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8,984,474 | 1. A method for logically architecting business operations, the method comprising: importing data relating to an architecture within the business operations, wherein the data is imported into a computer system; automatically, using the computer system, (i) interrelating the data and (ii) producing a plurality of threads representative of the interrelations, a thread from the plurality of threads including a mission component, at least one vision component, and at least one strategy component, wherein each said strategy component is subordinate to one or more of the at least one vision component, and each said vision component is subordinate to the at least one mission component, wherein the interrelations are created in a memory; forming, using the computer system, relations from a data artifact to at least one of said mission component, said at least one vision component, or said at least one strategy component, wherein the data includes the data artifact, and wherein said relations are formed in the memory; and reporting the thread from the memory using a graphical representation. | 1,850 |
8,646,271 | 1. An EGR control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, in which a first EGR device supplies part of burned gases to an intake passage as a first EGR gas, and a second EGR device supplies another part of the burned gases to cylinders as a second EGR gas via a path shorter than a path of the first EGR device, comprising: first EGR control input-calculating means for calculating a first EGR control input for controlling the first EGR device; first EGR control means for controlling the first EGR device using the calculated first EGR control input; estimated first inert gas parameter-calculating means for calculating an estimated first inert gas parameter, which is an estimated value of one of an amount of inert gas except oxygen in the first EGR gas supplied to the intake passage or to the cylinders via the intake passage and a ratio of the inert gas in the first EGR gas; second EGR control input calculating means for calculating a second EGR control input for controlling the second EGR device, using the calculated estimated first inert gas parameter; and second EGR control means for controlling the second EGR device using the calculated second EGR control input. | 31,252 |
8,917,394 | 1. A quality control system comprising: optics for collecting reflected, transmitted or emitted light from a surface or object; a measurement module comprising an array of sensor elements and one of spectrally selective filters or light spectral dispersion element, wherein said measurement module receives said light collected by said optics and converts electrical signals of said sensor elements to data representative of the spectral distribution of said light, at least said measurement module is calibrated to enable CIE colorimetry traceable to a standard, and wherein said data represents one or more measurements; one or more interfaces to an external computer; one or more processors to control the conversion of said electrical signals and to communicate with said external computer; a calibration reference associated with said measurement module enabling a user to verify the calibration of said system; and software executable by at least one of said one or more processors or said external computer comprising: | 33,477 |
8,933,953 | 1. A method comprising: managing, in the scoreboard, threads for execution of threads by a plurality of execution units; keeping track of threads received by the scoreboard that have not yet finished executing; clearing threads that have been executed by the execution units from the scoreboard; enabling the order of thread execution to be changed to any order so long as each thread that depends on completion of other threads arrives at a scoreboard after the other threads; receiving thread identifiers for executed threads, retiring the thread identifiers of executed threads and enabling threads awaiting execution of a dependency to snoop thread identifiers of executed threads; and enabling each of said threads to manage its own dependencies. | 2,960 |
8,776,605 | 1. An ultrasonic sensor comprising: a substrate; an ultrasonic transducer disposed on the substrate, and configured and arranged to transmit ultrasonic waves that propagate as plane waves in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the substrate; an acoustic refracting part contacting the ultrasonic transducer, and configured and arranged to refract the ultrasonic waves transmitted from the ultrasonic transducer; an elastically deformable elastic portion contacting the acoustic refracting part; and an ultrasonic reflecting member disposed within the elastic portion, and configured and arranged to reflect the ultrasonic waves, the acoustic refracting part being configured and arranged to refract, toward the ultrasonic reflecting member, the ultrasonic waves transmitted from the ultrasonic transducer. | 30,859 |
9,279,603 | 1. A facade element for thermal insulation comprising: at least two panes arranged parallel to and at a distance from one another, a cavity which is formed between said at least two panes, at least one inlet for feeding a radiation-absorbing fluid into the cavity, at least one outlet for discharging the fluid from the cavity, and a first flow distributor arranged within the cavity, wherein the at least one inlet is arranged on a first side of the at least two panes and the at least one outlet is arranged on an opposite, second side of the at least two panes, wherein the first flow distributor is a strip that extends along the first side in an edge region of the at least two panes, between an inlet portion of the cavity and a remaining portion of the cavity, the strip filling the distance between the at least two panes such that the strip contacts the at least two panes, the strip having a longitudinal direction and the strip defining a plurality of passages, each passage connecting the inlet portion and the remaining portion of the cavity, the strip thereby sealingly separating the inlet portion from the remaining portion except for the passages, the strip having elevations, which are arranged at a distance from one another along the strip to form spacings between the elevations, the passages being formed by said spacings, the passages thereby extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip. | 46,381 |
9,718,695 | 1. A visible light sensitive photocatalyst film comprising a compound represented by Formula 1 on a substrate: wherein A is one or more metals selected from Ag, Cu, and Au, M M 1.7≦a≦2.3, 0.7≦b≦1.3, 2.7≦c≦3.3, 0≦x<a, and 0≦y<b, and the compound of Formula 1 has an orthorhombic crystal structure. | 21,998 |
8,391,115 | 1. A method comprising: detecting light reflected from a circumferential location of an optical storage medium; determining at least one quality measure based on the detected light; establishing a correlation based on i) the at least one quality measure and ii) a corresponding circumferential location including: adjusting, based on the correlation, a power level of a light source that emits the light onto the optical storage medium including adjusting the power level of the light source based on the respective selected power level to achieve the desired value at each of the plurality of circumferential locations. | 33,071 |
9,676,550 | 1. A bag supporting device comprising: a bag coupling portion that presses an inner surface of a mouth of a bag to the outside by shape deformation and brings the mouth of the bag into close contact with an outer surface thereof while keeping the mouth of the bag opened, and wherein the bag coupling portion includes a through-hole that communicates with the mouth of the bag, wherein the bag coupling portion comprises a rigid member, at least one elastic member, and at least two bending points provided between the rigid and elastic members to allow the elastic member to be flipped between enlarged and reduced positions, and wherein the elastic member is moved from the enlarged position to the reduced position when an inward force is applied to the elastic member and is maintained at the reduced position when the inward force is removed. | 26,339 |
9,657,665 | 1. A method, comprising: treating a reduction catalyst having an amount of sulfur thereon, wherein the treating comprises | 31,105 |
9,771,757 | 1. A downhole motor, comprising: a bearing assembly, including a housing and an elongate mandrel rotatably disposed within the housing, the mandrel having a central mandrel axis, a first end configured to couple to a drill bit, a second end opposite the first end, and a mandrel bore extending axially from the first end to the second end; a rotary drive system disposed within the bearing assembly, wherein the rotary drive system includes: wherein the rotor and mandrel are configured to rotate relative to the housing when a fluid is circulated along the first fluid flow path. | 30,875 |
8,702,269 | 1. An outdoor lamp comprising: a plurality of frame members rotatably connected to each other by hinge members so as to change relative rotation angles; optical source modules each comprising an optical source for emitting light, each of the optical source modules installed attachably to and detachably from the frame members; and rotation restriction units each combined to the frame members to restrict the relative rotation angles of the frame members so as for the frame members to be fixed at desired angles. | 40,175 |
8,853,713 | 1. A method of processing a resistive memory cell, comprising: forming an opening in a stack having a resistive memory material, a silicon material on the resistive memory material, and a first oxide material on the silicon material; and forming a second oxide material in the opening adjacent the silicon material by: wherein the second oxide material formed in the opening confines filament formation in the resistive memory cell to an area enclosed by the second oxide material formed in the opening. | 13,026 |
9,158,142 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a case, comprising a holding compartment; a display unit, configured in the holding compartment, and the display unit comprising: a display module, comprising a first surface and a corresponding second surface, wherein an image is displayed on the first surface; a transparent cover layer; and a transparent adhesive tape, disposed between the first surface of the display module and the transparent cover layer, and the transparent adhesive tape is adhered to the transparent cover layer, wherein the transparent adhesive layer comprises a flange portion extending beyond the first surface, and the flange portion is bent to a back side of the display module for securing the display unit to the case, wherein the transparent adhesive tape further comprises a touch panel and an adhesive material, and a portion of an opaque conductive line region distributed with metal lines of the touch panel is configured at the flange portion bent to the back side of the display module; wherein the second surface is leaned against a back plate of a bottom of the holding compartment, and the flange portion is bent to the second surface and passes through at least a hole of the back plate, and both surfaces of a portion of the flange portion that is bent to the second surface comprise an adhesive, wherein one surface of the both surfaces is adhered to the second surface of the display module, and another surface of the both surfaces is adhered to the back plate. | 32,273 |
8,754,254 | 1. A process for purifying crude terephthalic acid comprising a contaminant at a first concentration, the process comprising: contacting the crude terephthalic acid with a solvent at purifying conditions to produce a solid terephthalic acid product having a second concentration of the contaminant lower than the first concentration wherein the solvent comprises an ionic liquid and a carboxylic acid having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms and the solvent has a ratio of ionic liquid to the carboxylic acid ranging from about 1:1000 to about 1000:1 by weight. | 9,805 |
9,153,824 | 1. A functional layer for a high-temperature fuel cell, comprising: a material comprising at least two phases, a first phase of the at least two phases being a perovskite ceramic material containing bismuth-cobalt, a second phase of the at least two phases being at least one of a bismuth manganite and bismuth cobaltite, wherein the layer is arranged between an interconnector and a cathode, wherein the first phase is formed with a perovskite containing bismuth-cobalt in accordance with the formula Ln | 44,262 |
