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9,302,217 | 1. A treatment fluid for treating a gas or a liquid comprising a contaminant comprising an acid gas or a sulphur compound, comprising reaction products of electrolyzed water and monoethanolamine. | 1,174 |
9,842,407 | 1. A system comprising: at least one reflective column with a polygonal cross section having a plurality of facets and at least one rotation axis; a light source configured to transmit a light beam on the facets of the at least one reflective column; at least one driver configured to rotate the at least one reflective column along the at least one rotation axis; a controller configured to control at least one of the light source and the at least one driver to produce structured light transmitted at a scene; and a sensor configured to sense reflections of the structured light reflected from the scene. | 31,863 |
8,865,569 | 1. Apparatus for dividing a thin film device having a first layer which is a lower electrode layer, a second layer which is an active layer and a third layer which is an upper electrode layer, all the layers being continuous over the device, into separate cells which are electrically interconnected in series, the apparatus comprising a process head on which are provided: a) one or more cutters positioned on the process head to make, during a single pass: b) a first ink jet print head positioned on the process head to iv) deposit a non-conducting material into the first cut during the single pass; and c) a second ink jet print head positioned on the process head to v) apply conducting material to bridge the non-conducting material in the first cut and either fully or partially fill the second cut during the single pass so that an electrical connection is made between the first layer and the third layer, the apparatus also comprising: d) a drive that moves the process head relative to the device; and e) a controller adapted to control movement of the process head relative to the device and to actuate the one or more cutters and the first and second ink jet print heads so that division of the device into separate cells and the formation of an electrical connection between adjacent cells can all be carried out in the single pass of the process head across the device, wherein the one or more cutters and the first and second ink jet print heads are attached to the process head in such positions that, during the single pass, step i) precedes step iv), step iv) precedes step v) and step ii) precedes step v), otherwise the steps may be carried out in any order during the single pass. | 25,478 |
9,713,221 | 1. A luminaire including a housing, comprising: a light emitting portion within the housing, the light emitting portion having a light emission side including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a wall surface part arranged within the light emitting portion of the housing and having a plurality of touch sensitive sensors; wherein each of said plurality of LEDs is activated when a user directly touches a corresponding one of said plurality of touch sensitive sensors accommodated in said wall surface part of the housing, wherein said plurality of sensors are arranged multidimensionally, and wherein during at least some use, the number of activated LEDs corresponds to the size of said wall surface part comprising the plurality of sensors being touched by the user, wherein the wall surface part comprising the plurality of sensors is situated on a side of the housing that is behind, and faces away from, the light emission side, and wherein the luminaire is configured such that the wall surface part and the plurality of sensors are touchable by the user. | 9,842 |
8,963,207 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first nitride semiconductor layer formed over a substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer formed on the second nitride semiconductor layer and made of nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the second nitride semiconductor layer; a trench penetrating through the third nitride semiconductor layer to reach a middle of the second nitride semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode disposed inside the trench via a gate insulating film, wherein the second nitride semiconductor layer contains n-type impurities, a region of the second nitride semiconductor layer positioned on a first nitride semiconductor layer side has a concentration of the n-type impurities larger than a region of the second nitride semiconductor layer positioned on a third nitride semiconductor layer side, and the first nitride semiconductor layer is made of nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the second nitride semiconductor layer or nitride semiconductor containing p-type impurities. | 39,524 |
9,101,019 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) luminescence apparatus, comprising: a rectification circuit unit to receive an alternating current (AC) power voltage and rectify the AC power voltage to output a unidirectional ripple voltage; a plurality of LED units connected in series, each of the plurality of LED units comprising an anode and a cathode, the plurality of LED units being configured to receive the unidirectional ripple voltage; a plurality of switch units, one end of each being connected to the cathode of a repective LED units; a plurality of constant current control circuit units, one end of each being connected to another end of a respective switch unit to receive a current from the respective switch unit, each of the constant current control circuit units being configured to output a current control signal to the respective switch unit to control a magnitude of the received current to have a specific value; and a current comparison unit to receive currents flowing from the plurality of switching units, and generate a plurality of switching control signals for the respective switch units to sequentially drive the plurality of constant current control circuit units. | 17,929 |
9,424,729 | 1. A mobile tracking unit comprising: a low power location module and a high power location module; and a controller for an automation and security system, comprising: | 6,086 |
9,637,010 | 1. A secure system for charging of a battery of a motor vehicle from a supply network, the system being installed in the motor vehicle and comprising: means for injecting current pulses into the supply network; and means for measuring a voltage between a ground and a neutral of the supply network, wherein the pulse injection means are configured so that each injection of current pulses into the supply network comprises the injection of a positive first pulse followed by a negative second pulse, the first and second pulses having an equal strength in absolute value and being separated by an interval which is sufficiently short for a parasitic capacitance coupled to the supply network to be still charged during the second pulse, and the system comprises means of determining the ground resistance on the basis of the amplitude of the current pulses and voltages measured for the first pulse and the second pulse of each pulse injection. | 37,601 |
9,534,351 | 1. A depressible pavement marker installation comprising: a road surface having an opening with a chamfered peripheral edge formed thereon; a housing resiliently mounted with a compliant adhesive in said opening such that an upper end of said housing is positioned at or below said road surface, the adhesive being resiliently compliant after being fully cured within the opening; a retainer threadably engaged with said housing; a piston reciprocally movable within said housing, said piston including an upper end normally protruding above said housing and said road surface, said piston being depressible downwardly in said housing to move said upper end of said piston into said housing; a reflector assembly mounted to said upper end of said piston such that said reflector assembly is normally positioned above said road surface; and resiliently compressible means biasing said piston upwardly to raise said upper end of said piston above said housing and said road surface, said biasing means substantially filling the interior of the housing. | 7,197 |
9,036,855 | 1. A headphone, comprising: a housing; a loudspeaker located inside the housing; a cushion coupled to the housing and arranged to acoustically couple the headphone to a user's ear; electronics electrically coupled to the loudspeaker; a rotatable ring coupled to the housing and surrounding a central portion of the housing, a touch sensor coupled to the rotatable ring, | 2,388 |
8,446,730 | 1. A package of an environmental sensitive element, comprising: a flexible substrate; an environmental sensitive element disposed on the flexible substrate, wherein the environmental sensitive element comprises an active matrix element or a passive matrix element; a flexible sacrificial layer disposed on the environmental sensitive element, wherein the environmental sensitive element comprises a plurality of first thin films, the flexible sacrificial layer includes a plurality of second thin films, and the bonding strength between two adjacent second thin films is substantially equal to or lower than the bonding strength between two adjacent first thin films so that the delaminating phenomenon hardly happens between the adjacent first thin films when the flexible substrate, the environmental sensitive element and the flexible sacrificial layer are bent, wherein the first thin films in the active matrix element or the passive matrix element comprises a bottom electrode layer disposed on the flexible substrate, a displaying medium disposed on bottom electrode layer and a top electrode layer disposed on the displaying medium, and wherein the second thin films in the flexible sacrificial layer comprises: a packaging structure covering the environmental sensitive element and the flexible sacrificial layer. | 23,785 |
8,631,746 | 1. A rail car cover system comprising: a rail car having an upwardly directed opening in an upper end thereof; a first cover section comprising: a second cover section comprising; | 2,919 |
9,759,451 | 1. A recirculating bath comprising: a reservoir including an interior surface that defines a first space configured to receive a working liquid; a thermal element located externally to the first space and thermally coupled to the working liquid to transfer heat between the working liquid and the thermal element; and a recirculating pump located externally to the first space and fluidically coupled to the first space to circulate the working liquid through the first space, wherein the reservoir includes a partition that defines a primary chamber and a secondary chamber within the first space, the secondary chamber being fluidically coupled to the primary chamber, the primary chamber defining a work area of the reservoir, and the recirculating pump including an inlet and an outlet each fluidically coupled to the primary chamber via the second chamber. | 24,885 |
9,017,977 | 1. A method for the production of 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid consisting essentially of: (a) providing a recombinant microorganism which has been transformed with a polynucleotide encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG CoA) synthase and a polynucleotide encoding acetoacetate decarboxylase, wherein at least one of the polynucleotides is heterologous to the recombinant microorganism; and (b) incubating, in the recombinant microorganism (i) acetone and (ii) a compound of formula (I) which provides an activated acetyl group: wherein X is S—CH with (c) the HMG CoA synthase, under conditions in which the recombinant microorganism produces acetone and expresses the HMG CoA synthase, thereby producing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. | 20,366 |
8,800,282 | 1. An energy harvesting system comprising: a first region having a first temperature; a second region having a second temperature that is different from said first temperature; a fixed ground reference; a heat engine configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy wherein the heat engine includes; a motion conversion mechanism operatively connected to the first discrete element to be driven by the linear force to oscillate linearly relative to the fixed ground reference; a component driven by the motion conversion mechanism; a frame having one of a heat source and a heat sink mounted to the frame within each of the first region and the second region, wherein the frame is moved relative to the first discrete element of the shape memory alloy and is moved relative to the fixed ground reference such that the first discrete element of the shape memory alloy is alternately exposed to both the first region and the second region by the movement of the frame relative to the fixed ground reference; a second discrete element of the shape memory alloy having a crystallographic phase changeable between austenite and martensite in response to a temperature difference between the first region and the second region, wherein the movement of the frame is in response to the crystallographic phase change of the second discrete element of the shape memory alloy; and a pair of spaced apart pulleys rotatable mounted to the fixed ground reference, wherein the second discrete element of the shape memory alloy is threaded around the pulleys and fixedly-secured at opposing ends to the frame, such that the crystallographic phase change of the second discrete element of the shape memory alloy moves the frame relative to the first discrete element and moves the frame relative to the fixed ground reference. | 19,548 |
