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9,381,465 | 1. A method for the thermal conditioning of an auxiliary material configured to clean a crude gas stream loaded with an organic pollutant by being introduced into the crude gas stream and removing at least a portion of the organic pollutant such that a loaded auxiliary material is produced, comprising: feeding the loaded auxiliary material into a receiver of a thermal conditioning device; feeding a heated gas stream into the thermal conditioning device such that the loaded auxiliary material is heated; chemically converting at least a part of the organic pollutant loaded in the loaded auxiliary material by heating the loaded auxiliary material with the heated gas stream to produce a conditioned auxiliary material; separating the conditioned auxiliary material from the loaded auxiliary material; and removing the conditioned auxiliary material from the thermal conditioning device. | 14,067 |
8,453,773 | 1. A heavy-duty vehicle comprising: a battery power source, wherein the battery power source includes a plurality of battery packs and is housed within a battery-pack mounting floor structure of the heavy-duty vehicle such that individual battery packs are individually mounted into cavities within the battery-pack mounting floor structure, wherein the battery-pack mounting floor structure of the heavy-duty vehicle is formed from a single molded piece or multiple molded pieces of at least one composite material, wherein the battery power source is arranged with respect to the floor structure such that the heavy-duty vehicle has a low floor chassis with substantially no compromise in an interior seating layout of said heavy-duty vehicle. | 49,556 |
8,993,541 | 1. A compound comprising a compound from formula (1): wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein M wherein R wherein R wherein n=1; or pharmaceutical compositions thereof. | 2,747 |
9,832,215 | 1. A method of detecting potentially malicious content, comprising: identifying content for inspection; loading a virtual machine for activating the identified content for inspection; the virtual machine, upon detecting an occurrence of an application processing the content on a processor, tracing activity of the processor in order to form trace data, by: upon detecting an occurrence of an exception in the trace data by the EDE, the EDE transferring control to an analyzer, the analyzer detecting suspicious activity according to the trace data based on a context of the exception. | 33,623 |
9,493,109 | 1. A method for illuminating an expected movement path of a vehicle, comprising: detecting, by a camera, at least one item of information concerning an environment surrounding the vehicle; determining, by a control device in the vehicle, the following: a traffic situation using the detected at least one item of information, and the expected movement path of the vehicle based on the traffic situation; generating, by the control device, a control signal to control a roadway marking device in a manner corresponding to the control signal, the roadway marking device including a receiver, a processing device, and illumination elements; transmitting, by a transmitter in the vehicle, the control signal from the vehicle and to the receiver of the roadway marking device; and illuminating, by the illumination elements of the roadway marking device, the expected movement path of the vehicle according to the control signal received by the roadway marking device, wherein the roadway marking device is remote to the vehicle, wherein the expected movement path of the vehicle is a planned trajectory of the vehicle, wherein the roadway marking device includes at least one of: at least one other vehicle, a streetlight, and a roadway surface capable of illumination. | 142 |
8,380,929 | 1. A method for managing data in a hierarchical storage server storing data blocks on primary and secondary storage devices, the primary storage devices being in an active mode and the secondary storage devices being in one of an active and passive mode, the method comprising: receiving a read request sent from a client application to read a data block from a logical storage location of the hierarchical storage server; determining a physical storage location and one of the primary and secondary storage devices when the determined physical storage location is associated with the requested logical storage location according to stored logical-to-physical mappings and the determined physical storage location resides on the determined primary or secondary storage device; reading the data block from the determined physical storage location when the determined physical storage location resides on the determined primary storage device; reading the data block from the determined physical storage location when the determined physical storage location resides on the determined secondary storage device being in the active mode; switching over the determined secondary storage device from the passive mode to the active mode when the determined physical storage location resides on the determined secondary storage device being in the passive mode, and reading the data block from the determined physical storage location on the determined secondary storage device having been switched over from the passive mode to the active mode; and returning the read data block to the client application. | 11,688 |
8,921,628 | 1. A process for catalytic thermolysis of cellulosic biomass, the process comprising heating the cellulosic biomass to a conversion temperature in presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system comprises a mixed metal oxide represented by the formula (X 1 O).(X 2 O) a .(X 3 Y b O 4 ) wherein X 1 , X 2 and X 3 are alkaline earth elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Be, Ba , and mixture thereof, and Y is a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, Ga, B, La, P, Ti, Zn and mixture thereof, wherein a is 0 or 1 and b is 0 1or 2. | 5,158 |
9,041,247 | 1. An apparatus for controlling application of power to a plurality of devices including a master device and at least one controlled device, the apparatus comprising: a power inlet constructed and arranged to receive power from a power source; a plurality of power outlets including a master power outlet and at least one controlled power outlet; a first circuit adapted to sense a characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet and to determine if the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet has changed; a second circuit adapted to automatically initiate setting a first threshold characteristic of a stand-by power consumption level of a device electrically connected to the master power outlet based on the characteristic of the power delivered to the master power outlet sensed by the first circuit and a second threshold characteristic of the stand-by power consumption level of the device electrically connected to the master power outlet in the stand-by mode based on the characteristic of the power delivered to the master power outlet sensed by the first circuit, and to automatically initiate a routine to reset the first and second threshold characteristics of the stand-by power consumption level of the device electrically connected to the master power outlet responsive to the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet having changed; a third circuit adapted to compare the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet sensed by the first circuit with the first threshold characteristic and to compare the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet sensed by the first circuit with the second threshold characteristic; and a fourth circuit adapted to control a supply of power from the power inlet to the at least one controlled outlet responsive to the comparison performed by the third circuit by removing power to the at least one controlled outlet responsive to the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet being at least one of the same as or less than the first threshold characteristic and by providing power to the at least one controlled outlet responsive to the characteristic of power delivered to the master power outlet being greater than the second threshold characteristic. | 36,034 |
8,899,887 | 1. A PCB substrate drilling apparatus comprising: a base mass force frame; a meterology frame support base; at least one isolation dampener; an x axis linear drive unit having an x axis stationary drive track and a driveable, x axis traveling arm; a y axis linear drive unit having a y axis stationary drive track and a driveable y axis traveling arm, a positionable x axis moving table assembly coupled to said x axis traveling arm and wherein said moving table assembly is moveably supported on said meterology frame support base; a positionable y axis moving carriage coupled to said y axis traveling arm wherein said y axis moving carriage is moveably supported on an extension of said meterology frame support base; at least one z axis drill unit coupled to said y axis moving carriage; an x axis reactionary force movement transfer means that supports said x axis stationary drive track and is an extension of said base mass force frame; and a y axis reactionary force movement transfer means that supports said y axis stationary drive track and is an extension of said base mass force frame; wherein said meterology frame support base and said base mass force frame are separated by at least one of said isolation dampeners. | 15,468 |
8,890,346 | 1. A wind turbine system comprising: an anemometer for measuring wind speed; a temperature sensor for measuring ambient temperature; a system controller configured to receive output from at least the anemometer and the temperature sensor; a wind turbine for generating a DC output power, the wind turbine comprising: wherein the system controller receives wind speed, ambient temperature and load cell information and determines optimal power outputs of the wind turbine. | 39,963 |
9,503,847 | 1. An uploading method for an electronic apparatus, comprising: generating a group of files; and determining whether a total file size of the group of files is larger than a first threshold or not, or whether a total file number of the group of files is larger than a second threshold by a processor or not; if at least one of the total file size or the total file number of the group of files is larger than the first threshold or the second threshold, selectively uploading the group of files according to a current status of the electronic apparatus; wherein the step of selectively uploading the group of files further comprising: determining whether a current location of the electronic apparatus is recorded on an allowed network information list stored in a storage device; if the current location of the electronic apparatus is recorded on the allowed network information list, uploading the group of files according to an allowed network configuration corresponding to the current location. | 36,996 |
