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9,091,844 | 1. An optical system having an object side and an image side comprising: a compound lens correcting all third order aberrations and all fifth order aberrations, said compound lens having in order from the object side to the image side: wherein the second lens and the third lens are adjacent to each other. | 28,912 |
8,375,746 | 1. A method of forming a glass sheet, said method comprising: providing a glass sheet having a central portion with an upper planar surface; providing a female mold having a substantially planar central portion and an upwardly-curved perimeter portion defining an edge that is offset about 10 mm or more from said central portion; positioning the glass sheet atop the female mold such that the glass sheet is above the central portion and the perimeter portion of the female mold, with the glass sheet initially supported at the edge of the perimeter portion of the female mold; heating the glass sheet to an elevated temperature; maintaining the glass sheet at the elevated temperature until the glass sheet slumps to substantially conform to the mold under force of gravity, with the central portion of the glass sheet contacting the substantially planar central portion of the female mold to provide the glass sheet with a central portion having an upper planar surface and an upwardly-curved perimeter portion defining an edge that is offset about 10 mm or more from the upper planar surface of the central portion of the glass sheet; and after the glass sheet has substantially conformed to the mold, removing a portion from the curved perimeter portion of the glass sheet to form a trimmed edge, wherein the trimmed edge is offset in a range of about 6 mm to 2 mm from the upper planar surface of the central portion of the glass sheet. | 8,643 |
8,407,077 | 1. A method for obtaining an optimistic estimate of an operational parameter for a realistic system model under investigation, the realistic system model including components and paths arranged to process continuous or discrete commodities, the method comprising: generating an abstracted network flow model of the realistic system model under investigation, by use of a network flow tool; applying constraints to the abstracted network flow model, by use of the network flow tool; forming a plurality of steady state network flows, taking into consideration the applied constraints, by use of the network flow tool; cascading the network flows into an aggregate network flow by the imposed constraints which captures a transformation of the commodities from a first state to a final output state, by use of the network flow tool; solving a network flow problem using a convex optimization implemented on a general-purpose or custom solver, by use of the network flow tool; returning, for the realistic system model under investigation, an optimistic estimate of an operational parameter, by use of the network flow tool, wherein as additional components are added to the realistic system model, a problem to be solved grows linearly with the number of components added, and is solved using polynomial time algorithms; wherein the step of generating the abstracted network flow model includes providing for entry and re-entry paths to the same component whereby flows within the network flow model cycle through the same component multiple times, wherein the component performs a function in a printing system including a print engine that prints paper, a feeder that feeds paper into the print engine for printing, an inverter that inverts the paper to be fed into the print engine and a highway connection connecting the paper among individual components of the system; wherein the solving includes approximating an average process flow by removing a constraint that the components are discrete elements, optimizing all the flows at the same time, and formulating each process flow and component as a steady-state element from the beginning of the processing steps for all processing steps; wherein at least some of the components are modeled as physically distributed from each other; and wherein the steps of generating, applying, forming, cascading, solving, and returning are executed by at least one processor of a computer. | 12,294 |
9,594,806 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a query; determining that the query includes two or more particular terms among query terms of the query; determining that the query terms of the query do not include a proper name; based on determining that the query includes two or more particular terms among the query terms of the query and based on determining that the query terms of the query do not include a proper name, determining whether the query is likely a name-triggering query or is not likely a name-triggering query, wherein a name-triggering query is a query whose associated query results are to be rescored to promote results that include a proper name of an individual; identifying a response to the query based at least on determining whether the query is likely a name-triggering query or is not likely a name-triggering query; and providing the response to the query. | 25,901 |
9,534,857 | 1. An oil system lubricating bearings of a gas turbine engine, the oil system comprising: an oil tank; an oil pump in fluid flow communication with the oil tank to pump oil from the oil tank to bearings of the gas turbine engine; an oil cooling system disposed between the oil pump and the bearings and receiving pressurized oil from the oil pump, the oil cooling system including: | 26,660 |
8,897,937 | 1. An apparatus for controlling a railcar, comprising a synchronous slide detector which is adapted to detect a synchronous slide in which all of axles being controlled synchronously slide at a braking operation of the railcar if an absolute value of speed difference of all of the sliding axles being controlled is less than a synchronous slide speed difference threshold and an absolute value of an axle's negative acceleration value is greater than a synchronous slide acceleration threshold; and an asynchronous slide detector which is adapted to detect an asynchronous slide in which some or all of the axles asynchronously slide at the braking operation of the railcar if the absolute value of speed difference of the sliding axles is greater than an asynchronous slide speed difference threshold or the absolute value of an axle's negative acceleration value is greater than an asynchronous slide acceleration threshold, wherein the asynchronous slide speed difference threshold is greater than the synchronous slide speed difference threshold. | 18,589 |
8,978,664 | 1. A hair extension holder assembly for securing at least one hair extension, each hair extension having a weft and a hair piece extending from the weft, to a wearer's natural hair, said hair extension holder assembly comprises: (a) a non-closed curved outer band defining an opening; (b) a plurality of connecting straps, each having two longitudinal ends; and (c) a plurality of non-closed hair extension holders, each holder defining an opening and including: wherein one of said plurality of holders is disposed around said outer band with the opening of said outer band aligned with the opening of said one of said plurality of holders and each of the rest of said plurality of holders is disposed in a stacked configuration with its opening aligned with the opening of said outer band to form a plurality of non-closed stacked loops terminating at a top loop, each loop is spaced at a perpendicular distance from an adjacent loop, one longitudinal end of each said connecting strap is connected to a portion of said top loop and the other longitudinal end of each said connecting strap is connected to a portion of said outer band, each said loop is attached to a portion of each said connecting strap such that each of said plurality of loops is disposed at a perpendicular distance substantially consistent from an adjacent loop. | 23,271 |
8,709,721 | 1. A compound represented by the following formula (I′): wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a carboxylic acid-protecting group, Y is a 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl group, a 2-cyano-4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl group or a 5-nitropyridin-2-ylsulfonyl group, R | 7,038 |
8,833,012 | 1. A residential structure, comprising: a foundation having a foundation load weight and a floor load bearing surface; a floor having a floor load weight and a panel load bearing surface, the floor connected to the floor load bearing surface of the foundation; a roof having a roof load weight and a roof load bearing surface; a load bearing panel having a panel load weight, the load bearing panel comprising a top surface and a bottom surface spaced apart by opposing side surfaces, the top surface and bottom surface both connected together by the opposing side surfaces; the top surface of the load bearing panel connected to the roof load bearing surface; the bottom surface of the load bearing panel connected to the panel load bearing surface of the floor; the roof, the floor and the foundation connected together by the load bearing panel, wherein: the load bearing panel comprising: | 13,024 |
9,199,004 | 1. A stent comprising structural elements fabricated at least in part from a bioceramic/polymer composite, the composite having a plurality of bioceramic particles dispersed within a biodegradable polymer, the plurality of bioceramic particles comprising a first type including particles that do not have basic or acidic degradation by-products or hydrophilic surface groups and a second type including acidic or hydrophilic particles that increase the degradation rate of the polymer, and wherein the second type includes fluorine mica particles. | 22,219 |
8,435,239 | 1. An adhesive capsule comprising: a longitudinally extending exterior wall having a first end and a second end; a longitudinally extending interior wall spaced from the exterior wall, the interior wall having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends of the exterior and interior walls being sealed, the sealed exterior and interior walls defining an enclosed chamber; and an adhesive contained within the enclosed chamber, wherein the interior wall forms a passageway along a length of the adhesive capsule and through the first and second ends of the interior wall, and wherein the enclosed chamber containing the adhesive includes a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal section separated by a barrier wall such that the adhesive in the first section is separated from the adhesive in the second section. | 36,468 |
8,772,078 | 1. A method for processing a thin film device by laser separation, the method comprising: providing an optically transparent substrate having a thickness, a back surface region, a front surface region, and an edge region; forming a thin film device on the optically transparent substrate, the thin film device including a conductive layer overlying the front surface region and an edge portion overlying the edge region; covering the back surface region except an exposed area along the edge region; aligning a laser beam from the back surface region through the thickness of the optically transparent substrate to irradiate a first spot within the edge region; energy from the laser beam thereby selectively removing part of the edge portion to form a remaining side wall portion to expose at least the conductive layer, a P-type semiconductor layer overlying the conductive layer, a N-type semiconductor layer overlying the P-type semiconductor layer, and an electrode layer overlying the N-type semiconductor layer, exposed edges of the plurality of layers being substantially free from residue particles; and scanning the laser beam along the exposed area. | 464 |
8,912,096 | 1. A method for removing native oxides from a substrate, comprising: transferring a substrate having an oxide layer disposed thereon into a processing chamber; performing a multiple step cleaning process in the processing chamber to remove the oxide layer, wherein the multiple step cleaning process comprises: | 31,249 |
8,998,067 | 1. A method of joining tubulars with friction welding for forming a tubular string to be delivered to a subterranean location, comprising: aligning end walls ends of tubulars to be welded, each said end wall defined by an inner edge and an outer edge; introducing a tubular segment between said tubulars, said tubular segment having opposed end walls having an inner edge and an outer edge; bringing said tubular end walls together against opposing end walls of said segment to put said end walls ends under axial compressive stress; and joining said tubular end walls ends to said opposing end walls of said segment using combined movement patterns of said tubular segment, wherein the combined movement comprises opposed oscillating movement at one frequency and a linear movement at a different frequency in a direction perpendicular to an axis of said aligned tubulars. | 1,499 |
