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9,309,493 | 1. Salmonella enterica , comprising at least one pgl operon of Campylobacter jejuni and further comprising at least one N-glycan of Campylobacter jejuni on its cell surface, wherein one or more genes for bacillosamine biosynthesis are inactivated by mutation or partial or complete deletion. | 41,237 |
8,709,020 | 1. A method of remotely suturing biological tissue, comprising: advancing a distal end of an elongate body into an opening in biological tissue and positioning the elongate body in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening; positioning at least first and second suture portions underneath first and second portions of the tissue surrounding the opening by extending the at least first and second suture portions laterally from the distal end of the elongate body, wherein each of said at least first and second suture portions is extended in a different direction, and each of said at least first and second suture portions comprises a corresponding closed loop proximal to an end of each said at least first and second suture portions; deploying first and second needles towards the tissue surrounding the opening from a portion of the elongate body that is not advanced into the opening, such that at least one of the first and second needles pierces at least one of said first and second tissue portions and engages the corresponding closed loop, wherein at least one of the first and second needles engages the corresponding closed loop when at least a distal end portion of at least one of the first and second needles is advanced through the corresponding closed loop such that at least the distal end portion is circumferentially surrounded by the corresponding closed loop; and retracting said first and second needles to draw said at least first and second suture portions through said first and second tissue portions. | 1,819 |
9,740,527 | 1. A computer system having a logical switch architecture supporting load distribution across one or more logical switch routers in a distributed system, the computer system comprising: one or more computer processors; one or more computer readable storage media; program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising: a first software module configurable to launch and monitor one or more application processes within the one or more logical switch routers in the distributed system including processing a plurality of high availability policies for the one or more logical switch routers in the distributed system; a second software module configurable to manage a plurality of run-time system information for the one or more logical switch routers in the distributed system, the second software module being configured to: a third software module configurable to control and manage a plurality of system resources in the distributed system; a fourth software module configurable to control and manage a plurality of physical ports and a plurality of virtual ports in the distributed system; and a fifth software module configurable to manage a plurality of load distribution policies for the one or more logical switch routers in the distributed system. | 47,832 |
9,705,115 | 1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing that carries operational components; an input device carried by the housing; a tray removably carried by the housing inside the housing, the tray comprising sidewalls capable of increasing an overall compressive strength of the portable electronic device, wherein the tray is removable from the housing without damaging either the housing or the input device; and a battery cell arranged to store electrical energy for use by the operational components, wherein the battery cell is secured to a surface of the tray and is removable with the tray from the housing, wherein when the tray and the battery cell are removed and electrically detached from the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device remains operable. | 16,396 |
9,839,098 | 1. A light assembly of a vehicle, comprising: an array of light sources coupled to a ceiling of the vehicle; an optic covering the light source and having light-directing elements for outputting light received from the light sources, wherein the optic comprises a circular light-directing element located at a center of the optic and a plurality of light-directing elements arranged as rings that are concentric with the circular light-directing element, wherein the circular light-directing element is planar and is configured to transmit incident light through the center of the optic and the plurality of light-directing elements together define a sawtooth arrangement and are configured to direct incident light away from the center of the optic; and a sensor arrangement covering the optic and having sensors located in different regions and configured to sense a user-supplied action specifying one or more regions resulting in the activation of one or more lights located under the specified one or more regions. | 22,792 |
9,730,277 | 1. A heating rod in a pressurizer of a primary cooling system of a pressurized-water nuclear reactor, the pressurizer containing a primary liquid, the heating rod comprising: an outer shell made of stainless steel or alloy of longitudinally elongate shape having an external surface, wherein the external surface continues as one piece; a heating element mounted inside the outer shell so that an immersed portion of the rod has a heating longitudinal section and non-heating longitudinal sections located both above and below the heating longitudinal section; and an anti-corrosion coating covering a part of the external surface of the outer shell, the coating covering completely the external surface along the whole of the heating longitudinal section and continuing longitudinally on each side of the heating longitudinal section over a guard zone distance along the non heating longitudinal sections, other areas of the external surface along the non heating longitudinal sections zone being non coated by the anti-corrosion coating; such that the external surface is not in contact with the primary liquid along the heating longitudinal section and is partially in contact with the primary liquid along the non heating longitudinal sections; wherein the coating predominantly comprises nickel. | 46,326 |
8,905,241 | 1. A method to transform bottom ash from the WTE industry into fractions of aggregates and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, wherein leachable non-ferrous metals are isolated in such a manner that reduces the need to treat inert materials with a bonding process, thereby greatly reducing the costs typically associated with treating and disposing of bottom ash, the method generally comprising: receiving bottom ash from an existing WTE facility after the large debris has been removed, if applicable, but prior to treatment with a bonding agent; washing the residual portion of bottom ash in a process of sufficient rigor as to overcome the cemenatious ash-bond typical of bottom ash, such as can be produced by a slurry in a mixing drum wherein the aggregates and other component parts tumble and fall repeatedly; sizing and rinsing the aggregates and other component parts after the cementations bond has been eliminated by use of a wet screen such as those commonly found in the aggregate or mining industry wherein screen sizes can be used to moderate downstream flow, but where the following minimum sizing if used; wherein the screening processes above effectively dewaters all fractions greater than the slurry, and the slurry is further dewatered, preferably by use of a plate and filter press such as those commonly used in the waste water discharge industry, along with supplemental pumps and water storage tanks as needed; wherein at least 70% of the slurry water per cycle is recycled for future slurry use or rinse water; wherein fractions greater than 2 mm to 6 mm are presented to a ferrous magnet wherein usable ferrous is recovered via magnetism; wherein fractions greater than 2 mm to 6 mm are presented to an eddy current wherein non-ferrous particles are recovered via eddy current fields; wherein remaining fraction, after being processed with both magnets and eddy currents will consist primarily of inert debris and aggregates. | 27,367 |
9,049,718 | 1. A method for transmitting data by a transmitting apparatus in a communication system, the method comprising: generating, by the transmitting apparatus, a radio link control (RLC) packet data unit (PDU) including first polling information, if the RLC PDU is a last RLC PDU; transmitting the RLC PDU from the transmitting apparatus to a receiving apparatus; generating, by the transmitting apparatus, a segmented RLC PDU; and transmitting the segmented RLC PDU, from the transmitting apparatus, to a receiving apparatus, wherein the RLC PDU is segmented if an amount of available resources is less than an amount of resources required for retransmitting the RLC PDU, and wherein the segmented RLC PDU includes second Dolling information if the segmented RLC PDU is a last segmented RLC PDU. | 8,715 |
8,920,283 | 1. An epicyclic gearbox oil scavenge arrangement comprising: an input sun gear; a plurality of planet gears that mesh with the sun gear and are driven therefrom; an annular planet carrier that couples the planet gears in known relative orientation and is configured to precess around the sun gear; a ring gear that meshes with each planet gear; wherein the ring gear comprises ejection apertures that extend radially there through; and the planet carrier comprises at least one lobe extending radially. | 49,623 |
9,706,956 | 1. A method comprising: computing a time series of cardiac intervals from a recording of activity of a beating heart of a subject; decomposing the time series into subcomponents; computing an envelope of at least one of the subcomponents; and determining a degree of mental stress of the subject based upon characteristics of the envelope. | 27,490 |
8,662,522 | 1. A tow bar assembly comprising: an interconnector assembly including a first elongate member and a linkage assembly hingedly attached to said first elongate member, wherein said first elongate member has a front end for connecting to a hitch and having holes transversely disposed therethrough for receiving a fastener to connect said first elongate member to the hitch, wherein said linkage assembly includes a second elongate member having a first end hingedly connected to a back end of said first elongate member, wherein said second elongate member is an elongate tubular member having a back side, said linkage assembly also including a rigid planar member attached to said elongate tubular member and extending along a selected length thereof; a biased assembly for biasing said linkage assembly relative to said first elongate member; and a stop assembly being engagable to said linkage assembly upon said linkage assembly being in a biased position relative to said first elongate member. | 48,009 |
9,366,204 | 1. An exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) for an internal combustion engine ( 1 ), the exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) controlling flow into an exhaust-gas duct ( 5 ) and into a bypass duct ( 6 ), the exhaust-gas control device ( 2 ) comprising: an exhaust-gas valve ( a bypass valve ( an activatable actuator ( a common valve body ( a common exhaust-gas inlet duct ( a housing ( wherein the valve body ( | 21,217 |
9,549,700 | 1. A biological fluid sampling transfer device, comprising: a housing having a resiliently deformable upper portion, a lower portion removably connectable to the upper portion, the lower portion having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow channel, the inlet port and the outlet port in fluid communication via the flow channel, the upper portion transitionable between an undeformed position and a deformed position; and a puncturing element, a portion of which is disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through the inlet port of the lower portion of the housing, wherein, when the lower portion of the housing is removed from the upper portion of the housing, the inlet port and the flow channel in the lower portion are sealed and the puncturing element is contained within the upper portion of the housing. | 15,121 |
8,670,247 | 1. An isolated DC-DC converter, comprising: a transformer having a primary winding; a main switch connected to the primary winding; an active clamp circuit connected to the primary winding, wherein the active clamp circuit has an auxiliary switch and a clamp capacitor being connected in series; and a controller for controlling the main switch and the auxiliary switch, wherein the controller performs a soft start operation of the isolated DC-DC converter before a normal operation for supplying power, wherein the controller performs anti-saturation control before starting the soft start operation of the isolated DC-DC converter, and wherein the anti-saturation control includes an act of controlling the main switch and the auxiliary switch so that the auxiliary switch repeats ON-OFF operation while the main switch is kept in OFF state until voltage of the clamp capacitor drops below a level at which the transformer is to be magnetically saturated after starting the soft start operation of the isolated DC-DC converter. | 208 |
