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9,641,504 | 1. A computer-implemented method for exchanging data using a data transfer protocol between a first device and a second device, the method comprising: receiving, at the first device, a first request message from a second device, the first request message requesting to download an application from the first device; responsive to receipt of the first request message, sending, to the second device, a first response message having a first authentication query within header portions of the first response message; receiving, at the first device, a second request message having first authentication credentials within header portions of the second request message, the first authentication credentials being responsive to the first authentication query; determining whether the first authentication credentials satisfy the first authentication query; responsive to determining that the first authentication credentials satisfy the first authentication query, sending, to the second device, a second response message having a second authentication query within header portions of the second response message; receiving, at the first device, a third request message having second authentication credentials within header portions of the third request message, the second authentication credentials being responsive to the second authentication query; determining whether the second authentication credentials satisfy the second authentication query, wherein each of the first and second authentication credentials rely upon different security mechanisms; responsive to determining that the second authentication credentials satisfy the second authentication query; and transmitting, to the second device, the application upon a predetermined number of authentication techniques having been used as determined by a request counter that updates in connection with the authentication queries. | 9,412 |
8,459,273 | 1. An accessory for use together with a hair dryer comprising: a hollow part formed from an injected piece of plastic, said hollow part having a connection terminal with an essentially tubular body and dimensioned for coupling by locking to an end of a hair dryer, said connection terminal being disposed in an intermediate chamber; a plurality of hollow projections extending from said connection terminal, each of said hollow projections diverts an air flow from the hair dryer to a series of openings disposed in said projections and the body of said intermediate chamber, wherein said hollow part includes a first section and a second section, said first section includes said connection terminal, an upper side of said intermediate chamber, and said plurality of hollow projections, and said second section includes a lower side of said intermediate chamber and said plurality of hollow projections, and wherein a fixing said second section against said first section is made through projections of pins/housing, distributed along said plurality of hollow projections as well as through a pair of screws connecting said second section to said first section adjacent said connection. | 27,855 |
9,660,570 | 1. A solar panel clamp assembly comprising: a top clamp comprising: a bottom clamp comprising: wherein the top clamp and the bottom clamp are configured to clamp together with a fastener that extends through the top clamp aperture and the bottom clamp aperture. | 7,617 |
9,287,801 | 1. A DC-to-AC converter comprising: a conversion module connected to a solar panel and a power line and configured to receive a command, the power line configured to output an AC power outputted from the conversion module; a signal input port configure to receive a sensing signal; wherein the sensing signal is an analog sensing signal; a microprocessor electrically connected to the conversion module, the signal input port, and the solar panel, and configured to control the conversion module to receive the command, inquire relevant data of the solar panel according to the command and produce a solar panel signal, and convert the analog sensing signal received by the signal input port into a digital sensing signal; and a transmission module electrically connected to the microprocessor and the power line, and configured to receive the solar panel signal and packetize the solar panel signal into an energy data package, and receive the digital sensing signal and packetize the digital sensing signal into a sensing data package; the energy data package and the sensing data package configured to be outputted through the power line. | 46,956 |
9,601,777 | 1. An anode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a carbon-based anode active material, a binder and a conductive polymer, wherein the conductive polymer is in fiber form, wherein the conductive polymer is poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene/polystyrenesulfonate (PEDOT/PSS), and wherein the conductive polymer is contained in an amount of 0.8 to 1.5 wt % based on a solid content of the anode. | 10,584 |
8,674,608 | 1. A luminaire comprising: a light source from which light is emittable into an environment; a controller including a processor and memory to analyze data relating to conditions in the environment and to control the light source; sensors in communication with the controller to detect the conditions in the environment and generate the data relating to the conditions, the data being transmittable to the controller; rules definable to affect operation of the light source, the rules being stored in the memory to be comparable with the data; wherein the light source is operable in a plurality of modes defined by the rules; wherein operation of the light source is modifiable by the controller responsive to the data relating to at least one of the conditions; wherein the light source is operable having a duty cycle controlled by the controller, the duty cycle having an active duration wherein the light source emits the light and an inactive duration wherein the light source does not emit the light; wherein the sensors include a motion detector in communication with the controller to detect motion in the environment as the condition; wherein the motion detector transmits the data to the controller relating to the motion that is detected; wherein ambient light levels in the environment are detectable by at least one of the sensors in communication with the controller as the condition; and wherein data is transmitted to the controller relating to the ambient light levels that are detected, the ambient light levels being detectable during the inactive duration of the duty cycle. | 47,154 |
8,579,760 | 1. An engine start-up control device for a vehicle which includes a differential mechanism connected to an engine generating a drive power by combustion of fuel, a first electric motor, and a reactive-force receiving member whose rotation is restricted with a reactive torque controlled by a reactive-force control device, the engine start-up control device starting up the engine by driving thereof by the first electric motor under a condition where the reactive-force control device restricts the rotation of the reactive-force receiving member, the engine start-up control device including a rotation-fluctuation permitting device configured to control the reactive-force control device such that during an engine start-up in an output limiting state of the first electric motor, a rotation speed of the reactive-force receiving member varies at a greater rate than that in a state where the output of the first electric motor is unlimited. | 33,212 |
8,970,133 | 1. An apparatus for controlling current to solid state lighting, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of parameters including a predetermined minimum current level parameter and a predetermined peak current level parameter; an inductor coupled to the solid state lighting; a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller is configured to: | 47,143 |
9,564,636 | 1. A method for preparing a LiCoO 2 -containing powder comprising: mixing LiCoO heat treating the mixture at a temperature in the range of 400° C. and 1100° C., and forming the LiCoO the method further comprising adding an additive to the mixture prior to the heat treating, wherein the additive is Li | 23,529 |
8,756,887 | 1. A panel for thermal insulation of a building, which is provided for attachment to an exterior wall of a building on an outside, wherein the panel comprises: at least one duct which is surrounded by portions of the panel on all sides except for in edge areas of the panel, wherein in one or more individual areas of the panel the at least one duct extends towards an edge of the panel such that, when the panel is attached to the exterior wall, at least one connection of the at least one duct to the exterior wall is formed at at least one desired location, through which air can be guided into the building or out of the building, wherein the at least one duct of the panel is structured and arranged to connect with at least one duct of an adjacent panel to form a duct system, and wherein the at least one duct is at least one ventilation duct. | 8,107 |
8,854,839 | 1. A power converting device for converting an AC input voltage supplied by an external power source into a DC output voltage, comprising: a filter adapted to be coupled to the external power source for filtering the AC input voltage therefrom to eliminate high-frequency noises; a rectifier having an input side coupled to said filter for receiving the AC input voltage filtered by said filter, and an output side, said rectifier rectifying the AC input voltage received at the input side to output a rectified voltage at said output side; a power factor corrector for receiving the rectified voltage from said rectifier to generate a boosted voltage, said power factor corrector including a step-down converter coupled to said power factor corrector for receiving the boosted voltage therefrom to output the DC output voltage, wherein said first diode has a cathode and an anode that is coupled to said first capacitor, said first inductor is coupled directly between said cathode of said first diode and said first switch, said second diode has an anode and a cathode that is coupled to said second capacitor, and said second inductor is coupled directly between said anode of said second diode and said second switch. | 39,346 |
9,416,902 | 1. A quick-action coupling for coupling together fluid-conducting lines, comprising: a first coupling part, said first coupling part comprising a first fluid channel; a second coupling part, said second coupling part comprising a second fluid channel, as well as a seal for sealing the two coupling parts in the state in which they are coupled together; and a locking mechanism in order to couple together the two coupling parts in a releasable manner, wherein the first coupling part has a first valve arrangement and the second coupling part has a second valve arrangement, and wherein each of the two valve arrangements has an axially displaceable valve and a corresponding valve seat, so that, in the state in which the valve and the valve seat are brought together, the first and second fluid channels of first and second coupling parts are sealed in a fluid-tight manner, and wherein each of the two valves are arranged lying opposite one another in the axial direction, wherein the valve of the first valve arrangement has an opening, in which a plunger is mounted so as to move axially, so that the plunger can move from a first position to a second position, wherein, in the second position, the plunger protrudes from the valve of the first valve arrangement further outward as compared to the first position, so that, in the state in which the coupling parts are coupled together, the plunger keeps each of the two valves apart from each other and, as a result, the first and second fluid channels of the first and second coupling parts are connected to each other, and wherein the plunger can be locked in the second axial position with respect to the valve by means of a catch device and wherein the locking mechanism is operatively connected to the catch device, so that, when the locking mechanism is actuated for decoupling the two coupling parts that are coupled to each other, before disconnection of the coupling parts, a catch of the plunger is released and each of the two valves are brought together with the respective valve seat and seal the first and second fluid channels of the first and second coupling parts. | 15,930 |
9,652,677 | 1. An object detection device, comprising: image recognition circuitry configured to detect an object being recognized in an input frame image, and identify a position of a detected object which is detected as the object being recognized in the input frame image; storage configured to store a position of a first past detected object which is detected as the object being recognized in a first past frame image which is input immediately before the input frame image; distance calculation circuitry configured to calculate a first distance from the position of the first past detected object to the position of the detected object which is detected in the input frame image; first determination circuitry configured to determine that the detected object which is detected in the input frame image is identical to the first past detected object if the first distance is smaller than a first reference distance which is previously set; frame-number comparison circuitry configured to determine whether or not the number of frame images in each of which the object being recognized is detected, out of the input frame image and a first predetermined number of past frame images which are input before the input frame image, is equal to or larger than a first threshold when the object being recognized is not detected in the input frame image; and second determination circuitry configured to determine that the object being recognized is present in the input frame image if the number of frame images in each of which the object being recognized is detected is equal to or larger than the first threshold. | 27,143 |
