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8,621,403 | 1. An automated method for designing an integrated circuit layout with a computer, comprising: in a logic design phase: in a physical design phase: | 20,938 |
9,425,484 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising a phosphonosulfonic acid compound represented by the following formula (I); and a lithium salt as an electrolyte: wherein, in formula (I), R wherein, in formula (II), R | 23,148 |
8,773,045 | 1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving device for driving an LED module, said LED driving device comprising: a direct current (DC) to DC converter module including a driving module including | 40,907 |
9,284,922 | 1. A method for a vehicle having a fuel vapor canister coupled between a fuel tank and an engine intake manifold via an electronically controlled purge valve, comprising: initiating a vapor leak test under predetermined conditions; and in response to said initiation, opening said purge valve from a closed position to an open position for a predetermined time; opening and closing a vent valve coupled to said fuel vapor canister during said predetermined time; closing said purge valve after said predetermined time; fully opening said purge valve for a second predetermined time; and then fully closing said purge valve before commencing said leak test. | 30,227 |
8,774,385 | 1. A method for providing personalized Ringback tones, comprising the steps of: initiating a call from a calling party to a called party; determining whether the called party is a subscriber to a Ringback tone service; determining whether the calling party has an originating profile available to the called party Ringback tone service; checking for the calling party preference in the originating profile, wherein the originating profile includes a preferred Ringback tone associated with the called party; and playing the preferred Ringback tone to the calling party. | 38,861 |
8,980,181 | 1. A control system for generating and delivering ammonia, comprising: a reductant container holding materials capable of generating ammonia at a temperature higher than an ammonia releasing temperature, a heating device for heating said materials in said reductant container, a pressure sensor providing a pressure sensing signal indicative of a pressure of ammonia generated from said materials in said reductant container, a temperature controller configured to operate said heating device according to a duty cycle command to generate a temperature pulse sequence at a surface of said heating device, wherein each pulse in said temperature pulse sequence includes a period of on time, during which a temperature at said surface is higher than said ammonia releasing temperature, and a period of off time, during which said temperature at said surface is lower than said ammonia releasing temperature, and a pressure controller configured to generate said duty cycle command for said temperature controller to adjust a ratio between said on time and said off time in response to at least said pressure sensing signal and a predetermined pressure target value. | 7,196 |
9,843,081 | 1. A lithium air battery comprising: a lithium negative electrode; a positive electrode; and an ion conductive oxygen-blocking film which is disposed on the lithium negative electrode, wherein the ion conductive oxygen-blocking film comprises wherein the ion conductive oxygen-blocking film has an oxygen transmission rate of about 10 milliliters per square meter per day to about 10,000 milliliters per square meter per day. | 39,122 |
8,723,166 | 1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode and a gate electrode on the substrate, the first electrode and the gate electrode being on a same plane; an active layer insulated from the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are insulated from the gate electrode and contact the active layer; an insulating layer interposed between the source and drain electrodes and the active layer; a pixel defining layer (PDL) on the insulating layer, the PDL covering the source electrode and the drain electrode and including an opening that exposes the first electrode; and a light-shielding layer covering the PDL to shield light incident to the active layer, wherein an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is electrically connected with one of the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 26,603 |
8,491,917 | 1. A method for treating a human patient with migraine headache, said method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of diluted Botulinum toxin in a pharmaceutically safe form wherein said diluted Botulinum toxin is about 4-10 cc normal saline per 100 units of Botulinum toxin, said administration comprising extramuscular injection into one or more of the frontal, parietal and occipital aponeurotic fascia in the scalp. | 25,916 |
9,463,712 | 1. A method for controlling a power train installed in a motor vehicle and including an electric motor including a rotor and a stator, the method comprising: regulation of rotor and stator currents via control signals for the electric motor, the currents and the control signals being expressed in a revolving reference frame and including a plurality of axes, the control signals being derived from a first transformation including a change of variable allowing for dynamic decoupling between the control signals along each of the axes of the plurality of axes; saturation of the control signals obtained from the first transformation to satisfy constraints associated with a battery installed in the motor vehicle and connected to the electric motor, the saturation of the control signals including defining maximum and minimum limits for each of the control signals and clipping the control signals when the control signals are outside of the maximum and minimum limits to produce saturated control signals; after the saturation of the control signals, blocking of at least some of regulation current setpoints; and controlling the rotor and the stator of the electric motor based on the saturated control signals. | 12,038 |
8,407,281 | 1. An automated system for issuing at least one alert when a natural language message pertaining to a current or a future event potentially conflicts with event information comprising: a first set of one or more input devices for receiving the natural language message entered by a user and transmitting the natural language message to an intention determination system; a second set of one or more input devices providing the event information to the intent determination system, the event information including a current event known to the system, a future event predicted by the system, or one or more events specified by another natural language message pertaining to a current or future event; the intention determination system including an input processor for receiving the natural language message and the event information, wherein the input processor includes a preprocessor for determining a report type for the natural language message and a plurality of processors, each processor for processing messages of a specific report type, wherein the preprocessor determines that the natural language message is of a first report type, that the event information is of a second report type based on the source or content of the event information, transfers the natural language message to a first one of the plurality of processors based on its report type for processing, and transfers the event information to a second one of the plurality of processors based on its report type for processing; the intention determination system including a language converter for converting the natural language message and the event information spatial-temporal language stings representing events, the spatial-temporal language stings stored in a database and including an event, a type of event, time of event, duration of event, areas associated with an event, other characteristics of event, environmental condition information, and reference information in the database, wherein the database is enhanced using temporal query language features including, timestamping records of spatial-temporal language string as they are entered in the system, or noting the time during which the event information is valid; and the intention determination system including a rule-based analyzer for determining if execution of the natural language message complies with the intent of a user issuing the natural language message prior to issuance of the natural language message for execution based in part on an analysis of the spatial-temporal language strings received from the language converter and a plurality of messages and reference information in the database, and issuing an alert in case of a potential conflict wherein potential conflict is a conclusion that one or more events represented by the spatial-temporal language strings is incapable of being completed. | 34,298 |
8,440,166 | 1. A method of synthesizing a titanosilicate material comprising: adding sodium hydroxide to a sodium silicate solution and agitating said mixture until the sodium hydroxide is fully dissolved; adding potassium fluoride dihydrate to said mixture and agitating until a homogeneous solution is formed; adding dropwise a solution of titanium (III) chloride in HCl to said homogeneous solution; adding to said resulting mixture tetraethylammonium hydroxide (TEAOH) as a molecular directing agent that allows the formation of a porous adsorbent material, agitating said resulting mixture and said TEAOH until homogeneously forming a new gel reaction mixture having a pH value of greater than 13.80 and less than 13.95 wherein the gel mixture comprises a composition having a formula of 3.4(TEA) removing said molecular structure-directing directing agent from a resulting mixture via ion exchange with a solution of NH4Cl to form a detemplated material; functionalizing said detemplated material with barium or strontium cation via ion exchange to form a titanosilicate porous material having a surface area that varies as a function of thermal activation temperature. | 34,783 |
8,575,507 | 1. A parcel processing system, comprising: an automated unloading apparatus, configured to unload parcels from a trailer substantially without human intervention; a single layer apparatus configured to reduce parcels unloaded by the automated unloading apparatus to a single layer; a singulation apparatus, configured to singulate parcels unloaded by the automated unloading apparatus, wherein the singulation apparatus is configured to singulate parcels reduced to the single layer by the single layer apparatus such that parcels are presented to succeeding apparatuses in single file; a scan apparatus, configured to read from the parcels identifying information relating to the parcels; and a sorting system, configured to sort the parcels according to the information read from the parcels by the scan apparatus. | 31,968 |