9,472,526 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a main structure including a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of active bumps provided over a surface of the main structure; a plurality of dummy bumps provided over the surface of the main structure; a plurality of active bump protection elements that are integrated in the main structure and respectively provide electrical protections for the active bumps; a plurality of first top metal interconnections that respectively provide electrical connections between the active bump protection elements and the active bumps via a plurality of active bump contacts; a plurality of dummy bump protection elements that are integrated in the main structure and respectively provide electrical protections for the dummy bumps; a plurality of second top metal interconnections that respectively provide electrical connections between the dummy bump protection elements and the dummy bumps via a plurality of dummy bump contacts; and a third top metal interconnection formed on the surface of the main structure and is electrically separated from the first and second top metal interconnections, wherein the active bumps are arranged in first to n-th rows, where n is an integer equal to two or more, wherein the active bumps are arrayed with a first pitch in a first direction that is parallel to the surface of the main structure, wherein the first to n-th rows of the active bumps are arrayed in an ascending order in a second direction parallel to the surface of the main structure and perpendicular to the first direction, wherein, for j being any integer from one to n−1, a (j+1)-th row of the active bumps are shifted in the second direction from a j-th row of the active bumps by a second pitch and shifted in the first direction from the j-th row of the active bumps by a predetermined sub-pitch, wherein the dummy bumps are arrayed in the first direction with the first pitch, wherein the length of each of the dummy bumps in the second direction is longer than the second pitch, and wherein the third top metal interconnection is formed on the surface of the main structure to pass through a region between two adjacent dummy bumps selected from the dummy bumps and is electrically separated from the dummy bumps. | 26,152 |
9,160,273 | 1. A clamp assembly for securing a module to a support member, the clamp assembly comprising: a slider, a clamp, and a fastener, wherein, the slider is adapted to be placed on the support member to secure the module to the support member, and the slider includes an upper portion having at least one hole for receiving the fastener, and a lower portion having at least one leg, wherein the upper portion and the at least one leg defines at least one cavity extending longitudinally along the slider to receive at least one flange of the support member; the clamp includes a plate portion having at least one hole for receiving the fastener; the fastener is adapted to be inserted through the at least one hole in the clamp and the at least one hole in the slider to secure the module to the support member; wherein the slider further comprises a web portion extending from a first leg of the slider transversely through the at least one cavity to a second leg of the slider, the web portion dividing the at least one cavity into an upper sub-cavity and a lower sub-cavity, and wherein the lower sub-cavity is configured to cam onto the support member to secure the clamp assembly to the at least one flange of the support member. | 27,385 |
9,630,343 | 1. A tile or masonry saw assembly comprising: a saw including a motor operable to turn a blade of a blade assembly to cut a workpiece, the blade assembly being internally wetted during operation by nozzles disposed on opposing sides of the blade to provide water onto the blade within a blade guard configured to shield a portion of the blade; and a frame operably coupled to the saw to support the workpiece, the frame supporting a water collecting system for collecting the water, wherein the blade assembly comprises a water collector coupled to the blade guard and defining a blade aperture through which the blade extends, wherein the nozzles are provided proximate to a first end of the water collector that is closest to an operator and are positioned to extend into a portion of the blade guard and to point toward the blade at an upward angle relative to an axis of rotation of the blade, and wherein the water collector directs the water through channels to an outlet disposed at a second end of the water collector. | 30,786 |
8,529,003 | 1. A print head comprising: a plurality of printing elements; a plurality of switching elements that are respectively connected to the plurality of printing elements and control current flow to the plurality of printing elements; a generating circuit that generates control signals, wherein each of the control signals is for selecting a printing element of the plurality of printing elements; a plurality of logical operations units that generate select signals based on the control signals generated by the generating circuit; a plurality of common signal lines, wherein each of the plurality of common signal lines transmits one of the control signals from the generating circuit; a plurality of sets of individual signal lines, wherein each of the plurality of sets of individual signal lines transmits one of the control signals and connects a logical operation unit of the plurality of logical operation units to common signal lines of the plurality of common signal lines; and a plurality of inverters, wherein each of the plurality of inverters is located on a common signal line of the plurality of common signal lines between adjacent logical operation units of the plurality of logical operation units such that logic of the control signal of one signal line of a set of the individual signal lines differs between the adjacent logical operation units. | 24,531 |
9,751,473 | 1. A carpet with wire harness attached to a vehicle body panel, the carpet with wire harness comprising: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body, the retaining tab together with the carpet main body wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body, the attachment portion including an inserter inserted through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness, wherein the carpet main body is attached to the vehicle body panel by the inserter inserted through the vehicle body panel. | 20,086 |
8,631,839 | 1. An apparatus for filling liquids and in particular beverages into containers, including a filling device for filling the liquid into the containers, including a first liquid line which supplies a first liquid to the filling device, wherein the first liquid in the first liquid line flows in a first flow direction and wherein a flow measuring device is disposed in the first liquid line, which flow measuring device determines the quantity of the first liquid passing through the flow measuring device in the first flow direction, characterised in that the apparatus has a second liquid line in order to supply a second liquid to the filling device and the flow measuring device is designed in such a way that it also determines the quantity of the second liquid by determining the quantity of the first liquid passing through the flow metering device in a second flow direction which is opposite the first flow direction. | 10,644 |
8,453,986 | 1. A solar panel mount, comprising a Z-shaped support ( clamps ( mounting means engaging in said clamps and adapted to fix solar panel frames ( | 6,383 |
8,601,496 | 1. A system for processing data, the system comprising: a guest operation system (GOS) configured to prepost an application buffer to a front-end driver; a hypervisor; and a network interface card (NIC) configured to allocate a memory buffer for the guest operating system, to post the allocated memory buffer for the guest operating system to a receive queue, and to place received offloaded data packets into the memory buffer, wherein a back-end driver of the hypervisor is enabled to forward the memory buffer to a front-end driver associated with the guest operation system and the front-end driver is enabled to copy the received offloaded data packets from the memory buffer to the application buffer. | 23,074 |
8,517,547 | 1. An exterior rear view mirror assembly comprising: a base support and a carrier plate holding a mirror being adjustably arranged in relation thereto; a friction bearing having a friction spring arranged on said carrier plate between said carrier plate and said base support projecting in the direction of said base support; and a first guide support and a second guide support assigned to said base support, whereby said first and second guide surfaces come into contact with each other, wherein, a slot, arranged on said base support, assigned to said friction spring, having a receiving opening into which said friction spring is inserted, whereby said receiving opening is bordered by at least one wall, which forms said second guide surface of said base support, wherein said slot includes a structure with a convergent-divergent cross-sectional profile tapering to a center of said receiving opening, whereby at least two opposite-facing walls, which border said receiving opening, face each other in a convex form. | 42,936 |
9,693,447 | 1. A display panel, comprising: a periphery area having a center part and two side parts at opposite of the center part; an active display area adjacent to the periphery area; a driving chip disposed out of the active display area for driving the active display area; and a plurality of wires disposed in the periphery area and electrically connecting the driving chip and the active display area, wherein a first wire of the wires disposed in the center part has a first straight portion with a first width and a second wire of the wires disposed in the center part has a second straight portion with a second width, and wherein the first wire and the second wire are adjacent to each other and the first width and the second width are different. | 23,781 |
8,690,975 | 1. A multi-chamber system for converting carbonaceous feedstock to syngas and slag, comprising: one or more primary chambers for conversion of carbonaceous feedstock to a processed feedstock/char and a primary chamber gas, wherein each primary chamber comprises a feedstock inlet, a first air input means, an optional process additive input, a primary chamber gas outlet, and a processed feedstock/char outlet; one or more secondary chambers for conversion of processed feedstock/char to a residue and a secondary chamber gas, wherein each secondary chamber comprises a processed feedstock/char inlet for receiving processed feedstock/char from at least one of said primary chambers, a second air input means, an optional process additive input, a secondary chamber gas outlet, a residue outlet and an impedance mechanism configured to partially or intermittently occlude the residue outlet, thereby limiting or regulating the flow of material out of the secondary chamber; one or more gas reformulating chambers each comprising a gas reformulating zone, in fluid communication with at least one of said primary chamber and secondary chamber gas outlets for conversion of said primary chamber gas and/or said secondary chamber gas received therefrom to a processed syngas, comprising an optional process additive input, a syngas outlet, and one or more sources of reformulating heat; one or more melting chambers for converting the residue from said secondary chambers to slag, wherein each said melting chamber comprises a residue inlet in communication with the residue outlet of said secondary chambers, one or more sources of melting heat, and a slag outlet; and a control system to regulate the operation of the system. | 13,067 |
8,529,646 | 1. A process for operating an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant, the IGCC plant comprising a gasifier for gasifying coal to produce syngas, a syngas combustion system for combusting the syngas to produce electricity, and a premixed combustion system for combusting a combustion gas other than syngas to produce additional electricity, the process comprising: operating the gasifier to produce synthesis gas at a substantially constant rate less than a rate sufficient for the syngas combustion system to produce enough electricity to meet a peak electrical demand; when a current demand for electricity is below a base load that could be produced by supplying syngas to the syngas combustion system at the substantially constant rate, when a current demand for electricity is above the base load that could be produced by supplying synthesis gas to the syngas combustion system at the substantially constant rate, | 3,012 |
8,916,765 | 1. A three-dimensional (3-D) solar cell device that collects sunlight from various sun positions, comprising: a base solar cell chip having a primary surface and a backside surface opposite to the primary surface, the primary surface having at least one groove thereon; and a vertical solar cell chip comprising two solar cell chips bonded together to form a double sided solar cell, wherein each of a first surface and a second surface of the vertical solar cell chip are n-type regions of the 3-D solar cell device, the second surface of the vertical solar cell chip being opposite to the first surface of the vertical solar cell chip, wherein the vertical solar cell chip is received in one of the at least one groove of the base solar cell chip to form a vertical plane with respect to a horizontal plane formed by the primary surface of the base solar cell chip. | 15,554 |
