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9,083,771 | 1. A system for initiating a telecommunication connection between two or more participants, comprising: a telecommunication manager configured in such a way as to manage selection of a form of telecommunication for each of the two or more participants when the telecommunication connection is desired between a plurality of telecommunication devices operable by the two or more participants; and a plurality of participant records stored on one or more storage devices, the one or more storage devices in communication with the telecommunication manager and each of the plurality of participant records comprising at least one participant identifier each for identifying a respective participant of the two or more participants as being associated with a respective participant record of the plurality of participant records; wherein each of the plurality of participant records includes indications of a preferred form of telecommunication for the respective participant associated with the respective participant record of the plurality of participant records when the telecommunication connection is desired; wherein at least one respective participant of the two or more participants is associated with their own respective participant record of the plurality of participant records identified by the at least one participant identifier; wherein when the telecommunication connection is desired by a first of the two or more participants, the telecommunication manager manages connection of the first of the two or more participants and each of a remainder of the two or more participants based on respective participant records associated with the first of the two or more participants and the remainder of the two or more participants; wherein the preferred form of telecommunication for each of the remainder of the two or more participants is determined by the telecommunication manager searching the respective participant records associated with each of the two or more participants; wherein a participant record associated with at least one of the remainder of the two or more participants indicates a different preferred form of telecommunication than a first participant record associated with the first of the two or more participants; and wherein when only one participant of the remainder of the two or more participants has indicated the preferred form of telecommunication prior to initiation of the telecommunication connection, others of the remainder of the two or more participants are contacted by the system upon the initiation of the telecommunication connection without having previously indicated a preferred form of telecommunication. | 32,890 |
9,801,810 | 1. A hair removal composition comprising: A) beeswax from about 18 to 20%; B) hydrogenated rosin from about 35 to 45%; C) gum rosin from about 35 to 45%; D) titanium dioxide from about 1 to 2%; E) castor oil from about 2.5 go 3.5%; F) and color from about 0.05 to 0.20% by weight. | 13,228 |
9,824,178 | 1. A method of configuring inflation of an active bolster for mounting at an interior trim surface of a passenger compartment in an automotive vehicle, wherein the bolster comprises a plastic-molded front trim wall for deploying in a deployment direction toward a passenger in the passenger compartment, a plastic-molded bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with the trim wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder wherein the bladder member includes at least one substantially circumferential pleated baffle, and an inflator for coupling an inflation gas into the inflatable bladder in response to a crash event of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: configuring the shapes of the trim wall and bladder member to meet specifications for the automotive vehicle; identifying at least one first region of highest stress on the hot weld seam associated with inflation of the bladder without full venting; identifying at least one second region of lowest desired restraint force based on interaction between a deployment trajectory of the front trim wall and a desired restraint profile for a corresponding passenger; placing a stress relief vent on the bladder member juxtaposed with the first region and having a first aperture area; and distributing a plurality of tuning vents along the hot weld seam wherein the tuning vents are concentrated at the second region, wherein the tuning vents each has a respective initial aperture area less than the first aperture area. | 12,990 |
8,434,578 | 1. A hybrid or electric type automotive vehicle equipped with an energy storage device; the energy storage system comprising a high voltage supply bus intended to be connected to at least one of an electrical drive system and an on-board electrical network, a first storage element for electrical energy connected to said supply bus, a second storage element connected to the high voltage bus through the intermediary of an electrical coupling element that adapts the voltage levels of the first storage element to the voltage levels of the second storage element and adapts the voltage levels of the second storage element to the voltage levels of the first storage element, the second storage element being connected to bus in parallel relative to the first storage element, one of the first storage element and second storage element comprising a battery with electrochemical cells, and the other of the first storage element and second storage element comprises a supercapacitor; the vehicle comprising: an on-board network connected to the high voltage bus through the intermediary of a second electrical coupling element, and an electric drive system connected to the high voltage bus through the intermediary of an alternating/direct converter. | 37,326 |
8,577,006 | 1. A method comprising: identifying of at least one termination condition applicable to a real-time communication session hosted by a unified telephony system by a termination enforcement handler, wherein the at least one termination condition defines a limit for an operational variable for at least one of the unified telephony system and the real-time communication session, wherein the operational variable comprises at least one of a quality of service level, a performance level of the unified telephony system, a bandwidth availability, a quantity of participants for the real-time communication session, a total quantity of real-time communication sessions in the unified telephony system, a total quantity of a specific type of real-time communication sessions, a server load, and a maintenance schedule for resources of the unified telephony system; evaluating the at least one termination condition; in response to at least one termination condition being satisfied, determining at least one participant of the real-time communication session to disconnect from the real-time communication session based upon at least one of handling rules associated with the at least one termination condition and termination preferences associated with the real-time communication session, wherein the termination preferences are defined by an initiating entity of the real-time communication session; notifying the at least one participant of the real-time communication session of a termination of their connection to the real-time communication session in a predefined time limit, wherein notifying the at least one participant of termination further comprises: generating a termination notification for the at least one participant; determining a notification frequency for the termination notification to the at least one participant based upon at least one of handling rules and termination preferences; initiating a termination timer expressing the predefined time limit; and sending the termination notification to the at least one participant according to a time indicated on the termination timer and the notification frequency, wherein a format of the termination notification is based upon media types supported by the real-time communication session, handling rules, and termination preferences; and in response to the predefined time limit being reached, automatically terminating the connection of the at least one participant to the real-time communication session. | 33,877 |
8,669,405 | 1. A thermally stable bio-oil composition derived from a cellulosic biomass, wherein said bio-oil composition: (a) has an oxygen content no greater than about 30 weight percent, (b) has a water content of less than about 6 weight percent, (c) has a Conradson Carbon number of less than about 25 weight percent, and (d) has a total acid number no greater than about 30 mgKOH/g. | 11,477 |
8,992,380 | 1. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle with a drive source, an oil pump to be driven by rotation generated by the drive source and transmitted thereto, and a continuously variable transmission provided between the drive source and drive wheels and including a power transmission member mounted between two pulleys, comprising: a coast stop control unit configured to execute a coast stop control in which the drive source is stopped during vehicle running when a predetermined condition holds; and a hydraulic pressure control unit configured to execute a pulley pressure control in which a hydraulic pressure supplied to the pulley is increased such that frictional heat generated between the pulley and the power transmission member does not exceed upper limit frictional heat, below which the pulley or the power transmission member is not degraded, when the coast stop control is stopped, the drive source is restarted and the hydraulic pressure is supplied from the oil pump to the pulley. | 33,847 |
8,493,684 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a controller comprising processing circuitry, the controller comprising: a control module configured to cause an actuator to seek toward an outer diameter of a machine readable medium from a servo track, which is in a previously written servo band, to a blank portion of the machine readable medium, and determine a radial velocity of the actuator, within the servo band, after accelerating the actuator to a target radial velocity; a comparison module configured to compare the radial velocity to the target radial velocity; and a calibration module configured to calibrate a current used to modify the radial velocity of the actuator if the radial velocity is different from the target radial velocity. | 5,066 |
9,234,265 | 1. A crankshaft comprising an induction hardened and hot forged steel, containing, by mass percent, C: 0.20 to 0.34%, Si: at most 0.20%, Mn: 0.75 to 2.0%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.20%, Cr: 0.05 to 1.2%, Ti: at least 0.002% and less than 0.030%, Al: 0.014 to 0.04%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.020%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1): where the content (mass %) of each element is substituted for each of the symbols of elements in Formula (1). | 38,784 |
8,420,977 | 1. A portable cutting device for transport by a human operator, comprising: a laser source which provides optical energy, the laser source being a plurality of continuous wave semiconductor lasers whose output is combined to provide the optical energy; a battery power source; a laser directing device supporting focusing optics in a collimating chamber, the focusing optics focus the optical energy provided by the laser source; at least one storage container, the at least one storage container housing the laser source and the battery power source; and at least one flexible optical conduit extending from an interior of the at least one storage container to the laser directing device, the at least one flexible optical conduit communicating the optical energy produced by the laser source to the laser directing device; wherein the at least one storage container includes a backpack which includes a cargo carrying portion housing the battery power source and the laser source and support straps through which arms of the human operator extend. | 8,893 |
9,114,564 | 1. Equipment for drawing a film in synthetic material, comprising: a first fluid circulation circuit in which a heat transfer fluid circulates, wherein the transverse drawing means further include an air recirculation circuit connecting the air inlet and outlet apertures and laid out so as to redirect the air from the air outlet aperture to the air inlet aperture, and wherein the air recirculation circuit includes a cyclone separation device comprising a body delimiting a separation chamber, an inlet orifice opening into the separation chamber and connected to the air outlet aperture of the enclosure so as to allow introduction of an air-additives mixture into the separation chamber, an air outlet orifice opening into the separation chamber and connected to the air inlet aperture of the enclosure, and an additive outlet orifice opening into the separation chamber, wherein the body of the cyclone separation device comprises a heat transfer fluid inlet and a heat transfer fluid outlet connected to the first fluid circulation circuit, and wherein the cyclone separation device comprises a cooling pipe positioned in the body of the cyclone separation device and including a first end connected to the heat transfer fluid inlet and a second end connected to the heat transfer fluid outlet. | 15,257 |
