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9,812,110 | 1. A digital musical instrument comprising; a surface impression transducer having an upper surface and an electronic circuit for outputting an electrical signal representative of an impact event when said upper surface is impacted; and an articulation recognition processor coupled with said transducer and to receive said electrical signal output thereby and to process said electrical signal to determine an associated sound to be output based on said electrical signal, and to output a signal representing the determined sound; wherein said articulation recognition processor is configured to determine the associated sound to be outputted at least based on a measured continuously variable location of the impact and a force measurement of the impact; wherein the surface impression transducer comprises a matrix of sensors approximately equally spaced as to cover an area corresponding to approximately the entire upper surface of the surface impression transducer. | 35,429 |
9,777,243 | 1. A method for obtaining corn oil from milled corn germ, comprising adding water, at least one acidic cellulase, at least one acidic protease, and at least one phytase to said milled corn germ to obtain corn oil; wherein the only enzymes utilized in said method are at least one acidic cellulase, at least one acidic protease and at least one phytase. | 33,086 |
9,503,961 | 1. An apparatus comprising: processing circuitry to determine an identification value for a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster and to generate a discovery beacon that includes the identification value in a first field that is associated with a transmitter address, wherein the discovery beacon includes a second field associated with a cluster identifier; and transmitter circuitry, coupled with the processing circuitry, to wirelessly transmit the discovery beacon using a channel associated with the NAN cluster to join the NAN cluster, wherein the NAN cluster is hidden such that the NAN cluster is not advertised through discovery beacons. | 2,286 |
8,875,679 | 1. An apparatus for adjusting the fuel amount of a diesel engine comprising: a base end portion stoppers an engine stop operation input portion when an engine stop operation is performed, an engine stop operation force wherein a virtual line | 34,619 |
8,898,388 | 1. A method comprising: receiving at a storage system a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests each having a related data and a parameter; in response to receiving each of the plurality of I/O requests, returning a respective acknowledgement; organizing the related data of the plurality of I/O requests into a plurality of extents, the organizing to include combining the related data of two or more first I/O requests of the plurality of I/O requests into a first extent, forming the related data of a second I/O request of the plurality of I/O requests into a second extent, and splitting the related data of a third I/O request of the plurality of I/O requests into two or more third extents; storing the plurality of extents in a first order in a persistent memory cache of the storage system; writing the plurality of extents in a second order from the persistent memory cache to the one or more solid state drives (SSDs) attached to the storage system, wherein the second order differs from the first order; receiving a confirmation that each of the plurality of extents was successfully stored in the one or more SSDs; and deleting each of the plurality of extents in the persistent memory cache when each respective extent is confirmed to be successfully stored in the one or more SSDs. | 35,058 |
9,490,048 | 1. A layered structure comprising: a nanostructure layer having opposite first and second surfaces, the nanostructure layer comprising a plurality of nanostructures, at least two nanostructures of the plurality of nanostructures physically contacting each other; and a coating layer having opposite inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface of the coating layer overlying the second surface of the nanostructure layer, the coating layer having a plurality of conductive plugs, at least one conductive plug of the plurality of conductive plugs extending from the inner surface of the coating layer to beyond the outer surface of the coating layer, the at least one conductive plug configured to be placed in electrical communication with the nanostructure layer, wherein the layered structure has a center portion and a perimeter portion, and the plurality of conductive plugs are only distributed along the perimeter portion. | 25,348 |
9,006,292 | 1. An aqueous gel composition having substantial water-barrier properties, said gel comprising: (a) a water-soluble polymer; (b) Metadichol nanoparticles in a therapeutically effective concentration; and (c) water, said gel being free of a film-forming polymer, occlusive fats or oils. | 7,358 |
8,442,763 | 1. A method for improving positional accuracy of a receiver that receives satellite signals for navigation, the method comprising: deriving an initial location from a navigation satellite system (NSS) data received at a GPS receiver, wherein the initial location is determined to be within an area of interest; receiving selective cartography information from a location-aiding device coupled to the receiver, wherein the selective cartography information includes attributes of one or more geographic objects within the area of interest; overlaying the initial location onto the selective cartography information; deriving positional correction from the NSS data and the selective cartography information, wherein the deriving of the positional correction includes determining whether a radial positional correction, a perpendicular positional correction, or a combination thereof is applicable based on a proximity of the initial location with respect to the attributes of the one or more geographic objects; applying the derived positional correction to the initial location to determine a corrected location of the receiver; and outputting the corrected location of the receiver. | 32,090 |
9,209,477 | 1. An energy storage cell for a multi-cell energy storage device, the energy storage cell comprising a cell information storage device adapted to store cell information regarding the energy storage cell, wherein the cell information storage device comprises an integrated circuit connected in parallel with the energy storage cell, wherein the integrated circuit comprises: an integrated circuit core comprising positive and negative voltage supply input terminals, a data input terminal, and a control output terminal; a low pass filter connected between the positive and negative voltage supply input terminals; a high pass filter connected between the data input terminal and the negative voltage supply input terminal; and a switch connected between the positive and negative voltage supply input terminals, wherein the control output terminal of the integrated circuit core is connected to the control terminal of the switch core so as to control operation of the switch. | 16,441 |
8,382,668 | 1. A method of registering and enrolling a sample in a sample scanning and analysis system including a storage system, comprising the steps of: scanning said sample with a scanning apparatus, said scanning apparatus including a transmitter for transmitting a series of electromagnetic signals, each signal of said series of electromagnetic signals having a transmitted amplitude over a plurality of sample points within a range of frequencies, and a receiver for receiving said series of electromagnetic signals as said series of electromagnetic signals are reflected from or transmitted through said sample; generating a series of spectral data sets representing at least a scanned amplitude of each signal of said series of electromagnetic signals over said plurality of sample points; generating one or more composite spectrograms from said series of spectral data sets; analyzing said composite spectrograms to identify a characteristic of said sample having a first variance that is minimized across said one or more composite spectrograms and a second variance that is maximally different from a plurality of characteristics corresponding to a plurality of other samples in said storage system; and storing said characteristic in said storage system. | 9,722 |
9,708,943 | 1. A device for delivering compressed air for pneumatically operated equipment in motor vehicles, comprising: a controllable valve arranged outside of a combustion chamber of at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine, whereby compressed air can be tapped via the controllable valve from the combustion chamber; and an actuating device controlling the valve, wherein the controllable valve is preloaded by a valve spring, and the actuating device for the controllable valve is a piston-cylinder unit having at least one piston applying a force in at least one of an opening direction and a closing direction, the piston-cylinder unit further comprises a cylinder liner, the at least one piston being guided displaceably in the cylinder liner and defining an upper pressure chamber on a first side of the at least one piston facing away from the controllable valve and a lower pressure chamber on a second side of the at least one piston facing the controllable valve, and a spring device arranged on the second side of the piston, the spring device having a first side bearing indirectly or directly against the cylinder liner and acts with a second side on the controllable valve, the pre-tensioning force of the spring device being designed such that it is greater than the force of the valve spring preloading the controllable valve to the closed position, and in that the spring device can be brought out of the engagement during the compression stroke prior to ignition of the fuel and above a defined combustion chamber pressure, so that the controllable valve is closed by the valve spring. | 32,302 |
9,110,856 | 1. An interface control apparatus comprising: an interface configured to transmit information between a host and a data storage apparatus; and a controller configured to fetch first and second request information that is indicative of a processing request for the data storage apparatus, from elements and a single element through the interface, respectively, the element being a storage unit of a queue provided on the host, the first request information being divided and stored in the elements, and the second request information different from the first request information being stored in the single element, wherein the controller is configured to execute read request processing of fetching a part of the first request information from the elements, and of continuously fetching a remaining of the first request information from the elements with priority over the second request information. | 4,229 |
8,976,724 | 1. A method for relaying data in a communications system comprising: establishing a first wireless link over one of Bluetooth or 802.11 (WiFi) between a wireless relay device and a host device; transmitting a query by one of the host device and the wireless relay device and determining if one of the host device and the wireless relay device supports a particular protocol, based upon at least in part, on a received response to the query; establishing one or more low-power wireless links including at least one of a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless link, an ANT+wireless link, and an IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless link between the wireless relay device and one or more low-power wireless devices; receiving one or more low-power RF packets including one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data at a wireless relay device from the one or more low-power wireless devices; translating the data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data at the wireless relay device into one or more translated packets, wherein translating includes, at least in part, encapsulating data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data with at least one of one or more standard Bluetooth and WiFi packets, and wherein translating further includes parsing a command associated with the data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data, preparing a protocol message from the parsed command, parsing the protocol message at a translator application, and parsing the protocol message at a network application; synchronizing the translated data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data with the first wireless link; and transmitting the translated and synchronized data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data to the host device, wherein the translated and synchronized data including at least one of Bluetooth Low Energy data, ANT+data and ZigBee data is wirelessly transmitted during a plurality of communication intervals to the host device via the at least one of the one or more Bluetooth and WiFi packets over the first wireless link; wherein if the connection with the host device or the one or more low-power wireless devices is interrupted, aggregating and storing information from the host device or from the one or more low power wireless at the wireless relay device until the connection with the host device or one or more low-power wireless devices is reestablished. | 26,405 |
