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9,288,344 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of applications, each of the plurality of applications being configured to perform an application-specific image processing; a storage unit configured to store image data in a first format that is independent of the model of the image processing apparatus and application-independent and image data in a second format that is dependent on the model of the image processing apparatus and application-dependent of the image data input side; a converting unit configured to convert the image data in the first format into the image data in the second format; a communication unit configured to exchange the image data with one or more external apparatus via a network; and a control unit configured to provide control such that | 47 |
8,815,699 | 1. A method, comprising: performing a thermal oxidation process to form a layer of thermal oxide material on a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor substrate; forming a first well region opening in said layer of thermal oxide material, wherein said first well region opening exposes a first surface region of said semiconductor layer; forming a first semiconductor device well region on said first exposed surface region; after forming said first semiconductor device well region on said first exposed surface region, forming a second well region opening in said layer of thermal oxide material, said second well region opening exposing a second surface region of said semiconductor layer, wherein forming said second well region opening comprises forming an isolation region between said second well region opening and said first semiconductor device well region, said isolation region comprising a portion of said layer of thermal oxide material; after forming said second well region opening and said isolation region, forming a second semiconductor device well region on said second exposed surface region; and exposing an uncovered upper surface of said isolation region to a process sequence for forming a semiconductor device in and above at least one of said first and second semiconductor device well regions. | 33,859 |
8,536,475 | 1. An aircraft circuit breaker comprising: a housing that and has a front surface, a rear surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a top surface, with each surface being generally rectangular; a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal protruding from the top surface; a circuit breaker mechanism enclosed within the housing, the circuit breaker mechanism electrically connecting the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal, the circuit breaker mechanism configured to interrupt electrical flow between the first electrical terminal and the second electrical terminal in response to detecting a fault condition; an electrical switch located at the top surface of the housing, the electrical switch having male connectors protruding from the electrical switch, the electrical switch having a switch mechanism that affects an electrical connection between the male connectors, the electrical switch configured such that the switch mechanism is actuated in response to the circuit breaker mechanism interrupting electrical flow between the first electrical terminal and the second electrical terminal; a barrier structure attached to the housing, the barrier structure being generally rectangular and elongated and having a length approximately equal to a length of the top surface, the barrier structure extending from a rear edge of the top surface of the housing and aligned approximately parallel with the rear surface and perpendicular to the top surface, the barrier structure defining two female electrical connector receptacles, each defined female electrical connector receptacle having a longitudinal axis approximately parallel with the rear surface, the defined female electrical connector receptacles having electrical contacts; and an electrical switch adaptation mechanism that connects the male connectors of the electrical switch with the electrical contacts of the defined female electrical connector receptacles without obstructing the defined female electrical connector receptacles. | 38,371 |
8,501,369 | 1. A proton conducting composite comprising: a polymer matrix in which inorganic particles are dispersed, on the surface whereof polymers are grafted comprising repetitive units comprising at least one proton exchange acid group or a precursor group of the said acid group, said particles being selected from particles of zeolites, of zirconium phosphates or phosphonates, or of oxides. | 19,577 |
9,657,692 | 1. An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system for improved combustion efficiency of an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders, comprising: one or more main cylinders connected to an intake manifold; one or more cylinders operable as a dedicated EGR cylinder(s), having two independent intake flow paths for said dedicated cylinder(s) where one flow path provides only intake air including a first intercooler in the flow path and one flow path provides air and recirculated exhaust gas including a second intercooler in the flow path, the exhaust gas output of said one or more dedicated EGR cylinders connected to an exhaust gas recirculation loop which delivers said exhaust gas output to said main cylinder intake manifold. | 41,993 |
8,949,109 | 1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display capable of displaying content; a selecting unit configured to receive touch input from a first user, the touch input comprising a tracing indicative of a region of the display, and to determine a selection of the displayed content based at least in part on the touch input from the first user; an obtaining unit configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection, the data comprising text data including a plurality of words; an identification unit configured to identify an important keyword from the plurality of words; and a control unit configured to: | 14,351 |
8,673,131 | 1. A method of preparing a synthetic crude from a heavy crude reservoir, comprising: a) extracting the heavy crude oil by means of a technology using steam; b) separating the crude extracted and the water; c) separating the crude into at least one light cut and one heavy cut; d) converting the separated heavy cut to a lighter product, referred to as converted product, and a residue; e) optionally, partially or totally hydroprocessing the converted product and/or the light cut(s) obtained upon separation (c); f) burning and/or gasifying the conversion residue in the presence of metallic oxides in at least one chemical looping cycle producing fumes with a CO | 37,063 |
9,017,899 | 1. A composite material, wherein: (a) said composite material is composed of one or more ion exchange resins with ion exchange function and fluorine-containing polymer fiber functioning as reinforcing material; (b) the surface of said fluorine-containing polymer fiber is graft-modified by nitrile group-containing functional monomer; (c) at least one of ion exchange resins composing said composite material comprises nitrile group which forms triazine ring cross-linked structure with the nitrile group of the functional monomer grafted in fluorine-containing polymer fiber, wherein said nitrile group-containing functional monomer is one or more combinations of substances shown in the following general formula (I): said nitrile-group-containing ion exchange resin is one or more combinations of resins shown in the following general formulas (II) and/or (III): wherein e≈1-3; n=0 or 1; m=2-5; x, y=an integer of 3-15; wherein a, b, c=an integer of 3-15; a′, b′, c′=an integer of 1-3; j=0-3. | 19,971 |
8,680,983 | 1. A method of self servicing an appliance, configured to perform a cycle of operation on a physical article, and having a processor with control logic in communication with a plurality of components to effect the cycle of operation by way of a first software operating layer in a first operating state, comprising: coupling a service accessory to a computer having a test script, transferring a test script from the computer to the service accessory, connecting the service accessory to the appliance wherein two way communication between the service accessory and the appliance is established and a second software operating layer is enabled to directly control the appliance in a second operating state from the service accessory wherein the control logic by way of the first software operating layer is rendered ineffective unless invoked by way of the second software operating layer, and executing the test script by way of the second software operating layer to bypass the control logic and directly control at least one of the plurality of components in the second operating state independently of the first software operating layer. | 21,356 |
8,925,484 | 1. A retaining device for the manual removal of teat cups with a fastening device for fixing the retaining device at a predetermined milking position, the retaining device being formed to hold each of a multiple number of teat cups in a fixed position relative to the others during a first operational phase, and to allow manual access to each of the retained teat cups in such a way that, during a second operational phase, each teat cup is manually movable relative to the retaining device and at least one additional teat cup in more than one direction, wherein the retaining device furthermore has a stimulation mechanism that is formed to act mechanically on at least one milk hose that connects a teat cup to the retaining device during the second operational phase, for inciting a rhythmic movement to the teat cup while it is maintained in contact with and attached to a cow's teat. | 23,680 |
8,601,232 | 1. A memory management device for managing a memory which includes a plurality of memory blocks, comprising: a process allocation memory management unit which manages the allocation size of a plurality of memory blocks allocated to each of a plurality of processes used in an information processing system which is capable of executing the processes, in memory block units for each of the processes; a system memory management unit which manages a memory available capacity of all the plurality of memory blocks; a termination candidate process selection unit which, upon receiving a memory release request for releasing the memory from the information processing system, extracts a plurality of processes allocated to each of the plurality of memory blocks in descending order of the allocation size, based on the allocation size managed by the process allocation memory management unit, and selects the extracted plurality of processes as a termination candidate process group for each of the plurality of memory blocks; a preferential termination determination unit which determines whether or not the termination candidate process group selected by the termination candidate process selection unit is to be terminated with priority over a currently held termination candidate process group; a process group termination possibility determination unit which rearranges, according to the priority, the sequence in the termination candidate process group which has been selected by the termination candidate process selection unit and determined to be terminated with priority by the preferential termination determination unit, and which determines whether or not the rearranged termination candidate process group is capable of terminating based on the memory available capacity of all the plurality of memory blocks managed by the system memory management unit; and a termination process decision unit which rewrites the currently held termination candidate process group to the termination candidate process group determined to be able to be terminated by the process group termination possibility determination unit, and decides the currently held termination candidate process group as the process group to be terminated when selection of a termination candidate process group is ended for all the memory blocks. | 48,556 |
