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8,508,919 | 1. An optical device, comprising: an outer casing; an optical support fixed to a position within an interior of the outer casing; a plurality of optical components mounted to the optical support; a heat sink thermally coupled to a first optical component of the plurality of optical components, wherein at least a portion of the heat sink extends through the optical support; a gasket configured to thermally insulate the portion of the heat sink extending through the optical support; a printed circuit board separate from the optical support and fixed to a position in the outer casing that is spatially separated from the optical support and the plurality of optical components; one or more electrical components mounted to the printed circuit board; and one or more electrical conductors electrically connecting the one or more electrical components to the plurality of optical components. | 19,321 |
9,503,241 | 1. A method by a network component for configuring channel measurements and reporting, the method comprising: sending, to a user equipment (UE), a data transmission pattern for transmissions on downlinks from multiple cells serving the UE, wherein the data transmission pattern indicates a plurality of subframes including one or more restricted subframes where transmissions from one of the cells are restricted; and sending, to the UE, a measurement pattern allocating measurements and reports for a cell from the UE to the cells at corresponding designated subframes of the subframes in the data transmission pattern, wherein the cells include a serving cell prohibited from transmissions during the one or more restricted subframes and an assisting serving cell for the UE, and wherein the measurement pattern allocates measurements and reports from the UE to the assisting serving cell at the one or more restricted subframes and allocates measurements and reports from the UE to the serving cell at the remaining non-restricted subframes. | 19,425 |
8,829,700 | 1. A wind turbine nacelle, comprising: at least one heat-generating component housed within the nacelle; and at least one heat exchanger assembly for cooling said at least one heat-generating component, wherein the at least one heat exchanger assembly comprises a first cooling assembly and a second cooling assembly, wherein the first cooling assembly comprises: wherein the second cooling assembly comprises: | 38,157 |
9,347,632 | 1. A light fixture for use in a ceiling of a building comprising: a receptacle having a first side wall and a second side wall disposed in opposed relationship and a first end wall and a second end wall disposed in opposed relationship, a back wall extending from the first and second sidewalls and from the first and second end walls; the first and second sidewalls, the first and second end walls and the back wall defining a chamber; a u-shaped channel having a base and opposed legs extending from the first end wall to the second end wall, the base of the channel extending into the chamber; and at least one Edison screw type base socket positioned on at least one leg of the channel, the at least one Edison screw type base socket to accept a screw type light producing element. | 37,656 |
8,521,626 | 1. A computer-implemented method for generating enhanced invoice payment documents, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system having a processor, a plurality of invoices issued by a plurality of different issuers and issued to a plurality of different recipients; creating, by the computer system, a digital image of each of the plurality of invoices; storing, by the computer system, the digital images of the plurality of invoices in a database connected to the computer processor; receiving, by the computer system, an authorization from one of the recipients to make a payment by check for one or more of the plurality of invoices of a common issuer, as selected by said recipient; retrieving, by the computer system, an image of the selected one or more of the plurality of invoices from the database; generating, by the computer system, an enhanced invoice payment document, the enhanced invoice payment document containing (1) a check payable to an issuer of the selected invoice or invoices, and (2) the image of each of the selected one or more invoices; displaying, by the computer system, a layout of the enhanced invoice payment document to said recipient for approval; and responsive to receiving an approval from said recipient for the layout, preparing, by the computer system, the enhanced invoice payment document to be transmitted to an issuer. | 40,700 |
9,469,802 | 1. A method for treating a wellbore comprising: circulating a wellbore fluid in said wellbore, wherein said wellbore fluid comprises a fluid and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of chitin nanocrystals, chitin nanocrystal derivatives and combinations thereof; wherein the chitin nanocrystals and chitin nanocrystal derivatives are substantially free of amorphous components, and wherein said chitin nanocrystals are primarily comprised of chitin molecules having an average diameter of from 5 nm to 50 nm and an average length of from 100 nm to 1000 nm and wherein said chitin nanocrystal derivatives are derived from said chitin nanocrystals. | 38,143 |
9,653,916 | 1. A power supply system, comprising: an input stage converting circuit; a first energy storage component with a first terminal and a second terminal electrically coupled to the input stage converting circuit, wherein the input stage converting circuit is configured to charge the first energy storage component, and the first energy storage component stores charging electricity; a second energy storage component with a third terminal and a fourth terminal; and an output stage converting circuit electrically coupled to the first energy storage component, wherein the output stage converting circuit converts the charging electricity into an output electricity and provides the output electricity to a load, wherein the output stage converting circuit further comprises: wherein the input stage converting circuit has a first electric power, and the output stage converting circuit has a second electric power which is greater than the first electric power and less than the required power of the load. | 32,605 |
9,475,006 | 1. A controller for controlling a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system of an internal combustion engine system comprising: a reductant dosing module configured to generate a reductant command based, at least in part, on a determined ammonia compensation value and output the generated reductant command to a reductant delivery system, the reductant delivery system injecting reductant into an exhaust gas stream at a rate based on the generated reductant command; and an ammonia storage module comprising: | 42,865 |