9,651,185 | 1. A line connector for media lines comprising a connector piece which is formed as a one-piece molding from plastic, and having at least one junction portion as a socket part for a releasable plug connection or as a plug portion for a junction connection to an assembly or a media line and with a transitional portion contiguous to the at least one junction portion and having a flow duct, comprising in that, at least in the region of the transitional portion, electrical heating means for the media line are provided in an arrangement circumferentially surrounding the flow duct whereby a resistance wire is wound in a coil-like manner on the outside of the connector piece, wherein the connector piece has form elements for guiding and fixing the resistance wire attached on the outside of the connector piece, whereby the resistance wire runs in such a way that both ends of the resistance wire are arranged in the region of the outer face of the at least one junction portion in such a way that both ends of the resistance wire can be connected with outer connector wires and/or heating wires of the media line, one of the at least one junction portion being a hollow-cylindrical receptacle for directly plugging in an end of the media line, the media line capable of being fastened in a materially integral manner, whereby the at least one junction portion includes, at least in regions, a material transparent to laser beams in such a way that the media line can be fastened by means of laser beam welding. | 38,725 |
9,497,566 | 1. A method of machine type communication (MTC) for a wireless transmit/control unit (WTRU), the method comprising: appending a first indication to a first message, the first indication indicating a capability of the WTRU for MTC small data transfer capability, the MTC small data transfer capability including the capability to send user data via a control plane; sending, via a transmitter, the first message to a communication network; receiving, via a receiver, a second message from the communication network, the second message including a second indication, the second indication including a capability of the communication network for the MTC small data transfer; and sending, via the transmitter, a third message to the communication network, the third message including appended MTC small data, the MTC small data including user data, at least the user data being sent via the control plane. | 8,288 |
9,062,662 | 1. A wind turbine, comprising: a wind turbine assembly; a hybrid wind turbine tower support structure supporting the wind turbine assembly, comprising: wherein the connection assemblies include circumferential connection assemblies each having an elongated pultruded outer-corner connection bonded to the outer fiber composite material wall, an elongated pultruded inner-corner connection bonded to the inner fiber composite material wall, and an elongated pultruded spline connecting the elongated pultruded outer-corner connection and the elongated pultruded inner-corner connection. | 40,032 |
9,064,931 | 1. A semiconductor structure having at least a contact plug, comprise: a transistor disposed on a substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate and a source/drain region; a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed on the transistor and level with a top surface of the gate; a second ILD layer disposed on the first ILD layer; and a first contact plug disposed in and directly contacting both the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer, wherein the first contact plug comprises a first trench portion and a first via portion, a boundary of the first trench portion and the first via portion is higher than the top surface of the gate and located in the second ILD layer, and a portion of the second ILD layer is disposed between the boundary of the first trench portion and the first via portion and a top surface of the first ILD layer. | 35,350 |
9,790,810 | 1. A gas turbine for aeronautic engines comprising a stator comprising: an outer casing delimited by an outer lateral surface thereof having a longitudinal generatrix and air cooling means for said outer casing, said cooling means comprising a plurality of circumferential tubes for distributing cooling air on said outer lateral surface and arranged externally to the outer lateral surface itself; each circumferential tube being provided with a plurality of outlets of respective cooling airflows incident on corresponding portions of said outer lateral surface, each said surface portion being concave with the concavity facing the respective said outlet and partially delimiting a respective circumferential channel inside which said airflows impact; all said circumferential tubes being arranged completely outside of said outer lateral surface, and all said outlets are placed outside to the respective circumferential channels. | 29,759 |
9,479,054 | 1. A DC/DC converter, comprising: a comparator configured to output a signal indicating a result of comparison between a voltage obtained by adding a pseudo ripple component corresponding to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter and a voltage corresponding to the output voltage to each other, and a voltage obtained by adding the pseudo ripple component and a reference voltage to each other; an ON-timer circuit configured to input a control signal, which is synchronized with a signal input to a gate of an output transistor, and output an ON-time signal; a flip-flop circuit configured to input the ON-time signal of the ON-timer circuit and the output signal of the comparator; a drive circuit configured to input an output signal of the flip-flop circuit to control the output transistor; and a reverse current detection circuit configured to detect a sign that an output current flows reversely from an output terminal so as to output a detection signal to the drive circuit, the ON-timer circuit comprising: | 49,973 |
9,520,054 | 1. A system for adjusting a setting of a hazard detector on a mobile device remote from the hazard detector, the system comprising: a user interface executed on the mobile device that accesses a computer server system via the Internet, the mobile device configured to: the computer server system being communicatively coupled via the Internet to the mobile device and configured to: the hazard detector, installed at the structure, being communicatively coupled with the Internet such that the hazard detector communicates with the computer server system via an Internet-connected router and the Internet, the hazard detector configured to: | 695 |
8,859,312 | 1. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) for driving a flexible display, comprising: depositing a pattern of first features in a first layer on a flexible substrate, wherein said first features comprise one or more of data lines, interconnects for thin film transistors, flexible connectors, test patterns, or alignment marks and wherein said first features comprise: depositing a pattern of repetitive second features as an array in a second layer on said first layer, wherein said second features comprise one or more of source, drain, or gate electrodes for thin film transistors and wherein said depositing comprises depositing a material and patterning said material using a step and repeat mask-based deposition process comprising: aligning said second layer and said first layer so as to allow electrical coupling between said first features and said second features, wherein the mask is configured such that the first area is smaller than the entire array and the second area is smaller than the entire array wherein each of said first and said second areas are locally aligned to apply local distortion compensation during the deposition of said pattern of repetitive second features to enable said alignment. | 48,969 |
8,722,791 | 1. A polyvinylidene fluoride resin composition comprising: 100 parts by mass of a resin component containing two polyvinylidene fluorides which differ either in average particle size, or in melt flow rates, or both, in a total amount of 50 to 95% by mass and polymethyl methacrylate in an amount of 5 to 50% by mass; 7 to 40 parts by mass of a white inorganic pigment; and 0.01 to 7 parts by mass of an inorganic coloring pigment other than the white inorganic pigment for toning; at least one of the two polyvinylidene fluorides having an MFR (melt flow rate) of 3 to 35 g/10 min determined at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 3.8 kg in accordance with JIS K 7210, method A, the polymethyl methacrylate having an MFR (melt flow rate) of 2 to 20 g/10 min determined at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 10 kg in accordance with JIS K 7210, method A. | 48,572 |
8,854,622 | 1. A dark-field detection system, comprising: an illumination angle controller that modulates an angle of incidence of electromagnetic energy delivered by a dark-field illuminator, the dark-field illuminator oriented to focus electromagnetic energy onto at least one focal region of a sample, at one or more angles of incidence relative to an optical axis of an optical assembly; an aperture controller operably coupled to an aperture device, the aperture controller operable to modulate an effective numerical aperture associated with a collection zone of scattered electromagnetic energy from the sample interrogated by the electromagnetic energy delivered by the dark-field illuminator; and an illumination-collection separation controller operably coupled to the illumination angle controller and the aperture controller, the illumination-collection separation controller configured to vary an illumination-collection spacing, bounded in part by the electromagnetic energy delivered by the dark-field illuminator and the collection zone, by actuating at least one of the illumination angle controller or the aperture controller. | 36,623 |
9,785,607 | 1. A receiver, comprising: a multiplexor including an input coupled to a transmission channel; an equalizer coupled to a first output of the multiplexor, the multiplexor configured to provide a data signal to the equalizer in a first mode; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module coupled to a second output of the multiplexor, the multiplexor further configured to provide a test signal to the ADC module in a second mode, the ADC module to provide a time domain representation of the test signal as received by the receiver; and a processor configured to determine a time domain representation of an impedance of the transmission channel based on the time domain representation of the test signal. | 4,441 |
9,394,858 | 1. An engine method, comprising: determining a first difference between a target manifold charge air temperature and a temperature of a charge air cooler (CAC) cooling medium and a second difference between a CAC inlet charge air temperature and the target manifold charge air temperature; adjusting one or more of a grille shutter position and a speed of an engine cooling fan based on the determined first difference between the target manifold charge air temperature and the temperature of the CAC cooling medium; and adjusting a local CAC cooling element including one of a CAC fan and coolant pump based on the determined second difference between the CAC inlet charge air temperature and the target manifold charge air temperature. | 14,995 |
8,623,122 | 1. A process for the treatment of a CO 2 -containing gas in order to reduce the carbon dioxide content thereof, comprising contacting the gas with a compound of at least one rare earth metal, whereby the carbon dioxide is adsorbed onto the compound and a gas depleted in carbon dioxide is obtained, wherein such compound consists of cerium oxide and at least one oxide of one element chosen from zirconium and the rare earth metals other than cerium, the content of cerium is at least 80% by weight. | 4,697 |
