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8,421,998 | 1. An optical system comprising: a projection optical system having a plurality of optical elements; and an aperture diaphragm which defines a light flux on a predetermined plane; wherein a contour of an aperture shape of the aperture diaphragm has a three-dimensional shape, and a contour of a pupil of the projection optical system has the three-dimensional shape of the aperture diaphragm. | 9,098 |
8,390,204 | 1. A memorial display system comprising: at least one memorial device having a plurality light fixtures; each light fixture having at least one light source; a controller in electrical communication with each of said at least one light source that automatically activates and deactivates said at least one light source; said controller includes memory having stored therein at least one anniversary date that corresponds to at least one light fixture and an anniversary duration indicating the time period that the anniversary is observed; said at least one memorial device includes at least one plaque having indicia printed near said at least one light fixture wherein the indicia provides anniversary information; said controller further includes a display engine for illuminating the at least one light fixture; and said controller is operative to illuminate the light fixture via said display engine corresponding to an anniversary date and a duration period stored in said memory. | 41,709 |
9,185,014 | 1. A method for processing network data for analysis, comprising: receiving data packets by a network monitoring device at a location in a network; determining a session associated with the received data packets; generating a common header summarizing information in headers of a plurality of data packets in the session by the network monitoring device; generating a unit of payload metadata summarizing information in payloads of the plurality of the data packets in the session by the network monitoring device; generating, for each session, a session record including the common header and the payload metadata by the network monitoring device; and storing the session record. | 22,435 |
9,625,263 | 1. A method for ascertaining at least one road-related information item, comprising: ascertaining, by a processing device, a position of a location on a road, starting from which a mobile user device of a communication network crossed the road, based on position data of the user device; ascertaining, by the processing device, a speed of the user device at least one of before the crossing, during the crossing, and after the crossing; ascertaining, by the processing device, a waiting time during which the user device had to wait at the location before the user device crossed the road; and ascertaining, by the processing device, a position of a light signal system as the road-related information item, based on the ascertained waiting time and the ascertained position; based on the ascertained user device speed, ascertaining, by the processing device, which type of traffic-light system, selected from a plurality of traffic-light system types, the light signal system is, the plurality of traffic-light system types including a pedestrian traffic light and a light signal system for vehicles; and updating a digital map with the road-related information item. | 28,097 |
8,664,506 | 1. An electronic percussion instrument comprising: a stick; and a main body section; wherein the stick includes: wherein the main body section includes: | 1,654 |
9,722,539 | 1. A circuit comprising: a phase detector to generate a phase difference signal based on a difference in phase between an input signal and a phase-locked loop feedback signal; an analog loop filter to filter the phase difference signal to generate a frequency control signal; a multi-phase oscillator having a plurality of coupled oscillators to generate a plurality of output signals, the plurality of coupled oscillators including at least a first oscillator to generate a first output signal and a second oscillator to generate a second output signal; a frequency calibration circuit to control the first oscillator to adjust a frequency of the first output signal based on the frequency control signal and a first frequency compensation value, and to control the second oscillator to adjust the frequency of the second output signal based on the frequency control signal and a second frequency compensation value, such that the first output signal and the second output signal have different phases and a same output frequency; a multiplexer to receive the plurality output signals from the multi-phase oscillator and to select one of the plurality of output signals as a phase-locked loop output signal; and a frequency divider circuit to divide a frequency of the phase-locked loop output signal to generate the phase-locked loop feedback signal. | 36,078 |
9,711,727 | 1. A polymer having at least four different repeat units comprising: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups and combinations thereof and where the combination of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are not all identical; where y=1-3, where y=0-12, where R5 is selected from the group consisting of H, of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, where R6 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, substituted alkyls, aryls and substituted aryls, where R7 and R8 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, —NR 9 R 10 where R9 and R10 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group, wherein the ratio of the four different repeat units in the polymer is around 25:25:25:25. | 6,718 |
8,445,312 | 1. Method of manufacturing a crystalline silicon solar cell, subsequently comprising: providing a crystalline silicon substrate having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; pre-diffusing Phosphorus into said first side of said substrate which renders a film comprising SiO removing said SiO blocking said first side of said substrate; exposing said second side of said substrate to a Boron diffusion source; heating said substrate for a certain period of time and to a certain temperature so as to diffuse Boron into said second side of said substrate and to simultaneously diffuse said Phosphorus further into said substrate. | 14,052 |
8,817,818 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a bandwidth configuration unit configured to provide an increased bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth extension over multiple component carriers wherein the bandwidth extension corresponds to a sounding reference signal that is replicated in a portion of the multiple component carriers; and a transmit unit configured to employ the bandwidth extension. | 4,710 |
8,710,766 | 1. An LED driving circuit connectable to a phase-control type dimmer, for inputting an alternating voltage to drive an LED, the LED driving circuit comprising: impedance detecting means for detecting an impedance value of the phase-control type dimmer; impedance adjusting means for adjusting an impedance of the LED driving circuit based on the impedance value detected by the impedance detecting means; and a current detecting means for detecting a current value of a current flowing through the impedance adjusting means; wherein the impedance detecting means outputs an adjustment signal for adjusting the impedance to the impedance adjusting means, the adjustment signal comprises a signal indicating the impedance value detected by the impedance detecting means; and the impedance adjusting means determines an adjusted impedance value based on the adjustment signal and the detected current value, detected by the current detecting means of the current flowing through the impedance adjusting means. | 44,529 |
8,382,623 | 1. A transmission used in a hybrid vehicle comprising: an input shaft operatively connected to a mechanical engine and receiving torque therefrom; a planetary gear set operatively connected to the input shaft; an output shaft operatively connected to the planetary gear set; a plurality of electric motors selectively operated to synchronize a speed of the planetary gear set relative to a speed of another component of the transmission; and a synchronizer that is actuated when the speed of the planetary gear set is substantially synchronized relative to the speed of the another component of the transmission coupling the planetary gear set to the another component of the transmission during transmission of engine and electric motor torque through the input shaft, planetary gear set and output shaft, wherein synchronization to change a gear ratio is performed by utilizing torque from the plurality of electric motors without any substantial disturbance to transmission output torque, speed and power. | 5,015 |
9,777,954 | 1. An expansion valve for use in a refrigeration cycle, for throttling and expanding a refrigerant flowing from an upstream side and supplying the expanded refrigerant to an evaporator, the expansion valve comprising: a body having a first passage through which the refrigerant flowing from the upstream side to the evaporator passes, a second passage through which the refrigerant returning from the evaporator passes, a valve hole formed in the first passage, and an insertion hole formed coaxially with the valve hole in a partition separating the first passage from the second passage; a valve element configured to move toward and away from the valve hole to close and open a valve section; a power element provided on the body and configured to sense a temperature and a pressure of the refrigerant flowing through the second passage and generate a drive force for opening or closing the valve section; a shaft extending through the insertion hole, having a first end connected to the power element and a second end connected to the valve element, and being configured to transmit the drive force of the power element to the valve element; a vibration-proof spring fixed to the body coaxially with the insertion hole, the vibration-proof spring supporting the shaft so that the shaft coaxially extends through the vibration-proof spring, the vibration-proof spring biasing the shaft radially inwardly to apply a sliding resistance to the shaft; and a seal ring having flexibility and being supported by one of an inner surface of a support part of the body defining the insertion hole and an outer surface of the shaft, the seal ring being in contact with the other of the inner surface of the support part and the outer surface of the shaft, wherein the expansion valve includes an arrangement of the seal ring, sliding portions of the shaft and the support part along each other, and the vibration-proof spring in that order from a first passage side toward a second passage side in an axial direction of the shaft, wherein the vibration-proof spring and the seal ring are supporting points of the shaft; wherein the body includes a diameter-enlarged part being open toward the first passage and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the support part, and wherein the seal ring is fitted to an outer surface of the shaft opposed to the support part so as to be positioned close to the diameter-enlarged part such that a distance between the seal ring and the diameter-enlarged part is smaller than a distance between the seal ring and the vibration-proof spring. | 33,221 |
9,708,950 | 1. A genset, comprising: an engine; an alternator; an exhaust system structured to reduce the exhaust gas; and a controller configured to: | 6,857 |
9,538,554 | 1. A random access channel generation method in a mobile communication system having a large cell area, the method comprising: determining, by a terminal, a cell size; determining, by the terminal, a subcarrier interval of a random access channel to be 1/n times a subcarrier interval of a terrestrial long term evolution (LTE) data channel and a terrestrial LTE random access channel, when the cell size exceeds a predetermined reference value, wherein n denotes a positive number greater than 1; and generating, by the terminal, a random access preamble having a length that is m times a length of a terrestrial LTE subframe when the cell size exceeds the predetermined reference value, wherein m denotes a positive number greater than 1. | 19,448 |
