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9,070,420 | 1. A memory sharing system, comprising: a memory device; a master control device, coupled to the memory device via a data bus, for transmitting a clock signal to the memory device; and a slave control device, coupled to the memory device via the data bus and coupled to the master control device, comprising a delay phase locked loop (DLL), the slave control device receiving the clock signal, with the DLL tracking a phase of the clock signal, wherein the DLL receives the clock signal, and tracks a phase of the clock signal to generate an output signal that is provided to the slave control device accessing the memory device via the data bus; wherein the master control device and the slave control device access the memory device via the data bus, wherein the memory device is a double data rate dynamic random access memory (DDR-DRAM), wherein the slave control device transmits a request signal to the master control device to request an access right of the memory device, and the master control device transmits a grant signal in response to the request signal to grant the access right of the memory device to the slave control device, and wherein the access right of the memory device is returned after the slave control device transmits an all-page-close command to the memory device. | 31,347 |
9,342,297 | 1. A method for providing consistent quality control for software programs, comprising: receiving input data associated with a software program; comparing the input data with one or more predetermined analysis parameters; determining, by one or more processors, at least one risk rating based on the comparison, wherein each risk rating corresponds to a distinct software category; determining, by the one or more processors, at least one process adjustment and at least one technology level adjustment to the software program based on the determined at least one risk rating; prioritizing, by the one or more processors, the at least one process adjustment and at least one technology level adjustment based on a predetermined adjustment priority standard; providing a user override to change prioritization of the at least one process adjustment or the at least one technology level adjustment to the software program; providing a timeline for implementing the at least one prioritized process adjustment and the at least one prioritized technology level adjustment; and providing a report including at least an indication of the at least one prioritized level adjustment and the at least one prioritized technology level adjustment. | 211 |
9,537,031 | 1. A method for fabricating a solar cell, said method comprising: positioning a substructure that includes a buffer layer and an absorber layer proximate to a tip of a scriber; scribing a P2 scribe line through the buffer and absorber layers of the substructure using the scriber tip; and depositing a nanoparticle solution onto at least one portion of the buffer layer proximate the P2 scribe line, when the P2 scribe line is being scribed through the buffer and absorber layers, such that a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer is inhibited from forming over the at least one portion of the buffer layer. | 29,587 |
9,691,276 | 1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform the following: enclose a representation of a transportation structure with a bounding polygon; specify a plurality of gates, wherein a gate comprises one or more edges of the bounding polygon that represent a legitimate entry point or exit point of the transportation structure; generate a location trace of movement of a probe through the bounding polygon; interpolate at least one of the entry point or the exit point in response to a data point not being available in the generated trace of movement proximate the respective one of the entry point or the exit point; and compute a travel time for the probe traveling through the bounding polygon via the gates, wherein computing the travel time for the probe comprises causing the apparatus to: | 6,618 |
8,388,957 | 1. A method for treating tumors or tumor metastases in a patient comprising: diagnosing a patient's likely responsiveness to an IGF-1R kinase inhibitor by assessing whether tumor cells from the patient express E-cadherin, and administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of an IGF-1R kinase inhibitor if it has been determined that tumor cells from the patient express E-cadherin, indicating that the patient is likely to be responsive to an IGF-1R kinase inhibitor. | 31,992 |
9,627,604 | 1. A tubular spring for receiving and preloading a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive actuator of an actuator unit of a fuel injector valve of an internal combustion engine, the tubular spring comprising: a cylindrical sleeve having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the cylindrical sleeve, a plurality of apertures arranged in rows, each aperture extending from the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve to the inner surface thereof, wherein the plurality of apertures comprise multiple different aperture types, wherein each aperture defines a cross-sectional contour line on each of the outer surface and the inner surface of the tubular spring, and wherein for each aperture type, the cross-sectional contour lines of the apertures of that aperture type define: | 41,032 |
8,358,046 | 1. A hybrid electric power system for powering a multi-wheeled hybrid electric vehicle comprising: a thermodynamic engine powered by a fuel, said engine mechanically connected to drive a first electrical machine; a second electrical machine adapted to drive at least one driven wheel of said vehicle; and at least one electrical energy storage system operable to store electrical energy generated by at least one of said first or second electrical machines; wherein at least one of said first and second electrical machines is a segmented electrical machine comprising: wherein each of said pairs of stator segments are physically separate from and substantially magnetically decoupled from each other of said pair of stator segments. | 34,410 |
8,370,441 | 1. A method comprising: detecting a data over signaling (DoS) message at an access terminal; and delaying a sleep state at the access terminal for a predetermined time after detection of the DoS message, wherein delaying the sleep state further comprises: wherein the DoS message is generated in response to a message from a server to an access network requesting communication with the access terminal. | 32,805 |
9,324,887 | 1. A solar cell element comprising a semiconductor substrate that includes a first semiconductor layer of one conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer of the opposite conductivity type, and a plurality of linear current collector electrodes that are arranged on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate at a second semiconductor layer side, the plurality of linear current collector electrodes being arranged at intervals in a direction from a middle part toward both end parts of the first main surface, wherein a distance between neighboring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the middle part and a distance between neighboring ones of the current collector electrodes located in the both end parts are different from each other, wherein a first output extraction electrode crossing the current collector electrodes is arranged, wherein the first output extraction electrode intersects the plurality of linear current collector electrodes at a position separated from an end portion of the linear current collector electrodes, so that the end portions extend from the first output extraction electrode, and wherein a sheet resistance of the second semiconductor layer in the middle part is higher than a sheet resistance of the second semiconductor layer in the both end parts. | 14,834 |
9,735,625 | 1. An electric power transmission device for supplying electric power to an electric power reception device in a non-contact manner, comprising: an electric power transmission unit capable of supplying electric power to the electric power reception device in a non-contact manner; a communication unit for radio communication with the electric power reception device; and a control device for controlling the electric power transmission unit, the control device determining whether a specified electric power reception device is an electric power reception device to which electric power is to be transmitted from the electric power transmission unit based on information from the electric power reception device specified as an electric power transmission target through radio communication by the communication unit, when electric power transmitted from the electric power transmission unit is varied while the electric power transmission unit transmits electric power. | 32,057 |
8,704,027 | 1. A process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising the steps of a) contacting a stream comprising C4+ olefins with a zeolite-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. to convert at least a portion of the C4+ olefins to ethylene and/or propylene, and retrieving an olefinic product stream which is separated into: an ethylene and/or propylene stream, and a C4+ hydrocarbon fraction, comprising paraffins, normal olefins and iso-olefins; b) subjecting at least part of the C4+ hydrocarbon fraction to an etherification process with methanol and/or ethanol wherein at least part of the iso-olefins are converted with methanol and/or ethanol to an tert-alkyl ether, and retrieving an etherification product stream; c) separating at least part of the etherification product stream into at least an ether-enriched stream and an iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream; d) withdrawing part of the iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream from the process to purge part of the paraffinic C4+ hydrocarbons; e) recycling another part of the iso-olefin-depleted C4+ hydrocarbon stream to step (a); f) converting at least part of the tert-alkyl ether in the ether-enriched stream to ethylene and/or propylene by contacting at least part of the ether-enriched stream with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C. | 10,134 |
8,819,987 | 1. A mushroom production process comprising: preparing a mushroom growing shed with at least one bed of mushroom compost; supplying heat to the mushroom growing shed; harvesting mushrooms; removing spent mushroom compost from the mushroom growing shed; wherein the process further comprises combusting the spent mushroom compost in an energy conversion system; harnessing heat generated by combusting the spent mushroom compost; and using the heat to control temperature of the mushroom growing shed. | 42,054 |
8,428,844 | 1. A method of operating a vehicle equipped with a pneumatic booster system, said pneumatic booster system being configured to inject compressed air into an intake of an engine of the vehicle during a pneumatic boost event and configured to adjust at least two of compressed air injection rate, duration and timing of at least two air injection pulses within said pneumatic boost event, the method comprising the acts of: initiating the pneumatic boost event to inject compressed air into the engine; monitoring at least one operating parameter of the vehicle; determining whether the at least one operating parameter is within a predetermined range; and adjusting, based on the determination of whether the at least one operating parameter is within the predetermined range, at least one of the compressed air injection rate, injection duration and injection timing in a manner which maintains the at least one operating parameter within the predetermined range. | 49,731 |
9,403,529 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an engine; a generator driven by the engine and configured to produce an electrical power output; a direct current (DC)-to-DC converter configured to: a wheel; an electric motor configured to: a processor configured to control the engine to run at rotational speeds corresponding to operating points in a set of operating points, wherein the operating points correspond to a demanded electrical power output and the rotational speed increases or decreases substantially monotonically as a function of the demanded electrical power output. | 27,434 |