9,763,187 | 1. A method for wireless communication comprising: controlling, by a processing device, receiving of system information (SI) based on information from a memory about a radio frame and subframe in which another SI is detected at a wireless communication device associated with the processing device a last time when the wireless communication device camped on a base station; storing in the memory, by the processing device, a system frame number (SFN) in which a system information block (SIB) of the another SI is detected for the base station; and when SIB decoding for the base station is determined to be unsuccessful for a given system information block (SIB) according to a Presence Bitmap for the base station stored in the memory, controlling, by the processing device, updating the Presence Bitmap for the base station in accordance with a given SFN for which the SIB decoding of the given SIB is determined to be unsuccessful; controlling, by the processing device, decoding of another SI message in at least one subframe corresponding to at least one bit set in a SI-subframebitmap. | 42,289 |
9,727,813 | 1. A payment card comprising: a first button; a second button; a third button; a fourth button; a fifth button, wherein said first, second, third, fourth, and fifth buttons are aligned horizontally with respect to one another within a single plane; and a display operable to display a first portion of a credit card number without a second portion of the credit card number, wherein said display is operable to display said credit card number in decimal notation. | 33,328 |
9,294,703 | 1. A data transmission circuit of an image sensor comprising: first to Kth bus segments arranged in series; and first to Kth data regeneration circuits arranged in series and respectively connected to the first to Kth bus segments, and the first to (K−1)th data regeneration circuits respectively connected to the second to Kth bus segments, wherein each of the first to (K−1)th data regeneration circuits is configured to transmit data of a previous one of the first to Kth bus segments to a next one of the first to Kth bus segments in response to a control clock signal. | 7,224 |
9,503,010 | 1. A motor apparatus comprising; a motor comprising a stator and a rotor; a temperature sensor configured to sense the stator's temperature; a command compensation unit configured to receive and compensate an input torque command and an input magnetic flux command to provide a compensation torque command value and a compensation magnetic flux command value, wherein the compensation torque command value is computed using the input torque command and a back electromotive force value that is computed based on the rotor's temperature estimated from the stator's temperature, wherein the compensation flux command value is computed using the input magnetic flux command and the back electromotive force value that is computed based on the rotor's temperature estimated from the stator's temperature; a D-axis current command table configured to provide a D-axis current command value corresponding to a set of the compensation torque command value and the compensation magnetic flux command value; a Q-axis current command table configured to provide a Q-axis current command value corresponding to the set of the compensation torque command value and the compensation magnetic flux command value; a current controller configured to create a D-axis voltage command value and a Q-axis voltage command value based on the D-axis current command value and the Q-axis current command value; and an inverter configured to drive the motor according to the D-axis voltage command value and the Q-axis voltage command value. | 46,947 |
8,717,981 | 1. A method of allocating contention resources, comprising: allocating by an access point a first set of uplink contention slots for use by standard subscriber wireless devices, wherein the first set of uplink contention slots comprises a first subset and a second subset; allocating by the access point a second set of uplink contention slots for use by public safety wireless devices, wherein the second set of uplink contention slots comprises a first subset and a second subset and wherein the second set of uplink contention slots are non-overlapping with the first set of uplink contention slots; communicating by the access point the first set of uplink contention slots to the standard subscriber wireless devices; communicating by the access point the second set of uplink contention slots to the public safety wireless devices; determining a number of public safety wireless devices registered with the access point; determining a number of standard subscriber wireless devices registered with the access point; determining a rate of bandwidth requests from the public safety wireless devices and a rate of bandwidth requests from the standard subscriber wireless devices; re-allocating the first subset of the first set of uplink contention slots to the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices when the number of public safety wireless devices registered with the access point increases and the rate of bandwidth requests from the public safety wireless devices increases, wherein the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices share the first subset of the first set of uplink contention slots to request additional slot allocation; re-allocating the first subset of the second set of uplink contention slots to the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices when the number of standard subscriber wireless devices registered with the access point increases and the rate of bandwidth requests from the standard subscriber wireless devices increases, wherein the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices share the first subset of the second set of uplink contention slots to request additional slot allocation; communicating by the access point the re-allocated first subset of the first set of uplink contention slots to the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices when the number of public safety wireless devices registered with the access point increases and the rate of bandwidth requests from the public safety wireless devices increases; and communicating by the access point the re-allocated first subset of the second set of uplink contention slots to the public safety wireless devices and the standard subscriber wireless devices when the number of standard subscriber wireless devices registered with the access point increases and the rate of bandwidth requests from the standard subscriber wireless devices increases. | 8,334 |
8,369,629 | 1. A method of compressing an image block of multiple image elements having a respective feature vector representing a feature associated with said image elements, said method comprising the steps of: determining, based on at least a portion of first vector components of said feature vectors, a first codeword and a second codeword as representations of a first component value and a second component value; determining, based on at least a portion of second vector components of said feature vectors, a third codeword and a fourth codeword as representations of a third component value and a fourth component value; selecting, based on a relation of a distribution of said first vector components and a distribution of said second vector components, a first resolution number N generating, based on said first and second codewords or said first and second component values and if N generating, based on said third and fourth codewords or said third and fourth component values and if N for each image element of said multiple image elements: | 31,970 |
9,515,882 | 1. A computer-implemented method for managing device images comprising: obtaining device provisioning preferences for provisioning a computing device for a predetermined functionality; obtaining device configuration information associated with the computing device based, at least in part, on the device provisioning preferences; identifying a device image from a set of one or more device images based, at least in part, on the device configuration information, wherein the device image includes a pre-generated configuration related to the predetermined functionality of the device image and wherein individual device images include different pre-generated configurations that cause instantiated device images to implement different functionalities; and causing loading of the device image on the computing device to implement the predetermined functionality. | 47,642 |
8,613,782 | 1. A gasification system, comprising: a reactor vessel for producing raw syngas; a primary energy exchanger including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion in fluid communication with the reactor vessel for receiving raw syngas from the reactor vessel, the primary energy exchanger configured to collect therein particulates or condensables from the raw syngas, wherein the primary heat exchanger is configured as a rotating heat regenerator; a first flow path in fluid communication with the first portion for transporting syngas exiting the first portion out of the primary energy exchanger; a downstream component in fluid communication with the first flow path and configured to change a temperature of syngas received from the first flow path; a second flow path in fluid communication with the downstream component for directing the syngas received from the first flow path toward the second portion of the primary energy exchanger; and a sealing element disposed between a rotating element of the rotating heat regenerator and a fixed element of the gasification system, wherein the sealing element is an expandable bladder configured to be provided from a deflated state in which a space exists between the rotating element and the fixed element to an inflated state in which the expandable bladder contacts the rotating and fixed elements. | 14,405 |
9,612,376 | 1. A method for preparing a thin polarizer, comprising: forming a film laminate by bonding a prefabricated non-stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 10 to 60 μm to at least one surface of a non-stretched polyurethane film using an adhesive layer formed by an adhesive including an amine-based metal compound crosslinking agent and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin containing an acetoacetyl group; and stretching the film laminate so as to allow the polyvinyl alcohol-based film to have a thickness of 10 μm or less, and separating the polyvinyl alcohol-based film from the polyurethane film after the stretching of the film laminate is performed, wherein the stretching of the film laminate is performed through a wet stretching process at a magnification at which a stretching magnification thereof is 7 to 15 times, at a temperature of 20° C. to 85° C., wherein a thickness of the adhesive layer is 80 nm to 200 nm before the stretching process of the film laminate, and 10 nm to 100 nm after the stretching process, and wherein the separating of the polyvinyl alcohol-based film from the polyurethane film is performed by applying peeling strength in a range of 0.1N/2 cm to 2N/2 cm thereto. | 20,406 |
9,034,517 | 1. An electrochemical device comprising the combination of a conditioned and heat treated carbon electrode comprised of a metal collector and a layer comprised of activated carbon formed on the metal collector, wherein the activated carbon has been heated after acid washing at a temperature of 1100° C. to 1500° C. under an inert atmosphere and consists essentially of carbon, and an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution comprising a non-aqueous solvent system comprising 20 to 100% by weight of one or more symmetrical and/or asymmetrical carbonates of the general formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, propyl, CH | 35,517 |
9,589,333 | 1. An image correction apparatus for correcting distortion of an image, the image being obtained by photographing a subject, the apparatus comprising: a camera which photographs the subject to obtain the image; and a control unit which comprises a CPU that is configured to: wherein the subject is paper on which at least one of characters and a figure are drawn and wherein when the subject has a flat surface in a normal state, the image of the subject has not been made distorted, wherein configuration lines are set on the image respectively in a character string direction and in a character line direction in consideration of a feature of character strings in the image of the flat surface of the subject, wherein plural small sections are set on the image based on a relationship between the configuration lines set in the character string direction and in the character line direction and based on an assumption of moving directions of the configuration lines in the three-dimensional space, wherein information representing distortion of each of the plural small sections is specified, and wherein the plural small sections are changed based on the specified information representing the distortion of each of the plural small sections, thereby correcting the distortion of the image. | 41,468 |