8,735,643 | 1. An aggregate zeolitic adsorbent comprising an inert binder and LSX zeolite crystals having a mean number diameter of between 0.1 μm and 4 μm, a Si/Al atomic ratio=1.00±0.05, wherein at least 90% of the exchangeable cationic sites are occupied either by barium ions or by barium ions and potassium ions, wherein the mechanical strength of the adsorbent measured by the Shell series SMS1417-74 method is greater than or equal to 2 MPa. | 10,782 |
9,314,730 | 1. A method of stabilizing an amine-containing CO 2 adsorbent over multiple adsorption-desorption cycles comprising contacting said amine-containing CO 2 adsorbent with one or more humid gas streams to stabilize the adsorbent, wherein the method comprises an adsorption step of contacting said amine-containing CO 2 adsorbent with said one or more humid gas streams, and subsequently a desorption step of contacting said amine-containing CO 2 adsorbent with said one or more humid gas streams or a dry gas stream, wherein said contacting steps are repeated during said multiple adsorption-desorption cycles of said system for removal of CO 2 . | 7,999 |
8,917,030 | 1. An electronic ballast for a lighting unit, comprising: a Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit, an inverter, and a control circuit for controlling startup of the inverter, wherein the control circuit is coupled between the PFC circuit and the inverter and comprises: | 15,711 |
8,448,175 | 1. A method of deadlock detection in a parallel program comprising: recording lock events during operation of the parallel program and a first order relation among the lock events; converting information relevant to the operation of the parallel program into gate lock events and recording the gate lock events, wherein the information relevant to the operation of the parallel program includes at least one of thread relevant information and program logic relevant information; establishing a second order relation among the gate lock events and lock events associated with the gate lock events and adding the second order relation to the first order relation; constructing a lock graph corresponding to the operation procedure of the parallel program based on the added second order relation; and performing deadlock detection on the constructed lock graph, wherein the information relevant to the operation of the parallel program comprises thread creation information including information of a parent thread and information of a child thread, wherein establishing the second order relation among the gate lock events and lock events associated with the gate lock events further comprises: acquiring by the parent thread a first set of lock events before creating the child thread; acquiring by the child thread a second set of lock events; acquiring a third set of lock events that is an intersection of the first set of lock events and the second set of lock events; and establishing an order relation among the thread creation information and the lock events in the third set of lock events. | 24,619 |
8,434,450 | 1. A method for operating a compression-ignition internal combustion engine comprising a plurality of combustion chambers operating in a four-stroke combustion cycle and configured to operate at a geometric compression ratio greater than 10:1, the method comprising: operating the engine in a spark-assisted compression-ignition combustion mode for all speed/load engine operating points, comprising: | 25,969 |
9,016,072 | 1. A method for controlling a composite device that includes a gas compressor installation and a heat recovery system; the composite device further comprising a controller and a parameter determining device that determines one or more system parameters of both the gas compressor installation and the heat recovery system; comprising the steps: absorbing heat from the gas compressor installation and using said absorbed heat in the heat recovery system; using said system parameters as an indication of the partial efficiency of the gas compressor installation and the heat recovery system, respectively; and controlling via the controller both the gas compressor installation and the heat recovery system on the basis of the system parameters in a manner such that the overall efficiency of the composite device is optimised. | 6,564 |
9,825,031 | 1. A method comprising: forming first, second and third gate structures above a fin; forming a sacrificial contact between said first and second gate structures; forming a liner layer above said sacrificial contact; forming a first dielectric layer above said liner layer and said sacrificial contact; removing said sacrificial contact to define a first contact opening in said first dielectric layer exposing a first source and drain region of said fin, said contact opening being at least partially lined by said liner layer; forming a second contact opening in said first dielectric layer to expose a portion of said third gate structure; forming a conductive material in said first and second contact openings to define a first conductive feature in said first contact opening and a second conductive feature in said second contact opening; removing a portion of said liner layer disposed adjacent a top surface of said first dielectric layer to define a recess; forming a barrier layer above said first dielectric layer and in said recess, said barrier layer having a first dielectric constant greater than a second dielectric constant of said first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer above said barrier layer; and forming a third conductive feature embedded in said second dielectric layer and contacting said second conductive feature. | 40,410 |
9,574,770 | 1. An apparatus comprising: injecting a combustible material into a plurality of tuyeres in a wall of a reactor vessel; using a plasma torch to inject a hot gas into the tuyeres to ignite the combustible material; and directing heat from combustion of the combustible material into the reactor vessel to preheat the reactor vessel, wherein flue gas composition is monitored for verification of combustion up to an auto ignition temperature of the combustible material. | 13,663 |
8,566,624 | 1. A computer comprising: a central processing unit; a fan; and at least one microcontroller configured to: | 18,373 |
8,641,497 | 1. An amusement device system comprising: a first amusement device having a first memory, a first display and a first controller, the first controller being operatively coupled to the first memory, a first input device and the first display, the first memory storing an electronic game having a plurality of game content, the first controller controlling the first display based at least in part on inputs from the first input device and being configured to show a first game content of the plurality of game content to an authenticated user on the first display; a second amusement device having a second memory, a second display and a second controller, the second controller being operatively coupled to the second memory, a second input device and the second display, the second memory storing the electronic game having the plurality of game content; and an internet-based central server in communication with the first and second amusement devices through the internet, the central server configured to store information sufficient to identify the first game content displayed to the authenticated user, the first and second controllers being prevented by the central server from again showing the first game content to the authenticated user on the first and second displays until a remainder of the plurality of game content has been displayed to the authenticated user. | 29,515 |
9,352,466 | 1. A system comprising: a positioning plate detachably mounted to a feed arm of a wafer handling robot, the positioning plate including an alignment indicia for checking the relative position and orientation of the feed arm with respect to a wafer carrier vis-à-vis the positioning plate; an alignment apparatus comprising an alignment base positionable in the wafer carrier having a plurality of vertically arranged horizontal slots each configured for holding a wafer, the alignment base comprising a body configured for removable insertion into the slots; at least one electronic digital image sensor disposed on the alignment base, the sensor including circuitry configured and operable for capturing and displaying an image of the alignment indicia on the positioning plate on a display monitor, wherein the at least one electronic digital image sensor is a camera having an optical lens facing downward and pointing through an axially aligned aperture in the alignment base, wherein the position and orientation of the positioning plate in a horizontal plane with respect to the alignment base is determinable by using the alignment indicia on the positioning plate; and a plunger depth gauge assembly mounted in the wafer carrier, the assembly including at least one plunger depth gauge attached to a mounting member suspended from a piston mechanism that is configured and operable to raise and lower the mounting member, the at least one plunger depth gauge having a retractable plunger operable to measure a vertical distance from the mounting member to the positioning plate. | 41,704 |
8,812,184 | 1. A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a rotary electric machine is provided on a power transfer path connecting between an input member drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine and an output member drivably coupled to wheels, the control device comprising: a vibration reduction necessity determination section that determines whether or not a required drive operation point, which is a drive operation point defined on the basis of output torque and a rotational speed required for the internal combustion engine, falls within a reduction necessary range, which is prescribed in advance as a range in which it is necessary to reduce torque vibration transferred from the internal combustion engine to the rotary electric machine; a cancellation control execution determination section that determines whether or not torque vibration cancellation control, in which the rotary electric machine is caused to output torque for canceling the torque vibration, can be executed in the case where it is determined that the required drive operation point falls within the reduction necessary range; and an execution control decision section that decides to execute the torque vibration cancellation control in the case where it is determined that the torque vibration cancellation control can be executed and that decides to execute operation point change control, in which the drive operation point of the internal combustion engine is changed, in the case where it is determined that the torque vibration cancellation control cannot be executed, wherein: the operation point change control is configured so as to change the drive operation point of the internal combustion engine such that the drive operation point of the internal combustion engine is changed in the direction of moving out of the reduction necessary range and such that, as the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is changed, either: (i) an output power of the internal combustion engine remains constant, or (ii) an output torque of the internal combustion engine remains constant. | 30,901 |
8,831,811 | 1. A control unit for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including: an engine; a generator which generates electric power by being driven by the engine; a battery which supplies electric power to an electric motor; and the electric motor which is connected to a drive shaft of the hybrid vehicle and which is driven by means of electric power supplied from at least either of the battery and the generator, wherein the control unit includes: a basic required output calculator for calculating a basic required output for driving the hybrid vehicle based on a driving speed of the hybrid vehicle and an accelerator pedal opening which corresponds to an accelerator pedal operation in the hybrid vehicle; a gradient calculator for calculating a rising gradient of a road surface on which the hybrid vehicle runs; a correction output calculator for calculating a correction output which is added to the basic required torque based on the rising gradient; and a target output calculator for calculating, when a required output which results from adding the correction output to the basic required output is larger than a predetermined value, based on the required output, a battery target electric power by which the battery is required to output part of the required output and an engine target output by which the engine is required to output the remaining of the required output. | 12,086 |