8,545,458 | 1. A pinch clamp assembly for engaging a tube with an enteral feeding or infusion pump adapted to provide solutions to a patient, the pinch clamp assembly comprising: a base comprising a holder for holding a pumping section of the tube in operative engagement with the base and a support for supporting a connector; a clamping element having clamping surfaces engageable with the pumping section and moveable between an open position allowing the flow of fluid through the pumping section and a closed position wherein the pumping section is occluded by the clamping element, and a first lock and a second lock adapted to engage with each other in the closed position and adapted to interact with a releasing apparatus external to the pinch clamp assembly so as to bring the clamping element from the closed to the open position; a connector for connecting the tube with a port on a patient, the connector being removable from the pinch clamp assembly; a cover element for engagement with the clamping element and the connector, the cover element being removable from the pinch clamp assembly; the cover element is mountable to or dismountable from the clamping element and the connector only when the clamping element is in the closed position; in the mounted position of the cover element the clamping element can be brought into the open position and the connector cannot be removed from the pinch clamp assembly; and the clamping element is adapted to engage with the releasing apparatus to release the clamping element to the open position when pinch clamp assembly is mounted to the pump and the cover element and the connector are removed. | 37,816 |
8,775,699 | 1. In a data processing device, a method comprising: in response to receiving access requests that are requests to transfer information via an interface module, adjusting a count of a number of released buffer spaces at an outbound request buffer from an initial amount to an adjusted amount, the initial amount based on a maximum number of write access requests that can be stored at the outbound request buffer at the same time and storing the access requests at the outbound request buffer; in response to determining the number of released buffer spaces at the outbound request buffer is less than a first threshold amount, communicating an indication from the interface module that write access requests and read access requests are not to be communicated to the interface module; and storing at the outbound request buffer a set of access requests, the number of access requests in the set greater than the maximum number of write access requests that can be stored at the outbound request buffer. | 6,171 |
8,909,930 | 1. A method for increasing security of an untrusted device, the method comprising: a secure hardware component sending a request to the untrusted device, the request indicating one or more challenges to be performed by a secure application executing on the untrusted device, wherein the request comprises a random number and the one or more challenges comprise hashing the random number with data included in a specified memory region of the untrusted device; the secure hardware component determining an expected response to the one or more challenges based on an expected configuration of the untrusted device; the secure hardware component receiving a response to the request from the untrusted device; the secure hardware component comparing the expected response to the received response to determine if the expected response is equivalent to the received response, wherein the secure hardware component determines that the untrusted device has been compromised on condition that the received response is not equivalent to the expected response; and the secure hardware component allowing the untrusted device to perform one or more functions based on determining that the untrusted device has not been compromised, wherein the secure hardware component determines that the untrusted device has not been compromised based on the received response being equivalent to the expected response. | 12,256 |
9,444,350 | 1. A DC-DC converter, comprising: a capacitor configured to be charged for a predetermined period by a direct-current voltage; an inductor configured to constitute an LC resonance circuit together with the capacitor; a closed-loop current path configured to release energy accumulated in the capacitor after the predetermined period to cause a current flowing in the LC resonance circuit to oscillate; a transformer configured to receive a current flowing in the closed-loop current path; and a rectifying circuit situated on an output side of the transformer, wherein the closed-loop current path includes a primary side of the transformer, and no current flows through the primary side of the transformer during the predetermined period for which the capacitor is charged. | 8,782 |
8,427,377 | 1. A portable media player, comprising: an antenna system, comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver coupled with the antenna system to transmit and receive media; a media processing system coupled with the RF transceiver to process the media; a storage device coupled to the media processing system to store the media; and one or more input-output devices to provide a user interface and to present the media to a user. | 14,359 |
8,491,709 | 1. An active oxygen generating device in which water is made to exist between an anode and a cathode composed of a base material containing a conductive polymer and by turning on electricity between the anode and the cathode, the conductive polymer deoxidizes oxygen dissolved in the water to generate active oxygen, comprising: dissolved oxygen increasing means that takes in oxygen in the air into the water to increase the dissolved oxygen in the water, wherein the cathode is rotatably installed about a rotation axis with part of the surface being projected over the surface of the water, the dissolved oxygen increasing means includes a rotor having a plurality of projection portions, and the rotor is rotatably provided about the rotation axis with part of the rotor being projected over the surface of the water. | 36,698 |
8,902,080 | 1. A vehicle-mounted narrow-band wireless communication apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit for receiving, through dedicated narrow-band communication, roadside information relating to a junction that is supplied from a roadside communication apparatus having a communication area that covers a part of a geographical area within a predetermined distance of the junction; an operating condition detection unit for detecting an operating condition of a host vehicle; a parameter management unit for managing parameters relating to an HMI; information storing/managing section for storing and managing the roadside information from the wireless communication unit and operating condition information from the operating condition detection unit; an information provision determination unit for determining whether or not warning information can be provided on the basis of the roadside information and the operating condition information obtained from the information storing/managing section; an HMI output control unit for controlling HMI output on the basis of a determination result from the information provision determination unit and the parameters obtained from the parameter management unit; and an information provision output apparatus for performing information provision on the basis of an HMI output request transmitted from the HMI output control unit. | 18,772 |
8,346,153 | 1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image on both sides of a recording sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; an image forming unit, which comprises a process cartridge which is configured to be removably mounted to the apparatus main body and which comprises an image carrier carrying a developer image, the image forming unit configured to form an image by transferring the developer image carried by the image carrier onto the recording sheet at an image forming position; a recording sheet accommodating unit, which is provided downward of the image forming unit, and which accommodates the recording sheet; a feeding path that guides the recording sheet conveyed from the recording sheet accommodating unit to the image forming position; a conveyance roller, which is provided in the feeding path at a position upstream of the image carrier and without rollers therebetween, which regulates movement of a leading end of the recording sheet, and which conveys the recording sheet to the image forming position; a discharge path that guides the recording sheet ejected from the image forming unit to outside of the apparatus main body; a discharge roller, which is provided in the discharge path, which is rotatable normally and reversely, and which discharges the recording sheet to the outside of the apparatus main body when the discharge roller normally rotates; and a reverse feeding path, by which the recording sheet is guided when the discharge roller reversely rotates, and which reverses the recording sheet so as to guide the recording sheet to be joined again with the feeding path, wherein the reverse feeding path is joined with the feeding path at a joining position between the image carrier and the conveyance roller, wherein a bottom surface of the process cartridge forms a top of the feeding path from after the conveyance roller through the image forming position such that when the recording sheet returns to the feeding path from the reverse feeding path, the sheet abuts against and is guided by an arc-shaped guide face of the bottom surface of the process cartridge, and wherein the reverse feeding path is configured to feed the recording sheet, which is transmitted through the reverse feeding path, to the image forming position without any roller regulating the movement of the leading end of the recording sheet. | 41,683 |
9,818,651 | 1. A method for forming a finFET device, comprising: forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure on a semiconductor wafer; forming a first active area on one end of said first and second gate structures; forming a second active area on the other end of said first and second gate structures; and forming a trench silicide (TS) structure self-aligned to said first and second gate structures, wherein said TS structure being configured to operatively couple said first active area to said second active area. | 45,624 |
9,440,565 | 1. An unlocking unit for a vehicle seat, for unlocking at least two locking devices and transmitting a movement, which is introduced via an actuating element, for unlocking purposes to the at least two locking devices, the unlocking unit comprising: unlocking elements, wherein each of the unlocking elements is configured to be assigned to one of the locking devices, wherein the assigned unlocking element is configured to be in a locking position when the locking device is locked, wherein the assigned unlocking element is configured to be in an unlocking position when the locking device is unlocked; and a display element connected to said unlocking elements, said display element being configured to be in a display position when the at least two locking devices are unlocked, and configured to be in a non-display position when the at least two locking devices are locked, wherein each unlocking element, located in the unlocking position, prevents a movement of the display element into the non-display position, wherein the display element remains in the display position as long as at least one locking device is unlocked. | 16,638 |
9,061,539 | 1. A greeting card comprising: a multi-panel greeting card body; a scrolling mechanism contained within an enclosure, the scrolling mechanism comprising a scenic picture printed on a thin material which is attached end-to-end forming a loop and attached between two rollers spaced apart from and parallel to one another, a gear mechanism and a rubber band attached between one of the two rollers and the gear mechanism; a motor module which is in contact with the gear mechanism; a sound module operative to store and playback at least one audio file; wherein the sound and motor modules are activated upon a user opening the greeting card, causing the at least one audio file to be replayed and the motor module to cause movement of scenic picture between the two rollers. | 9,229 |
8,496,730 | 1. A method for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron using coke oven gas (COG) and basic oxygen furnace gas (BOFG), comprising: obtaining off gas from a direct reduction shaft furnace; obtaining BOFG from a BOFG source; removing carbon dioxide (CO mixing a resulting CO reducing iron oxide to metallic iron in the direct reduction shaft furnace using a resulting reducing gas; and communicating a portion of the COG from the COG source to a transition zone of the direct reduction shaft furnace using a conduit. | 49,991 |
9,288,335 | 1. A method for transmitting DSL data comprising: establishing a DSL communication link between a first unit and a second unit, the communication link selectively operable according to one of a plurality of management states, each of said management states defined by at least one fixed control parameters associated with a predetermined value; initiating operation of the communication link according to a first management state; transmitting from the first unit a request to the second unit to modify said predetermined value, wherein the second unit selectively rejects the request; implementing the request if not rejected while said link is operating according to the first management state, and monitoring a peak rate to determine a necessary rate increase on the communication link. | 2,588 |