9,081,337 | 1. A fixing device for performing a fixing process on a sheet including a first sheet surface on which a toner image is formed, the fixing device comprising: a fixing member that includes a first circumference surface, the fixing device being configured to rotate the fixing member in a predetermined rotation direction, the fixing device being configured to bring the first circumference surface into contact with the first sheet surface; a pressure member that includes a second circumference surface, the fixing device being configured to press the pressure member against the first circumference surface of the fixing member so as to form a fixing nip portion through which the sheet passes between the pressure member and the fixing member, the fixing device being configured to bring the second circumference surface into contact with a second sheet surface on an opposite side of the first sheet surface; and a guiding member arranged at a predetermined distance from the first circumference surface, the guiding member being configured to bring the sheet into abutting contact with the first circumference surface of the fixing member and then guide the sheet to the fixing nip portion; wherein: the first circumference surface of the fixing member is constituted to have a smaller outer diameter of the center portion in an axial direction during the rotation than outer diameters of both end portions in the axial direction; and the guiding member includes | 27,480 |
9,639,484 | 1. Apparatus for processing data comprising: memory protection circuitry configured to store access control data for a plurality of regions of memory address space within a memory, said plurality of regions having a hierarchical ordering there between, said memory protection circuitry: (i) determining, in response to a memory access request to a target memory address received by said memory protection circuitry, a controlling region within said plurality of regions, said controlling region having a highest position within said hierarchical ordering of any of said plurality of regions encompassing said target address; and (ii) returning access control data for said controlling region for controlling access to said memory by said memory access request; and an access control cache coupled to said memory protection circuitry and configured to store access control data returned from said memory protection circuitry and to provide said access control data for said memory access request in place of said memory protection circuitry when said access control cache is storing said access control data for said memory access request, wherein said memory protection circuitry when returning said access control data also generates: (a) a cachability signal indicative of whether or not said access control data is eligible to be stored in said access control cache; and (b) at least when said cachability signal indicates said access control data is eligible to be stored in said access control cache, address range defining signals for defining a range of memory address space within said memory for which said access control data controls access to said memory by memory access requests, and wherein said memory protection circuitry: generates said cachability signal with a value indicating said access control is eligible to be stored in said access control cache when said controlling region does not encompass any memory addresses that are encompassed within one or more other regions of said plurality of regions having a higher position within said hierarchical ordering than said controlling region; and generates said cachability signal with a value indicating said access control is not eligible to be stored in said access control cache when said controlling region encompasses at least one memory address that is encompassed within one or more other regions of said plurality of regions having a higher position within said hierarchical ordering than said controlling region. | 35,043 |
9,720,047 | 1. An apparatus for estimating a parameter of a secondary battery, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of sensors configured to measure a current and a voltage of a secondary battery while a charging current of the secondary battery decreases according to a charging pattern, the charging pattern including increasing the charging current to a peak value and then decreasing the charging current; and a controller configured to: | 23,829 |
9,222,414 | 1. A fuel supply method for a gas turbine combustor which supplies at least two kinds of fuels different in calorie to the gas turbine combustor, wherein at a time of start of operation of a gas turbine, with use of both a first fuel supply system which supplies a high-calorific fuel for a first nozzle constituting the gas turbine combustor, and a second fuel supply system which supplies a low-calorific fuel for a second nozzle constituting the gas turbine combustor, the high-calorific fuel and the low-calorific fuel are supplied to the gas turbine combustor, at a time point when the gas turbine reaches output power which enables continuous operation with only the low-calorific fuel, supply of the high-calorific fuel to the gas turbine combustor is shut off, and only the low-calorific fuel is supplied to the gas turbine combustor, when supply of the high-calorific fuel to the gas turbine combustor is shut off, and only the low-calorific fuel is supplied to the gas turbine combustor, the low-calorific fuel guided through the second fuel supply system is guided to the first nozzle through a sweep line which guides the low-calorific fuel to a mid-portion of the first fuel supply system, and the low-calorific fuel is ejected from both the second nozzle and the first nozzle, and when the supply only of the low-calorific fuel supplied to the gas turbine combustor is finished, the high-calorific fuel is supplied at once, the supply of the low-calorific fuel to the first fuel supply system through the sweep line is shut off at once, and the operation of supplying the high-calorific fuel to the gas turbine combustor through the first fuel supply system and supplying the low-calorific fuel to the gas turbine combustor through the second fuel supply system is started. | 6,554 |
9,845,615 | 1. A mounting structure of a decorative cap comprising: a door panel; a cylinder lock fixed to the door panel; and a decorative cap member; wherein a protrusion portion of the cylinder lock protruding from the door panel is covered with the decorative cap member, wherein the decorative cap member includes a water guide channel guiding infiltrated water from a gap between a key insertion opening of the decorative cap member and the cylinder lock, to a water ejection opening which is opened on a peripheral wall of the decorative cap member, wherein the key insertion opening exposes a key insertion section of the cylinder lock, wherein a water guide groove is formed on a peripheral edge rear surface of the key insertion opening of the decorative cap member, and wherein the water guide groove guides water that is retained at a peripheral edge of the key insertion opening. | 35,019 |
8,424,760 | 1. A method comprising: detecting at a first wireless device one or more conditions that increase a likelihood that communication of data between said first wireless device and a second wireless device over a wireless communication link will begin imminently; and responsive to detecting said one or more conditions, having said first wireless device send an activation alert over said wireless communication link to said second wireless device, said activation alert to prompt said second wireless device, when in a low-power state, to transition from said low-power state to a higher-power state. | 24,626 |
8,952,811 | 1. A dual control method for door comprising a first performance stage performing door control by deciding either of an encoder mode or a sensorless mode as a primary operation mode to control the door; a transforming stage converting the said primary operation mode to another mode when a failure is sensed in said primary operation mode; and a second performing stage controlling the door by calculating a door moving distance depending on the converted primary operation mode, wherein the door moving distance is calculated using number of pulses from motor and screw pitch in case of said primary operation mode is the encoder mode in said first and second performing stages, and the door moving distance is calculated by using angular velocity of the motor and screw pitch in case of said primary mode is the encoder mode. | 5,997 |
8,756,294 | 1. A method of calibrating a skew with a forward link skew calibration packet in a mobile display digital interface (MDDI) system, the forward link skew calibration packet having a calibration data sequence field, the method comprising: sending during a calibration by a host to a client display the forward link skew calibration packet with the calibration data sequence field having a calibration data sequence; sending by the host a strobe signal to the client display, the host to set a data signal to the strobe signal during processing of the calibration data sequence; recovering by the client display a clock signal, the client display using only the strobe signal received at the client display when receiving the calibration data sequence to recover the clock signal and determine the skew; sending by the host to the client display a data packet by driving the data signal, wherein the host toggles the strobe signal when sending the data packet only when the data signal does not change state; forming by the client display a logical exclusive OR of the data signal and the strobe signal received at the client display to recover the clock signal when receiving the data packet and not receiving the calibration data sequence. | 25,633 |
9,087,418 | 1. A method, comprising: running a diagnostic test using a vehicle diagnostic system of a vehicle to detect an incorrect cable connection of the vehicle including communicating a torque excitation signal to an electric machine of the vehicle and detecting the incorrect cable connection based on a speed response signal from the electric machine; and controlling the vehicle in response to detecting the incorrect cable connection. | 22,248 |
9,599,617 | 1. An analyte sensor comprising an engineered fluorescent protein having at least 90% similarity to the sequence SEQ ID NO: 104 and having a metal ion binding site comprising at least two of the negatively charged residues E147, D202, E204, E223, and E225, as numbered according to the sequence SEQ ID NO: 104, wherein the negatively charged residues comprise a plurality of carboxyl oxygens orientated in a pentagonal bipyrimdal geometry, wherein said geometry provides a metallic ion binding site operatively interacting with a chromophore region of the engineered fluorescent host polypeptide, such that binding of a metal ion analyte to the molecular recognition motif modulates the emission of a fluorescent signal emitted by the fluorescent host polypeptide, and optionally, the absorbance spectrum of the engineered fluorescent host polypeptide. | 39,624 |
9,592,484 | 1. A system for producing an organic, the system comprising: at least one external high shear mixing device comprising at least one rotor and at least one stator separated by a shear gap, wherein the shear gap is the minimum distance between the at least one rotor and the at least one stator, wherein the at least one rotor is configured to provide a tip speed of at least about 5 m/sec, wherein the tip speed is defined as πDn, where D is the diameter of the at least one rotor and n is the frequency of revolution; a pump configured for delivering a fluid stream comprising a mixture of a liquid medium and a light gas to the at least one high shear mixing device, wherein the at least one high shear mixing device is configured to form a dispersion of the light gas in the liquid medium, wherein the dispersion comprises light gas bubbles having an average bubble diameter on the submicron or nanometer scale; and a reactor containing a multifunctional catalyst, and comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein the at least one inlet of the reactor is fluidly connected to the at least one high shear mixing device, and wherein the at least one outlet of the reactor is configured for extracting the organic therefrom, and wherein the multifunctional catalyst promotes at least two of the following reactions: dehydrogenation, water dissociation, carbon dioxide dissociation, and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; wherein the light gas comprises synthesis gas, and wherein the system further comprises at least one second high shear device configured for the gasification of a carbonaceous material, wherein the at least one second high shear device is fluidly connected with a source of a slurry comprising carbonaceous material, and a source of gasification gas or vapor, and is configured to contact the slurry with the gasification gas or vapor at a high shear rate of at least 20,000 s | 40,436 |