8,440,153 | 1. A method for preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate from waste batteries containing manganese and zinc, the method comprising the steps of: (a) leaching a first waste battery powder with a mixture of a sulfuric acid solution and a reducing agent, wherein the first waste battery powder is in an amount of from 10 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the mixture of the sulfuric acid solution and the reducing agent, to form a leached solution; (b) leaching a second waste battery powder with the leached solution obtained from the step (a), wherein the second waste battery powder is in an amount of from 10 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the leached solution obtained from the step (a), to form a leached solution; (c) removing heavy metals and organic materials from the leached solution obtained from the step (b), to form a leached solution; and (d) spray-drying the leached solution obtained from the step (c), thus preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate. | 19,260 |
9,682,545 | 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a plurality of plate cylinders for printing different colors arranged in a circumferential direction at predetermined intervals in a state where the centers of the plate cylinders are located on the circumference of a circle whose center is located at the center of a blanket cylinder; a plurality of ink supply units which respectively supply ink to the plate cylinders; a machine frame which supports the plurality of plate cylinders and the plurality of ink supply units; and an ink supply unit moving device that moves the ink supply unit between an operation position and a standby position, the ink supply unit being in contact with a respective plate cylinder when at the operation position, and the ink supply unit being out of contact with the respective plate cylinder when at the standby position, wherein the ink supply unit is a unitized member having a casing accommodating components therein, wherein the ink supply unit corresponding to the plate cylinder is disposed on a radially outer side of the plate cylinder, wherein the ink supplying unit moving device moves the casing of the ink supply unit to move the ink supply unit between the operation position in which ink can be supplied to the plate cylinder and the standby position located further to an outer side in a radial direction of the blanket cylinder than the operation position, wherein, when the ink supply unit is located at the standby position, a first gap is provided between the ink supply unit and the respective plate cylinder and a second gap is provided between the ink supply unit and adjacent ink supply units so that maintenance can be performed on the ink supply unit or the respective plate cylinder, wherein, when the ink supply unit is located at the operation position, a significantly smaller gap than the second gap is provided between the ink supply unit and the adjacent ink supply units, wherein an opening is provided in the casing to open to the circumferential side, and an intermediate sealing member is provided between the adjacent ink supply units in the operation positions, wherein the intermediate sealing member is constituted of a front closing plate, a rear closing plate, a radially outer-side closing plate, and a radially inner-side closing plate, and the intermediate sealing member has a shape opened to both circumferential sides, and wherein a first opening of the intermediate sealing member communicates with the opening of the casing of a first adjacent ink supply unit in the operation position and a second opening of the intermediate sealing member communicates with the opening of the casing of a second adjacent ink supply unit in the operation position. | 2,442 |
9,197,150 | 1. A vehicular charging system comprising: a generator which has a field coil and is mounted on a vehicle; a storage battery which stores power generated by said generator; a storage state detection sensor which detects a charge state of said storage battery; and a power generation driving torque control device which calculates an actual value of power generation driving torque of said generator from a duty factor with respect to said field coil, calculates a target value of the power generation driving torque of said generator from a running state of said vehicle, and controls said generator based on the calculated target value of the power generation driving torque, wherein said power generation driving torque control device controls said generator based on a first target value of the power generation driving torque when the running state of said vehicle moves into a deceleration mode, and decreases the power generation driving torque to control said generator based on a second target value of the power generation driving torque when the charge state of said storage battery reaches a reference value, the second target value being smaller than the first target value. | 38,786 |
9,707,850 | 1. A circuit for automatic shutdown of charging operations in response to a temperature increase in a charging handle of an electric vehicle charging station, comprising: a temperature sensor connected between a ground conductor and a high voltage conductor in a charging handle that is connected by a charging cable to an electric vehicle charging station, the charging cable including the high voltage conductor and a return conductor, the charging handle including the return conductor, wherein when the temperature sensor is exposed to an increase in temperature in the charging handle, a portion of current in the high voltage conductor flows through the temperature sensor to the ground conductor, instead of the return conductor, thereby causing the ground fault detector to trip in the charging station. | 18,678 |
9,235,672 | 1. A high-level synthesis data generation apparatus comprising: a processor configured to perform a process including: analyzing a source code that represents design data of a semiconductor device, and generating flow information that indicates a data and control flow of the semiconductor device on the basis of analysis of the source code, extracting design information that is configurable high-level synthesis design information from the source code, acquiring design condition information that indicates a setting condition on the design information from outside the high-level synthesis data generation apparatus, generating association information that associates the design condition information with the flow information, acquiring first intermediate data obtained by compiling the source code, generating second intermediate data by selecting a first section being ignored during a creation process of a executable format file from a plurality of sections in the first intermediate data and by incorporating the flow information and the association information into the first section, and outputting the second intermediate data as high-level synthesis data. | 48,042 |
8,714,059 | 1. A method comprising the following steps: mounting a band saw blade on a band saw, wherein the band saw blade includes set patterns within pitch patterns, one set pattern of each pitch pattern is a single level set including a first unset leading tooth and trailing relatively heavy set teeth, and the other set pattern of each pitch pattern is a multiple level set including an unset leading tooth, two consecutively disposed, alternatively set, trailing relatively heavy set teeth, and two alternatively set, relatively light set trailing teeth located on either side of the two relatively heavy set teeth, and the band saw has a power within the range of about either 1 kW to about 8 kW or about 1⅓ HP to about 10½ HP; and cutting at least one work piece having an effective cutting length within the range of about 150 mm to about 1000 mm, or within the range of about 6 inches to about 40 inches, with the band saw blade mounted in the band saw. | 8,820 |
8,401,048 | 1. A III-nitride semiconductor laser device comprising: a laser structure including a support base and a semiconductor region, the support base being comprised of a hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor and having a semipolar primary surface, and the semiconductor region being provided on the semipolar primary surface of the support base; and an electrode provided on the semiconductor region of the laser structure, the semiconductor region comprising a first cladding layer comprised of a first conductivity type GaN-based semiconductor, a second cladding layer being comprised of a second conductivity type GaN-based semiconductor, and an active layer provided between the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer, the first cladding layer, the second cladding layer, and the active layer being arranged along an axis normal to the semipolar primary surface, the active layer comprising a GaN-based semiconductor layer, a c-axis of the hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor of the support base being inclined at a finite angle ALPHA with respect to the normal axis toward an m-axis of the hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor, and the angle ALPHA being in one of a range of not less than 45 degrees and not more than 80 degrees and a range of not less than 100 degrees and not more than 135 degrees, the laser structure comprising first and second fractured faces, the first and second fractured faces intersecting with an m-n plane defined by the m-axis of the hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor and the normal axis, a laser cavity of the III-nitride semiconductor laser device comprising the first and second fractured faces, the laser structure comprising first and second surfaces, and the first surface being opposite to the second surface, the semiconductor region being located between the second surface and the support base, each of the first and second fractured faces extending from an edge of the first surface to an edge of the second surface, and the support base of the laser structure having a recess in the first fractured face, the recess being located at a portion of the edge of the first surface, the recess extending from a back surface of the support base, and an end of the recess being located apart from the edge of the second surface of the laser structure. | 48,617 |
9,787,108 | 1. A method for enhanced battery management of a battery comprising a plurality of cells, the method comprising steps of: measuring cell capacity value for each of two or more of said plurality of cells; ranking said two or more cells in an order based on the measured cell capacity values; calculating a value for a cell specific supporting current for each of said two or more cells measured for a given load, based upon the cell capacity values of the ranked cells; and providing the calculated cell specific supporting currents to said two or more cells. | 8,855 |
9,792,330 | 1. A method of ranking local search results based on reviews by experts, the method comprising: receiving a query from a user via a user device; identifying a geographic area and a category of business for the query; identifying, with one or more processors using reviews related to the geographic area and the category of business from a plurality of users, a plurality of experts within the plurality of users based at least on respective numbers of reviews each user submitted, including iteratively modifying the category of business to identify at least a threshold number of experts; ranking, with the one or more processors, local search results responsive to the query based on reviews of the local search results by the plurality of experts; and causing the ranked local search results to be displayed via the user device. | 27,104 |
