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8,900,518 | 1. A healthcare cum optimal illumination device comprising: at least one frame ( at least one light source ( at least one layer of filter cover ( | 292 |
9,356,663 | 1. A portable terminal comprising: a first antenna; a second antenna; a first communication unit configured to process a first communication scheme signal communicated according to first communication scheme through the first antenna; a second communication unit configured to process a second communication scheme signal communicated according to a second communication scheme through the second antenna, wherein a priority of the second communication scheme is higher than a priority of the first communication scheme; and a control unit configured to configure the first antenna as a diversity antenna for the second communication unit, and to configure, when the first communication unit is driven, the second antenna as a diversity antenna for the first communication unit during a period when the first communication unit is driven, wherein when the first antenna is configured as the diversity antenna for the second communication unit, the second communication unit is configured to process second communication scheme signals communicated through the first antenna and the second antenna, and wherein when the second antenna is configured as the diversity antenna for the first communication unit, the first communication unit is configured to process first communication scheme signals communicated through the first antenna and the second antenna. | 16,272 |
9,629,474 | 1. A children's table assembly having a rotatable chair, said assembly comprising: a table having a platform and a frame; a chair being rotatably coupled to said table, said chair being positioned on said frame wherein said chair is configured to facilitate a user to access an entirety of said platform; a pair of containers, each of said containers being rotatably coupled to said table such that each of said containers is positionable between a deployed position and a stored position; and an easel being attached to said table; wherein said platform includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a perimeter edge extending between said top surface and said bottom surface, said platform having an opening extending through said top surface and said bottom surface and defined by a bounding surface, said opening being centrally positioned on said platform; wherein said chair includes a support having a first end and a second end, said support being elongated between said first end and said second end, said support having pair of bends thereon, each of said bends being spaced apart from each other to define a first portion and a second portion each extending upwardly from a central portion; wherein said platform has a bottom surface; said first end is attached to said bottom surface of said platform, said first end being centrally positioned between said perimeter edge and said bounding surface, and having said second portion being aligned with a radius of said opening; and wherein said chair further includes a seat having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface being rotatably attached to said second end, said top surface being configured to support a user. | 36,090 |
8,425,195 | 1. A subassembly for connecting a wind turbine blade to a hub, the subassembly comprising: a tubular support member, a first end of which is arranged to be connected to the hub; and at least two spaced bulkheads extending across the tubular support member and which are arranged to be supported by the tubular support member, wherein each bulkhead comprises a hole for receiving a spar member of the wind turbine blade inserted from a second end of the tubular support member opposite to the first end, such that, in use, a portion of the spar member is supported within the tubular support member by the bulkheads and such that the spar member extends from the second end of the tubular support member. | 30,547 |
9,014,827 | 1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically generating a manufacturing production work flow, comprising: receiving indication that an assembly has completed a manufacturing operation, the assembly having a manufacturing production work flow with a route between a plurality of manufacturing operations; selecting a sampling strategy having at least one sampling dimension program for the assembly after completing the manufacturing operation by matching characteristics of the assembly and the manufacturing production work flow with characteristics of a sampling strategy within a database having a plurality of sampling strategies; discovering at least one of the subsequent manufacturing operations of the manufacturing production invokes a sampling operation of the at least one sampling dimension program; querying a data source for characteristics of a plurality of previously sampled assemblies that have completed the manufacturing operation; querying a manufacturing floor control system for a current production status; running the sampling dimension program that suggests updates to the work flow with sampling operations; and dynamically updating the work flow for the assembly by changing the route of the work flow between the completed manufacturing operation and a subsequent manufacturing operation of the assembly based at least in part on the sampling strategy, the characteristics of the plurality of previously sampled assemblies, the current production status, and the suggested updates of the sampling dimension program. | 33,379 |
9,015,299 | 1. A method for managing route optimization for a plurality of links in a computer network, the method comprising: associating each of the plurality of links into one or more of a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups having two or more links; defining one or more group policies for each of the plurality of groups, wherein the group policies are to be applied to a respective group as a whole, wherein at least one group policy includes a protocol that determines a selection of a particular group of links over which to route traffic for a particular reachable address prefix; and adjusting routes to reachable address prefixes over the plurality of links according to the one or more group policies, by selecting the particular group of links over which to route traffic for the particular reachable address prefix based on the one or more of the group policies and combining at least one of link performance characteristics or link traffic statistics for links of the particular group of links for use in adjusting routes to reachable address prefixes over the plurality of links. | 25,900 |
9,796,037 | 1. An engine-driven welder/generator system comprising: an engine; a welder/generator coupled to the engine and powered by the engine, wherein the welder/generator comprises a welder coupled to at least one generator, and the welder is configured to supply a welding power for a welding operation based on one or more weld settings; and an integrated controller coupled to both the engine and to the welder/generator, wherein the controller is configured to control operation of both the engine and the welder/generator, and the integrated controller is configured to ramp up a speed of the engine in response to a demand for the welding power, the one or more weld settings, and a plurality of control profiles, wherein the speed of the engine during ramp up is controlled in response to an anticipated load of the welding operation, and the anticipated load is determined based at least in part on a current setting, a voltage setting, or a process type setting of the weld settings, wherein the plurality of control profiles comprises a preset-based control regime based on the one or more weld settings, and the preset-based control regime is configured to increase an efficiency of the ramp up by decreasing a duration of the ramp up. | 22,158 |
8,484,647 | 1. A method comprising: processing a thread of execution via a central processing unit; assigning a processing task associated with the thread of execution to a graphics processing unit; placing the thread of execution into an idle state; asynchronously performing the processing task via the graphics processing unit; determining an estimate of an amount of work remaining in the processing task before the processing task is completed by the graphics processing unit; comparing the estimate of the amount of work remaining to a threshold level; selecting, dependent upon the comparison of the estimate of the amount of work remaining to the threshold level, a wait mode of the central processing unit from a plurality of wait modes, wherein the plurality of wait modes includes at least a first wait mode and a second wait mode, wherein the first wait mode causes the central processing unit to wait for either an interrupt or a first timeout event, and the second wait mode causes the central processing unit to wait for either an interrupt or a second timeout event, and wherein the amount of elapsed time associated with the first timeout event is different than the amount of elapsed time associated with the second timeout event; maintaining the thread of execution in an idle state during the selected wait mode until an interrupt from the graphics processing unit is received by the central processing unit or the timeout event corresponding to the selected wait mode occurs; and resuming processing of the thread of execution following receipt of the interrupt or the occurrence of the timeout event corresponding to the select wait mode. | 30,010 |
8,539,507 | 1. A computer system having a service oriented architecture and which is adapted to run at least one channel dependent business service application, the computer system comprising: one or more channel dependent client layer upon which the channel dependent business service application will be run; one or more channel independent service layer which comprises a plurality of channel independent business services and a data services layer; and an integration layer comprising a business service invocation framework for receiving a request for service message from the at least one client layer, a message router adapted to send the request for service message to the at least one service layer which is adapted to read the request message and in response to build a channel dependent business service application to run on a channel dependent client layer; wherein the request is generated by a message generator and has a header that enables the routing of the message through the system; wherein the message has a context chain identifier that allows a position of the message within a chain of messages to be identified; wherein the system further comprises a system manager which comprises a logging mechanism for detecting and recording logging events associated with system activity; and wherein the logging mechanism is configurable so that different event types are logged; and wherein the integration layer is configured to map a name of a service onto a name and version of the business service and routes the message onto a queue. | 21,508 |
8,571,608 | 1. A method, comprising: at least partially charging a rechargeable battery of a manufactured wireless electronic device, wherein the wireless electronic device does not include a wired communication interface; and transmitting at least one wireless command to the wireless electronic device that is configured to cause a function to be performed in the wireless electronic device, said transmitting at least one command including transmitting a shut down command to the wireless device to perform a shut down function in the wireless electronic device, the shut down command causing the rechargeable battery to transition to a low power mode configured to reduce self-discharge; the wireless electronic device leaving a manufacturing facility in which the wireless electronic device was manufactured subsequent to said transmitting the shut down command to the wireless device. | 6,659 |
9,021,286 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a controller to control the apparatus; a power supplying controller to control power supply and a stop of the power supply to the controller; a receiver to receive data from outside; and a responder to generate and send first response data with respect to first received data received by the receiver while the power supply to the controller is stopped, when the responder verifies the first received data are predetermined data capable of being responded to by the responder, wherein the controller is configured to send an instruction to make the power supplying controller stop the power supply to the controller when the controller verifies second received data received by the controller through the receiver are the predetermined data capable of being responded to by the responder, after the controller has generated and sent second response data in response to the second received data received by the receiver while the power is supplied to the controller, wherein the controller is further configured to send an instruction to make the power supplying controller stop the power supply to the controller when the controller has not received third received data incapable of being responded to by the responder for a certain period of time, and wherein the controller continues time measurement of the certain period of time while verifying that the controller has not received the third received data incapable of being responded to by the responder for the certain period of time, even though receiving the predetermined data capable of being responded to by the responder. | 32,074 |
