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9,549,542 | 1. A bed bug detection device, which is not based on active capture but rather by passively observing telltale signs which indicate their presence, comprising: a refuge which elicits a taxis response from bed bugs, the refuge including at least a first wall and a second wall arranged one on top of the other and each terminating at a surrounding peripheral edge that defines a perimeter of the refuge, wherein the refuge has an interior disposed between the first wall and the second wall, the interior defining a shaded microenvironment including at least one of a plurality of tunnels and a plurality of crevices, wherein the refuge further includes at least one opening in communication with the interior disposed at a peripheral side between the first wall and the second wall; and a skirt having a non-trapping indicator surface disposed outside the refuge and being visible to an observer, wherein the non-trapping indicator surface is slightly absorbent so that indicators comprising faeces and cast skins mark or stick to the non-trapping indicator surface; a substantially flat sheet of material, wherein said refuge is positioned on the flat sheet in close proximity to said non-trapping indicator surface, the flat sheet having a peripheral portion extending outwardly from the refuge that defines the skirt having the non-trapping indicator surface; and an assembly comprises at least two outer layers of material substantially covering the refuge, the at least two outer layers including a first outer layer and a second outer layer each having a surrounding peripheral edge that defines a further perimeter of the assembly, wherein the perimeter of the assembly is greater than the perimeter of the refuge, wherein the refuge and the flat sheet are sandwiched between the first outer layer and the second outer layer; wherein the skirt having the non-trapping indicator surface extends outwardly beyond the perimeter of the refuge and the further perimeter of the assembly such that the bed bugs are detected by observing indicators comprising faeces and cast skins which are left on the non-trapping indicator surface by the bed bugs as they travel across the skirt on their way to or from the refuge. | 47,367 |
9,178,782 | 1. A method comprising: receiving packets from a network that connects a source device to a destination device; obtaining annotation information from the packets, the annotation information comprising network device information for a network device in the network; generating an analysis interface comprising a view of the annotation information, the analysis interface comprising a network topology diagram comprising operator selectable network devices between the source device and the destination device; determining that an operator selection of the network device from the network topology diagram occurred; selecting specific annotation information from among the annotation information from the packets that is specific to the network device; displaying in the analysis interface a representation of the specific annotation information; receiving an adaptation command from the analysis interface; and communicating the adaptation command to the network device in response to the operator selection. | 34,207 |
8,791,351 | 1. An electromagnetic pickup adapted to be secured to a stringed musical instrument of the type having a plurality of strings of ferromagnetic composition, wherein said strings are tensioned to vibrate with a vibration corresponding to musical notes in response to mechanical stimulation, said electromagnetic pickup comprising at least one magnetized core, said magnetized core having a length and a width, said magnetized core creating a magnetic field, an electrically conductive member configured into at least one coil extending around said magnetized core, and a ferromagnetic material positioned on at least one side of said length of said magnetized core and radially inwardly of at least a portion of said electrically conductive member, said ferromagnetic material being positioned outside of said magnetized core, said electromagnetic pickup mounted proximate said strings in such a manner that said magnetic field of said pickup extends to said strings causing variations in said magnetic field and generating in said coil an output electrical signal in response to said vibration of said strings. | 16,801 |
9,546,404 | 1. A method for detecting a dysregulation in a target gene in a subject comprising: (a) measuring the amount of transcription of a 5′ region of a target gene in a biological sample from the subject; (b) measuring the amount of transcription of a 3′ region of the target gene in the biological sample; (c) comparing the relative expression of the 5′ region to the 3′ region of the target gene in the biological sample to the relative expression of the 5′ region to the 3′ region of the target gene in a reference sample; and (d) identifying the nucleic acid sample as having a gene dysregulation when there is a difference in the relative expression in the biological sample compared to the reference sample. | 16,385 |
8,608,206 | 1. A roof pipe collar comprising: a frusto-conical, hollow body having an inner surface and an outer surface; said frusto-conical, hollow body having a central axis extending through said body that is vertical; a circular opening at a top end of said body having a first diameter and defined by a vertical, circumferential wall extending from said inner surface to said outer surface; an open bottom having a second diameter larger than said first diameter; a plurality of upper vertical cut-line indentations extending vertically downward into said outer surface and circumscribing said outer surface, said plurality of upper vertical cut-line indentations having progressively increasing diameters from said circular opening at said top end of said body to said open bottom; a plurality of lower vertical cut-line indentations extending vertically upward into said inner surface and circumscribing said inner surface, each said lower vertical cut-line indentation being vertically aligned with but not intersecting an upper vertical cut-line indentation and defining an aligned pair of upper and lower vertical cut-line indentations, and configured such that a vertical cut through said collar from said upper vertical cut-line indentation to said lower vertical cut-line indentation in a single aligned pair will produce a circular opening in said collar having a third diameter that is larger than said first diameter and smaller than said second diameter, and defining a second vertical, circumferential wall extending from said inner surface to said outer surface. | 11,482 |
9,203,108 | 1. An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, consisting of: an additive component, wherein the additive component is 1,3-propane sultone or 1,3-propene sultone; a lithium salt; a first organic solvent component, wherein the first organic solvent is methyl acetate, ethyl acetate or propyl acetate; and a second organic solvent component, wherein the second organic solvent is a mixture of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethylene carbonate (EC), wherein the electrolyte includes from 0.1% to 5% by weight of the additive component based on the total weight of the electrolyte. | 4,099 |
8,756,551 | 1. A method for designing an integrated circuit device, comprising: performing one or more operations, using a computer, to place a first transistor of a first transistor type within a gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a second transistor of the first transistor type within the gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a third transistor of the first transistor type within the gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations using the computer, to place a fourth transistor of the first transistor type within the gate electrode level layout, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth transistors of the first transistor type includes a respective linear-shaped gate electrode segment positioned to extend lengthwise in a first direction, and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth transistors of the first transistor type are placed according to a substantially equal centerline-to-centerline spacing as measured perpendicular to the first direction between centerlines of adjacently placed linear-shaped gate electrode segments; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a first transistor of a second transistor type within the gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a second transistor of the second transistor type within the gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a third transistor of the second transistor type within the gate electrode level layout; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a fourth transistor of the second transistor type within the gate electrode level layout, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth transistors of the second transistor type includes a respective linear-shaped gate electrode segment positioned to extend lengthwise in the first direction, and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth transistors of the second transistor type are placed according to the substantially equal centerline-to-centerline spacing as measured perpendicular to the first direction; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a first linear conductive segment within the gate electrode level layout to electrically connect the gate electrode of the first transistor of the first transistor type to the gate electrode of the first transistor of the second transistor type; performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a second linear conductive segment within the gate electrode level layout to electrically connect the gate electrode of the fourth transistor of the first transistor type to the gate electrode of the fourth transistor of the second transistor type; and performing one or more operations, using the computer, to place a third linear conductive segment within the gate electrode level layout beside either the first linear conductive segment or the second linear conductive segment according to the substantially equal centerline-to-centerline spacing as measured perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first, second, and third linear conductive segments extend in the first direction parallel to each other. | 46,254 |
8,879,452 | 1. A method of operating a client device to communicate with a wireless network access point, comprising: receiving by the client device from the wireless network access point, a first portion of a beacon that includes a delivery traffic identification message (DTIM); determining, based on the DTIM, whether one or more packets of data are forthcoming from the wireless network access point; and operating the client device in a low power mode of operation before receiving a second portion of the beacon, wherein operating the client device in the low power mode of operation is based on whether the one or more packets of data are forthcoming from the wireless network access point and whether the client device is to synchronize with the wireless network access point using an internal clock reference of the client device and a timing synchronization function (TSF) of the second portion of the beacon. | 19,598 |
9,318,043 | 1. A distributed content display system capable of presenting content comprising: a set of independent mobile display devices; and a host server communicatively coupled with the plurality of mobile display devices and configured to: | 7,945 |
8,653,575 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate where a buried bit line is formed; a first isolation layer formed over the substrate and providing a first pillar hole arranged in a dot matrix shape over the substrate: a first active pillar buried to completely fill the entire first pillar hole; a gate electrode formed on the first isolation layer and providing a second pillar hole that exposes the first active pillar; a second active pillar buried to completely fill the entire second pillar hole and connected to the first active pillar; and a second isolation layer isolating neighboring gate electrodes, wherein the second pillar has a line width greater than that of the first pillar hole and the gate electrode partially covers a horizontal circumference of an outer surface of the second active pillar without entirely covering the circumference. | 8,738 |
9,450,658 | 1. A method comprising: (a) receiving channel state information (CSI) from a user equipment (UE) by a base station in a mobile communication network, wherein the CSI comprises a rank indicator indicating a channel rank and a precoding matrix indicator indicating an original precoding matrix; (b) determining a number of spatial layers that is more than the channel rank; (c) appending additional precoding vectors in the original precoding matrix to form a new precoding matrix; and (d) transmitting data over the spatial layers using the new precoding matrix. | 43,504 |
