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8,745,214 | 1. A system for collecting information to monitor performance of one or more applications, comprising: an HTTP server operating on one or more microprocessor, wherein the HTTP server receives a plurality of requests to access information stored in a database, an application server operating on one or more microprocessor capable of receiving the plurality of requests from the HTTP server, wherein the application server includes a plurality of components, wherein as the plurality of requests flow through the plurality of components, request metrics are collected from each request according to said plurality of Classifiers of the RCID associated with each request; and an administration server configured to query the application server to obtain collected request metrics, wherein the administration server is configured to generate tuning recommendations for the application server based on the collected request metrics, and wherein the administration server is configured to redefine the set of policies stored at the HTTP server based on the collected request metrics. | 7,532 |
8,584,167 | 1. A method for providing an electronic programming guide that combines stored content information with content provider schedule information, the method comprising: recording multiple of instances of content during a single discrete time window received on a frequency of a multi-frequency signal using a tuner of the content receiver, wherein the multiple instances of content are received as a serial broadcast of each of the multiple instances of content and are received during the single discrete time window; providing, utilizing the content receiver, the electronic programming guide comprising at least schedule information for at least one instance of content accessible by the content receiver from at least one content provider wherein the schedule information for the at least one instance of content is presented as at least one slot in a grid arranged by time associated with the at least one instance of content and source associated with the at least one instance of content; determining, utilizing the content receiver, that the multiple instances of recorded content are stored by the content receiver; and incorporating, utilizing the content receiver, content information for each instance of the multiple instances of recorded content into the electronic programming guide such that the content information for each instance of the multiple instances of recorded content is presented simultaneously with schedule information in the electronic programming guide. | 13,989 |
9,598,347 | 1. A process for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst to produce methyl acetate reaction product which carbonylation process is conducted in the presence of hydrogen at a molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide of greater than 1 and the catalyst is a mordenite zeolite prepared from a synthesis mixture comprising at least one organic structure directing agent. | 3,970 |
8,360,873 | 1. A system comprising: a processor-implemented integrating module configured to: based on a detecting of a betting action by a first player, reveal a community card of a hand of the card game to the first player; and based on a detecting of one of a calling action and a raising action by a second player in response to the betting action by the first player, revealing the community card to the second player. | 3,899 |
8,869,837 | 1. A compressor comprising: a discharge chamber; a compression chamber; a partition wall arranged between the discharge chamber and the compression chamber and including a fixing surface facing the discharge chamber, wherein the partition wall includes a discharge port that communicates the discharge chamber and the compression chamber, when viewing the partition wall from above, the discharge port has a circular shape; and a discharge reed valve having a length extending along a longitudinal direction, a distal end, and a basal end, the discharge reed valve including a fixed portion located at the basal end and fixed to the fixing surface, an intermediate portion extending from the fixed portion along the longitudinal direction toward the distal end and being liftable relative to the fixing surface, and a valve portion further extending from the intermediate portion along the longitudinal direction toward the distal end and being capable of opening and closing the discharge port, wherein the fixing surface includes a first groove portion, which extends around the discharge port, and a valve seat surface, which is arranged between the discharge port and the first groove portion, the valve portion comes into contact with the valve seat surface to close the discharge port, and when viewing the discharge reed valve from above in a state closing the discharge port, the first groove portion extends to a range overlapped with the intermediate portion; when viewing the valve portion from above in a state closing the discharge port, a part of the valve portion at a distal side in the longitudinal direction is formed not to close the first groove portion; and the valve seat surface includes a receiving portion located in a distal side in the longitudinal direction, the receiving portion bulges further radially outward from the discharge port than other portions of the valve seat surface, the receiving portion extends into the first groove portion and narrows the width of the first groove portion, and the receiving portion bulges further toward the distal side in the longitudinal direction than other portions in the valve seat surface. | 4,278 |
8,367,939 | 1. An interconnect substrate comprising: a substrate; an electrode pad formed over said substrate; an insulating film formed over said substrate; an opening being formed in said insulating film, in which an upper surface of said electrode pad is exposed on a bottom surface of said opening, said opening has a tapered shape in which a diameter of the opening is increased upward; and a metal film formed over said upper surface of said electrode pad and an inclined side surface of said insulating film in said opening, wherein a height of a portion an upper surface of said metal film, which includes an edge of the upper surface of the metal film, is greater than another portion of said upper surface of said metal film, wherein said insulating film covers an edge of said upper surface of said electrode pad, and the metal film is formed between said electrode pad and said insulating film. | 12,066 |
9,246,876 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, with a first virtual private network (VPN) device from a second VPN device, a packet having an encryption header, wherein the first and the second VPN devices are members of a group VPN having a plurality of VPN devices, wherein the encryption header comprises an encapsulating security payload header having a sequence number field, wherein the sequence number field comprises thirty-two sequential bits and only includes a first portion that specifies a group VPN member identifier and a second portion that specifies a sequence number, wherein the first portion of the sequence number field comprises a first five bits of the sequence number field and immediately precedes the second portion of the sequence number field, wherein the second portion of the sequence number field comprises twenty-seven bits immediately following the first five bits of the sequence number field, and wherein the group VPN member identifier is associated with the second VPN device; identifying a window of sequence numbers maintained by the first VPN device for the second VPN device based on the group VPN member identifier, wherein the window of sequence numbers defines a range of sequence numbers; determining whether the specified sequence number of the header is included in the window of sequence numbers; and responsive to determining that the specified sequence number of the header is included in the window of sequence numbers: | 40,921 |
9,574,947 | 1. A sensing device, comprising: a heater layer; a thermocouple detector layer constructed and arranged to indicate a temperature value based upon a correlation to a detected thermoelectric voltage value, wherein the thermocouple detector layer is adjacent to the heater layer; a sensing layer; and an electrode layer between the sensing layer and the thermocouple detector layer. | 4,159 |
8,835,705 | 1. A process for preparing paraxylene comprising: (a) contacting a C8 aromatic hydrocarbon mixture including ethylbenzene and at least one xylene isomer other than paraxylene, in the presence of hydrogen and under suitable ethylbenzene de-alkylating conditions, with at least a first catalyst having an average crystal size of greater than 1 micron and comprising at least a first hydrogenation component, said component supported on a molecular sieve, wherein said catalyst is suitable for de-alkylation of ethylbenzene and further characterized as having been subjected to a sulfiding treatment prior to said contacting, to produce a ethylbenzene-depleted aromatic hydrocarbon mixture; then (b) contacting said ethylbenzene-depleted C8 aromatic hydrocarbon mixture, in the presence of hydrogen and under suitable xylene isomerization conditions, with at least a second catalyst having an average crystal size of 0.02 to 0.05 microns and comprising at least a second hydrogenation component, said component supported on a molecular sieve, wherein said catalyst is suitable for xylene isomerization and further characterized as having been subjected to a sulfiding treatment prior to said contacting, to produce a paraxylene-enriched C8 aromatic hydrocarbon mixture, when compared with said C8 aromatic hydrocarbon mixture of step (a), wherein each of said molecular sieves of the first and second catalysts is independently selected from the group consisting of ZSM-5, ZSM-11, ZSM-12, ZSM-22, ZSM-23, ZSM-35, ZSM-38, ZSM-48, ZSM-57, ZSM-58, and mixtures thereof, wherein said first catalyst has a higher alpha value than said second catalyst, wherein at least one of the first and second catalysts is not silica selectivated and wherein said first and second hydrogenation components are each independently selected from Groups 6-11 and 14-15 of the Periodic Table. | 16,503 |
9,468,931 | 1. A valve/mill arrangement ( 1 ), comprising a valve ( a mill ( wherein the mill rotor ( wherein a travel path of the closure element ( | 14,017 |
9,771,772 | 1. A method comprising: providing a cement dry blend consisting of a plurality of cement particles and a plurality of inert microparticles, wherein the inert microparticles have an average diameter at least about 3 times smaller than the average diameter of the cement particles and the inert microparticles are selected from the group consisting of manganese oxide, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, barium sulfate, polytetrafluoroethylene, and any combination thereof, wherein the average diameter of the inert microparticles is from about 10 nm to about 20 microns; mixing water, a set retarding additive, and the cement dry blend to yield a cement slurry consisting of the water, the set retarding additive, the plurality of cement particles, and the plurality of inert microparticles; storing the cement slurry; mixing a cement set accelerator into the cement slurry; introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set at a location within the wellbore, the subterranean formation, or both. | 35,608 |
8,757,982 | 1. A wind turbine blade having a torsionally rigid root, an inboard section, and outboard section, and a knee at 60% span, said inboard section having a forward sweep of up to 15 degrees relative to an elastic axis of said inboard section of said wind turbine blade and an aft sweep of 15 degrees of said outboard section of said wind turbine blade, said forward sweep is positioned at said torsionally rigid root of said wind turbine blade and is configured to counter an amount of torsion resulting from said aft sweep and to neutralize a pitching moment built up by a blade sweep further outboard of said wind turbine blade. | 29,125 |
8,833,686 | 1. A roller mill for comminuting brittle grinding stock, having a) at least one grinding roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, which interacts with a counter-surface in such a manner that the grinding stock is comminuted between grinding roller and counter-surface, wherein at least one grinding roller is constructed as a loose roller, b) bearing blocks for bearing the grinding roller, wherein the bearing blocks are horizontally slidable and are guided in the machine frame rotatably about a vertical bearing axis intersecting the axis of rotation, c) a pressing device supported on the machine frame in order to apply an adjustable grinding pressure to the grinding roller via the bearing blocks, and d) wherein at least one resilient compensation element is associated with each bearing block in order to compensate a skewed position and/or deflection of the grinding roller, wherein the at least one compensation element—in the plan view of the roll crushing mill—is constructed in a circular arc around the vertical bearing axis and is arranged between the machine frame and the bearing blocks. | 43,303 |