8,631,870 | 1. An apparatus for cooling tubulars stripped from a well to temperatures suitable for handling at surface, comprising: (a) a hanger for manipulating the tubulars; (b) a sub-assembly below the hanger comprising: (c) the chamber having an inlet port for injection of fluid coolant and an outlet port for exhausting fluid coolant wherein the chamber is expandable in length while sealed. | 6,468 |
9,604,529 | 1. A four wheel drive power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: a first input shaft directly and operably connected to an engine; a second input shaft disposed coaxially with the first input shaft; a first motor/generator operable as a first motor or a first generator and directly and operably connected to the second input shaft; a second motor/generator operable as a second motor or a second generator and disposed in a rear wheel side transmission housing; a planetary gear set disposed between the first and second input shafts, and including a first rotation element directly connected to the second input shaft, a second rotation element directly connected to the first input shaft, and a third rotation element selectively connected to the first input shaft; a power delivery unit including a first front wheel output gear selectively connected to the second input shaft and a second front wheel output gear selectively connected to the third rotation element of the planetary gear set, and selectively receiving power of the engine or power of the first motor/generator; a front wheel reduction gear unit changing power of the power delivery unit and transmitting the changed power to a front wheel differential apparatus; and a rear wheel reduction gear unit changing power of the second motor/generator and transmitting the changed power to a rear wheel differential apparatus. | 42,694 |
8,733,083 | 1. An apparatus for controlling a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system of an internal combustion engine system, comprising: an ammonia storage module that determines an actual ammonia storage surface coverage on an SCR catalyst of the SCR system based on one of an excess ammonia flow rate entering an SCR catalyst and an excess NO a reductant dosing module that generates a reductant dosing command based on the ammonia compensation value; wherein the ammonia storage module, reductant dosing module, and mode determination module each comprises one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media. | 13,742 |
9,637,231 | 1. A method comprising: operating an aerial vehicle in a hover-flight orientation, wherein the aerial vehicle is connected to a tether that defines a tether sphere having a radius based on a length of the tether, wherein the tether is connected to a ground station; while the aerial vehicle is in the hover-flight orientation, positioning the aerial vehicle at a first location that is substantially on the tether sphere, wherein the first location is substantially downwind of the ground station; transitioning the aerial vehicle from the hover-flight orientation to a forward-flight orientation, such that a tension of the tether is reduced, wherein the aerial vehicle has attached flow; and operating the aerial vehicle in the forward-flight orientation to ascend at an angle of ascent to a second location that is substantially on the tether sphere, wherein the second location is substantially downwind of the ground station. | 40,537 |
8,897,726 | 1. A wireless radio transmitter configured for wireless communication, comprising: a plurality of signal paths, each of the plurality of signal paths including a plurality of circuit blocks; one or more common components coupled to each of the plurality of signal paths; a three-way transformer in each of the plurality of signal paths, wherein a first winding of the three-way transformer is coupled to a first group of circuit blocks of the plurality of circuit blocks, a second winding of the three-way transformer is coupled to a second group of circuit blocks of the plurality of circuit blocks, and a third winding of the three-way transformer is coupled to the one or more common components; one or more switches coupled to the third winding of the three-way transformer of each of the plurality of signal paths, wherein, in response to activation of the one or more switches, a shared access path is created between the one or more common components and at least one of the first and second groups of circuit blocks. | 44,226 |
8,418,472 | 1. A method of operating an integrated gasification combined cycle power generation system, said method comprising: compressing air in an adiabatic air compressor to produce a compressed heated air stream; heating a nitrogen stream and a condensate stream using a first portion of the compressed heated air stream to produce a heated nitrogen stream and a cooled compressed air stream; heating an oxygen stream and the condensate stream using a second portion of the compressed heated air stream; and channeling the cooled compressed air stream to an air separation unit. | 8,775 |
9,150,804 | 1. A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG), said method comprising: producing a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream within a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall; channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream from the cavity towards an outer passage defined at least partially by a portion of a second wall and a third wall; channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream through a nozzle scrubber assembly at least partially formed within the outer passage; and channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream from the outer passage towards an inner passage defined at least partially by a portion of the first wall and the second wall. | 8,181 |
8,920,955 | 1. A method for assembling a battery module with high thermal conductivity, the battery module having multiple battery cells, each comprising a top surface with a metal region served as a top electrode, a bottom surface with a metal region served as a bottom electrode, and a sidewall connecting the top surface to the bottom surface, with the top and bottom electrodes being electrically insulated from each other, the assembling method comprising the steps of: a) providing a primary retaining frame having a plurality of retaining holes, and a secondary retaining frame having a plurality of accommodation holes, that together define a plurality of accommodation chambers for housing the respective battery cells, each of the plurality of accommodation chambers housing a solitary respective battery cell, and inserting the respective battery cells into the accommodation chambers corresponding thereto; and b) electrically connecting the top electrodes and bottom electrodes to a top common electrode or a bottom common electrode, respectively, and coupling a heatsink device to the primary retaining frame and/or the secondary retaining frame, such that the heatsink device abuts against the top common electrode and/or the bottom common electrode of the battery cells. | 24,109 |
9,315,141 | 1. A carrier comprising: a carrier mount; one or more shanks connected to the carrier mount and adapted to connect the carrier mount to a vehicle frame by engaging the shank or shanks into one or more receivers mounted to the vehicle frame or to a receiver beam mounted across the back of the vehicle; vertical suspension mounts that extend vertically from connections located near each end of the carrier mount; one or more horizontal pivot beams attached to the carrier mount near the ends of the carrier mount; one or more spindles or axles mounted to the horizontal pivot beams; wheel components mounted to the spindles or axles; suspension components having lower ends attached to the horizontal pivot beams, having one or more length, width, or height adjustments wherein the components are any one or any combination of load bearing springs, air shocks, spring shocks, pneumatic piston units, and airbag suspensions; one or more structural vertical beams extending upward from the carrier mount; one or more cargo beams attached to one or more vertical structural beams near or at the top of the vertical beams; a cargo loader or a cargo deck connected over the cargo beam or beams wherein the cargo deck is positioned to extend a cargo surface of the vehicle; and one or more hitches, wherein the carrier is capable of assuming a storage position that raises the wheel components. | 16,323 |
8,721,350 | 1. An electrical connector ( 10 ) comprising: a flexible electrically connecting element ( a first insulation element and a second insulation element configured to position said terminals for electrically connecting with a socket located on a printed circuit board, wherein said first insulation element has a first sidewall and said second insulation element has a second sidewall; and a supporting element ( a displacement space is defined between said at least one sidewall of said supporting element and at least one of said first sidewall and second sidewall to allow said first and second insulation element to move relative to said supporting element. | 28,647 |
9,410,968 | 1. A composition comprising: binding molecules to chitinase 3-like protein 1, and urine from a subject; wherein the subject is selected from the group consisting of: | 24,052 |
9,766,671 | 1. A method for distributed intelligence of power tracking and power allocation, the method executable by at least one computer including at least one processor and memory, the method comprising: receiving, by the at least one computer, first parameters related to system and charging infrastructure within power transmission and distribution assets of a power grid, and second parameters associated with a plurality of electric vehicles, wherein the second parameters associated with an electric vehicle (EV) of the plurality of electric vehicles comprise a scheduled time and a scheduled location for charging the EV, according to a travel plan of the EV, at one or more charging stations geographically distributed as charging points throughout the power grid, the power grid comprising generators, substations and feeder circuits, the substations configured to supply power from the generators to the charging stations via the feeder circuits; analyzing, using the at least one processor, the first parameters to determine available power for charging stations connected to the feeder circuits and geographically positioned at the scheduled locations; analyzing, using the at least one processor, the first parameters and the second parameters of the electric vehicles, the analyzing comprising: in response to determining that the power demand for charging the electric vehicles cannot be met by the available power, the processor executing instructions to: | 47,595 |
9,280,166 | 1. An electronic management system for a photovoltaic generator, the system comprising: a plurality of static DC/DC microconverters, each DC/DC microconverter being electrically connected to photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell forming a portion of the whole of the cells of the generator; at least one reconfiguration module adapted for transmitting energy flows from said DC/DC microconverters towards a load via an output static converter; a plurality of management electronics entities, wherein each of the plurality of DC/DC microconverters is associated with at least one of the plurality of the management electronics entities, the at least one of the management electronics entities for measuring electronic data from the at least one DC/DC microconverter; and a central electronic unit communicating with the load and the plurality of management electronic entities, controlling a modification of the energy flows transmitted by said at least one reconfiguration module based at least on the measured electronic data, the central electronic unit adapted for a putting into series of at least two DC/DC microconverters, a putting into parallel of at least two DC/DC microconverters, or a bypassing of at least one microconverter based at least on information received from the plurality of management electronics entities and from the load. | 13,905 |
8,767,860 | 1. A method for communication in a user equipment, comprising: determining, by said user equipment, transmit power weights, which are to be utilized for communicating one or more wireless signals via a wireless channel, as a function of frequency of a wireless signal communicated via said wireless channel, based on a transmission mode of said wireless signal and a state of said wireless channel; determining, by said user equipment, transmit antenna spatial weights for communicating said one or more wireless signals via a plurality of antennas; weighting, by said user equipment, said one or more wireless signals with a joint optimization of said transmit power weights and one of said transmit antenna spatial weights; and transmitting, by said user equipment, via one of said plurality of antennas said weighted one or more wireless signals in accordance with said transmission mode. | 4,624 |