8,344,973 | 1. An electrostatic discharge preventing device for light emitting diodes for backlighting, comprising: a plurality of RGB assemblies mounted on a flexible printed circuit board; a plurality of RGB packages formed in each RGB assemblies; an R LED chip, a G LED chip, and a B LED chip mounted in each of the RGB packages and arranged in parallel; an electrostatic discharge preventing circuit having first, second, and third Zener diodes mounted on the flexible printed circuit board to protect the R LED chip, the G LED chip, and the B LED chip inside each RGB packages from static electricity; wherein the first, second and third Zener diodes are arranged in parallel with each other; wherein the R LED chip of each RGB package is connected to an anode of the first Zener diode, the G LED chip of each RGB package is connected to an anode of the second Zener diode, and the B LED chip of each RGB package is connected to an anode of the third Zener diode; and wherein each cathode of the first, second, and third Zener diodes is connected to a common terminal (COM). | 11,266 |
9,698,671 | 1. A single-stage AC-to-DC converter comprising: a bus capacitor; a power factor correcting module coupled to said bus capacitor, used to receive an AC (alternating current) input voltage, further receiving a first control signal and a second control signal, and generating, based on the input voltage and the first and second control signals, a DC (direct current) bus voltage across said bus capacitor and an intermediate voltage switching between the bus voltage and zero; a resonant converting module coupled to said power factor correcting module for receiving the intermediate voltage therefrom, and generating a DC output voltage based on the intermediate voltage; and a control module coupled to said bus capacitor for receiving the bus voltage therefrom, coupled further to said power factor correcting module, and generating, based on the bus voltage, the first and second control signals for said power factor correcting module, each of the first and second control signals switching between an active state and an inactive state, and having a duty cycle associated with the bus voltage; wherein said control module increases the duty cycle of the first control signal and decreases the duty cycle of the second control signal when the bus voltage is higher than a predetermined first target voltage, and decreases the duty cycle of the first control signal and increases the duty cycle of the second control signal when the bus voltage is lower than the first target voltage. | 14,408 |
9,601,176 | 1. A nonvolatile memory comprising: a memory cell; a write circuit generating a write current to change the memory cell from a first resistance value to a second resistance value; a first current generating circuit generating a first current based on the write current flowing through the memory cell; a second current generating circuit generating a second current based on the write current flowing through the memory cell; a hold circuit holding a first value generated based on the second current when the memory cell stores the first resistance value; a comparator comparing the first value with a second value generated based on a change of the first current while the memory cell changes from the first resistance value to the second resistance value; and a write current control circuit cutting off the write current based on a result of comparison of the comparator. | 2,097 |
8,739,847 | 1. A heavy duty tire comprising a tread portion provided with a central circumferential groove disposed along the tire equator, a crown circumferential groove disposed on each side of the central circumferential groove, and a plurality of crown axial grooves disposed on each side of the central circumferential groove and extending axially from the central circumferential groove to said crown circumferential grooves so that portions between the central circumferential groove and the crown circumferential groove are circumferentially divided into crown blocks, wherein each of the crown blocks is provided with a single crown narrow groove extending from the central circumferential groove to the crown circumferential groove so as to circumferentially subdivide the crown block into two block pieces, the crown axial grooves are each inclined at an angle α of from 10 to 30 degrees with respect to the tire axial direction, the central circumferential groove is a zigzag groove consisting of alternate oblique main parts and inflected parts shorter than the oblique main parts, the oblique main parts are each inclined at an angle β of from 1 to 15 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction, the inflected parts are each inclined at an angle larger than the angle β oppositely to the oblique main parts with respect to the tire circumferential direction, the inflected parts are each connected with one of the crown narrow grooves disposed on one side of the central circumferential groove and one of the crown narrow grooves disposed on the other side of the central circumferential groove, the oblique main parts are each connected with one of the crown axial grooves disposed on one side of the central circumferential groove and one of the crown axial grooves disposed on the other side of the central circumferential groove, the central circumferential groove has a depth less than the depths of the crown circumferential grooves, the crown axial grooves are each provided therein with a tie bar rising from the bottom of the crown axial groove so as to connect the circumferentially adjacent two crown blocks to each other, and the crown axial grooves each have an axially inner part which is axially inside the tie bar and has a depth less than the depth of the adjacent crown circumferential groove. | 4,421 |
8,853,429 | 1. A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (7): wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or aryl group or any combination thereof, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; provided that R is not a compound of Formula (a): wherein R R R R which comprises: a) hydroxylating a compound of formula (1): wherein Y is a halo group, P b) oxidizing the compound of formula (2) to provide a compound of formula (3): wherein W represents —OP c) the process further comprising forming a compound of formula (2) or (3) in which W represents ═O by: oxidizing a compound of formula (2) or (3) wherein P 2 is hydrogen; or deprotecting and oxidizing a compound of formula (2) or (3) wherein P 2 is a protecting group; d) coupling the compound of formula (3) wherein W represents ═O with a compound of formula (4): wherein Z is (PR and e) subjecting the compound of formula (5) to ring-opening, removal of any P 1 protecting groups, and optionally removing any additional protecting groups to provide a compound of formula (7). | 9,384 |
8,501,249 | 1. A method of inhibiting fat-storage function of adipocytes, said method comprising: administrating an effective amount of a ginger extract to a target in need thereof, wherein the ginger extract is obtained by a process comprising: providing roots or stems of preparing a ginger component by mixing the dry condensing the liquid extract. | 10,362 |
8,999,166 | 1. A method for allowing access to the bottom of a water treatment chamber filled with water filtration media, said method comprising; entering a hatch formed of an impermeable material, wherein said hatch is shaped to allow travel through it by a human, wherein said hatch extends from above the operational water level of said chamber to a level significantly below the top of said media; travelling through said opening of dimensions significantly similar to those of said hatch extending through said media into the lower chamber cavity; and cleaning said media from below. | 41,298 |
9,148,957 | 1. An electronic circuit substrate, comprising: a wiring substrate that has a substrate, and wiring lines, circuit elements, and connecting terminals that are formed on said substrate, the connecting terminals being connected to the circuit elements via the wiring lines; and a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring substrate through the connecting terminals, wherein the connecting terminals of the wiring substrate each comprise: wherein the semiconductor chip has bump electrodes that are to be connected to the depression electrodes of the connecting terminals, respectively, and wherein a contact region where a depression electrode is in contact with a corresponding bump electrode forms a line shape in a plan view. | 42,402 |
8,519,277 | 1. A surface mounted electronic component, comprising: a main body; a circuit element, arranged in the main body; a conductive electrode, disposed on an outer surface of the main body, wherein the conductive electrode is electrically connected to the circuit element; and a first virtual electrode, disposed on the outer surface of the main body, wherein the first virtual electrode is located near the conductive electrode, and there is a distance between the first virtual electrode and the conductive electrode, wherein positions of the conductive electrode and the first virtual electrode correspond to a geometric shape of a first pad of a circuit board, so that the conductive electrode and the first virtual electrode are all welded to the first pad. | 10,731 |
8,759,554 | 1. A compound of formulae (IV), (V), or (VI) wherein R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, N(R R R Ar is on each occurrence, identically or differently, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R. | 21,486 |
9,312,559 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a wound electrode body configured by superposing on each other, and winding a positive electrode sheet having a positive electrode collector formed to a sheet shape and a positive electrode active material layer formed on that collector, a negative electrode sheet having a negative electrode collector formed to a sheet shape and a negative electrode active material layer formed on that collector, and a separator formed to a sheet shape, wherein a density of the positive electrode active material layer ranges from 2.3 to 2.7 g/cm a density of the negative electrode active material layer ranges from 1.1 to 1.5 q/cm the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite as a negative electrode active material, the graphite is oriented in a predetermined direction, and the positive electrode sheet, the negative electrode sheet and the separator sheet all have a tensile elongation at break of 2% or higher. | 15,247 |
8,438,977 | 1. A projectile comprising: a nose, wherein the forward surface of the nose comprises a cavitator for creating a gaseous cavity inside a water medium; a body, wherein the nose depends from the body; and a fin pivotally coupled to the body, the fin having a stowed position and a deployed position, and wherein a width-to-chord ratio of the fin is greater than one. | 24,805 |
8,667,319 | 1. A clock transitioning circuit arrangement comprising: a memory circuit for storing at least write instructions received from a processor system, the write instructions indicating a scheme to write data to a clock generation unit, the clock generation unit configured to generate a plurality of clock signals according to the data, the write instructions including information for handshakes, delays, and sequence of data associated with the scheme; and a control circuit between the clock generation unit and the memory circuit, the control circuit configured to receive the write instructions in response to receiving a trigger, and to write the data to the clock generation unit according to the scheme to change the at least one of the clock signals. | 20,717 |
9,732,213 | 1. A composition for enhancing viscosity of a fluid comprising a mixture of: (A) at least a first polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 35,000 to 10,000,000 selected from at least one member of the group consisting of cationizable polysaccharides with primary amino groups and which are at least partially cationizable to a cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of 0.3 to 2 milliequivalents/gram at a temperature of 100 to 250° C.; (B) at least a second polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 g/mol to 10,000,000 g/mol selected from the group consisting of: (1) anionic polymers selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyacrylamide and acrylate copolymer, the at least one anionic polymer, and having an anionic charge density of 0.1 to 20 milliequivalents/gram, wherein the anionic polymer has functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate or phosphonate, and (2) hydrolysable polymers selected from the group consisting of polyalkylacrylate, polyacrylamide and copolymers of polyalkylacrylate and polyacrylamide, the hydrolysable polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 g/mol to 10,000,000 g/mol, and which is at least partially hydrolyzable to an anionic polymer having an anionic charge density of 0.1 to 20 milliequivalents/gram at a temperature of 100 to 250° C., wherein the hydrolysable polymer optionally has functional groups selected from the group consisting of sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate or phosphonate; wherein the composition has a pH of 6 to 12 and a zeta potential at 25° C. in the range of 0.5 to 100 mV or −0.5 to −100 mV. | 20,145 |