9,643,689 | 1. A chair lift comprising a mast, a boom, a hydraulic gantry, and a chair; wherein the chair lift is adapted for use in boats; wherein the chair lift is adapted to transport people into and out of water; wherein a winch is used to connect the chair to a boom pole; wherein the mast comprises a base, a mast post, a bearing ring, a mast motor, a motor control, a first limit switch and a second limit switch; wherein the boom comprises the boom pole, a boom slider and a boom swivel joint; wherein the hydraulic gantry comprises a hydraulic cylinder and a gantry swivel joint; wherein the chair comprises a seat; wherein the mast post is further defined with a first end and a second end; wherein the boom pole is a cylindrical pipe that is further defined with a third end and a fourth end; wherein the hydraulic cylinder is further defined by a fifth end and a sixth end; wherein the first end of the mast post is attached to the bearing ring; wherein the third end of the boom pole is attached to the second end of the mast post using the boom swivel joint; wherein the fifth end of the hydraulic cylinder is attached to the first end of the mast post using the gantry swivel joint; wherein the base is a metal plate that is adapted to be mounted on the deck of the boat; wherein the bearing ring is mounted on the base; wherein the mast post is a hollow cylindrical pipe; wherein the mast motor is an electric motor that is mounted inside the mast post and is adapted to connect to the boat's electrical system; wherein the mast motor rotates the mast post around a center axis; wherein the motor control sends a first signal to the mast motor to turn either clockwise or counter clockwise; wherein the motor control sends a second signal to the mast motor to turn either clockwise or counter clockwise; wherein the rotation of the mast post is limited by a first limit switch; wherein the rotation of the mast post is limited by a second limit switch; wherein when the mast post rotates to a first predetermined limit, the first limit switch closes to signal to the motor electronics to disconnect the motor; wherein when the mast post rotates to a second predetermined limit, the second limit switch closes to signal to the motor electronics to disconnect the motor; wherein the boom swivel joint is a device that allows the boom pole to rotate relative to the mast post; wherein the boom pole houses a boom slider that is connected to the hydraulic gantry; wherein the boom slider slider comprises a first slot, a second slot, a center shaft and a cradle; wherein the first slot and the second slot are formed into the side of the boom pole; wherein the first slot and the second slot are sized to allow the center shaft to fit through the first slot and the second slot; wherein the center shaft is further defined with a seventh end and an eighth end; wherein the cradle is attached to the seventh end and eighth end of the center shaft; wherein the hydraulic cylinder is a mechanical device that moves a piston; wherein the gantry swivel joint is a device that allows the hydraulic cylinder to rotate relative to the mast post; wherein the piston moves in a unidirectional manner into and out of the sixth end of the hydraulic cylinder; wherein the exposed end of the piston is attached to the cradle; wherein the winch comprises a winch motor, a winch drum, a winch line; wherein the winch is used to raise and lower the seat into the water; wherein the motor control comprises an on off switch, a direction switch, a limit resistor a clockwise transistor, a counter clockwise transistor, a clockwise pullup resistor, and a counter clockwise pullup resistor; wherein the motor control is adapted to use an external electric voltage provided by the boat's electrical system. | 49,020 |
9,827,764 | 1. A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber substrate in which a pressure chamber space is formed and which is associated with a piezoelectric element, a flow path substrate having a first surface on which the pressure chamber substrate is installed and a second surface that is on the opposite side to the first surface, wherein a first space, a supply hole that enables communication between the first space and the pressure chamber space, and a communication hole that communicates with the pressure chamber space are formed in the flow path substrate, a nozzle plate that is installed on the second surface of the flow path substrate, wherein a nozzle that communicates with the communication hole is formed in the nozzle plate, a housing unit that is installed on the first surface of the flow path substrate, wherein a second space that communicates with the first space of the flow path substrate is formed in the housing unit, wherein the piezoelectric element is positioned between the housing unit and the pressure chamber substrate, a compliance unit that is flexible and installed on the second surface of the flow path substrate and that seals the first space, a first beam-like portion that extends between inner wall surfaces of the second space in the housing unit, and a second beam-like portion that extends between inner wall surfaces of the first space in the flow path substrate at a location where the housing unit is installed on the first surface, wherein the first beam-like portion is above the second beam-like portion in a direction that liquid flows in the first and second spaces, and wherein a number of the first beam-like portions is more than a number of the second beam-like portions. | 32,654 |
8,427,137 | 1. A transducer assembly, comprising: a magnetostrictive displacement sensing element; a transducer that provides transducer output bursts that represent repetitive pulses on the magnetostrictive displacement sensing element that is adjacent to the transducer; a transducer circuit that repetitively detects the transducer output bursts, the transducer circuit comprising: an energy storage device coupled to a power input of the transducer circuit; a switching power supply that couples to the energy storage device and that has repetitive suppressed states during which switching in the switching power supply is suppressed; a sequence circuit that couples to the switching power supply and to the transducer circuit, the sequence circuit providing synchronization of the repetitive suppressed states of the switching power supply with the repetitive detecting of the transducer output bursts; and wherein the pulse detection circuit outputs a second amplified output to the sequence circuit, and the sequence circuit outputs a switching control output to the switching power supply after the pulse detection circuit detects a first portion of one of the transducer output bursts. | 37,042 |
8,858,393 | 1. A transmission for loading an engine in a vehicle, the transmission comprising: a gear set; an input shaft coupled to the gear set; a plurality of friction elements coupled to the gear set; and a control system to direct a subset of the plurality of friction elements to engage the gear set to stall the input shaft; wherein the plurality of friction elements comprises six friction elements, and the subset comprises any three of the plurality of friction elements; and wherein the control system disengages one of said any three friction elements to implement one of a second gear and a third gear directly after stalling the input shaft. | 3,421 |
8,691,047 | 1. A plasma processing system, comprising: a chamber body having a chamber sidewall, a bottom and a lid assembly supported by the chamber sidewall defining a processing volume; a substrate support disposed in the processing volume of the chamber body; a gas distribution plate disposed above the substrate support; a backing plate supported by the lid assembly, the backing plate supporting the gas distribution plate; a grounded cover disposed over the lid assembly and covering the backing plate; an RF power source; an RF feed coupled through the cover to the RF power source; a splitter disposed between the cover and the backing plate, the splitter coupled to the RF feed; a plurality of RF sub-feeds disposed between the cover and the backing plate; the plurality of RF sub-feeds coupled to the RF feed through the splitter; a plurality of capacitive load elements disposed between the cover and the backing plate, a respective one of the plurality of load elements coupling a respective one of the RF sub-feeds to the cover; a plurality of tuning elements disposed between the cover and the backing plate, a respective one of the plurality of tuning elements coupling a respective one of the RF sub-feeds to the backing plate; and an RF gas feed-through providing a gas conduit through the cover and into a plenum defined between the gas distribution plate and the backing plate. | 7,768 |
9,148,595 | 1. A distance measuring device comprising: a first line sensor configured to detect a first object image, the first line sensor including photoelectric conversion units being arranged in a horizontal direction; a second line sensor configured to detect a second object image, the second line sensor including photoelectric conversion units being arranged in a horizontal direction; an imaging processing circuit configured to process signals from the first line sensor and the second line sensor; and a CPU being input a signal that is processed by the imaging processing circuit, the CPU configured to calculate a distance to an object to be measured based on a phase difference between the first object image and the second object image, wherein each of the photoelectric conversion units of the first line sensor and the second line sensor includes a grid of pixels, a charge storage time of each pixel in a common horizontal row of the grid of pixels is equal, and the charge storage time of pixels in any two consecutive horizontal rows of the grid of pixels is different, and the imaging processing circuit includes: an output combining unit configured to combine a signal of a pixel in a first row and a signal of a pixel in a second row; and an output adding unit configured to add signals from the output combining unit with respect to pixels arranged in a photoelectric conversion unit and to output a signal of each of the photoelectric conversion units. | 39,037 |
9,845,688 | 1. A gas turbine engine airflow member, comprising: a blade core portion; a shroud tip portion extending from the blade core portion; an airfoil portion formed exteriorly to and surrounding the blade core portion and terminating at the shroud tip portion forming a shroud interface at a lateral portion of the shroud tip portion; and wherein the blade core portion and the shroud tip portion are constructed as a first unitary structure and the airfoil portion is constructed as a second structure, wherein the first unitary structure is formed of a single-piece monolithic material and the second structure is formed of a composite material having a plurality of fiber plies with a two dimensional orientation, wherein the single-piece monolithic material comprises a first composite material and wherein the second structure comprises a second composite material, and wherein the first composite material includes a first plurality of fiber plies having a three dimensional orientation, and wherein the second composite material includes a second plurality of fiber plies having a two dimensional orientation, further including a sealing knife portion extending from the shroud tip portion opposite the shroud interface. | 35,464 |
8,880,147 | 1. An elongate medical device comprising: an elongate shaft defining an axis and having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a wall, and a central lumen extending along said axis between said proximal end portion and said distal end portion; and a position sensor disposed in sleeve; wherein said sleeve is encapsulated in said wall, is disposed between an inner diameter of said wall and an outer diameter of said wall, and is substantially fixed to said wall and said sleeve substantially separates said position sensor from said wall. | 2,189 |
