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9,352,847 | 1. An air-to-air refuelling reception coupling comprising a main body arranged for connection to a refuelling hose, the main body of the reception coupling comprising an opening disposed towards an end of the main body, the opening being sized and arranged for receiving at least partially into the opening a refuelling probe of a receiver aircraft; a fuel passage for fuel having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet being provided adjacent the opening; a valve for opening the outlet to deliver the fuel, the valve comprising a concave probe-receiving portion for receiving a probe of a receiver aircraft, wherein the valve is sized and arranged to be opened by action on the valve probe-receiving portion of a refuelling probe of a receiver aircraft received at least partially into the opening; the main body of the air-to-air refuelling reception coupling including a pressure regulator valve arrangement, which comprises | 28,476 |
9,564,854 | 1. A method for testing a solar cell, the method comprising: inducing photonic degradation, wherein the inducing includes applying light to the solar cell; and monitoring the photonic degradation of the solar cell based on a photoluminescence measurement, wherein the monitoring includes receiving a first photoluminescence measurement induced from the applied light and receiving a second photoluminescence measurement induced from the applied light after the first photoluminescence measurement. | 34,835 |
8,445,536 | 1. A method for increasing blood flow without lowering systemic blood pressure consisting essentially of administering 25 mg/kg body weight to 150 mg/kg body weight arginine in combination with 25 mg/kg body weight to 300 mg/kg body weight L-glutamine per dose to a patient in need of increased blood flow without lowering systemic blood pressure. | 21,282 |
8,895,730 | 1. A method of synthesizing a two-photon active tris(diphenylamino-9,9-di(R)fluorenyl)-1,3,5-triazine compound having the structure: wherein the R′—(OY) R is an alkyl group of the formula —C (a) synthesizing a diphenylamine intermediate by: (b) synthesizing a tris(bromo-9,9-dialkylfluorenyl)-1,3,5-triazine intermediate by: (c) forming the two-photon active tris(diphenylamino-9,9-di(R)fluorenyl)-1,3,5-triazine polyhydroxy compound by: | 7,764 |
9,259,586 | 1. A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system for facilitating highly safe adjustments, comprising: an implantable CRM device having parameters with current values; an external programming device comprising: wherein the communication module is configured to transmit the one or more highly-safe parameter adjustments to the CRM device, and the external programming device is configured to limit the programming options displayed on the display device to the list of highly-safe parameter adjustments, wherein each highly-safe parameter adjustment has a parameter title and a maximum quantity of permitted change for the parameter adjustment that is no more than 1% compared to the parameter's current value. | 34,703 |
9,458,827 | 1. A wind turbine rotor, comprising: a hub, a plurality of blades, at least one pitch system for rotating a blade substantially along its longitudinal axis, and at least one pitch retention system, the at least one pitch retention system comprising a cam profile and a cam follower, wherein | 11,568 |
9,126,141 | 1. A membrane for filtering gases from an industrial installation comprising: a plurality of batteries of selective gas diffusion membranes selective to retain noble gases, organic iodine, inorganic iodine, cesium, strontium, ruthenium tetraoxide, aerosols, vapors, and/or radiolytic products, with each selective gas diffusion membrane comprising a hydrophobic wall including an internal surface and an external surface formed of calibrated hollow porous fibers, and pores, in surfaces of the hydrophobic wall, of variable dimensions extending between the internal surface and the external surface and longitudinally therethrough, wherein each selective gas diffusion membrane porosity is specific to filter one or more noble gases, organic iodine, inorganic iodine, cesium, strontium, ruthenium tetraoxide, aerosols, vapors, and/or radiolytic products, selected depending on installation requirements and/or benefit. | 49,546 |
9,186,696 | 1. A solar cell coating system comprising: a coating part including a slit nozzle which applies a liquid material including an oxidizable metal to a first substrate by a non-spin coating method; a chamber having a coating space in which the coating part applies the liquid material to the first substrate and a transport space into which the substrate is transported; a sensor detecting at least one of the following oxygen concentration or humidity inside the chamber; a removal unit which removes the liquid material from the inside of the chamber when at least one of the following oxygen concentration or humidity inside the chamber exceeds a first threshold value; and a controller programmed to control the operation of the removal unit on the basis of a detection result obtained by the sensor, wherein the controller is programmed to control the removal unit so that the liquid material is not removed until the coating part finishes coating the first substrate when the at least one of the following oxygen concentration or humidity exceeds the first threshold value, wherein the removal unit comprises a recovery part which recovers a recovered liquid material, said recovered liquid material is the liquid material moved from inside the chamber to outside the chamber, wherein the recovery part comprises a circulation path which returns the recovered liquid material into the chamber, and wherein the removal unit comprises a discharge unit which discharges oxygen or moisture from the chamber, depending on which of the following oxygen concentration or humidity inside the chamber exceeds the first threshold value. | 31,717 |
9,042,143 | 1. A switching power converter circuit comprising: a first capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal; a second capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor at a first node; a bipolar transistor having a base, a collector, and an emitter, wherein the collector is coupled to the second terminal of the second capacitor, and wherein the base is coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor; a diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode is coupled to the collector of the bipolar transistor, and wherein the cathode is coupled to the emitter of the bipolar transistor at a second node; a first inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first inductor is coupled to the collector of the bipolar transistor; and a second inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the second inductor is coupled to the base of the bipolar transistor, and wherein the second terminal of the second inductor is coupled to the second terminal of the first inductor at a third node. | 24,974 |
9,089,282 | 1. A catheter for measuring a size of a luminal organ, comprising: an outer elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end; an inner elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the inner elongate tube positioned at least partially within the outer elongate tube such that the inner elongate tube is capable of sliding within the outer elongate tube; a proximal balloon surrounding at least a portion of the outer elongate tube near the distal end of the outer elongate tube, the proximal balloon having a first end attached to the outer elongate tube and a second end attached to the outer elongate tube; a distal balloon surrounding a portion of the outer elongate tube distal to the proximal balloon, the distal balloon having a first end attached to the outer elongate tube and a second end attached to the inner elongate tube; a detector comprising electrodes attached to the portion of the outer elongate tube surrounded by the distal balloon; a first pressure transducer attached to the portion of the outer elongate tube surrounded by the proximal balloon; and a second pressure transducer attached to the portion of the outer elongate tube surrounded by the distal balloon. | 45,765 |
8,709,771 | 1. A fermentation method comprising: mixing in a medium a low molecular weight sugar, one or more fermenting microorganisms, and an ionizing radiation irradiated lignocellulosic material, fermenting the low molecular weight sugar to a fermentation product, wherein the fermentation step produces fermentation product at a faster rate than would be produced in the fermentation step in the absence of the irradiated lignocellulosic material. | 4,460 |
9,753,042 | 1. A kit for determining male fertility comprising: a first container system consisting essentially of four different batches of antibodies each linked to a functional group one of each of the four batches of antibodies capable of binding selectively to one of each of the analytes Atp6v0a2, G-CSF, MIP 1α, and MCP-1; packaging for holding the first container system; and instructions for using the four batches of antibodies with a seminal sample to determine the fertility of the sample. | 28,318 |
8,813,990 | 1. A cargo container for transporting hazardous materials, comprising; a housing connected to a frame, the frame and the housing defining an opening and an interior storage space, the interior storage space being accessible through the opening; a lid operatively connected to the frame, the lid covering the opening for inhibiting access to the interior storage space through the opening; a flange operatively connecting to the frame and positioned adjacent to the lid covering the opening, the flange generally surrounding the opening; a first gasket positioned on the flange and generally surrounding the opening, the first gasket sandwiched between the flange and the lid for fluidly sealing the lid to the flange for inhibiting hazardous materials from moving from the interior storage space to an outer environment; and a tortuous path at least partially defined by the housing and extending from the interior storage space to the first gasket, and at least one aspect of the tortuous path being a groove generally surrounding the opening, wherein at least the housing is configured to deflect at least a portion of air borne hazardous materials away from the first gasket such that the tortuous path further inhibits passage of hazardous material from the interior storage space to the outer environment. | 894 |
9,566,470 | 1. A leg stretching device comprising: a linear base frame configured to extend along a lateral side of a user in a supine position; a support plate adjustably coupled to, and extending laterally from, the base frame, the support plate configured for positioning against a back side of the user; a lower lumbar pad adjustably coupled to, and extending laterally from, the base frame in spaced relation relative to the support plate; a hip pivot axle extending through a hinge cover, the hinge cover adjustably coupled to the base frame; a leg tube including a proximal end hingedly connected to the base frame about the hip pivot axle and a distal end; a foot plate operably coupled to the distal end of the leg tube; and an actuation assembly including an actuation tube hingedly connected to the base frame and an actuation bar slidably disposed within the actuation tube and hingedly connected to the leg tube, the actuation assembly including an actuator motor for moving the actuation bar relative to the actuation tube to reposition the leg tube relative to the base frame. | 19,567 |