9,645,894 | 1. A data storage device, comprising: a flash memory, divided into a plurality of blocks with each block comprising a plurality of pages; and a control unit, coupling the flash memory to a host and comprising a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is configured to allocate the flash memory to provide a first block from the blocks to work as a run-time write block for reception of write data and, during a power recovery process due to an unexpected power-off event that interrupted write operations on the first block, the microcontroller is configured to allocate the flash memory to provide a second block from the blocks for complete data recovery of the first block and to replace the first block as the run-time write block, wherein the microcontroller is configured to allocate the flash memory to provide the first block as the run-time write block when finishing writing of a table-outdated block between the blocks of the flash memory, the control unit further comprises a random access memory, the microcontroller is configured to establish a physical-to-logical address mapping table in the random access memory to record logical addresses corresponding to physical addresses of the table-outdated block, and the microcontroller is configured to update a logical-to-physical address mapping table in accordance with the physical-to-logical address mapping table at intervals longer than a time-out period between write operations on the run-time write block. | 37,453 |
9,539,885 | 1. A vehicle back door comprising: a door inner panel that is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin member, that is configured to face a vehicle interior, and that constitutes a back door inner plate; a door outer panel that is formed by a resin member that has a linear expansion coefficient that is larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the fiber-reinforced resin member, the door outer panel being joined to the door inner panel, being arranged on an outer side of the door inner panel with respect to the vehicle interior, and constituting a back door outer plate; a slack structure that is arranged in a vehicle outer surface of the door outer panel and that is disposed inward in a vehicle width direction with respect to joint portions where the door outer panel is joined to the door inner panel, the slack structure including a first slack portion extended along a first direction and a second slack portion extended along a second direction; and an intersection structure that is arranged below a water drainage hole in a vehicle vertical direction and that constitutes a part of the slack structure, the water drainage hole penetrating the door outer panel, wherein the first slack portion has a convex shape or a concave shape in a cross section perpendicular to the first direction, the second slack portion has a convex shape or a concave shape in a cross section perpendicular to the second direction, the first slack portion and the second slack portion intersect with each other to form the intersection structure that forms a peak, the first slack portion is inclined in a plane of the door outer panel to extend from the peak downward in the vehicle vertical direction as the first slack portion extends outward in the vehicle width direction, and the second slack portion is inclined in the plane of the door outer panel to extend from the peak downward in the vehicle vertical direction as the second slack portion extends outward in the vehicle width direction. | 503 |
9,676,212 | 1. A printer, comprising: an image forming part for discharging droplets of curable ink toward a transparent base member; a base member moving mechanism for moving said transparent base member relatively to said image forming part; and a controller for controlling said image forming part and said base member moving mechanism; wherein a first image layer having undulation is formed on a transparent base member in accordance with first image layer data, an intermediate layer whose surface is flat is formed on said first image layer in accordance with intermediate layer data, and a second image layer is formed on said intermediate layer in accordance with second image layer data by a control of said controller, said controller comprises an intermediate layer data generator for generating said intermediate layer data indicating an uneven thickness in conformity with said undulation, from said first image layer data, said first image layer data is data indicating an application amount of ink of each color at each position on said transparent base member, said intermediate layer data generator generates said intermediate layer data by subtracting the total application amount of ink of the colors at said each position, which is indicated by said first image layer data, from a preset value, and said preset value is smaller than the maximum total application amount of ink at said each position. | 29,774 |
9,360,048 | 1. A sliding member comprising a steel back metal layer and a sliding layer, the sliding layer including a porous sintered layer and a resin composition, wherein the porous sintered layer includes granular Fe or Fe alloy phase and Ni—P alloy phase functioning as a binder for binding the Fe or Fe alloy phase grains with one another, wherein the steel back metal layer is made of a carbon steel including 0.05-0.3 mass % of carbon and having a structure composed of ferrite phase and pearlite phase, and wherein the steel back metal layer includes a low pearlite phase part in a surface thereof on a side of the sliding layer, the low pearlite phase part having a ratio of the pearlite phase lowered by 50% or more compared with the pearlite phase at a central part in a thickness direction of the steel back metal layer. | 38,816 |
8,965,549 | 1. A system, comprising: production equipment that produces a first end product, a second end product, and a transition product during transition from producing the first end product and the second end product; a production server comprising a processor and memory, wherein the production server identifies the transition product, stores one or more rules in memory; and | 37,421 |
8,985,946 | 1. A mounting system for mounting a blade to a rotor body, the system having: a pitch control mechanism including an anchor and a pitch change rod extending radially outwardly from the anchor to join to a base of the blade, the anchor and the rod being rotatable about an longitudinal axis of the rod to vary the blade pitch, wherein the pitch control mechanism further includes a torque-transmitting formation between the blade and the anchor such that pitch-varying torque can be transmitted to the blade through the torque-transmitting formation while allowing relative radial movement between the blade and the anchor, a primary bearing formation which transmits blade centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating variation of the blade pitch, and a secondary bearing formation which transmits pitch control mechanism centrifugal loads to the rotor body while accommodating rotation of the anchor and the rod during variation of the blade pitch; wherein: in normal operation, the radial spacing of the anchor and the blade is maintained by the primary and secondary bearing arrangements, and the mounting system further has a back-up retention formation which, on failure of the primary bearing formation leading to outward radial movement of the blade relative to the anchor, activates to divert blade centrifugal loads through the secondary bearing formation to the rotor body. | 38,712 |
9,151,372 | 1. A linear motion device comprising: a housing; an extension arm, which projects from the housing and includes a securing section; and an anti-twist safeguard including at least one separate elongate anti-friction lining, which is formed with a constant cross-sectional shape, the anti-friction lining being arranged substantially without play between the housing and the securing section of the extension arm and extending transversely to a longitudinal axis, wherein the anti-friction lining comprises a strip having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, the strip extending longitudinally around a circumference of the extension arm to position the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end at positions where the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end are arranged facing each other and spaced apart from each other to define a free space therebetween, wherein the extension arm is supported on the housing in such a way that the extension arm is configured to move relative to the housing along the longitudinal axis, wherein in the securing section, the extension arm extends parallel to the longitudinal axis with a constant external cross-sectional shape deviating from a circular shape, and wherein the anti-twist safeguard engages positively in said external cross-sectional shape, thus securing the extension arm with respect to the housing against twisting relative to the longitudinal axis. | 43,356 |
8,701,416 | 1. A combustor, comprising: a primary combustion chamber having an exit area; a secondary combustion chamber having an inlet area, wherein the primary combustion chamber is located radially outboard of the secondary combustion chamber, said primary combustion chamber coupled at an aft end to an end of the secondary combustion chamber; a reduced combustor flow area disposed between the exit area of said primary combustion chamber and the inlet area of said secondary combustion chamber, said reduced combustor flow area in communication with said primary combustion chamber and said secondary combustion chamber, said reduced combustor flow area adapted for receipt of rich combusted oxidized gases exiting the primary combustion chamber where the rich combusted oxidized gases will be conditioned before they enter the secondary combustion chamber; an annular ring extending radially outward from a wall of the secondary combustion chamber and having a plurality of passageways in communication with the reduced combustor flow area, wherein said passageways adapted for permitting a first amount of compressor air to pass through said annular ring for mixing with the rich combusted oxidized gases entering in the reduced combustor flow area as part of conditioning the rich combusted oxidized gases; and an annular channel in communication with the reduced combustor flow area, wherein said annular channel adapted for permitting a second amount of compressor air to pass into the reduced combustor flow area for mixing with rich combusted oxidized gases entering in the reduced combustor flow as part of conditioning the rich combusted oxidized gases. | 36,292 |
8,688,090 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a user device for a service; initializing the service; initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users; and sending data to the user device according to the user preference; wherein the method further comprises calculating a percentage of users that have selected a value ID associated with the parameter associated with the service and updating a probability table to include the preference probability value associated with the calculated percentage. | 38,382 |
8,990,770 | 1. A reconfigurable system for monitoring the health of a complex system comprising: a computing node comprising: | 26,000 |
9,344,009 | 1. An inverter circuit comprising: a full-bridge circuit comprising: a pulse width modulation circuit comprising: | 49,195 |
9,624,573 | 1. A method for producing a transparent conductive film comprising an organic polymer film substrate and a transparent conductive coating provided on at least one surface of the organic polymer film substrate, the method comprising: the step (A) of forming a transparent conductive coating on at least one surface of an organic polymer film substrate in the presence of inert gas by RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition using an indium-based complex oxide target with a high horizontal magnetic field of 85 to 200 mT at a surface of the target in a roll-to-roll system, wherein the indium-based complex oxide target has a content of a tetravalent metal element oxide of 7 to 15% by weight as calculated by the formula {(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide)/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100(%), wherein the transparent conductive coating has a thickness in the range of 10 to 40 nm, and the transparent conductive coating has a specific resistance of 1.3×10 an RF power source of the RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition has a frequency of 10 to 60 MHz, and the method further comprises a pre-sputtering step (a) that is performed before the high magnetic field RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition, the pre-sputtering step (a) comprising forming a pre-sputtering coating in the presence of inert gas without introduction of oxygen by carrying out pre-sputtering RF superimposed DC sputtering deposition until a resistance resulting therefrom reaches a stable level with a ratio of RF power to DC power of 0.4 to 1.2 at an RF power source frequency of 10 MHz to 20 MHz, or with a ratio of RF power to DC power of 0.2 to 0.6 at an RF power source frequency of more than 20 MHz but not more than 60 MHz. | 8,170 |
9,303,577 | 1. A method of operating an engine, comprising, responsive to an engine cold-start and during a first combustion event since the engine cold-start: responsive to an engine hot-start and during a first combustion event since the engine hot-start: | 34,661 |
8,671,564 | 1. A method of fabricating a substrate for flip chip bonding, comprising: performing the following in sequence order: | 19,213 |