9,249,483 | 1. An aluminum alloy material comprising, in mass %, 0.8 to 1.4% of Mg; 0.9 to 1.8% of Si; less than 0.44% but more than 0% of Fe; 0.7 to 1.2% of Cu; 0.7 to 0.9% of Mn; 0 to 0.40% of Cr; 0 to 0.25% of Zn; and 0 to 0.20% of Ti; with a remaining portion comprising Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a relationship between C and D satisfies the formula: D+0.0011×C−9.5≦0 when D represents an average density, in particles/μm wherein the aluminum alloy material is suitable for a storage container for high pressure hydrogen gas. | 9,292 |
9,449,272 | 1. A method of frequency discrimination associated with a Doppler effect, comprising: mapping a first frequency of a first audio signal to a first set of frequency bins of a plurality of frequency bins, each frequency bin of the plurality of frequency bins corresponding to a different frequency, and the first audio signal emitted from a moving object at a first time; mapping a second frequency of a second audio signal to a second set of the plurality of frequency bins, the second audio signal emitted from the moving object at a second time; firing a first plurality of neurons based at least in part on the first frequency mapped to the first set of frequency bins, each one of the first plurality of neurons corresponding to a frequency bin of the first set of frequency bins; firing a second plurality of neurons based at least in part on the second frequency mapped to the second set of frequency bins, each one of the second plurality of neurons corresponding to a frequency bin of the second set of frequency bins, the first plurality of neurons and the second plurality of neurons corresponding to a first layer of neurons of a network, and the firing of the first plurality of neurons and the second plurality of neurons based at least in part on a relative speed of the moving object towards or away from a receiver of the first audio signal and the second audio signal; and estimating the relative speed of the moving object based on a firing pattern of the first plurality of neurons and the second plurality of neurons and a time difference between firing the first plurality of neurons and the second plurality of neurons. | 1,336 |
8,638,578 | 1. A charge pump, comprising: a voltage divider, including: a third diode coupled across said second diode and said second capacitor; a power switch coupled across said first capacitor and said second diode; and a parallel-coupled resistor and diode coupled to a control terminal of said power switch and configured to retard a turn-on timing of said power switch in response to a drive signal for another power switch. | 24,218 |
9,765,293 | 1. A method of making a flowable, dried agglomerated nutrient medium, the method comprising: introducing a nutrient component comprising a powdered nutrient, and an agglomeration liquid, into an agglomerator comprising a flow-through-type agglomeration chamber and a mixing blade; wet-massing the nutrient component with the agglomeration liquid in the agglomeration chamber for a predetermined period of time to form agglomerated nutrient medium particles; exposing the agglomerated nutrient medium particles to drying conditions for a period of time to form the dried, agglomerated nutrient medium; wherein the mixing blade is rotated at a blade rotation rate of about 500 rpm to about 4000 rpm; wherein exposing the agglomerated nutrient medium to drying conditions comprises exposing the agglomerated nutrient medium to a predetermined temperature about 60° C. to about 85° C.; wherein the feed rate, the spray rate, the blade rotation rate, and the predetermined temperature are selected to produce a dried agglomerated nutrient medium having particles of a first particle size distribution range of about 105 microns to about 2000 microns; and isolating a subpopulation of the particles, the subpopulation having a second particle size distribution range that is narrower than the first particle size distribution range, the second particle size distribution range being about 149 microns to 1000 microns. | 33,506 |
8,432,888 | 1. A wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving a plurality of data units in which sequence numbers are assigned to transmit data units to identify the data units, comprising: a transmitting communication station configured to transmit request information to a receiving communication station, the request information including a set of sequence numbers assigned to the transmit data units; and the receiving communication station configured to receive the request information, and to transmit, if selective acknowledgement is applied, acknowledgement information to the transmitting communication station, the acknowledgement information including (1) a start sequence number and (2) a bitmap including bits corresponding to only the transmit data units having sequence numbers higher than the start sequence number, wherein the bit adding information, in the communication stations, indicating a causal data flow when transmitting transmit data and an acknowledgment in response to data transmission/reception. | 48,068 |
9,635,723 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a controller to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer, wherein the load comprises a lamp, and wherein the controller is configured to: | 45,246 |
9,214,692 | 1. Poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) having polybenzimidazole to which benzoxazole units are introduced, wherein the polv(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) consists of the following recurring benzimadazole units and the following recurring benzoxazole units | 11,066 |
8,687,605 | 1. A method for communications between a user equipment and a base station, comprising: receiving an assignment assigning timeslots within each of a plurality of contiguous radio block periods, each radio block period including a plurality of time division multiple access (TDMA) frames and each TDMA frame including a plurality of timeslots, for at least one of uplink or downlink communications between the user equipment and the base station; and after receiving the assignment of timeslots within each of a plurality of contiguous radio block periods, reducing a number of radio block periods and associated timeslots monitored by the user equipment to monitor only non-contiguous radio block periods and identify a timeslot that is dynamically allocated for at least one of uplink and downlink communications. | 29,405 |
9,401,130 | 1. A method comprising: while an electronic device operates in a higher-power mode of operation, actuating, by at least one application processor of the electronic device, and while consuming a first amount of power, a display of the electronic device to present a first graphical image at a first portion of the display; while the electronic device operates in a lower-power mode of operation, actuating, by a sensor hub of the electronic device, independent of the at least one application processor and while consuming a second amount of power that is less than the first amount of power, the display to: while the electronic device operates in a clock-only mode of operation, actuating, by the sensor hub, independent of the at least one application processor and while consuming a third amount of power that is less than the second amount of power, the display to: | 30,723 |
9,462,550 | 1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a request from a wireless device; a processing system configured to: a transmitter configured to signal the offset value to the one or more wireless devices in the group. | 11,869 |
9,053,833 | 1. A system, comprising: a) an electrostatic accelerator unit including an array of spatially separated charged particle emitters, each emitter having an electrostatic potential difference with respect to an immediately adjacent emitter in the array and each emitter producing an charged particle beamlet, whereby the array of charged particle emitters produces a corresponding array of charged particle beamlets having different energies, wherein the charged particle beamlets are converged laterally as one energy-modulated direct current (DC) charged particle beam at an output of the accelerator unit; and b) an optical-frequency modulator for longitudinally modulating the energy-modulated DC charged particle beam from the output of the accelerator unit with infrared radiation, thereby forming modulated beamlets, wherein electrons in the modulated beamlets are bunched longitudinally to form a bunched energy-modulated DC charged particle beam. | 5,387 |
9,712,398 | 1. A method of authenticating component programs in a messaging system where the component programs includes at least one from a group consisting of a dispatcher, a message router, and a connection manager, the method comprising: storing a private key in a memory accessible by a root user identity; creating an inter-process communication (IPC) socket connection with a component program that is either a message router or a connection manager; determining that the component program is running, wherein the component program does not have permission to access the memory storing the private key; connecting the component program to the IPC socket connection; and responsive to the component program connecting the IPC socket connection: obtaining a first set of instantiation information describing the component program from shared memory; obtaining a second set of instantiation information from an operating system regarding the component program; comparing the first instantiation information to the second instantiation information; and responsive to the first instantiation information matching the second instantiation information, sending the component program the private key through the IPC socket connection. | 22,064 |
8,341,946 | 1. An exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a filter element having an input side and an output side; a catalyst element having an input side and an output side; an inlet pipe that is divided into a filter pipe and a catalyst pipe on said input side of said filter element and said catalyst element such that one part of an entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said filter pipe and directly from said filter pipe to said filter element and another part of said entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said catalyst pipe and directly from said catalyst pipe to said catalyst element; a first return pipe positioned downstream of said filter element and upstream of said catalyst element when said one part of said entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said filter pipe and directly from said filter pipe to said filter element and when another part of said entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said catalyst pipe and directly from said catalyst pipe to said catalyst element; and a second return pipe positioned downstream of said catalyst element and upstream of said filter element when said one part of said entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said filter pipe and directly from said filter pipe to said filter element and when another part of said entire exhaust-gas stream flows directly from said inlet pipe to said catalyst pipe and directly from said catalyst pipe to said catalyst element, and wherein said catalyst element and said filter element are contained in a single housing, and wherein said first return pipe is positioned directly opposite said filter pipe on the output side of said filter element, and wherein said second return pipe is positioned directly opposite said catalyst pipe on said output side of said catalyst element. | 10,186 |
8,657,930 | 1. A system comprising a flow inlet ( 16 ), wherein a separation system comprises a swirl valve ( 100 ), arranged to receive and control the flux of a two-phase fluid flow via the flow inlet ( 16 ) and to generate a swirling flow, swirling about a central axis ( 11 ), wherein the separation system further comprises a separation chamber ( | 4,490 |
9,089,825 | 1. An exchanger-reactor for carrying out endothermic reactions, comprising a plurality of bayonet tubes ( 4 ) suspended on the upper dome ( 2 ) of said reactor and extending to the lower bottom ( 3 ), the bayonet tubes ( 4 ) being used to carry out the endothermic chemical reaction or reactions and being enclosed in a shell ( 1 ) comprising an inlet pipe (E) for the hot flue gas supplying heat to the bayonet tubes ( 4 ) and at least one outlet pipe (S) for evacuating cold flue gas following heat exchange, the exchanger-reactor further comprising a steam generation bundle constituted by a plurality of vertical tubes ( 5 ) also suspended on the upper dome ( 2 ) of the exchanger-reactor and contained in a peripheral space ( 8 ) included between an internal baffle (Bi) substantially parallel to the vertical wall of the shell ( 1 ) and said vertical wall ( 1 ), said internal baffle (Bi) having at least one opening (Oi) for transferring flue gas ( 10 ) from the core of the reactor to the peripheral space ( 8 ), the vertical tubes ( 5 ) for steam generation being supplied with water via a lower feeder head ( 9 ) located in the lower portion of the peripheral space ( 8 ), and the liquid-steam mixture coming from the vertical tubes ( 5 ) being collected in an upper collector ( 7 ) located above the upper dome ( 2 ) of the reactor exchanger, the lower line ( 14 ) connecting the liquid phase of the separator drum ( 6 ) to the upper collector ( 7 ) and the upper line ( 13 ) connecting the upper collector ( 7 ) to the vapour phase of the separator drum ( 6 ). | 22,553 |