9,662,098 | 1. A self-purging delivery apparatus for a multi-component composition, the delivery apparatus comprising: an applicator comprising two or more interior channels each for separately conveying one of the components and an outlet path which is fluidly connected to each of the interior channels to facilitate mixing of the components therein; a multi-barrel syringe, wherein each barrel defines a reservoir, and each barrel is coupled at one end to one of the two or more interior channels of the applicator; a single actuator coupled to each barrel such that application of an application pressure P(A) causes each component to flow simultaneously from each reservoir, respectively, to the interior channels and the outlet path; a purge assembly comprising a source of liquid flushing agent, under a constant pressure P(P), fluidly coupled to the applicator's outlet path via a purge path to convey liquid flushing agent into the applicator; and one or more pressure-sensitive valve assemblies operatively coupled to selectively close the purge path when the application pressure P(A) applied via the actuator is greater than the constant pressure P(P) of the source of the liquid flushing agent. | 33,517 |
9,124,340 | 1. Wideband emission/reception device comprising a front-end module, a RF frequency conversion module, and a baseband processing module, for the emission or the reception of signals in a selected channel, wherein | 34,455 |
9,548,357 | 1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a cavity formed in the semiconductor substrate, the cavity comprising a sigma cavity in an upper region, and a lower region, wherein the lower region comprises a substantially rectangular cavity; a first dielectric layer disposed in the lower region; a second dielectric layer disposed in the upper region, wherein the second dielectric layer is planar with a top surface of the semiconductor substrate; a third dielectric layer disposed below the first dielectric layer; and at least one additional dielectric layer disposed below the third dielectric layer. | 29,681 |
9,528,648 | 1. A breakaway assembly comprising: a first connector; a second connector that is releasably coupleable to said first connector, wherein said assembly is movable between a first configuration in which said first and second connectors are coupled and together define a fluid path through which fluid is flowable, and a second configuration in which said first and second connectors are axially separated, wherein said assembly is configured to move from said first configuration to said second configuration when a sufficient separation force is applied to said assembly, and wherein said assembly is configured to be moved from said second configuration to said first configuration when a sufficient connecting force is applied to said assembly; a closure valve positioned in one of said first or second connectors, wherein said closure valve is configured to be in an open position when said assembly is in said first configuration to allow fluid to flow therethrough, and to be in a closed position when said assembly is in said second configuration to generally block the flow of fluid therethrough, said closure valve including a closure valve spring biasing said closure valve; and a bleed valve configured to allow at least some fluid trapped by said closure valve to escape to reduce a pressure of said fluid trapped by said closure valve, said bleed valve including a bleed valve spring biasing said bleed valve, wherein said bleed valve is configured to be automatically opened to allow at least some fluid trapped by said closure valve to escape as said assembly is moved from said second configuration to said first configuration. | 16,262 |
8,753,532 | 1. A lithium metal oxide powder for use as a cathode material in a rechargeable battery, having a general formula Li a Ni x Co y Mn y′ M′ z O 2±e A f , wherein 0.9<a<1.1, 0.3≦x≦0.9, 0≦y≦0.4, 0≦y′≦0.4, 0<z≦0.35, e<0.02, 0≦f≦0.05 and 0.9<(x+y+y′+z+f)<1.1; wherein M′ comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Cr, V, Fe and Ga; A comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, C, Cl, S, Zr, Ba, Y, Ca, B, Sn, Sb, Na and Zn; and the powder has a particle size distribution defining a D10 and a D90; wherein either: both x1−x2≧0.005 and z2−z1≧0.005; x1 and z1 being molar contents of Ni and M′, respectively, of particles having a particle size D90; and x2 and z2 being molar contents of Ni and M′, respectively, of particles having a particle size D10, and wherein the molar contents of Co and Mn are not correlated to particle size. | 46,218 |
9,132,294 | 1. A composition comprising a compound having the structure of formula (I): in a cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable vehicle. | 35,492 |
9,730,159 | 1. A method for performing channel access by a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving, from an access point (AP), a first frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) and setting information of a time window during which a TIM mode STA is not allowed to perform the channel access; and performing the channel access by transmitting a second frame based on the first frame, wherein the setting information comprises start time information of the time window and periodicity information of the time window, wherein the time window is repeated according to a cycle indicated by the periodicity information of the time window, and wherein an allowable transmission timing of the second frame within the cycle indicated by the periodicity information depends on whether the STA is the TIM mode STA or a non-TIM mode STA. | 45,586 |
8,754,625 | 1. A converter for converting an AC voltage to a regulated output current provided to a load, comprising: a first node for coupling to a first end of the load and a second node for coupling to a second end of the load; a filter capacitor coupled between said first and second nodes; a rectifier network for receiving the AC voltage and for providing a rectified voltage on a third node; a second capacitor coupled between said third node and a fourth node; a first inductor coupled between said third node and a fifth node; a third capacitor coupled between said fifth node and a reference node, wherein said reference node is coupled to said first node; a second inductor coupled between said second and fourth nodes; a first diode having an anode coupled to said fourth node and a cathode coupled to said fifth node; a current sensing device for sensing current which flows from said reference node to said fourth node through said second inductor and for providing a sense signal indicative thereof; a switching transistor having a first current terminal coupled to said third node, a second current terminal coupled to said reference node, and having a control terminal; and a hysteretic current mode controller which is coupled to said third node and to said control terminal of said switching transistor, which receives said sense signal, and which controls said switching transistor based on said sense signal to regulate said current through said second inductor. | 33,603 |
9,530,924 | 1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell module including a step of electrically connecting wiring members to a front-surface electrode and a back-surface electrode of a solar cell by use of resin adhesives, the method comprising: arranging a resin adhesive, a first wiring member, a first cushion sheet, and an upper press member on the front-surface electrode of the solar cell in this order and arranging a resin adhesive, a second wiring member, a second cushion sheet, and a lower press member on the back-surface electrode of the solar cell in this order, the upper press member and the lower press member are formed of an upper heat block to be located above the solar cell and a lower heat block to be located below the solar cell, and fixing the wiring members to the front-surface electrode and the back-surface electrode by pressing the wiring members via the first and second cushion sheets by applying pressure to the upper heat block and the lower heat block in directions opposed to each other, and then by thermally curing the resin adhesives by heating at a temperature equal to or higher than a curing temperature of the resin adhesives, and detaching the first cushion sheet from the solar cell by releasing the pressure to the press members, and moving the upper press member upward while keeping at least the second cushion sheet sticking to the solar cell under conditions wherein the second cushion sheet has adhesive strength larger than that of the first cushion sheet wherein, in the step of fixing the wiring members to the front-surface electrode and the back-surface electrode, the wiring members are pressed and heated with the upper heat block and the lower heat block, and in the step of fixing the wiring members to the front-surface electrode and the back-surface electrode, the wiring members are fixed to the solar cell while an actual temperature of the lower heat block is higher than an actual temperature of the upper heat block. | 21,040 |
8,678,669 | 1. A reconfigurable polarity detachable connector assembly, comprising: a housing comprising two accommodation channels extending to a front side thereof in a parallel manner, sliding coupling means bilaterally disposed at a bottom side thereof, an opening disposed at a top side thereof, and a springy protruding member suspending in said opening and partially protruding over the top side of said housing; two mating simplex connectors respectively detachably mounted in said accommodation channels of said housing, each said mating simplex connector comprising a hollow holder base, a tubular calibration support rod positioned in said hollow holder base, and a connection sleeve fastened to a rear side of said hollow holder base around said tubular calibration support rod and selectively detachably mountable in one said accommodation channel; a fiber optic cable fastened to said housing, said fiber optic cable comprising two optical fiber cores respectively inserted into the connection sleeves of said mating simplex connectors into the respective tubular calibration support rods of said mating simplex connectors; and a sliding cap capped on said housing and stopped at a front side of said springy protruding member of said housing, said sliding cap being movable relative to said housing between a close position to keep said optical fiber cores of said fiber optic cable from sight and an open position to expose said optical fiber cores of said fiber optic cable outside said housing after pressing of said springy protruding member into said opening by an external force, said sliding cap comprising a horizontal top panel, two vertical side panels respectively downwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of said horizontal top panel and defining with said two vertical side panels a positioning space, sliding coupling means located on said two vertical side panels at an inner side and respectively slidably coupled to the sliding coupling means of said housing, and a stop flange extended from a front side of said horizontal top panel and disposed at a top front side of said positioning space and stoppable at a front side of said springy protruding member of said housing to hold said sliding cap in said open position after said springy protruding member being forced by an external force into said opening of said housing for allowing movement of said sliding cap by an external force from said close position to said open position. | 27,492 |
8,668,245 | 1. A front underfloor structure of a vehicle, comprising a protruding member protruding downward from a front underfloor surface of the vehicle and being configured to redirect a flow of traveling air that flows around a front underfloor while traveling, wherein the protruding member is configured as a protruding member with curved surface disposed at a position closer to the vehicle front than front tires and in a central portion of the front underfloor straddling a vehicle center line, and the protruding member with curved surface has a shape of a protruding curved surface, the shape of the protruding curved surface has a circumference of a surface in a vehicle longitudinal direction that is longest at the position of the vehicle center line and becomes gradually shorter with increasing distance from the vehicle center line on both sides in a vehicle width direction. | 7,780 |
9,297,986 | 1. A wide angle lens system comprising: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power and being spaced apart from the first lens group by a maximum air gap, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are sequentially arranged from an object side toward an image side, wherein the second lens group comprises a positive 2-1 lens group, a negative 2-2 lens group, and a positive 2-3 lens group, and wherein focusing is performed by moving the 2-2 lens group along an optical axis. | 23,245 |