8,387,779 | 1. A method for depositing terrain with material, the method comprising: a) providing that the terrain has at least 3 planes arranged parallel to one another; b) providing a belt conveyor system located on at least the second plane and transporting material from outside the terrain; c) providing a traveling tripper for movement along the entire belt conveyor system, with which the material is transferred on one side or the other side of the belt conveyor system to a connecting belt bridge which can also be moved along the belt conveyor system; d) using the connecting belt bridge to transfer the material to a stacker which can likewise be moved along the belt conveyor system, said stacker having at least two sections, whereby a pick-up belt and a discharge belt are connected in an area of a middle moving carriage to one another in an articulated manner, so that the discharge belt can be pivoted laterally opposite the middle moving carriage and/or can be adjusted in height at the end, wherein the pick-up belt can be pivoted laterally opposite the middle moving carriage; e) discharging the material with the stacker in extended filling strips one after the other on the various planes below and above the plane of the belt conveyor system; f) filling at first, on one side of the belt conveyor system, one or more planes below or above the plane of the belt conveyor system with at least one strip; g) then moving the traveling tripper, connecting belt bridge and stacker to the other side of the belt conveyor system after filling said one side of the belt conveyor system with said at least one strip to fill up corresponding filling strips of one or more planes below or above the plane of the belt conveyor system on the other side of the belt conveyor system. | 33,306 |
8,819,055 | 1. A system for managing a logical people group (LPG), comprising: a computer, including a computer memory and processor; a user directory which includes a first plurality of attribute values for each of a plurality of users and the user directory maps the plurality of users to a plurality of groups; an attribute directory, separate from the user directory, which includes a second plurality of attribute values for each of the plurality of users, which second plurality of attribute values are not recorded in said user directory and the attribute directory maps a plurality of business attributes to the plurality of users; a security layer, separate from the user directory and attribute directory, which includes a third plurality of attribute values for each of the plurality of users, which third plurality of attribute values are not recorded in said user directory or attribute directory and the security layer includes a plurality of roles, wherein each role is associated with an application and includes one or more users from the plurality of users; a query module including a query cache executing on the computer, operable to receive a complex query wherein the complex query includes a first parameter operable on the first plurality of attribute values, a second defined parameter operable on the second plurality of attribute values, and a third parameter operable on the third plurality of attribute values; wherein, in response to the complex query, the query module, | 12,907 |
9,748,004 | 1. A modular pressurized water reactor having a primary circuit including a reactive core, an upper internals, a steam generator heat exchanger and pressurizer housed within a reactor pressure vessel which is enclosed within a substantially close fitting containment, including a primary coolant hot leg between a coolant flow exit from the core and an upstream side of the steam generator heat exchanger and a coolant cold leg between a downstream side of the steam generator heat exchanger and a coolant flow entrance to the core, the hot leg and cold leg being housed within the reactor pressure vessel, the modular pressurized water reactor further including a combined passive heat removal system and high-head water injection system comprising: a core makeup tank including: a heat exchange assembly supported within the core makeup tank, the heat exchange assembly having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side having an interior flow path within the heat exchange assembly with a primary side inlet and a primary side outlet, the interior flow path being maintained at a pressure at least equal to a pressure within the reactive core; a primary side inlet plenum that is in fluid communication with the inlet of the interior flow path of the heat exchange assembly and the hot leg exiting the core; a primary side outlet plenum that is in fluid communication with the outlet of the interior flow path of the heat exchange assembly and the cold leg between the downstream side of the steam generator heat exchanger and the coolant flow entrance to the core; and a secondary side plenum within the secondary side of the heat exchange assembly having an inlet end and an outlet end and a secondary side flow path over an exterior of the heat exchange assembly interior flow path, connecting the inlet end to the outlet end of the secondary side plenum; an ultimate heat sink heat exchanger is connected to the core makeup tank between the inlet end and the outlet end of the secondary side plenum, wherein the secondary side plenum and a connection with the ultimate heat sink heat exchanger is pressurized to an extent to prevent boiling under accident conditions; and means for isolating the primary side of the heat exchange assembly from the core. | 44,585 |
8,983,444 | 1. A method of controlling a portable device having a humidity sensor, comprising: setting, if a call event is detected, a humidity level at the time of the occurrence of the call event as an initial value; measuring a variation of the humidity level around the portable device; comparing the variation with a preset threshold value; and selectively controlling on/off of a display unit of the portable device according to a comparison outcome. | 17,561 |
9,083,775 | 1. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a network selection module to access an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy; a communication module coupled with the network selection module, the communication module to: | 43,567 |
9,685,872 | 1. A single-stage switched-mode power supply (SMPS) comprising: a dual-source ac rectifying unit, used to convert an input ac source and generate at least two new sources with dc or quasi-dc characteristics, the at least two new sources including first and second dc sources; a combined switching cell, comprised of first and second switching circuits used for power conversion from the first and second dc sources, with outputs from the first and second switching circuits paralleled after rectified and producing dc output, wherein the first dc source and the first switching circuit are connected via a bulk capacitor, with a combined line-frequency charging current, referred to as I a current merging unit, used to merge the combined line-frequency charging current from the first switching circuit with an input current from the second switching circuit to produce a combined current into the combined switching cell and deliver the combined current back to the input ac source and wherein: the current merging unit includes at least a series-connected double resistor network; a first end terminal of the series-connected double resistor network is connected to a negative output of the dual-source ac rectifying unit; a second end terminal of the series-connected double resistor network is connected to a ground terminal of a switching device in the second switching circuit and is used to sink a power factor correction (PFC) current; a middle terminal of the series-connected double resistor network is connected to a negative terminal of the bulk capacitor and is used to receive the combined line-frequency charging current in the first switching circuit and the PFC and the combined line-frequency charging current are combined and become a merged current of the combined switching cell, which is delivered to the input ac source. | 7,053 |
9,430,280 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of computing devices configured to implement a plurality of resources of a provider network, wherein the resources are organized into a plurality of resource pools; and one or more computing devices configured to implement a resource manager, wherein the resource manager is configured to: | 46,023 |
9,733,161 | 1. A sample processing apparatus that processes samples in sample tubes held in a first rack and a second rack each having fixed positions to hold the sample tubes, comprising: a case; a first drawer and a second drawer that each slide into and out of the case, and that support the first rack and the second rack respectively, the first drawer being slid into the case in a first linear direction and the first drawer being slid out of the case in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction, the first drawer and the second drawer having a first drawer footprint and a second drawer footprint defining an area into which the first rack and the second rack can be placed respectively; a tube set unit provided in the case in an area closer to the first drawer than the second drawer; a tube transfer unit in the case that removes one of the sample tubes from the first and second racks; and a processor coupled to the tube transfer unit, that executes a computer program to control a transfer operation of the tube transfer unit, wherein the processor is configured by the computer program to perform operations comprising: causing the tube transfer unit to remove a selected first one of the sample tubes from the first rack, to transfer the selected first sample tube to a first position in the case along a transfer path behind the first rack in the first linear direction and to transfer the selected first sample tube from the first position on the transfer path to a second position along the transfer path behind the first rack in the first linear direction, the second position being a location for setting the selected sample tube to the tube set unit; and causing the tube transfer unit to remove a selected second one of the sample tubes from the second rack, to transfer the selected second sample tube to the first position and to transfer the selected second sample tube from the first position to the second position along the transfer path, wherein the first drawer footprint includes, a first rack set unit that receives the first rack, the first rack set unit provided adjacent to a space provided within one end of the first drawer by placement of the first rack set unit within the first drawer footprint, the space comprising at least a portion of the transfer path along which the selected first sample tube is transferred. | 4,207 |
9,550,178 | 1. A method for converting an alkyl halide to an olefin, the method comprising contacting a silicoaluminophosphate (SAPO) catalyst with a feed comprising an alkyl halide under reaction conditions sufficient to produce an olefin hydrocarbon product comprising C 2 to C 4 olefins, wherein the SAPO catalyst has bimodal acidity designated as weak acid sites and strong acid sites, wherein the weak acid concentration is less than 0.55 mmol/g-cat and the total acid concentration is less than 1.5 mmol/g-cat. | 13,303 |
8,771,896 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: an anodic current collector and a cathodic current collector, each current collector comprising at least one transverse passage passing through the current collector from a first surface to a second surface of the current collector; an electrically insulating separator element arranged between the anodic and cathodic current collectors, the separator element comprising: an ionically conducting solid electrolyte in contact with the anodic and cathodic current collectors, the solid electrolyte occupying a volume bounded by the transverse channels of the separator element and by the at least one passage of the current collectors, wherein: the separator element comprises a thermoplastic polymer material, the separator element presents, after pressing, a thickness determined by spacers formed by electrically insulating hard particles and arranged in the transverse channels of the separator element, the current collectors are made of metal, graphite, or an electrically conducting polymer material, the current collectors, after pressing, are incrusted and fixed into the electrically insulating separator element, materials of the separator element, the solid electrolyte, and the spacers are different from one another, a width of the transverse channels of the separator element is smaller than a width of the at least one passage of the current collectors, and the solid electrolyte is arranged in the transverse channels of the separator element and in the at least one passage of the current collectors. | 40,822 |
9,169,467 | 1. A polypeptide having ketol-acid reductoisomerase activity, wherein the polypeptide comprises a. the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41; b. at least 99% identity to SEQ ID NO: 41; c. at least 99% identity to SEQ ID NO: 41 and at least one of the following substitutions: M301I, Y239H, Y113F, S322A, A71K, N114G, A329R, A69T, N114S, G72W, A295V, E264K, R280D, A329E, S157T, M238I, Q272T, K335M, R280H, and a combination thereof; or d. an active fragment of any one of (a) to (c). | 17,053 |