9,062,626 | 1. A jet propulsion unit of an aircraft, comprising: a turbofan engine faired by a nacelle, and held in suspension by at least one pylon, the turbofan engine including a fan; a duct that channels air accelerated by the fan, the duct being bounded by an internal surface of the duct and an inner surface of the nacelle; and a thrust reverser device including a first part and a second part, wherein the jet propulsion unit has a first circumferential sector and a second circumferential sector distinct from the first circumferential sector, wherein the first circumferential sector and the second circumferential sector span the entire turbofan engine, the first part is entirely within the first circumferential sector and includes doors that channel the air in the duct towards an exterior of the jet propulsion unit via openings, and the second part is entirely within the second circumferential sector and includes mobile elements that channel the air in the duct toward the doors. | 4,623 |
8,367,741 | 1. A method of producing synthesis gas, the method comprising: mixing a carbonaceous feed comprising at least one carbonaceous material with superheated steam to produce a reformer feedstock; reforming the reformer feedstock to produce a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide by distributing the reformer feedstock into a plurality of coiled tubes within a reformer at a reformer temperature and a reformer pressure at which at least a portion of the reformer feedstock is converted to synthesis gas; catalytically converting at least a portion of the synthesis gas into synthesis gas conversion product comprising liquid hydrocarbons; and recycling, from the catalytic conversion, a spent catalyst stream comprising spent catalyst and associated synthesis gas conversion product separated therewith, a tailgas, or both to the reformer. | 12,223 |
9,298,559 | 1. A system for analyzing a snapshot of a set of data, the system comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a copy component executed by the at least one processor and configured to create a full copy of the set of data, and to create a copy of a log of changes made to the set of data after the full copy of the set of data was made, a snapshot component executed by the at least one processor and configured to— an interface and analysis component executed by the at least one processor and configured to— | 29,298 |
9,770,180 | 1. A spinal catheter comprising: an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end is adapted for placement in a spinal fluid pathway, epidural space, ventricle or cistern; monitoring lumen connected to a monitoring port at a distal end, wherein the monitoring port is a first port housing a transducer, wherein the transducer determines pressure data in the spinal fluid pathway, epidural space, ventricle or cistern; an inlet lumen formed on the elongate shaft and connected to an inlet port, wherein the inlet port is a second port; an outlet lumen connected to an outlet port, wherein the outlet port is a third port, wherein at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port supplies infuses or exchanges fluid to establish changes in volume; an I/O system configured to receive the pressure data and generate impedance measurements based upon the relationship between the changes in volume and the pressure data; wherein the transducer can transmit and collect electromagnetic radiation, in at least one of the ultrasonic, infrared range, and visible range; and wherein the transducer continuously monitors structural data of the spinal cord, including central canal size and parenchymal edema. | 33,395 |
9,653,696 | 1. A method of making a non-toxic perovskite/inorganic thin-film tandem solar cell comprising the steps of: depositing a textured oxide buffer layer on substrate; depositing a metal-inorganic film from a eutectic alloy on said buffer layer; and depositing perovskite elements on said metal-inorganic film, forming a perovskite layer based on a metal from said metal-inorganic film, incorporating said metal into said perovskite layer. | 44,514 |
8,810,886 | 1. A method for displaying an image, comprising: receiving a coherent light beam from a coherent light source; distorting a wavefront of the coherent light beam with a de-speckling device to produce a distorted coherent light beam; and selectively modulating the distorted coherent light beam by a two-dimensional array of light modulators to select a plurality of pixels for display wherein the distorting is carried out by: positioning an optical medium in the path of the coherent light beam between the coherent light source and the two-dimensional array of light modulators; and producing an acoustic wave in the optical medium that generates a translational, rotational or tilting motion of the wavefront of the coherent light beam. | 28,693 |
8,692,770 | 1. An operation apparatus comprising: a main body; a movable operation unit movable on a two-dimensional operation surface of the main body, the two-dimensional operation surface defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis perpendicular each other; a Y-axis movable object including a Y-axis movable portion movable in the Y-axis direction when rotating around an rotation axis, the rotation axis extending in the X-axis direction relative to the main body, wherein the Y-axis movable portion includes a sliding rail portion on which the movable operation unit is slidable in the X-axis direction, the movable operation unit is operable to slide in the X axial direction and move in the Y axial direction accompanied with rotation of the Y-axis movable portion around the rotation axis to perform a parallel shift in the two dimensional direction while regularly and constantly maintaining a posture of the movable operation unit, the Y-axis movable object is a swing member extending in the X-axis direction relative to the main body, the Y-axis movable object being rotatable around the rotation axis as a swing axis, the Y-axis movable portion is formed in a swing end outside the swing axis and configured to swing in the Y-axis direction, and a sliding movement of the movable operation unit in the X axial direction and a swing motion of the swing member in the Y axial direction enables a two-dimensional operation of the movable operation unit. | 33,248 |