9,361,848 | 1. An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device, the apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel regions, and configured to display an image; at least one gate driver at the liquid crystal panel, and configured to drive a plurality of gate lines of the liquid crystal panel; a data driver configured to drive a plurality of data lines of the liquid crystal panel; a timing controller configured to arrange image data input from an outside of the apparatus, supply an arranged image data to the data driver, and control the at least one gate driver and the data driver; and a power supplier to vary levels of a gate drive voltage and a common voltage in accordance with a gate drive voltage variation signal and a common voltage variation signal, and supply a level-varied gate drive voltage to the at least one gate driver, and supply a level-varied common voltage to common lines of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the data driver comprises: at least one temperature detector configured to detect an ambient temperature; and a drive voltage controller configured to set detectable temperatures for different temperature detection time points, control the at least one temperature detector to detect the ambient temperature, and generate and output the gate drive voltage variation signal, the common voltage variation signal, a hysteresis value, and a hysteresis value setting signal in accordance with the ambient temperature detected at each of the temperature detection time points, wherein the power supplier comprises: a DC drive voltage generator configured to vary a voltage level of input power supplied from the outside of the apparatus to a DC drive voltage, and output the DC drive voltage; a gate-low voltage generator configured to vary the DC drive voltage to a gate-low voltage, and supply the gate-low voltage to the at least one gate driver; a gate-high voltage generator configured to vary the DC drive voltage to a level of a gate-high voltage according to the gate drive voltage variation signal, and supply a level-varied gate-high voltage to the at least one gate driver under a condition that the hysteresis value according to the hysteresis value setting signal is applied to the level-varied gate-high voltage; and a common voltage generator configured to vary the DC drive voltage to a level of a common voltage according to the common voltage variation signal, and supply a level-varied common voltage to the common lines of the liquid crystal panel under a condition that the hysteresis value according to the hysteresis value setting signal is applied to the level-varied common voltage, and wherein the drive voltage controller generates the hysteresis value to correspond to a difference between a previously-detected ambient temperature and a currently-detected ambient temperature. | 46,258 |
8,525,019 | 1. A method for forming a chemically reduced conductive area in a transparent conductive layer of a thin film photovoltaic device, the method comprising: providing a superstrate having a first conductive layer thereon, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a transparent conductive oxide material; depositing a first semiconductor layer on the first conductive layer; depositing a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer; forming a first scribe by selectively removing the first conductive layer, the first semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer; filling the first scribe with a dielectric material; thereafter, exposing the superstrate to a reducing atmosphere; in the reducing atmosphere, directing concentrated electromagnetic energy from an energy source toward the superstrate to form a second scribe having a chemically reduced conductive area defined in the first conductive layer, wherein the chemically reduced conductive area has greater electrical conductivity than the transparent conductive oxide material; and thereafter, forming a second conductive layer on the second semiconductor layer and the chemically reduced conductive area. | 25,556 |
8,717,000 | 1. A voltage regulating apparatus, which can operate either in a linear mode or in a switching mode, the voltage regulating apparatus comprising: an output stage providing the voltage regulating apparatus with an output voltage and producing a partial voltage which is a fraction of the output voltage; an error amplifier coupled to the output stage and comparing the partial voltage with a reference voltage to produce a first voltage; a PWM unit coupled to the error amplifier and comparing the first voltage with a voltage signal to produce a second voltage and a third voltage; a selection unit coupled to the error amplifier and the PWM unit and outputting a fourth voltage which is equal to either the first voltage or the second voltage; a first power transistor coupled to the selection unit and receiving the fourth voltage and a DC voltage; and a second power transistor coupled to the PWM unit, the first power transistor, and a ground and receiving the third voltage; wherein a connection point of the first and second power transistors is coupled to the output stage. | 40,680 |
8,358,064 | 1. A light emitting and receiving apparatus in the form of a panel comprising, in layers from the top, a clear substrate, a first transparent conductor, a first clear lattice of electroluminescent conductive polymer which can act as an emitter, a second conductive layer, a second clear lattice of electroluminescent conductive polymer which is photovoltaic, an integrated reflective panel located within the second lattice, and thin film batteries beneath said integrated reflective panel and a backing; and means for connecting said layers electrically so that the apparatus can collect light and emit light from the same side. | 12,946 |
9,708,207 | 1. An apparatus for water filtration, comprising: a macroalgal attachment component having a macroalgal attachment surface; and an alignment mechanism coupled to the macroalgal attachment component, the alignment mechanism comprising a coupling mechanism configured to push upward on the macroalgal attachment component and to align the macroalgal attachment surface with one or more gas bubble ports producing a flow of gas bubbles such that a portion of the gas bubbles travels upward along the macroalgal attachment surface. | 47,644 |
9,825,319 | 1. A fossil fuel power plant comprising: a gas turbine arrangement comprising a gas turbine with a combustion section, a compressor section and a turbine section, configured to partially expand combustion gases to a predetermined pressure and temperature above ambient, coupled to a molten carbonate fuel cell arrangement for gas turbine arrangement combustion gases exhaust into a cathode side of the molten carbonate fuel cell arrangement at the predetermined pressure and temperature above ambient; and the molten carbonate fuel cell arrangement comprising an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode in the cathode side configured for reaction of the partially expanded, exhausted combustion gases at the predetermined pressure and temperature above ambient. | 34,692 |
9,394,698 | 1. A decking board system comprising: at least a first decking board and a second decking board, each having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side, wherein the first longitudinal side includes a top portion and a male projecting member that includes a first portion extending generally laterally defining an open channel portion configured to collect fluid between the decking boards and a second portion extending generally upward from the first portion; an upwardly directed rib portion integrally formed on the second portion substantially at an end of the second portion; wherein the second longitudinal side includes a top portion and a female slot defining a downwardly directed rib formed substantially at the end of the top portion, when the first decking board and second decking board are connected adjacent to each other, the top portion of the first longitudinal side of the first decking board and the top portion of the second longitudinal side of the second decking board define a gap therebetween configured to permit fluid to flow to the open channel and the upwardly directed rib contacts the downwardly directed rib and forms a frictional engagement therebetween. | 47,059 |
9,591,724 | 1. A power line carrier network system for controlling a solid-state luminary fixture using a power distribution network that distributes electrical power, comprising: a local controller comprising an SSL lighting node comprising a power line carrier (PLC) modem coupled to the PLC network configured to | 8,040 |
8,998,721 | 1. A system comprising: a poker gaming server associated with an online poker game; at least one poker client connected to the poker gaming server, the poker client configured to participate in the online poker game, wherein the poker client comprises a plug-in; and a plug-in server associated with the plug-in, wherein the plug-in server is external to the poker gaming server; wherein the poker gaming server is configured to: wherein the plug-in server is configured to: wherein the poker client is configured to: wherein the poker gaming server is further configured to authenticate a request received from the poker client to access the plug-in at the poker client, and wherein the poker client is further configured to transmit the request to access the plug-in in response to the processing of the client notification. | 30,018 |
9,291,318 | 1. A programmable light rope system comprising: a rope light assembly comprising; wherein said programmable light rope system comprises said rope light assembly, said rope-light assembly useful for displaying a user defined light color and flash-rate combination to display at holidays and user preferred events; wherein said lighting tube comprises a translucent flexible tube having said inner volume linearly deposed through said lighting tube from said first end to said second end, said first end located at an opposite end of said lighting tube from said second end; wherein said plurality of color chambers are each arranged linearly in series throughout said inner volume of said lighting tube, said color chambers formed by a space between two successive light emitting diodes; wherein each said front side of each said light emitting diode is directed toward said back side of a next said successive light emitting diode; wherein said positive wire is located linearly along one side of said inner volume of said lighting tube; wherein said negative wire is located linearly along an opposing side from said positive wire within said inner volume of said lighting tube; wherein said plurality of color-control wires are in communication with each corresponding said light emitting diode and with said receiver; wherein said male cord cap is non-removably attached to said first end of said lighting tube and is in communication with said positive wire and said negative wire; wherein said female cord cap is non-removably attached to said second end of said lighting tube and is in communication with said positive wire and said negative wire; wherein said programmable light controller is in communication with said transmitter, and said transmitter is in wireless communication with said receiver; wherein said remote controller is in wireless communication with said transmitter suitable for remote controlling of said programmable light emitting diode color rope-light system; and wherein said rope light assembly is useful for attaching said lighting tube to a user preferred structure and wirelessly programming a user defined number and combination of flashing colored light themes for display corresponding to every user preferred holiday event and user defined purpose. | 36,378 |
9,089,075 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first non-silicon heat sink; a first silicon-based heat sink having a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite to the first primary surface, the first silicon-based heat sink disposed on the first non-silicon heat sink with the first primary surface facing the first non-silicon heat sink, the first silicon-based heat sink configured to receive a first electrically-driven device on a first portion of the first silicon-based heat sink on the second primary surface and to receive a second electrically-driven device on a second portion of the first silicon-based heat sink on the second primary surface, the first silicon-based heat sink comprising a first groove or a first opening between the first portion and the second portion such that a heat conduction path between the first electrically-driven device and the first non-silicon heat sink through the first silicon-based heat sink is shorter than a heat conduction path between the first electrically-driven device and the second electrically-driven device through the first silicon-based heat sink; and a second silicon-based heat sink having a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite to the first primary surface, the second silicon-based heat sink configured to be disposed on the first electrically-driven device and the second electrically-driven device when the first and second electrically-driven devices are disposed on the second primary surface of the first silicon-based heat sink such that the first silicon-based heat sink and the second silicon-based heat sink sandwich the first electrically-driven device and the second electrically-driven device therebetween with a first portion of the first primary surface of the second silicon-based heat sink facing the first electrically-driven device and a second portion of the first primary surface of the second silicon-based heat sink facing the second electrically-driven device, the second silicon-based heat sink comprising a second groove or a second opening between the first portion and the second portion of the second silicon-based heat sink. | 24,219 |