9,214,524 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a gate insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; forming a first side wall on a side surface of the gate electrode; forming a first recessed portion in the semiconductor substrate by using the gate electrode and the first side wall as a mask; forming a second side wall on the first side wall; forming a second recessed portion in the semiconductor substrate by using the gate electrode and the second side wall as a mask; subsequently forming a first semiconductor layer in the second recessed portion; after forming the first semiconductor layer, removing the second side wall; after removing the second side wall, forming a second semiconductor layer in the first recessed portion; wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprise Si and a 4B group element other than Si, and wherein a mole fraction of the 4B group element other than Si in the second semiconductor layer is higher than a mole fraction of the 4B group element other than Si in the first semiconductor layer. | 44,333 |
8,992,660 | 1. A method for fabricating hollow metal nano particles, the method comprising: forming a solution by adding a first metal salt, a second metal salt, and a surfactant to a solvent; and forming hollow metal nano particles by adding a reducing agent to the solution, wherein the forming of the solution comprises forming a micelle by the surfactant, and surrounding an outer portion of the micelle with the first metal salt and the second metal salt, and the forming of the hollow metal nano particles comprises forming the micelle region to a hollow form, wherein a molar ratio of the first metal salt to the second metal salt in the solution is 1:5 to 10:1, wherein the solvent is water, wherein a concentration of the surfactant in the solution is one time to five times of a critical micelle concentration (CMC) to water, and the hollow metal nano particles have an average particle diameter of 30 nm or less. | 19,454 |
9,038,598 | 1. A vehicle with a fuel producing system comprising: an internal combustion engine capable of using a hydrocarbon synthetic fuel synthesized from a mixed gas composed of carbon monoxide and hydrogen as an engine fuel; a mixed gas generating unit for generating said mixed gas by electrolyzing carbon dioxide contained in an exhaust from said internal combustion engine and/or atmospheric air and water, respectively; a fuel synthesizing unit provided in a bypass passage bypassing a part of an exhaust passage of said internal combustion engine and containing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst capable of converting said mixed gas generated by said mixed gas generating unit to said synthetic fuel; a synthetic fuel supply unit connected to said fuel synthesizing unit and supplying said synthetic fuel generated by said fuel synthesizing unit to said internal combustion engine; a bypass passage switching valve for switching opening/closing of said bypass passage; a mixed gas valve for connecting or shutting off said mixed gas generating unit and said fuel synthesizing unit; a catalyst state determining unit for determining whether or not said Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is in a predetermined active state; and a valve control unit for controlling said bypass passage switching valve so as to open said bypass passage and for controlling said mixed gas valve so as to connect said mixed gas generating unit and said fuel synthesizing unit when it is determined that said Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is in said predetermined active state. | 35,399 |
9,371,550 | 1. A method of processing a biomass material, the method comprising; providing a biomass material to a first treatment cell equipped with a first electron beam device, irradiating the biomass material with electron beams using the first electron beam device, and cooling and conveying the biomass material with a screw conveyor from the first treatment cell. | 37,409 |
8,491,780 | 1. A method for hydroprocessing a biocomponent feedstock, comprising: treating an off-gas stream from a fluid catalytic cracking reactor to remove hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, the treated off-gas stream having a hydrogen content of not more than 25%; and hydroprocessing a feedstock comprising a biocomponent portion in a reactor in the presence of the treated off-gas stream, a catalyst with hydrogenation activity, and steam under effective hydroprocessing conditions to produce a vapor effluent, an aqueous effluent, and a diesel boiling range product; wherein the effective hydroprocessing conditions include an LHSV from about 0.5 hr | 14,417 |
9,267,835 | 1. A failure diagnosis apparatus for a fuel level sensor, the fuel level sensor detecting a fuel remaining quantity within a fuel tank, the fuel tank including at least a first tank and a second tank, the failure diagnosis apparatus comprising: a range determining unit for determining a range of a fuel remaining quantity on the basis of an output value of the fuel level sensor, the range being classified into a plurality of ranges in accordance with an output characteristic of the fuel level sensor; and a range failure diagnosis unit for carrying out failure diagnosis of the fuel level sensor for each range by comparing a fuel consumption quantity since the ranges of a fuel remaining quantity are changed with a failure determining threshold value individually set up for each range, wherein in a dead zone range, in which a change in the output value of the fuel level sensor becomes smaller than the change before a fuel consumer is switched from the first tank to the second tank when the fuel consumer is switched, the range failure diagnosis unit sets the failure determining threshold value to a value corresponding to a fuel consumption quantity required to pass through the dead zone range. | 36,223 |
9,215,805 | 1. A wiring board, comprising: a substrate having an opening portion penetrating from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate on an opposite side with respect to the first surface of the substrate; an electronic component positioned in the opening portion and having a first side electrode and a second side electrode such that the first side electrode and the second side electrode extend from a first surface of the electronic component to a second surface of the electronic component on an opposite side with respect to the first surface of the electronic component; a plurality of insulation layers including a first insulation layer formed over the first surface of the substrate and the first surface of the electronic component and a second insulation layer formed over the second surface of the substrate and the second surface of the electronic component; and a plurality of via conductors including a first via conductor formed in the first insulation layer and having a bottom surface connected to the first side electrode, a second via conductor formed in the first insulation layer and having a bottom surface connected to the second side electrode, a third via conductor formed in the second insulation layer and having a bottom surface connected to the first side electrode, and a fourth via conductor formed in the second insulation layer and having a bottom surface connected to the second side electrode, wherein the first via conductor has a length which is set longer than a length of the third via conductor, the bottom surface of the first via conductor has a width which is formed greater than a width of the bottom surface of the third via conductor, the second via conductor has a length which is set longer than a length of the fourth via conductor, the bottom surface of the second via conductor has a width which is greater than a width of the bottom surface of the fourth via conductor, each of the first via conductor, the second via conductor, the third via conductor and the fourth via conductor is made of a filled plated material, each of the first via conductor, the second via conductor, the third via conductor and the fourth via conductor has a land portion having a recessed portion, the recessed portion of the third via conductor has a depth which is set smaller than a depth of the recessed portion of the first via conductor, and the recessed portion of the fourth via conductor has a depth which is set smaller than a depth of the recessed portion of the second via conductor. | 7,562 |
8,746,850 | 1. A method for forming an inkjet printhead, comprising: forming a back end subassembly comprising an external manifold configured to receive liquid ink; forming a front end assembly comprising an aperture plate having a plurality of nozzles therein; forming a substrate assembly using a method comprising: attaching the back end subassembly to the substrate assembly using a first adhesive layer; and attaching the front end subassembly to the substrate assembly using a second adhesive layer, wherein the back end subassembly, the substrate assembly, and the front end subassembly together provide an ink port configured for the flow of liquid ink from the external manifold to one of the plurality of nozzles and the at least one heater trace is configured to heat liquid ink flowing from the external manifold to one of the plurality of nozzles. | 10,677 |
9,781,678 | 1. A mobile terminal device comprising: a sensor configured to detect movement of the mobile terminal device; a first communications circuit configured to connect to a network via an access point; a processor configured to detect a transition from a non-display state in which no screen is displayed to a display state in which a screen is displayed; and memory configured to store connection history information that includes network identification information identifying the network to which the first communications circuit has connected, wherein the memory is configured to further store non-connection information in which access point identification information is correlated with network identification information, the access point identification information identifying an access point to which the first communications circuit is not allowed to connect, the network identification information identifying a network corresponding to an access point to which the first communications circuit is not allowed to connect, the processor is configured to further determine whether network identification information has been retrieved from the connection history information and whether access point identification information has been retrieved from the non-connection information, and the processor is configured to further control the first communications circuit to search for an access point upon detecting the transition from the non-display state to the display state, the processor controlling the first communications circuit to suspend searching for an access point upon determining that the network identification information identifying the network corresponding to the access point found by the first communications circuit is not present in the connection history information and that the access point identification information of the access point found by the first communications circuit is present in the non-connection information. | 37,884 |
9,481,003 | 1. An irrigation sprinkler, comprising: an outer case; a riser assembly telescopically extensible from the outer case including a nozzle at an upper end of the riser assembly; a coil spring surrounding the riser assembly and normally holding the riser assembly in a lower retracted position within the outer case, the coil spring being dimensioned and configured to permit extension of the riser assembly to a raised upper position when pressurized water is introduced into the outer case; and a shock absorber, the shock absorber including: a cushion made of an elastomeric material retained by a ring-shaped member made of a hard material, the ring-shaped member being positioned between the riser assembly and the outer case; a spring seat that surrounds the riser assembly and holds a downstream end of the coil spring, the spring seat positioned between the cushion and the coil spring; and a ring-shaped shield that surrounds the riser assembly and at least a portion of the spring seat, the shield configured to move with respect to the spring seat in a direction parallel to the telescopic extension of the riser assembly, the shield comprising: an annular flange surrounding a radially-outward surface of the cushion; and an upper annular wall connected to the annular flange, the upper annular wall positioned on a side of the cushion opposite the spring seat; wherein the cushion is surrounded by two or more of the spring seat, the ring-shaped shield, and the riser assembly. | 16,134 |
9,670,297 | 1. A metallocene catalyst composition comprising a silica support having reaction sites of —OH, —O—MgCl, —OR 1 , —OR 2 MgCl and —OR 2 H, wherein, R 1 is a C4-10 alkyl group, and R 2 is a C6-10 alkylene group, on the silica surface; a metallocene compound; and a cocatalyst. | 1,927 |