9,193,532 | 1. A method for processing glass comprising: (i) providing a conveyor roll comprised of an inner roll shaft having an elongated cylindrical surface, a removable spool comprised of steel and having a cylindrical body including a first diameter and an interior passage sized to accommodate said inner roll shaft and a collar at a first end; a removable and replaceable insulated roll sleeve comprised of a refractory material slidably mounted over at least a portion of said spool and abutting said collar, said insulated roll sleeve including at least one layer of insulation material; and a releasable securing element retaining said spool on said inner roll shaft; and wherein said insulated roll sleeve is held under compression between said collar and a compression member at a second end and said insulated roll sleeve remains under compression when the spool is removed from the inner roll shaft; (ii) disposing said conveyor roll in an oven and transporting a ribbon of glass through said oven using said conveyor roll. | 34,326 |
8,992,379 | 1. A hybrid drivetrain for a motor vehicle, the hybrid drivetrain comprising: an automated mechanical transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a counter shaft, the automated mechanical transmission also including a first gear disposed between the input shaft and the countershaft and at least two selectively engageable gear sets disposed between the countershaft and the output shaft; a master clutch for selectively coupling the input shaft of the automated mechanical transmission to a main power source so as to deliver power from the main power source to the hybrid drivetrain only when the master clutch couples the input shaft to the main power source; an alternative energy source including a motor and an energy storage unit, wherein the alternative energy source comprises only a single point of connection to the automated mechanical transmission; a first torque transfer arrangement separate from the engageable gear sets of the automated mechanical transmission for transferring torque from the output shaft of the automated mechanical transmission to the motor when the energy storage unit is being charged and for transferring torque from the motor to the output shaft of the automated mechanical transmission when the energy storage unit is being discharged, wherein the first torque transfer arrangement comprises the single point of connection between the alternative energy source and the automated mechanical transmission; an alternative energy source clutch for selectively coupling the first torque transfer arrangement to the output shaft of the automated mechanical transmission; and a second torque transfer arrangement for transferring torque from the output shaft of the automated mechanical transmission to a driven axle of the motor vehicle; at least one of the first and second torque transfer arrangements having first and second torque transfer ratios, the first and second torque transfer ratios being different from one another. | 37,652 |
9,681,013 | 1. A computer implemented method of facilitating generation of a digital representation of at least one physical object, the computer implemented method comprising: scanning, by a scanner, a first part of the at least one physical object to obtain image data corresponding to the first part of the at least one physical object, wherein the scanning of the first part is performed based on a first set of values for a set of parameters that control the scanning, wherein the image data corresponding to the first part is a digital representation of the first part; determining, with a processor, a size of the image data corresponding to the first part, wherein the size represents an amount of storage space required to store the image data corresponding to the first part; before scanning a second part of the at least one physical object, displaying information, to a user on a graphical user interface, indicating at least one of the size of the image data corresponding to the first part, and an estimate of a total size of image data corresponding to the at least one physical object based on the size of the image data corresponding to the first part; receiving, from the user, a second set of values for the set of parameters that control the scanning; and after displaying the information to the user and receiving the second set of values from the user, scanning, by the scanner, the second part of the at least one physical object to obtain image data corresponding to the second part of the at least one physical object, wherein scanning of the second part is performed based on the second set of values for the set of parameters, wherein the value of at least one of the parameters in the second set is different than in the first set, and a size of the image data corresponding to the second part depends on at least the value of the at least one parameter that is different in the second set, the size represents an amount of storage space required to store the image data corresponding to the second part, and the first and second parts are different portions of the at least one physical object, with the first part being one portion of the at least one physical object and the second part being a remaining portion of the at least one physical object. | 1,751 |
9,734,973 | 1. An electrical switching device for a low voltage circuit, comprising: an electronic unit configured to be operatively connected to a first communication bus that implements a first communication protocol; a communication module configured to be operatively connected to the first communication bus and to a second communication bus that implements a second communication protocol, which is different than the first communication protocol, wherein the communication module is configured to place the first communication bus in communication with the second communication bus, and wherein the communication module is configured to detect a condition relative to the electrical switching device and make it accessible externally thereto through at least one of the first communication bus and the second communication bus; wherein the electrical switching device further includes a first auxiliary contact configured to signal a first characteristic of the electrical switching device and a second auxiliary contact configured to signal a second characteristic of the electrical switching device, wherein the communication module is structured to make the first characteristic and the second characteristic accessible externally thereto through at least one of the first communication bus and the second communication bus. | 12,777 |
9,057,732 | 1. A method for determining the amount of analytes in a sample by mass spectrometry, the method comprising: subjecting the sample to an ionization source under conditions suitable to produce one or more ions detectable by mass spectrometry from each of the analytes, wherein the analytes are not derivatized prior to ionization; determining by tandem mass spectrometry the amount of the one or more ions from each of the analytes; and using the determined amount of the one or more ions to determine the amount of each of the analytes in the sample; wherein the analytes comprise at least two analytes selected from pregnenolone, 17-OH pregnenolone, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, testosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, cortisone, and cortisol. | 15,924 |
8,344,108 | 1. A process for fractionation of corn, the process comprising: preparing the corn for extraction to obtain prepared corn that has not been steeped and has not been de-germed; extracting zein from the prepared corn that has not been steeped and has not been de-germed with a solvent to provide an extracted zein-solvent mixture, wherein the solvent comprises at least one of an alcohol, an ethanol, and a solution of at least one of an alcohol or ethanol combined with water; separating the extracted zein-solvent mixture into at least a stream including an extract comprising the zein and solvent, and another stream comprising de-zeined corn solids and adsorbed solvent; separating zein from the solvent in the extract by membrane processing the extract; desolventizing the de-zeined corn solids to remove the adsorbed solvent; resuspending said desolventized, de-zeined corn solids in water; and separating one or more of the fiber, starch, and protein from the resuspended desolventized, de-zeined corn solids to produce one or more corn products. | 48,442 |
8,812,072 | 1. A transcutaneous analyte sensor, the sensor comprising: a non-planar wire comprising an insulator coating, wherein the insulator coated wire comprises: wherein a hardness and/or a modulus of elasticity of each of the distal, intermediate and proximal portions are different, whereby a stiffness of each of the distal, intermediate and proximal portions are different from physical or chemical processing of the insulator coated wire; and a multi-domain membrane covering the electrochemically reactive surface of the wire. | 9,717 |
9,833,839 | 1. A method comprising: fabricating, from a first material, a support structure for an object; fabricating an interface layer adjacent to the support structure; and fabricating a surface of the object from a second material, the surface of the object adjacent to the interface layer and the second material including a powdered material for forming a final part and a binder system including one or more binders, wherein the one or more binders retain a net shape of the object during processing of the object into the final part, wherein processing of the object into the final part includes debinding the net shape to remove at least a portion of the one or more binders and sintering the net shape to join and densify the powdered material, and wherein the interface layer resists bonding of the support structure to the object during sintering. | 1,084 |
8,367,996 | 1. A solar sensing system, comprising: a solar module; an azimuth sensor unit installed on a surface of the solar module for sensing sunlight to generate an azimuth signal, and the azimuth sensor unit further comprising: a driving unit coupled to the solar module for receiving the azimuth signal to turn the solar module until the azimuth sensor unit is aligned precisely towards the sunlight and the first potential difference has a value of zero, and receiving the elevation signal to turn the solar module until the elevation sensor unit is aligned precisely towards the sunlight, and the second potential difference has a value of zero, such that the solar module is aligned precisely towards the sunlight. | 26,111 |
9,035,169 | 1. A method of producing a composite of a layered compound and metal particles, comprising the steps of: forming an organically modified layered compound by intercalating organic ions between layers of the layered compound; and adding to the organically modified layered compound an aqueous colloidal metal solution in which the metal particles are dispersed as a metal colloid in water and a nonaqueous solvent which is a poor solvent for the metal colloid and has an excellent ability to swell the organically modified layered compound. | 29,081 |
9,434,209 | 1. A wheel bearing apparatus comprising: an outer member integrally formed with a body mounting flange on its outer circumference, the body mounting flange adapted to be mounted on a knuckle of a suspension apparatus, the outer member inner circumference includes double row outer raceway surfaces; an inner member includes double row inner raceway surfaces, a wheel hub and at least one inner ring, the wheel hub is integrally formed with a wheel mounting flange on its one end, a cylindrical portion axially extends from the wheel mounting flange, the at least one inner ring is press-fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub via a predetermined interference, the at least one inner ring outer circumference is formed with one of the double row inner raceway surfaces that corresponds to one of the double row outer raceway surfaces of the outer member; double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner and outer members, via cages; a hardened ring-shaped gear member is mounted on an end of the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub, the gear member is formed with a gear portion on its outer circumference and with a splined portion on its inner circumference, the splined portion engages a hub-splined portion formed on the outer circumference of the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub; a contacting surface of the gear member and a contacting surface of the at least one inner ring that abut against each other are ground to provide a desired roughness on the contacting surfaces to enable close contact and frictional resistance between the contacting surfaces to reduce torque on the splined portion; and the at least one inner ring is axially immovably secured to the wheel hub under a condition where a predetermined amount of a bearing pre-stress is applied to the at least one inner ring, via the gear member. | 12,007 |