9,259,097 | 1. A foldable mattress assembly, comprising: a plurality of plunger matrix sections, each comprising a separate plunger matrix support platform suspending a plurality of foam padded plungers; a plurality of flexible connectors coupling adjacent ones of the plunger matrix support platforms in side-by-side relation; and wherein the flexible connectors define multiple flexure points for the foldable mattress assembly and are configured to allow the adjacent plunger matrix support platforms to change orientation relative to one another at a corresponding flexure point so as to fold to adjust shape corresponding to changes in shape of a mechanically adjustable frame supporting the foldable mattress. | 15,323 |
9,216,990 | 1. A non-solvated crystalline darunavir characterized by powder X-ray diffraction pattern having 2θ angle positions at about 7.03, 13.77, 16.67, 19.12, 21.22 and 22.75±0.2 degrees. | 44,474 |
9,599,118 | 1. A system for controlling the operation of a variable speed compressor and a fixed speed compressor, wherein the system comprises | 29,336 |
8,969,377 | 1. A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the compound has the following structure (X): wherein: n is 2; NHE has the structure wherein: R R R R R L is a polyalkylene glycol linker; and Core has the following structure: wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of a bond, —O—, —NH—, NHC(═O)—, —NHC(═O)NH— and —NHSO Y is selected from the group consisting of a bond, optionally substituted C | 13,867 |
9,053,844 | 1. An electrical device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode separated from the first electrode to form a gap structure; a layer of protective material that spans the gap structure to contact the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the layer of protective material is (i) a dielectric in absence of a voltage that exceeds a characteristic voltage level, and (ii) a conductor with application of a voltage that exceeds a characteristic voltage level of the composition; wherein a dimension of the gap structure, corresponding to a separation distance between the first electrode and the second electrode, is varied and includes a minimum separation distance that coincides with a critical path of the layer of protective material between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the first electrode surrounds all of the second electrode, and wherein a center of the second electrode is offset relative to a center of the first electrode so as to vary the separation distance with the first electrode at different locations along the perimeter of the second electrode; and wherein the protective material is a varistor. | 42,812 |
8,911,485 | 1. A heat exchange catheter system useable to cool blood flowing through the vasculature of a human or animal subject, said system comprising: a heat exchange catheter comprising a catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, a first lumen, a second lumen and a heat exchange balloon, said heat exchange balloon comprising a plurality of balloon lobes, said balloon lobes being connected to the first and second lumens of the catheter such that thermal exchange fluid will flow through the first lumen, circulate through the balloon lobes, and then flow out of the second lumen, each of said balloon lobes having a wall thickness of less than approximately 0.00065 inches, said heat exchange balloon having a collapsed configuration of a first diameter D a fluid cooling apparatus comprising a heat exchanger and a condenser for chilling a coolant fluid, the heat exchanger having a first flowpath through which thermal exchange fluid circulates and a second flowpath through which the chilled coolant fluid circulates, the heat exchanger's first flowpath being isolated from the second flowpath, the heat exchanger's first flowpath being connected to the catheter such that thermal exchange fluid which exits the second lumen of the catheter will circulate through the heath exchanger's first flowpath and flow back into the first lumen of the catheter; wherein the catheter body, fluid cooling apparatus and heat exchange balloon are sized, configured and constructed to render the system capable of cooling the subject's core body temperature from a normothermic temperature to a core body temperature at or below about 34 degrees C. in less than thirty minutes. | 41,163 |
8,391,223 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a transmitter arranged to transmit an indicating acquisition indication channel signature wherein said indicating acquisition indication channel signature is used to indicate an enhanced dedicated channel resource to be used by a user equipment, where the enhanced dedicated channel resource comprises an uplink resource set; a memory configured to store a mapping associating a random access channel signature sequence to one or more indicating acquisition indication channel signatures, where the indicating acquisition indication channel signatures comprise the indicating acquisition indication channel signature; and a data processor configured to use the stored mapping to relate a random access channel signature sequence to one or more of the indicating acquisition indication channel signatures; configured to relate each of the indicating acquisition indication channel signatures to the uplink resource set such that there is a three-way mapping between the random access channel signature sequence, the one or more indicating acquisition indication channel signatures and the uplink resource set; configured to select one indicating acquisition indication channel signature of the one or more of the indicating acquisition indication channel signatures which are mapped to the random access channel signature sequence; and configured to transmit the selected indicating acquisition indication channel signature. | 39,615 |
8,920,415 | 1. An invasive probe, comprising: an insertion tube having an outer tube surface and an inner tube surface and containing a lumen for providing an irrigation fluid, the insertion tube having a distal portion comprising an interior reservoir in fluid communication with the lumen, the interior reservoir having an interior reservoir surface and being formed between the inner tube surface and the interior reservoir surface, the distal portion having a plurality of longitudinally and circumferentially distributed perforations that extend between the reservoir and the outer tube surface of the tube providing fluid communication between the interior reservoir and the outer tube surface of the insertion tube; and at least one helical electrode fitted over the distal portion of the insertion tube wherein the helical electrode covers only some of the plurality of perforations thereby leaving a sufficient number of perforations open to provide irrigation fluid around the helical electrode. | 30,223 |
8,847,440 | 1. A system that allows an entity to shed power loads using a meter, a main circuit breaker, and a breaker panel, the system further comprising: (a) at least one remote-controllable breaker comprising a low-voltage motor within the breaker, switch contacts, and a main switch; (b) a communications module having a power supply and a relay; (c) wiring for connecting the communications module to the remote-controllable breaker; (d) a communications system that is remotely activated by the entity to switch the relay in the communications module to change polarity of the motor's voltage, the remote-controllable breaker controlling delivery of electricity to a load. | 20,219 |
9,750,102 | 1. A controller for use in a power converter, comprising: a first edge detection circuit coupled to receive a first input sense signal representative of an input of the power converter coupled to a dimmer circuit, wherein the first edge detection circuit is coupled to generate a first edge detection signal in response to the first input sense signal; a shaping circuit coupled to receive the first edge detection signal from the first edge detection circuit, wherein the shaping circuit is coupled to generate a first shape signal in response to the first edge detection signal; a drive circuit coupled to receive the first shape signal from the shaping circuit and a feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter, wherein the drive circuit is coupled to generate a drive signal in response to the feedback signal to control switching of a power switch of the power converter to control a transfer of energy from the input of the power converter to the output of the converter, wherein the drive circuit is further coupled to switch the power switch in a first higher current mode to increase a current through the power switch for a first duration in response to the first shape signal; and a second edge detection circuit coupled to receive the first input sense signal, wherein the second edge detection circuit is coupled to generate a second edge detection signal in response to the first input sense signal, wherein the shaping circuit is further coupled to receive the second edge detection signal from the second edge detection circuit, wherein the shaping circuit is coupled to generate a second shape signal in response to the second edge detection signal, and wherein the drive circuit is further coupled to receive the second shape signal from the shaping circuit, wherein the drive circuit is further coupled to switch the power switch in a second higher current mode for a second duration in response to the second shape signal. | 41,765 |
8,905,302 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a housing, having a battery and a display that displays information, and having a processor in communication with and receiving credit card information from a first source internal to said housing; said processor controlling carrying out a first communication function that does not use said credit card information, and also controlling carrying out a second communication function using said credit card information to carry out a transaction over the internet using said credit card information, where said second communication uses encryption information as part of the transaction, wherein said second communication creates a session value based on said encryption information, and communicates at least said session value as part of the transaction. | 9,519 |
9,674,359 | 1. A call center telephone system receiving an inquiry from a customer at a customer terminal connected to an outside line of a private branch exchange to an operator at an operator terminal connected to an extension of the private branch exchange, the call center telephone system comprising: a supervisor terminal configured to be connected to an extension of the private branch exchange and used by the supervisor in order to provide advice or an instruction to the operator; the private branch exchange configured to achieve a three-way call connection state among the customer terminal on the outside line side, the operator terminal, and the supervisor terminal using conference trunks inside the private branch exchange, and configured to achieve a two-way call connection state between the customer terminal on the outside line side and the operator terminal; and the operator terminal comprising one reception line and two call lines including a first transmission line and a second transmission line, wherein when the private branch exchange switches the two-way call connection state between the customer terminal on the outside line side and the operator terminal to the three-way call connection state using the conference trunks, the private branch exchange captures one of the available conference trunks and connects a transmission line of the outside line, the reception line and the first transmission line of the operator terminal, and a transmission line and a reception line of the supervisor terminal, to the captured conference trunk, and also connects the second transmission line of the operator terminal to a reception line of the outside line, wherein the operator terminal further comprises a call supervisor button for the operator to call the supervisor, and the private branch exchange that has detected a press of the call supervisor button transmits a call signal to the supervisor terminal, wherein when the private branch exchange receives a response signal from the supervisor terminal that has received the call signal from the private branch exchange, the private branch exchange switches the two-way call connection state between the customer terminal on the outside line side and the operator terminal to a two-way call content monitoring state in which both the transmission line and the reception line of the outside line and both the first transmission line and the reception line of the operator terminal are connected to the captured conference trunk, and the reception line of the supervisor terminal is connected to the conference trunk, and wherein the supervisor terminal further comprises an advice button in order to provide the supervisor with a chance to send the advice or the instruction to the operator, and when the private branch exchange detects a press of the advice button, the private branch exchange disconnects the reception line of the outside line from the conference trunk, connects the reception line of the outside line to the second transmission line of the operator terminal, and connects the transmission line of the supervisor terminal to the conference trunk, to thereby switch the two-way call content monitoring state to the three-way call connection state. | 40,782 |