9,451,766 | 1. A soil-amendment composition for enhancing plant growth, the composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of a treated glycerin composition, wherein the treated glycerin composition is treated by adding a carboxylic acid to a glycerin composition comprising glycerin obtained from vegetable or animal oils or fats, and wherein the treated glycerin composition is further treated by adding a phosphorus-containing acid; and (b) an effective amount of a glycerin-soluble nitrogen source. | 44,536 |
8,989,035 | 1. A wireless mobile device comprising: a system on a chip (SOC) including a processor core; and one or more functional units coupled to the SOC and configured to provide signals indicative of parameters of the wireless mobile device to the SOC wherein the processor core is configured to cause the wireless mobile device to perform a neighbor cell search at a periodicity based on the parameters of the wireless mobile device, the parameters including a velocity of the wireless mobile device and at least one metric determined by a radio unit of the wireless mobile device, wherein the periodicity is obtained from a value in a matrix that is generated based on one or more velocity thresholds and one or more thresholds from the at least one metric received from the radio unit. | 32,471 |
8,955,662 | 1. A replacement roller support bracket assembly for a conveyor roller support, said support bracket assembly comprising: an upper bracket having at least a first end wall including a roller mounting shaft recess thereon and opposed edges: a pair of spatially related side walls generally perpendicular to and in communication with said side wall edges; said spatially related side walls each having a substantially vertical first slot therein; a first upper jaw member extending between and slidably mounted in said slots at said spatially related side walls thereof; the vertical slidability of said jaw member providing for precise correct positioning of said roller mounting shaft recess. | 6,916 |
8,663,257 | 1. An anastomosis device for performing a variety of anastomosis procedures, comprising: an elongate body having a central lumen extending between a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end including a drainage aperture fluidly connected to the central lumen, the elongate body including a proximal inflation balloon and a medial inflation balloon, wherein each balloon is individually connected to an inflation lumen within the elongate body, the elongate body further including a distalmost pair of extendible tines positioned between the medial inflation balloon and the distal end. | 6,322 |
9,437,821 | 1. A method for manufacturing an electronic device comprising two or more electrodes and an organic thin film provided between the two or more electrodes, the method comprising the steps of: forming a coating film by applying a coating liquid that comprises a material having a crosslinking group, and forming the organic thin film by repeating an irradiation of electromagnetic waves to the coating film to cross-link with the crosslinking group, wherein the source of the electromagnetic waves is a xenon flash lamp, and wherein at the step of forming the organic thin film, the organic thin film is formed by repeating the irradiation the electromagnetic waves through a filter such that a transmittance of electromagnetic waves wavelength of Which is equal to 400 nm or less is equal to 10% or less. | 6,168 |
9,101,890 | 1. A process for conducting a chemical reaction in a microchannel reactor, the microchannel reactor comprising: at least one microchannel, the microchannel comprising at least one heat transfer wall; a porous catalyst in the microchannel on the heat transfer wall, the porous catalyst comprising a porous support and an active catalyst, the porous support comprising primary pores and secondary pores, the primary pores being larger than the secondary pores; the active catalyst being in the secondary pores; a bulk flow region adjacent to the porous catalyst; a heat source and/or heat sink in thermal contact with the heat transfer wall; the process comprising flowing a first reactant and a second reactant in the microchannel through the bulk flow region in contact with the catalyst to form a product, and exchanging heat between the heat source and/or heat sink and the heat transfer wall. | 42,629 |
9,590,268 | 1. An electrochemical cell, comprising: a negative electrode; a positive electrode; a microphase separated solid polymer electrolyte positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, the electrolyte comprising: | 43,020 |
8,581,904 | 1. A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional display, the method comprising computer-implemented operations for: retrieving a model defining a feed-forward network related to a development process; generating a first three-dimensional shape representing each internal product according to the model; generating a second three-dimensional shape representing each dependency of each internal product corresponding to each first three-dimensional shape; generating a third three-dimensional shape representing each component of each dependency corresponding to each second three-dimensional shape; and generating a layout of the three-dimensional display by | 14,478 |
8,917,844 | 1. A method comprising: determining whether a multi-party call follows an activation of a bridged-appearance feature to yield a determination; receiving a first signal that indicates that a first feature is activated in the multi-party call; receiving, during the multi-party call, a second signal that indicates that a second feature is invoked; and based on the second signal, determining, during the multi-party call, whether the first feature and the second feature interact based on (i) a first set of rules if the determination indicates that the multi-party call does not follow the activation of the bridged- appearance feature and (ii) a second set of rules if the determination indicates that the multi-party call follows the activation of the bridged-appearance feature. | 20,400 |
9,658,686 | 1. A head mounted display device for motion based view matrix tuning comprising: a display; a processor; a non-volatile storage device holding instructions executable by the processor to: | 38,026 |
8,512,460 | 1. A carbon dioxide recovery system, comprising: an absorber bringing exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with absorbent reversibly absorbing or releasing carbon dioxide at above or below a predetermined temperature, and making the absorbent absorb carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas; a regenerator releasing carbon dioxide in the absorbent by heating the absorbent absorbing carbon dioxide at the absorber; a reflux pipeline flowing back the absorbent regenerated at the regenerator to the absorber; and a filter introducing at least a part of the absorbent, removing solids accumulated in the introduced absorbent, and returning the absorbent after the solids are removed to a vicinity of a portion where the absorbent is introduced, wherein the filter is disposed on a discharging path from the regenerator to a reheater heating the absorbent. | 3,781 |
8,374,272 | 1. A method of encoding, comprising: receiving an input signal; and generating an encoded signal, based on the input signal, using space-frequency coding, wherein the space-frequency coding includes use of a transfer function matrix that is one of a set of binary full-rank matrices, and wherein a structure of each matrix of the set of binary full-rank matrices is defined based at least in part on a number of paths in an intersymbol interference (ISI) channel and a number of antennas. | 45,740 |
8,961,827 | 1. A red fluorescent material containing an element A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), carbon (C), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N), at an atomic ratio of the following composition formula (1): wherein the element A is an group 2 element including at least calcium (Ca) and strontium (Sr), when, each of atomic ratios of Ca, Sr, and another group 2 element is α, β, and γ, respectively (m=α+β+γ), a relation of 0<α/(α+β)≦0.2 is satisfied; and m, x, y, and n satisfy 3<m<5, 0<x<1, 0<y<9, and 0<n<10, respectively. | 37,214 |
8,763,409 | 1. A heat exchanger, comprising: a housing disposed in a first atmosphere and having an upstream end, a downstream end and a chamber within the housing; a first metallic block disposed in the chamber the first metallic block comprising: a first inlet pipe in communication with the first inlet port for providing the first cryogen to the first passageway; a first outlet pipe in communication with the first outlet port for exhausting cryogenic vapor from the first passageway to power an engine; and a first heat pipe assembly in contact with the first metallic block and extending to a second atmosphere which is separate from the first atmosphere for providing heat transfer at the second atmosphere. | 26,250 |
9,075,430 | 1. A coordinate information update device, comprising: a coordinate storage unit configured to store a coordinate value of an object in a three-dimensional coordinate system, the object configured to be displayed on a two dimensional display; a two-dimensional conversion unit configured to convert three-dimensional coordinate values to coordinate values of a two-dimensional coordinate system; an operation information receiver unit configured to receive operation information of the two-dimensional coordinate system from an input device that is separate from the display, the operation information used to update xy-coordinate values of the three-dimensional coordinate system with respect to the object; an operation information determination unit configured to determine whether the operation information to update the xy-coordinate values of the three-dimensional coordinate system is in accordance with a particular rule; and a coordinate update unit configured, based on a result of the determination of the operation information determination unit, to: | 32,383 |
9,674,885 | 1. A method for transferring a software update over a fabric network, the method comprising: sending an image query message from a first device in the fabric network to a second device in the fabric network or to a local or remote server, the image query message comprising a locale specification field when a locale specification flag is true; receiving at the first device an image query response from the second device or the local or remote server, wherein the image query response indicates whether the software update is available and includes download information having location information to enable the first device to download the software update, and wherein the image query response comprises an update priority; and downloading the software update at the first device using the location information, wherein the software is downloaded at a time based at least in part on the update priority in the fabric network. | 1,780 |
9,733,657 | 1. A power system, comprising: an energy generator; a hybrid energy storage system (HSS) including two or more energy storage system, each with different energy capacity and power capacity; and a fuzzy logic controller with a rule base and membership functions for control variables refined from expert knowledge, trials and tests; wherein a exponential smoothing filter comprises where x(t) is the input to the filter and y(t−1) is the output at previous time step (t−1). | 22,627 |
8,916,769 | 1. An energy conversion device comprising: a stack of photovoltaic (PV) cells comprising an upper PV cell and a lower PV cell; said upper PV cell having a lower surface and a higher energy bandgap than said lower PV cell; said lower PV cell having an upper surface and an energy bandgap lower than that of said upper PV cell; wherein at least one of said upper and lower PV cells comprises a quantum well or quantum dot region, and a N+/P/P+ doped layer stack comprising an N+ layer, a P layer and a P+ layer, wherein the quantum well or quantum dot region is disposed between and in contact with the N+ layer and the P layer and wherein the P layer directly contacts the P+ layer; said stack including a mechanical and electrical interconnect interface between said lower surface of said upper PV cell and said upper surface of said lower PV cell in direct contact with both said lower surface of said upper PV cell and said upper surface of said lower PV cell; and said mechanical and electrical interconnect interface structure comprising a metal grid between and alloyed to said upper PV cell and said lower PV cell. | 48,312 |