8,611,457 | 1. A method for transmitting a modified preamble in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining short training symbols, a guard interval, a long training sequence and a signal field for a preamble, wherein the long training sequence comprises values for subcarriers in a wireless channel; modifying the long training sequence to determine a modified long training sequence, wherein the modifying comprises changing zero values in the long training sequence for subcarriers at edges of the channel to non-zero values to produce the modified long training sequence; and transmitting the short training symbols, the guard interval, the modified long training sequence and the signal field in a modified preamble. | 34,893 |
9,197,012 | 1. A charging port locking device comprising: a charging port having an engaged portion configured to be engaged with an engaging portion of a charging connector by an operation of an operator; a lock mechanism including a restraining member movably mounted with respect to the charging port between a locking state that restricts release of an engaged state by restricting a releasing operation of the engaging portion due to rotational movement of the restricting member in a locking direction and an unlock state that allows the releasing operation by movement of the restricting member in an unlocking direction that is opposite to the locking direction; and a cover member covering the lock mechanism from an insertion and removal direction of the charging connector, the cover member having an opening for enabling the engaging portion to be inserted, the cover member having an inner periphery surface, the inner periphery surface being configured to form a distance between the inner periphery surface and a rotational locus of outermost diameter portion of the restricting member, the distance between the inner periphery surface and the locus of outermost diameter portion of the restricting member increasing in the locking direction and the unlocking direction respective to the restricting member in the locking state. | 48,877 |
9,768,634 | 1. A facility for controlling the charge current of a storage unit in an electrical energy supply grid with distributed storage units, the facility comprising: a logic unit and a communication system; wherein a charge current value can be determined for the storage units as a function of control variables transferred via the communication system, and locally held internal control variables; wherein the control variables transferred via the communication system are created by the logic unit in an event of a communication outage. | 47,335 |
9,024,265 | 1. A method comprising: generating simulated light having a simulated emission spectrum corresponding to a scintillator emission spectrum that corresponds to scintillating light from a scintillator or a derivative of the scintillating light, wherein generating the simulated light is performed using a plurality of light sources, wherein during at least a portion of generating, generating comprises, at a same time, transmitting light from at least two different color type light sources of the plurality of light sources; obtaining a first output from a first photosensor in response to receiving the simulated light, the first photosensor has a highest quantum efficiency at a first wavelength; obtaining a second output from a second photosensor in response to receiving the simulated light, the second photosensor has a highest quantum efficiency at a second wavelength; determining which of the first and second outputs corresponds to a higher quantum efficiency or a higher signal-to-noise ratio; and | 26,255 |
9,563,557 | 1. A processor, comprising: a front end including a decoder, the decoder including a first logic to receive a flush-on-commit (FoC) instruction to flush dirty data from a volatile cache to a persistent memory upon commitment of a store associated with the FoC instruction; and a memory management unit (MMU) including: | 9,968 |
9,115,640 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder in a crank case of the internal combustion engine; a combustion chamber in the cylinder, the combustion chamber being delimited on one side by a piston arranged in the cylinder that performs a stroke motion and on another side by a cylinder head; at least one gas exchange inlet valve and one gas exchange outlet valve provided in the cylinder head for a charge exchange; first and second injectors configured to inject fuel directly into the combustion chamber in the cylinder, wherein the first injector is arranged oriented largely in a direction of a cylinder axis of the cylinder, and the second injector is arranged oriented at an angle to the cylinder axis, and a maximum of 80% of a full-load fuel quantity required by the internal combustion engine for a full load is introducible into the cylinder via the first injector and a maximum of 50% of said full-load fuel quantity is introducible via the second injector. | 39,330 |
9,687,306 | 1. A method for inserting a screw into bone using a powered driving device, wherein the powered driving device is registered in an image-guided field, the method comprising: identifying a target position for delivering the screw into the bone, wherein the target position is associated with a target insertion location at a target trajectory; receiving an indication from the powered driving device when the powered driving device is positioned over the target insertion location and is oriented according to the target trajectory; docking the powered driving device over the target insertion location; initiating the powered driving device to advance the screw into the bone, the screw comprising a crown portion at an end of the screw opposite a tip portion; monitoring a position of the screw by the powered driving device during advancement of the screw into the bone, comprising: generating an alert when the screw has an improper trajectory; automatically shutting down the powered driving device when the screw is in an improper position; automatically shutting down the powered driving device before the crown portion of the screw counter-sinks into the bone when the screw has a proper trajectory and a proper position, and when one of: a portion of the screw reaches an end of the drive chamber, or a portion of the drive shaft reaches an end of the drive chamber; and delivering the screw into the target position. | 27,920 |
9,559,596 | 1. An ultra-low power converter comprising: a primary side having an ultra-low power regulator configured to turn on in response to rectified incoming power (CONT) and regulate its output (VCC), the ultra-low power regulator being configured for using of dynamic ultra-low (nano-amps or lower) bias current; and a secondary side communication circuit configured to signal the ultra-low power regulator in response to a load condition; whereby the ultra-low power regulator allows the ultra-low power converter to operate in an ultralow power mode such that device state is not lost and regulation is maintained with a low power loss overhead. | 26,150 |
8,715,402 | 1. An air pollution control system comprising: a boiler that burns fuel; an air heater that recovers heat of flue gas from the boiler; a first precipitator that reduces dust in the flue gas after heat recovery; a desulfurizer that reduces sulfur oxides in the flue gas after dust reduction by an absorbent; a dewaterer that reduces gypsum from desulfurization discharged water discharged from the desulfurizer; a spray drying device including an atomizer that atomizes a dewatering filtration fluid discharged from the dewaterer; a flue-gas introducing line that introduces a part of the flue gas into the spray drying device, and a dewatering branch line that supplies a dewatering filtration fluid from the dewaterer to collected dust. | 525 |
8,778,085 | 1. A dissolved nitrogen concentration monitoring method for monitoring a dissolved nitrogen concentration of a cleaning liquid when an ultrasonic wave is irradiated onto the cleaning liquid in which a substrate is dipped, the method comprising: measuring an amount of increase of a dissolved oxygen concentration of the cleaning liquid resulting from an oxygen molecule generated from a water molecule as a result of a radical reaction caused by said irradiated ultrasonic wave; and calculating a dissolved nitrogen concentration of the cleaning liquid from the measured amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration based on a predetermined relationship between the dissolved nitrogen concentration and the amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration. | 26,474 |
9,090,833 | 1. A method of decarboxylating a C 2-6 carboxylic acid or a C 2-6 carboxylate, the method comprising: providing a solution containing a C contacting the solution with a solid catalyst to form a C | 32,860 |
8,840,595 | 1. A surgical handpiece, comprising: a first suction passageway; a second suction passageway; and a removable valve assembly connecting the first suction passageway to the second suction passageway, the removable valve assembly being removably attached to the handpiece, the removable valve assembly comprising a body including an opening communicating with the first and second suction passageways, a lever for opening and closing a valve, and push-in tabs for a snap-fit connection, the removable valve assembly being removable in one piece to provide direct access to the first and second suction passageways for cleaning purposes and removing tissue debris, wherein the removable valve assembly is removably attached to, and detached from, the handpiece using the snap-fit connection with push-in tabs to allow the body of the valve assembly to snap-fit to the handpiece. | 2,182 |
9,649,942 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a current-exciting synchronous electrical drive machine that provides vehicle driving torque, a braking device, a gear selecting device, and a control unit assigned to the current-excited synchronous electrical drive machine and configured to: set an exciting current of a rotor of the current-excited electrical drive synchronous electrical drive machine, and to switch off the exciting current, based on a gear selecting position set at the gear selecting device and a position of a brake pedal of the braking device. | 26,340 |
8,540,012 | 1. A heat exchanger comprising: a first plank comprising a first conduit for conveying a first fluid, wherein the first plank consists of a first material that is substantially thermally conductive; and a second plank comprising a second conduit for conveying the first fluid, wherein the second plank consists of the first material, wherein the first plank and second plank are mated such that they collectively define a first weld line; wherein the first plank and the second plank are fixedly joined along the first weld line via a first friction-stir welding joint, and wherein the first plank and the second plank collectively define a third conduit for conveying a second fluid, and further wherein the first friction-stir welding joint is operative as a barrier between a flow of the first fluid and a flow of the second fluid. | 22,288 |
9,592,491 | 1. A method of preparing an α-alumina carrier, comprising the steps of: I) preparing a mixture comprising components of: a) trihydrate alumina in a particle size ranging from 50 meshes to 500 meshes, b) pseudo bohemite in a particle size equal to or greater than 200 meshes, d) a fluoride mineralizer, and e) lanthanum and/or a lanthanum-containing compound and silicon and/or a silicon-containing compound, and adding an acid solution into the mixture and kneading the acid solution and the mixture; and II) molding, drying, and calcining the resulting material in step I) to obtain the α-alumina carrier; wherein the α-alumina carrier comprises elements of lanthanum and silicon both dispersed in an interior and on a surface of the carrier. | 15,476 |