9,359,455 | 1. An olefin polymerization process comprising contacting ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin with an olefin polymerization catalyst, said olefin polymerization catalyst comprising: a passivated support, a group 4 single site catalyst and a cocatalyst; wherein the passivated support comprises silica which has been treated with i) an organoaluminum compound and ii) magnesium chloride, wherein the magnesium chloride is generated by addition of a diorganomagnesium compound and a source of chloride to the organoaluminum treated silica, provided that the source of chloride is not a transition metal chloride; and wherein said passivated support is prepared in the non-polar hydrocarbon solvent or diluent. | 31,582 |
8,966,898 | 1. A self-contained thermodynamic energy retrieval system, the energy retrieval system comprising: a conduit in proximity to a heat source of the internal combustion engine such that heat from the heat source is transferrable to the conduit; a turbo fluidly coupled to the conduit; a condenser cycle subsystem fluidly coupled to the conduit; wherein the turbo is adapted to turn in response to a flowing fluid heated by the transferred heat, thereby converting kinetic energy of the heated flowing fluid to mechanical energy; wherein the condenser cycle subsystem is adapted to cool the flowing fluid for recycling back to the heat source; and wherein the heat sources comprises an exhaust manifold, and the conduit is in proximity to the exhaust manifold, whereby, when the engine is running, hot exhaust gases pass through the exhaust manifold, creating exhaust heat, such that exhaust heat from the exhaust manifold is transferrable to the conduit. | 39,026 |
9,198,246 | 1. A lighting device, configured to connect with a ballast, an input of the ballast connected to an AC power supply, the ballast has four outputs of a L 1 end, a L 2 end, a N 1 end, and a N 2 end, the lighting device comprising: a switch-mode power supply module, having four inputs of a L an electronic ballast power supply module, connected with the switch-mode power supply module in parallel, the electronic ballast power supply module having four inputs of a LIT end, a L a first single-pole double-throw switch, having a common end and two output ends, the common end thereof connected with the L a second single-pole double-throw switch, having a common end and two output ends, the common end thereof connected with the L a third single-pole double-throw switch, having a common end and two output ends, the common end thereof connected with the N end of the ballast, one output end of the third single-pole double-throw switch connected with the N a fourth single-pole double-throw switch, having a common end and two output ends, the common end thereof is connected with the N a direct-current driven lighting module, comprising n direct-current driven light emitting elements D wherein, when the ballast is an inductive ballast, the common end of the first single-pole double-throw switch is connected to the L when the ballast is an electronic ballast, the common end of the first single-pole double-throw switch is connected to the L | 2,957 |
9,434,973 | 1. A method of saccharifying a cellulosic or lignocellulosic material comprising: contacting (i) a saccharifying agent that is immobilized on fibers or particles of an inorganic material with (ii) a cellulosic or lignocellulosic material to saccharify the cellulosic or lignocellulosic material, wherein the saccharifying agent is an enzyme or microorganism, wherein the inorganic material has been functionalized with carboxylic acid groups by irradiating the inorganic material with ionizing radiation, and wherein the immobilization is due to interaction between functional groups on the fibers or particles and functional groups on the saccharifying agent. | 9,012 |
8,510,327 | 1. A method for constructing a semantic query over a corpus of data, the method comprising: using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements, by: manipulating relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms by moving the display windows within the graphical user interface relative to each other to generate a visual spatial representation of the semantic query, the annotations, search terms and expressed relationships defining the semantic query; and searching the corpus of data using the defined semantic query. | 2,109 |
8,460,899 | 1. A method for identifying a nucleic acid ligand of a target molecule from a candidate mixture of nucleic acids, the method comprising: loading at least one target molecule into a gradient gel; applying an electric current to cause the target molecule to migrate to a position in the gel, wherein the target molecule remains immobilized at that position in the gel; loading a candidate mixture of nucleic acids into the gel; and applying an electric current to cause the candidate mixture to migrate through the gel, wherein the nucleic acids with the greatest affinity for the target molecule bind to the target molecule immobilized in the gel, and the nucleic acids with lesser affinity for the target molecule and nucleic acids with no affinity for the target molecule migrate to an end of the gel. | 7,680 |
9,431,996 | 1. An elastic wave device including a piezoelectric film, the elastic wave device comprising: a high-acoustic-velocity supporting substrate in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave propagating in the piezoelectric film; a low-acoustic-velocity film stacked on the high-acoustic-velocity supporting substrate, in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the piezoelectric film; the piezoelectric film stacked on the low-acoustic-velocity film; and an IDT electrode disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric film; wherein a thickness of the low-acoustic-velocity film stacked on the high-acoustic-velocity supporting substrate and disposed under the piezoelectric film is in a range of about 0.1λ to about 0.5λ where λ is a wavelength of an elastic wave determined by an electrode period of the IDT electrode. | 17,099 |
9,475,131 | 1. A cutting tool comprising: a tool body including a plurality of pockets for receiving cutting inserts, each pocket comprising a bottom support surface, a radial support surface, an axial support surface, a first corner relief between the bottom support surface and the radial support surface, a second corner relief between the bottom support surface and the axial support surface, and a first stress relief formed in the first corner relief at one end of the pocket, the first stress relief formed at an angle with respect to a plane parallel to the radial support surface, wherein the first stress relief reduces a tensile stress of the cutting tool during a machining operation. | 12,489 |
9,052,412 | 1. A method comprising: determining, by a system comprising a processor, a first orientation angle component of an orientation angle relating to angular rotation of a sensor with respect to a reference coordinate system; determining, by the system, a second orientation angle component of the orientation angle based on estimating torsional vibrational noise in measurement data, wherein the second orientation angle component varies at a higher rate than the first orientation angle component; and aggregating, by the system, the first and second orientation angle components to provide the orientation angle. | 13,955 |
9,548,488 | 1. A method for manufacturing an electrode for a biplate assembly in a bipolar battery, the electrode including an active material made from an active powder, and a carrier, the method comprising: selecting the carrier to be a non-metal carrier that is electrically non-conductive; forming the electrode by compressing the active powder onto the non-metal carrier to create the active material; and providing the non-metal carrier in the form of a random structure of polymer fibers that allows at least some amount of the active powder to migrate completely through the non-metal carrier when the electrode is formed, the non-metal carrier being a structural part of the electrode. | 13,018 |
9,657,314 | 1. A method for reducing bacteria levels within an ethanol fermentation system comprising: introducing a quantity of peracetic acid and a quantity of hydrogen peroxide into a corn mash located within said ethanol fermentation system, wherein a first portion of said hydrogen peroxide is added to said corn mash prior to the introduction of said peracetic acid into said fermentation mash, wherein said peracetic acid is introduced as a mixture with a second portion of said hydrogen peroxide; and fermenting said corn mash with an ethanol-producing yeast, at least a portion of said peracetic acid and said hydrogen peroxide being present in said corn mash during said fermenting step at levels sufficient to effect a reduction in lactic acid producing bacteria that compete with said ethanol-producing yeast for sugars contained within said corn mash; thereby reducing bacteria levels within said ethanol fermentation system; wherein said method is performed without the introduction of antibiotic compounds into said corn mash, and said peracetic acid is introduced into said corn mash at a level of between 5 to 30 ppm, said hydrogen peroxide compound is introduced into said fermentation mash at a total level of between 5 to 40 ppm, and wherein said corn mash comprises an aqueous suspension of fiber. | 35,982 |
9,615,192 | 1. A message link server comprising: a transport services stack to maintain a respective secure message link through an Internet network between the message link server and a respective device link agent on each of a plurality of wireless end-user devices, each of the wireless end-user devices comprising multiple software components authorized to receive and process data from secure message link messages received via a device link agent on that device; an interface to a network to receive network element messages from a plurality of network elements, the received network element messages comprising respective message content and requests for delivery of the respective message content to respective wireless end-user devices, the respective message content including data for, and an identification of, a respective one of the authorized software components; and a message buffer system including a memory and logic, | 30,272 |
9,425,732 | 1. A solar panel rack comprising: at least first and second hollow sheet metal beams arranged side by side and in parallel with each other to define a plane, each hollow sheet metal beam having a closed configuration of side walls along its longitudinal axis defining a hollow cross-section perpendicular to its longitudinal axis; a transverse support comprising two or more notches located in its upper edge; two or more first sheet metal brackets, each first sheet metal bracket having an outer cross-sectional shape substantially conforming to an inner cross-sectional shape of a corresponding notch in the transverse support, having an inner cross-sectional shape substantially conforming to the outer-cross sectional shape of a corresponding hollow sheet metal beam, positioned in the corresponding notch in the transverse support, and attached to and supporting the corresponding hollow sheet metal beam at least partially within the corresponding notch in the transverse support, each first sheet metal bracket formed from a single sheet of metal; and one or more second sheet metal brackets, each second sheet metal bracket comprising a top panel and oppositely positioned side panels bent downwards from the top panel to form an inner cross-sectional shape conforming to the outer cross-sectional shape of a corresponding hollow sheet metal beam, positioned on and attached to the corresponding hollow sheet metal beam, and comprising one or more upwardly pointing clinching tabs and one or more upwardly pointing protrusions, each second sheet metal bracket formed from a single sheet of metal; wherein the clinching tabs are configured to be clinched to features on a solar panel or solar panel assembly to attach the solar panel or solar panel assembly to the solar panel rack in a desired location in a plane defined by the solar panel rack, and the protrusions are configured to facilitate electrical contact between the second sheet metal brackets and the solar panel or solar panel assembly when the features on the solar panel or solar panel assembly are clinched by the clinching tabs; wherein each second sheet metal bracket is configured to position and attach adjacent corners of four solar panels or solar panel assemblies to the solar panel rack. | 32,533 |