9,103,291 | 1. A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of said engine, comprising: rotational speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; intake pressure detecting means for detecting an intake pressure of said engine; wide-open intake air amount calculating means for calculating a wide-open intake air amount according to the engine rotational speed, the wide-open intake air amount being an intake air amount corresponding to a state where said throttle valve is fully opened; theoretical intake air amount calculating means for calculating a theoretical intake air amount according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure, the theoretical intake air amount being an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of said engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of said engine; estimated intake air amount calculating means for calculating an estimated intake air amount which is an estimated value of an actual intake air amount of said engine; exhaust gas recirculation ratio calculating means for calculating an exhaust gas recirculation ratio using the theoretical intake air amount and the estimated intake air amount; torque detecting means for detecting an output torque of said engine; and control means for controlling said engine using the estimated intake air amount, wherein said estimated intake air amount calculating means calculates the estimated intake air amount using the detected output torque and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. | 27,360 |
8,987,574 | 1. A method for composing music, the method comprising: generating, via a processing device, new key and chord sequences of abstract music data from re-arrangement of abstract music data extracted from a music input; selecting, via the processing device, a rhythm sequence from re-arrangement of rhythm data extracted from the music input; determining, via the processing device, a set of possible pitches for each note slot in the rhythm sequence by populating note slots in the rhythm sequence with a set of possible pitches; reducing, via the processing device, the set of possible pitches for each note based on the new key and chord sequences of abstract music data; analyzing, via the processing device, the reduced set of possible pitches according to a hierarchy of movement combinations rules to select a pitch for each note slot in the rhythm sequence; and outputting, via the processing device, the selected pitch for each note to generate a new music composition. | 41,936 |
9,509,174 | 1. An apparatus for improving endurance capability of a terminal, comprising: a heat collection module collects heat generated by heating electronic components within the terminal; a thermoelectric conversion module converts the collected heat into electrical energy and transport the electrical energy to a storage capacitor module; the storage capacitor module stores said electrical energy, and output a stable output voltage value; a comparator module, when a terminal battery is not charged fully, and said output voltage value is greater than 5V and is greater than a voltage of the terminal battery, generates and send a charging enable signal to a power management module; and the power management module charges said terminal battery based on said charging enable signal. | 41,428 |
8,949,002 | 1. A method for fueling an engine, comprising: supplying fuel to a cylinder based on a pressure output from a first table expressing fuel pressure as a function of a first number of pilot fuel injections supplied to the cylinder in a first mode; supplying fuel to the cylinder based on a pressure output from a second table expressing fuel pressure as a function of a second number of pilot fuel injections supplied to the cylinder in a second mode; and changing from the first mode to the second mode in response to a first condition when a control parameter is increasing. | 31,398 |
9,444,272 | 1. A battery balancing device arranged to perform balance processing of charge states of a plurality of batteries, where the batteries are adapted to be connected in parallel and where the balancing device is adapted to disconnect the batteries from each other and from external loads before a balancing status is determined, wherein each of the batteries is divided into a plurality of battery cells and wherein at least one equalization device is arranged in each battery for balancing the battery cells within the battery, wherein the balancing device being arranged to at least collect information about voltage of at least one battery cell in each battery from the at least one equalization device and determining the balancing status of the batteries on the basis of the collected Information, the balancing device further being arranged to determine a target cell voltage for at least one battery cell in dependency of the balancing status and provide the target cell voltage to each equalization device to control the balancing of the battery cells, where the balancing device is arranged to discharge and/or charge the batteries to achieve the same or a similar charge state for the batteries when the balance process is completed. | 42,226 |
9,677,707 | 1. A lubrication system for a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly having at least one bearing, comprising: a pump circuit, having at least a pump; a lubricant injection circuit for providing lubricant from a deposit of fresh lubricant to the bearing during an injection mode of operation; a lubricant extraction circuit for extracting used lubricant from the bearing to a recovery tank during an extraction mode of operation; at least a first three-way valve, having a first port coupled to the pump circuit, a second port coupled to the lubricant injection circuit and a third port coupled to the lubricant extraction circuit, wherein the first three-way valve is operable among a first position, a second position and a third position, wherein the first position allows operation of the lubrication system in the injection mode, whereby the pump provides pressure to the lubricant injection circuit, the second position allows operation of the lubrication system in the extraction mode, whereby the pump provides pressure to the lubricant extraction circuit, and the third position allows operation of the lubrication system in both modes simultaneously, whereby the pump provides pressure to the lubricant injection circuit and to the lubricant extraction circuit simultaneously; a first monitoring element, coupled to the lubricant injection circuit and a second monitoring element, coupled to the lubricant extraction circuit; wherein the first three-way valve is operable by a controller in response to a volume of lubricant measured by at least one of the first and second monitoring elements; and wherein the second monitoring element is a flow meter and the first three-way valve defines a passageway between the pump and the lubricant extraction circuit when the second monitoring element indicates a lubricant volume is above a desired value and wherein the first three-way valve defines a passageway between the pump and the lubricant injection circuit when the flow meter indicates a volume below a desired value. | 35,482 |
9,652,021 | 1. An operating method of an electronic apparatus, the method comprising: measuring a load rate of the electronic apparatus that operates at a first driving frequency level; determining a second driving frequency level based on the measured load rate; determining, based on a dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) table for controlling a driving voltage and the driving frequency and a delay mapping table in which a delay time is mapped with each driving frequency, whether or not to change the first driving frequency level into the second driving frequency level after an operational duration time of the first driving frequency level; and based on the determination of the change from the first driving frequency level to the second driving frequency level, controlling to operate at the first driving frequency level or the second driving frequency level. | 5,227 |
9,789,443 | 1. A positive ignition engine comprising an exhaust system comprising a catalysed filter for filtering particulate matter from exhaust gas emitted from the engine, the filter comprising a porous substrate having a total substrate length and having inlet surfaces and outlet surfaces, wherein the inlet surfaces are separated from the outlet surfaces by a porous structure containing pores of a first mean pore size, wherein the porous substrate is coated with a three-way catalyst washcoat comprising a plurality of solid particles and at least one precious metal, wherein the porous structure of the washcoated porous substrate contains pores of a second mean pore size, wherein the second mean pore size is less than the first mean pore size, which three-way catalyst washcoat being axially arranged on the porous substrate between a first zone comprising the inlet surfaces of a first substrate length less than the total substrate length and a second zone comprising the outlet surfaces of a second substrate length less than the total substrate length, wherein the sum of the substrate length in the first zone and the substrate length in the second zone>100%, the first zone is disposed upstream of the second zone and wherein: i. a washcoat loading in the first zone>second zone; ii. a total precious metal loading in the first zone>second zone; or iii. both a washcoat loading and a total precious metal loading in the first zone>second zone. | 13,029 |
9,452,388 | 1. A method for air temperature control in a multi-stage reactively driven oxygen transport membrane based reactor comprising the steps of: introducing a flow of a heated oxygen containing feed stream to the multi-stage reactively driven oxygen transport membrane based reactor, the heated oxygen containing feed stream having a temperature from about 800° C. to about 1000° C.; passing the heated oxygen containing feed stream across the surfaces of a plurality of oxygen transport membrane elements in a first stage of the multi-stage reactively driven oxygen transport membrane based reactor wherein the some oxygen is depleted from the heated oxygen containing feed stream to produce a first residual stream at a temperature at or above the heated oxygen containing feed stream temperature; introducing a flow of supplemental cooling air to the first residual stream within the multi-stage oxygen transport membrane based reactor; mixing the flow of supplemental cooling air with the first residual stream within the multi-stage oxygen transport membrane based reactor to produce a mixed stream having a mixed stream temperature; passing the mixed stream across the surfaces of a second plurality of oxygen transport membrane elements in a second stage of the multi-stage reactively driven oxygen transport membrane based reactor wherein the some oxygen is depleted from the mixed stream to produce a second residual stream at a temperature above the mixed stream temperature; and exhausting a stream containing some or all of the second residual stream from the multi-stage reactively driven oxygen transport membrane based reactor; wherein the heated oxygen containing feed stream temperature and the mixed stream temperature are within about 25° C. of each other. | 36,568 |
8,952,338 | 1. A crystalline quality evaluation apparatus for thin-film semiconductors, comprising: an excitation light emitting section for emitting excitation light having energy equal to or greater than a band gap of a thin-film semiconductor of a sample, to irradiate a measurement site of the sample; an electromagnetic wave emitting section for emitting an electromagnetic wave to irradiate an irradiation position of the excitation light; a detection section for detecting an intensity of a reflected electromagnetic wave from the sample, which changes in response to irradiation with the excitation light; an evaluation section for, based on a result of the detection by the detection section, evaluating crystalline quality of the sample; and a dielectric which is disposed between the sample and the electromagnetic wave emitting section, and transparent to the excitation light, wherein the thin-film semiconductor of the sample is formed on an electrically conductive film, and wherein the crystalline quality evaluation apparatus further satisfies the following relation: d=λ/4(∈) | 44,451 |
9,027,232 | 1. An assembly comprising: a cylindrical magnet assembly, which comprises at least one coil mounted on a former, assembled to a bore tube by a number of inserts within holes formed in a material of the former, each insert bearing on a radially outer concave surface of a radially-inwardly directed protrusion formed in a material of the bore tube. | 44,695 |
8,655,620 | 1. A rotation measuring module used to measure rotation of a target object, the rotation measuring module comprising: a first sensor, installed at one first location of the target object so that when the target object is rotating, the first sensor senses a first centripetal acceleration and a first tangential acceleration; a second sensor, installed at a second location of the target object so that when target object is rotating, the second sensor senses a second centrifugal acceleration and a second tangential acceleration; and a processor, which is connected respectively to the first sensor and the second sensor so as to receive from the first sensor the first centripetal acceleration (a wherein, r is respectively a distance from the first location and the second location to the rotational center of the target object, next, the processor will follow the following equation 3 to calculate a rotational angle (Δθ) of the target object: wherein Δt is a sampling period of the first sensor and the second sensor during the measurement. | 18,096 |
