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8,674,793 | 1. A power contact device for an electric control apparatus, said device comprising: a first stationary contact element, and a second movable contact element movable between a closed position in which said contact elements are in electric contact for permitting flow of current between contact points on each of said contact elements, and an open position in which said contact elements are separated from one another for interrupting said flow of current between said contact points, wherein the contact elements are each in the form of a loop of material that is both magnetic and electric current conducting, each of said contact element loops is located in a separate plane and said separate planes are substantially parallel to each other, for electrodynamic compensation for keeping the contact points in closed position by electrodynamic attraction effect caused by flow of current in the same direction in said contact element loops. | 35,306 |
8,942,276 | 1. A transmission apparatus, comprising: a transmitting circuit that receives a bit string in which an input bit string expressed as combination of 0 and 1 is preceded by a 1-bit value 0, computes a difference value between two bits adjacent to each other in the bit string, the difference value being one of among +1, 0, and −1, and sends the computed difference value; and a receiving circuit that stores a 1-bit value with an initial value of 0, receives the difference value +1, 0, or −1 sent by the transmitting circuit, calculates a sum of the received difference value and the stored 1-bit value, outputs, as a value of a receiving signal, 1 if the sum is 1 or more or 0 if the sum is 0 or less, and updates the stored 1-bit value to the value of the output receiving signals. | 23,394 |
9,835,340 | 1. A two-way heat exchanger for transferring heat from a first liquid to a second liquid, comprising: a plurality of plate assemblies in a generally parallel stacked arrangement defining a plurality of channels, each between adjacent plate assemblies, said channels alternating between first and second channels for separate flow therethrough of the first and second liquids, respectively, wherein each plate assembly comprises a plastic support plate having a thickness of about 0.4 mm utilizing a mesh turbulator for turbulating the first liquid or the second liquid flowing through a channel defined by said support plate and another support plate on an opposite side of the mesh turbulator in an adjacent plate assembly, said mesh turbulator setting a distance between said support plate and said another support plate by structurally separating said support plate and said another support plate, wherein each plate assembly also includes an inlet opening for flow of the first liquid or the second liquid into said channel, an outlet opening for discharging the first liquid or the second liquid from said channel, and a seal structure for allowing passage of only one of said first and second liquids through said channel. | 37,998 |
9,690,685 | 1. A computer-implemented method for performance management of a data processing system, the method comprising: selecting a first application program having a first application program type for resource usage monitoring, wherein the first application program is running in a background state while the first application program is executing one or more first application tasks or one or more system tasks and is not directly interacting with the user or directly viewable by a user of the data processing system, and the first application program is not a daemon; determining a resource consumption threshold and a detection period for the first application program having the first application program type, wherein the resource consumption threshold and the detection period for the first application program are based at least in part on the first application program type; monitoring a resource usage of the first application program, in response to selecting the first application program for resource usage monitoring and determining the resource consumption threshold and detection period for the first application program; determining whether the monitored resource usage of the first application program exceeds the resource consumption threshold over the duration of the detection period; terminating the first application program when the resource usage exceeds the resource consumption threshold over the duration of the detection period; receiving statistics characterizing one or more previous terminations of a plurality of application programs having the first application program type; dynamically adjusting the detection period of the first application program type based on the statistics. | 33,353 |
9,686,021 | 1. A wireless modem for communication in a network of wireless modems via a communication channel, the wireless modem comprising: a transceiver assembly; transceiver electronics, comprising: a power supply supplying power to the transceiver assembly and the transceiver electronics. | 19,369 |
9,853,821 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: a network unit; and a power control unit configured to cause the communication apparatus to return from a power-saving mode, wherein a communication speed of the communication apparatus operating in the power-saving mode is a first communication speed, and, when the communication apparatus returns from the power-saving mode, the communication speed of the communication apparatus is changed from the first communication speed to a second communication speed that is higher than the first communication speed, wherein, when the communication apparatus is started and a communication link is established with a switching hub, the network unit transmits identification information of the communication apparatus to the switching hub, wherein, when the communication apparatus returns from the power-saving mode and a communication link is established with the switching hub, the network unit transmits the identification information again to the switching hub. | 22,277 |
8,493,958 | 1. A method of communicating data on a reverse link between a wireless access terminal and a radio network in which packet sizes on the reverse link are typically selected from a default set of standard air interface packet sizes, the method comprising: determining one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes for the reverse link to at least substantially match a size of an application packet utilized by an application on the wireless access terminal, the one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes differing from the standard air interface packet sizes in the default set; determining a desired set of air interface packet sizes for the reverse link, the desired set of air interface packet sizes including the one or more non-standard air interface packet sizes; transmitting from a wireless access terminal to a radio network a request to use the desired set of air interface packet sizes for data traffic on the reverse link; in response to the step of transmitting the request, receiving at the access terminal from the radio network a negotiated set of air interface packet sizes to be used for the data traffic on the reverse link, wherein the negotiated set of air interface packet sizes is based at least in part on the desired set of air interface packet sizes and includes at least one non-standard air interface packet size adapted to more closely match an application packet size as compared to the standard air interface packet sizes of the default set and thereby reduce or eliminate padding of transmitted air interface packets; and communicating the data traffic on the reverse link using the negotiated set. | 34,287 |
9,035,013 | 1. A sulphur-containing triazine monomer corresponding to a formula (I): in which: | 9,383 |
9,360,055 | 1. A double clutch system for a hybrid electric vehicle including a connecting shaft that is continuously connected to a motor/generator and is selectively connected to an engine and transmitting torque transmitted to the connecting shaft selectively to two input shafts, the double clutch system comprising: a double clutch unit including: a double clutch actuator; and first and second clutches selectively connecting the connecting shaft to the two input shafts by control of the double clutch actuator, wherein the first clutch connects the connecting shaft to a first input shaft of the two input shafts and the second clutch does not connect the connecting shaft to a second input shaft of the two input shafts when the first clutch is engaged, in a first operating state, and wherein the first clutch does not connect the connecting shaft to the first input shaft and the second clutch connects the connecting shaft to the second input shaft when the second clutch is engaged, in a second operating state; and an engine clutch unit selectively connecting the engine to the connecting shaft, wherein the double clutch unit further comprises: a double clutch housing connected to the connecting shaft and being movable in an axial direction and a rotating friction plate fixed at an inside of the double clutch housing and receiving torque of the connecting shaft, wherein the first clutch is disposed on the first input shaft and transmits torque of the rotating friction plate to the first input shaft only in the first operating state, and wherein the second clutch is disposed on the second input shaft and transmits the torque of the rotating friction plate to the second input shaft only in the second operating state. | 9,142 |
8,605,309 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of drawing processing units that perform a plurality of types of image processing based on an image processing command designating the plurality of types of image processing; a determination unit that allocates the respective image processing to one of the plurality of drawing processing units, or to the plurality of drawing processing units, according to an image processing time necessary for execution of the respective image processing; and a power source controller that, in a case where the determination unit allocates the respective image processing to one of the plurality of drawing processing units, reduces power consumption of other drawing processing units than the one drawing processing unit, in comparison with a case where the respective image processing is allocated to the plurality of drawing processing units, wherein the image processing command includes required processing time as time within which completion of execution of image processing is required, the determination unit calculates the image processing time necessary for execution of the respective image processing included in the image processing command, and allocates the respective image processing to one of the plurality of drawing processing units, or to the plurality of drawing processing units, based on a calculated value and the required processing time, and the required processing time is calculated based on output speed information of a connected image output apparatus and a total amount of image sizes included in a print job, and the determination unit determines a number of drawing processing units, for allocating the respective image processing, according to the image processing time necessary for execution of the respective image processing, and allocates the respective image processing to the determined number of drawing processing units from among the plurality of drawing processing units. | 12,686 |
9,021,119 | 1. A playback device configured to perform adaptive bitrate streaming of media including a set of alternative video streams, the playback device comprising: memory including a client application and a buffer; and a processor, where the client application configures the processor to: receive the chunks from the content server via the network connection; store the requested chunks in the buffer; | 28,758 |