9,837,901 | 1. A system comprising: an inductor having first and second terminals; a first transistor having a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal connected to a power supply; a second transistor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal connected to a common potential; a third transistor having a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal providing a first output voltage having a first polarity; a fourth transistor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the inductor, and a second terminal providing a second output voltage having a second polarity; a first feedback circuit that generates a first feedback signal based on the first output voltage; a second feedback circuit that generates a second feedback signal based on the second output voltage; a first control circuit that controls the first and third transistors based on the second feedback signal and not based on the first feedback signal; and a second control circuit that controls the second and fourth transistors based on the first feedback signal and not based on the second feedback signal. | 33,099 |
8,473,763 | 1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a printing material, the image forming apparatus comprising: a first layer control unit and a second layer control unit, wherein the first layer control unit controls the second layer control unit, and wherein the second layer control unit controls an object that is for executing image formation; a power supply unit that selectively supplies, to the second layer control unit, a first voltage and a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage; and a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage supplied from the power supply unit, wherein in a power saving mode, the first layer control unit causes the power supply unit to supply the first voltage to the second layer control unit, and in a normal mode, the first layer control unit causes the power supply unit to supply the second voltage to the second layer control unit, and wherein the second layer control unit executes the power saving mode in accordance with the first voltage having been detected by the voltage detection unit, and executes the normal mode in accordance with the second voltage having been detected by the voltage detection unit. | 1,376 |
8,546,854 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an isolation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; an active region defined by the isolation layer; a plurality of gate lines formed across the active region in a first direction, and to overlap with the active region; at least one first active tab formed on a first interface of the active region which overlaps with the gate lines; and a first gate tab formed on a second interface facing away from the first interface in such a way as to project from the gate line, wherein the at least one first active tab is extended into the isolation laver in a the first direction by predetermined length, and wherein the plurality of gate lines completely cover an extended area of the at least one first active tab, and wherein the first gate tab is extended in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction by predetermined length. | 15,222 |
8,650,500 | 1. A network system comprising: a network having network objects including a source network object and a target network object; a display for displaying a comparison function, said source network object having a source output, said target network object having a target output, said display, in response to said copy-and-paste operation, representing potential connections between said comparison function and said source output and between said comparison function and said target output; and implementation means for implementing said third configuration on said target network object. | 45,583 |
9,156,475 | 1. An actuator control apparatus comprising: a by-wire control circuit for electrically controlling an actuator, which is a drive source of an on-board apparatus mounted to a vehicle; a monitor circuit for monitoring whether or not the by-wire control circuit is normally operating, wherein the monitor circuit is provided separately from the by-wire control circuit; a drive determination section for determining prohibition and permission of driving the actuator; and a prohibition section after the by-wire control circuit starts up, the by-wire control circuit executes an initial learning process, in which the by-wire control circuit drives the actuator to learn information that is used to control the actuator; and when a brake is on, the drive determination section permits execution of the initial learning process; when the drive determination section permits the execution of the initial learning process, the drive determination section determines the permission of driving the actuator. | 19,236 |
8,918,221 | 1. A central power utility management system comprising: a processor; a memory storage device configured to store at least one database arranged to store customer data for customers resident at a plurality of customer premises, the customer data comprising a customer goal for power consumption at respective customer premises, the customer goal being set by the customer resident at respective customer premises; a receiver arranged to receive data at the central power utility management system from the plurality of customer premises, the data generated by one or more sensors at the plurality of customer premises and indicative of power consumption or power generation at respective customer premises; and an analytics engine comprising analytical rules operable to, when executed by the processor, with respect to a first customer of the plurality of customers: | 17,623 |
9,614,385 | 1. A portable electronic device system for wirelessly charging a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device system comprising: a receiver coil associated with the portable electronic device for wireless charging; and a repeater coil associated with a device selectively configured to engage or support the portable electronic device for wireless charging, wherein the device is one of a cover, holster, or case for the portable electronic device; wherein the receiver coil occupies two planes with a first portion of the receiver coil in a first plane and a second portion of the receiver coil in a second plane; wherein the repeater coil occupies two planes with a first portion of the repeater coil in a first plane and a second portion of the repeater coil in a second plane, the second portion of the repeater coil and the second portion of the receiver coil form a magnetic coupling therebetween, and the first portion of the repeater coil and the first portion of the receiver coil having substantially no magnetic coupling therebetween due to a chassis of the portable electronic device; and wherein, when the device is selectively engaged or supporting the portable electronic device, a portion of the repeater coil overlaps a portion of the receiver coil forming a magnetic coupling therebetween and supporting wireless charging of the portable electronic device in a plurality of orientations of the portable electronic device relative to a transmitter coil. | 32,627 |
8,499,822 | 1. A cooling and temperature-regulating system for equipment of an aircraft propulsion assembly, comprising: at least two first heat exchangers respectively located between lubricating circuits of at least two apparatuses and a closed circuit containing heat transfer fluid, and at least two second heat exchangers, with each of the second heat exchangers located between the closed circuit containing the heat transfer fluid and at least one of the second exchangers being a fluid/air exchanger, wherein the heat transfer fluid contained in the closed circuit comprises water, each of the first heat exchangers is arranged locally with respect to each of said apparatuses, each of the second heat exchangers is arranged distant from said first exchangers, and the closed circuit is configured to circulate the heat transfer fluid contained in the closed circuit between the first and said second exchangers and cool the at least two apparatuses. | 48,155 |
9,228,875 | 1. A liquid level detection system for a rotatable driveline component of a vehicle, the system including: a sensing device configured to transmit a signal during a rotation of the rotatable driveline component, wherein the signal includes a liquid value from a first sensor and a rotation value from an accelerometer of a second sensor, the first sensor and the second sensor being positioned within the interior region of the rotatable driveline component; and a receiver configured to receive the signal and to determine the liquid level in the interior region of the rotatable driveline component based on the liquid value and a rotational position of the rotatable driveline component based on the rotation value. | 24,454 |
9,340,913 | 1. A hoop having a bore, at least one split, and a closure in vicinity of said at least one split, the hoop shaped for use as an outer hoop in combination with an inner hoop to hold fabric for embroidering, said at least one split enabling the dimension of the bore to change, wherein the hoop closure comprises: a first buttress and a second buttress, said buttresses being portions of the hoop and opposing each other at the location of said split and spaced apart from each other by a gap which defines the at least one split; and, at least one spring which resiliently urges the buttresses toward each other and resists increase in the dimension of the gap; and, at least one gauge bar extending from the first buttress, spanning said gap, and overlapping the second buttress, wherein at least one of the gage bar or the second buttress in vicinity of the location of said overlapping have indicia for visually displaying the dimension of the gap. | 18,564 |
8,787,999 | 1. A fault current limiter system comprising: a fault current limiter; a shunt electrically connected in parallel to the fault current limiter; and a current splitting device comprising first and second conductive windings wound about a core, wherein the first conductive winding is electrically connected in parallel with the fault current limiter and the shunt, and the first conductive winding is configured to carry current in a first direction, and wherein the second conductive winding is electrically connected in series with the fault current limiter and the shunt, and is configured to carry current in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that a first magnetic field associated with the first winding is coupled with a second magnetic field associated with the second winding during steady state operation of the fault current limiter system. | 14,130 |
9,643,482 | 1. An active air flap assembly, comprising: a plurality of flaps; and an elastic member that bonds the plurality of flaps to form a preset angle with respect to each other, wherein the elastic member is insert-molded between the respective flaps; a roller coupled to the top of the active air flap with a connection member and having the active air flap wound there around by the elastic member; a support bracket that rotatably supports the roller through pins that protrude from a plurality of ends of the roller, and having a aperture formed therein and the active air flap is configured to open or close the aperture; an actuator disposed on the support bracket and configured to rotate the roller such that the active air flap opens or closes the aperture; and an electromagnet disposed on the support bracket and coupling the active air flap to the support bracket in order to keep the aperture closed when a current is supplied. | 2,788 |
9,220,150 | 1. A modular LED lighting having a first module ( 1 ) to which an AC supply voltage ( 9 ) can be supplied and which has: a second submodule (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage ( a control unit (G), furthermore having a second module ( an LED module (F) which has at least one LED path ( | 1,311 |
8,432,170 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a capacitance-sensing device disposed on an common carrier substrate of the integrated circuit; and a capacitance model circuit disposed on the common carrier substrate, wherein the capacitance model circuit is configured to model a capacitance of an external sense array, and wherein the capacitance model circuit is programmable, wherein the capacitance model circuit comprises: | 28,021 |