8,390,092 | 1. An integrated circuit device, comprising: first and second terminals; a single polarity electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp coupled between the first and second terminals, comprising: where the first semiconductor region comprises a first contact region of the first conductivity type connected to the first terminal and a second contact region of the second conductivity type connected to the first terminal, and where the second semiconductor region comprises a third contact region of the first conductivity type connected to the second terminal and no additional contact region of the second conductivity type connected to the second terminal. | 29,752 |
9,481,408 | 1. A variable deflector apparatus for a side step of a vehicle, comprising: a slide plate receiving power from a drive device to be received in and drawn out from the side step; and a side-step deflector comprising a plurality of joints connected to each other in a row to be coupled with the slide plate and to be folded or unfolded with respect to a junction of each of the joints, wherein the side-step deflector is configured to be received together with the slide plate when it is received in the side step and to be drawn out together with the slide plate and simultaneously separated therefrom when the slide plate is drawn out from the side step, and a drawn-out portion of the side-step deflector separated from the slide plate is configured to be perpendicularly deployed downwards from the side step, thus improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle. | 2,434 |
9,482,724 | 1. A method for detecting connection or detachment between a power supply device and a load, the method comprising steps of: determining whether a load detection operation is necessary based on a detection voltage corresponding to an output voltage from the power supply device; when determining the load detection operation to be necessary, estimating a specific time point in a first period during which the output voltage of the power supply device decreases from a first level to a second level; and applying a test signal to the output voltage for a predetermined detection period with reference to the specific time point, wherein switching operation of a power switch of the power supply device does not occur in the first period. | 40,976 |
9,079,169 | 1. A methane aromatization catalyst comprising an oxide of an active metal or a compound thereof, and an inorganic oxide support wherein the active metal is added to the support as a metal oxalate, and wherein the active metal comprises molybdenum. | 42,972 |
8,437,105 | 1. A magneto-resistive reader comprising: a first magnetic shield element, the first shield element comprising two ferromagnetic anisotropic layers separated by a grain growth suppression layer, at least one of the ferromagnetic anisotropic layers has a first magnetic orientation direction; a second magnetic shield element; and a magneto-resistive sensor stack in electrical connection with the first magnetic shield element and the second magnetic shield element and separating the first magnetic shield element from the second magnetic shield element, the magneto-resistive reader is a tunneling magneto-resistive reader having a TMR ratio of 200% or greater, the tunneling magneto-resistive reader comprising a free magnetic element having a free magnetization orientation direction and a reference magnetic element having a reference magnetization orientation direction and an electrically insulating layer between the free and reference magnetic elements, where the first magnetic orientation direction is perpendicular to the free magnetization orientation direction or the reference magnetization orientation direction. | 11,800 |
8,767,611 | 1. A method for indicating a relay link boundary, comprising the steps of: a base station indicating, to a relay node, the relay link boundary corresponding to the relay node; and the relay node determining the relay link boundary according to the indication of the base station, wherein the relay link boundary is a starting position of resource available to other relay links except that of R-PDCCH. | 15,344 |
8,973,497 | 1. An ink proofing device comprising: an anilox roll; an ink transfer roll including an outer surface, a first end, a second end and a gear disposed adjacent each of the first end and second end, the ink transfer roll further including a photopolymer printing plate disposed on the outer surface between the gears, the plate having a width and an etched, ink-receiving surface, the transfer roll and the anilox roll being shiftable relative to each other; a rotational linkage positively rotationally coupling the anilox roll and the ink transfer roll, the rotational linkage selected to have a diameter configured to support the width of the photopolymer printing plate such that the etched, ink-receiving surface can receive ink in varying degrees; and a drive roll having first and second ends, the drive roll including a metallic center surface disposed between a first non-metallic resilient band and a second non-metallic resilient band, wherein each of the first and second gears of the ink transfer roll contacts a respective one of the first and second non-metallic resilient bands to form a semi-positive drive therebetween, and wherein each of the first and second non-metallic resilient bands rebounds to its original shape after being compressed and released by the respective first and second gears of the ink transfer roll. | 5,293 |
8,974,211 | 1. A system for aiding in the replacement of a mold intended to be used for the replacement of at least one mold of a molding unit equipping a machine for manufacturing containers by the forming, by means of at least one fluid under pressure, of a preform made from a plastic material having been thermally conditioned beforehand, the system comprising: said molding unit comprising at least: at least one device for transporting the mold forming a transportable unit subassembly, the transportable unit subassembly being a joined mold, the said transport device comprising | 10,855 |
9,745,750 | 1. A section of a modular composite pole, comprising: a tapered hollow tube comprising an outer periphery, a first end, and a second end, wherein the first end has a larger diameter than the second end; and an inner periphery sized so as to define a gap between said inner periphery and an outer periphery of an adjacent section received therein; and a built-up ledge around and extending beyond the outer periphery of the tapered hollow tube; wherein a clearance joint is formed upon assembly with the adjacent section, the clearance joint defined in that it maintains the gap between the inner periphery and the outer periphery and does not rely upon friction between the inner periphery of the section and the outer periphery of the adjacent section. | 1,664 |