9,681,505 | 1. A circuit arrangement for operating and dimming at least one light emitting diode, the circuit arrangement comprising: an input having a first and a second input connection for coupling to a DC supply voltage; a converter having at least one converter switch, wherein the converter is coupled to the input on the input side; a drive apparatus configured to output a signal to a control electrode of the at least one converter switch, wherein the drive apparatus comprises an interface for coupling to a dimming apparatus for supplying a dimming value, wherein the dimming value is correlated with a level of dimming, wherein the drive apparatus is also configured to provide an RF signal with a predefinable duty ratio at the output of said drive apparatus; and an output having a first and a second output connection for coupling to the at least one light emitting diode, wherein the output is coupled to the output of the converter; wherein the drive apparatus is configured to modify, at least from a first predefinable dimming threshold value in the case of an increasing level of dimming, the RF signal by superposition of a PWM signal such that, in correlation with the supplied dimming value, a predefinable number of periods of the RF signal is chopped from the RF signal; wherein the drive apparatus is configured to reduce the duty ratio of the RF signal during at least one predefinable period of the RF signal in order to adjust levels of dimming which correspond to dimming values which are between a first and a second dimming value which differ from one another by at least one period of the RF signal; wherein the PWM signal remains unchanged between the first dimming value and the second dimming value. | 39,454 |
9,814,228 | 1. A method for capturing a plurality of feral pigs, comprising: moving at least one portion of an enclosure from an open position that permits passage of a plurality of feral pigs into the enclosure to a closed position that restricts passage of the plurality of feral pigs out of the enclosure, wherein in the closed position, the enclosure cooperates with a ground surface to define an enclosure area in which the plurality of feral pigs are trapped, and wherein the ground surface extends continuously from within the enclosure area to areas surrounding the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a release mechanism that effects movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position, wherein the release mechanism effects movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position upon receipt of a release signal from a control mechanism that is in communication with a display device, wherein the display device is in communication with a camera assembly and configured to: wherein, upon detection of a presence of the plurality of feral pigs within the enclosure by the camera assembly, the camera assembly transmits the wireless detection signal to the display device. | 27,875 |
9,719,362 | 1. A turbine nozzle assembly comprising: an inner circumferential support platform; an outer circumferential support platform; a plurality of airfoil vanes disposed between the inner circumferential support platform and the outer circumferential support platform, wherein each of the plurality of airfoil vanes includes a first, leading end cooling air passageway extending through a central core of each airfoil vane and a second, vane cooling air passageway leading to a vane cooling circuit within each airfoil vane; a plurality of impingement plates comprising cooling impingement holes formed through the plates, the plurality of impingement plates being disposed along a radially outer surface of the outer circumferential support platform or a radially inner surface of the inner circumferential support platform, wherein the impingement plates are physically joined with the outer or inner circumferential support platform along a periphery of the impingement plates, wherein the periphery includes a cut-out edge of the impingement plates adjacent to an opening to the first, leading end cooling air passageway such that no portion of any impingement plate is disposed radially over any portion of the first, leading end cooling air passageway, while wherein each impingement plate is disposed radially over a respective one of the second, vane cooling air passageways; and a plurality of gap-maintaining features disposed between the plurality of outer or inner circumferential support platforms and the plurality of impingement plates, wherein the plurality of gap-maintaining features are disposed within and inward from the periphery including inward from the cut-out edge, and wherein the cooling impingement holes surround all lateral sides of the gap-maintaining features with respect to the surface of the impingement plate, wherein each gap-maintaining feature of the plurality of gap-maintaining features is provided at a height such that a cooling air flow space is maintained between the plurality of outer or inner circumferential support platforms and the plurality of impingement plates, and wherein each gap-maintaining feature of the plurality of gap-maintaining features is disposed within 1 mm to 5 mm of a respective one of the second, vane cooling air passageways. | 25,411 |
9,649,589 | 1. An oxygen concentrating system comprising: an adsorption column containing an adsorbent, said column having a first end and a second end; a shell enclosing said column and defining a product gas storage space between said column and said shell; a product conduit operatively connecting said product gas storage space to a product output point; a first conduit operatively connecting said first end of said column to a feed point, and said first end to a waste point, said first conduit comprising at least one first valve having at least a first and second configuration, in said first configuration, compressed air flows from said feed point to said first end, and, in said second configuration, waste gas flows from said first end to said waste point; and a second conduit operatively connecting said second end of said column to said product gas storage space, said second conduit comprising at least one second valve having at least a first and second configuration, in said first configuration, product gas produced by said adsorption column flows from said product gas storage space to said second end, and, in said second configuration, said product gas flows from said second end to said product gas storage space. | 3,064 |
9,748,466 | 1. A thermoelectric harvester, comprising: a pair of layers; a plurality of thermoelectric elements disposed within a space between the layers; and one or more dummy structures surrounding the plurality of thermoelectric elements, wherein: | 7,477 |
8,553,063 | 1. An apparatus for configuring a High-Definition (HD) call connection between computer devices, the apparatus comprising: a Short Messaging Service (SMS) transceiving module for receiving, from a second device, an SMS device list information request message for requesting telephony device list information regarding a home network of a first device, transmitting an SMS device list information response message including the telephony device list information to the first device, receiving an SMS call connection request message for requesting a call connection from the first device, and transmitting an SMS call connection response message with respect to the SMS call connection request message to the first device; and a Control Point (CP) for discovering at least of telephony device in the home network according to the SMS device list information request message, generating the telephony device list information, selecting a telephony device for receiving the call, transmitting a request for call start to the selected telephony device, and receiving a response for call start from the selected telephony device. | 41,494 |
8,474,101 | 1. A hinge mechanism, comprising: two pivot shafts substantially parallel to each other; a bracket rotatably mounted around the two pivot shafts; two main gears non-rotatably sleeved on the two pivot shafts, respectively; a transmission assembly mounted on the bracket and positioned between the two pivot shafts to transmit a torque of one of the two main gears to the other in a reverse direction, wherein the transmission assembly comprises two connecting shafts and two transmission gears respectively rotatably mounted around the two connecting shafts, the two transmission gears are respectively engaged with the two main gears, each of the two connecting shafts comprises a first end having a non-circular cross section and a second end having a substantially circular cross section, the first end is non-rotatably connected to the bracket, and the second end is rotatably mounted to one of the two transmission gears; a connecting member defining two shaft holes, wherein the pivot shafts are respectively rotatably received in the shaft holes; and two contact assemblies respectively mounted on the pivot shafts and abutting the connecting member; wherein one of the connecting member and each main gear forms at least one detent, and the other one of the connecting member and each main gear defines at least one recess correspondingly, the at least one detent is engagably received in the at least one recess. | 34,011 |
9,762,557 | 1. A method of configuring policy settings on a host device comprising: receiving, via an input capability of the host device, a signal that encodes at least one policy setting of the host device, wherein the signal comprises a visual pattern, an audio pattern, a tactile pattern, a kinetic pattern, or combination thereof; interpreting the signal, at the host device, to determine the at least one policy setting, wherein interpreting the signal comprises: applying the at least one policy setting to the host device by the host device at its own authority for altering the at least one policy setting without a communication with a server. | 21,494 |
8,657,266 | 1. A method of making a component for a water vapor transfer unit comprising: bonding a membrane support layer to a first porous layer to form a bonded porous layer; and depositing an ionomer membrane layer on the membrane support layer. | 8,543 |
9,138,932 | 1. A method of making a separator that is disposed between a negative electrode and a positive electrode in an electrochemical battery cell of a lithium ion battery, the method comprising: (a) positioning a collection face of a collector substrate proximate an electrospinning apparatus, the collector substrate comprising an electrode composed as either a positive or a negative electrode for an electrochemical battery cell of a lithium ion battery and a ceramic particle layer overlying the electrode and being exposed at the collection face; and (b) electrospinning a non-woven polymer fiber mat comprised of a fibrous mass of one or more polymer fibers onto the ceramic particle layer at the collection face of the collector substrate to form an electrode-separator integral segment, the non-woven polymer fiber mat having a thickness that ranges from about 5 μm to about 50 μm. | 45,792 |
9,480,720 | 1. A method of treating a damaged dermal or mucosal tissue of a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of a refined, whole leech saliva extract to the dermal or mucosal tissue of the subject, the extract having a peptide molecular weight distribution with molecular weights of 3496 Daltons or greater; wherein the whole leech saliva extract functions as an agent in the treatment of the damaged dermal or mucosal tissue, and wherein the extract is produced from a process comprising: feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than 0° C. or about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. | 42,560 |
8,572,381 | 1. A method of providing challenge protected user queries, the method comprising: in response to detecting that an executable process is attempting a modification to a computer system, presenting a query related to the attempted modification and a set of acceptable responses to a user; receiving a particular response of the set of acceptable responses to the query; and upon determining that the particular response requires further validation of the user: providing a challenge to the user; and performing one of the group consisting of, accepting the response when the user correctly responds to the challenge, and not accepting the response when the user fails to respond correctly to the challenge; wherein the challenge is not provided to the user upon determining that the particular response does not require further validation of the user; wherein determining whether the particular response requires further validation of the user comprises at least one of determining whether the particular response is less secure than a threshold, determining whether the particular response is less secure than a default response for the query, and determining whether the particular response indicates that the user accepts a modification that presents a security risk to the computer system; wherein the particular response does not require further validation of the user when the particular response denies the modification to the computer system; and wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 32,834 |
