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9,446,670 | 1. An energy generating system, the system comprising: a plurality of airfoils each having an airfoil axis of rotation that is perpendicular to an axis along a flow of air, the airfoils being staggered in multiple rows perpendicular to the axis along the flow of air and across a top surface of a vehicle; a plurality of generators each comprising a rotor and a stator, a plurality of wires connected to the generators, the wires configured to transmit the electrical power into a storage unit; a plug connected to the storage unit and attached to a charging port of the vehicle, the charging port configured to charge the vehicle with the stored electrical power; and a housing, wherein the housing comprises: | 12,697 |
9,656,309 | 1. An arrangement for use in a ventilation arrangement in order to hold and control an air channel, the arrangement comprising: a single arm construction that is arranged along an outer surface of the air channel, wherein the arm construction comprises two arm sections arranged one after the other, a first joint that unites a first arm section with a fixture arrangement that holds and maintains a basic position of the arm construction and that makes possible different positioning of the arm construction and the air channel, a second joint that unites the first arm section with the second arm section and that makes possible different positioning of the arm construction and the air channel, wherein each arm section comprises an extended aluminium profile, a balance arrangement that is arranged between one joint and one arm section, comprising a fixture arranged around an axis of rotation of the joint and attached at an outer surface of the joint, and comprising a part that protrudes from the joint, and a tension construction that is attached at one of its ends to the fixture in a manner that allows rotation to the protruding part of the fixture and attached at its other end directly to the arm section in a manner that allows rotation at the arm section, wherein a centre line of the protruding part has an angle in a range between 75°-105° relative to a centre line of the arm section that is attached to the part of the joint at which the fixture is attached, and wherein the fixture has a through hole through which a shaft is inserted, the through hole has a pre-determined shape and engages with a part outwardly protruding from the joint arranged around the shaft, and the outwardly protruding part has a shape that fits into the predetermined shape of the through hole such that the position of the fixture is determined relative to the joint. | 6,072 |
9,593,342 | 1. A mutant of a parent Fusarium venenatum strain, comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide and pyrG and amyA genes, wherein one or both of the pyrG and amyA genes are modified rendering the mutant strain deficient in the production of orotine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase, alpha-amylase, or orotine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase and alpha-amylase compared to the parent Fusarium venenatum strain when cultivated under identical conditions. | 20,757 |
9,846,474 | 1. A system for power control comprising: one or more computers for calculating real-time loads and real-time performance associated with one or more collections of application servers; wherein the one or more computers are used to create a list of application servers to turn on, turn off, hibernate or wake up based on at least the calculated real-time loads, and real-time performance; and wherein the one or more computers are configurable to configure sensitivity settings of a respective application server in the one or more collections of application servers based on time of day or power cost. | 20,598 |
9,224,834 | 1. A method for manufacturing a pillar-shaped semiconductor device, the method comprising: a semiconductor pillar forming step of forming a semiconductor pillar on a semiconductor substrate; a first impurity region forming step of forming a first impurity region in the semiconductor pillar, the first impurity region containing a donor and/or acceptor impurity and including at least one impurity layer; a first insulating layer forming step of forming a first insulating layer so as to surround an outer periphery of the semiconductor pillar; a conductive layer forming step of forming a conductive layer so as to surround an outer periphery of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer forming step of forming a second insulating layer so as to surround an outer periphery of the conductive layer; an interlayer insulating layer forming step including at least one selected from a third insulating layer forming step of forming a third insulating layer having an upper surface positioned near a lower end of the first impurity region and a fourth insulating layer forming step of forming a fourth insulating layer having an upper surface positioned at a side surface of the conductive layer in a middle position in a height direction; a side surface contact portion forming step including at least one selected from an impurity region side surface contact portion forming step of forming an impurity region side surface contact portion by etching-away the first insulating layer, the conductive layer, and the second insulating layer in a portion positioned at an outer periphery of a side surface of the first impurity region above the upper surface of the third insulating layer and a conductive layer side surface contact portion forming step of forming a conductive layer side surface contact portion by etching-away the second insulating layer in a portion positioned at the outer periphery of the conductive layer above the upper surface of the fourth insulating layer; a material layer depositing step including at least one selected from a step of forming a first material layer on the third insulating layer so that the impurity region side surface contact portion forms a space and an upper surface of the first material layer is positioned near an upper end portion of the impurity region side surface contact portion and a step of forming a second material layer on the fourth insulating layer so that the conductive layer side surface contact portion forms a space and an upper surface of the second material layer is positioned to be higher than an upper end of the conductive layer side surface contact portion, these steps being performed by injecting an atom group in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate from above the semiconductor pillar, the atom group containing atoms constituting at least a conductive material; and a heat treatment step of performing a heat treatment to change a shape of the first material layer or the second material layer, wherein the heat treatment step includes a material layer connecting step that includes at least one selected from a step of expanding the first material layer so as to connect to the side surface of the first impurity region and a step of expanding the second material layer so as to connect to the side surface of the conductive layer. | 46,020 |
8,596,245 | 1. A fuel injection control device of an engine which has a plurality of cylinders and in which main injection and sub-injection performed before the main injection or after the main injection are implemented in one cycle for each cylinder, the fuel injection control device comprising: main basic injection amount calculation means for calculating a basic injection amount of main injection according to an operation state of the engine; sub basic injection amount calculation means for calculating a basic injection amount of sub-injection according to the operation state of the engine; inter-cylinder correction amount calculation means for calculating, for each of the cylinders, an inter-cylinder correction amount for correcting by increasing/decreasing a fuel injection amount in each of the cylinders according to a difference in engine revolution speed between the cylinders; inter-cylinder correction amount division means for dividing the inter-cylinder correction amount into a first divided inter-cylinder correction amount for correcting by increasing/decreasing the basic injection amounts of main injection and sub-injection and a second divided inter-cylinder correction amount for correcting by increasing/decreasing only the basic injection amount of main injection; first correction means for distributing the first divided inter-cylinder correction amount to main injection and sub-injection according to the basic injection amount of main injection and sub-injection; and second correction means for adding the second divided inter-cylinder correction amount to the basic injection amount of main injection. | 14,370 |
9,615,423 | 1. A protection circuit for a lighting driver, wherein the lighting driver is coupled to an AC voltage source comprising a lighting dimmer for transferring the AC current and the AC voltage to the lighting driver, the protection circuit comprising: a loading circuit, coupled to the AC voltage source and operable to load it with a loading current; and a monitoring and control (M&C) circuit, coupled to the AC voltage source for detecting interference pulses thereon and configured to cause the loading circuit to load the AC voltage source with the loading current during a certain loading time starting upon detecting an interference pulse, indiscriminately of the interference pulse polarity, thereby preventing the AC current from dropping to zero in response to the interference pulse, wherein the lighting driver is coupled to the lighting dimmer through a radio frequency interference (RFI) filter connected to an output of the lighting dimmer, and wherein the RFI filter comprises a filtering capacitor coupled to a filtering inductor through a second inductor, and the loading circuit is coupled to the AC voltage source by being connected to a connection point between the filtering inductor and the second inductor. | 24,597 |
8,817,648 | 1. A method of initiating a wildcard pseudowire status message using multiple pseudowire group elements to which a pseudowire belongs, comprising: performing the following steps on a provider edge device: | 17,728 |
8,372,632 | 1. An apparatus for sequestering CO 2 comprising one or more bioreactors configured as a series of vertically descending, horizontal baffles, wherein the bioreactor has a generally rectangular shape hanging vertically, having a height measured vertically and a width measured horizontally; wherein the horizontal baffles form an enclosed, continuous, serpentine channel from the inlet to the outlet of the bioreactor, each channel having a cross-sectional width measured perpendicular to the bioreactor height and width, the cross-sectional width being significantly less than the bioreactor height and width such that the bioreactors have a generally planar configuration; and wherein the serpentine channel has a translucent wall, configured to flow a suspension containing algae in the presence of natural or artificial natural light, the serpentine channel translucent wall being made from a flexible polymeric material. | 47,560 |
9,339,007 | 1. A feeding dish comprising: a freezable dish provided as a bowl having sidewalls and a substantially flat bottom portion, and configured to receive food, the freezable dish comprising: a base including an upper member and a lower member, the upper member being contained within the lower member, the base being adapted to receive the freezable dish, and the base having dimensions that increase from a top to a bottom of the base, wherein the freezable dish is configured to be placed in and removed from the base, and the freezable dish includes a flange forming the circumference of the freezable dish and provided on an entire periphery of the freezable dish, and adapted to rest on the upper member of the base such that the flange extends over and at least partially around the upper member when the freezable dish is placed within the base. | 21,398 |