8,895,078 | 1. A process for producing cannabidiol from a primary extract from industrial hemp plant material containing tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol and optionally the carboxylic acids thereof, wherein said primary extract is obtained by a process comprising extracting dried comminuted industrial hemp plant material by means of CO (a) under supercritical pressure and temperature conditions at a temperature in a range of approx. 31° C. to 80° C. and at a pressure in a range of approx 75 bar or 500 bar, or (b) in liquefied form in the subcritical range at a temperature of approx. 20° C. to 30° C. and a supercritical pressure of approx. 100 bar to 350 bar; or (c) in liquefied form under subcritical pressure and temperature conditions; and separating the obtained primary extract out under subcritical conditions or under conditions subcritical in terms of pressure and supercritical in terms of temperature; and wherein said primary extract contains reduced proportions of at least monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, alkaloids, flavonoids and chlorophylls; and wherein process for producing cannabidiol from a primary extract comprises decarboxylating cannabidiolic acid and tetrahydrocannabidiolic acid in said primary extract into cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol through increase in temperature; and dissolving the decarboxylated primary extract in the CO separating the product enriched in tetrahydrocannabinol at pressure and temperature conditions subcritical for CO | 49,348 |
9,209,558 | 1. An electrical connector socket for connecting with a plurality of different plugs, each plug having a front face and a plurality of pins biased out of the front face and at least some of the plugs having pins arranged in different pre-defined electronic pin-outs, the connector socket comprising: a housing having a front face, a group of substantially planar conductor regions provided on the front face, each conductor region being arranged to make an electrical connection with a corresponding pin of one of the plurality of predefined electronic pin-outs, a magnetic material provided in the housing to enable each plug to be separately physically retained in connection with the socket in use, and wherein the conductor regions are arranged so that there is a difference in the number of connections either side of a centre line in the middle of the group of conductor regions of one connection or less for each of the plurality of pre-defined electronic pin-outs to thereby balance pressure from the pins on a face of the group of conductor regions. | 39,746 |
9,026,295 | 1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle which is provided with an engine and an electric motor each functioning as a drive power source, and a clutch selectively connecting the engine and the electric motor to each other, said control apparatus being configured to switch a drive mode of the hybrid vehicle between an engine-driven running with at least said engine of the drive power source consisting of the engine and said electric motor used as the drive power source and with said clutch placed in a fully engaged state, and an electric-motor-driven running with said electric motor used as the drive power source and with said clutch placed in a released state, comprising: a clutch temperature calculating portion configured to calculate, during said engine-driven running, an estimated temperature of said clutch upon a next engaging action of the clutch for switching of said drive mode from the following electric-motor-driven running back to the engine-driven running; and a switching control portion configured to continue the engine-driven running while inhibiting a releasing action of said clutch if said estimated temperature of the clutch calculated by said clutch temperature calculating portion is not lower than a predetermined overheat threshold value. | 49,959 |
9,623,204 | 1. An electrolysis apparatus comprising: an anode electrically connectable to a direct current electrical source; a cathode comprising a proximal segment and a distal segment, wherein the proximal segment is electrically connectable to the direct current electrical source; a hydrogen collector receptacle that limits generation and collection of hydrogen at the cathode to a specific amount, wherein the hydrogen collector receptacle encompasses a portion of the cathode; and a delivery device that receives hydrogen from and is connected to the hydrogen collector receptacle, and that delivers hydrogen gas to a user, the delivery device comprising a nasal cannula. | 3,584 |
8,834,725 | 1. A method for treating acid mine drainage to reduce the concentration of heavy metals and soluble contaminants, the acid mine drainage contains at least a heavy metal selected from molybdenum, tungsten, chromium, manganese, nickel, arsenic, and vanadium, and at least a soluble anionic species selected from nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, fluoride, and chloride, the method comprising: contacting the acid mine drainage with an effective amount of at least a trivalent metal cation selected from ferric chloride and ferric sulfate at a pH of 6 or less for the at least a trivalent metal cation to form at least a complex with at least one of the heavy metals; performing a liquid solid separation to remove the at least a complex forming a first effluent containing less than 0.08 ppm molybdenum, wherein the liquid solid separation is via flocculation and clarification in an inclined plate settler and wherein at least a flocculent is added to the inclined plate settler to bind the at least a complex; adding at least a phosphate additive to the first effluent at an alkaline pH between 9 and 13 to obtain a soluble phosphrous concentration of less than 1 ppm, and a soluble sulfate concentration of less than 630 ppm, and at least one of the at least a soluble anionic species forms a precipitate; performing a liquid solid separation to remove the precipitate, forming a second effluent. | 27,564 |
9,570,750 | 1. An anode comprising; an anode active material; and a porous binder including a nanopore having a size of more than 0 to less than or equal to 100 nm, wherein the porous binder comprises a poly(aryletherketone)-based polymer, a poly(aryl amide)-based polymer, a polyamic acid-based polymer, a polyimide-based polymer, a poly(amide-imide)-based polymer, a polyurethane-based polymer, a polyester-based polymer, a polystyrene-based polymer, a polybenzimidazole-based polymer, a polybenzoxazole-based polymer, a polybenzothiazole-based polymer, a polysulfone-based polymer, a poly(ether sulfone)-based polymer, a poly(phenylene sulfide)-based polymer, polyphosphazene, or a copolymer thereof, wherein the anode active material comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of the elements of Groups 13, 14, and 15 of the periodic table of elements. | 100 |
9,599,103 | 1. A method for operating a dosing pump, wherein the dosing pump comprises a piston, which for delivery is movable back and forth between a starting position and an end position, and a drive unit which can be electrically excited by the application of a voltage, the method having the step of: controlling the voltage so as to generate an effective voltage in order to move the piston from the starting position into the end position, that differs from the starting position, wherein the effective voltage assumes a first local maximum (U | 42,374 |
9,211,257 | 1. A method of treating a bone marrow lesion of the knee comprising: selecting a patient having a bone marrow lesion of the knee and OARS Grade 0 or Kellgren and Lawrence Grade 0 or Grade 1 of joint space narrowing, and administering an inhibitor of osteoclast activity selected from zoledronic acid, pamidronic acid, or neridronic acid to the patient for the treatment of the bone marrow lesion. | 28,256 |
9,727,240 | 1. A method of erasing and writing data from and to a memory in a smart card, comprising: a Central Processing Unit, CPU, in the smart card, buffering data to be written into a random memory buffer of a specified memory in the smart card upon determining a data erasing and writing operation to be performed on the specified memory; and the CPU entering a standby and sleep mode after transmitting a data erasing and writing signal to the specified memory, wherein the data erasing and writing signal instructs the specified memory to perform the data erasing and writing operation by acquiring the data to be written from the random memory buffer; wherein the CPU has entered the standby and sleep mode while the specified memory performs the data erasing and writing operation; wherein the method further comprises: the CPU receiving a recovery signal transmitted from the specified memory after the data erasing and writing operation; and the CPU entering a normal operating mode from the standby and sleep mode according to an instruction of the recovery signal after the specified memory performs the data erasing and writing operation. | 46,558 |
9,070,682 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor element; a lead; and a wire including a first bonding portion bonded to the semiconductor element, a second bonding portion bonded to the lead and a bridge portion connecting the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion to each other; wherein, the semiconductor element includes a first bonding surface, the first bonding portion being bonded to the first bonding surface, the lead includes a second bonding surface and a third bonding surface forming an angle larger than 180° at an outside of the lead, the second bonding surface and the third bonding surface are is provided with a ball bump extending on both the second and the third bonding surfaces, the second bonding portion is bonded to the lead via the ball bump, the bridge portion of the wire includes an elongated section connected to the second bonding portion, and the second bonding surface lies between the third bonding surface and the position of the semiconductor element in a direction along which the elongated section of the bridge portion extends as viewed in a normal direction relative to the first bonding surface. | 36,580 |
9,398,646 | 1. A microwave heating device comprising: a microwave generating portion having a variable frequency function; a heating chamber for housing an object to be heated; a plurality of feeding portions that supplies the heating chamber with a microwave generated from the microwave generating portion and comprising a first feeding portion and a second feeding portion; a plurality of electric-power detection portions that detects an amount of reflected microwaves which are reflected toward the microwave generating portion from the heating chamber through each of the feeding portions; and a control portion that selects a heating frequency of the microwave generated from the microwave generating portion based on the amount of reflected microwaves detected by the electric-power detecting portions, the control portion operable to control an operation of the microwave generating portion; wherein the control portion is operable to: receive the amount of reflected microwaves for each feeding portion; determine a temporal change in the amount of reflected microwaves, wherein the temporal change indicates an increase or a decrease of the amount of reflected microwaves per unit period time and comprises a first temporal change in connection with the first feeding portion and a second temporal change in connection with the second feeding portion; compare the amount of reflected microwaves for each feeding portion with a first predetermined threshold; upon determination that the amount of reflected microwaves for each feeding portion is less than the first predetermined threshold, determine whether each temporal change for each feeding portions shows the same tendency, or different tendencies, wherein the different tendencies indicate that one of the first temporal change and the second temporal change is increasing and the other is decreasing; upon determination that each temporal change for each feeding portion shows the same tendency, determine whether at least one of temporal changes is equal or more than a second predetermined threshold; and upon determination that at least one of temporal changes is equal or more than the second predetermined threshold, process a plurality of heating conditions required for completion of the heating operation. | 2,277 |
8,346,514 | 1. A method for calculating a number of wedges for a slot in a dynamoelectric machine comprising: (A) acquiring a length of said slot; (B) acquiring a length of one or more wedges; (C) calculating, using a computer, a number of said one or more wedges required for said slot using the length of the slot and the length of the one or more wedges; (D) calculating, using a computer, an end spacing distance (L wherein, the number of said one or more wedges required for said slot is communicated to a display device and then displayed on the display device. | 15,401 |