9,051,704 | 1. A cold water piping system comprising: a floating platform having horizontal and vertical surfaces, the platform including a moon pool generally in the middle of the horizontal surface in the form of a vertical cylinder, the floating platform including at least four recesses having a rectangular shape; an articulating interface suspended directly from the platform, the interface including a substantially circular tubular shape comprised of fabric materials and a bellows assembly disposed at a bottom portion of the articulating interface; at least two suspension cable assemblies having roller bearings attached to the cable assemblies, wherein the at least two suspension cable assemblies cross the moon pool; a plurality of vertically mounted modular elements, wherein ends of the suspension cable assemblies are fastened to a top modular element at four diametrically opposed points; a strainer having sea water intakes and ballasting means including a counterweight connected to a lowest modular element, a plurality of winches disposed on the horizontal surface of the platform; and a plurality of deployment cables connected to the strainer and plurality of winches, wherein sections of the at least two suspension cable assemblies and roller bearings are disposed in the at least four recesses in the floating platform. | 8,755 |
9,051,920 | 1. A cable suspension arrangement of a wind energy converter including a tower and a nacelle provided on the tower, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of spacer plates, each including a suspension hole and a plurality of cable through-holes, the plurality of cable through-holes configured to receive a plurality of cables suspended from the nacelle; a suspension device attached to the nacelle and led through the suspension holes; and a fastener configured to fix the spacer plates at different positions on the suspension device such that they can at least not lower their respective position, wherein at least one of the spacer plates is attached to the tower such that the at least one of the spacer plates cannot rotate around a rotation axis of the nacelle, wherein the at least one of the spacer plates is the lowermost spacer plate. | 3,628 |
9,334,047 | 1. A method for the independent powered self push back of an aircraft comprising: a. equipping an aircraft with at least one self-propelled drive wheel powered by drive means mounted to drive said at least one wheel and powered to drive the drive wheel to rotate in a selected forward or reverse direction, thereby driving the aircraft in said selected direction, brakes, pilot input control means, and remote control means located either or both of interiorly or exteriorly of said aircraft and operatively connected to said drive means; b. commencing communication between a pilot of said equipped aircraft and ground crew upon completion of aircraft dispatch and gate disconnect, wherein the pilot signals to the ground crew that the aircraft is ready to begin push back; c. clearing the area for push back by the ground crew in response to the pilot signal that the aircraft is ready for push back, wherein the ground crew communicates to the pilot that the push back area is clear; d. releasing the aircraft brakes, actuating the pilot input control means to power said drive means to rotate said at least one drive wheel in a reverse direction, thereby causing the aircraft to move in a reverse, push back direction, wherein the pilot communicates to the ground crew that the aircraft brakes have been released and push back operations have been started; e. operating the drive means to move the aircraft in reverse while one or more ground crew walk on the ground with the aircraft while said aircraft travels in a reverse push back direction, wherein said ground crew are positioned to constantly maintain visual contact with the pilot and relay signals to the pilot to guide the pilot to move the aircraft safely in the push back direction; f. when the aircraft has been guided by communication between the pilot and the ground crew in the push back direction to reach a location where the aircraft must change to a direction different from the push back direction, applying the aircraft brakes to stop rotation of the powered self-propelled wheel; and g. after receiving an all clear signal from the ground crew, actuating said pilot input control means to power the drive means to rotate the wheel in a forward direction, causing the aircraft to move in a forward direction for taxi and takeoff. | 30,955 |
8,353,511 | 1. A paper discharge device, comprising: a waiting path, one side of which is connected to an input port and another side of which is connected to a discharge port; a collection path, one side of which is connected to the waiting path through a merged portion and another side of which is connected to a collection chamber; and a plurality of conveyance mechanisms provided along the waiting path for conveying paper which was conveyed through the input port to the discharge port in a forward direction, and for conveying, after lapse of a given waiting period of time after the conveyance of the paper, the paper in a reverse direction through the merged portion to feed the paper into the collection path, wherein the waiting path is located between the merged portion and the discharge port and has a downward curvature in the interval between the merged portion and the discharge port. | 5,591 |
9,308,691 | 1. A device for producing a three dimensional object from a powdery material by solidifying layer by layer the powdery material through the application of energy, the device comprising: a working surface; an application device configured to apply predefined, locally different amounts of powdery material of the powdery material onto the working surface; and a solidifying device configured to solidify the powdery material applied onto the working surface, wherein the application device comprises | 14,208 |
9,399,768 | 1. A method of altering the specificity of a plant acyl-ACP TE for at least one of its substrates, which method comprises: introducing into the plant acyl-ACP TE, the amino acid sequence of which is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, a mutation of at least one amino acid corresponding to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of amino acid 133, amino acid 139, amino acid 142, and amino acid 143 of SEQ ID NO:3, alone or in further combination with a mutation of at least one amino acid in the region corresponding to amino acids 73-85 of SEQ ID NO:3, wherein SEQ ID NO:3 is the mature amino acid sequence of the whereupon the specificity of the plant acyl-ACP TE for at least one of its substrates is altered. | 43,708 |
9,806,748 | 1. A transponder comprising: an antenna; and a receiver circuit to receive Amplitude Modulated RF signals (AM-RF signals), the receiver circuit comprising a wake-up circuit and further at least one demodulator, the receiver circuit being associated to a control mechanism of the transponder activating the receiver circuit at least periodically in a listening mode in which the wake-up circuit analyzes received RF signals and controls activation of the at least one demodulator in function of the received RF signals, wherein the wake-up circuit receives as entry an alternating signal branched from a signal chain through the receiver circuit upstream from said demodulator and having a carrier frequency of the received RF signals, wherein the wake-up circuit comprises a frequency discriminator arranged to detect when said carrier frequency is within a given frequency range, wherein the wake-up circuit further comprises a field clock generator and a digital modulation or preamble detector downstream from the field clock generator, wherein said digital modulation or preamble detector is formed by a clock-gap-clock detecting circuit including an evaluation circuit arranged to detect in a signal provided by the field clock generator the presence of gaps which have at least a predefined minimum time, and wherein the wake-up circuit is arranged to activate at least the demodulator to perform demodulation of the received RF signal only when said carrier frequency of a received RF signal detected by the frequency discriminator is within a given frequency range and a modulation or a preamble is detected in the received RF signal by the digital modulation or preamble detector, the wake-up circuit comprising an AND logic element receiving from the frequency discriminator a first logic signal and from the digital modulation or preamble detector a second logic signal, the first logic signal defining if the carrier frequency is within the given frequency range, the second logic signal defining if gaps having at least the predefined minimum time are detected in the signal provided by the field clock generator, and the AND logic element outputting a control signal provided to the wake-up circuit and enabling the activation of at least said demodulator only if the first and second logic signals have both a High state. | 34,337 |
9,023,554 | 1. A perfluorinated ion exchange resin, characterized in that the structure of said perfluorinated ion exchange is shown in formula M: wherein a and b are an integer between 3 and 15 respectively, while a′ and b′ are an integer between 1 and 3 respectively; x/(x+y)=0.2-0.8, y/(x+y)=0.2-0.8; (ax+by)/(ax+a′x+by+b′y)×100%=50-93.75%, (a′x+b′y)/(ax+a′x+by+b′y)×100%=6.25-50%. | 3,641 |
8,569,230 | 1. An antimicrobial peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence KENWVQRVVEKFLKRAENS (SEQ ID NO: 1). | 5,240 |
8,924,058 | 1. A method of monitoring belt slip in a belt-torque assistance system, comprising: a driving mode determination step that determines which one of a starting mode, an engine torque assisting mode, a regenerative braking mode, and a power generation mode is a driving mode of a vehicle based on signals inputted from an Engine Control Unit (ECU), an inverter, and/or a motor-alternator, or receives the driving mode of the vehicle from the ECU; a slip determination step that determines, using a motor-alternator slip control unit, whether the belt slip occurs by determining whether the vehicle is driven in a predetermined driving condition in accordance with the driving mode of the vehicle determined in the driving mode determination step; a slip sensing step that senses the belt slip of the vehicle when the vehicle is driven in a condition where the belt slip occurs in the slip determination step; a slip condition determination step that compares the predetermined driving condition with a number of times of slip, a traveling distance, a weather condition, and/or a slip passing time to decide the belt slip to fix the belt slip after the slip sensing step; and a motor-alternator function restriction step that restricts the function of the motor-alternator through a motor-alternator operation control unit, when the belt slip occurs in the slip condition determination step, wherein the motor-alternator function restriction step includes: a first motor-alternator function restriction step that restricts the function of the motor-alternator when the number of times of sensed belt slip recorded in a counter is above a first predetermined value in the slip condition determination step and a total traveling distance of the vehicle is above a second predetermined value, or restricts the function of the motor-alternator when the vehicle travels in the rain sensed by a rain sensor even if the number of times of sensed slip is above the first predetermined value in the slip condition determination step and the total traveling distance of the vehicle is the second predetermined value or less; and a second motor-alternator function restriction step that restricts the function of the motor-alternator, when a predetermined time has passed after the belt slip occurs even if the number of times of sensed slip is above the first predetermined value in the slip condition determination step, the total traveling distance of the vehicle is the second predetermined value or less, and the vehicle does not travel in the rain. | 13,529 |
8,355,814 | 1. A controlling method of a media processing apparatus, comprising: transferring and loading a medium to a media tray provided with a media processing unit which is operable to perform information processing on the medium, by using a transfer arm of a media transfer mechanism; acquiring a distance from a surface of the medium loaded on the media tray to a reference position of the transfer arm; calculating a difference between the acquired distance and a predetermined distance from a reference surface of the media tray to the reference position of the transfer arm; and determining that a double transfer of the medium to the media tray occurs when the calculated difference is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 17,709 |
9,707,322 | 1. A gradient porous scaffold, comprising a plurality of biodegradable microspheres that are joined to form a scaffold, wherein the scaffold comprises a continuous porosity gradient along the length of the scaffold, wherein a first end of the scaffold has a porosity of between about 10% to about 40%, and a second end of the scaffold has a porosity of between about 65% to about 75%, wherein the gradient porous scaffold is made by a process comprising: (a) mixing a plurality of microspheres with porogen in a desired ratio to produce a mixture, wherein the mixing comprises, (b) sintering the mixture for a suitable time and under suitable conditions to bond adjacent microspheres, producing a sintered mixture; and (c) leaching porogen from the sintered mixture to produce a gradient porous scaffold having the continuous gradient along the length of the scaffold. | 21,735 |