8,821,052 | 1. A cutting device comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a guide configured to guide the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; a blade configured to cut the recording medium when the blade moves; a member disposed upstream in the conveyance direction of the blade, movable to a first position, and to a second position where the member is separated from the recording medium; and an arm shape member configured to support the member at one end thereof, and has at other end a cam follower, the arm shape member pivoting about a spindle according to a cam so that the member moves alternately to the first position and to the second position, wherein the first position is closer to the guide than the second position, and wherein the member is in the first position to regulate the recording medium at least from before the blade starts to cut the recording medium to when the blade is cutting the recording medium. | 7,251 |
9,404,950 | 1. A method of identifying a waveform for a drive signal to a transmit coil in a wireless power transfer system (WPTS), said method comprising: applying a pseudo-random signal to the transmit coil when the transmit coil is wirelessly connected to a receiver coil; while the pseudo-random signal is being applied to the transmit coil, recording one or more signals produced within the WPTS in response to the applied pseudo-random signal; by using the one or more recorded signals, generating a dynamic system model of electrical characteristics of some aspect of the WPTS; conducting a search for an optimized waveform for the drive signal for wirelessly transferring energy from the transmit coil to the receiver coil, wherein conducting the search comprises repeatedly using the generated dynamic system model to simulate a response to the drive signal while varying the waveform of the drive signal until the optimized waveform is found, and transferring power to the receiver coil using the optimized waveform for the drive signal. | 6,750 |
8,369,419 | 1. A deblocking filter executed by hardware logic for video decoding, comprising: logic circuit configured to perform a corresponding filtering calculation for each one of a plurality of pixel groups according to a corresponding set of taps in a plurality of sets of taps; logic circuit configured to determine if pixels in a predefined one of the plurality of pixel groups meets a criteria; logic circuit configured to filter the pixels in the predefined pixel group first according to the corresponding filtering calculation, if the criteria is met; logic circuit configured to sequentially filter the pixels in each of the remaining pixel groups in the plurality, according to the corresponding filtering calculation, if the criteria is met; and wherein the pixels in the plurality of pixel groups remain unfiltered according to the corresponding filtering calculations, if the criteria is unmet. | 40,097 |
9,222,362 | 1. A method for forming a part for use as a leading edge reinforcement on a blade or airfoil part comprising: a. providing a first main body, said first main body including first and second leg sections, said first and section leg sections each being a preformed component, said first and second leg sections each having a front and back end and a side edge; b. bonding together said front end of each of said first and second leg sections at a bond region by a weld bead or diffusion bond to form a bond region on a nose portion of said first main body prior to a metal deposition layer being applied to said nose portion; and, c. depositing a coating of metal on said first main body to build up a thickness of metal on said first main body to form a leading edge having a customized outer end portion, said metal deposition layer forming a complete outer end portion of the leading edge, said metal deposition layer applied to said front end of each of said first and second leg sections, said back end of said first and second leg sections spaced from one another, at least 80% of said front end of said first and second leg sections covered by said metal deposition layer, a majority of said first and second leg sections absent said metal deposition layer, said metal deposition layer covers said weld metal or diffusion bonded region on said nose portion, said metal deposition coating covering at least 80% of said bond region on a top surface of said nose portion, said metal deposition layer extending upwardly from said bond region. | 41,256 |
8,407,987 | 1. A control method for controlling an NO2/NO ratio in an exhaust aftertreatment system of an engine in which constituents of the exhaust gas are oxidized in an oxidation catalyst and constituents of the exhaust gas are deoxidized by a group of possible chemical reactions of different type between the constituents of the exhaust gas and catalytic material arranged in a selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst, wherein the exhaust gas flows from the oxidation catalyst to the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst, comprising: controlling the flow of the exhaust gas through the oxidation catalyst depending on at least one desired ratio among a pair of the constituents, wherein the exhaust gas enters the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst with the at least one desired ratio among the pair of the constituents; establishing the at least one desired ratio among the pair of the constituents at the input of the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst; selecting a predetermined reaction temperature or temperature range and establishing it in the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst wherein the probability is increased that one specific chemical reaction out of the group of possible different chemical reactions between the constituents of the exhaust gas and the catalyst material in the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst will take place by inputting the exhaust gas into the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst, wherein the reaction probability for the selected specific chemical reaction is higher than the reaction probability for each one of the other chemical reactions which are not selected; and establishing the ratio among the constituents depending on an amount of soot load in a particulate filter arranged between the oxidation catalyst and the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst and depending on an amount of NO2 which is generated in the particulate filter. | 5,392 |
9,152,359 | 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an operation panel that accepts user operations; a printing device that executes a print job; a storage device that stores job classification data that indicates a job type belonging to a first job type group and a job type belonging to a second job type group; a job management unit that records the job type of an executing job and a start time point of the job execution as a job log; a power-saving mode setting unit that an operation mode control unit that causes an operation mode to be switched to the first power-saving mode or the second power-saving mode set by the power-saving mode setting unit when the operation mode is switched from a normal mode to the power-saving mode. | 37,138 |
9,192,060 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a first casing in a flat plate shape having a uniform thickness, the first casing including a front surface and a rear surface parallel to the front surface; a second casing in a flat plate shape having a uniform thickness, the second casing including a front surface and a rear surface parallel to the front surface; and a connecting member that connects the first casing and the second casing, the connecting member engaging with the first casing in such a manner as to allow the first casing to turn about a first axis of rotation passing through a first casing-side connecting portion formed at one end of the first casing, and engaging with the second casing in such a manner as to allow the second casing to turn about a second axis of rotation passing through a second casing-side connecting portion formed at one end of the second casing, thereby allowing a turning angle which is an angle formed by the first casing and the second casing to be changeable between 0 degree and 360 degrees, wherein the electronic device is configured such that in a state where the turning angle is 0 degree or a state where the turning angle is 360 degrees, a distance between the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation in a reference direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the front surface of the first casing, equals to a sum calculated by adding a half of a sum of a thickness of the first casing and a thickness of the second casing, and a clearance between the first casing and the second casing in the reference direction, and that the first axis of rotation is arranged at a position shifted from a center of the first casing in the reference direction to a side of the second casing, by a half of a value calculated by subtracting the thickness of the first casing from a thickness of the first casing-side connecting portion in the reference direction. | 9,764 |
8,466,625 | 1. A method of controlling an illumination device, comprising: producing a pulse width modulation signal; providing a current to an illumination light source of the illumination device such that the illumination light source emits light and detecting a first brightness of an environment illuminated by the illumination light source through a light detecting element when the pulse width modulation signal is at high potential; and stopping providing the current to the illumination light source and detecting a second brightness of the environment illuminated by the illumination light source through the light detecting element when the pulse width modulation signal is at low potential. | 2,064 |
9,499,785 | 1. A method of isolating a mammalian pluripotent embryonic stem cell from a mammalian pre-implantation embryo including one or more pluripotent embryonic stem cells, comprising the steps of: (i) selecting the mammalian pre-implantation embryo in a blastocyst stage of development; (ii) depressing, embedding or flattening all of the pre-implantation embryo into a feeder cell layer causing all cells of the embryo to make contact with the feeder cell layer; (iii) culturing the depressed, embedded or flattened pre-implantation embryo in a medium that is free of serum to (a) inhibit differentiation of the one or more pluripotent embryonic stem cells and allow undifferentiated growth of the one or more pluripotent embryonic stem cells resulting in formation of a homogeneous pluripotent embryonal outgrowth and (b) not allow growth of non-pluripotent cells from the pre-implantation embryo; and (iv) isolating a pluripotent embryonic stem cell from the one or more pluripotent embryonic stem cells. | 29,929 |
8,676,051 | 1. A focus detection device comprising: a focus detector configured to detect a plurality of focus adjusting states at a plurality of focus detecting positions provided in an image plane of an optical system; an object detector configured to detect image information including color information of a specified object in an image of the optical system; a selector configured to select selected focus adjusting states among the plurality of focus adjusting states based on the image information detected by the object detector, wherein only focus adjusting states at focus detecting positions at which the specified object is detected are selected as selected focus adjusting states and wherein all of the focus adjusting states at the focus detecting positions at which the specified object is detected are selected as the selected focus adjusting states; a divider configured to find variation in the selected focus adjusting states and configured to divide the selected focus adjusting states into a plurality of groups based on the variation; and a controller configured to find a final focus adjusting state based on a pre-final focus adjusting state in a group selected from the plurality of groups, wherein the plurality of focus adjusting states comprise defocus amounts of the image formed by the optical system, and wherein the divider is configured to find an average value of an absolute value of deviation from the average value of the plurality of selected defocus amounts selected by the selector. | 44,604 |