8,608,019 | 1. A universal detachable handle for use with a drinking vessel, the detachable handle comprising: an upper end that is narrowly shaped so as to press against and grip an upper rim portion of the drinking vessel; a lower end that is narrowly shaped so as to press against and grip a lower rim of the drinking vessel; a middle section that connects the upper end to the lower end, the middle section being foldable about a single frictional hinge so as unfold said detachable handle into an open configuration less than 180 degrees and to fold the detachable handle into a storage configuration at an angle of less than 40 degrees; when the detachable handle is in the open configuration the handle is attached to the drinking vessel by flexing so as to place the upper and the lower ends of the detachable handle above and below the upper and lower rims of the drinking vessel; a gripping structure located on the upper end of the detachable handle, the gripping structure being attached to a slideable mount and may be adjusted to more firmly hold a drinking vessel by pressing against the upper rim of the drinking vessel in opposition to the upper end of the detachable handle; when the detachable handle is in the closed configuration the upper and lower ends are in close proximity for storage; and, a plurality of base gripping structures located on the lower end of the detachable handle, the base gripping structures grip the lower end of the drinking vessel by pressing against the lower rim in opposition to the lower end of the detachable handle to enable gripping of drinking vessels of varying heights. | 3,261 |
9,261,628 | 1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a solar cell material having a first width; and a patterned glass comprising at least two optical surfaces wherein at least one of the optical surfaces has formed thereon a series of adjacently disposed, convex features that are able to concentrate and/or focus light; wherein the convex features comprise an upper portion that is flat; wherein the upper portion that is flat has a second width; wherein the second width is less than the first width; wherein the convex features have a third width; wherein the first width is substantially 60% of the third width; wherein said patterned glass is disposed on and in direct contact with said solar cell material, with the convex features directed away from the solar cell material; and further wherein the light concentrated and/or focused onto the solar cell material is evenly spread across the solar cell surface by the convex features. | 22,962 |
9,070,235 | 1. An apparatus for determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver driving a vehicle, comprising: a driving information collecting unit configured to collect driving information for determining the short-term driving tendency; a short-term driving tendency calculating module configured to receive input variables for determining the short-term driving tendency and calculate a short-term driving tendency index using a fuzzy control theory; and a calculation prohibition control module configured to check an accelerator position sensor (APS) signal of the vehicle and prohibit calculation of the short-term driving tendency index when an APS opening degree is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value, wherein the calculation prohibition control module: sets an APS reference map to increase proportionally to a vehicle speed; sets the predetermined reference value to increase proportionally to the vehicle speed; and transmits a calculation prohibition request signal to the short-term driving tendency calculating module when the APS opening degree for the vehicle speed is equal to or less than the predetermined reference value according to the APS reference map. | 4,449 |
8,971,018 | 1. An electric energy storage device comprising (a) an anode electrode; (b) a cathode electrode; (c) a separator between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; (d) an electrolyte between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; wherein at least one electrode contains a transition metal nitride or mixture of transition metal nitrides having a negligible amount of halide impurities; and wherein the transition metal nitride or mixture of transition metal nitrides further contains an alkali metal additive. | 18,075 |
8,537,248 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: providing for display of a first image in a mosaic having a plurality of cells, each cell displaying the first image in a distinct visual effect; providing for display of a second image outside of the mosaic; receiving a selection of a first cell among the cells of the mosaic, the first cell having a first visual effect; and applying the first visual effect to the second image in response, wherein: | 17,533 |
9,474,029 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a wireless receiver; a processor, coupled to the wireless receiver, wherein the processor and the wireless receiver are configured to: | 3,146 |
9,845,270 | 1. A castable refractory material for use in the manufacture of refractory products, wherein the castable refractory material includes fused silica, ceramic fiber, microsilica and a bonding material comprising colloidal silica, wherein the castable refractory material comprises microsilica in a range of 2-15%, by weight. | 18,690 |
9,227,894 | 1. A process for the manufacture of 1233zd comprising the steps of: (a) reacting 240fa and HF with a catalyst comprising one or more Lewis acid catalysts, in a reactor operating at high pressure to produce a product stream comprising 1233zd, HCl, and HF; (b) distilling the product stream from step (a) into a first overhead product and a first bottoms product rich in HF; (c) distilling the first overhead product from step (b) to form a second overhead product containing HCl and a second bottoms product containing organic components and HF; (d) phase separating the second bottoms product from step (c) to separate the HF from the organic components; and (e) caustic scrubbing, drying, and distilling the organic components from step (d) to provide purified 1233zd. | 855 |
9,112,139 | 1. A spin transistor comprising: a first magnetic layer formed above a substrate and serving as one of a source and a drain; a tunnel insulating film having a lower face being in contact with an upper face of the first magnetic layer, an upper face opposed to the lower face, and a side face different from the lower and upper faces, the tunnel insulating film serving as a channel; a second magnetic layer being in contact with the upper face of the tunnel insulating film and serving as the other one of the source and the drain; a gate electrode formed along the side face of the tunnel insulating film; and a gate insulating film located between the gate electrode and the side face of the tunnel insulating film, wherein a first energy difference between a Fermi level of the gate electrode and a conduction band level of the gate insulating film is larger than a second energy difference between a Fermi level of the first magnetic layer and a conduction band level of the tunnel insulating film. | 44,144 |
8,404,384 | 1. An ultrapure synthetic carbon material comprising a BET specific surface area of at least 1500 m 2 /g and a total impurity content of less than 500 ppm of elements having atomic numbers ranging from 11 to 92 as measured by proton induced x-ray emission. | 48,153 |
9,010,686 | 1. An aircraft having a fuselage structure and a floor element defining a floor plane of a passenger aircraft cabin interior space, wherein the aircraft comprises a module, the module comprising: a frame device; wherein the frame device is mounted in the aircraft cabin interior space; wherein a functional element is mounted by the frame device; wherein the frame device surrounds a center of gravity of the functional element; wherein the frame device is connected to the functional element by at least first and second connection points, wherein a connecting line between the first and second connection points runs through the centre of gravity of the functional element; wherein the frame device is attached to the floor element of the aircraft at a first location in the floor plane; wherein the frame device is attached to the fuselage structure of the aircraft at a second location; wherein the second location is not in the floor plane; wherein the frame device has a frame shape adapted to provide a connection between the attachment to the floor element at the first location and the attachment to the fuselage structure at the second location; wherein the functional element includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a transversal stowage bin, a seat element, a monument, a galley, a lavatory, a Passenger Service Unit, lighting, an air condition, a loudspeaker, a television, a computer and an oxygen mask; wherein the frame device is slideably attached to the floor element of the aircraft and the fuselage structure, such that the frame device is relocatable from a first position in the aircraft by a sliding movement to a second position in the aircraft; and wherein the first position is at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft from the second position. | 32,391 |
9,807,131 | 1. An apparatus for collective operation management in a distributed memory parallel computer, the distributed memory parallel computer including a plurality of compute nodes coupled for data communications over a data communications network, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of: entering, by a first compute node of the plurality of multi-connected distributed compute nodes, a collective operation, wherein each compute node of the plurality of multi-connected distributed compute nodes is associated with the collective operation, the collective operation an operation that is executed simultaneously by all compute nodes in an operation group of compute nodes; decreasing, in response to entering the collective operation and prior to execution of a next task, by the first compute node, power consumption of the first compute node; in response to entering the collective operation, by the first compute node: receiving, by a second compute node in the identified set of compute nodes, the active message from the first compute node; in response to receiving the active message, increasing, by the second compute node, power consumption of the second compute node, wherein the power consumption of the second node is increased by an amount that is based on a number of active messages received; and after releasing the resource assigned to the first compute node and in response to receiving the active message, assuming, by the second compute node, assignment of the resource until the second compute node enters the collective operation. | 7,015 |