9,752,053 | 1. A barrier layer stack, comprising: a barrier material including defects; a seal completely covering said defects of said barrier material, wherein said defects include recesses inside barrier material and a substantial amount of said seal does not protrude inside said recesses; and wherein, in an operational state of said barrier layer stack, presence of said seal reduces or prevents diffusion of vapor and/or gas molecules through said recesses inside said barrier material. | 45,717 |
9,137,804 | 1. A method comprising: configuring a first time division duplex (TDD) configuration for a first cell of a user equipment (UE) in an LTE system, wherein the first cell is over a first frequency band; configuring a second TDD configuration for a second cell of the UE, wherein the second cell is over a second frequency band, and wherein the first TDD configuration is different from the second TDD configuration; determining if there is simultaneous downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transceivinq between the first and the second TDD configuration; determining a band spacing between the first band and the second band for carrier aggregation if there exist one or more time slot that has simultaneous DL/UL transceivinq to avoid in-device inter-band interference between two co-located RF modules with simultaneous transmission and reception; broadcasting the band spacing between the first band and the second band for carrier aggregation; and receiving a carrier aggregation indication from the UE, wherein the carrier aggregation indication indicates whether the UE supports the carrier aggregation of the first TDD configuration and the second TDD configuration with the required band spacing. | 31,764 |
9,627,579 | 1. An LED device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation ranging from about 200 nm to 365 nm, the device comprising: a substrate member, the substrate member being selected from sapphire, silicon, quartz, gallium nitride, gallium aluminum nitride, or others; a sloped mesa region; an active region overlying the substrate region, the active region comprising a light emitting spatial region comprising a p-n junction, the light emitting spatial region configured with the sloped mesa region such that a ratio of the sloped mesa region to the light emitting spatial region ranges from 1 to 4, the light emitting spatial region characterized by a concentrated current region; an optical structure spatially disposed separate and apart the light emitting spatial region and is configured to facilitate light extraction from the active region. | 44,724 |
8,830,305 | 1. A liquid crystal displayer capable of displaying image in a three dimensional mode, comprising: a display panel, displaying said image; a first timing controller electrically coupled to said display panel; a second timing controller electrically coupled to said display panel; a control module receiving multiple frames and controlling said first timing controller according to a refresh frequency of said frames, to input said frames to said panel based on a frame clock, and controlling said second timing controller to invert the signal polarity of said frames based on an inversion clock; wherein when said control module determines that said refresh frequency is substantially equal to a first predefined refresh frequency, said control module controls said second timing controller to set the period of said refresh frequency as the period of said inversion clock, and invert said signal polarity of said frame based on said inversion clock; wherein said display panel displays said frames having first predefined refresh frequency in a two dimensional mode; wherein when said control module determines that said refresh frequency is substantially equal to a second predefined refresh frequency, said control module controls said second timing controller to set the N times of period of said refresh frequency as the period of said inversion clock, and invert said signal polarity of said frame based on said inversion clock; wherein said display panel displays said frames having second predefined refresh frequency in a three dimensional mode for a shutter glass; wherein said first predefined refresh frequency is lower than said second predefined refresh frequency. | 37,769 |
9,805,832 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of control rod drive mechanisms (CRDMs) each configured to raise or lower a control rod assembly; and a distribution plate configured to be mounted in a nuclear reactor pressure vessel including a reactor core submerged in primary coolant, the distribution plate including a plurality of connection sites at which the CRDMS are mounted, the distribution plate being submerged in the primary coolant and including electrical power distribution lines comprising mineral insulated cables (Ml cables) disposed on or in the distribution plate for distributing electrical power to the CRDMs mounted on the distribution plate, wherein the nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes an upper portion and a lower portion; a mid-flange is disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; and the distribution plate is disposed in the lower portion of the pressure vessel above the reactor core and the CRDMs are disposed in the lower portion of the pressure vessel. | 4,185 |
8,742,737 | 1. A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) controlling circuit for controlling an output voltage of a main circuit of a SMPS, the SMPS controlling circuit comprising: a switching status selecting unit configured to generate a switching status selecting signal according to a voltage feedback signal reflecting a voltage change of the main circuit; a reference voltage generating unit connected with the switching status selecting unit, and configured to output a reference voltage according to a voltage output status selected from a plurality of voltage output statuses according to the switching status selecting signal; a first comparator connected with the reference voltage generating unit, and configured to output a pulse width modulation (PWM) controlling signal according to the reference voltage, and according to a current feedback signal that reflects a current change of the main circuit; a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) controlling unit connected with the switching status selecting unit, and configured to output a PFM controlling signal with a frequency according to a frequency output status selected from a plurality of frequency output statuses according to the switching status selecting signal; a logic unit connected with the first comparator and the PFM controlling unit, and configured to output a switching controlling signal according to the PWM controlling signal and the PFM controlling signal; and a driving unit connected with the logic unit, and configured to control a power switch of the main circuit to switch on or switch off to thereby stabilize the output voltage of the main circuit according to the switching controlling signal. | 49,910 |