8,531,167 | 1. A circuit adapted to a DC-DC converter supplying a target voltage to an external load connected to an output terminal, the DC-DC converter having a first switch element connected at a first end thereof to a power supply; a second switch element connected between a second end of the first switch element and ground; an inductor connected at a first end thereof to a node between the first switch element and the second switch element and connected at a second end thereof to an output terminal; and a capacitor connected between the output terminal and the ground, the circuit comprising: an error amplifier that amplifies a potential difference between a first voltage based on an output voltage at the output terminal and a reference voltage, and outputs a resultant error amplified signal; a differential detecting circuit that senses an inclination of a temporal change of the output voltage by differentiating the first voltage, outputs a control signal according to a result of the sensing, outputs a first boost signal as the control signal if the inclination exceeds a predetermined positive first threshold, outputs a second boost signal as the control signal if the inclination is less than a predetermined negative second threshold, and outputs a reference signal as the control signal if the inclination is between the predetermined positive first threshold and the predetermined negative second threshold; and a PWM generating circuit that compares a synthetic signal obtained by conducting computation on the amplified error signal and the control signal with a periodically changing comparison signal, and outputs a PWM signal having a duty ratio controlled according to a result of the comparison, wherein the first switch element and the second switch element are changed over in an on/off state in a complementary manner according to the PWM signal, if the first boost signal is contained in the synthetic signal, the PWM generating circuit controls the duty ratio in order to increase a ratio of the on-state of the second switch element, and if the second boost signal is contained in the synthetic signal, the PWM generating circuit controls the duty ratio in order to increase a ratio of the on-state of the first switch element. | 9,796 |
8,831,808 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a motor configured to provide drive torque and to facilitate regenerative braking; and a controller configured to: receive input indicative of a vehicle speed and a battery state of charge (BSOC), disable the drive torque when the BSOC is less than a maximum discharge limit, wherein the maximum discharge limit is between 6% and 3% BSOC, and activate regenerative braking only when the BSOC is less than the maximum discharge limit and the vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined speed. | 696 |
8,759,051 | 1. A method for controlling growth of contaminant microorganisms in a fermentation process comprising adding a nitrogen-free peroxygen-releasing compound to one or more steps of a fermentation process, wherein the fermentation process comprises (i) providing a fermentation vessel; (ii) providing an inoculant, a fermentable sugar and process water; (iii) introducing separately, or in any combination, the inoculant, fermentable sugar and process water into a fermentation vessel to provide a fermentation broth; and (iv) contacting the inoculant with the fermentable sugar in the fermentation vessel at a temperature at which the inoculant converts the fermentable sugar to ethanol. | 10,568 |
9,490,864 | 1. A wireless electronic device, comprising: an antenna; a transceiver circuit coupled to the antenna; a radio-frequency diplexer coupled to the antenna; and a first baseband processor coupled to the transceiver circuit, wherein the first baseband processor operates in a sleep state from which the first baseband processor awakens for a first wake period, and the first baseband processor is configured to: | 45,874 |
9,396,836 | 1. A polyester composition comprising polyester as a main component, wherein: said polyester composition contains a phosphoric acid and an alkali metal phosphate, a phosphorus element content P (mol/t) is 1.8 mol/t or more and 5.0 mol/t or less relative to the whole of said polyester composition, said polyester composition contains at least one kind of metal element of Mn or Ca, any divalent metal element content other than Mn and Ca is 5 ppm or less relative to the whole of said polyester composition, and when an alkali metal element content relative to the whole of said polyester composition is denoted by M1 (mol/t), and a total amount of Mn element content and Ca element content relative to the whole of said polyester composition is denoted by M2 (mol/t), a metal element content M (mol/t) in said polyester composition which is calculated by expression (i) below and said phosphorus element content P (mol/t) satisfy expression (ii): | 48,205 |
9,583,669 | 1. A method comprising: a) providing a doped semiconductor wafer comprising a front side, a back side, and a pn junction; b) selectively applying a resist composition on top of the front side of the semiconductor wafer, the resist composition comprises one or more hydrogenated rosin resins, the hydrogenated rosin resins are solids at room temperature, one or more hydrogenated rosin resin esters, the hydrogenated rosin resin esters are liquids at room temperature, wherein a weight ratio of the one or more hydrogenated rosin resins to the one or more hydrogenated rosin resin esters is 2:1 to 4:1 and one or more fatty acids; and c) applying an etch composition to the semiconductor to etch away exposed sections of the front side of the semiconductor to form current tracks. | 3,030 |
9,032,716 | 1. A system for use in a motor vehicle, comprising: a tank for storing a liquid reducing agent, the tank being coupled via a pipe to an exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle to supply the liquid reducing agent to the exhaust system; an air delivery device coupled with the tank, the air delivery device not being arranged in the pipe and being operatively configured to both: (a) build-up an excess pressure in a cushion of air located in the tank above a surface of the liquid reducing agent by supplying additional air into the tank; and (b) generate a vacuum in the cushion of air above the surface of the liquid reducing agent, said vacuum facilitating feeding of additional liquid reducing agent into the tank. | 8,793 |
8,972,987 | 1. A method of managing software in a virtual desktop environment, the method comprising: discovering, in response to a trigger, virtual appliances contained in the virtual desktop environment, and for each virtual appliance, discovering virtual machines belonging to the discovered virtual appliance; discovering, in response to the trigger, virtual machines that do not belong to any discovered virtual appliance; introspecting each discovered virtual machine to detect applications running in the virtual machine, and for each detected application, identifying the operating system on which the application is running; storing, in a repository, information including each identified operating system; receiving a request to perform a target action; selecting, for the target action, at least one compatible operating system from the operating systems identified in the repository; identifying a target operating system from the at least one compatible operating system; and performing the target action on the target operating system of the corresponding virtual machine within the virtual desktop environment. | 22,889 |
8,511,928 | 1. A connection between an internal tube and an external tube in which the internal tube is inserted into the external tube, comprising: first bolt holes provided through opposed walls of the external tube; second bolt holes provided through opposed walls of the internal tube and aligning with the first bolt holes of the external tube when the internal tube is fully and properly inserted into the external tube; a bolt to be inserted through the first bolt holes and through the second bolt holes to connect the tubes together when the bolt holes are aligned; and an error-proofing clip mounted in the internal tube and having a tongue extending from an end thereof to reach into the external tube and block the insertion of the bolt through the first bolt holes of the external tube until the insertion of the internal tube has proceeded fully to bring the first bolt holes of the external tube and the second bolt holes of the internal tube into alignment with one another, thereby preventing a premature installation of the bolt through only the first bolt holes. | 26,599 |
8,797,867 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network node of a plurality of network nodes and from a server device, a quality of service (QoS) provisioning policy, receiving, by the network node and from the client device, packets associated with the traffic; obtaining, by the network node, a particular code point, of the one or more code points, from the packets; classifying, by the network node, the packets as being of a class of service, of the one or more classes of service, that corresponds to the particular code point; measuring, by the network node, a data rate associated with the packets, identifying, by the network node, a first packet loss probability, of the one or more packet loss probabilities, when the data rate satisfies a threshold, dropping, by the network node and when the data rate satisfies a threshold, the packets based on the first packet loss probability, identifying, by the network node, a second packet loss probability, of the one or more packet loss probabilities, when the data rate does not satisfy the threshold, marking, by the network node and when the data rate does not satisfy the threshold, the packets by using a particular forwarding priority marking, of the one or more forwarding priority markings, based on the second packet loss probability; and outputting, by the network node and to another network node of the plurality of network nodes, the marked packets when the data rate does not satisfy the threshold, | 20,096 |
9,211,609 | 1. A method comprising: generating a laser beam; shaping the laser beam with an optical element such that the laser beam has an intensity profile taken at a cross-section transverse to a direction of propagation of the beam, the intensity profile having a first substantially uniform level across an interior region of said cross-section, and having a second substantially uniform level across an exterior region of said cross-section, said second level greater than said first level; and applying the shaped laser beam to a substrate to form a via in the substrate. | 45,786 |