8,867,385 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to: receive, at an intermediate device, a first request for a media stream report at a predetermined time interval, the request identifying at least one media stream and a periodicity for the media stream report; monitor, in response to the first request, the at least one media stream established between media stream endpoints; generate the media stream report for the at least one media stream at the predetermined interval, wherein the media stream report includes real-time packet transportation statistics for the at least one media stream; set-up a tunnel to a central media monitor; send the media stream report over the tunnel to the central media monitor for further media stream analysis; receive, from the central media monitor, a second request for initiation of a media stream packet monitoring, wherein receiving the second request comprises receiving the second request in response to the central media monitor determining a potential problem in a network connecting the at least one media stream based on the media stream report; and send, in response to the second request, packets from a suspect media stream by the intermediary device, wherein sending the packets by the intermediary device comprises: | 7,838 |
9,613,389 | 1. A method for hiding texture latency in a multi-thread virtual pipeline (MVP) processor comprising two MVP chipsets each having registers, a graphics processing unit (GPU) fix function processing module, and a memory module, the method comprising the steps of: A) inducing the MVP processor to start running a main rendering program and disabling interrupt for all shader threads one part of processor resources of the MVP processor is directed to central processing unit (CPU) functions and all remaining processor resources of the MVP processor are directed to rendering processing in an interrupt disabled manner; B) segmenting the registers into sets of preset equal size, invariably binding each of the register sets to a respective shader thread when the respective shader thread is created and for a duration of the respective shader thread, and releasing the register sets as the respective shader threads end, wherein the step B) further comprises the following steps of: C) sending a texture detail request, setting a program counter (PC) value from which the texture detail request is returned, and inducing a given shader thread to give up a processing time slot occupied by the given shader thread to a backup thread in a waiting queue to run after sending the texture detail request; and D) returning the requested texture detail, storing the requested texture detail data, and inducing the given shader thread to wait for an idle processing time slot and restart running at a position pointed by the PC value once the idle processing time slot appears, wherein the step D) further comprises the following steps of: | 39,387 |
9,851,998 | 1. A computer system configured to acquire forensics data from running virtual machines, the computer system comprising: a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions; and memory storing computer-executable instructions configured to: run a hypervisor that hosts a virtualization environment including a root virtual machine partition, an enlightened child virtual machine partition that is hypervisor-aware, an unenlightened child virtual machine partition that is non-hypervisor-aware, and a forensics partition that includes a forensics service application programming interface; provide access to a hypervisor-aware kernel, via an inter-partition communication mechanism supported by the virtualization environment, to the root virtual machine partition, the enlightened child virtual machine partition, and the forensics partition; wherein the forensics service application programming interface is configured to: acquire forensics data from a first virtual machine, running in the enlightened child virtual machine partition, via the inter-partition communication mechanism; acquire forensics data from a second virtual machine, running in the unenlightened child virtual machine partition, via a forensics switch, wherein the forensics switch is implemented by the root virtual machine partition and interconnects the forensics service application programming interface and the unenlightened child virtual machine partition, wherein the unenlightened child virtual machine partition does not support the inter-partition communication mechanism; and expose the forensics service application programming interface to a forensics tool. | 31,223 |
8,898,649 | 1. An application program analysis method used by an analysis system that comprises a processor for executing an application program comprising a plurality of program statements and a plurality of database operation statements and a memory for storing the application program executed by the processor for analyzing the application program, the application program analysis method comprising: a first step of analyzing, by the processor, a control flow of the application program and execution data used in the application program based on the application program and an execution result of the application program; a second step of analyzing, by the processor, a dependency relationship among the plurality of database operation statements of the application program based on a result of the analysis of the first step and specifics of operations of the plurality of database operation statements of the application program; a third step of analyzing, by the processor, based on the result of the analysis of the first step and a result of the analysis of the second step, a propagation route of an invalid operation of the application program by using, as an analysis start point, a given spot of the invalid operation in the application program, and following the control flow of the application program backwards to obtain program statements of the application program on the propagation route; and a fourth step of presenting, by the processor, the program statements of the application program on the propagation route obtained in the third step to a user. | 41,120 |
9,026,816 | 1. A processor comprising: a core having a plurality of logic blocks including a pre-fetch logic, a decode logic and an execution logic; a cache memory coupled to the core; and a power management logic to: | 19,490 |
9,199,639 | 1. A motion control system of a vehicle, comprising: a controller that independently controls driving force and/or braking force of each of four wheels; and a turning direction sensor that senses a turning direction, wherein: the controller is provided with an acceleration/deceleration command generator that generates an acceleration/deceleration command based upon a sensed steering angle and sensed vehicle speed and a driving force/braking force distributor that determines the distribution of the driving force or more driving torque and/or the braking force or braking torque of each wheel; the driving force/braking force distributor is configured to determine that it distributes more driving force or more driving torque and/or more braking force or more braking torque to the inside wheel in turning than the outside wheel in turning as to the front wheels and distributes more driving force or more driving torque and/or more braking force or more braking torque to the outside wheel in turning than the inside wheel in turning as to the rear wheels respectively based upon the acceleration/deceleration command and the turning direction; and the acceleration/deceleration command generator is configured to turn the acceleration/deceleration command to zero based on external information including any of obstacle information, preceding vehicle information and following vehicle information sensed by an external information sensor. | 25,524 |
9,625,206 | 1. A transport refrigeration unit for conditioning an atmosphere within a transport cargo space, comprising: an auxiliary electrical power circuit tapping off an electrical power circuit operatively associated with the transport refrigeration unit as a source of electrical power to which an auxiliary system is connected when installed in operative association with the transport refrigeration unit; and a safety power interlock in operative association with a main power supply circuit of the transport refrigeration unit, the safety power interlock breaking the main power supply circuit when the auxiliary system is removed. | 16,457 |
8,580,653 | 1. A method of fabricating an isolation structure, the method comprising: forming a trench in a top surface of a substrate; partially filling the trench with a first oxide, wherein the first oxide is a pure oxide, and partially filling the trench comprises: producing a solid reaction product in a top portion of the first oxide; sublimating the solid reaction product by heating the substrate in a chamber at a temperature from 100° C. to 200° C.; removing the sublimated solid reaction product by flowing a carrier gas over the substrate; and filling the trench with a second oxide. | 39,483 |
8,490,811 | 1. A foldable collapsible storage pouch comprising: a pair of flexible loops; each flexible loop having a web of fabric of predetermined shape secured about its periphery to the loop to define, respectively, front and rear panels; a sidewall formed of a web of fabric having opposing longitudinal edges and opposing transverse ends, each of the longitudinal edges being secured to and circumscribing a corresponding portion of the periphery of the front and rear panels, the opposing transverse ends of the fabric sidewall positioned to define an opening for accessing an interior space between the front and rear panels and the sidewall; a plurality of spaced-apart transverse tubular channels joined to a surface of the sidewall and extending between the front and rear panels; a plurality of rigid cross-members, each cross-member configured and dimensioned to be inserted and contained in one of the plurality of transverse channels to maintain the foldable pouch in an expanded configuration; and wherein the flexible loops are aligned with each other when the plurality of cross-members are removed from the transverse channels and foldable pouch is in a collapsed configuration. | 46,232 |
8,709,859 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell on a conveyer belt, comprising: coating a first surface of an aluminum foil with a phosphorous (P) layer mixed with a plurality of graphite powders; putting the aluminum foil with the phosphorous layer and graphite powders on the conveyer belt; performing a first thermal treatment to activate a portion of the aluminum foil and the P layer on the first surface to form an aluminum phosphide (AlP) layer, wherein a portion of the aluminum foil is remained on the conveyer belt; spray-coating a molten silicon material on a second surface of the remaining aluminum foil, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, and a portion of the molten silicon material meeting AlP to form an n-type AlP layer, wherein the molten silicon material comprises boron (B); performing a second thermal treatment to distribute the molten silicon material as a p-type polySi layer on the n-type AlP layer, wherein the remaining aluminum foil is utilized as an additional p-dopant of a silicon matrix, and the boron is utilized as a p-dopant such that a solar cell including the p-type polySi layer and the n-type AlP layer is formed on the conveyer belt; annealing the solar cell in hydrogen by entering the solar cell into an annealing column and ascending the solar cell in a first vertical stack in the annealing column; and transferring the solar cell from the annealing column into a second vertical stack to descend from top to bottom. | 12,542 |
9,259,110 | 1. A sport bottle comprising: a liquid container body defining a cavity with top open end, the cavity adapted to contain a liquid; a cap releasably connected to the container body to close the cavity, said cap having a body with a spout extending outwardly from the body, a conduit extending transversely through the cap and opened on opposed sides of a circumference of the body of the cap, the conduit being in fluid communication with the spout and having at least one passage in fluid communication with the cavity of the liquid container body; and a valve formed of at least two pistons disposed onto a shaft, said valve inserted into the conduit with ends of the valve projecting out of the opposite sides of the circumference of the body, the pistons being sized to sealingly define with the conduit an interstitial space, the valve displaceable by pressing the ends between a closed configuration in which the pistons block the liquid from the cavity from entering the interstitial space in the conduit, and a dispensing configuration in which the interstitial space is aligned with the at least one passage and the spout to allow the liquid from the cavity to enter the interstitial space in the conduit and reach the spout. | 46,717 |
8,623,123 | 1. A device for separating CO 2 from a gas mixture, said device comprising an absorption unit, a desorption unit and a circulating absorption medium, wherein said absorption medium comprises water and one or more amines of formula (I) wherein R 2 and R 2 independently of one another are hydrogen or an alkyl moiety with the proviso that R 2 and R 2 are not both hydrogen. | 15,740 |
