37,191 |
8,969,512 | 1. A polymer containing at least one carbazole structural unit of the general formula (Ia) where Ar m and o are independently of one another, 0 or 1; n is 1, 2 or 3 and the dashed lines represent a covalent single bond linking to the polymer; and at least one arylamine structural unit of the general formula (IIa) and/or (IIIa) where Ar R is selected on each occurrence, independently of one another, from F, Cl, Br, I, N(Ar) Y is a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 20 C atoms, in which one or more non-adjacent CH q is 0 or 1 and the dashed lines represent a covalent single bond linking to the polymer. | 5,028 |
9,257,479 | 1. A method of manufacturing an active pixel sensor having a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels having a photodiode formed by a part of a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type, and a transfer transistor for transferring a charge carrier from the photodiode to the fourth semiconductor region, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a substrate on which the first semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is formed, the substrate including a first region where the second semiconductor region is to be formed, a second region where the fourth semiconductor region is to be formed, and a third region, wherein the third region is provided between the first region and the second region; forming a mask to form the second semiconductor region on the substrate, the mask covering at least the second region and the third region and not covering at least the first region; forming the second semiconductor region in the first region of the substrate using the mask; forming a gate of the transfer transistor above the third region of the substrate after forming the second semiconductor region; and forming the fourth semiconductor region in the second region of the substrate after forming the gate of the transfer transistor, wherein the gate of the transfer transistor overlaps the second semiconductor region in a planar view. | 48,919 |
9,561,142 | 1. An external automotive condenser and light assembly for mounting on a patient compartment of an emergency vehicle, the condenser and light assembly comprising: a condenser housing configured to be mounted to a front wall of the patient compartment of the emergency vehicle, with said condenser housing including— at least one fan positioned within said condenser housing for causing air to flow from the top opening to the bottom opening or from the bottom opening to the top opening; and a condenser mounting assembly positioned within the condenser housing, wherein said condenser mounting assembly is operable to support said at least one fan. | 24,794 |
9,038,996 | 1. A spring comprising: (a) a first end seat plates; (b) a second end east plate with a hole in the center; (b) a spring mount (load supporting member); (c) a spring coil, located between said first and said second end seat plates; (d) a gear rack fixed to said first seat plate and going through the hole in said second seat plate; (e) a cams with cogs, gears, or gears with arms, located between said second seat plate and said spring mount and pivotally connected to said spring mount and engaged to the cogs of said gear rack so when a force or moment is applied to one of said seat plates its movement induces the movement of said second seat plate as well, changing the total deflection of said spring coil, so by controlling the linkage between said first and second seat plates and said spring coil the spring constant can be controlled as to be adjustable. | 33,179 |
9,667,112 | 1. A slot liner for a rotor assembly of a power system, the slot liner comprising: a metallic support member; and a coating disposed on a coated side but not on an uncoated side of the metallic support member, the coating comprising a mixture of | 19,628 |
9,524,139 | 1. An information handling system comprising: a primary integrated display device housing and a second integrated display device housing attached via a hinge; a processor to determine a first relative orientation of the primary integrated display device housing to the second integrated display device housing from a plurality of orientation sensors; the processor to determine a working software application context by detecting at least a first software application running on the information handling system wherein the working software application context further includes an operating state rank of the first software application relative to other software applications; and an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window for a display device and selecting between the primary integrated display device housing and the second integrated display device housing based on the first relative orientation and the operating state rank, wherein the first relative orientation is selected from a plurality of orientation modes determined from hinged relative angle positions of the primary integrated display device housing to the second relative display device housing. | 39,631 |
8,360,081 | 1. A sunshade comprising a canopy and a central pole under the canopy, the canopy including a frame mounted for movement relative to the central pole between collapsed and expanded positions and a fabric cover coupled to the frame to move therewith relative to the central pole, wherein the frame includes several fabric-support branches arranged to underlie and support the fabric cover in the canopy and to extend outwardly away from the central pole upon movement of the frame to the expanded position, each fabric-support branch includes an inner root portion arranged to lie in close proximity to the central pole in each of the collapsed and expanded positions of the frame and configured to have a narrow lateral width and an outer distal portion arranged to lie in close proximity to the central pole upon movement of the frame to assume the collapsed position and in spaced-apart relation to the central pole upon movement of the frame to assume the expanded position, the outer distal portion is configured to have a relatively wider lateral width as compared to the narrow lateral width of the inner root portion, and the outer distal portion of each fabric-support branch is coupled to the canopy at an outer perimeter portion thereof; wherein each fabric-support branch includes an outwardly presented first exterior edge extending along a first side of each fabric support branch between the inner root portion of each fabric support branch and the outer distal portion of each fabric support branch and an outwardly presented second exterior edge extending along an opposite second side of each fabric support branch between the inner root portion of each fabric support branch and the outer distal portion of each fabric support branch and the outwardly presented first and second exterior edges are arranged to diverge from one another in a polar direction extending away from the inner root portion of each fabric support branch toward the outer distal portion of each fabric support branch; wherein the frame further includes a rib mount coupled to the central pole and one of the fabric-support branches includes a first rib coupled at a first end thereof to the rib mount and configured to include the outwardly presented first