9,660,035 | 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a semiconductor fin on an insulator layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, forming a gate stack on the semiconductor fin, and forming spacers on sidewalls of the gate stack, wherein, the semiconductor fin comprises silicon (Si) to define a Si fin; etching the SOI substrate after forming the gate stack to expose an insulator layer defining at least one source/drain region and to expose silicon sidewalls of the semiconductor fin; after forming the gate stack, growing a silicon germanium (SiGe) layer from only the etched silicon sidewalls of the Si fin such that the SiGe layer extends above the insulator layer exposed following the etching and below the spacers; annealing the semiconductor device to diffuse SiGe ions of the SiGe layer into the fin so as to convert the entire Si fin disposed beneath the gate stack into a superlattice SiGe/Si fin such that the SiGe/Si fin has a superlattice structure formed beneath the gate stack; after forming the superlattice structure, epitaxially forming source/drain structures directly on the exposed insulator layer of the source/drain region; and performing a second annealing process after forming the gate stack, the second annealing process diffusing the ions of the epitaxially source/drain structures into the silicon germanium fin to form source/drain extension portions that extend laterally underneath a bottom surface of the spacers and to define a silicon germanium gate channel between the source/drain extension portions and beneath the gate stack. | 49,237 |
8,771,856 | 1. A redox flow battery system having: A membrane separating an anolyte and a catholyte; the anolyte comprising V the catholyte comprising Fe wherein the initial concentration of Fe cations in the negative supporting solution is substantially equal to the initial concentration of V cations in the positive supporting solution. | 34,570 |
9,837,576 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface; a first polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a first conductivity type disposed on a first thin dielectric layer disposed on the back surface of the substrate; a first conductive contact structure electrically connected to the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region; and a second polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a second, different conductivity type disposed on a second thin dielectric layer disposed in a plurality of non-continuous trenches in the back surface of the substrate, wherein each of the non-continuous trenches has a texturized surface, wherein the second thin dielectric layer is confined to the plurality of non-continuous trenches and is conformal with the texturized surface of the plurality of non-continuous trenches, wherein the second thin dielectric layer is physically separated from the first conductive contact structure, and wherein the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region is laterally adjacent to the second polycrystalline silicon emitter region and is electrically isolated from the second polycrystalline silicon emitter region by a third thin dielectric layer, the third thin dielectric layer non-continuous with the second thin dielectric layer disposed in the plurality of non-continuous trenches in the back surface of the substrate, wherein the third thin dielectric layer has a vertical thickness and a lateral thickness, and the vertical thickness is greater than the lateral thickness, and wherein an uppermost surface of the third thin dielectric and an uppermost surface of the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region are co-planar. | 26,354 |
9,707,236 | 1. A method for treating cancer in a human in need thereof, comprising administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a therapeutically effective amount of a vinca-alkaloid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the cancer is a hematologic malignancy. | 14,964 |
9,290,993 | 1. A system for installing a conduit, the system comprising: a cutting member configured to be coupled to a first end of the conduit, the cutting member having a diameter greater than a diameter of a drill string installed underground for positioning the cutting member and conduit around the drill string; a sealing member configured to provide sliding contact between the cutting member or conduit and the drill string; and a coupler configured to be coupled to a second end of the conduit and to be further coupled to a directional drilling machine for transferring a force to the conduit, the coupler comprising an opening sized to allow the drill string to pass therethrough. | 49,502 |
8,850,811 | 1. A method for controlling a vehicle including an engine, an air-intake passage coupled to the engine, and a compression device including a compressor positioned along the air-intake passage, the method comprising: adjusting a vehicle operating parameter responsive to a predetermined pressure differential between a manifold air pressure downstream of the compressor and a barometric air pressure upstream of the compressor, during a designated operating condition including one or more of an engine speed being greater than an engine speed threshold, an engine horsepower being greater than a horsepower threshold set to a horsepower to spool up the compression device, an engine temperature being greater than a temperature threshold, an engine run time being greater than a time threshold, and an engine de-ration level being less than an engine de-ration threshold. | 40,916 |
9,844,664 | 1. An interventional medical system, comprising: an implantable medical device, comprising: a catheter comprising: an inner assembly comprising an elongate shaft and an engagement subassembly coupled to a distal end of the inner assembly shaft, and an outer assembly comprising a shaft, a device receptacle sized to contain the medical device therein joined to a distal end of the outer assembly shaft, the device receptacle being in fluid communication with a lumen of the outer assembly shaft and having a distal-most opening that allows passage of the medical device therethrough, wherein the inner assembly shaft is in sliding engagement with the lumen of the outer assembly shaft, and the engagement subassembly is in sliding engagement with the device receptacle and the engagement subassembly includes at least three capture members formed in a spring-biased outward relationship to a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein each capture member comprises: an elongate spring-biased wire, and each wire includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, a grip located between the proximal and distal portions of the corresponding spring-biased wire, the grip being configured to interlock within a gap between the device attachment feature and the proximal end of the device housing, when the device receptacle of the catheter outer assembly forces the capture members, against the spring-bias thereof, toward the longitudinal axis of the engagement subassembly, and a length of the distal portion of each spring-biased wire being approximately equal to a length of the device housing, each distal portion extending alongside the device housing when the grip of each capture member interlocks within the gap between the device attachment feature and the proximal end of the device housing. | 48,978 |
9,208,003 | 1. A method for handling a request from a hypervisor in a computing system, comprising: receiving, at a virtual asynchronous services interface (VAST) from a hypervisor, a request directed to a service provider device; converting the request to a command data-link interface (CDLI) format; transmitting the CDLI formatted request to an operation-specific module; converting, by the operation-specific module, the CDLI formatted request to a command format corresponding to the service provider device; transmitting, by the operation-specific module, the service provider device formatted request to the service provider device; receiving a response from the service provider device at the operation-specific module; converting, by the operation-specific module, the response from the service provider device to the CDLI format; transmitting, by the operation-specific module, the CDLI formatted response to the VASI; converting the CDLI formatted response to a format corresponding to the hypervisor; and transmitting the hypervisor formatted response to the hypervisor. | 15,886 |
9,684,394 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, a button, and a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, cause the device to: receive first data representing an activation of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism; determine whether the activation represents: in accordance with a determination that the activation represents a single press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism: in accordance with a determination that the activation represents a double press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism: in accordance with a determination that the activation represents an extended press of the rotatable and depressible input mechanism: | 38,680 |
8,939,761 | 1. Process for the purification of waste gas containing thermally purifiable compounds oxidizable with the oxygen in the waste gas as well as nitrogen oxides and/or compounds forming nitrogen oxides during the thermal purification in a post-combustion system having at least two regenerators (A, B . . . ) filled with heat-accumulator bodies ( 3 ) and connected to a common combustion chamber ( 1 ), wherein the waste gas is alternately supplied to a raw gas inlet regenerator (A or B), the heat-accumulator bodies ( 3 ) of which have been preheated, and the thermally purified waste gas emerging from the combustion chamber ( 1 ) is supplied to a clean gas outlet regenerator (B or A) for the heating of its heat-accumulator bodies ( 3 ) and the selective catalytic reduction of the nitrogen oxides to nitrogen by means of a reducing agent, characterized in that at least two regenerators (A, B . . . ) are each divided into two parts in the direction of flow, namely into a section of the regenerator (A′, A″; B′, B″) facing away from the combustion chamber ( 1 ) and facing the combustion chamber ( 1 ) and that the at least two regenerators (A, B) have a common catalyst ( 6 ) for the selective catalytic reduction, wherein, after cooling down to the temperature required for the selective catalytic reduction in the section (A″, B″) of the clean gas outlet regenerator (A, B) adjacent to the combustion chamber ( 1 ) and mixing with the reducing agent, the waste gas thermally purified in the combustion chamber ( 1 ) is supplied to the common catalyst ( 6 ) for forming clean gas, which is directed to the outside after it has conveyed heat to the heat-accumulator bodies ( 3 ) of the section (A′, B′) of the clean gas outlet regenerator (A, B . . . ) facing away from the combustion chamber ( 1 ). | 8,680 |
9,818,129 | 1. A method comprising: posting an advertisement for a product to a social feed within a social networking system; detecting, by at least one processor, that a user views the advertisement; determining, by the at least one processor, that a mobile device associated with the user is within a threshold proximity of a physical store of a merchant; in accordance with a privacy setting of the user, identifying personal data of the user from data stored in the social networking system, the personal data comprising an identity of the user and an interest of the user; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and in accordance with the privacy setting of the user, transmitting the identified personal data to the physical store; identifying a transaction between the user and the physical store; in response to the mobile device associated with the user being within the threshold proximity of the physical store and to the transaction between the user and the physical store, determining an effectiveness of the advertisement based on a correlation between the transaction and the user viewing the advertisement; and establishing a threshold number of times to post a future advertisement to the user via the social networking system based on the determined effectiveness of the advertisement and a number of times the user views the advertisement, wherein the established threshold number of times to post the future advertisement via the social networking system improves the effectiveness of advertisement placement on the social networking system. | 13,610 |