8,791,588 | 1. A wind turbine comprising: an ambient air inlet flow passage extending between an inlet end having an inlet opening of relatively large area and an outlet end having an outlet opening of relatively small area, wherein the inlet end is substantially perpendicular to the outlet end; a rotor located proximate to the outlet opening and rotatable about an axis substantially aligned with the outlet end of the inlet flow passage, the rotor including an array of radially extending blades regularly spaced about the rotor axis and defining an annular area, the blades configured to rotate about the rotor axis when subject to airflow moving through the inlet flow passage; an output shaft coupled to the rotor to transmit mechanical energy from the rotor to a generator; a primary partition extending between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the primary partition defining an upper passage configured to direct airflow to a forward half of the annular area of the rotor and a lower passage configured to direct airflow to a rearward half of the annular area the rotor such that the distribution of airflow across the rotor blades is substantially uniform; a plurality of upper secondary partitions extending between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the upper secondary partitions dividing the upper passage into a plurality of substantially equal upper airflow subdivisions; and a plurality of lower secondary partitions extending between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, the lower secondary partitions dividing the lower passage into a plurality of substantially equal lower airflow subdivisions. | 41,251 |
9,017,890 | 1. A system for thermal management of a fuel cell, the system comprising: a first reactant supply mechanism closed to an ambient environment and configured to store and supply oxygen to the fuel cell for a fuel cell reaction; a second reactant supply mechanism closed to the ambient environment and configured to store and supply fuel to the fuel cell for the fuel cell reaction; and a coolant supply mechanism coupled to the ambient environment and isolated from the first reactant supply mechanism and from the second reactant supply mechanism comprising an inlet defining a channel through which a non-reactant ambient airflow is captured from an ambient environment, the coolant supply mechanism operative to provide an entire portion of the non-reactant ambient airflow captured through the channel from the ambient environment to the fuel cell; a heat exchanger within the fuel cell configured to receive the entire portion of the non-reactant ambient airflow captured through the channel from the ambient environment from the coolant supply mechanism, route the entire portion of the non-reactant ambient airflow through a portion of the fuel cell to absorb heat from the fuel cell to create heated coolant, and discharge the heated coolant from the fuel cell; and a heat disposal mechanism configured to receive the heated coolant discharged from the heat exchanger and direct the heated coolant away from the fuel cell. | 29,173 |
9,169,133 | 1. A water vapor collector assembly comprising: a) a transparent cover and a box; b) said transparent cover being on top of said box; c) said box having a condensation chamber, a vapor chamber, and a floatation chamber; d) said vapor chamber having an opening on the bottom; e) said condensation chamber having a rim extruding from the bottom of said vapor chamber; f) there being a gap between said rim of said condensation chamber and the bottom of said transparent cover; g) said floatation chamber connected to said vapor chamber; h) the bottom of said condensation chamber having a short extruding tube which can connect with another tube; i) said box being able to float on a water surface; j) said condensation chamber having two extruding objects on its exterior surface for mounting a weight comprising at least an elongated object which can knock on the condensation chamber when there is a relative movement between said condensation chamber and said weight. | 37,175 |
9,215,153 | 1. A computer-implemented method for providing status information for virtual resource images in a networked computing environment, comprising: associating a template with an image of a previously created virtual resource, the template being separate from the virtual resource and comprising a set of instructions that gather information regarding a status of the image as the image is executing, the information being gathered independently from other images; storing the template and the image in a catalog on a computer storage medium in the networked computing environment; receiving a request for an instance of the virtual resource; provisioning the instance based on the image; providing the template with the instance; generating a user interface via an application that is external to the instance in response to the instance being provisioned, the user interface comprising a visualization of the status of the image generated by executing the set of instructions in the template by the application that gather the information, and accessing the status by executing an application against the information, the application being loaded on a computerized device that utilizes the instance, the execution of the application providing a user interface on the computerized device on which the status can be displayed. | 22,674 |
8,635,378 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of tiles, each tile comprising a processor; a switch including switching circuitry to forward data over data paths from other tiles to the processor and to switches of other tiles according to execution of a switch instruction that causes coupling of an input port to each of multiple output ports of the switch; a switch instruction fetch unit configured to fetch switch instructions for the switch in a first mode, with input data arriving at the switch in successive cycles forwarded according to different switch instructions fetched by the switch instruction fetch unit during the successive cycles; and a multiplexer configured to selectively couple an input port and output port for forwarding data from the input port to the output port in a first mode in successive cycles according to switch instructions fetched by the switch instruction fetch unit and in a second mode, the multiplexer is configured to forward input data arriving at the switch in successive cycles according to single instruction circuitry that establishes a single coupling, with power to the switch instruction fetch unit turned off during the successive cycles during the second mode. | 10,171 |
9,770,185 | 1. A wearable device, comprising: a housing; first and second electrical contacts protruding from the housing, wherein the first and second electrical contacts contact skin at an external body surface when the housing is mounted on the external body surface; and electronics disposed in the wearable device, wherein the electronics comprises: | 32,564 |
8,718,563 | 1. A method for processing a signal with a corresponding noise profile, the method comprising: analyzing spectral content of the noise profile; predicting an effect on the spectral content based on the signal traversing a limiter; generating one or more filter coefficients of a filter based on the predicted effect to avoid generation of noise harmonics and infinite folding in the signal as a result of the signal traversing the limiter; filtering the signal with the filter in accordance with the determined one or more filter coefficients; and limiting the filtered signal with the limiter. | 44,001 |
9,399,939 | 1. A combustion exhaust gas treatment system comprising: a combustion apparatus for generating an exhaust gas, an air heater, a heat exchanger (A) for recovering heat contained in the exhaust gas into a heat medium, an electrostatic precipitator, a wet desulfurization device, a pre-scrubber, an absorption column for contacting the exhaust gas with an absorbent to absorb CO a desorption column for releasing CO a reboiler for vaporizing the regenerated absorbent to supply heat to the desorption column, a flash tank for flash vaporizing the regenerated absorbent, a heat exchanger (E) for transferring heat from the regenerated absorbent to the CO a heat exchanger (B) provided between the heat exchanger (E) and the desorption column to apply heat recovered by the heat medium to the CO the CO | 23,017 |
9,744,870 | 1. A distributed system to provide wireless energy sharing within a vehicle convoy, the system comprising: a charge vehicle communicatively coupled to a plurality of vehicles in the vehicle convoy, wherein the charge vehicle is configured to provide electrical energy to at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, and wherein the plurality of vehicles are configured to be powered by the electrical energy and are configured to recharge wirelessly while moving; and the at least one vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, which is configured to: | 45,109 |
9,799,735 | 1. A silicon carbide single crystal substrate, comprising a main surface in a shape encompassing a circle having a diameter of 100 mm, angle distribution in a direction obtained by projecting a c axis on said main surface being within 1°. | 35,036 |
9,163,827 | 1. A system, comprising: a first steam generator configured to supply a first boiler feedwater; a second steam generator configured to supply a second boiler feedwater; a first common boiler feedwater header configured to combine the first boiler feedwater and the second boiler feedwater to produce a first common boiler feedwater; a second common boiler feedwater header configured to combine the first boiler feedwater and the second boiler feedwater to produce a second common boiler feedwater; a first heat exchanger configured to receive the first common boiler feedwater to transfer heat between the first common boiler feedwater and a first gas; and a controller comprising an input configured to receive a sensor feedback from a sensor measuring at least one property of the supply of the first boiler feedwater or the supply of the second boiler feedwater, wherein the controller is responsive to the sensor feedback received via the input to control at least one of the supply of the first boiler feedwater or the supply of the second boiler feedwater when the sensor feedback received via the input is indicative of non-compliance with a first threshold. | 34,457 |
9,061,042 | 1. A method for improving blood RNA concentration after a second administration to a mammal of a composition comprising a RNA-encapsulated lipid particle comprising a polyethylene glycolated lipid, a polyethylene glycol sorbitan fatty acid ester or a polyethylene glycol fatty acid ester, wherein the RNA comprises a sequence X consisting of 15 to 30 contiguous bases of a target gene mRNA and a base sequence X′ complementary to the sequence X, comprising twice administering to a mammal the composition wherein 10 to 75% of all sugars in the RNA binding to the bases of the sequence X and the base sequence X′ are ribose substituted by a modifying group selected from the group consisting of 2′-fluoro, 2′-O-methyl, 2′-O-ethyl. | 22,579 |
8,347,330 | 1. A method of processing a digital broadcasting signal in a digital television receiver, comprising: receiving in a tuner a digital broadcasting signal including a virtual channel table (VCT), the VCT including a version_number field, a section_number field, a last_section_number field, a short_name field, a major_channel_number field, a minor_channel number_field, a modulation_mode field, a carrier_frequency field, a channel_TSID field, a program number field, an ETM_location field, and an access_controlled field, wherein for an inactive channel the program number field is set to zero, wherein the inactive channel is a channel that is not presently carrying a broadcast program; however, the same inactive channel is scheduled to carry a broadcast program at a predetermined later time from a broadcasting station without local viewer interaction; and processing in a display processor to display the corresponding virtual channel, wherein when the virtual channel is currently inactive, the receiver is capable of skipping over the virtual channel while a user is surfing. | 28,053 |
9,065,860 | 1. A method of enabling multi-access to a plurality of physical memory banks, the method comprising: selecting a subset of multiple access requests to be executed in at least one clock cycle over at least one of a number of access ports connected to the plurality of physical memory banks, the selected subset of access requests addressed to different physical memory banks, among the plurality of memory banks, each access port coupled to one or more of the plurality of memory banks, each memory bank accessible by a single access port per clock cycle and each access port accessing a single memory; and scheduling the selected subset of access requests, each over a separate access port; wherein each access request includes a memory address with a first set of bits indicative of a physical memory bank, among the plurality of physical memory banks, and a second set of bits indicative of a memory row within the physical memory bank indicated by the first set of bits. | 36,012 |