8,586,110 | 1. A multi-component, antibacterial composition consisting of a product prepared by a process having the steps of (i) combining (ii) combining pomegranate rind with water to create a second formulation, the creating including heating at 80° C. to 150° C. to substantially denature enzymes endogenous to the pomegranate rind; (iii) adding from 1% to less than 10% of hydrogen peroxide to the first formulation and the second formulation after the combining and heating, and, (iv) combining the first formulation with the second formulation. | 46,811 |
8,489,384 | 1. A method of automatically translating a sentence in a source language, called a source sentence, into a sentence in a target language, called a target sentence, said method comprising: a first step of extracting a set of sentence portions of the target language from a textual database that correspond to a total or partial translation of the source sentence to be translated; a second step of determining all assemblies of the target sentence portions that overlap the source sentence; a third step of choosing best assemblies according to a criterion of maximum overlap between the target sentence portions assembled in the second step and according to a criterion of minimizing a number of assembled elements; and a fourth step of determining the target sentence by choosing a best assembly according to coherence criteria. | 2,985 |
9,366,739 | 1. A method for activating a magnetic resonance system having a transmit antenna arrangement, the transmit antenna arrangement comprising a plurality of independent high-frequency transmit channels with a respectively assigned transmit antenna, each high-frequency transmit channel of the plurality of independent high-frequency transmit channels having a controllable oscillator, the method comprising: activating individual high-frequency transmit channels of the plurality of independent high-frequency transmit channels with independent transmit pulses; controlling a frequency of the controllable oscillators independently so that at least two of the controllable oscillators oscillate in different frequencies; and transforming the transmit pulses calculated for a predefined target magnetization with the magnetic resonance system to a complex transmit pulse amplitude component and a frequency-modulating component, the frequency-modulating component being taken into account in controlling the controllable oscillators. | 16,550 |
9,266,528 | 1. A control system for a vehicle, the system comprising: control means operable to monitor an accelerator control signal of the vehicle and to control a powertrain of the vehicle to apply an amount of torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle corresponding to the accelerator control signal, the powertrain comprising prime mover means; an accelerometer device operable to measure a rate of acceleration and a yaw rate of the vehicle; and means for determining whether the measured rate of acceleration of the vehicle and the accelerator control signal have an expected correspondence taking into account the yaw rate of the vehicle, wherein if the measured rate of acceleration and the accelerator control signal do not have the expected correspondence, the control means is operable to command a change in the amount of torque applied to the one or more wheels by the powertrain. | 124 |
9,086,690 | 1. A method of synchronizing control program execution in synchronization objects for a robotic system, the method comprising: analyzing a control program for a robot, with at least one processor, to identify a synchronization object that will be utilized by the control program during execution of the program by a controller of the robot, the synchronization object including predefined operations, wherein the synchronization object corresponds to a resource used by the robot; generating, with the at least one processor, a partner object associated with the control program, the partner object including execution instructions based at least in part on the predefined operations of the synchronization object; and modifying the execution of the control program with the controller of the robot in response to the execution instructions of the partner object. | 23,969 |
9,803,090 | 1. A process for forming a coating having antimicrobial properties on a substrate comprising the steps of: a. applying a coating composition comprising a quaternary ammonium compound having an alkoxylated substituent having a reactive hydroxyl group according to formula (Ia), (II), or (III) to a substrate, and b. curing the coating composition to obtain a cured coating, wherein the reactive hydroxyl group of the alkoxylated substituent has reacted within the cured coating, wherein: R R R R R R R Z is OH; X m is an integer from 1 to 30; n is an integer from 1 to 30; and T is a monomer unit; U is a monomer unit; V is a C d is an integer between 1 and 5; e is an integer between 1 and 1000; g is an integer between 1 and 100; h is an integer between 1 and 5. | 42,102 |
8,732,142 | 1. A method of correcting a first data race condition, the method comprising: detecting, in a computer, the first data race condition, encountered by the computer executing a program, involving a shared resource that is accessed by a first thread and a second thread, wherein the first thread accesses the shared resource before the second thread; generating a list of context-specific suggestions, specific to the context of the data race condition, for removing the data race condition, wherein the list comprises a suggestion that the first thread acquire at least a first lock synchronization object that the second thread holds, in response to wherein the list comprises a suggestion that the second thread acquire at least a second lock synchronization object that the first thread holds, in response to displaying the list of context-specific suggestions through a user interface; and wherein the list comprises a suggestion that the second thread acquire at least a third synchronization object according to a vector clock mechanism, in response to wherein the third synchronization object, if acquired by the second thread, removes the first data race condition. | 19,408 |
9,018,233 | 1. A diaminoaryl derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein X and Y are each independently hydrogen, C R is C W is C Z is halogen, cyano, amino, hydroxyl, mercapto, cyanothio, C said heteroaryl and heterocycloalkyl independently contain one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S. | 38,101 |
9,026,290 | 1. A driving mode switch control device of a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine and an electric motor and the hybrid vehicle is capable of running by the engine or the electric motor or a cooperation between the engine and the electric motor, the driving mode switch control device comprising: an ECU configured to perform functions of a request torque estimation unit, a rotational speed synchronization control unit, and a mode switch control unit; the request torque estimation unit for estimating request torque based on a driver's accelerator operation, wherein an estimation result from the request torque estimation unit exceeds a maximum torque of the electric motor when the hybrid vehicle is in a driving mode with the electric motor; the rotation speed synchronization control unit for determining whether a rotation speed of the engine synchronizes a rotation speed of the electric motor; the mode switch control unit for, when the request torque estimation unit determines that the estimation result exceeds maximum torque of the electric motor and the mode switch control unit determines that a predetermined next gear shifting timing is met when only a slight increase in the rotational speed of the engine from an engine idling speed almost synchronizes the rotation speed of the electric motor, performing a mode switch from an electric motor driving mode with the electric motor to an engine driving mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs with the engine or an assistance driving mode in which the hybrid vehicle runs by the cooperation between the engine and the electric motor. | 24,933 |
9,357,440 | 1. A method for mitigating interference in a wireless network, the method executed by a first base station, the method comprising: detecting a handover event related to a handover of a mobile device, communicating with a second base station, to the first base station; determining whether the handover event is an early handover event or not; and assigning a set of protected resources to mitigate interference when communicating with the mobile device after the handover event, if the handover event is the early handover event, | 22,403 |
9,060,196 | 1. In a computing environment, a method performed at least in part on at least one processor, comprising: receiving, from an application, a reservation request that requests device resources for background code; determining prior to scheduling the reservation request whether policy criteria is met for the reservation request, including that sufficient resources are available to ensure that the background code is able to have priority use of the device resources being requested, wherein said determining comprises determining for at least some of the device resources whether those requested device resources are within constraint limits for a type of background code corresponding to the reservation request, and if not, failing the reservation request or revising requirements of the requested device resources; if the policy criteria is met, reserving the device resources for use by the background code to allow the background code to run as background code and use the device resources, wherein a request for an additional resource is denied for the background code while running the background code; and managing a lifecycle of the background code, including launching a background agent corresponding to at least part of the background code into an active state in which the background agent executes, and moving the background agent between an inactive state, in which the background agent does not execute, and the active state, wherein the background agent executes the background code after the application is closed. | 20,231 |
9,815,377 | 1. A battery charging apparatus for charging an electric vehicle, comprising: a charging body defining a receiving portion; a robot arm movably coupled to a sidewall of the receiving portion, and received in the receiving portion, wherein the robot arm comprises a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, and a fourth arm, a first end portion of the first arm is rotatably coupled with a sidewall of the receiving portion about a first axis, a first end portion of the second arm is rotatably coupled with a second end portion of the first arm about a second axis, the second axis is substantially parallel to the first axis, a first end portion of the third arm is rotatably coupled with a second end portion of the second arm about a third axis, and the third axis is substantially parallel to the first axis, a first end portion of the fourth arm is rotatably coupled with a second end portion of the third arm about a fourth axis, and the fourth axis is substantially vertical to the first axis; and a feeding coupler coupled to the fourth arm and configured to supply electric power to the electric vehicle; and wherein the robot arm is capable of extending from the receiving portion for coupling the feeding coupler to an electric vehicle. | 6,775 |
9,796,985 | 1. An expression cassette comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:5, wherein said polynucleotide is operatively linked to a heterologous regulatory element. | 5,534 |
8,401,703 | 1. A method for controlling production of a mixture M of n components, the method making it possible to determine proportions u of the components involved in the mixture so as to obtain values for a number m of predetermined properties y of the mixture, the values lying between predetermined minimum and maximum thresholds and/or, for m′ of them (where m′≦n−1), are substantially equal to predetermined target values, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: (i) at time t=0: (ii) at time t′=t+Δt: (iii) at time t″=t′+Δt, operations (1) to (4) of the preceding step (ii) are repeated; and (iv) step (iii) is repeated throughout the duration of production of the mixture. | 43,363 |
8,908,449 | 1. A parallel master-slave flip-flop (“PMSFF”) having an input terminal for receiving a data-in signal and an output terminal for outputting a data-out signal, comprising: a master stage comprising an input terminal for receiving the data-in signal, an output terminal, and terminals for receiving first clock signals (MCLK and MCLKB), the master stage configured to latch data at the master stage and to output the data latched at the master stage based on the first clock signals, wherein the master stage includes: a slave stage comprising an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the master stage, an output terminal for outputting the data-out signal, and terminals for receiving second clock signals (CLK and CLKB), the slave stage configured to latch data at the slave stage and to output the data latched at the slave stage based on the second clock signals. | 49,383 |