8,406,934 | 1. An active power regulating system of a wind farm, the wind farm comprising an array of aerogenerators (Ai), a communications network (RS), and a monitoring and control system (ST), the system comprising: connecting means to said monitoring and control system (ST), wherein the system further comprises: means for receiving data relative to the apparent power P means for comparing said output apparent power P means for continuously adjusting said output apparent power P | 16,577 |
8,957,385 | 1. A radiation detection system comprising: a controllable radiation source configured to emit a first radiation having a first radiation electromagnetic spectrum; a scintillator coupled to the controllable radiation source and configured to emit a second radiation, wherein the second radiation has a second electromagnetic radiation spectrum different from the first radiation electromagnetic spectrum; a first photosensor coupled to the controllable radiation source, wherein the first photosensor is more responsive to the first radiation as compared to the second radiation; a second photosensor optically coupled to the scintillator, wherein the second photosensor is more responsive to the second radiation as compared to the first radiation; and a control module coupled to the controllable radiation source and the first and second photosensors, wherein the control module is configured to: | 37,170 |
9,263,607 | 1. A photodetector comprising: a gate electrode; a graphene channel layer which is opposite to and spaced apart from the gate electrode and does not have π-binding; a first electrode which contacts a first side of the graphene channel layer; and a second electrode which contacts a second side of the graphene channel layer, wherein the first and second sides are opposite to each other, wherein the graphene channel layer comprises: a first graphene layer; and a first nanoparticle disposed on the first graphene layer. | 24,662 |
9,685,552 | 1. A silicon carbide field effect transistor, comprising: a silicon carbide substrate; an n-type drift layer, disposed on the silicon carbide substrate; a p-type epitaxy layer, disposed on the n-type drift layer; a source region, formed at the p-type epitaxy layer and away from the n-type drift layer; a trench gate, penetrating through the p-type epitaxy layer and extending to the n-type drift layer; at least one p-type doped region, formed at the n-type drift layer and adjacent to a lateral side of the trench gate; a source, covering the source region and the trench gate; a dielectric layer, disposed between the trench gate and the source; and a drain, disposed at the silicon carbide substrate and away from the n-type drift layer; wherein, the p-type doped region comprises a first doped block being in contact with the first p-type epitaxy layer, and a plurality of second doped blocks disposed below the first doped block and arranged along a direction from the first doped block to the silicon carbide substrate, and wherein between each two of the second doped blocks, which are adjacent, is a second distance and the thickness of each second doped block does not exceed 2 um. | 45,859 |
9,660,812 | 1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a host server, a plurality of profiles on a public forum of a networking site, wherein each of the plurality of profiles correspond to one of a plurality of users; receiving, by the host server; authenticating, by the host server, the first digital signature by retrieving a first public key and applying the first public key to the first digital signature; authenticating, by the host server, the second digital signature by retrieving a second public key and applying the second public key to the second digital signature; publishing, by a processor of the host server, the statement, a first indication of the first attestation, and a second indication of the second attestation on a profile of the user in the public forum on the networking site in response to the authenticating of the first digital signature and the authenticating of the second digital signature; and, providing access to the statement, the first indication, and the second indication on the profile to the plurality of users of the public forum via a data network, wherein the providing of the access comprises digitally authenticating, to the plurality of users, the relationship defined in the statement published in the public forum of the networking site. | 25,000 |
9,323,036 | 1. A microscope objective comprising in order from an object side: a first lens group; a second lens group; and a third lens group, wherein: the first lens group includes a first cemented lens, and at least one positive single lens, the second lens group includes a second cemented lens, and changes a divergent bundle of rays to a convergent bundle of rays, the third lens group includes in order from the object side, a first lens component and a second lens component, a positive lens and a meniscus lens are cemented in the first cemented lens, a surface nearest to an image side of the first lens component is a concave surface directed toward the image side, a surface nearest to the object side of the second lens component is a concave surface directed toward the object side, the first lens component and the second lens component are disposed such that the concave surface of the first lens component and the concave surface of the second lens component are face-to-face, and the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied; where, NA n n | 240 |
8,504,265 | 1. A control system for an engine, the control system comprising: a torque phase detection module that detects a start of a torque phase of an upshift of a transmission coupled to the engine; a torque request generation module that selectively generates an engine torque request at the start of the torque phase of the transmission upshift; and an engine torque control module that selectively controls engine torque during the torque phase of the transmission upshift based on the engine torque request, wherein the engine torque control module controls engine torque during the torque phase independent from the engine torque request when a desired engine torque corresponding to the engine torque request is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 47,690 |
9,693,563 | 1. A complex of an alkyl ether-terminated silane polyether and a boron compound, wherein the alkyl ether-terminated silane polyether has the formula: wherein m and n are independently selected integers and range from 8 to 30, and R1 and R2 are linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and wherein the boron compound is selected from the group consisting of boric acid and borax. | 47,072 |
9,475,108 | 1. A roll-forming machine comprising a stand ( an intermediate piece ( wherein each one of the two carriers ( the two carriers having their axle pins directed towards each other. | 31,658 |
9,082,325 | 1. A platform system having a video module assembly, the video module assembly comprising: a receiving member; and a first video module removably secured to the receiving member; wherein the video module includes an array of light emitting devices; wherein the video module includes a transparent deck having an exposed surface and a concealed surface configured to support structural loads on the exposed surface; wherein the video module includes at least one dampening rod arranged and disposed to provide vibration dampening for reducing noise and impact stresses at the concealed surface and forming a space gap; and wherein the receiving member is configured to directly or indirectly detachably engage a second video module. | 4,689 |
9,294,958 | 1. A method for dynamically configuring a cell update message at a user equipment (UE), comprising: removing a “measured results on random access channel (RACH)” information element (IE) from a cell update message, wherein the “measured results on RACH” IE comprises cell measurement results for monitored cells other than a current cell, such that removing the “measured results on RACH” IE removes the measured results from the cell update message; determining that a size of the cell update message at the UE is above a threshold value after removing the “measured results on RACH” IE from the cell update message; and removing one or more IEs from the cell update message until the size of the cell update message is at or below the threshold value, wherein the removed IEs are discarded. | 15,560 |
8,940,354 | 1. An edible oleogel, the oleogel comprising from about 70 wt % to about 95 wt % of an oil, ethylcellulose and a surfactant wherein the ethylcellulose-to-surfactant ratio is from 10:1 to 1:1 w/w and wherein the surfactant is not indigenous to the oil and wherein the oleogel is substantially anhydrous. | 26,464 |
9,041,348 | 1. An electric power supply system comprising: a connecting device that connects a secondary battery provided in a vehicle to a building; and a control apparatus that i) identifies the type of the vehicle that is connected to the connecting device, the type of the secondary battery, or the type of electric power that is distinguishable by the charging source of the electric power stored in the secondary battery, ii) determines a preset electric power supply method based on the identification results, and iii) controls a supply of electric power from the secondary battery to the building based on the determined electric power supply method; wherein the control apparatus identifies the type of the secondary battery or the type of the electric power stored in the secondary battery by obtaining information indicative of the type of the secondary battery or the type of electric power stored in the secondary battery from the vehicle connected to the connecting device; and the control apparatus determines the order of priority in which i) electric power charged from a household power supply of the building, of the charging electric power in the secondary battery, and ii) electric power charged from regenerated electric power that is regenerated while the vehicle is running, are to be supplied to the building, and controls the supply of electric power according to that determined order of priority. | 49,585 |
9,290,050 | 1. A table saw ( 1 ) comprising: a stand ( an elevating mechanism ( a rotating mechanism ( an upper cutting surface ( a circular saw blade ( a base ( a foot pedal ( wherein the first and second wheel assemblies ( wherein clockwise rotation of the foot pedal ( | 24,032 |
8,913,031 | 1. A sensor apparatus, comprising: a display cover including an operation area that flexes in response to a pressing force of an operator on the operation area and a circumferential area located on the circumference of the operation area; a frame including an opening covered by the operation area and a fixing portion extending inwardly from an outer portion of the frame and arranged to fix the circumferential area of the display cover, wherein the outer portion of the frame does not support, above the outer portion, the circumferential area of the display cover, wherein a joint of the circumferential area and the fixing portion is configured to act as a fulcrum in response to the pressing force of the operator on the operation area, wherein the fixing portion of the frame is arranged to support above the fixing portion, a pressure-sensitive sensor and the circumferential area of the display cover; a touch panel, which is supported by the display cover, wherein the touch panel is configured to detect a position at which the operator comes into contact with the operation area; and the pressure-sensitive sensor, which is provided between the display cover and the fixing portion of the frame, wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is connected to the fixing portion of the frame via an adhesive, and a spacer provided between the display cover and the fixing portion of the frame to create a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor is configured to detect a pressing force with respect to the operation area based, at least in part, on a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode that corresponds to a deflection amount of the display cover. | 3,160 |