8,616,909 | 1. A lock device that locks a lid and a power supplying plug, wherein the lid protects a power reception connector, the lock device comprising: a plug restriction member that moves between a plug lock position and a plug unlock position, wherein the plug restriction member restricts removal of the power supplying plug from the power reception connector at the plug lock position, and the plug restriction member permits removal of the power supplying plug from the power reception connector at the plug unlock position; a lid restriction member that moves between a lid lock position and a lid unlock position, wherein the lid restriction member engages the lid and restricts opening of the lid at the lid lock position, the lid restriction member permits opening of the lid at the lid unlock position, and the lid restriction member is constantly urged toward the lid lock position; and a drive mechanism including a drive source and a rotating body, wherein the drive source generates drive force and rotates the rotating body in first and second directions, wherein the drive mechanism is connected to the plug restriction member to move the plug restriction member from the plug unlock position to the plug lock position when the rotating body rotates in the first direction, the drive mechanism is connected to the lid restriction member to move the lid restriction member from the lid unlock position to the lid lock position against an urging force acting on the lid restriction member when the rotating body is rotated in the second direction, when closing the lid with the lid restriction member held at the lid lock position, the lid restriction member engages the closing lid and moves toward the lid unlock position thereby permitting the lid to close, and the lid restriction member is formed to be returned to the lid lock position by the urging force at a timing at which the lid reaches a close position. | 46,438 |
8,760,606 | 1. A color filter comprising: a transparent substrate; a plurality of colored pixels arranged on the transparent substrate; a black matrix defining a grid around each colored pixel, wherein the grid comprises grooves that isolate any two adjacent color pixels from each other; and a transparent conductive layer overlying the plurality of colored pixels, wherein the transparent conductive layer includes a network of a electrically conductive nanowires, wherein the transparent conductive layer at least partially conform to the grooves. | 12,081 |
9,346,406 | 1. A vehicle incorporating a storage area, said storage area comprising: a dynamic floor section including a stationary guide track carried on the vehicle and a plurality of interconnected panels that laterally slide along the stationary guide track and fold so as to be displaceable between a home position and a shifted position. | 33,278 |
9,015,615 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an imaging system configured to acquire image data of a subject, the imaging system comprising a user interface having at least one display; a central image management system operably linked to the imaging system such that the user interface is in communication with the central image management system to allow for bi-directional data transfer therebetween; and wherein the user interface is configured to: | 39,610 |
9,267,434 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan, a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section, said fan delivering a portion of air into said compressor, and said fan delivering a portion of air into a duct, as bypass air; a bleed air system for bleeding a quantity of air from the compressor into a chamber at least low power conditions of the gas turbine engine, said bleed air system having an opening which may be selectively closed to block bleed air, or opened to allow bleed air from the compressor to the chamber; a heat exchanger having fluid containing passages to be cooled and a heat exchanger wall, said heat exchanger positioned such that a radially outer surface of said heat exchanger wall is contacted by bypass air in the duct, and a radially inner surface of said heat exchanger wall is contacted by bleed air when said bleed air system is directing air from the compressor into the chamber, wherein said heat exchanger wall separates the bypass air from the bleed air; and said heat exchanger fluid containing passages communicating with a lubricating fluid from an accessory on said gas turbine engine. | 29,257 |
9,033,128 | 1. A friction ring for reel shafts, comprising: a friction surface on an inner periphery thereof for frictional engagement with the reel shaft, a plurality of slots and recesses in an outer periphery of the friction ring, a plurality of radially projecting leaf springs on the outer periphery thereof that are inclined relative to a radial direction in a uniform direction of rotation, each leaf spring having a base end portion fitted in a respective said slot of the friction ring such that opposite sides of the base end portion are engaged by walls of the slot, each leaf spring being adapted to be bent back into a respective said recess of the friction ring on a side facing forward in said direction of rotation and is supported on a wall of this recess on an opposite side thereof, and the slots are curved, and the slots have a width in a radially outward portion which opens out into the respective recess, that is larger than a thickness of the leaf springs. | 28,074 |
9,451,691 | 1. An array printed circuit board (PCB) comprising: a plurality of single PCB portions each having an electronic device mounting area formed on an upper surface thereof; a rail portion surrounding the plurality of single PCB portions; a plurality of tab route portions connecting the plurality of single PCB portions to the rail portion, each of the plurality of tab route portions comprising at least one pair of via electrodes extending from an upper surface of the each tab route portion toward an inside thereof, wherein the at least one pair of via electrodes comprises a first via electrode arranged adjacent to the rail portion and a second via electrode arranged adjacent to a corresponding single PCB portion; a test terminal portion formed at one side of the rail portion, the test terminal portion comprising a plurality of test terminals; a first conductive pattern extending through the rail portion to electrically connect the first via electrode to a corresponding one of the plurality of test terminals; and a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second via electrode and extending to a corresponding one of the single PCB portions. | 47,402 |
8,523,522 | 1. A functional wind turbine rotor operatively connected to a pump or generator to drive the pump or generator in response to wind, and having rotating surface areas; and at least one of design, aesthetic, holographic, reflective, and informational elements on the surface areas that create the illusion of movement distinct from the rotation of the rotor itself in response to wind; and wherein said rotor includes a substantially central shaft with mirrors, and wherein said rotating surface areas are surface areas of vanes of a Savonius vertical axis wind turbine having at least portions thereof that are transparent and other portions that are opaque, and interior portions having at least one of design, informational, and aesthetic elements said mirrors, transparent surface areas, and elements positioned so that said elements are visible from the exterior of said rotor during rotation thereof. | 38,611 |
9,498,800 | 1. A method for removing impurities from shredded plastic ( 56 ) using an apparatus comprising a first cleaning disk ( 10 ) with a first cleaning surface ( 12 ) and a second cleaning disk ( 40 ) with a second cleaning surface ( 42 ), wherein the cleaning surfaces ( 12 , 42 ) lie opposite each other and define amongst each other a cleaning gap ( 44 ), further comprising a drive device, with which at least one of the cleaning disks ( 12 , 42 ) is rotatable around its rotational axis ( 22 ) and a feeding device, with which the shredded plastic 56 can be fed between the cleaning disks ( 10 , 40 ), wherein the cleaning surfaces ( 12 , 42 ) of the cleaning disks ( 10 , 40 ) each have a plurality of cleanings ribs ( 18 , 46 ) extending between an inner and an outer edge ( 14 , 16 ) of the cleaning surfaces ( 12 , 42 ), wherein at least one flank ( 24 , 28 ) of the cleaning ribs ( 18 , 46 ) is tilted or bent with respect to an axial direction of the respective cleaning disk ( 10 , 40 ), several cleaning webs ( 20 , 48 ) progressing transversely to an extension direction of the cleaning ribs ( 18 , 46 ) are arranged between at least some of the adjacent cleaning ribs ( 18 , 46 ) the cleaning webs ( 20 , 48 ) of the first and/or second cleaning disk ( 10 , 40 ) each rise in a ramp-like manner in a radial direction of the cleaning disks ( 10 , 40 ) and the cleaning webs ( 20 , 48 ) of the first cleaning disk ( 10 , 40 ) have a lower height than the cleaning ribs ( 18 , 46 ) of the first cleaning disk ( 10 ) and/or that the cleaning webs ( 20 , 48 ) of the second cleaning disk ( 48 ) have a lower height than the cleaning ribs ( 18 , 46 ) of the second cleanings disk ( 48 ), wherein said method includes the following steps: at least one cleaning disk ( in which liquid, is fed into the cleaning gap ( wherein shredded plastic ( wherein the shredded plastic ( | 40,272 |
8,500,289 | 1. A light source unit comprising: an excitation light source; a luminescent wheel on which a luminescent material layer is laid circumferentially, wherein the luminescent material layer becomes luminous by using light emitted from the excitation light source as excitation light; a wheel motor for driving the luminescent wheel; and a motor control part which determines whether to stop or drive the wheel motor in a state in which excitation light is shone onto the luminescent material layer by the excitation light source. | 31,758 |
8,471,519 | 1. A control device for an AC motor having an applied voltage controlled by an inverter, the control device comprising: a current detector for detecting an electric current flowing between said inverter and said AC motor; and a pulse width modulation control unit for generating a control command for said inverter under pulse width modulation control based on a comparison between an AC voltage command for operating said AC motor in accordance with an operation command and a carrier wave, wherein said pulse width modulation control unit includes: a first control unit for generating said control command according to a deviation between a motor current based on a value detected by said current detector and a current command corresponding to said operation command, in accordance with a sinusoidal pulse width modulation scheme; and a second control unit for generating said control command according to a current deviation between said motor current and said current command, in accordance with an overmodulation pulse width modulation scheme for outputting an applied voltage having a fundamental component larger than that of an applied voltage in said sinusoidal pulse width modulation scheme, and said second control unit includes: a calculation unit for obtaining said current deviation, based on said motor current and said current command, and calculating a control value indicating said AC voltage command, according to the obtained current deviation; a first filter processing unit for smoothing a change of the calculated control value in a time axis direction; an amplitude correction unit for performing correction calculation on the control value smoothed by said first filter processing unit, in order to enlarge an amplitude of said AC voltage command; and a modulation unit for converting said control value subjected to said correction calculation into said AC voltage command, and generating said control command, based on the comparison between said AC voltage command and said carrier wave, wherein said second control unit further includes: a second filter processing unit for smoothing, in the time axis direction, a change of said motor current based on the value detected by said current detector, said calculation unit is configured to obtain said current deviation, based on said current command and the motor current smoothed by said second filter processing unit, and a time constant in the smoothing by said first filter processing unit is larger than a time constant in the smoothing by said second filter processing unit. | 17,199 |