9,770,996 | 1. A power delivery system to deliver electric power to an electric vehicle prime mover, the system comprising: a prime mover; a circuit that electrically couples the prime mover to one or more electrical energy storage devices; and at least one circuit element having a number of operational states, including at least: | 39,217 |
9,542,123 | 1. A memory device comprising: a mode register to contain a value to indicate whether a post package repair (PPR) command is disabled for the memory device; and device processing logic to: | 37,498 |
9,023,544 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a casing having a suction port through which air is introduced from outside into an internal space thereof; a fuel cell accommodated within the casing and configured to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas; an air supply unit of a diaphragm type disposed within the casing and configured to take in the air introduced through the suction port and supply the air to the fuel cell; a heating unit disposed within the casing and configured to heat the air in a space from the suction port to the air supply unit; a separating plate for separating the internal space of the casing into an upper space and a lower space, the separating plate having a communication port via which the upper space and the lower space are communicated with each other; a fuel gas generating device for generating a fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell, using a raw material and water; and a water circuit including a condensed water recovery passage for recovering condensed water from at least one of an off-gas from an anode of the fuel cell, an off-gas from a cathode of the fuel cell; and an off-gas from the fuel gas generating device; and a water tank disposed in the upper space to store the condensed water; wherein the fuel cell, the fuel gas generating device, and the air supply unit are disposed within the upper space, and the air supply unit is communicated with the lower space via the communication port; wherein the lower space forms an air introduction space through which the air introduced from the suction port flows to the communication port passes, wherein the heating unit is disposed in the air introduction space; and wherein the separating plate has a penetrating section via which the upper space and the air introduction space are communicated with each other to supply the air within the air introduction space which is heated by the heating unit, to at least a portion of the water circuit positioned in the upper space. | 44,872 |
9,806,501 | 1. A spark gap, comprising: a first electrode having a first surface; and a second electrode having a second surface spaced apart from and facing the first surface, wherein the second surface comprises a conductive inner region and a substantially insulating peripheral region defining a boundary therebetween, wherein the boundary generates free electrons via a triple point emission effect when the spark gap is operated. | 28,217 |
9,832,652 | 1. A method in a radio access network (RAN) comprising: a first base station providing coverage on a first carrier frequency (“first base station's first-carrier coverage”), the first base station's first-carrier coverage having a first distance of coverage; a second base station providing coverage on the first carrier frequency (“second base station's first-carrier coverage”) and on a second carrier frequency (“second base station's second-carrier coverage”); increasing the distance of the first base station's first-carrier coverage to be a second distance of coverage greater than the first distance of coverage; making a first determination that the increased, second distance of the first base station's first-carrier coverage extends to the second base station's first-carrier coverage; and in response to the first determination, causing one or more UEs being served by the second base station to prioritize operating on the first carrier frequency over operating on the second carrier frequency. | 13,263 |
9,127,227 | 1. A method for making a fuel pellet from biomass, said method comprising: (A) providing a heating assembly comprising: (B) providing a drying assembly comprising: (C) providing a cooling assembly comprising: (D) providing a steam duct for conveying steam from the upper end of dryer drum to the combustion chamber; (E) providing a VOC duct for conveying volatile organic compounds from the lower end of the dryer drum to the combustion chamber; (F) providing a pellet press for compressing white biomass or torrefied biomass; (G) introducing green biomass into the inlet at the upper end of the dryer drum; (H) operating the burner to heat thermal fluid in the heat exchanger, without causing such thermal fluid to undergo a change of phase, to a temperature of at least about 200° F. if it is desired to produce white biomass, or operating the burner to heat thermal fluid in the heat exchanger, without causing such thermal fluid to undergo a change of phase, to a temperature within the range of about 475° F. to about 550° F. if it is desired to produce torrefied biomass; (I) conveying heated thermal fluid from the heat exchanger through the thermal fluid tubes in the drum dryer; (J) rotating the drum dryer at a rate sufficient to convey the green biomass introduced into the inlet thereof to the discharge outlet of the dryer drum as it is heated to a temperature of at least about 200° F. so as to convert the green biomass into white biomass, or rotating the dryer drum at a rate sufficient to convey the green biomass introduced into the inlet thereof to the discharge outlet of the dryer drum as it is heated to a temperature of at least about 475° F. so as to convert the green biomass into torrefied biomass; (K) conveying the white biomass or torrefied biomass from the discharge outlet of the dryer drum to the inlet of the cooling drum; (L) conveying cooling fluid through the cooling tube of the cooling drum so that it is discharged through the nozzle of the cooling drum onto the white biomass or torrefied biomass therein; (M) rotating the cooling drum at a rate sufficient to convey the white biomass or torrefied biomass introduced into the inlet thereof to the discharge outlet of the cooling drum as it is cooled to a temperature that is less than about 150° F.; (N) conveying the white biomass or the torrefied biomass to the pellet press; (O) operating the pellet press to compress the white biomass or the torrefied biomass to produce fuel pellets. | 20,063 |
9,245,393 | 1. A vehicle diagnosing system for performing a fault diagnosis of a vehicle by performing communication between a plurality of electronic control units in the vehicle and an external diagnosing apparatus and reading out fault codes recorded in the electronic control units into the external diagnosing apparatus, wherein the vehicle comprises: a plurality of warning lamps associated with specific ones of the electronic control units, and configured to demand an inspection or repair of a failure which has occurred in the vehicle; and an idling stop controller configured to automatically execute an idling stop for stopping a drive source of the vehicle from idling when a predetermined condition is satisfied; wherein when the electronic control units detect a fault in target ranges controlled thereby, the electronic control units record the fault codes; the fault codes include idling stop fault codes defined as inhibiting the idling stop, and non-idling stop fault codes not defined as inhibiting the idling stop; the idling stop fault codes include first idling stop fault codes defined as energizing the warning lamps and second idling stop fault codes not defined as energizing the warning lamps; and for performing a fault diagnosis with respect to non-execution of the idling stop, the external diagnosing apparatus extracts only the second idling stop fault codes, among the first idling stop fault codes and the second idling stop fault codes, from the electronic control units. | 44,946 |
9,174,734 | 1. An aircraft storage bin comprising: an upper housing that includes first and second side panels, wherein the first and second side panels each include a bottom edge, a bucket pivotally connected to the upper housing that cooperates with the upper housing to define a bin interior, wherein the bucket includes a bottom and first and second opposing side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, and wherein the first and second side walls of the bucket each include a top edge, a first pivot mechanism operatively associated with the first side wall of the bucket, and a second pivot mechanism operatively associated with the second side wall of the bucket, wherein the bucket pivots about a pivot axis with respect to the upper housing between an open position and a closed position, and wherein, in the closed position, at least a portion of the top edge of the first side wall of the bucket abuts the bottom edge of the first side panel, and at least a portion of the top edge of the second side wall of the bucket abuts the bottom edge of the second side panel. | 47,331 |
9,384,681 | 1. A model newborn human eye, comprising: a hemispherical-shaped, integrally molded top assembly comprising a visually transparent cornea portion surrounding a visually opaque sclera portion; a hemispherical-shaped bottom assembly comprising a bowl-shaped substrate disposed therein; a retinal layer comprising a two dimensional image of retinal vasculature disposed on said substrate; wherein: said top portion is attached to said bottom portion to define a posterior chamber; said model newborn human eye is dimensioned for diagnosing Retinopathy of Prematurity (“ROP”) in premature infants. | 37,230 |
8,991,434 | 1. A lockable pipe cap comprising: an inner cap comprising a portion of a pipe closure comprising an outer surface; an outer cover covering substantially all of said outer surface of said inner cap; said inner cap and said outer cover being selectively coupled by an axially translatable traveler; said traveler axially translatable between at least a first position and a second position, said traveler being engaged with both said inner cap and said outer cover when in said first position, said traveler being engaged with only one of said inner cap and said outer cover when in said second position, said inner cap and said outer cover being independently rotatable when said traveler is in said second position, said traveler being movable between said first position and said second position by a lead screw, said traveler threadably engaging said lead screw; and said lead screw being rotatable by an exposed end of said lead screw, and said exposed end being accessible from an outer surface of said lockable cap. | 45,680 |
9,027,110 | 1. A system of communicating a dynamic token and a tool, comprising a tool part and a dynamic token part which are communicated with each other by radio frequency communication technology, wherein the tool part comprises a controlling module and a tool radio frequency communicating module; the controlling module generates wake-up instruction signal and/or operating instruction signal and sends the signal to the tool radio frequency communicating module, determines whether response signal returned by the dynamic token part is correctly received, and controls to output prompting information of successful communication or error according to determining result; the tool radio frequency communicating module, under the control of the controlling module, generates corresponding modulated signal by using the carrier signal generated by the tool radio frequency communicating module and the wake-up instruction signal and/or the instruction signal, sends the modulated signal to an OTP radio frequency communicating module of the dynamic token part in electromagnetic form, and receives response signal returned by the OTP radio frequency communicating module and sends the response signal to the controlling module; the dynamic token part comprises an MCU and liquid crystal module and the OTP frequency communicating module; the OTP radio frequency communicating module receives the modulated signal sent by the tool radio frequency communicating module in electromagnetic form, extracting and processing the received modulated signal; sends the result signal obtained by extracting and processing to the MCU and liquid crystal module and further returns corresponding response signal to the tool radio frequency communicating module; the MCU and liquid crystal module determines whether the result signal sent by the OTP radio frequency module is correct instruction signal; and generates corresponding response signal if the result signal is correct instruction signal and sends the response signal to the OTP radio frequency communicating module. | 19,941 |