8,474,835 | 1. A mobile support system comprising: a cart, said cart having one or more arms, said one or more arms movable in two degrees of freedom being pivotally mounted, said one or more arms having means thereon capable of holding one or more pieces of attached equipment, said one or more arms are capable of extending a maximum distance of 9 feet from a cart body in a lateral direction, and said cart having a foot print for passing through doors with sides of about 2 by 4 feet; means for moving said one or more arms in a vertical direction to provide a third degree of freedom, wherein said means for moving said one or more arms in a vertical direction includes a linear rail and counterweight system for one or more arm for providing neutral buoyancy therein so that once positioned, said one or more arms remain in that position until moved by hand, wherein said linear rail and counterweight system comprises: a vertical column, a short arm section pivotally mounted to a top of said vertical column, a bearing rail bracket, said bearing rail bracket fixedly mounted to a bottom section of said vertical column; a rail carriage, said rail carriages fixedly attached to the bearing rail bracket; a bearing rail, said bearing rail attached to an upper cart frame, said rail carriage riding upon said bearing rail; a pulley bracket, said pulley bracket attached to said bearing rail bracket; a pulley belt, said pulley belt attached to said pulley bracket; a pulley, said pulley attached to said upper cart frame, said pulley belt attached thereon; a counterweight, an other end of said pulley belt attached to said counterweight, said counterweight sliding upon one or more vertical shafts attached to the upper and a lower cart frame, said counterweight being adjustable in weight to compensate for different weights of one more pieces of attached equipment, said counterweight moving opposite to said vertical column to minimize the center of gravity above a floor; wherein an amount of friction is adjustable in said liner rail and counterweight system to provide for adjustment of neutral buoyancy; and a plurality of adjustable shelves attached to said cart capable of holding supporting equipment for said attached equipment and communicating to said attached equipment. | 34,668 |
9,463,310 | 1. A closure assembly for a female connector structured to indicate attempted access to the female connector, said closure assembly comprising: a housing including an at least partially hollow interior and a closed end portion, a connector cover movably disposed within said housing in attachable relation to the female connector, said connector cover including an interior chamber disposed and dimensioned in receiving, at least partially enclosing relation to an access port of the female connector, said interior chamber including an interior surface cooperatively disposed and structured with an exterior of the female connector to establish a connection between said connector cover and the female connector, said interior surface having a threaded construction disposed and configured to define a threaded engagement with an exterior of the female connector, an indicator member fixedly and removably connected within said housing and detachable therefrom upon removal of said housing from the female connector, and said connector cover and housing cooperatively structured for concurrent rotation and axial movement of said interior chamber into said receiving, at least partially enclosing relation to the access port of the female connector. | 25,771 |
8,586,505 | 1. A compound represented by the following general formula [I]: [wherein R a) a mono- or bi-cyclic ring which may contain 0 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of phenyl, benzyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, furyl, benzofuryl, isobenzofuryl, dihydrobenzofuryl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, naphthyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, quinoxalyl, quinazolinyl, pyridyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzoisothiazolyl, pyrrolyl, indolyl, isoindolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, thienyl, benzothienyl, imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrazolyl, and pyridonyl, b) linear or branched alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, linear or branched alkenyl containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, linear or branched alkynyl containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms, or cycloalkenyl containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms, c) —SiR 5 R 6 R 7 (wherein R 5 , R 6 and R 7 each represent linear or branched alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms or phenyl; all of which may be the same substituents, or all of which may be different substituents), and d) a hydrogen atom, wherein in the case of a) or b) above, R R R R | 535 |
9,173,783 | 1. An adaptable absorbent article for wearing in a crotch region of a user, consisting of: a top pad and a bottom pad selectively attached in a stack wherein each of the top pad and bottom pad consists of: wherein the top pad includes a pubic and vaginal hair hiding device allowing for the top pad to cover hair in the pubic, pubic bone, and vaginal area; wherein the top pad has a tapered pedestal shape such that that the top section of said top pad is significantly wider than the bottom section of said to pad such that it is shaped to fit within a thong undergarment; wherein the bottom pad has a pedestal shape such that the top and bottom sections of said bottom pad are selectively sized to be wider than the middle section of the bottom pad; and wherein the widths of the top sections of the top and bottom pads are the same, and the width of the bottom section of the bottom pad is wider than the width of the bottom section of the top pad such that the bottom pad covers a larger area of the crotch region than the top pad. | 17,489 |
8,481,602 | 1. A process for producing synthetic gasolines by reacting 59% methane, CH4, with 41% carbon monoxide, CO, in the presence of a catalyst being made of about ⅔ of crushed salt, NaCl, and of about ⅓ of crushed iron, FeO, characterized by the circulation of methane, CH4, and carbon monoxide, CO, in the presence of iron+salt, ⅓ FeO+⅔ NaCl, catalyst at a constant temperature of about 300° C.-350° C., at a constant pressure of about 450-500 p.s.i. | 21,463 |
9,371,257 | 1. A method for the oxidative coupling of hydrocarbons comprising: providing a hydrocarbon feedstream and a reactor; providing an oxidative catalyst within the reactor; feeding the hydrocarbon feedstream and an oxygen source to the reactor; carrying out oxidative coupling of hydrocarbons over the oxidative catalyst according to a set of reaction conditions; and recovering product hydrocarbons from the reactor; wherein the reactor does not provide a significant detrimental catalyzing effect; supplying the product hydrocarbons to a separation zone in fluid communication with the reactor; in the separation zone, separating benzene from the product hydrocarbons and sending the benzene to an alkylation zone in fluid communication with the separation zone; in the alkylation zone, producing a product with increased ethylbenzene; in the separation zone, separating ethylbenzene from the product hydrocarbons and sending the ethylbenzene to a dehydrogenation zone in fluid communication with the separation zone; and in the dehydrogenation zone, producing a styrene product. | 23,424 |
8,715,316 | 1. A device for treating a thrombus in a vessel, the device comprising: a plurality of wires woven to form a textile structure, the textile structure comprising: wherein the neck is aligned along the longitudinal axis and wherein the first bulb and the second bulb are differently radially offset from the longitudinal axis. | 42,979 |
8,549,858 | 1. A floating type solar energy collection/power device comprising: a base including a compartment having an opening, with a first working fluid received in the compartment and having a specific weight smaller than 1, with the first working fluid providing a floating force to the base; a heat collecting assembly mounted to the opening to seal the compartment; a heat conducting assembly mounted in the compartment, with the heat conducting assembly including a heat conducting tube and a pump, with the heat conducting tube including a first end in communication with the compartment and a second end connected to the pump, with the pump having an inlet, with the pump drawing the first working fluid into the second end of the heat conducting tube via the inlet; and a heat machine including a compressor, a heat exchanger, and a turbine, with the compressor, the heat exchanger, and the turbine connected to each other by a plurality of pipes, with the turbine connected to a generator, with the heat exchanger and the first working fluid undergoing heat exchange. | 24,448 |
8,928,500 | 1. A state determination device comprising: an input point acquisition section which acquires position information of an input point specified by an operating object; a reference region setting section which sets a reference region including the input point acquired by the input point acquisition section at a current time point; an input point-number acquisition section which acquires a number of input points acquired by the input point acquisition section in past and included in the reference region; and a determination section which determines, based on the number of input points acquired by the input point-number acquisition section, whether the operating object is in a moving state or in a still state. | 45,421 |
8,869,124 | 1. A method for estimating a cost and a duration for migrating a computer application from a source platform to a target platform, the method comprising: a computer receiving a request to estimate the cost and the duration for migrating the computer application, the request including an indication of a first, second or third assessment type; and the computer receiving specification of (a) a plurality of migration attributes of the computer application, the plurality of migration attributes being associated with the first assessment type, (b) a first subset of migration attributes that is less than all of the plurality of migration attributes, the first subset of migration attributes being associated with the second assessment type, the second assessment type being less accurate than the first assessment type, or (c) a second subset of migration attributes that is less than all of the first subset of migration attributes, the second subset of migration attributes being associated with the third assessment type, the third assessment type being less accurate than the second assessment type, the plurality of migration attributes including a source code corresponding to the computer application, the first subset of migration attributes including a count of a number of lines in the source code, and the second subset of migration attributes including a type of operating system on which the computer application executes; the computer receiving specification of a set of tasks required for the migration; the computer determining, an average cost of completing each of the task and an average duration for completing each of the task; and the computer estimating the cost and the duration for migrating the computer application based at least in part on the average cost of completing each task, the average duration for completing each task and one of the plurality of migration attributes, the first subset of migration attributes and the second subset of migration attributes. | 29,984 |
9,022,020 | 1. A solar energy collector system, the system comprising: a linear Fresnel reflector array; a reflector support configured to rotate about an axis aligned with a center of the reflector support, the reflector support configured to support and rotate one or more reflector elements coupled thereto in the array, the reflector support configured to rotate the one or more reflector elements to at least partially track diurnal motion of the sun and the one or more reflector elements configured to direct incident solar radiation to an elevated receiver having a horizontal aperture; a motor configured to rotate the reflector support about the axis; and a positional sensor configured to sense a tilt angle of the reflector support, wherein at least a portion of the positional sensor is attached to the reflector support such that the at least a portion of the positional sensor rotates about the axis as the reflector support rotates. | 38,138 |