9,605,662 | 1. A solar heat boiler, comprising: a low-temperature heating device including a heat transfer tube which is disposed horizontally so that water supplied from a water supply pump can circulate through the heat transfer tube, and a reflecting mirror which collects sunlight in the heat transfer tube, so that the low-temperature heating device can heat the water by heat of the sunlight; a steam-water separation device by which two-phase fluid of water and steam generated in the low-temperature heating device is separated into water and steam; a high-temperature heating device by which the steam separated by the steam-water separation device is superheated by heat of sunlight; and a circulating pump by which the water separated by the steam-water separation device is supplied to the low-temperature heating device, wherein: the low-temperature heating device, the steam-water separation device and the circulating pump are placed on or near a ground surface, and the high-temperature heating device is placed in a higher site than the low-temperature heating device and the steam-water separation device; and a water level gauge which measures a water level in the steam-water separation device, a water supply valve which adjusts a flow rate of water supplied to the low-temperature heating device, and a circulation flow rate control valve which adjusts the amount of water circulating between the low-temperature heating device and the steam-water separation device are provided so that the flow rate of the supplied water or the amount of the circulating water can be adjusted by the water supply valve or the circulation flow rate control valve with the water level in the steam-water separation device being set at a predetermined value which corresponds to a value to achieve annular or spray flow of the two-phase fluid of water and steam in the heat transfer tube. | 28,612 |
8,518,056 | 1. A device for applying successive resilient ligating bands to tissue, said device comprising: a) a sleeve having a front end and an opening at said front end, said sleeve having a plurality of axially extending arms having axially extending spaces therebetween, and band-support surfaces located on said arms extending from said front end for accommodating a plurality of ligating bands, b) a first tube around which said sleeve is located, said first tube being reciprocal relative to said sleeve in a direction towards and away from the front of said device, said first tube having at least one axially extending finger provided with a plurality of forward-facing pushing surfaces; c) means for drawing tissue to be ligated into said opening, d) drive means for driving said first tube relative to said sleeve from a rest position along a first movement path including e) drive means for returning said first tube to its rest position along a second movement path comprising | 24,643 |
8,771,742 | 1. A method for producing a porous cellulose aggregate having an aggregate structure formed by aggregation of primary cellulose particles, having a pore volume within a particle of 0.265 cm 3 /g-2.625 cm 3 /g, containing type I crystals, and having an average particle size of more than 30 μm and 250 μm or less, a specific surface area of 0.1 m 2 /g or more and less than 20 m 2 /g, a repose angle of 25° or more and less than 44°, a swelling degree of 5% or more, and properties to disintegrate in water, the method comprising: a step of obtaining a dispersion (hereinafter may also be designated as a cellulose dispersion) containing water and a natural cellulose material in which primary cellulose particles have an average particle size of 10 μm or larger and less than 50 μm, average width of 2-30 μm and average thickness of 0.5-5 μm, and a step of drying thus obtained cellulose dispersion. | 35,682 |
9,507,977 | 1. A method for paired tag locating comprising: identifying a host and a communicatively linked paired tag, wherein the paired tag is associated with a tracked entity, wherein the paired tag is a low power computing device which can provide a location of a tracked entity to the host; detecting an out of range condition, wherein the out of range condition results in communication between the host and the paired tag being temporarily interrupted; establishing a last location of the tag prior to the out of range condition detection; determining a set of hosts proximate to the last location associated with the paired tag before out of range condition is detected; querying at least one of the set of hosts to determine if the hosts have received an advertisement message from the paired tag, wherein each of the set of hosts is linked to a different paired tag; when the at least one of the set of hosts receives the message from the paired tag, conveying a notification to the host, wherein the notification comprises of a new location of the paired tag. | 30,609 |
9,385,617 | 1. A switching power supply apparatus comprising: a power conversion circuit configured to convert an input voltage input from an input power supply into an output voltage supplied to a load; a switch device configured to perform switching for the input voltage; a switching control circuit configured to control the switch device; and a current detection circuit configured to detect a current that flows through the switch device in each switching period; a first overcurrent protection circuit configured to stop a switching operation without outputting an on signal to the switch device in a case where a current detection signal obtained by the current detection circuit has exceeded a first threshold, and thereafter, when it is determined by the switching control circuit that a number of consecutive switching operations, for which the first threshold is not exceeded, has not reached a predetermined number in a predetermined period. | 36,511 |
9,128,729 | 1. A method for automatically configuring Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) performance profiles of a computer system, the method comprising: determining each of a plurality of BIOS performance profiles based upon a corresponding performance goal; selecting a particular performance profile from the plurality of BIOS performance profiles; determining a BIOS configuration for the computer system automatically based at least in part on the particular performance profile and a hardware configuration of the computer system; and initializing the computer system with the BIOS configuration. | 34,565 |
9,085,827 | 1. A method for producing oxalic acid comprising: receiving an anolyte feed including a hydrogen halide and at least one of a alkane, haloalkane, alkene, haloalkene, aromatic compound, haloaromatic compound, heteroaromatic compound or halo-heteroaromatic compound at an anolyte region of an electrochemical cell including an anode; receiving a catholyte feed including carbon dioxide and an alkali metal hydroxide at a catholyte region of the electrochemical cell including a cathode; applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode sufficient to reduce the carbon dioxide to at least one reduction product and an anolyte product; converting the at least one reduction product and the alkali metal hydroxide to an alkali metal oxalate via at least one thermal reactor; receiving the alkali metal oxalate at an electrochemical acidification electrolyzer; and converting the alkali metal oxalate to oxalic acid at an electrochemical acidification electrolyzer while co-generating an alkali metal hydroxide and a halogen. | 9,591 |
8,493,901 | 1. A wireless communication system, having a wireless communication apparatus for operating in an active mode and a sleep mode, the wireless communication system comprising: an antenna control unit configured to control a receiving half-value angle for receiving a signal by an antenna and a receiving directivity angle for receiving the signal by the antenna of the wireless communication apparatus; a mode control unit configured to control a change between the active mode and the sleep mode; and a memory configured to store a first directivity angle for receiving the signal from another wireless communication apparatus by the antenna in the active mode, wherein in a case where the wireless communication apparatus is in the sleep mode, the antenna control unit sets the receiving half-value angle in the sleep mode wider than the receiving half-value angle in the active mode, and wherein the antenna control unit sets the receiving half-value angle in the active mode narrower than the receiving half-value angle in the sleep mode and sets the receiving directivity angle to the first directivity angle stored in the memory, in response to changing from the sleep mode to the active mode, and the antenna control unit searches, if a communication speed with said other wireless communication apparatus with the receiving half-value angle in the active mode and the first directivity angle in the active mode is slower than a predetermined communication speed, the receiving directivity angle for communicating faster than or equal to the predetermined communication speed. | 26,601 |
9,494,071 | 1. Pollution control device comprising a pollution control element arranged in a casing with a mounting mat disposed between said casing and said pollution control element, said casing having an exterior exposed to the atmosphere, said mounting mat comprising at least one intumescent layer disposed between at least one first non-intumescent layer and at least one second non-intumescent layer, with said at least one first non-intumescent layer being disposed between said at least one intumescent layer and said pollution control element, and said at least one second non-intumescent layer being disposed between said at least one intumescent layer and said casing, wherein (a) said at least one intumescent layer comprises an intumescent material and has a surface density of at least about 500 g/m | 8,850 |
8,591,633 | 1. An exhaust gas treatment system which treats a mixed gas containing at least hydrogen and monosilane discharged from a semiconductor fabrication equipment, the exhaust gas treatment system comprising: a membrane separation unit which causes the hydrogen to selectively permeate therethrough and separates the monosilane and the hydrogen from the mixed gas; a hydrogen recovery rate acquisition unit which acquires information on a recovery rate of the hydrogen separated by the membrane separation unit and calculates the recovery rate of the hydrogen; and a pressure control unit which controls a permeation side pressure of the membrane separation unit in response to a change in hydrogen recovery rate. | 11,479 |
9,378,386 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computer system and from a first client device of a first user, a request from the first user to access a document file stored by the computer system, the document file being associated with a second user and the second user having shared the document file with the first user with one or more conditions on access to the document file by the first user, the one or more conditions including a permission condition indicating that the first user is allowed to access the document file based on receiving permission from the second user; responsive to receiving the request from the first user to access the document file, accessing, at the computer system, data identifying the one or more conditions on access to the document file by the first user; evaluating, at the computer system, whether the one or more conditions on access to the document file by the first user allow the first user to access the document file, the evaluation including analyzing whether the first user has received permission to access the document file from the second user, wherein analyzing whether the first user has received permission to access the document file from the second user comprises: based on results of the evaluation, determining, at the computer system, that the one or more conditions on access to the document file by the first user allow the first user to access the document file, the determination including determining, based on results of the analysis, that the first user has received permission to access the document file from the second user; authorizing access to the document file based on the determination that the one or more conditions on access to the document file by the first user allow the first user to access the document file; and sending, to the first client device of the first user, the document file based on the authorization. | 2,471 |