8,514,082 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving input at a tag pool management system from a user requesting to track an asset, the request including one or more monitoring requirements for monitoring the asset, enterprise data for the asset, and a origin location for the asset; selecting, by the tag pool management system, a tag device to associate with the asset in accordance with the input and the monitoring requirements, wherein the tag device is configured to monitor the asset according to the monitoring requirements; routing, by the tag pool management system, the tag device to the origin location; receiving, by the tag pool management system, an event notification for the tag device, as the tag device travels from the origin location to a destination location; determining, by the tag pool management system, a preference for the event notification; and generating, by the tag pool management system, a user notification from the event notification and the enterprise data, and then providing the user notification to a user in accordance with the determined preference. | 7,754 |
8,844,863 | 1. Device for mechanically decoupled fastening of an aircraft component perfused by hot gas to a housing or frame, which comprises: a coupling member which is connectable to the aircraft component perfused by hot gas, a holder which is connectable to the housing or frame, to which a first end of a bellows is fastened, and a flange, a second end of the bellows and the coupling member being fastened to the flange, so that the coupling member is connected to the holder via the flange and the bellows, and furthermore a shielding element for thermal shielding of the bellows from heat of the hot gas perfusing the aircraft component, the shielding element being fastened to the flange, wherein the flange bears in sealing manner against a firewall which comprises a passage opening. | 21,280 |
9,717,056 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a power receiving circuit; a first communication circuit; a connection circuit; one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising: receiving power wirelessly from a power supply apparatus via the power receiving circuit; performing wireless communication using the first communication circuit; connecting a detachable communication device via the connection circuit, the detachable communication device including a second communication circuit which performs wireless communication and an antenna being connected with the second communication circuit; determining whether the detachable communication device is capable of using wireless power supply in a case where the detachable communication device and the connection circuit are connected; and performing a process of restricting power supply from the antenna to the second communication circuit in a case where the detachable communication device is not capable of using wireless power supply. | 19,593 |
9,126,497 | 1. A method for controlling a dynamically-balanced vehicle, the vehicle comprising a support, at least one wheel, a coupling structure having a support portion coupled to the support and a ground portion coupled to the at least one wheel that allows the support portion to move or slide fore and aft with respect to the ground portion, a drive coupled to the at least one wheel to dynamically balance the vehicle and provide power to the at least one wheel to propel the vehicle, an actuator coupled to the coupling structure to control fore-aft movement of the support portion relative to the ground portion, a controller coupled to the drive to control the drive and coupled to the actuator to control the actuator, the method comprising: controlling the drive coupled to the at least one wheel in response to fore-aft pitch of the vehicle; controlling fore-aft pitch of the vehicle using the actuator to control fore-aft movement of the support portion relative to the ground portion, comprising the steps of: | 4,798 |
9,542,179 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor; a switch mode power supply coupled to and configured to power the processor, the switch mode power supply including an energy storage device that provides energy to the processor; an energy tracking system coupled to the switch mode power supply, and configured to: an energy monitoring system coupled to the energy tracking system, and configured to: an instruction generation system coupled to the energy monitoring system, and comprising: | 7,432 |
8,816,186 | 1. A photovoltaic support mechanism comprising: a top plate, a base plate, a plurality of support posts connected to the top plate and the base plate, a torsion bar connected to two support posts of the plurality of support posts by two tension springs for limiting and containing a movement of the torsion bar, an inverted wing supported by the torsion bar, wherein the inverted wing comprises an elongated bottom surface and a flat straight upper portion to use air pressure to create a downward pressure thereon, a first steel cable, a second steel cable, a cable spool mounted on one support post of the plurality of support post, and a wind pressure plate connected to the cable spool, wherein the wind pressure plate is configured to apply torque to the cable spool to apply tension to the first steel cable that is applied to the second steel cable to limit horizontal movement of the base plate. | 41,601 |
9,832,725 | 1. A method comprising: determining, at a network coordinator device of a peer-to-peer communication network, whether all of a subset of client devices associated with the peer-to-peer communication network support direct data communication; and in response to determining that all of the subset of client devices support direct data communication, | 4,840 |
9,799,895 | 1. A stack fastening structure of a fuel cell, comprising: a fastening mechanism mounted at an outside of a plurality of stacked fuel cells configured to generate a force pressing against the plurality of stacked fuel cells; an insertion body mounted in the fastening mechanism configured to adjust the force pressing against the plurality of stacked fuel cells; an end plate of the fastening mechanism mounted with the plurality of fuel cells, wherein the end plate has an inclined surface formed on an upper side of the end plate and abutting the insertion body; and a transfer device including an elastic body that elastically supports the insertion body, a protruding body that protrudes in a stacking direction toward the outside from the end plate, and an adjusting screw configured to be screw-coupled with the protruding body, wherein the adjusting screw is attached with the elastic body. | 41,970 |
8,837,302 | 1. A method of mapping a network fault, the method comprising: receiving information electronically concerning geographical coordinates of terminal network elements on a network and an association of the terminal network elements with shared network components; monitoring a performance parameter transmitted over the network via upstream network communications from each one of the terminal network elements; identifying terminal network elements from which the performance parameter monitored during said monitoring step is unacceptable relative to a predetermined threshold for the performance parameter; defining a cluster of terminal network elements estimated to be subject to a common network fault by including terminal network elements within the cluster that are identified during said identifying step, that are within a predetermined geographic distance from each other as determined from the geographical coordinates obtained during said receiving step, and that are associated with a common shared network component of the network; and populating a geographic map with a single cluster alarm for the network fault including an identification of the terminal network elements within the cluster, the geographic map being displayable via geospatial software. | 38,609 |
9,478,810 | 1. A battery, comprising: at least one battery module with a lower side, a cooling plate with an upper side defining a cooling plane and located below and opposite to the lower side of the at least one battery module, and a fixing system arranged on the upper side of the cooling plate wherein the fixing system has at least two rails running at a distance from each other, the two rails each extending in a lengthwise direction in a plane parallel to the cooling plane, and the at least one battery module is fixed on the cooling plate by the rails in such a way that the lower side of the battery module is pressured by the rails and the upper side of the cooling plate. | 26,384 |
9,441,331 | 1. A three-dimensional urban road system, comprising: a straight section; a longitudinal slope section; and an intersection, wherein: the straight section and the intersection are connected to form a road network, the longitudinal slope section is connected with the straight section and the longitudinal slope section is connected with the intersection to realize initial connection among the straight section, the intersection and the ground, the straight section comprises a bottom road, a parking layer and a running layer, two-way, parallel upward and downward ramps on which cars run up and down are arranged between the center of the bottom road and the parking layer and between the parking layer and the running layer such that cars in the straight section can switch from the bottom road to the parking layer and stop on the parking layer or switch from the parking layer to the running layer and run thereon, thus shunting and parking cars in such three-dimensional road system, the upward and downward ramps for cars are arranged on and connected to, in parallel, a wide green belt reserved in the center of the bottom road, according to the relative width of the road and the actual demands, the reserved central green belt is approximately 7-9 m wide, the bottom road of the straight section comprises: the parking layer are two one-way roads which are separated by the space or the ramps; the running layer has one one-way road including a green belt, a car access road and an upward ramp rising from the bottom road to the parking layer and further to the running layer, and the other one-way road including a downward ramp descending from the running layer to the parking layer and further to the bottom road, a car access road and a green belt; the longitudinal slope section comprises a bottom road, a parking layer and a running layer; cars smoothly enter the parking layer of the straight section through the longitudinal slope section; ramps are arranged between the corresponding bottom road and parking layer of the longitudinal slope section; the longitudinal slope section realizes connection of the initial segments of the three-dimension road system, or is applied to the initial segments of various independent overpasses except an underpass. | 461 |
9,522,965 | 1. A process for obtaining polysaccharides from oleaginous biomass comprising heating a mixture consisting of oleaginous biomass and an aqueous medium to a temperature in the range of from 155 to 165° C.; maintaining said mixture at said temperature for a period of time of from 15 to 25 minutes; then recovering polysaccharides released from said oleaginous biomass from said mixture. | 16,365 |
8,372,364 | 1. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system, for an auto-ignition internal combustion engine, comprising: a catalyst located in an exhaust line; a particulate filter; and an reducing agent introducer for introducing a reducing agent into exhaust gas upstream of the catalyst in a direction of flow of the exhaust gas, a hydrocarbon introducer for introducing hydrocarbons into the exhaust gas, the hydrocarbon introducer disposed upstream of the catalyst, the catalyst positioned with respect to the reducing agent introducer and the hydrocarbon introducer in the exhaust line such that the catalyst oxidizes at least part of the introduced hydrocarbons and performs selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust line. | 18,918 |
9,315,563 | 1. A hydrolysate composition produced by the method comprising (a) contacting chicken egg ovotransferrin or a protein containing chicken egg ovotransferrin with a reducing agent, subjecting the chicken egg ovotransferrin or a protein containing chicken egg ovotransferrin to a sonication step, or a combination thereof; and (b) sequentially contacting the chicken egg ovotransferrin or a protein containing chicken ovotransferrin after step (a) with (1) thermolysin then pepsin or (2) pepsin then thermolysin to produce the hydrolysate composition, wherein the hydrolysate composition comprises at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:2. | 28,980 |