8,783,610 | 1. A transverse splicing plate and fuselage sections combination, comprising: first and second fuselage sections oriented in an abutting relationship along a longitudinal axis, thereby forming a transverse seam, a transverse splicing plate having at least two plate segments arranged one radially above the other with respect to the longitudinal axis, each of the plate segments having a multitude of longitudinal slits for radial tolerance compensation between the first and second fuselage sections, and the longitudinal slits being tangentially offset relative to each other, wherein the transverse splicing plate spans the transverse seam and overlies respective end portions of the first and second fuselage sections, such that the longitudinal slits extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and span the transverse seam, wherein at least one of: the longitudinal slits comprise a recess at an end thereof, and the recess is a circular recess. | 16,029 |
9,466,981 | 1. A signal line power receiving circuit, comprising: a signal processing unit; a power unit; a signal interface, which transmits and receives data signals and receives power signals via a first signal line and a second signal line; a first isolation unit, connected between the signal processing unit and the signal interface, the first isolation unit isolating the power signals in the first signal line from the signal processing unit so that the signal processing unit transmits and receives the data signals via the first signal line; a first filter unit, connected between the power unit and the signal interface, the first filter unit filtering the data signals in the first signal line and supplying the power signals to the power unit; a second isolation unit, connected between the signal processing unit and the signal interface, wherein the second isolation unit isolates the power signals in the second signal line from the signal processing unit so that the signal processing unit transmits and receives the data signals via the second signal line; and a second filter unit, connected between the power unit and the signal interface, wherein the second filter unit filters the data signals in the second signal line and supplies the power signals to the power unit. | 7,158 |
9,017,797 | 1. Coated object comprising at least (a) a metal layer, (b) a coupling layer, (c) an inner polymer layer, and (d) a substrate surface wherein the coupling layer (b) is arranged between layers (a) and (c) and connects said layers, the polymer layer (c) comprises a microstructure and is arranged on the substrate surface (d), the coupling layer (b) and the metal layer (a) follow the microstructure of polymer layer (c), and the sum of the diameters of layers (a) and (b) is between 5 and 500 nm, wherein the coated object is produced by a method comprising the following steps: (A) providing an object with at least polymer layer (c), (B) activating the polymer layer (c), (C) applying the coupling layer (b) to the polymer layer (c), and (D) applying the metal layer (a) to the coupling layer (b), wherein steps (B) to (D) are carried out by a plasma treatment, wherein the thickness of the metal layer is between 2 nm and 400 nm, and wherein the contact temperature of the polymer surface is set so to be lower than 390 Kelvin. | 25,335 |
9,840,412 | 1. A process of making a hydrogen storage composition comprising the steps of reacting a complex alkali metal hydride with a fullerene in the presence of a solvent, thereby forming a first reaction product; subjecting said first reaction product to an elevated temperature thereby releasing said solvent and additionally reacting a metal derived from the alkali metal hydride with said fullerene, thereby forming a second reaction product, said second reaction product comprising a hydrogen storage composite material having reversible hydrogen storage and release properties. | 7,352 |
8,378,956 | 1. A method for selecting a display source light illumination level for a current frame, said method comprising: a) determining a plurality of error vectors wherein each error vector corresponds to one of a plurality of display source light illumination levels and wherein said error vectors each represent deviations in display luminance from input image luminance at a corresponding source light illumination level, and are determined only for each of said plurality of display source light illumination levels within a defined subset of display source light illumination levels centered around the display source light illumination level selected during a frame preceding said current frame; b) generating an image histogram for an image to be displayed; c) pre-computing error vector values off-line and storing the error vector values in memory for subsequent application to an image; d) weighting said error vector values using histogram bin values from said image histogram thereby creating histogram-weighted error values corresponding to said source light illumination levels; and e) selecting a source light illumination level for said image wherein said selecting is based on said histogram-weighted error values. | 16,044 |
9,206,672 | 1. A rotational inertial energy generator (RIEG) comprising an inertial mass rotating around a central axis; a ratcheting assembly that prevents the mass from rotating in one direction while providing a free-wheeling motion in the other direction; and a rotor/stator assembly, wherein the rotor/stator assembly is configured to translate shock and vibration energy of the inertial mass into electrical energy. | 45,873 |
9,332,692 | 1. A device for coordinating a first vehicle, comprising an upper discharge chute, and a second vehicle, comprising: a monitoring device for monitoring a transfer from the first vehicle to the second vehicle; and a control unit for controlling a motion of the upper discharge chute, a ground-speed differential between the first vehicle and the second vehicle and for detecting a position of an impact point of a load crop stream on the second vehicle that is being discharged by a transfer device of the first vehicle; wherein if a new target position of the impact point is defined by the control unit and in the range of the upper discharge chute, the control unit moves the upper discharge chute into a calculated target position of the upper discharge chute, wherein if, after the upper discharge chute has been moved into the calculated target position of the upper discharge chute, the detected position of the impact point deviates from a target position, the control unit sets a ground-speed differential to differ from zero until the detected position of the impact point on the second vehicle matches a target position of the impact point on the second vehicle. | 42,294 |
8,974,419 | 1. An inserter device, to be used in hemodynamics researches or tests and related interventional operations, characterized in that said inserter device comprises a stretching diameter substantially rigid material single lumen tube, said single lumen tube consisting of a single substantially rigid and flexible material having a substantially circular or oval contour through an overall length of said tube, said rigid material being adapted to hold per se said tube both in a rest condition and in an expanded condition as a diameter of said tube is enlarged, said tube including at least a region with a longitudinal extending reduced thickness, said at least a reduced thickness region being folded on itself where said reduced thickness region has edge portions, an inner diameter of said tube being a target diameter which is desired in a maximum diameter configuration of said tube and being of substantially 8 Fr, said edge portions of said reduced thickness region may move towards one another to cause said tube to operatively assume and to be held at a minimum diameter of substantially 5 Fr, said reduced thickness portion having a length equal to a length of an arc of said circular or oval contour corresponding to a difference between the circumference of a maximum diameter inserter and the circumference of a rest diameter inserter, said tube having a tube wall having a thickness of substantially 0.1 mm. | 27,954 |
8,799,878 | 1. A computer storage memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed perform actions comprising: compiling source code to create object code, the source code comprising a plurality of classes, each of the classes having references to at least one method; for each of the classes, creating a temporary virtual function table, the temporary virtual function table including pointers to methods called within the classes; analyzing the temporary virtual function tables to identify portions of virtual function tables that may be shared by two or more of the classes; creating chunks of virtual function tables, each of the chunks of virtual function tables including a plurality of pointers, each of the pointers being a pointer to one of the methods; for each of the classes, creating a second level virtual function table having indirection pointers, each of the indirection pointers being a pointer to one of the chunks of virtual function tables; and for each method call within the object code, creating a first instruction to retrieve a chunk from the second level virtual function table, and creating a second instruction to retrieve a pointer to one of the methods from the chunk. | 29,560 |
8,872,122 | 1. A method of regulating a dose of energy produced during stroboscopic firing of an EUV light source configured to generate an energy dose target within one or more packet comprising: (a) setting by a laser controller a dose servo value for a current packet; (b) timing by the laser controller a trigger to pulse a laser beam to irradiate a droplet during the current packet; (c) sensing EUV energy generated by irradiation of the droplet; (d) accumulating by the laser controller the sensed EUV energy with EUV energy generated by irradiation of one or more preceding droplet during the current packet; (e) repeating steps (b), (c), and (d) when the accumulated EUV energy within the current packet is less than an adjusted dose target based on the energy dose target and an accumulated dose error; and (f) mistiming by the laser controller the trigger to pulse the laser beam to not irradiate another droplet during the current packet. | 22,661 |
9,403,755 | 1. An isolated (R)-Isometheptene enantiomer compound, comprising the structure according to Formula (Ib), or a hydrochloride, or a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt thereof. | 28,466 |
8,959,324 | 1. A computer system comprising: at least one display unit; a first memory storing a first operating system; a subscriber identification module (SIM) comprising: a first controller controlling a booting of the first operating system or the second operating system through the operation by the second controller, a first modem connected via an interface to be driven by the first operating system; and a second modem connected via an interface to be driven by the second operating system; wherein the display unit displays information identifying which operating system is being booted, wherein the first operating system comprises an x86-series operating system driven in a general computer system, wherein the second operating system comprises a Linux-series mobile operating system, wherein the second modem comprises a mobile communication modem, wherein the second operating system is installed in the SIM, a selection window for selecting the first operating system or the second operating system is displayed on the display unit, and the second operating system is booted by an operation of the second controller of the SIM when a user selects the second operating system to be booted, wherein the first operating system is automatically booted when the first controller determines that the SIM is not recognized or the second operating system is not loaded in the SIM, wherein the first controller controls the second modem to perform a data communication, extracts a mobile content stored in the SIM and converts a file format of the mobile content into a format recognizable by the first operating system when a user executes an application for emulating a mobile communication terminal operating in the first operating system. | 46,278 |