9,515,309 | 1. A secondary battery pack comprising: one cylindrical battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state; an insulative mounting member having an opening, through which a cathode terminal of the battery cell is exposed upward, the insulative mounting member being configured to have a structure in which a protection circuit module (PCM) assembly is disposed at the top of the insulative mounting member, the insulative mounting member being mounted to the top of the battery cell; a PCM assembly comprising a PCM having an external input and output terminal formed at the top thereof and connecting members coupled to the bottom of the PCM, the connecting members being connected to a protection circuit of the PCM; and an insulative cap coupled to the top of the battery cell so that the insulative cap surrounds the PCM assembly in a state in which the external input and output terminal is exposed, wherein the cathode terminal and an anode terminal of the battery cell are electrically connected to external input and output terminals via the connecting members through the PCM in a state in which the insulative mounting member and the PCM assembly are disposed on the battery cell, wherein a protection circuit component is mounted to the center of the bottom of the PCM, wherein a first contact part to electrically connect the anode terminal of the battery cell to the protection circuit component, a second contact part to electrically connect the protection circuit component to an external input and output anode terminal and a third contact part to electrically connect the cathode terminal of the battery cell to the protection circuit component are formed around the center of the bottom of the PCM, wherein a first connecting member electrically connects the anode terminal of the battery cell, located at the bottom of the battery cell, and the first contact part of the PCM to each other, and a second connecting member electrically connects the second contact part of the PCM and the external input and output anode terminal, located at the bottom of the battery pack, to each other, and wherein a third connecting member electrically connects the cathode terminal of the battery cell and the third contact part of the PCM to each other, wherein a sheathing film is attached to the outside of the battery case of the battery cell and the outsides of the first and second connecting members, and wherein the sheathing film is a thermally shrinkable tube, which is attached to the outside of the battery case and the outsides of the first and second connection members so as to surround the outside of the battery case and the outsides of the first and second connection members. | 48,958 |
8,938,425 | 1. A method for use in managing logical views of storage, the method comprising: creating a logical namespace view, wherein the logical namespace view indicates a logical collection of a set of storage objects, wherein a storage object includes a file; creating a mapping object for the logical namespace view, wherein the mapping object includes a namespace inode, wherein the mapping object manages access to the set of storage objects of the logical namespace view, wherein the namespace inode includes a mapping information for each storage object of the set of storage objects, wherein the mapping information includes sharing information for each storage object of the set of storage objects indicating whether the storage object is shared by at least two versions of the storage object, a real inode of each storage object of the set of storage objects, and a virtual inode for each storage object of the set of storage objects, wherein the mapping information for a storage object associates a real inode of the storage object to a virtual inode for the storage object; and creating a snapshot copy of the logical namespace view, wherein the snapshot copy of the logical namespace view shares a subset of the set of storage objects with the logical namespace view by creating a version of the namespace inode of the logical namespace view, wherein the version of the namespace inode points to the mapping information of the namespace inode of the logical namespace view and manages access to the snapshot copy. | 1,224 |
9,623,457 | 1. A double cold rolled shadow mask strip steel, designed to consist of, in weight percentage, C: <0.001%, Mn: 0.1˜0.40%, Al: 0.02˜0.06%, Si: <0.025%, P: <0.015%, S: <0.01%, O: <0.004%, with remainders composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. | 10,385 |
8,839,635 | 1. An absorption chiller-heater apparatus, for providing heating and refrigeration, said apparatus comprising: a high temperature generator ( 102 ), a hot-water heat exchanger ( 104 ), a high temperature heat exchanger ( 106 ), a low temperature generator ( 110 ), a low temperature heat exchanger ( 108 ), a recovery heat exchanger ( 112 ), a condenser ( 114 ), an evaporator ( 116 ), and an absorber ( 118 ), and optionally comprising: a heat reclaimer ( 120 ); characterized in that: the high temperature generator ( the hot-water heat exchanger ( the high temperature heat exchanger ( the low temperature generator ( the low temperature heat exchanger ( the recovery heat exchanger ( the heat reclaimer ( the condenser ( the evaporator ( the absorber ( | 44,848 |
8,538,053 | 1. A hearing device, comprising: a feedback suppression unit; a signal processing unit coupled to said feedback suppression unit, said signal processing unit having an output providing an output signal; a low-pass filter coupled to said signal processing unit and characterized by a first cut-off frequency, couples a low-frequency signal component out of said output signal of said signal processing unit; a high-pass filter having an input coupled to said output of said signal processing unit and characterized by a second cut-off frequency, couples a high-frequency signal component out of the output signal of said signal processing unit, with there being a predetermined distance between the first and the second cut-off frequencies; and a frequency shift unit, which shifts a frequency of the high-frequency signal component to higher frequencies. | 29,570 |
9,795,945 | 1. An exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising fine composite-metal particles containing Rh and Pd; wherein, when the fine composite-metal particles in the exhaust gas purification catalyst are analyzed by STEM-EDX, the average ratio of the amount of Pd with respect to the total amount of Rh and Pd in the fine composite-metal particles is 1.7 atomic % or more and 24.8 atomic % or less; and wherein the average ratio is a value calculated by selecting 10 or more fine particles from the exhaust gas purification catalyst at random; measuring each of all the selected fine particles by STEM-EDX; further selecting all the fine composite-metal particles containing Rh and Pd from all of the randomly selected fine particles; totaling the values of the ratio of the amount of Pd with respect to the total amount of Rh and Pd in each of the fine composite-metal particles; and dividing the total values of the ratio by the total number of the selected fine composite-metal particles. | 41,074 |
8,895,208 | 1. A process for the manufacture of an interconnect for a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack, the process comprising the steps of: providing at least one metal sheet to a press; pressing protrusions on both sides of the at least one metal sheet, thereby forming contact points, lines or areas on both sides of the at least one metal sheet, wherein said protrusions are pressed to an excess dimension, an excess protrusion height above the at least one metal sheet surface on either side of the at least one metal sheet; assembling said at least one metal sheet with excess dimensioned protrusions with layers comprising anode, cathode and electrolyte to form a fuel cell or plurality of stacked fuel cells forming a cell stack; providing the at least one metal sheet with excess dimensioned protrusions and said layers comprising anode, cathode and electrolyte to a calibrating press; and performing a calibration step wherein the assembled cell or cell stack including the at least one metal sheet is heated to a temperature above 850° C. and compressed in the calibrating press during an amount of time of 1 to 3 hours, whereby the excess dimensioned protrusions of the at least one metal sheet are compressed and creep to reach the final dimension smaller than said excess dimension, thereby obtaining contact to the adjacent layers of the cell or the cell stack. | 11,636 |
9,772,602 | 1. An electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit usable in a process cartridge, the drum unit comprising: (a) a cylinder having a photosensitive layer at an outer periphery thereof and an axis L (b) a drum flange provided at one end of the cylinder, the drum flange including a recess formed on an inside thereof and a gear portion provided along an outer surface of the drum flange; and (c) a detachable retaining member provided entirely within the drum flange. | 20,667 |
8,768,424 | 1. A photoplethysmograph device comprising: a first light source for illuminating a target object; a modulator for driving the first light source such that an output intensity varies as a function of a modulation signal at a modulation frequency; a detector for receiving light from the target object and generating an electrical output as a function of intensity of the received light; and a demodulator for receiving the detector output, having at least one local oscillator and a demodulated output representative of the modulation signal and any sidebands thereof, in which the demodulator is insensitive to any phase difference between the modulation signal and the local oscillator, the demodulator is configured to: wherein the demodulated output is a signal indicative of blood volume as a function of time and/or blood composition, wherein the demodulator is a digital signal processing demodulator, and the at least one local oscillator is operable to produce the first square wave output at the oscillator frequency and at a first phase angle, and the second square wave output at the oscillator frequency and at a second phase angle, the second phase angle being at 90 degrees to the first phase angle. | 29,664 |
9,218,421 | 1. A method to rank the influence of a web site, comprising: accessing a query based on a topic term; determining, using a processor, topic specific posts by applying the query to a first plurality of posts to a web site; comparing, using the processor, the topic specific posts to a list of web sites to determine a topic volume per site; determining, using the processor, a plurality of inbound links to the first plurality of posts; determining, using the processor, a number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term by comparing the topic volume per site and the inbound links; and generating, using the processor, a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term and times between the inbound links. | 12,612 |
9,162,730 | 1. A motor drive control apparatus, comprising: a speed processing unit configured to generate a first value by converting a second value corresponding to a current speed; a torque processing unit configured to generate a third value by converting a fourth value corresponding to a target torque; and a drive unit configured to control switching by a switch included in a complementary switching amplifier by an average duty ratio corresponding to a sum of the first value and the third value to drive a motor connected to the complementary switching amplifier. | 30,187 |
8,912,375 | 1. Process for production of a hydrocarbon fuel from renewable organic material of biological origin comprising the steps: (a) forming a feedstock by combining a fossil hydrocarbon fuel with a renewable organic material wherein the content of renewable organic material material is 1 to 35 vol %; and (b) mixing the feedstock of step (a) with a hydrogen-rich gas and conducting the combined stream to a hydrodeoxygenation stage by contacting said combined stream with a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation catalyst is a supported unpromoted Mo catalyst having Mo content of 0.1 to 20 wt %, the support being selected from alumina, silica, titania and combinations thereof, and said support having a bimodal porous structure with pores with a diameter larger than 50 nm that constitute at least 2 vol % of the total pore volume. | 20,460 |
9,066,393 | 1. A power module for providing power to an electrical circuit that includes at least one light source, comprising: an alternating current (AC) power input configured to receive AC power for supplying to the electrical circuit and powering the at least one light source; a receiver configured to receive a power outage indication signal from a power outage detection unit located remotely from the power module, wherein the power outage detection unit is configured to monitor a change in the received AC power; a battery; an inverter circuit configured to convert direct current (DC) power from the battery to AC power for powering the at least one light source; and a controller configured to: | 29,638 |