9,251,272 | 1. A device comprising: a first streaming functional unit, wherein the first streaming functional unit is specialized circuitry configured to perform a first particular function; a first multiplexer operatively coupled between the first streaming functional unit and a first plurality of potential input sources; wherein the first multiplexer is dynamically configurable to pass streaming input from a selected one of the first plurality of potential input sources to the first streaming functional unit; a second streaming functional unit, wherein the second streaming functional unit is specialized circuitry configured to perform a second particular function; a second multiplexer operatively coupled between the second streaming functional unit and a second plurality of potential input sources; wherein the second multiplexer is dynamically configurable to pass streaming input from a selected one of the second plurality of potential input sources to the second streaming functional unit; wherein output of the first streaming functional unit is one potential input source, of the second plurality of potential input sources; a scheduler configured to: | 34,843 |
9,619,848 | 1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to: receive a model of an electrical distribution network having multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators, each of the multiple capacitor banks represented in the model by a model capacitor bank, each of the multiple voltage regulators represented in the model by a model voltage regulator, the electrical distribution network having a radial layout in which power flows from a source to multiple nodes in which each node is associated with one voltage regulator; receive one or more existing settings for the multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators of the electrical distribution network; receive a forecast for demand on the electrical distribution network; determine one or more settings for the multiple capacitor banks and multiple voltage regulators that allow for providing power within predetermined limits while reducing power loss as compared to a power loss of existing settings or reducing power usage as compared to a power usage of the existing settings, the one or more settings for the multiple voltage regulators determined according to a heuristic in which potential settings are iteratively determined for each of the model voltage regulators based on a least squares model of load flow analysis; perform a load-flow analysis based on the model, the forecast, and the potential settings for the model voltage regulators; determine that the load-flow analysis indicates that at least one node on the electrical distribution network would receive power outside the predetermined limits; and adjust the potential settings and test the adjusted potential settings using the load-flow analysis until the load-flow analysis based on each adjustment of the potential settings indicates that all nodes on the electrical distribution network would receive power within the predetermined limits. | 2,272 |
9,816,653 | 1. A breakaway coupling for the emergency separation of two lines, comprising: a first coupling half having a support member and a first housing that forms a first line end with a first self-closing fluid barrier, the first housing having a first end flange or collar provided with a first oblique surface, the support member extending around the first housing and forming pivot points; a second coupling half having a second housing that forms a second line end with a second self-closing fluid barrier, the second housing having a second end flange or collar provided with a second oblique surface; and two or more levers, which are mounted on the first coupling half with the pivot points supporting the levers and defining a longer lever arm and a shorter lever arm on each lever, wherein each longer lever arm is pivoted radially outward by a compression spring and the shorter lever arm is pivoted radially inward; wherein each shorter lever arm, has a catch piece that engages on the first and second oblique surfaces in a coupled condition, and wherein, in case of an emergency defined by an excessively great pulling force on the coupling halves, the levers pivot around their pivot points and release the catch pieces from the first and second oblique surfaces. | 18,549 |
9,687,087 | 1. A display case door assembly for a temperature-controlled storage device, the display case door assembly comprising: a vacuum panel comprising a first vacuum pane, a second vacuum pane, and an evacuated gap between the first and second vacuum panes, wherein the evacuated gap provides thermal insulation for the vacuum panel; an edge rail coupled to an edge of the vacuum panel and configured to rotate along with the vacuum panel between an open position and a closed position; a lighting element coupled to at least one of the edge rail and the vacuum panel and configured to emit light toward an interior of the temperature-controlled storage device when the hinge rail and vacuum panel are in the closed position; a mounting bracket coupled to at least one of the edge rail and the vacuum panel and defining a lighting channel within which the lighting element is contained; a light cover coupled to the mounting bracket and forming a rear surface of the lighting channel, wherein the lighting element emits light through the light cover; and a light cap coupled to the mounting bracket and configured to secure the light cover between the light cap and the mounting bracket. | 19,680 |
9,751,919 | 1. A method for the prevention or treatment of antibiotic resistant S. aureus infection or reinfection, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a beta-lactam antibiotic and a hyaluronic acid binding peptide comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 2. | 25,496 |
9,019,986 | 1. A method for operating an access point, the method comprising: receiving, by the access point, information from a first station operating in a non-traffic-indication-map (non-TIM) mode; broadcasting, by the access point, a beacon comprising a traffic indication map (TIM), wherein the TIM has entries for other stations operating in a TIM mode, and no entry for the first station operating in the non-TIM mode; determining, by the access point, if downlink unicast data intended for the first station is available at the access point; and transmitting, by the access point, without using the TIM, at least one of the downlink unicast data intended for the first station to the first station, a data indicator indicating that the downlink unicast data intended for the first station is available at the access point, information indicating the downlink unicast data is available for the first station, and a time indicator indicating a specific time when the downlink unicast data intended for the first station will be sent to the first station. | 33,606 |
8,421,543 | 1. A crystal oscillator, comprising: a cover with a plurality of split side surfaces, comprising a first surface, a second surface, a cavity, a first cover conductive layer, an element conductive contact, a plurality of conductive contacts and a conductive sealing ring, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, the cavity is formed in the first surface and comprises a bottom surface and a side surface surrounding the bottom surface, the first cover conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the cavity, the element conductive contact is disposed on the first cover conductive layer, the conductive contacts are disposed on the first surface, and the conductive sealing ring is disposed on the first surface and surrounds the conductive contacts; a crystal blank, connected to the element conductive contact; and an Integrated Circuit (IC) chip with a plurality of split side surfaces, comprising a plurality of conductive bonding pads and a conductive bonding ring, wherein the conductive bonding pads and the conductive bonding ring are disposed on a surface of the IC chip, and the cover and IC chip are bonded by connecting the conductive sealing ring of the cover and the conductive bonding ring of the IC chip to form a hermetic chamber surrounding the crystal blank. | 18,888 |
8,352,759 | 1. A method for monitoring at least one central processing unit (CPU) in real time, comprising: selecting an alpha coefficient based on a CPU state datum; selecting a value register based on the CPU state datum; shifting a previous filter value by the selected alpha coefficient to create a shifted filter value; shifting a value store in the selected value register by the selected alpha coefficient to create a shifted value register value; adding the shifted value register value to the previous filter value and subtracting the shifted filter value from the sum of the shifted value register value and the previous filter value to create a new filter value; comparing a portion of the new filter value to a threshold value; and altering a voltage or frequency of the at least one CPU based on the comparison. | 9,472 |
9,059,998 | 1. A method of defining an optimized media path, the method being implemented by a proxy session controller and comprising: registering, for a plurality of realms, a plurality of Border Gateway Functions (BGFs) residing on a plurality of network nodes, said registering including registering a preferred BGF colocated with a data network gateway on a single network node for a selected set of the realms; receiving a request message from a user terminal; and if a realm associated with the request message is included in the selected set of realms, assigning the preferred BGF to the user terminal to provide an optimized media path that includes the user terminal, the preferred BGF, and the data network gateway, wherein the proxy session controller comprises a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) network node and the data network gateway comprises a Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN-GW). | 16,953 |
9,309,805 | 1. A turbocharger including a turbine impeller connected to a compressor impeller, a turbine housing that stores the turbine impeller, and a bypass passage connected to an upstream space and a downstream space of the turbine impeller in the turbine housing for bypassing the turbine impeller, wherein a flow rate of gas supplied to the turbine impeller is adjusted by opening and closing an opening of the bypass passage, the turbocharger comprising: a waste gate valve that is provided to the opening so as to be capable of being opened and closed; a shaft member that is rotatably supported by being inserted into a support hole penetrating the turbine housing; an inner coupling member that couples the waste gate valve and a first end of the shaft member at an inside of the turbine housing; an outer coupling member that couples a control unit, which controls an open/close state of the waste gate valve, and a second end of the shaft member at an outside of the turbine housing; a seal contact portion located on the inner coupling member or the outer coupling member along a peripheral edge of the support hole that the inner coupling member or the outer coupling member faces; and a seal member provided between the seal contact portion and peripheral edge of the support hole to seal a gap between thereof, wherein the waste gate valve is provided with a projecting portion projected on the opening on a portion facing the opening, an end face of the projecting portion in a projecting direction having only a single inclined surface that tilts with respect to a shaft direction of the shaft member, the single inclined surface facing a first direction parallel to the shaft direction of the shaft member, a surface of the projecting portion facing a second direction parallel to the shaft direction of the shaft member opposite the first direction, and the surface being vertical to the shaft direction of the shaft member, and wherein the single inclined surface is configured so as to generate thrust force from the seal member to the support hole which is applied to the shaft member by pressing the single inclined surface with the gas flown into the bypass passage through the opening when the waste gate valve is opened such that the gas flows in the first direction after contacting the single inclined surface, the thrust force is generated in the second direction and the gap is sealed. | 44,142 |