8,628,218 | 1. A lamp comprising: a supporting body adapted for being fixed to a support; and a lamp body comprising: wherein one of the housing and supporting body has a protrusion comprising a thin portion and a thick portion connected to the thin portion, the other one of the housing and the supporting body comprising a plate defining an aperture, the aperture comprising a wide portion and a narrow portion in communication with the wide portion, the thick portion of the protrusion having a width larger than that of the narrow portion of the aperture; wherein the housing is operable to make the protrusion to extend through the wide portion of the aperture from a face of the plate and then slide into the narrow portion of the aperture where the thick portion of the protrusion abuts against at an opposite face of the plate, thereby mounting the lamp body to the supporting body; wherein the supporting body comprises a panel and a sidewall extending from the panel, the sidewall interconnecting the panel and the plate; and wherein the supporting body comprises an elastically-deformable tab fixed on the panel, the tab being compressed between the housing and the supporting body. | 34,427 |
9,227,654 | 1. A ground robot comprising: a main body having a sagittal plane and two opposing lateral sides; two opposing drive systems, each located at one of said two opposing lateral sides and each comprising: an inner track disposed proximal to the main body, the inner track extending along a corresponding lateral side of the two opposing lateral sides and substantially parallel to a vertical plane of the main body, wherein the inner track is supported by a plurality of inner pulleys; a flipper disposed distal to the main body, the flipper extending along the corresponding lateral side and substantially parallel to the vertical plane, wherein the flipper comprises: (a) a flipper body, (b) an outer track, and (c) a plurality of outer pulleys supporting the outer track; and a front wheel and a rear wheel, both disposed substantially parallel to the vertical plane and between the inner track and the flipper, wherein a diameter of the front wheel and the rear wheel of each of the opposing drive systems ranges between 1.2 to 1.3 times of a diameter of the inner track. | 8,961 |
9,599,611 | 1. A method for measuring target molecule binding to a microarray, said method comprising: (i) providing a microarray comprising a plurality of spatially distinct binding locations, wherein each binding location comprises substantially a single type of capture molecule bound to the surface of said microarray and each type of said capture molecules specifically binds a type of target molecule; (ii) contacting said microarray with a sample comprising one or more target molecules; (iii) assessing the binding of said target molecules to said capture molecules by: | 30,135 |
9,775,941 | 1. A hemodialysis catheter comprising exactly three lumens with a separation device for disrupting a fibrous sheath while inserted in a vein comprising; a tube assembly including; a first portion at a distal end of the tube assembly; a first lumen extending through the first portion to a first opening at the distal end of the tube assembly; a second portion at a distal end of the tube assembly; a second lumen extending through the second portion to a second opening at the distal end of the tube assembly wherein the first and second lumens are not in communication with each other; a separation mechanism; and a third lumen extending through the tube assembly to the separation mechanism; wherein the separation mechanism is associated with the first portion and the second portion such that the separation mechanism is configured to reversibly separate the first portion from the second portion such that the first lumen is separated from the second lumen by at least 5 mm proximate to the distal end of the tube assembly, further causing the fibrous sheath to be disrupted and wherein the third lumen comprises a biocompatible material encasing the separation mechanism such that the separation mechanism is not exposed to the interior of the vein. | 30,462 |
9,602,979 | 1. A method for receiving a frame including control information in a broadcast system, the method comprising: receiving a frame that includes at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP), control information for a broadcast service, and indication information including a plurality of bits; extracting the indication information from the received frame; and determining a position of a frame where control information is to be changed based on the indication information, wherein the control information in the frame is not changed for a duration of one superframe comprising at least one frame, wherein the indication information indicates a number of one or more superframes ahead where the control information is to be changed, wherein if all bits of the indication information are “0”, there are no superframes ahead where the control information is to be changed, and wherein if any of the bits of the indication information are “1”, the “1” bits indicate the number of one or more superframes ahead where the control information is to be changed. | 15,744 |
9,260,874 | 1. A method of supporting panel structures spaced above an existing concrete wall to receive a hardenable building material, the method comprising: providing multiple wall ties, each wall tie including a first elongated wall portion and a second elongated wall portion with a cross-member portion therebetween, the first and second elongated wall portions including a first planar surface and a second planar surface, respectively, such that the first planar surface faces directly opposite the second planar surface of each wall tie; attaching the multiple wall ties together by mating upper end portions of the first and second elongated wall portions of wall ties to lower end portions of the respective first and second elongated wall portions of other ones of the wall ties to vertically build separate and discrete wall tie stacks; securing the wall tie stacks, spaced from each other in a substantially parallel arrangement, to one or more first panel structures such that the first planar surface of the wall ties is secured directly against the one or more first panel structures; and securing one or more second panel structures directly against the second planar surface of the wall ties so that the one or more first and second panel structures extend substantially parallel to each other. | 44,713 |
8,720,741 | 1. A stocking and dispensing system comprising: a fixed tray defined by at least one conveyor belt; a movable tray defined by a at least one conveyor belt; a means for raising or lowering the movable tray with respect to the fixed tray; a means for driving the conveyor belts of the fixed tray a means for driving the conveyor belts of the movable tray; wherein the fixed tray is configured to receive an item at a first position and convey the item via the conveyor belt to a second position; wherein the movable tray is configured to receive the item at the second position and convey the item to a position on the movable tray; wherein the fixed tray is defined by a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt that are placed side by side, wherein the first belt extends farther than the second belt by a measurable distance; wherein the movable tray is defined by a third conveyor belt and a fourth conveyor belt that are placed side by side, wherein the fourth belt extends farther than the third belt by the measurable distance; wherein means for driving the conveyor belts of the fixed tray is configured to provide same movement to the first and second belts; wherein the means for driving the conveyor belts of the fixed tray is configured to provide same movement to the third and fourth belts; and, wherein the movable tray is configured for placement adjacent to the fixed tray so that the first and third conveyor belts form a conveyor belt series and so that the second and fourth conveyor belts form a conveyor belts series. | 31,447 |
9,359,336 | 1. A compound represented by Formula I, its enantiomers, diastereoisomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R X is R R R | 33,412 |
9,185,706 | 1. A method for operating a base station of a wireless network, comprising: making a determination as to whether anchor carrier sets should be updated for one or more user equipments, wherein each anchor carrier set includes one or more anchor carriers used by the base station to transmit control signals to the one or more user equipments; and transmitting to the one or more user equipments a notification of the anchor carrier set update when it is determined that the anchor carrier sets should be updated, wherein it is determined that a designated anchor carrier set among the anchor carrier sets is to be changed when a reliability of a first carrier is greater than a reliability of a second carrier from a perspective of at least one of the one or more user equipments, wherein the first carrier is currently not in the designated anchor carrier set and the second carrier is currently in the designated anchor carrier set, and wherein it is determined that the designated anchor carrier set is to include only the first carrier where the first carrier meets a predetermined minimum reliability threshold for the at least one of the one or more user equipments, else it is determined that the designated anchor carrier set is to include multiple carriers set where the first carrier does not meet the predetermined minimum reliability threshold. | 1,309 |
9,190,178 | 1. A method of refueling a nuclear reactor comprising: an elongated reactor vessel enclosed at a lower end and having an open upper end on which an annular flange is formed and a central axis extending along an elongated dimension; a reactor vessel head having an annular portion on an underside of the head that is machined to form a sealing surface; a first removable annular seal ring, sized to seat on the reactor vessel flange between the flange and the sealing surface on the underside of the reactor vessel head, the seal ring being interposed between the sealing surface on the underside of the vessel head and the flange on the reactor vessel and having a thickness sized to sealably accommodate one or more radial passages through which one or more instrument conduits pass from outside of the reactor vessel to an interior thereof to communicate instrumentation signals out of a core of the nuclear reactor, the core comprising a plurality of fuel assemblies; an upper internals package supported above the core within the reactor vessel and having a plurality of hollow support columns respectively having a substantially vertical passage therethrough, that extends through and between an upper core plate and an upper support plate of the upper internals package, the passage through the upper core plate being aligned with a corresponding instrument thimble within one of the fuel assemblies; and a plurality of hollow tubes fixedly connected to the first removable annular seal ring, each of the hollow tubes being slidably mounted within the passage of one of the support columns with at least one of the instrument conduits extending axially through the hollow tube into the corresponding support column, the hollow tube being slidable within the support column between a fully inserted position and a fully extended position wherein in the fully inserted position the instrument conduit enters the instrument thimble and in the fully extended position the instrument conduit is withdrawn from the core; the method comprising the steps of: | 769 |
9,208,115 | 1. An information processor comprising: a first processing unit; a direct memory access unit coupled to the first processing unit; and at least one first memory unit coupled to the first processing unit, the at least one first memory unit comprising: | 28,573 |
9,593,611 | 1. An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas control apparatus comprising: a selective reduction type NOx catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and configured to reduce NOx with ammonia as a reducing agent; a supply device configured to supply ammonia to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst; a temperature sensor configured to measure or estimate the temperature of the selective reduction type NOx catalyst; an electronic control unit configured to: | 31,911 |
9,039,023 | 1. Right and left outer tubes for a front fork each tube having a plastic pipe, wherein a metal upper collar is fitted and attached to an upper end portion of the plastic pipe, a metal sleeve is fitted and attached between an intermediate portion and lower end portion of the plastic pipe, and the sleeve is provided with a lower collar and a seal case for inserting and supporting an inner tube, the right and left outer tubes are connected by an upper vehicle body attaching bracket and a lower vehicle body attaching bracket, the upper vehicle body attaching bracket is attached to the metal upper collar of the right outer tube and the metal upper collar of the left outer tube, the lower vehicle body attaching bracket is attached to the lower collar of the metal sleeve of the right outer tube and the lower collar of the metal sleeve of the left outer tube, and a portion of the sleeve which is between the lower collar and seal case is formed as a thin connecting portion which is thinner than the lower collar and the seal case. | 26,350 |