9,094,329 | 1. A network, comprising: a plurality of packet switching devices communicatively coupled in a ring topology, with the plurality of packet switching devices including: a particular packet switching device, a first neighbor packet switching device, a second neighbor packet switching device, and an intermediate packet switching device; wherein the particular packet switching device is coupled as a neighbor to the first neighbor in the ring topology over particular communications such that the particular packet switching device and the first neighbor packet switching device are neighbors in the ring topology when said particular communications is available between the particular packet switching device and the first neighbor packet switching device; wherein the particular packet switching device and the second neighbor packet switching device are neighbors in the ring topology over different communications; wherein each of the plurality of packet switching devices are configured to exchange link state information with their current neighbors in the ring topology and to update their respective local forwarding information accordingly; and wherein the particular packet switching device is configured to cause a particular link state packet, including particular link state information identifying a very high cost of said particular communications for reaching the first neighbor packet switching device from the particular packet switching device, to be communicated to the first neighbor packet switching device through the ring topology such that said particular link state information is processed by the first neighbor packet switching device before any other packet switching device in the plurality of packet switching devices with corresponding particular link state information subsequently being propagated around the ring topology towards the particular packet switching device; and wherein the particular packet switching device is configured at least immediately not to flood said particular link state information to the second neighbor packet switching device to provide time for said propagating around the ring topology to occur first. | 13,933 |
9,059,473 | 1. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode having an open-structured inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer coated on the surface of the inner current collector; an electrolyte layer surrounding the inner electrode, the electrolyte layer being a polymer electrolyte film; an outer electrode having an outer electrode active material layer surrounding the outer surface of the electrolyte layer and an outer current collector surrounding the outer electrode active material layer; and a protection coating disposed to surround the outer electrode, wherein the polymer electrolyte film has a first electrolyte layer comprising a mixture of a first polymer and a first organic electrolyte solution in a weight ratio of 50:50 and 80:20; and a second electrolyte layer formed on at least one surface of the first electrolyte layer and comprising a mixture of a second polymer and a second organic electrolyte solution in a weight ratio of 20:80 and 50:50, wherein the first polymer is a non-crosslinked polar polymer selected from the group consisting of polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, polyethyleneimine, polymethyl metacrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a mixture thereof, and wherein the second polymer is selected from a non-crosslinked polar polymer, a non-crosslinked oxide-based polymer, a crosslinked polymer structure, and a mixture thereof, wherein the non-crosslinked polar polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, polyethyleneimine, polymethyl metacrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a mixture thereof. | 13,281 |
8,897,347 | 1. A method of removing correlated alien interference from upstream DSL user signals in a vectored DSL system, the method comprising: generating alien interference data by removing in-domain interference created by a plurality of active lines in the vectored DSL system from collected pseudo signals comprising the in-domain interference and correlated alien interference affecting the plurality of active lines; and converting the alien interference data into FEXT cancellation coefficients used in the vectored DSL system. | 20,640 |
9,421,522 | 1. A method for producing at least one carboxylic acid, ester, or combination of carboxylic acid and ester mixtures from at least one reactant selected from alkyl alcohols, ethers, esters and combinations of two or more of the foregoing, the method comprising: a) contacting a gaseous composition comprising the at least one reactant with carbon monoxide in a reaction zone under vapor-phase carbonylation reaction conditions in the presence of a catalyst comprising iridium and at least one second metal selected from gallium, zinc, indium and germanium, wherein the iridium and the at least one second metal are associated with a solid support material; and b) recovering at least one carboxylic acid or ester from the reaction zone, wherein the solid support material comprises activated carbon. | 106 |
9,457,668 | 1. A regenerative brake control system comprising: an electric motor; a detecting device for detecting a vehicle state; and a control unit which sets target regenerative torque based on the vehicle state detected by the detecting device, when the control unit determines that a regeneration condition is satisfied based on the detected vehicle state, wherein when the detecting device detects that a vehicle is turning, the control unit sets a limit value of the target regenerative torque based on a turn state detected by the detecting device, to suppress a regenerative braking amount more, when the detecting device detects that the vehicle is turning, than when the detecting device detects that the vehicle is not turning. | 3,091 |
9,671,110 | 1. Oxycombustion process comprising feeding to a combustor: a fuel selected from low ranking gaseous, liquid, solid, also solid melting hydrocarbon fractions, having a vanadium content in amounts by weight from 50 to 5,000 ppm or higher, and alkaline metals Ma in amounts from 20 to 10,000 ppm, the hydrocarbon fractions being fed in admixture with water or steam, the amount of water/steam being at least 30% by weight with respect to the hydrocarbon fractions; magnesium as oxide, or as a magnesium compound forming MgO in the combustion process, or mixtures thereof; a silico aluminate wherein the molar ratio SiO oxygen as oxidant, having a titre higher than 80% by volume, the complement to 100% being formed of inert gases and/or nitrogen, being in admixture with: water or steam, the ratio by moles oxidant:(water or stream) being between 1:0.4 and 1:3, or recycled flue gases having a water or stream amount higher than 30% by volume, the molar ratio oxidant:(water or stream) in flue gases being comprised between 1:0.4 and 1:3, the recycled flue gases coming from the energy recovery equipments; the combustor being refractored, isotherm or quasi-isotherm, flameless, operating at temperatures in the range 1,250°-1,450° C. and under pressurized conditions. | 31,583 |
8,381,541 | 1. An air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, which relates to a cooling/heating air conditioning device for regulating temperature, which pumps the air conditioning object space exhausted fluid ( 105 ) in an air conditioning object such as the indoor or the internal of a vehicle, and/or pumps the external airflow ( 1051 ) through the external heat exchanger ( 1021 ) disposed at the external of the air conditioning object such as the outdoor or the outside of a vehicle, so as to perform heat exchange with the coolant fluid pipeline ( 103 ) passing through the internal of the external heat exchanger device by means of the temperature differentiation between the two fluids; when the air conditioning device is operated as a cooler, the airflow of a relatively lower temperature exhausted from the space of the air conditioning object such as the inside of the room can be used to facilitate the decreasing of the temperature of the external heat exchanger which is disposed outdoors as a condenser, and when the air conditioning device is operated as a heat pump to supply hot air, the exhausted airflow of a relatively higher temperature can be used to facilitate the increasing of the temperature of the external heat exchanger which is disposed outdoors as an evaporator, and the main configurations are as follows: an air conditioning device main unit ( the external heat exchanger ( a blowing pump ( said external heat exchanger airflow exhausting fan unit ( the coolant fluid pipeline ( the exhaust amount regulating device ( the fluid exhausting path ( the operating principles thereof are as follows: When operated as the function to supply cold air to the air conditioning object space ( when operated as an heat pump function to supply hot air to the air conditioning object space ( the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger of the present invention includes to pump the airflow passing through the external of the external heat exchanger ( according to the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, with a thermal insulation device ( according to the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the mentioned air conditioning object space ( according to the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the mentioned external temperature differentiation space ( according to the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the mentioned external airflow ( in the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the temperature of the air conditioning object space exhausted fluid ( in the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the temperature of the air conditioning object space exhausted fluid ( in the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger, the exhausted air conditioning object space exhausted fluid ( the air conditioning device utilizing temperature differentiation of exhausted gas to even temperature of external heat exchanger of the present invention is formed by applying the aforementioned operating principles to various types of air conditioning devices including integral air conditioning devices, or split type air conditioning devices, or using the cooling tower to replace the cooling tower type air conditioning device of the external heat exchanger ( | 6,422 |
9,347,362 | 1. A mounting system for a component of an exhaust system comprising: one or more end mounting brackets, each of the one or more end mounting brackets comprising an end mounting bracket vertical member having a first strap attachment opening, an end mounting bracket horizontal member having a second strap attachment opening, one or more end mounting bracket attachment openings extending through a portion of the end mounting vertical member or the end mounting horizontal member, and an end mounting bracket attachment strap configured to secure a component of an exhaust system to the end mounting bracket vertical member via the first strap attachment opening and the end mounting bracket horizontal member via the second strap attachment opening; and one or more intermediary mounting brackets, each of the one or more intermediary mounting brackets comprising an intermediary mounting bracket vertical member having a third strap attachment opening, an intermediary mounting bracket horizontal member having a fourth strap attachment opening, one or more intermediary mounting bracket attachment openings extending through a portion of the intermediary mounting bracket vertical member or the intermediary mounting bracket horizontal member, and an intermediary mounting bracket attachment strap configured to secure the component of the exhaust system to the intermediary mounting bracket vertical member via the third strap attachment opening and the intermediary mounting bracket horizontal member via the fourth strap attachment opening, wherein the one or more end mounting brackets and the one or more intermediary mounting brackets are configured to be selectively attached and detached from a mounting surface via one or more surface attachment members using the one or more end mounting bracket attachment openings or the one or more intermediary mounting bracket attachment openings, respectively. | 6,545 |
9,478,583 | 1. A conformable electronic device comprising: a silicon substrate having a thickness between 5 and 50 μm; an array of LEDs and an array of controller chips bonded to a first side of the silicon substrate, wherein each LED is electrically coupled to a controller chip; one or more vias formed through the silicon substrate, wherein the one or more vias electrically couple one or more of the controller chips to the second side of the silicon substrate opposite to the first side; a first passivation layer formed over the array of LEDs, the array of controller chips, and the first side of the silicon substrate; and a second passivation layer formed over a second side of the silicon substrate opposite to the first side of the silicon substrate. | 29,433 |
8,744,059 | 1. A method for communicating a call rejection over a telephony network, comprising: receiving, at a called device, a call connection request associated with a calling device over the telephony network, the call connection request requesting establishment of a telephone call; communicating the call connection request from the calling device to a second switch via a first switch of the telephony network, the second switch communicating the call connection request to inform the called device about the telephone call; presenting, by the called device to a called party, one or more of a plurality of call rejection options in response to receiving the call connection request, wherein the one or more of the plurality of call rejection options are associated, by a message platform, with separate call rejection messages activated based at least in part on a time of a day, wherein each of the separate call rejection messages is associated with an expiration date and an expiration time, the separate call rejection messages include an audio message, a text message, a video message or a combination thereof; monitoring, by the called device, a predetermined time interval after the call connection request is received to determine whether the called party selected any of the one or more of the plurality of call rejection options during the predetermined time interval, wherein the one or more of the plurality of call rejection options is selected based on receiving an input from the called party at the called device, the input of the called party being one of a voice input, a selection of a key on a keypad, and a motion input; determining whether one of the one or more of the plurality of call rejection options is selected by the called party during the predetermined time interval; communicating a call transfer message from the called device to the message platform via the telephony network, wherein the call transfer message includes: receiving, by the message platform, the call transfer message and indexing a database based on the telephone number of the called device to identify and retrieve data and a call rejection message associated with the called party stored in the database; and communicating, by the message platform, the call rejection message to the calling device, the call rejection message being based on either the default call rejection option or the first call rejection option included in the call transfer message. | 28,747 |