9,719,576 | 1. A vibration isolator comprising: a first mounting member having a tubular shape and connected to one of a vibration generator and a vibration absorber, and a second mounting member connected to the other of the vibration generator and the vibration absorber; an elastic body configured to connect the first and second mounting members; a partition member disposed within the first mounting member and configured to partition a liquid chamber within which a liquid is enclosed into a primary liquid chamber using the elastic body as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber; and a movable member housed in a housing chamber provided within the partition member, the movable member being free to be deformed or displaced in an axial direction of the first mounting member, wherein the partition member is provided with a plurality of communicating holes that extend from a portion of the partition member which is exposed to the primary liquid chamber or the secondary liquid chamber toward an inside of the partition member and are open toward the movable member, the partition member is equipped with partition plate parts of which front and back surfaces are directed in the axial direction of the first mounting member, the partition plate parts dividing the housing chamber from the primary liquid chamber and dividing the housing chamber from the secondary liquid chamber, the communicating holes include communicating pores that pass through the partition plate parts, each of the communicating pores has an inner diameter of 3.6 mm or less wherein the inner diameter is a shortest transverse distance of the communicating pore on a straight line perpendicular to the axial direction of the first mounting member, the communicating pores are disposed to be tangent externally to each other throughout both of the partition plate parts, which are provided at both sides of the movable member in the axial direction of the first mounting member; the communicating holes further comprise large-diameter communicating holes which pass through the partition plate parts in the axial direction of the first mounting member and wherein a minimum inner diameter of the large-diameter communicating holes is greater than a diameter of the communicating pores; the communicating pores are disposed at portions of the partition plate parts radially inside of the large-diameter communicating holes; and wherein the large-diameter communicating holes are disposed in an annular array; wherein the large-diameter communicating holes are disposed to be tangent externally to each other throughout the annular array. | 30,948 |
8,465,675 | 1. An encapsulation material, comprising: an 80 to 99.5 weight percentage (wt %) of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA); and a 0.5 to 20 weight percentage (wt %) of a photoluminescent polymer, wherein the EVA and the photoluminescent polymer are evenly blended; wherein the photoluminescent polymer has the general formula as follows: wherein D is a photoluminescent group; R R m is an integer of 1 to 5; and n is 10 to 10,000. | 26,628 |
9,027,779 | 1. A trash can, comprising: a. a left shell, a right shell, a back shell connecting the left shell to the right shell from a topmost edge to a lowermost edge, a base positioned directly beneath the left shell, the right shell and the back shell and parallel to and substantially coplanar with and flush with the left shell, the right shell and the back shell, a front-opening door hingedly coupled to at least one of the left shell or the right shell, the front-opening door reaching from the topmost edge of the left and right shell to a topmost edge of the base, and a lid pivotally coupled to the back shell and dimensioned to cover the topmost edges of the left shell, the right shell and the front-opening door when the lid is closed; b. a left bag support track and a right bag support track mounted to a corresponding upper, inner surface of the left and right shells; c. a bag support bracket vertically slidable along the left and the right bag support tracks; d. a pivoting pedal recessed within the base; e. a thin and substantially rigid linkage connecting the pedal to the lid; f. a false bottom/catch pan resting above the base and tilting lower toward the back shell; g. a foot-operated lid-opening/stabilizing system coupled to the pedal; h. a foot-operated lid-closing damper coupled to the pedal; and i. a linkage shield extending along substantially the entire length of the linkage, concealing the linkage and wherein the linkage shield is connected to the false bottom/catch pan. | 18,012 |
9,669,819 | 1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising an engine; a first motor that is configured to input and output power; a planetary gear configured to have three rotational elements connected with a driveshaft linked with an axle, an output shaft of the engine and a rotating shaft of the first motor such that the driveshaft, the output shaft and the rotating shaft are arrayed in this sequence on a collinear diagram; a second motor that is configured to input and output power to and from the driveshaft; a battery that is configured to transmit electric power to and from the first motor and the second motor; and a controller that is configured to set an upper limit output of the engine in a specified state of reverse driving with load operation of the engine, to cause a total torque of a torque demand in a reverse driving direction that is required for the driveshaft and a cancellation torque for cancelling a torque in a forward driving direction applied to the driveshaft accompanied with the load operation of the engine to be output from the second motor the driveshaft, set a target output of the engine in a range of not greater than the upper limit output, and control the engine, the first motor and the second motor to cause the target output to be output from the engine and to drive the hybrid vehicle with the torque demand, wherein in the specified state, the controller refers to at least one of a magnitude relationship between a power demand corresponding to the torque demand and an upper limit power as the upper limit output and a magnitude relationship between a sum of the power demand and a charge power demand of the battery and the upper limit power, and sets a target power as the target output in a range of not greater than the upper limit power. | 36,475 |
9,698,413 | 1. A cathode active material comprising: lithium manganese oxide (first transition metal oxide) expressed by Chemical Formula 3 below; and lithium-containing transition metal oxide (second transition metal oxide) having a difference between a charge capacity and a discharge capacity in a first cycle (irreversible capacity) of 200 mAh/g or more when charge and discharge are performed in a voltage range of 4.3 V˜2.5 V: wherein the second transition metal oxide is expressed by Chemical Formula 2 below and is included in an amount of 20 parts by weight to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the cathode active material: | 38,119 |
8,673,514 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell as a DC power source; and a boost unit boosting an output voltage of said fuel cell, said boost unit including: a main boost unit having a switch and a coil, and boosting the output voltage of said fuel cell with counter electromotive force of said coil that is generated by said switch performing a switching operation with respect to said coil; and an auxiliary boost unit having a snubber capacitor adjusting a potential difference between two poles of said switch with a quantity of accumulated electricity, and reducing a switching loss of said switch by adjusting the quantity of accumulated electricity of said snubber capacitor when performing the switching operation, wherein said auxiliary boost unit conducts the electricity of said snubber capacitor, which is released when reducing the quantity of accumulated electricity of said snubber capacitor, to a processing unit other than said fuel cell to thereby process the electricity, wherein said auxiliary boost unit regenerates the electricity released when reducing the quantity of accumulated electricity of said snubber capacitor into an electric path which connects said main boost unit as said processing unit to said fuel cell to thereby process the electricity, said fuel cell system further comprising a constant voltage unit which, if the voltage of said electric path, which fluctuates due to the regenerated power of said auxiliary boost unit, exceeds a specified voltage, conducts the electricity of said electric path to the earth. | 29,210 |
8,486,687 | 1. An isolated thermophilic microorganism comprising a modification that decreases sporulation compared with wild-type, wherein the modification inactivates the native stage 0 sporulation protein A (spo0A) gene, and wherein the microorganism is a Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius. | 40,145 |
9,764,745 | 1. A brake system for railroad cars that form a unit, comprising: brake control devices, each brake control device being provided in a corresponding one of the railroad cars, wherein each of the brake control devices is configured to output information about the corresponding railroad car in which the brake control device is provided to the other brake control devices through a transmission device, wherein each of the brake control devices is also configured to calculate a total necessary braking force value by using the information output from the other brake control device(s) to the transmission device, the total necessary braking force value being required for braking all of the railroad cars forming the unit, wherein each of the brake control devices is configured to, upon receiving a deceleration command signal, calculate a necessary braking force that is required for braking the corresponding car and output the necessary braking force value as the information to the transmission device, and wherein each of the brake control devices is configured to calculate the total necessary braking force value by adding the necessary braking force values calculated by the other brake control devices to the necessary braking force value that is required for braking the corresponding car. | 37,981 |
9,404,381 | 1. A gutter system for capturing lubricating fluid slung from a gear system comprising: a gutter extending partially circumferentially about a centerline and having a gutter first circumferential end edge; an inlet channel having an inlet at the gutter first circumferential end edge and locally radially outboard of the gutter; and at least two vanes spaced apart from the gutter first circumferential end edge, wherein: and the at least two vanes are positioned with a leading vane and a trailing vane, the leading vane having an outboard edge and the trailing vane having an outboard edge radially recessed relative to the leading vane outboard edge. | 18,975 |
8,709,107 | 1. A biodiesel composition comprising at least about 50 percent by volume fatty acid methyl ester and from about 10 to about 40 volume percent of fatty acid isopropyl ester based on the total volume of the biodiesel composition as measured in degrees. | 20,697 |