9,484,599 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator being wound together; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and having a volume energy density of 650 Wh/L or more, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode material mixture layer adhering to a surface of the positive electrode current collector; the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode material mixture layer adhering to a surface of the negative electrode current collector; the positive electrode material mixture layer having a porosity P a ratio V a difference between a contact angle CA | 13,175 |
9,063,687 | 1. An information processing apparatus capable of communication with an external apparatus through a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive from the external apparatus information indicating that the external apparatus is to automatically enter a power-off state, wherein the external apparatus transmits the information in a case where a preset time has come or printing has not been performed for a preset period of time in the external apparatus; a storage unit configured to store the information received by the reception unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the communication with the external apparatus is disabled; and a display unit configured, if the information is stored in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the communication with the external apparatus is disabled, to display information indicating that the external apparatus has automatically entered the power-off state, and if the information is not stored in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that the communication with the external apparatus is disabled, to display information indicating that the communication with the external apparatus is disabled, wherein the display unit removes the information indicating that the external apparatus has entered the power-off state if the determination unit determines that the communication with the external apparatus is able after the determination unit determines that the communication with the external apparatus is disabled. | 17,781 |
8,607,582 | 1. A refrigeration system for a container for refrigerating chilled cargo, the system comprising: a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator connected in series; an evaporator fan associated with the evaporator and operable to discharge supply air and to receive return air: a heater; sensors configured to sense the temperature of the supply air and the temperature of the return air, and a controller programmed to determine a requirement for heating and a requirement for cooling based on the temperature of the return air and the temperature of the supply air, wherein the controller is programmed to activate the evaporator fan when a requirement for heating is determined and to increase the speed of the evaporator fan when increased heating is determined, and wherein the controller is programmed to activate the compressor and the evaporator fan when a requirement for cooling is determined and to increase power supplied to the compressor and maintain the evaporator fan at a first speed when increased cooling is determined. | 49,160 |
9,481,551 | 1. Transparent balustrade ( 12 ) of an escalator ( 1 ) or of a moving walk, comprising a balustrade skirt ( 13 ), at least one glass panel ( 31 , 32 , 33 ), and a handrail guide ( 15 ) with a handrail ( 14 ), wherein the at-least one glass panel ( 31 , 32 , 33 ) has an upper edge ( 9 ) and a lower end ( 6 ) and, at its lower end ( 6 ), is gripped in a mounting ( 18 ) in the balustrade skirt ( 13 ) in a locationally fixed manner, wherein the transparent balustrade ( 12 ) contains at least one support ( 20 ), which, in a locationally fixed manner, is joined to at least one of the balustrade skirt ( 13 ) a supporting frame ( 10 ) of the escalator ( 1 ) or moving walk, the glass panel ( 31 , 32 , 33 ) having elastic properties for impact energy absorption whereby a limited elastic displacement of a part of the at least one glass panel ( a permitted lateral displacement takes place within a permissible deformation play range dependent upon the material properties of the at least one glass panel; and | 16,589 |
8,750,184 | 1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising: a baseband device configured to receive information from a wireless network indicating a first pattern of time intervals that the WTRU is to monitor a plurality of high-speed shared control channels (HS-SCCHs), wherein the baseband device is further configured to not monitor the HS-SCCHs in time intervals outside the first pattern of time intervals; and wherein the baseband device is further configured to receive information from the wireless network indicating a second pattern of time intervals in which the WTRU transmits a dedicated channel and a control channel, and the WTRU does not transmit the dedicated channel outside of the second pattern of time intervals. | 10,039 |
9,067,020 | 1. A needleless injector wand assembly comprising a tubular barrel; a first chamber at a front, discharge end of said barrel for receiving an injectable liquid from a source thereof; a nozzle on the front end of said barrel for discharging liquid from the first chamber; a plunger slidable in the barrel for movement between a retracted position in which liquid is drawn into the first chamber and an extended position in which the liquid is discharged through said nozzle; a second chamber in said barrel rearwardly of and separated from said first chamber; a piston slidable in said second chamber for movement under fluid pressure between an extended position in which it moves the plunger to the extended position and a retracted position in which it moves the plunger to a retracted position; a third chamber in said barrel surrounding said second chamber for alternately receiving gas under pressure from said second chamber during movement of the piston from the retracted to the extended position, and for introducing the gas under pressure to said second chamber during movement of said piston from the extended to the retracted position; a breach plug closing a rear end of said barrel including a first passage for receiving a gas under pressure from a source thereof, and carrying the gas to a rear end of the piston to cause the piston to move from the retracted to the extended position, and a second passage for carrying the gas under pressure to and from said third chamber to cause said piston to alternately move from the retracted to the extended position and from the extended to the retracted position; and a pair of tubes connected to a rear end of said breach plug for carrying gas under pressure to and from said breach plug. | 18,932 |
8,768,194 | 1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing unit that includes a pressure rotary member and a heating rotary member which includes a heating source, and that transports a recording medium while nipping the recording medium between the pressure rotary member and the heating rotary member, to thereby cause a developer image transferred to the recording medium to be fixed on the recording medium; a plurality of temperature detectors that detect temperatures of a plurality of regions of the pressure rotary member located along the axial direction of the pressure rotary member; a plurality of cooling units that are provided to correspond to the plurality of temperature detectors, and that cool the regions of the pressure rotary member subjected to the temperature detection by the corresponding plurality of temperature detectors; and a controller that controls the cooling units to, if a temperature difference between the regions of the pressure rotary member subjected to the detection by the plurality of temperature detectors is more than a set temperature difference which is a preset temperature difference, execute first cooling for reducing the temperature difference between the regions of the pressure rotary member to be equal to or less than the set temperature difference, and to, if a width of the recording medium perpendicular to a transport direction of the recording medium used in an immediately previously executed image formation is equal to or less than a preset width, execute, subsequently to the first cooling, second cooling for cooling the pressure rotary member for a preset time. | 27,554 |
9,075,797 | 1. A system for managing retired transaction identifiers (TIDs), the system comprising: a memory operable to maintain an individual status of each TID of a plurality of TIDs, the plurality of TIDs comprising one or more retired TIDs, wherein a TID is retired if an associated command does not complete; and a processor operable to selectively restore a first retired TID of the one or more retired TIDs, wherein the first retired TID is selectively restored without requiring the processor to be reset. | 12,285 |
8,412,569 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by one or more processors of one or more server devices, respective first numbers of times that documents, associated with a web site, are presented to clients during a first time period, at least one of the documents including at least one advertisement; determining, by one or more processors of one or more server devices and based on the respective first numbers of times, a first share-of-site for at least one of an advertiser or an advertising network associated with the least one advertisement, the first share-of-site being determined based on comparing the respective first numbers of times to a subset of the respective first numbers of times, the subset of the respective first numbers of times corresponding to presenting the at least one of the documents to the clients during the first time period; determining, by one or more processors of one or more server devices, respective second numbers of times that documents, associated with the web site, are presented to clients during a second time period; determining, by one or more processors of one or more server devices and based on the respective second numbers of times, a second share-of-site for the at least one of the advertiser or the advertising network, the second share-of-site being determined based on comparing the respective second numbers of times to a subset of the respective second numbers of times, the subset of the respective second numbers of times corresponding to presenting the at least one of the documents to the clients during the second time period; and comparing, by one or more processors of one or more server devices, the first share-of-site and the second share-of-site to identify a change associated with a visibility of the at least one of the at least one of the advertiser or the advertising network between the first time period and the second time period. | 34,793 |
8,540,810 | 1. An adsorption unit comprising: an adsorbent hollow fibre comprising a first layer containing a first active component and a second layer containing a means for transmitting heat, the first layer and the second layer being discrete layers. | 40,159 |
9,017,033 | 1. A fan assembly comprising a first fan blade having a rib extending therealong; a first fairing platform mounted on and supported from the first fan blade, wherein the first fairing platform has a first flange with a groove that mates with the rib; a second fairing platform, wherein the second fairing platform is adjacent to and abutting the first fairing platform; and a first retention feature having a configuration selected from the group consisting of a clip and a hook, the first retention feature connecting the first fairing platform to the second fairing platform near at least one of a leading and trailing edge of the first fan blade. | 10,282 |
9,297,394 | 1. A transportation vessel comprising: at least one metal product having a surface comprising: | 13,798 |