9,649,518 | 1. A wind turbine fire suppression system constructed and arranged to suppress a fire within a shielded cabinet housing wind turbine machinery comprising: a sealed container capable of holding pressurized non-conductive hydrated super absorbent polymer; a predetermined amount of admixture of non-conductive hydrated super absorbent polymer stored within said container; at least one charging cylinder coupled to said sealed container for pressurization of said container storing said admixture; a plurality of distribution nozzles fluidly connected to said sealed container strategically positioned and constructed and arranged to spray said admixture on the machinery of said wind turbine; at least one sensor for detecting fire ignition and means for releasing said stored admixture of non-conductive hydrated super absorbent polymer onto said machinery; and whereby said admixture formulated to provided fire suppression and encapsulate noxious and toxic gases thereby reducing organic and metal emissions. | 41,255 |
8,478,469 | 1. A power source system for an electric powered vehicle chargeable by an external power source outside of the vehicle, comprising: rechargeable main power storage device and sub power storage device; a charger for converting electric power supplied from said external power source to an electric power for charging said main power storage device, at a time of external charging for charging said main power storage device by said external power source; a power control unit for controlling driving of an electric motor for generating vehicle driving power, by electric power conversion between said main power storage device and said electric motor; a first switch connected between said main power storage device and said power control unit; a second switch connected parallel to said first switch, between said charger and said main power storage device; a plurality of auxiliary loads formed to operate by the supply of electric power for auxiliary system from a power supply line connected to said sub power storage unit; a first voltage converter for converting an output voltage of said main power storage unit to a level of an output voltage of said sub power storage device and outputting to said power supply line; a second voltage converter, having an output capacity smaller than said first voltage converter, for converting an output voltage of said charger to the level of the output voltage of said sub power storage device and outputting to said power supply line; and a controller operated by electric power supplied from said sub power storage device, for controlling open/close of said first and second switches as well as operation and stop of said first and second voltage converters; wherein said controller is adapted such that at the start of said external charging, said first switch is opened and said second switch is closed, said first voltage converter is stopped and said second voltage converter is operated, and when the electric power for said auxiliary system is determined to be insufficient during execution of said external charging, said first voltage converter is operated. | 15,564 |
9,710,863 | 1. A method of optimizing self-power consumption of a controller-based device, the method comprising: receiving one or more signals from corresponding one or more sensors indicating one or more operating conditions of the controller-based device; selecting, by the controller, one or more operating parameters associated with at least one of the one or more operating conditions; outputting, by the controller, a value of an estimated power that is consumed by the controller executing an algorithm, wherein the algorithm generates at least one updated value for at least one of the one or more operating parameters; outputting, by the controller, a value of an estimated power savings associated with the controller-based device operating using the at least one updated value; comparing, by the controller, the value of the estimated power consumed by the execution of the algorithm to the value of the estimated power savings; executing the algorithm on a first condition that the value of the estimated power savings is favorable compared to the value of the estimated power consumed; and foregoing executing the algorithm on a second condition that the value of the estimated power savings is not favorable compared to the value of the estimated power consumed. | 11,765 |
9,827,303 | 1. A method for producing a formulation of a biopharmaceutical agent, comprising drying a solution comprising: (a) a biopharmaceutical agent comprising poliovirus, (b) an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamate, arginine, histidine, glycine and mixtures thereof, (c) a polyol comprising sorbitol and/or mannitol, and (d) at least 0.2% (w/v) of a metal salt and water, wherein the metal salt is Mg | 586 |
8,678,364 | 1. A precision leveling vice, comprising: a vice assembly having a fixed jaw, and a moving jaw moved toward the fixed jaw to frictionally retain a member and away from the fixed jaw to release the member; a swivel plate having the vice assembly connected to the swivel plate; a fixture plate positioned below the swivel plate with respect to the vice assembly; a pivot pin positioned between the swivel plate and the fixture plate permitting the swivel plate and vice assembly to together move in a rocking motion with respect to the fixture plate by rotation about the pivot pin, and first and second adjustment fasteners, each freely received through one of first and second elongated apertures created in the swivel plate and threadably engaged with the fixture plate, wherein opposite axial rotation of the first and second adjustment fasteners causes a head of one of the first or second adjustment fasteners to contact the swivel plate inducing the rocking motion. | 13,240 |
9,752,162 | 1. Recombinant cells with increased production of isoprene, the cells comprising one or more heterologous nucleic acids comprising a mevalonate E (mvaE) gene and a mevalonate S (mvaS) gene selected from the organisms Listeria grayi ( L. grayi ), Enterococcus faecium ( E. faecium ), Enterococcus gallinarum ( E. gallinarum ), and Enterococcus casseliflavus ( E. casseliflavus ), wherein the mvaE gene and the mvaS gene encode polypeptides having thiolase, HMG-CoA synthase, and HMG-CoA reductase catalytic activities, and wherein the cells further comprise: i. one or more nucleic acids encoding polypeptides of the lower MVA pathway; and ii. a heterologous nucleic acid encoding an isoprene synthase polypeptide, wherein the cells produce increased amounts of isoprene compared to isoprene-producing cells that do not comprise the mvaE gene and the mvaS gene. | 20,213 |
9,108,466 | 1. An inflatable article having a vulcanized airtight layer, wherein said airtight layer comprises at least, as the predominant elastomer, a thermoplastic SIBS elastomer in the form of a block copolymer composed: 1) of a polyisobutylene block having a number-average molecular weight ranging from 25,000 g/mol to 350,000 g/mol and a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to −20° C., and comprising an amount of units derived from one or more conjugated dienes inserted in the polymer chain ranging from 0.5% to 6% by weight relative to the weight of the polyisobutylene block; and 2) at least one of the ends of the polyisobutylene block, of a styrenic block composed of at least one polymerized styrenic compound, the styrenic blocks representing at most 16% by weight of the total weight of the block copolymer; wherein said inflatable article is a pneumatic tire. | 28,609 |
9,592,990 | 1. A method of using a folding apparatus to form an outsert having product information printed thereon, said method comprising: (a) applying a plurality of parallel lines of water to a sheet of paper having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and product information printed thereon, said parallel lines of water being applied by a plurality of spray nozzles and being applied at positions at which folds are to be made; (b) making a first fold in a first direction in said sheet of paper with a first folding apparatus by a method comprising: (c) making at least one additional fold in said sheet of paper in a direction parallel to said first fold and said first direction with said first folding apparatus to form a first folded article having a first end comprising a plurality of unfolded sheet edges, a second end comprising a plurality of unfolded sheet edges, and a maximum thickness, said at least one additional fold being made by a method comprising: (d) making a fold in said first folded article in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said fold in said first folded article being made so that said first folded article is folded to form a second folded article having a first end comprising said fold in said first folded article and a second end comprising both said first and second ends of said first folded article and so that said second folded article has a maximum thickness of twice said maximum thickness of said first folded article, said fold in said first folded article being made by a method comprising: (e) making a fold in said second folded article in said second direction to form a third folded article having a first end comprising said fold in said second folded article, a second end comprising said fold in said first folded article, and a maximum thickness of twice said maximum thickness of said second folded article and four times said maximum thickness of said first folded article, said fold in said second folded article being made by a method comprising: (f) making a fold in said third folded article in said second direction to form a fourth folded article having a first end comprising said fold in said third folded article, a second end comprising said fold in said first folded article, and a maximum thickness of twice said maximum thickness of said third folded article, four times said maximum thickness of said second folded article and eight times said maximum thickness of said first folded article; (g) making a fold in said fourth folded article in said second direction to form an outsert having a first end comprising said fold in said fourth folded article and a second end comprising said fold in said first folded article and said fold in said third folded article, said fold in said fourth folded article being made by a method comprising: | 20,372 |
9,729,305 | 1. A method of controlling an airplane system, comprising: receiving, by each of a plurality of duplex modules, a corresponding event command from a client; performing, by a first module among the plurality of duplex modules, a first event specified by the event command in response to the event command; performing, by a second module different from the first module among the plurality of duplex modules, a second event specified by the event command after the first event is completed; and transmitting, by the first and second modules, a first response signal indicating a result of the performance of the first event and a second response signal indicating a result of the performance of the second event to the client, wherein the client compares the first response signal and the second response signal, and determines whether the plurality of duplex modules is synchronized or has an error, wherein the method further comprises providing, by the first module, a synchronization request to a memory unit after the first event is performed so that the memory unit toggles or changes a value of a flag stored therein in response to the synchronization request provided by the first module, wherein the performing of the second event includes performing the second event in response to the toggle or the change of the value of the flag from the memory unit, wherein the performing further comprises providing, by the second module, another synchronization request discriminated from the synchronization request provided by the first module to the memory unit after the second event is performed, and wherein the memory unit toggles or changes the value of the flag stored in the memory unit again in response to the synchronization request provided by the second module. | 10,585 |