9,115,561 | 1. A locking profile in a wellhead configured for locking engagement with an inner well member, the locking profile of the wellhead comprising: a plurality of locking ridges protruding inward toward the axis of a wellbore, each of the plurality of locking ridges separated by a recess and comprising: | 40,174 |
8,656,555 | 1. A door locking prevention device comprising: a first bracket adapted to contact a first side of an open door, the first bracket having a male member extending therefrom; a second bracket adapted to contact a second side of the door opposite the first side of the door when placing the door locking prevention device on an outer periphery of an open door, the second bracket having a female member extending therefrom, wherein the male member fits inside the female member; a threaded bolt extending into the female member; a threaded connector disposed in the male member, the threaded connector adapted to threadably engage with the threaded bolt; a spring disposed about the threaded bolt, the spring adapted to push the first bracket away from the second bracket; a plurality of teeth along an edge of the male member; and a catch disposed inside the female member, the catch adapted to releasably engage the teeth and prevent the male member from being pulled away from the female member. | 33,791 |
9,685,511 | 1. A superjunction semiconductor device comprising a charge compensation zone, the superjunction semiconductor device further comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first region of a first conductivity type and a body region of a second conductivity type, the first conductivity type being different from the second conductivity type, the body region being disposed on a side of a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of trenches arranged in the first surface of the substrate, the trenches extending in a first direction having a component perpendicular to the first surface; doped portions of the second conductivity type adjacent to a lower portion of a sidewall of the plurality of trenches, the doped portions being electrically connected to the body region via contact regions of the second conductivity type, the contact regions being electrically coupled to the body region; and regions of the doped portions adjacent to a portion of a sidewall of the trenches being electrically coupled to the contact regions; wherein the plurality of trenches further extend in a second direction parallel to the first surface and the contact regions extend in a third direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate, the third direction intersecting the second direction; a drift zone of the first conductivity type in direct contact with the doped portions of adjacent first and second trenches of the plurality of trenches, the drift zone being arranged between the first and second trenches, the charge compensation zone comprising the drift zone and the doped portions, the drift zone of the first conductivity type continuously extending from one of the doped portions at a sidewall of the first trench to another one of the doped portions at a sidewall of the second trench; and a gate electrode disposed in an upper portion of the plurality of trenches. | 15,786 |
9,318,909 | 1. Method for controlling a power supply system of an automotive vehicle, comprising a traction high voltage battery and a service low voltage battery and at least one associated battery managing, unit adapted to monitor the state of charge of the batteries, comprising: a) during an off state of the vehicle, monitoring of the state of charge level of the at least one battery by the battery managing unit, b) if the state of charge monitored at step a) reaches a first low state of charge threshold, activation of an on-board communication device adapted to emit a critical state of charge level alarm to be received by an off-board reception device, c) if, at step a), it is determined that the state of charge of any of the traction battery and the service battery has reached a second low threshold, then activating a converter electrically connecting the traction battery to the service battery, and recharging of the battery that has reached the second low threshold by transferring energy from the other battery through the DC/DC converter, and d) transferring energy from the other battery through the DC/DC converter until the other battery cannot provide more energy. | 41,127 |
8,872,244 | 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a gate structure including a stack of a gate dielectric and a gate electrode and overlying a portion of a semiconductor material layer; a first dielectric material layer comprising a first dielectric material and overlying said semiconductor material layer; a second dielectric material layer comprising a second dielectric material that is different from said first dielectric material and overlying said first dielectric material layer and including a planar top surface; a gate cap dielectric material portion comprising at least a third dielectric material that is different from said first and second dielectric materials and overlying said gate structure and contacting sidewalls of said first dielectric material layer; and a contact via structure extending through said second and first dielectric material layers, providing electrical contact to an element in said semiconductor material layer, and contacting at least a sidewall of said gate cap dielectric material portion, wherein said gate cap dielectric material portion comprises: a third dielectric material portion comprising said third dielectric material and contacting said sidewalls of said first dielectric material layer; and a dielectric stack of a fourth dielectric material portion and a fifth dielectric material portion, wherein said dielectric stack is laterally surrounded by said third dielectric material portion. | 40,798 |
8,543,173 | 1. A portable electronic device comprising: a battery; a current measurement unit which is connected to the battery and measures a current, the current being output from the battery and flowing through an output current monitoring resistor; a control unit which can execute a plurality of application programs; and a storage unit which stores a current threshold value set for each of the plurality of application programs executable by the control unit, wherein the control unit monitors a current value measured by the current measurement unit and a type of application program being executed, and executes a reset process or a power-off process when the current value measured by the current measurement unit exceeds a current threshold value corresponding to the type of application program currently being executed, wherein each current threshold value corresponds to a different application program and each current threshold value is different from the other current threshold values, and wherein the control unit forcibly executes the power-off process in response to the number of times that the current value measured by the current measurement unit exceeds the overcurrent threshold value reaching a predetermined number of times, regardless of the application program being executed. | 33,327 |
8,960,345 | 1. A transporter vehicle comprising: a vehicle body ( an engine ( an alternator ( an electric motor ( a cooling air supply device ( said cooling air supply device ( a cooling air inlet port ( a cooling air supply line ( a cooling fan ( a dust separator ( said cooling air supply line ( said dust separator ( said separator inlet port ( said separator outlet port ( said cooling air purified by said dust separator ( | 8,761 |
9,538,836 | 1. An oral care implement comprising: a head having a face with a tuft hole therein; a handle coupled to the head; a plurality of tapered bristles disposed within the tuft hole and arranged in a bristle tuft that extends from the face of the head, the bristle tuft comprising a first subset of the tapered bristles and a second subset of the tapered bristles; wherein each of the tapered bristles comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse cross-sectional profile having a major axis and a minor axis, the major axes of the tapered bristles being longer than the minor axes of the tapered bristles; wherein the major axes of the tapered bristles of the first subset are non-parallel to the major axes of the tapered bristles of the second subset; and wherein the first and second subsets of the tapered bristles are arranged in an alternating configuration of columns or rows. | 23,412 |
9,318,960 | 1. An AC-DC power supply circuit, comprising: a) a rectifier configured to rectify an AC power supply to generate a DC input voltage; b) a first stage voltage converter configured to convert said DC input voltage to a first stage output voltage, and to convert a control signal to a feedback signal that represents said first stage output voltage without using sampling resistors; c) a second stage voltage converter configured to convert said first stage output voltage to a constant DC output signal, and to generate said control signal that represents a duty cycle of said second stage voltage converter; and d) an output voltage feedback circuit in said first stage voltage converter and being configured to average said control signal, to compare said control signal against a reference value, and to generate said feedback signal via a compensation circuit to control a switch to convert said DC input voltage to said first stage output voltage. | 20,788 |
9,670,063 | 1. A method of producing hydrogen from ammonia the method comprising: (i) providing ammonia as a fuel source; (ii) introducing ammonia into a reactor and reacting at least some of the ammonia with a metal and/or a metal-containing-compound to form at least one intermediate and optionally hydrogen; (iii) decomposing at least some of the intermediate produced in step (ii) to form hydrogen and to regenerate the metal and/or the metal-containing-compound; (iv) removing at least some of the hydrogen formed in step (iii); and (v) reacting the regenerated metal and/or the regenerated metal-containing-compound with further ammonia; wherein the metal and/or the metal-containing-compound comprises or is selected from the group consisting of Group I metals; wherein the Group I metal is selected from the group consisting of Na, Li, K, Rb, Cs, alloys and mixtures of two or more thereof; wherein the reaction of the at least some ammonia with the metal and/or the metal-containing-compound to form the at least one intermediate is carried out at a temperature in the range of from 450 to 800° C. and at a pressure of 0.01 to 20 MPa. | 4,600 |
9,045,351 | 1. A desalination and minerals extraction system, comprising: a desalination facility comprising: a minerals extraction facility configured to produce a plurality of mineral compounds, a minerals extraction facility tailings stream, and a minerals extraction facility desalinated water outlet stream, the minerals extraction facility is fluidly coupled to the desalination facility, wherein the first desalination tailings stream is fed into the minerals extraction facility, and wherein the minerals extraction facility comprises: | 29,192 |