9,147,198 | 1. A method for selecting advertising slots in an advertising campaign, the method comprising: generating for display a plurality of cells in a grid arrangement, wherein: ranking a plurality of advertising slots based on audience information associated with each advertising slot; identifying a subset of the plurality of cells that includes cells associated with highest ranked advertising slots of the plurality of advertising slots, wherein a sum of budget weights associated with each advertising slot associated with the identified subset is less than or equal to a preselected budget value; adding advertising slots associated with each cell of the subset of the plurality of cells to an advertising campaign plan; identifying a first cell of the subset of the plurality of cells; and executing a function with respect to a first advertising slot associated with the first cell. | 32,628 |
9,142,281 | 1. A memory controller comprising: calibration logic to, in a calibration mode of operation, phase align a strobe signal with a clock signal based on feedback from an integrated circuit (IC) memory device, the feedback indicating whether the strobe signal is edge-aligned with the clock signal, to establish a write-leveled timing relationship; and wherein the calibration logic is to selectively adjust the write leveled timing relationship, by an integer number of cycles of the strobe signal, responsive to whether a first data pattern, written to a location in the IC memory device, matches a second data pattern retrieved from the location in the IC memory device. | 44,315 |
9,487,712 | 1. A method for making a hydrocarbon fuel which comprises the steps of: (a) converting a feedstock containing monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides or a mixture thereof with one or more ketones in the presence of a bromide or chloride salt, mineral acid or formic acid and water to furfural-ketone adducts, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)-ketone adducts or both in a single step by reacting the feedstock with one or more ketones in the presence of a bromide or chloride salt, mineral acid or formic acid and water; and (b) at least partially hydrogenating and dehydrating the ketone adducts to form hydrocarbons or oxygenated hydrocarbons, wherein the bromide or chloride salt is selected from the group consisting of CaBr | 35,349 |
9,455,360 | 1. A method of fabricating a metal wrap through solar cell comprising: forming a plurality of blind vias in a front surface of a base layer, said plurality of blind vias extending only part way through said base layer; forming an emitter on said front surface of said base layer; depositing an antireflective coating over said emitter; filling said plurality of blind vias with an electrically conductive material to form a plurality of filled blind vias; depositing busbars over said front surface of said base layer, said busbars being configured to connect to said plurality of filled blind vias; attaching said front surface of said processed base layer to a solar glass using an encapsulant; forming a plurality of vias from a back surface of said base layer through said base layer, said plurality of vias terminating in said plurality of filled blind vias; depositing a conformal dielectric film over all surfaces of said plurality of vias and said back surface of said base layer; removing first portions of said conformal dielectric film from all ends of said plurality of vias for exposing said plurality of filled blind vias and removing second portions of said conformal dielectric film from field areas of said base layer; and forming first electrical contacts to said plurality of filled blind vias and forming second electrical contacts to said field areas, wherein said first electrical contacts and said second electrical contacts are all accessible on a back surface of said solar cell, and wherein said first electrical contacts are electrically isolated from said second electrical contacts. | 36,039 |
9,752,525 | 1. A fuel injection control apparatus of a four cycle engine having six cylinders, comprising: a crank angle detection device for detecting crank angles of the four cycle engine; a first computation device for computing a quantity of fuel, which is injected when the cylinder is in a predetermined stroke of a four stroke cycle, at a first computation timing; a second computation device for computing a quantity of fuel, which is injected one stroke before the predetermined stroke, at a second computation timing substantially 240 degrees ahead of the crank angle of the first computation timing; and a third computation device for computing a quantity of fuel, which is injected two strokes before the predetermined stroke, at a third computation timing substantially 120 degrees ahead of the crank angle of the second computation timing. | 31,936 |
9,234,502 | 1. A method for reducing extreme wind loads in a pitchable two-bladed wind turbine during extreme wind conditions, the wind turbine having a pair of wind turbine blades of at least 35 meters length, wherein the tip ends of the pair of wind turbine blades are swept relative to a central axis of the pair of wind turbine blades, the method comprising the steps of: pitching the pair of wind turbine blades such that the swept tip ends, which swept tip ends have a swept profile that extends along a central axis of each of the pair of wind turbine blades, point in substantially the same direction along a rotational path of the pair of wind turbine blades, and, when pitching each of the pair of wind turbine blades to a pitch angle, the pair of wind turbine blades provide a combined aerodynamic profile, the combined aerodynamic profile acting to passively rotate the pair of wind turbine blades into a substantially horizontal alignment; and aligning the substantially horizontal wind turbine blades such the pair of wind turbine blades are longitudinally aligned with a direction of a wind at the wind turbine to reduce the extreme wind loads experienced by the pair of wind turbine and stabilizing the pair of wind turbine blades in a substantially horizontal arrangement. | 43,241 |
8,678,467 | 1. A windshield mounting system for mounting a windshield panel to a vehicle, the windshield mounting system comprising: a) a receiving element configured to be mounted to the vehicle, the receiving element comprising a receiving cavity and a latch mounted thereto, the receiving cavity being of frustro-conical configuration, the latch being pivotable between a locked position and an unlocked position; b) a mounting element configured to be mounted to the windshield panel, the mounting element comprising an outwardly extending protrusion configured to be releasably received into the receiving cavity of the receiving element, the protrusion being of frustro-conical configuration, the protrusion comprising a first groove and a second groove, the first groove being configured to be selectively engaged by the latch when the protrusion is received into the receiving cavity, the second groove fully circumscribing the protrusion and receiving therein a resilient ring. | 2,232 |
9,005,812 | 1. A negative active material for a lithium ion battery, comprising: a core comprising a carbon material; and a plurality of composite material particles attached to a surface of the core, each of the composite material particles comprising a first material and a second material coated on the first material; wherein the first material is at least one selected from the elements that can form an alloy with lithium, and the second material is at least one selected from the group consisting of transition metal oxides, transition metal nitrides and transition metal sulfides. | 35,308 |
8,413,761 | 1. A precursor acoustic structure comprising: a honeycomb comprising a first edge and a second edge, said honeycomb further comprising a plurality of walls that extend between said first and second edges, said walls defining a plurality of cells wherein each of said cells has a cross-sectional area measured perpendicular to said walls and a depth defined by the distance between said first and second edges; | 35,532 |
9,768,503 | 1. A method for operating a beam-steering system, the method comprising: receiving, by the beam-steering system, a signal to be tracked; generating, by the beam-steering system, a first phase-mode signal and a second phase-mode signal; generating, by the beam-steering system, a first intermediate auxiliary signal, a second intermediate auxiliary signal, and a first intermediate main signal based on at least the first and second phase-mode signals; deriving, by the beam-steering system, a first steering signal proportional to a circumferential steering angle of the received signal from the first intermediate main signal and the first intermediate auxiliary signal; and deriving, by the beam-steering system, a second steering signal proportional to a radial steering angle of the received signal from the second intermediate auxiliary signal and the first intermediate main signal. | 22,845 |
9,635,294 | 1. An imaging device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, as a light incident side; a plurality of transistors disposed at the first side of the semiconductor substrate; first and second neighboring photoelectric conversion regions disposed in the semiconductor substrate; wherein: the first and second photoelectric conversion regions share at least one first shared transistor from the plurality of transistors; each of the first and second photoelectric conversion regions comprises a respective impurity region adapted to produce charge in response to incident light; the plurality of transistors comprises first and second transfer transistors coupled to the first and second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, the first and second transfer transistors being positioned to allow charge produced by the impurity regions of the respective first and second photoelectric conversion regions to be selectively transferred to a first floating diffusion shared by the first and second photoelectric conversion regions; and the impurity regions of the first and second photoelectric conversion regions are greater than or equal to one micrometer thick and less than or equal to five micrometers thick in a depth direction between the first and second sides of the semiconductor substrate. | 40,906 |
8,666,560 | 1. A Smart Gateway Power Control (SGPC) system comprising: (a) power source plug; (b) power load receptacle; (c) power switch; (d) power monitor; (e) computing device; and (f) wireless communication interface; said power switch comprises a primary and secondary contactor, said primary and secondary contactor electrically connected in response to a control input; said power source plug is electrically connected to said primary contactor of said power switch; said power load receptacle is electrically connected to said secondary contactor of said power switch; said power monitor produces a power value output in response to the electrical power flowing through said power load receptacle; said computing device is electrically connected to said power switch control input; said computing device is electrically connected to said power monitor power value output; said computing device is configured to communicate to a first computer network via said wireless communication interface and modulates the state of said power switch control input in response to commands received from a user interface communicating with a second computer network using a communication device; said computing device is configured to communicate with said first computer network via said wireless communication interface and transmits said power value output through said second computer network in response to commands received from said user interface communicating with said second computer network using said communication device; said computing device is configured to send a periodic message from said SGPC to a proxy server containing the ID, password, router IP ADR, port, and subnet vector or path of said SGPC; said computing device is configured to store said SGPC periodic message with a proxy server in an SGPC ID translation database; said communication device is configured to request a SGPC ID translation by said proxy server from said user interface; said communication device is configured to validate said SGPC ID and password provided by said user interface using said proxy server; said communication device is configured to determine if said SGPC ID and password are valid, and if so, return the router IP ADR, port, and subnet vector or path for said SGPC to said user interface; and said communication device is configured to determine if said SGPC ID and password are valid, and if not, return an error code to said user interface. | 16,285 |
9,157,736 | 1. A method of determining an orientation of a portable electronic device, comprising: determining, at a processor of the portable electronic device, a first attitude matrix gradient using data obtained from at least one of an accelerometer of the portable electronic device and a magnetometer of the portable electronic device; determining, at the processor, a second attitude matrix gradient using data obtained from a gyroscope of the portable electronic device; determining, at the processor, in real time or substantially real time, a mixing coefficient having a value based on the data obtained from the accelerometer representative of an acceleration currently experienced by the portable electronic device and the data obtained from the magnetometer representative of a magnetic field currently experienced by the portable electronic device; fusing, at the processor, the first attitude matrix gradient and the second attitude matrix gradient based on a mixing coefficient to generate a fused gradient; and based on the fused gradient, updating, at the processor, a fine attitude matrix for the portable electronic device to determine the orientation of the portable electronic device with respect to a global coordinate system. | 20,868 |