8,618,696 | 1. A wireless power supply comprising; a source magnetic resonator, connected to a power source and configured to exchange power wirelessly via a wireless power transfer signal with at least one device magnetic resonator integrated into at least one peripheral component of a computer; and a processor configured to adjust the operating point of the wireless power supply wherein power is transferred non-radiatively from the wireless power supply to the at least one device magnetic resonator and wherein the power supply forms a part of the computer. | 12,562 |
8,627,021 | 1. A method for controlling master-slave memory accessing, comprising: executing a thread, wherein the executing includes a master device sending access requests through an interconnect to a slave memory; detecting at the slave memory, during the executing of the thread, a slave load state of the slave memory and generating a slave load status data indicating a result of the detecting; communicating the slave load status data from the slave memory, through the interconnect, to the master device; and based at least in part on the slave load status data indicating a given load condition, communicating an access request from the master device, through the interconnect, to the slave memory. | 38,558 |
8,667,184 | 1. A method of managing communication between multiple nodes in a distributed message-passing operating system comprising: establishing by a media selection layer, a single node-to-node connection between a local node and a single remote node, the single node-to-node connection associated with a local connection identifier and a remote connection identifier, the local connection identifier associated with the local node and the remote connection identifier associated with the remote node, wherein one or more user-level connections are established for transmission of data over the single node-to-node connection; maintaining, at the local node, a pool of available communications networks that interconnect the local node with the single remote node, wherein the pool of available communications networks are utilized for the transmission of the data over the single node-to-node connection and the one or more user-level connections; determining if one of the available communication networks has failed; removing the failed communication network from the pool; transmitting, periodically across the failed communication network, maintenance packets from the local node to the single remote node; and determining whether the failed communication network has recovered. | 47,617 |
8,575,452 | 1. A seed of tomato line PSQ 176-09PW0002, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12267. | 38,959 |
8,587,701 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a defect determining unit determining whether a target pixel is a defect or not, on the basis of a pixel value of the target pixel and pixel values of a plurality of adjacent pixels which are pixels for the same color as that of the target pixel and are located around the target pixel; a selection unit selecting a pixel value to be assigned to the target pixel according to the determination result from the defect determining unit; and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimating unit estimating an SNR of an image signal, wherein the defect determining unit performs defect determination according to the level of the SNR estimated by the SNR estimating unit, wherein when the defect determining unit determines that the target pixel is a defect, the selection unit outputs the pixel value according to the level of the SNR, wherein region setting is performed such that the level of the SNR is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein the SNR estimating unit outputs a mode switch signal representing a region including the estimated SNR, and wherein, according to the mode switch signal representing that the SNR is included in a lowest SNR region of the plurality of regions, the defect determining unit replaces a pixel value of a pixel with the maximum pixel value and a pixel value of a pixel with the minimum pixel value, with a pixel value of another pixel of the adjacent pixels. | 46,473 |
9,321,455 | 1. A method for opening an engine clutch of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: applying, by a controller, an opening control signal for an engine clutch to shift a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode to an electric vehicle (EV) mode; driving, by the controller, a hybrid starter generator (HSG) with a torque converged with a friction torque of an engine while terminating fuel injection into the engine, when the opening of the engine clutch starts to adjust; and opening, by the controller, locked-up pressure of the engine clutch to open the engine clutch, when an input torque of the engine clutch becomes zero by converging a driving torque of the HSG connected to the engine to the friction torque of the engine. | 36,799 |
8,506,714 | 1. A substrate processing system, comprising: a processing chamber to process a substrate; a vaporizing unit to vaporize a material of liquid; a supply system to supply the processing chamber with gas of the material vaporized by the vaporizing unit; an exhaust system to exhaust an atmosphere in the processing chamber; and a cleaning liquid supply system to supply the vaporizing unit with cleaning liquid for cleaning a product deposited in the vaporizing unit, wherein the cleaning liquid supply system supplies at least two kinds of cleaning liquids into the vaporizing unit so that the product can be removed from the vaporizing unit by action of the two kinds of cleaning liquids on the product, the cleaning liquids include a first cleaning liquid and a second cleaning liquid, the first cleaning liquid is an aprotic solvent, the second cleaning liquid is a protic solvent, the cleaning liquid supply system including a source of the first cleaning liquid of an aprotic solvent and a separate source of the second cleaning liquid of a protic solvent and a controller for controlling flow of the first and second cleaning liquids, wherein said sources of the first cleaning liquid and of the second cleaning liquid connect to said vaporizing unit, and the controller controls the cleaning liquid supply system to perform a multiple-step cleaning process of a sequential application of the protic solvent after the application of the aprotic solvent, to thereby supply the protic solvent second cleaning liquid to the vaporizing unit after: | 47,654 |
9,431,181 | 1. An energy storage system comprising: a first electrode disposed in a first region of electrolyte and including a substrate, a separator configured to separate the first region and a second region of electrolyte; and a second electrode disposed in the second region of electrolyte, the first and second electrodes and separator configured to operate as an energy storage device. | 44,186 |
8,776,521 | 1. A heat recovery steam generator system, comprising: a superheater; a first turbine section; a first main steam line in communication with the superheater and the first turbine section; a first bypass line positioned upstream of the first main steam line; a reheater positioned downstream of the first turbine section; and a first prewarming line positioned downstream of the first main steam line and configured such that a flow of steam from the superheater preheats the first main steam line without entry into the first turbine section and is directed to the reheater so as to produce a reheated flow of steam, wherein the heat recovery steam generator system is configured to reuse the reheated flow of steam therein. | 13,879 |
9,057,144 | 1. A method of forming a nanostructured film, the method comprising: providing an anode electrically coupled to a cathode through an anodizing bath, wherein the anode comprises a growth substrate, the anodizing bath comprising an electrolyte solution, applying ultrasonic vibrations to the anodizing bath, and generating a current through the anodizing bath during the application of the ultrasonic vibrations to form the nanostructured film from the growth substrate, wherein the current is generated by applying a voltage across the growth substrate and the cathode, the cathode having a surface roughness in the range of from about 200 nm to about 5 μm, and wherein the nanostructured film comprises a plurality of tubular nanowells, the tubular nanowells each having a pore at the top surface of the nanostructured film, the pore defining a channel that extends from the top surface of the nanostructured film downwardly towards the bottom surface of the nanostructured film. | 4,633 |
9,552,720 | 1. A method for testing a fire alarm system, the method comprising: in response to a technician activating devices of the fire alarm system, the activated devices signaling a control panel, event data from the control panel being sent to a central operations system; sending the event data from the central operations system to a mobile computing device operated by the technician; and in response to a failed transmission of the event data to the mobile computing device, the central operations system resending the event data to the mobile computing device. | 28,123 |
8,864,111 | 1. A mist humidifier comprising: a water supply adapted to provide a flow of water; at least one nebulization device adapted to nebulize at least a portion of the flow of water and discharge a flow of mist particles in a downstream direction; at least one heater mechanism adapted to selectively heat at least a portion of the flow of mist particles; and first and second nebulization assemblies, each of the nebulization assemblies including one of the nebulization devices. | 48,695 |
9,740,267 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: viewing contents of a command queue, the contents including commands waiting to be sent in a specified order to a memory for execution at the memory; accessing command pattern data that includes patterns of commands, each of the patterns of commands including an associated estimated power consumption; tracking a power consumption of commands executing at the memory; updating the command pattern data based on the tracking; searching the contents of the command queue for the patterns of commands; locating one of the patterns of commands in the contents of the command queue; determining a suggested power management action for the memory based on the located pattern of commands and its associated estimated power consumption; and sending the suggested power management action to a power control engine of the memory, the sending prior to a first command in the located pattern of commands being sent to the memory for execution. | 32,118 |
9,007,971 | 1. A method comprising: assessing, by management circuitry of a network device, a role of said network device in a network; determining, by said management circuitry, an expected processing load of a network subsystem of said network device based on data transmitted and received by the network device and based on data exchanged between a host subsystem and the network subsystem of the network device; and instructing, by said management circuitry, an operating system of said network device to increase or decrease a processing capability of said network device based on said expected processing load of said network subsystem, by notifying the operating system to increase a frequency of a clock in the host subsystem when a higher processing load on the network subsystem is expected, and notifying the operating system to decrease the frequency of the clock in the host subsystem when a lower processing load on the network subsystem is expected. | 30,380 |