8,771,402 | 1. A vapor particle separator comprising: a temperature controlled chamber for desorbing vapors from the particulates of an exhaust gas that enters the vapor particle separator through the temperature controlled chamber; and a separation chamber including a micro porous membrane for providing an interface between at least one particle passageway and at least one vapor passageway through the separation chamber, the particle passageway extends from an entrance to the separation chamber to a particle exit of the separation chamber, the vapor passageway extends from the micro-porous membrane to a vapor exit from the separation chamber that is separate from the particle exit from the separation chamber, wherein the micro porous membrane has a pore size that allows for diffusion of the vapors from the particle passageway through the micro porous membrane to the vapor passageway, wherein the particles having a lower diffusivity than the vapors are obstructed from entering the vapor passageway. | 29,428 |
9,406,827 | 1. A holder for a solar module having a rectangular frame which has a peripheral side wall from at least one side of which there extends a leg that is directed toward the frame interior, wherein the holder has a base plate with two receiving elements extending therefrom for receiving the leg, wherein each receiving element is assigned at least one support surface, attached to the base plate, for supporting the side wall, the spacing of said support surface from the receiving element being variable, wherein the each receiving element has a slot for introducing the leg, and wherein the support surface is formed by a plurality of tongues which are at different spacings from one end of the slot. | 33,115 |
9,714,054 | 1. A system comprising: a foundational base assembly comprising a plurality of support beams aligned parallel to each other; a first ledger and a separate second ledger attached to an upper portion of a first support beam of the plurality of support beams of the foundational base assembly, an outwardly protruding portion of the first ledger and an outwardly protruding portion of the second ledger protruding outward in a first horizontal direction from the upper portion of the first support beam, the first ledger being attached at a first position on the first support beam, the second ledger being attached at a second position on the first support beam at a first distance away from the first ledger, the first and second ledger being parallel to each other; a third ledger and a separate fourth ledger attached to an upper portion of a second support beam of the plurality of support beams of the foundational base assembly, the second support beam being next to and parallel to the first support beam, an outwardly protruding portion of the third ledger and an outwardly protruding portion of the fourth ledger protruding outward in a second horizontal direction from the upper portion of the second support beam, the second horizontal direction facing the first horizontal direction, the third ledger being attached at a first position on the second support beam, the fourth ledger being attached at a second position on the second support beam at a distance equal to the first distance away from the third ledger, the third and fourth ledger being parallel to each other; a first support panel positioned on top of the outwardly protruding portion of the first ledger and the outwardly protruding portion of the third ledger, the first support panel having a length approximately equal to a distance between the first support beam and the second support beam; and a second support panel positioned on top of the outwardly protruding portion of the second ledger and the outwardly protruding portion of the fourth ledger, the second support panel having a length approximately equal to the distance between the first support beam and the second support beam, the second support panel being at a distance away from the first support panel. | 35,423 |
9,257,249 | 1. A power supply control device, comprising: a power reception terminal for receiving power; a power supply terminal for supplying power; a relay configured to make and break an electrical connection between the power reception terminal and the power supply terminal; a control circuit configured to control the relay; a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the control circuit by use of power received via the power reception terminal; a printed wiring board; an electrical circuit electrically connecting the power reception terminal and the power supply terminal; and a block holding the power reception terminal, the power supply terminal, the relay, the printed wiring board, and the electrical circuit, wherein: the control circuit and the power supply circuit are mounted on the printed wiring board; the relay is configured to make and break the electrical connection between the power reception terminal and the power supply terminal by opening and closing the electrical circuit; the block has a first end and a second end respectively defining opposite ends in a first direction, and a third end and a fourth end respectively defining opposite ends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; the power reception terminal and the power supply terminal are positioned at the first end and the second end, respectively; the electrical circuit is positioned closer to the third end than the fourth end such that a circuit accommodating space is formed closer to the third end than the fourth end; and the control circuit and the power supply circuit are positioned in the circuit accommodating space. | 6,813 |
9,097,211 | 1. A turbine engine assembly comprising: an engine casing; a engine liner within the engine casing, at least one of the engine casing and the engine liner including a first attachment structure, the other one of the engine casing and the engine liner defining a track guide; and a slideable member moveable within the track guide between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the slideable member including a second attachment structure that is engaged with the first attachment structure to secure the engine liner relative the engine casing when the slideable member is in the engaged position, the second attachment structure disengaged from the first attachment structure when the slideable member is in the disengaged position. | 13,371 |
8,923,717 | 1. A transfer device that is installed in an image forming apparatus transferring toner images from a plurality of image bearing members onto paper through an intermediate transfer belt and that includes a plurality of primary transfer rollers disposed on the opposite side of the plurality of image bearing members across the intermediate transfer belt and capable of being displaced from a reference position in a contact direction and a separation direction in relation to the respective plurality of image bearing members, the device comprising: a cam that revolves, receiving transmission of power, around a cam shaft; a link member which is movable, while being in contact with the cam with pressure, within a predetermined range in a first direction in which the link member moves toward the cam shaft and in a second direction that is the direction opposite to the first direction and of which movement toward the first direction and the second direction causes at least one of the primary transfer rollers to be displaced toward the contact direction and the separation direction; and a regulatory member that restrains the link member from moving further than a predetermined position toward the second direction, wherein the link member is split into a plurality of link arms along the first direction with each joint portion of two adjacent link arms being configured in such a manner that an overall length of the two adjacent link arms is variable within a predetermined range that is not less than a predetermined minimum value and not greater than a predetermined maximum value, each of the joint portions including: an elastic member biasing the two adjacent link arms toward a direction to which the overall length gets longer in a state where the cam has revolved to a spacing angle at which the link member is caused to be most separate from the cam shaft; and an engagement mechanism that engages the two adjacent link arms with each other in order for the overall length not to get longer beyond the maximum value, wherein the overall length in the state where the cam has revolved to the spacing angle takes a value other than the minimum value and the maximum value. | 37,613 |
9,167,654 | 1. A solid light source lighting device comprising: a power supply circuit comprising at least one switching element, the power supply circuit being configured to output DC power by turning on and turning off the switching element; a capacitor connected to a solid light source in parallel, the solid light source being connected between output ends of the power supply circuit; and a control circuit configured to determine a control value for a switching operation of the switching element based on a dimming signal indicating a dimming ratio of the solid light source, the control circuit being configured to perform a switching control of the switching element based on the control value, wherein the control circuit is configured, when performing the switching control of the switching element so that the dimming ratio increases due to the dimming signal indicating a first dimming ratio, to perform the switching control of the switching element based on the control value equivalent to a second dimming ratio higher than the first dimming ratio during a prescribed time period before the switching control of the switching element is performed based on the control value equivalent to the first dimming ratio. | 17,787 |
8,491,201 | 1. A method for carrying out a splicing process, comprising the following steps: supporting an apparatus for splicing of optical waveguide sections in one hand for a splicing operation, the apparatus comprising a preprocessing unit that prepares an optical waveguide section for a splicing process, and a splicing unit for splicing the optical waveguide section, wherein the preprocessing unit and the splicing unit are fitted to the apparatus for splicing, the apparatus comprising a housing in which a removal apparatus of the preprocessing unit is located, the housing including an insertion apparatus through which the optical waveguide section is inserted toward the removal apparatus; mounting of the optical waveguide section in a holding apparatus such that an end of the optical waveguide section is exposed beyond the holding apparatus; attaching the holding apparatus to the preprocessing unit by inserting the end of the optical waveguide section into the insertion apparatus using the holding apparatus thereby providing the end of the optical waveguide section to the removal apparatus enclosed within the housing; processing of the optical waveguide section using the removal apparatus of the preprocessing unit by activating a control device; release of the holding apparatus from the preprocessing unit; attaching the holding apparatus to the splicing unit; carrying out the splicing process using the splicing unit by activating the control device, with the optical waveguide section being spliced to another optical waveguide section; wherein the insertion apparatus is a first insertion apparatus, the apparatus comprising cleaning fibers in the housing, the housing including another insertion apparatus through which the optical waveguide section is inserted toward the cleaning fibers. | 25,713 |
8,472,159 | 1. A method to impart an electrostatic charge to particles comprising: providing a plurality of particles to be charged; providing a first electrode array comprising a plurality of three or more electrodes spaced apart, the first electrode array having a first end and a second end, the second end being closer to a receiving surface than the first end, and each electrode comprising a major surface, wherein the major surfaces of the plurality of electrodes are generally coplanar with each other; providing a plurality of nanostructures disposed over the first electrode array; providing a multi-phase voltage source operatively coupled to the first electrode array; applying a multi-phase voltage to the first electrode array to create a traveling electric field between each electrode of the first electrode array, thereby causing electron emission from the plurality of nanostructures and forming a plurality of charged particles; controlling an amount of electrostatic charge imparted to the plurality of particles by adjusting a frequency and/or a magnitude of the traveling electric field between each electrode of the first electrode array; and transporting the plurality of charged particles from the first end to the second end using the traveling electric field onto the receiving surface, wherein the traveling electric field imparts a force on the plurality of charged particles in at least one direction from the first end to the second end. | 37,055 |