8,682,427 | 1. A single-chamber heart stimulator including a. an at least partially electrically conductive stimulator housing; b. a first detection unit that is: c. a second detection unit that is: d. a VT/SVT discrimination unit: | 25,847 |
8,557,111 | 1. A wastewater treatment system comprising: a high flux adsorption system including a low flux adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor system for maintaining the adsorbent material having adsorbed contaminants in suspension for a period of time that is sufficient to allow microorganisms to digest adsorbed organic contaminants, the low flux adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor system including | 29,718 |
9,608,253 | 1. A lead-acid battery terminal member comprising: a terminal portion which is arranged in a resin-made cover for closing a container; and a cylindrical bushing which is connected to the terminal portion, is embedded in the cover, and has a plurality of annular projecting portions formed on an outer periphery thereof, and into which poles extending from an electrode group arranged in the container are inserted and to which the poles are welded, wherein surface roughness of at least a portion of the outer periphery of the bushing which faces a resin which forms the cover is lower than surface roughness of the terminal portion. | 4,985 |
9,160,400 | 1. A method comprising: controlling a radio receiver to detect one or more radio transmissions in a predetermined frequency band for a first period of time while the radio receiver is unsynchronized with a network controlled by a further radio receiver; and determining whether to control the radio receiver for a subsequent second period of time to receive data to allow the radio receiver to switch from being unsynchronized with the network controlled by the further radio receiver to being synchronized with the network controlled by the further radio receiver from a subsequent radio transmission in the predetermined frequency band, wherein the first period of time is shorter than the second period of time; wherein detecting the one or more radio transmissions in the first period of time provides gross frequency and time synchronization that is used to set initial conditions for the radio receiver at the beginning of the second period of time; and wherein the gross frequency and time synchronization provides for an initiation of scanning at an optimal frequency by using a frequency of detection and a time of detection of the further radio receiver to determine a frequency of transmission used by the further radio receiver at the beginning of the second period of time, and to initiate the scanning at the determined frequency of transmission at the beginning of the second period of time. | 49,040 |
9,307,605 | 1. An electronic lighting system comprising a first light source adapted to emit light with a first brightness as a function of a first driving signal having a first frequency, and at least one second light source having a main light sensor for providing a brightness of light surrounding the second light source, | 9,522 |
9,261,874 | 1. A method for automatically configuring a vehicle cabin, comprising: selecting, by a computing device, at least a first individual module and a second individual module from a pool of individual modules for automatic arrangement in the vehicle cabin, wherein the vehicle cabin is subdivided into a plurality of zones comprising at least one or more entry zones and a passenger zone different from the one or more entry zones; joining, by the computing device, the first individual module and the second individual module to form a module package; automatically arranging, by the computing device, the module package in the one or more entry zones in accordance with at least one predetermined individual module parameter for complete configuration of the one or more entry zones; selecting, by the computing device, one or more individual components from a pool of individual components, automatically calculating, by the computing device, an individual component configuration of the passenger zone in accordance with the arrangement of the module package in the one or more entry zones; and automatically arranging, by the computing device, the one or more individual components in the passenger zone in accordance with the calculated individual component configuration. | 19,409 |
8,837,411 | 1. A method in a base station for scheduling user equipments in a cell, the base station and the user equipments are comprised in a wireless communication system adapted for contention based transmissions, the method comprising: sending a contention based grant of a retransmission process to a plurality of user equipments within the cell, receiving data from at least one of said plurality of user equipments using said contention based grant, verifying if the data is correctly received from the at least one user equipment, if it is verified that the data is not correctly received: | 29,343 |
9,120,112 | 1. An adjustable metered dispensing bottle adapted to dispense a predetermined amount of fluid, said bottle comprising: a first vessel capable of storing fluid and formed of a resilient material with a closed bottom and having an interior to define a first chamber, said first vessel having a top terminating at an opening; a second vessel having an interior having a floor and defining a second chamber, and an outside diameter adapted to be received in said first vessel, said second vessel having a lower opening being telescopically slidable with respect to said first chamber; a tube in fluid communication with said first chamber, having an opening located in said second chamber, said second vessel in fluid communication with said tube, said second vessel slidably sealing with respect to said tube, said opening being fixed with respect to said first vessel; said second vessel movable between a raised and lowered position, said second chamber having a depth defined by a distance between said floor and said opening of said tube, said raised position having a relatively low depth corresponding to a relatively small dispensed amount of said fluid, said lowered position having a relatively high depth corresponding to a relatively large dispensed amount; and when said first vessel contains said fluid and is compressed, said fluid is driven through said tube and into said second vessel and to a first fluid level, when said compression is released, said fluid is drawn back into said first vessel until said fluid reaches a second fluid level defined by the volume of said second vessel between said bottom of said second vessel and opening of said tube. | 11,381 |
9,518,046 | 1. A compound having Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, a geometric isomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a hydrate, a solvate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is (C Y is wherein Y is optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3, or 4 R 2 groups; each R each R each R | 39,193 |
9,624,439 | 1. A system that converts polymer containing materials into petroleum products, the system comprising: a feedstock receiver into which feedstock is fed from one end and from which the feedstock exits from the other end, wherein the feedstock receiver further comprises a single or double screw extruder to pre-melt the feedstock and to feed the melted feedstock into a reactor body; the reactor body to accept the feedstock from the receiver and to heat the feedstock to a reaction temperature, wherein the reactor body comprises a horizontal cylindrical body with internal augers; controllers that adjust rotation of the reactor body, adjust an incline of the reactor body between 0 and 30 degrees, operate the internal augers to counter-rotate relative to each other, and operate the internal augers to move char out of the reactor body; a heating source applied along one or more sides of the rotating body to adjust temperatures inside the reactor body; a condensing system to cool vapor products from the reactor body into liquids and to capture non-vapors; feedback controls that provide guidance as to conditions required to vary yields of desired products from the system; and a plug or baffle at the end of the reactor body to reduce heat loss at an exit where the char is moved out of the end of the reactor body. | 41,624 |
9,185,651 | 1. A method for performing a random access procedure to report an involuntary power outage event in a wireless access system supporting a machine-to-machine (M2M) environment, the method comprising: receiving a message including a scaling factor, an involuntary power outage ranging backoff start parameter and an involuntary power outage ranging backoff end parameter, to be used by an M2M device to report the involuntary power outage event; entering idle mode; and after occurrence of the involuntary power outage event in the idle mode, performing the random access procedure for reporting the involuntary power outage event, wherein the random access procedure is performed based on a value obtained by multiplying the scaling factor by one or more of the involuntary power outage ranging backoff start parameter and the involuntary power outage ranging backoff end parameter. | 10,587 |
9,325,204 | 1. An apparatus for communicating power with an electronic device (ED), the ED including a power interface (PI) including an electrical connector including a plurality of electrical contacts, at least two electrical contacts for communicating power (ECCP), the electrical connector having a mechanical structure, the apparatus including: a housing, the housing mechanically separate from the ED, the housing substantially encasing: | 30,110 |
9,831,528 | 1. A method for manufacturing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the method comprising: preparing a positive-electrode active material including sulfate ions by not less than 0.04 mmol/m manufacturing a positive electrode by use of the positive-electrode active material including sulfate ions; manufacturing a negative electrode by use of a negative-electrode active material; assembling a battery assembly by accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte including lithium difluoro bis-oxalate phosphate in a battery outer case, wherein an additive amount X (μmol) of the lithium difluoro bis-oxalate phosphate in the nonaqueous electrolyte is determined so as to satisfy the following formula (I): wherein in the formula (I), Sc indicates a specific surface area (m 2 /g) of the positive-electrode active material, We indicates a mass (g) of the positive-electrode active material, Sa indicates a specific surface area (m 2 /g) of the negative-electrode active material, and Wa indicates a mass (g) of the negative-electrode active material; and performing a charging process on the battery assembly at least once, so as to form films on surfaces of the positive-electrode active material and the negative-electrode active material. | 27,065 |
8,883,997 | 1. An antisense compound comprising a chimeric oligonucleotide consisting of 13 to 40 nucleobases in length and comprising a nucleobase sequence comprising a portion of at least 8 contiguous nucleobases complementary to an equal length portion of an intron of a nucleic acid molecule encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 in SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein the nucleobase sequence of the chimeric oligonucleotide is at least 95% complementary to SEQ ID NO: 18 over the entire length of the chimeric oligonucleotide. | 45,081 |
9,346,065 | 1. A sprinkler ( 1 ) comprising: a hollow shaft ( a positioning part ( a base ( | 3,817 |
9,458,752 | 1. A heat exchange device having: a first media channel for a first medium, a second media channel for a second medium, a third media channel for a transfer medium arranged in a first section of the heat exchange device between the first media channel and the second media channel, so that, in said first section, a heat transfer from the first medium to the second medium takes place via the transfer medium, whereas, in a second section, a heat transfer from the first medium to the second medium takes place directly, and a plurality of plates, wherein: | 24,510 |
8,580,491 | 1. A method for diagnosing colon cancer, comprising: 1) contacting a human blood sample obtained from a subject with lectin to separate glycoproteins from the human blood sample; 2) hydrolyzing the glycoproteins to obtain polypeptides; 3) concentrating the polypeptides by using a polypeptide-selective antibody; 4) analyzing the concentrated polypeptides by mass spectrometry; and 5) diagnosing colon cancer or high risk of colon cancer when the subject-has at least one polypeptide selected from the group consisting of these polypeptides having the molecular weights of 2294.1, 2015.0, 1685.8, 1346.7, 1265.7 and 1109.5 confirmed by the analysis of step 4). | 41,835 |