9,806,617 | 1. A control circuit for controlling overshoot and/or undershoot of the output voltage of a switch mode power converter (SMPC) in response to very large and rapid load current increase or decrease comprising: at least one load variation detector connected for sensing a large and rapid increase or decrease in load current at an output of the SMPC comprising: a slope detector connected for receiving the feedback signal and the target reference voltage and configured for creating a slope signal indicative of a slope of the output voltage determined from difference of the feedback signal and a target reference voltage and configured for determining when the slope of the output voltage changes polarity and generating a slope polarity signal for activating the switch stage for preventing an overshoot or undershoot of the output voltage of the SMPC once the large and rapid current transient has been compensated. | 14,664 |
9,431,556 | 1. A long wavelength infrared sensor material comprising: a dilute nitrogen alloy of InN wherein the infrared sensor material was fabricated using a substrate temperature in a range of about 400° C. to 420° C., a nitrogen plasma source power in a range of about 250-350 W, and a ratio of In flux to Sb flux in the range of about 1 to 2; wherein the nitrogen composition in the alloy is in a range of about 0.2% to 1.5%; wherein the infrared sensor material exhibits reduced surface roughness and improved crystalline quality compared with a comparative sensor material fabricated at a same nitrogen plasma source power in a range of about 250-350 W and a same ratio of In flux to Sb flux in a range of about 1 to 2 and at a lower temperature below 400° C.; wherein the infrared sensor material has a cut-off wavelength in a range of 8-14 μm; and wherein an X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the infrared sensor material shows a peak with full-width at half maximum (FWHM) of about 40 arcsec. | 37,794 |
9,653,626 | 1. A method of producing a photovoltaic device comprising: a first step comprising forming a first passivation layer in contact with a substrate over a region of at least a part of a first surface of the substrate comprising a semiconductor material; a second step comprising forming, with the first surface being covered by the first passivation layer after the first step, a second passivation layer and a third passivation layer, both in contact with the substrate over a region of at least a part of a second surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first surface; and a third step comprising forming after the second step, an electrode only on the second surface side wherein the second step further comprises: the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer, and the third passivation layer are formed such that: | 4,351 |
8,999,835 | 1. A method for fabricating an electrostatic discharge device for an integrated circuit, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a voltage discharge region overlying an inner portion of the semiconductor substrate, the forming of the voltage discharged region comprising: forming a plurality of isolated conductive regions arranged as a vertical array, the array being numbered from 1 through N in a first direction and the array being numbered from 1 through M in a second direction; each of me conductive regions comprising an isolated tungsten plug; forming a dielectric material provided spatially around each of the isolated conductive regions to form a thickness of material having a surface region, wherein each of the conductive regions is physically separated from the other conductive regions by a portion of the dielectric material; forming an input region coupled to a first region of the plurality of conductive regions; forming an output region coupled to a second region of the plurality of conductive regions; forming an input line overlying a first region of the semiconductor substrate region and coupled to the input region of the plurality of conductive regions; forming an output line overlying a second region of the semiconductor substrate region and coupled to the output region of the plurality of conductive regions; further comprising coupling the output line to a ground potential; and wherein the dielectric material is selected from air, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride. | 30,157 |
8,908,334 | 1. A magneto-resistive (MR) sensor device comprising: an MR sensor having a safe operating voltage range, a normal operating voltage range within the safe operating voltage range, and two terminals coupled to a read channel circuit, including a positive terminal and a negative terminal; an MR sensor protection circuit having: | 31,748 |
8,592,382 | 1. An amphotericin B formulation, comprising, (a) amphotericin B; (b) one or more fatty acid glycerol esters; and (c) one or more polyethylene oxide-containing fatty acid esters. | 11,433 |
9,138,369 | 1. A system for enhancing user mobility, comprising: a support member configured to engage a posterior region of a user; a mast coupled to the support member, the mast being configured to be at least partially lifted from the ground and repositioned when a weight of the user is shifted to a mobile leg of the user, the mast being further configured to receive a force exerted on the support member by the user when the weight of the user is shifted away from the mobile leg of the user, wherein the mobile leg of the user is enabled to move from a first location to a second location when the weight of the user is shifted from the mobile leg of the user to the mast via the support member; and a structural arm extending from a top portion of the mast at least half way across the user's chest or upper abdomen, the structural arm being configured to suspend the support member from a suspension point near the center of the user's chest or upper abdomen such that the support member carries the user and is fully suspended from the structural arm as the weight of the user is shifted away from the mobile leg of the user, wherein the structural arm is structured to extend across a frontside of the user such that the mast and the structural arm are maintained in front of, and not in contact with, the user's armpits. | 25,225 |
8,903,989 | 1. A multi-device enclosure unit comprising: a common backplane; a plurality of devices that include ports to connect the devices to the common backplane; and a data-transmission-rate monitor connected to the common backplane, the data-transmission-rate monitor comprising: | 34,332 |
9,189,849 | 1. A method for performing eye registration comprising: obtaining a first initial reference eye image by a first diagnostic device and defining a reference coordinate system; obtaining a second eye image by a surgery device, said second eye image being obtained in a pre-surgery phase before the surgery has started; performing a first registration between said first eye image and said second eye image to obtain a first registration result; obtaining a third eye image by said surgery device, said third eye image being obtained after surgery has started; performing a second registration between said second eye image and said third eye image to obtain a second registration result; combining said first and second registration results to obtain a combined registration result to thereby obtain a registration between said initial reference eye image obtained by said diagnostic device and said third eye image obtained by said surgery device after surgery has started; wherein said first eye image taken by said diagnostic device and said third eye image taken by said surgery device are taken under significantly different eye conditions that can negatively affect a direct registration between said first eye image and said third eye image, the different eye conditions comprising the eye having no tool which fully or partially occludes the eye when said first image is taken and the eye having a tool which fully or partially occludes the eye when the third image is taken. | 31,121 |
8,947,016 | 1. An integrated circuit for supplying current to one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs), comprising: an input circuit for coupling to a secondary winding of an external transformer that isolates the integrated circuit and the LEDs from a primary-side circuit that provides pulses through the transformer for supplying energy to the LEDs; a decoder coupled to the input circuit for decoding a dimming value encoded in a voltage waveform provided across the secondary winding; and a power converter control circuit for controlling a current supplied to the LEDs in conformity with the dimming value. | 31,697 |
8,568,626 | 1. A method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens, comprising a step of: polymerizing a prepolymer mixture in a lens mold in an atmosphere having less than about 10000 ppm oxygen to form a silicone hydrogel contact lens suitable for extended wear as characterized by having on-eye movement with blinking and producing less than 10% corneal swelling after a period of continuous wear of 7 days including normal sleep periods, wherein the prepolymer mixture comprises extracting the silicone hydrogel contact lens with a solvent to remove unreacted monomers, wherein the mold includes at least two mold halves. | 22,530 |
8,503,572 | 1. A method that facilitates implementing antenna virtualization in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising: partitioning a set of physical transmit antennas into a plurality of groups of physical transmit antennas; advertising a number of virtual antennas corresponding to a number of the plurality of groups of physical transmit antennas to a legacy UE; advertising a number of physical transmit antennas in the set of physical transmit antennas to a non-legacy UE; formulating a precoding vector for a particular group of physical transmit antennas from the plurality of groups of physical transmit antennas, the particular group of physical transmit antennas forms a particular virtual antenna; and applying the precoding vector to a signal for transmission over the particular virtual antenna. | 38,277 |
9,197,399 | 1. A method of processing a digital signal comprising: receiving a digital signal having a bit period; deriving a first clock signal from the digital signal for sampling the digital signal at a sampling time during each bit period; performing a sweep of all phase values of the digital signal; determining from the sweep of all phase values of the digital signal which phase corresponds to a maximum vertical eye opening; adjusting the phase of the first clock signal to the phase that corresponds to maximum vertical eye opening; and adjusting the phase of the first clock signal to improve a vertical eye opening of the digital signal at the sampling time by | 15,861 |
9,534,582 | 1. Wind motor, comprising: a supporting structure; a bottom base; at least one pair of shafts supported on the bottom base; at least one rotor on each of the shafts; a synchronizing mechanism for rotation of the rotors; a front shield secured to the bottom base; an arrangement for providing for free rotation of the bottom base with respect to the supporting structure; at least one mechanical-energy converting device, driven by one of: an inertial body driven by energy provided by the at least one rotor, a clutch device that disengages the inertial body from at least one of: the front shield comprises an opening/closing mechanism based on at least one of: | 34,936 |