9,820,341 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp, comprising: a lamp tube, configured to receive an external driving signal; a rectifying circuit, configured to rectify the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit, configured to filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED lighting module, comprising a driving circuit and an LED module, the driving circuit configured to receive the filtered signal in a first driving mode to produce a first driving signal for driving the LED module to emit light; a mode switching circuit, configured to receive the filtered signal as a second driving signal in a second driving mode for driving the LED module to emit light, wherein the first driving mode and the second driving mode are determined according to the external driving signal; and an auxiliary power module coupled to the filtering circuit, and configured such that when the first driving signal or the second driving signal is unable to drive the LED module to emit light, the auxiliary power module provides auxiliary power for the LED module to emit light. | 24,831 |
9,692,259 | 1. A method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices, comprising: receiving scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from an electronic calendar of one or more of a plurality of devices connected in a network; centrally managing power consumption and priority charging assignments of a device of the plurality of devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities; updating the electronic calendar of the one or more of the plurality of devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the one or more of the plurality of devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices; and rescheduling the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices, wherein the centrally managed power consumption comprises charging essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day, the essential devices have a higher weighting factor than other devices of the plurality of devices, and charging batteries of the plurality of devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of the day. | 15,494 |
9,388,573 | 1. A prefabricated wall module comprising a series or plurality of lattices connected to one another by brace wires extending perpendicular to the lattices, said series of lattices comprising at least two types of lattices, a first type of lattice comprising a number of longitudinal slot wires; a number of longitudinal grid wires and a number of transversal wires connecting the longitudinal slot wires and grid wires of the concerned lattice; and a second type of lattice comprising a number of longitudinal slot wires and a number of transversal wires connecting the longitudinal slot wires of the concerned lattice, said second type of lattice lacking grid wires; the slot wires of both the first and second type of lattices together defining at least one slot accommodating a panel; and the grid wires of the first type of lattice defining at least one grid along an outer surface of said wall module; wherein at least one end-standing lattice of said wall module is of the second type; said brace wires extending substantially parallel to said outer surface of the wall are bent towards the panel in proximity of at least one edge of said wall module. | 493 |
9,126,172 | 1. A process for the production of syngas in a reforming exchanger comprising an elongated shell having a first end and a second end, wherein the process comprises: supplying a reactant feed gas to a tube side fluid inlet adjacent the second end of the reform ing exchanger; supplying a hot gas feed to a shell side fluid inlet adjacent the first end of the reforming exchanger; passing the reactant feed gas through a tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes that contain a reforming catalyst, wherein the tubes have an inlet end secured to a tube sheet adjacent the second end of the reforming exchanger and an outlet end adjacent the shell side fluid inlet; reforming the reactant feed gas in the tubes to form a reformed product gas; discharging the reformed product gas from the tubes into the hot gas feed to form a gas mixture on the shell side of the reforming exchanger adjacent the shell side fluid inlet; passing the gas mixture from the first end of the reforming exchanger to the second end of the reforming exchanger through a catalyst bed on the shell side of the reforming exchanger, wherein the catalyst bed comprises one or more shift catalysts for selectively converting carbon monoxide in the gas mixture to carbon dioxide, forming a reduced carbon monoxide product gas mixture wherein the shift catalyst bed is in contact with the tubes outer walls, and wherein the portion of the tubes concurrent with the shift catalyst bed is void of the reforming catalyst; and recovering the reduced carbon monoxide product gas mixture from a shell side fluid outlet adjacent the second end of the reforming exchanger, wherein the shell side fluid outlet is fluidly isolated from the tube side fluid inlet by the tube sheet. | 1,472 |
9,543,874 | 1. A dual alternator system, comprising: a main alternator controlled by an electronic voltage regulator and a secondary alternator system having a secondary alternator controlled by a local interconnect network (LIN) controlled alternator voltage regulator; an electronic control unit (“ECU”) coupled to the LIN controlled alternator voltage regulator by a LIN bus; the ECU determining that the secondary alternator should be off when a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated drive signal generated by the electronic voltage regulator to drive the main alternator is not above a low threshold and determining that the secondary alternator should be operated to generate current when the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated drive signal generated by the electronic voltage regulator to drive the main alternator is above the low threshold; the ECU, when it determines that the secondary alternator should be off, sends a voltage setpoint signal to the LIN controlled alternator voltage regulator having a low value that is well below nominal system voltage; and the ECU, when it determines that the secondary alternator should be operated to provide current, sends a voltage setpoint to the LIN controlled alternator voltage regulator having a high value that is well above a nominal system voltage and a maximum excitation current limit (MECL) setpoint value. | 24,131 |
8,380,860 | 1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to implement the steps of the method, comprising: determining a first subset of a plurality of links to be set to a first power state and a second subset of the plurality of links to be set to a second power state, different from the first power state, based on estimated data transmission; and instructing at least one network apparatus to set the first subset of the plurality of links to the first power state and to set the second subset of the plurality of links to the second power state. | 15,273 |
8,505,323 | 1. A fluid vapor distillation apparatus comprising: a source fluid input; an evaporator condenser apparatus comprising: whereby said source fluid input is fluidly connected to said evaporator condenser and said evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to said source fluid input and a product fluid output, said heat exchanger comprising: a regenerative blower fluidly connected to said evaporator condenser, whereby said regenerative blower compresses steam, and whereby the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid; and a control system for controlling the fluid vapor distillation apparatus. | 8,513 |
8,942,550 | 1. A kit for supporting and multi-directionally aiming a heat source, comprising: a) a heat air gun; b) a tripod; and c) an extension arm; wherein said tripod and/or said extension arm support(s) said heat air gun so as to allow said heat air gun to be supported while having multi-directional aiming; wherein said heat air gun comprises: a) a housing; b) a barrel; and c) a handle; wherein said barrel of said heat air gun extends generally horizontally from said housing of said heat air gun to a distal end; wherein said handle of said heat air gun extends generally perpendicularly from said housing of said heat air gun to a distal end; wherein said heat air gun comprises a barrel grille; wherein said barrel grille of said heat air gun is disposed over said distal end of said barrel of said heat air gun; wherein said heat air gun comprises an air flow nozzle; wherein said air flow nozzle of said heat air gun is interchangeably attached to said distal end of said barrel of said heat air gun; wherein said heat air gun comprises an air intake; wherein said housing of said heat air gun has a rear end; wherein said air intake of said housing of said heat air gun is disposed at said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said housing of said heat air gun has a door; wherein said door of said housing of said heat air gun is hingedly attached, by a hinge assembly, to said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun; and wherein said door of said housing of said heat air gun selectively opens and closes said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said heat air gun comprises a foam filter pad; wherein said foam filter pad of said heat air gun is disposed at said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said foam filter pad of said heat air gun is for filtering air entering said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said heat air gun comprises a motor wherein said motor of said heat air gun is contained within said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said motor of said heat air gun is for drawing cold air into said air intake of said heat air gun and expelling heated air out of said barrel of said heat air gun; wherein said motor of said heat air gun is AC; wherein said motor of said heat air gun is variable speed; wherein said motor of said heat air gun is 875 watts; wherein said motor of said heat air gun is 125 volts; and wherein said motor of said heat air gun is 15 amps; wherein said heat air gun comprises a heating element; wherein said heating element of said heat air gun is contained within said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said heating element of said heat air gun is for heating the cold air drawn into said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said heat air gun comprises a first rocker switch; wherein said first rocker switch of said heat air gun is disposed on said handle of said heat air gun, just below said barrel of said heat air gun; wherein said first rocker switch of said heat air gun is in electrical communication with said heating element of said heat air gun; wherein said first rocker switch of said heat air gun controls heat of said heating element of said heat air gun; wherein said first rocker switch of said heat air gun has two heat settings; wherein said heat air gun comprises a second rocker switch; wherein said second rocker switch of said heat air gun is disposed on said handle of said heat air gun, just below said first rocker switch of said heat air gun; wherein said second rocker switch of said heat air gun is in electrical communication with said motor of said heat air gun; wherein said second rocker switch of said heat air gun controls speed of said motor of said heat air gun; wherein said second rocker switch of said heat air gun has two speed settings in addition to off; wherein said heat air gun comprises a base plate; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun is disposed at said distal end of said handle of said heat air gun; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun is flat; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun is generally circular-shaped; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun is generally perpendicular to said handle of said heat air gun for allowing said heat air gun to stand upright on its extends own on a flat surface without a need to be held; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun has: a) a lower free surface; and b) a pair of dovetail mortises; wherein said pair of dovetail mortises of said base plate of said heat air gun extend along said lower free surface of said base plate; wherein said heat air gun comprises an electrical cord; wherein said handle of said heat air gun has a rear side; wherein said electrical cord of said heat air gun extends out from just above said distal end of said handle of said heat air gun, at said rear side of said handle of said heat air gun; wherein said electrical cord of said heat air gun is in electrical communication with both said motor of said heat air gun and said heating element of said heat air gun; wherein said electrical cord of said heat air gun forms a power source interface for electrically communicating with an AC power source; wherein said electrical cord of said heat air gun has a cord strain relief; wherein said cord strain relief of said electrical cord of said heat air gun is disposed at where said electrical cord of said heat air gun exits said handle of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises a pair of exterior barrels; wherein said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun are aligned; wherein said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun are spaced axially apart from each other; wherein said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun are disposed on said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun, above said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun having a blind bore; wherein said blind bore of said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun is disposed between said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises a coil spring; wherein said coil spring of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun sits in said blind bore