9,450,406 | 1. An apparatus for controlling an electricity supply to a load comprising: a controller configured to determine based on information associated with the electricity supply when to switch between a first mode wherein electricity is supplied to the load from a mains electricity circuit and a discharging mode wherein electricity is supplied from a battery to the load via the mains electricity circuit, wherein the controller is configured to determine when to switch to a charging mode, wherein the battery is charged from the mains electricity circuit, wherein the controller is configured to have a connection with an electricity network system operator or a service provider via a communication interface, the communication interface configured to receive the information from the electricity network system operator or the service provider, and wherein the controller is configured to provide second information to the electricity network system operator or the service provider via the communication interface. | 16,657 |
8,947,125 | 1. A comparator circuit comprising: an operational amplifier configured to compare a difference between a switching voltage (V a dynamically-adjustable bias current generator coupled to the operational amplifier, comprising: | 36,813 |
9,393,853 | 1. A vent apparatus comprising: a screen including an interior face, an opposed exterior face, a plurality of perforations therethrough, and at least one slot therethrough; a door adjacent the exterior face of the screen, wherein the door includes at least one arm that extends through the at least one slot; a handle, wherein the handle is in operative connection with the at least one arm, wherein the handle is operative to cause the door to move between a closed position adjacent the screen to one of a plurality of open positions extending at an acute angle with respect to the screen; a guide mounted adjacent the interior face of the screen, wherein the handle is operative to move relative to the guide to move the door between the closed position and the plurality of open positions; a lever assembly extending from the handle to the guide, wherein the lever assembly is in pivoting connection with the guide, wherein the lever assembly is adapted to maintain the handle sufficiently close to the guide such that a movable portion of the handle is operative to slide along the guide, wherein the lever assembly includes a first lever and a second lever, wherein the first lever is in rigid connection with the handle and extends outwardly from the handle, wherein the second lever is in pivoting connection with the first lever at a first pivot position on the first lever that is spaced apart from the handle, wherein the second lever is in pivoting connection with the guide at a second pivot position on the guide that is spaced apart from the first pivot position; and a spring extending between the first pivot position and a third pivot position on the guide that is spaced apart from the second pivot position, at least a first bushing provided at one of the first pivot position and the third pivot position, wherein the at least first bushing is in contact with an end of the spring. | 32,155 |
9,034,775 | 1. A structure comprising: a plurality of first fiber bundles extending substantially parallel to each other; a plurality of second fiber bundles extending substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to said plurality of first fiber bundles; an adhesive substantially coating said pluralities of first and second fiber bundles; and an aggregate material including one or more kinds of mineral rock fragments adhered to said pluralities of first and second fiber bundles by said adhesive, wherein said first and second fiber bundles are embedded in a concrete construction material and adapted to reinforce said concrete construction material. | 10,670 |
9,478,690 | 1. A photo-detecting device, comprising: a first nitride layer; a light absorption layer disposed on the first nitride layer; and a Schottky junction layer disposed on the light absorption layer, wherein, according to a photoluminescence (PL) properties measurement of the photo-detecting device, a first peak light intensity is greater than a second peak light intensity, and wherein the first peak light intensity is a peak light intensity of light emitted from the light absorption layer, and the second peak light intensity is a peak light intensity of light emitted from the first nitride layer. | 48,038 |
9,074,483 | 1. A stator vane for a compressor comprising: an airfoil root, an airfoil tip located at a spanwise distance from the airfoil root, a leading edge extending from the airfoil root to the airfoil tip, a trailing edge extending from the airfoil root to the airfoil tip, airfoil pressure and suction sides extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; an inner span region (“S | 24,458 |
9,476,326 | 1. A system for generating electrical power, which comprises: a frame defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, and having a support base generally extending along the longitudinal axis, the support base having an input end and an output end; at least a first shear station including a first shearing blade adapted to reciprocate in a vertical direction between a first displaced position displaced from the support base and a second approximated position proximate the support base to shear the tree waste supported by the support base; and an index blade adapted for at least general horizontal movement along the support base, the index blade dimensioned and adapted to direct the sheared tree waste toward the output end of the support base; a pulverizing station for receiving the sheared tree waste directed through the output end of the support base, the pulverizing station including a pulverizing member actuable to pulverize the sheared tree waste; a furnace for receiving and converting the pulverized tree waste into steam energy; and a steam generator turbine for converting the steam energy into electricity. | 8,863 |
8,829,710 | 1. A starter driving semiconductor switch apparatus that energizes and de-energizes a starter according to commands from an outside, comprising: a series circuit provided between a battery serving as a power supply and the starter, to which a plurality of semiconductor switches are connected in series; and an engine control unit (ECU), wherein: all of the plurality of semiconductor switches are brought into conduction for a short time to monitor a current flowing into the semiconductor switches, and in one case where a current equal to or higher than a first predetermined current value is detected and a case where a current below a second predetermined current value is detected, a result of the diagnosis indicating that the starter is not allowed to restart is outputted, the plurality of semiconductor switches are provided outside of the ECU, and a result of the self-diagnosis is output to the ECU. | 576 |
8,418,532 | 1. A heat transfer tube damage detection unit of a steam generator for a sodium-cooled fast reactor, detection unit comprising: plurality of heat transfer tubes, wherein each is formed as a dual tube having an inner tube and an outer tube enclosing the inner tube, and having flow grooves formed between the inner tube and the outer tube for flowing gas; a lower tube sheath for receiving the heat transfer tubes; a plurality of detection holes formed by penetrating the lower tube sheath that has the heat transfer tube joined so as to communicate with the flow grooves; a plenum selectively coupled to the detection holes using connecting tubes for the gas to flow into the flow grooves; and a pressure gauge for measuring a pressure of the gas flowing into the plenum to detect whether the heat transfer tube is damaged, wherein a plurality of heat transfer tube holes are formed in the lower tube sheath, in the heat transfer tubes extending into the heat transfer tube holes; the outer tube is joined to a first surface of the lower tube sheath and the inner tube penetrates the heat transfer tube hole to join to a second surface of the lower tube sheath; a gap between the heat transfer tube holes and the inner tube is in communication with the flow grooves; the heat transfer tube holes are radially arranged along the lower tube sheath, and each detection hole communicates with a corresponding heat transfer tube hole, and also communicates with its side along a radial direction of the lower tube sheath, and wherein the plurality of detection holes are arranged on a straight line along the radial direction and are formed at different depths in the lower tube sheath. | 29,037 |
9,507,356 | 1. A controller for a power supply, the controller being configured to provide a control signal to maintain the output of the power supply at a set-point, the controller comprising: a compensator having a tunable control function, a tuner implementing a tuning algorithm using measurements from the compensator to provide at least one tuning value to tune the tunable control function of the compensator, a bias mechanism configured to measure the activity of the control signal and to provide a bias signal to the tuning algorithm of the tuner in response to the measured activity of the control signal, wherein the measured activity of the control signal is a measurement of the variance of the control signal and wherein the bias mechanism includes a low pass filter for providing a time average estimate of the measured activity of the control signal and wherein the tuning algorithm does not employ limit cycle oscillations. | 28,671 |
9,497,940 | 1. A system for testing and researching aquatic species, the system comprising: a housing rack; at least one tank sized to be received by the housing rack, wherein the at least one tank comprises at least one compartment having at least one divider; a drain for draining water from the at least one compartment; and at least one removable basket in the at least one compartment for allowing removal of aquatic species from the at least one tank. | 14,674 |
8,494,868 | 1. A computer system for integrating an emergency medical dispatch system and a nurse triage system, comprising: an emergency medical dispatch system (EMDS) configured to receive health information collected by an EMDS operator and originating from an individual responding to one or more questions asked by the EMDS operator, the questions provided to the EMDS operator by the EMDS computer according to a pre-scripted protocol; and a nurse triage system (NTS) configured to receive health information collected by an NTS operator and originating from an individual responding to one or more questions asked by the NTS operator, the NTS comprising a test to determine if the received health information reflects an emergency situation; and an information interface system in communication with the EMDS and the NTS, wherein if the test of the NTS determines the received health information reflects an emergency situation said information interface system provides an automated interface between the EMDS and the NTS by automatically routing the health information received by the NTS to the EMDS to enable use of the health information by the EMDS and eliminate redundant collection of the received health information. | 9,058 |