9,039,314 | 1. A cosmetic dispenser for applying a cosmetic product to a surface, the dispenser comprising: a body having a reservoir holding the cosmetic product, the body having a first magnetic retention mechanism portion with a first magnetic pole; a head removably coupled to the body, the head comprising: multiple pipes defining a delivery passageway, wherein the multiple pipes extend through at least a portion of the applicator and are configured to deliver the cosmetic product from the reservoir to the surface. | 23,873 |
9,142,790 | 1. A photodiode comprising: a first electrode; a photoelectric layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the photoelectric layer; and a first phosphorescence layer on the second electrode. | 32,801 |
8,940,563 | 1. A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic module, comprising: providing a top cover with a reflective surface; forming a light-guiding structure; providing a mounting device; forming an optoelectronic device on said mounting device with a first precision; forming a control chip on said mounting device with a second precision different from said first precision; combining said top cover and said mounting device, wherein said light-guiding structure is between said top cover and said mounting device, and said optoelectronic device faces said reflective surface, wherein said mounting device has a concave structure, said mounting device comprises a substrate and a sub-mount, said concave structure is formed on said substrate, said control chip is mounted on said sub-mount with said second precision, and said optoelectronic device is mounted on a bottom surface of said concave structure of said substrate with said first precision; forming a through hole structure passing from said bottom surface of said concave structure to a bottom surface of said substrate; and bonding one end of at least one electrical trace on a top surface of said optoelectronic device and the other end of said electrical trace on said bottom surface of said concave structure to electrically connect with said through hole structure. | 32,078 |
9,722,455 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor, and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive an indication of presence of a wireless charging field; detect a direction of a change of orientation of a device during the presence of the wireless charging field; and control an application parameter based on the detected change. | 85 |
9,421,122 | 1. A thermal therapy applied to a human body, comprising: elevating a temperature of a deep part of a human body by 1° C. and maintaining said elevated temperature for at least 15 minutes, said elevating and maintaining being achieved by allowing a person to inhale hot vapor such that heat is transferred to blood in capillary vessels distributed through an upper respiratory tract, a lower respiratory tract and a gas exchanging organ; and wherein said elevating and maintaining is performed at least once per day for at least two weeks. | 18,299 |
8,497,638 | 1. A light source device comprising: one or more flat substrates each having a light emitting element on its surface side, the substrates being supported by a chassis having a conductive flat plate surface so that back surfaces of the substrates are opposed to the flat plate surface of the chassis, the light emitting element driven by pulse current, wherein each of the substrates is provided with a plurality of first conductive thin films for wiring formed on a surface side of an insulation substrate, and one or more second conductive thin films for radiating or wiring formed on a back surface side of the insulation substrate, two terminals of the light emitting element are connected to the two adjacent first conductive thin films, respectively, and a potential of at least one of the second conductive thin films is fixed to have a constant potential difference with respect to a potential of the flat plate surface of the chassis; the light source device further comprising: a connection terminal at an end side of each of the substrates or in a vicinity of the end side, electrically connected to the first conductive thin film formed in the vicinity of the end side, and used to electrically connect to an external circuit or the other substrate, wherein a series circuit is formed of the light emitting elements mounted on the plurality of substrates by connecting the connection terminal of the one substrate to the connection terminal of the other substrate to connect the plurality of substrates, and brightness of the plurality of light emitting elements of the series circuit is controlled by supplying a fixed potential from one side end of the series circuit and driving a current flowing in the series circuit from the other side end of the series circuit, wherein a potential of the second conductive thin films is fixed to have a predetermined potential difference with respect to the potential of the flat plate surface of the chassis in at least one of the plurality of substrates, provided with the light emitting element having a maximum potential fluctuation at a terminal of the light emitting element due to drive of the current flowing in the series circuit. | 28,462 |
8,529,769 | 1. A method for inhibiting the formation of a precipitate in an aqueous solution, wherein the precipitate comprises zirconium molybdate and the aqueous solution comprises the element molybdenum and the element zirconium, the method comprising adding at least one chemical element selected from the group consisting of plutonium, tellurium, antimony and mixtures thereof to the aqueous solution. | 20,352 |
8,524,415 | 1. A method comprising: forming a dispersion of a carbonizable polymer, a surfactant, and titanium alkoxide in a liquid medium; evaporating the liquid medium to leave a material characterized by inter-dispersed clusters of carbon based polymer, surfactant, and titanium oxide; heating the material to progressively decompose and volatilize the surfactant and alkoxide residue; further heating the material to carbonize the carbonizable polymer, and to yield a porous composite, processing the composite to produce a carbon-titanium oxide substrate material, the proportions of carbonizable polymer and titanium alkoxide being determined to provide a desired carbon to titanium ratio in the carbon-titanium oxide substrate material and depositing platinum on the substrate material, wherein the carbon-titanium oxide substrate material comprises at least on of TiO | 38,477 |
9,722,137 | 1. A method of forming a flip chip LED structure comprising: providing a growth substrate; epitaxially growing semiconductor layers on the growth substrate, including a first conductivity layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity layer, the first conductivity layer having an interior surface adjacent to the active layer and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and the second conductivity layer having an interior surface adjacent to the active layer and an exterior surface though which light is emitted; forming a first dielectric portion at least underlying the exterior surface of the first conductivity layer; forming a first metal portion and a second metal portion underlying the exterior surface of the first conductivity layer, the first metal portion being electrically connected to the exterior surface of the first conductivity layer, the second metal portion being electrically insulated from the first conductivity layer and the first metal portion by the first dielectric portion; removing the growth substrate; etching away at least the first conductivity layer, the active layer, and the second conductivity layer overlying the first dielectric portion such that the first dielectric portion electrically isolates the first metal portion from the second metal portion; forming a first metal shunt portion integral with the LED structure and overlying a top portion of the exterior surface of the second conductivity layer; forming a second metal shunt portion underlying the first metal shunt portion and electrically connected to the first metal shunt portion and the second metal portion such that the second metal portion is electrically connected to the top portion of the exterior surface of the second conductivity layer; forming one or more first electrodes electrically connected to the first metal portion; and forming one or more second electrodes electrically connected to the second metal portion such that the LED structure forms a flip chip, wherein at least some of the one or more second electrodes underlie the plurality of semiconductor layers and the first metal portion and are insulated from the first metal portion by the first dielectric portion. | 43,829 |
9,426,424 | 1. An emergency service method, comprising: receiving, by a customer premises device of a multimedia network client, a remote control signal, indicative of an emergency event, from a remote control for the customer premises device; obtaining emergency service information indicative of an address of a customer premises corresponding to the customer premises device; obtaining a location of a remote control radio frequency identification (RFID) tag within the customer premises; sending, by the customer premises device, an emergency service request to an emergency service provider, the emergency service request including: receiving, from the emergency service provider, a request to establish a communication connection with a peripheral device coupled to a peripheral bus interface of the customer premises device; and establishing the communication connection between the peripheral device and the emergency service provider. | 39,245 |
8,706,583 | 1. A system for market-based settlement of transactions within an electric power grid network comprising: a settlement processor for market-based financial settlements comprising a server and/or a processor operatively coupled with a memory, and a database constructed and configured for electrical connection and IP-based communication via a network with at least one active grid element; wherein each active grid element is registered to participate within the electric power grid; and wherein the settlement processor provides automated messaging used for a market-based financial settlement based upon revenue grade metrology data and a kilowatt packet (KWP) unit; wherein each KWP unit provides a quantifying market rate for monetization for any unit of kilowatts with respect to time. | 40,949 |
9,270,188 | 1. A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter, comprising: a first bridge, comprising: a second bridge, in parallel connection with the first bridge, comprising: | 6,431 |
8,866,420 | 1. An electric power consumption control system for a facility in which a plurality of industrial machines each causing a motor to rotationally drive are installed, wherein only one of the industrial machines includes controlling means for controlling at least one of a rotational acceleration/deceleration speed Pi and a rotational speed Si of the motor of the one industrial machine, on the basis of information on an electric power consumption Wt of the facility, in such a way that the electric power consumption Wt becomes equal to or less than a specified value We, and the electric power consumption control system comprises electric power monitoring means for obtaining the electric power consumption Wt of the facility by measuring each of electric power consumptions of all of the industrial machines installed in the facility and for providing the information on the electric power consumption Wt to the controlling means of the industrial machine including the controlling means. | 31,006 |
9,507,362 | 1. A method of encouraging resource-conscious behavior, comprising: determining, using an resource management system, resource usage information for each of a plurality of homes, the resource usage information for each home indicating an amount of resource consumption associated with the home; comparing the amount of resource consumption associated with a first home in the plurality of homes to the amount of resource consumption associated with at least a second home in the plurality of homes; determining similarities and differences between the amount of resource consumption associated with the first home and the amount of resource consumption associated with at least the second home based on the comparing; and communicating, with a first user of the first home, a second user's resource usage information, the second user's resource information being indicative of the amount of resource consumption associated with at least the second home. | 46,048 |