9,637,423 | 1. An integrated process for upgrading low-value paraffinic materials to high octane gasoline and high-cetane diesel, comprising: (a) oxidizing a first feed stream comprising one or more iso-paraffins to form alkyl hydroperoxides and first alcohols; (b) catalytically converting the alkyl hydroperoxides and first alcohols to dialkyl peroxides; (c) provide a heavy naphtha stream substantially comprising paraffins to couple paraffins with paraffins in heavy naphtha stream using the dialkyl peroxides as a radical initiator to create high-cetane diesel having a cetane number greater than 40 and second alcohols; (d) converting the second alcohols to olefins; and (e) alkylating the olefins with iso-butane to form high-octane gasoline. | 16,878 |
8,758,472 | 1. A method for producing electric power and fertiliser, the method comprising the steps of: combusting biomass to produce energy for the generation of electric power and an exhaust gas; producing a liquor from compounds extracted from the exhaust gas; and producing a fertiliser by composting organic materials in the presence of the liquor. | 2,843 |
9,564,767 | 1. A power storage system comprising: a first power storage element; a second power storage element; a third power storage element; a fourth power storage element; a first connection terminal; a second connection terminal; a third connection terminal; a fourth connection terminal; a first switch comprising: a second switch comprising: a third switch comprising: a fourth switch comprising: a fifth switch comprising: a sixth switch comprising: a seventh switch comprising: an eighth switch comprising: a ninth switch comprising: a tenth switch comprising: | 37,881 |
8,486,115 | 1. A bone plate assembly, comprising: a bone plate having at least one through hole at least one recess portion adjacent to the through hole, and a protrusion positioned in the at least one recess portion; at least one screw having a head portion sized to be retained in one of the through holes; a cap member including a body portion and at least one tab member, the body portion being configured to extend into the through hole and the tab member configured to extend into the recess portion, the cap member being rotatable to flex the tab member across the protrusion from an unlocked position to a locked positioned, wherein the recess portion includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being open to an anterior surface of the plate and to the through hole, and the second portion being open only to the through hole. | 15,092 |
9,822,321 | 1. Gasoline fuel comprising paraffinic hydrocarbons originating from biological oils, fats, or derivatives or combinations thereof as a concentration ranging from 5 to 20 vol.-%, and oxygenates as a concentration ranging from 5 to 25 vol.-% calculated from the total volume of the fuel, wherein a bioenergy content of the fuel is at least 14 Energy equivalent percentage (Eeqv-%), said Energy Equivalent percentage being calculated based on the heating values given in the European Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC. | 26,124 |
9,363,836 | 1. A method of managing radio transmission in an endpoint device in a network, the method comprising: receiving, at a first endpoint device, a message requesting wake up of the first endpoint device; establishing a connection between the first endpoint device and a second endpoint device currently connected to the network; after the connection has been established, determining, at the first endpoint device, whether a valid secure command is received from the second endpoint device via the established connection within a predetermined period of time, said secure command including data for establishing a connection with the network; and based on the determination, establishing a connection between the first endpoint device and the network via radio transmission, in accordance with the data contained in the secure command, wherein the first endpoint device is configured to turn off radio transmission if a valid secure command is not received from the second endpoint device within the predetermined period of time. | 39,753 |
9,437,831 | 1. A method for manufacturing a display device, the method comprising the steps of: forming a first organic resin layer over a first substrate; forming a first insulating film over the first organic resin layer; forming a first element layer over the first insulating film; forming a second organic resin layer over a second substrate; forming a second insulating film over the second organic resin layer; forming a second element layer over the second insulating film; bonding the first substrate and the second substrate so as to enclose the first element layer and the second element layer; separating the first substrate from the first organic resin layer by reducing adhesion between the first organic resin layer and the first substrate; bonding the first organic resin layer and a first flexible substrate with a first bonding layer; separating the second substrate from the second organic resin layer by reducing adhesion between the second organic resin layer and the second substrate; and bonding the second organic resin layer and a second flexible substrate with a second bonding layer, wherein the first element layer comprises a pixel portion and a circuit portion, wherein the pixel portion comprises a display element and a first transistor comprising a first oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the circuit portion comprises a second transistor comprising a second oxide semiconductor layer, and wherein the second element layer comprises a coloring layer and a light-blocking layer. | 18,120 |
8,950,256 | 1. A dynamic fit unit, comprising: a frame; a crankset rotatably mounted to the frame at a bottom bracket; a handlebar adjustably disposed on the frame to be adjustable in X and Y directions relative to the crankset; a seat adjustably disposed on the frame to be adjustable in X and Y directions relative to the crankset; a mechanism operably connected to the handlebar and the seat to facilitate adjustment of the respective handlebar and seat in the X and Y directions; a bicycle controller system comprising a bicycle controller responsive to computer executable code to facilitate: movement of the handlebar and the seat in the X and Y directions; determination of an optimal bicycle frame size for a rider based on operational characteristics provided by the rider when riding the dynamic fit unit; determination of a best-fit bicycle frame size that is a closest match to the optimal frame size based on a comparison of available frame sizes stored in a database, the best-fit bicycle frame having a head tube and a seat tube; determination of at least one of the optimal X,Y location of the handlebar relative to the bottom bracket based on the location of the rider's hands, and the optimal X,Y location of the seat relative to the bottom bracket based on the location of the rider's derriere; determination of a stem and spacer from a list of available stems and spacers that will best fit between the head tube of the best-fit frame and the optimal X,Y location of the handlebar; determination of a seat post from a list of available seat posts that will best fit between the seat tube of the best-fit frame and the optimal X,Y location of the seat; and production of a list of the best-fit frame, the best fit stem and spacer, and the best fit seat post. | 12,025 |
9,161,312 | 1. A method for powering a satellite communication device that communicates with a satellite, comprising: receiving a first power mode control signal having a first voltage when a handset is turned on and is coupled to the satellite communication device; operating the satellite communication device in a first power mode in response to the first power mode control signal received by the satellite communication device, the first power mode representing a standby mode in which the satellite communication device is configured to receive signals from the satellite; operating the satellite communication device in a second power mode in response to a second power mode control signal received by the satellite communication device when the handset is in a transmission mode associated with transmitting signals to the satellite, the second power mode representing a full power mode; and maintaining the satellite communication device in the first power mode when the transmission mode is terminated. | 1,105 |
8,647,853 | 1. A method for controlling multi-phase chemical reactions comprising, a) providing a foam architecture including walls having an aqueous thin film between two layers of stabilized surfactant, wherein said stabilized surfactant is one or more proteins produced by foam-nesting frogs, wherein said aqueous thin film has at least one dissolved or suspended shear-sensitive aqueous reactant and said foam architecture is formed by inflation with a reactant gas; b) reacting said at least one dissolved or suspended shear-sensitive aqueous reactant with said reactant gas to form at least one intermediate or product; wherein said stabilized surfactant is unreactive with said shear-sensitive aqueous reactant, reactant gas, intermediate and product; and wherein said method accelerates and/or improves the efficiency of the multi-phase chemical reactions over those achieved in bulk liquid. | 40,075 |
9,552,916 | 1. A solenoid actuator for a valve lift control device, the valve lift control device being configured to control a lift of an intake valve or a lift of an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine, the valve lift control device having a slider, which is rotatable with a camshaft and is movable in an axial direction relative to the camshaft, the solenoid actuator configured to advance a regulation pin when fitting a tip end of the regulation pin to a fitting groove of the slider, the solenoid actuator further configured to cause the regulation pin pushed back by application of a torque of the camshaft when retreating the tip end of the regulation pin from the fitting groove, the solenoid actuator comprising: the regulation pin configured to advance to the fitting groove; a plunger formed of a soft magnetic material, the plunger being movable along a direction and having one end connected with the regulation pin; a permanent magnet affixed to a stationary portion, which is stationary relative to the plunger, and configured to attract the plunger in a retreated direction; a coil configured to generate a magnetic flux in an opposite direction of the permanent magnet to reduce a magneto attraction force, which attracts the plunger; a spring configured to bias the regulation pin in an advanced direction, the spring configured to apply a biasing force to the regulation pin to move the regulation pin in the advanced direction when electricity is supplied to the coil to reduce the magneto attraction force of the permanent magnet; and a magnetism detection unit disposed on a magnetic circuit separate from the coil and configured to detect a magnetic flux density, the magnetic circuit configured to conduct a magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnet and the coil; a molded portion defining a magnet accommodation hole in which the permanent magnet is housed; and a cover member covering the permanent magnet housed in the magnet accommodation hole , wherein the magnetism detection unit is a hall element or a magnetoresistive element, the cover member includes an inner surface and an outer surface that are opposite to each other in the direction of the plunger, the inner surface faces the permanent magnet, the outer surface is exposed to an outside of the magnet accommodation hole, and the magnetism detection unit is disposed in the outer surface of the cover member. | 44,761 |