exterior edge, a second rib coupled at a first end thereof to the rib mount and configured to include the outwardly presented second exterior edge and arranged to cooperate with the first rib to define an acute included angle therebetween that is unchanged during movement of the frame between the collapsed and expanded positions, and the outer distal portion of each fabric-support branch having a laterally extending rib spreader coupled to the first and second ribs to locate the first and second ribs between the rib mount coupled to the central pole and the laterally extending rib spreader; and wherein the canopy further includes a mount portion coupled to an underside of the fabric cover to form a spreader-receiving pocket therebetween and the laterally extending rib spreader is located in the spreader-receiving pocket to remain therein during movement of the frame between the collapsed and expanded positions, the mount portion and the fabric cover cooperate to form an inner seam therebetween having a concave segment and communicating with the spreader-receiving pocket and the laterally extending rib spreader includes an outwardly presented convex exterior edge arranged to engage the concave segment of the inner seam. | 1,587 |
9,079,166 | 1. A catalyst for decomposing plastic and organic waste, comprising titanium oxide granules having a transition metal and/or a transition metal oxide supported thereon and containing titanium oxide as an active component, wherein the catalyst has the following characteristics: (1) the granules each have a substantially spherical shape; (2) granules each having a particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 1.6 mm account for 70% or more of all the granules; (3) an amount of the transition metal and/or the transition metal oxide to be supported is from 0.1 wt % to 10.0 wt %; and (4) the transition metal and/or the transition metal oxide is copper and/or copper oxide. | 15,424 |
9,240,592 | 1. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a mixed positive electrode active material comprising a lithium manganese oxide of a layered structure represented by [Chemical Formula 1] shown below and a metal oxide having an olivine structure represented by [Chemical Formula 2] shown below and charged at a voltage of 4.6 V or higher based on a positive electrode potential, wherein the mixed positive electrode active material includes the metal oxide having the olivine structure in an amount of 10-40 wt %, and wherein the metal oxide having the olivine structure in the mixed positive electrode active material is coated with a conductive material; | 39,011 |
9,850,867 | 1. A control system for an internal combustion engine that uses compressed natural gas as fuel, comprising: a pressure accumulating portion that stores compressed natural gas, which is injected from a fuel injection valve of the internal combustion engine, in a state where the compressed natural gas is kept at a set pressure, and that supplies compressed natural gas to the fuel injection valve; a regulator including a valve element that opens when the compressed natural gas is supplied to the pressure accumulating portion and closes when supply of the compressed natural gas to the pressure accumulating portion is shut off, so that the regulator adjusts a pressure in the pressure accumulating portion to the set pressure; and a control unit that, when the pressure in the pressure accumulating portion is being adjusted to the set pressure by the regulator, controls a control parameter relating to a combustion state in the internal combustion engine on the basis of a duration of a period during which an opening degree of the valve element reduces from a first predetermined opening degree to a second predetermined opening degree, wherein the regulator starts adjusting the pressure in the pressure accumulating portion when an ignition is switched to an on state. | 6,700 |
8,758,830 | 1. A compound of Formula IIa: or stereoisomers, or tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is a direct bond or CR R R R R R A is CR R A is a direct bond, R R R A is CR R R R R R R R R | 31,140 |
9,620,445 | 1. A chip package structure comprising: a chip; a circuit layer disposed on a surface of the chip, wherein the circuit layer comprises a plurality of bumps and a plurality of passive element electrodes, and the bumps and the passive element electrodes have the same material, and the passive element electrodes are electrically connected with part of the bumps; a passive element material disposed between the passive element electrodes, so that the passive element electrodes and the passive element material form a passive element located on the surface of the chip; and a substrate, wherein the chip is disposed on the substrate and faces the substrate by the surface, so that the chip and the passive element are electrically connected to the substrate through the bumps, and the passive element and the bumps are disposed between the chip and the substrate. | 21,751 |
9,150,939 | 1. A method for the production of iron from an iron oxide-containing material, the method including feeding a pre-determined quantity of an iron oxide-containing material with a particle size distribution range with a δ contacting the iron-oxide-containing material and the carbon-containing material in the externally heated rotating cylindrical reactor or rotary kiln at a temperature of between 900° C. and 1200° C. for a contact time of between 30 minutes and 360 minutes to reduce the iron oxide to iron powder, the feed rates of the iron oxide-containing material and the carbon-containing material and the operating temperature of the reactor being selected so that a superficial gas flow rate through the reactor caused by the release of gases resulting from the reduction is less than 2 ms magnetically separating product iron powder from excess carbon-containing material. | 6,724 |
8,987,454 | 1. A compound of formula I-C: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: R R x is 1, 2, 3, or 4; each occurrence of R T, V, and U are each independently a bond or an optionally substituted C each occurrence of R′ is independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted group selected from a C | 26,217 |
9,768,385 | 1. A compound of formula (I) or (II) wherein: Y is selected on each occurrence, identically or differently, from BR L is selected from C═O, C═NR R R R n is equal to 0 or 1; and p is equal to 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; where a benzene ring may optionally be condensed on at the positions marked by *, and where the group Y and the nitrogen atom are bonded to the six-membered ring of the carbazole derivative in vicinal positions, and where, in the formulae (I) and (II), furthermore no or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon atoms which are constituents of an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring may be replaced by N, and where furthermore the compound of the formula (I) or (II) may be substituted by a radical R where, in formula (II), the moieties in square brackets which are bonded to L may be identical or different; and where, in formula (II), the group L may be bonded at any desired position of the moiety in square brackets. | 14,418 |
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