9,238,194 | 1. A membrane comprising a diisocyanate-terminated polyester, a diisocyanate-terminated polyether or mixtures thereof crosslinked with a nanoporous macrocycle comprising hydroxyl functional groups. | 4,767 |
8,536,982 | 1. A reader for reading a memory tag, the reader comprising: a resonant circuit component having a resonant frequency and comprising at least a first variable capacitive element and a second variable capacitive element; a frequency source operable to generate a driving signal and coupled to the resonant circuit component to provide inductive coupling to the memory tag; a tuning detector configured to generate a tuning signal responsive to relative resonant frequencies of the resonant circuit component and a resonant circuit component of the memory tag; and a tuning controller, responsive to the tuning signal, to control the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit component, the tuning controller being configured to perform a tuning operation of the resonant circuit component by: | 31,189 |
8,414,681 | 1. A system, comprising: an air separation unit configured to separate air into an oxygen rich stream and a nitrogen rich stream; and a purity control system configured to receive input indicative of a target diluent level for a reaction with at least one fuel, wherein the purity control system is configured to control the air separation unit to adjust an oxygen percentage and a nitrogen percentage of the oxygen rich stream based on the target diluent level. | 18,067 |
8,826,981 | 1. A downhole fluid processing apparatus, comprising: a first variable-volume reservoir pre-loaded with a reactant and having an open end in fluid communication with a fluid conduit; a second variable-volume reservoir having an open end in fluid communication with the fluid conduit; a fluid mixer disposed along the fluid conduit; a sample port configured to receive from a flowline a fluid sample withdrawn from a subterranean formation, the sample port being in fluid communication with the fluid conduit at a location between the open end of the first variable-volume reservoir and the fluid mixer, wherein the reactant is different from the fluid sample and a selectable mixture of the reactant and the fluid sample is obtainable by varying volumes of the first and second variable-volume reservoirs. | 23,897 |
9,601,482 | 1. A method, comprising: forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the insulating layer comprises a trench and an open region formed in the insulating layer down to the semiconductor substrate; performing an epitaxial deposition process to deposit compound semiconductor material in the trench and in the open region of the insulating layer; terminating the epitaxial deposition process at some point in the deposition process when the trench is over filled with the compound semiconductor material, thereby forming excess compound semiconductor material protruding from the trench, and the open region is partially filled with the compound semiconductor material; depositing a layer of sacrificial material on the surface of the insulating layer to cover the excess compound semiconductor material protruding from the trench and to fill a remaining portion of the open region with the sacrificial material; and performing a CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) process to form a planarized surface by removing the sacrificial material on the surface of the insulating layer and removing the excess compound semiconductor material protruding from the trench. | 879 |
9,013,025 | 1. An inductor device comprising: an insulation layer; an inductor that is formed over the insulation layer; fixed electrodes that are provided in positions which do not overlap with the inductor in a planar view; and a movable electrode that is configured to overlap with the inductor and the fixed electrodes in the planar view, that is separated from the inductor and the fixed electrodes, and that is configured to include first openings. | 23,308 |
8,916,995 | 1. A current control device, comprising: a housing comprising an upper enclosure and a lower enclosure; at least one line socket configured to couple to a first power system; at least one load socket configured to couple to a second power system; at least one current measuring device, said at least one current measuring device is enclosed within said housing, wherein said at least one current measuring device is configured to measure an amount of current transmitted from said at least one load socket, and wherein said at least one current measuring device comprises at least one micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) current sensor; at least one micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switching device coupled between said at least one line socket and said at least one load socket, said at least one MEMS switching device configured to selectably couple the first power system to the second power system, said at least one MEMS switching device comprising a line transient voltage suppressor that is coupled across said at least one MEMS switching device, said at least one MEMS switching device enclosed within said housing; a switch voltage conditioning module coupled to said at least one MEMS switching device, wherein said switch voltage conditioning module is configured to provide power to MEMS components and is enclosed within said housing; a communication module; and a controller in communication with said at least one MEMS switching device, said at least one current measuring device, and said communication module, wherein said controller receives a signal representing the measured amount of current from said at least one current measuring device via an analog-to-digital converter. | 44,055 |
9,362,758 | 1. A method for reducing a total loss of charge of battery cells by balancing states of charge (SoC) of the battery cells, comprising: a) checking boundary conditions as to whether b) determining a need for balancing according to whether a maximum difference of all SoC of all the battery cells is greater than a parameter DELTA_SoC; c) if steps a) and b) of the method are affirmative, balancing of the battery cells by the balancing unit takes place, during the balancing for a time (t_i) balancing resistances R_bal are connected to respective battery cells, with d) selecting the time interval between two balancing steps such that this corresponds to a performance of a maximum number of cycles of the balancing unit. | 15,184 |
9,339,203 | 1. A system for evaluating a degree of blockage of a test patient's heart, comprising: an electrocardiogram (ECG)-measuring system configured to measure an ECG waveform from the test patient; and a computer system comprising an ECG-analysis software system configured to | 4,149 |
9,140,403 | 1. A system for moving an object in one axis relative to a reference, comprising: a connector for the object; a central support structure located beneath the object; a drum operatively connected to the reference, wherein the drum has an inner wall, pivot axis and an outer surface; wherein the reference is a shaft, having an outer surface, positioned axially through the pivot axis of the drum; one or more rotating assemblies supporting the shaft such that the shaft may turn within the drum; one or more vanes fixed to the shaft, running longitudinally along the shaft and extending radially to the inner wall of the drum; one or more vanes fixed to the drum, running longitudinally along the inner wall of the drum and extending radially to the outer surface of the shaft; a first fluid inflatable container placed inside the drum between one of the one or more vanes fixed to the drum and one of the one or more vanes fixed to the shaft such that expansion of the first fluid inflatable container exerts force simultaneously upon the vane fixed to the drum and the vane fixed to the shaft; one or more control valves, operatively connected to the first fluid inflatable container, to assist in pressurizing and de-pressurizing the first fluid inflatable container; a source of compressed fluid connected operatively to the one or more control valves for pressurizing the first fluid inflatable container; an electronic pressure sensor connected to the first fluid inflatable container; electronic actuators for the one or more control valves for pressurizing and de-pressurizing the first fluid inflatable container; electronic level sensors or rotational position encoders for determining an altitude, azimuth, and pitch of the object; and a computer that controls the motion of the object to maintain an optimal solar energy collection by electronically actuating the one or more control valves in response to signals received from the electronic pressure sensor and the electronic level sensors or rotational position encoders; wherein the system for moving an object in one axis is able to orient the object through a variety of positions by systematic pressurization and depressurization of the first fluid inflatable container. | 45,439 |
9,851,264 | 1. An assembly of a calorimetric measurement cell and a support device for a measurement cell, wherein the support device comprises: a body, designed to be mounted on an enclosure of a calorimeter, a supporting end-fitting for supporting the measurement cell, comprising a fastener for fastening the measurement cell on that supporting end-fitting, fluid flow members in the measurement cell, able to control the pressure in that measurement cell, and a stirrer, extending along a rod axis from the body to the supporting end-fitting, and in the measurement cell when the measurement cell is fastened to the supporting end-fitting, the stirrer being rotatable around that rod axis, wherein the assembly is configured for performing a pressurized agitation in the measurement cell. | 26,159 |
9,691,333 | 1. An electrophoretic display, comprising: an electrophoretic panel comprising a plurality of charged particles; a substrate for deposing a conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is coupled to the electrophoretic panel; and a processor coupled to the conductive layer for generating a background signal to drive the plurality of charged particles to display a background and a foreground signal to drive the plurality of charged particles to display a foreground, wherein a time interval for the background signal displaying the background is longer than a time interval for the foreground signal displaying the foreground; wherein the background signal and the foreground signal are two voltage signals, the background of the electrophoretic display is a display region driven by the background signal, the foreground of the display is a display region driven by the foreground signal, the background signal and the foreground signal each comprise a first voltage level, a second voltage level, and a third voltage level, the first voltage level is greater than the second voltage level, and the second voltage level is greater than the third voltage level. | 34,361 |
8,916,083 | 1. Method for manufacturing an apolar sorption material, comprising: providing hydrophobic hollow natural fibres with a hemicellulose content of at least 10% by weight, heating at least a part of the hollow natural fibres to a temperature between 160° C. and 220° C., and compressing at least a heated part of the treated hollow natural fibres; wherein, at least during the compression, the temperature of at least the heated part of the treated natural fibres is between 160° C. and 220° C., and wherein at least a part of the hollow natural fibres is wetted with water at least during the heating. | 32,021 |