9,850,178 | 1. A process of manufacturing a betaine based organic fertilizer product comprising: obtaining a quantity of betaine, wherein the betaine is an N-trimethylated amino acid and is a by-product of a process for the de-sugaring of beet molasses; heat treating the betaine to yield heat-treated betaine, wherein heat treating the betaine to yield heat-treated betaine comprises heating the betaine in a range of 130 to 200 degrees F. for 4 hours to 15 days; and cooling the heat-treated betaine to yield the betaine based organic fertilizer product. | 9,865 |
8,597,838 | 1. A method of forming a composite core shell material comprising: forming a first mixture including a solid component of a first portion of lithium sulfide (Li forming a second mixture of a second portion of lithium sulfide and carbon powder; combining the second mixture with the first mixture after the first shell of the composite core shell material is formed, wherein the combining of the first mixture with the second mixture provides at least one second shell that is comprised of Li removing the liquid solvent. | 35,728 |
8,359,838 | 1. An exhaust purification apparatus for an engine comprising: a first casing that is interposed in an exhaust passage of the engine; a second casing that is interposed in the exhaust passage on a downstream side of the first casing and contains an exhaust purification device; a connecting pipe that connects the first and second casings to each other and includes an insertion portion that is inserted in the first casing, the connecting pipe being provided in the insertion portion with a plurality of through-holes connecting the inside and outside of the connecting pipe, thus introducing exhaust gas within the first casing into the connecting pipe through the through-holes, and guiding the exhaust gas towards the second casing; and an injection nozzle that has a tip end inserted in the connecting pipe and injects an auxiliary agent required for the exhaust purification device from the tip end, wherein the first casing has a substantially cylindrical shape; the second casing is placed on a lateral side with regard to a central axis of the first casing; and the connecting pipe is disposed so that an upstream-side portion thereof extends from one portion of a lateral face of the first casing through to another portion of the lateral face, and the through-holes are formed in the insertion portion that is located inside the first casing, and wherein the connecting pipe is provided with the through-holes so that diameters of the through-holes located downstream as seen in an exhaust flow direction in the first casing are larger than those of the through-holes located upstream so as to optimize the agitating action of the exhaust gas within the connecting pipe. | 14,665 |
8,914,135 | 1. An integrated monitoring and control system and equipment maintenance and tracking system for managing a plurality of field devices, the field devices including safety subsystem field devices associated with one or more processes or subprocesses and process control subsystem field devices associated with one or more of the processes or subprocesses, the integrated monitoring and control system and equipment maintenance and tracking system comprising: a monitoring and control system including an equipment maintenance and tracking system in communication with the monitoring and control system including | 35,838 |
9,244,191 | 1. A real-time synchronous measuring system for multiple factors such as wind-blown sand electric field, sand particle charging and wind speed, comprising a first support, a second support and a third support disposed vertically in parallel, further comprising an electric field instrument, wherein: a 3D ultrasonic anemometer, a wind speed meter, a temperature and humidity detector, and a weather vane are installed on and connected via data cables to the first support; a probe of the electric field instrument is installed on the second support; a piezoelectric kinetic energy sensor is installed on the third support; a data collector is installed between, and connected via data cables to, the first support and the third support; a real-time sand particle mass-to-charge ratio instrument is further included; and a computer is installed between and connected via data cables to the second support and the real-time sand particle mass-to-charge ratio instrument. | 36,952 |
8,415,894 | 1. A drive arrangement for light sources including a power supply, said power supply comprising: a two-wire connection line configured to feed at least one of an at least one first and second light source, wherein the first wire of said two-wire connection line is configured to be connected to a fixed, constant voltage level, and wherein the second wire of said two-wire connection line is configured to be coupled to at least one switch element adapted to selectively connect said second of said two-wire connection line to ground to apply on/off signals to said two-wire connection line, and a controller configured to control operation of said switch element, said controller being sensitive to a dimming signal representative of a desired dimming level for at least one of said at least one first and second light sources and an information-carrying digital signal, wherein said power supply further comprises: a return line connected to ground, and wherein said power supply is configured to power: said at least one first light source having associated a current regulator and being connected to said power supply via said two-wire connection line, and said at least one second light source having associated a serial bus receiver configured to act as a controlled current regulator powered with a constant powering signal applied between said one of said two-wire connection line and said additional return line connected to ground, wherein said serial bus receiver is sensitive to the signal on said two-wire connection line and arranged to understand said on/off signals as a digital signal transmitted over said two-wire connection line, and wherein said controller is configured to control operation of said switch to: PWM modulate an on/off signal applied to said connection line as a function of said dimming signal by selectively varying the duty cycle of the PWM modulated signal sent as a high current flow over said two-wire connection line towards said at least one first and second light source, whereby the average current conveyed towards said at least one first and second light source and determined by said PWM modulated on/off signal controls the brightness of said at least one first and second light source having associated a current regulator and being connected to said power supply via said two-wire connection line, transmit said information-carrying digital signal as an on/off information signal applied to said connection line, whereby the information carried by said informationcarrying digital signal is transmitted over said two-wire connection line, whereby said digital signal conveys to said serial bus receiver the dimming information identifying the level of dimming to be applied to said at least one first and second light source associated with the respective serial bus driver. | 17,232 |
8,782,878 | 1. A fastener automation system for assembly of a plurality of different fasteners to a substrate at predetermined locations, comprising: a projection system determining and projecting an image on a substrate, the image displaying precise predetermined locations of correct fasteners to be installed in said substrate at said predetermined locations selected from a plurality of different fasteners and displaying data relating to said correct fasteners to be installed at each location in said substrate selected from a plurality of different, wherein the data includes parameters and installation requirements for each of the correct fasteners; and a computer operably associated with said projection system storing data regarding the position and information regarding each of said correct fasteners to be installed at each location where a fastener is to be installed in said substrate. | 43,420 |
8,488,331 | 1. An electrical circuit assembly comprising: a substrate surface; a first packaged integrated circuit component mounted on the substrate surface and having a first side surface that is substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface, the first component further having a first exposed electrical contact on the first side surface; a second packaged integrated circuit component mounted on the substrate surface and having a second side surface that is substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface, the second component further having a second exposed electrical contact on the second side surface, the first and second components being positioned on the substrate surface so that the first and second surfaces face toward one another, and so that the first and second contacts are within 1.0 mm of one another between the first and second surfaces; and an electrically conductive connector material that has been deposited in contact with the first and second contacts between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first side surface is recessed from another portion of that surface to provide a recess at a location of the first contact, wherein the recess does not extend all the way to a bottom surface of the first component. | 3,858 |
8,474,748 | 1. An aircraft with an undercarriage that includes an upper portion, the aircraft comprising: at least one wheel for running on the ground; a shock absorber connecting the wheel to the upper portion; a motor configured to drive the wheel to propel the aircraft during taxiing on the ground, the motor being rigidly fastened to the upper portion; and a horizontal chain or belt member in a closed loop for driving the wheel from the motor, and at least one tensioner for tensioning the chain or belt member. | 38,215 |
9,438,523 | 1. A data packet routing device comprising a signal processing component, the signal processing component configured to: receive an indication of a data packet received at the data packet routing device; determine a queue length value for a target buffer of the data packet; calculate a queue congestion value based at least partly on the queue length value and a packet select queue length range; calculate a packet select probability value for the data packet based at least partly on an exponential function e | 32,772 |
9,844,757 | 1. A composite membrane for separation of a first gas from a second gas; said separation membrane comprising: at least one dense polymeric membrane characterized by a permeability for said first gas greater than or equal to 7.5×10 at least one layer of a perforated two-dimensional material; and a plurality of dielectric layers electrically connected to a voltage source, wherein the plurality of dielectric layers are arranged to charge the at least one layer of the perforated two-dimensional material to control the movement of particles contained within the first gas and particles contained within the second gas through the at least one layer of the perforated two-dimensional material, wherein said composite membrane is arranged to provide preferential transport of said first gas relative to said second gas through said at least one dense polymer membrane and said at least one layer of said perforated two-dimensional material, wherein the at least one dense polymeric membrane is configured to provide preferential transport of the first gas relative to the second gas by solution-diffusion, and wherein the at least one layer of the perforated two-dimensional material is configured to provide preferential transport of the first gas relative to the second gas by molecular separation. | 40,575 |