9,115,909 | 1. An energy recovery ventilator (ERV) system, comprising: a processor configured to: a memory coupled to said processor and configured to store data gathered from said one or more sensors coupled to the ERV. | 230 |
9,738,009 | 1. A method for preparing building forms including at least some cementitious materials, comprising: mixing dry cementitious material particles with closed cell foam particles, comprising at least some surface deformations on a surface of the closed cell foam particles, to form a first dry composition such that at least some of the cementitious material particles adhere to at least some surface deformations on the surface of the closed cell foam particles, wherein the closed cell foam particles have a bulk density of 0.31 to 1.56 pcf, and wherein mixing the dry cementitious material particles with the closed cell foam particles to form a first dry composition comprises: combining the closed cell foam particles with a first portion of dry cementitious material particles to form a dry composition; mixing the dry composition for a first period of time mixing a first portion of water with the dry composition to form the first dry composition, wherein the first portion of water comprises about 10-30% of a total amount of water to be added; and combining the first dry composition with a second portion of dry cementitious material particles; mixing a second portion of water with the first dry composition to form a partially wet composition, wherein the first portion of water and the second portion of water form the total amount of water added and a ratio of the total amount of water to the total portions of the dry cementitious material particles ranges from 0.20 to 0.40 by weight; and making a building form by placing the partially wet composition in a mold and then releasing the building form from the mold. | 11,049 |
9,490,169 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a silicon carbide substrate having a first surface and a polished second surface that is opposite the first surface, wherein the polished second surface renders the silicon carbide substrate substantially transparent; a semiconductor layer on said first surface of said silicon carbide substrate, wherein the semiconductor device defines at least one via through said silicon carbide substrate and said semiconductor layer; and at least one contact on the semiconductor layer opposite the silicon carbide substrate, wherein the at least one contact is coated with a noble metal. | 28,351 |
8,718,213 | 1. A clock synchronization method, comprising: receiving time information TM determining whether transmission data at a second designated location starts to be received, and if so, reading a local clock of a Customer Premises Equipment side to obtain time information TS synchronizing a clock frequency of the Customer Premises Equipment side to the central office side according to the time information TM | 8,586 |
9,426,844 | 1. A gas turbine engine having an electrical raft, the electrical raft comprising: components embedded in a rigid material, the components including embedded electrical conductors that form at least a part of an electrical system of the gas turbine engine, the electrical conductors configured to carry electrical signals for the gas turbine engine; and a raft map comprising lines indicating paths of at least some of the embedded electrical conductors within the electrical raft, the raft map being visible from outside the electrical raft, wherein the electrical raft has at least one outer surface, on which the raft map is provided. | 48,588 |
9,486,384 | 1. A walking assist cart comprising: a cart body including a drive wheel, on which a load is placed; a drive portion that drives the drive wheel; an inclination sensor that detects an inclination angle of the cart body; and a controller that calculates a weight of the load placed on the cart body based on drive force of the drive portion and the inclination angle of the cart body and outputs assist drive force to assist walking of a user based on the weight of the load that is calculated. | 18,829 |
9,000,949 | 1. A parking space monitoring system for handling various parking space management, comprising: a node with a piece of electronic equipment; a plurality of microprocessors located within the same piece of electronic equipment of the node, wherein individual ones of microprocessors are configured to monitor and respond to various parking space management conditions of the parking space monitoring system; a power control mechanism configured to reinitialize individual ones of said microprocessors without affecting an operation of the other of said microprocessors; and wherein an individual operability status of the individual ones of said microprocessors is queried by another of said microprocessors and instructs said power control mechanism to reinitialize a non-responsive microprocessor. | 17,783 |
8,470,168 | 1. A heat exchanger system through which a liquid can flow, comprising: a heat exchanger including a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet; a bypass valve including a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet; and a self-cleaning filter including a filtering membrane, a liquid inlet, and first and second liquid outlets, the first outlet being an outlet for filtered liquid and the second outlet being an outlet for non-filtered liquid, the first outlet for filtered liquid being connected to the inlet of the exchanger and the second outlet for non-filtered liquid being connected to the inlet of the valve, and the outlet of the exchanger being connected downstream of the outlet of the valve, wherein the bypass valve is open when a pressure at the second outlet for non-filtered liquid is greater than a predetermined value due to impurities in the filter, the impurities being removed by a flow of liquid when the bypass value us open. | 42,928 |
8,394,133 | 1. A medical implant bone screw comprising: a) a shank adapted to be implanted in a bone at a lower end and having an upper end; b) a receiver structure located at the shank upper end; the receiver having a first pair of upright arms forming a channel therebetween adapted to receive a connecting member; c) a lower compression member positioned below and around the connecting member and having a second pair of upright arms that are sized and shaped to extend above the connection member; the lower compression member engaging the shank; and d) a closure having an outer ring that is threadably securable to an inner side of the receiver first pair of upright arms; the closure outer ring, when advanced relative to the receiver, engaging the lower compression member to apply a downward force to the shank, so as to lock the position of the shank relative to the receiver. | 33,823 |
9,026,956 | 1. A method for integrated chip (IC) manufacturing within a lithography process, comprising: simulating formation of a layout pattern of the IC, within a lithographic simulation tool, under a first lithography condition comprising a set of parameters, wherein a value of each parameter is defined by a process model; randomly varying the value of a parameter of the first lithography condition within a range of values defined by its process model to create a second lithography condition; re-simulating the formation of the layout pattern under the second lithography condition; and repeating the random variation of values of parameters of the set of parameters to create additional lithography conditions, re-simulating each lithography condition until the value of each parameter has been substantially varied across a range of its respective process model by obtaining simulation results for values of the parameter that are within a predefined resolution, such that any value of a parameter sampled from its process model is within a predefined percentage of the range from another value of the parameter sampled from the process model. | 30,443 |
9,610,769 | 1. A liquid injection head comprising: an actuator plate; injection channels arranged in an extending manner along a first direction and arranged in parallel to a second direction intersecting with the first direction with a space in a surface of the actuator plate, and having one end portions in the first direction terminated in the actuator plate; dummy channels arranged in an extending manner along the first direction and alternately arranged in parallel to the injection channels in the second direction in the surface of the actuator plate, and opened in one end surface of the actuate plate in the first direction; an individual electrode formed on an inside surface of the dummy channel; a common electrode formed on an inside surface of the injection channel; an individual pad formed on a connection surface facing one end side in the first direction in a portion positioned between the adjacent dummy channels, the portion being of the actuator plate, individually connecting the individual electrodes opposed in the second direction across the injection channel, and to which individual-side external wiring is connected; a recessed portion formed in a position between the adjacent dummy channels, and opened toward the one end side in the first direction, in the surface of the actuator plate; a common pad formed in an inner surface of the recessed portion, and connecting the common electrode and common-side external wiring through the recessed portion; and a dividing portion formed in a corner portion made by the surface and the one end surface, of the actuator plate, and dividing the common pad from the individual pad. | 21,880 |
9,345,540 | 1. A method of ablating a target tissue region, comprising: positioning a medical device having an expandable element proximate the target tissue region, the expandable element including a first plurality of electrodes coupled to a distal portion of the expandable element, and a second plurality of electrodes coupled to a proximal portion of the expandable element; transmitting unipolar radiofrequency energy from the first plurality of electrodes and simultaneously transmitting bipolar radiofrequency energy from the second plurality of electrodes; measuring an impedance from each electrode of the first plurality of electrodes; measuring an impedance from each electrode of the second plurality of electrodes; comparing the measured impedance from each electrode of the first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes; identifying areas of tissue that are in contact with at least some of the first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes based on the comparison; and activating the at least some of the first plurality of electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes that are in contact with the tissue to ablate the tissue. | 6,603 |
8,890,531 | 1. An electromagnetic resistivity logging tool having a tool axis, wherein the tool comprises: a rotational position sensor; at least one transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna wherein at least one of the transmitter and receiver antennas is a ferrite half-torus antenna; and a processor to receive at least one of a phase and amplitude measurement for at least one rotational position to determine a formation property. | 27,420 |
8,685,669 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human IL-31, wherein the encoded humanized monoclonal antibody comprises a humanized heavy chain variable domain and a humanized light chain variable domain, wherein the humanized heavy chain variable domain and the humanized light chain variable domain each comprises a complementarity determining region (CDR) and a framework region (FR), wherein the humanized heavy chain variable domain complementarity determining region comprises: a) a CDR1 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:1; b) a CDR2 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:2; and c) a CDR3 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:3; wherein the humanized heavy chain variable domain framework region comprises: d) a FR1 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:12; e) a FR2 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:13; f) a FR3 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:14; and g) a FR4 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:15; wherein the humanized light chain variable domain complementarity determining region comprises: h) a CDR1 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:5; i) a CDR2 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:6; and j) a CDR3 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:7; and wherein the humanized light chain variable domain framework region comprises: k) a FR5 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:17; l) a FR6 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:18; m) a FR7 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:19; and n) a FR8 having the amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO:20. | 36,792 |