9,757,681 | 1. A low energy-type acid gas capture system using recirculation of an acid gas-absorbed absorbent in liquid form including a large amount of acid gas, the system comprising: an absorption tower that absorbs the acid gas with an absorbent; a regeneration tower that isolates a processed gas free of the absorbent; an exhaust gas supply line through which an acid gas-included exhaust gas passed through a first heat exchanger and a water separator is supplied to an absorption tower; an absorbent supply line through which the acid gas-absorbed absorbent discharged from the absorption tower is supplied to a separation valve via a second heat exchanger and then a second condenser; a processed gas line through which the processed gas discharged from the regeneration tower is supplied to a first condenser via a third heat exchanger; and a condensate supply line through which condensate water discharged from the first condenser is supplied to regeneration tower, wherein the absorbent supply line comprises: a first absorbent transfer line through which the acid gas-absorbed absorbent in liquid form separated by the separation valve is supplied from the separation valve to the regeneration tower; a second absorbent transfer line through which an acid gas-free absorbent separated from the acid gas-absorbed absorbent in liquid form by the separation valve is supplied from the separation valve to a third condenser via an expansion valve; a third absorbent transfer line through which a recondensed absorbent in liquid form from the third condenser is supplied to the absorption tower via a fourth heat exchanger; a first acid gas transfer line through which the acid gas isolated in the second condenser is supplied to an upper part of the regeneration tower; and a second acid gas transfer line through which the remaining acid gas isolated in the third condenser is supplied to an upper part of the regeneration tower via a condenser. | 3,528 |
9,187,334 | 1. A molecular sieve having a mole ratio of at least 10 of (1) at least one oxide of at least one tetravalent element to (2) optionally, one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of trivalent elements, pentavalent elements, and mixtures thereof, and having, in its calcined form, an X-ray diffraction pattern substantially as shown in the following Table: | 41,674 |
9,401,512 | 1. A method for manufacturing a membrane/electrode assembly, comprising the steps of: depositing an electrocatalyst ink on one face of a support so as to form an electrode on the support; fixedly attaching the support and the electrode formed on a proton-exchange membrane by adhesion; and withdrawing a part of the support so as to uncover at least one median part of the formed electrode. | 32,097 |
9,139,699 | 1. A composition comprising: (A) a catalytically effective amount of a catalytically active reaction product of a reaction of ingredients comprising where each R5, each R6, and each R36 are independently selected from H, a monovalent organic group, an inorganic group, and a halogen, each R35 is independently H or a monovalent organic group, subscript j is 1 or 2, subscript k is 1 or 2, subscript m is 0 or 1, and subscript n is 0 to 4; and (B) a silicon containing base polymer having an average, per molecule, of one or more hydrolyzable substituents; | 46,915 |
9,577,465 | 1. A contactless power transmission device comprising: an AC power supply that outputs an AC power; a primary coil to which the AC power is inputted; a secondary coil that receives the AC power from the primary coil in a contactless manner; and a variable load that varies an impedance in accordance with an inputted power, wherein the AC power supply is configured to output a first AC power and a second AC power that differs in magnitude to each other as the AC power, wherein a power transmission line between the AC power supply and the variable load includes a first line and a second line different from the first line, and wherein the contactless power transmission device further comprises: a switching unit that switches the power transmission line so that a first power is transmitted through the first line when the AC power supply outputs the first AC power and so that a second power is transmitted through the second line when the AC power supply outputs the second AC power; and an impedance conversion unit arranged on the second line that converts an impedance from an output of the AC power supply to the variable load when the second power is transmitted through the second line to approach an impedance from the output of the AC power supply to the variable load when the first power is transmitted through the first line. | 44,134 |
8,782,234 | 1. A method, comprising: a) obtaining efficiency characteristic information for each of a plurality of air conditioning units in a location containing a plurality of server computers, the efficiency characteristic information including information representative of an efficiency performance curve for a range of variable cooling output; and b) employing one or more processing units to allocate one or more processing tasks to one of the plurality of server computers that is already operating, based on the efficiency characteristic information; and wherein the efficiency characteristic information includes information representative of a change in power consumption as a function of a change in the cooling output for an operating air conditioning unit. | 28,809 |
9,247,122 | 1. A focus adjustment apparatus configured to display an in-focus state in a display region in accordance with control of a focus lens position, the focus adjustment apparatus comprising: a signal generation unit configured to output a pair of image signals from a focus detection region, the image signals being generated by photoelectrically converting light having passed through an imaging optical system; and a control unit configured to detect a defocus amount based on the pair of image signals output from a first focus detection region having a plurality of corresponding display regions, and to control a position of the focus lens based on the defocus amount corresponding to the first focus detection region, wherein the control unit detects a defocus amount corresponding to each of second focus detection regions which are arranged in a different detection from the first focus detection region, and determines at least one display region to indicate an in-focus state from among the display regions corresponding to the first focus detection region, in accordance with the control of the focus lens position, based on the defocus amount corresponding to each of the second focus detection regions. | 20,603 |
9,347,187 | 1. An emitter system, comprising: a structural frame; and one or more emitter panels situated within the structural frame, wherein the metal frame is insulated with a layer of a high-density ceramic, wherein each emitter panel comprises a serpentine wire positioned between the high-density ceramic and a sheet of a micaceous material exhibiting biaxial birefringence, wherein each emitter panels is configured such that, in use, energy generated by each emitter panel passes through the sheet of micaceous material. | 34,540 |
9,649,823 | 1. A flexible packaging material comprising: a core cellulosic fiber-based portion having a honeycomb structure, the core cellulosic fiber-based portion defining two spaced-apart substantially planar faces and providing air space therebetween, the core cellulosic fiber-based portion including a stack of cellulosic fiber-based sheets bonded together at spaced-apart intervals in a staggered configuration; and at least a first cellulosic fiber-based liner and a second cellulosic fiber-based liner, the first liner and the second liner being bonded to a respective one of the planar faces of the core portion, the first liner having a first liner grammage and the second liner having a second liner grammage different than the first liner grammage, the material being bendable. | 3,794 |
9,259,465 | 1. A method of treating a central nervous system disease or disorder in a patient in need thereof, wherein said central nervous system disease or disorder is characterized by the presence of at least one abnormal protein, said method comprising administering to said patient: a) at least one immunogen capable of inducing a humoral immune response against said abnormal protein, and b) at least one adjuvant that stimulates regulatory T cells, wherein said central nervous disease or disorder is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and said immunogen is superoxide dismutase (SOD). | 12,582 |
8,674,014 | 1. A rubber composition for sidewall comprising 0.2 to 2 parts by weight of (B) an alkylphenol-sulfur chloride condensate indicated by the formula (B1): wherein R 1 to R 3 are same or different, each being an alkyl group having 8 carbons; x and y are same or different, each being an integer of 2 to 4; and n is an integer of 0 to 10 and 18 to 40 parts by weight of (C) at least one filler selected from the group consisting of (C1) carbon black and (C2) silica, based on 100 parts by weight of (A) a rubber component consisting of 30 to 70% by weight of (A1) a natural rubber and/or an isoprene rubber and 30 to 70% by weight of (A2) a modified butadiene rubber. | 32,918 |
9,331,507 | 1. A battery charging system comprising: a charging source; and at least one battery cell; a battery internal temperature sensor configured to measure an internal temperature directly, and without the use of mathematical model or mathematical algorithm, of the at least one battery cell responsive to charging of the at least one battery cell by the charging source, the battery internal temperature sensor comprising: a charge controller configured to: | 41,070 |
8,973,102 | 1. An authentication device, comprising: a network interface component coupled to a network and configured to receive: a memory coupled to the network interface component and configured to store the received authentication information, one or more instructions for authenticating the user based on the received authentication information, and account information of the user; and one or more processors configured to: | 1,778 |
8,827,709 | 1. A dynamic motion seat (DMS) system that simulates vehicle motion comprising: a seat comprising a seat pad and a backpad, at least one motor, at least one mechanical linkage, and at least five axes of motion wherein said seat pad and said backpad move independently; a DMS computer that translates data from a host computer and creates corresponding seat motion signals, wherein said DMS computer is in communication with a host computer and electronic components; said electronic components for converting said seat motion signals from said DMS computer into drive signals that trigger said motor; and said motor actuates said at least one mechanical linkage to cause movement in at least one axis of said five axes of motion to simulate vehicle motion in said seat wherein said motor is in communication with said electronic components. | 21,826 |
8,701,380 | 1. A turbine engine comprising: a free power turbine including a first rotor and a second rotor which are contrarotating about an axis of the turbine engine; a first downstream external impeller and a second upstream external impeller disposed downstream of the free power turbine, the first and second impellers being nonstreamlined, coaxial and contrarotating about the axis of the turbine engine, the first downstream impeller being retractable so as to reduce its diameter; a mechanism for actuating the first downstream impeller in a retracted position with a braking device which brakes rotation of the first downstream impeller and an actuating device which actuates blades of the first downstream impeller into the retracted position when the braking device is actuated; and an epicyclic gear train which drives the first and second impellers, the gear train including a sun gear comprising a gearwheel with external teeth and supported by a sun-gear shaft, a planet gear comprising a gearwheel with external teeth meshing with the sun gear and supported by a planet-gear shaft, a planet carrier which supports the planet gear in a rotary manner and includes a planet-carrier shaft, and a ring gear comprising a gearwheel with internal teeth meshing with the planet gear and supported by first and second ring-gear shafts, wherein the sun-gear shaft is connected to the first rotor, the planet-carrier shaft is secured to the first downstream impeller, the first ring-gear shaft is secured to the second upstream impeller, and the second ring-gear shaft is connected to the second rotor, and wherein the braking device is arranged to brake rotation of the planet-carrier shaft. | 1,533 |
8,647,856 | 1. A method of producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent (b) recovering the polypeptide from the cultivation medium. | 4,542 |