8,387,738 | 1. A compact vehicle comprising: an engine having a crank shaft positioned transversely to the direction of a vehicle motor; a transmission mounted to the engine and having an output shaft; a right angle gear box rotatably connected to the output shaft of the transmission; axles with wheels connected to the right angle gear box; and a vehicle body connecting the engine, transmission, axles and wheels; wherein the transmission further comprises a plurality of clutches electrically actuated by a controller to shift the transmission from a first mode to a second mode; and wherein the transmission delivers continuous power from the engine to the wheels with continuous ratio change from full reverse to full forward speed while changing modes between zero and maximum speed. | 44,014 |
8,429,994 | 1. A hydraulic control system for a dual clutch transmission comprising, in combination, a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid having a pump, a pressure control device having an inlet communicating with said source of hydraulic fluid and a pressure outlet, a first clutch actuator assembly in fluid communication with said pressure outlet and including a first piston and cylinder assembly and a first solenoid valve for selectively supplying hydraulic fluid to said first piston and cylinder assembly, a second clutch actuator assembly in fluid communication with said pressure outlet and including a second piston and cylinder assembly and a second solenoid valve for selectively supplying hydraulic fluid to said second piston and cylinder assembly, a first pressure or flow control solenoid valve having an inlet connected to said pressure outlet and an outlet, a second pressure or flow control solenoid valve having an inlet connected to said pressure outlet and an outlet, a first logic valve having a first inlet connected to said outlet of said first pressure or flow control solenoid and a second inlet connected to said outlet of said second pressure control solenoid valve, a plurality of exhaust ports, a control port, a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet and a fourth outlet, a third solenoid valve for selectively providing hydraulic fluid to said control port of said first logic valve, a second logic valve having a first inlet connected to said first outlet of said first logic valve, a second inlet connected to said third outlet of said first logic valve, a plurality of exhaust ports, a control port, a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet and a fourth outlet, a fourth solenoid valve for selectively providing hydraulic fluid to said control port of said second logic valve, a first gear selection piston and cylinder assembly having a first port connected to said first outlet of said second logic valve and a second port connected to said to said third outlet of said second logic valve, a second gear selection piston and cylinder assembly having a first port connected to said second outlet of said second logic valve and a second port connected to said to said fourth outlet of said second logic valve, a third logic valve having a first inlet connected to said fourth outlet of said first logic valve and a second inlet connected to said second outlet of said first logic valve, a plurality of exhaust ports, a control port, a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet and a fourth outlet, a third solenoid valve for selectively providing hydraulic fluid to said control port of said third logic valve, a third gear selection piston and cylinder assembly having a first port connected to said first outlet of said third logic valve and a second port connected to said to said third outlet of said third logic valve, a fourth logic valve having a first inlet connected to said second outlet of said third logic valve and a second inlet connected to said fourth outlet of said third logic valve, a plurality of exhaust ports, a control port, a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet and a fourth outlet, a fourth gear selection piston and cylinder assembly having a first port connected to said first outlet of said fourth logic valve and a second port connected to said third outlet of said fourth logic valve, and a fifth gear selection piston and cylinder assembly having a first port connected to said second outlet of said fourth logic valve and a second port connected to said to said fourth outlet of said fourth logic valve. | 47,502 |
8,783,546 | 1. A flexible sheet for wrapping an object, comprising: a center portion having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side being parallel to the third side and the second side being parallel to the fourth side; flaps connected to the first side and the third side, each of the flaps being configured to cover the object and be joined to each other; and bow portions comprising fabric pieces attached to the second side and the fourth side, wherein the bow portions are configured to cover a part of the flaps and form a decorative bow when tied together; wherein the bow portions are made of a different material than the center portion and the flaps. | 20,787 |
9,348,396 | 1. A connection device for connecting either one of target devices to a network via a system bus, the target devices being defined as a host device including a CPU device and an individual power supply, and an I/O device including a peripheral device and an individual power supply via a system bus, and which connects the host device or the I/O device to a network, the connection device comprises: a central processing unit; a memory that stores a control program and is used for processing by the central processing unit; an inputter/outputter that inputs/outputs information and is connected with the target devices including power supplies via the system bus; a transmitter/receiver that transmits/receives information to/from another connection device and is connected to the network via the system bus; an internal bus that connects the central processing unit to the memory, the inputter/outputter, and the transmitter/receiver; a connection status monitoring portion, a connection status notifying portion, an interconnection control portion, and a transfer process portion that are functional portions whose function is attained by the central processing unit reading the control program from the memory, and executing the control program by using the memory, the inputter/outputter, and the transmitter/receiver; wherein the connection status monitoring portion is configured to detect a change in a connection status of the system bus connected with the either one of target devices the connection status notifying portion is configured to notify at least another connection device connected with the network and set in advance of the change in the connection status of the system bus detected by the connection status monitoring portion; the interconnection control portion is configured to set or cancel an interconnection with the at least another connection device set in advance based on the change in the connection status of the system bus detected by the connection status monitoring portion; the transfer process portion is configured to enable a virtual system bus transfer of data in the system bus connected with either one of the target devices over the network, the virtual system bus being between the transfer process portion and the at least another connection device to which the interconnection is set by the interconnection control portion; and the power supply control portion is configured to change ON/OFF states of the power supply of the connected either one of target devices when receiving the notification from the at least another connection device of the change in the connection status of the system bus. | 8,473 |
9,758,965 | 1. An apparatus for manufacturing wallboard comprising: a feeder that advances a first layer of facing material along a wallboard production line; a first set of one or more creaser wheels positioned along the production line adjacent a first edge of the first layer of facing material; a second set of one or more creaser wheels positioned along the production line adjacent a second edge of the first layer of facing material; and a feeding source along the production line that feeds a gypsum slurry onto the first layer of facing material, wherein each of the creaser wheels includes an alternating series of notches and teeth, each set of creaser wheels creating a series of uncreased and creased portions in a line in the first layer of facing material, and wherein the notches of each creaser wheel have an angle of approximately 120°. | 23,004 |
9,220,731 | 1. A continuous bioreactor culturing device comprising: (a) a 3-dimensional lattice-shaped scaffold having x, y and z Cartesian axes thereby providing an overall shape to the scaffold, the scaffold formed by a matrix of layered, interconnected growth surfaces spaced in the x, y and z Cartesian axes at regular intervals thereby providing a plurality of interconnected open spaces all arranged orthogonally in a 3-dimensional matrix and parallel to the x, y and z Cartesian axes of the scaffold disposed between the spaced interconnected growth surfaces, the interconnected open spaces allowing a fluid to pass continuously through the scaffold parallel to and in the direction of at least one of the x, y and z Cartesian axes, the scaffold including a first cylindrical support on a first side of the scaffold that couples with a bioreactor fluid inlet and a second cylindrical support on a second side of the scaffold that couples with a bioreactor fluid outlet allowing the first side to serve as an inlet for the fluid and the second side to serve as an outlet for the fluid as the fluid passes through the scaffold, and (b) fluid distribution means, including the bioreactor fluid inlet and the bioreactor fluid outlet, disposed at the inlet and at the outlet of the scaffold, respectively, where the bioreactor fluid inlet includes multiple inlet distribution conduits that collectively and continuously distribute the fluid through and around the open spaces of the first side and the bioreactor fluid outlet includes multiple outlet conduits that collectively and continuously collect the fluid from the second side; wherein all of the interconnected growth surfaces are aligned with each other in relation to the x, y and z Cartesian axes, and the plurality of interconnected open spaces of the scaffold have a substantially cubic shape. | 3,695 |
8,523,274 | 1. A vehicle-body front structure member comprising: a tubular metal left member having a first plate thickness and extending in a longitudinal direction on a left side of a vehicle body, with a rear end of the left member being a portion to be connected to a left frame member of the vehicle body; a tubular metal right member having a second plate thickness and extending in the longitudinal direction on a right side of the vehicle body, with a rear end of the right member being a portion to be connected to a right frame member of the vehicle body; and a tubular metal lateral member having a third plate thickness, connecting the left member and the right member, and extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, with a support bracket that supports an auxiliary equipment being fitted to the lateral member, wherein a front end of the left member and a left end of the lateral member are welded together while defining a first weld line, a front end of the right member and a right end of the lateral member are welded together while defining a second weld line, the first plate thickness and the second plate thickness are thinner than the third plate thickness, and strength of the left member and strength of the right member are respectively set to be lower than that of the lateral member, and wherein the first weld line and the second weld line are respectively positioned at an outer side of the vehicle body with respect to the fitted position of the support bracket, so as not to overlap on the fitted position in the lateral member where the support bracket is fitted to the lateral member. | 29,780 |
8,567,550 | 1. A booster assembly for vehicles comprising: a booster including a casing having a front shell and a rear shell sealingly coupled to each other, and a hollow tube mounted through the casing; a master cylinder including a flange part coupled to the casing; and a mounting bolt inserted through the flange part and the tube in the casing to fix the booster and the master cylinder to a panel of a vehicle body, wherein the tube has a clip slot formed outside of the casing by cutting a circumferential surface of an end portion thereof, and the clip slot is coupled with a clip to firmly secure the mounting bolt to the tube. | 34,641 |
8,383,529 | 1. A cellulose nonwoven fabric having a porosity of not less than 40% and not more than 99% which comprises not less than 50 wt % of cellulose fibers derived from natural cellulose having a maximum fiber diameter of 1,500 nm or less, a number average fiber diameter of 200 nm or less and a crystallinity determined by solid state NMR techniques of 60% or more wherein the nonwoven fabric has an average transmittance Tr,av of 0.70 or more, which is defined by the following formula (1) and determined by scanning a light with a wavelength of 850 nm perpendicularly to the nonwoven fabric immersed in toluene, (wherein Tr,av is defined by the following formula (1) with a ratio between Tr,1, an average value of transmittances obtained by filling toluene in a test tube in a condition that the nonwoven fabric is stuck to an inside wall thereof, irradiating a light with a wavelength of 850 nm to the test tube in a direction perpendicular to the nonwoven fabric, and scanning each 40-μm length along the test tube in a lengthwise direction thereof to the total length of 30,000 μm (number of data: 750), and Tr,2, an average value of transmittances obtained by performing the same measurements except that the nonwoven fabric is removed and only toluene is placed in the test tube) wherein the dried nonwoven fabric has a sheet non-uniformity parameter H′ of 0.20 or less, which is defined by the following formula (3): (wherein T′r,aV and T′r,sd, respectively, mean an average value and a standard deviation of all Tr values obtained by irradiating a light with a wavelength of 850 nm perpendicular to a dried sheet surface, and measuring Tr for each 40-μm length along the sheet surface in a linear direction thereof to the total length of 30,000 μm (number of data: 750)). | 41,180 |