9,821,169 | 1. A method of providing a magnetic resonance treatment to a subject, comprising: querying a database of a plurality of magnetic resonance treatment protocols and parameters; generating a magnetic resonance treatment protocol based at least in part on a result of the query; providing a first magnetic resonance treatment to the subject using a magnetic resonance device comprising a magnetic assembly; controlling, by a magnetic resonance driver, the magnetic resonance device according to the magnetic resonance treatment protocol, wherein the magnetic resonance driver comprises an electronic waveform generator; compensating using a compensation network comprising a resistor and capacitor network configured to match an impedance of the magnetic resonance driver, wherein the magnetic assembly is coupled in parallel with the compensation network; determining a magnetic field strength output by the magnetic resonance device; and modifying the magnetic resonance treatment based in part on a biometric measurement and the determined magnetic field strength. | 24,689 |
8,521,467 | 1. A method for acceleration estimation of estimating a translation contributing acceleration which contributes to a translational movement of a moving object in a measurement result of acceleration along at least two axial directions from among a first axis, a second axis which is orthogonal to the first axis, and a third axis which is orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis, which are defined for the moving object, and a rotation contributing acceleration which contributes to a rotational movement, comprising steps of: collecting a measurement result of acceleration along the two axes, and a measurement result of an attitude angle which is an angle of rotation from a reference attitude of the moving object; separating an acceleration frequency in a low-frequency acceleration component and a high-frequency acceleration component in the measurement result of the acceleration along the two axes, wherein the separating is performed by reading a predetermined number of recent data, finding the low-frequency acceleration component by calculating a moving average deviation, and finding the high-frequency acceleration component by subtracting the low-frequency acceleration component from acceleration data at a point of time at which it is estimated to include the calculated low-frequency acceleration component, wherein when attitude angle data at the point of time does not exist, an attitude angle change rate deriving means calculates an average value of attitude angle data before and after the point of time, and sets the average value to be the attitude angle at the point of time; deriving a rate of change of attitude angle at which a time rate of change of the attitude angle is derived, wherein the time rate of change of the attitude angle is derived at the point of time at which it is estimated to include a calculated low-frequency acceleration component by calculating a difference between attitude angle before and after a point of time at which it is estimated to include the calculated low-frequency acceleration component; and estimating the translation contributing acceleration and the rotation contributing acceleration based on the high-frequency acceleration component, the low-frequency acceleration component, the attitude angle, and the time rate of change of the attitude angle. | 1,863 |
8,545,911 | 1. A method for removing a phorbol ester component which comprises mixing an organic substance comprising a phorbol ester component and Bacillus substilis var. natto and subjecting the resulting mixture to fermentation, thereby to allow the phorbol ester component to be decomposed by said microorganism. | 44,154 |
9,586,798 | 1. An articulated vehicle comprising: a first body section; a second body section; an elongate projection projecting from an end of said first body section towards said second body section; a pair of steering cylinders mounted such that they are partially or wholly disposed in or on said elongate projection; a rotatable member provided towards a distal end of the elongate projection which is distal from the first body section, the rotatable member being operatively connected to the second body section such that rotation of the rotatable member causes the steering angle between the first and second body sections to vary, and such that the first and second body sections articulate relative to one another about said distal end of the elongate projection; and at least one linkage connecting the rotatable member to the steering cylinders, such that actuation of a steering cylinder causes the linkage to force the rotatable member to rotate; wherein the pair of steering cylinders are disposed one above the other such that they overlap vertically. | 8,416 |
9,173,910 | 1. A method of altering relative abundance of microbiota in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective dose of a composition consisting essentially of substantially purified Verrucomicrobia; wherein the subject has a disorder selected from the group consisting of: obesity, metabolic syndrome, insulin deficiency, insulin-resistance related disorders, glucose intolerance, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver, and abnormal lipid metabolism. | 337 |
8,440,729 | 1. A method of preparing methanol from carbon dioxide, water and a methane source which comprises: conducting a bi-reforming reaction, wherein the only reactants are methane, carbon dioxide and water in a mole ratio of about 3:1:2 as follows: 3CH combining effluents consisting of the carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the wet and dry reforming reactions without separation of components of the reforming reactions or their effluents to produce a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide that is 2:1 to 2.1:1; and converting the molar mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide under conditions sufficient to exclusively form methanol, as follows: | 38,166 |
8,461,725 | 1. A computer-implemented method for electric management, the method comprising: physically exposing an electric appliance to a power-providing device that is arranged to provide electrical power to various electric appliances, including the electric appliance; automatically obtaining from a structure of the electric appliance an electronic identifier for the electric appliance using the power providing device; transmitting the electronic identifier from the power-providing device to a remote computing system; measuring electrical usage by one or more appliances through the power-providing device; storing data that characterizes the electrical usage over a period of time at the power providing device; and transmitting the data that characterizes the electrical usage from the power-providing device to the remote computing system upon identifying an occurrence of a predetermined event. | 8,924 |
9,578,579 | 1. A method, comprising: performing, by a user equipment, one or more measurements; evaluating, by the user equipment, one or more event related to the one or more measurements; and buffering, by the user equipment, a triggered measurement report when the one or more event is fulfilled during a time-to-trigger period and the user equipment does not need to request one or more resources from a network for uplink transmission, wherein the buffering occurs after the time-to-trigger period expires, wherein the triggered measurement report relates to the one or more event, and wherein the triggered measurement report is buffered as a candidate measurement report. | 44,228 |
8,397,047 | 1. A recording medium storing a logical volume configuration information distribution program causing a computer to execute processing based on logical volume configuration information that defines a correspondence relation between a virtual storage area in a logical volume defined virtually and a real storage area in a storage unit, the logical volume configuration information is provided via a network to an access node that accesses the real storage area in response to an access request that specifies data in the virtual storage area, wherein the logical volume configuration information distribution program causes a computer to execute a process comprising: changing the correspondence relation between the virtual storage area of the logical volume and the real storage area in the storage unit in the logical volume configuration information; and wherein the logical volume identification information used by the access node is set in the access node list, and wherein a load distribution program stored in the recording medium causes the computer to execute a process comprising: | 46,066 |
8,820,069 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a valve comprising a lever in a first position, the valve being closed at the first position; an elongated shape memory alloy element having a first end connected to the lever, wherein the shape memory alloy element has been strained to have a first length, wherein exposure of at least a portion of the shape memory alloy element to a temperature at or exceeding its austenite transformation temperature causes the shape memory alloy element to shorten to a second length, the second length being less than the first length which causes the first end of the shape memory alloy element to pull the lever to a second position, wherein the first position of the lever and the second position of the lever are different, and the valve being open at the second position; and a biasing element that biases the lever to a third position, wherein the third position of the lever is different than the first and the second positions of the lever, and the valve being open at the third position of the lever upon severance of the elongated shape memory alloy element such that the elongated shape memory alloy element does not exert a pulling force on the lever. | 32,350 |
9,545,674 | 1. A bushing for a drill template, said bushing comprising: a head portion for receipt of a drill motor, said head portion having a top surface and a bottom surface; a body portion extending from said bottom surface of said head portion, said body portion having an outer surface, a portion of said outer surface having outer threads; a fastening nut having inner threads, said inner threads mating with said outer threads on said body portion; whereby said body portion is adapted to be inserted into a first opening formed in a template, with said at least one pin being received within a second opening formed in the template, said second opening being adjacent said first opening, said pin resisting rotation of said bushing with respect the template, said bottom surface of said head portion engaging the template, said bushing being retained within said template by threading said nut onto said external threads on said body portion. | 16,326 |
8,918,786 | 1. A multiprocessing system, comprising: a process execution circuit configured to execute a plurality of processes concurrently and to issue requests to access a shared resource of the multiprocessing system from the plurality of processes; a shared access circuit coupled to the shared resource and configured to arbitrate conflicts arising from handling concurrent requests to access the shared resource by sequencing conflicting requests; a simulating access circuit coupled between the process execution circuit and the shared access circuit for receiving requests from the plurality of processes and comprising at least a first buffer for buffering the requests, wherein the simulating access circuit is configured to: | 38,356 |
8,842,801 | 1. A multi-segment fuel rod for use in a nuclear reactor, the multi-segment rod comprising: a plurality of rod segments, at least one containment assembly disposed within at least one of the rod segments; and at least one irradiation target sealed within the at least one containment assembly so as to provide double containment for the at least one irradiation target and products formed from the at least one irradiation target when exposed to a neutron flux, the at least one containment assembly housing isotopes, the isotopes only having an atomic number greater than 3 and less than 90. | 11,216 |
8,704,505 | 1. A switching power source apparatus comprising: a main switching element connected to an input voltage; a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal in synchronization with a switching frequency of the main switching element; an amplitude signal generator configured to generate an amplitude signal corresponding to an amplitude of the ramp signal; a controller configured to control ON timing of the main switching element according to the ramp signal, a feedback signal corresponding to an output voltage, and a first reference voltage, as well as controlling an ON width of the main switching element according to the amplitude signal, the input voltage, and the output voltage; and a first superposing circuit configured to generate a second ramp signal having a positive inclination corresponding to the amplitude and frequency of the ramp signal generated by the ramp signal generator and provide a first superposed signal by superposing the second ramp signal on the first reference voltage, wherein the controller compares the first superposed signal with the feedback signal, and if the feedback signal is lower than the first superposed signal, controls the ON timing of the main switching element so that the main switching element turns on. | 20,996 |