9,141,436 | 1. An apparatus for performing partition scheduling for an application in a processor comprising cores, the apparatus comprising: a partition queue configured to manage a partition scheduling event, the partition queue having a hierarchical structure configured to enqueue, based on a priority, partition assignment requests of applications; a partition scheduler comprising a core map configured to store data pertaining to a hardware environment of each core; and a partition manager processor configured to perform partition scheduling with respect to the cores, according to the partition scheduling event, and based on the stored data; wherein the stored data comprises identification information of an application assigned to each core of the plurality of cores; and wherein in response to previously processing an application associated with a first partition scheduling event in a first core among the cores, the partition manager processor is configured to perform the partition scheduling based on the stored data, by including the first core in the first partition scheduling event. | 36,296 |
9,399,791 | 1. A method of treating dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease in a human subject comprising administering to the human subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a Protective Protein/Cathepsin A (PPCA) polypeptide. | 9,022 |
9,481,456 | 1. A method applied to a rotorcraft comprising a rotor including blades, the method comprising: obtaining data from a first plurality of hub sensors disposed on a hub of the rotorcraft; obtaining data from a second plurality of blade sensors disposed on each of the blades; processing the data to isolate blade dynamics from rotorcraft maneuvering dynamics using relative blade-hub acceleration based on the data obtained from the hub and blade sensors; obtaining at least one parameter associated with the blade dynamics based on the processing; and analyzing the at least one parameter to control at least one of the rotorcraft and the blades. | 38,431 |
9,178,228 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell system, comprising: a plurality of planar fuel cells form a stack, comprising a bipolar plate arranged between two respective fuel cells, the fuel cells respectively including a cathode-electrolyte-anode unit, wherein, the respective anodes and the cathodes are formed at two oppositely arranged sides of a solid electrolyte in an electrochemically active region of the fuel cell, and wherein openings formed in the solid electrolyte present channels for at least one of the supply and removal of at least one of a fuel gas to anodes, an oxidizing agent to cathodes, and an exhaust gas, wherein the exhaust gas at the anode side or cathode side is supplied via channels or directly into an afterburner configured to permit a catalytic post-oxidizing of an exhaust gas mixture formed with the exhaust gas at the anode side and at the cathode side, wherein webs provide an electrically conductive connection between the cathodes and bipolar plates, wherein a catalytic afterburner is associated with every single fuel cell or with a group formed from a plurality of fuel cells, and the afterburners are arranged such that exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell at the anode side or at the cathode side enters directly into an afterburner. | 6,389 |
9,843,688 | 1. An image forming system comprising: an image processing apparatus configured to generate image data based on a printing request transmitted from an external apparatus via a network and transmit the image data; and an image forming apparatus configured to execute printing based on the image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus includes a first interface which receives information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus, a storage which stores the information of the image forming apparatus received by the first interface, a second interface which receives a request from an external apparatus and transmits the information about the request stored in the storage to the external apparatus, a controller which shifts the image processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first power state, and shifts the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, wherein, when the second interface has received a first request from an external apparatus while the image processing apparatus is in the second power state, the controller shifts the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state and the first interface transmits a second request to the image forming apparatus, and wherein the first interface receives new information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus as response information about the second request and the second interface transmits new information about the first request to the external apparatus. | 1,622 |
8,950,383 | 1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an intake circuit including a mixer passage having a mixer passage axis and a gaseous fuel mixer positioned within the mixer passage and extending along the mixer passage axis, the gaseous fuel mixer including a frustoconical cone and an outlet element; the frustoconical cone including a first end, an open second end having a diameter D and positioned downstream from the first end, an interior portion, and a height H, the outlet element being positioned in the interior portion and including a fuel passage and a plurality of transverse openings connecting the fuel passage to the interior portion, the plurality of transverse openings positioned in the interior portion to direct gaseous fuel into the interior portion; and a gaseous fuel system connected to the intake circuit. | 44,465 |
9,322,115 | 1. A porous electrospun fiber comprising an acrylamide-based polymer comprising at least one repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: In Chemical Formula 1, n is an integer of 15 to 1,800, R is hydrogen or methyl; and R′ is X, wherein X is —Z—R″; Y is alkylene having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Z is arylene having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and R″ is a linear or branched hydrocarbon having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched perfluorohydrocarbon having 10 to 20 carbon atoms. | 2,724 |