9,564,888 | 1. A voltage generation apparatus comprising: an external voltage sensing circuit configured to generate a first start signal and a second start signal by sensing the magnitude of a first external voltage and a magnitude of a second external voltage; an internal voltage sensing circuit configured to generate a voltage generation signal by comparing an internal voltage with a target voltage; a voltage pumping circuit configured to be activated in response to the first start signal, configured to perform a pumping operation based on the voltage generation signal, and configured to generate the internal voltage; and a voltage regulating circuit configured to be activated in response to the first and second start signals, and configured to generate the internal voltage based on the voltage generation signal. | 34,545 |
8,792,368 | 1. A method, executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, of determining the available space in a packet for data stream transport, comprising: a step of determining the requirements of each module of a data stream manager, for space in the packet for at least two types of header and/or extension data required by each protocol and/or service used by said module, a step of determining a maximum space requirement in the packet to meet all the determined requirements, by implementing different rules for combining space requirements for the different types of data and a sum of the combined requirements for the different types of data and a step of computing a difference between the space of the packet and the maximum space requirement in the packet in order to determine the available space for data stream transport, wherein, during the step of determining the requirements of each module for space in the packet for at least two types of data, the types comprise at least one persistent type and at least one data stream dependent type. | 29,993 |
8,453,690 | 1. A method for tightening tire chains on a tire, the tire chains describing a circumference, the method comprising: a. choosing an ordered pair (N,H) from the group of ordered pairs consisting of (3,1), (4,1), (5,2), (7,3), (8,3), (9,4), (10,3), (11,5), (12,5), (13,6), (14,5), (15,7), (16,7), (17,8), (18,7), and (19,9); b. Identifying N substantially equally spaced points, around the circumference of the tire chains; c. providing a tire chain tightener comprising: d. choosing a rotational direction around the circumference of the tire chains; e. attaching the first hook to one point on the tire chains; f. counting H number of points on the circumference of the tire chains in the chosen rotational direction, from the last hook attached and attaching the next hook to the Hth point; g. repeating step f. until all the hooks are attached to the tire chains. | 27,544 |
8,404,969 | 1. An actinic energy ray curable adhesive comprising: a urethane resin (D); and an epoxy resin (E), the urethane resin (D) prepared by reacting the following ingredients with one another: a diol ingredient (A1) having no (meth)acryloyl group and selected from the group consisting of an optional diol ingredient (A2) having no (meth)acryloyl group, no carbonate structure and no alicyclic structure; a polyol ingredient (B) having a (meth)acryloyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups in a molecule; and a polyisocyanate ingredient (C), wherein the urethane resin (D) has a glass transition temperature of −60 to −10° C., and wherein the urethane resin (D) has carbonate groups and alicyclic skeletons originated from the diol ingredient and further has (meth)acryloyl groups originated from the polyol ingredient (B) at side chains of the urethane resin (D). | 34,460 |
8,841,168 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising: providing a substrate having a top side having a mounting location for at least one semiconductor element and a bottom side having a plurality of locations electrically connected to locations on said top side; forming a plurality of electrically conductive interconnects at the plurality of locations on the bottom side; at least partially encapsulating, with an encapsulant, the plurality of electrically conductive interconnects without completely encapsulating the interconnects; and removing a portion of the encapsulant adjacent to each of the interconnects to expose previously encapsulated portions of the interconnects while leaving portions of the interconnects adjacent to the bottom side encapsulated by the encapsulant, wherein removing a portion of the encapsulant comprises forming an annular region in the encapsulant around the at least one of the solder balls, the annular region having a flat bottom parallel to or lying in a plane parallel to the bottom side. | 29,580 |
9,598,686 | 1. A method of making a peptide from a recombinant prepropeptide sequence, comprising: (a) providing a fungal prolyl oligopeptidase comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 236, 237, 348, 716, and 722, and a proline-containing prepropeptide; and (b) contacting the fungal prolyl oligopeptidase with the prepropeptide to make the peptide. | 96 |
8,996,791 | 1. A flash memory device comprising: a flash memory unit; and a control unit configured to: | 19,874 |
8,363,463 | 1. A memory device having a first electrode, a second electrode and memory element, the memory element comprising: phase change memory material in contact with the first and second electrodes, the phase change memory material comprising a basis phase change material and an additive concentration profile distribution between the first and second electrodes that is non-uniform for one or more additives; wherein said basis phase change material is GST, one of the additives is silicon having a higher concentration in an active region in the phase change material and a lower concentration adjacent the second electrode, and another of the additives is silicon dioxide having higher concentration in the active region and in a region between the active region and the second electrode. | 24,868 |
9,610,341 | 1. An immunogenic composition, comprising an effective amount of an adjuvant and two or more different isolated polypeptides selected from: i) a polypeptide comprising or consisting of the amino acid sequence as represented in SEQ ID NO: 119 or 149; ii) an immunogenic polypeptide variant having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence represented in SEQ ID NO:119 or 149, which immunogenic polypeptide variants have retained immunogenicity as compared to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 119 or 149 respectively; and iii) any combination of isolated polypeptides from (i) and/or (ii). | 5,698 |
9,809,502 | 1. A plurality of porous carbonaceous particles where at least 75% of the particles, measured by weight or volume, have a particle size less than or equal to 10 mm and where the plurality of porous carbonaceous particles have been treated to have at least 25% of the pores, by volume, filled with an additive; and where the hydrophobicity of the plurality of porous carbonaceous particles under the MED test method has an index of 4 or less. | 6,359 |
8,989,337 | 1. An expandable pipe plug assembly comprising: a main plug with a first end and a second end, a ratchet nut on the first end of the main plug, a pipe plug on the second end of the main plug, the pipe plug being connected to the ratchet nut via a plug bolt, the ratchet nut configurable to tighten hold of the plug bolt to draw the plug bolt and the pipe plug toward the main plug, and an expandable bushing assembly between the main plug and the pipe plug, the expandable bushing assembly having a longitudinal length with a first end facing the pipe plug and a second end facing the main plug, the expandable bushing assembly being configured to radially expand along the longitudinal length such that the first end and the second end are configured to expand as the pipe plug is drawn toward the main plug, the expandable bushing assembly not being permanently affixed to the main plug. | 36,643 |
9,721,578 | 1. A method for dynamic range control (DRC) of input audio signals, the method comprising: receiving, by a decoding system, a bitstream having an input audio signal and encoder-generated DRC metadata, the encoder-generated DRC metadata containing a plurality of sets of DRC gains, the plurality of sets of DRC gains including a first set of DRC gains that have been applied by an encoding system to the input audio signal of the bitstream and a second set of DRC gains that are yet to be applied by the decoding system to the input audio signal; determining, based on one or more of user input or properties of playback equipment, one of the first set of DRC gains or the second set of DRC gains as a specific set of DRC gains that should be applied to the input audio signal; and applying the specific set of DRC gains as at least a part of overall gains applied to the input audio signal. | 27,032 |
9,038,348 | 1. A lattice tower assembly for a wind turbine, the lattice tower assembly comprising: a plurality of structural members connected together to define an open lattice tower, the structural members comprising a plurality of supports, a plurality of inner cross-support members, and a plurality of outer cross-support members, the inner and outer cross-support members being connected between the supports so as to define one or more openings, wherein each of the inner cross-support members overlaps one of the outer cross-support members; and, a lattice tower covering comprising one or more panel elements, each of the panel elements sandwiched between overlapping inner and outer cross-support members, wherein the panel elements are configured to cover at least a portion of one or more of the openings, and wherein the lattice tower covering comprises a surface area defined by the plurality of supports and the one or more panel elements. | 7,274 |
8,705,825 | 1. A method for processing a digital slide image, the method comprising, by at least one hardware processor: receiving one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a first mask that identifies one or more portions of a digital slide image; applying the first mask to the digital slide image to obtain first image data that include one or more desired first characteristics; and processing the obtained first image data using one or more image analysis algorithms. | 23,504 |
9,487,002 | 1. A method of depositing a feature onto a substrate surface comprising the steps of: providing an electrohydrodynamic printing system comprising: providing said printing fluid to said nozzle; and applying an electrical charge to said printing fluid in said nozzle thereby establishing an electrostatic force capable of ejecting said printing fluid from said nozzle onto said surface to generate a feature on said substrate in a balanced mode that oscillates between a positive and a negative electric potential to reduce a net charge of printing fluid to said substrate compared to printing without oscillation between the positive and negative electric potential, and said method has a print resolution that is between 100 nm and 10 μm. | 48,836 |
9,777,150 | 1. A polyester composition suitable for food and beverage packaging, said polyester composition obtained by blending: (a) 90-97 wt. % of a thermoplastic polyester selected from polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalene, and mixtures thereof, (b) 2-6 wt. % of MXD6, (c) 1-5000 ppm of a cobalt salt, (d) 0.1-1000 ppm ethylene glycol (EG), and (e) 0.1-1000 ppm of pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA). | 41,956 |