9,830,116 | 1. A method of printing device discovery comprising: with a low energy wireless (LEW) device within the printing device, sending a number of announcement messages, in which the printing device is in a sleep mode and the only device awake in the printing device is the LEW device; waking up the printing device upon receiving a response to the announcement messages from a mobile computing device, the received response to the announcement messages creating an LEW connection with the mobile computing device; and creating a second wireless connection between the printing device and the mobile computing device of a connection type different than and having a relatively higher data transfer speed than the LEW connection. | 44,867 |
8,505,311 | 1. A unit for an aircraft turbomachine comprising: a housing centered on a longitudinal axis of a turbomachine; multiple first fuel injection systems; and multiple second fuel injection systems, wherein each first system comprises: wherein each second system comprises: wherein the first and second sealing joints are identical. | 23,205 |
9,729,527 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a memory storing a Rule Compiled Data Structure (RCDS), the RCDS representing a set of rules for packet classification, the RCDS including a decision tree for selecting a subset of the set of rules for filtering a given packet, the decision tree including a root node and a plurality of leaf nodes, each of the plurality of leaf nodes indicating one of the subset of the set of rules, the root node indicating a starting address in the memory for the set of rules; a host command interface, the host command interface configured to receive one or more host commands for an incremental update for the RCDS; a processor coupled to the memory and the host command interface, the processor configured to: a) receive a key extracted from the packet, the key indicating which of the set of rules are applicable to the packet, and b) perform an active search of the RCDS to: 1) apply the key to the decision tree to locate a matching leaf node out of the plurality of leaf nodes, the matching leaf node indicating the subset of the set of rules, and 2) classify the given packet based on the subset of the set of rules and independent of rules excluded from the subset of rules, the RCDS being updated based on the one or more host commands received, the RCDS being updated after the active search is completed. | 17,093 |
9,353,314 | 1. A process for transporting biomass in a bio-oil production process, said transporting process comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a first quantity of biomass material into a first hopper; (b) transporting said first quantity of biomass material from said first hopper into a second hopper; (c) introducing a second quantity of biomass material into said first hopper; (d) pressurizing said second hopper with a gas while said first quantity of biomass material is located in said second hopper; (e) transporting said second quantity of biomass material from said second hopper to a pressurized feed system; (f) depressurizing said second hopper by releasing at least a portion of said gas from said second hopper; (g) routing at least a portion of said gas released in step (f) to said first hopper; and (h) using said gas routed from said second hopper in step (g) to at least partially purge oxygen from said second quantity of biomass material inside said first hopper. | 840 |
8,684,208 | 1. A cylindrical container assembly for storing foodstuffs or liquids comprising: a container comprising: | 49,767 |
9,039,085 | 1. A vehicle seating assembly, comprising: a seatpan; a cushion assembly having a one-piece base cushion with a slot defined between front and rear sections thereof and a movable cushion slidable on the seatpan between a rearward position abutting the front section and a forward position that defines a gap between the base and movable cushions; and a coverstock having a first portion disposed over the movable cushion and a second portion withdrawn through the slot when the movable cushion moves to the forward position concealing the gap. | 30,165 |
8,912,281 | 1. Urethane resin particles (C) for slush mold, comprising; urethane resin particles (P) of a urethane resin (D), and pigment particles (E) consisting of a pigment, wherein the pigment particles (E) adhere onto the surfaces of the urethane resin particles (P), wherein the urethane resin particles (C) have a shape factor SF | 37,668 |
8,659,291 | 1. A method comprising: placing a magnetic field producing sample on a magneto-optical transducer having a magnetic layer, the sample having a magnetic field producing structure with a first extent that produces a magnetic field, the magnetic layer is selected to have a saturation field that is lower than the magnetic field so that the magnetic field causes a change in a magnetization in the magnetic layer over an area having a second extent; optically detecting with a polarization microscope the change in the magnetization in the magnetic layer that is caused by the magnetic field, wherein the first extent is smaller than an optical resolution limit of the polarization microscope and the second extent is larger than the optical resolution limit of the polarization microscope; analyzing the optically detected change in the magnetization in the magnetic layer to determine a characteristic of the sample; and storing in memory the determined characteristic of the sample. | 17,395 |
9,275,514 | 1. An improved system for funding and issuing a bonus award to a user of a gaming terminal presenting a game having play and award features comprising: said gaming terminal is dedicated to playing at least one casino wagering game and includes apparatus for at least one of (a) accepting and validating currency or ticket vouchers to establish value for wagering at the gaming terminal and (b) a card reader for reading a player loyalty card to identify the player; one or more servers including data corresponding to a plurality of fund pools having values V said one or more servers configured to derive from said pools V at least one of said terminal and said one or more servers configured to issue a bonus award from the bonus fund pool X to the user based upon established criteria; at least one of said terminal and said one or more servers adapted to configure at least one of said terminal to deliver said bonus award to the user through one or more of said game and feature play characteristics and deduct said bonus award amount from X. | 20,001 |
9,143,259 | 1. A method of communicating optical signals in an optical circuit switched network having multiple computing nodes comprising: forming, using electrical signals, an optical path from a sender node to a destination node in said network, said sender node having a data packet for communication as an optical signal along said optical path to said destination node, said forming an optical path is an iterative process for: launching, from said sender node, an optical signal having data packet, over said optical path, to said destination node without a need for packet buffering of data from said optical signal at computing nodes forming said optical path. | 27,885 |
9,321,015 | 1. A method for preparing an asymmetric hollow fiber, the method comprising: (a) passing, through an outer annular orifice of a tube-in-orifice spinneret, a polymeric solution comprising: (i) 15-25 wt % of a polybenzimidazole; (ii) 1-5 wt % of a polymeric poreforming material; and (iii) a solvent with respect to the polybenzimidazole; (b) passing, though an inner tube of the spinneret, a bore fluid comprising: (i) 65-99 wt. % of a non-solvent with respect to the polybenzimidazole; and (ii) 1-35 wt. % of a solvent with respect to the polybenzimidazole, wherein the bore fluid maintains the polymeric solution in an annular shape; (c) dropping the polymeric solution and bore fluid through a gap, wherein the gap comprises an atmosphere and a dropping distance of 0.3to 20 cm; (d) quenching the polymeric solution and bore fluid in a bath to form an asymmetric hollow fiber having an annular shape and comprising first and second concentric layers, wherein the first layer contacts the second layer and is non-porous, and wherein the second layer is porous having pores in the range 5-250 nm, and the chemical composition of the first layer and the chemical composition of the second layer are the same, wherein: the polybenzimidazole is sulfonated polybenzimidazole. | 11,633 |
8,396,482 | 1. A method comprising: determining a characteristic parameter describing line-of-sight conditions of a radio propagation environment of at least for two base stations in a mobile telecommunications system, wherein the characteristic parameter describes excess path lengths caused by obstacles in the environment by means of one of a number of discrete levels; measuring at least one feature of a signal transmitted between a mobile station and the at least two base stations, the feature being such that it can be used for determination of distances between the mobile station and the two base stations; and computing the distances between the mobile station and the two base stations using the measured signal feature and the characteristic parameter describing the line-of-sight conditions of the at least two base stations; and determining a current geographical location of the mobile station based on the determined distances between the mobile station and the at least two base stations; wherein the at least one feature comprises at least travel time or travel time difference of the signal between the mobile station and the at least two base stations. | 9,394 |
8,860,106 | 1. A spin filter comprising: a first electrode configured to be formed with a zigzag graphene ribbon with an even number of rows extending in a first direction, and to have a magnetic moment in a second direction crossing with the first direction; a second electrode configured to be formed with a zigzag graphene ribbon with an even number of rows extending in the first direction, and to have a magnetic moment in the second direction; and a channel region configured to be placed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and to have an energy level allowing up-spin electrons or down-spin electrons to pass. | 4,146 |
9,582,066 | 1. A power control subsystem for use in a power consuming device, the subsystem comprising: a liquid crystal display (LCD) device; a power block unit configured to receive a driving power voltage and a non-driving power voltage from a power supply unit, and to selectively provide the driving power voltage or the non-driving power voltage as a supply voltage; a stand-by power generation unit configured to receive the supply voltage, and to output a stand-by voltage that is generated by reducing the supply voltage; a power selection unit configured to receive the supply voltage and the stand-by voltage, and to selectively output the supply voltage or the stand-by voltage as an operating voltage; and a state detection unit configured to receive a state detection voltage from the power supply unit, and to control the power block unit, the stand-by power generation unit, and the power selection unit based on the state detection voltage, wherein the state detection unit is configured to control the liquid crystal display (LCD) device so as to operate in an idle mode when the state detection voltage is within a predetermined first voltage range, the state detection unit is configured to control the LCD device so as to operate in a normal mode when the state detection voltage is within a non-overlapping and predetermined second voltage range that is higher than the first voltage range, and the state detection unit is configured to control the LCD device so as to operate in a stand-by mode when the state detection voltage is within a non-overlapping and predetermined third voltage range that is higher than the second voltage range. | 6,505 |