9,472,093 | 1. A utility meter, comprising: a processor; a memory device, in communication with the processor; and an NFC (near field communication) tag device to communicate using NFC, wherein the utility meter is configured for communication with an NFC tag reader using NFC by: wherein operation of the processor operates the NFC tag device to: | 229 |
8,886,978 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first system comprising a first processor; a second system comprising a second processor; a first memory which the first system and the second system access; and a second memory which the second system accesses, wherein the second system which accesses the first memory and the second memory in a case where the apparatus is in a first state, restricts access of the first memory and accesses the second memory in a case where the apparatus is in a second state in which a power consumption by the apparatus is lower than that in the first state, wherein when the apparatus receives a predetermined packet from an external apparatus in a case where the apparatus is in the second state, the apparatus shifts to the first state from the second state, and wherein after restricting the access to the first memory, the second system sends a predetermined report to the first system. | 17,740 |
8,489,405 | 1. A method for performing compression coding on a voice and audio input signal and implemented by a processor, comprising: extracting sign information of the voice and audio input signal to obtain an absolute value signal of the input signal; obtaining a residual signal of the absolute value signal by using a prediction coefficient, wherein the prediction coefficient is obtained by prediction and analysis that are performed according to a signal characteristic of the absolute value signal of the input signal; and multiplexing the residual signal, the sign information and a coding parameter to output a coding code stream, after the residual signal, the sign information and the coding parameter are respectively coded. | 31,303 |
8,397,498 | 1. A closed-cycle thermodynamic engine, comprising: a housing; a first heat chamber and a second heat chamber at opposite ends of the housing, wherein each of the first heat chamber and the second heat chamber comprise a window for receiving solar energy; a piston slidingly disposed within the housing between the first heat chamber and the second heat chamber; and a heat removal mechanism to remove hot working fluid in each of the first heat chamber and the second heat chamber and provide cool fluid to each of the first heat chamber and the second heat chamber as the piston reciprocates, wherein the heat removal mechanism comprises a sealed plenum enclosure acting as a heat exchanger between the first heat chamber and the second heat chamber. | 28,581 |
8,746,549 | 1. A method for registering an appliance with a service provider, comprising: receiving, by a server computer, a message from a cellular telephone, the message including a unique ID for an appliance, wherein the server computer stores billing information for the cellular telephone, wherein the appliance comprises a modem, wherein the cellular telephone is separate from the appliance, and wherein the server computer is separate from the appliance and separate from the cellular telephone; further receiving, by the server computer, registration information from the appliance via the modem of the appliance; and associating, by the server computer, the billing information for the cellular telephone, with the appliance registration information. | 24,167 |
9,441,993 | 1. A system for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid, the conduit having a longitudinal length, wherein the fluid flows through the conduit in a flow direction, and wherein at least one sound wave of the plurality of sound waves is generated by the fluid flowing through the conduit, the system comprising: a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along at least a portion of the longitudinal length of the conduit, wherein each transducer of the plurality of transducers comprises means for sensing the velocity of fluid flow through the conduit in the flow direction, wherein each transducer of the plurality of transducers further comprises means for sensing the speed at which the plurality of sound waves are propagating through the fluid, and wherein each transducer of the plurality of transducers is positioned in a spaced position relative to a predetermined reference point on the conduit, the spaced position corresponding to the longitudinal distance between the transducer and reference point; means for modeling the superposition of the plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit, wherein the means for modeling the superposition is in communication with each transducer of the plurality of transducers, and wherein the means for modeling the superposition is configured to: where: Ψ=the phase of the wave moving right-to-left (RL) or left-to-right (LR) through the conduit, r z=the horizontal position of the wave measured relative to the direction of fluid flow within the conduit, t=elapsed time since generation of the wave, N=amplitude of the sound wave, J M f=frequency of the sound waves, c=speed of the sound waves within the conduit, and k=the wavenumber associated with the sound waves, and wherein the means for modeling the superposition of the plurality of sound waves as they propagate within the conduit further generating correlation information from the model to display features of the fluid flowing through the conduit. | 23,717 |
8,771,480 | 1. A method comprising: saccharifying an irradiated cellulosic or lignocellulosic material, the irradiated cellulosic or lignocellulosic material having been produced by exposing a cellulosic or lignocellulosic material to a plurality of electrons that have been accelerated by a LINAC electron beam device to provide a radiation dose of greater than 10 Mrad to the cellulosic or lignocellulosic material, wherein the radiation dose is provided at a dose rate of about 1 Mrad/s to about 10 Mrad/s. | 44,458 |
8,631,659 | 1. A method for supplying conditioned air to a compartment of a vehicle having an electric side comprising components relating to an electric motor for powering the vehicle and a fuel fed side comprising components relating to a fuel fed engine for powering the vehicle, the method comprising: circulating a first fluid in a first circuit in thermal communication with the electric side of the vehicle; circulating a second fluid in a second circuit in thermal communication with the fuel fed side of the vehicle; transferring thermal energy between at least a first heat transfer surface of at least a first thermoelectric device and at least one of the first circuit and the second circuit; transferring thermal energy between at least a second heat transfer surface of the first thermoelectric device and an air stream; transferring thermal energy between at least a first heat exchanger disposed in the air stream and the second fluid circuit; and selecting between the first circuit and the second circuit to transfer thermal energy between the first heat transfer surface of the first thermoelectric device and the first circuit or the second circuit; wherein at least the first circuit, the second circuit, the first thermoelectric device, and the first heat exchanger cooperate to condition the air stream. | 16,303 |
9,093,226 | 1. An energy storage device comprising: a first electrode comprising a first plurality of channels that contain a first electrolyte, the first electrode having a first surface; and a second electrode comprising a second plurality of channels that contain a second electrolyte, the second electrode having a second surface, wherein: | 1,179 |
9,618,266 | 1. A ladle metallurgy furnace comprising: a. a ladle in the form of a vessel for containing a molten material, said ladle having an open top, b. a ladle metallurgy furnace roof positioned over the open top of the ladle; wherein the ladle metallurgy furnace roof includes: i. an internal surface structure having a substantially smooth exterior surface; ii. an external surface structure spaced apart from said internal surface structure; and iii. an electrode opening; and c. electrodes extending through the ladle metallurgy furnace roof opening and being received in the ladle, wherein the internal surface structure comprises a plurality of metal plates formed of steel, said metal plates adjoined in direct contact at an interior side to form the substantially smooth exterior surface. | 14,275 |
8,653,677 | 1. An electromagnetic, continuously variable transmission power split turbo compound, comprising: a turbo compound turbine driven by exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine; and a power split device comprising a magnetic gear arrangement, the magnetic gear arrangement comprising a high speed rotor comprising a first quantity of permanent magnets, a low speed rotor comprising a second quantity of permanent magnets, and a plural pole rotor between the high speed rotor and the low speed rotor, | 24,522 |
9,537,411 | 1. A flyback active clamping power converter, comprising: an input inductor, a first end thereof is connected to a positive terminal of an input voltage source, wherein an input inductor current flowing through the input inductor operates in a boundary conduction mode; a down-bridge switch, a control end thereof receiving a first control signal, and a first end thereof is connected to a negative terminal of the input voltage source, wherein the down-bridge switch is determined to be turned on or off according to a level of the first control signal; an up-bridge switch, a control end thereof receiving a second control signal, and a first end thereof connected to a second end of the down-bridge switch, wherein the up-bridge switch is determined to be turned on or off according to a level of the second control signal, and the down-bridge switch and the up-bridge switch having a switching frequency; a first energy-storing capacitor, a first end thereof connected to the first end of the down-bridge switch; a clamping capacitor, a first end thereof connected to the second end of the up-bridge switch, and a second end thereof connected to a second end of the first energy-storing capacitor; a resonant inductor, a first end thereof connected to a second end of the down-bridge switch; a magnetizing inductor, a first end thereof connected to the resonant inductor, and a second end thereof connected to the second end of the clamping capacitor, wherein the current flowing through the magnetizing inductor is a magnetizing inductor current; a transformer, having a primary winding and a secondary winding, and the primary winding connected with the magnetizing inductor in parallel, wherein the primary winding and the secondary winding have a mutual inductance effect; an output diode, an anode thereof connected to a first end of the secondary winding; and an output capacitor, a first end thereof connected to a cathode of the output diode, and a second end thereof connected to a second end of the secondary winding, wherein a resonant frequency generated by the resonant inductor and the clamping capacitor in the flyback active clamping power converter is substantially equal to the switching frequency, such that the output diode is able to perform a zero current switching. | 33,551 |
9,593,340 | 1. A method for constructing a synthetic polynucleotide from which a polypeptide is producible to confer a stronger or enhanced immune response to a target antigen in a mammal than that conferred by a parent polynucleotide that encodes the same polypeptide, wherein the immune response is selected from the group consisting of (1) a humoral immune response, (2) a cellular immune response and (3) a cellular immune response and a humoral immune response, wherein the polypeptide corresponds to at least a portion of the target antigen, the method comprising constructing the synthetic polynucleotide so that it is distinguished from the parent polynucleotide by replacement of at least 5% of codons which correspond to the target antigen in the parent polynucleotide with synonymous codons, wherein individual codon replacements are carried out by: (a) selecting a first codon of the parent polynucleotide for replacement with a synonymous codon according to TABLE 3: and (b) replacing the first codon with the synonymous codon. | 21,407 |