8,710,687 | 1. A wind power installation with at least on wind turbine an a current generator device, wherein the current generator device has at least two generators, the generators are couples to one another via at least one differential gear unit, the rotors of the generators are in each case connected to an axial gear of the differential gear unit, the wind turbine is arranged on a balancing gear of the differential gear unit, and the stators of the generators are connected to one another to form an abutment on which a differential carrier of the differential gear unit is accommodated such that it can rotate. | 46,053 |
8,563,430 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising: determining whether or not a semiconductor chip to be fabricated is a semiconductor chip in which a conductive pattern thereof is to be cut; fabricating the semiconductor chip including the conductive pattern disposed in a formation region of a through-chip via in response to a determination that the semiconductor chip is a semiconductor chip in which a conductive pattern is to be cut; and forming a through-chip via to pass through the conductive pattern disposed in the formation region of the through-chip via and to cut the conductive pattern. | 8,431 |
8,463,338 | 1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a first body; a second body mounted on the first body so as to be slidably movable with respect to the first body; and a slide module disposed between the first body and second body, the slide module comprising a plurality of sliders and a guide plate that guides slidable movement of the plurality of sliders, wherein the guide plate comprises: | 16,520 |
8,533,767 | 1. A method comprising: assigning a content category and content identifier to a content; communicating the content category and content identifier for the content to a prioritizer; associating a lifecycle having a plurality of lifecycle states with the content category; assigning a first priority to the content having a first lifecycle state from the plurality of lifecycle states; electronically communicating the content based on the lifecycle and first priority; changing the first lifecycle state to a second lifecycle state within the first priority; electronically communicating the content based on the lifecycle and the second lifecycle state; changing the first priority to a second priority; and electronically communicating the content based on the lifecycle and second priority. | 38,720 |
9,663,116 | 1. A fuel saving driving diagnostic device comprising: an electronic control unit the electronic control unit outputting a display showing the diagnostic result of diagnosing fuel saving driving from the viewpoint of the accelerator operation and the diagnostic result of diagnosing fuel saving driving from the viewpoint of the shift operation in a two-axis representation. | 49,572 |
9,776,121 | 1. A filter element comprising: a filter body having | 39,472 |
9,090,399 | 1. A method for transporting, identifying and tracking waste or recyclable material which comprises: placing the waste or recyclable material into a receptacle provided with carrying loops, forming the carrying loops into a knot to close the receptacle, applying a closing means having an adhesive surface, on the knot for sealing the receptacle and securing the knot so that the knot does not open and the receptacle is maintained closed during transport, wherein the closing means is provided with at least one, visible RFID identifier for tracking purposes and for identifying waste products, content of waste, and the amount of waste, said closing means further containing information selected from waste identification, visible markings in multiple languages, color code, picture code, consumer code, recycling code and advertisements. | 41,361 |
8,877,209 | 1. A set of three plasmids for influenza virus production together having eight transcription cassettes for influenza virus vRNA production and four transcription cassettes for influenza virus mRNA production, wherein the transcription cassettes for vRNA production include a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus PA cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus PB1 cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus PB2 cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus HA cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus NP cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus NA cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus M cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence, and a transcription cassette comprising a PolI promoter operably linked to an influenza virus NS cDNA linked to a PolI transcription termination sequence; wherein the transcription cassettes for mRNA production include a transcription cassette comprising a PolII promoter operably linked to a DNA coding region for influenza virus PA linked to a PolII transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolII promoter operably linked to a DNA coding region for influenza virus PB1 linked to a PolII transcription termination sequence, a transcription cassette comprising a PolII promoter operably linked to a DNA coding region for influenza virus PB2 linked to a PolII transcription termination sequence, and a transcription cassette comprising a PolII promoter operably linked to a DNA coding region for influenza virus NP linked to a PolII transcription termination sequence, and wherein transfection of a cell with the three plasmids yields titers of at least 1×10 2 TCID 50 /mL. | 13,227 |
9,276,536 | 1. An outphasing amplification apparatus comprising: a predistortion unit configured to compensate an input signal and output an adjusted input signal, based on a distortion compensation coefficient; a signal decomposition unit configured to decompose the adjusted input signal into a first signal and a second signal having predetermined amplitude values, respectively; a first amplification element configured to amplify the first signal, and output a first amplification signal; a second amplification element configured to amplify the second signal, and output a second amplification signal; a combiner configured to combine the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal, and a control unit configured to compare the input signal and a feedback signal from the combiner, and generate the distortion compensation coefficient which is input to the predistortion unit; wherein the combiner includes a first input transmission line having an impedance converter, a second input transmission line not having an impedance converter, and a combination unit configured to combine a signal produced by the first amplification signal passing through the first input transmission line to have been subjected to impedance conversion by the impedance converter, and a signal produced by the second amplification signal passing through the second input transmission line not having been subjected to impedance conversion. | 42,786 |
9,494,054 | 1. An auxiliary steam generator system for a power plant, with a water-steam cycle, comprising a condensate line with one end connected to a pressure accumulating vessel, a compensating line and a feed-water line, wherein a condensate pump is connected into the condensate line and a feed-water pump is connected into the feed-water line, and wherein the pressure accumulating vessel is connected between the condensate pump and the feed-water pump, and wherein a feed-water extraction line is connected at a branch point to the water-steam cycle downstream of the pressure accumulating vessel, wherein the compensating line connects the condensate line into the feed-water extraction line and the feed-water extraction line is connected to the pressure accumulating vessel, and in that a heating device is connected into the feed-water extraction line. | 47,695 |
9,631,605 | 1. A pitch system for rotating a blade of a wind turbine relative to a hub, the pitch system comprising: a bearing including an inner bearing ring configured to be mounted to the hub and an outer bearing ring configured to be mounted to the blade, the outer bearing ring being rotatable relative to the inner bearing ring to pitch the blade relative to the hub; a first coupling member configured to be positioned between the hub and inner bearing ring and extend radially inward of the hub; a second coupling member configured to be positioned between the blade and outer bearing ring, the second coupling member extending radially inward and over the inner bearing ring; and a drive system having a first drive member coupled to the first coupling member and a first driven member coupled to the second coupling member, the first drive member being configured to move the first driven member to rotate the outer bearing ring relative to the inner bearing ring, wherein the first drive member comprises a hydraulic cylinder and the first driven member comprises a piston rod coupled to the first drive member. | 35,655 |
8,801,107 | 1. A vehicle wheel comprising: a wheel rim having apertures; multiple plate-like cover elements provided on the wheel rim for temporarily closing the apertures, each said cover element being supported pivotal about a pivot axis, and displaceable along the pivot axis as a function of centripetal force against a force of a restoring element; a coupling element connecting the cover element with the wheel rim, said coupling element positively guiding the cover element upon displacement of the cover element along the pivot axis such that the cover element is pivotal between a radially inner open position and a radially outer closed position; and a pivot axis rod arranged on an outside of the wheel rim and connected with the cover element via a hydraulic, pneumatic or friction-based vibration damper. | 23,434 |
8,409,060 | 1. An exercise bike, comprising: a frame; a first exercise module, which is connected to the frame, including a main axle, a driving wheel mounted on the main wheel, and a forward one-way clutch between the main axle and the driving wheel, wherein the main axle is driven to rotate in a forward direction and a backward direction that the driving wheel is driven to rotate in the forward direction through the forward one-way clutch when the main axle rotates in the forward direction; a second exercise module, which is connected to the frame, including a main axle, a driving wheel mounted on the main wheel, and a forward one-way clutch between the main axle and the driving wheel, wherein the main axle is driven to rotate in a forward direction and a backward direction that the driving wheel is driven to rotate in the forward direction through the forward one-way clutch when the main axle rotates in the forward direction; and a damping device having a driven wheel connected to the frame, wherein the driving wheel of the first exercise module and the driving wheel of the second exercise module are connected to the driven wheel respectively for driving the driven wheel to rotate; wherein the first exercise module further includes a transmission gear mounted on the main axle, a backward one-way clutch between the main axle and the transmission gear that the transmission gear is driven to rotate in the backward direction through the backward one-way clutch when the main axle rotates in the backward direction, and a turning gear meshed with the transmission gear to rotate the driving wheel; and wherein the second exercise module further includes a transmission gear mounted on the main axle, a backward one-way clutch between the main axle and the transmission gear that the transmission gear is driven to rotate in the backward direction through the backward one-way clutch when the main axle rotates in the backward direction, and a turning gear meshed with the transmission to rotate the driving wheel. | 34,653 |