9,773,848 | 1. An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel, comprising: a substrate; at least three banks above the substrate, all linearly extending along one direction; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed spaced away from one another along the one direction, in each of a first inter-bank space and a second inter-bank space included among inter-bank spaces defined by the at least three banks, each inter-bank space being a space between a different pair of adjacent ones of the at least three banks; a light-emitting layer in each of the first inter-bank space and the second inter-bank space, the light-emitting layer covering at least a portion of each of the pixel electrodes disposed in the each of the first inter-bank space and the second inter-bank space; and a sub-bank disposed at least in the first inter-bank space, the sub-bank crossing the one direction, wherein when defining each portion of the light-emitting layer that covers one of the pixel electrodes as a light-emitting portion of the organic EL display panel, and defining each area between a pair of light-emitting portions adjacent in the one direction as a non-light-emitting portion of the organic EL display panel, there exists a positive integer N for which the following holds true: wherein among Nth non-light-emitting portions of the organic EL display panel counting from one side of the organic EL display panel along the one direction, the Nth non-light-emitting portion in the first inter-bank space has the sub-bank disposed therein and the Nth non-light-emitting portion in the second inter-bank space does not have the sub-bank disposed therein, and wherein each non-light-emitting portion having a sub-bank disposed therein has at least a portion where a width of a bottom surface of the sub-bank along a direction perpendicular to the one direction covers 50% or more of a width of a bottom surface of a corresponding inter-bank space along the direction perpendicular to the one direction. | 15,081 |
9,170,018 | 1. A top-feeding double-swirl type gasifier for producing synthesis gas comprising: a feed line through which pulverized coal is supplied by nitrogen; a distributor for dividing the pulverized coal which is fed through the feed line; a plurality of burner nozzles for supplying the pulverized coal, divided in the distributor, and an oxidizer, to a pressure reactor; a swirl generator for imparting a swirling force to the oxidizer that is fed into the pressure reactor; a porous plate made of porous material disposed at the uppermost portion of the pressure reactor such that an additional oxidizer is supplied; an additional swirl generator, which is provided below the porous plate, for imparting an additional swirl force; and a slag storing container placed beneath the pressure reactor. | 12,846 |
9,255,967 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first clock generator for generating a first clock signal; a second clock generator for generating a second clock signal; a phase detector in communication with the first clock generator and the second clock generator, the phase detector operable for receiving the first clock signal from the first clock generator and the second clock signal from the second clock generator, and outputting a phase difference signal; and a circuit in communication with the phase detector and the first clock generator, the circuit operable for receiving the first clock signal from the first clock generator and the phase difference signal from the phase detector, the circuit further operable for synchronizing the phase difference signal from the phase detector with the first clock signal from the first clock generator; wherein the phase difference signal is capable of being used as a measure of an integrated circuit age. | 19,807 |
8,623,729 | 1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate including a silicon channel layer and a silicon-germanium channel layer; forming gate structures disposed on the silicon channel layer and the silicon-germanium channel layer, respectively; forming a first protection layer on the substrate including on the gate structures; and injecting hydrogen and/or an isotope thereof into the silicon-germanium channel layer, wherein the injecting hydrogen and/or an isotope thereof into the silicon-germanium channel layer is performed before the forming a first protection layer on the substrate including on the gate structures and/or after the forming a first protection layer on the substrate including on the gate structures. | 29,792 |
8,979,859 | 1. A method for determining a depth of impaction of a prosthetic cup into an acetabulum, the method comprising the steps of: positioning the prosthetic cup at a distal end of an impactor shaft that is slidably movable relative to an end effector; tracking a spatial pose of the end effector relative to a spatial pose of the acetabulum; positioning the impactor shaft to a known ose relative to the end effector; determining a spatial pose of the prosthetic cup based on the spatial pose of the end effector and the known pose between the distal end of the impactor shaft and the end effector; and determining the depth of impaction based on the spatial pose of the prosthetic cup and the spatial pose of the acetabulum. | 18,103 |
9,159,974 | 1. A battery pack, comprising: a battery array providing a plurality of batteries to an inner portion of the battery pack as at least 2 stages or more and positioned the battery as an annular shape, wherein the at least two forms a space at inner portion thereof wherein the space extends from an upper surface of the at least 2 stages of batteries to a lower surface of the at least 2 stages of batteries a protecting circuit module provided between the upper portion of the battery array and the upper surface of the battery pack; a connection terminal portion disposed on the lower stage of the battery pack; and a control terminal positioned adjacent the lower surface of the at least 2 stages of batteries and a power terminal connected to the protecting circuit module through the space of the battery array arranged in an annular shape. | 34,013 |
8,948,975 | 1. A combination machine, comprising: a dispensing machine comprising a dispensing assembly configured to dispense an agricultural composition to a field; and a container containing the agricultural composition to be dispensed, the container comprising a smart label containing information about a recipe of the composition contained in the container and a specific geofence of the field on which the composition is to be dispensed; wherein the specific geofence of the field is a specific area that the agricultural composition in the container is to be dispensed, and includes, one or more boundaries, and one or more buffer zones; wherein the dispensing machine comprises a machine control system configured to: | 32,293 |
9,434,780 | 1. A method of treating a disease comprising synthesizing Relaxin-2 and administering the Relaxin-2 for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, rental fibrosis, or acute heart failure, with the relaxin-2 having the following amino acid sequence: an A chain having SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the first residue Glu is a pyroglutamic acid and a B chain having SEQ ID NO:2, with the synthesizing comprising the following steps: providing the amino acids necessary for the synthesis of the A and B chains with protective groups, wherein the cysteines are employed as trityl-protected amino acids (L-Cys(Trt)-OH); effecting a solid state synthesis of the individual chains A and B; effecting a chromatographic purification of the individual chains A and B after the solid state synthesis; followed by the simultaneous folding and combination of the individual chains A and B in ammonium hydrogencarbonate buffer at pH 7.9 to 8.4; addition of cystine and cysteine as a redox pair at a concentration of 2 mg cystine and 2 mg cysteine per mg of peptide employed (A+B chains) and subsequent purification of the relaxin-2 formed. | 23,453 |
9,406,887 | 1. A solution, comprising: an organic solvent; and a compound dissolved in the organic solvent, having the following formula (1): wherein R wherein R | 46,400 |
9,092,558 | 1. A method for grouping data fields in an object for optimal cache co-location, the method comprising the steps of: counting a frequency of access for individual fields in the object in a static analysis; rearranging said individual fields in the object based upon said counted frequency in said static analysis; executing the object; further counting a frequency of access for said individual fields in the object in a dynamic analysis; further rearranging said individual fields in the object based upon said counted frequency in said dynamic analysis; identifying access types for said individual fields in said static analysis; and, performing said rearranging step based both upon said counted frequency in said static analysis and also upon said access types in said static analysis. | 44,119 |
9,476,311 | 1. A variable-pitch propeller or repeller, comprising: a hub, propeller or repeller blades of variable pitch being fastened to the hub; and a pitch adjusting facility configured to change the pitch of the propeller or repeller blades, the pitch adjusting facility being disposed in the hub and being configured so as to only allow a numerically limited number of different blade pitches, and the pitch adjusting facility including a first electric ring motor including an annular stator and an annular rotor, including the same axis as the rotation axis of the variable-pitch propeller or repeller, and a drive mechanism configured to convert a rotational movement of the rotor to a rotational movement of the blades about their longitudinal axis and, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a yoke, movable in the direction of the rotation axis. | 25,763 |
9,669,765 | 1. A work machine having an upper deck which can be walked on arranged at a front thereof in a direction of travel above a bumper and having an operators cabin arranged laterally on the upper deck with at least one step-like access system arranged in front of the operator's cabin, wherein an intermediate stand lowered with respect to the upper deck is arranged in front of the operator's cabin and a first set of steps leads laterally to the upper deck from the intermediate stand while a second set of steps leads at least to the bumper from the intermediate stand to the front in the direction of travel. | 3,451 |
8,608,915 | 1. An electrolytic cell comprising: a containment vessel; a first electrode; a second electrode; a source of electrical current in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode; an electrolyte in fluid communication with the first electrode and the second electrode; a gas, wherein the gas is formed during electrolysis at or near the first electrode; a gas extraction area; and a separator wherein separator comprises two inclined surfaces forming a “V” shape, wherein separator comprises a substantially continuous helical configuration; and a microorganism, wherein the separator substantially retains the microorganism in a desired location, wherein the separator directs flow of the electrolyte and the gas due to a difference between density of the electrolyte and the combined density of the electrolyte and the gas such that the gas substantially flows in a direction distal to the second electrode, and wherein the separator is further configured to promote circulation of the electrolyte between the first electrode, the gas extraction area, and the second electrode to provide fresh electrolyte to the first electrode and the second electrode. | 25,895 |