8,949,366 | 1. A method for transmission over a network, the method comprises: receiving, by an intermediate system coupled to the network, a portion of a data structure that is aimed to a recipient computer; generating a stamp that is responsive to a content of a segment of the data structure and is indifferent to transfer information about a transmission of the data structure; wherein the portion of the data structure either comprises the segment of the data structure or equals the segment of the data structure; determining whether to cache the portion of the data structure, in response to at least a comparison between the stamp and stamps of cached portions of data structures; selectively caching the portion of the data structure in response to the determination; and transmitting to the recipient computer either one of the portion of the transmitted data structure and a cached version of the portion of the transmitted data structure. | 43,761 |
8,440,720 | 1. A method for treating an influenza virus-affected disease state or infection comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R R or, R R R wherein: at least one of R or, R | 49,979 |
9,019,544 | 1. An image display device comprising: a display portion which displays a display image including element images arranged in a first direction; and a first deflection element array which opposes to the element images, wherein each of the element images has element pixels having a width W in the first direction, the element pixels being arranged in the first direction and composing N rows, each of the N rows including a plurality of the element pixels and arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and wherein the element pixels of an i-th (1≦i≦N−1) row and the element pixels of an (i+1)th row which are the closest to the element pixels of the i-th row in the first direction are arranged such that a distance in the first direction between a first reference line along the second direction which passes a center of each element pixel of the i-th row in the first direction and a second reference line along the second direction which passes a center of each corresponding element pixel of the (i+1)th row is shifted by at least W/N, where N denotes a positive integer equal to or more than 2 and i denotes a positive integer. | 40,721 |
8,624,074 | 1. A process for propane dehydrogenation comprising: passing a preheated propane feedstream, comprising hydrogen, to a dehydrogenation reactor, wherein the hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio in the propane feedstream is between 0.2 and 0.6; contacting and mixing the propane feedstream with a fluidized catalyst in the dehydrogenation reactor, thereby generating a product stream comprising propylene, wherein the reactor is a fast fluidizing reactor, wherein the catalyst is a non-metal catalyst and wherein the catalyst has an average residence time in the reactor from between 15 and 45 minutes, wherein the catalyst and feedstream are turbulently mixed; passing spent catalyst to a catalyst regeneration unit, thereby generating a regenerated catalyst stream; and passing the regenerated catalyst stream to the dehydrogenation reactor. | 27,819 |
8,696,003 | 1. A front axle support, comprising: a steering gear comprising a casing with a fastening flange, the fastening flange including a through opening in which a first elastomer element is disposed; a front axle stabilizer; a plurality of receptacles configured to fasten the steering gear and further configured to fasten the front axle stabilizer with screw connections; a common fitting on which the steering gear and the front axle stabilizer are fixedly disposed with a common screw connection on the front axle support, the fastening flange configured to form the common fitting so that steering forces of the steering gear act in a y-direction transverse to a direction of travel via the common fitting on the front axle support; and a clip connected detachably to the common fitting that partially surrounds the front axle stabilizer, wherein a metal sleeve with a first through hole is disposed in the first elastomer element, which is aligned onto a second through hole in the front axle support, wherein the clip has a first end and a second end, and wherein the first end of the clip is formed as a cover disk. | 29,777 |
8,705,422 | 1. A wireless communication terminal comprising: a receiver that receives a physical packet, the physical packet including at least one frame body field, at least one first field including information on a length of the frame body field, at least one second field used for error detection of the frame body field, and at least one sequence number field including a sequence number corresponding to the frame body field; a first processor that extracts a correct frame body field using the first field and the second field; a buffer that retains the frame body field extracted by the first processor and the sequence number field corresponding to the frame body field; a memory that updates and retains a successively and successfully received maximum sequence number based on a result of the first processor; a second processor that transfers the frame body fields corresponding to the sequence numbers up to the successively and successfully received maximum sequence number retained in the memory from the buffer to a continued reception process; and a transmitter that obtains the successively and successfully received maximum sequence number retained in the memory and transmits, in response to an instruction to transmit the response frame from the second processor, a response frame indicating the maximum sequence number; wherein when at least one correct frame body field has been extracted by the first processor, the second processor determines that the response frame is to be transmitted, and issues the instruction to the transmitter upon completion of a process in the first processor with respect to the physical packet. | 39,689 |
8,792,721 | 1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: identifying an image that includes material determined to be potentially harmful to a child, the image included in one of a plurality of frames that form a segment of content; supplementing metadata associated with the content based on the identified image; and navigating through the content using the supplemented metadata. | 43,181 |
9,151,183 | 1. A retractable exhaust liner segment comprising: a first retractable exhaust liner segment which defines a first flange; a second retractable exhaust liner segment which defines a second flange; a fastener assembly received by said first flange and said second flange configured to mount said first retractable exhaust liner segment and said second retractable exhaust liner segment; wherein a forward end of said retractable exhaust liner segment overlaps an aft end of an engine structure and an aft end of said retractable exhaust liner segment overlaps a forward end of an exhaust liner in an assembled position; and wherein a gap exists between said retractable exhaust liner segment and one of the engine structure and the exhaust liner as said retractable exhaust liner segment is moved along an axis in one direction to a disassembled position and the gap closes as said retractable exhaust liner segment is moved along the axis in other direction to the assembled position. | 18,097 |
9,443,291 | 1. An image restoration method, comprising: generating a degraded image by degrading an input image using lens calibration data and a raised cosine filter; generating a deducted image according to a result of subtracting the degraded image from the input image; and adjusting the input image based on the deducted image, wherein the raised cosine filter is a function of a distance of a pixel from a center of the input image. | 15,857 |
8,723,687 | 1. A system for intelligent transport communication, comprising: at least one transmitter; and at least one in-vehicle mobile receiver for use within a mobile road vehicle; wherein the at least one transmitter is programmed to broadcast simultaneously, by wireless communication, a plurality of different sets of dedicated data for each of a corresponding plurality of heading directions of the mobile road vehicle, on a corresponding plurality of multiplexed channels; and the receiver is programmed to tune selectively to one of the multiplexed channels that corresponds to an actual heading direction of the mobile road vehicle, and to receive the dedicated data on the one of the multiplexed channels that corresponds to the actual heading direction of the mobile road vehicle. | 47,246 |
9,512,766 | 1. An exhaust system, comprising: an exhaust manifold having different length runners, the runners joining in a mixing area within the exhaust manifold; and an emission control device housing a catalyst brick with a varying multi-cell density within the catalyst brick varying across and at a front face of the catalyst brick, cells with higher and lower density each having walls that support a coating of metal catalysts within the catalyst brick, wherein a first catalyst brick in a housing has the varying multi-cell density and a second catalyst brick in the housing has a uniform cell density. | 2,378 |
9,743,689 | 1. A system rod-like articles, comprising a machine to manufacture the rod-like articles or a feeding device for delivering the rod-like articles, a first measuring unit for measuring at least one quality parameter of the manufactured rod-like articles, which measures with a first measuring accuracy, whereas the said quality parameter has a predefined range of acceptable values of the parameter, a device for dividing a stream of the rod-like articles into a first stream including the rod-like articles having said at least one quality parameter which falls within the range of the acceptable values of the parameter and into a second stream of the rod-like articles, having the said at least one quality parameter which does not fall within the range of the acceptable values of the parameter, a first transferring device, which receives the first stream of the rod-like articles and transfers this stream as an output stream of the rod-like articles manufacturing system, wherein it is moreover equipped with a device for a repeated inspection of the said quality parameter, including a measuring conveyor which receives the second stream of the rod-like articles and a second measuring unit which effects a repeated measurement of the said quality parameter of the rod-like article with a second measuring accuracy higher than the first measuring accuracy of the first measuring unit, whereas the device for the repeated inspection of the said quality parameter belongs to the repeated quality inspection path, a second transferring device which transfers the inspected rod-like article to the output stream of the rod-like articles on the first transferring device, when the result of the repeated inspection of the said at least one quality parameter of an individual rod-like article falls within the range of the acceptable values of the said parameter. | 36,695 |
8,895,791 | 1. An integrated method for hydrogenating a substance comprising aromatic groups consisting of the following steps: a) Providing a substance comprising aromatic groups and a ruthenium catalyst, wherein the ruthenium catalyst is selected from among the following groups: b) Hydrogenating the substance by contact with hydrogen in the presence of the ruthenium catalyst until the catalyst has a reduced hydrogenation activity, c) Regenerating the catalyst consisting of flushing with inert gas until an activity of >90% of the original activity has been attained, and d) Optionally, repeating the steps a) to c), wherein the pressure applied during flushing is from 0.5 to 5 bar; and wherein regenerating the catalyst according to step c) is carried out without removing the catalyst from the same reactor in which the hydrogenation according to step b) takes place. | 27,167 |