of said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises a ball; wherein said ball of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun sits on said coil spring of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun; wherein said ball of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun is biased outwardly by said coil spring of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises an interior barrel; wherein said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun is disposed on said door of said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun has a length substantially equal to a space between, so as to fit between, said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun; wherein said hinge assembly of said heat air gun comprises a pintle; wherein said pintle of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun extends through said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun and out of both sides thereof to form a pair of pintle ends; wherein said pair of pintle ends of said pintle of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun extend through said pair of exterior barrels of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun, respectively, so as to allow said door of said housing of said heat air gun to pivot relative to said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun; wherein said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun has a plurality of blind bores; wherein said plurality of blind bores of said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun extend circumferentially therearound; wherein said plurality of blind bores of said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun are spaced circumferentially apart; wherein said plurality of blind bores of said interior barrel of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun are aligned with, so as to selectively receive, said ball of said hinge assembly of said heat air gun, to thereby lock said door of said housing of said heat air gun in a selective position relative to said rear end of said housing of said heat air gun for controlling the cold air entering said air intake of said heat air gun; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun has a generally circular periphery; wherein said pair of dovetail mortises of said base plate of said heat air gun extend straight along said lower free surface of said base plate of said heat air gun, from, and opening into, one side of said generally circular periphery of said base plate of said heat air gun to short of the other side of said generally circular periphery of said base plate of said heat air gun; wherein said pair of dovetail mortises of said base plate of said heat air gun terminate in a pair of ends, respectively; wherein said base plate of said heat air gun has a blind bore; wherein said blind bore of said base plate of said heat air gun is disposed on said lower free surface of said base plate of said heat air gun, between, and adjacent to, said pair of ends of said pair of dovetail mortises of said base plate of said heat air gun; and wherein said tripod comprises a trifucated hip bracket. | 20,022 |
8,771,567 | 1. A process for the production of a fibre preform comprising: feeding of a plurality of dry fibre rovings provided with a binder to a contoured mould independently of one another, at least some dry fibre rovings being fed at a different speed; simultaneous laying and fixing by activation of the binder of the plurality of dry fibre rovings next to one another directly on the mould or on dry fibre rovings positioned on the contoured mould to form the fibre preform, and severing of the dry fibre rovings; and impregnating or infiltrating the laid dry fibre rovings of the fibre preform on the mould with a curable plastics material. | 44,332 |
8,639,262 | 1. A method of using received radio frequency signals to determine whether a mobile equipment has remained relatively stationary, the method comprising: storing a first strength of at least one of a plurality of pilot channel signals in a first radio frequency signal previously received by a tracking unit of the mobile equipment, wherein the plurality of pilot channel signals are broadcast by a plurality of base stations, the first strength is stored based at least on an associated pilot Pseudo Noise (PN) and detected pilot strength corresponding to the at least one of a plurality of pilot channel signals, and the first strength comprises a previous minimum signal strength and a previous maximum signal strength; subsequently receiving at the mobile equipment a second radio frequency signal; calculating a second strength of at least one of the plurality of pilot channel signals in the subsequently received second radio frequency signal; comparing the second strength to the first strength based on the associated pilot PN; upon detecting that the second strength is no less than a first amount below the previous minimum signal and no more than a second amount above the previous maximum signal, determining that the mobile equipment has been relatively stationary without performing a location determination; obtaining an actual position of the mobile equipment; and adjusting the first amount and the second amount based on the actual position in connection with a movement area. | 47,521 |
8,753,590 | 1. A method for separating a polyvalent metal species from one or more accompanying impurities, comprising: (i) contacting the polyvalent metal species and accompanying impurities with a composition comprising MnO wherein: wherein at least 50% of the surface of the compound of formula (I) is coated with MnO (ii) dissolving the MnO (iii) contacting the solution with a complexing agent, so that the polyvalent metal binds to the compound of formula (I). | 16,067 |
9,593,785 | 1. A method for connecting a free end region of a braided hose to a tubular structural element of a vehicle, comprising: introducing the free end region of the flexurally slack unconsolidated braided hose into the tubular structural element of a tie-up bracket while causing all parts of the braided hose extending from the free end region to project from the tubular structural element; inserting a blow hose into the braided hose; applying an internal pressure into the blow hose to radial expand the free end region of the braided hose into contact with the tubular structural element; applying heat for curing an adhesion promoter introduced between the free end region of the braided hose and the tubular structural element for achieving a materially integral connection between the free end region of the braided hose and the tubular structural element while parts of the braided hose adjacent the free end region project from the tubular structural element; and removing the blow hose from the braided hose. | 19,278 |
9,761,596 | 1. A non-volatile memory, comprising: a first memory cell, disposed on a substrate, wherein the first memory cell comprises: | 22,995 |
9,496,790 | 1. A power conversion device comprising: a main series circuit including two circuit elements connected in series at a common connection point; a main inductance element connected with the common connection point of the main series circuit; a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; an auxiliary switching unit switching an operation state of the primary winding between a conduction state and a non-conduction state; and a rectifying unit allowing an electric current to flow in one direction and blocking an electric current in an opposite direction, wherein the primary winding is connected with the main series circuit in parallel via the auxiliary switching unit, the secondary winding is connected between main terminals of one of the two circuit elements included in the main series circuit, and a voltage applied to the primary winding via the auxiliary switching unit induces a voltage in the secondary winding in a direction from a first main terminal of the secondary winding toward a second main terminal of the secondary winding, the first main terminal of the secondary winding is disposed at a low-potential side of the main series circuit and the second main terminal of the secondary is disposed at a high-potential side of the main series circuit, and the rectifying unit blocks a current flowing from the high-potential side of the main series circuit toward the low-potential side of the main series circuit through a current path that includes the secondary winding and bypasses the one of the two circuit elements included in the main series circuit. | 40,899 |
9,777,424 | 1. A detergent supply device of a washing machine comprising: a housing having an opening; a detergent case to store a detergent, the detergent case being movably coupled to the housing through the opening; a water supply frame coupled to an upper portion of the housing to guide water to the detergent case; and a cover frame to sealingly cover an upper portion of the water supply frame, wherein the water supply frame includes: a first passage rib to define a first water supply passage; a second passage rib to define a second water supply passage which communicates with the first water supply passage and guides water in a direction different from the first water supply passage; and a guide rib connecting the first passage rib and the second passage rib and to guide water in a direction different from a direction of the second water supply passage, wherein the water supply frame further includes a drain slot communicating with an outer bottom surface of the water supply frame and formed above the guide rib so that water in the water supply frame flows through the drain slot toward the outer bottom surface of the water supply frame when a level of water in the water supply frame is higher than a height of the guide rib. | 47,955 |
8,620,393 | 1. A method comprising: defining a geofence center and a geofence boundary; receiving geofence network information associated with an area defined by the geofence boundary; obtaining mobile station network information; determining whether the mobile station network information identifies a cell at least partially within the geofence boundary; performing an operation when the mobile station network information does not identify a cell at least partially within the geofence boundary, the operation comprising: | 17,128 |
9,380,510 | 1. A source base station in a communication system, the source base station comprising: a control unit which is a hardware element, configured to: | 33,909 |
8,467,338 | 1. A method of scheduling wireless communication for one or more data flows, wherein, for each data flow, there is a corresponding queue to store data of that data flow, one or more quality-of-service parameters associated with that data flow, and a flow type associated with that data flow, there being a plurality of possible flow types, the method comprises: maintaining a record of the amount of bandwidth available for the wireless communication during the current time frame; maintaining, for each of the plurality of possible flow types, a queue list that identifies the queues corresponding to data flows of that flow type; and processing the queue lists in a predetermined order based on the quality of service parameters associated with the corresponding data flow, in which processing a queue list comprises, for each queue identified in that queue list: | 34,618 |
8,842,594 | 1. A user data channel transmission method, comprising: using, by a user data channel transmission device in a Long-Term Evolution Advance, LTE-A, system, a multicast broadcast single frequency network subframe as a physical resource of a user transmission data channel; using, by the user data channel transmission device, a cyclic prefix of subframe 0 in a local cell as a cyclic prefix of symbols except those of a physical downlink control channel in the multicast broadcast single frequency network subframe. | 9,334 |
8,880,637 | 1. A system for assigning a plurality of client systems to a plurality of servers providing content, the system comprising: a memory that stores instructions; a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising: | 242 |
9,674,114 | 1. A router, comprising: a local module, including a local input port and a local output port; a row sub-crossbar module, operatively coupled to the local module via a first set of crossbar wiring and switches and including West input and output ports and East input and output ports; a column sub-crossbar module, operatively coupled to the local module via a second set of crossbar wiring and switches and including North input and output ports and South input and output ports; feeder wiring and switches, configurable to selectively couple the row sub-crossbar module to the column sub-crossbar module; and logic for controlling the first and second sets of crossbar wiring and switches and the feeder wiring and switches to effect routing between the local, West, East, North, and South input and output ports, wherein the logic for controlling the first and second sets of crossbar wiring and switches includes routing computation logic, virtual channel allocation logic, and switch arbitration logic. | 9,866 |
8,792,932 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by a base station, an application point and a configuration parameter, the configuration parameter comprising number of cell antennas to be applied at the application point, the application point being a starting point of a modification period of a system message; indicating, by the base station, a terminal to apply the number of the cell antennas at the starting point of the modification period of the system message; applying, by the base station, the number of the cell antennas at the starting point of the modification period of the system message which is a same moment for the terminal to apply the number of the cell antennas. | 19,293 |