9,837,841 | 1. A switching power supply device, comprising: a switching output stage configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage and feed the output voltage to a load; a controller IC configured to control the switching output stage such that a feedback voltage applied to an output feedback terminal of the controller IC remains equal to a predetermined reference voltage; a first resistor connected between an output terminal of the output voltage and the output feedback terminal; a second resistor connected between the output feedback terminal and a ground terminal; a sense resistor configured to convert an output current passing between the load and the ground terminal into a sense voltage; and a first diode of which an anode is connected to an application terminal of the sense voltage and of which a cathode is connected to the output feedback terminal. | 22,562 |
9,735,218 | 1. A display device comprising: a frame; a support table supporting the frame; and a display portion in the frame, wherein the display portion comprises an electroluminescence display device comprising: | 31,810 |
9,627,672 | 1. A separator for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries comprising a porous membrane comprising a polyolefin resin composition as a main component, wherein the porous membrane has a porosity (ε) of 50 to 90%, and a shrinkage stress at 85° C. of not more than 2.2 grams-force, wherein the porosity and the shrinkage stress are measured under conditions without a porous layer laminated on at least one surface of the porous membrane and comprising an inorganic filler and a resin binder. | 46,752 |
9,611,825 | 1. A method for commanding and controlling starting of a combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle including at least one electric motor, the method comprising: beginning a simulated starting sequence of starting the combustion engine using a starting battery; measuring and recording an evolution with respect to time of at least one parameter of the starting battery comprising a given current strength and a given voltage across terminals of the starting battery; detecting whether the evolution with respect to time of the parameter or parameters reaches a predetermined value defining a state of the starting battery having a capacity to start the combustion engine over a predetermined interval of time; if it is detected that the state of the starting battery has the capacity, starting the combustion engine, using the starting battery; and if it is not detected that the state of the starting battery has the capacity, allowing the electric motor to be used for propelling the hybrid vehicle and warning a driver that the state of the starting battery, which was detected, does not have the capacity. | 45,179 |
9,169,319 | 1. A method for treating a biofilm and/or inhibiting biofilm formation, comprising: contacting a biofilm or a surface with a bifunctional ligand comprising a quorum-sensing-molecule-binding region chemically linked to a protease-binding region; and delivering reduced pressure to the biofilm or the surface; wherein the quorum-sensing-molecule-binding region is adapted to bind one or more of acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs), autoinducing pepties (AIP), AI-2 (furanosyl borate diester), γ-butyrolactones, or competence stimulating peptide (CSP); wherein the protease-binding region is adapted from a lactonase. | 4,544 |
9,513,243 | 1. A method for testing an electrolyte material, comprising: providing an electrolyte material and a conductive path directly contacting the electrolyte material, the conductive path comprising at least one of a conductive trace and a wire; electrically connecting a probe across the conductive path; and measuring a value associated with the conductive path to determine the presence or absence of a crack in the electrolyte material, wherein the electrolyte material comprises an electrolyte for a solid oxide fuel cell; and wherein the conductive path is located on a cathode-side surface of the electrolyte material and at least partially surrounds a fuel riser opening extending though the electrolyte material. | 42,354 |
9,200,738 | 1. A fast connector structure for a cleaner comprising a connector body, two positioning pieces, a bottom plate and a water pipe, wherein one end of the connector body is used for accepting a water inlet of the water pipe, and the other threaded end of the connector body connects with a corresponding screw hole of a water outlet opening of a faucet, a spring installed in a water through hole located at a center of said connector body, the bottom portion of the connector body expanded and formed with a recessed portion connecting to the water through hole, and edge of the recessed portion having a first opening located at opposite sides of the recessed portion; wherein the two positioning pieces are reversely stacked, and one positioning piece is configured to move horizontally toward an opposite direction of the other positioning piece, each of the two positioning pieces having a through slot at a center portion of the positioning pieces, a push button located at an outer portion of the positioning piece protruding out from the first opening, and a restored spring installed at an inner surface of the push button and a second opening of the bottom plate to push said two positioning pieces outward with resilience force of the restored springs; wherein the bottom plate has a through hole at center portion thereof, a trough horizontally formed at an upper portion of the bottom plate, and a stopping edge is formed on both sides of the trough, and the second opening is formed between said two stopping edges; wherein one end of the water pipe has a water inlet end having a recessed ring slot, and the other end of the water pipe is used for connecting to the cleaner; wherein the two reversely stacked positioning pieces are placed into the bottom plate, and the restored springs are installed between said two push buttons and said two corresponding second openings, and the bottom plate is then placed into the recessed portion of the connector body, so the push button is able to protrude out from the aligned first openings and second openings restrict the position of the positioning pieces and prevent the positioning pieces from being pushed by said restored springs to detach laterally, wherein the water inlet end of the water pipe is inserted into the connector body via the through slot of the bottom plate and when the two positioning pieces are pushed by the water pipe to retract elastically and the through slots of the positioning pieces are aligned to allow the water inlet end of the water pipe to pass through and to enter the water through hole until the water inlet end is completely inserted into the connector body, the recessed ring slot of the water inlet end is aligned with said two positioning pieces, so said two positioning pieces are able to move outwards due to the resilient force of the restored spring, and inner portions of said two positioning pieces are disposed against curved surfaces of the recessed ring slots on both sides to form a circular stabilization of the water pipe. | 40,250 |
9,687,202 | 1. A medical x-ray imaging apparatus, which apparatus includes a support construction which is arranged to support a substantially ring-shaped structure supporting imaging means, which imaging means include a source of radiation and a receiver of image information, which imaging means are arranged within said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means substantially on opposite sides of each other and movable within said ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means, wherein a beam generated by said source of radiation is arranged to be limited to a true two-dimensional beam, a cone beam, which apparatus includes in said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means an examination opening wherein an anatomy to be imaged is positionable for imaging, and in which apparatus said substantially ring-shaped structure supporting the imaging means is arranged movable in at least a vertical direction with respect to said support construction, characterized by a positioning support connected to and supported by the substantially ring-shaped structure defining said examination opening, said positioning support being adjustable with respect to said substantially ring-shaped structure so as to enable respective positioning of an anatomy to be imaged within said substantially ring-shaped structure and a field of view (FOV) formed by said movement of the imaging means inside said substantially ring-shaped structure. | 38,752 |
8,805,409 | 1. A computer readable recording medium including code executed by a processor to communicate with wired endpoints and wireless endpoints over a network and perform operations, the operations comprising: maintaining information on the wired endpoints transmitting signals identifying the wired endpoints and including position information for the wired endpoints; receiving identifying information from a detected wired endpoint connected to the network; issuing a command to the detected wired endpoint to cause the detected wired endpoint to transmit signals identifying the wired endpoint; receiving information from a communicating wireless endpoint, comprising one of the wireless endpoints, using wireless communication, including wireless endpoint identification information and information identifying at least one of the wired endpoints transmitting signals received at the wireless endpoint; determining position information for the wired endpoint indicated in the information received from the communicating wireless endpoint; and updating information on the communicating wireless endpoint to associate with the determined position information. | 49,854 |
8,716,092 | 1. A method for fabricating a MOS transistor, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate having a gate thereon; forming a spacer on the sidewall of the gate; forming two recesses adjacent to the spacer and within the semiconductor substrate; thinning the spacer so that an edge of the spacer does not overlap an edge of the recesses; and forming an epitaxial layer in each of the two recesses. | 17,305 |
8,477,354 | 1. A system comprising: a processor that implements an initiator compatible with an operating system of a client device, the initiator operable to copy original system definitions for the operating system, to alter one or more of the copied original system definitions, to generate a computing session for a print application within the operating system, where the altered original system definitions are used for the computing session while the original system definitions remain used for the operating system, and to initiate the print application within the computing session, and wherein the processor further implements the print application, where the print application is operable within the generated computing session to use the altered original system definitions to facilitate communications between a print device and the client device, and wherein the print application is operable to interface with a virtual printer of the print processing device to provide the print capabilities to the client device. | 24,417 |
9,784,124 | 1. A turbocharger comprising: a turbine housing adapted to be arranged in an engine exhaust passage; a bearing housing coupled to the turbine housing; a turbine wheel arranged in an internal space of the turbine housing; a rotary shaft that is connected to the turbine wheel to rotate with the turbine wheel and that is rotationally supported by the bearing housing; and a cooling water passage that is provided inside the turbine housing and that is used to circulate cooling water, wherein the cooling water passage is located around the turbine wheel, the turbine housing includes the turbine housing has an inner wall surface that defines the internal space that receives the turbine wheel, the heat insulating portion is provided inside the turbine housing without being exposed to the internal space from the inner wall surface, and the heat insulating portion is configured to thermally insulate the first connection portion and the second connection portion from the cooling water passage so that the first connection portion and the second connection portion are not cooled easily by the cooling water in the cooling water passage. | 13,280 |
9,550,169 | 1. A honeycomb structure body comprising: promoter particles made of ceria-zirconia solid solution; inorganic binder particles made of alumina arranged between the promoter particles; and a cerium aluminate phase formed on a boundary surface between the promoter particles and the inorganic binder particles. | 32,094 |