9,376,999 | 1. An inertia drive for transferring torque from a starter motor to a combustion engine comprising: an elongated screw shaft having an input end and an output end adapted for connection to the engine; an input head shaft having a first end thereof adapted to connect to a starter motor and a second end thereof adapted to rotatably receive the input end of the screw shaft; a clutch housing coupled to the screw shaft; a stop nut coupled to the screw shaft; a pinion rotatably carried by the screw shaft for traverse movement between a first position abutting the clutch housing and a second position abutting the stop nut; a clutch plate stack accommodated on the input head shaft and contained within a clutch body; and a clutch spring disposed within the clutch housing in compressive engagement with the clutch stack, the clutch housing is selectively coupled to the screw shaft so that the pinion contacts the clutch housing at selected radial orientation when the pinion is in the first position. | 11,085 |
8,681,045 | 1. A satellite positioning receiver, comprising: a first receive path configured to downconvert received satellite positioning signals of a first type to an intermediate frequency range; and a second receive path configured to downconvert received satellite positioning signals of a second type to said intermediate frequency range. | 31,989 |
8,798,807 | 1. A data distribution system for a vehicle, the distribution system comprising: a data distributor module including one or more processors, the data distributor module configured to be communicatively coupled with a first service module that includes one or more processors and provides one or more functions for the vehicle based on values of data parameters, the data distributor module configured to receive a first request list from the first service module that includes one or more requested data parameters, and a plurality of data acquisition modules including one or more processors, the data acquisition modules communicatively coupled with the data distributor module, each of the data acquisition modules configured to obtain the values of different data parameters, wherein the data distributor module is configured to determine which of the data acquisition modules obtain each of the requested data parameters and to send a filtered list to each data acquisition module that obtains at least one of the requested data parameters, the filtered list including the one or more data parameters that are obtained by the receiving data acquisition module, wherein, in response to receiving the filtered list, each receiving data acquisition module is configured to obtain the values of the one or more requested data parameters included in the received filtered list and store the values in one or more shared memories, the data acquisition modules further configured to transmit one or more response lists to the data distributor module that indicate locations in the one or more shared memories where the values of the one or more requested parameters are stored, wherein, in response to receiving the one or more response lists, the data distributor module is configured to retrieve the values of the one or more requested data parameters from the one or more shared memories based on the one or more response lists and transmit a message to the first service module that includes the values of the one or more data parameters requested by the first service module for the first service module to use the values to provide the one or more functions for the vehicle. | 19,450 |
8,580,865 | 1. A plastically deformable preparation for bone repair or replacement, comprising a porous particle component that is not easily soluble in water suspended in a paste-like mixture comprising water or alcohol as a solvent and at least one component that is soluble in water or alcohol, the porous particle component that is not easily soluble in water comprising 60-98% by weight and the paste-like mixture comprising 1-30% by weight of the preparation, the particles of the porous particle component having a diameter in a size range that is essentially greater than a phagocytable particle and smaller than the passage diameter of standard injection cannulas and the soluble component comprising 0.1-3% by weight of the preparation, the porous particle component including particle sizes in the range of 0.1 to 50 μm, wherein the component that is soluble in water or alcohol is hyaluronic acid having a molecular weight of 1,500,000 to 4,500,000 Daltons before sterilization of the preparation, and wherein the preparation is sterilizable with dry heat or with gamma rays at a dosage of 8 to 30 kGy. | 47,881 |
8,425,758 | 1. A method for determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample fluid, comprising the steps of: positioning a sensor in a sensor reader; contacting a sample fluid with a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises: wherein following contacting the sample fluid with the sensor, the sensor reader: | 34,988 |
8,855,692 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting a signal; receiving a combined signal comprising a relayed version of the transmitted signal and one or more additional signals; demodulating a sample of the transmitted signal to produce a first demodulation output; demodulating the received combined signal to produce a second demodulation output; correlating a first set of symbols corresponding to the first demodulation output with a second set of symbols corresponding to the second demodulation output to determine an offset between the relayed version of the transmitted signal included in the combined signal and the transmitted signal; and canceling the relayed version of the transmitted signal from the combined signal. | 44,400 |
8,950,431 | 1. A fluid flow control device having a cylinder assembly, which includes cylinders overlapped with each other and fluid pathways for controlling flow rate and velocity of fluid, the fluid flow control device comprising: a first cylinder having a plurality of first fluid pathways of an elongated form laterally permeating the cylinder from a central axis, the first fluid pathways being horizontally and longitudinally formed along an outer circumference of the cylinder, the elongated dimension of the first fluid pathways being inclined symmetrically to each other; a second cylinder disposed on the outer circumference of the first cylinder, the second cylinder having second fluid pathways formed in correspondence with the first fluid pathways and communicating with the first fluid pathways, the longitudinal width of the second fluid pathways being greater than that of the first fluid pathways; and a third cylinder disposed on an outer circumference of the second cylinder, the third cylinder having third fluid pathways formed in correspondence with the second fluid pathways, the third fluid pathways having the same size as the first fluid pathways and being formed in such a way as to be dislocated from the first fluid pathways. | 11,808 |
8,860,752 | 1. A method for scripting via an interface to a programmable processing device, comprising the steps of: providing an interface to one or more programmable processing units communicatively coupled to each other in a programmable processing device comprising a script input tool for inputting one or more scripts and a file input tool for inputting one or more first original multimedia items for batch manipulation by the one or more programmable processing units; accepting from the script input tool an input of one or more scripts, said scripts written in a scripting language, said scripting language comprising variables representing one or more multimedia items and a manipulation to be applied to the one or more multimedia items; accepting from the file input tool a representation of one or more first original multimedia items; creating an association between the first original multimedia items and said input scripts; and storing the association in a container file comprising the input scripts and the first original multimedia items wherein the container file acts as a proxy for one or more result multimedia items after the manipulation has been applied, wherein the container file as the proxy is referenced to render the one or more result multimedia items, and is referenced as one or more second original multimedia items in at least one other script for batch manipulation. | 43,660 |
9,509,056 | 1. An antenna apparatus comprising: a waveguide having a top surface, a bottom surface, an excitation end, and a load end, the waveguide formed of two or more layers, with gaps formed between the layers; a control element arranged to adjust a size of the gaps, where the control element may be a piezoelectric, electroactive material or a mechanical position control; and two or more delay elements disposed along the waveguide, wherein a delay introduced by each delay element decreases with position of the delay element with respect to its position relative to the excitation end and to the load end. | 45,127 |
8,546,293 | 1. A method for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic compound, which comprises using, as the catalyst, at least one geometric shaped catalyst body K which comprises as an active material, a multielement oxide which comprises, as elements E other than oxygen, the element Mo, at least one of the two elements Bi and V, and at least one further element from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Fe, Cu and the alkali metals, geometric shaped catalyst body K being obtained by a continuous process having process stages A) to G), in which in process stage A), a finely divided mixture M comprising sources Q of the elements E is prepared with the proviso that at most 10% by weight of the total weight of the particles present in the finely divided mixture M have a particle diameter of d in process stage B), the finely divided mixture M*, which consists either only of the finely divided mixture M or of a mixture of the finely divided mixture M and fines F which are obtained in the next process stage C) and are recycled into process stage B) continuously or batchwise from process stage C), is compacted by press agglomeration in which the maximum pressure applied is P1 to agglomerates A whose longest dimension is ≧3 mm; in process stage C), the agglomerates A are comminuted and the particulate material formed in the comminution is separated by sieving into a powder P whose particle diameters d in process stage D), the powder P conducted into it or a mixture P* consisting of the powder P conducted into process stage D) and shaping assistants is used to obtain, by press agglomeration in which the maximum pressure applied is P2 and satisfies the relationship P2≧2·P1, geometric shaped bodies V with the proviso that when the powder P is conveyed into process stage D) and when shaping assistants are mixed into the powder P, a particle diameter d in process stage E), at least a portion of the shaped bodies V is treated thermally at elevated temperature to obtain the geometric shaped catalyst bodies K, wherein prior to process stage E), the shaped bodies V obtained in process stage D) are separated in an additional separation stage as process stage F) into non-intact shaped bodies V in process stage G), non-intact shaped bodies V wherein d | 13,857 |