8,513,913 | 1. A maximum power point tracking charge controller for photovoltaic systems, comprising a maximum power point tracking charge controller for electrical connection to a photovoltaic array including one or more photovoltaic modules and to a battery bank to control charging of the battery bank with electricity produced by the photovoltaic array, said charge controller having a maximum power point tracking algorithm for tracking the power point voltage of the photovoltaic array at which the photovoltaic array produces maximum power, said charge controller having a buck converter for receiving voltage input from the photovoltaic array and for supplying voltage output from said buck converter to charge the battery bank, said buck converter converting the voltage input to a voltage output that matches the voltage required by the battery bank for charging, said buck converter storing electrical energy when the voltage input is greater than the voltage required by the battery bank for charging, said buck converter comprising an inductor, a first switch, and a second switch comprising a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET connected in series with a parallel diode, wherein said second MOSFET has a configuration that is the reverse of the configuration of said first MOSFET. | 44,612 |
9,049,764 | 1. A LED drive circuit comprising: a controller generating a switching signal coupled to switch a magnetic device for generating an output current to drive a plurality of LEDs; and a programmable signal coupled to regulate a current-control signal of the controller; wherein the switching signal is modulated in response to the current-control signal for regulating the output current, and the level of the output current is correlated to the current-control signal. | 42,958 |
8,943,857 | 1. A clothes washer comprising: at least two power consuming features including a heater assembly configured to heat water used by the clothes washer and a drive system configured to effectuate mechanical action on a device intended to move a load of clothes disposed inside the clothes washer; a controller configured to receive and process a signal indicative of the cost of supplied energy and, based on the received signal, is further configured to operate the clothes washer in one of a plurality of operating modes including at least a normal mode where the drive system is configured to operate over a first total cycle time and consume a first amount of energy, and an energy savings mode where drive system is configured to duty cycle so as to operate over a second total cycle time greater than the first total cycle time and consume a second amount of energy less than or equal to the first amount of energy; wherein when the cost of supplied energy is above a user selected targeted energy cost, the controller is configured to operate the clothes washer in the energy savings mode. | 16,789 |
8,475,796 | 1. A method for the treatment of pain in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an antagonist of GM-CSF, wherein said antagonist is an antibody specific for GM-CSF or the GM-CSF receptor, wherein said pain is selected from bone cancer pain, osteoarthritic pain and post-surgical pain. | 34,952 |
9,798,146 | 1. A head-mounted display apparatus comprising: a display unit comprising: a first optical element attached to the display unit, wherein the first optical element receives and converges light emitted from the display unit onto a predetermined area; and a second optical element disposed opposite to the first optical element with respect to the display unit, wherein the second optical element receives and diverges light incident toward the display unit from an outside. | 1,047 |
9,532,875 | 1. A method for maintaining a void in an osseous defect in a subject comprising: applying a temporary space maintenance composition to the void in the osseous defect, wherein the temporary space maintenance composition comprises polymethylmethacrylate and a porogen, and wherein the temporary space maintenance composition has a porosity from about 10% to about 30%; and removing the temporary space maintenance composition from the void to permit subsequent application of a tissue construct to the void. | 38,937 |
9,627,690 | 1. A positive electrode composition for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a positive active material; a sheet-shaped conductive material; and a spherically shaped conductive material, which is included in an amount of about 1.1 to about 10 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the sheet-shaped conductive material, | 861 |
9,413,285 | 1. A support member for supporting one or more photovoltaic modules on a support surface, said support member comprising: a body portion, said body portion including a ballast receiving portion for accommodating one or more ballasts, said body portion further including a first support portion and a second support portion, said first support portion being spaced apart from said second support portion by said ballast receiving portion, said ballast receiving portion comprising a plurality of sides configured to circumscribe said one or more ballasts; wherein said support member is configured to bridge a plurality of rows of photovoltaic modules, said first support portion being configured to support one or more photovoltaic modules in a first row of said plurality of rows of photovoltaic modules, and said second support portion being configured to support one or more photovoltaic modules in a second row of said plurality of rows of photovoltaic modules, and wherein said ballast receiving portion is configured to be disposed at least partially between said first row of said plurality rows of photovoltaic modules and said second row of said plurality rows of photovoltaic modules when said support member bridges said first and second rows. | 11,095 |
9,756,347 | 1. A system comprising: a processor configured to execute operations comprising: a memory configured to store information for the processor, including the color table, the color index map, and the residual color index map. | 20,103 |
9,809,656 | 1. A process to form a viscosified liquid slurry polymerization additive, the process comprising: contacting a polymerization additive with a liquid to form a liquid slurry polymerization additive, wherein the polymerization additive comprises an aluminum stearate and at least one other material; and increasing a viscosity of the liquid slurry polymerization additive by shearing the liquid slurry polymerization additive to form the viscosified liquid slurry polymerization additive, wherein the shearing comprises mixing the liquid slurry polymerization additive with an agitator rotated at a speed within a range of from 750 rpm to 1250 rpm for a time period within a range of from one hour to one week. | 13,562 |
9,478,750 | 1. An anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein | 21,774 |
9,604,965 | 1. A compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R R R R R R X is selected from the group consisting of a bond, —(CH R R R C R R or two R R R R R or two R m is 0, 1 or 2; n, at each occurrence, independently is 0, 1 or 2; p is 0, 1 or 2; and q is 0, 1 or 2. | 38,944 |
8,501,902 | 1. A process for (a) polymerizing a heteroaromatic compound under formation of aryl-aryl C—C couplings, wherein said heteroaromatic compound has at least one functional halide or sulfonyloxy group and at least one functional boron group, or (b) copolymerizing at least one first and at least one second heteroaromatic compound under formation of aryl-aryl C—C couplings, wherein said first compound has at least two functional halide or sulfonyloxy groups and said second compound has at least two functional boron groups, said process comprising: performing the polymerization or copolymerization in the presence of wherein a reaction mixture is formed by combining said heteroaromatic compound or at least one first and at least one second heteroaromatic compound, said palladium catalyst, said organic phosphonium compound, said base, and said solvent or mixture of solvents, in which said palladium catalyst and organic phosphonium compound are added as separate entities, and said catalyst/ligand system is formed in situ, said functional halide or sulfonyloxy groups and said boron groups are attached to a thiophene or selenophene ring that is optionally substituted and optionally fused to another ring, and the organic phosphonium compound is a trisubstituted phosphonium salt with substituents selected from alkyl groups that are optionally substituted. | 19,884 |
9,405,809 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a display; a processor; a memory that stores code executable by the processor to perform: storing visited document data comprising one or more of a visited document address and a visited document description for each document visited, wherein each visited document address is an Internet protocol (IP) address and comprises a domain name; and displaying on the display one or more of a first visited document address and a first visited document description with a search result in response to an initial portion of the visited document address matching an initial portion of a search result address, wherein the initial portion of the visited document address matches the initial portion of the search result address if an initial domain name of the visited document address matches an initial domain name of the search result address. | 44,744 |
8,753,692 | 1. A composition for removing or reducing microbial biofilms, wherein the biofilm is caused by one or more of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermis , and Escherichia coli , comprising: (a) a sodium meta-periodate and (b) chlorhexidine. | 30,099 |
9,399,307 | 1. A router table comprising: a table top having a table top aperture and a plurality of support members, the support members being configured to support the table top; an insert plate received by the table top, the insert plate having a plurality of insert plate tabs; and a mounting plate rotationally mounted to the insert plate, the mounting plate having a plurality of mounting plate tabs configured to mate with the insert plate tabs, wherein the mounting plate is mounted to the insert plate by engagement of the mounting plate tabs to the insert plate tabs; wherein the mounting plate tabs extend outwardly from the mounting plate in a direction parallel to the plane of a planar surface of the mounting plate and define the radial limit of the mounting plate, and wherein the insert plate tabs are angled to correspond to the mounting plate tabs. | 46,921 |
9,528,225 | 1. An apparatus for stock-removal type machining of a workpiece comprising: a geometrically defined cutter; a receiver configured to receive the cutter, the receiver having a cam; a revolvingly drivable carrier, wherein the receiver with the cutter is disposed on the carrier such that the cutter is moveable relative to the carrier and wherein the revolving drivable carrier is revolvingly driveable about a revolution path; a settable actuating body configured to contact the cam so as to deflect at least one of the cutter or the receiver out of the revolution path to a path substantially parallel to the workpiece, wherein a distance between the actuating body and the carrier is independently settable during the machining of the workpiece; and a restoring device biasing the cutter or the receiver toward the actuating body so as to return the cutter or receiver to the revolution path, wherein the settable actuating body is configured to alter an engagement depth of the cutter relative to the carrier during the machining. | 27,600 |