9,840,142 | 1. A drive system for a hybrid vehicle, the drive system comprising: an internal combustion engine; a motor generator; an output member connected to first and second drive wheels so as to be able to transmit power to first and second driven wheels located on the output member; a first differential mechanism that has a first rotation element, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element capable of making differential rotation with each other and in which the third rotation element is arranged between the first rotation element and the second rotation element; a second differential mechanism that has a first rotation element, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element capable of making differential rotation with each other and in which the third rotation element is arranged between the first rotation element and the second rotation element; and a locking mechanism capable of being switched between a locked state in which the first rotation element of the second differential mechanism is unrotatably locked and a released state in which rotation of the first rotation element of the second differential mechanism is allowed, wherein an output shaft of the internal combustion engine, the third rotation element of the first differential mechanism, and the third rotation element of the second differential mechanism are coupled to rotate integrally, an output shaft of the motor generator and the first rotation element of the first differential mechanism are coupled to rotate integrally, the second rotation element of the first differential mechanism is connected to the output member via a first rotation transmission path so as to be able to transmit rotation to the first driven gear wheel, the second rotation element of the second differential mechanism is connected to the output member via a second rotation transmission path so as to be able to transmit rotation to the second driven gear wheel, the first rotation transmission path is configured that the rotation is transmitted from the second rotation element of the first differential mechanism to the output member by the first drive gear wheel and the first driven gear wheel, and the second rotation transmission path is configured that the rotation is transmitted from the second rotation element of the second differential mechanism to the output member by the second drive gear wheel and the second driven gear wheel, and wherein a gear ratio between the first drive gear wheel and the first driven gear wheel is larger than a gear ratio between the second drive gear wheel and the second driven gear wheel. | 5,567 |
8,604,306 | 1. A plant of corn variety CV344925, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety CV344925 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12241. | 20,714 |
8,459,385 | 1. A structure for mounting a fuel cell on an object, the structure comprising: a fuel cell stack having first and second end plates at both ends, a motor driven by power generated by the fuel cell stack and fixed to the fuel cell stack, and a drive shaft connected to an output shaft of the motor and extending to both sides of the motor, wherein the fuel cell stack comprises on the first end plate a support portion for supporting the drive shaft, and the drive shaft is supported by the support portion and the motor, and wherein the object is a vehicle, wherein the fuel cell stack is provided such that the first and second end plates are positioned higher than the drive shaft, and the first end plate is positioned lower than the second end plate and at the rear of the second end plate along a travelling direction of the vehicle. | 30,203 |
9,102,097 | 1. A resealable member comprising: a penetrable region defining a predetermined wall thickness that is penetrable by a filling member and is laser resealable to hermetically seal an aperture therein by applying laser radiation from a laser source at a predetermined wavelength and power thereto; wherein the penetrable region defines a predetermined color and opacity that absorbs the laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength and causes the laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength and power to seal the aperture in the penetrable region thereof in a predetermined time period; wherein the color and opacity is defined by a colorant or pigment at a predetermined concentration; whereby the laser radiation at least one of (a) seals the aperture to a substantially predetermined depth of at least one of the wall thickness and the aperture and (b) raises a surface temperature of the penetrable portion to a substantially predetermined temperature. | 18,762 |
9,501,125 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first component having a first-component port to be coupled to a second-component port of a second component, the first-component port to communicate a clock request signal to be asserted by either the first-component port or the second-component port to exit a reduced power state. | 24,653 |
9,775,114 | 1. A method for transmitting a signal by a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, first reference signals; selecting at least one receiving beam of the terminal based on first measurements of the first reference signals; receiving, from the base station, second reference signals through the selected at least one receiving beam of the terminal; determining a transmitting power based on second measurements of the second reference signals; and transmitting, to the base station, the signal using the transmitting power. | 4,653 |
8,431,371 | 1. An expression system for producing a multi-enzyme complex, the system comprising a nucleic acid molecule containing a promoter operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence including C. thermocellum genes encoding proteins that are components of the multi-enzyme complex, wherein the promoter is the lambda Pr promoter, the C. thermocellum genes include cipA, celK, celS, celR, sdbA, celA, xynC, and xynZ, and the genes of the nucleotide sequence are regulated artificially to allow expression of the enzymes in a desired level ratio such that the multi-enzyme complex exhibits a desired enzymatic specificity and enzymatic activity. | 8,077 |
9,178,229 | 1. A membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, comprising: a hollow housing having a humid air inlet formed at one end thereof and a humid air outlet formed at the other end thereof; a joint member formed integrally with an inner circumferential surface of the hollow housing; a plurality of internal partition modules coupled to the joint member, arranged adjacent to each other in the hollow housing, and having a plurality of humid air guiding apertures passing therethrough; and a plurality of hollow fiber membrane bundles disposed in the plurality of internal partition modules, respectively, wherein an internal flow path is formed between the internal partition modules and an outer flow path is formed between the outer sidewalls of the respective internal partition modules and the inner circumferential surface of the housing, and wherein the respective hollow fiber membrane bundles are connected to the internal flow path and the outer flow path through the plurality of humid air guiding apertures, wherein the internal partition module has a fan-shaped cross-section and is opened in both forward and backward directions to allow the hollow fiber membrane bundle to pass through, and has the humid air guiding apertures penetrating through sidewalls thereof. | 28,108 |
9,634,895 | 1. A method of operating a dual chipset network interface controller (‘NIC’) that includes a high performance media access control chipset including at least one processor and an offload engine for processing of an entire protocol stack and a low performance media access control chipset including at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor of the high performance media access control chipset executes computer program instructions at a faster rate than the at least one processor of the low performance media access control chipset, the method comprising: determining, by a NIC control module, an amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC; determining, by the NIC control module, whether the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold; responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC exceeds a predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the high performance media access control chipset for data communications operations; and responsive to determining that the amount of network traffic being processed by the NIC does not exceed the predetermined threshold, configuring, by the NIC control module, the NIC to utilize the low performance media access control chipset for data communications operations. | 313 |
9,638,078 | 1. A vehicle ambient air purification arrangement for use in a vehicle including a combustion engine and an associated exhaust gas treatment system having ducts and one or more filters therein for purification of exhaust gas, the vehicle ambient air purification arrangement comprising: an air conveying apparatus separate from the combustion engine; and a controller to control the air conveying apparatus to convey ambient air through the ducts and the one or more filters of the exhaust gas treatment system in response to a determination that the combustion engine is inoperative and that a voltage supplied to the arrangement exceeds a threshold voltage upon determining that the arrangement or the vehicle is supplied with electricity from an electrical supply source located outside of the vehicle, so that the one or more filters collect particles in the ambient air when the ambient air is conveyed through the one or more filters. | 13,942 |
8,826,063 | 1. An electronic device for data processing comprising: a Central Processing Unit for data processing; a Closely Coupled Memory for storing a first set of data and instructions; an external memory system for storing a second set of data and instructions; and a first clock unit for receiving a main clock signal having a main clock frequency and converting said main clock signal into a first clock signal for at least the Central Processing Unit and Closely Coupled Memory; the Central Processing Unit, Closely Coupled Memory and the first clock unit being integrated in a single chip; the Central Processing Unit being connected to the Closely Coupled Memory via an internal memory bus; the external memory system being external to the single chip and connected to an external memory bus for at least transmitting data to said Closely Coupled Memory; the electronic device further comprises a second clock unit arranged for receiving said main clock signal and converting said main clock signal into a second clock signal for the external memory system, characterized in that the first clock signal has a first clock frequency and the second clock signal has a second clock frequency, the second clock frequency being higher than said first clock frequency and wherein the device is configured to switch per time unit the external memory for an active period T | 29,990 |
8,444,387 | 1. A seal plate for directing an airflow through a turbine section of an engine, the seal plate comprising: a hub having a tubular section and an annular flange section flared outwardly relative to the tubular section, the annular flange section defining a flow surface; a plurality of main pumping vanes disposed circumferentially on the flow surface around the annular flange section of the hub, each main pumping vane having a canted section and a straight section, the canted section located radially inward relative to the straight section and aligned with a flow direction of the airflow, and the straight section extending along a first plane including a centerline of the seal plate; and a plurality of splitter vanes disposed circumferentially on the flow surface around the annular flange section of the hub such that at least one splitter vane is disposed between the straight sections of two adjacent main pumping vanes, each splitter vane having a length that is less than a length of each of the two adjacent main pumping vanes. | 45,597 |