9,305,342 | 1. A method for acquiring a boundary line of an alignment film, wherein an image comprising therein fractions of image having boundary lines is provided in advance, at least one the fractions of the image corresponding to an alignment film, and the method includes the steps of: A. processing an edge of the image and identifying the boundary lines of the image that include the boundary line of the alignment film and an additional straight boundary line, wherein a binarization process is performed toward the image to convert the image into a plurality of pixels each having a gray value, the gray value of a selected one of the pixels being compared with the gray values of the pixels surrounding the selected pixel so that the selected pixel is excluded if the gray value of the selected pixel is consistent with the gray values of the surrounding pixels and, alternatively, the selected pixel is kept if the gray value of the selected pixel is different from the gray value of one of the surrounding pixels; B. conducting a first screening operation over the boundary lines of the image and excluding the straight boundary line with the remaining ones of the boundary lines as first-screened boundary lines; and C. conducting a second screening operation toward the firstly-screened boundary lines and selecting an outmost one of the firstly-screened boundary lines as an actual boundary line corresponding to the alignment film. | 49,203 |
8,844,842 | 1. A dual fuel system comprising: a dual fuel injector with a first fuel inlet, a second fuel inlet, a drain outlet, a first nozzle outlet set and a second nozzle outlet set, and having disposed therein a first direct control needle valve with a closing hydraulic surface positioned in a first needle control chamber, and a second direct control needle valve with a closing hydraulic surface positioned in a second needle control chamber, and including a first electronically controlled three way valve and a second electronically controlled three way valve; a source of liquid fuel fluidly connected to the first fuel inlet; a source of gaseous fuel fluidly connected to the second fuel inlet; each of the first and second electronically controlled three way valves include a respective first or second control valve member trapped to move between contact with a respective first or second conical valve seat and contact with a respective first or second flat valve seat; wherein the first electronically controlled three way valve fluidly connects a first pressure communication passage to the first needle control chamber when the first control valve member is in contact with the first conical valve seat, and fluidly connects the drain outlet to the first needle control chamber when the first control valve member is in contact with the first flat valve seat; and wherein the second electronically controlled three way valve fluidly connects a second pressure communication passage to the second needle control chamber when the second control valve member is in contact with the second conical valve seat, and fluidly connects the drain outlet to the second needle control chamber when the second control valve member is in contact with the second flat valve seat. | 880 |
9,111,065 | 1. A method of inserting dummy metal and dummy via in an integrated circuit design, comprising: inserting, by a computer, dummy metals using a place and route tool, wherein the place and route tool has timing-awareness to improve a timing performance of the integrated circuit design, and the dummy metals have a length less than or equal to a predetermined maximum length; and inserting, by the computer, dummy vias using a design-rule-checking utility separately from the inserting of the dummy metals. | 21,827 |
8,509,836 | 1. A method for controlling transmit power of a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising: determining an open loop uplink (UL) power control (PC) component based on pathloss measurement, wherein the open loop PC component comprises a cell-specific parameter and a WTRU-specific parameter, and wherein the cell-specific and WTRU-specific parameters are provided from higher layers; determining a closed loop PC component including a correction factor, wherein the correction factor is based on a PC correction command signaled in a UL grant associated with a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process; combining the open loop PC component and the closed loop PC component with a delta factor related to an offset value to determine a transmit power, wherein the offset value is related to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS); and applying the transmit power in accordance with a timing of the HARQ process. | 34,629 |
8,764,926 | 1. A method for manufacturing an elasticated web having discontinuous elastic threads, said method comprising the steps of; a. providing a first web, said first web having a primary extension in the machine direction, first and second faces and a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges extending in the machine direction; b. providing a second web, said second web also having a primary extension in the machine direction, first and second faces and a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges extending in the machine direction; c. providing a third web said third web having a primary extension in the machine direction, first and second faces and a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges extending in the machine direction; d. arranging said third web to lie adjacent and substantially parallel with said first web, in a spaced arrangement with the first faces of said webs facing the same direction, such that the first edges of the respective first and third webs are adjacent; e. applying a first adhesive to at least a portion of the first face of said first web or to at least a portion of the first face of the second web; f. applying a second adhesive to at least a portion of the first face of said third web or to at least a portion of the first face of the second web; g. applying at least one first elastic thread on at least the portion of said first face of said first web or on at least the portion of said first face of said second web which comprises said first adhesive; wherein said at least one first thread is applied in a first pattern, said first pattern oscillating in the cross-direction and extending in the machine direction, h. applying at least one second elastic thread on at least the portion of said first face of said third web or to at least the portion of said first face of said second web which comprises said second adhesive; wherein said at least one second elastic thread is applied in a second pattern, said second pattern oscillating in the cross-direction and extending in the machine direction, i. applying a portion of the first face of said second web on the first face of said first web, and fixing said first and second webs together such that said at least one first elastic thread is partly sandwiched between the first faces of the respective first and second webs; such that the first pattern extends over the first edge of the first web to form first loops in said first elastic thread which project in the cross-direction from said first edge of said first web; j. applying a portion of the first face of said second web on the first face of said third web, and fixing said third and second webs together such that said at least one second elastic thread is partly sandwiched between the first faces of the respective second and third webs; such that the second pattern extends over the first edge of the third web to form second loops in said second elastic thread which project in the cross-direction from said first edge of said third web; and such that said first and second patterns are synchronised such that the point in the machine direction at which the first elastic threads are located furthest from the first edge of the first web corresponds substantially to the point in the machine direction at which the second elastic threads are located furthest from the first edge of the third web; k. securing the first loops of said first elastic threads in a first loop retaining element comprising at least one resilient belt or belt portion and at least one anvil, said loop retaining element being located adjacent the first edge of said first web; l. securing the second loops of said second elastic threads in a second loop retaining element comprising at least one resilient belt or belt portion and at least one anvil, said second loop retaining element being located adjacent the first edge of said third web; m. cutting all the first elastic threads substantially at the point at which each first elastic thread crosses the first edge of said first web such that the loops become detached from the first web; n. cutting all the second elastic threads substantially at the point at which each second elastic thread crosses the first edge of said third web such that the loops become detached from the third web; wherein step d. can take place at any point in the process before step i. so as to provide the elasticated web having discontinuous elastic threads. | 20,243 |
8,991,367 | 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine having an in-cylinder pressure sensor and an actuator capable of changing an EGR rate, the control device comprising: means for calculating a combustion period by using in-cylinder pressure data measured by the in-cylinder pressure sensor; means for calculating an in-cylinder flame velocity from the combustion period; means for eliminating, in accordance with prepared data indicative of a proportional relationship between an engine speed and the flame velocity, a portion of the flame velocity calculated from the combustion period that is affected by the engine speed; and means for controlling the EGR rate by operating the actuator while using the flame velocity from which the portion affected by the engine speed is eliminated as a current EGR rate index. | 2,243 |
9,709,619 | 1. A printed wiring board comprising: a laminated body that has a plurality of wiring layers laminated therein; a first through hole formed in the laminated body, the first through hole electrically connects two or more wiring layers with each other; a second through hole formed in the laminated body, the second through hole has strength to expand and contract with the laminated body that is less than strength of the first through hole; and a detection circuit formed on the laminated body that monitors a change in electrical resistance of the second through hole, wherein the first through hole and the second through hole comprises a copper plating that is disposed along an interior wall of the first through hole and the second through hole, and wherein the copper plating of the second through hole comprises a pinhole configured to trigger development of cracks in the second through hole prior to the first through hole. | 39,468 |
9,257,286 | 1. A method for implanting selenium, comprising: selecting an enriched selenium-based dopant precursor material, said material having a plurality of selenium mass isotopes; selecting a specific selenium mass isotope from the plurality of selenium mass isotopes, said specific selenium mass isotope contained in the precursor material at an enrichment level above natural abundance levels; providing the enriched selenium-based dopant precursor material in a storage and delivery container, said container being compatible with the selected enriched selenium-based dopant precursor; withdrawing the enriched selenium-based dopant precursor material in a gaseous phase from the storage and delivery container; flowing the material at a predetermined flow to an ion source; ionizing the enriched selenium-based dopant precursor material to produce ions of the specific selenium mass isotope; extracting the ionized specific selenium mass isotope from the ion source; implanting the ionized specific selenium mass isotope into a substrate; wherein the specific selenium mass isotope is enriched to a concentration greater than a concentration of the specific selenium mass isotope in a corresponding natural abundance selenium dopant precursor material, thereby allowing the predetermined flow rate of the enriched selenium-based dopant precursor material to be less than a corresponding flow rate of a natural abundance selenium-based dopant precursor material. | 7,306 |
9,284,510 | 1. A method for reducing friction between a wiper blade and a photoconductor drum in a laser printer, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a lubricant coating containing 5-15 wt % of a level and wetting agent, 5-10 wt % of an anti-wear agent, 7-30 wt % of a friction reducing agent, up to 6 wt % of an evaporating promoting agent, 2-15 wt % of a coating enhancing agent; and 50-80 wt % of deionized water as a carrier; applying said lubricant coating to said wiper blade so that said lubricant coating coats all portions of said wiper blade that come into contact with the photoconductor drum; and heating said lubricant coating and said wiper blade in an oven. | 38,737 |
8,844,173 | 1. A plow blade edge system for mounting to a mold board of a plow comprising: an elastomeric blade selectively rotatable to present a first edge in a first orientation, a second edge in a second orientation, and said first edge in a third orientation to a plow surface; a clamp bar wherein said clamp bar is mounted to said mold board with said elastomeric blade contiguously secured therebetween; said elastomeric blade secured selectively in said first orientation, said second orientation, or said third orientation; wherein said elastomeric blade is rotated to present said second edge in said second orientation to a plow surface after said first edge in said first orientation is worn to a wear line; wherein each of said first and said second orientations centers said elastomeric blade about a mounting axis; and, wherein said elastomeric blade is reversed to present said first edge in said third orientation to a plow surface after said second edge in said second orientation is worn. | 1,041 |