9,381,819 | 1. An apparatus for charging and discharging an electrical device in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first power source configured to provide low voltage (LV) energy; a switch for enabling and disabling the first power source; a second power source configured to provide high voltage (HV) energy for charging the electrical device; a first contactor comprising a first switch and a first winding, the first winding being connected to the first power source for receiving the LV energy and the first switch being connected to the second power source for receiving the HV energy, the first contactor being configured to enable the second power source to provide the HV energy to the electrical device for charging thereof in response to the switch enabling the first power source; and a second contactor comprising a second switch and a second winding, the second winding being connected in series with the first winding and in series with the first power source for receiving the LV energy and the second switch being connected to the second power source for receiving the HV energy, wherein the switch is connected between the first power source and at least one of the first winding and the second winding such that the second contactor is in an open state in response to the switch enabling the first power source. | 30,089 |
8,894,753 | 1. A carbon dioxide capture system for selective separation of carbon dioxide from flue gases, comprising: a first carbon dioxide adsorption/desorption section including a first carbon dioxide adsorption section, a first carbon dioxide desorption section connected to the first carbon dioxide adsorption section, and a first carbon dioxide adsorbent circulating through the first carbon dioxide adsorption section and the first carbon dioxide desorption section; and a second carbon dioxide adsorption/desorption section including a second carbon dioxide adsorption section, a second carbon dioxide desorption section connected to the second carbon dioxide adsorption section, and a second carbon dioxide adsorbent circulating through the second carbon dioxide adsorption section and the second carbon dioxide desorption section, wherein the first carbon dioxide adsorbent has higher adsorption and desorption temperatures than the second carbon dioxide adsorbent, the first carbon dioxide adsorption section is connected to the second carbon dioxide desorption section, and adsorption heat generated from the first carbon dioxide adsorption section is transferred to the second carbon dioxide desorption section and is used for the desorption of carbon dioxide. | 35,817 |
8,379,514 | 1. A method comprising: determining, at a network element having a same address as a first host of a plurality of network hosts, that the first host has failed via receipt of BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) rerouted data, the BGP rerouted data originally transmitted to the first host from a communication device; and transmitting, to the communication device, a negative acknowledgement (NACK) identifiable as having been transmitted by the network element, to trigger the communication device to transmit data that was to be transmitted to the first host to another of the plurality of network hosts. | 18,189 |
9,100,906 | 1. A method of operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising: providing wireless access to communication services to a user device in a sector of wireless coverage; identifying an azimuth angle within the sector of wireless coverage corresponding to a position of the user device, wherein the azimuth angle is based on a geographic position of the user device compared against a geographic location of a wireless access node associated with the sector of wireless coverage; processing at least the azimuth angle of the user device to identify at least one parameter for the user device to use when obtaining the wireless access provided to the user device within the sector, wherein the one parameter does not identify the sector; and transferring the at least one parameter to the user device. | 31,527 |
8,690,248 | 1. An auxiliary moving device comprising: a first cushion having a bottom end extending between first and second ends and between first and second edges, with the first and second edges extending between the first and second ends, wherein the first cushion includes two first grooves located at two sides and extending into the bottom end thereof respectively, with the two first grooves extending between the first and second ends intermediate and spaced from the first and second edges, wherein each of the two first grooves includes a channel spaced from the first and second edges and having a depth from the bottom end and an upper track extending from the channel to a depth from the bottom end greater than the depth of the channel, with the channel located intermediate the upper track and the bottom end; two support members disposed on two sides of the first cushion, with the first cushion allowed to move on the two support members, wherein one of the two support members includes a plurality of holes; a positioning mechanism fixed on the first cushion and including a post, a spring and a stopping piece, with the stopping piece separately formed from the first cushion and secured to the first cushion, wherein the post is inserted through the spring and the stopping piece, wherein the spring is defined between the stopping piece and a projection of the post, with the post being inserted into one of the plurality of holes of the one of the two support members to fix the one of the two support members, with the spring located intermediate the one of the two support members and the stopping piece, with the one of the two support members located intermediate the post and another of the two support members; and a plurality of fixing elements separately formed from the first cushion and each including a lower track of a size for slideably receiving one of the two support members, with the plurality of fixing elements connected with the bottom end of the first cushion, wherein the two support members are retained in the two first grooves between the lower tracks of the plurality of fixing elements and the upper tracks of the first cushion, with the upper and lower tracks being of size and shape corresponding to and for slideably abutting and receiving the two support members, with each fixing element having a size and shape corresponding to and for receipt in the channel, with the plurality of fixing elements being flush with the bottom end when connected with the bottom end and being spaced from and intermediate the first and second edges. | 39,199 |
9,277,982 | 1. A disposable urinary incontinence device comprising a liquid-stable resilient member, and a cover sheet that envelops the liquid-stable resilient member to form an elongated member having a tubular profile; wherein the elongated member has a first end, a second end, a first fold region disposed between the first end and the second end, a second fold region disposed between the first end and the first fold region, a third fold region disposed between the second end and the first fold region, a first portion located between the first end and the second fold region, a second portion located between the second end and the third fold region, a third portion located between the first fold region and the second fold region, and a fourth portion located between the first fold region and the third fold region; wherein the elongated member is in a folded condition such that the first portion is substantially aligned adjacent to the second portion, the first portion is substantially aligned adjacent to the third portion, the second portion is substantially aligned adjacent to the fourth portion, and the first portion and the second portion are disposed between and adjacent to the third portion and the fourth portion to form a disposable urinary incontinence device having a W-shaped profile. | 42,784 |
8,545,716 | 1. An etching liquid composition capable of etching a metal film on a substrate, said etching liquid composition being a water solution consisting of phosphoric acid, nitric acid, and an organic acid salt, wherein: the total concentration of said phosphoric acid, nitric acid, organic acid salt and water in said etching liquid composition is 100% by weight, wherein an organic acid of said organic acid salt is one member selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid, an aliphatic oxycarboxylic acid, an aromatic monocarboxylic acid, an aromatic polycarboxylic acid, and an aromatic oxycarboxylic acid, and wherein a salt of said organic acid salt is one member selected from the group consisting of an ammonium salt, an amine salt, a quaternary ammonium salt, and an alkali metal salt. | 44,978 |
9,573,295 | 1. A cutting tool, comprising: a saddle portion; an aperture extending through the saddle portion and aligned with a threaded recess in a mounting bracket; and at least one cutting bit attachment portion; at least one conical bit and at least one flat bit secured to the at least one cutting bit attachment portion of the cutting tool; wherein the saddle portion is securable and removable vertically to the mounting bracket via a threaded member insertable through the aperture; the saddle portion comprising a flat bottom surface insertable into a receiving slot of the mounting bracket; and the aperture extending through the saddle portion is arranged to provide vertical removal of the cutting tool from the mounting bracket and the vertically securable and removable saddle portion provides adjacent mounting of the cutting tool on a cutting drum; and the cutting bit attachment portion arranged and disposed in the saddle portion to contact a pavement surface with the at least one conical bit prior to the at least one flat bit during a rotation of the rotatable cutting head. | 5,235 |
8,506,718 | 1. A polymer removing apparatus, comprising: a processing chamber configured to accommodate a target substrate having polymer adhered to a peripheral portion thereof; a mounting table configured to mount the target substrate thereon; a laser irradiation unit configured to irradiate ring-shaped laser light at once to the polymer adhered to the peripheral portion of the target substrate; an ozone gas supply unit configured to supply an ozone gas to the polymer adhered to the peripheral portion of the target substrate; and a gas exhaust unit configured to exhaust the ozone gas, wherein the laser irradiation unit is provided above the target substrate, wherein the apparatus further comprises a reflection member configured to reflect the laser light emitted from the laser irradiation unit toward the polymer adhered to the peripheral portion of the target substrate, and wherein the reflection member has a cylindrical shape with a mirror surface at an upper surface thereof, and is positioned outside of the mounting table to surround the mounting table. | 13,197 |
8,759,671 | 1. A structure for a single junction solar cell, the structure comprising, a substrate member having a surface region, wherein the substrate comprises germanium; a first conductor layer overlying the surface region of the substrate member, the first conductor layer comprising a carbon-based material; a P absorber layer overlying the conductor layer, the P absorber layer having a P− type impurity characteristics and a first optical absorption coefficient greater than 10 a N+ layer overlying the P absorber layer; an interface region formed between the P absorber layer and of the N+ layer; a resistive buffer layer overlying the N+ layer; and a second conductor layer overlying the buffer layer, wherein the buffer layer is separate from the second conductor layer. | 33,215 |
8,516,578 | 1. A computer-implemented method of validating an attempt to draw an image using a graphics library including functions and elements, the method comprising: receiving a request from a user to use a first function to draw the image; identifying, by a processor, a set of code to draw the image, the set of code being associated with a set of inputs; identifying one or more buffers that have been created; identifying a given buffer of the one or more buffers based on the set of inputs; identifying a size of the given buffer; retrieving a second function to identify a value to be used to draw the image; and comparing the size of the given buffer to the value to determine whether to validate the request. | 42,992 |