8,770,762 | 1. An illumination device comprising: a first light source and a first light collecting means, said first light collecting means collecting light generated by said first light source and converting said light into a first source light beam propagating primarily along a primary optical axis; a second light source and a second light collecting means, said second light collecting means collecting light generated by said second light source and converting said light into a second source light beam propagating primarily along said primary optical axis; at least one light modifier positioned along said primary optical axis, said light modifier being adapted to modify at least a part of said first and/or said second source light beam; said light modifier reflecting at least a part of said first and/or said second source light beam; wherein said first light source comprises a light converting material, said light converting material being capable of converting light into longer wavelengths; said second light source generates light having at least one spectral component which can be converted by said light converting material of said first light source; said first and said second light sources being mutually arranged in relation to said primary optical axis such that at least a part of said second source light beam hits said first light source after being reflected by said light modifier. | 3,028 |
9,453,852 | 1. An axle assembly for measuring wheel speed, the axle assembly comprising: a knuckle comprising a locking jaw for a bearing formed at a position on a vehicle, the knuckle comprising an inner circumferential surface configured to allow the bearing to be inserted from the outside of the vehicle to the inside; a speed sensor affixed to the locking jaw; and a magnetic encoder affixed to the bearing, wherein: the locking jaw is formed in an annular shape toward a center from the inner circumferential surface of the knuckle, a mounting space in which the speed sensor can be positioned is formed at the locking jaw, and wherein the mounting space is formed by cutting toward the inner circumferential surface of the knuckle from an inner circumferential surface of the locking jaw. | 35,037 |
9,219,283 | 1. A method for use in a fuel cell device that comprises a fuel cell module including a housing and a fuel cell stack that comprises a plurality of fuel cells, the fuel cell stack being inside the housing, the method comprising: supplying, by a power conditioner, electric current generated by the fuel cell stack to an external load; and controlling, by a controller, the power conditioner such that, at a time the fuel cell device starts power generation, a voltage value of the fuel cells is greater than a voltage value for generating a maximum output in power generation of the fuel cells, reforming, by a reformer comprising a reforming catalyst, raw fuel and generating fuel gas that is supplied to the fuel cells; supplying the raw fuel to the reformer; supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cells at a first minimum flow amount, during a time the power conditioner is controlled such that the voltage value of the fuel cells is greater than the voltage value for generating the maximum output in power generation of the fuel cells; supplying the fuel gas to the fuel cells at a second minimum flow amount, during a time period the power conditioner is not controlled such that the voltage value of the fuel cells is greater than the voltage value for generating the maximum output in power generation of the fuel cells; heating the reformer by burning excessive fuel gas which has not been used for power generation of the fuel cells, and controlling, by the controller, the raw fuel supplying such that a value of the first minimum flow amount is greater than a value of the second minimum flow amount. | 32,059 |
9,489,862 | 1. A musical theory board game, comprising: a scale isolator board having a musical staff and a representation of a keyboard sufficient to include a two-octave range; a slideable window configured to display and isolate eight diatonic notes and seven intervallic steps of a musical scale on the musical staff and a corresponding frame of the keyboard; and at least one major and minor formula step-size board insert configured to be inserted within the slideable window underneath the musical staff. | 30,597 |
8,986,136 | 1. A method of making a golf ball, comprising: molding at least one core layer; molding an outer cover layer radially outward of the at least one core layer, from an outer cover layer material, including forming one or more grooves extending radially inward from an outer surface of the outer cover layer; and molding a groove material within the one or more grooves, the groove material having a compressibility that is different from a compressibility of the outer cover layer material, wherein molding the groove material includes forming the groove material such that an outer surface of the groove material extends radially outward beyond the outer surface of the outer cover layer. | 21,843 |
8,343,637 | 1. A compound of the formula (1) wherein Ar is on each occurrence an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more radicals R Ar R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, Cl, Br, I, N(Ar R Ar R n is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0, 1, 2 or 3; p is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and q is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. | 10,225 |
9,206,455 | 1. A cell capable of fucosylating a glycoprotein, wherein the cell comprises a nucleic acid encoding a modified GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-mannose-3,5-epimerase-4-reductase (FX) protein consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 except having an amino acid modification serine at position 289 (289S), and wherein no more than about 10% of the glycoprotein is fucosylated when the cell is grown at a temperature of about 37° C. in the absence of an external fucose source. | 21,904 |
8,483,926 | 1. An apparatus for estimating a gripping characteristic of a vehicle wheel of a vehicle on a ground contact surface, comprising: an input section configured to set an input representing a ratio of a wheel force acting on the vehicle wheel in the ground contact surface, to a wheel slipping degree of the vehicle wheel; and an output section configured to determine, from the input, an output representing a grip characteristic parameter indicative of the gripping characteristic of the vehicle wheel, wherein the grip characteristic parameter is a rate of change of the wheel force with respect to change in the slipping degree, and wherein the output section is configured to determine the grip characteristic parameter without regard to a friction coefficient of the ground contact surface. | 45,167 |