9,669,853 | 1. A train control system comprising: on-board devices that each of which is mounted on respective trains traveling on a predetermined track; vehicle radio sets each of which is mounted on respective of the trains to be connected to the on-board devices; wayside radio sets each of which is disposed at a predetermined location on the ground to transmit information to and receive information from the vehicle radio sets; a ground device that is placed by the track and connected to the wayside radio sets; an operation controlling device that transmits operation information of the trains to the ground device; and a turnout that switches tracks, wherein the ground device is configured to detect a location of each of the trains based on wireless propagation time between the vehicle radio sets and the wayside radio sets to control an interval between a preceding train and a following train by a moving block control, wherein an approach point is set at a predetermined location before the turnout in a train travelling direction, wherein the ground device is further configured to: transmit information to and receive information from the on-board devices through a wayside radio set that is set at a predetermined location before the approach point in the train travelling direction and the vehicle radio sets, receive train entering track information from the operation controlling device to determine whether or not a following train enters a track which differs from that a preceding train entered, and control travelling speed of the following train so that the following train can travel without stopping, when the following train enters the track which differs from the track that the preceding train entered. | 16,738 |
8,874,065 | 1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a control signal; and a controller configured to regulate power consumption of the receiver during intervals of less than one radio frame based on the control signal, wherein the power consumption of the receiver is regulated by defining a plurality of times when the receiver is to be powered on and a plurality of times when the receiver is to be powered down. | 42,926 |
9,614,115 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a lower electrode arranged on a substrate; a first carrier holding layer arranged on and contacting the lower electrode to define a first interface therebetween, and including a plurality of majority carriers of a first type; a semiconductor layer arranged on the first carrier holding layer; and a second carrier holding layer arranged on and contacting the semiconductor layer to define a second interface therebetween with a conduction path being defined by the semiconductor layer and the first carrier holding layer between the first and second interfaces, and including a plurality of majority carriers of a second type, the first interface having an outline thereof within an outline of the first carrier holding layer when seen in a plan view in a direction that is orthogonal to a surface of the substrate on which the lower electrode is disposed, the second interface having an outline thereof within the outline of the first carrier holding layer when seen in the plan view, and at least a part of the first interface overlaps a part of the second interface when seen in the plan view. | 1,350 |
9,635,960 | 1. A system for the presentation of graphic content comprising a permanent base and a first inner sliding member wherein the first inner sliding member is assembled into the permanent base and can slide in and out of it; wherein the base consists of a base front panel with a front opening, a base back panel, a base graphics-bearing panel that bears base graphic content, a stopping flange with a stopping recess, a base bottom flange, a front stopping flange, and three base folding lines A-B, C-D, E-C; wherein the base graphics-bearing panel is folded along the base folding line A-B on the base back panel; wherein the base back panel is folded together with the base graphics-bearing panel along the base folding line C-D on the base front panel; and wherein the base bottom flange is folded and pasted to the base front panel; wherein the first inner sliding member consists of a first double graphics-bearing panel with two sections that bear first graphic content, a first bottom flange, a first back panel, two access cut-outs, and two first folding lines A-B and C-D; wherein the first double graphics-bearing panel has a first three-sided quadrangular cut composed of first sides X, Y, and Z that forms a first flap; wherein the first double graphics-bearing panel has a first cut that constitutes a direct continuation of the first side Z; wherein the first back panel is folded along the first folding line A-B so that the first back panel is parallel to and overlaps the first double graphics-bearing panel; wherein the first bottom flange is folded along the first folding line C-D and pasted to the back of the first back panel; whereby the first inner sliding member is inserted into the base, whereby the stopping flange is inserted into the side Y of the first cut in the first flap so that when the first inner sliding member is slid out of the base it is prevented from sliding all the way out of the base since said first cut Y in the first inner member is stopped by the front stopping flange in the base or the left edge of the first cut is stopped by the stopping recess. | 16,407 |
9,796,471 | 1. A set of swashplates for controlling the pitch of blades of a rotor, the set being provided with a non-rotary swashplate held against any rotation about an axis of rotation and a rotary swashplate suitable for rotating about the axis of rotation, the set including drive means for constraining the rotary swashplate and a rotor mast of the rotor in rotation about the axis of rotation, the drive means being provided with a drive arm driving rotation of the rotary swashplate about the axis of rotation, the drive arm extending in elevation from a first end towards a second end that is to be fastened to a rotor mast, wherein the drive arm drives rotation of the rotary swashplate about the axis of rotation by means of a plane connection including a fork, the first portion being held captive laterally between two lateral branches of the fork, the fork being hinged to the rotary swashplate giving the rotary swashplate a degree of freedom to move in rotation about a radial direction of the rotary swashplate relative to the fork, wherein the drive arm includes a first end portion that is substantially vertical, forming the first end, followed by a rounded intermediate portion having a radius, and a second end portion that is substantially horizontal and forming the second end, the second end portion comprising a ring for engaging around the rotor mast. | 10,716 |
8,363,619 | 1. A method for establishing S1 signaling connections in an evolved network, comprising: receiving, by an evolved packet core (EPC), a HANDOVER COMPLETE message that carries a new S1 signaling connection parameter and an original S1 signaling connection parameter; storing, by the EPC, the new S1 signaling connection parameter in the HANDOVER COMPLETE message; and searching for, by the EPC, an original communication instance according to the original S1 signaling connection parameter after receiving the HANDOVER COMPLETE message that carries the new S1 signaling connection parameter and the original S1 signaling connection parameter. | 37,373 |
9,073,436 | 1. A power conversion system for high-speed railway vehicles, comprising: a plurality of power conversion apparatuses disposed in line in a traveling direction of a plurality of vehicles coupled to one another to convert externally supplied electric power and to supply the converted power to an electric motor, the power conversion apparatuses each comprising: wherein a first control unit provided in a first power conversion apparatus of the plurality of power conversion apparatuses executes a control of increasing or decreasing electric power to be converted in a first conversion unit provided in a first power conversion apparatus specified based on the control signal, in accordance with at least one of information of a number of other heat dissipation units disposed forward, in the traveling direction, of a first heat dissipation unit provided in the first power conversion apparatus, and information of a distance to a forwardly adjacent one of the other heat dissipation units in the traveling direction. | 2,122 |
9,425,335 | 1. An optical detector, comprising: a first dielectric layer; a graphene optical transmission line formed on the first dielectric layer; a graphene optical detector formed on the first dielectric layer and configured to detect light transmitted along the graphene optical transmission line; electric wires formed on the graphene optical detector; metal pads positioned at both ends of the graphene optical detector and connected with the electric wires; and a second dielectric layer formed on the graphene optical transmission line, wherein the graphene optical detector detects an intensity of light incident in a horizontal direction with respect to a surface of the graphene optical transmission line, and wherein the graphene optical transmission line is spaced apart from the metal pads. | 11,804 |
9,337,456 | 1. A frame member for housing a battery cell, comprising: a frame having a plastic peripheral wall, first and second L-shaped arms, and a protrusion; the plastic peripheral wall having a first side wall, a second side wall, an upper wall, and a lower wall; the upper wall coupled to and extending between the first and second side walls, the lower wall coupled to and extending between the first and second side walls, the plastic peripheral wall further having an attachment face on a first side of the plastic peripheral wall and an opposed cooling face on a second side of the plastic peripheral wall; the first and second L-shaped arms being coupled to the upper wall and extending from the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall; the first L-shaped arm having first and second portions, the first portion of the first L-shaped arm being coupled to and extending perpendicular to the attachment face, the second portion of the first L-shaped arm being coupled to and extending from an end of the first portion of the first L-shaped arm in a first direction perpendicular to the first portion of the first L-shaped arm and parallel to the attachment face such that a first space is defined between the first portion of the first L-shaped arm, the second portion of the first L-shaped arm, and the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall; the first space having an open end between an end of the second portion of the first L-shaped arm and the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall; the second L-shaped arm having first and second portions, the first portion of the second L-shaped arm being coupled to and extending perpendicular to the attachment face, the second portion of the second L-shaped arm being coupled to and extending from an end of the first portion of the second L-shaped arm in a second direction perpendicular to the first portion of the second L-shaped arm, the second direction being in an opposite direction relative to the first direction, the second portion of the second L-shaped arm further extending parallel to the attachment face such that a second space is defined between the first portion of the second L-shaped arm, the second portion of the second L-shaped arm and the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall, the second space having an open end between an end of the second portion of the second L-shaped arm and the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall; the second L-shaped arm being symmetrically opposed to the first L-shaped arm about a plane of symmetry that is perpendicular to the attachment face of the plastic peripheral wall; the protrusion being coupled to the upper wall and extending from the attachment face, the upper wall further having a mating recess extending therein, the first and second L-shaped arms being disposed on the upper wall between the protrusion and the mating recess; the plastic peripheral wall defining an opening that is configured to receive a battery cell therein, the upper wall of the plastic peripheral wall further having a first electrode channel configured to receive a first electrode of the battery cell therethrough such that the first electrode extends outside of the plastic peripheral wall. | 21,123 |