9,244,313 | 1. A liquid crystal display device pixel comprising: a first alignment layer disposed over a first substrate; a second alignment layer disposed below a second substrate; a passivation layer disposed below the first alignment layer over the first substrate, the passivation layer defining a contact hole, the contact hole exposing a portion of a drain electrode of a thin film transistor; a first column spacer disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer, the first column spacer having a first end proximate the first alignment layer and a second end proximate the second alignment layer, wherein a minimum lateral distance between the first end of the first column spacer and the contact hole is a sum of a predetermined design value plus an alignment margin. | 19,938 |
9,268,389 | 1. A method of reducing energy consumed by a processor when executing a task in a background while a performance state of the processor is being controlled by a processor performance management (PPM) system that selects the performance state by taking into account an assessment of a processor load during an accounting period, the method of reducing energy comprising steps of: (a) causing the processor to execute a portion of the task during an active period, (b) after each active period, causing the processor to stop executing the task for an interval, and (c) repeatedly performing the steps (a) and (b) until the task has been completed; wherein durations of active periods and intervals are selected based on the task to be performed so that execution of the task imposes an average load on the processor that is less than 100% but greater than 0% during each accounting period of the PPM system between a start and an end of the execution of the task, wherein the step (b) comprises configuring instruction sequence of the task to include one or more dummy instructions and causing the processor to execute the one or more of said dummy instructions during said interval, and wherein said dummy instructions trick the PPM system that the task is memory bound. | 5,837 |
9,003,782 | 1. An exhaust gas-treating device for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas-treating device comprising: a housing with a circumferentially extending jacket, a first axial end side connected to the jacket at a first axial end of said housing, and a second axial end side connected to the jacket at a second axial end of said housing; a first tube extending through said first end side, said first tube having an end arranged spaced from said housing and said first end side; a second tube extending through said first end side, said second tube having an end arranged spaced from said housing and said first end side, said second tube being separate from said first tube; a deflecting housing defining a deflecting chamber, said deflecting housing having an inlet communicating with said deflecting chamber and an outlet communicating with said deflecting chamber; a first fastening means for detachably fastening said inlet of said deflecting housing to said end of said first tube; a second fastening means for detachably fastening said outlet of said deflecting housing to said end of said second tube. | 10,647 |
9,648,126 | 1. A method for caching objects at one or more cache servers of a content delivery network (CDN), the method comprising: determining, by a processor, attributes of objects of a set of objects; calculating, by the processor, an efficiency metric for each object of the set of objects based on the attributes of each object, wherein the attributes of each object include an expected future popularity associated with the object and an uncertainty of the expected future popularity associated with the object, wherein calculating the efficiency metric for each object of the set of objects is subject to a risk envelope constraint corresponding to a tolerance level with respect to uncertainty of future popularity; selecting, by the processor, a subset of objects from the set of objects for caching based on calculated efficiency metrics; and caching the subset of objects at the one or more cache servers. | 16,838 |
9,278,735 | 1. A launch and lift apparatus mounted on a dock or sea wall to facilitate the boarding onto, launching and disembarking from a kayak comprising: a pair of loop grab rails anchored to a dock or sea wall; a guide member welded onto each loop grab rail; a slidable ladder comprising a pair of ladder side rails with a slot extending the length of a rear surface of a ladder side rails with the slidable ladder being attached to the loop grab rail by means of a guide member; a brake winch assembly to raise or lower the kayak and the brake winch assembly is mounted onto a platform that is welded to one of the loop grab rails; a stainless steel cable attached to the brake winch assembly at one end and traverses through a pulley system mounted on the slidable ladder and is fastened to a distal end of one of the rails ladder side; a pair of support cradles attached to the slidable ladder; a pair of support bunks attached to the support cradles, and an outer grab rail for additional stability when boarding onto or disembarking from the kayak. | 29,365 |
9,231,425 | 1. A battery pack system to supply current necessary to operate an external device, the battery pack system comprising: a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells which can be charged and discharged, the battery module to supply power to the external device; a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the battery module; an auxiliary power unit to supply a charge and discharge pulse current to the battery module; an additional power supply unit; a controller to connect the auxiliary power unit to the battery module so that the charge and discharge pulse current is supplied to the battery module when a measured temperature (Tbat) of the battery module is less than a set temperature (Tcrit) based on information detected by the temperature sensor before the battery module is electrically connected to the external device and to interrupt the supply of the charge and discharge pulse current to the battery module when the temperature of the battery module becomes equal to or greater than the set temperature (Tcrit), wherein the auxiliary power unit is a low-capacity auxiliary battery, and a capacity of the auxiliary battery is 3 to 15% of a capacity of the battery module, and the auxiliary power unit is charged by the additional power supply unit; and a bidirectional converter electrically connected between the battery module and the auxiliary power unit to drive the charge and discharge pulse current. | 20,739 |
9,685,757 | 1. A testing fixture for testing laser diodes, the testing fixture comprising: a fixture body defining an optical path extending from an optical input to an optical output; a collimating lens supported by the fixture body proximate the optical input, the collimating lens configured to collimate laser light received at the optical input and to direct the collimated laser light along the optical path; a photodetector package supported by the fixture body at a location along the optical path such that the photodetector package receives the collimated laser light, the photodetector package including a light receiving surface and a photodetector behind the light receiving surface, wherein the photodetector package is configured to pass a portion of the collimated laser light through a location on the light receiving surface to the photodetector for detection and performing a first test and to reflect another portion of the collimated laser light from the same location on the light receiving surface and along the optical path toward the optical output; and a focal lens supported by the fixture body along the optical path after the photodetector and configured to focus the reflected collimated laser light toward the optical output for performing a second test. | 43,433 |
9,247,366 | 1. A microphone test fixture, the test fixture comprising: a test chamber; an acoustic source configured to produce sound waves in the test chamber; a reference microphone positioned to receive the sound waves in the test chamber; and an acoustic resistor forming a contiguous space with the test chamber, wherein the acoustic resistor is sized to prevent resonances and echoes of the sound waves for a fixed high frequency limit, and wherein the acoustic resistor has an acoustic compliance that includes a resistive component and a capacitive component, the capacitive component being a potential energy storage, wherein the acoustic resistor is sized such that the acoustic compliance resistive component exceeds the acoustic compliance capacitive component for the maximum frequency limit. | 41,164 |
9,524,182 | 1. A computing system, comprising: one or more ports; processing circuitry; a storage device coupled to the processing circuitry and storing instructions which when executed by the processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to perform a method, the method comprising: | 24,180 |
9,788,024 | 1. A method for avoiding playback of an advertisement by selectively switching between media streams, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of media streams, wherein each media stream of the plurality of media streams is received from a different source; switching to a first media stream of the plurality of media streams; playing back a first media asset of the first media stream; determining that an end to playback of the first media asset is imminent wherein determining that the end of the playback of the first media asset comprises: in response to determining that the threshold amount of the first media asset has yet to be played back, determining that the end to the playback of the first media is imminent; in response to determining that the end to the playback of the first media asset is imminent, determining whether a second media stream of the plurality of media streams is within a threshold amount of time of playing back a beginning of a second media asset; and in response to determining that the second media stream is within the threshold amount of time of playing back the beginning of the second media asset: | 42,330 |
9,637,174 | 1. A method for producing a hot-formed and press-hardened automobile column having at least two regions of different hardness, said method comprising the steps of: providing a hardenable metal plate or semi-finished product and heating the hardenable metal plate or semi-finished product to at least an austenizing temperature, intermediately cooling a first region of the metal plate or semi-finished product with a cooldown speed selected to be greater than a lower critical cooldown speed of a material of the metal plate or semi-finished product, and hot-forming and press-hardening the metal plate or semi-finished product in a press-hardening tool to form the automobile column wherein the first region has a stretchability A50 between 10% and 30%, wherein a yield strength or a tensile strength decreases or increases in a transition region between the first region and the second region with a gradient of more than 200 N/mm wherein the first region contains a mixed structure of martensite, bainite and at least one of ferrite and perlite and wherein a bainite content of the first region is more than 50%. | 13,770 |