8,941,742 | 1. A luminance measurement method comprising: an individual-pixel imaging step of, when pixels of a display panel are imaged by a camera provided with a solid-state image sensor, turning on one or more pixels of the display panel and imaging the pixels by the camera such that each pixel image ranges over a plurality of picture elements on an imaging surface of the camera and the pixel images do not overlap each other; an exposure factor calculation step of calculating a central exposure factor that indicates the luminance of a central part of the pixel image that was imaged in the individual-pixel imaging step as a percentage of the luminance of the entire pixel image, on the basis of an output of one or more picture elements that correspond to the central part of the pixel image, and calculating a peripheral exposure factor that indicates the luminance of a peripheral part of the pixel image as a percentage of the luminance of the entire pixel image, on the basis of an output of one or more picture elements that correspond to the peripheral part of the pixel image; an all-pixel imaging step of sorting all the pixels of the display panel into a plurality of groups, sequentially turning on the pixels one group after another, and imaging the pixels by the camera; and a luminance calculating step of calculating the luminance of all the pixels of the display panel on the basis of the image imaged in the all-pixel imaging step, the central exposure factor, and the peripheral exposure factor. | 1,609 |
9,290,101 | 1. A power control unit for an electric vehicle, which charges an electric energy storage device mounted on the vehicle from a power supply located outside of the vehicle, and supplies electric power from the electric energy storage device to an electric motor in the vehicle thereby to generate propulsive power for the vehicle, the power control unit comprising: a housing; a cooling unit disposed in the housing and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface with a refrigerant passage interposed therebetween; a first power converter, which operates while the electric vehicle is being driven, the first power converter being cooled by the first surface of the cooling unit; a second power converter, which operates while the electric energy storage device is being charged by the power supply located outside of the vehicle, the second power converter being cooled by the second surface of the cooling unit; a third power converter, which operates while the electric vehicle is being driven and while the electric energy storage device is being charged by the power supply located outside of the vehicle, the third power converter being cooled by the second surface of the cooling unit; and electric power conductors interconnecting the first power converter, the second power converter, and the third power converter; wherein the electric power conductors include: a housing wall penetrating region that joins an inside of the housing and an outside of the housing to each other; a cooling unit traversing member interconnecting a first surface side and a second surface side of the cooling unit; a first branch interconnecting the housing wall penetrating region, the cooling unit traversing member, and the first power converter on the first surface side; and a second branch interconnecting the cooling unit traversing member, the second power converter, and the third power converter on the second surface side; wherein the first power converter and the third power converter are disposed in different positions as viewed along a direction from the first surface toward the second surface of the cooling unit; and the first power converter and the second power converter are disposed in overlapping positions as viewed along the direction from the first surface toward the second surface of the cooling unit. | 40,224 |
8,597,147 | 1. A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: an input shaft adapted to receive a torque of an engine; a first planetary gear set having first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the second rotation element is directly connected to the input shaft, and the third rotation element is directly connected to a first motor/generator; a second planetary gear set having fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, wherein the fourth rotation element is directly connected to the first rotation element of the first planetary gear set and directly connected to a second motor/generator, and the fifth rotation element is selectively connected to the second rotation element of the first planetary gear set; an output gear directly connected to the sixth rotation element of the second planetary gear set; a first clutch adapted to selectively connect the second rotation element of the first planetary gear set with the fifth rotation element of the second planetary gear set; a second clutch adapted to selectively connect two rotation elements among the rotation elements of the first planetary gear set; a first brake interposed between the fifth rotation element of the second planetary gear set and a transmission housing; and a second brake interposed between the third rotation element of the first planetary gear set and the transmission housing. | 46,450 |
8,805,030 | 1. A method for automated categorization of human face images based on facial traits, said method comprising a facial trait extracting phase, comprising: detecting a face in an image, and cropping the image around the face, for the image, sampling a multitude of points in the image to obtain point sample data, for each sampled point, extracting visual color features from said point sample data, for the image, assigning said visual color features to predefined codewords by applying a face specific codebook transform, wherein each point in said point sample data is weighted based on a location of said point within said face, and wherein the face specific codebook transform is applied based at least in part on weighting of said points, and extracting for the image facial traits by applying a kernel-based learning method's prediction algorithm to said codewords to establish the probability that a facial trait from a predefined set of facial traits is present in the image. | 31,953 |
8,500,013 | 1. A method for accessing charging capabilities of electric vehicle charging stations, comprising: registering a unique identifier of a mobile device with an electric vehicle charging station operator; transmitting a readable code to the electric vehicle charging station operator with the mobile device, wherein the readable code is associated with a particular electric vehicle charging station having a readable code; and receiving an indication that a consumer associated with the unique identifier of the mobile device can access charging capabilities associated with the electric vehicle charging station. | 22,953 |
9,732,984 | 1. A control apparatus for a water heater, said water-heater control apparatus comprising: a housing; a plurality of sensors for measurement of various parameters for operational control on said water heater; and a controller disposed inside the housing for controlling said water heater upon analog detection signals output from said plural sensors, said controller comprising a main microprocessor with analog signal input ports and a sub-microprocessor with at least one analog signal input port, the sub-microprocessor being intercommunicable with said main microprocessor; wherein at least one of said plurality of sensors serves to measure a non-immediate responsive parameter that is not in need of immediate response by said controller; wherein said at least one sensor adapted for measurement of said non-immediate responsive parameter outputs said analog detection signal which is not input to any analog signal input ports of said main microprocessor, but is input only to said analog signal input port of said sub-microprocessor; wherein the others of said plurality of sensors output said analog detection signals which are input at least to said analog signal input ports of said main microprocessor; wherein said sub-microprocessor is configured to convert said analog detection signal input only to said analog signal input port thereof into digital data and to periodically transmit said digital data to said main microprocessor through communication with said main microprocessor, said main microprocessor having a predetermined control operation carried out based on said periodically transmitted digital data, making it possible to reduce the number of analog signal input ports of the primary microprocessor, which allows a less costly primary microprocessor that is employed thereby achieving reduction in product cost; and wherein said sub-microprocessor selectively brings a combustion operation to an urgent stop independently of said main microprocessor. | 48,015 |
9,478,321 | 1. A method for filling with water and emptying air from a primary circuit of a water-cooled nuclear reactor, following a shutdown of the reactor, the primary circuit comprising a vessel configured to be filled with water and to receive nuclear fuel, and additionally comprising at least one cooling loop configured to draw water from the vessel, transfer heat to a steam generator, and return the cooled water to the vessel each steam generator being connected to a first side opening in the vessel by a first fluid circuit for outflowing water and to a second side opening in the vessel by a second fluid circuit for inflowing water, a pair of the first and second side openings being associated with each cooling loop, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) adjusting the water level in the vessel to a first level, at which each cooling loop is vented by at least one of the first and second associated side openings; b) placing in the vessel a connection and fluid isolation device configured to connect to one of the first and second fluid circuits of each cooling loop in order to substantially isolate said one of the first and second fluid circuits relative to the interior of the vessel; c) injecting water into at least one cooling loop in the one of the first and second fluid circuits of the at least one cooling loop to which the connection and fluid isolation device is connected, at a flow rate intended to fill said cooling loop with water while expelling the air from the steam generator; d) stopping said water injection when the water flowing into the vessel from each cooling loop has raised the water level to a second level at which all of the first and second side openings of the vessel are completely immersed; and e) removing the connection and fluid isolation device. | 27,472 |
9,018,956 | 1. An apparatus for diagnosing an abnormality in a cell balancing circuit in a battery pack including a plurality of cells corresponding to each cell balancing circuit, the apparatus comprising: a cell balancing circuit connected in parallel to a voltage sensing line connected to both terminals of each cell, and including a cell balancing switch and a discharge resistor; a diagnosis resistor installed on the voltage sensing line at the side of the cell with respect to a node (a high potential node and a low potential node) at which the cell balancing circuit and the cell voltage sensing line are connected; a voltage sensing circuit to output a voltage corresponding to a voltage difference between the high potential node and the low potential node (hereinafter referred to as an ‘inter-node voltage value); and a control unit to store an inter-node voltage value (hereinafter referred to as a cell voltage value) in a turn-off state of the cell balancing switches and an inter-node voltage value (hereinafter referred to as a diagnosis voltage value) by turning on a cell balancing switch of a cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed among the cell balancing circuits in a turn-off state of a cell balancing switch included in a cell balancing circuit adjacent to the cell balancing circuit to be diagnosed, to calculate a difference value between adjacent cell voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a cell difference value) and a difference value between adjacent diagnosis voltage values (hereinafter referred to as a diagnosis difference value), and to determine whether an abnormality is present in the cell balancing circuit by analyzing a change pattern of a difference value between the cell difference value and the diagnosis difference value (hereinafter referred to as a determination value). | 9,610 |
9,756,642 | 1. A method of transmitting, comprising: transmitting, to a base station (BS), an In Device Coexistence (IDC) indication message comprising an affected carrier frequency list; and receiving, from the BS, a time division multiplexing (TDM) solution as an IDC solution comprising an RRC connection reconfiguration message along with a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter based on the IDC indication message comprising an affected carrier frequency list, wherein the DRX parameter comprises a DRX cycle length, a DRX starting offset, and DRX active time, wherein the affected carrier frequency list comprises at least one affected carrier frequency information element, each affected carrier frequency information element comprising an interference direction indicator indicating a direction of the IDC interference regarding an affected carrier frequency, wherein the interference direction indicator indicates “eutra” when the IDC interference affects signal reception in radio frequency bandwidth related to a long term evolution (LTE). | 3,704 |