9,697,765 | 1. An organic light emitting display comprising: a display unit configured to be driven by image data; a data accumulator configured to compress and accumulate first data corresponding to a first portion of the image data for driving a first region of the display unit, identify a second region of the display unit from the first region by analyzing the accumulated first data, and compress and accumulate second data corresponding to a second portion of the image data for driving the second region with a compression ratio based on a size of the second region; and a data compensator configured to compensate the image data based on the accumulated first and second data, wherein the data accumulator comprises: a controller configured to identify the second region by analyzing the accumulated first data, and determine the compression ratio based on the size of the second region; a gray-stress converter configured to generate the first and second data by converting gray levels included in the first and second portions of the image data into stress values constituting the first and second data, respectively; a first compressor configured to compress the first data using a lossy compression method; a second compressor configured to compress the second data based on a compression ratio; and a memory configured to accumulate and store the compressed first and second data as the accumulated first and second data, respectively. | 48,288 |
9,094,401 | 1. A front-end interface for a device, comprising: a first server coupled to a device via a dedicated communications link and having an output, the first server configured to receive information from the device and forward the information on the output; a first one-way data link having an input coupled to the output of the first server and an output, the first one-way data link configured to allow information to pass from the input to the output and to prevent any signal from passing from the output to the input; a second server having an input coupled to the output of the first one-way data link and a network interface for coupling to a network, the second server configured to receive the information from the device forwarded from the first server via the one-way data link, the second server further configured to output the information to a user via the network interface based upon a user request received via the network interface for the information from the device; a second one-way data link having an input coupled to an output on the second server and an output coupled to an input on the first server, the second one-way data link configured to allow information to pass from the input to the output and to prevent any signal from passing from the output to the input, wherein the second server is further configured to allow a user to enter a command for the device and to transmit the entered command to the first server via the second one-way device; and wherein the first server is further configured to receive the command via the second one-way data link and transmit the received command to the device via the communications link. | 48,196 |
9,740,179 | 1. A method for operating a processing machine, comprising the steps of: controlling an axle drive of the processing machine with a control device of the processing machine commensurate with a reference displacement movement so as to displace a mechanical structure of the processing machine with the axle drive relative to a stationary base commensurate with the reference displacement movement, determining, with the control device, an absolute movement of the mechanical structure with respect to the stationary base, determining, with the control device, a compensation movement for a physical compensating mass that is connected for force transmission to a compensating drive arranged on the mechanical structure and movable by way of the compensating drive relative to the mechanical structure, based on the determined absolute movement, taking into account the reference displacement movement of the mechanical structure, so as to dampen a vibration of the mechanical structure, and controlling, with the control device the compensating drive so as to act on the compensating mass commensurate with the determined compensation movement such that the compensating mass is displaced relative to the mechanical structure by the compensating drive commensurate with the compensation movement. | 35,498 |
8,985,852 | 1. A CT scanner gantry comprising a base with a tiltable frame holding a rotating part, the rotating part having a rotation axis, drive means for tilting the tiltable frame with respect to the base, and a tilt drive control unit to control the drive means, characterized in that an inclination sensor is provided at the tiltable frame to indicate the inclination of the tiltable frame with respect to the center of gravity of earth to the tilt drive control unit, and a high pass filter is provided to filter the measurement signals from the inclination sensor. | 30,338 |
9,413,278 | 1. A control device for a rotating electrical machine, comprising: a harmonic current information acquiring section that acquires information related to harmonic currents flowing to the rotating electrical machine; a compensation amount calculating section that calculates a compensation amount for compensating an amount of loss attributed to the harmonic currents and an amount of loss attributed to a fundamental current flowing through the rotating electrical machine by using, as input, the acquired information related to harmonic currents, an electric angular velocity of the rotating electrical machine, and a designated torque value of a controlled variable of the rotating electrical machine or a current amplitude of the rotating electrical machine; a correcting section that corrects the designated torque value of the controlled variable by adding the compensation amount to the designated torque value of the controlled variable; a manipulated variable calculating section that calculates a manipulated variable to control torque serving as a controlled variable of the rotating electrical machine to the designated torque value of the controlled variable corrected by the correcting section; and an operating section that operates an alternating-current voltage applying device that applies an alternating-current voltage to the rotating electrical machine, based on the manipulated variable calculated by the manipulated variable calculating section. | 44,770 |
8,644,924 | 1. A method for delivery of anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) therapy by a cardiac rhythm management device after detection of a tachycardia, comprising: determining an activation time for the tachycardia from an initial amplitude change of a far-field electrogram; determining when senses occur at a plurality of available pacing electrodes configured into sensing channels and estimating the distance from each of the electrodes to an arrhythmia origination point using the activation time as a fiducial point; configuring a pacing channel with a pacing electrode determined to be closest to the arrhythmia origination point; and, delivering ATP therapy via the configured pacing channel. | 46,000 |
9,122,585 | 1. A method for managing data in a storage device, the method comprising: receiving a logical page from a host and calculating an actual time stamp of the logical page; finding a block of the storage device in which the logical page is stored and detecting a time stamp of the block and a page offset of the logical page stored in the block; calculating an approximate time stamp of the logical page stored in the block by using the time stamp of the block and the page offset; and determining that the logical page is in a first state if a difference between the actual time stamp and the approximate time stamp is smaller than a threshold value, and determining that the logical page is in a second state different from the first state if the difference between the actual time stamp and the approximate time stamp is larger than the threshold value, wherein a plurality of logical pages is stored in the block, and a number of time stamps stored in the block is less than a number of the plurality of logical pages stored in the block. | 7,312 |
8,763,371 | 1. Method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: providing at least one SCR catalytic converter for after-treatment of exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine; assuring that a sufficient quantity of reducing agent is supplied for operation of the SCR catalytic converter over a range of the motor vehicle by: acquiring signals from a central engine control unit and an SCR catalytic converter control unit; relaying the signals from the central engine control unit and the SCR catalytic converter control unit to the location tracking navigation unit; and evaluating the signals from the central engine control unit and the SCR catalytic converter control unit by the location tracking navigation unit. | 28,305 |
9,431,921 | 1. An inverter, comprising: a resonant circuit comprising: a snubber arrangement comprising: a second switching component coupled in parallel with the snubber arrangement. | 11,174 |
8,440,016 | 1. A ground granulated blast furnace slag for sulfate resistant cement comprising a mixture of ground granulated blast furnace slag with an alumina content of 12 to 17.5 mass % and high-dissolution rate gypsum of 2 to 6 mass % of gypsum converted to mass of SO 3 . | 5,928 |
8,495,319 | 1. A data processing system comprising: a first storage system that is configured to be coupled to a host device and include a first storage area and a second storage area; a second storage system that is configured to be coupled to the first storage system and include a third storage area and a fourth storage area; and a third storage system that is configured to be coupled to the first storage system and the second storage system and includes a fifth storage area and a sixth storage area, and wherein the first storage system is configured to: store data sent from the host device into the first storage area, store the data to be written in the first storage area with update information relating to the data to be written in the first storage area into the second storage area, copy the data to be written in the first storage area to the second storage system; the second storage system is configured to: receive the data to be written in the first storage area from the first storage system, store the data to be written in the first storage area into the third storage area so that a first copy pair is formed between the first storage area and the third storage area, store the data to be written in the third storage area with update information relating to the data to be written in the third storage area into the fourth storage area; and the third storage system is configured to: store the data read from the second storage area with update information relating to the data read from the second storage area into the fifth storage area, and store data that is generated based on the data written in the fifth storage area with the update information relating to the data written in the fifth storage area into the sixth storage area so that a second copy pair is formed between the first storage area and the sixth storage area, and wherein in response to changing of a condition of the first storage system, the data with update information thereof are to be copied from the fourth storage area to the fifth storage area so that a third copy pair is formed between the third storage area and the sixth storage area. | 38,789 |
8,756,028 | 1. A system architecture for executing a fault detection method of semiconductor manufacturing processes, comprising: at least one storage unit having a storage device which is configured to store a plurality of fault detection and classification parameters, online measurement parameters, and wafer acceptance test parameters, wherein the fault detection and classification parameters and the online measurement parameters are defined as a first data group, and the wafer acceptance test parameters are defined as a second data group; an automation data analysis device including: a group analysis unit data linked to the storage device, configured to set up the fault detection and classification parameters and the online measurement parameters to establish a first relationship equation; a risk assessment unit data linked to the group analysis unit, configured to accept the wafer acceptance test parameters in such a way that the group analysis unit is further configured to establish a second relationship equation based on the online measurement parameters and the wafer acceptance test parameters according to the first relationship equation and a third relationship equation based on the fault detection and classification parameters and the wafer acceptance test parameters; a defect location unit data linked to the group analysis, configured to establish a curve distribution diagram based on the fault detection and classification parameters and the online measurement parameters; a range establishment unit data linked to the risk assessment unit, configured to establish a warning region according to the first, second, and third relationship equations; and a risk determination unit data linked to the defect location unit and the range establishment unit, configured to evaluate a defect generation condition of the semiconductor manufacturing processes by the warning region; an image display device data linked to the risk determination unit for displaying the defect generation condition of the semiconductor manufacturing processes. | 24,694 |