8,821,896 | 1. A method of conferring protective immunity in a human host against malaria caused by a Plasmodium -species parasite, said method comprising administering to said human host at least one dose of an aseptic, purified preparation of metabolically active, non-attenuated, infectious Plasmodium sporozoites selected from the group consisting of P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. knowlesi and any combination thereof concurrent with a regimen of administering an antimalarial agent effective against asexual erythrocytic stage parasites, said purified preparation suitable for pharmaceutical use and comprising less than 85 nanograms of attendant material per 25,000 sporozoites; wherein protective immunity is conferred in said human host. | 25,026 |
9,253,827 | 1. A method of making a graphite electrode, the graphite electrode having a body including an axial direction and a radial direction, the body having a radial outer surface and two ends, the method comprising attaching a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having a density of less than 0.5 g/cc to the radial outer surface of the body of the graphite electrode. | 16,184 |
9,232,461 | 1. A method for limiting network communications comprising: receiving a routable data communication; identifying a communication type for the routable data communication, the identifiable communication types including at least an owner communication type, an authorized communication type, and an anonymous communication type, wherein the identified communication type is an anonymous communication type; identifying access rules for the identified communication type; and limiting the routing of the data communication according to the identified access rules, wherein the limiting the routing of the data communication includes allowing the data communication to be routed if the identified access rules indicate that anonymous communications are allowed, and preventing the data communication from being routed and causing access data to be communicated to the source of the data communication if the identified access rules indicate that anonymous communications are not allowed, wherein the method is implemented at a networking device through which data communications are routed between multiple computing client devices and an external cellular data network to enable simultaneous data communication between the multiple computing client devices and the external cellular data network, and wherein the networking device is connected to the external cellular data network wirelessly. | 32,318 |
9,685,835 | 1. A motor housing for a cabin air compressor, comprising: a central body portion having a center wall thickness and an internal cavity that is configured to receive an electric motor; a first end portion having a second internal cavity that is configured to receive a first end winding of the stator, wherein the first end portion includes a second outer wall and a concentric inner wall that resides within the second internal cavity; and a second end portion having a third internal cavity configured to receive a second end winding of the stator, wherein the second end portion comprises an orthogonal flange portion, a cylindrical outer wall, a first outer conical wall having a first slope, and a second outer conical wall having a second slope; wherein a ratio of a wall thickness of either of the first or the second end portions to the center wall thickness is at least greater than 1.68 to 1; wherein a radius of the internal cavity of the center body is between 2.565 inch (6.515 cm) to 2.605 inch (6.617 cm); wherein a length of the first outer conical wall is between about 2.330 inch (5.918 cm) to about 2.370 inch (6.020 cm), the length of the first outer conical wall being measured from a general mid-point of the first outer conical wall to an outer face of the flange portion; wherein a diameter of opening from the general mid-point of the first outer conical wall is between about 6.345 inch (16.116 cm) to about 6.365 inch (16.167 cm); wherein a length of the second outer conical wall is between about 3.725 inch (9.462 cm) to about 3.745 inch (9.512 cm); wherein an inner radius of the cylindrical outer wall is between about 4.405 inch (11.189 cm) to about 4.445 inch (11.290 cm). | 30,858 |
9,568,974 | 1. A system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing power usage and cooling utilization within a data center, the system comprising: a common collection engine for collecting real time data directly from facility devices and information technology (IT) devices, and wherein the facility devices include cooling supply devices; a subsystem adapted to: take action concerning at least one of the facility devices and at least one of the IT devices based on the real time operating information, and with the action being taken to optimize both cooling utilization and power usage of the at least one facility device in view of a performance of at least one of the IT devices. | 6,503 |
9,452,927 | 1. A biosensor for detecting and measuring interactions of fluorescently labeled biomolecules, said biosensor consisting essentially of a substrate having an upper part designed to be located in front of an optical system, a lower part, and at least two lateral apertures having a specific design, said biosensor further comprising a space for a solution containing biomolecules, wherein said space is a nanoslit which is defined between said upper part and lower part and which communicates with the lateral apertures, wherein the at least two lateral apertures have an area from 100 nm | 49,706 |
8,441,665 | 1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display on an operation unit of the image-forming apparatus a list of work items corresponding to a workflow which is implemented using a server apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive data corresponding to a subflow from the server apparatus, the subflow being a step in the workflow and including a plurality of steps having a sequence; an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction from a user for proceeding to a next step in the subflow; a control unit configured to display a screen corresponding to a first step that is one of the plurality of steps in the subflow on the operation unit of the image-forming apparatus based on the data received by the receiving unit and to change a display of the operation unit to a screen corresponding to a second step following the first step in accordance with the instruction accepted by the accepting unit and the sequence of the plurality of steps in the subflow without displaying the list; a notification unit configured to notify the server apparatus of a completion of the subflow corresponding to the data which the receiving unit receives, and a screen unit configured to display a list button to return to the list of work items in screens corresponding to a first step and a final step of the plurality of steps having the sequence in the subflow, comprising at least 3 steps, and display a back button to return to a previous screen in a screen corresponding to a mid-flow step which is not either of the first step and the final step, wherein, in response to the notification unit notifying the completion of the subflow, the server apparatus proceeds the step in the workflow corresponding to the completed subflow to a next step in the workflow, wherein the screen corresponding to the mid-flow step is a screen which does not accept pressing the list button from a user. | 48,976 |
9,853,472 | 1. A battery charging device, comprising: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells connected in series; and a control unit configured to: | 33,091 |
9,296,269 | 1. In combination with a towing vehicle having a rearwardly extending hitch drawbar, having a rearward end, and a hitch ball secured to the rearward end of the drawbar, with the hitch ball including a threaded shank, having a lower end, which extends downwardly through an opening formed in the drawbar, comprising: a trailer including a forwardly extending tongue having a forward end; a hitch ball coupler assembly secured to said forward end of said tongue which includes a socket portion having an interior socket for selectively receiving the hitch ball therein; said hitch ball coupler assembly including a top wall and first and second sides; a locking device movably associated with said socket portion to lock said socket portion to the hitch ball; a safety lock and anti-theft device selectively pivotally secured to said hitch ball coupler assembly; a generally U-shaped mounting bracket having a base portion and upstanding first and second legs; said base portion of said mounting bracket being secured to said top wall of said hitch ball coupler assembly; said first leg of said mounting bracket having first, second and third openings formed therein; said second leg of said mounting bracket having first, second and third openings formed therein; a locking assembly including a lower plate having a first side, a second side, a forward end and a rearward end; said locking assembly including a first side plate having a lower end and an upper end; said first side plate extending upwardly and rearwardly from said first side of said lower plate; said first side plate having first, second and third openings formed therein at said upper end thereof; said locking assembly including a second side plate having a lower end and an upper end; said second side plate extending upwardly and rearwardly from said second side of said lower plate; said second side plate having first, second and third openings formed therein at said upper end thereof which registers with said first, second and third openings in said first side plate; an upper plate secured to said first and second side plates at said upper ends thereof and which extends therebetween; said upper ends of said first and second side plates embracing said first and second legs of said mounting bracket; said locking assembly including a first pivot bolt extending through said third opening of said first side plate and through said third opening in said first leg of said mounting bracket to pivotally secure said first side plate to said mounting brackets about a horizontal axis; said locking assembly including a second pivot bolt extending through said third opening of said second side plate and through said third opening in said second leg of said mounting bracket to pivotally secure said second side plate to said mounting bracket about a horizontal axis; said locking assembly being selectively movable between a first unlocked position and a first locked position relative to said mounting bracket; said locking assembly also being selectively movable between a second unlocked position and a second locked position relative to said mounting bracket; said second openings in said first and second side plates registering with said second openings in said first and second legs of said mounting bracket when said locking assembly is in said first locking position whereby a locking pin may be extended therethrough to selectively lock said locking assembly in said first locked position; said first openings in said first and second side plates registering with said first openings in said first and second legs of said mounting bracket when said locking assembly is in said second locking position whereby a locking pin may be extended therethrough to selectively lock said locking assembly in said second locked position; said locking assembly, when said hitch ball coupler assembly is connected to the hitch ball, being selectively movable to said first locked position whereby said lower plate of said locking assembly will be closely positioned below the upper end of the shank of the hitch ball to limit the upward movement of said socket portion of said hitch ball coupler assembly with respect to the hitch ball to prevent the disconnection of said hitch ball coupler assembly from the hitch ball; said locking assembly, when said hitch ball coupler assembly is disconnected from the hitch ball, being selectively movable to said second locked position whereby said lower plate of said locking assembly will be closely positioned below said socket portion of said hitch ball coupler assembly to prevent a thief from connecting said socket portion of said hitch ball coupler assembly to a hitch ball of a towing vehicle. | 34,500 |