9,772,022 | 1. A mechanical system, comprising: a support element, a pin extending along a first axis and comprising two opposite ends, each adapted to be fitted in the support element for radial retention of the pin relative to the first axis; a roller element movable in rotation relative to the pin around the first axis; and two ribs extending from the support element along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and resting on either side of the ends for axial retention of the pin along the first axis, wherein the two ribs contact the pin in a direction of the first axis, such that the two ribs contact the two outermost opposite ends of the pin, respectively. | 41,065 |
8,697,576 | 1. A method for polishing a substrate comprising polysilicon, which method comprises: (i) contacting a substrate comprising polysilicon with a polishing pad and a chemical-mechanical polishing composition consisting essentially of: wherein the polishing composition has a pH of about 7 to about 11, (ii) moving the polishing pad relative to the substrate with the chemical-mechanical polishing composition therebetween, and (iii) abrading at least a portion of the polysilicon to polish the substrate. | 16,261 |
8,394,453 | 1. A mixed matrix membrane comprising a mixture of: a) one or more continuous phase organic polymers; and b) dispersed therein template-free functionalized nano-molecular sieves, wherein said template-free functionalized nano-molecular sieves by an organic ligand-grafting-calcination-organic ligand-grafting method. | 11,118 |
9,629,147 | 1. A method for receiving a downlink signal by an apparatus in a wireless mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving common downlink control information including a resource indication value, RIV, wherein the RIV is mapped to a start index S and a length L of consecutive virtual resource blocks, VRBs; and receiving the downlink signal on the consecutive VRBs, wherein, if Y−1≦└X/2┘ is given, the RIV is mapped to the start index S and the length L of the consecutive VRBs according to a relation of RIV=X(Y−1)+Z, or else the RIV is mapped to the start index S and the length L of the consecutive VRBs according to a relation of RIV=X(X=Y+1)+X−1−Z), where X is denoted by X=└N | 34,315 |
8,899,011 | 1. A method for generating current from hydrogen sulphide-containing exhaust gases, particularly from the natural gas and petroleum industry, the hydrogen sulphide-containing exhaust gases being delivered to a current generation device and being combusted there, with air being supplied, the energy released during combustion being employed at least partially for current generation, characterized in that a composition of the hydrogen sulphide-containing exhaust gases is measured before combustion and is compared with a stipulated composition or stipulated composition bandwidth, and, in the event of a deviation from the stipulated composition or composition bandwidth, an additional fraction of one or more gases, which is required for correction, is determined and is admixed to the hydrogen sulphide-containing exhaust gases before combustion; wherein a sulphur dioxide-containing and sulpher trioxide-containing combustion exhaust gases occurring during the combustion of the hydrogen sulphide-containing exhaust gases are delivered for flue gas desulphurization, the flue gas desulphurization giving rise to gypsum which is delivered to a gypsum mill for the production of gypsum products, in particular gypsum plasterboards and/or ready-prepared a gypsum mixtures. | 31,895 |
8,682,178 | 1. A method, comprising: setting a timing of phase modulation by a target phase modulator within an optical transmitter which performs phase shift keying of an order equal to or higher than four, wherein said setting includes: feeding a specific pattern to said optical transmitter to allow said optical transmitter to emit an optical carrier in accordance with said specific pattern; receiving said optical carrier by a delay interferometer; converting a light signal emitted from said delay interferometer into an electrical signal; detecting a peak to peak value of said electrical signal, and wherein said timing of said phase modulation by said target phase modulator is set so as to minimize said peak to peak value of said electrical signal. | 86 |
9,048,413 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction unit; a magnetic shielding material layer covering sidewalls of the magnetic tunnel junction unit; an isolation dielectric layer disposed between the sidewalls of the magnetic tunnel junction unit and the magnetic shielding material layer, wherein a height of the isolation dielectric layer is greater than a height of the magnetic tunnel junction unit in a vertical direction, wherein a height of the magnetic shielding material layer is greater than the height of the isolation dielectric layer in the vertical direction, and a portion of the magnetic shielding material layer extending above the isolation dielectric layer comprises an oxide of the magnetic shielding material, and wherein the oxide of the magnetic shielding material includes Al a first dielectric layer in which the magnetic tunnel junction unit, the isolation dielectric layer, and the magnetic shielding material layer are embedded, wherein a height of the first dielectric layer and the height of the magnetic shielding material layer are substantially the same; a second dielectric layer located above the first dielectric layer and the magnetic tunnel junction unit; and a first conductive contact extending through the second dielectric layer and the isolation dielectric layer so as to electrically connect with a top portion of the magnetic tunnel junction unit, wherein an upper portion of the isolation dielectric layer contacts portions of each of the first conductive contact and the second dielectric layer, and wherein the first conductive contact and the magnetic shielding material layer are electrically isolated from each other by the second dielectric material layer and the isolation dielectric layer. | 7,712 |
8,652,389 | 1. A compression moulding method for realizing thermoplastic products, being not of polymeric foam, comprising: providing a mould comprising at least a bottom die ( 20 ) defining an internal cavity ( 21 ) and at least a punch ( 30 ), wherein the surface of cavity ( 21 ) of the bottom die ( 20 ) and the surface of punch ( 30 ) together define a forming chamber ( 11 ), inserting a dose (M) of granular material comprising granules of thermoplastic polymers internally of the forming chamber ( 11 ) of the mould ( 10 ); covering at least a portion of an external surface of the dose (M) with a film, which film comprises at least an opaque portion to visually hide the material covered thereby, compressing the granular material and the film contained in the chamber ( 11 ) of the mould ( 10 ) by penetrating the punch ( 30 ) into the cavity ( 21 ) to reduce the volume of the forming chamber ( 11 ) until the forming chamber reaches a volume and shape corresponding to the final shape desired for the product, and heating an internal surface of the forming chamber ( 11 ) of the mould ( 10 ), during the compression moulding, thereby causing heating of at least the most external layers of the thermoplastic granules placed inside the forming chamber ( 11 ) caused by heat transmitted to the material by the heated surface of the chamber ( 11 ) up to a temperature sufficient to produce a softening of the thermoplastic granules at least of a most external layer of the dose (M) of granular material compressed in the chamber ( 11 ). | 20,175 |
9,051,281 | 1. A method of treating a disease or a condition susceptible to amelioration by an SCD inhibitor in a human in need thereof, comprising administering to said human an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: X represents —CONH—, —NHCO— or —CH R R R R R R R R R m represents 1-3; n represents 0-3; p represents 0-3; and q represents 1-3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 119 |
8,735,575 | 1. A compound of formula (IV): wherein: | 49,549 |
9,220,066 | 1. A method, comprising: determining, by a system comprising a processor, whether a first data transfer of a set of data transfers and a second data transfer of the set of data transfers are to be bundled to form a data burst in response to determining whether a first jitter time window associated with the first data transfer at least partially overlaps a second jitter time window associated with the second data transfer based on a result of a comparison of first jitter information and second jitter information, wherein the first jitter information defines the first jitter time window as a first period of time during which the first data transfer is allowed to be transmitted and the second jitter information defines the second jitter time window as a second period of time during which the second data transfer is allowed to be transmitted, and wherein the set of data transfers is associated with a mobile device; and transmitting, by the system, the data burst, comprising the first data transfer and the second data transfer, in response to determining that the first data transfer and the second data transfer are to be bundled to form the data burst. | 7,632 |
8,579,776 | 1. A filter making apparatus comprising a flavor element positioning device comprising: a stationary, non-linear tube having a passageway therethrough, first and second inlets and an outlet, wherein a continuous flavor element enters through the first inlet and exits through the outlet; a flavorant introducing attachment which supplies liquid flavorant into the second inlet; the passageway including a converging portion configured to form a bath of the liquid flavorant introduced through the second inlet, the converging portion guiding the continuous flavor element through the bath so as to be at least partially saturated with the liquid flavorant. | 19,357 |
9,522,858 | 1. A process for producing xylenes by transalkylation comprising: (a) providing a reactor system comprising at least two catalysts, a first catalyst and a second catalyst, wherein said first catalyst is contained in a first bed and the second catalyst is contained in a second bed, said reactor system characterized by plural inlets for providing fluids to said reactor system; (b) introducing a first fluid comprising C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons at the location of said first catalyst, said first catalyst characterized as suitable for dealkylating at least a portion of said C9+ aromatic hydrocarbon, to provide a first product comprising (i) olefins; (ii) alkanes resulting from the saturation of said olefins; (iii) cycloalkanes; and (iv) a decreased amount of C10+ aromatic hydrocarbons having C2+ side chains, when compared with said first fluid; and (c) introducing a second fluid comprising benzene and/or toluene at the location of said second catalyst, in the presence of said first product, said second catalyst characterized as suitable for transalkylation of benzene and/or toluene and C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce a second product comprising xylenes; the improvement comprising the staged injection of hydrogen to the first bed and second bed of said reactor system, whereby the amount of hydrogen present in step (b) is sufficient to increase the amount of alkanes resulting from the saturation of olefins and decrease the amount of cycloalkanes in said first product, wherein the amount of hydrogen is based on the amount of alkyl groups formed by the dealkylation, and further comprising reducing H | 25,562 |