8,676,264 | 1. A carrier processing method for a cell in a multi-carrier base station, the method comprising: acquiring control information of each of a plurality of multi-carrier modules associated with carriers; according to the control information, determining a determined carrier used by each of the multi-carrier modules; and performing, by each of the multi-carrier modules, carrier power sharing processing according to the determined carrier; wherein acquiring the control information comprises acquiring carrier control information of each multi-carrier module, wherein the carrier control information of the multi-carrier module comprises power of the carrier, a working frequency point of the carrier, and a working frequency band of the multi-carrier module; and wherein the carrier power sharing processing is performed at the same time slot for each of the multi-carrier modules. | 11,593 |
8,445,150 | 1. A method of operating a fuel cell system connected to a power grid, comprising: determining an instantaneous frequency of the power grid; and adjusting the operation of the fuel cell system based on the determined instantaneous frequency. | 8,550 |
8,432,108 | 1. A solid state lighting driver circuit comprising: an EMI filter configured and arranged to receive an AC input from an AC power supply; a rectifier connecting the EMI filter, the rectifier being configured and arranged to receive AC power from the EMI filter and produce a rectified current; a power factor correction (PFC) stage including a boost circuit connected to the rectifier, the boost circuit being configured and arranged to receive the rectified current and to produce a power factor corrected output with a higher voltage than the AC input of the AC power supply; a Buck regulator configured and arranged to receive power from the PFC stage and regulate power for supply to a plurality of LEDs; and a controller configured and arranged to control the Buck regulator and PFC stage for hysteretic PFC start-up, wherein the controller is configured and arranged to (i) with the output current of the PFC stage at zero, and with the Buck regulator in an off condition, cause the PFC stage to turn on and begin to charge a boost capacitor, (ii) when a desired high fixed voltage across the boost capacitor is reached, turn the Buck regulator on at a low current value and turn off the PFC stage allowing the boost capacitor to discharge to a lower fixed voltage as it supplies current to the plurality of LEDs, (iii) adjust a ramp-up voltage time, between the lower fixed voltage and the high fixed voltage, to equal a ramp-down voltage time between the high fixed voltage and the lower fixed voltage, and (iv) turn the PFC stage back on. | 22,425 |
8,426,995 | 1. A wind turbine power generator comprising: a stator segmented into two or more stator segments which are configured to operate independently from each other; a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator; and one or more conversion assemblies, wherein the one or more conversion assemblies are mechanically attached to the two or more stator segments. | 19,757 |
9,105,987 | 1. A connection structure in which a first connecting object is connected to a second connecting object, the connection structure comprising: a connecting part interposed between the first connecting object and the second connecting object, the connecting part having at least a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound, a M-Sn intermetallic compound and a Cu-M-Sn intermetallic compound existing in a cross-section of the connecting part when the cross-section of the connecting part is analyzed with a wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometer; and Cu-M alloy grains dispersed in the connecting part, wherein M is at least one of Ni and Mn, the Cu-M alloy grains are at least one of Cu—Mn alloy grains in which the Mn is 5 to 30% by weight and Cu—Ni alloy grains in which the Ni is 5 to 20% by weight, and when the cross-section of the connecting part is divided into ten sections in a vertical direction and a lateral direction, respectively, to form 100 segmentalized squares in total, a ratio of a first number of squares in which two or more of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound, the M-Sn intermetallic compound and the Cu-M-Sn intermetallic compound exist to a second number of all squares, except for squares in which only a Sn-based metal component exists, is 70% or more. | 44,754 |
9,463,924 | 1. A bag, for debris or goods, comprising: a bag top, said bag top comprising: a bag body, said bag body attached to said bag top; a bag bottom, said bag bottom comprising: reinforcing means, said reinforcing means attached to said bag top, a first system, said first system comprising: a second system, said second system comprising: a third system, said third system comprising: a fourth system, said fourth system comprising: wherein wherein wherein wherein whereby | 18,296 |
9,034,522 | 1. A method of fabricating a solid polymeric electrolyte having a pattern, comprising the steps of, in the order recited: mixing constituents including a liquid electrolyte, a photo-crosslinking agent, and inorganic particles to form an electrolyte paste; dispersing together the constituents of the electrolyte paste; coating the electrolyte paste on a substrate; pressing the electrolyte paste with a patterned mold having a shape to copy the shape of the patterned mold onto the electrolyte paste and provide said pattern; and illuminating an ultraviolet light onto the electrolyte paste to induce a photo-crosslinking reaction and cure the photo-crosslinking agent of the electrolyte paste, wherein said solid polymeric electrolyte, comprises: | 41,048 |
9,129,029 | 1. A method comprising: identifying a region defining an area of interest in response to receiving a viewport from a client device corresponding to the region including identifying a plurality of content items that are associated with the region; evaluating query logs associated with users that submitted queries associated with the region to determine a ranking associated with the plurality of content items, wherein each content item is ranked based on a number of queries in the query logs for which each content item is responsive and a time of occurrence of the number of queries, wherein each content item is ranked higher if the number of queries occurred more recently on average than other queries in the query logs and ranked lower if the number of queries occurred less recently on average than other queries in the query logs; receiving a geographic search query associated with the region; and providing one or more of the content items in response to the geographic search query to be displayed on the viewport of the client device, based at least in part on the ranking associated with each of the one or more contents items, wherein each of the one or more displayed content items are ranked above a predetermined threshold ranking, and wherein the predetermined threshold ranking is based on the viewport. | 2,096 |
8,653,458 | 1. A charged particle beam device configured for scanning a charged particle beam on a sample according to a predetermined scanning condition and detecting a secondary charged particle generated by the scanning, the device comprising: a scanning scheduler configured for controlling a scanning cycle of the charged particle beam on a scanning-line-by-scanning-line basis in charged particle beam scanning, based on the scanning condition; and a programmable sequencer configured to execute controlling an irradiating point of the charged particle beam on a pixel-by-pixel basis in the one scanning line consisting of a plurality of pixels according to an instruction from the scanning scheduler, wherein the scanning scheduler is formed by a CPU and a memory, and wherein the programmable sequencer is formed by a Field Programmable Gate Array. | 12,342 |
9,392,906 | 1. A method for reducing current in an electrical appliance having a design current limit, a full power current characteristic of a full power condition, and a safety factor, comprising: setting a cycle time limit; setting a full power time limit based on at least the cycle time limit, the design current, the full power current, and the safety factor; sensing whether the appliance is in the full power condition; incrementing a full power time toward the full power time limit while the appliance is in the full power condition; and reducing the current in the appliance below the full power current when the full power time reaches the full power time limit. | 46,084 |
9,490,659 | 1. A portable photovoltaic electrical power system comprising: a photovoltaic panel; a battery bank electrically connected to said photovoltaic panel; a first spring load reel with slip rings electrically connected to said battery bank and said photovoltaic panel; a second spring load reel with slip rings electrically connected to said battery bank and said photovoltaic panel; a 12-VDC retractable power cord electrically connected to said first spring load reel with slip rings and wound around said first spring load reel with slip rings; a 120-VAC retractable power cord electrically connected to said second spring load reel with slip rings and wound around said second spring load reel with slip rings; a step up transformer electrically connected to said photovoltaic panel and said first spring load reel with slip rings and said photovoltaic panel and said second spring load reel with slip rings; a 12-VDC control switch electrically connected to said battery bank and said first spring load reel with slip rings; and a 120-VAC control switch electrically connected to said battery bank and said second spring load reel with slip rings. | 23,373 |
9,304,118 | 1. A method of determining a presence and/or an amount of a nitro-containing compound in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with a device comprising a semiconductor nanostructure and a functional moiety attached to said nanostructure, wherein said functional moiety has a length smaller than 2 nm, is an electron-donating moiety, and interacts with the nitro-containing compound by forming a charge transfer complex and, and wherein said nanostructure is selected from a nanowire and a nanotube, and is disposed between a source electrode and a drain electrode, said nanostructure being such that upon contacting a sample that contains the nitro-containing compound, a detectable change in an electrical property of the nanostructure is exhibited, said change being indicative of the presence and/or amount of the nitro-containing compound in the sample. | 1,154 |
9,568,971 | 1. A storage device, comprising: a non-volatile memory; a volatile memory that supports a normal mode and a self-refresh mode; and a controller, which is configured to: | 33,543 |
9,479,048 | 1. A method of driving an isolated converter, comprising: opening a first bi-directional switch on an input side of a transformer; accepting current into a resonant capacitor connected across the first bi-directional switch to reduce voltage across the first bi-directional switch (SW) in response to the opening of the first bi-directional switch; reversing current out of the resonant capacitor; and closing the first bi-directional switch as voltage across the first bi-directional switch crosses zero volts. | 41,783 |
9,214,669 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode containing positive electrode active material particles comprising a core section formed of olivine type LiFePO a negative electrode containing lithium titanate, wherein the molar concentration ratio of Fe relative to P of the lithium iron phosphate at the core section being greater than an average of the ratio x/y of LiFe an average value of the ratio a/b of LiFe the positive electrode active material particles including a region in which the ratio x/y of LiFe | 33,250 |
9,729,437 | 1. Apparatus comprising: first and second transmitter interfaces, each configured to transmit data over a respective communications path including one or more logical connections; first and second transmit buffers forming part of the first and second transmitter interfaces respectively, the first and second transmit buffers being configured to store packets of data for transmission over their respective communication path; one or more path capability determining modules configured to determine a measure of capability of each of the communications paths to transmit data; an input data buffer configured to store data for provision to the first and second transmit buffers for subsequent transmission; and a data handling module configured to respond to determining the presence of data in the input buffer for transmission by: | 30,189 |
8,958,541 | 1. A method for intelligent network-based voice and data recording comprising: initiating recording of a call from a caller to an agent; storing the recording of the call; performing analysis on voice and data of the recording; and notifying a supervisor of the agent a result of the analysis; wherein performing analysis on the voice and the data of the recording comprises accessing at least one supervisor preference from a preference management system; accessing a location information from a location server; analyzing voice and data of the call using the preference and the location information; and generating a result of the analysis for the supervisor. | 18,322 |