9,653,633 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor film having a photoelectric conversion function which is disposed on the substrate; a transparent conductive film which is disposed on the semiconductor film; a protective film which is disposed on the transparent conductive film, the protective film having a cut-out portion in which the transparent conductive film is exposed; a conductive material which is disposed on the transparent conductive film in the cut-out portion; and a wiring member which is electrically connected to the transparent conductive film through the conductive material, wherein | 6,598 |
8,671,921 | 1. An exhaust gas recirculation cooler for transferring heat from engine exhaust to coolant, the exhaust gas recirculation cooler comprising: a pair of spaced apart headers; a tube body extending between the pair of headers and positioned along a flow path for the coolant and at least partially defining a flow path for the engine exhaust along a length of the tube between the pair of headers; and a corrugated insert supported in an interior of the tube and having a height in a direction of a plurality of corrugations and a width between about 8.6 and about 13.5 times the height, the width being substantially perpendicular to the length of the tube and being substantially perpendicular to the height of the insert. | 45,154 |
8,995,615 | 1. A specimen information acquisition system comprising: a first grating having X-ray transmitting portions and X-ray blocking portions, the first grating dividing divergent X-rays from an X-ray source to form a plurality of primary X-ray beams; a second grating having X-ray transmitting portions and X-ray blocking portions, the second grating blocking at least a part of each of the plurality of primary X-ray beams to form a plurality of secondary X-ray beams; and an X-ray detector detecting the plurality of secondary X-ray beams, wherein the plurality of primary X-ray beams do not overlap each other on each of the X-ray transmitting portions of the second grating, and wherein the first grating and the second grating are arranged so that edges of the plurality of primary X-ray beams enter the X-ray blocking portions of the second grating. | 24,049 |
9,056,960 | 1. A method of thermally insulating in transport means or in industrial and plant construction, the method comprising obtaining a nanoporous polymer foam (NP1) by reacting one or more epoxy resins (E) with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners (H) in water in a phase inversion polymerization to form a binder, with the proviso that a binder content during the polymerization is in the range from 15 to 39.9% by weight; and installing the nanoporous polymer foam as a thermal insulation material in transport means or in industrial and plant construction. | 38,002 |
9,449,754 | 1. An inductor coil for use in an inductive energy transfer system, comprising: a single wire forming multiple layers and having an input end and an output end; the wire defines multiple windings interlaced within at least two of the multiple layers; and the input end and the output end of the wire enter and exit the coil on a same side of the coil; wherein a top layer of the multiple layers defines a concave profile corresponding to an interface surface of an electronic device housing. | 12,587 |
8,468,867 | 1. A rolling machine, comprising: a machining station for machining workpieces; a pair of parallel, elongated, feed guides extending to the machining station and bounding a feed channel along which the workpieces are conveyed to the machining station; a pivotable unloading station mounted on the rolling machine downstream of the machining station for pivoting movement between a working position and an adjusting position, the unloading station having a pair of parallel, elongated, unloading guides bounding an unloading channel along which the machined workpieces are conveyed away from the machining station; a drive on the unloading station, and operative in the working position, for moving a movable member between a blocking position in which the movable member blocks the unloading channel and diverts defective ones of the machined workpieces away from the unloading station along one path for collection of the defective workpieces, and an unblocking position in which the movable member unblocks the unloading channel and permits passage of non-defective ones of the machined workpieces away from the unloading station along another path for collection of the non-defective workpieces; a first manual control on the unloading station, and operative in the adjusting position, for moving the unloading guides towards and away from each other in a direction transverse to the elongation of the unloading guides to adjust a width distance between the unloading guides; and a second manual control on the unloading station, and operative in the adjusting position, for moving the unloading guides in elevation relative to the feed guides. | 22,917 |
8,800,318 | 1. A hybrid absorber for a closed cycle absorption apparatus, comprised of: a. a non-adiabatic absorption section; b. an adiabatic spray absorption section that receives vapor and liquid from said non-adiabatic section; and c. a recirculating liquid spray loop for said adiabatic section, comprised of a spray pump that is piped directly to said adiabatic section, and a spray cooler that is piped directly to said spray pump. | 33,052 |
8,505,830 | 1. A water control fixture, comprising: a fixture body in fluid communication with a pressurized supply of hot water and a pressurized supply of cold water, wherein the fixture body interconnects the supply of hot water and the supply of cold water, the fixture body having a spout outlet configured to dispense water from the fixture body; at least one operating valve coupled to the fixture body for controlling a flow of water to the spout outlet; and a bypass valve disposed in the fixture body for controlling a recirculating flow of water through the fixture body, the bypass valve blocking and permitting recirculating flow from the supply of hot water to the supply of cold water based on a temperature of the water. | 48,265 |
8,980,650 | 1. A method of forming a perpendicular magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ), comprising: depositing a dielectric tunneling layer with (001) crystal texture; depositing an amorphous CoFeB free magnetic layer over the tunneling layer; depositing a crystallization barrier layer over the amorphous CoFeB free magnetic layer; depositing a magnetic anisotropy enhancing layer having (111) crystal texture over the crystallization barrier layer, and annealing the dielectric tunneling layer, free magnetic layer, crystallization barrier layer, and magnetic anisotropy enhancing layer at a temperature of at least 300° C. to impart (001) crystal texture to the amorphous CoFeB free magnetic layer. | 30,669 |
8,399,109 | 1. An organic electronic device comprising: an anode; a cathode; and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer is capable of transporting electrons and comprises a phthalimide compound having the formula: wherein R wherein R is a phenyl group or a phthalimide-containing group. | 42,551 |
9,728,724 | 1. A polymer which comprises at least one structural unit of formula (II): where the symbols and indices used have the following meanings: Ar m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; the dashed lines represent bonds to the next structural unit of the polymer; with the proviso that, if n=1, the two N atoms bond to different C atoms of the same aromatic ring system, wherein the polymer comprises 1-30 mol % of at least one structural unit according to formula (II), and wherein the polymer comprises at least one further structural unit which is different from the structural unit of the formula (II) which is selected from the group consisting of | 2,077 |
8,943,972 | 1. An anti-armor munition, comprising: a projectile body having fore and aft ends; an explosive charge disposed in the projectile body; one of a jet-forming liner disposed in the projectile body, the liner including an aft surface contiguous with the explosive charge and a fore surface that defines a void; and a liner restraint that abuts a fore end of the liner and restrains movement of the liner wherein at least a portion of the liner restraint comprises a material having a heat deflection temperature less than a critical temperature of the explosive charge in the projectile body; wherein, said liner restraint includes a projectile nose having a cylindrical portion that extends interior to the fore end of the projectile body and that abuts and restrains the liner; and an adapter having first and second portions, the first portion being disposed between the fore end of the projectile body and the cylindrical portion of the projectile nose, the second portion extending radially outwardly from the first portion and longitudinally away from the fore end of the projectile body to form a collar that abuts the fore end of the projectile body and abuts the cylindrical portion of the projectile nose. | 47,320 |
9,206,107 | 1. A method for producing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol, the method comprising: producing a carboxylic acid and an alcohol by hydrolyzing a carboxylic acid ester in water in the presence of an ammonium pyrosulfate catalyst represented by the following general formula (1): wherein, R | 1,893 |
9,650,130 | 1. An electric hydraulic motor system for aircraft having wheels, comprising: (a) a battery; (b) an electric motor and an electric generator, both the electric motor and the electric generator are operatively connected to the battery of the aircraft; (c) a hydraulic system of the aircraft; (d) a first hydraulic pump operatively connected to each the electric motor and the hydraulic system of the aircraft; (e) a first hydraulic motor operatively connected to each wheel of the aircraft and the hydraulic system of the aircraft; (f) a second hydraulic motor operatively connected to each the electric generator and the hydraulic system of the aircraft; and (g) a second hydraulic pump operatively connected to each wheel of the aircraft, and the hydraulic system of the aircraft; wherein in taxiing and takeoff mode the battery of the aircraft provides electricity to drive the electric motor which drives the hydraulic pump which creates hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic system to actuate the first hydraulic motor in order to drive the wheels of the aircraft; and wherein in braking mode the rotation of the wheels of the aircraft drive the second hydraulic pump which creates hydraulic pressure to drive the second hydraulic motor which drives the electric generator which simultaneously slows the aircraft and charges the battery. | 39,965 |
9,017,096 | 1. A connector assembly for electrical power transmission in a vehicle, comprising: a first connector device; and a second connector device to be mated along a mating axis, wherein the first connector device includes at least one spring device terminated by at least one electrically conductive head, movable in a spring load direction perpendicular to the mating axis, wherein the second connector device includes at least one interlock terminal including an electrical conductor and an insulation cap, said at least one head configured to slide along the insulation cap on at least one insulating area in a direction parallel to the mating axis during a first step of a mating sequence and then contacts the electrical conductor on at least one conducting area during a second step of the mating sequence, and wherein the at least one insulating area extends laterally aside of the at least one conducting area, according to a lateral direction perpendicular to the mating axis and to the spring load direction. | 29,016 |