8,605,630 | 1. A Low Duty Cycle (LDC) terminal, comprising: a receiver configured to receive information on a half-duplex forward link channel; and a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor programmed to: | 7,005 |
9,143,223 | 1. A relay station for transferring data transmitted or received between a plurality of mobile stations and a base station, the data being transferred during respective intervals of radio frames, the relay station comprising: a storage section configured to store a table including a plurality of records each corresponding to one of the mobile stations, each record having a group identifier indicating to which group the corresponding mobile station belongs, the group identifier being associated with a) a value indicating during what frame intervals data is to be transferred, and b) an offset, from a reference subframe, that specifies which subframe within a frame is utilized to transfer the data; and a transmission processing section configured to perform data transmission toward the base station, based on the records in the table that correspond to the one or more mobile stations and that are selected according to a current frame to be transferred, when data has to be relayed from the mobile stations to the base station as well as when no data has to be relayed from the mobile stations to the base station, wherein the transmission processing section is further configured in such a way that when there is no data to be transferred for a mobile station indicated in the selected corresponding record, the transmission processing section transmits to the base station, with timing corresponding to the mobile station, header information indicating that data size is zero. | 8,424 |
9,630,965 | 1. A compound represented by the formula wherein X is chloro and Y is hydrogen; or X is chloro or amino and Y is neopentyl. | 40,521 |
8,911,700 | 1. A process for reducing particulate material containing iron oxide, comprising: reducing the material containing iron oxide at least partially with reducing gas in a reducing zone, drawing off the gas produced during the reduction as waste gas and subsequently subjected the gas to CO in order to balance out fluctuations in the amount and calorific value, temporarily storing the tail gas in a gas accumulator, mixing the tail gas with a gas containing oxygen or pure oxygen, combusting the mixed tail gas in a burner system, thereby forming a substitute gas, the substitute gas being used after dewatering as a substitute for inert gas or instead of nitrogen, wherein at least part of the substitute gas being mixed with the gas containing oxygen and being returned to the burner system after at least one of dewatering and compression for setting the combustion temperature during the combustion of the tail gas. | 31,464 |
9,311,185 | 1. A method for execution by one or more computing devices regarding storage of data, the method comprises: obtaining data for storage in a storage as service network environment, wherein the storage as service network environment includes a plurality of storage units that are hosted by one or more storage as service entities; determining storage preferences regarding the data based on at least one of the data and a source of the data; determining a set of the plurality of the storage units from storage units within one or more dispersed storage network (DSN) memories based on the storage preferences; sending a solicitation request to the set of the plurality of the storage units, wherein the solicitation request includes a representation of the storage preferences; when at least a minimum number of favorable solicitation responses have been received within a time period, determining a dispersed storage error encoding function based on the favorable solicitation responses, the storage preferences, and available encoding schemes; encoding the data based on the determined dispersed storage error encoding function to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices; and outputting for storage the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to at least some of the storage units providing the favorable solicitation responses. | 5,569 |
9,852,819 | 1. A passive safety system for cooling a reactor pressure vessel in a nuclear power plant after a shutdown, where said nuclear power plant has a cooling water input, comprising: (a) a source of compressed gas at a pressure of at least 2000 pounds per square inch, said source of compressed gas having an outlet, (b) a compressed-gas valve connected to said outlet, (c) a pressure-reducing expansion valve having an input and an output, and (d) a heat exchanger arranged to supply heat to said compressed gas, said heat exchanger having a water input, a water output, and a compressed gas output, (e) a reservoir of water, said reservoir comprising a sealed water tank having a compressed gas input and a water output, (f) said water output of said reservoir of water being connected to said water input of said heat exchanger so that, when water is forced out of said reservoir, it will flow through said heat exchanger, (g) said outlet of said source of compressed gas being connected to said input of said pressure-reducing expansion valve via said compressed-gas valve so that said pressure-reducing expansion valve will reduce the pressure of said compressed gas supplied to said pressure-reducing expansion valve, (h) said pressure-reducing expansion valve being placed inside or connected to said heat exchanger so that said water flowing through said heat exchanger will transfer heat to said pressure-reducing expansion valve and to said compressed gas entering and leaving said expansion valve so that said compressed gas will not freeze its environment as it leaves said expansion valve, (i) said output of said pressure-reducing expansion valve arranged to pass said expanded gas into said heat exchanger, (j) said compressed gas output of said heat exchanger being connected to said compressed gas input of said reservoir of water so that said expanded gas will force said water to flow from said water output of said reservoir of water, (k) a cooling water valve for supplying cooling water to said cooling-water input of said reactor pressure vessel of said nuclear power plant, (l) said cooling water output of said heat exchanger being connected to said cooling water valve, (m) said compressed-gas and said cooling water valves being normally closed, but openable in case of a shutdown, (n) whereby in case of a required shutdown of said nuclear power plant, including an emergency shutdown, said compressed-gas and said cooling water valves can be opened so that said expansion valve will lower the pressure of said compressed gas and said heat exchanger can supply heat to said compressed gas to prevent said expanding compressed gas from freezing said expansion valve and the surrounding environment so that expanded compressed gas can force water from said water tank into said reactor pressure vessel to prevent overheating thereof. | 40,045 |
8,652,251 | 1. A sulfur concrete composition, the sulfur concrete composition comprising: elemental sulfur; steel slag aggregate; limestone powder; and quartz sand, where the elemental sulfur being heated to at least 140° C. to create a liquid state, and the steel slag aggregate, the limestone powder, and the sand each being heated to at least 140° C. and then combined with the liquid state elemental sulfur, and the elemental sulfur then solidifying through cooling to create a solid state concrete composition, and where the composition comprises about 40-50% steel slag aggregate. | 6,073 |
9,769,356 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an execution lane array coupled to a two dimensional shift register array structure, wherein, locations in the execution lane array are coupled to same locations in the two-dimensional shift register array structure such that different execution lanes have different dedicated registers, wherein, the two-dimensional shift register array structure couples locations along both horizontal and vertical axes so as to provide for shifting of two dimensional data arrays along both the horizontal and vertical axes such that data arrangement within the arrays remains intact for both horizontal shifts and vertical shifts, and wherein, a pair of logically neighboring locations in the two-dimensional shift register array structure have a physical array location between their respective physical locations. | 22,122 |
8,898,757 | 1. A method, comprising: generating, at an authentication server, an ordered sequence of two or more authentication methods, wherein the order of the two or more authentication methods in the ordered sequence is based at least in part on a determination, at the authentication server, of an availability to the authentication server of a credential store for the two or more authentication methods; responsive to an access request from a supplicant for access to a network, negotiating with the supplicant an authentication method according to the ordered sequence; and authenticating the supplicant using the negotiated authentication method to allow access to the network. | 9,091 |
9,400,685 | 1. An asynchronous multiple-core processor comprising: a plurality of self-timed core processors linked with a network bus; a task divider executing on the asynchronous multiple-core processor and configured to: the sub-task scheduler executing on the asynchronous multiple-core processor and configured to: | 35,561 |
9,291,981 | 1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising: a cylindrical base; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the cylindrical base, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a photoconductive layer disposed on the cylindrical base, a charge injection blocking layer disposed on the photoconductive layer, and a surface layer disposed on the charge injection blocking layer, the charge injection blocking layer contains at least one of nitrogen and oxygen, carbon, and a group a content of the at least one of nitrogen and oxygen contained in the charge injection blocking layer is lower on a side of the surface layer than on a side of the photosensitive layer, and a content of carbon contained in the charge injection blocking layer is gradually increased from the side of the photosensitive layer toward the side of the surface layer. | 8,493 |
8,474,667 | 1. A method of securing a child on the shoulders of a person comprising the steps of: securing the child's first ankle to a first ankle holder that snugly fits around the first ankle; securing the child's second ankle to a second ankle holder that snugly fits around the second ankle; securing an adjustable torso strap around said person, said adjustable torso strap wrapping around said person's chest and back to form a complete loop around said person's chest and back; supporting a child on the shoulders of a person with the child's pelvis behind the person's head, the child's legs on opposite sides of the person's head with the child's knees in front of at least the middle of the person's head and the child's legs extending from behind the person's head to the front of the person's shoulders and down to the person's torso; and securing said first and second ankle holders directly to said adjustable torso strap such that the child's ankles are held against the torso of the person while the person is standing; thereby securing the child by use of the shoulder strap and the first and second ankle holders only, with no other structure used to secure the child's ankles to the person's body. | 1,057 |