8,356,213 | 1. An operation management apparatus which acquires performance information for each of a plurality of performance items from a controlled device, comprising: a correlation model generation unit which generates a correlation model including a plurality of correlation functions for a pair of series of performance information indicating time series variation of the performance information and weights each indicating a prediction error of the respective correlation functions; and a model searching unit which predicts a second performance information by using a route having the largest weight among a plurality of routes each including one or some of the correlation functions from a first performance information to the second performance information in the correlation model. | 23,788 |
8,423,868 | 1. An electronic-component high-frequency characteristic error correcting method for calculating, on the basis of a result obtained by measuring a two-terminal impedance electronic component by an actual measuring system, an estimated frequency characteristic value of the electronic component obtained when the electronic component is measured by a reference measuring system, the method comprising: a first step of preparing at least three first correction data acquisition samples having different frequency characteristics, values of the at least three first correction data acquisition samples being identified by the reference measuring system; a second step of measuring the at least three first correction data acquisition samples or at least three second correction data acquisition samples that have frequency characteristics equivalent to the at least three first correction data acquisition samples by the actual measuring system; a third step of determining an equation that associates an actual value measured by the actual measuring system with a reference value measured by the reference measuring system using an error correction coefficient of a transmission line on the basis of the values of the first correction data acquisition samples prepared at the first step and the values of the first correction data acquisition samples or the second correction data acquisition samples measured by the actual measuring system at the second step; a fourth step of measuring a given electronic component by the actual measuring system; a fifth step of calculating, using the equation determined at the third step, an estimated frequency characteristic value of the electronic component obtained when the electronic component is measured by the reference measuring system on the basis of the measured result obtained at the fourth step, wherein the first correction data acquisition sample and the electronic component or the first correction data acquisition sample, the second correction data acquisition sample, and the electronic component are series-connected in the actual measuring system, and wherein the equation is determined on the basis of error models that are connected between terminals wherein, when impedance viewed from the terminal the impedance Z among 16 combinations of Z and a following equation [Equation 1b] using results Z results Z | 15,346 |
9,073,446 | 1. A system comprising: a housing; an electric vehicle supply circuit disposed within the housing and constructed and arranged to provide power to an electric vehicle from a power source; a charging cord coupled to the electric vehicle supply circuit and extending from the housing to supply power to the electric vehicle; an electric vehicle charging connector located at an end of the charging cord to couple t the electric vehicle; and a storage connector rotatably attached to the housing at two pivot points, the storage connector including a receptacle to receive and hold the electric vehicle charging connector when the electric vehicle charging connector is not in use; wherein the storage connector is configured to rotate between a first position to facilitate a user inserting the electrical vehicle charging connector into the receptacle formed in the storage connector and a second position to facilitate a user removing the electrical vehicle charging connector from the receptacle formed in the storage connector. | 15,495 |
8,509,601 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a primary audio stream at a computing device, the primary audio stream including a sequence of audio frames; sending the audio frames of the primary audio stream to an audio output port of the computing device; determining main parameters for the primary audio stream; receiving a request at the computing device to insert an encoded local audio clip in the primary audio stream, the encoded local audio clip comprising a sequence of local audio frames; locating an insertion point in the primary audio stream, the insertion point coinciding with an end of a frame boundary; identifying a best matching encoded local audio clip that is a best match for the main parameters determined for the primary audio stream; receiving the best matching encoded local audio clip at the computing device; sending audio frames of the best matching encoded local audio clip to the audio output port of computing device; storing audio frames of the primary audio stream in a buffer while sending the audio frames of the best matching encoded local audio clip; and resuming the sending of the audio frames of the primary audio stream when the sending of the audio frames of the best matching encoded local audio clip is complete. | 16,745 |
9,244,115 | 1. A system comprising: a die; a system on chip coupled to the die via an interface, the system on chip comprising (i) one or more components and (ii) a first test engine; and a second test engine that is external to (i) the system on chip and (ii) the die, wherein the first test engine (i) is internal to the system on chip and (ii) is distinct from the one or more components, wherein the first test engine includes a test instruction memory configured to store test instructions, wherein the test instructions are configured to be executed by the first test engine to test the interface that couples the die and the system on chip, and wherein the second test engine is configured to test the one or more components. | 47,465 |
8,342,256 | 1. A foldable agricultural implement towable over a supporting surface that is foldable between a field position and a stowed position, comprising: a tongue configured to be hitched to a prime mover; a main frame assembly having a first end connectable to the prime mover and a second end, opposite the first end, connected to a central frame member, wherein the central frame member is pivotally connected to the second end of the main frame assembly; a central frame member pivotally connected to the tongue and pivotal approximately 90 degrees about a first axis of rotation from a field position to a stowed position; a first inner wing and a second inner wing pivotally connected to opposed sides of the central frame and pivotal approximately 90 degrees about a second axis of rotation from the field position to the stowed position; and a first outer wing and a second outer wing pivotally connected to the first inner wing and the second inner wing, respectively, and pivotal approximately 180 degrees about a third axis of rotation from the field position to the stowed position; wherein the outer wing frames are oriented above the adjacent inner wing frames and the main frame assembly; and the inner wing frames are oriented between outer wing frames and the main frame assembly. | 8,595 |
9,446,532 | 1. A magnetic knife wedge attachment, for use with a knife of the type having a handle, a blade made of metal that is mounted to a mounting end of the handle and having a given blade height at a maximum proximate a hilt at the mounting end of the handle between an upper knife blade spine and a lower knife blade edge, opposite side surfaces tapering edgewise respectively from the upper blade spine to the lower blade edge, and a blade length that extends along the knife blade spine in a longitudinal direction of the blade from the hilt to a knifepoint on a distal end thereof, comprising: a unitary wedge attachment body having a spine-mounting portion with a linear length adapted to be placed in abutting contact on an intermediate portion of the spine of a knife extending in the longitudinal direction of the knife blade, and a blade-mounting portion coupled to the spine-mounting portion along an upper longitudinal edge thereof forming an L-shaped cross-section with the spine-mounting portion, said blade-mounting portion being mounted flat against one side of the knife blade and having a lower longitudinal edge spaced in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction from the upper longitudinal edge, lateral edges spaced in the longitudinal direction opposite from each other, a front surface facing outwardly from the knife blade and a flat back surface facing inwardly for flat abutting contact with a side surface of the knife blade, wherein said opposite sided lateral edges and said lower longitudinal edge of the blade-mounting portion have continuous beveled surfaces running continuously along the lengths of said edges and each said edges tapering to a sharp edge so as to form a wedge shape around the lateral and lower longitudinal edges of the blade-mounting portion for separating food cuttings from the side of the knife blade, at least one permanent magnet mounted in an inner cavity of said blade-mounting portion adapted for magnetic attachment of the back surface of the blade-mounting portion to the side surface of the knife blade, and at least one other permanent magnet mounted in an inner cavity of said spine-mounting portion adapted for magnetic attachment of the spine-mounting portion to the spine of the knife blade. | 17,173 |
9,146,768 | 1. A method, comprising: identifying a slow data flow in a first logical channel on a network link, wherein a logical channel represents a portion of bandwidth in the network link, and wherein a respective logical channel is served by a dedicated buffer; assigning the slow data flow to a second logical channel on the network link, thereby precluding the slow data flow from slowing down other data flows in the first logical channel; and when the slow data flow is no longer sufficiently slow to slow down another data flow, assigning this previously slow data flow to a logical channel which is different from the second logical channel. | 12,848 |
9,597,708 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell attached to at least one cathode interconnect by a cathode bond layer, wherein the bond layer comprises a micro structure having bimodal porosity and a total porosity and a matrix of interconnected micropores and macropores, wherein the micropores have an average pore diameter of about 0.1 micron to about 0.3 micron and wherein the macropores have an average pore diameter of at least about 2 microns and an aspect ratio of about 1:32 to about 1:2 wherein the fuel cell has an improved air flow rate and power density. | 44,103 |
8,932,738 | 1. A fuel cell assembly structure consisting of: a housing having an accommodating space with concaves on its surface, at least two pairs of symmetric convex ribs furnished along the inner periphery of the accommodating space extend out towards opening, wherein a plurality of concaves formed between convex ribs, and a plurality of unit cell stacks that are arranged toward the same direction in the accommodating space of the housing; a unit cell stack is made by stacking in sequence a cathode layer, a power generation electrolyte, an anode layer and a connection disk, at least two symmetric first convex sections on the outer periphery of the press-sealing ring of the anode layer extending toward one side of the cathode layer, fitting into the two concaves in the housing, and forming a first through-hole that connects to the grid surface of the cathode layer; at least two second convex sections at the location different than the first convex section on the outer periphery of the press-sealing ring of the cathode layer extending toward one side of the anode layer, fitting into the other two concaves in the housing, forming a second through-hole that connects to the grid surface of the anode layer; wherein each first and second through-holes are connected, respectively, when a plurality of unit cells is stacked, and a connection disk is provided to connect each unit cell stack; and a sealing disk is to cover the opening of the accommodating space for the housing, on the sealing disk there is a plurality of cathode through-holes that fit the first and second through-holes of the cathode layer, further, there is a plurality of anode through-holes that fit the first and second through-holes of the anode layer, wherein on outer side of the sealing disk there is a cover, around which there is a plurality of through-holes, the housing has a plurality of bolts around the opening of the accommodating space that can fit each of the through-holes on the cover and allow each bolt to pass the through-hole and get sleeved with an elastic component, and get mated with a nut for fixation. | 10,279 |