8,688,119 | 1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) for communicating with a wireless network, the method comprising: the UE determining whether a DRX parameter of the UE is at or below a DRX threshold, the UE being in a CONNECTED state with a base station of the wireless network and operating in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode; the UE applying a network controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is at or below the DRX threshold; and the UE applying a UE controlled mobility mode when the DRX parameter is above the DRX threshold, wherein when the network controlled mobility mode is applied, the network controls a handover of the UE from one cell to another, and when the UE controlled mobility mode is applied, the UE is allowed to autonomously perform a cell reselection. | 40,001 |
9,778,653 | 1. A system comprising: a vehicle including a rechargeable battery and an optical target, wherein the vehicle is configured to: the server configured to: the UAV includes an energy storage device and an optical scanner, wherein the UAV is configured to: | 43,169 |
9,313,685 | 1. A wireless communications method, comprising: transmitting multiple access probe transmissions from an access terminal requesting an access channel grant; and performing, prior to transmitting every one of the multiple access probe transmissions, a persistence test between two consecutive multiple access probe transmissions for controlling congestion on an access channel, so that no access probe transmission is performed without first performing the persistence test, wherein the performing the persistence test includes: comparing a random number x with a persistence number p; and deciding to transmit a corresponding access probe when the random number x is less than the persistence number p, wherein x is between 0 and 1 and p is not zero. | 19,847 |
9,637,510 | 1. A method of preparing an MX 2 L q complex comprising: reacting a ruthenium (IV) hexahalo complex that comprises a [RuX wherein M comprises ruthenium; wherein X wherein y is an integer value from 1 to 6; and wherein q is 3. | 48,127 |
9,484,806 | 1. A driving apparatus for driving an interleaved power factor correction circuit including a first main switch and a second main switch performing a switching operation with a predetermined phase difference, a first auxiliary switch performing a first switching operation of being turned on before the first main switch is turned on, and turned off before the first main switch is turned off, and a second auxiliary switch performing a second switching operation of being turned on before the second main switch is turned on, and turned off before the second main switch is turned off and a first inductor connected between an input power terminal to which input power is applied and the first main switch and a second inductor connected between the input power terminal and the second main switch, wherein a first current from the first inductor can flow to the first main or auxiliary switch and a second current from the second inductor can flow to the second main or auxiliary switch wherein the first auxiliary switch performs a switching operation of being turned on at a time at which the second switching operation is terminated, and the second auxiliary switch performs a switching operation of being turned on at a time at which the first switching operation is terminated, the apparatus comprising: an input unit obtaining an input signal; a current sensing unit obtaining information regarding a current of the interleaved power factor correction circuit; and an output unit outputting a first control signal with respect to the first main switch, a third control signal with respect to the second main switch, a second control signal with respect to the first auxiliary switch, and a fourth control signal with respect to the second auxiliary switch, based on the input signal and the current information. | 27,185 |
9,112,733 | 1. A method for managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs) using statistical process control in a networked computing environment, comprising: detecting events generated by resources of the networked computing environment, the detecting comprising at least one of: processing the events based on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to determine if the events impact a set of SLAs; determining if a set of remedial actions is needed to address the events to avoid the set of SLAs from being not being met; verifying whether the set of remedial actions would exceed a capacity of at least one of: a level of a cloud environment, and terms of service; and performing the set of remedial actions as needed if the set of remedial actions does not exceed the capacity of either of: the level of the cloud environment, and the terms of service. | 14,826 |
9,327,706 | 1. A method of engine starting, comprising: rotating an engine in response to a vehicle activation request and in absence of an engine start request, the engine rotation driving a fuel pump that pressurizes a fuel rail with fuel from a tank; not supplying fuel to the rotating engine; stopping the rotating engine in response to fuel rail pressure greater than a threshold pressure; and starting the stopped engine in response to an engine start request. | 27,936 |
9,153,845 | 1. A lithium ion battery control system comprising: a charging and discharging control circuit that controls charging and discharging of a lithium ion battery; a degradation rate storage unit that stores a previous degradation rate of the lithium ion battery; a degradation rate calculating unit that calculates a present degradation rate of the lithium ion battery; and a degradation rate comparing unit that compares the present degradation rate with the previous degradation rate and that sends a signal for changing a charging and discharging condition of the lithium ion battery to the charging and discharging control circuit when the present degradation rate is greater than the previous degradation rate by a predetermined value. | 44,450 |
9,234,495 | 1. An apparatus for generating power from a fluid in a reservoir, comprising: a power station comprising: a return system comprising: a flow energy converter positioned within the power generating apparatus thereby converting flow energy into work done externally by the power generating apparatus. | 8,263 |
9,620,102 | 1. A stepped acoustic structure in which acoustic septum caps are located in the cells of a stepped-honeycomb so that the acoustic impedance of at least two of the cells is different to provide the stepped-acoustic structure with multiple degrees of freedom for reducing the noise generated from a source, said stepped acoustic structure comprising: A) a honeycomb comprising a first edge to be located closest to said source and a second edge, said honeycomb comprising a plurality of walls that extend between said first and second edges, said walls defining a first cell and a second cell wherein each of said first and second cells has the same cross-sectional area measured perpendicular to said walls; B) an acoustic barrier located at the second edge of said honeycomb or within said first or second cells to form a first acoustic resonator and a second acoustic resonator wherein the depth of each of said first and second acoustic resonators is equal to the distance between the first edge of said honeycomb and said acoustic barrier; C) a first acoustic septum cap comprising: D) a second acoustic septum cap comprising: E) a step attached to the walls of said second cell that reduces the cross-sectional area of said second cell at said second septum depth an amount that is equal to from 10 to 85 percent of the cross-sectional area of said second cell whereby said second cell has a second acoustic impedance that is sufficiently different from said first acoustic impedance to provide said stepped acoustic structure with multiple degrees of freedom for reducing the noise generated from a source. | 26,767 |
9,691,547 | 1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor, comprising: an element body including a dielectric; a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode; and a plurality of first internal electrode groups and a plurality of second internal electrode groups, wherein the element body includes a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface, the first main surface and the second main surface extend in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and are opposed to each other, the first side surface and the second side surface extend in the second direction and in a third direction that is a direction in which the first main surface and the second main surface are opposed to each other to connect the first main surface and the second main surface, and are opposed to each other, and the third side surface and the fourth side surface extend in the first direction and the third direction to connect between the first main surface and the second main surface, and are opposed to each other, the first terminal electrode is arranged on the first main surface, the second terminal electrode is arranged on the second main surface, the plurality of first internal electrode groups each include a first number of first internal electrodes, and the first numbers of first internal electrodes are connected to the first terminal electrode and arranged in the first direction inside the element body, the plurality of second internal electrode groups each include a second number of second internal electrodes, and the second numbers of second internal electrodes are connected to the second terminal electrode and arranged in the first direction inside the element body, a length in the first direction of the element body is greater than a length in the third direction of the element body and is smaller than or equal to a length in the second direction of the element body, a length in the second direction of the first internal electrodes is greater than a length in the third direction of the first internal electrodes, and a length in the second direction of the second internal electrodes is greater than a length in the third direction of the second internal electrodes, the first number and the second number are different integers equal to or greater than 2, intervals in the first direction between the first internal electrodes included in the first internal electrode groups, intervals in the first direction between the second internal electrodes included in the second internal electrode groups, and intervals in the first direction between the first internal electrodes included in the first internal electrode groups and the second internal electrodes included in the second internal electrode groups are all the same, and the first internal electrode groups and the second internal electrode groups are arranged alternately in the first direction so that one of first internal electrodes included in each of the first internal electrode groups and one of second internal electrodes included in each of the second internal electrode groups are opposed to each other in the first direction. | 25,494 |
9,762,341 | 1. A time synchronization system comprising: a clock supply apparatus that includes a first oscillator and generates a first time signal; and a time synchronization apparatus that includes a receiver, and a fluctuation reducing unit, wherein the receiver generates a second time signal based on a satellite signal, the fluctuation reducing unit includes a second oscillator that generates a clock signal, and the fluctuation reducing unit decreases fluctuation in a phase of the second time signal using the clock signal from the second oscillator and generates a fluctuation-reduced second time signal, further wherein: the time synchronization apparatus is provided on an outside of the clock supply apparatus, and the clock supply apparatus generates the first time signal using the fluctuation-reduced second time signal. | 32,700 |
9,577,512 | 1. A current zero-cross detection device, comprising a current transformer, a first sampling switch, a second sampling switch, a sampling resistor and a comparator, wherein the current transformer comprises a primary winding and a secondary winding; wherein: the primary winding is connected with a circuit to be detected; two ends of the secondary winding are connected respectively to drain electrodes of the first sampling switch and the second sampling switch; a source electrode of the first sampling switch is connected to a source electrode of the second sampling switch, and the source electrodes are connected to ground; two ends of the sampling resistor are respectively connected to the drain electrode and source electrode of the second sampling switch; a negative input end of the comparator is connected to the drain electrode of the second sampling switch, and a positive input end of the comparator is connected to a reference voltage; and the first sampling switch and the second sampling switch are in an ON or OFF state. | 16,292 |