9,784,706 | 1. A measuring device, for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample, comprising: contacts; and electronic circuitry in electrical communication with the contacts, the electronic circuitry comprising: an electric charger and a processor in electrical communication, the processor in electrical communication with a computer readable storage medium; where the processor is programmed to measure current from the contacts, and the computer readable storage medium comprises computer readable software code, which when executed by the processor, determines the concentration of the analyte in the sample from the current measured from the contacts, the analyte being selected from a group consisting of glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, lactate, pyruvate, alcohol, bilirubin, uric acid, NAD(P)H, and carbon monoxide; where the computer readable software code, when executed by the processor, causes the electric charger to apply a voltammetric scan through the contacts, and causes the processor to implement a data treatment to the current measured from the contacts, the data treatment selected from the group consisting of a semi-integral data treatment, a derivative data treatment, a semi-derivative data treatment, and combinations thereof. | 3,079 |
9,676,287 | 1. A charging installation for an electric battery of an electric vehicle, comprising: a main power supply source configured to deliver a charging power Pc a first circuit to convert a supply current or voltage delivered by the main power supply source into a charging current or voltage for the electric battery, the first circuit comprising a control circuit to control a switch supplying a current to a primary winding of a transformer, the control circuit operating in an isolated switching mode at a high frequency or at a low frequency; at least one auxiliary power supply source configured to deliver a charging power Pc at least one second circuit to convert a supply current or voltage delivered by the auxiliary power supply source into a charging current or voltage for the electric battery, said at least one second circuit being connected in parallel to the first circuit; a management system controlling and activating said at least one auxiliary power supply source when a charging power Pc required to charge the battery is greater than the charging power Pc wherein the electric vehicle comprises an onboard computer controlling the electric battery to be charged; and a communication system for a real-time transfer of information between the charging installation and the onboard computer, said information comprising at least one charging set point value supplied by the onboard computer. | 27,025 |
9,759,182 | 1. A rotor assembly for a wind turbine comprising, a central hub with a central rotation axis; and a plurality of blades, each of which is attached to the central hub by a first central end and a longitudinal axis of which extends substantially radially with respect to the central rotation axis up to a second radial end; these blades each comprising: a spreader which is arranged at a location of an intermediate point situated between the first central end and the second radial end; and a cable system which cooperates with the blade and the central hub, wherein the central hub comprises at least three first attachment points; the blade comprises at least three corresponding second attachment points at a location of the second radial end; the spreader comprises at least three corresponding third attachment points; the blade comprises at least three corresponding fourth attachment points at the location of the intermediate point, wherein a distance from a longitudinal axis of the blade to the second and fourth attachment points is smaller than to the first and third attachment points; and the cable system comprising: a first cable system which comprises at least three corresponding cables which respectively connect the first attachment points to the corresponding fourth attachment points; and a second cable system which comprises at least three corresponding cables which respectively connect the first attachment points to the corresponding second attachment points via the corresponding third attachment points. | 17,935 |
8,779,838 | 1. A method for repairing a channel region between a source and drain of a transistor comprising: applying a first voltage to a source of a PFET for a first predetermined time; applying a second voltage to a gate of the PFET for the first predetermined time; and applying a third voltage to a drain of the PFET for the first predetermined time, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage increasing the voltage from the gate to the drain and repairing the channel region between a source and drain of the transistor. | 16,017 |
8,963,375 | 1. A solar system, comprising: a string of a plurality of solar modules coupled with an inverter through a DC power line; an AC input coupled with the DC power line; and a device configured to provide a closed circuit for one of the plurality of solar modules if an AC signal voltage from the AC input is present on the DC power line, and configured to provide an open circuit for the one of the plurality of solar modules if no AC signal voltage from the AC input is present on the DC power line; wherein the device comprises a power transistor coupled in series with the one of the plurality of solar modules, the power transistor configured to be ON if an AC signal voltage is present on the DC power line, and the power transistor configured to be OFF if no AC signal voltage is present on the DC power line; wherein the device further comprises a reservoir capacitor coupled directly to a base of the power transistor and a output of the power transistor, and a half wave rectifier directly coupled to the reservoir capacitor, the half wave rectifier comprising a diode and a resistor. | 26,017 |
8,508,320 | 1. A method for mounting an antenna with respect to a rotor antenna associated with a rotor, the method comprising: mounting the antenna to an inner circumference of a support frame, wherein the support frame comprises a plurality of frame sections for mounting the support frames coaxially adjacent to the rotor antenna; mounting a plurality of radial air bearings to the support frame, the radial air bearings configured to maintain radial alignment of the antenna mounted thereto with respect to the rotor antenna; and mounting a plurality of axial air bearings to the support frame, the axial air bearings configured to maintain axial alignment of the antenna mounted thereto with respect to the rotor antenna. | 4,336 |
9,713,664 | 1. A dialysis machine comprising: a blood line set; a blood pump configured to draw blood from a patient and return the blood to the patient via the blood line set; and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) module configured to determine a concentration of sodium in a sample of blood flowing through a portion of the blood line set during a dialysis treatment, the NMR module comprising: wherein no impedance matching circuit is used to match impedance of the low noise amplifier and impedance of the radio frequency coil, and wherein the at least one switching circuit is positioned between the radio frequency coil and the low noise amplifier. | 23,661 |
9,480,561 | 1. An assembly for guiding a medical apparatus within a patient, comprising: an elongated shaft having a length direction and a cross-section, the cross-section having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and a balloon affixed to the shaft and movable between a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, the balloon including first and second lobes each having an oblong cross-section in a plane orthogonal to the length direction, the lobes not being in fluid communication with one another, the first lobe in the expanded condition projecting away from the first side of the shaft in a first direction in the plane transverse to the length direction, and the second lobe in the expanded condition projecting away from the second side of the shaft in a second direction in the plane transverse to the length direction, the balloon including a plurality of compartments disposed adjacent to one another in the length direction of the shaft, the balloon including septums that divide adjacent ones of the compartments from one another in the length direction of the shaft. | 2,061 |
9,005,667 | 1. A method of treating leukemia, comprising contacting a leukemia cell in a fluid with a whole, leech saliva extract; the extract having a peptide molecular weight distribution with molecular weights of 3496 Daltons or greater; wherein, the extract is produced from a process comprising | 15,169 |
9,718,368 | 1. A charging device for a vehicle, the vehicle configured to carry out timer charging in which the charging device is set in a standby state without charging until a charging start time arrives when the charging start time is set, the charging device comprising: a charger configured to charge an electrical storage device of the vehicle with electric power supplied from a device outside the vehicle; a lock mechanism configured to inhibit movement of an engaging portion of a connector of a charging cable when the engaging portion engages an inlet provided in the vehicle so as to lock the charging cable and the connector in a connected state to the inlet, the connector being provided at an end portion of the charging cable; and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether to carry out the timer charging or to carry out instant charging without carrying out the timer charging based on a state of a switch provided on the vehicle to operate the lock mechanism, the electronic control unit also being configured to control the charger. | 44,359 |
8,936,704 | 1. A hydrogen generation system, comprising: an electrolysis stack comprising a plurality of electrolysis cells electrically connected in series to form an electrically conductive path having first and second ends, a first end being electrically connected to a first terminal of a power source; a conductive track electrically connected to a second terminal of the power source; a movable electrical contact bridge for electrically connecting the conductive track with a variable point along the electrically conductive path to thereby form an electrical circuit including a variable number of electrolysis cells in series with the power source; a driver device to drive the contact bridge along the conductive track; a measuring device measuring an electrical output of the power source; and a controller for determining the number of electrolysis cells to be operated based at least in part on the measured electrical output of the power source, and to cause movement of the driver device to drive the contact bridge to a point hi accordance with the determined number of cells, to thereby form an electrical circuit including the determined number of electrolysis cells in series with the power source. | 17,361 |
8,466,800 | 1. A detector testing method, comprising: physically attaching a plurality of physically detachable testing devices to an associated plurality of preexisting detectors, wherein each of the plurality of physically detachable testing devices is powered by an associated one of the plurality of preexisting detectors; detecting light at a first one of the plurality of physically detachable testing devices; and in response to detecting the light, testing a first one of the associated plurality of preexisting detectors associated with the first one of the plurality of physically detachable testing devices by remotely causing a rod on the first one of the plurality of physically detachable testing devices to be actuated to push a testing button on the first one of the associated plurality of preexisting detectors. | 12,867 |
9,183,229 | 1. A method of communicating a digital image using a mobile communication device, the method comprising: displaying a camera interface on a display of the mobile communication device; displaying a digital image captured using a camera of the mobile communication device; geotagging the digital image with location data to create a geotagged digital image; displaying simultaneously on the display of the mobile handheld communication device a plurality of destination options for sending the geotagged digital image, wherein the destination options include at least a first option to e-mail the geotagged digital image, a second option to send the geotagged digital image via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a third option to send the geotagged digital image to an online image repository for viewing by others; in response to receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of destination options, sending the geotagged digital image by e-mail or by MMS or to the online image repository. | 2,703 |
9,823,719 | 1. A processor comprising: a plurality of processor cores to operate at an independently controllable voltage and frequency; a plurality of linear regulators to receive a first voltage from an off-chip source and controllable to provide a regulated voltage to at least one of the plurality of processor cores; a plurality of selectors each coupled to an output of one of the plurality of linear regulators and one of the plurality of processor cores, each of the plurality of selectors to provide a regulated voltage from the one of the plurality of linear regulators or a bypass voltage to a corresponding one of the plurality of processor cores; and a power control unit (PCU) to determine an operating voltage for the plurality of processor cores, the PCU including a bypass logic to determine whether the operating voltage for the plurality of processor cores is the same voltage or at least substantially the same voltage, and responsive to the determination to cause the plurality of selectors to provide the bypass voltage to the corresponding one of the plurality of processor cores and cause the plurality of linear regulators to be disabled. | 5,316 |