9,101,552 | 1. A composition in the form of a self-invertible inverse latex comprising, for 100% of its weight: (a) from 50% by weight to 70% by weight of a crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte (P) obtained by polymerization of: (i) at least one neutral monomer of formula (I): in which the R1 radical represents a linear or branched aliphatic radical comprising from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and n represents a number greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to thirty; (ii) at least one neutral monomer selected from the group consisting of: acrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, N-[tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]acrylamide and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate; and (iii) at least one monomer comprising a strong acid functional group and/or at least one monomer comprising a weak acid functional group; (b) from 4% by weight to 10% by weight of an emulsifying system (S (c) from 1% by weight to 10% by weight of an emulsifying system (S 1)—a proportion of from 10 mol % to 50 mol % of a composition (C in which: R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 12 carbon atoms, T T T it being understood that the sum m1+m2+m3 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten; in which: R′ T′ T′ T′ it being understood that the sum m1+m2+m3 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten; and in which: R″ T″ T″ T″ it being understood that the sum m1+m2+m3 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten; 2)—a proportion of from 50 mol % to 90 mol % of a composition (C or of its isomer of formula (IV): or of a mixture thereof, in which formulae (III) and (IV): R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 12 carbon atoms, T T T T or of its isomer of formula (IV′): or of a mixture thereof, in which formulae (III ′) and (IV′): R′ T′ T′ T′ T′ it being understood that the sum m4+m5+m6+m7 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten; and or of its isomer of formula (IV″): or of a mixture thereof, in which formulae (III″) and (IV″): R″ T″4 represents a hydrogen atom or a (—CH T″ T″ T″ it being understood that the sum m4+m5+m6+m7 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten; (d) from 15% by weight to 45% by weight of at least one oil, and (e) from 0% by weight to 5% by weight of water. | 12,711 |
9,049,225 | 1. A method, implemented at a client computing device that includes one or more processors and one or more wireless communications devices, for determining clock skew for identifying valid wireless access points, the method comprising: receiving, at the client computing device, a plurality of beacon frames from a wireless access point over the one or more wireless communications devices, the wireless access point including a first clock having a baseline clock skew and being configured to transmit the plurality of beacon frames and to record a transmit time within each transmitted frame, such that each of the plurality of beacon frames includes a corresponding timestamp generated at the wireless access point in connection with the wireless access point transmitting said frame; determining, at the client computing device and based on each corresponding timestamp, a corresponding transmit time by the wireless access point for each of the plurality of beacon frames according to the first clock at the wireless access point; determining, at the client computing device, a corresponding receive time by the client computing device for each of the plurality of beacon frames according to a second clock at the client computing device; calculating, at the client computing device, a plurality of transmit offsets based on each corresponding transmit time by the wireless access point for each of the plurality of beacon frames, including for each of one or more beacon frames determining an offset between a transmit time of the beacon frame by the wireless access point and a transmit time of a prior beacon frame b the wireless access point; calculating, at the client computing device, a plurality of receive offsets based on each corresponding receive time by the client computing device for each of the plurality of beacon frames, including for each of one or more beacon frames determining an offset between a receive time of the beacon frame by the client computing device and a receive time of a prior beacon frame by the client computing device; determining, at the client computing device, a plurality of differences between the plurality of transmit offsets and the plurality of receive offsets; calculating, at the client computing device, a slope of the plurality of differences; calculating, at the client computing device, a clock skew of the first clock at the wireless access point based on the slope of the plurality of differences; and determining, at the client computing device, whether the wireless access point is an authorized wireless access point or an unauthorized wireless access point based on comparing the calculated clock skew with one or more known baseline clock skews of one or more authorized wireless access points. | 32,361 |
8,864,363 | 1. A back frame of a flat panel display device, wherein: the back frame comprises at least first and second primary assembling pieces, in which the first primary assembling piece has an end forming at least two joint sections, each of the joint sections having a structure mating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the first primary assembling piece using one of the joint sections to join the corresponding end of the second primary assembling piece; and wherein the at least two joint sections are arranged to space from each other in a lengthwise direction of the first primary assembling piece. | 3,019 |
9,537,177 | 1. An electrode assembly, comprising: a plurality of alternately disposed positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates; separators disposed between the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode plates; a plurality of positive electrode tabs respectively extending from the plurality of positive electrode plates; a plurality of negative electrode tabs respectively extending from the plurality of negative electrode plates; a positive electrode lead including a clip accommodating the plurality of positive electrode tabs and a lead line electrically coupled to the clip; and a negative electrode lead including a clip accommodating the plurality of negative electrode tabs and a lead line electrically coupled to the clip, each clip comprising two legs, each leg in direct physical contact with at least one of the positive and negative electrode tabs, each leg comprising a plurality of protrusions protruding from an inner surface of the leg, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions has a triangular shape, the protrusions protruding from the inner surface of each leg are asymmetrically oriented, and the asymmetrically oriented triangular protrusions are unidirectionally inclined toward a direction along which the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are inserted into the respective clip, and wherein the plurality of positive electrode tabs are welded to each other, and the plurality of negative electrode tabs are welded to each other. | 7,253 |
9,661,683 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile terminal operating in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network, scheduling information for a Discontinuous Reception and Transmission cycle; executing the Discontinuous Reception and Transmission cycle; at the mobile terminal, monitoring a control channel of the network for allocation of resources to the mobile terminal on a data channel; and at the mobile terminal, utilizing a portion of the Discontinuous Reception and Transmission cycle for communicating with a second mobile terminal in a device-to-device communication mode, based on the received scheduling information, during a period in which the mobile terminal is operating in an RRC_CONNECTED state in the network, wherein the received scheduling information specifies scheduling of data transmissions between the mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal during an off transmission of the discontinuous Reception and Transmission cycle of the mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal, and wherein the scheduling information further specifies at least two of: a duration for a subsequent device-to-device scheduling interval; a starting time for the scheduling interval; an uplink scheduling information to the mobile terminal and the second mobile terminal. | 21,832 |
9,169,536 | 1. Provision of noble metal-containing mixtures for a process for processing noble metal-containing mixtures by heating the mixture, wherein the provision comprises: moistening of the noble metal-containing mixture to be processed, wherein the noble metal-containing mixture has a total water content in the range from 5 to 80% by weight, introduction of the moistened noble metal-containing mixture into at least one container to form a loaded container, wherein the at least one container serves as a diffusion barrier for water, introduction of the loaded container into a heat-resistant chamber together with at least one upper refractory mat, wherein the at least one upper refractory mat covers the loaded container. | 27,018 |
9,574,957 | 1. An apparatus for measuring convergence and ceiling subsidence using a fiber bragg grating sensor, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of unit-fiber bragg grating sensor modules having a predetermined length and sequentially connected to each other, wherein each of the sensor modules comprises: a fiber bragg grating strain sensor installed in a protective tube to sense a variation of a length; an installing member installed in parallel to one side of the protective tube; a fiber bragg grating angle displacement sensor mounted on the installing member to measure angle displacement; bases provided at both ends of each sensor module to connect adjacent sensor modules to each other; and a fixing member and a fixing unit to fix both ends of the protective tube and the installing member to the bases, respectively, wherein each of the sensor modules continuously measures two-dimensional or three-dimensional convergence and ceiling subsidence, and coupling members are provided to both ends of the protective tube to be movable along the protective tube in order to adjust an installing distance and an installing angle of the fiber bragg grating strain sensor according to a distance between the bases and an installing angle of the base, and wherein the coupling member is fixedly inserted between the base and the fixing member. | 5,391 |
9,264,375 | 1. A computer-implemented method for a software-defined networking (SDN) interface between multiple platform managers, the method comprising: receiving, at an SDN controller of a network, provisioning data from a first network provisioning application associated with a first platform manager of a first computing platform based on a first network policy defined to accommodate a first computing resource allocation of the first platform manager; receiving, at the SDN controller, provisioning data from a second network provisioning application associated with a second platform manager of a second computing platform based on a second network policy defined to accommodate a second computing resource allocation of the second platform manager; comparing, by the SDN controller, the provisioning data from the first network provisioning application to the provisioning data from the second network provisioning application to identify provisioning issues; determining, by the SDN controller, a modified provisioning that resolves the provisioning issues; configuring the network, by the SDN controller, to comply with the modified provisioning; reporting the modified provisioning to the first and second network provisioning applications to modify the first computing resource allocation according to a modification of the first network policy based on the modified provisioning and modify the second computing resource allocation according to a modification of the second network policy based on the modified provisioning; applying, by the SDN controller, a plurality of time-based rules from a match action table to shift data flow bandwidth between the first computing platform and the second computing platform based on expected shifts in peak operating demands; receiving network traffic performance metrics at the SDN controller; determining, by the SDN controller, whether network topology updates are needed based on the network traffic performance metrics; updating the modified provisioning, by the SDN controller, based on determining that updates to the network topology are needed; and adjusting the match action table based on the network traffic performance metrics. | 5,683 |