8,774,888 | 1. A method for evaluating a quality of a calibration of an analyte sensor, the method comprising: receiving sensor data from an analyte sensor during a time period of continuous analyte sensing of a host, including one or more sensor data points; receiving reference data during the time period of continuous analyte sensing of the host, including one or more reference data points; providing one or more matched data pairs by matching a reference data point to a substantially time corresponding sensor data point; forming a calibration set including a plurality of matched data pairs; evaluating a quality of the calibration set, during the time period of continuous analyte sensing of the host, based on a statistical association of the calibration set and a clinical association of the one or more matched data pairs, wherein the statistical association comprises a statistical analysis of the plurality of matched data pairs' correlation to or deviation from a curve; modifying the calibration set in response to the statistical association not meeting a criterion or the clinical association not meeting a criterion; and processing the sensor data in response to the statistical association meeting a criterion and the clinical association meeting a criterion. | 14,484 |
9,298,530 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a first watchdog timer that monitors a runaway of the CPU; a second watchdog timer that monitors the runaway of the CPU; a first diagnosis circuit that monitors the first watchdog timer and generates a first diagnosis result signal; and a second diagnosis circuit that monitors the second watchdog timer and generates a second diagnosis result signal, wherein the first diagnosis circuit receives the second diagnosis result signal and the second diagnosis circuit receives the first diagnosis result signal, and wherein the first and second diagnosis circuits monitor each other by the first and second diagnosis result signals. | 40,901 |
9,844,419 | 1. A method of representing a three dimensional tooth object for use in determining an orthodontic setup of the teeth using a computer system, comprising: displaying data of a three-dimensional object for at least one molar; selecting groove and cusp reference points from the displayed object; and defining from the selected groove and cusp reference points lines representative of the orientation of the tooth object, wherein: the groove and cusp reference points include a distal-lingual groove point (DLG.Pt), a distal-lingual cusp point (DLC.Pt), a mesial-lingual cusp point (MLC.Pt), a facial cusp point (FC.Pt), and a mesial-facial cusp point (MFC.Pt) from the displayed object; and the lines defined from groove and cusp reference points include, from points DLC.Pt and MLC.Pt a labial cusp line segment (LC.Li), from points FC.Pt and MFC.Pt a facial cusp line segment (FC.Li), and from points DLG.Pt and MFC.Pt a line segment Stolar.Li. | 25,592 |
8,680,343 | 1. A process for producing ethanol, comprising the steps of: (a) hydrogenating an acetic acid feed stream in a first reactor to foam a crude ethanol product; (b) separating acetaldehyde from the crude ethanol product; (c) feeding a first portion of the separated acetaldehyde to the first reactor; (d) reacting the first portion of the separated acetaldehyde in the first reactor to form additional ethanol; and (e) feeding a second portion of the separated acetaldehyde to a second reactor; and (f) reacting the second portion of the separated acetaldehyde in the second reactor to form an additional product. | 29,641 |
8,907,623 | 1. A construction site radio device, comprising: at least one arithmetic unit; a radio device; and a charging device to inductively charge a hand tool battery; wherein at least one of: | 45,818 |
8,740,958 | 1. A method of using a feedback control to non-invasively identify and locate one or more subsurface targets based on predetermined conditions for selective laser treatment at a tissue surface area, comprising the steps of: a) identifying the location of the one or more subsurface targets in the tissue surface area by: | 22,767 |
9,823,650 | 1. A method for real-time master and slave information interaction, comprising: collecting, by N slave control Micro Controller Units (MCUs), sensor signals of sensors respectively connected to the N slave control MCUs; feeding, by the N slave control MCUs, the sensor signals back to a master control MCU via a signal transfer board; and issuing, by the master control MCU, a control instruction to a corresponding slave control MCU based on a preset condition once a sensor signal meets the preset condition, wherein the sensor signals and the control instruction are all transmitted between the master control MCU and the slave control MCUs via the signal transfer board in a form of a first signal; wherein after powering up, the master control MCU initiates broadcast communication by using the first signal and a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus communication protocol; each of independent slave control MCUs enters into an interrupt receiving state after receiving the broadcast communication, and detects the first signal sent by the master control MCU; in a case that the first signal has a valid level, the slave control MCU receives data sent from the CAN bus, where the data comprises a communication identifier of the slave control MCU; the slave control MCU erases an address of the broadcast communication. | 38,482 |
9,012,050 | 1. A rechargeable battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap assembly comprising a cap plate having a short-circuit hole and sealing an opening of the case; and a short-circuiting member comprising a short-circuiting plate arranged at the short-circuit hole and a connection plate covering at least a portion of the short-circuit hole at an exterior side, the connection plate being spaced apart from the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the case and the cap assembly are electrically insulated from the electrode assembly. | 37,303 |
8,831,547 | 1. An antenna system comprising a frontend portion and a backend portion connected to each other by a feed line, in which: the frontend portion comprises multiple antennas that supply antenna signals, a first control unit for controlling the frontend portion dependent on control signals received from the backend portion, and at least one first crossover network that connects the feed line to the at least one first crossover network and the first control unit; the backend portion comprises multiple receivers, a second control unit that provides the control signals for the first control unit, and at least one second crossover network that connects the feed line to the at least one second crossover network and the receivers; and the frontend and backend portions are configured to transmit via the feed line the antenna signals from the frontend portion to the backend portion in certain frequency ranges and to transmit the control signals from the backend portion to the frontend portion in frequency range other than the certain frequency ranges, wherein the backend portion comprises a modulator for modulating a carrier signal on the control signals, and the frontend portion comprises a demodulator for demodulating the modulated carrier signal. | 1,871 |
9,144,061 | 1. A radio terminal comprising: a controller that performs a dual connectivity communication which is a simultaneous communication with a first radio base station and a second radio base station by connecting to the first radio base station and the second radio base station; and a receiver that receives, from the first radio base station, control information about radio resources of the second radio base station, after starting the dual connectivity communication, wherein the controller controls a radio communication with the second radio base station, based on the control information received from the first radio base station, in the dual connectivity communication. | 46,310 |
9,513,688 | 1. A processor comprising: a first processing core; a second processing core; and a power control unit to provide a first clock signal to the first processing core and a second clock signal to the second processing core, the power control unit to: | 34,396 |
8,710,518 | 1. A first device, comprising: a flexible substrate; and at least one organic light emitting device (OLED) disposed over the flexible substrate; wherein the first device has a flexural rigidity between 10 wherein the ratio of the critical strain energy release rate to the material density factor for the first device is greater than 0.05 J m/Kg; and wherein the first device is configured to have each of axial, bending and torsional degrees of freedom. | 31,258 |
9,309,337 | 1. A polymer blend composition comprising a blend of one or more substantially linear polymers and an effective amount of one or more comb polymers having a backbone with polymeric arms attached thereto, which comb polymer imparts to the blend an extensional rheology, as measured by strain hardening ratio (SHR), of greater than 1, and an increase in zero-shear-rate viscosity of less than or equal to 5% as compared to the same one or more substantially linear polymers alone; wherein an effective amount of the one or more comb polymers is less than 2 wt. % of the polymer blend composition; and wherein the one or more comb polymers have a branching density (BD) from about 0.1 to about 0.8. | 23,484 |
8,841,013 | 1. A battery pack comprising: a battery module array having battery modules which are arranged in a lateral direction in two or more rows, each of the battery modules being configured to have a structure in which battery cells or unit modules, each of which has two or more battery cells mounted therein, stacked in a state in which the battery cells or the unit modules are vertically erected; a base plate on which the battery modules are stacked in a vertically erected state; a pair of main members provided at a front and rear of the battery module array to support load of the battery modules, opposite ends of each of the main members being fastened to an external device; a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with the front and rear of the battery module array in a state in which a lower end of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate; and supporting bars connected between upper parts or side parts of the end plates so as to interconnect and support the end plates, wherein a reinforcement member is coupled to side walls of the end plates or sides of the main members at an outer side of an outermost battery module of the battery module array to minimize deformation of the battery pack when the battery pack is vibrated in a front and rear direction, and wherein each of the main members is configured to have a U-shaped frame structure surrounding opposite sides and a bottom of the battery module array. | 41,580 |
8,442,737 | 1. A method for operating a vehicle brake system for motor vehicles having a hybrid drive or electric drive and hydraulically actuable wheel brakes which apply a braking torque at one or more of the vehicle axles including a front axle, wherein vehicle wheels which are assigned to a rear axle of the vehicle are driven at least partially by an electric motor which can be operated as a generator in order to regenerate braking energy, and wherein, in a generator mode, said electric motor applies a regeneration torque to the vehicle wheels which are assigned to a respective axle, as a result of which a drag torque which is formed from the braking torque and the regeneration torque of the electric drives and which can be controlled separately at the front axle and the rear axle is produced, wherein a regeneration torque which is present at a vehicle axle is subjected to open-loop control or closed-loop control in such a way that the drag torque which is present at a vehicle axle does not exceed a maximum drag torque value which is assigned to that vehicle axle, and wherein a maximum drag torque value of each rear axle is determined as a function of whether an estimated future coefficient of friction which is present at a front axle exceeds a reference coefficient of friction which is assigned to the respective front axle. | 29,396 |
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