9,132,909 | 1. A flap of the type that is movably connected to an aircraft wing to provide control of an aircraft in flight, the flap comprising: an elongated flap structure defining first and second opposite ends and leading and trailing edges extending lengthwise between the opposite ends, the elongated flap structure defining upper and lower side surfaces extending lengthwise between opposite ends and fore-aft between the leading and trailing edges, and wherein, in use, air flow adjacent to the opposite ends forms high pressure and lower pressure regions; wherein at least a portion of the first opposite end includes a plurality of substantially rigid, laterally extending protrusions that are contained within the volume of the flap structure and are spaced apart to form a plurality of fluidly interconnected passageways between the protrusions, the passageways having openings adjacent to the upper and lower side surfaces of the elongated flap structure, wherein the protrusions maintain the profile of the flap and wherein the protrusion distribution is not segmented by significant voids in the fore-aft direction between the leading and trailing edges; and further wherein the passageways include a plurality of bends whereby, in use, high pressure fluid enters the openings at a high pressure region and flows through the passageways to a low pressure region to thereby provide a boundary condition that inhibits noise resulting from airflow around the first opposite end of the elongated flap structure. | 39,737 |
9,126,765 | 1. A linear motion conveyor, comprising: an elongated reciprocally moveable conveyor bed having opposite first and second ends, and a longitudinal axis, and wherein the elongated conveyor bed further has a product transporting surface which supports a product for movement between the first and second ends of the elongated conveyor bed; a selectively moveable motor mount which is located below, and oriented in force transmitting relation relative to the elongated conveyor bed, and which is moveable along a predetermined path of travel which is disposed in parallel, spaced relation relative to the elongated, reciprocally moveable conveyor bed; a drive assembly oriented in predetermined force transmitting relation relative to the elongated conveyor bed and wherein the drive assembly includes a selectively energizable motor which is mounted on, and moves in unison with the selectively moveable motor mount, and a pair of spaced, eccentric weights which are rotatably supported on the selectively moveable motor mount, and are moveable therewith, and wherein the selectively energizable motor, when energized, imparts reciprocal motion to the elongated conveyor bed and rotates the pair of spaced, eccentric weights, so as to effect the selective movement of the product along the product transporting bed,by an adjustment of the moveable motor mount, in a first direction which extends between the first and second ends of the product transporting surface; in a second direction which extends from the second end, to the first end of the product transporting surface; and which further substantially stops the movement of the product which is located between the first and second ends of the elongated conveyor bed. | 19,873 |
9,620,072 | 1. A method of reducing power consumption in a display area of an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a first window that is a current task window within the display area to be highlighted using a first input command of a user generated from a pop-up menu, the pop-up menu activated from a dedicated keyboard hotkey and having an option for the first input command to be darkening, highlighting, and closing from a window activation button in a task bar, the window activation button corresponding to the first window and including the option in the pop-up menu for the first input command of darkening, highlighting, and closing; identifying and locating the first window in the display area; maintaining power to the first window that is selected; and maintaining power to the task bar within the display area while reducing power to all portions of the display area not corresponding to the first window; wherein the reducing power includes superimposing all the portions of the display area not corresponding to the first window in a white color. | 15,542 |
9,234,252 | 1. A method for controlling A-shaped segregation of steel ingot, the method comprising the following steps: 1) upon tapping from an electric furnace, controlling a content of phosphorus at less than or equal to 0.005 wt. %, preventing steel slag from entering a ladle, controlling a content of harmful elements at less than or equal to 100 ppm; adding between 3 and 15 kg (both inclusive) of CaO and less than or equal to 0.5 kg of aluminum per ton of liquid steel for preventing the liquid steel from boiling; 2) pre-deoxidizing the liquid steel using a vacuum carbon deoxidation process for reducing of inclusions; 3) de-sulfurizing using slag desulfurization technology in a ladle furnace for further removing the inclusions, controlling a content of oxygen, and controlling a content of sulfur at less than or equal to 0.005 wt. %; and 4) performing vacuum degasification in a vacuum degassing furnace for purifying the liquid steel and controlling a total oxygen content at less than or equal to 15 ppm; and casting in the presence of inert gas or in vacuum for further de-oxidization or, alternatively, for preventing the content of the oxygen from increasing. | 24,197 |
8,657,528 | 1. A brine disposal system, comprising: a water reservoir configured to store water from an ocean water source that experiences high tides and low tides, the water reservoir comprising an outlet and an open portion, the water reservoir located in an intertidal zone of the ocean water source such that the outlet is underwater during high tide, such that water from the ocean water source is allowed to crest over the open portion of the water reservoir to enter the water reservoir during high tide, and such that the outlet is exposed to air to allow water to drain out of the water reservoir during low tide; a brine reservoir configured to store brine from a brine source, and configured to allow brine to exit from the brine reservoir in response to one or more of tidal, gravitational, and mechanical forces; and an outfall coupled to the water and the brine reservoirs, the outfall configured to discharge a mixture of water and brine into the ocean water source. | 31,656 |
9,234,832 | 1. A method for weatherability testing of at least one material sample, comprising the following steps: a) placing a material sample in a testing chamber; b) generating a plasma in a plasma generator and releasing a plasma jet into said testing chamber, wherein the plasma jet is not directed at the material sample; c) forming a defined testing atmosphere in said testing chamber by means of said plasma jet, for said testing atmosphere to affect said material sample; d) withdrawing said testing atmosphere from said testing chamber; and, e) supplying at least a portion of said testing atmosphere, withdrawn from said testing chamber, after filtering and/or conditioning, to said plasma generator as a process gas. | 34,436 |
9,541,975 | 1. A semiconductor device for monitoring a state of a battery, the semiconductor device comprising: a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage of the battery; a current measurement unit that measures a charging current and a discharging current of the battery; a data processing control unit that generates state information indicating the state of the battery, on a basis of measurement results of the voltage measurement unit and the current measurement unit; and a current detection unit that detects that the discharging current exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein an output signal from the current detection unit is configured to be input to the voltage measurement unit such that, based on the output signal, the voltage measurement unit and the current measurement unit are able to measure the voltage and the discharging current in a case that the current detection unit detects that the discharging current exceeds the predetermined threshold, and wherein the data processing control unit estimates an internal resistance of the battery on a basis of a voltage measurement value measured by the voltage measurement unit in accordance with the detection performed by the current detection unit and a current measurement value measured by the current measurement unit in accordance with the detection performed by the current detection unit, and calculates an amount of maximum power which is capable of being supplied from the battery on a basis of the estimated value. | 26,054 |
9,782,122 | 1. A portable pain measurement and quantification device or system comprising: at least one sensor having a signal, the sensor adapted to measure a subject's external body movement or motion or a physiological signal associated with external body movement or motion and at least one sensor adapted to measure a subject's speech; a processor with an algorithm adapted to receive the signal from the at least one sensor and calculate a quantified pain level based at least in part on the measured external body movement or motion and at least in part on speech of the subject; and an output device adapted to output the quantified level of pain. | 48,516 |
9,482,467 | 1. A method for removal and condensation of vapors from within an enclosed space comprising: heating a hydrocarbonaceous material within an enclosed space to form vapors extracted therefrom, said enclosed space being surrounded by an insulative permeable layer having a temperature gradient therein, wherein an inner layer surface defining said enclosed space is at a first higher temperature and has a decreasingly lower temperature across a width of said insulative layer to an outer surface thereof, wherein said vapors are at said first higher temperature and are also at a first positive pressure within the enclosed space, and wherein the hydrocarbonaceous material is at least one of biomass, sewage and waste sludge; passing said vapors through the inner surface of said insulative layer where such vapors contact matter forming said insulative layer and pass outwardly toward the outer surface of said insulative layer where contact of the vapors with the matter and the decreasing temperature of the gradient across said insulative layer causes the vapors to condense with a resultant lessening of pressure within the insulative layer thereby causing additional vapors to be drawn from the enclosed space into said insulative layer for condensation and wherein said condensate liquid passes downwardly through the matter of the insulative layer for collection. | 28,823 |
8,889,136 | 1. A multiple-variable dose method for inducing clinical remission of Crohn's disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising subcutaneously administering to the subject: a first dose of 160 mg of a recombinant human anti-TNFα antibody administered as a set of four injections of 40 mg of the antibody administered to the subject within a day; and a second dose of 80 mg of the antibody administered as a set of two injections of 40 mg of the antibody administered to the subject within a day, wherein the second dose is administered two weeks following administration of the first dose; wherein the antibody comprises: a light chain comprising a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:7; a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5; and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3. | 25,116 |
9,142,896 | 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing; a plurality of contact modules received in the housing, each contact module having a plurality of contacts, the contacts each including a pin for terminating to a circuit board, the pins extending from a bottom of the corresponding contact module; and a pin spacer coupled to the contact modules, the pin spacer having a plurality of pin holes extending through the pin spacer between a top of the pin spacer and a bottom of the pin spacer, the top of the pin spacer facing and being configured to engage the bottoms of the contact modules, the pin holes receiving corresponding pins for mounting to the circuit board, the pin spacer holding relative positions of the pins, the pin spacer having side edges at opposite sides of the pin spacer, the pin spacer having lugs extending from the top of the pin spacer proximate to the sides of the pin spacer beyond the top of the pin spacer, the lugs blocking entry of another pin spacer into a space defined between the bottoms of the contact modules and the top of the pin spacer. | 47,403 |
8,434,561 | 1. A method of drilling and completing a well, the method comprising: performing the following steps a)-e) in a single trip of a drill string into a wellbore: | 3,598 |