9,045,668 | 1. An organosiloxane block copolymer comprising: A. 65 to 90 mol % of diorganosiloxane units having the formula R B. 10 to 35 mol % of siloxane units having the average formula R wherein each R wherein the organosiloxane block copolymer includes a silsesquioxane resin that is incompatible with the liner siloxane chain; and wherein a 1 mm thick cast sheet comprising said organosiloxane block copolymer has a light transmittance of at least 95%; and wherein the organosiloxane block copolymer is made by a process comprising reacting an oxime- or an acetoxy-terminated linear organosiloxane with an organosiloxane resin having the average formula R | 10,379 |
9,457,321 | 1. A polymer compound with bacteria-adhesion inhibition properties having the formula wherein R is selected from and wherein at least one of the substituents R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is a linking group towards the polymer backbone and the remaining substituents are one or more of hydrogen, halide, alkyl, or aryl. | 17,666 |
9,653,824 | 1. An energy storage system, comprising: a first energy storage cell; a second energy storage cell; and a first interconnect configured to electrically connect the first energy storage cell and the second energy storage cell in series, the interconnect comprising: | 12,819 |
8,371,944 | 1. A tournament gaming system that provides game play in exchange for monetary input per game played, the gaming system comprising: a tournament game server; a plurality of game units connected to the tournament game server via a network; and wherein a first game unit and a second game unit communicate with each other using TCP/IP protocol over the Internet; wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games. | 12,014 |
9,094,554 | 1. A method of controlling duplex printing of a system comprising an image forming apparatus including a duplex printing function and a simplex printing function and a host apparatus to transmit printing data to the image forming apparatus, the method comprising: determining, by the host apparatus, whether a number of total printing pages for the printing data is an even number or an odd number greater than or equal to three; generating, by the host apparatus, if the number of total printing pages is the odd number greater than or equal to three, a first operation and a second operation, where the first operation includes a duplex printing command and a duplex printing data which corresponds to the pages except the last page in the printing data and the second operation includes a simplex printing command and a simplex printing data corresponds to the last page in the printing data; and transmitting, by the host apparatus, the generated first and second operation separately to the image forming apparatus. | 22,155 |
9,228,523 | 1. A method of identifying cylinder to cylinder air/fuel ratio asymmetry of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having an upstream exhaust gas oxygen sensor and a downstream exhaust gas sensor, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a plurality of successive load bands on an engine load/speed map; determining the outputs of said downstream sensor as lean or rich; for each of the load bands, recording in a respective register a measure of air flow for which the downstream sensor output indicates lean, and for which the downstream sensor output indicates rich; for each of the load bands, determining a cumulative measure of air flow, and at a threshold determining the lean/rich air flow ratio, and a predicted error from said air flow ratio; determining for each of the load bands an average difference in the air/fuel ratio indicated by the outputs of upstream and downstream oxygen sensors; obtaining a predicted difference based on said predicted error and said average difference; and comparing said predicted difference against pass/fail criteria. | 30,293 |
9,759,394 | 1. A power generator comprising: a coupling adapted to couple at least two fluid conduits together; an axial flow channel defined by the hose coupling and having a longitudinal axis, wherein fluid flowing through the axial flow channel flows in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis; a conductive coil in the coupling enveloping the axial flow channel; a generally toroidal rotor rotatable relative to the conductive coil, encircled by the conductive coil and enveloping the axial flow channel, wherein a portion of the axial flow channel passes with the direction substantially undisrupted through a central hole of the rotor; a generally toroidal rotor retainer coupled to an inner housing surface of the coupling and configured to interpose the rotor between the inner housing surface and the rotor retainer while still permitting rotation of the rotor in response to fluid flow; and a plurality of vanes coupled to the rotor and projecting radially inward from the rotor toward the longitudinal axis, but not intersecting the longitudinal axis, wherein proximal ends of the plurality of vanes are coupled to the rotor and distal ends of the plurality of vanes are unattached within the axial flow channel, wherein each of the plurality of vanes intersects the direction at a substantially normal angle, whereby the direction remains substantially undisrupted as the fluid flows in the axial flow channel from a first end of the coupling to a second end of the coupling. | 39,194 |
9,048,797 | 1. A multiple-channel remote radio head unit for wireless communications comprising: a plurality of power amplifiers, each receiving an input signal and each providing as an output an amplified representation of the received input signal; a plurality of feedback paths, wherein each feedback path in the plurality of feedback paths provides a feedback signal that includes a representation of a characteristic of a power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers; digital logic for processing signals; a feedback switch for selecting one of the feedback signals for connection to the digital logic to generate predistortion compensation signals for each of the plurality of power amplifiers; a plurality of circulators, each coupled to the output of a power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers; a duplexer coupled to the plurality of circulators; and a plurality of receiver switches, each coupled to a circulator of the plurality of circulators, that selectively couples a respective circulator to the digital logic to reduce insertion loss between the plurality of power amplifiers and the duplexer. | 36,155 |
9,420,058 | 1. A method operative in an overlay network comprising a sending peer and a receiving peer, wherein the sending and receiving peers provide stream-based data deduplication by examining data that flows through the sending peer and receiving peer and replacing blocks of the data with references that point into data dictionaries associated with each of the peers, the method comprising: maintaining a directed cyclic graph in association with the sending peer; maintaining a directed cyclic graph in association with the receiving peer; wherein each directed cyclic graph represents temporal and ordered relationships among blocks of data that have been seen in the data stream by the respective peer, the directed cyclic graph being annotated with information from which the respective peer can generate a prediction about blocks of data that are subject to the stream-based data deduplication; in response to receipt at the receiving peer of a request for a page, the receiving peer generating a hinting request that predicts what blocks of data the sending peer is expected to utilize during stream-based data deduplication of the page; upon receipt of the hinting request at the sending peer, the sending peer generating a hinting response that predicts what blocks of data are expected to compose the page; and returning the hinting response to the receiving peer to facilitate a pre-warming operation at the receiving peer during the stream-based data deduplication of the page; wherein the hinting request and the hinting response are generated in software executing in a hardware element. | 11,772 |
9,470,243 | 1. A guide vane attachment structure configured to attach a guide vane to any one of a fan frame and a fan case of an aircraft engine, the guide vane being used for a fan of the aircraft engine, formed using as a constituent material a composite material made from a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin and reinforcement fibers, and configured to straighten air, the fan case placed outside the fan frame, the guide vane attachment structure comprising: a vane joint surface formed at an end portion of the guide vane; a first fitting portion formed in the vane joint surface of the guide vane; a support member made of a metal as a constituent material thereof, the support member being integrally connected to the one of the fan frame and the fan case; a support joint surface to be joined to the vane joint surface of the guide vane, formed in the support member; and a second fitting portion configured to wedge-engage in a circumferential direction orthogonal to a radial direction with the first fitting portion of the guide vane, formed in the support joint surface of the support member. | 24,075 |
9,097,181 | 1. A turbine housing of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, comprising: an outer housing; an inner housing; a tubular fitting formfittingly connected to the inner housing and having a flange collar for attachment of a bearing case of a turbine wheel, said inner housing traversing the fitting and having an end portion bent radially outwards about the flange collar; and a press ring arranged upon the end portion for additional positional fixation of the inner housing upon the flange collar. | 13,795 |
9,085,473 | 1. A liquid desalination device comprising: an ice maker, having a freezer module, a liquid inlet and an ice outlet, wherein the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet correspond to the freezer module in position; a rotary tank, having a tank body with a plurality of through holes, an ice inlet and an egress, wherein the ice inlet and the egress are located at two end of the tank body, and the ice inlet corresponds to the ice outlet in position; an impurities collection tank, disposed around the tank body, and corresponding to the through holes in position; and a desalination collection tank, corresponding to the ice outlet in position. | 2,103 |
9,579,639 | 1. A process for producing a photocatalyst that is capable of converting H 2 S into hydrogen and sulfur comprising the steps of: preparing a photocatalyst material comprising CdS; and using an organic ligand to attach a transition metal species to a surface of the photocatalyst material without the formation of a dopant layer. | 2,935 |
9,680,834 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: loading, by a web browser executing on a computing device, a web page document referenced by a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the first URL including access token data, the web page document including one or more links to web page content; removing, by the web browser and prior to loading the web page content referenced by the one or more links in the web page document, the access token data from a current page URL of the web browser by replacing the current page URL with a second URL that is different than the first URL and does not include the access token data, such that the first URL is not presented for display via the web browser prior to loading the web page content referenced by the one or more links in the web page document; restoring, by the web browser and subsequent to loading the web page content referenced by the one or more links in the web page document, the access token data to the current page URL of the web browser by replacing the current page URL with the first URL; and displaying the first URL including the access token data via the web browser subsequent to loading the web page content referenced by the one or more links in the web page document, wherein a remote computing device serves the web page content referenced by the one or more links in the web page document to the web browser, and wherein the method further comprises preventing, by the web browser, the remote computing device from accessing either the first URL or the access token data. | 30,494 |