9,193,346 | 1. An automatic transmission controller for controlling an automatic transmission that transmits a driving force from an internal combustion engine to a wheel of a vehicle while shifting the driving force by selecting a gear ratio from a plurality of gear ratios in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle, the automatic transmission including the automatic transmission controller comprising: an idling reduction controller that performs idling reduction control in which the mechanical engagement mechanism is operated to switch rotational directions for a forward gear and a reverse gear and to allow rotation in each of the forward gear and the reverse gear and in which the internal combustion engine is stopped; an idling-reduction-control permission determiner that determines whether or not to permit the idling reduction control; and an engagement controller that, when the idling-reduction-control permission determiner permits the idling reduction control, allows rotation of an input shaft of the automatic transmission, and that, in a case where an output shaft of the automatic transmission is rotated by a wheel of the vehicle in a rotational direction such that the vehicle moves backward, sets the plurality of engagement mechanisms including at least the mechanical engagement mechanism so as to fix the output shaft of the automatic transmission to a casing of the automatic transmission or so as to prevent the vehicle from moving backward. | 2,065 |
9,122,160 | 1. A method comprising: performing optical proximity correction of a photomask of a semiconductor layout to generate a corrected photomask; generating simulated contour shapes based on simulating a masking process of the corrected photomask; verifying the simulated contour shapes, by a processor, to determine errors associated with the simulated photomask; and correcting the errors in the simulated contour shapes of the simulated photomask to generate a final photomask, wherein the verifying the simulated contour shapes is based on at least one of a process variation band, a mask error enhancement factor, a depth of focus, and one or more hotspots; and wherein the simulation of the masking process takes into account at least one of e-beam forward and backward scattering, development, baking, and etching of the corrected photomask. | 16,115 |
9,500,249 | 1. A two-force member energy-absorbing link structure comprising: an elongated structural member having first and second opposing ends and a lengthwise extending central axis, wherein at least the first and second opposing ends of the elongated structural member are constructed of a primary material having a strength characteristic sufficient to link together two structures; a thru-hole extending substantially orthogonally with respect to the central axis and through the first opposing end; and a section of the elongated structural member constructed of secondary material having a lesser strength characteristic than the strength characteristic of the primary material, said section extending a lengthwise distance substantially along a direction that the lengthwise extending central axis extends, and said section extending from a location proximate and adjacent the thru-hole, wherein the section is configured to deform when exposed to a predetermined axial compression load, and wherein a length of the elongated structural member remains substantially the same before and after the section deforms. | 4,978 |
9,571,681 | 1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit that includes a unit front side; an operational panel provided on the unit front side; a unit rear side; a recording head for performing recording; a paper feed tray that is provided at an upper rear portion of the recording unit; an inverse roller that allows a medium received from the paper feed tray to be back fed and inverted without discharging the medium from the recording unit; and a scanner unit that is provided at an upper side of the recording unit and is moved rotationally so as to open and close the upper side of the recording unit, wherein: the protrusion is arranged between the paper feed tray and the carriage in the depth direction, and | 23,926 |
9,478,759 | 1. A flexible display panel, comprising: a substrate; an organic light emitting device disposed on the substrate; and an anti-reflection layer disposed on the organic light emitting device, the anti-reflection layer comprising a metal-dielectric layer. | 18,713 |
9,045,224 | 1. A high lift system comprising: a main wing, at least one regulating flap coupled to the main wing, at least one guiding device configured to guide the movement of the at least one regulating flap, at least one adjusting device configured to adjust the at least one regulating flap, a fairing, and a flow control device configured to control the flow around the high lift system and comprising: wherein at least one of the respective guiding devices and adjusting devices are at least partially provided within the fairing, wherein the flow control device is arranged at least partially within the fairing and the inlet duct at the location of the at least one inlet runs along the main wing chordwise direction. | 28,657 |
9,115,711 | 1. A method of determining displacement of a radial piston machine ( 1 ) having adjustable eccentricity (e), the radial piston machine ( 1 ) having cylinders ( 2 ) arranged in a pivoting manner and having a drive shaft that drives an eccentric ( 5 ), the method comprising the steps of: measuring, with angular sensors, a pivoting angle (β) of the cylinders ( calculating, with the radial piston machine, the eccentricity (e) of the eccentric and hence the displacement (v) of the radial piston machine from the measured values of the pivoting angle (β) of the cylinders, and determining, with the radial piston machine, a direction of rotation of the drive shaft from a course of a function (β=f(α)) of the pivoting angle (β), with the pivoting angle (β) being a function of a rotation angle (α) of the drive shaft. | 45 |
8,971,052 | 1. A fixing apparatus for fixing an expansion card to a motherboard, the fixing apparatus comprising: a mounting bracket secured to the motherboard, and comprising a supporting board parallel to the motherboard and supporting the expansion card; and a retaining member connected to the mounting bracket, and comprising an abutting arm, wherein the retaining member is rotatable relative to the mounting bracket between a locking position, where the abutting arm abutting against a top of the expansion card to sandwich the expansion card between the abutting arm and the supporting board, and a releasing position, where the abutting arm is separated from the expansion card; wherein the mounting bracket comprises two supporting poles perpendicularly secured to the motherboard, the retaining member further comprises two parallel sidewalls, a connecting wall connected between the sidewalls, a locking portion extending from a rear end of the connecting wall between the sidewalls, the mounting bracket further comprises a beam connected between the supporting poles, adjacent to top ends of the supporting poles, and a protrusion protrudes from the beam and detachably engages with the locking portion of the retaining member in the locking position. | 11,517 |
8,822,556 | 1. One-component, moisture-curing foam comprising a) 30 to 60% by volume of at least one gas, the gas being enclosed in cells that are homogeneously distributed in the foam, and b) a one-component, moisture-curing composition Z being a sealant or adhesive that is free of chemical blowing agents, the composition Z comprising b1) at least one polymer P having isocyanate groups and/or alkoxysilane groups, the at least one polymer being present in an amount of from 25 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the one-component, moisture-curing foam, b2) carbon black being present in an amount of from 10 to 30% by weight based on the total weight of the one-component, moisture-curing foam, and b3) a thixotropic agent C being present in an amount of from 5 to 25% by weight based on the total weight of the one-component, moisture-curing foam, wherein the thixotropic agent is a urea derivative. | 12,154 |
9,211,621 | 1. An apparatus for machining workpieces, the apparatus comprising: a frame defining a first workpiece transfer station; means on the frame defining a machining station for holding one of the workpieces and rotating the held workpiece on the frame about a vertical axis offset in a horizontal direction from the transfer station; a carousel on the frame vertically aligned with the first transfer station, rotatable about a vertical axis offset in the horizontal direction from the machining station, and carrying a plurality of tools having shanks; a vertical guide on the frame; a vertical slide carried on the vertical guide and shiftable therealong in a vertical direction on the frame; a horizontal guide on the vertical slide; a horizontal slide carried on the horizontal guide and shiftable therealong in the horizontal direction on the vertical slide between a position juxtaposed with the machining station and positions juxtaposed with the carousel and with the transfer station; and a first tool head rotatable about a vertical axis on the horizontal slide and carrying a workpiece grab and, angularly offset therefrom, a tool socket adapted to fit the tool shanks, whereby, on movement in the horizontal direction of the horizontal slide and rotation of the first tool head, the first tool head can move a workpiece by the grab between the first transfer station and the machining station and can move a tool by the tool socket between the carousel and the machining station to machine a rotating workpiece therein. | 28,976 |
9,063,369 | 1. A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a first substrate comprising a first electrode; a second substrate comprising a second electrode, wherein the second electrode has a pixel electrode structure, and the pixel electrode structure comprises a trunk portion and plurality of branch portions, and there is a predetermined angle between the trunk portion and the branch portions, and the predetermined angle is in the range of 5 degrees to 85 degrees except 45 degrees; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer disposed at an outer side of the first substrate; a second polarizer disposed at an outer side of the second substrate; and a half wave (λ/2) retarder film bonded to an outer surface of the first substrate first substrate or the second substrate; wherein, the half wave retarder film is positioned between the first substrate and the first polarizer; wherein, when the predetermined angle (θ) is less than 45 degrees, and there is an angle (ψ Wherein, when the predetermined angle (θ) is greater than 45 degrees, and there is an angle (ψ | 39,886 |
9,517,767 | 1. A method for robotic vehicle internal safety system activation, comprising: detecting that a seat of an autonomous vehicle is occupied; detecting that a seat belt coupled with the seat is fastened; applying, by a belt tensioner coupled with the seat belt, a first tension to seat belt; autonomously navigating the autonomous vehicle toward a destination; identifying an occurrence of a safety event from a plurality of safety related events, wherein the plurality of safety related events include a breaking event, and an acceleration event; increasing, by the belt tensioner, the first tension to a second tension based, at least in part, on the occurrence of the safety event; and reducing, by the belt tensioner, during the navigating, the second tension to the first tension. | 1,615 |
9,515,204 | 1. A memory controller comprising: a command interface to transmit a memory command to a plurality of memory devices associated with the memory controller; an acknowledgement interface to receive an acknowledgment status packet from the plurality of memory devices over a shared acknowledgement link coupled between the memory controller component and the plurality of memory devices, wherein the acknowledgment status packet comprises a combination of a first acknowledgment packet code from a first memory device of the plurality of memory devices and a second acknowledgment packet code from a second memory device of the plurality of memory devices, wherein the first and second acknowledgment packet codes comprise a same number of bits but different values to identify the corresponding one of the first and second memory devices and whether the command was successfully received by the corresponding one of the first and second memory devices; and a memory controller core to decode the acknowledgment status packet to identify the acknowledgment packet code corresponding to the first and second memory devices. | 36,603 |