9,038,515 | 1. A woodworking machine comprising: a cutting tool for cutting workpieces; at least one motor configured to drive the cutting tool; a detection system configured to detect a dangerous condition associated with the cutting tool; a brake mechanism having at least one replaceable single-use component, and controllable to stop the cutting tool if the dangerous condition is detected; and a control system configured to detect whether the single-use component has been used, and to disable the at least one motor until the single-use component has been replaced. | 45,398 |
9,062,829 | 1. A method of reducing flow of sweep gas through an interior volume of a ventilated gas cabinet arranged to contain a gas supply system including gas supply vessel(s), said method comprising using physical adsorbent-based gas storage and dispensing vessel(s) as said gas supply vessel(s), and reducing flow of sweep gas through said interior volume, in relation to flow of sweep gas through said interior volume when the gas cabinet contains gas supply vessel(s) that are not physical adsorbent-based. | 11,694 |
9,738,331 | 1. A vehicle lower portion structure comprising: a first undercover that is provided at a vehicle lower portion, and that covers, from a vehicle lower side, an engine compartment that is at a vehicle front portion; a second undercover that is provided at a vehicle rear side of the first undercover, and that covers, from a vehicle lower side, an underfloor that is at a vehicle rear side of the first undercover; a first inclined portion provided as a rear end portion of the first undercover, the first inclined portion is angled toward a vehicle lower side and a vehicle rear side; and a second inclined portion provided as a front end portion of the second undercover, the second inclined portion is angled toward a vehicle upper side and a vehicle front side, is disposed so as to be apart from the first inclined portion at a vehicle rear side of the first inclined portion, and overlaps at least a portion of the first inclined portion as seen in at least one of a vehicle plan view or a vehicle front view, wherein the second inclined portion includes a plurality of inclined portions, and wherein an adjacent pair of the plurality of inclined portions includes a first adjacent inclined portion that is disposed at a vehicle lower side and a second adjacent inclined portion that is disposed at a vehicle upper side, an inclination angle of the first adjacent inclined portion with respect to a line extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction is set to be smaller than an inclination angle of the second adjacent inclined portion with respect to the line extending along the vehicle longitudinal direction. | 8,081 |
9,230,390 | 1. A vehicle battery distribution system, comprising: a cabinet configured to hold, for purchase, at least a first type of battery having a first physical configuration and a second type of battery having a second physical configuration different than the first physical configuration, wherein the cabinet includes corresponding first and second doors having first and second physical configurations accommodative of the first and second physical configurations of the first and second types of batteries, respectively, and wherein the first and second doors are selectively secured from opening and freed to open for respective extraction of the first and second types of batteries from the cabinet; an inventory management component that detects data for batteries disposed in the cabinet for replenishment of batteries based upon purchases; a user interface associated with the cabinet and configured to facilitate battery purchase transactions for the purchase of batteries disposed in the cabinet; and a control system coupled to the user interface and to the first and second doors and configured to control securing and freeing of the first and second doors in response to the battery purchase transactions. | 19,677 |
8,752,732 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a fluid reservoir; a compressible metering chamber comprising a first end coupled to the fluid reservoir and a second end, the first end comprising an unopposed fluid conduit for passage of a fluid between the fluid reservoir and the metering chamber; a deformable valve coupled to the second end of the metering chamber, the metering chamber having a flange between the first end and the second end; a substantially rigid nozzle coupled to the deformable valve; and a nozzle locking mechanism positioned around the metering chamber, between the first end and the flange, wherein the nozzle locking mechanism is removably attached to the nozzle and a longitudinally extending arm of the nozzle locking mechanism extends below the flange and is positioned within slots of the nozzle to secure the nozzle to the second end of the metering chamber, and wherein the nozzle defines a valve reservoir connected to a fluid outlet channel, and wherein the deformable valve is positioned within the valve reservoir and an opening or closing of the deformable valve controls a bidirectional fluid flow through the fluid outlet channel. | 40,835 |
9,541,579 | 1. A method for displaying, on a digital oscilloscope, triggered waveform records or triggered waveform segments of a single record along a sequence of primary waveform timelines that are offset along a secondary timeline, the method comprising: receiving and digitizing an analog waveform signal with an analog to digital converter; displaying, on a display section of the digital oscilloscope and along a first primary waveform timeline, a first waveform record or segment of the digitized waveform signal, comprising a first non-periodic triggering event; displaying, on the display section of the digital oscilloscope and along a second primary waveform timeline, a next waveform record or segment of the digitized waveform signal, comprising a next non-periodic triggering event, the next non-periodic triggering event occurring a non-zero elapsed time period after the first non-periodic triggering event, the second primary waveform timeline being substantially parallel to the first primary waveform timeline, the next non-periodic triggering event further being aligned with the first non-periodic triggering event on a secondary timeline transverse to the first primary waveform timeline and the second primary waveform timeline; and offsetting the second primary waveform timeline vertically and horizontally from the first primary waveform timeline and along the secondary timeline by an amount corresponding to the elapsed time period. | 20,151 |
8,612,058 | 1. A method of tracking a maximum power point of a power generator, comprising: (i) obtaining first and second power samples from a product of instantaneous output voltage and current of the power generator at a first instant in time and at a second instant in time, respectively, wherein the instantaneous voltage or current at a first instant in time is always greater than the instantaneous voltage or current at a second instant in time, or wherein the instantaneous voltage or current at a first instant in time is always less than the instantaneous voltage or current at a second instant in time; (ii) using a first controller to generate a reference voltage signal or a reference current signal from a difference of the first and second power samples; (iii) using a second controller to generate at least one gating signal for a power converter from a difference of the reference voltage signal or reference current signal and an instantaneous power generator voltage or current, the at least one gating signal being generated at a next instant in time; and (iv) repeating (i) to (iii) so as to minimize the difference of the first and second power samples; wherein the power converter affects magnitude of the output voltage and current of the power generator; and wherein the maximum power point is tracked when the difference of the first and second power samples is minimized. | 40,068 |
9,599,681 | 1. A magnetic sensor comprising a first structure, the first structure comprising: a first arrangement pattern; and a second arrangement pattern, wherein each of the first arrangement pattern and the second arrangement pattern comprises: wherein each of the first magnetic detection unit and the second magnetic detection unit comprises: wherein the first magnetic detection unit and the second magnetic detection unit of each of the first arrangement pattern and the second arrangement pattern are arranged such that a first virtual line and a second virtual line are parallel to each other, the first virtual line passing to be parallel to a plane of a substrate and passing through a midpoint in the longitudinal direction of the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material, the second virtual line passing to be parallel to the plane of the substrate and passing through a midpoint in the longitudinal direction of the quadrangular magnetic convergence material perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the quadrangular magnetic convergence material, wherein in each of the first arrangement pattern and the second arrangement pattern, the connecting unit is configured to electrically connect the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material of the first magnetic detection unit and the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material of the second magnetic detection unit in series with each other, wherein in each of the first arrangement pattern and the second arrangement pattern, the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material of the first magnetic detection unit and the quadrangular magnetic sensitivity material of the second magnetic detection unit are arranged between the quadrangular magnetic convergence material of the first magnetic detection unit and the quadrangular magnetic convergence material of the second magnetic detection unit, and wherein in each of the first arrangement pattern and the second arrangement pattern, the first magnetic detection unit and the second magnetic detection unit are arranged to be line-symmetric to each other. | 49,494 |
8,888,075 | 1. A device for adding a gas and/or particles to a liquid, including liquid metal, the device comprising: a rotor which is driven immersed in the liquid, wherein the rotor comprises a hollow rotational body with a first, inner annular wall extending downwards, forming a centrally arranged cylindrical hollow room with an opening directed downwards, wherein the rotor is provided with at least one radially arranged opening extending through the first inner annular wall, and with a second annular wall arranged outside and concentrically arranged with the first annular wall, together forming a downwardly open and upwards closed annular chamber in fluid communication with both the central room through said at least one radial opening and with the surrounding fluid through one or more openings arranged in the lower part of the second annular wall, the first annular wall extending below the lower end of the second annular wall, and the one or more openings of the first annular wall being positioned at a level below the one or more openings in the second, surrounding wall. | 4,876 |
9,150,984 | 1. A method of manufacturing a multi-layer metal cord having a plurality of concentric layers of wires, comprising one or more inner layer(s) and an outer layer, rubberized in situ, with rubber or a rubber composition, the method comprising the following steps: at least one step of sheathing at least one inner layer with the rubber or the rubber composition by passing through at least one extrusion head; and an assembling step in which the wires of the outer layer are assembled around the inner layer adjacent to it, in order to form the multi-layer cord thus rubberized from the inside, wherein the rubber is an unsaturated thermoplastic elastomer extruded in the molten state. | 21,770 |
9,197,506 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a first node in a point-to-multipoint transmission system, energy saving statistics from each of a plurality of subordinate nodes that are downstream from said first node; and determining aggregate energy saving information at said first node using said energy saving statistics from each of said plurality of subordinate nodes, said aggregate energy saving information reflecting an aggregate energy savings of said plurality of subordinate nodes; and transmitting said aggregate energy saving information to a second node upstream of said first node, said transmitted aggregate energy saving information enabling said second node to identify an aggregate level of energy savings in a group of nodes that includes said first node and said plurality of subordinate nodes. | 17,673 |