9,415,265 | 1. A method of monitoring athletic performance, comprising: receiving, by a device having a global positioning system, global positioning system information indicating the device is in movement; determining, by the device, a velocity of the movement and a distance traversed during the movement based on the global positioning system information received from the global positioning system; retrieving, from a local memory operating in the device, a threshold velocity below which exercise is assumed; retrieving, from the local memory, a cumulative distance associated with the device; comparing, by the device, the velocity of the movement determined from the global positioning system information to the threshold velocity retrieved from the local memory; determining, by the device, the velocity of the movement is less than the threshold velocity; adding, by the device, the distance traversed determined from the global positioning system information to the cumulative distance in response to the velocity of the movement being less than the threshold velocity; querying, by the device, an electronic geography database for the global positioning system information received from the global positioning system, the electronic geography database having electronic database associations between different topographical information and different global positioning system information including the global positioning system information received from the global positioning system; retrieving, by the device, topographical information from the electronic geography database, the topographical information having an electronic database association to the global positioning system information; querying, by the device, an electronic database of difficulty for the topographical information retrieved from the electronic geography database, the electronic database of difficulty having other electronic database associations between different levels of difficulty and the different topographical information including the topographical information retrieved from the electronic geography database; retrieving, by the device, a level of difficulty from the electronic database of difficulty, the level of difficulty having another electronic database association with the topographical information retrieved from the electronic geography database; and storing, by the device in the local memory, an electronic association between the level of difficulty to the distance traversed during the movement. | 32,888 |
9,276,142 | 1. A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device having a transparent oxide layer, the manufacturing method comprising: disposing a cadmium tin oxide layer on a support; placing the support with the cadmium tin oxide layer within a rapid thermal anneal chamber; performing a rapid thermal anneal of the cadmium tin oxide layer by exposing the cadmium tin oxide layer to electromagnetic radiation to form the transparent oxide layer, wherein the rapid thermal anneal is performed without first pumping down the chamber, and wherein the rapid thermal anneal of the cadmium tin oxide layer is performed in-line, such that the rapid thermal anneal is completed less than ten minutes after the cadmium tin oxide layer has been disposed on the support; and disposing at least one additional layer on the transparent oxide layer, the additional layer comprising a semiconductor layer. | 34,612 |
9,216,287 | 1. An apparatus for measuring and treating dysphagia comprising: at least one dysphagia measurement sensor unit attached to a neck of a patient, at least one electrical stimulation electrode unit attached to the neck of the patient and applying electrical stimulation to the neck of the patient according to a dysphagia signal measured in the dysphagia measurement sensor unit to resolve dysphagia, and a control unit controlling the dysphagia measurement sensor unit and the electrical stimulation electrode unit, wherein the dysphagia measurement sensor unit includes a ultrasonic wave transmitting unit and a ultrasonic wave receiving unit. | 30,862 |
8,357,707 | 1. A compound of formula I wherein, A is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl ring or unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic ring fused to the rest of the molecule at the positions indicated by the symbol *; X-Y is (CH r is 1, 2 or 3; t is 1 or 2; n is 0, 1 or 2; q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R two R | 21,708 |
8,461,946 | 1. A method for preventing mechanical or electrical contact between the metallic probes (slugs) and the center conductor of the slabline in slide screw impedance tuners, while allowing high reflection factor and power handling, employs adjustable mechanical stops attached either on the vertical tuner axis controlling the position of said probes or on the probes themselves; whereby said probes are capacitively coupled with said center conductor and can be positioned at close proximity to said center conductor. | 1,135 |
9,588,794 | 1. A method for managing software on a virtual machine in a cloud environment, comprising: transmitting, by a host, a software management request to a virtual machine; acquiring, by the host, a software management script from a shared storage server according to a request for the management script returned by the virtual machine after the software management request is received; and transmitting, by the host, the acquired software management script to the virtual machine and indicating the virtual machine to execute the software management script; wherein a Para-virtualization serial port is created in the virtual machine; and the host transmits the software management request, the software management script or the software installation package to the virtual machine through the Para-virtualization serial port, and receives the request for the management script transmitted by the virtual machine through the Para-virtualization serial port, wherein when the host transmits the acquired software installation script to the virtual machine and indicates the virtual machine to execute the software installations script, transmitting, by the host, a software installation package to the virtual machine according to a software installation package request initiated by the virtual machine when the virtual machine executes the software installation script, and indicating the virtual machine to install the software installation package. | 648 |
9,327,308 | 1. A dispensing system for a two-part adhesive comprising: a cart having a tray defining first and second tray apertures and mounting a pump assembly having a pair of inlets and a pair of outlets, each outlet communicating with a hose communicating with a common dispenser; a first package enclosing an inner enclosure containing a first adhesive component of said two-part adhesive; a second package enclosing an inner enclosure containing a second adhesive component of said two-part adhesive; a first cap with a fitting mounted to said first enclosure; a second cap with a fitting mounted to said second enclosure; said first and second enclosures each being disposed above and supported by said tray so that said first and second fittings extend through said first and second apertures, respectively; a first conduit communicating via a first valved connector assembly between the first enclosure and one said inlet; and a second conduit communicating via a second valved connector assembly between the second enclosure and a second said inlet, wherein said first and second adhesive components are pumped by said pump assembly and traverse through said first and second tray apertures to said hoses, are mixed and are dispensed as two-part adhesive through said dispenser. | 20,130 |
8,851,153 | 1. A waste heat management system of an electric vehicle, comprising: a pump configured to control a flow of cooling fluid through the system; an onboard charger (OBC) cooling fluid line and an electric motor cooling fluid line which diverge in parallel from an outlet of a cooling fluid line of the pump; and a heater core cooling fluid line and a radiator cooling fluid line which are respectively connected in parallel at a junction with an inlet of the fluid pump cooling fluid line and at a junction of outlets of the heater core cooling fluid line and the radiator cooling fluid line. | 36,828 |
8,897,239 | 1. A method of signaling resource allocation data in a communication system which uses a plurality of sub-carriers arranged in a sequence of chunks, the method comprising: receiving an allocation of said sub-carriers for each of a plurality of user devices, which received allocation identifies a type of allocation of said sub-carriers; processing the received allocations, in dependence on the identified type of allocation, to determine, for each user device, data identifying a start chunk and an end chunk within said sequence of chunks, which depend upon sub-carriers allocated to the user device, wherein the data identifying the start chunk and the end chunk comprises a start chunk number and a number of chunks between the start chunk and the end chunk; generating different resource allocation data for each of said user devices using said data identifying a corresponding start chunk and end chunk determined by said processing, wherein said resource allocation data comprises a unique value representing the corresponding start chunk number, and the number of chunks between the corresponding start chunk and the corresponding end chunk, and wherein said resource allocation data includes type data identifying the type of allocation; and signaling the respective resource allocation data, comprising said unique value and said type data, to each of said plurality of user devices, wherein one type of allocation is a distributed chunk allocation, in which a user device is allocated a set of said chunks dispersed within its supported bandwidth, and wherein said unique value x is given by at least one of: where N is the a number of chunks in said sequence, 0 is the start chunk, and P is the number of chunks between the start chunk and the end chunk. | 15,613 |
9,806,112 | 1. A photodiode assembly comprising: a photodiode; a waveguide in communication with the photodiode; and an electrostatic discharge guard structure extending about substantially all of a periphery of the photodiode and comprising a diode, wherein the guard structure is co-planar with the waveguide or in a plane parallel to the plane of the waveguide, wherein, when the guard structure is co-planar with the waveguide, the guard structure comprises at least one of: an aperture; and a substantially optically transparent structure at a wavelength of light detectable by the photodiode, and wherein, when the guard structure is not co-planar with the waveguide, at least one of the following applies: the guard structure is sufficiently spaced apart from the waveguide so that it substantially does not absorb light at the wavelength of light detectable by the photodiode; the guard structure comprises an aperture; and the guard structure comprises a structure that is substantially optically transparent at the wavelength of light detectable by the photodiode. | 19,407 |
9,435,272 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a plurality of banks including a first bank and a second bank, and a variable valve apparatus provided for each of the plurality of banks, the variable valve apparatus being configured to change a valve characteristic of an intake valve, the variable valve apparatus provided in the first bank being a continuously variable valve apparatus that continuously changes the valve characteristic, and the variable valve apparatus provided in the second bank being a multi-stage variable valve apparatus that changes the valve characteristic in multiple stages by selecting one valve characteristic from among a preset plurality of valve characteristics. | 4,353 |
8,691,466 | 1. A membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly being adapted to use liquid fuel as fuel, comprising: an anode including a catalyst and a solid polymer electrolyte; a cathode including a catalyst and a solid polymer electrolyte; a solid polymer electrolyte membrane formed between the anode and the cathode; and an intermediate layer located between the cathode and the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the intermediate layer comprises a porous structure in which carbon black is covered with a solid polymer electrolyte and contains no catalyst, and wherein the amount of a solid polymer electrolyte per unit volume contained in the intermediate layer is larger than the amount of the solid polymer electrolyte per unit volume contained in the cathode. | 42,035 |
9,031,838 | 1. A method for evaluating and enhancing voice clarity and speech intelligibility in a real-time audio signal, the method comprising: separating the audio signal into individual audio channels, each individual audio channel representing one participant in the audio signal; for each individual audio channel: outputting at least one individual clarity/intelligibility score or aggregate clarity/intelligibility score for at least one audio channel. | 22,345 |