9,539,908 | 1. A contactless power supply device comprising a power supply portion located in a parking space and a power receiving portion installed on a lower surface of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to the vehicle without contact through magnetic connection between the power supply portion and the power receiving portion, the floor panel including, in a middle portion thereof in a vehicle width direction, a tunnel portion protruding toward an interior room and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the power receiving portion including a junction box on an upper surface thereof, the power receiving portion being placed at a front portion on the lower surface of the floor panel and elongated across a lower open portion of the tunnel portion, the junction box being arranged inside the tunnel portion. | 42,064 |
9,009,372 | 1. A processor in which a plurality of nodes, each including a processor core and a distributed shared cache memory, are arranged two-dimensionally in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, the processor comprising: a first connecting unit that connects a node located at a position other than both ends in the X-axis direction and a node located adjacent to the node located at the position other than both ends in the X-axis direction, and connects a node located at the either end in the X-axis direction and a node adjacent to the node located at the either end in the X-axis direction; and a second connecting unit that connects a node located at a position other than both ends in the Y-axis direction and a node located adjacent to the node located at the position other than both ends in the Y-axis direction, and connects a node located at the either end in the Y-axis direction and a node adjacent to the node located at the either end in the Y-axis direction, wherein the cache memories included in the respective nodes are divided into banks in the Y-axis direction, coherency of the cache memories in the X-axis direction is controlled by a snoop system, and the cache memories are shared by the nodes. | 6,963 |
9,340,752 | 1. A process of reducing the content of steryl glycosides in a biodiesel composition comprising providing a biodiesel composition comprising steryl glycoside and fatty acid alkyl ester, wherein at least 80 weight % of fatty acids in the composition are in the form of fatty acid alkyl ester, and contacting the biodiesel composition with an enzyme capable of acylating the steryl glycoside to provide an enzyme treated composition having a reduced content of steryl glycoside, wherein the fatty acid alkyl ester is acyl donor to acylate steryl glycoside to soluble acylated steryl glycoside, wherein the concentration of steryl glycoside in the composition prior to contacting it with the enzyme is at least 30 ppm. | 36,933 |
8,643,582 | 1. A driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display, the driving apparatus comprising: a plurality of data driving integrated circuits, wherein a clock signal, a plurality of data signals and a first reference voltage are transmitted to the data driving integrated circuits from the 1st data driving integrated circuit to the last data driving integrated circuit in series; and a control board for providing the clock signal, the data signals and the first reference voltage, wherein the control board changes the first reference voltage received by each of the data driving integrated circuits in operation according to a variation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving integrated circuits, wherein an attenuation status of the first reference voltage transmitted between the data driving integrated circuits is substantially identical to an attenuation status of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving integrated circuits, wherein an operation frequency of each of the data driving integrated circuits is not restricted by an attenuation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving integrated circuits. | 16,479 |
9,260,719 | 1. An immune regulatory oligonucleotide (IRO) compound selected from 5 ′-C*TATC*TGUC*G1TTC*TC*TGU-3′ and 5 ′-CTATCTGUC*G2TTCTCTGU-3′, wherein G1 =7-deaza-dG; C* =5-Me-dC; G =2′-O-Me-G; U =2′-O-Me-U; and G2 =AraG. | 20,082 |
9,632,567 | 1. A Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) method, comprising: scheduling execution of DVFS to adjust frequency or voltage of a target device at a first scheduled time; monitoring operating frequency of the target device; and deferring execution of DVFS at a second scheduled time, which occurs after the first scheduled time, when the operating frequency of the target device is below a minimum frequency and a central processing unit (CPU) is in an idle state. | 25,280 |
9,739,505 | 1. A solar tracking and energy collecting device, comprising: (a) a stand; (b) a polar alignable shaft rotatably mounted to the stand and a primary sheave fixedly mounted to the polar alignable shaft so the polar alignable shaft and primary sheave rotate together; (c) a carriage defining a first end and a second end mounted to the polar alignable shaft; (d) a solar energy collecting element attached to the first end of the carriage to focus the sun's rays; (e) an insulated vessel located at the second end of the carriage for storing solar radiation; (f) a solar elevation turnbuckle for adjusting the angle of the carriage with relation to the sun; (g) a left top pulley, a right top pulley, a left lower pulley and a right lower pulley all attached to the stand; (h) a hydraulic cylinder attached to the stand having a first rod extending from the hydraulic cylinder and a second rod extending in an opposite direction from the first rod, the second rod attached to a threaded block, the first and second rods attached to a piston within the hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic hose permitting fluid communication within the interior of the hydraulic cylinder and a valve attached to the hydraulic hose; (i) at least a single weight attached to a weight suspension cap which sits on the first rod the weight suspension cap attached to a line, the line attached at one side to the threaded block, the line threaded through the right lower pulley, left lower pulley, left top pulley, the line then runs over the exterior surface of the primary sheave, the right top pulley, the line forming a closed loop; wherein when the valve on the hydraulic cylinder is opened the at least single weight forces the first rod downward, applying a bias to the attached line, transferring energy to the primary sheave, causing the attached carriage to rotate. | 48,220 |
9,055,734 | 1. A device for loading livestock via conveyor belts, comprising: a main conveyor comprising a lift section and a top section, and a conveyor belt traversing the lift section and the top section; the device also comprising an auto-loader section depending from the top section; the top section, and the auto-loader section each comprising a conveyor belt, each belt comprising a transport surface portion having a length and each belt functioning independently of the other in speed of motion, direction of motion, extension, retraction, and transport surface portion length; said auto-loader section conveyor belt being independently extendable or retractable with respect to said main conveyor; and said device also comprising a trailer having a frame, whereby the device is movable from place to place wherein said main conveyor belt includes a serpentine conveyor belt, comprising a slack loop and a means of exerting tension on the slack loop, whereby tension can be maintained on the serpentine belt by permitting the size of the slack loop to vary with extension or retraction of the top end section. | 49,440 |
8,366,042 | 1. An arrangement for installing electric cables in the floor region of an aircraft, comprising: an aircraft floor comprising a floor plate; first and second seat rails arranged in the aircraft floor for the mechanical attachment of seat legs of one or more seats; a plurality of longitudinal guide elements forming cable channels and essentially extending in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft parallel to the first and second seat rails; an elongate groove-shaped recess defined in the floor plate extending in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft parallel to and arranged between the first and second seat rails, in the immediate vicinity of one of the first and second tw seat rails; and an elongate extruded profile arranged in the groove-shaped recess of the floor plate and integrated into the floor plate, the profile comprising an elongate drawer for transmitting shearing forces and an elongate cable shaft for accommodating electric cables arranged above the drawer. | 4,343 |
9,255,471 | 1. An apparatus usable with a well, comprising: an explosive pellet adapted to be communicated into the well via a fluid and comprising an explosive material adapted to be detonated downhole in a reservoir, in a fracture, or in the well; and an encapsulant to encapsulate the explosive pellet to inhibit unintended detonation of the explosive material, the encapsulant adapted to be at least partially removed from the explosive pellet in response to the explosive pellet being communicated into the well; an inert material to surround the explosive pellet, the inert material being adapted to be removed when exposed to a downhole environment; and an outer layer to surround the inert material to prevent removal of the inert material, the outer layer being adapted to be at least partially removed in response to a contact force being exerted against the outer layer in the downhole environment. | 23,598 |
9,177,013 | 1. A computer based method for identifying, processing, and managing a set of citations in an electronic document, the method comprising: a. identifying, using an identifying module to process the electronic document, a first citation; b. determining, using a reference management module, the first citation is an unformatted citation; c. querying, using a query module, a first citation library stored in a first location, the first citation library comprising a first set of citation data; d. comparing, using a comparing module, the first citation to the first set of citation data; e. determining, using a citation matching module, a first set of possible matching citations from the first set of citation data; f. based on detecting a predetermined event, querying, using the query module, a second citation library stored in a second location, the second citation library comprising a second set of citation data, wherein the first and second sets of citation data respectively comprise overlapping citation data and citation format data; g. comparing, using the comparing module, the first citation to the second set of citation data; h. determining, using the citation matching module, a second set of possible matching citations from the second set of citation data; and i. formatting, using the reference management module, the first citation based on a selected citation from either the first or second set of possible matching citations. | 23,587 |
9,365,912 | 1. A method for producing high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (MnSO 4 .H 2 O), comprising: leaching manganese from a low-purity manganese-containing substance with sulfuric acid (H obtaining a second manganese leachate by removing a first impurity from the first manganese leachate with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH) obtaining a third manganese leachate by removing a second impurity from the second manganese leachate with a sulfide; precipitating manganese as a manganese oxide by adjusting pH of the third manganese leachate with sodium hydroxide (NaOH); re-dissolving the manganese oxide with sulfuric acid; drying the re-dissolved manganese oxide to afford high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (MnSO | 44,771 |
9,283,690 | 1. A glass-plate working apparatus comprising: a first processing mechanism equipped with a first glass-plate supporting portion for supporting a glass plate; a second processing mechanism equipped with a second glass-plate supporting portion for supporting the glass plate; and a transporting device for transferring the glass plate from said first glass-plate supporting portion to said second glass-plate supporting portion, said transporting device including a moving base which reciprocates between said first glass-plate supporting portion and said second glass-plate supporting portion, a pair of suction pads mounted on said moving base and suctioning and holding and releasing the glass plate, and a lifting devise mounted on said moving base and raising and lowering said pair of suction pads, said lifting device having a rack-and-pinion device consisting of a meshing combination of a rack and a pinion gear coupled to a servo motor for raising and lowering said pair of suction pads under numerical control, said lifting device causing said pair of suction pads to undergo raising and lowering movement under numerical control by linear movement of the pair of suction pads produced by the meshing combination of said rack and said pinion gear which rotates by being coupled to said servo motor for raising and lowering, wherein said glass plates are raised up from the first glass-plate supporting portion by means of the pair of suction pads during the transporting movement of the glass plates from the first glass-plate supporting portion to the second glass-plate supporting portion, the raised up glass plates are gradually lowered down toward the second glass-plate supporting portion by means of the pair of suction pads as the raised up glass plates approach the second glass-plate supporting portion from the first glass-plate supporting portion, and said lifting device having a pair of slide units adapted to respectively hold the pair of suction pads linearly liftably; a coupler for coupling each of slide shafts of the pair of slide units; a rack erected on the coupler; a pinion gear meshing with the rack; and a servo motor on which the pinion gear is mounted to drive the pinion gear. | 21,683 |