9,455,223 | 1. A multilayer semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction, the first wirings are arranged adjacent to each other in a second direction on a layer level; a second wiring that is apart from the first wirings in the second direction on the layer level; and a plurality of dummy wirings arranged between the first wirings and the second wiring on the layer level, the dummy wirings are arranged at a plurality of crossing points between first virtual linear lines extending in a third direction and second virtual linear lines extending in a fourth direction, wherein: the third direction and the fourth direction are neither parallel nor orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. | 6,885 |
8,559,292 | 1. A method comprising: assigning each subcarrier of a plurality of subcarriers to one of a plurality of channels; for each channel of the plurality of channels, generating a Discrete Multi-tone Transmission DMT symbol by modulating the subcarrier assigned to a respective channel with a non-zero subcarrier symbol and modulating the subcarriers which are not assigned to the respective channel with a zero subcarrier symbol, wherein each channel of the plurality of channels includes a plurality of zero subcarrier symbols; and transmitting the respective DMT symbol for each of the plurality of channels. | 26,483 |
8,677,857 | 1. Handle brake device suitable for being installed on a handlebar of a wheelchair, a wheeled walker, a bicycle, a motorbike, a scooter or any type of transportation device that makes use of a manually driven brake to control a transmission cable connected at one end to the hand brake device and at the other end to a brake mechanism mounted on a wheel of the wheelchair or the wheeled walker comprising: a housing fixable onto the handlebar of the wheelchair or the wheeled walker, a brake lever rotatably installed on said housing, a transmission cable connected to said brake lever through a cable connector, said cable connector defining a connecting point, wherein the brake lever comprises a first arc hole and a second arc hole, inside each of which a pivot pin fixedly connected to said housing is slideably engaged in such a manner as to provide dual pivot for the brake lever, respectively a first pivot and a second pivot, each arc hole having a lower end and a higher end and being configured so that said brake lever rotates firstly around said first pivot when said first pivot is positioned at the lower end of the first arc hole and said second pivot is positioned at the higher end of the second arc hole, and secondly around said second pivot when said first pivot is positioned at the lower end of the first arc hole and said second pivot is positioned at the lower end of the second arc hole, the distance separating the lower end of the second arc hole and the connecting point being less than the distance separating the lower end of the first arc hole and the connecting point. | 14,909 |
8,481,317 | 1. A method of producing hepatocytes by forward programming of stem cells, comprising transfecting the stem cells with at least one exogenous expression cassette comprising at least the hepatocyte programming factor genes FOXA2, HHEX, HNF1A and GATA4, thereby producing hepatocytes by forward programming of the stem cells. | 42,146 |
8,734,103 | 1. A method of repairing a flange of a casing for a turbomachine, the flange including at least one through hole for passing a bolt for fastening equipment, the hole opening out in a face of the flange that has become worn, the method comprising: machining a setback in the worn face of the flange; mounting a bearing member on the flange, the bearing member having a wall that extends radially for covering the worn face of the flange and for forming a bearing surface for the equipment that is to be fastened to the flange, said wall including at least one hole coming into register with the through hole in the flange and presenting thickness suitable for compensating the wear of the face of the flange, said member further including a positioning abutment that bears against and covers at least a portion of a radially outer periphery of the flange; and fastening said member on the flange, the flange having festoons, each festoon formed with the through hole for passing the fastener bolt, the bearing member having a general shape of one or more consecutive festoons, and including a radially outer rim with at least one central zone forming the positioning abutment, and with two curved or oblique zones on either side thereof extending radially inwards. | 42,001 |
8,496,081 | 1. A motor vehicle comprising: left and right longitudinal members extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and spaced from one another in a lateral direction of the motor vehicle to define an installation space therebetween; a power supply module having a protective housing arranged in the installation space, the protective housing having opposite left and right side walls extending in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and disposed respectively in opposed relationship to the left and right longitudinal members and spaced inwardly from the left and right longitudinal members, opposite front and rear walls extending in the lateral direction of the motor vehicle, the front and rear walls being connected to the opposite left and right side walls to define a side wall enclosure for the protective housing, a cover extending across top ends of the left and right side walls and the front and rear walls, and a base opposite the cover and extending across bottom ends of the left and right side walls and the front and rear walls, a galvanic cell disposed in a receptacle space defined between the front and rear walls, the left and right side walls, the cover and the base; and a cover cross member having opposite front and rear sectional elements and a plate with opposite front and rear regions nested with the respective front and rear sectional elements, opposite left and right ends of the front and rear sectional elements extending laterally beyond the protective housing and facing opposed inward facing surfaces of the respective left and right longitudinal members, front and rear arrays of attachment members extending through the respective front and rear regions of the plate and through the front and rear sectional elements, the attachment elements being attached to a surface of the cover facing away from the base and at positions inward of the front and rear walls of the protective housing, left and right end regions of the plate of the cover cross member projecting respectively beyond the left and right side walls of the protective housing and being supported on top surfaces of the respective left and right longitudinal members, attachment means at the left and right end regions of the cross member for dismountably securing the left and right end regions of the plate respectively to the left and right longitudinal members of the motor vehicle so that the protective housing with the galvanic cell therein is suspended removably from the cross member and in the installation space and spaced inward of the longitudinal members for protecting the protective housing in a crash. | 11,571 |
8,924,501 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a request initiated by an application, the request identifying a socket associated with the application; identifying a shared queue associated with the socket, wherein the shared queue is shared by the socket with another socket, wherein the request comprises a threshold value associated with the shared queue; polling, by a processing device, the shared queue; identifying a message stored in the shared queue; and determining whether the message is associated with the socket. | 44,565 |
9,400,587 | 1. A method comprising: providing, by a media service provider system, a user interface configured to provide a user with access to a plurality of browse contexts associated with a plurality of media distribution models by way of which media programs are distributed through a media service; providing, by the media service provider system in the user interface, a browse context selection tool for use by the user to select which of the browse contexts is presented in the user interface; providing, by the media service provider system in the user interface, a refinement tool for use by the user to select a value of a refinement setting to be used to refine browse content of whichever of the browse contexts is currently presented in the user interface, the refinement tool including a set of user-selectable refinement setting menu options that is specific to whichever of the browse contexts is currently presented in the user interface; and tracking, by the media service provider system throughout a user interface session, a plurality of values of the refinement setting that respectively correspond to the browse contexts. | 31,623 |
9,412,897 | 1. A method for use in the fabrication of a photovoltaic device comprising silicon and having at least one rectifying junction, the method comprising: heating at least a region of the device to at least 100° C. followed by cooling the device, wherein one or both of the heating and cooling is performed while simultaneously illuminating at least some of the device with at least one light source whereby the cumulative power of all the incident photons with sufficient energy to generate electron hole pairs within the silicon is at least 20 mW/cm | 10,700 |
8,557,514 | 1. A method for identifying one or more apoptosis-inducing glycosylated sphingolipids, comprising: (a) obtaining a sample of one or more glycosylated sphingolipids from a virally-infected phytoplankton; (b) contacting a target cell with the sample; (c) assaying the target cell for apoptosis-associated activity in the presence of the sample; wherein apoptosis-associated activity in the target cell indicates that the sample comprises one or more apoptosis-inducing glycosylated sphingolipids. | 11,195 |
9,462,602 | 1. A method for prioritizing transmission for a user equipment (UE) from a plurality of UEs, in an uplink scheduler of a wireless communication network, comprising: associating logical channel group (LCG), information with the UE by mapping one or more logical channels (LCs) to the LCG information, the LCG information comprising: receiving a scheduling request (SR) from the UE; setting the second buffer size value to a non-zero value as a result of receiving the SR; and after setting the second buffer size value to the non-zero value, prioritizing the transmission for the UE using the LCG information associated with the UE. | 3,117 |
9,221,328 | 1. A system for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a transmission, and a battery, comprising: a first clutch configured to selectively connect the engine with the transmission and having a first part and a second part; a first motor/generator selectively connected to the engine through the first part of the first clutch and having a first driving shaft; a second motor/generator selectively connected to the engine through the second part of the first clutch and having a second driving shaft; and a second clutch configured to selectively connect the second motor/generator with the transmission, wherein the first part and the second part are clutches that can operate independently of each other within the first clutch, the transmission comprises a first shaft having a first central axis and a second shaft having a second central axis displaced from the first central axis, the second shaft outputting a driving force from the transmission, the first driving shaft of the first motor/generator is directly connected to the first shaft of the transmission, and the second clutch is installed between the second driving shaft of the second motor/generator and the second shaft of the transmission to selectively connect the second driving shaft with the second shaft. | 23,090 |
9,079,088 | 1. A method for predicting a golfer's swing speed, the method comprising: determining that a golfer is addressing a golf ball to swing a golf club, the golf club comprising a device comprising a battery, a microprocessor, an accelerometer and a radiofrequency transceiver, the device positioned on a top end of a grip of the golf club, the device comprising a main body and a projection body having a length ranging from 1mm to 5mm, the microprocessor, battery, the accelerometer and the radiofrequency transceiver within the main body of the device, wherein the accelerometer monitors a movement of the golf club and the golfer addressing the golf ball generates a lack of golf club movement monitored by the accelerometer; monitoring a backswing of the golfer utilizing the accelerometer of the device at a rate of at least 5 kilo-Hertz; determining a transition time from a backswing to a downswing of the golfer utilizing the accelerometer of the device; monitoring the downswing of the golfer utilizing the accelerometer of the device at a rate of at least 5 kilo-Hertz; determining an impact time of the golf club with the golf ball utilizing the accelerometer of the device; transmitting data for the golfer's swing from the transceiver of the device to a smart-phone for analysis, the data comprising the transition time and the impact time; and generating on the smart-phone a golfer's swing speed using a length of a shaft of the golf club, the transition time and the impact time. | 13,133 |