9,552,751 | 1. An advertising method using a light tower with a display comprising the steps of: providing a light tower having a trailer with an extendable mast having a pivot at an upper end, said mast supporting at least a 1×2 array of LED lights by a frame with the pivot between the at least the 1×2 array and the trailer, and selectively connecting at least a skeleton to the frame, said skeleton extending with arms forward of the 1×2 array and supporting a first display in front of the 1×2 array to be spaced from the 1×2 array by a predetermined distance, said first display at least partially translucent and a first LED light located above a second LED light supported by the frame with each of said first and second LED lights separately and independently rotatable about elevationally spaced apart and parallel horizontal axes forward of the pivot when installed; backlighting the first display with the at least 1×2 array of LED lights with the first display forward of the array of LED lights. | 40,503 |
9,247,547 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining first resource assignments corresponding to a first protocol and second resource assignments corresponding to a second protocol for mapping in a first downlink subframe; mapping first resource elements corresponding to the first protocol and a first portion of second resource elements corresponding to the second protocol to a non-extension portion of the first downlink subframe, wherein an extension portion of the first downlink subframe is exclusive of the first resource elements, and wherein the non-extension portion comprises a control region for carrying control information comprising the first resource assignments and the second resource assignments for the first downlink subframe; mapping a second portion of the second resource elements corresponding to the second protocol to the extension portion of the first downlink subframe, wherein the mapping of the extension portion is treated separately from the mapping of the non-extension portion; and transmitting the first downlink subframe, wherein the extension portion of the first downlink subframe comprises a bandwidth extension unavailable to a user equipment operating in accordance with the first protocol. | 5,199 |
9,373,499 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: accommodating a plurality of substrates in a processing chamber provided in a processing tube; activating a processing gas in a plasma generating chamber that extends outside of a circumference of the processing tube by applying electricity to an electrode; supplying the processing gas from the plasma generating chamber to the processing chamber; and removing the processing gas from the processing chamber via a gas exhaust opening formed in the processing tube, wherein the electrode is provided outside of the plasma generating chamber. | 28,543 |
9,051,233 | 1. A compound of formulae (111) to (116), wherein the aromatic systems are each optionally substituted by one or more radicals R 1 : wherein R R Ar X is on each occurrence, identically or differently, a group selected from BR R | 29,891 |
9,206,489 | 1. A method of manufacturing a high strength steel wire for cold forging, comprising the steps of: cold-drawing a wire rod containing 0.15-0.40 wt % of C, less than 1.5 wt % of Si, 0.30-2.0 wt % of Mn, less than 0.03 wt % of P, less than 0.03 wt % of S, and the remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities; heating the cold drawn wire rod in a series of high frequency induction heating devices over Ac3 transformation point for 30-90 seconds and maintaining such a heated state; cooling the wire rod in the heated state by water or oil; executing a tempering process by heating the wire rod to 500° C. to the A1 transformation point for 30-90 seconds including a holding time at such a temperature; cooling the heated wire rod by water to achieve a wire rod with a tensile strength of 1,100-1,400 MPa; and cold-drawing the wire rod at an area reduction rate in excess of 25% and up to 40% to yield a tensile strength of 1,200-1,600 MPa. | 32,002 |
8,838,868 | 1. A mobile computing device, comprising: a hardware element; a connection communicatively coupled to the hardware element; a communication port communicatively coupled to the connection, the communication port having a first pin and a second pin; and at least one of the first pin and the second pin comprising a ferromagnetic material, the ferromagnetic material to obtain diagnostic information from the mobile computing device; wherein the first pin to transmit only control directives to an element on the mobile computing device and the second pin to receive diagnostic data from the mobile computing device, and wherein the communication port further comprises a universal serial bus port adjacent to the first and second pins. | 16,592 |
9,492,896 | 1. A device for positioning a plurality of receiving elements, each having a recess for receiving a shaft, in a predetermined angle position on the shaft, comprising: a plurality of mountings for receiving a plurality of receiving elements, each mounting including a moulding defining an angle position of the respective receiving element corresponding to the predetermined angle position on the shaft, wherein the plurality of mountings are arranged such that the recesses of the plurality of receiving elements lie on a common straight line, wherein the plurality of mountings are arranged vertically on top of one another, so that the common straight line extends in a vertical direction, a vertically moveable guide carriage for the shaft, wherein the guide carriage is configured for joining the shaft with the plurality of receiving elements in the vertical direction, wherein at least one mounting of the plurality of mountings includes an inductively non-heatable material at least in a region of the moulding, and wherein at least one of: | 31,458 |
9,759,109 | 1. An electrically heated catalytic converter for purifying exhaust gas, the electrically heated catalytic converter comprising: a catalyst carrier supporting a catalyst and configured to generate heat by energization; a case for accommodating the catalyst carrier; and an electrical insulation mat interposed between the catalyst carrier and the case, wherein the case comprises an outer tube disposed at the outermost side and an inner tube disposed inside the outer tube; in a cross section upstream of the catalyst carrier taken along a plane including the central axis of the case, the inner tube comprises one or more curvature sections curved so as to outwardly project and extended sections connected to the one or more curvature sections, an insulation layer comprising an amorphous inorganic material is formed at least on an inner surface of the one or more curvature sections and the extended sections of the inner tube, the one or more curvature sections comprise a first curvature section located closest to the catalyst carrier, the first curvature section has a first curvature section insulation layer formed thereon, the first curvature section insulation layer having a thickness of 100 to 400 μm, the extended sections comprise a first extended section connected to the first curvature section and adjacent to the catalyst carrier, the first extended section has a first extended section insulation layer formed thereon, and the thickness of the first curvature section insulation layer is greater than 1 time to less than 1.4 times the thickness of the first extended section insulation layer. | 19,705 |
9,473,035 | 1. A power conversion device comprising: a full-bridge switch circuit disposed to receive a first control signal, a second control signal, a third control signal, a fourth control signal, and a direct current input voltage, the full-bridge switch circuit being operable to convert the direct current input voltage to a converted voltage V a converter circuit electrically coupled with the full-bridge switch circuit for receiving the converted voltage and for converting the converted voltage into a direct current output voltage, the converter circuit including: a control circuit electrically coupled with the full-bridge switch circuit and the converter circuit and disposed to receive the direct current output voltage and a reference voltage, the control circuit generating the first control signal, the second control signal, the third control signal, the fourth control signal for controlling the full-bridge switch circuit based on the direct current output voltage and the reference voltage, and generating the fifth control signal and the sixth control signal for controlling the first converter switch and the second converter switch based on the direct current output voltage and the reference voltage; | 19,909 |
8,924,033 | 1. A system, comprising: a memory to store computer-executable components; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of computer-executable components, comprising: | 13,219 |
8,400,119 | 1. A single phase static var compensator system used in connection with a transmission grid, the compensator system comprising: a compensator string including: said first end of said static var compensator directly galvanically connected to one phase of the transmission grid and said second end directly galvanically connected to said first end of said thyristor group; said first end of said capacitor directly galvanically connected to said first end of said thyristor group and said second end of said capacitor directly galvanically connected to said second end of said thyristor group; said transmission grid having a rated voltage exceeding 69 kV. | 14,043 |
8,863,271 | 1. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having computer readable instructions stored thereon for authenticating a user of a computing device, the computing device having a memory storing a base image and an overlay image, the base image having a particular base image reference point, and the overlay image comprising a plurality of objects and having a particular overlay image reference point, the instructions, which when executed by a processor direct the computing device to: generate a modified base image having the particular base image reference point; generate a modified overlay image having the plurality of objects and the particular overlay image reference point; display, on a display, the modified base image overlaid by the modified overlay image; receive an input for moving one of the modified base image and the modified overlay image; move the one of the modified base image and the modified overlay image in response to the input; and in response to alignment of the particular base image reference point with the particular overlay image reference point on the display, indicate positive authentication, the particular base image reference point or the particular overlay image reference point having coordinates in three dimensions. | 37,015 |
9,534,372 | 1. A weather barrier apparatus comprising: a curtain including a plurality of compressible tubes positioned between a first end of the curtain and a second end of the curtain, each of the compressible tubes defining a cavity that moves between a collapsed position when the curtain is in a relaxed condition and not engaged by a vehicle, and an expanded position when the curtain is a taut condition and engaged by the vehicle. | 35,511 |
8,626,373 | 1. A control method of a fuel cell system provided with: a fuel cell; a motor connected to enable generated power from the fuel cell to be supplied thereto; an inverter connected to the motor; and a converter that sets an input voltage of the inverter, the method comprising the steps of: calculating, by a required output torque calculation device, a required motor output torque based on an output requirement; calculating, by a torque upper limit value calculation device, a torque upper limit value of torque able to be generated by the motor; comparing, by a required motor torque calculation device, the required output torque and the torque upper limit value and calculating the required output torque as a required motor torque in the case the required output torque is equal to or less than the torque upper limit value while calculating the torque upper limit value as the required motor torque in the case the required output torque exceeds the torque upper limit value; calculating, by a required motor power calculation device, a required motor power based on the required motor torque; and calculating, by a required generated power calculation device, a required generated power of the fuel cell based on the required motor power, the torque upper limit value being calculated based on a sum obtained by adding an offset voltage based on voltage control response characteristics of the converter to the input voltage of the inverter. | 34,960 |