8,377,604 | 1. A fuel cell stack structure comprising: a stack entity including a plurality of solid electrolyte fuel cell units stacked together in a stacking direction; and at least one tie rod extending through the stack entity to fasten the solid electrolyte fuel cell units so that the solid electrolyte fuel cell units are pressed against each other in the stacking direction, the tie rod having an outer cylinder, an inner shaft fitting into the outer cylinder, and a joining material disposed between the outer cylinder and the inner shaft, the joining material fastening the outer cylinder and the inner shaft together in an axial direction of the tie rod and being configured and arranged to maintain a cured state at an operating temperature of the fuel cell stack structure, the joining material including a metallic glass material so that the outer cylinder and the inner shaft of the tie rod are fixed together in the axial direction by crystallizing the metallic glass material. | 31,682 |
8,512,215 | 1. A method for destroying medical waste and/or converting organic materials into thermal energy and/or electrical energy, the method comprising: providing a reactor comprising: introducing heat and airflow into the reaction chamber so as to heat the reaction chamber to a first desired temperature; introducing medical waste and/or organic material into the reaction chamber and converting the medical waste and/or organic material into a fuel within the reaction chamber in the presence of the catalytic media, the fuel producing its own heat within the reaction chamber; and shutting off heat from the heat source while maintaining airflow to the reaction chamber, the heat from the fuel continuing to heat the reaction chamber so as to reach or maintain a second desired temperature that is the same or greater than the first temperature. | 11,459 |
8,975,175 | 1. A method for forming a contact region for a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: forming a seed metal layer comprising a first exposed solder pad region and a first plating contact region on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first plating contact region allows for electrical conduction during a plating process; forming the seed metal layer comprising a second exposed solder pad region; forming a solderable material on the first exposed solder pad region; and forming a first metal layer on the seed metal layer. | 18,824 |
9,233,857 | 1. A sterilization device, comprising: a housing having a flow passage of a fluid that is to be sterilized; and a light source being disposed in the housing to irradiate ultraviolet light into the flow passage, wherein an inner wall surface of the flow passage has a pair of reflection surfaces which direct the ultraviolet light irradiated from the light source from one side of the flow passage to another side thereof while reflecting the ultraviolet light a plurality of times; and a return surface disposed within the flow passage and that is composed of a surface that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the light which has been reflected a plurality of times from the one side to the other side, and returns the light toward its original direction is formed on a side of one of the pair of reflection surfaces. | 15,905 |
9,788,099 | 1. An apparatus for delivering sound to an ear canal comprising: a body dimensioned to fit in a cavum concha area of a user ear, wherein the body is configured to be attachable and detachable from a receiver unit; and a flexible tail irremovably integrated with the body and extending from the body to bypass contact with a crus helix, the flexible tail having at least a portion formed from a material having a lower hardness than a body material, the flexible tail comprising a first end irremovably attached to the body and a second end to contact a cymba concha of a user ear. | 39,031 |
9,725,863 | 1. A vertical pneumatic fender, comprising: a fender body having bowl shaped hemispherical portions joined to both ends in a cylinder axial direction of a cylindrical body portion; a weight that is connected to a hemispherical portion on one side of the fender body; ballast water that is accommodated in an interior space of the fender body; and a backup chain provided connected at one end thereof to the fender body and at another end thereof to the weight, the backup chain being connected to the fender body and the weight in a slack state. | 19,665 |
9,021,791 | 1. A method for diagnosing a metering valve that is configured to control a metering rate for metering a reagent into an exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: providing, by a pump, a reagent to the metering valve at a reagent pressure value based on a pulse width modulated (“PWM”) pump actuation signal; determining, by a control unit, the PWM pump actuation signal; determining, by the control unit, a reagent filling level of a selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) catalytic converter; comparing, by the control unit, the reagent filling level with a first threshold value; storing, by the control unit, a first value of the PWM pump actuation signal in a memory if the reagent filling level is less than the first threshold value; increasing, by the metering valve, the metering rate after storing the first value of the PWM pump actuation signal; storing, by the control unit, a second value of the PWM pump actuation signal in the memory upon expiration of a time period following increasing the metering rate; and comparing, by the control unit, a difference between the first value and the second value of the PWM pump actuation signal with a second threshold value. | 19,249 |
9,185,182 | 1. A method of determining a property for a subject communication device by one or more electronic devices, which subject communication device has a string of characters associated with it, the method comprising: providing a store of previously identified properties of sample communication devices in which the previously identified properties in the store are referenced by nodes of a tree of sample strings of characters similarly associated with the sample communication devices, and the tree is structured in accordance with the characters of the sample strings of characters such that nodes of the tree comprise consecutive substrings common to the sample strings of characters of more than one of the sample communication devices; receiving the string of characters associated with the subject communication device; using the string of characters associated with the subject communication device to retrieve a property from the store of previously identified properties of sample communication devices by sequentially comparing the string of characters associated with the subject communication device to the tree of sample strings of characters associated with the sample communication devices until the node of the tree by which the property is referenced in the store is found, then reading that property from the store; and wherein nodes are flagged when there is a later node along the tree that references the same property with a different value, and when the node that is found has a flag, then continuing to compare the string of characters associated with the subject communication device to the tree of sample strings of characters associated with the sample communication devices until a node of the tree by which the selected property is referenced in the store without a flag is found, then reading the value of that property from the store. | 17,737 |
8,829,650 | 1. A zener diode in a silicon-germanium (SiGe) bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) process, the zener diode being formed on a silicon substrate having an active region isolated by shallow trench field oxide regions, the zener diode comprising: an N-deep well in the active region, the N-deep well having a depth greater than that of the shallow trench field oxide regions, the N-deep well having a lateral extending portion on each side of the active region, the lateral extending portion being situated under a corresponding shallow trench field oxide region; an N-type region formed of an N-type ion implanted region in the active region, the N-type region having a lateral dimension equal to or smaller than that of the active region and being surrounded by the N-deep well; pseudo buried layers, each being formed of an N-type ion implanted region under a corresponding shallow trench field oxide region on a corresponding side of the active region, each of the pseudo buried layers being in contact with a corresponding lateral extending portion of the N-deep well, the N-type region being connected to the respective pseudo buried layers via the N-deep well; deep hole contacts formed in a corresponding shallow trench field oxide region above a corresponding pseudo buried layer; a P-type region formed of a P-type ion implanted region in the active region, the P-type region being situated above and in contact with the N-type region, the P-type region having a doping concentration greater than that of the N-type region; and a metal contact formed above the active region and in contact with the P-type region. | 39,554 |
8,558,072 | 1. A plant or a plant part of soybean variety XBP32005, representative seed of said soybean variety XBP32005 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120207. | 18,539 |
8,603,824 | 1. A process for engineering a recombinant bacterial cell for expression of a recombinant protein or peptide, the process comprising: i) obtaining a recombinant bacterial host cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the recombinant protein or peptide operably linked to an expression control sequence operable in said recombinant bacterial host cell; ii) expressing the recombinant protein or peptide in the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (i); iii) analyzing a genetic profile of the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (ii), wherein said genetic profile comprises at least one gene encoding a protease and at least one gene encoding a folding modulator, to identify at least one protease and at least one folding modulator that are upregulated in the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (ii) relative to a gene product of the at least one protease gene and a gene product of the at least one folding modulator gene, in either a bacterial cell that has not been modified to express the recombinant protein or peptide, or a recombinant bacterial host cell that does not express the recombinant protein or peptide, wherein the genetic profile is a transcriptome profile; iv) modifying the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (i) to increase the expression of the at least one upregulated folding modulator identified in step (iii) and to decrease the expression of the at least one upregulated protease identified in step (iii), by genetic modification to produce a modified recombinant bacterial host cell, wherein increasing the expression of the at least one upregulated folding modulator identified in step (iii) comprises introducing into the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (i) a DNA encoding the at least one upregulated folding modulator identified in step (iii), wherein the DNA encoding the at least one upregulated folding modulator is operably linked to an expression control sequence operable in the recombinant bacterial host cell into which it is introduced, and expressing the DNA encoding the at least one upregulated folding modulator identified in step (iii); v) expressing the recombinant protein or peptide in the modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (iv); vi) analyzing a genetic profile of the modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (v), wherein the genetic profile of the modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (v) comprises at least one gene encoding a protease and at least one gene encoding a folding modulator, to identify at least one protease and at least one folding modulator that are upregulated in the modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (v) relative to a gene product of the at least one protease gene and a gene product of the at least one folding modulator gene in a bacterial cell that has not been modified to express the recombinant protein or peptide, a recombinant bacterial host cell that does not express the recombinant protein or peptide, or a modified recombinant bacterial host cell that does not express the recombinant protein or peptide, wherein the genetic profile is a transcriptome profile; vii) modifying the modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (iv) to increase the expression of the at least one upregulated folding modulator identified in step (vi) and to decrease the expression of the at least one upregulated protease identified in step (vi), in the modified recombinant host cell to produce a multiply modified recombinant bacterial host cell; viii) expressing the recombinant protein or peptide in the multiply modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (vii); ix) measuring the amount of soluble and active recombinant protein or peptide in the multiply modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (viii) and in the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (ii); and, x) comparing the amount of soluble and active recombinant protein or peptide measured in the multiply modified recombinant bacterial host cell of step (viii) to the amount of soluble and active recombinant protein or peptide measured in the recombinant bacterial host cell of step (ii);—wherein | 197 |