9,570,642 | 1. A sealing material sheet for a solar cell module, comprising a low density polyethylene having a density of 0.900 g/cm 3 or less in an amount of 90 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of total resin components in the sealing material composition, wherein a gel fraction is 0% or more to 10% or less, and a degree of dispersity (Mw/Mn) being a ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of polystyrene is 2.5 or more to 3.5 or less. | 16,402 |
9,109,580 | 1. An arrangement for fixing a component inside of a wind turbine, comprising: a portion of a tower; and a direct fastener, wherein the direct fastener comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the portion of the tower is a portion of a wind turbine tower, wherein the first part of the direct fastener is driven into the portion of the tower and is connected thereto by a combination of friction hold and bonding, wherein the second part of the direct fastener protrudes from the portion of the tower and connects to the component, wherein the first part of the direct fastener is not threaded, and wherein the second part of the fastener comprises an external thread, and wherein at least one of a dampening element and a spacing element is arranged between the portion of the tower and the component. | 33,481 |
8,726,659 | 1. An intake system of an engine, comprising: an intake line that is configured to supply cylinder of an engine with air; an exhaust line that exhaust gas combusted in the cylinder is exhausted; a housing disposed in the intake line and a compressor disposed therein, the compressor is operated by a turbine disposed on an exhaust line; a recirculation line that recirculates the air from the intake line of a downstream side of the compressor to the intake line of an upstream side of the compressor; and an anti surge valve disposed on the recirculation line to open/close the recirculation line, wherein a length of a first section (l) that is straight from the anti surge valve is longer than two times the outlet diameter (d) of the anti surge valve in the recirculation line that is formed from the anti surge valve to an upstream side of the compressor. | 28,481 |
9,132,270 | 1. A cochlear implant headpiece for use with a cochlear implant, comprising: a housing including a housing microphone aperture; a microphone carried within the housing and associated with the housing microphone aperture; a transmitter carried by the housing that transmits signals to the cochlear implant; a housing membrane between the housing microphone aperture and the microphone; and a cap, including a sound port and a cap membrane over the sound port, configured to be positioned on the housing such that the sound port and cap membrane are aligned with the housing microphone aperture; wherein the housing and cap are configured such that they will be removably connected to one another, with the entire cap membrane spaced apart from the housing membrane, when the cap is positioned on the housing. | 43,533 |
8,739,165 | 1. A method for operating an apparatus having a plurality of processors, comprising: determining if a thread needs to be executed on one or more of the plurality of processors; determining if one or more of the plurality of processors is available to execute the thread, and is thus an available processor; determining if the thread has an affinity for the available processor, wherein said determining if the thread has the affinity for the available processor comprises if the thread has the affinity for the available processor, selecting the available processor as a chosen processor to execute the thread; if the thread does not have the affinity for the available processor, determining a number of active devices; if the thread does not have the affinity for the available processor, determining if minimize power is selected; if minimize power is selected, choosing a first processor of the plurality of processors to execute the thread so that the number of active devices is minimized; if the thread does not have the affinity for the available processor, determining if maximize performance is selected; and if maximize performance is selected, choosing a second processor of the plurality of processors to execute the thread so that the number of active devices is maximized. | 4,683 |
9,814,202 | 1. A seed of hybrid maize variety X05H214 produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH1M1K with a second plant of variety PH1TRA, wherein representative seed of the varieties PH1M1K and PH1TRA have been deposited under ATCC Accession Numbers PTA-120427 and PTA-122422, respectively. | 13,401 |
8,878,175 | 1. A display device comprising: a first wiring including a gate electrode over a substrate; a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer; a second wiring including one of a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer; an insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; an organic insulating layer over the insulating layer; and a pixel electrode layer over the organic insulating layer, wherein the pixel electrode layer is in electrical contact with the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode through a contact hole opened in the insulating layer and the organic insulating layer, wherein the first wiring and the second wiring include a portion overlapped with each other, and wherein a transparent conductive layer overlaps the portion. | 31,847 |
8,924,132 | 1. A method for monitoring a system of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising steps of: | 45,579 |
9,444,251 | 1. A power supply comprising: a first switch arranged between an input power supplier and a load; a driving power supplier which receives input power from the input power supplier through the first switch and which supplies the received input power to the load as driving power when a current mode of the load is a normal mode; and a power-saving power supplier connected to a power line branched from a point between the input power supplier and the first switch, the power-saving power supplier generating standby power using the input power when the current mode of the load is a standby mode, wherein the power-saving power supplier comprises: | 42,624 |
9,012,238 | 1. An implantable device comprising: at least one chamber coated with engineered lectins as a targeting molecule, and with at least one non-lectin targeting molecule, wherein the targeting molecule binds selectively to cell-type-specific markers expressed on the surface of hematopoetic cells, and wherein the implantable device is a tube or a plurality of tubes, wherein the inner diameter of the tube is varied in a pattern along the length of the tube, wherein the thickness of the tube wall to form maximal inner diameter of the tube ranges from about 20 μM to about 1000 μM, the thickness of the tube wall to form minimal inner diameter of the tube ranges from about 20 μM to about 1000 μM, and the length of the tube between two sections of the tube with minimal inner diameters ranges from about 10 μM to about 2000 μM. | 25,482 |
9,000,919 | 1. A solar panel system, comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic panels containing photovoltaic cells, the photovoltaic panels connected in one or more panel strings for direct current; a plurality of string decoupling capacitors coupled to the one or more panel strings to form a plurality of loops for radio frequency signals; at least one signal generator module connected to the one or more photovoltaic panel strings, the at least one signal generator module operable to produce and inject a multiple radio frequency signal onto the solar panel system; and at least one detector module operable to receive and analyze a frequency response echo from each of the loops to confirm integrity of the solar panel system. | 12,774 |
8,555,212 | 1. A method of designing a microdevice, comprising: using a computer to analyze a design for a microdevice to identify design data associated with manufacturing criteria; selecting at least a portion of the identified design data to be displayed; displaying the selected portion of the identified design data on a display; receiving a selection of at least a portion of the displayed design data to modify; and modifying the selected portion of the displayed design data based upon the manufacturing criteria. | 27,216 |
9,087,378 | 1. A method for tracking an object in a video image sequence by one or more processors, comprising evaluating an area scaling ratio of the object, wherein the evaluating of the area scaling ratio comprises: determining a centroid of the object; selecting one or more directed straight lines each of which passes through the centroid, extends from an end of the object's boundary to an opposite end thereof, and has a direction that is upward, whereby each of the directed straight lines is divided into an upper portion and a bottom portion by the centroid; determining a length scaling ratio for each of the directed straight lines; and computing the area scaling ratio based on the length scaling ratios determined for the directed straight lines; the determining of the length scaling ratio for a through-centroid line selected from the directed straight lines comprising: determining a motion vector for each of selected pixels on the through-centroid line; computing, for each of the selected pixels on the through-centroid line, a scalar component of the motion vector projected onto the through-centroid line with reference to the direction thereof; determining a length of the through-centroid line; estimating a change of the through-centroid line's length according to a first mean and a second mean, the first mean being an average value of the scalar components over the selected pixels on the upper portion of the through-centroid line, the second mean being an average value of the scalar components over the selected pixels on the bottom portion of the through-centroid line; and estimating the length scaling ratio according to the length of the through-centroid line and the change of the through-centroid line's length. | 39,407 |
9,518,380 | 1. A tool retention system, comprising: a spool having an elongated channel, and a collar dividing the elongated channel into a first portion and a second portion; a fastener disposed within the elongated channel and passing through the collar, the fastener having a head located within the first portion and a threaded shank located within the second portion; a resilient member disposed between the head of the fastener and the collar; and a slider threadingly engaged with the threaded shank and configured to slide within the second portion of the elongated channel as the fastener is rotated, wherein the slider includes at least one protrusion that extends axially toward the collar, and the collar is notched to allow passage of the at least one protrusion. | 8,790 |
9,042,248 | 1. A radio communication system in which a radio terminal is configured to communicate using a plurality of carrier components each having a different frequency, the radio communication system comprising: a reception start timing controller configured to commonly control a cycle of a reception start timing for a predetermined channel among at least one part of the component carriers assigned to the radio terminal; a reception controller configured to control a reception period for said predetermined channel on at least one part of the component carriers assigned to said radio terminal, said reception period being started from said reception start timing, wherein said reception start timing controller further comprises at least one timer that, when data is received during measurement and said data is successfully decoded, restarts and measures a predetermined period, wherein said timer is corresponds to at least one part of the component carriers assigned to said radio terminal, and said reception start timing controller transitions to a cycle of a reception start timing which is longer than a current cycle of the reception start timing, when said timer reaches the predetermined period. | 31,230 |
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