9,680,710 | 1. A method performed by a network device that taps to a network having one or more network equipment, comprising: receiving a first packet tapped from the network, wherein the first packet is received at a first network port of the network device; determining a first identity of a first network equipment associated with the first packet by a processing unit based on a destination address of the first packet by comparing the destination address of the first packet with a source address of a discovery protocol packet, wherein the first identity of the first network equipment comprises a first information regarding an input interface of the first network equipment and a second information regarding an output interface of the first network equipment, and wherein said determining comprises determining the second information regarding the output interface of the first network equipment by: receiving a second packet tapped from the network; and determining the second information based on a source address of the second packet; associating the first identity of the first network equipment with a first identity of the first network port of the network device at which the first packet is received, wherein the act of associating is performed by the processing unit; and storing the first identity of the first network equipment and the first identity of the first network port in a non-transitory medium in association with each other. | 30,406 |
8,636,922 | 1. A process for recovering high purity gaseous hydrogen and high purity gaseous carbon dioxide from a syngas stream, the process comprising the steps of: a) generating a high pressure syngas stream comprising at least hydrogen and carbon monoxide from one or more solid fuel sources in a gasification unit b) treating the high pressure syngas stream in a water gas shift reactor in order to further increase the hydrogen and carbon dioxide contents in the high pressure syngas stream thereby obtaining a water gas shift effluent; c) allowing the water gas shift effluent to pass from the water gas shift reactor and be introduced into a membrane separation unit that includes one or more modules, each module having one or more membranes that are highly selective for hydrogen, each of the membranes having a permeate side and a residue side and allowing for the passing of hydrogen to the permeate side to form a first membrane stream on the permeate side of the membrane and the retention of carbon dioxide and the remaining components in the water shift effluent to form a second membrane stream on the residue side of the membrane; d) withdrawing the first membrane stream for further use; e) processing the second membrane stream through a compressor to achieve a pressure that is suitable for carbon dioxide removal in a cryogenic purification unit and a dehydration unit to reduce the dew point to a temperature that is lower than the temperature reached in the next step in order to produce a compressed and dried second membrane stream; f) processing the compressed and dried second membrane stream through a cryogenic purification unit wherein carbon dioxide is separated and purified through multiple or single step partial condensation and/or distillation using external refrigeration means or an auto-refrigerated process to produce a carbon dioxide rich stream and a high pressure non-condensable mixture of at least carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide; (g) the high pressure non-condensable mixture is routed to a second water gas shift reactor where it is further processed to further increase the hydrogen concentration in the high pressure non-condensable mixture thereby forming a secondary water gas shift effluent; and (h) the secondary water gas shift effluent is routed to a hydrogen recovery unit for the recovery of hydrogen. | 2,817 |
8,806,463 | 1. A method comprising: determining, using a computing device, module grouping information for each source code module of a first executable program module by: performing inter-procedural optimization, using the data processing device, based on the module grouping information to generate object code modules; and generating, using the data processing device, a second executable program module based on the object code modules. | 48,299 |
8,679,461 | 1. A preparation comprising: (a) 0.1 to 500 ppm of hesperetin, or a salt thereof; (b) one or more sweet-tasting substances selected from the group consisting of sucrose, lactose, glucose, D-tagatose, fructose, and sugar alcohols; | 26,903 |
8,614,020 | 1. An electrochemical device, comprising: a pair of electrode layers; and a solid electrolyte layer provided between the pair of electrode layers, wherein at least one layer of the electrode layers is composed of electrode active material particles each providing a function of the one layer, electrochemically inactive insulating particles and a binder which is composed of an organic polymer and binds the electrode active material particles and the electrochemically inactive insulating particles, wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains a silver-ion-conducting solid electrolyte, wherein the binder is carried on at least a part of a surface of each of the electrochemically inactive insulating particles, wherein each of the electrode layers is formed from a mixture material containing the electrode active material particles and the electrochemically inactive insulating particles with the binder, and wherein the electrochemically inactive insulating particles are at least one of an alumina, a silica and a zirconia. | 31,699 |
8,475,264 | 1. A computer-implemented method of capturing a state of a wagering game machine while the wagering game machine is presenting wagering game, the method comprising: determining, via at least one of one or more processors, that an award event has occurred in the wagering game on the wagering game machine; in direct response to the award event, creating a snapshot of one or more executable software components and data of the wagering game machine, the snapshot comprising a copy of the one or more executable software components and data installed on the wagering game machine at the point in time the snapshot is created; saving the snapshot in one or more memory devices; receiving, via at least one of the one or more processors, a rollback indication; upon receiving the rollback indication, selecting a snapshot to restore; and restoring, via at least one of the one or more processors, one or more executable software components and data from the snapshot, wherein the restoring excludes restoring critical data, the critical data comprising accounting data or meter data. | 45,343 |
8,416,042 | 1. A cooling system for a transformer being operable in a wind power station, comprising: a transformer guard housing having a first opening for supply of a transformer cooling medium and having a second opening for discharge of the transformer cooling medium; a first channel system for supply of the transformer cooling medium to the first opening of the transformer guard housing; and a second channel system for discharge of the transformer cooling medium from the second opening of the transformer guard housing, wherein the first channel system is connected to an supply box being in a mounted on an inside tower wall of the wind power station to receive transformer cooling medium from outside the wind power station and the second channel system is connected to a discharge box being mounted on an inside tower wall of the wind power station to discharge transformer cooling medium outside the wind power station, or the first channel system is connected to a supply box being mounted in a gondola of the wind power station to receive transformer cooling medium from outside the wind power station and the second channel system is connected to a discharge box being mounted in the gondola of the wind power station transformer to discharge cooling medium outside the wind power station. | 41,663 |
9,200,135 | 1. A modified conjugated diene polymer comprising a group represented by the following formula 2: wherein to R′ | 24,783 |
8,936,051 | 1. A non-overflow liquid delivery system for delivering liquid into a destination container, and recovering excess liquid from said destination container, said non-overflow liquid delivery system comprising: a pumping apparatus having a liquid delivery pumping portion and a liquid recovery pumping portion fluidically isolated one from the other; a nozzle having a liquid delivery conduit and a liquid recovery conduit; a liquid delivery hose connecting said liquid delivery pumping portion of said pumping apparatus in fluid communication with said liquid delivery conduit; a liquid recovery hose connecting said liquid recovery pumping portion of said pumping apparatus in fluid communication with said liquid recovery conduit; and, a valve having a first movable valve portion for opening and closing said liquid delivery conduit. | 18,904 |
9,112,984 | 1. A method of monitoring an acoustic environment of a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile device, acoustic input from the environment of the mobile device while the mobile device is operating in a low power mode; detecting whether the acoustic input includes a voice command from a user without requiring receipt of an explicit trigger from the user; and initiating responding to the detected voice command. | 44,346 |
8,564,471 | 1. A method for time to digital conversion comprising steps of: receiving a first input signal; receiving a second input signal at a time subsequent to receiving the first input signal; generating a time-varying analog voltage signal at an output terminal; converting a voltage level at the output terminal to a first digital signal in response to receiving the first input signal; converting the voltage level at the output terminal to a second digital signal in response to receiving the second input signal; combining the first digital signal and the second digital signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of a time difference between the first input signal and the second input signal. | 38,801 |
9,717,727 | 1. A method of treating or preventing leukemia comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of LP-533401. | 47,121 |
8,871,678 | 1. A thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive recording layer containing a colorless or pale electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a fatty acid amide and the density of the substrate is from 0.60 to 0.95 g/cm 3 , further wherein the fatty acid amide is a saturated fatty acid monoamide or a mixture of saturated fatty acid monoamides. | 38,148 |
9,391,254 | 1. A system comprising: a conventional boiler for heating a fluid, the boiler directing a first portion of the heated fluid through a line to a turbine for the generation of electric power and a second portion of the heated fluid through a separate line to a generator; and a condenser connected to the turbine that condenses hot fluid emitted from the turbine and feeds the condensed fluid to the generator, the generator generating electric power from a difference in temperature of the second portion of the heated fluid and the condensed fluid from the turbine, wherein the generator does not receive fluid directly exhausted from the turbine. | 6,794 |
9,412,688 | 1. A wiring board comprising: at least one insulating layer and at least one conductor layer being alternately laminated; a semiconductor element connection pad including the conductor layer, formed on an upper surface of the insulating layer at an uppermost layer of the insulating layers; a cap connection pattern including the conductor layer, electrically connected to a metal cap with a solder, arranged so as to surround a region, in a plan view, where the semiconductor element connection pad is formed; and at least one strip-shaped pattern including the conductor layer, extending from the semiconductor element connection pad to a region outside an end portion on the region side of the cap connection pattern, wherein the cap connection pattern is formed by a plurality of island-shaped patterns spaced apart from one another, and wherein the strip-shaped pattern is formed between the adjacent island-shaped patterns on the upper surface of the insulating layer at the uppermost layer. | 45,803 |