9,478,339 | 1. An actuator comprising: a housing having a first pole piece, a second pole piece, and a central pole piece disposed between the first and second pole pieces; a core assembly received in the housing and being movable along a first axis between a first core position and a second core position, the core assembly including a permanent magnet, and first and second cores coupled for common axial movement with the permanent magnet and spaced axially apart by the permanent magnet; and a first and second electromagnet, spaced axially apart by the central pole piece and having opposite polarities; a plunger axially movable relative to the core assembly between a first plunger position and a second plunger position; and a spring configured to bias the plunger toward the first plunger position when the core assembly is in the first core position, and to bias the plunger toward the second plunger position when the core assembly is in the second core position. | 17,135 |
9,173,949 | 1. A dendritic high-molecular-weight polymer drug carrier characterized in that it consists of a central dendritic part of zero to sixth generation of dendrimer selected from the group consisting of amidoamine- and 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propanoic units, the amino or hydroxy end groups of which are grafted with semitelechelic copolymers of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) through amide or ester bond and biodegradable spacers. | 38,947 |
8,864,868 | 1. A method of fertilizer manufacture comprising: creating a thixotropic paste from a composition containing biosolids; adding an alkaline agent to the paste to produce a pH of 10 or higher; exposing the paste to ammonia at a concentration of at least 1,000 ppm adding an acid to the paste to produce heat and a pH 7.0 or less; drying the paste to a dryness of 90% or more of solids. | 13,990 |
9,381,697 | 1. A thermoplastic bag, comprising: first and second sidewalls of a thermoplastic film that comprises linear low-density polyethylene and a voiding agent, the voiding agent being between 5 and 25 percent by weight of the first and second sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls being joined along three edges; a plurality of un-stretched regions formed in one or more of the first sidewall or the second sidewall, the un-stretched regions having a first average thickness; and a plurality of cold-stretched regions intermittently dispersed about the un-stretched regions, the cold-stretched regions having a second average thickness that is smaller than the first average thickness; wherein the cold-stretched regions are non-porous and more opaque than the un-stretched regions. | 27,985 |
8,991,666 | 1. A multipurpose clothes hanger comprising: A) a frame assembly comprising a neck and shoulder area, extending from said neck and shoulder area are first and second lateral sides, said frame assembly further comprising a bottom side connecting said first and second lateral sides; and B) a hook assembly comprising first and second bases that form a circular shape when joined and mounted to said neck area, whereby said first and second bases trespass said frame assembly and are exposed, a first diameter defined by said first and second bases is larger than a second diameter defined by a shaft of said hook assembly, extending from said first and second bases are first and second hooks respectively, said first and second hooks each comprise at least two cutouts, each said at least two cutouts comprising first and second channels extending therefrom, said hook assembly further comprising at least two roller assemblies for respective said at least two cutouts, each of said at least two roller assemblies comprise a roller, extending linearly from said roller in opposite directions are first and second pins, each of said at least two cutouts receives one of said at least two roller assemblies respectively, whereby said first and second channels receive said first and second pins respectively. | 11,458 |
9,764,361 | 1. A system for processing a waste stream comprising: (a) a plurality of metal concentration facilities, wherein each concentration facility is located in a geographic location different from each of the other metal concentration facilities in the plurality of metal concentration facilities, wherein each metal concentration facility comprises: (c) a single metal concentrate processing facility operable to process non-ferrous metal concentrate from the plurality of metal concentration facilities to further concentrate the non-ferrous metal concentrate. | 20,681 |
9,353,627 | 1. A blade for a wind turbine comprising a blade root portion, the blade root portion defining an annular mounting surface for coupling to a hub or extender of the wind turbine and the blade root portion comprising a plurality of first holes, each provided with an internal bushing, wherein the blade root portion comprises at least one first internal bushing and at least one first securing member connected to the first internal bushing, and at least one second internal bushing and at least one second securing member connected to the second internal bushing, the first and second securing members being selected from the group consisting of a hook, an eyelet, a stud, a clasp, a ring, a snap fastener, a hole, a hanger, a loop, a clamp and a pair of bracket projections and being located in radially opposite positions of the annular mounting surface, and wherein the first and second securing members protrude from an inner wall of the blade root portion and are adapted to receive one or more connectors for connecting the first securing member with the second securing member. | 10,197 |
9,772,126 | 1. A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load, the cooling system comprising: a two-phase working fluid; a pump configured to increase the pressure of the working fluid without substantially increasing the enthalpy of the working fluid; an air-to-fluid heat exchanger in fluid communication with the pump and in thermal communication with the heat load; a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger having a first fluid path in fluid communication with the air-to-fluid heat exchanger and the pump, and a second fluid path, the first and second fluid paths being in thermal communication with one another; a second heat transfer system in fluid communication with the second fluid path and comprising: wherein the air-to-fluid heat exchanger is configured so that heat from air passing through the air-to-fluid heat exchanger causes at least a portion of the two-phase working fluid to change phase from a liquid to a gas within the air-to-fluid heat exchanger; and a controller configured to prevent condensation on the air-to-fluid heat exchanger by controlling the amount of heat transferred to the second fluid path so that a temperature of the two-phase working fluid within the air-to-fluid heat exchanger is above a dew point temperature of the air passing through the air-to-fluid heat exchanger. | 27,403 |
9,677,885 | 1. A method of tuning a vibratory ring structure comprising determining an angular spacing for a pair of fine tuning holes of substantially the same size, located on or near the neutral axis of the vibratory ring structure, an angular offset being selected to reduce to an acceptable level the frequency split between the target normal mode and a further normal mode which is angularly offset relative to the target normal mode, and forming the pair of fine tuning holes in the vibratory ring structure at the determined angular spacing, wherein the pair of fine tuning holes are placed at a substantially equal angular offset from a radial anti-node of the target normal mode. | 47,136 |
8,935,549 | 1. A microprocessor, comprising: an input, configured to receive an indication of an amount of instantaneous power being supplied to the microprocessor by an external power source; and a plurality of processing cores on a microprocessor package, wherein each processing core is configured with adaptive power throttling logic to: | 35,234 |
9,567,871 | 1. An impeller retention apparatus, comprising: a bearing element; a rotatable gear shaft, which is rotatably supported within an outer body by the bearing element; an impeller disposed about and coupled to the rotatable gear shaft to rotate with the rotatable gear shaft; a preload spacer disposed along the rotatable gear shaft between the impeller and the bearing element, the preload spacer comprising a forward preload spacer end to abut an aft end of the bearing element, an aft preload spacer end to abut a forward face of the impeller and an elastic element which biases the impeller away from the bearing element in an axial direction along the rotatable gear shaft; and a flexible coupling coupled to the rotatable gear shaft such that the outer body and the flexible coupling cooperatively define an annulus from which the impeller receives an airflow. | 10,613 |
8,905,382 | 1. An end terminal for a guardrail system comprising: an elongated guardrail beam defining a longitudinal axis extending in a substantially horizontal plane, said beam having a vertical cross section defined by a plurality of inclined web portions joined to define upper and lower peaks and at least one valley positioned between said upper and lower peaks, said plurality of inclined webs comprising at least an uppermost web portion and a lowermost web portion; an impact head comprising a housing comprising a top, a bottom and a front defining a cavity and a flattening device disposed within said housing, said front comprising an impact face defining an impact surface adapted to be engaged by an impacting vehicle, and said housing having a downwardly facing opening formed in said bottom thereof, said flattening device defining a channel comprising an inlet and an outlet vertically aligned along said longitudinal axis at a first height, said channel being defined by an upper forming surface and a lower forming surface vertically spaced from said upper forming surface, wherein said outlet is disposed in said housing and opens into said cavity between said top and bottom of said housing, said cavity having a greater height than said outlet at a location where said outlet opens into said cavity, wherein said guardrail beam is moveable along said longitudinal axis through said channel from said inlet to said outlet, and wherein said upper and lower forming surfaces engage respectively said uppermost and lowermost web portions as said guardrail beam is moved through said channel, wherein said upper and lower forming surfaces are configured and arranged such that said plurality of inclined webs are each arranged in a substantially horizontal orientation one on top of the other as said guardrail beam exits said outlet of said channel along said longitudinal axis; an anchor vertically spaced below said outlet; and a tether coupled between said anchor and an end portion of said guardrail beam located at said first height within said cavity, said tether extending through said opening in said bottom of said impact head and into said cavity and being adapted to pull said guardrail beam downwardly from said first height to a second height vertically spaced from said first height free of any engagement with any other end terminal structure once said guardrail beam exits said outlet. | 30,433 |
8,623,672 | 1. A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising: maintaining, by the server computing system, a plurality of projects including at least one prediction project and at least one scheduling project with the plurality of projects pertaining to providing manufacturing service results, wherein each of the plurality of projects specifies one or more operations to be performed relating to providing the manufacturing service results, and wherein the at least one scheduling project generates a requested manufacturing schedule; initiating, by the server computing system, the at least one project that generates the requested manufacturing schedule, wherein the at least one project is associated with an execution engine and initiating the at least one project comprises sending input data to the execution engine based on configuration data that is associated with the execution engine, and obtaining the requested manufacturing schedule from the execution engine; and providing, by the server computing system, the requested manufacturing schedule to at least one recipient. | 21,303 |
8,670,935 | 1. A method, performed by a first mobile device, of tagging a location, the method comprising: obtaining, by the first mobile device, position data for a current location of the first mobile device; detecting a proximity of a second mobile device using a short-range wireless interface; and storing the position data for the current location of the first mobile device in response to the detecting of the proximity of the second mobile device without transmitting the position data. | 18,620 |