8,493,797 | 1. A computer system comprising: a central processing unit; a processor bus coupling the central processing unit to core logic, the core logic comprising a memory buffer controller; at least one memory device of a first type; a memory device of a second type; and a memory buffer coupled to the memory device of the second type, the memory buffer comprising: a converter configured to generate a signal according to a protocol for accessing the memory device of the second type responsive to receipt of a memory request of the first type; and a microcontroller coupled to the converter, the microcontroller configured to receive the signal according to a protocol for accessing the memory device of the second type and generate signals that implement a memory access of the memory device of the second type. | 11,167 |
8,430,557 | 1. A food mixer comprising a rotatable shaft, a coupler attached to said shaft and having an aperture therein, an agitator having a stem, one end of said stem having a flexible portion, said end being received in said aperture in said coupler and being capable of being flexed to attach said agitator to said coupler, and being capable of being flexed to release said agitator from said coupler, said flexible portion having a conically shaped aperture. | 14,184 |
9,533,581 | 1. A method for determining an amount of regenerative braking comprising: determining a possible amount of regenerative braking at a time of braking a vehicle; distributing a first amount of regenerative braking up to the possible amount of regenerative braking as the amount of regenerative braking; distributing a second amount of regenerative braking remaining from the possible amount of regenerative braking as an amount of hydraulic braking; and performing, first, regenerative braking by issuing a motor torque instruction according to the possible amount of regenerative braking and, second, friction braking using the amount of hydraulic braking. | 8,034 |
8,863,061 | 1. An Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for implementing functionality equivalent to functionality of a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the ASIC comprising: a plurality of sets of hybrid logic elements (HLEs), each set of HLEs implementing functionality equivalent to functionality of a corresponding logic element (LE) of the FPGA; and interconnection resources comprising a first plurality of programmable connections, each connection in the first plurality of programmable connections programmable to interconnect a respective first set of HLEs in the plurality of sets of HLEs and a respective second set of HLEs in the plurality of sets of HLEs; wherein each HLE in the plurality of sets of HLEs comprises: | 22,261 |
8,923,128 | 1. A method in a receiving node for detecting congestion in a communications network to which the receiving node is connected, the method comprising: receiving data packets from a sending node through the communications network over a communications link in a session, which data packets arrive at the receiving node with a time delay, which time delay has a frequency spectrum that is dependent on a load level of the communications network; determining a first part of the frequency spectrum that is limited upwards by a lower frequency limit, so that the first part of the frequency spectrum comprises non-congestion related low frequency components but substantially no congestion related low frequency components; determining a second part of the frequency spectrum that is limited upwards by an upper frequency limit, so that, when the load level of the communications network is below a threshold value, the second part of the frequency spectrum comprises non-congestion related low frequency components, but substantially no congestion related low frequency components and so that, when the load level of the communications network is above the threshold value, the second part of the frequency spectrum comprises non-congestion related low frequency components and congestion related low frequency components; estimating a reference jitter level corresponding to the first part of the frequency spectrum and a congestion jitter level corresponding to the second part of the frequency spectrum; and determining congestion state information of said communications network by comparing said congestion jitter level to said reference jitter level. | 37,488 |
9,362,814 | 1. A switched-capacitor direct current to direct current converter, comprising: first and second voltage summing circuits, wherein each voltage summing circuit produces an output voltage that is substantially equal to its input voltage; and a switching circuit connected between the first and second voltage summing circuits and configured to provide a DC voltage source as an input to the first and second voltage summing circuits, wherein the converter produces an output voltage that is the sum of the voltage produced by the first voltage summing circuit, the voltage provided by the DC voltage source, and the voltage produced by the second voltage summing circuit; wherein each of the first and second voltage summing circuits include a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and first and second diodes coupled to the first and second capacitors and wherein the switching circuit connected between the first and second voltage summing circuits is configured to connect the DC voltage source to the first and second voltage summing circuits such that: in a first state, the DC voltage source charges the first capacitor of the first voltage summing circuit through the first diode of the first voltage summing circuit and the first capacitor of the second voltage summing circuit charges the second capacitor of the second voltage summing circuit through the second diode of the second voltage summing circuit; and in a second state, the first capacitor of the first summing circuit charges the second capacitor of the first voltage summing circuit though the second diode of the first voltage summing circuit and the DC voltage source charges the first capacitor of the second voltage summing circuit through the first diode of the second voltage summing circuit, wherein the output DC voltage is the sum of: the voltage across the second capacitor of the second voltage summing circuit, the voltage provided by the DC voltage source, and the voltage across the second capacitor of the first voltage summing circuit. | 41,528 |
9,169,363 | 1. A kit, comprising: A) a fibrous carrier; B) a first reactive component, having at least two dienophilic double bonds, wherein the dienophilic double bonds are carbon-sulfur double bonds; and C) a second reactive component having at least two diene functionalities, wherein the first reactive component, the second reactive component, or both, has more than two of the respective functionalities, and the first and the second reactive components are crosslinkable to one another by means of a Diels-Alder or a hetero Diels-Alder reaction. | 1,074 |
8,938,531 | 1. A method for scanning a network comprising: providing a network scanner having computer memory and a network interface for sending and receiving data over a computer network; receiving in the computer memory a scanner engine, where the scanner engine is configured to initiate a plurality of test programs; executing the scanner engine in the network scanner; receiving in the computer memory a first test program; executing the first test program in response to a first command from the scanner engine, where the first test program sends one or more queries using the network interface to one or more devices on the network, where the one or more devices on the network do not contain code or debug operators provided by the network scanner; receiving data using the network interface from the one or more devices on the network in response to the one or more queries sent by the first test program; determining one or more context findings from the first test program based on the data received from the one or more devices on the network in response to the one or more queries sent by the first test program; reporting the one or more context findings from the first test program to the scanner engine while the first test program is executing; receiving in the computer memory a second test program; and executing the second test program in response to a second command from the scanner engine, where the second command from the scanner engine is created in response to the one or more context findings from the first test program and where the execution of the second test program causes the network scanner to send one or more queries to the one or more devices on the network while the first test program is executing. | 44,479 |
9,841,786 | 1. A device comprising: a computing device, the computing device providing a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides are disposed between an electronic display screen of the computing device and a back of the computing device, the computing device having a length greater than a width of the computing device; an input device in electronic communication with the computing device, the input device providing a pair of control modules, the pair of control modules adjacent to and confining the computing device on at least two opposing sides of the plurality of sides of the computing device, the pair of control modules configured such that the pair of control modules adaptively and snugly accommodate the width of the computing device, alternatively the pair of control modules adaptively and snugly accommodate a width of a second computing device, wherein the width of the second computing device is greater than the width of the computing device, and in which the second computing device having a length greater than the width of the computing device, wherein each of the pair of control modules provides a front side and a back side; a structural bridge securing the pair of control modules one to the other, the structural bridge in conjunction with the pare of control modules forming a controller, the controller providing a front side and back side, the structural bridge configured such that the structural bridge adaptively and snugly accommodate the length of the computing device, alternatively the structural bridge adaptively and snugly accommodate the length of the second computing device, wherein the length of the second computing device is greater than the length of the computing device, wherein each the structural bridge provides a front side and a back side; and a transactional input device integrated within at least one of the of control modules, the transactional input device interacting with transaction input means and configured to support point of sale transactions. | 45,271 |
8,817,377 | 1. A light collection system for solar light collection and conversion comprising: several rows of tilted photo-voltaic (PV) convertor modules spaced from each other at a certain distance; several rows of stationary solar light collector elements placed in between the rows of the PV convertors in locations wherein a space is left free, the solar light collector elements tilted to direct the light to the PV convertors and wherein each solar light collector includes at least one solar light reflecting and one solar light deflecting element, directing the solar light impinging at large and small angles at the space left free between rows of modules, to the PV convertors and enhancing the uniformity of the solar light directed from the solar light collector to the PV convertor. | 35,416 |
9,761,747 | 1. An encapsulating material for a solar cell comprising: an ethylene/C an organic peroxide having a one-minute half-life temperature in a range of 100° C. to 170° C., wherein a complex viscosity of the encapsulating material for the solar cell, which is measured through solid viscoelasticity measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature range of 25° C. to 150° C., a frequency of 1.0 Hz, a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./minute, and a shear mode, has a minimum value (η the complex viscosity (η the content of the organic peroxide in the encapsulating material for the solar cell is in a range of 0.1 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/C wherein the ethylene/C a1) the content ratio of the structural unit derived from the ethylene is in a range of 80 mol % to 90 mol %, and the content ratio of the structural unit derived from the C a2) MFR, which is based on ASTM D1238 and measured under conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, is in a range of equal to or more than 0.3 g/10 minutes and equal to or less than 1.8 g/10 minutes; a3) a density, which is measured on the basis of ASTM D1505, is in a range of 0.865 g/cm a4) a shore A hardness, which is measured on the basis of ASTM D2240, is in a range of 60 to 85, and wherein a storage elastic modulus (G′) of the encapsulating material for the solar cell at a temperature of 150° C., which is measured through solid viscoelasticity measurement under conditions of a measurement temperature range of 25° C. to 150° C., a frequency of 1.0 Hz, a rate of temperature increase of 10° C./minute, and a shear mode, is in a range of 2.5×10 | 28,307 |
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