9,074,543 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: indicating hydrocarbon accumulation in a first cylinder based on each of crankshaft acceleration differences between the first cylinder and a second cylinder while exhaust temperature differences across an exhaust catalyst are above a threshold; and responsive thereto, limiting fuel injection to each of the first and second cylinders. | 8,916 |
8,508,891 | 1. An electrical switching apparatus comprising: separable contacts; an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts; and a trip mechanism cooperating with said operating mechanism to trip open said separable contacts, said trip mechanism comprising: | 8,763 |
8,871,127 | 1. A method of producing a fiber-reinforced resin member using a mold in which a cavity is defined by closing a lower mold and an upper mold, the mold comprising a groove part formed within the lower mold and that communicates with the cavity, a core slidably provided within the groove part, and push-up means that pushes the core up, the method comprising: a first step of disposing a continuous fiber-reinforced member on the core and covering the continuous fiber-reinforced member with a protective plate which is slidable within the lower mold; and a second step of charging softened or molten matrix resin into the cavity and spreading the matrix resin within the cavity while the continuous fiber-reinforced member is protected from the matrix resin by the protective plate; sliding the protective plate to expose the continuous fiber-reinforced member; pushing up the core with the push-up means to bury the continuous fiber-reinforced member in the matrix resin; and curing the matrix resin to produce a fiber-reinforced resin member in which the continuous fiber-reinforced member is buried in cured matrix resin. | 18,068 |
8,992,430 | 1. A breath sampling device comprising: a breath sampling tube; a pump configured to create a negative pressure in the breath sampling tube; a pressure sensor configured to monitor pressure in said breath sampling tube, wherein pressure reaching a predetermined threshold is indicative of a blockage; a valve associated with said breath sampling tube; and a controller configured to deactivate said pump when the predetermined pressure threshold is reached and, while said pump is deactivated, to initiate said valve to toggle back and forth between a NORMAL mode of operation, and an AUTO-ZERO mode of operation, said AUTO-ZERO mode of operation allowing air to enter said breath sampling tube between the blockage and the pump, thereby increasing pressure in said breath sampling tube so as to prevent additional liquids from entering said breath sampling tube. | 20,987 |
9,162,575 | 1. A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle comprising: a display instrument which includes a plurality of zones to display a current operating state of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor of the hybrid vehicle, wherein a first zone among the plurality of zones displays a power which can be produced by the electric motor in a boost mode, and the first zone further includes a sub-zone to display a remaining time in which the electric motor can be operated in the boost mode, while displaying in the first zone the power which can be produced by the electric motor in the boost mode. | 23,369 |
9,732,664 | 1. An ignition device with a pre-combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder defining a main combustion chamber, the ignition device comprising: a first pre-combustion chamber part configured to at least partially accommodate a spark plug, the first pre-combustion chamber part including a first thread; and a second pre-combustion chamber part defining at least a portion of the pre-combustion chamber and including: | 16,451 |
9,680,045 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining a top portion of a solar cell structure, the top portion of the solar cell structure including an absorbing layer comprising a direct gap III-V material and an emitter layer on a first side of the absorbing layer; epitaxially depositing a wide bandgap III-V layer and a highly doped (In)GaAs layer on a second side of the absorbing layer; depositing an electrically insulating reflector layer on the second side of the absorbing layer and over the wide bandgap III-V layer and the highly doped (In)GaAs layer; patterning the electrically insulating reflector layer; patterning one of the wide bandgap III-V layer and the highly doped (In)GaAs layer; and depositing a metal reflector layer on the second side of the absorbing layer such that the metal reflector layer directly contacts the highly doped (In)GaAs layer at a plurality of locations. | 2,834 |
8,375,115 | 1. An integrated server system for data processing, the integrated server system comprising: a printed circuit board including | 4,854 |
8,468,262 | 1. A method for receiving a presentation streamed via HTTP, the method comprising: sending a first content request associated with the presentation; receiving a first presentation description based on the first content request, wherein the first presentation description comprises a fetch interval; and receiving a second presentation description before a duration associated with the fetch interval and a guard interval based on network latency is exceeded. | 18,865 |
8,696,797 | 1. A method of removing carbon dioxide from a gas stream, the method comprising: absorbing carbon dioxide from the gas stream using a solvent in a liquid gas contactor to form an acid gas rich-solvent, the solvent being capable of absorbing carbon dioxide at a low temperature and an inlet pressure of the gas stream into the liquid gas contactor; introducing the acid gas rich solvent into a heating train that includes at least one flash drum coupled in reverse flow communication with at least one heat transfer apparatus and heating the acid gas rich solvent using a low pressure steam having a saturation pressure of between about 150 kPa to about 700 kPa; flashing the heated acid gas rich-solvent to form a flash gas stream and a hot lean solvent, wherein the flash gas stream is rich in carbon dioxide; cooling the hot lean solvent to form a cooled lean solvent; recycling the cooled lean solvent into the liquid gas contactor; removing at least one of water and residual solvent from the flash gas stream; and channeling at least one of the water and the residual solvent to at least one flash drum coupled in the heating train. | 15,490 |
9,490,256 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a plurality of active areas; a plurality of bit line structures formed on the substrate, each comprising a bit line extending in a first direction and a bit line spacer layer extending along two opposing side surfaces of the bit line; a plurality of contact holes spaced apart from one another in a lengthwise direction in a space between ones of the plurality of bit line structures; a plurality of first contact plugs filling respective bottom portions of the plurality of contact holes and electrically connected with respective ones of the plurality of active areas, the plurality of first contact plugs being lined up in a row along the first direction; and a plurality of second contact plugs electrically connected with respective ones of the plurality of first contact plugs, the plurality of second contact plugs being placed in a zigzag row along the first direction. | 22,469 |
8,557,954 | 1. A method to produce a dimerized rosin comprising contacting a rosin with a catalyst comprising an alkyl substituted aryl sulfonic acid to produce the dimerized rosin containing the catalyst or a salt thereof, wherein the alkyl group has at least 5 carbon atoms. | 28,096 |
9,799,414 | 1. A fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor comprising: a first fuel element including thorium dioxide; a second fuel element including uranium having a first fissile content; and a third fuel element including uranium having a second fissile content different from the first fissile content, wherein the first fuel element, the second fuel element, and the third fuel element are arranged such that a common coolant flows over each of the first fuel element, the second fuel element, and the third fuel element. | 31,676 |
8,609,456 | 1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor layer having a textured surface, comprising: (a) providing a textured substrate; (b) forming at least one semiconductor layer on the textured substrate; (c) forming a metal layer on the semiconductor layer; and (d) conducting a thermal process to the textured substrate, the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, wherein the semiconductor layer is separated from the textured substrate by the thermal process to obtain the semiconductor layer having the metal layer and a textured surface. | 30,434 |
8,352,137 | 1. A control apparatus that controls a vehicle drive system that has a fluid coupling including a direct connection clutch, and a transmission and outputs rotation of an input member that is drivingly connected to an engine and a rotating electric machine to an output member, the control apparatus comprising: a differential speed acquisition unit that acquires a differential speed representing a difference in speed between an input side drivingly connected to the input member of the fluid coupling and an output side drivingly connected to the transmission; a state determination unit that determines a shift speed in the transmission and an operating state of the direct connection clutch based on an accelerator opening and a vehicle speed of a vehicle; and a direct connection control unit that engages, if the differential speed is equal to or less than a predetermined engagement permitting threshold value when the state determination unit determines an upshift of the shift speed and a transition from a disengaged state to an engaged state of the direct connection clutch in a condition in which the accelerator opening is decreasing, the direct connection clutch regardless of an upshift operation of the shift speed, wherein: the direct connection control unit engages the direct connection clutch after the upshift operation of the shift speed is completed, if the state determination unit determines the upshift of the shift speed and the transition from the disengaged state to the engaged state of the direct connection clutch in a condition in which the accelerator opening is constant or increasing. | 20,628 |
9,056,138 | 1. An aqueous suspension comprising at least one gas-filled microbubble conjugated, directly or via a linker, to at least one dimer selected from the group consisting of dimer D5 represented by the structure: and dimer D23 represented by the structure: | 48,545 |
9,130,102 | 1. An integrated thin-film photovoltaic module, comprising: a first cell and a second cell, the first cell and the second cell each comprising a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper electrode disposed on a substrate, a separation groove comprising a lower electrode separation groove separating the lower electrode of the first cell and the second cell; through holes penetrating the upper electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer in each of the first cell and the second cell, the through holes being spaced apart from each other in each of the first cell and the second cell; and a conductive material filling the through holes and connecting the upper electrode of the second cell and the lower electrode of the first cell. | 43,044 |
8,971,298 | 1. A method comprising: a) transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, at least one control message configured to cause in said wireless device: b) transmitting, by said base station to said wireless device over said primary cell group, a first message comprising a content descriptor and originating from an application server in a communication network, said content descriptor describing content residing on said application server; c) receiving, by said base station from said wireless device over said primary cell group, a second message addressed to said application server, said second message requesting said content; d) transmitting by said base station to said wireless device over said primary cell group: e) transmitting, by said base station to said wireless device over said primary cell group and said secondary cell group, a second plurality of content packets comprising a second portion of said content. | 27,190 |