9,536,405 | 1. A method for determining an unreported event status change for an asset within a computer-based asset management system, the asset management system including a data receiver, a database, a processor, and an alert trigger service, the method comprising: receiving at the data receiver a first event status of the asset from a wireless reporting source coupled with the asset, the first event status being a most recently received reported event status and indicating that the asset is stationary; storing the first event status as a maintained event status of the asset in the database: receiving at the data receiver a first position of the asset from the wireless reporting source at a first time; receiving at the data receiver a second position of the asset from the wireless reporting source at a second time while the reporting source is in a power conservation operating mode, the second time being later than the first time; determining at the processor a second event status of the asset indicating that the asset is moving based on a distance between the second position and the first position and a time difference between the second time and the first time; determining at the processor that the second event status is different from the first event status by comparing the second event status and the first event status; in response to determining that the second event status is different from the first event status, determining at the processor that the difference is due to a failure to receive an updated event status of the asset from the wireless reporting source: and issuing through the alert trigger service a status alert regarding the asset in response to determining that second event status satisfies a pre-defined alert reporting criterion. | 32,919 |
9,066,733 | 1. An osteotomy guiding implant comprising: a plate member that is pre-shaped to correspond to a pre-operative shape of a maxilla, the plate member, pre-operatively, defining non-linear undulations that match particular surface portions of the maxilla such that the non-linear undulations are configured as an alignment mechanism that aligns the plate member with the maxilla; a template portion extending from the plate member having an inner surface that is shaped pre-operatively to match the pre-operative shape of the maxilla, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the template portion defining at least four apertures that extend from the outer surface to the inner surface, are aligned along a single plane, and are arranged to provide a template for pre-osteotomy drilling holes that are aligned along a cutting guide path in the maxilla that extends along the single plane so as to define a boundary that separates a first portion of the maxilla from a second portion of the maxilla, whereby the first portion becomes segmented from the second portion after a cutting instrument has cut through the maxilla along the cutting guide path. | 47,425 |
9,583,981 | 1. An armature assembly comprising: an armature body having a hollow shaft, a front plate and a back plate, and a number of armature ring segments mounted on the armature body, wherein the armature assembly comprises a number of insertion interface elements and a number of complementary receiving interface elements or mounting an armature ring segment onto the front plate and the back plate of the armature body; wherein an insertion interface element of the insertion interface elements is realized to engage with a complementary receiving interface element of the complementary receiving interface elements in a direction essentially parallel to a rotation axis of the armature assembly; and wherein the insertion interface element is formed as an integral part of the front plate or the back plate of the armature body, and a complementary interface element is formed as an integral part of a stop plate of an armature ring segment. | 19,681 |
8,942,770 | 1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate using at least two different communication systems; a display unit including a backlight configured to apply light to a display screen of the display unit; a sensing unit configured to measure a temperature of the mobile terminal if the at least two different communication systems are simultaneously used; and a controller configured to: adjust a brightness of the backlight when the measured temperature is equal to or higher than the preset temperature and the wireless communication unit switches from using a single communication system to using the at least two different communication systems, lower the brightness of the backlight by reducing the light of a first region of the display screen while maintaining the brightness of the backlight applying to a second region of the display screen, and adjust at least a size or arrangement of content displayed on the display unit corresponding to the second region of the display screen, wherein the sensing unit measures the temperature only when the at least two different communication systems are simultaneously used. | 7,799 |
9,525,719 | 1. A server comprising: a router, the router having a first Input/Output (I/O) terminal and a second I/O terminal; wherein the first I/O terminal of the router is configured to be in communication with at least one client via a first network; wherein the second I/O terminal of the router is configured to be in communication with a plurality of remote servers via a second network; and wherein the router is configured to: receive, at the first I/O terminal via the first network, a web services request from the at least one client; identify, based on the web services request from the at least one client, a group of the plurality of remote servers that are capable of fulfilling the web services request; and transmit, in parallel via the second I/O terminal and the second network, the received web services request to each one of the plurality of remote servers within the group. | 47,477 |
9,291,119 | 1. A method of assembling a piston, comprising: providing a crown having an upper combustion bowl surface and a ring belt portion disposed about the combustion bowl, the crown defining an upper cooling gallery surface, a radially outer crown support surface, and a radially inner crown support surface, the crown having an axial support extending away from the combustion bowl, the axial support having a first diameter and a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the radially inner and outer crown support surfaces being spaced radially away from the axial support; inserting the first diameter of the axial support into an aperture of a skirt such that the second diameter of the axial support is supported in the skirt on a side of the aperture opposite the crown, the skirt defining a lower cooling gallery surface cooperating with the upper cooling gallery surface to define at least in part a cooling gallery extending about a perimeter of the piston, the skirt defining radially inner and outer skirt support surfaces; abutting the radially inner skirt support surface against the radially inner crown support surface to define a radially inner preload; abutting the radially outer skirt support surface against the radially outer crown support surface to define a radially outer preload; and deforming an end portion of the axial support to facilitate the abuttings. | 23,243 |
8,502,146 | 1. A method of classifying a defect on a substrate surface, the method comprising: scanning a primary electron beam over a target region of the substrate surface causing secondary electrons to be emitted therefrom, wherein the target region includes the defect; detection of the secondary electrons from the target region using a plurality of at least two off-axis sensors so as to generate a plurality of image frames of the target region, each image frame of the target region including data from a different off-axis sensor; processing the plurality of image data frames to generate a surface height map of the target region; determining surface height attributes for the defect based on the surface height map of the target region, wherein the surface height attributes include a difference in height between an average height of a defect area and an average height of a background area surrounding the defect area; and feeding the surface height attributes for the defect into a defect classifier. | 11,046 |
8,388,333 | 1. A system for purging molten thermoplastic material from a blow molding apparatus, comprising: a blow mold apparatus having a production mode and an idle mode during which production is stopped before resumption of production; a purge diverter valve operably connected to the blow mold apparatus, the purge diverter valve having a channel, a closing member, and a spacer including a conduit in communication with the channel; a melt pipe in communication with the channel, wherein the closing member, when closed during the production mode of the blow mold apparatus, plugs the valve channel such that substantially no thermoplastic material flowing through the conduit enters the valve channel and, when opened after the idle mode of the blow mold apparatus, allows thermoplastic material flowing into the conduit to enter the valve channel, and wherein the melt pipe directs thermoplastic material out of the purge diverter valve; and a head tooling pin coordinated with the closing member such that (a) when the closing member is open, the head tooling pin is closed and plugs the conduit, diverting substantially all of the thermoplastic material into the valve channel and, (b) when the closing member is closed, the head tooling pin is opened and allows thermoplastic material to flow through the conduit. | 36,861 |
8,818,826 | 1. A method for use with a computer-based insurance claim processing system having a plurality of discrete active insurance claims stored therein, the method comprising: receiving, via a user interface of the computer-based insurance claim processing system, a first association criteria from a user; linking a first subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims, stored in a database of the computer-based insurance claim processing system, based on the first association criteria, wherein a first association is linked with the first subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims; storing, in a memory, the first association criteria, wherein the memory is in a separate location from the storage of information that corresponds to the discrete active insurance claims; storing, in the memory, first additional information relating to the first association criteria, wherein the first additional information characterizes a type of association corresponding to the first association criteria; receiving, via the user interface of the computer-based insurance claim processing system, a second association criteria from the user; linking a second subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims, stored in the database of the computer-based insurance claim processing system, based on the second association criteria, wherein a second association is linked with the second subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims; storing, in the memory, the second association criteria; storing, in the memory, second additional information relating to the second association criteria, wherein the second additional information characterizes a type of association corresponding to the second association criteria; selecting, via the user interface, the first association or the second association; and presenting to the user, via the user interface, the corresponding subset of discrete active insurance claims associated with the selected association. | 24,515 |
8,770,895 | 1. A cutting insert, comprising: a body section comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface, and a cutting edge part located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, wherein the upper surface comprises a concave groove provided continuously with the cutting edge part, and a pair of inclined surfaces which are respectively located on both sides of the concave groove and are inclined higher as the pair of inclined surfaces separate from the cutting edge part, a bottom surface of the concave groove comprises a first bottom surface continuous with the cutting edge part, and a second bottom surface which is located further remote from the cutting edge part than the first bottom surface and is located at a lower position than a virtual extension line of an end portion of the first bottom surface on a side further remote from the cutting edge part, and the pair of inclined surfaces are located further remote from the cutting edge part than the end portion of the first bottom surface on the side further remote from the cutting edge part in a top view. | 2,085 |
8,855,558 | 1. A wireless power supply for communicating with a plurality of devices, each of the devices capable of communicating with said wireless power supply using a respective communication protocol, said wireless power supply comprising: a primary for transferring contactless power to at least one of the devices; and a control system operatively coupled to said primary, said control system configured to control transfer of contactless power; and a communication system for establishing a communication link between at least two of the plurality of devices, wherein said communication system manages protocol conversion of communication received from at least one first device of the plurality of devices and transferred to a second device of the plurality of devices, wherein said communication system of said wireless power supply manages protocol conversion within the wireless power supply. | 49,200 |