9,236,282 | 1. A multilayer body arrangement, comprising: at least two multilayer bodies each comprising surface to be processed; and a device, which positions the multilayer bodies, wherein the device is configured such that the surfaces of the multilayer bodies to be processed are opposite to each other and form a quasi-closed processing space disposed between the surfaces, in which the processing occurs, wherein the quasi-closed processing space comprises an opening between edges of the at least two multilayer bodies and wherein the at least two multilayer bodies are disposed with a distance between them that provides a pressure balance resistance between the quasi-closed processing space and external surroundings thereof, such that a loss of mass of gas from the quasi-closed processing space is more than 0% and less than 50%. | 29,067 |
8,420,049 | 1. A method of assessing alterations in adenylate metabolism in a patient having a disease with abnormal adenosine and ATP transport and metabolism, wherein the method comprises administering to the patient radiolabeled oxygenated adenine or a radiolabeled oxygenated adenine containing molecule, wherein the oxygenated adenine or oxygenated adenine containing molecule is radiolabeled on the adenine group with 11 C, 18 F or 13 NH 2 , and tracing biodistribution of the radiolabeled oxygenated adenine or radiolabeled oxygenated adenine containing molecule by positron emission tomography for assessing alterations in adenylate metabolism in the patient. | 15,955 |
9,016,068 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a combustor; a first turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor; a second turbine section in fluid communication with the first turbine section; a mid-turbine frame located axially between the first turbine section and the second turbine section; an oil system comprising a first oil system component that houses oil; and a first connector mechanically connecting the first oil system component to the mid-turbine frame. | 25,710 |
9,283,784 | 1. A printing apparatus comprising: a housing having an outlet; a drawer unit slidable in the outlet between an open position and a closed position; a first supporting unit disposed in the drawer unit and configured to support a roll of printable media at an outer circumference of the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the open position; a second supporting unit disposed in the housing and configured to rotatably support the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the closed position, wherein the second supporting unit does not support the roll of printable media when the drawer unit is in the open position; and a printing unit configured to print on printable media fed from the roll of printable media. | 39,328 |
8,977,493 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a subject; positioning circuitry configured to determine a position of the information processing apparatus based on an external signal; a sensor unit configured to detect a change in position of the information processing apparatus, wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one of an electronic compass, an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor; and processing circuitry configured to | 1,955 |
9,681,645 | 1. A helical fish aggregation apparatus comprising: a linearly elongated, cylindrical supporting member having a plurality of pairs of opposing slat-receiving cut-outs in a wall of the supporting member, each of the cut-outs defining at least one channel; a plurality of linearly elongated slats extending perpendicularly to the cylindrical supporting member, wherein the slats comprise a central ridge in a first direction, with laterally extending flanges substantially normal to the central ridge and distal edges curved opposing the central ridge, whereby the curved distal edges bear loadingly against a wall of a respective cut-out to bias the central ridge in the channel of the cut-out, wherein the slats are positioned at an oblique angle relative to each other; and said supporting member, when engaged with said slats, forms a generally helix-like structure for providing an artificial habitat for fish. | 21,459 |
8,857,851 | 1. An adjustable steering column for a vehicle, the steering column comprising: a mounting bracket configured to be secured to an adjacent portion of the vehicle, the mounting bracket including at least one arm having a rake slot formed therein; a column jacket pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket , the column jacket extending along a first axis and pivotable relative to the mounting bracket for adjustment in a rake direction and movable along the first axis for adjustment in a telescope direction; and a shift assembly comprising: a shift mechanism secured to the column jacket; and a shift cable bracket extending from the shift mechanism, the shift cable bracket supported firstly by the shift mechanism and supported secondly adjacent to the mounting bracket at a distal anchor point, wherein the shift cable bracket includes a slot extending to the mounting bracket at a distal anchor point. | 22,504 |
8,717,128 | 1. An electromagnetic relay, comprising: a first contact set and a second contact set each including a fixed contact and a movable contact displaceable in a first direction to approach the fixed contact and in a second direction to move away from the fixed contact, wherein the first contact set and the second contact set are arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions; a first ferromagnetic body corresponding to the first contact set, and a second ferromagnetic body corresponding to the second contact set, wherein the first ferromagnetic body and the second ferromagnetic body are arranged in the third direction and are positioned in a fourth direction from the first contact set and the second contact set, respectively, the fourth direction being perpendicular to the first, second and third directions; and a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet that are arranged in the third direction, wherein the first permanent magnet has a first surface and a first polarity direction, and the second permanent magnet has a second surface and a second polarity direction, and wherein the first surface and the second surface face toward each other across the first contact set and the second contact set and are parallel to the fourth direction, and the first polarity direction and the second polarity direction are parallel to the third direction and opposite to each other, wherein in a DC electric current flowing through each of the first and second contact sets, a direction of a force exerted based on the first and second permanent magnets is equal to a direction of a force exerted based on the first and second ferromagnetic bodies, and the first and second contact sets are opposite in a direction of the DC electric current flowing therethrough. | 34,394 |
8,759,254 | 1. A product suitable for use when planting a plant comprising: (a) a package comprising polyvinyl alcohol, wherein said package will dissolve in the presence of water and forms an enclosed space; and (b) a plant enhancer comprising fertilizer, a pesticide comprising imidacloprid, and a potassium acrylate copolymer, located in said enclosed space of said package, wherein said pesticide is present in an amount of about 0.50% to about 0.90% by weight of total contents in said package, said plant enhancer is present in an amount of about 70% to about 85% by weight of total contents in said package, and said potassium acrylate copolymer is present in an amount of about 15% to about 30% by weight of total contents in said package, wherein said pesticide, plant enhancer, and potassium acrylate copolymer do not exceed 100% by weight of the total contents in said package. | 22,164 |
9,377,940 | 1. A system, comprising: an input interface configured to detect that a first scrolling action has been completed; one or more computer processors coupled to the input interface, configured to: a display interface coupled to the one or more computer processors, configured to display the pre-decoded media item in response to the second scrolling action. | 18,933 |
8,975,311 | 1. A coating composition that is derived from ingredients comprising: a free radically polymerizable component comprising: at least one kind of porous inorganic particle is dispersed in the free radically polymerizable component having a surface area of at least about 400 m | 29,348 |
9,318,740 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material consists of a lithium-containing oxide represented by the formula Li 0.66<x1<1.1, 0<y1≦0.02, 0.80≦α≦0.95, 0<β≦0.25, and 1.9≦γ≦2.1, wherein the lithium-containing oxide contains an oxide having an O2 structure, and wherein the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material selected from the group consisting of silicon, carbon, tin, germanium, aluminum, lead, indium, gallium, lithium alloys, carbon or silicon materials in which lithium has been absorbed, and alloys and mixtures thereof. | 34,419 |
9,618,954 | 1. A vehicle charging system for controlling charging of a power storage device mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle charging system comprising: a charger configured to convert electric power from an external power supply into charging electric power for the power storage device; an input unit configured to specify a scheduled time to end charging the power storage device; and a controller for controlling the charger so that a state of charge of the power storage device reaches a predetermined full state of charge, the controller including a processor programmed to: | 40,671 |
8,403,928 | 1. An outrigger for connecting to an external bone fixation clamp, comprising: an elongated member having a length, a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a threaded portion; a connecting member operably associated with the elongated member, the connecting member having a tightening portion at a proximal end and a gripping portion at a distal end, the gripping portion having a greater diameter than the tightening portion; and a slide lock disposed about the threaded portion, the slide lock being longitudinally movable along the length of the threaded portion and having a non-smooth engagement surface configured to engage a non-smooth surface of the external bone fixation clamp in order to prevent rotation of the elongated member relative to the external bone fixation clamp, wherein the engagement surface faces in a direction that is away from the connecting member. | 2,067 |
8,993,518 | 1. A method of treating antiphospholipid syndrome in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a composition comprising a polypeptide, wherein said polypeptide comprises a first low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-type A (LA) module, a second LA module, and a linker that joins said first LA module to said second LA module; and wherein said first LA module comprises a first A1 domain comprising an amino acid sequence with 85% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 3, 14, or 15, and said second LA module comprises a second A1 domain comprising an amino acid sequence with 85% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 3, 14, or 15, wherein said polypeptide specifically binds to first and second β2GPI monomers in a dimeric 32GPI/antibody complex. | 29,127 |
9,096,929 | 1. A method for improving film uniformity on a substrate comprising: placing a first substantially flat surface opposite a nozzle and in a void region between elements of a transport mechanism; placing a second substantially flat surface in a second void region between elements of a transport mechanism and adjacent to the first substantially flat surface, placing an exhaust basket substantially directly beneath the first substantially flat surface; connecting the exhaust basket to a source of reduced pressure, the exhaust basket having an intake, the intake positioned beneath the nozzle and the first and second substantially flat surfaces; and introducing a vapor through the nozzle toward the first and second substantially flat surfaces; wherein the exhaust basket is configured to receive a portion of the vapor from the nozzle. | 19,601 |
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