9,243,783 | 1. An apparatus for controlling characteristics of a beam of light, the apparatus adapted for use with a light source having a parabolic reflector, the apparatus comprising: a first flexible material coupled to a first scrolling mechanism, the first scrolling mechanism operable to position a selected area of the first flexible material such that the beam of light passes through the selected area of the first flexible material; a second flexible material coupled to a second scrolling mechanism, the second scrolling mechanism operable to position selected areas of the second flexible material such that at least one of the parts of the beam of light passes through each selected area of the second flexible material, wherein the selected areas of the second flexible material comprises first and second areas causing corresponding first and second predetermined amounts of color filtration of the beam of light, wherein the first flexible material comprises first and second areas producing corresponding first and second predetermined amounts of diffusion of the beam of light, whereby the selected areas of the first flexible material operates to blend the first and second parts of the beam of light. | 30,576 |
9,702,022 | 1. A method for recycling aluminum-containing scrap comprising at least one coating material and comprising organic compounds, the method comprising the acts of: inputting the aluminum-containing scrap into a multiple hearth furnace comprising a plurality of hearths, the plurality of hearths collectively defining, sequentially, a drying zone, a heating zone, a de-volatizing zone, and a de-charring zone, with each of the drying zone, heating zone, de-volatizing zone, and de-charring zone comprising one or more hearths and with each of the plurality of hearths comprising at least one agitation device to move the aluminum-containing scrap within the hearth and to a successive hearth; maintaining a temperature of the one or more hearths comprising the drying zone between about 500° F.-1100° F. and agitating the aluminum-containing scrap within the drying zone; maintaining a temperature of the one or more hearths comprising the heating zone between about 900° F.-1400° F. and agitating the aluminum-containing scrap within the heating zone; maintaining a temperature of the one or more hearths comprising the de-volatilizing zone between about 900° F.-1600° F. and agitating the aluminum-containing scrap within the de-volatilizing zone; maintaining a temperature of the one or more hearths comprising the de-charring zone between about 700° F.-1250° F. and agitating the aluminum-containing scrap within the de-charring zone; and outputting a de-coated aluminum-containing scrap from the multiple hearth furnace to a post-processing system adapted to further process the de-coated aluminum-containing scrap, wherein a temperature of the aluminum-containing scrap in the multiple hearth furnace is maintained below about 1100° F. to avoid melting of the aluminum. | 49,165 |
9,106,805 | 1. An image measuring system comprising, a projection optical system which has a light projection optical axis and a light source for emitting an illumination light, and projects said illumination light through said light projection optical axis, a photodetection optical system which has a fixed photodetection optical axis and an image pickup element, and receives a retroreflection light from a measuring point by said image pickup element through said photodetection optical axis, and a control arithmetic device for processing the data taken by said image pickup element, wherein said projection optical system comprises a light projection unit for directing said light projection optical axis toward said measuring point and projecting said illumination light, a projection angle changing means for rotating said light projection unit in an elevating direction and a horizontal direction and for changing a projection angle of said illumination light within a range of a field angle of said photodetection optical system, and a direction detecting means for detecting a direction angle of said light projection optical axis with respect to said photodetection optical axis, wherein said control arithmetic device obtains a deviation of said measuring point on said image pickup element with respect to said photodetection optical axis and calculates an elevation angle and a horizontal angle of said measuring point based on said deviation. | 2,539 |
9,016,413 | 1. A fuel cell vehicle having an exhaust duct below a floor, the exhaust duct configured to discharge air from a fuel cell stack, wherein the exhaust duct comprises: a lower surface wall facing at least a lower surface of the floor with a predetermined gap between the lower surface wall and the lower surface of the floor; and a pair of side walls extending from right and left side portions of the lower surface wall toward the lower surface of the floor, so that the floor is configured to be heated by the air flowing in the exhaust duct wherein the exhaust duct branches at a branching portion into a first exhaust duct extending along the lower surface of the floor and a second exhaust duct extending away from the floor, and a switching valve configured to switch a flow direction of air to the first exhaust duct side or to the second exhaust duct side is disposed in the branching portion, and wherein the second exhaust duct includes, below the first exhaust duct, a discharge port configured to discharge air to the outside, and the first exhaust duct has a heat insulating layer on the lower surface wall. | 14,787 |
9,600,461 | 1. A computer usable program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage device including computer usable code for determining relationships in tabular data, the computer usable code comprising: computer usable code for receiving a set of documents, a document in the set including the tabular data; computer usable code for applying, to the tabular data, a library of hypotheses specific to a subject-matter domain of the tabular data, each hypothesis in the library representing a hypothetical relationship between hypothetical cells of a hypothetical table, computer usable code for identifying a markup in the document, the markup relating to a cell in the tabular data; computer usable code for identifying, using the markup, a selected cell-range in the tabular data; computer usable code for selecting the cell to determine a dependency of the cell on the cell-range; computer usable code for selecting, based on the markup, a hypothesis from the library of hypotheses to use in conjunction with the cell and the cell-range; computer usable code for applying the hypothesis to the cell-range; computer usable code for evaluating, based on a confidence value, that the hypothesis does not fit the cell-range; computer usable code for changing, responsive to the evaluating, the cell-range to form an adjusted cell-range; computer usable code for applying the hypothesis to the adjusted cell-range; and computer usable code for narrating according to the hypothesis, responsive to the hypothesis fitting the adjusted cell-range, using Natural Language Processing, a functional dependency between the cell and the adjusted cell-range. | 1,773 |
9,300,080 | 1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing for housing an electrical terminal, the housing being substantially tubular; and a terminal holder configured to be inserted into the housing, the terminal holder being substantially cylindrical and configured to hold the electrical terminal, wherein the terminal holder and the housing are configured to be mechanically engaged by twisting the terminal holder with respect to the housing after being inserted therein, wherein the housing comprises a keyway defined by an inner wall of the housing and extending in a length direction of the housing, wherein the terminal holder comprises a key protrusion at a side of the terminal holder, and wherein the key protrusion is configured to be inserted into the keyway of the housing and to securely engage the keyway when the terminal holder is twisted with respect to the housing. | 25,146 |
8,379,310 | 1. A sunlight collecting system to collect light by reflecting sunlight and to generate energy, comprising: a plurality of first optical elements for a primary reflection to reflect sunlight primarily; and a second optical element for a secondary reflection to collect the primarily reflected light from the plurality of first optical elements and to reflect the collected light; wherein the first optical element has a base plate and a reflective film formed on a surface of the base plate opposite to a sunlight-entering surface, and the second optical element has a base plate and a reflective film formed on a sunlight-entering surface of the base plate. | 21,134 |
9,364,415 | 1. A method for rendering a surface resistant to iodine coloration or discoloration, the method comprising: applying an ascorbic acid delivery agent to a surface, the surface being at least one of skin, hair or a combination thereof; the ascorbic acid delivery agent being a mixture comprising ascorbic acid in a medium; and allowing the delivery agent to react with the surface for a duration of time determined to be sufficient for rendering the surface resistive to iodine coloration or discoloration, thereby rendering the surface resistive to iodine coloration or discoloration from the subsequent application of iodine. | 23,733 |
8,696,729 | 1. A medical device for implanting an implant at a deployment location, comprising: an implant including a plurality of struts having terminal ends, at least some of the terminal ends of the struts including a plurality of first interlock structures, and an implant delivery system including an inner member and an outer sheath slideably disposed over the inner member, the delivery system including an implant mounting location at which the implant mounts, the outer sheath being movable from a transport position where the sheath covers the implant at the implant mounting location, to a deploy position where the implant is exposed, the implant delivery system further including two or more second interlock structures, exactly two adjacent second interlock structures define a single receptacle therebetween, and wherein an outer periphery of at least two of the first interlock structures are disposed at least partially within the same receptacle to prevent deployment of the implant while the first and second interlock structures are engaged. | 28,079 |
9,735,453 | 1. A method of preparing a lithium ion battery cell comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode and electrolyte solution comprising: a) adjusting the potential of the negative electrode such that hydrogen ions in electrolyte solution are reduced to hydrogen molecules; b) adjusting the potential of the positive electrode such that hydrogen ions in the positive electrode material are extracted; and c) degassing the lithium ion battery cell. | 35,611 |
9,779,501 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: | 23,805 |
9,100,128 | 1. An optical line terminal (OLT), comprising: an alternating current (AC) coupling control circuit configured to receive a hold-over pattern and a burst data signal, and to generate an output signal based on a selective processing of the hold-over pattern and the burst data signal, the selective processing being performed based on an optical signal received by the OLT; and an AC coupling circuit configured to unbias direct current (DC) levels of the output signal received from the AC coupling control circuit. | 48,105 |
9,492,096 | 1. An apparatus comprising: first and second electrodes configured and arranged to sense ECG signals from a subject; and an circuitry including: | 33,360 |
8,882,866 | 1. An energy efficient heat recovery reactor system for use in the catalytic primary reformation of hydrocarbons, the reactor system comprising: a firing chamber having a substantially closed internal space; a plurality of vertical tubes arranged in parallel rows within the internal space of said firing chamber and configured as hydrocarbon reformation reaction chambers that discharge reformed synthesis gas therefrom; a plurality of burners disposed within the internal space of said firing chamber at an upper end thereof, said burners being arranged in parallel to each other and disposed between each of said rows of vertical tubes, and configured to generate flames for heating said vertical tubes; a plurality of burner air feeders in at least one of gaseous or fluid communication with said plurality of burners, configured to supply air to said plurality of burners for combustion by said burners in said firing chamber; a plurality of flue gas tunnels disposed at a lower end of said firing chamber and extending in parallel to each other and perpendicular to said vertical tubes, each flue gas tunnel defining a length, and having at least one heat exchanger in gaseous communication with, and downstream from, said open second end of said flue gas tunnel, said heat exchanger configured to permit hot flue gasses to pass there through to recover heat from the hot flue gasses; and a plurality of controllable cooling gas feeders disposed at, and in gaseous communication with, the open first end of said flue gas tunnels, said cooling gas feeders configured to feed an additional gas, cooler than the hot flue gas, into said flue gas tunnels and increase a total volume of mixed flue gas passing to said heat exchanger such that the additional gas mixes with the hot flue gas over the entire length of the flue gas tunnels and firing chamber, to effect a controlled reduction in temperature of the hot flue gas exiting the second end of the flue gas tunnels and entering the at least one heat exchanger, with a resulting homogeneous temperature distribution at an entrance to the heat exchanger, whereby all points in a cross section of the mixed flue gas flow stream at the entrance to the heat exchanger have a substantially identical reduced temperature. | 32,122 |
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