8,489,312 | 1. A method comprising: determining a manifold absolute pressure; determining a manifold absolute pressure parameter based on a function of the manifold absolute pressure and an average manifold absolute pressure for a plurality of cylinders; comparing the manifold absolute pressure parameter to a manifold absolute pressure threshold; determining a misfire parameter; comparing the misfire parameter to a misfire threshold; and performing a valve actuation hardware remedy in response to comparing the manifold absolute pressure parameter and comparing the misfire parameter. | 11,157 |
8,579,226 | 1. A motorized kite-like object, comprising: a frame; a flexible material disposed on at least a portion of the frame; a propulsion motor; an inner gimbal bracket supporting the motor; an outer gimbal bracket supporting the inner gimbal bracket, wherein the inner gimbal bracket is mounted pivotally within the outer gimbal bracket and the outer gimbal bracket is mounted pivotally to the frame, thereby allowing the propulsion motor to pivot up and down and from side to side; inner and outer servo motors connected to said inner and outer gimbal brackets to move said inner and outer gimbal brackets and, thereby to move said motor up and down and from side to side; inner and outer linkage rods connected between each of said inner and outer servo motors and said inner and outer gimbal brackets; and an electronic receiver connected to said inner and outer servo motors to receive commands and to move said inner and outer gimbal brackets and also connected to said motor to receive commands and to control a speed of said motor. | 8,448 |
8,382,740 | 1. A trocarless intravenous cannula comprising: a cannula with a multifilament tip on a distal portion of the trocarless intravenous cannula, the multifilament tip being tapered to pierce skin, soft tissue, and vessel walls for cannulation of the trocarless intravenous cannula independent of a trocar, the multifilament tip comprising a plurality of individual filaments; and a water-soluble coating covering the multifilament tip, in an initial configuration, prior to dissolution of the water-soluble coating, providing the multifilament tip tapered to pierce skin; wherein the water-soluble coating is configured to, prior to dissolution of the water-soluble coating, couple together the plurality of individual filaments of the multifilament tip with one another so as to pierce skin, soft tissue, and vessel walls; and wherein the plurality of individual filaments of the multifilament tip, in a subsequent configuration, is configured to, after dissolution of the water-soluble coating, release from one another so as to provide the multifilament tip with a brush-like end of the individual filaments. | 41,577 |
8,496,046 | 1. A method for producing alloy ingot, comprising: a step of charging alloy starting material into a cold crucible in a cold-crucible induction melter, and forming a melt pool of the alloy starting material by induction heating in inert gas atmosphere; a step of continuing the induction heating and adding first refining agent to the melt pool, and then reducing the content of at least phosphorus from among impurity elements present in the melt pool; and a step of forming alloy ingot by solidifying the melt, the phosphorus content of which has been reduced, wherein the first refining agent is a mixture of metallic calcium and flux containing calcium halide; the flux contains calcium fluoride and at least one of calcium oxide and calcium chloride, with a proportion of a total weight of the calcium oxide and the calcium chloride with respect to a weight of the calcium fluoride ranging from 5 to 30 wt %; and a proportion of a weight of the metallic calcium in the first refining agent with respect to a weight of the melt pool before adding the first refining agent is 0.4 wt % or greater. | 48,523 |
8,439,485 | 1. A liquid discharge head comprising: a liquid discharge head substrate having a board provided with a supply port on a surface of the board to supply a liquid, a silicon compound layer including a silicon compound provided on the surface of the board, an energy generation element configured to generate energy to discharge the liquid from a discharge port and including a heat generation resistor layer provided on the silicon compound layer and formed of a material configured to generate heat through supply of electricity and a pair of electrodes connected to the heat generation resistor layer, and an insulation layer including a silicon compound and provided so as to cover the energy generation element; a flow path wall member having a wall of a flow path establishing communication between the discharge port and the supply port and configured to form the flow path by being placed into contact with the liquid discharge head substrate; and a line formed of a metal material, electrically connected to a pair of terminals on the board, provided between the silicon compound layer and the insulation layer, and used for detecting dissolution of at least one of the silicon compound layer and the insulation layer, at least a portion of the line being provided between the supply port and the energy generation element when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the board. | 9,366 |
9,166,880 | 1. A method of managing a node in a Low power and Lossy Network (LLN), the method comprising: receiving, at a node in an LLN and from a parent node in the LLN, a unicast signaling message that includes an address reconfiguration command directing the node to perform an address reconfiguration using a preferred prefix included in the body of the unicast signaling message; determining whether there is an active flow on the node; based on determining that there is the active flow on the node, activating a delay timer for the node, the delay timer representing a time period by which the node is configured to delay responding to the unicast signaling message pending a resolution of the active flow; and responding, by the node, to the address reconfiguration command at the end of the time period based on whether the resolution of the active flow occurred. | 46,962 |
8,424,042 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: conversion means for converting identification information identifying a specified broadcast content into identification information identifying another broadcast content corresponding to the originally specified broadcast content, in accordance with table information indicating a correspondence among a plurality of pieces of identification information respectively identifying broadcast contents thereby indicating a correspondence among the broadcast contents, the conversion means acquires the table information by supplying the identification information identifying a specified broadcast to a server and requesting that the server provide table information corresponding to the identification information identifying a specified broadcast, the server providing the table information in response to the request, the conversion means acquires the table information in response to receiving the identification information and a generated command from a portable device, the generated command being a command generated in response to the input of an operation command to the portable device, the operation command directing the portable device to perform a particular process on a low resolution version of a program, and the generated command directing the information processing apparatus to perform the particular process on a high resolution version of the program, wherein the particular process comprises at least one of setting a timer-controlled recording operation so as to record a television program that will be broadcast in the future, canceling a recording operation being currently performed, protecting specified television program data, canceling protection for specified television program data, and deleting specified television program data, and wherein a first acquisition means acquires identification information and command information both supplied from an external apparatus, the command information specifying a process to be performed on a broadcast content identified by the identification information; a second acquisition means acquires the table information from the external apparatus, the conversion means converts, in accordance with the table information acquired by the second acquisition means, the identification information acquired by the first acquisition means into identification information identifying another broadcast content corresponding to the broadcast content identified by the identification information acquired by the first acquisition means, a search means searches for the broadcast content identified by the identification information given as the result of the conversion performed by the conversion means, a determination means determines the specific process, corresponding to the process specified by the command information acquired by the first acquisition means, to be actually performed on the broadcast content detected as the result of the search performed by the search means, and a process execution means executes a specific process determined by the determination means; third acquisition means acquires the broadcast content and the identification information; and storage control means stores the broadcast content acquired by the third acquisition means in a storage unit, the process specified by the command information being a process associated with a control of the storage control means. | 48,878 |
9,222,461 | 1. A vertical wind turbine system comprising: a vertical mast and two or more turbine units supported on the mast; wherein the turbine units comprise a carousel-carrier and a carousel rotatably supported on the carousel-carrier, the carousel comprises a carousel-hub, a pair of carousel arms extending from the carousel-hub, and a carousel blade extending between the pair of carousel arms, the mast comprises a number of winches, a first turbine unit comprises a number of winch couplers that receive one or more first winch cables from the number of winches, and is moveable along a vertical height of the mast under the power of the winches, and a second turbine unit comprises a number of winch couplers that receive one or more second winch cables from the number of winches, and is moveable along a vertical height of the mast under the power of the winches. | 7,636 |
9,497,972 | 1. A composition comprising at least one biological control agent selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus (NRRL Accession No. B-30087), Bacillus subtilis AQ713 (NRRL Accession No. B-21661), Bacillus subtilis AQ30002 (NRRL Accession No. B-50421), and Bacillus subtilis AQ30004 (NRRL Accession No. B-50455) and at least one insecticide selected from the group consisting of Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Sulfoxaflor, Nitenpyram, Spinetoram, Spinosad, and Thiacloprid wherein combination of the at least one biological control agent and the at least one insecticide results in a synergistic effect. | 31,575 |
9,615,428 | 1. An arrangement for implementing an outdoor light and enabling motion detection, the arrangement comprising: a motion detector enabling the operation of the outdoor light; a switch having a memory storing timing characterization data for operating the outdoor light, wherein the switch provides a timing function based upon the timing characterization data; a user interface of the switch, separate from the outdoor light, accessible by a user, wherein the user interface enables a user to supply a current time in hours and minutes and comprises a mode actuator for controlling the operation of the outdoor light; and a controller coupled to the user interface to maintain a time for the switch after the current time is supplied by the user to the switch; wherein the mode actuator enables controlling an on/off state of the outdoor light; wherein the mode actuator is movable to enable the use of the motion detector and the outdoor light to be turned on based upon a detection by the motion detector; and wherein the mode actuator is movable to enable a mode in which the switch does not change the on/off state of the outdoor light in response to the motion detector. | 22,146 |