8,551,667 | 1. A method of generating electricity from a fuel cell, the fuel cell comprising: an anode comprising an anode catalyst; a cathode, comprising: a channel that is contiguous with the anode; and a liquid electrolyte in the channel; where the hydrogel is between the anode and the cathode, and the hydrogel comprises: the aqueous liquid has an osmotic pressure of at least 1.2 MPa; the method comprising: flowing the liquid electrolyte through the channel, oxidizing a fuel at the anode, and reducing a gaseous oxidant at the cathode, where water generated at the cathode is transported by osmosis into the liquid electrolyte. | 9,876 |
8,416,682 | 1. A method for cooperative multi-hop routing in a wireless network, comprising: after a route is set up, using as a corresponding first cooperative node a common neighbor node of a first master node and a second master node that are in the route, and obtaining an end-to-end diversity gain and an interrupt probability between the first master node and the second master node when the first cooperative node is in cooperation with the first and second master nodes; using as a corresponding second corresponding cooperative node a common neighbor node of the second master node and a third master node that are in the route, and obtaining an end-to-end diversity gain and an interrupt probability between the second master node and the third master node when the second cooperative node is in cooperation with the second and third mater nodes; using as a corresponding third cooperative node a common neighbor node of the first master node and the third master node that are in the route, and obtaining an end-to-end diversity gain and an interrupt probability between the first master node and the third master node when the third cooperative node is in cooperation with the first and third master nodes; and determining a segmenting mode as a one-hop segmenting with a corresponding cooperative node or as a two-hop segmenting with a corresponding cooperative node, by obtaining a target function using the obtained diversity gains and interrupt probabilities from among the first, second and third master nodes. | 18,422 |
9,252,374 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, the method comprising: a) forming an electron transport layer on a first electrode; b) forming a light absorber by applying a light absorber solution as a solution for forming the light absorber containing an organic-metal halide having a perovskite structure, the light absorber solution containing an organic halide and a metal halide dissolved therein so as to have a non-stoichiometric ratio based on the organic-metal halide; c) forming a hole conduction layer by applying and drying a hole transport solution in which an organic hole transport material is dissolved; and d) forming a second electrode, which is a counter electrode of the first electrode, on the hole conduction layer. | 43,123 |
8,889,826 | 1. An antibiotic compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: A is selected from R′—(C═O)-(p-aminophenylacetyl)-, R′—(C═O)-Lys-, R′—(C═O)-Phe-, R′—NH—(C═O)—, R′—NH(C═S)—, R′—SO R′ is selected from aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, heterocyclyl and cycloalkyl, wherein each aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, heterocyclyl and cycloalkyl is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from halogen, (C x and y are each independently 0 or 1; z is 1; X1 is selected from Dab, Phe, Ala, Lys and Gly; X2 is Thr; X3 is Dab; and R | 18,157 |
8,638,101 | 1. A method for generating an enlarged region of magnetic field homogeneity, comprising: in a field-generating apparatus, comprising a first field generator that generates a basic magnetic field in a basic magnetic field region in said field-generating apparatus, and a second field generator, different from said first field generator, that generates at least one additional magnetic field in at least one additional magnetic field region in said field-generating apparatus, with said at least one additional magnetic field being discrete and separately generated from said basic magnetic field; in a processor, determining a spatial position and a size of each of said basic magnetic field region and said at least one additional magnetic field region; in said processor, automatically executing an optimization calculation on both of said basic magnetic field region and said at least one additional magnetic field region, with said spatial position and said size of each of said basic magnetic field region and said at least one additional magnetic field region entering into said optimization calculation, to produce an optimization result that defines operation or structure of said field-generating apparatus that homogenizes an enlarged magnetic field region in said field-generating apparatus, comprised of said basic magnetic field region and said at least one additional magnetic field region; and from said processor, emitting said optimization result as an electronic output in a form usable to physically implement said optimization result in said field-generating apparatus. | 41,254 |
9,005,349 | 1. A water recovery device comprising: a desiccant stack including a stack chamber, the desiccant stack further including one or more desiccant containers, each desiccant container having a container chamber and a desiccant media cartridge disposed within the container chamber, wherein an amount of liquid desiccant is at least partially absorbed by a media material of the media cartridge, each desiccant container including a manifold with a plurality of openings that direct and define an airflow path within the stack chamber; and wherein the airflow path within the stack chamber is configurable by controlling an airflow communication between each desiccant container in the desiccant stack via the plurality of openings. | 12,514 |
9,230,817 | 1. A system for monitoring a thickness of a silicon wafer with a highly-doped layer at least at a backside of the silicon wafer, the system comprising: a light source configured to emit coherent light of multiple wavelengths, a measuring head configured to be contactlessly positioned adjacent the silicon wafer comprising the backside from which a portion is to be removed and configured to illuminate at least a portion of the silicon wafer with the coherent light of multiple wavelengths and configured to receive at least a portion of radiation reflected by the silicon wafer, a spectrometer configured to receive at least a portion of the radiation reflected by the silicon wafer and measure the partial intensities of the radiation reflected by the silicon wafer as a function of wavelength, a beam splitter coupled to the measuring head, the light source and the spectrometer, a selection device configured to select the central wavelength W.sub.c to be a wavelength for which an optical absorption coefficient of the highly-doped layer of the silicon wafer having the input dopant concentration is a minimum, an evaluation device configured to determine a thickness of the silicon wafer by analyzing the radiation reflected by the silicon wafer using an optical coherence tomography process, wherein the light source is configured to emit coherent light at multiple wavelengths with a bandwidth b around a central wavelength w wherein the system is an in-situ backside grinding process apparatus for monitoring a thickness of the silicon wafer during a backside grinding process and wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine the thickness of the silicon wafer by analyzing the radiation reflected by the silicon wafer during the backside grinding process and further comprising an input device for inputting a dopant concentration of the highly-doped layer of the silicon wafer and wherein the system is configured to select the central wavelength w | 3,752 |
8,585,632 | 1. A laparoscopic port device comprising; a compliant port body having a distal and a proximal end; an integral vent that traverses the compliant port body defining a lumen in fluid communication between the distal and proximal ends of the compliant port body, wherein the integral vent is configured to allow direct flow through the vent from the distal end through the proximal end; and a filtering agent disposed in the lumen, the filtering agent configured to retain or treat particulate contaminates present in insufflation gases. | 25,564 |
9,061,292 | 1. An electrostatic coating gun comprising: a high-voltage generating device that is used to generate high voltage; a motor portion to which the high voltage is applied; a bell cup that is supported on a rotary shaft of the motor portion and to which the high voltage is applied; a color change valve unit that selectively supplies a plurality of types of coatings to the bell cup; a casing that contains the high-voltage generating device, the motor portion and the color change valve unit; and a coupling portion that is used to couple the casing to a robot arm and that is grounded, wherein the motor portion and the color change valve unit are electrically connected to each other via a first resistor, and the coupling portion and the color change valve unit are electrically connected to each other via a second resistor. | 19,227 |
8,459,393 | 1. A rear fender structure for motorcycle, comprising: a box-shaped rear fender having an upper end surface mounted to a rear portion of a vehicle body of the motorcycle, extending rearward and downward, covering a rear wheel from upward and rearward, and coupled to the rear portion of the vehicle body, and side walls having a substantially inverted triangular shape when viewed from a vehicle side and extending rearward and downward from both sides of the upper end surface; and a plate-shaped rear fender bracket integrally coupled to at least an upper portion and a lower portion of said rear fender to form a closed space with an internal surface of said rear fender, having an inverted triangular shape when viewed from a vehicle side in which a space is gradually narrowed from an upper portion to a lower portion, wherein an opening is formed on an external surface on an upper side of said rear fender, a lighting portion of a rear combination lamp is faced to the outside from the opening, at least a socket and a housing of the rear combination lamp are disposed in the closed space between said rear fender and said rear fender bracket, and an opening is formed on said rear fender bracket, and the socket of the rear combination lamp is exposed to the outside from the opening on the rear fender bracket. | 173 |
8,881,878 | 1. A brake device for a vehicle comprising: a support shaft; a brake pedal rotatably supported on said support shaft and extending in a forward direction from said support shaft in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle; a master cylinder located on a rear side of said support shaft in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle for generating a braking hydraulic pressure according to the rotational operation of said brake pedal; a support plate mounted on a vehicle body of said vehicle; a foot step provided on said support plate; and an operational amount detector mechanically connected to said brake pedal and detecting how much rotational amount of said brake pedal is made by the rotational operation of said brake pedal, wherein said master cylinder is located above said support shaft wherein an axis of said master cylinder extends vertically, and said operational amount detector is located on the rear side of said support shaft in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle, and said operational amount detector is provided on said support plate. | 5,589 |
9,387,755 | 1. A method for controlling charging of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: generating, by a controller, a request to charge a battery by driving a hybrid starter generator (HSG) with power of an engine in an electric vehicle (EV) mode of the hybrid vehicle; decreasing, by the controller, torque of the engine to HSG charging engine torque, maintaining the torque of the engine at the HSG charging engine torque, and shifting torque of the HSG into charging-target HSG torque; releasing, by the controller, a pressure of a clutch disposed between the engine and a driving motor of the vehicle to interrupt transference of power from the engine to the driving motor; charging, by the controller, the battery with power output from the HSG while the HSG is rotating by driving power output from the engine; and confirming, by the controller, whether the pressure of the clutch has been released, after releasing the pressure the clutch, wherein the generation of a request to charge a battery by driving a hybrid starter generator (HSG) with power of an engine in an electric vehicle (EV) mode of the hybrid vehicle is performed when state-of-charge (SOC) of the battery is lower than a preset value while the hybrid vehicle is traveling the EV mode, wherein the charging the battery with power output from the HSG while the HSG is rotating by driving power output from the engine is performed when the pressure of the clutch has been released, and wherein when the pressure of the clutch has not been released a return is performed to the release the pressure of the clutch to interrupt transference of power from the engine to the driving motor. | 36,092 |
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