8,678,115 | 1. A vehicle drive device, comprising: a case with a support wall; | 31,281 |
9,315,043 | 1. A bioprinter comprising one or more coaxial nozzles with an N-value of two or more configured to control the deposition of materials to form one or more constructs having a pre-determined three-dimensional geometry, wherein each coaxial nozzle has concentric flow wherein each coaxial nozzle comprises at least two independent inputs for at least two different materials and at least two independent outputs configured to prepare a coaxial tube comprising a core layer and a mantle layer, any two adjacent layers having a different composition of materials with respect to each other, and the materials being selected from a bio-ink, or a combination of bio-ink and support material, wherein the bio-ink comprises living cells. | 9,798 |
9,259,295 | 1. A method of making a polymeric orthodontic appliance comprising: providing a set of physical tooth analogs each having a model tooth crown with a shape that is representative of the shape of a respective tooth crown in a patient's dental arch, the crown having labial and lingual exterior surfaces, and wherein the physical tooth analogs are arranged in an arch; obtaining data for at least some of the tooth analogs that represents a path of movement for the corresponding model crown to a desired position; using the data to construct a set of guides for guiding the movement of the tooth analogs in such a manner that the respective model crowns are moved along corresponding paths, wherein at least some of the guides comprise channels in a platform having a longitudinal axis and first and second closed ends, the axis arranged in directions that define at least a portion of the path of movement for the corresponding model crown, and wherein at least one of the channels extends to the second closed end in a direction away from the arch to define an arch exterior channel, the second end displaced in a labial direction from the labial surfaces of the corresponding model crown and the arch when the arch exterior channel extends at least partially in a labial direction and displaced in a lingual direction from the lingual surfaces of the corresponding model crown and the arch when the arch exterior channel extends at least partially in a lingual direction; moving one or more of the tooth analogs along their respective channels as needed in order to bring the corresponding model crown an incremental step either toward or away from its desired position; and forming the polymeric appliance over the model crowns after at least one of the tooth analogs has been moved. | 30,117 |
9,178,177 | 1. A display device comprising: a gate electrode over a substrate; a first insulating film over the gate electrode; a semiconductor film over the first insulating film; a channel protecting film over the semiconductor film a second insulating film over the channel protecting film; one of a source wiring and a drain wiring over the second insulating film; a current supply line over the second insulating film; a color filter over the second insulating film; a third insulating film over the color filter; first and second white color luminescing EL elements over the third insulating film; a fourth insulating film over the white color luminescing EL elements; and a housing material over the fourth insulating film, wherein the channel protecting film is in contact with the semiconductor film, and wherein the channel protecting film and the gate electrode overlap each other. | 25,347 |
9,053,722 | 1. A near field transducer, comprising: a body having an aperture therethrough, a first end, and a second end, wherein the first end is spaced from the second end to form a capacitance portion, and wherein the body between the two ends forms an inductance portion. | 46,322 |
8,596,239 | 1. A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine in which a cooling circuit is arranged, suited for a coolant circulation, the cylinder head comprising: an exhaust duct opening out on a circular exhaust cavity comprising on its periphery an annular peripheral groove; an exhaust valve seat assembled in said circular exhaust cavity, said exhaust valve seat comprising an annular peripheral groove arranged on its periphery, said annular peripheral groove of the circular exhaust cavity and said annular peripheral groove of said exhaust valve seat constituting a peripheral duct suited for the circulation of said coolant around said exhaust valve seat by the assembly of said exhaust valve seat in said circular exhaust cavity; an inlet duct opening out on a circular inlet cavity comprising on its periphery an annular peripheral groove; an inlet valve seat assembled in said circular inlet cavity, said inlet valve seat comprising an annular peripheral groove arranged on its periphery, said annular peripheral groove of the circular inlet cavity and said annular peripheral groove of said inlet valve seat constituting a peripheral duct suited for the circulation of said coolant around said inlet valve seat by the assembly of said inlet valve seat in said circular inlet cavity; wherein said peripheral duct surrounding said exhaust valve seat and said peripheral duct surrounding said inlet valve seat communicate with each other using a connecting duct, wherein said peripheral duct surrounding said exhaust valve seat has a cross-sectional area perpendicular to a direction of flow of said coolant in said duct that is variable along said peripheral duct around said exhaust valve seat, and wherein said cylinder head comprises a first coolant inlet, a second coolant inlet, and an outlet for heated coolant, said second inlet communicating with said connecting duct. | 4,983 |
9,058,964 | 1. A method of switching between first and second modes of power supply to a mass analyser, comprising: operating in a first mode of operation for a first predefined time duration, wherein in the first mode of operation: subsequent to operating in the first mode of operation, switching to a second mode of operation for a second predefined time duration, wherein in the second mode of operation, the second non-zero potential generated by the second power supply is coupled to the mass analyser, while the first power supply generates the first potential but is disconnected from the mass analyser; wherein the first predefined time duration and second predefined time duration are selected such that only one of the first potential and the second potential is coupled to the mass analyser at any time, and such that the steps of operating in the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation are carried out at least once within a predetermined length of time; and wherein the polarity of the first potential is opposite to the second potential. | 16,170 |
9,123,134 | 1. A method for tracking and forecasting a marine ice body comprising: a. capturing an image and metocean data of an area of interest with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR), wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels; b. detecting any marine ice bodies in the area of interest with the synthetic aperture radar (SAR); c. classifying the plurality of pixels in the image to define a shape and position of the marine ice body; d. repeating steps (a)-(c) at least once to obtain an additional image; e. comparing sequential images, wherein a background trend for motion between images and a shape characteristic are utilized to compare the sequential images, wherein the background trend is determined by establishing a correlation between the sequential images, wherein an ITSARI algorithm is utilized to determine the shape characteristic of the marine ice body; f. solving a trajectory of each ice floe beyond its current position, wherein the metocean data is utilized to solve the trajectory for each of the marine ice bodies beyond its current position; and g. updating Gaussian uncertainty parameters with cumulative observations of error from incoming SAR to provide a cone of uncertainty for the forecasted trajectory. | 44,674 |
8,714,928 | 1. A wind turbine system comprising: a stator configured to generate electricity; and a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator, said rotor comprising; a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation and comprising an external surface that is offset at a first angle with respect to the axis of rotation; and a plurality of rotor blades spaced circumferentially about said hub, each of said rotor blades having a spanwise axis extending from a blade root located at a hub side of the blade to a blade tip located at an end opposite the blade root such that said plurality of rotor blades are rotatable through a plane of rotation extending about said axis of rotation, said plane of rotation is defined as substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, wherein each of said blade roots is coupled substantially perpendicular to said hub at a second angle upstream with respect to the plane of rotation such that an entirety of the spanwise axis of at least one of said rotor blades is even with, or offset a distance upstream from, said plane of rotation and at least one of said blade tips is offset a distance upstream from said plane of rotation, wherein said hub comprises a first end having a first radius of curvature with respect to the axis of rotation and comprising a second end having a second radius of curvature with respect to the axis of rotation, and the second radius of curvature is larger than the first radius of curvature. | 31,560 |
9,403,838 | 1. A process for preparing a processed composition containing a pharmaceutical agent by removing a Michael acceptor contaminant from a composition containing a pharmaceutical agent to provide a processed composition comprising a reduced Michael acceptor content of less than 200 ppm which may be internalized by a living organism; the process comprising the steps of: | 6,941 |
9,533,402 | 1. A hydraulically operated tightening tool comprising: a body comprising a hydraulic cylinder, the hydraulic cylinder comprising a piston, the piston comprising a head, wherein first and second tabs protrude from the head of the piston, wherein the first tab comprises a first arched groove, wherein the second tab comprises a second arched groove, the first and second arched grooves being transverse and facing each other, the first and second arched grooves opening at respective end sections through respective longitudinal edges of the first and second tabs, the piston having a first, retracted, position and a second, extended, position; an actuating ring for a threaded element, the actuating ring being articulated with respect to the body and adapted to receive an action of the piston of the hydraulic cylinder a spring having a first end and a second end, and an elastically variable length the spring being disposed in a manner to traverse the actuating ring perpendicularly first and second elements disposed respectively at first and second ends of the spring, wherein the first element protrudes from a first end of the actuating ring and fits in the first arched groove, wherein the second element protrudes from a second end of the actuating ring and fits in the second arched groove; wherein the actuating ring is articulated via the spring, the first element, and the second element; and a thrusting part disposed between the first and second tabs, the thrusting part resting on the piston of the hydraulic cylinder, wherein the actuating ring rests on the thrusting part wherein: | 30,106 |
9,261,938 | 1. A method for controlling energy consumption of an electronic device, the method comprising: determining, by energy source availability determining logic of the electronic device, an availability of an energy source to provide energy to the electronic device; and controlling, by power management control logic of the electronic device, energy consumption of the electronic device in response to determining the availability of the energy source, wherein the electronic device is a first electronic device, wherein the method comprises determining a current energy level of a second electronic device to which the energy source is to provide energy, and wherein determining the availability of the energy source to provide energy to the first electronic device is based on the current energy level of the second electronic device, wherein determining the availability of the energy source to provide energy to the electronic device comprises: determining a location of the second electronic device; and determining the availability of the energy source based on the determined location of the second electronic device. | 41,260 |
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