8,394,806 | 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers, or diastereomers thereof. | 20,234 |
9,257,707 | 1. An apparatus for placing a fuel cell stack in a standby mode, the apparatus comprising: a compressor operably coupled to an air induction system for providing a cathode stream; a fuel cell stack for receiving the cathode stream to provide electrical power to a load; a cathode valve operably coupled to an outlet of the fuel cell stack for controlling a flow of the cathode stream to the fuel cell stack; and a controller configured to: wherein the fuel cell stack operates in the standby mode when the controller determines that the power request amount is similar to the predetermined amount; wherein the fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells that are capable of operating above a predetermined voltage level when the fuel cell stack is in the standby mode, and wherein the cathode valve is configured to generate a leaked cathode stream in response to being controlled to close. | 14,910 |
9,131,428 | 1. A wireless communication device comprising: a communication interface configured to: a processor configured, in response to the probe request, to: | 23,832 |
9,030,922 | 1. A laser control method for dynamically adjusting laser output algorithm during recording data onto an optical disc, the laser control method comprising: recording normal user data onto the optical disc according to an initial laser output algorithm; recording a test pattern at a test pattern starting point according to a selected laser output algorithm; detecting at least one recording quality index from the normal user data and/or the test pattern recorded onto the optical disc; and determining an adaptive laser output algorithm to continually record the normal user data according to the recording quality index. | 30,138 |
9,185,234 | 1. A method comprising: capturing an external ID associated with a wireless client device from a billable event communicated between the wireless client device and a wireless subscriber billing system; associating the external ID with a Subscriber ID (SID) used to communicate a billing request from the wireless subscriber billing system to an operator billing system; receiving an external billing request from an external billing source at the wireless subscriber billing system, the external billing request including the external ID; and mapping the external ID contained in the external billing request to the SID, after the external billing request is received from the external billing source. | 21,764 |
9,178,222 | 1. A titanium fuel cell separator, comprising: a substrate consisting of pure titanium or a titanium alloy; a carbon layer and an intermediate layer between the substrate and the carbon layer, formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon layer has a peak intensity of the (002) plane as much as 3 times or more the peak intensity of a (100) plane, as measured by X-ray diffractometry, and wherein the carbon layer is present in a mass of coating of 2 μg/cm wherein the intermediate layer is formed through a reaction between the substrate and the carbon layer by a heat treatment and comprises titanium carbide in a form of grains ranging in a direction parallel to the carbon layer. | 14,466 |
8,498,452 | 1. Within a digital camera, method of digital image processing using face detection to achieve a desired luminance contrast, comprising the steps of: (a) identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digital image; (b) determining first initial values of luminance of pixels of the group of pixels; (c) determining second initial values of luminance of pixels other than pixels of the group of pixels; (d) comparing the first and second initial values to determine an initial luminance contrast; and (e) determining properties of a fill flash for providing adjusted values of luminance for at least some of the pixels of the digital image based on a comparison of the initial luminance contrast and the desired luminance contrast. | 41,330 |
8,741,256 | 1. A method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from a lithium chloride containing brine solution, the method comprising the steps of: supplying a brine solution comprising lithium and silica to a silica management step to remove silica and to produce a silica-lean lithium chloride solution, wherein said lithium chloride containing brine solution is a smackover brine; supplying a silica-lean lithium chloride solution to a lithium capture step, said lithium capture step being operable to capture said lithium from the silica-lean lithium chloride containing solution; recovering lithium chloride from the lithium capture step to produce a lithium chloride rich stream; optionally concentrating the lithium chloride rich stream; contacting the lithium chloride rich stream and a sodium carbonate solution in a reaction vessel, wherein said sodium carbonate solution is prepared by contacting a sodium hydroxide solution with carbon dioxide gas, wherein the sodium hydroxide is prepared by electrolyzing sodium chloride in an electrochemical cell, said electrochemical cell comprising a cathode, an anode, and a semi-permeable cation selective membrane; separating a product stream from the reaction vessel to provide a lithium carbonate product and a sodium chloride stream; and recycling at least a portion of the sodium chloride stream to the electrochemical cell, wherein the electrochemical cell is maintained at conditions sufficient to produce sodium hydroxide. | 15,168 |
9,124,245 | 1. A method for reducing at least one offset component in an input signal, the method comprising: using an adaptive tracking filter having an adaptive passband defined by a frequency signal, removing substantially all frequency components of the input signal that are outside the passband to generate a fundamental frequency signal; subtracting the fundamental frequency signal from the input signal to generate a first modified signal with a fundamental frequency component substantially removed; using a low pass filter having a cutoff frequency, removing substantially all high frequency components above the cutoff frequency from the first modified signal to generate a second modified signal including a DC offset component with the fundamental frequency component and higher order harmonics substantially removed; and subtracting the second modified signal from the input signal to generate a third modified signal substantially including the fundamental frequency component and higher order harmonics of the input signal with the DC offset component substantially removed. | 4,044 |
8,581,457 | 1. A wheel support bearing assembly with sensor and in-wheel motor integration, the assembly comprising: a bearing unit that rotatably supports a hub of a drive wheel, the bearing unit including an outer ring forming a stationary raceway member, the outer ring having an outer diameter surface; an electric motor unit forming a drive source to rotate the drive wheel; a reduction gear unit interposed between the electric motor unit and the bearing unit; and a sensor unit including a strain generator and at least one measuring sensor attached to the strain generator, the sensor unit being associated with the outer ring, the strain generator including a thin plate including at least two fixation contact segments fixed in contact with the outer diameter surface of the outer ring, wherein the sensor unit is associated with the outer ring at an outboard side of the outer diameter surface and the assembly further comprises a cover protecting the outboard side of the outer diameter surface. | 5,088 |
9,520,483 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a dummy gate structure on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the dummy gate structure comprises a dummy gate member, an intermediate layer, and a mask layer, wherein the dummy gate member is positioned between the semiconductor substrate and the intermediate layer, and wherein the intermediate layer is positioned between the dummy gate member and the mask layer; providing an insulating structure, such that the dummy gate structure is positioned between two portions of the insulating structure; providing an etch-stop material layer that covers both the dummy gate structure and the insulating structure; providing a dielectric material layer that covers the etch-stop material layer; removing each of the mask layer, a portion of the etch-stop material layer that is positioned above the intermediate layer, and a portion of the dielectric material layer that is positioned above the intermediate layer; removing the intermediate layer or a remaining portion of the intermediate layer; partially removing a remaining portion of the insulating structure to form a first cavity portion; removing the dummy gate member to form a second cavity portion, wherein the second cavity portion is positioned between the semiconductor substrate and the first cavity portion, and wherein a width of the second cavity portion is less than a width of the first cavity portion; and providing a set of gate metal material through the first cavity portion into the second cavity portion for forming a metal gate member. | 17,454 |
9,645,581 | 1. A method for navigating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from an initial position of the UAV towards a base position, comprising: A) flying the UAV to a plurality of destination positions each having a first predetermined distance from the initial position of the UAV, wherein the plurality of destination positions correspond to a plurality of trial directions with respect to the initial position, respectively; B) detecting, for each of the plurality of destination positions, a distance from the base position to the destination position when the UAV is at the destination position, thereby to obtain a plurality of detected distances corresponding to the plurality of trial directions, respectively; C) determining a return direction of the UAV on the basis of the plurality of detected distances, wherein the return direction is substantially directed towards the base position; and D) flying the UAV a second predetermined distance along the return direction such that the UAV is relatively closer to the base position. | 47,731 |
8,476,197 | 1. An aminopropenoate of formula (I) in which R represents one of the following groups R n represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, m represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, t represents 0 or 1, Y Y Y Y Y in case that Y in case that Y R and, provided that when Y Het represents one of the heterocycles Het 48 to Het 50: R R R R R R R R R R Q which can be the same or different, independently represents halogen, CN, NO Z or two vicinal substituents Z together with the consecutive carbon atoms to which they are linked form a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or unsaturated, carbo- or heterocycle comprising up to 3 heteroatoms, which can be substituted by up to four groups Q which can be the same or different and the other substituents Z as defined above, or two geminal substituents Z together with the carbon atom to which they are linked can also be fused to represent C(═O); C(═S), or C G provided that when n represents 1 then R or a salt, N-oxide, metallic complex, metalloidic complex or an optically active or geometric isomer thereof. | 9,979 |
8,363,890 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquiring unit that acquires an image in which first additional information is embedded in such a manner that pieces of first partial information obtained by dividing the first additional information are coded and embedded in respective unit areas obtained by dividing the image; a partial information detecting unit that detects the pieces of first partial information, which are embedded in the respective unit areas of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; and an embedding unit that codes and embeds, in the respective unit areas, pieces of second partial information obtained by dividing second additional information which is different from the first additional information so that a sum of differences between corresponding pairs of (i) the pieces of first partial information detected by the partial information detecting unit and (ii) the newly embedded pieces of second partial information become minimum. | 4,262 |