9,292,055 | 1. A Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) slot expansion system comprising: a cable adapter including a plurality of first PCIe connecting ports and a PCIe male connector, the PCIe male connector being configured to be inserted into a first PCIe slot of a mother board; at least one card docking station having a width of 5.25 inch, each card docking station including one or two power input port, one or two second PCIe connecting port and at least one PCI slot or second PCIe slot; and a plurality of standard USB3.0 2-in-1 internal cables each having a first cable connector and a second cable connector at two opposite ends to be connected with the first PCIe connecting port and the second PCIe connecting port respectively. | 11,676 |
9,814,290 | 1. A novelty bag, comprising: at least one panel connected to a bottom panel; at least one handle connected to the at least one panel; a pouch connected to the at least one panel; a light module disposed within the pouch; a sound module disposed within the pouch; at least one orifice in the at least one panel, the at least one orifice adapted to receive a lighting element; said light module electrically connected to said lighting element; at least one slit in the pouch, the slit adapted to allow sound to travel through the pouch; and an activation mechanism disposed within the at least one handle, the activation mechanism in electrical communication with the light module and the sound module. | 15,799 |
9,547,951 | 1. A gaming system comprising: a gaming machine including a control panel capable of receiving a basic currency bill and an other than basic currency bill, and at least one of a coin, a token, or a card, and a payout device capable of outputting at least one of a basic currency bill, a coin, a token, or a card; a currency-value converter, which is connected to a controller installed in the gaming machine; a progressive-jackpot server; a first currency validator capable of accepting and identifying a type and an amount of the basic currency through respective communication lines, and a second currency validator capable of accepting and identifying a type and an amount of the other than basic currency through respective communication lines, said currency-value converter comprising: a memory capable of receiving and storing exchange rate information indicating an exchange rate in which a correspondence relationship between an amount of basic currency and an amount of another type of currency other than said basic currency is set for each type of currency other than said basic currency; and, a processor programmed to: receive type-of-currency and amount-of-currency data indicating a type and amount of currency identified by said currency validator and accepted by one of said currency validator and said gaming machine; determine whether a type of currency indicated by the type-of-currency data received from the currency validator is said basic currency; wherein, when the type of currency indicated by type-of-currency data is determined to be the basic currency, execute a game at the gaming machine without accumulatively storing any portion of the amount of basic currency received to a memory of the progressive jackpot server; and wherein, when it is determined that the type of currency is not said basic currency, exchange a first amount of currency which is not said basic currency indicated by the amount of currency data into a second amount of basic currency and generate amount of converted currency data indicating the second amount of basic currency calculate a predetermined percentage of the second amount of basic currency, accumulatively store as a resource for a progressive jackpot payout, in the memory of the progressive jackpot server, a portion of the second amount of basic currency corresponding to the predetermined percentage calculated when the first amount of currency indicated by the amount of currency data is exchanged into the second amount of basic currency, and execute a game. | 49,135 |
9,214,023 | 1. A computer implemented method for enabling a position of a body part subject to vital movement to be determined, wherein the body part changes position from one analytical image to the next reflecting the vital movement, and body parts subject to vital movement are parts of the body that are to be irradiated during treatment by a treatment beam or are not to be irradiated during the treatment by the treatment beam, by a treatment device operatively coupled with a computer, and wherein the body parts move as a result of vital functions when the anatomical body is otherwise kept deliberately at rest, the method comprising: obtaining, by a medical imaging device before the treatment, advance analytical image data describing a sequence of advance analytical images of body structures; providing the advance analytical image data to the computer; respectively defining, in the sequence of the advance analytical images, in accordance with a user input to the computer, an advance region in which a first body part subject to vital movement is represented, said advance region being respectively a subset of the advance analytical images; determining, by a detection device operatively coupled with the computer, a change of a position of marker devices; determining, by the computer, movement data by using the advance analytical images and the change of the position of marker devices, the movement data including information on the vital movement of body parts due to vital functions; obtaining, by a medical imaging device, procedure analytical image data describing procedure analytical images of the body structure, the procedure analytical image data describing a sequence of procedure analytical images that are obtained and updated during treatment; providing the procedure analytical image data to the computer; determining, by the computer, a position of a determination region that represents a portion less than an entire image of the procedure analytical image by predicting a position for a present procedure region in a present analytical image, the prediction using the movement data and a previously determined procedure position of a previous procedure region in a previous procedure analytical image, the present procedure analytical image being obtained after the previous procedure analytical image; automatically determining in the determination region, by the computer, based on the defined advance region, the movement data, and the determination region, the present procedure region during the treatment by searching only in the determination region for an image which corresponds to the image of the defined advance region, said present procedure region occupying a present procedure position in the present procedure analytical image; determining, by the computer in real time subsequent to determining the movement data, said present procedure position based on said present procedure region; and providing, to the treatment device, said present procedure position based on said present procedure region. | 44,563 |
9,466,436 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; an electrolytic substance interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, transporting the electrolytic substance, and suppressing electrical short circuit between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a container storing the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the electrolytic substance, and the separator, wherein at least one of the negative electrode and the positive electrode comprises an aligned carbon nanotube assembly in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned in parallel along the same direction and having parallel orientation are aggregated, and wherein for the aligned carbon nanotube assembly as grown, 1) the carbon nanotube comprising the aligned carbon nanotube assembly has a defective pore on its side surface, and 2) in a raman spectrum of the aligned carbon nanotube assembly in a Raman spectrometric method, when intensity of scattered light in D-band is represented by I | 12,447 |
8,828,261 | 1. An electrolytic solution for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, comprising an electrolyte (C) comprising an alkyl phosphate anion (a) represented by the following general formula (1) or (2) and an amidinium cation (b); a borate ester (H) which is obtained by reacting boric acid (d) with diethylene glycol (e) and a polyalkylene glycol (f) having a molecular weight of 130-350 and/or a polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether (g) having a molecular weight of 130-350, and which has a boron content of 5-14 wt %; and an organic solvent (J): wherein R 1 is an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms and R 2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms; and R 1 and R 2 may be the same or different. | 25,973 |
9,640,806 | 1. A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, comprising: a metal substrate having a flow field structure; a conducting adhesion layer formed on the metal substrate, and comprising a polymeric adhesive and a plurality of conductive particles; and a pure graphite layer formed on the conducting adhesion layer and structurally corresponding to the flow field structure of the metal substrate, the graphite layer being adhered to the metal substrate via the conducting adhesion layer, wherein the graphite layer comprises expanded graphite powder, and a portion of the expanded graphite powder is embedded into the conducting adhesion layer. | 32,690 |
9,226,041 | 1. A method for processing digital content, the method comprising: receiving a digital content data item, the digital content data item including the digital content and a zone map data item, the zone map data item including a zone content ID and a usage constraint data item, the usage constraint data item being indicative of one or more usage constraints to be observed by a player when playing a corresponding zone, wherein the usage constraint data item further comprises a reference to a digital rights object, the digital rights object being indicative of at least one of a permission to use the digital content and whether one or more constraints apply to the use of the digital content; forwarding the zone content ID to a digital rights control entity and requesting the digital rights control entity to verify a digital rights object associated with the zone content ID; receiving a response from the digital rights control entity indicative of whether a valid digital rights object has been found; and conditioned on the received response, processing the digital content included in the received digital content data item; wherein processing includes evaluating the digital rights object and, conditioned on a result of the evaluation of the digital rights object, enforcing the one or more usage constraints indicated by the usage constraint data item as applicable to the digital content, wherein the zone map data item further includes: | 35,079 |
9,177,922 | 1. An electric device, comprising: a conductive guard ring formed on a substrate along an outer periphery of the substrate; an electrode formed inside the guard ring on the substrate; and a connecting portion, which is formed above the electrode, for connecting an external apparatus and the electrode, wherein the connecting portion includes a conductive member for electrically connecting the external apparatus and the electrode, and an insulating member formed on a lower surface of the conductive member, and the insulating member exposes a portion of the conductive member, which is positioned immediately above the electrode, and an end of the insulating member is positioned inside the guard ring in planar view such that the conductive member and the guard ring do not contact each other. | 2,391 |
9,336,161 | 1. A system comprising: a keyboard-video-mouse switching device configured to communicate with one or more host computer systems, a control terminal, and a user interface; wherein: | 45,035 |
8,919,016 | 1. An article of footwear comprising: an upper for extending around at least a portion of a foot; an outsole that is permanently secured to the upper and defines a plurality of apertures extending entirely through the outsole, the outsole having a ground-engaging surface positioned at a first elevation from a surface engaged by the article of footwear; and a midsole including a foot-supporting portion and a plurality of protrusions that extend downward from the foot-supporting portion, the midsole being positionable within the upper such that the protrusions extend into the apertures of the outsole and a lower surface of the protrusions are exposed by the apertures, the lower surface of the protrusions being at a second elevation from the surface engaged by the article of footwear, the first elevation from the surface engaged by the article of footwear to the ground-engaging surface of the outsole being less than the second elevation from the surface engaged by the article of footwear to the lower surface of the protrusions, and at least one of the protrusions is located at a periphery of the footwear and extends downward and laterally from the foot-supporting portion. | 35,112 |