8,731,816 | 1. A method of classifying an object as an obstacle for a subject vehicle with a sensor for monitoring a surrounding environment of the subject vehicle, comprising using the sensor, detecting stationary objects and moving objects in a scene in the surrounding environment in front of the subject vehicle, and when required tracking a respective path of motion of at least one of the moving objects, and using an observer arrangement that includes at least one observer, detecting a path of motion of at least one other vehicle approaching a first one of the stationary objects in the surrounding environment, and classifying the first one of the stationary objects as an obstacle or a non-obstacle for the subject vehicle dependent on the path of motion of the other vehicle. | 13,471 |
8,575,714 | 1. A backside illuminated semiconductor light-receiving device comprising: a rectangular semiconductor substrate; a mesa-shaped light receiving portion having a PN junction portion which receives light incident from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, the light receiving portion being formed on a center portion of one side on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and at a position where a distance from the one side to the light receiving portion is set shorter than ½ of a length of two other sides adjacent to the one side; an electrode of a first conductive type which is formed on an upper surface of the light receiving portion and is conductive with one side of the PN junction portion; a main mesa portion which is formed on one corner portion of the one side on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and has an upper surface wider than the upper surface of the light receiving portion; an electrode of a second conductive type which is pulled out to the upper surface of the main mesa portion and is conductive with the other side of the PN junction portion; one or a plurality of sub mesa portions which are formed in a region which includes three other corner portions on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and have upper surfaces wider than the upper surface of the light receiving portion; and an electrode formed on the upper surface of each sub mesa portion. | 48,151 |
8,557,432 | 1. A secondary battery pack comprising: a battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state; an insulative mounting member having openings, through which electrode terminals of the battery cell are exposed to an outside, the insulative mounting member being in direct contact with the top of the battery cell; a safety element mounted to a top of the insulative mounting member; and an insulative cap coupled to the top of the battery cell such that the insulative cap surrounds the insulative mounting member while the safety element is mounted to the insulative mounting member, wherein the battery case is provided at the top thereof with at least one coupling groove, and the insulative mounting member is provided at a bottom thereof with at least one coupling protrusion corresponding to the at least one coupling groove, whereby the coupling of the insulative mounting member to the battery cell is accomplished by insertion of the coupling protrusion into the coupling groove, and wherein the insulative mounting member has a size approximately corresponding to that of the top of the battery cell, the insulative mounting member is provided at the middle thereof with a first opening, through which a first electrode terminal of the battery cell is exposed to the outside, and the insulative mounting member is provided at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the first opening with a second opening, through which a portion of the top of the battery case of the battery cell is exposed to the outside. | 12,304 |
9,536,205 | 1. A method comprising; employing a fuzzy logic-based adaptive power management system in a an electrical energy system; coupling a photovoltaic system to the power management system; coupling a first capacitor based energy storage system to the power management system; coupling a second battery energy based storage system to the power management system; and coupling a storage of knowledge of system operation and operation of energy storage related devices within an electric energy system to the power management system, and a management storage system communicating with the photovoltaic system, first capacitor and battery based energy system and storage of knowledge for influencing energy fluctuations ahead of detailed control loops in power electronic devices, the fuzzy logic based adaptive system including a filter based power coordination layer for power conditioning among the energy based storage system and a fuzzy logic based control adjustment for monitoring operational status of all energy storage devices taking into account their dynamic characteristics for tuning control settings with the system adaptively and influencing optimal power or energy distributions within the system; and prioritizing with fuzzy logic to prevent saturation or depletion of energy capacity with a priority to prevent saturation or depletion of energy capacity of the battery energy based storage system; wherein the fuzzy logic based control adjustment comprises applying rules: 1) If SoC 2) If SoC 3) If SoC 4) If SoC 5) If SoC where SoC | 11,653 |
8,871,947 | 1. A process for—producing a compound of Formula VI comprising adding carbon dioxide to a compound of Formula V in water to generate carbonic acid in situ and thereby acidifying the compound of Formula V to provide the compound of Formula VI wherein M is sodium, potassium, or lithium; R R | 47,643 |
9,477,596 | 1. A method for faster data garbage collection (“GC”), the method comprising: determining to perform garbage collection on a data block of a non-volatile memory (“NVM”); loading a block table-of-contents (“TOC”) stored in the data block; comparing a bitmap stored in volatile memory with the block TOC; determining a subset of logical addresses of the data block that are mapped based on the comparison; performing garbage collection for only user data stored in the data block that are associated with the subset of logical addresses; for each logical address of the subset of logical addresses, consulting a tree stored in volatile memory to determine whether a logical-to-physical mapping exists for the logical address; in response to determining that the logical-to-physical mapping does not exist for the logical address, accessing an index page associated with the logical address; determining a physical address of the data block corresponding to the logical address based on the index page; and copying user data from the physical address to a different data block of the NVM. | 45,144 |
8,709,192 | 1. A method of forming a polarizing plate comprising: (A) providing at least one guarded cover sheet composites comprising: (i) a carrier substrate; and (ii) a protective cover sheet comprising a low birefringence protective polymer film having in-plane birefringence, Δn (B) providing a poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing dichroic film; (C) removing the carrier substrate from the guarded cover sheet composite after formation of the protective cover sheet; and (D) bringing the protective cover sheet into contact with the poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing dichroic film such that the adhesion-promoting layer in the protective cover sheet is in contact with the poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing dichroic film. | 6,733 |
8,764,105 | 1. An offset pyramid hinge folding chair, comprising: at least one pyramid support structure having at least four support members, wherein two of the support members are chair leg support members, wherein two of the support members are chair seat support members, wherein each of the support members are flexibly connected to two other support members at two axes, wherein the axes form at least a portion of an offset pyramid shape in an open position, wherein the support members are disposed relative to one another and form a flattened shape and lay substantially flat against one another in a folded position, and wherein the axes are offset, and at least two of the axes do not meet at a common apex, wherein said chair leg support members include two chair legs, a chair back connected to at least one of said support members, and wherein said chair leg support members include a chair seat wherein two of the support members are chair back support members, wherein the chair back support members are flexibly connected to each other at an inside plane, wherein the chair leg support members are flexibly connected to each other at an inside plane, wherein the chair seat support members, are flexibly connected to each other at an inside plane, wherein each chair back support member is flexibly connected to a chair leg support member at an outside plane, wherein each chair back support member is flexibly connected to a chair seat support member at an outside plane, and wherein each chair seat support member is flexibly connected to a chair leg support member at an outside plane. | 48,706 |
9,344,186 | 1. A method for operating a relay station (RS) in a wireless communication system based on time division duplex (TDD) using a radio frame consisting of a plurality of downlink subframes and at least one uplink subframe, the method comprising: configuring a pair of subframes to be used for communication between a base station (BS) and the RS, wherein the pair of subframes comprise a configured downlink subframe and a configured uplink subframe; receiving a signal from the BS in the configured downlink subframe which is configured by the RS as a multicast/broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe; and transmitting a signal to the BS in the configured uplink subframe, wherein each radio frame consists of 10 subframes and the 10 subframes are indexed from 0 to 9, wherein the configured downlink subframe is configured among subframes of a first radio frame except subframe 0, subframe 1, subframe 5, and subframe 6, wherein the configured uplink subframe is configured among subframes of a second radio frame except subframe 0, subframe 1, subframe 5 and subframe 6, wherein the configured downlink subframe is included in a set which comprises a part of downlink subframes configured to a user equipment (UE) connected to the BS, wherein the configured uplink subframe is included in a set which comprises a part of uplink subframes configured to the UE, wherein the configured downlink subframe corresponds to a downlink subframe among the downlink subframes configured to the UE and the configured uplink subframe corresponds to an uplink subframe which is configured to the UE to transmit an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the downlink subframe, wherein the configured uplink subframe is an uplink subframe which is associated with an MBSFN-configurable subframe, wherein the pair of subframes are not used for communication between the RS and the UE, wherein the downlink subframes configured to the UE and the uplink subframe which is configured to the UE to transmit the ACK/NACK for the downlink subframe are determined according to an uplink-downlink configuration as indicated in Table 1 below, wherein a subframe having ‘-’ under “Subframe number” in the Table 1 is an uplink subframe and a subframe having a number under “Subframe number” in the Table 1 is a downlink subframe, and each number indicates a number of an uplink subframe which is configured to transmit an ACK/NACK for a corresponding downlink subframe, and wherein when the “Uplink-downlink configuration” in Table 1 is 6, the configured downlink subframe comprises only a subframe 9 of the first radio frame, and the configured uplink subframe comprises only a subframe 4 of the second radio frame. | 522 |
9,124,073 | 1. A spark plug comprising: an insulator having an axial bore extending in a direction of an axis, said axial bore having | 24,361 |
9,464,015 | 1. A process for the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to produce propylene glycol comprising: (a) contacting the glycerol with hydrogen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst under conditions for the formation of propylene glycol; and (b) optionally isolating the propylene glycol, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst comprises Cu, Cr, Zn and Zr. | 29,862 |
8,427,689 | 1. A method for printing print data using a thermal printer including a plurality of staggered thermal print heads, the method comprising steps of: (A) identifying one of the plurality of staggered thermal print heads as a reference thermal print head; (B) identifying a plurality of time offsets corresponding to the plurality of staggered thermal print heads, the plurality of time offsets representing printing times of the plurality of staggered thermal print heads relative to the printing time of the reference thermal print head; (C) for each of a plurality of printing times, performing steps of: (1) for each of the plurality of staggered thermal print heads, determining whether to print a subset of the print data based on the time offset corresponding to the thermal print head; (2) providing the subset of the print data to the thermal print head if it is determined that the thermal print head should print the subset of the print data; and (3) otherwise, storing the subset of the print data in a buffer for the thermal print head for printing by the thermal print head at a later printing time of the plurality of printing times, and providing a preheat data set to the thermal print head, responsive to the thermal print head having a temperature below the lower limit of a redetermined range. | 5,348 |
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