8,710,153 | 1. A solution tailored for coating material surfaces, comprising: a solvent; triblock molecules mixed in the solvent, each triblock molecule comprising: a bulk polymer blended with the triblock molecules to develop surface texture of the surface coating. | 29,829 |
8,580,224 | 1. A method of increasing the sulfuric acid concentration of a first aqueous sulfuric acid solution with a sulfuric acid concentration of 82-89% to a concentrated sulfuric acid solution with a sulfuric acid concentration of at least 90%, the method comprising: evaporating water from the first aqueous sulfuric acid solution in an evaporator vessel to the concentrated sulfuric acid solution; and pumping around a mixture of the first aqueous sulfuric acid solution, part of the concentrated sulfuric acid solution, a second aqueous sulfuric acid solution, and hydrogen peroxide through an enameled piping system comprising the evaporator vessel and one or more heaters and pumps, wherein | 48,894 |
8,670,597 | 1. A computer-implemented method of processing a visual query including a facial image performed on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors to perform the method, comprising: receiving from a requester, a visual query comprising one or more facial images including a respective facial image; identifying potential image matches that potentially match the respective facial image in accordance with visual similarity criteria, the potential image matches comprising images from one or more image sources identified in accordance with data regarding the requester; identifying one or more persons associated with the potential image matches by: retrieving, for each identified person, person-specific data comprising social connection metrics of social connectivity to the requester obtained from a plurality of applications selected from the group consisting of communication applications, social networking applications, calendar applications, and collaborative applications; generating an ordered list of persons by ranking the one or more identified persons in accordance with one or more metrics of visual similarity between the respective facial image and the potential image matches and in accordance with ranking information comprising at least the social connection metrics; identifying an indirect social connection between the requester and at least one person of the one or more identified persons, in accordance with the social connection metrics of social connectivity; and sending, to the requester, (a) at least one person identifier corresponding to the at least one person, and (b) the identified indirect social connection. | 40,376 |
9,207,752 | 1. A method of power management of a computer device in which the computer device comprises an embedded controller, a near field communication (NFC) transceiving module, a display module and a decision unit therein, and the decision unit is an image processing unit, the method comprising: (A) when the image processing unit determines that the computer device is required to enter a power saving mode right now, the image processing unit generates a power-saving-mode signal for enabling the computer device to enter the power saving mode, wherein the embedded controller respectively switches a backlight module power pin and a display panel power pin of the image processing unit into a disable status from the enable status, (B) when the embedded controller detects the power-saving-mode signal, the embedded controller determines whether the NFC transceiving module is performing information communication; (C) when the embedded controller determines that the NFC transceiving module is performing information communication, the embedded controller requests a core logic set of the computer device to switch the backlight module power pin and the display panel power pin of the image processing unit back to an enable status from the disable status for postponing entrance into the power saving mode until the NFC transceiving module finishes performing the information communication; and (D) when the embedded controller determines that the NFC transceiving module is not performing information communication, the embedded controller shuts down electric power of the display module based on the power-saving-mode signal. | 8,305 |
8,362,413 | 1. A contact detection device, comprising: a number of light emitters; a number of photosensitive members; a number of first bars parallel with each other, each first bar comprising a number of first sheets arranged horizontally, and lower ends of each two adjacent first sheets defining a first slot at the junction thereof, each first sheet defining a light hole and arranging one photosensitive member above the light hole at a first side; a number of second bars parallel with each other, each second bar comprising a number of second sheets arranged horizontally, and upper ends of each two adjacent second sheets defining a second slot at the junction thereof; the second slots cooperating with the first slots such that the first bars and the second bars intersect to form a grid with a number of nodes as a contact detection area, and each node have exclusive coordinates; first ends of each two adjacent second bars arranging one light emitter therebetween; and a processor; wherein locations of the light holes on the first sheets are the same such that the light holes are arranged in the same column line in the grid; position of each photosensitive member is capable of being determined according to the coordinates of the nearest node in a predetermined direction, when the grid is not pressed, light emitted by the light emitter passes through the light holes; and when one point of the grid is being pressed, the light hole of the pressed first sheet moves downward, the light emitted by the light emitter cannot pass through the light hole of the pressed first sheet and irradiates the photosensitive member on the pressed first sheet; the photosensitive member on the pressed first sheet generates a detection signal, and transmits the detection signal to the processor; the processor determines positions of the pressed point according to the position of the photosensitive member on the pressed first sheet. | 7,102 |