9,588,026 | 1. A method of handling a sample, the method comprising: receiving a sample container containing a volume of a sample; removing a sample from the sample container using an extraction device; dispensing the sample into a sample vessel with the extraction device; washing the extraction device by dispensing a fluid through the extraction device; moving the sample vessel containing the sample to a sample application position; removing a portion of the sample from the sample vessel using a sample applicator; dispensing the sample portion from the sample applicator to directly contact a surface of a sample carrier, wherein the sample portion is dispensed onto the surface in at least one of a serpentine pattern, a raster pattern, a spiral pattern, a pattern of concentric circles, and a pattern of multiple lines; rinsing the sample applicator by dispensing fluid through the sample applicator; and washing the sample vessel to remove any residual sample. | 7,633 |
9,251,400 | 1. A learning apparatus comprising: a plurality of detection units configured to detect a part or whole of a target object from a plurality of learning images in each of which an actual state of the target object is known; an estimation unit configured to estimate a state of the target object detected by the plurality of detection units; a classification unit configured to classify the learning images into a plurality of state classes based on the estimated state of the target object; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an error rate of the estimated state of the target object for each of the state classes with respect to each of the plurality of detection units based on the actual state of the target object; a weight determination unit configured to determine a weight with respect to each of the plurality of detection units for each of the state classes based on the calculated error rate; and a storage unit configured to store respective weights for the plurality of detection units in association with the state classes of the target object. | 10,436 |
9,052,366 | 1. A method for performing an electronic battery test on a storage battery, comprising: electrically connecting Kelvin connectors to the storage battery; applying a forcing function through the battery using the Kelvin connectors; responsively measuring a dynamic parameter of the storage battery through the battery using the Kelvin connectors; coupling to a data module through a databus; communicating between the microprocessor and the data module through the databus. | 2,523 |
8,755,853 | 1. A contact element formed as an electrically conductive plate, with an electrical connection element said contact element housed within a superconducting cable unit arranged in a refrigerant and in electrical contact with a superconducting cable in said cable unit, said contact element comprising: through slots forming thermal conduction baffles, wherein the contact element is in electrical connection with the superconducting cable and wherein said through slots thermally conduct heat away from said superconducting cable. | 9,799 |
9,636,632 | 1. A process for separating two components, A and B, of a gas mixture having a ratio (Rf) of A:B, comprising: (a) passing the gas mixture across a separation membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, the separation membrane having a selective layer comprising a copolymer consisting of a perfluorinated dioxolane monomer and a fluorovinyl monomer selected from one of the following formulas: (b) providing a driving force for transmembrane permeation; (c) withdrawing from the permeate side a permeate stream having a ratio (Rp) of A:B, where Rp>Rf; and (d) withdrawing from the feed side a residue stream having a ratio (Rr) of A:B, where Rr<Rf. | 20,685 |
9,804,071 | 1. A sample cooling device for cooling a sample in a sample container comprising: a sample in a sample container, the sample container being accommodated in an accommodating chamber; a cooling section in direct contact with the sample container and configured to perform a cooling process to cool the sample container; a dehumidifier section configured to perform a dehumidification process by cooling air inside the accommodating chamber; and a control section configured to control driving of the dehumidifier section, wherein the control section performs a first driving process of setting a set temperature of the dehumidifier section to a temperature which is lower than a temperature of the sample container being cooled by the cooling section during operation of the dehumidifier section, and a second driving process of stopping driving of the dehumidifier section or of raising the set temperature of the dehumidifier section to above the set temperature at a time of the first driving process after the first driving process is performed over a predetermined period of time, wherein the dehumidification process and the cooling process begin simultaneously. | 22,632 |
9,085,693 | 1. A lithium secondary battery, the lithium secondary battery comprising: an electrode including a polyamide imide (PAI)-based binder, wherein: | 43,068 |
9,018,034 | 1. A method of manufacturing a thin film type solar cell, the method comprising: a) forming a first electrode over a substrate; b) removing a certain region of the first electrode to form a first separation part; c) forming an optoelectric conversion layer over the substrate, the substrate further comprising the first electrode and the first separation part; d) removing a certain region of the optoelectric conversion layer on the first electrode to form a contact line; e) printing a plurality of second electrodes on the optoelectric conversion layer and in the contact line, the second electrodes being connected to the first electrode through the contact line, such that adjacent second electrodes are separated at certain intervals by a second separation part; and f) wet etching the optoelectric conversion layer in the second separation part using the plurality of second electrodes as a mask to expose the first electrode in the second separation part wherein wet etching the optoelectric conversion layer comprises: | 33,722 |
8,946,818 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an insulator layer; a semiconductor substrate, having an interface with the insulator layer on a first side; and an epitaxial layer grown on the semiconductor substrate by epitaxial growth, the epitaxial layer on a side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side; wherein the semiconductor substrate and the epitaxial layer exhibit a net doping concentration having a maximum value in the semiconductor substrate at a predetermined distance from the interface of the insulator layer and the semiconductor substrate and which increases monotonically from the interface to the maximum value and decreases monotonically towards the epitaxial layer. | 30,043 |
8,818,329 | 1. A system comprising: a mobile device comprising: a first host device comprising: a second host device comprising: wherein the first processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising: wherein the second processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising: | 1,633 |
9,673,041 | 1. A method of depositing a titanium dioxide bilayer over a plurality of structures on a substrate, the method comprising: (a) receiving the substrate in a reaction chamber, the substrate being a semiconductor substrate and comprising the plurality of structures on a surface of the substrate; (b) flowing a first titanium-containing reactant into the reaction chamber and allowing the first titanium-containing reactant to adsorb onto the surface of the substrate; (c) flowing a first oxygen-containing reactant into the reaction chamber and allowing the first oxygen-containing reactant to adsorb onto the surface of the substrate; (d) exposing the reaction chamber to plasma for a duration of about 0.5 seconds or less to drive a surface reaction between the first titanium-containing reactant and the first oxygen-containing reactant to thereby conformally deposit a first titanium dioxide layer over the plurality of structures, wherein the plasma is generated using an RF power density of about 1750 W/m (e) repeating (b)-(d) until the first titanium dioxide layer reaches a final thickness; (f) after (e), flowing a second titanium-containing reactant into the reaction chamber and allowing the second titanium-containing reactant to adsorb onto the surface of the substrate; (g) flowing a second oxygen-containing reactant into the reaction chamber and allowing the second oxygen-containing reactant to adsorb onto the surface of the substrate; (h) exposing the reaction chamber to a second plasma to drive a second surface reaction between the second titanium-containing reactant and the second oxygen-containing reactant to thereby conformally deposit a second titanium dioxide layer over the first titanium dioxide layer, wherein the second titanium dioxide layer is deposited under different plasma conditions than the first titanium dioxide layer; and (i) repeating (f)-(h) until the second titanium dioxide layer reaches a second final thickness, wherein the first titanium dioxide layer and the second titanium dioxide layer together form the titanium dioxide bilayer. | 37,483 |
9,384,164 | 1. A device comprising: device data connectors that connect to a memory channel connecting to memory data connectors on a memory; logic that when executed is to: | 42,987 |
8,516,188 | 1. A circuit to receive input control signals from a memory controller, the circuit comprising: a first data line and a first data strobe line, the circuit to receive, in response to a first command from the memory controller, a first data signal via the first data line and a first data strobe signal via the first data strobe line, wherein the first command corresponding to a first set of input control signals; a second data line and a second data strobe line, the circuit to receive, in response to a second command from the memory controller, a second data signal via the second data line and a second data strobe signal via the second data strobe line, wherein the second command corresponding to a second set of input control signals, the second data strobe signal partially overlapping in time with the first data strobe signal; a third data line coupled to the memory controller; and a logic element to monitor commands from the memory controller and to generate a combined data signal on the third data line in response to the first command and the second command, the combined data signal combining at least part of the first data signal and at least part of the second data signal. | 27,233 |
8,903,417 | 1. A mobile terminal comprising: circuitry configured to | 2,360 |
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