9,610,020 | 1. A method for optimizing sensing control parameters associated with an implantable medical device (IMD), the method comprising: sensing a plurality of baseline heartbeats, utilizing the IMD; collecting data associated with the plurality of sensed baseline heartbeats; storing the data associated with the plurality of sensed baseline heartbeats in a memory; programming first settings of sensing control parameters of the IMD; sensing a plurality of non-baseline heartbeats using the IMD programmed to use the first settings of the sensing control parameters; collecting data associated with the plurality of sensed non-baseline heartbeats; using a circuit to automatically identify a problem with the sensing of the heartbeats using the first settings of sensing control parameters by comparing the data associated with the plurality of sensed baseline heartbeats to the data associated with the plurality of sensed non-baseline heartbeats; automatically determining which chamber of the heart is associated with the problem; automatically determining whether the plurality of sensed non-baseline heartbeats are post-sensed or post-paced, wherein a post-sensed heartbeat is a naturally occurring heartbeat and wherein a post-paced heartbeat is a heartbeat that occurred in response to an administered therapy; automatically determining whether the problem with sensing is over or under sensing; and when the problem with sensing is post-sensed oversensing, automatically determining from the data associated with the plurality of sensed non-baseline heartbeats a worst case scenario by determining: measuring a maximum baseline-to-peak amplitude in a sense refractory of the rectified smallest intrinsic signal of the worst case scenario; measuring a maximum baseline-to-peak amplitude in a sense refractory of the rectified largest oversensed signal of the worst case scenario; and | 6,159 |
9,579,611 | 1. An aerator assembly for diffusing a gas in a liquid comprising: a gas supply conduit and at least one aerator, the gas supply conduit comprising a pipe wall delimiting an inner gas supply chamber and said at least one aerator comprising a holder having an inner space, wherein the gas supply conduit and the aerator are releasably joined to each other by an attachment means extending from the inner space of the holder to said inner gas supply chamber and comprising a duct for fluid communication between the inner space of the holder and the gas supply chamber, wherein the attachment means comprises a flexible body and a compression means, the flexible body being tubular and having a first end and an opposite second end, and the compression means of the attachment means comprising a screw and a nut, which are in engagement with each other, wherein said nut is joined to the tubular flexible body at the area of the first end, and said screw extends from a second end of the tubular flexible body to said first end, wherein the attachment means is arranged to be reversibly set in an inactive mode, in which the gas supply conduit and said at least one aerator are in mutually released mode, as well as in an active mode in which the flexible body is compressed in its axial longitudinal direction by the compression means and clamps said at least one aerator and the gas supply conduit against each other. | 26,602 |
9,566,865 | 1. A method for diagnosing charging state comprising: a diagnostic trouble code generation step of generating a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) when the state for charging a battery from an alternator is abnormal in the state in which the alternator is operating to charge the battery while a vehicle is traveling, and then storing diagnostic trouble code in an ECU (Electronic Control Unit), wherein the vehicle is a vehicle having an internal combustion engine; and a diagnostic trouble code release step of deleting the diagnostic trouble code in the ECU when the state for charging the battery from the alternator is returned to be normal, wherein the diagnostic trouble code generation step comprises: the charging state detection step calculated a cumulative amount of current charged from the alternator to the battery, duties of a C terminal of the alternator and a FR terminal of the alternator and an average voltage of the battery. | 31,753 |
8,576,032 | 1. An electromagnetic actuator, comprising: a ferromagnetic armature including a distal part and a proximal part; said distal part of the armature being cooperatively arranged with a pliable member; a solenoid coil and an armature housing constructed and arranged to receive in an armature chamber said armature movable within said armature housing between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein said distal part of the armature is arranged to compress said pliable member against a valve seat when closing a valve passage while said armature is disposed in said extended position; a fluid passage included in said ferromagnetic armature and constructed to enable force-balancing fluid displaced between said proximal part and said distal part by movement of said ferromagnetic armature; a control circuit constructed to apply a coil drive current to said solenoid coil and thereby cause a linear displacement of said armature respect to a valve passage controlled by said actuator, orientation of said coil drive determining movement of said linear displacement of said movable armature toward an open position of said valve passage or a closed position of said valve passage; and a radial magnet arranged to provide two magnetic flux paths extending together over a length of said armature and designed to maintain said armature stationary in both said open position and said closed position by a force of a magnetic field without application of said coil drive current. | 1,540 |
9,518,559 | 1. An output control device for a wind farm including a plurality of wind power generation devices, the output control device comprising: a potential estimator configured to estimate an outputtable maximum power amount by each wind power generation device; a control amount determiner configured to determine a control amount of the wind farm based on the maximum power amount estimated by the potential estimator; a control timing adjuster configured to adjust a control timing of the control amount of the wind farm; and a control amount distributor configured to distribute the control amount having undergone the control timing adjustment based on an available power generation amount of each wind power generation device, wherein the control amount determiner is configured to determine the control amount based on a deviation between a power target value and a power amount output by the wind farm, and, the maximum power amount; and the control timing adjuster is configured to compensate a delay component contained in the deviation, wherein the control timing adjuster comprises a delay phase compensator that compensates a delay phase of the control amount. | 15,300 |
9,341,058 | 1. A method of monitoring and controlling one or more properties of produced water comprising: (a) providing a storage device; (b) introducing produced water into the storage device before measuring one or more properties of the produced water; (c) providing a monitoring and controlling unit comprising a controller and a plurality of sensors in communication with the controller, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is operable to measure a property of the produced water; (d) providing one or more pumps, which are in communication with the controller, wherein the one or more pumps can comprise one or more chemical injection pumps and one or more fresh water source pumps; (e) inputting an acceptable range for each of the one or more properties of the produced water to be measured into the controller; (f) providing a delivery conduit having a first end in fluid communication with the produced water and a second end connected to an inlet of the monitoring and controlling unit; (g) pumping a sample of produced water from the storage device directly into the monitoring and controlling unit; (h) measuring one or more properties of the sample of produced water with the plurality of sensors; (i) determining if the measured one or more properties of the sample of produced water is within the acceptable range inputted into the controller in step (e); wherein (j) if the measured one or more properties is outside of the acceptable range associated with that property inputted in step (e), causing a change in an influx of a chemical into the produced water from the one or more chemical injection pumps, the chemical being capable of adjusting the measured property associated with the produced water in a manner to bring the measured property within the acceptable range, or causing a change in a flow rate of the one or more fresh water source pumps; (k) pumping the sample of produced water from the monitoring and controlling unit directly back into the storage device; and (l) optionally repeating steps (a) to (i) to determine if the one or more properties has been brought within the acceptable range inputted in step (e). | 400 |
9,223,353 | 1. A method comprising: determining an ambient light level of a control area for a playback device based on a detection by a light sensor; adjusting, based on the ambient light level, a sensitivity of an infrared (IR) proximity sensor, wherein the IR proximity sensor is configured to detect physical movement; adjusting, based on the ambient light level, a sensitivity of a capacitive proximity sensor, wherein the capacitive proximity sensor is configured to detect a physical movement; determining a physical approach of an entity towards the playback device based on the detection of the physical movement by at least one of the IR proximity sensor and the capacitive proximity sensor; and responsively causing the control area of the playback device to be illuminated. | 22,056 |
8,802,307 | 1. A method for producing dihydrogen, comprising the steps of: treating electrochemically by electrochemical anodization a silicon substrate with hydrofluoric acid, whereby a hydrogenated silicon comprising —Si—H surface bonds is obtained; bringing the obtained hydrogenated silicon into contact with an alkaline solution selected from the group consisting of NaOH, KOH and NH recovering and/or utilizing the generated dihydrogen. | 21,269 |
8,943,815 | 1. A heat exchanger, in particular for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, preferentially in a motor vehicle, comprising: a thermoelectric generator having a hot side and a cold side, a heating pipe for conducting a heating medium, which is arranged on at least one hot side of such a thermoelectric generator, a cooling pipe for conducting a cooling medium, which is arranged on at least one cold side of such a thermoelectric generator, wherein the thermoelectric generator, the heating pipe and the cooling pipe are stacked on top of one another in a stack direction and form a pipe stack, in which the respective thermoelectric generator, the respective heating pipe and the respective cold pipe extend parallel to one another in a longitudinal direction of the pipe stack, wherein in at least one of the pipes a heat transfer structure is arranged, which has a heat transfer capability which favours a heat transfer between the respective pipe and the respective medium conducted therein, wherein at least one such heat transfer structure is configured so that its heat transfer capability varies in the longitudinal direction of the pipe stack, and wherein the heat transfer structure is formed as a rib structure in the form of a wavy or corrugated sheet-like wall. | 4,796 |
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