8,622,964 | 1. A method for delivering a fluid to an animal, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing a catheter; b. inserting the catheter into the animal, so that a fluid can be injected or withdrawn from the animal; c. providing first, second, third and fourth tubes; d. providing a first syringe with a first outlet, wherein the first outlet includes a first syringe opening and a second syringe opening, and a second syringe with a second outlet, wherein the second outlet includes a third syringe opening and a fourth syringe opening; e. providing first and second fluid reservoirs; f. providing a first valve having a first fluid control position adapted to receive the first tube therethrough and a second fluid control position adapted to receive the second tube therethrough, wherein when the first fluid control position is closed, the second fluid control position is open, and vice versa; g. providing a second valve having a third fluid control position adapted to receive the third tube therethrough and a fourth fluid control position adapted to receive the fourth tube therethrough, wherein when the third fluid control position is closed, the fourth fluid control position is open, and vice versa; h. operatively connecting one end of the first tube to the first fluid reservoir and another end of the first tube to the first syringe opening; i. operatively connecting one end of the second tube to the second syringe opening and operatively connecting another end of the second tube to both one end of the fourth tube and to a system output, wherein the second tube operatively connects the first syringe to a system output; j. operatively connecting one end of the third tube to the second fluid reservoir and another end of the third tube to the third syringe opening; k. operatively connecting one end of the fourth tube to the fourth syringe opening and operatively connecting another end of the fourth tube to both one end of the second tube and to the system output, wherein the fourth tube operatively connects the second syringe to the system output; l. operatively coupling one end of the catheter to the system output; m. flushing the system output and the catheter by injecting a first fluid comprising a flushing fluid in the first syringe by closing the fourth fluid control position of the second valve, opening the second fluid control position of the first valve, and pushing the first syringe so that the first fluid in the first syringe will flow through the second tube, into the system output, through the catheter, whereby the first position of the first valve prevents the first fluid in the first syringe from flowing into the first reservoir; and n. injecting a second fluid comprising a drug in the second syringe into the animal by closing the second fluid control position of the first valve, opening the fourth fluid control position of the second valve, and pushing the second syringe so that the second fluid in the second syringe will flow through the fourth tube, into the system output, through the catheter and into the animal, whereby the third position of the second valve prevents the second fluid in the second syringe from flowing into the second reservoir. | 29,329 |
9,210,698 | 1. A method of transmitting uplink control information (UCI), performed by a user equipment, in a carrier aggregation system in which a plurality of serving cells are aggregated, the method comprising: receiving a downlink signal through at least one serving cell; generating first UCI and second UCI with respect to the downlink signal; transmitting the first UCI through a first serving cell; and transmitting the second UCI through a second serving cell, wherein the first serving cell and the second serving cell are different from each other, and the first UCI and the second UCI are different types of UCI, wherein the first UCI is acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indicating reception confirmation for a control signal or downlink data included in the downlink signal, and wherein the second UCI is channel state information (CSI) generated by measuring the downlink signal. | 31,026 |
9,115,941 | 1. A straight pull bolt action system for use with a firearm including a receiver and a longitudinally extending barrel having oppositely disposed breech and muzzle ends, the barrel breech end being mounted to the receiver, the bolt action system comprising: a bolt having front and rear portions and a lower recess defining a locking surface, the bolt defining an opening and being longitudinally moveable between a forward firing position and a rearward position; an action bar having front and rear portions, the rear portion defining an L-shaped opening, the action bar being moveable between a forward position and a rearward position; a locking pin including a first segment slidably disposed in the action bar L-shaped opening and a second segment slidably disposed in the bolt opening; a locking lug having oppositely disposed rear and front ends, the front end being pivotally vertically moveable between an up position and a down position, the locking lug front end being locked with the bolt locking surface when in the up position; wherein moving the action bar rearward from the action bar forward position pivots the locking lug front end downward from the up position whereby the bolt unlocks from the locking lug and is moved rearward by the action bar; and wherein moving the action bar forward from the action bar rearward position moves the bolt forward from the bolt rearward position to the bolt forward firing position, the action bar pivoting the locking lug front end upward from the down position to the up position whereby the locking lug front end locks the bolt in the forward firing position. | 45,208 |
8,653,822 | 1. A chopperless ambient field apparatus, comprising: a stationary first metallic sensing plate; a stationary second metallic sensing plate, vertically displaced from and substantially parallel to the first plate; a transistor-based device having first, second and third terminals; a first signal line coupled to the first plate and the first terminal of the transistor-based device; a second signal line coupled to the second plate and the second terminal of the transistor-based device; a relay circuit coupled to the first and second signal lines; an electrical parameter detector coupled to the second and third terminals of the transistor-based device; a protective enclosure disposed about the first and second plates, the transistor-based device, and the electrical parameter detector; and a closed electric field enclosure disposed about the protective enclosure having a first openable aperture above the first plate and a second openable aperture below the second plate, wherein with control of the apertures and relay, the detector measures AC fields and DC electric fields impinging on the plates. | 31,940 |
9,040,722 | 1. A photoelectric conversion device dye, the dye being a compound of the structure represented by the following general formula (I): wherein: wherein: wherein: wherein: wherein: | 32,422 |
9,279,407 | 1. A system for converting kinetic energy from a body of fluid, having a current flowing in a direction, into rotational movement comprising: at least one helical turbine in the current and rotatable about a longitudinal axis; at least one rotatable shaft operatively connected to the at least one helical turbine for transferring rotation of the at least one helical turbine into rotational movement of the at least one rotatable shaft; and a structure for supporting the at least one helical turbine and maintaining an operative angle between the longitudinal axis and the direction of the current in the range of 30° to 39°. | 45,521 |
8,535,565 | 1. A phosphor composition, comprising: wherein: 0<a≦0.3, 0≦b≦3, 0<c<1, 0<d<1, 0<c-d<1, 0<a+b+c<3, AR includes at least one element selected from alkaline earth metals, and Ln includes at least one atom selected from lanthanides in the periodic table. | 33,154 |
9,130,198 | 1. A method of making a protected anode structure, comprising: providing, further wherein the surface of the protective membrane architecture is pretreated to enhance the strength and stability of the interface between the membrane architecture and the seal structure. | 10,023 |
8,844,049 | 1. Method of generating a cryptographic key on the basis of current components of a computer for decryption of an encrypted, computer-specific authorization code for activating a protected digital data object on the computer, wherein the computer-specific authorization code is encrypted by means of a key depending on original components of the computer, the method comprising: generating an inventory list of features for the original components of the computer; determining original feature values for the features stored in the inventory list; determining original checksums for each of the original feature values; determining redundancy values from the entirety of original feature values; determining current feature values for the features of the computer stored in the inventory list; calculating current checksums from the current feature values; comparing the current checksums with the original checksums; if the original checksum and the current checksum are identical, storing the current feature values in a current feature value vector, and if they are not identical, inserting spaces in the current feature value vector instead of the current feature value; determining missing feature values in the current feature value vector using redundancy data; completing the current feature value vector with the determined feature values; generating the cryptographic key to decrypt the authorization code from the feature value vector. | 49,802 |
9,482,438 | 1. A method of manufacture of a rigid heating panel comprising the steps of providing a continuous feed of a first sheet of material; continuously depositing a layer of settable gypsum slurry onto the first sheet of material in a continuous process to form a continuous open wallboard feed; continuously depositing at least one heating layer substantially along the length of the continuous open wallboard feed to at least partially embed in said settable gypsum slurry, said heating layer comprising: providing a continuous feed of a second sheet of material at an opposed side of the settable gypsum slurry to the first sheet of material to form a closed wallboard feed, and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: cutting the continuous closed wallboard feed to size, and allowing the settable gypsum slurry, with the heating layer at least partially embedded therein, to set in order to provide a self-supporting wallboard panel. | 41,150 |
9,148,890 | 1. A device, comprising: a first transceiver configured to selectively transmit and receive first signals in a first frequency band according to a schedule, wherein the first signals include at least cellular signals; a second transceiver configured to selectively transmit and receive second signals in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, wherein the second signals include at least WiFi signals; and an arbiter configured to (i) generate status reports indicating statuses of channels in the first frequency band and/or the second frequency band, (ii) receive the schedule as generated based on the statuses, and (iii) selectively modify the status reports based on | 47,973 |
9,146,354 | 1. A fusion splicer characterized in that: a body of the fusion splicer is provided with a pair of holder installation parts configured to detachably attach optical fiber holders which holds optical fibers and to mutually but the optical fibers in a first direction, and a fusion splicing part configured to mutually fuse and splice the optical fibers by a pair of electrodes opposed along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and that: the holder installation part includes a base fixed to the body, and a positioning member in which a holder fitting part fitted into the optical fiber holder is formed in an upper side and a base fitting part fitted into the base is formed in a lower side, and the positioning member can be attached to and detached from both of the bases after an attitude is reversed so as to have the same end turned to the fusion splicing part, and a center position in a width direction along the second direction in the base fitting part is arranged in a straight line of the first direction passing through a center position between the electrodes even in a state in which the positioning member is fitted into any of the bases. | 21,296 |
8,426,787 | 1. A cooking container comprising: a container body having an opening defined by a rim; a ledge disposed inside said container body and spaced a predetermined distance from said rim, said ledge dividing said container body into an upper segment and a lower segment; a lid sized to pass through said opening and rest on said ledge such that when said lid rests on said ledge, said lid is spaced a predetermined distance below said rim to separate said lower segment of said container body from said upper segment of said container body; and a vent formed by one or more notches extending through said ledge to create a passage between said lower segment of said container body and said upper segment of said container body. | 10,926 |