8,792,177 | 1. A head-up display comprising: a first display device configured to emit a first light beam along a first optical axis; a second display device, provided at a position which is different from a position of the first display device, the second display device configured to emit a second light beam along a second optical axis that is non-parallel to the first optical axis; an optical axis identifying device configured to receive the first light beam and the second light beam, and configured to identify the first optical axis of the first light beam input from the first display device and the second optical axis of the second light beam input from the second display device, and configured to output the first and second light beams in the identical direction; and an enlarged-image forming device that enlarges respective images which are formed by the first and second light beams which are output from the first display device and the second display device, based on the light beams which are input from the optical axis identifying device, and configured to form an image by overlapping the images which are enlarged. | 44,167 |
9,114,418 | 1. A method, comprising the steps of: providing a fluid reservoir containing a volume of fluid; providing a bell housing that forms a chamber; providing a pressure manipulating sub-system in fluid communication with the chamber; arranging a workpiece within the fluid reservoir for: arranging the bell housing relative to the fluid reservoir for: | 12,940 |
9,504,095 | 1. A method of applying electromagnetic (EM) energy to an object at a plurality of modulation space elements (MSEs), the method comprising: grouping, with a processor, a number of the plurality of MSEs into at least a first subset and a second subset according to a first grouping rule; associating, with the processor, a first EM energy application protocol with the first subset and a second EM energy application protocol with the second subset; applying EM energy at MSEs of the first subset according to the first energy application protocol and at MSEs of the second subset according to the second energy application protocol; and after the applying: grouping, with the processor, the number of the plurality of MSEs into a third subset and a fourth subset according to a second grouping rule; associating, with the processor, a third EM energy application protocol with the third subset and a fourth EM energy application protocol with the fourth subset; and applying EM energy at MSEs of the third subset according to the third energy application protocol and at MSEs of the fourth subset according to the fourth energy application protocol. | 32,629 |
9,080,481 | 1. A construction machine hydraulic drive system comprising: an engine; a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by the engine; a plurality of actuators driven by hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump; a plurality of flow and directional control valves that control a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the actuators; a pump control device including: a torque control section that performs absorption torque maintaining control that prevents absorption torque of the hydraulic pump from exceeding a predetermined maximum torque by reducing a capacity of the hydraulic pump as a delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump increases; and a load sensing control section that performs load sensing control that ensures that the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump is higher than maximum load pressure of the actuators by a target differential pressure; an unloading valve connected to a line to which a delivery fluid from the hydraulic pump is guided, the unloading valve opening when the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump is higher than a sum of the maximum load pressure and an unloading set pressure, to thereby return the delivery fluid of the hydraulic pump to a tank, thus restricting an increase in the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump; and a pilot pump driven by the engine; an exhaust gas purifying device that purifies exhaust gases from the engine; an instruction device that directs a start of regeneration of the exhaust gas purifying device; and a changeover control device that selects to enable or disable the load sensing control performed by the load sensing control section by enabling the load sensing control of the load sensing control section when the instruction device does not direct a start of the regeneration of the exhaust gas purifying device and disabling the load sensing control of the load sensing control section when the instruction device directs the start of the regeneration of the exhaust gas purifying device to thereby increase the capacity of the hydraulic pump, wherein the disabling of the load sensing control by the changeover control device includes guiding a predetermined pressure generated based on the delivery fluid of the pilot pump to the unloading valve to thereby increase the unloading set pressure. | 17,547 |
8,860,396 | 1. An apparatus for electric power conversion, said apparatus comprising: a converter having a path for a power flow between a first terminal and a second terminal; said converter comprising a regulating circuit on the path for the power flow, said regulating circuit having one or more ports, the regulating circuit including one or more inductors, and one or more switching elements connected to said one or more inductors, said one or more switching elements being controllable to switch between switching configurations, wherein, said regulating circuit is controllable to maintain a current through each of the one or more ports according to currents in the one or more inductors; and said converter further comprising a switching network on the path for the power flow, the switching network having a plurality of ports at least some of said ports being coupled to the one or more ports of the regulating circuit, said switching network including a plurality of charge storage elements, and switching-network switching elements connected to said charge storage elements, said switching-network switching elements being controllable to switch between switch configurations, wherein, in one switch configuration in operation, said switching-network switching elements form a first arrangement of the plurality of charge storage elements in which a first charge storage element of the plurality of charge storage elements is charged at a rate determined by a current through at least a first port of the one or more ports of the regulating circuit and a second charge storage element of the plurality of charge storage elements is discharged at a rate determined by a current through at least a second port of the one or more ports of the regulating circuit, wherein in another switch configuration of the switching-network switching elements in operation, said switching-network switching elements form a second arrangement of charge storage elements in which the first charge storage element is discharged at a rate determined by a current through at least a third port of the one or more ports of the regulating circuit and the second charge storage element is charged at a rate determined by a current through at least a fourth port of the one or more ports of the regulating circuit. | 36,634 |
9,670,113 | 1. A natural gas processing system, comprising: (a) an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reactor system comprising at least one reactor vessel having at least one OCM catalyst disposed therein and configured to operate with an inlet temperature between about 400° C. and about 600° C. to yield a product stream comprising at least two different hydrocarbon compounds, wherein the OCM catalyst comprises a nanostructured component which comprises a nanowire component having an aspect ratio greater than ten; (b) one or more of (i) an extraction system for separating at least one hydrocarbon compound from at least one non-hydrocarbon compound as part of the product stream or a feed stream to the at least one reactor vessel, and (ii) a fractionation system for separating the at least two different hydrocarbon compounds; and (c) an interconnected pipeline, the interconnected pipeline fluidly connecting (i) an inlet of the OCM reactor system to an outlet of the extraction system and/or the fractionation system, or (ii) an outlet of the OCM reactor system to an inlet of the extraction system and/or the fractionation system. | 24,360 |
8,609,724 | 1. A method for treating a cancer associated with hyperpolarized mitochondria comprising: selecting a patient having a cancer comprising hyperpolarized mitochondria and/or an elevated survivin to Kv1.5 protein ratio relative to a normal control; and administering to said patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of dichloroacetate (DCA) or an acid or salt thereof. | 20,765 |
9,197,667 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network traffic management computing device, a packet having a public IP address at a protecting network comprising a plurality of scrubbing nodes to filter received traffic; translating, by the network traffic management computing device, the public IP address of the packet to a corresponding protected IP address associated with a protected network; and forwarding, by the network traffic management computing device, the packet to the protected network for servicing, wherein the protected IP address of a response to the received packet from the protected network is translated back to the public IP address at the protected network before sending. | 7,266 |
8,703,077 | 1. A process for the extraction of uranium compounds from wet-process phosphoric acid (WPA), the process comprising: lowering iron content of WPA by precipitating iron to produce a lowered iron WPA; reducing valency of any remaining iron in the lowered iron WPA to produce a reduced iron valency WPA; and extracting uranium compounds from the reduced iron valency WPA using an ion exchange process comprising contacting the reduced iron valency WPA with an ion exchange resin and eluting the ion exchange resin. | 26,311 |
9,675,929 | 1. An air separation module comprising: a casing; a plurality of fibers located within the casing; a fiber membrane defining an exterior of each of the plurality of fibers, thereby forming an interior passage along a length of each of the plurality of fibers, the fiber membrane being configured to permeate a gas through the fiber membrane; and at least one perforated canister is placed between the plurality of fibers, wherein the at least one perforated canister is configured to collect a permeated gas from the plurality of fibers; further wherein the at least one perforated canister includes a cross-sectional profile configured to maximize a surface area of the at least one perforated canister with respect to a number of the plurality of fibers in the air separation module. | 9,634 |