8,531,583 | 1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor that is configured to collect via a microlens light incident through an optical system to capture an image, the image sensor including an imaging pixel for receiving light through an opening with a center position coincident with the optical axis of the microlens, a first focus detection pixel for receiving pupil-divided light through a first opening offset in a first direction from the optical axis of the microlens, and a second focus detection pixel for receiving pupil-divided light through a second opening offset in a second direction different from the first direction from the optical axis of the microlens; a correction unit configured to perform different shading correction on image data having been sequentially A/D converted and sequentially inputted, in accordance with whether the image data is of the imaging pixel, the first focus detection pixel, or the second focus detection pixel; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image data having undergone the shading correction by the correction unit; and a focus detection unit configured to detect a focus state from the image data output from the first and second focus detection pixels. | 13,986 |
8,344,514 | 1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising: a substrate comprising a semiconductor material and including: at least one via hole, including: at least one of interconnection circuitry and at least one insulation layer for interconnection circuitry positioned above the at least one first end of the at least one via hole. | 29,487 |
9,583,776 | 1. A fuel pre-processing system including: a hydrodesulfurization reactor operating at a pressure of 200-500 psig and a temperature of 200-500° C., for performing vapor-phase hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-bearing hydrocarbon fuel, to produce a product stream including clean fuel and hydrogen sulfide; a sulfur compound absorbing reactor operating at a pressure of 200-500 psig and a temperature of 200-400° C., connected downstream from the hydrodesulfurization reactor, for adsorbing the hydrogen sulfide from the product stream; a supply of the sulfur-bearing hydrocarbon fuel connected upstream from the hydrodesulfurization reactor, to provide the sulfur-bearing hydrocarbon fuel for the hydrodesulfurization reaction; and a sweep membrane separator connected upstream from the hydrodesulfurization reactor to provide hydrogen for the hydrodesulfurization reaction, the sweep membrane separator including a membrane that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, the hydrogen provided by the sweep membrane separator being at a pressure equal to or greater than the hydrodesulfurization reactor operating pressure. | 3,981 |
8,475,373 | 1. A transcutaneous system for measuring an analyte concentration in a host, the system comprising: a sensor adapted for transcutaneous placement through a skin of a host; a housing adapted for placement adjacent to the skin of the host, wherein the housing comprises at least one electrical contact therein for providing an electrical connection between the sensor and sensor electronics; and an applicator configured for inserting the sensor through the housing and into the skin of the host, wherein the applicator comprises at least one needle adapted for inserting the sensor into the host, wherein insertion of the needle or retraction of the needle disposes the sensor adjacent to the electrical contact or within the electrical contact. | 46,064 |
9,072,905 | 1. A method of a stimulation parameter selection machine, the method comprising: recording a definition of anatomical atlas structures in association with a patient anatomical space; displaying, by a processor of the machine, in a display, and in relation to a displayed representation of the defined anatomical atlas structures, a first volume of activation (VOA) corresponding to a first stimulation parameter set; in response to user input obtained via a user interface, displaying, in relation to the displayed representation of the defined anatomical atlas structures, a second VOA corresponding to the user input, wherein the user input is a user-selection of a point within the display; and in response to the user-selection: identifying based on the recorded definition, and automatically setting as a target stimulation region, by the processor, a first anatomical atlas structure of the defined anatomical atlas structures within the representation of which the user-selected point is located; based on the identifying, calculating, by the processor, a second stimulation parameter set to activate the first anatomical atlas structure, the second VOA being based on the second stimulation parameter set; and displaying, in the display, the second VOA and identifying, in the display, a side effect region that overlaps with the second VOA using a different color, shade, or hatching pattern than the first anatomical atlas structure that indicates to a user that stimulation of the side effect region can produce a side effect. | 47,077 |
8,790,226 | 1. An exercise method comprising the steps of: providing an exercise apparatus ( locating a user in a posture within the apparatus ( providing a torso torque resistor ( providing a pelvis torque resistor ( measuring resistance to the torso torque resistor or to the pelvis torque resistor; converting the measured resistance into an electrical signal representative of the measured resistance; providing a programmed microprocessor ( configuring the programmed microprocessor ( | 18,483 |
8,657,567 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a nacelle defining an interior space; a fan section, a compressor section and a turbine section positioned within said nacelle, an inner cowl surrounding said compressor section and said turbine section, and said fan section delivering air to said compressor section, and bypass air between said cowl and an interior surface of said nacelle; an air inlet for capturing air and communicating the air into the interior space of said nacelle, said interior space defining a plenum, the air leaving said air inlet, flowing through the interior space of said nacelle, and into a passage, said passage communicating the air to a location adjacent an upstream end of said nacelle; a flow control for selectively blocking or allowing the flow of air through said passage to the location adjacent to the upstream end of said nacelle, and said flow control allowing the flow when it is desirable to create a thicker boundary layer at the upstream end of the nacelle; the air inlet is a pipe extending from an intake end in a bypass air passage defined between an outer periphery of said inner cowl, and radially inward of said nacelle, and having an outlet within the interior space; and the air inlet pipe extends through a wall in the nacelle, and the outlet of the air inlet pipe then opens into communication with the interior space. | 3,242 |
8,438,323 | 1. A communication processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a packet; a classification unit configured to decide a classification of the packet; an interrupt control unit configured to output an interrupt signal by using an interrupt control method associated with the classification; and a setting unit configured to change the association between the classification and the interrupt control method based on communication path information used by said receiving unit to receive the packet, wherein said setting unit is further configured to, when said receiving unit receives a packet classified to a classification that is not indicated in an interrupt management table, add the classification and an interrupt control method for the packet in association with each other into the interrupt management table according to instruction from an application program, so as to update the interrupt management table, and said interrupt control unit is further configured to (i) specify, with reference to the interrupt management table, the interrupt control method associated with the classification decided by said classification unit, and (ii) output the interrupt signal by using the specified interrupt control method. | 38,621 |
9,741,182 | 1. A method for displaying state parameters of a central air-conditioning system using an integrated controller; the integrated controller comprising a central control microprocessor, an LED display, an inquiry button, and a plurality of state parameter detecting units; and the method comprising: 1) detecting data of a plurality of monitoring points by the plurality of state parameter detecting units, and sending the data to the central control microprocessor; 2) receiving an order from the inquiry button by the central control microprocessor, and actively scanning state parameters of the monitoring points by the central control microprocessor by turns; and 3) transmitting the state parameters from the central control microprocessor to the LED display in accordance with the order input from the inquiry button, and sequentially displaying the state parameters on the LED display in a rolling mode; wherein: the state parameters comprise temperature data of each monitoring point; and rotational speed data of an indoor blower, a compressor, and an outdoor blower are calculated by the central control microprocessor in accordance with the temperature data of each monitoring point, and the rotational speed data and the temperature data of each monitoring point are displayed in sequence on the LED display in the rolling mode. | 25,590 |
8,647,437 | 1. A coating tool for fabrication of an annular or a circular wedged coating on a substrate, the tool comprising: a) at least one deposition source; b) a planet carrier adapted to carry at least one substrate, the at least one substrate having a single mask associated therewith, the single mask having an aperture and positioned coaxially with the substrate in a substrate-single mask assembly; c) a first motor rotatably coupled to the planet carrier to impart the planet carrier a first rotation; d) a second motor rotatably coupled to the single mask and operative to impart the single mask a second rotation independent of the first rotation to enable a relative rotation between the single mask and the substrate around a common rotation axis, wherein the aperture is configured to allow material ejected from the at least one deposition source to reach a predetermined section of the substrate and be deposited thereon, and wherein the relative rotation is controllable to provide an annular or circular wedged coating on a substrate circumference; and e) a controller for controlling the relative rotation. | 49,743 |
9,021,381 | 1. A display controller device comprising: circuitry configured to | 23,732 |
9,304,656 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: outputting, by a computing device and for display, a view containing a first selectable object and a second selectable object; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a selection gesture; initiating, by the computing device, a gesture selection mode in response to receipt of the selection gesture; receiving, by the computing device, respective indications of a swipe gesture proceeding along a path; responsive to determining that a first portion of the continuous swipe gesture proceeding along the path encircled the first selectable object and the second selectable object, outputting, for display, an indication that the first selectable object and the second selectable object are selected; and responsive to determining that a second portion of the continuous swipe gesture proceeding along and refining the path encircled the first selectable object and did not encircle the second selectable object, outputting, for display, an indication that the first selectable object is selected and the second selectable object is unselected. | 36,204 |
8,492,250 | 1. A method for forming a polysilicon layer, comprising: forming an amorphous silicon layer over a substrate; performing a first thermal treatment of the amorphous silicon layer to crystallize the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer while performing an implantation directly onto the amorphous silicon with a gas that includes silicon (Si); and performing a second thermal treatment on the polysilicon layer at a temperature higher than a temperature of the first thermal treatment. | 30,680 |
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