8,858,791 | 1. An electrocoagulation and sludge control apparatus for effluent treatment comprising: a primary reaction chamber having electrodes mounted therein and a treated effluent output; a sludge chamber defined below and integrated with said primary reaction chamber and having a sludge output; and a feed controller assembly intermediate said primary reaction chamber and said sludge chamber and having a length selected for distribution of all effluent feed water across substantially an entire length of said primary reaction chamber, said feed controller assembly including a longitudinal tube and a stationary base pipe, said longitudinal tube having connection means for association with an effluent feed source, at least a first elongated slot extending said length and at least a second elongated slot spaced from said first slot, said tube configured for rotation inside said stationary base pipe, said base pipe having elongated co-located slots formed therealong, whereby turn adjustment of said tube defines a net opening slot area defined by selected overlap of said first and second slots with said co-located slots for net feed area adjustment through said assembly. | 20,143 |
9,728,993 | 1. A regulating circuit for monitoring and regulating operation of a rechargeable battery having a plurality of interconnected battery cells and at least one pole connection connected to the battery cells by at least one switching element, such that the battery cells are electrically decoupleable from the at least one pole connection, the regulating circuit comprising: a first control device; at least one first cell monitoring device connected to the first control device via a first interface, the at least one first cell monitoring device configured to record first measurements of operating parameters of at least one battery cell of the plurality of interconnected battery cells and to forward the first measurements of operating parameters to the first control device; a second control device; at least one second cell monitoring device connected to the second control device via a second interface, the at least one second cell monitoring device configured to record second measurements of operating parameters of at least one battery cell of the plurality of interconnected battery cells and to forward the second measurements of operating parameters to the second control device; wherein the first control device is configured to (i) determine a critical cell state by evaluating the first measurements of operating parameters and (ii) transmit a switching element control signal to the second control device in response to the critical cell state being determined based on the evaluation of the first measurements of operating parameters, and wherein the second control device is configured to (i) determine the critical cell state by evaluating the second measurements of operating parameters and (ii) control the at least one switching element according to the switching element control signal in response to the switching element control signal being received from the first control device and the critical cell state being determined based on the evaluation of the second measurements of operating parameters. | 44,020 |
9,570,339 | 1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a substrate having a plurality of fin structures; an isolation structure disposed in the substrate between the fin structures, wherein the isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure stacked from bottom to top, an interface is between the first isolation structure and the second isolation structure, and the second isolation structure is disposed in three sub recesses of the first isolation structure, wherein the sub recesses do not penetrate through the first isolation structure and do not expose the substrate; and wherein the second isolation structure includes three isolation parts separated from each other and arranged side by side, wherein one of the three isolation parts and the other isolation parts are of different heights and a second isolation material disposed between the fin structures, wherein top surfaces of the second isolation material is lower than a top surface of the isolation structure. | 43,561 |
9,426,736 | 1. A method of performing channel access at a specific station (STA) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the specific STA, a beacon frame including information on a channel access interval assigned to each group of stations, wherein the specific STA is allowed to access a channel within a channel access interval assigned to a specific station group including the specific STA; transmitting, at the specific STA, a power save (PS)-Poll frame to an access point (AP); receiving, at the specific STA from the AP, a response frame in response to the PS-Poll frame, the response frame including a channel access start offset value for the specific STA, and determining a channel access interval for the specific STA based on the channel access start offset value included in the response frame. | 44,924 |
9,018,980 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a clock generator coupled to receive an input clock signal and further coupled to provide an output clock signal; an address and control register coupled to receive an address signal and the output clock signal; an access generator coupled to receive the output clock signal; wherein the clock generator comprises: | 167 |
9,357,499 | 1. A method, at a base station in a cellular communication network, comprising: determining, at said base station, a reduced cellular traffic condition; and transitioning, at said base station, transmission of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) carrier signal to a reduced power state in response to determining said reduced traffic condition, wherein said BCCH carrier signal is transmitted as a carrier signal on timeslots, and wherein said transitioning transmission of said BCCH carrier signal to a reduced power further comprises changing transmission power of said carrier signal on an individual timeslot basis according to a variable transmission power profile. | 35,194 |
9,416,396 | 1. A method of using a thermostable kinase for validating a treatment process for reducing the amount or activity of a contaminant in a sample, comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample that contains or is suspected to contain the contaminant, wherein the contaminant comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of bacteria, viruses, fungi, toxins, allergens, prions, proteins, and nucleic acids; (b) subjecting the sample to a treatment process in the presence of a defined amount of a biological process indicator comprising the thermostable kinase covalently linked to a biological component, (c) measuring the residual kinase activity after the treatment, wherein kinase activity, as measured by a luminometer or luminescent assay, is reduced by at least 800,000 RLU per mg kinase, wherein said measuring generates a data set; and (d) comparing said residual kinase activity to the reference kinase activity, wherein the reduction in the kinase activity correlates to a treatment-induced reduction in the amount or activity of the contaminant. | 40,585 |
8,600,526 | 1. A docking station for docking a marking device used to mark a presence or an absence of an underground facility in a dig area, the docking station comprising: a housing configured to mechanically support the marking device in a docked position, wherein the housing is configured for mounting in or on a vehicle; and a security mechanism to secure the marking device in the docking station, wherein the security mechanism comprises at least one of: | 30,602 |
8,930,729 | 1. A method for determining an operating configuration of a network-powered device, the method comprising: measuring, by the network-powered device, a total network connection power loss associated with at least one wired network connection of the network-powered device, wherein a first network connection power loss and a second network connection power loss are measured in parallel; and determining, by the network-powered device, an operating configuration of the network-powered device based on the measured total network connection power loss; wherein the network-powered device receives power from a network power supply via the at least one wired network connection, and the operating configuration is determined from a set of operating configurations comprising: a first operating configuration that causes the network-powered device to operate at a first total power consumption less than a network power specification limit based on a worst-case network power loss; and a second operating configuration that causes the network-powered device to operate at a second total power consumption greater than the network power specification limit and less than a maximum power limit of the network power supply minus the total network power loss. | 94 |
8,733,459 | 1. An integrated process to (i) produce an acid gas-depleted hydrocarbon product gas stream, (ii) produce a hydrocarbon-containing fluid from an underground hydrocarbon reservoir via a hydrocarbon production well, and (iii) enhance production of the hydrocarbon-containing fluid from the underground hydrocarbon reservoir, the process comprising the steps of: (1) injecting a pressurized sour carbon dioxide stream into the underground hydrocarbon reservoir to enhance production of the hydrocarbon-containing fluid from the underground hydrocarbon reservoir via the hydrocarbon production well; (2) recovering the hydrocarbon-containing fluid produced from the hydrocarbon production well; (3) separating the hydrocarbon-containing fluid into (a) a liquid hydrocarbon product stream and (b) a gaseous hydrocarbon product stream; (4) producing a synthesis gas stream from a carbonaceous feedstock, the synthesis gas stream comprising (a) at least one of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and (b) at least one of hydrogen and methane; (5) treating the synthesis gas stream and the gaseous hydrocarbon product stream in an acid gas removal unit to produce the acid gas-depleted hydrocarbon product gas stream and a sour carbon dioxide stream; and (6) pressurizing the sour carbon dioxide stream to generate the pressurized sour carbon dioxide stream, wherein at least one of the synthesis gas stream and the gaseous hydrocarbon product stream comprises more than a trace amount of hydrogen sulfide. | 18,642 |
8,519,197 | 1. A method of producing a compound of formula (I) wherein R represents H, alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; or a pharmaceutically or orally acceptable salt thereof, comprising: (a) reacting a compound of formula (II); with bromine in an organic solvent to obtain a compound of formula (III); (b) reacting the compound of formula III with MOM-Cl in an organic solvent in the presence of an organic base to obtain a compound of formula (IV); (c) reacting the compound of formula IV with R—CH═CH—CH (d) converting the compound of formula V with a suitable deprotecting agent in an organic solvent to obtain a compound of formula I; and (e) optionally, converting the compound of formula I to its pharmaceutically or orally acceptable salts. | 8,293 |
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