8,384,211 | 1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a first stacked body including a first radiator plate, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, and a first semiconductor element, stacked upon each other in this order; a second stacked body including a second radiator plate, a second insulating layer, a second conductive layer, and a second semiconductor element, stacked upon each other in this order, the second semiconductor element being made of a semiconductor material different from a semiconductor material of the first semiconductor element; a radiator on which the first and second stacked bodies are mounted via the first and second radiator plates, respectively, the radiator including a flow path disposed internally; and a connecting part that electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein the first radiator plate and the second radiator plate are separated from each other, and the first stacked body and the second stacked body are thermally insulated from each other, wherein the second semiconductor element has a higher temperature rating limit than a temperature rating limit of the first semiconductor element, and wherein the first semiconductor element is arranged in an upstream side of the flow path of a cooling medium of the radiator relative to the second semiconductor element. | 1,191 |
9,540,208 | 1. A system for winding wire, comprising: a) a mandrel around which the wire is to be wound, said mandrel rotating about a longitudinal axis; b) a traverse arranged to cause the wire to be wound in a figure-eight configuration on said rotating mandrel to form a coil having many layers of the wire, said traverse comprising a wire directing device including a reciprocating, rotating element that reciprocates back and forth along a first axis parallel to said longitudinal axis and rotates along a second axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis as it reciprocates. | 29,049 |
9,239,333 | 1. A method for determining the efficacy of a treatment a subject having heart failure, the method comprising: (a) performing an assay to determine a level of galectin-3 in a biological sample from a subject having heart failure; (b) comparing the level of galectin-3 in the biological sample of (a) to a reference level of galectin-3; (c) selecting a subject having an elevated level of galectin-3 in the biological sample of (a) as compared to the reference level of galectin-3; (d) performing an assay to determine a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample obtained from the selected subject at a first time point before administration of a treatment; (e) performing an assay to determine a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample obtained from the selected subject at a second time point after administration of the treatment and after the first time point; and (f) determining that the treatment was effective in a selected subject having a decrease in the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (e) as compared to the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (d). | 20,513 |
8,878,118 | 1. An image sensor comprising: a capacitance selectable charge pump including: a voltage regulator coupled to the pump output and coupled to output a pixel voltage; a pixel array coupled to receive the pixel voltage from the voltage regulator; and a control module coupled to separately select each one of the capacitance charge pumps in the array to step-up the input voltage in response to a current draw of the pixel array, wherein the control module is configured to run said each one of the selected capacitance charge pumps in the array at a same substantially fixed frequency. | 38,372 |
9,102,321 | 1. A hybrid vehicle system with enhanced startup flare control, comprising: an internal combustion engine for providing motive vehicle power; a start engine actuator for starting the internal combustion engine; an electric motor selectively coupled to the internal combustion engine for generating electric power from the internal combustion engine; a throttle control valve disposed within an engine intake associated with the internal combustion engine, the throttle control valve arranged such that increasing an open angle of the throttle control valve increases an engine speed of the internal combustion engine; and at least one control unit operatively connected to the start engine actuator, the throttle control valve and the electric motor, the at least one control unit configured to start the internal combustion engine upon actuation of the start engine actuator, rapidly increase the open angle of the throttle control valve immediately upon starting the internal combustion engine rapidly to increase engine speed of the internal combustion engine to a desired peak engine speed, and then couple the electric motor to the internal combustion engine to rapidly decrease engine speed as soon as the internal combustion engine reaches a desired peak engine speed. | 54 |
9,628,077 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first sequential logic element having a first sequential logic input, a first power supply input operable to receive a first power supply voltage, and a first sequential logic output; a combinational logic element having a combinational logic input coupled to the first sequential logic output of the first sequential logic element, a second power supply input operable to receive a second power supply voltage that is lower than the first power supply voltage, and a combinational logic output; and a second sequential logic element having a second sequential logic input coupled to the combinational logic output of the combinational logic element, a third power supply input operable to receive the first power supply voltage, and a second sequential logic output. | 45,451 |
8,709,679 | 1. A lithium fuel cell, comprising: an anode comprising solid lithium metal as fuel; a cathode structure comprising a static electronically conductive component, an ioncially conductive component, and a liquid oxidant; and a lithium ion conductive protective membrane adjacent to the lithium anode, the membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode structure, the membrane isolating the anode from components of the cathode structure; wherein the ionically conductive component comprises a liquid electrolyte and the liquid oxidant comprises water; and | 48,517 |
9,596,180 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a parent network device in a directed acyclic graph (DAG) network topology, a data packet destined toward a DAG root and having been output by a target device in the network topology; identifying, by the parent network device based on the received data packet, an identifiable condition for caching a downward path enabling the parent network device to reach the target device independent of any route table entry in the parent network device; and caching, in the parent network device, the downward path enabling the parent network device to reach the target device independent of any route table entry in the parent network device, wherein the downward path is cached as a downward route entry according to a prescribed caching policy independent and distinct from any route table entry in the parent network device or any routing protocol. | 23,514 |
9,189,430 | 1. An integrated circuit operable to communicate over a serial interface, the integrated circuit comprising: analog circuitry; a plurality of registers for controlling the operation of the analog circuitry, the plurality of registers accessible over the serial interface using a shared register address space, the serial interface including an input data signal and an output data signal, the input data signal including a slave address and a register indicator; and a distributed slave device including a primary block, a first secondary block, and a shared register mapping table having entries corresponding to the plurality of registers, the entries including a first set of entries corresponding to a first portion of the registers electrically connected to the primary block and a second set of entries corresponding to a second portion of the registers electrically connected to the first secondary block, the distributed slave device selectable over the serial interface by a first value of the slave address, the primary block electrically connected to the serial interface and to the first portion of the registers, and the first secondary block electrically connected to the primary block and to the second portion of the registers, the primary block and the first secondary block configured to receive the slave address and the register indicator from the serial interface, the primary block including a multiplexer configured to generate the output data signal of the serial interface based on selecting amongst a plurality of block outputs including an output provided by the primary block and an output provided by the first secondary block. | 15,251 |
8,801,824 | 1. A fan, comprising: fan blades; a motor that operates the fan blades; a fan body comprising a fan chassis that surrounds the motor and fan blades and front and rear grills that shield the fan blades and allow for air movement through the fan, each of the front and rear grills comprising a lattice grate; and a plurality of channel tabs that define a channel, wherein the plurality of channel tabs extend in an outward direction from an outer surface of the fan body, wherein the plurality of channel tabs comprise a plurality of side channel tabs that define first and second opposing side channels and at least one lower channel tab that defines a lower side channel that defines a stop to limit a vertical position of an inserted filter. | 17,601 |
8,917,577 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a handset receiver to output a receiver acoustic signal; a first microphone that is to provide an uplink signal for a call; a second microphone disposed closer to the handset receiver than the first microphone; and a signal processor configured to, during the call, monitor a frequency response of the handset receiver of the mobile device over a frequency band, wherein the frequency response is based on the receiver acoustic signal from the handset receiver as detected by the second microphone and audio input to the handset receiver, wherein the signal processor is further configured to determine a proximity of an object to the mobile device based on the frequency response, to maintain the mobile device in one operating mode, while the frequency response over the frequency band is on one side of a predetermined threshold value, and to switch the mobile device from said one operating mode to a different operating mode automatically, when the frequency response over the frequency band goes to another side of the predetermined threshold value. | 32,018 |
9,268,803 | 1. A method performed by a processor in accordance with instructions that said processor reads from a machine-readable medium, said method comprising: receiving an input postal address; comparing said input postal address to a standard; providing a single best postal address corresponding to said input postal address based on said comparing; attempting to match said single best postal address to a business in a business information database; if a match to a business in said business information database is found, then: if a match to a business in said business information database is not found, then sending said single best postal address to an investigator for further processing. | 7,837 |
8,808,104 | 1. A golf club system comprising: a first club head and a shaft wherein one of said first club head and said shaft has a column extending therefrom, said column having a tooth extending radially outwardly therefrom, said tooth having a first magnet attaching thereto, and wherein another of said first club head and said shaft has a wall defining a hollow portion that receives said column, said wall having a slot therein said slot having an insertion portion through which said tooth may slide axially and an attachment portion in which said tooth may rotate circumferentially after passing through said insertion portion and a second magnet that engages said first magnet in said tooth after said tooth rotates circumferentially away from said slot. | 34,273 |
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