9,462,554 | 1. A mobile station comprising: a plurality of application processing unit that performs processing for a plurality of applications, respectively; a management unit that manages a transmission timing of a periodic data which does not involve a user operation in each of the plurality of applications; and a transmission unit that transmits a connection request signal to a radio access network when the mobile station transitions from a “Preservation state” to an “Active state,” wherein the transmission unit adjusts a transmission timing for the connection request signal based on the transmission timings of the periodic data which does not involve the user operation in the plurality of applications. | 18,437 |
9,683,494 | 1. A method for carrying out a diagnosis of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: during the diagnosis, causing at least partially an additional drive machine to generate a torque, and thereby change an operating point of the internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is brought to a standstill when the diagnosis is terminated. | 34,739 |
9,489,913 | 1. A flexible display apparatus comprising: a display configured to display an object on a screen; a sensor configured to sense a deformed area in the display and a shape of the deformed area; and a controller configured to control to reconfigure an object in the deformed area according to the shape of the deformed area and control the display to display the reconfigured object. | 20,994 |
8,995,151 | 1. A power electronic converter for high/medium voltage direct current power transmission and reactive power compensation comprising a primary converter unit and an auxiliary converter unit, the primary converter unit including at least one primary converter limb including first and second DC terminals for connection in use to a DC network and an AC terminal, the or each primary converter limb defining first and second limb portions, each limb portion including at least one primary module connected in series between a respective one of the first and second DC terminals and the AC terminal, the or each primary module including at least one primary switching element connected to an energy storage device, the or each primary converter limb further including a first transformer winding connected in series with the respective AC terminal for connection in use between the respective AC terminal and an AC network; the auxiliary converter unit including at least one auxiliary converter limb including first and second auxiliary terminals, the or each auxiliary converter limb further including at least one auxiliary module connected in series with a second transformer winding between the first and second auxiliary terminals, the or each auxiliary module including a plurality of auxiliary switching elements connected to the energy storage device of a corresponding primary module in the first limb portion of a respective primary converter limb, the second transformer winding of the or each auxiliary converter limb being mutually coupled with the first transformer winding of the respective primary converter limb, the primary switching elements of the primary modules being controllable in use to switch the respective energy storage device in and out of circuit to generate a voltage waveform at the respective AC terminal. | 27,560 |
9,666,862 | 1. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising: a first active material; and a second active material, wherein the first and the second active materials have different redox levels, wherein the average particle diameter of the first active material is less than 50% of the average particle diameter of the second active material; and wherein the first active material is contained in an amount of 10 percent to 35 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the cathode active material, and wherein the first active material is selected from the group consisting of Formulas II and III, and wherein the second active material is represented by Formula IV: wherein −0.2<x<0.2; 0<y≦0.45; 0<z≦0.45; 0≦a≦0.05; ⅓≦1−y−z≦0.45; each M and M′ is independently a first row transition metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, Ti, Zn, V, Al, and Mg; and A is an element of Group 6A or Group 7A selected from the group consisting of S, Se, F, Cl and I; and wherein the materials of Formula II are active materials having electrochemical characteristics of Ni wherein −0.2<x<0.2; 0<y≦0.45; 0<z≦0.45; 0≦a≦0.05; ⅓≦1−y−z≦0.45; each M and M′ is independently a first row transition metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, Ti, Zn, V, Al, and Mg; and A is an element of Group 6A or Group 7A selected from the group consisting of S, Se, F, Cl and I; and wherein the materials of Formula III are active materials having electrochemical characteristics of Ni wherein −0.2<x<0.2; 0<y≦0.4; 0≦a≦0.05; M is Al; and A is an element of Group 6A or Group 7A selected from the group consisting of S, Se, F, Cl and I; and wherein the materials of Formula IV are active materials having electrochemical characteristics of Mn | 40,551 |
8,873,362 | 1. A method for assigning information related to a Demodulation (DM) Reference Signal (RS) associated with transmission of Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) or Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in a communication system, wherein a Base Station (BS) transmits in Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) a respective set of Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats to a plurality of UEs, the method comprising the steps of: indicating, by the BS, through an RS Configuration (RSC) Information Element (IE) included in a first DCI format from a subset of a set of DCI formats, a first Cyclic Shift (CS) and a first Orthogonal Cover Code (OCC) for the first RS transmission by the first UE; and indicating, by the BS, through an RSC IE in a second DCI format from a subset of the set of DCI formats, a second CS and a second OCC for the second RS transmission by the second UE, wherein each DCI format from a subset of the set of DCI formats includes IEs configuring data and RS transmissions from the plurality of UEs to the BS, and the IEs include an RSC IE for an RS transmission by a UE. | 7,990 |
9,262,313 | 1. A computer-implemented method implemented by a computing system for provisioning a volume that has multiple tiers corresponding to different trait sets, the method comprising: an act of receiving a provisioning request, the provisioning request identifying storage traits for each of a plurality of different tiers of a volume to be provisioned, the storage traits including one or more mandatory storage traits and one or more optional storage traits; for each of the plurality of tiers that are to be provisioned, an act of identifying from the provisioning request a trait set to be applied to each of the plurality of different tiers, wherein a trait set of a first tier in the plurality of different tiers is at least partially different than a trait set of a second tier in the plurality of different tiers; an act of querying storage traits of an existing storage system; and an act of causing the volume to be provisioned with the plurality of different tiers, using the existing storage system, each tier having the corresponding identified trait set, wherein provisioning the volume further comprises: | 34,099 |
9,605,114 | 1. An optically sensitised binder which is an energetic polyphosphazene tailored at the molecular level to achieve enhanced absorption of electromagnetic radiation by having attached thereto a chromophore to absorb light and therefore ignite the binder in use, the binder comprising a combination of units having one or more of the structures (i) to (iii), wherein: the combination comprises R each R each R wherein at least one R | 43,456 |
9,056,570 | 1. A seating assembly comprising: a frame having an opening; a support surface spanning said opening in said frame; a variable thermal resistance device that is configurable to adjust a thermal insulation of a person in contact with said support surface, said variable thermal resistance device having a closed state in which airflow is obstructed, said variable thermal resistance device being movable from said closed state to an open state in which airflow is not obstructed and from said open state to said closed state; and an actuator coupled to said variable thermal resistance device, said actuator being operable to actuate movement of said variable thermal resistance device between said open and closed states. | 46,383 |
8,863,063 | 1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a first finfet transistor of a first transistor type; a first finfet transistor of a second transistor type; a second finfet transistor of the first transistor type; a second finfet transistor of the second transistor type, each of the first and second finfet transistors of the first transistor type and each of the first and second finfet transistors of the second transistor type having a respective gate electrode extending lengthwise in a parallel direction, the gate electrodes of the first finfet transistor of the first transistor type and the first finfet transistor of the second transistor type having their lengthwise centerlines substantially aligned to a common gate electrode track extending in the parallel direction, the gate electrodes of the second finfet transistor of the first transistor type and the second finfet transistor of the second transistor type positioned on opposite sides of the common gate electrode track, each of the first and second finfet transistors of the first transistor type formed in part by a respective diffusion fin of a first diffusion type electrically connected to a common node, each of the first and second finfet transistors of the second transistor type formed in part by a respective diffusion fin of a second diffusion type electrically connected to the common node, the diffusion fins of the first diffusion type collectively separated from the diffusion fins of the second diffusion type in the parallel direction by an inner non-diffusion region, the gate electrodes of both the first finfet transistor of the first transistor type and the first finfet transistor of the second transistor type formed by a first conductive structure so as to be electrically connected to each other through the first conductive structure, the gate electrode of the second finfet transistor of the first transistor type formed by a second conductive structure, the gate electrode of the second finfet transistor of the second transistor type formed by a third conductive structure, each of the first, second, and third conductive structures including portions extending over the inner non-diffusion region; a first conductive contacting structure connected to the portion of the second conductive structure that extends over the inner non-diffusion region; and a second conductive contacting structure connected to the portion of the third conductive structure that extends over the inner non-diffusion region, each of the first and second conductive contacting structures respectively defined as either a gate contact or a local interconnect structure. | 18,936 |
8,427,947 | 1. An Ethernet network interface, comprising: an interface unit to a data processing unit with which the network interface communicates; a congestion status detector for detecting whether there is traffic congestion between the network interface and the data processing unit; and a congestion status information generator for generating a data frame containing congestion status information for at least two different network interface traffic classes independently at substantially the same time, and sending the data frame containing the congestion status information to an Ethernet switch. | 29,253 |
9,017,626 | 1. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst system comprising a first SCR catalyst composition and a second SCR catalyst composition arranged in the system, the first SCR catalyst composition promoting higher N 2 formation and lower N 2 O formation than the second SCR catalyst composition, and the second SCR catalyst composition having a different composition than the first SCR catalyst composition, the second SCR catalyst composition promoting lower N 2 formation and higher N 2 O formation than the first SCR catalyst composition, wherein the first SCR catalyst composition and the second SCR catalyst composition are in a layered relationship, with the first SCR catalyst composition layered on top of the second SCR catalyst composition. | 48,903 |
9,463,426 | 1. A method, comprising: injecting pulses of gas into a container, wherein the container contains a continuous stream of a coating material, thereby forming a discontinuous stream of the coating material within a container, the discontinuous stream comprising multiple discrete portions of the coating material; introducing a particle having a diameter of 3,000 microns or less into the container after the coating material has been introduced into the container; and disposing the particle in one of the discrete portions of the coating material within the container. | 10,007 |
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