9,078,014 | 1. A method comprising: generating, by a processor, one or more rules for selecting at least one virtual object to display in a virtual object location within a video frame based on a contextual association between the virtual object location and image content spatially proximate to the virtual object location within the video frame; and storing the one or more rules to a memory. | 39,549 |
8,992,712 | 1. A method of manufacturing electronic devices, the method comprising: providing a carrier substrate having a first side and a second side; providing a first flexible substrate; bonding the first flexible substrate to the first side of the carrier substrate with a first adhesive; and compensating for a deformation of the carrier substrate by coupling a mechanism to the second side of the carrier substrate, the deformation being caused by the bonding the first flexible substrate to the first side of the carrier substrate. | 4,133 |
9,392,550 | 1. A method for determining uplink transmit (UL Tx) power of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, information for determining UL Tx power including a plurality of pathloss offsets of a plurality of base stations participating in coordinated communication via a higher layer; measuring, by the UE, respective pathloss values of the plurality of base stations on the basis of the received information; and determining, by the UE, a specific base station used as a reference point on the basis of the received information and the measured respective pathloss values, wherein the received information further includes channel estimation information of the plurality of base stations, wherein the received information further includes a parameter associated with a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a parameter associated with the plurality of base stations, and wherein the parameter associated with the plurality of base stations and the parameter associated with the SRS are configured independently from each other. | 21,007 |
8,345,815 | 1. A fuel assembly for a pressurized-water nuclear reactor, the fuel assembly comprising: a plurality of axially spaced spacers in each case forming a square grid, said spacers having grid webs defining a plurality of cells disposed in rows and columns; a plurality of fuel rods guided in said axially spaced spacers; control rod guide tubes, in each case one of said control rod guide tubes being guided through a number of said cells; and at least one of said spacers having a first partial region configured mechanically stronger than a second partial region and has only in said second partial region a plurality of resistance bodies projecting into a flow subpassage, formed between said fuel rods, said resistance bodies increasing a flow resistance and counteracting a reduction in the flow resistance in said second partial region relative to said first partial region caused by said second partial region being mechanically weaker than said first partial region. | 4,234 |
9,036,072 | 1. An image processing apparatus for outputting an image to be displayed by a display unit, the apparatus comprising: a holding unit configured to hold a refocus image generated by performing image processing on multi-view image data indicating a plurality of images obtained by performing image-capturing from a plurality of different viewpoints, wherein the refocus image is an image with a focus adjusted from a focus of an image indicated by the multi-view image data after the image-capturing; a setting unit configured to set a refocus mode indicating a kind of target to be focused in a refocus image to be displayed by the display unit; and an outputting unit configured to read from the holding unit and output to the display unit, a refocus image which is focused on a target indicated by the refocus mode set by the setting unit, wherein the outputting unit, in a case where a user instruction to switch an image displayed by the display unit from a first refocus image corresponding to a first imaging scene to a second refocus image corresponding to a second imaging scene different from the first imaging scene is input and a user instruction to change the refocus mode set by the setting unit is not input, outputs, as the second refocus image, a refocus image focused on a target indicated by the same refocus mode as the first refocus image to the display unit. | 34,532 |
9,177,676 | 1. A nuclear reactor power monitor, comprising: a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first stability index of the reactor core based on time series data which indicate a power oscillation in nuclear instrumentation signals outputted from a plurality of nuclear instrumentation detectors which detect neutrons in a reactor core; a first determination unit configured to compare the first stability index and a first reference value and determine whether nuclear thermal hydraulic stability of the reactor core is stable or deteriorated; a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second stability index of the reactor core based on the time series data when the nuclear thermal hydraulic stability is determined to be deteriorated in the first determination unit; and a second determination unit configured to compare the second stability index and a second reference value and determine whether to perform suppressing operation of the power oscillation, wherein in response to determination in the first determination unit and the second determination unit, any of an alarm, oscillation information and an automatic start signal of an oscillation suppression device is issued in stages as a suppression operation of the power oscillation. | 38,916 |
9,203,101 | 1. A method of manufacturing a fuel cell, comprising: growing carbon nanotubes substantially perpendicular to a substrate formed by loading a growth catalyst on a base material; arranging the substrate and a polymer electrolyte membrane so as to oppose to each other and combining the carbon nanotubes with the polymer electrolyte membrane; and dissolving and removing part of the substrate by immersing the substrate in an alkali solution, after the carbon nanotubes and the polymer electrolyte membrane are combined, wherein the base material is composed of a plurality of layers, of the plurality of layers, a surface layer which is located on a side where carbon nanotubes are grown, is formed of zeolite, and a layer which is located inside of the surface layer is formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, aluminum, and zinc. | 346 |
9,056,902 | 1. A monoclonal antibody specifically reactive to a polypeptide comprising a soluble form of the ectodomain of Hendra virus G protein. | 25,403 |
8,580,598 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a plurality of devices, including a photodiode, in a substrate; forming a lower metal wiring, including a lower transparent conductive film pattern, on the substrate such that the lower metal wiring overlaps the photodiode and is coupled to one of the plurality of devices; forming a plug such that the plug overlaps the photodiode and is coupled to the lower metal wiring; forming an upper metal wiring, including an upper transparent conductive film pattern, such that the upper metal wiring overlaps the photodiode and is coupled to the plug; forming a passivation film on the upper metal wiring; and forming a color filter and a microlens on the passivation film. | 40,768 |
8,588,173 | 1. A frequency band allocation method in a mixed system in which a first communication system and a second communication system coexist, wherein, in the first communication system, terminals performing single carrier transmission on an uplink are mixed and the second communication system uses an uplink whose maximum bandwidth is narrower than the maximum bandwidth of the uplink of the first communication system, the method comprising: allocating a continuous first frequency band, to which a single carrier signal of the first communication system is allocated, to the uplink of the first communication system, and allocating a second frequency band to the uplink of the second communication system, the second frequency band being positioned lower than the first frequency band and adjacent to the first frequency band, thereby not overlapping with the first frequency band, wherein the first communication system is compatible with the second communication system, wherein the allocating further comprises: reporting a total bandwidth of a first bandwidth of the uplink of the first communication system and a second bandwidth of the uplink of the second communication system, a first center frequency of the uplink of the second communication system, and the second bandwidth, to one of the terminals of the first communication system, and wherein at the one of the terminals of the first communication system, a second center frequency of the uplink of the first communication system is acquired using the reported total bandwidth, the reported first center frequency, and the reported second bandwidth. | 47,993 |
8,426,721 | 1. A photovoltaic receiver, comprising: an elongated structure comprising a plurality of modules, each module including: an axial-flow fan set in the central section of the casing of at least one module; a plurality of finned dissipators that are carried by the elongated structure, each dissipator fixed to a bottom end of one of the modules and in flow communication with the bottom section of the casing of the one of the modules, each dissipator including a bottom wall with a bottom face and a plurality of fins; a plurality of photovoltaic cells mounted on the bottom faces of the finned dissipators; and a ventilating means designed to convey a flow of cooling air towards said finned dissipators. | 45,352 |
8,424,918 | 1. In combination, interconnectable pipe coupling segments and a pair of pipe elements, each said coupling segment being positionable straddling facing end portions of said pair of pipe elements for securing said pipe elements together in end-to-end relationship, said pipe elements each having a raised circumferential shoulder positioned at said end portion, and wherein each said segment comprises: first and second arcuate surfaces positioned in spaced apart relation to one another on opposite sides of said segment, each of said arcuate surfaces subtending an angle of less than 180° and having a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of outer surfaces of said pipe elements on said raised circumferential shoulders; first and second arcuate landings positioned in spaced apart relation to one another on opposite sides of said segment, each of said arcuate landings subtending an angle of less than 180° and having a radius of curvature greater than said radius of curvature of said outer surfaces of said pipe elements on said raised circumferential shoulders; and connection members for adjustably connecting one coupling segment to another, said connection members being adjustably tightenable for drawing one of said arcuate surfaces and said arcuate landings of said segments into contact with outer surfaces of said pipe elements, said segments being deformable upon adjustable tightening of said connection members so as to substantially conform the curvature of one of said arcuate surfaces and said arcuate landings to said outer surfaces of said pipe elements. | 11,461 |
9,296,348 | 1. A power supply device comprising: a plurality of functional modules; and a main controller that is connected to and controls said plurality of functional modules, wherein each of said plurality of functional modules comprises wherein when the functional module is connected to said main controller, the main controller assigns a unique address to the functional module, wherein said functional module stores the unique address, which is assigned by said main controller, in said memory portion, wherein said functional module exchanges data based on the address, wherein said memory portion is a nonvolatile memory, wherein said plurality of functional modules are connected to said main controller through said communication bus in the power supply device assembling process, wherein said main controller assigns the unique addresses to the functional modules through said communication bus in the order of the turning-on of the power to the functional modules, wherein said functional modules store their unique addresses in said nonvolatile memories when recognizing the unique addresses, and wherein said functional modules exchange data based on the unique addresses on next startup. | 25,158 |
8,769,204 | 1. A programmable cache, comprising: a tag array unit to forward a result of matching tag arrays with a clock cycle delay when the programmable cache operates in a serial mode and forward the result of matching tag arrays without the clock cycle delay when the programmable cache operates in a parallel mode; a data array unit to generate one of a single data array cache line and multiple data array cache lines based on a configurable control parameter; and a cache controller to configure the tag array unit and the data array unit to operate in either the parallel mode or the series mode based on the configurable control parameter. | 35,352 |
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