8,712,634 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a number of landing gear components for a vehicle; a number of systems configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle; a number of processor units, including an onboard processor unit configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components, the onboard processor monitoring the data for a first threshold; an offboard processor unit configured to receive the data and manage the health of the number of landing gear components based on the data, the offboard processor unit monitoring the data for a second threshold, and planning maintenance for the number of landing gear components based on the data; and a communications unit configured to transmit the data from the vehicle to the offboard processor unit. | 37,893 |
8,346,236 | 1. A method for switching a call mode of a mobile device by a micro-processing unit, the call mode comprising a first mode using a first sound output device and a second mode using a second sound output device, comprising: starting an accelerometer sensor to detect an acceleration of the mobile device; starting a proximity sensor to detect a first distance between the mobile device and an object; generating a first judgment result according to the detected acceleration of the mobile device; generating a second judgment result according to the detected first distance between the mobile device and the object; and when it is determined the first distance is smaller than a first threshold, switching to the first mode; when it is determined the first distance is not smaller than the first threshold, switching to the second mode and setting the second sound output device at a predetermined volume; wherein in the second mode, detecting a second distance between the mobile device and the object; when the second distance indicates the object is moving further away from the mobile device above a second threshold, according to the detected acceleration by the accelerometer sensor, automatically increasing volume from the predetermined volume of the second sound output device gradually until a predetermined maximum volume is reached. | 40,797 |
9,816,730 | 1. A solar energy collector comprising: a radiation receiver, the radiation receiver being located in the focus of the parbolic dish and comprising: | 28,947 |
9,017,122 | 1. An outboard motor comprising: an engine; an engine cover covering the engine, the engine cover having a first lateral side and a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side; first and second intake openings provided in the first and second lateral sides of the engine cover, respectively; a throttle body for introducing air drawn inside the engine cover through the intake openings; and an intake passage that guides air from the first and second guide openings to the throttle body, wherein a muffler for reducing air intake noise is disposed partway along the intake passage, wherein the muffler is disposed vertically inside the engine cover, and the muffler has an interior bisected in a vertical direction, wherein: the muffler with the interior thereof bisected in the vertical direction comprises a first muffler section and a second muffler section, wherein the intake passage includes a dual system having a first intake passage section for guiding the air from the first intake opening provided in the first lateral side of the engine cover to the throttle body, and a second intake passage section for guiding the air from the second intake opening provided in the second lateral side of the engine cover to the throttle body, and wherein the first muffler section is disposed partway along the first intake passage section, and the second muffler section is disposed partway along the second intake passage section. | 46,932 |
9,176,570 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic configured to: | 2,805 |
9,175,622 | 1. A compression ignition engine comprising: engine cylinders within which combustion of fuel occurs to operate the engine; an intake system for introducing fresh air into the engine cylinders; a fueling system for introducing fuel into the engine cylinders for combustion with the fresh air; an exhaust manifold into which the engine cylinders deliver exhaust gas created by combustion of fuel in the engine cylinders; an exhaust system for conveying exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold to atmosphere; an EGR system for diverting some of the exhaust gas coming from the exhaust manifold to mix with fresh air coming from the intake system and form an air/exhaust mixture that enters the engine cylinders through the intake manifold; and a control system for processing data to control certain aspects of engine operation and comprising a strategy: for calculating the difference between actual mass flow of the air/exhaust mixture that enters the engine cylinders and a set-point for fresh air mass flow calculated by the control system and then dividing the difference by the actual mass flow of the air/exhaust mixture that enters the engine cylinders to yield a target percentage for exhaust gas in the air/exhaust mixture while imposing both a maximum limit and a minimum limit on the target percentage for exhaust gas in the air/exhaust mixture; for dividing the multiplication product of an engine output torque request and a minimum air/fuel ratio that is a function of engine speed and the engine output torque request by the actual mass flow of the air/exhaust mixture that enters the engine cylinders to yield a target percentage for fresh air in the air/exhaust mixture; for correcting the target percentage for fresh air and the target percentage for exhaust gas to relatively apportion smoke and NOx in exhaust gas entering the exhaust system from the exhaust manifold as a function of the target percentage for fresh air and the target percentage for exhaust gas; and for using the corrected target percentage for fresh air to re-calculate the set-point for fresh air mass flow. | 15,664 |
8,986,277 | 1. A mixing connector connectable to a medicine container, which contains medicine and which is positioned in a first port of a holder, and a liquid container, which contains liquid different from the medicine and which is positioned in a second port of the holder possessing a configuration different from a configuration of the first port, the mixing connector comprising: a support section; a double-pointed needle supported in the support section and extending over a longitudinal extent, the double-pointed needle including a first portion projecting away from the support section in a first projecting direction and terminating at a first sharpened end for puncturing a stopper in the medicine container, the double-pointed needle including a second portion projecting away from the support section in a second projecting direction and terminating at a second sharpened end for puncturing a stopper in the liquid container, the double-pointed needle possessing a lumen extending throughout the longitudinal extent of the double-pointed needle and opening to both the first sharpened end and the second sharpened end of the double-pointed needle; a first tube-shaped section fixed to the support section and projecting away from the support section in the first projecting direction, the first tube-shaped section possessing an inner peripheral surface and the first portion of the double-pointed needle possessing an outer peripheral surface, the first tube-shaped section surrounding the first portion of the double-pointed needle so that a space exists between the outer peripheral surface of the first portion of the double-pointed needle and the inner peripheral surface of the first tube-shaped section; a second tube-shaped section fixed to the support section and projecting away from the support section in the second projecting direction, the second tube-shaped section possessing an inner peripheral surface and the second portion of the double-pointed needle possessing an outer peripheral surface, the second tube-shaped section surrounding the second portion of the double-pointed needle so that a space exists between the outer peripheral surface of the second portion of the double-pointed needle and the inner peripheral surface of the second tube-shaped section; the first tube-shaped section and the second tube-shaped section each possessing an outer periphery, the outer periphery of the first tube-shaped section and the second tube-shaped section being differently shaped; the shape of the outer periphery of the first tube-shaped section permitting the first tube-shaped section to be positioned in the first port of the holder and preventing the first tube-shaped section from being positioned in the second port of the holder; and the shape of the outer periphery of the second tube-shaped section permitting the second tube-shaped section to be positioned in the second port of the holder and preventing the second tube-shaped section from being positioned in the first port of the holder. | 5,730 |
9,658,350 | 1. A passive radiation detection device, comprising: a support structure; and a chalcopyrite crystal coupled to the support structure; wherein, when the chalcopyrite crystal coupled to the support structure is subsequently exposed to radiation, a visible spectrum of the chalcopyrite crystal coupled to the support structure changes from an initial color to a modified color. | 33,680 |
9,803,569 | 1. An internal combustion engine start control device for starting an internal combustion engine by cranking the internal combustion engine by an electric motor, comprising: a programmable controller programmed to: wherein the feedback correction amount is limited within an allowable correction range set by the programmable controller, and wherein setting the allowable correction range comprises: | 11,178 |
8,512,660 | 1. A method for the absorptive removal of carbon dioxide from biogas comprising using a scrubbing liquid in which carbon dioxide is chemically bound, wherein the scrubbing solution, for absorption, is passed in counterflow with the fed biogas through an absorber unit ( 1 ) and the loaded scrubbing liquid that is withdrawn is regenerated by desorption, which comprises heating the loaded scrubbing liquid occurring after the absorption to a temperature at which liberation of CO 2 begins, and immediately thereafter feeding the loaded scrubbing liquid to at least one centrifugal separator ( 11 ) for separating off the gas phase from the liquid phase, wherein methane and dissolved fractions of CO 2 escape via the gas phase, and after separation is complete, passing the gas phase into the absorber unit ( 1 ) and heating the liquid phase further to the temperature necessary for desorption, and feeding it to the desorption unit ( 16 ) for regeneration. | 25,593 |
8,773,832 | 1. A power supply apparatus for supplying a power supply voltage by using a switch element including a transistor, the apparatus comprising: a circuit-specific printed circuit board to be a circuit board that generates the power supply voltage; a first diode that is connected in antiparallel with the transistor and is configured so as to be capable of passing a current through a path to circumvent the transistor; a second diode that is connected in series to the transistor and prevents a current flow through a parasitic diode formed on the transistor; a protection circuit that is connected in parallel with the second diode to protect the second diode from a high voltage breakdown, and is formed on a substrate different from the circuit-specific printed circuit board; and a cooling unit that is joined to the protection circuit outside the circuit-specific printed circuit board and cools the protection circuit. | 19,065 |
9,644,940 | 1. An automated system for monitoring the amount of ammonia in a fluid comprising: a. a chemical sensor module configured to track the amount of ammonia in a representative flow of the fluid, the chemical sensor module comprising: b. a fluid control system for supplying the representative flow of the fluid, the fluid control system comprising: c. a monitor controller configured to control the fluid control system and the chemical sensor module in order to determine a concentration of ammonia in the representative flow of the fluid, the monitor controller comprising: | 42,683 |