9,217,609 | 1. An apparatus for hydrogenation of a chlorosilane, the apparatus comprising: a source of reactant gas comprising hydrogen and a chlorosilane; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the reactant gas and a product gas; an annular heating zone configured to receive the reactant gas from the heat exchanger, the heating zone comprising a heating element configured for direct contact with the reactant gas to produce a heated reactant gas via convective heat transfer; thermal insulation surrounding the annular heating zone; and a reaction chamber configured to receive the heated reactant gas from the annular heating zone and to convert the heated reactant gas into the product gas, wherein the annular heating zone lies between the insulation and the reaction zone and is defined by an inner cylindrical surface of the insulation and an outer cylindrical surface of the reaction chamber, and the heating element has an annular conformation about the reaction chamber. | 38,337 |
8,853,641 | 1. A photodetector device comprising: a semiconductor body having a front surface; an active-area region extending in the semiconductor body facing the front surface and configured to receive ultraviolet light radiation and generate, in response to the ultraviolet light radiation received, electric charge carriers; and a protective and antireflective cover layer comprising polydimethylsiloxane and extending on the front surface in the active-area region so that the ultraviolet light radiation is received by the active-area region through the cover layer. | 41,438 |
9,250,827 | 1. A method of resuming execution of a virtual machine (VM) from a suspended state in one of a plurality of host computers each having a local cache and connected to a shared cache, said method comprising: determining whether a suspended image of the VM is stored in the shared cache; if the suspended image of the VM is stored in the shared cache, selecting one of the host computers as a host computer for the VM and issuing a command to the selected host computer to resume execution of the VM therein; and if the suspended image of the VM is not stored in the shared cache, issuing a command to resume execution of the VM to one of the host computers that has the local cache in which the suspended image of the VM is stored to resume execution of the VM therein. | 38,500 |
9,409,261 | 1. A retaining device for the form-fitting and/or force-fitting arrangement of two components to be connected in a bonded manner for a subsequent welding operation, the retaining device comprising: a cover which can be pivoted about a pivot axis; a silicone layer arranged on a lower side of the cover, the silicone layer being directed in a direction of the components to be connected; a pressing plate; and at least one cylinder, the pressing plate being movable in the direction of the cover by means of the at least one cylinder, the pressing plate pressing the components, which are arranged one above the other between the cover and pressing plate and which are intended to be connected, against the silicone layer, wherein recesses are arranged in a region of bonded connections, which are intended to be formed between the components, the recesses extending through the cover and the silicone layer. | 14,265 |
8,565,252 | 1. A wireless transmission system comprising: a first wireless communication device connected to a display device; and a second communication device connected to a video output device, the wireless transmission system outputting video and audio from the video output device to the display device by performing wireless communication between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, wherein either or both of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device categorize associated data associated with the video and audio into categories depending on the characteristics thereof and transmit the categorized associated data in one of a plurality of different transmission modes according to the respective categories thereof, by wireless, wherein either or both of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device include a plurality of wired transmission lines each associated with different characteristics of the associated data, and either or both of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device categorize the associated data for each of the wired transmission lines, the display device is connected through High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) to the first wireless communication device and the video output device is connected through HDMI to the second wireless communication device, the plurality of the wired transmission lines are made up of a Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) line, a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) line, a Display Data Channel (DDC) line, and a Hot-Plug Detect (HPD) line of HDMI standard, the associated data includes Dual In-line Package (DIP) data transmitted through the TMDS line, a CEC message transmitted through the CEC line, a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) authentication message transmitted through the DDC line, and a hot plug signal transmitted through the HPD line, the categories are divided into a first category including the DIP, a second category including the CEC message and the HDCP authentication message, and a third category including the hot plug signal, and wherein the transmission mode of the first category is a mode in which retransmission and transmission order rearrangement are not performed, the transmission mode of the second category is a mode in which retransmission is performed while transmission order rearrangement is not performed, and the transmission mode of the third category is a mode in which retransmission and transmission order rearrangement are performed, and a mode for updating old associated data before a change in state remaining in a buffer. | 11,570 |
9,038,015 | 1. A method for creating a development platform for mobile device applications interacting with a mainframe computer system comprising: a. providing a preconstructed computer code set of connectors for a first set of information providers, first set of integration providers, and a first set of system behaviors; b. defining a second set of information providers with which the mobile device application will interact; c. defining a second set of integration providers with which the mobile device application will interact; d. defining a second set of system behaviors of the mobile device application; e. creating a machine readable domain model from the second set of information providers, second set of integration providers, and second set of integration providers; f. processing the domain model using a domain model processor to generate a mobile device application/mainframe interface having app specific connectors associated the second set of information providers, second set of integration providers, and second set of system behaviors, and wherein said app specific connectors are derived from the first set of information providers, first set of integration providers, and first set of system behaviors; and g. storing the mobile device application/mainframe interface on a development and operational computer system platform. | 35,732 |
9,240,501 | 1. A compound-based thin film solar cell comprising: a substrate, a back surface electrode layer which is formed on said substrate, a p-type light absorption layer which is formed on said back surface electrode layer, an n-type high resistance buffer layer which is formed on said p-type light absorption layer, an intrinsic ZnO film which is formed on said n-type high resistance buffer layer, and an n-type transparent conductive film formed on the intrinsic ZnO film, wherein said n-type high resistance buffer layer includes a first buffer layer which is formed on said p-type light absorption layer and a second buffer layer which is formed on said first buffer layer, and said second buffer layer is formed by Zn(O, S) or Sn(O, S) which has a lattice constant which is closer to the lattice constant of said intrinsic ZnO film than a lattice constant of said first buffer layer is. | 48,946 |
8,953,265 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: for each of a plurality of sectors of a first storage disk, iteratively performing: wherein the number of reallocated sectors of the first storage disk is used to determine whether the first storage disk is vulnerable. | 9,322 |
9,487,300 | 1. An air-conditioning system for an aircraft, comprising: a compressed air branch for conveying externally supplied and pressurized air; a cooling circuit for conveying refrigerant, the cooling circuit extending through a ram air duct and comprising a first cooling circuit section and a second cooling circuit section; a first heat exchanger arranged in the first cooling circuit section and a second heat exchanger arranged in the second cooling circuit section, each configured to transfer heat between the compressed air branch and the cooling circuit; a compressed air turbine arranged in the compressed air branch; a cooling circuit compressor arranged in the first cooling circuit section and mechanically coupled to the compressed air turbine; and a cooling circuit turbine arranged in the second cooling circuit section downstream of the second heat exchanger in a refrigerant flow direction; wherein the first cooling circuit section and the second cooling circuit sections are connected in parallel to one another; wherein the cooling circuit turbine, the cooling circuit compressor and the compressed air turbine are mechanically coupled to one another by a common drive shaft; and wherein an outlet of the cooling circuit turbine is connected to an inlet of the cooling circuit compressor. | 46,734 |
9,060,073 | 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a connecting unit configured to connect a telephone; a tone detecting unit configured to detect, after the telephone captures a line, a tone signal on the captured line; a counting unit configured to count a number of the tone signals detected by the tone detecting unit; a controlling unit configured to control to start a facsimile reception, when the number counted by said counting unit reaches a predetermined number; a hook detecting unit configured to detect a change of a hook state of the telephone; and a resetting unit configured to reset the number of the tone signals counted by the counting unit, in accordance with detection of the change of the hook state of the telephone by the hook detecting unit. | 36,727 |
9,464,244 | 1. A system, comprising: a gasifier configured to remove black water, wherein the gasifier comprises a reactor configured to gasify a fuel to generate a syngas, and a quench chamber disposed downstream of the reactor, and the quench chamber is configured to cool the syngas generated in the reactor; a syngas treatment system fluidly coupled to the gasifier and configured to receive the syngas generated in the gasifier, wherein the syngas treatment system is configured to supply the gasifier with a first portion of a quench liquid via a first flow path extending between the syngas treatment system and a first inlet of the gasifier and a second portion of the quench liquid via a second flow path extending between the syngas treatment system and a second inlet of the gasifier; a lock hopper configured to receive gasification by-products generated in the reactor and supply a third portion of the quench liquid to the gasifier via a third flow path extending between a second outlet of the lock hopper and a third inlet of the gasifier; and a deaerator coupled to the syngas treatment system and the lock hopper, wherein the deaerator is configured to depressurize the lock hopper. | 35,842 |
9,259,854 | 1. An apparatus for wearing the surface texture of pre-cast cementitious building blocks, said apparatus comprising: a press and mould apparatus for pressing cementitious material into pre-cast building blocks of the type which are pre-cast in arrays by pressing cementitious material in a mould which rests on a support and lifting off the mould to reveal the pre-cast building block arrays in predetermined spaced apart relationships, each of said blocks having a bottom surface resting on the support, having side walls and having a top surface; a retractable block immobilizing element adjacent to said press and mould apparatus, said retractable block immobilizing element being adapted to engage a portion of the block arrays and to immobilize the block arrays relative to both the support and ground while exposing a portion of the top surface and side walls to a movable tool for wearing said top or side walls of the blocks; and at least one movable tool for wearing the blocks by subjecting the exposed surfaces of the blocks to a wearing tool, said movable tool being movable in at least one longitudinal axis along the block arrays when the immobilizing element immobilizes the block arrays relative to both the support and the ground. | 47,289 |
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