9,216,332 | 1. A golf club head comprising: a metal face component; a body comprising a composite crown, a metal sole, a heel side, a toe side, a hollow interior, and a rear side; a first center of gravity adjustment assembly disposed proximate the heel side; a second center of gravity adjustment assembly disposed proximate the toe side; and a flat panel, wherein each of the first and second center of gravity adjustment assemblies is disposed within the hollow interior and extends from the sole to the crown, wherein at least one of the first and second center of gravity adjustment assemblies comprises a tube and a cartridge sized to fit within the tube, wherein the cartridge comprises a length L, a mass M wherein changing the orientation of the cartridge within the tube changes the location of the golf club head's center of gravity along a vertical Z axis, wherein the golf club head has a mass M, wherein the distance from the midpoint of the length L to a center of gravity of the cartridge when the cartridge is disposed within the tube such that the slug is closer to the sole is defined as ½D, wherein the golf club head satisfies the equation D≧0.065(1+M/M wherein D is the total center of gravity distance change for the cartridge when its orientation is changed within the tube by being flipped, and wherein the flat panel is disposed within the hollow interior, extends from the sole to the crown, and connects the first and second center of gravity adjustment assemblies to each other. | 18,680 |
9,187,770 | 1. A process for preparing alcohol and/or solvent from a biomass feedstock, comprising: a) heating and bringing into contact the biomass feedstock with water and an acid or basic compound to obtain a pretreated substrate, b) bringing the pretreated substrate into contact with at least a cellulase enzyme and a liquid washing stream to obtain a hydrolyzate that comprises a solid material and a liquid phase containing sugars, wherein, the pretreated substrate has a flow rate and the liquid washing stream has a flow rate of between 50% and 1500% by weight of the flow rate of said pretreated substrate, and further wherein, said cellulase enzyme is produced by a microorganism that is a fungus or an anaerobic bacterium, wherein said fungus is selected from a mushroom of the Genus c) extracting at least a portion of the solid material contained in the hydrolyzate to obtain a hydrolyzate that is low in solid material and a stream that is enriched with solid material, d) washing the stream that is enriched with solid material with a liquid stream to obtain a liquid washing stream, wherein at least a portion of the liquid washing stream is recycled to stage b) to provide at least a portion of the liquid washing stream, e) fermenting the hydrolyzate that is low in solid material obtained in stage c) with an alcohologenic microorganism under alcoholic fermentation conditions to produce a fermentation wine; and f) separating the fermentation wine to obtain at least a purified stream comprising an alcohol or a solvent and at least one vinasse stream, wherein at least a portion of the vinasse stream is recycled to stage d) to provide at least a portion of the liquid stream. | 5,451 |
9,409,126 | 1. A method of loading a substance in a sorption media, the method comprising: providing a substance at an area adjacent to a first edge of a sorption media, wherein the sorption media comprises at least two parallel layers of a sorption material and the first edge of the sorption media provides access to a zone between the at least two parallel layers; loading at least a portion of the substance in the sorption media, wherein: unloading at least a portion of the substance that was loaded in the sorption media at a second edge of the sorption media, wherein the second edge of the sorption media includes a catalyst that catalyzes a chemical reaction between molecules of the substance of a first compound and molecules of a second compound. | 20,642 |
9,234,248 | 1. A multiplex-capable oligonucleotide which is capable of hybridizing to at least one of the C. difficile tcdB, tcdC, or cdtB genes, wherein said oligonucleotide consists of a sequence including at least two primers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1 through 9, or a sequence that exhibits no more than one substitution of a base to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1 through 9, wherein one said primer is a synthetic primer selected from the group of SEQ ID NOS: 7, 8, or 9. | 10,533 |
8,530,041 | 1. A capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent conductive film, the transparent conductive film comprising a transparent film substrate, and a first transparent dielectric layer, a second transparent dielectric layer and a patterned transparent conductive layer that are formed on at least one side of the transparent film substrate in this order from the at least one side of the transparent film substrate, wherein the transparent conductive layer has a thickness of 31 nm to 60 nm, the first transparent dielectric layer has a thickness of from 7 nm to 16 nm, the second transparent dielectric layer has a thickness of from 35 nm to 60 nm, and the relation n | 42,188 |
9,548,725 | 1. A method of operating an integrated circuit, the method comprising: accessing a predetermined value for an operating characteristic of the integrated circuit, wherein the predetermined value correlates to a level of power consumption at an operating frequency of the integrated circuit; determining a current value for the operating characteristic of the integrated circuit; and adjusting a voltage level supplied to the integrated circuit to cause the current value of the operating characteristic to approach the predetermined value and a power consumption of the integrated circuit to approach the level of power consumption. | 44,949 |
8,762,515 | 1. A computer-based method for depicting the participating devices of a multicast group based on the transmit and the receive activities of the devices in a computer network, said method comprising: extracting, from a database, by a computer a single instance of each unique packet header associated with a plurality of multicast packets, the multicast packets having been transmitted across the computer network over a predefined period of time; calculating by the computer a number of bytes transferred for each source internet protocol (IP) to destination IP multicast tuple from the extracted multicast packet headers; determining by the computer a sending site location of a source device associated with a source IP address and a first bandwidth associated with the source IP address from the extracted multicast packet headers, wherein the sending site location of the source device is determined by utilizing one of a lookup function or a table for a first source IP address; storing an indicator for the determined sending site location, the first source IP address, and the first bandwidth to at least one of a database or a computer file; determining by the computer a receiving site location of a plurality of subscribing devices that subscribe to the multicast packets and a second bandwidth associated with each of a plurality of destination IP addresses, wherein the plurality of subscribing devices are associated with the plurality of destination IP addresses; and providing a detailed map display of multicast traffic based on a combination of the indicator for the determined sending site location, the determined receiving site location, the first source IP address, the plurality of multicast destination IP addresses, and the first bandwidth, wherein the detailed map display shows communication of the multicast packets between the source device and the plurality of subscribing devices, wherein the source device is associated with a selection from a user selectable list. | 15,338 |
9,220,683 | 1. A lipid of formula I or a salt or isomer thereof, wherein R R X and Y are each independently —O— or alkylene; A Z is N, or C(R m and n are each independently 0 to 5, where m and n taken together result in a 5, 6, or 7 member ring. | 36,533 |
8,733,702 | 1. A reduced solar absorptivity appliqué comprising: a surface layer for adhering to a surface and having bright white coloration; a plurality of high aspect ratio microstructures extending from the surface layer with spectral tailoring present solely in the microstructures. | 46,041 |
8,461,772 | 1. A high pressure discharge lamp ballast for driving a high pressure discharge lamp with a synthesized-waveform alternating current comprising combination of a first set of current waveforms and a second set of current waveforms, the high pressure discharge lamp including a pair of electrodes disposed to face each other, the ballast being used in a digital lighting processor (DLP) system employing a color wheel, the ballast comprising: control means for controlling a rate of a time period of the first set or second set in the synthesized-waveform alternating current per unit time; detection means for detecting a synchronization signal for a rotation of the color wheel; output means for applying the synthesized-waveform alternating current in accordance with the synchronization signal and the rates to the high pressure discharge lamp; and detection means for detecting a lamp voltage of the high pressure discharge lamp, wherein the first and second sets are each in a waveform inverted so as to correspond to at least one of a rotational speed of the color wheel and divided positions of segments of the color wheel, a period of each of the first and second sets has a length equivalent to one rotation of the color wheel, and the number of inversions of the second set is larger than the number of inversions of the first set, so that an average frequency of the second set is higher than an average frequency of the first set, and the control means is configured to set the rate of a time period or the number of cycles of the second set per unit time to R | 42,733 |
8,604,114 | 1. A plasticizer compound of the formula: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 9 linear or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, or C 1 -C 4 ether, R 2 is the alkyl residue of C 4 to C 13 OXO-alcohols and wherein there may be 1 or 2 R 1 groups present on the aromatic or saturated ring which may be the same or different, and R 3 is H or C 1 -C 8 linear or branched alkyl group. | 28,259 |
9,061,902 | 1. A method for producing a battery electrode having nanowires of a first material, the method comprising: using a single growth condition to, promote growth of crystalline nanowires, of the first material, on a substrate that is an electrical conductor, and promote, by maintaining the single growth condition, growth of an amorphous portion that surrounds the crystalline nanowires and that is predominantly made from the first material in an amorphous state, each of the first material and the amorphous portion that surrounds the crystalline nanowires being predominantly silicon and not an oxide. | 3,976 |
9,252,555 | 1. A method comprising: inducing random distributed feedback within one or more fiber sections of a fiber ring laser to thereby produce single-mode lasing with a reduced frequency jitter and a reduced relative intensity noise in the fiber ring laser, wherein inducing the random distributed feedback within the one or more fiber sections comprises modulating a refractive index at plurality of randomly spaced points along the one or more fiber sections of the fiber ring, and wherein the plurality of random points comprise at least one hundred random points, wherein there is a random distance between each pair of adjacent random points of the plurality of random points, and wherein the random distance between each pair of adjacent random points is arbitrarily selected in the range of 0.5 to 1 mm. | 31,349 |
9,532,590 | 1. A cooling tray, comprising: a container; a plurality of springs placed within the container to exert an upward thrust and each coupled to the container at a first end; a platform residing within the container and coupled to each spring at a second end; a bowl for residing above the container, wherein when a cooling material is placed on the platform, the plurality of springs are each compressed such that the cooling material contacts an undersurface of the bowl; a skirt coupled to inside walls of the container, wherein the skirt surrounds the platform and is not coupled to the platform, the skirt comprising a plurality of slots in one or more vertical walls of the skirt; and a plurality of latch assemblies coupled to inside walls of the container and residing within the plurality of slots, wherein the skirt is moveable in a vertical direction along the latch assemblies residing in the slots. | 10,742 |
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