9,834,793 | 1. A genetically engineered micro-organism comprising an engineered operative metabolic pathway producing at least 0.44 to 0.53 micrograms of resveratrol per gram on a dry weight basis of the genetically engineered micro-organism when cultured for a time and under conditions wherein the micro-organism produces resveratrol, wherein the engineered operative metabolic pathway produces: a) 4-coumaric acid from L-phenylalanine catalysed by a phenylalanine ammonia lyase and a cinnamate 4-hydroxylase expressed in the micro-organism or from tyrosine catalysed by a phenylalanine ammonia lyase or a tyrosine ammonia lyase expressed in said micro-organism; b) 4-coumaroyl-CoA from 4-coumaric acid catalysed by a 4-coumarate-CoA ligase expressed in the micro-organism; and c) resveratrol is produced from the 4-coumaroyl-CoA by a resveratrol synthase expressed in the micro-organism; wherein the micro-organism is | 34,512 |
9,545,195 | 1. A device for helping maintain a mouth of a patient in an open position, the device comprising: a tooth engaging portion comprising at least one groove for accepting at least one lower tooth of the patient's lower jaw, wherein the at least one groove comprises a contact surface configured to contact a posterior surface of the at least one lower tooth when accepting the at least one tooth; an extension portion that extends away from the tooth engaging portion; and a rigid handle that extends down from the extension portion and ends in a caudal end that extends back toward the tooth engaging portion; wherein the caudal end of the handle is aligned with the contact surface of the at least one groove of the tooth engaging portion such that force from pulling the caudal end of the handle downward, when the tooth engaging portion is accepting the at least one lower tooth, is directed to the at least one lower tooth in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the at least one lower tooth, and wherein the handle and the extension portion comprise a solid, one-piece construct. | 40,642 |
9,065,356 | 1. An electric power converter comprising: an enclosure; a power module configured by including a switching element; a driver circuit that generates a signal for driving the switching element; a control circuit board that generates an actuating signal to be sent out to the driver circuit; a base plate with the control circuit board mounted thereon; and a connection part that connects between the enclosure and the control circuit board, wherein two openings adjacent to each other are provided between the base plate and the enclosure, and wherein the connection part is provided at one side of the base plate, common to the two openings adjacent to each other. | 7,792 |
9,493,175 | 1. A vehicle system comprising: plural traction motors; and one or more controllers configured to: | 30,887 |
8,591,770 | 1. A process for producing a synthesis gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen, for production of ammonia, comprising the steps of: reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock, including steps of shift, CO cooling said raw syngas flow to cryogenic temperature in a cryogenic section and subjecting said raw syngas flow to a purification and HN ratio adjustment, obtaining a purified syngas flow comprising H reheating said purified syngas flow in said cryogenic section and then compressing said purified syngas flow in a main compression section, up to a pressure value suitable for ammonia synthesis; separating a minor portion of said purified syngas at cryogenic temperature after said step of purification and HN ratio adjustment, and subjecting said minor portion to expansion, obtaining a main purified syngas stream and a minor, expanded purified syngas stream; and using said minor stream as a heat exchange medium in said cryogenic section, and then compressing and re-combining said minor stream with the main stream at the outlet of said cryogenic section and upstream of said main compression section. | 17,183 |
8,962,975 | 1. A sealant composition for insulation of moisture sensitive devices, comprising: at least one ethylene-octene copolymer; a maleic anhydride modified polyolefin; an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; at least one inert filler; at least one moisture scavenger; and at least one stabilizing or antioxidant preserving agent. | 28,276 |
8,895,279 | 1. A process for removing and harvesting nutrients from a nutrient-laden, liquid influent stream using autotrophic or phototrophic microorganisms growing in a rotating photobioreactor, said bioreactor including a vessel, a shaft mounted for rotation within said vessel about a shaft axis, a plurality of axially spaced-apart, growth plates attached to the shaft, each of the plates having surfaces to which a fixed film of the microorganisms is attached, means for rotating the shaft and plates about the axis, illumination means for shining light upon the microorganisms, and means for harvesting the microorganisms from the growth plates, comprising the simultaneous steps of: (a) shining light upon the microorganisms with the illumination means; (b) feeding the carbon source into the vessel; and (c) feeding the influent stream past the growth plates such that the growth plates are partially submerged within the stream, whereby, as they grow, the microorganisms remove nutrients from the influent stream, capture the nutrients in biomass, emit oxygen gas, and convert the influent stream to a nutrient-deficient effluent stream; and further comprising (d) using the harvesting means to remove a portion of the microorganisms from the surfaces of the growth plates without diluting them in the effluent stream. | 33,880 |
8,655,249 | 1. A belt-roll fuser system, comprising: a belt-roll fuser module, the belt-roll fuser module having an internal pressure member, the belt-roll fuser module being movable to bring the internal pressure member into engagement and disengagement with an external pressure member, the internal pressure member defining a nip when engaged; and a latch member being selectively engageable with a latch point on the belt-roll fuser module, the latch point being located in a path of a load vector of the nip when the internal pressure member is engaged; and the latch member comprising a handle being connected via a hinge to an engaging portion which latches with the latch point on the internal pressure member; and the hinge axis being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the internal pressure member. | 33,578 |
8,849,727 | 1. A method for classifying brain signals in a brain-computer interface (BCI), the method comprising the steps of: building a subject-independent model for a new subject using labelled brain signals from a pool of previous subjects, and building an initial subject-specific model for the new subject based on the subject-independent model and a segment of the unlabelled brain signals from the new subject. | 15,367 |
9,523,320 | 1. A method for controlling an engine, comprising: after engine shutdown, learning engine oil viscosity based on time to drain oil back into an engine sump and oil temperature during said draining; and correcting an engine operating parameter based on said learned oil viscosity, said engine operating parameter comprising a throttle plate controlled by an engine controller for controlling air inducted into the engine. | 48,075 |
8,429,347 | 1. A method of operating a communication system wherein a user connects a wireless communication device to a host device over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, the method comprising: in the wireless communication device, transferring instructions to the host device over the USB connection responsive to being connected to the host device over the USB connection, wherein the instructions direct the host device to enumerate the wireless communication device as a USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) device; in the wireless communication device, wirelessly transferring a device identifier for the wireless communication device to a service system in the wireless communication network responsive to being connected to the host device over the USB connection; and in the service system, processing the device identifier to direct the wireless communication network to limit communication service for the wireless communication device to communications with a particular data storage system. | 43,318 |
9,637,660 | 1. A slush molded, rotational molded, injection molded, or calendared article comprising styrenic block copolymer having a melt flow rate greater than 100 g/10 min at 230° C., and 2.16 kg mass, said styrenic block copolymer being hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene or selectively hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene-butadiene/styrene-styrene wherein said styrenic block copolymer has a minimum peak molecular weight of 45,000; a polystyrene content of between about 18 to about 33%, a vinyl content of about 65 to 80%, a coupling efficiency of about 60 to about 97%, and said butadiene is hydrogenated at least 90%. | 19,822 |
9,297,094 | 1. A kit for delivering a medicament or a diagnostic agent, comprising: (i) a coupling element, and; (ii) an infusion microtube which comprises an electrospun shell and an electrospun coat over an internal surface of said shell, wherein said electrospun shell and said electrospun coat are each composed of a polymer. | 7,918 |
9,790,249 | 1. A method for treating lignin, the method comprising contacting the lignin with a layered double hydroxide (LDH) catalyst comprising a nitrate anion, wherein the contacting depolymerizes the lignin resulting in a mixture comprising an aromatic compound. | 7,765 |
9,248,323 | 1. A safety harness attachment apparatus for tethering a workman to the ridge of a pitched roof of a building, said pitched roof including a pair of roof overhangs on opposite sides of said ridge, comprising: an anchor assembly, said assembly including first and second support blocks underlying and attached to the first and second hinge plates, respectively; and means for attaching a proximal end of a tether line to the anchor assembly; first and second ratchet tie downs, wherein first and second grapples, each grapple being shaped and dimensioned for receiving in surrounding engagement a roof overhang, each grapple including | 48,237 |
9,037,892 | 1. An apparatus for automatically controlling power dissipation in a parallel computing system that includes a plurality of processors, the apparatus comprising: a computing device issuing a command signal, which represents a command, to the parallel computing system; a clock pulse-width modulator receiving the command signal and a system clock signal, encoding the command, represented in the command signal, into the system clock signal to be distributed to the plurality of processors, the encoding including: the plurality of processors in the parallel computing system receiving the modified clock signal including the encoded command and adjusting power dissipation at one or more of the plurality of processors according to the encoded command. | 31,661 |
8,971,475 | 1. A plant with piping, wherein said piping includes a main pipe connected to a turbine and which introduces steam to said turbine, said main pipe having a nozzle portion as a joint portion to a vessel and a branch portion of said main pipe connected with a branch pipe having a steam safety relief valve attached thereto, said branch pipe being said branch portion of said main pipe extended from said main pipe; and wherein an enlarged passage portion of said main pipe is formed at said branch portion of said main pipe at the connection with said branch pipe having said steam safety relief valve attached thereto and which extends from said main pipe, and a passage sectional area of said enlarged passage portion of said main pipe at said branch portion is larger than a passage sectional area of said main pipe at an upstream side and at a downstream side of said enlarged passage portion of said main pipe, and said branch pipe having said steam safety relief valve attached thereto and which extends from said main pipe is connected to said enlarged passage portion of said main pipe at said branch portion of said main pipe. | 48,108 |
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