9,421,040 | 1. A system for anchoring a pedicle screw in a vertebra of a patient, the system comprising: a pedicle screw having a threaded portion sinkable in the vertebral arch including the pedicle, comprising at least one spacer filling at least in regions the space between the threaded portion and cortical edge layer of the pedicle, the spacer being configured or positioned with respect to the threaded portion in the pedicle cross section such that an all-round support of the threaded portion at the cortical edge layer via the at least one spacer is enabled, wherein the at least one spacer is formed from an essentially cylindrical pedicle augmentation axially parallel to the pedicle screw inserted in the vertebra, which pedicle augmentation has essentially the shape of a bone screw or a bone dowel and has a cylindrical recess on the side facing the pedicle screw on which the threaded portion supports itself with radial clamping, and wherein the at least one pedicle augmentation and the pedicle screw extend through a common connection plate in which axial breakthroughs are configured for the form-locking accommodation of a head section of the pedicle augmentation and a guide portion of the pedicle screw, said guide portion lying beneath the screw head. | 49,285 |
8,688,938 | 1. A method for copying data in a data processing system by a processor, the data processing system comprising a host and a plurality of locations, the method comprising: starting a difference recording operation between a first location of the plurality of locations and a second location of the plurality of locations; starting a first operational relationship between a third location of the plurality of locations and the first location; sending a signal, responsive to the first operational relationship starting after the difference recording operation; updating a first dataset, responsive to the host writing data to at least one of the first location or the second location; and updating the first dataset with changes to the first location, responsive to the signal. | 37,790 |
9,608,138 | 1. A solar cell module including a plurality of solar cells interconnected with wiring members, each of the solar cells comprising: a plurality of front-side finger electrodes disposed on a light-receiving surface of the solar cell and connected with the wiring members; and a plurality of rear-side finger electrodes disposed on a rear surface of the solar cell and connected with the wiring members, wherein the finger electrodes on at least one of the front side and rear side include auxiliary electrode sections in regions where the wiring members are connected and aligned with regions where the finger electrodes on the other side are disposed, and the auxiliary electrode sections cover regions wider than regions where the finger electrodes on the other side are disposed, wherein the auxiliary electrode sections of each of the finger electrodes comprise a plurality of electrode lines which are spaced apart from each other in a parallel arrangement with respect to the corresponding finger electrode, the plurality of electrode lines spaced apart from the corresponding finger electrode and made of the same material as the corresponding finger electrode, wherein a length of each of the auxiliary electrode sections is shorter than an entire length of the corresponding finger electrode that includes the auxiliary electrode sections, and wherein the finger electrodes on the one of the front side and rear side are in opposing regions with respect to the finger electrodes on the other of the front side and the rear side. | 1,043 |
9,172,052 | 1. A phosphorescent material comprising: a polymer; and metal complexes for emitting light; wherein the polymer comprises host regions and charge transport regions, each metal complex being covalently attached to a host region, each charge transport region comprising a charge transport polymer having a T1 energy level lower than a T1 energy level of the metal complexes and each host region comprising a host polymer having a T1 energy level higher than the T1 energy level of the metal complexes. | 43,858 |
9,364,869 | 1. A turret-type cleaning apparatus, comprising: a center post fixed to one end of a quill, the quill disposed movably with respect to a jack stand, the center post having a shaft portion; a turret head turnably supported by the center post and capable of turning around the shaft portion; a spindle shaft rotatably supported by the shaft portion of the center post; a spindle drive device having a spindle motor arranged at the other end of the quill, a spindle drive shaft coupled to the spindle motor, a spindle pinion fitted outside the spindle drive shaft, and an external gear engaged with the spindle pinion at one end of the external gear and engaged with a bevel gear attached to the spindle shaft at the other end of the external gear, the external gear being rotatably supported on the shaft portion of the center post; tool support members disposed in the turret head; cleaning tool rotary shafts rotatably supported by the tool support members,; cleaning tools attached to the cleaning tool rotary shafts, one of the cleaning tools spraying a cleaning liquid onto a workpiece to deburr and/or clean the workpiece; a joint device configured to selectively couple one of the cleaning tool rotary shafts and the spindle shaft, the joint device having a groove portion and a plurality of keys, the groove portion being formed at one end portion of the spindle shaft, the plurality of keys being attached to respective ends of the cleaning tool rotary shafts, one of the plurality of keys being fitted in the groove portion and configured to slide out of the groove portion when the turret head is turned so that the one of the plurality of keys and the groove portion are not aligned; a turret drive device having a turret turn motor arranged at the other end of the quill, a turn drive shaft coupled to the turret turn motor, a turn pinion fitted outside the turn drive shaft, an internal gear coupled to the turret head, the internal gear being engaged with the turn pinion and being positioned outside the external gear; a cleaning chamber in which the turret head is disposed; a cleaning bath installed in the cleaning chamber to reserve the cleaning liquid; a first cleaning liquid supply flow passage to supply the cleaning liquid to the cleaning tool; a second cleaning liquid supply flow passage to supply the cleaning liquid to the cleaning bath; a cleaning liquid supply source configured to supply the cleaning liquid to the first cleaning liquid supply flow passage and the second cleaning liquid supply flow passage; and a drain port configured to selectively open and close, disposed at a lower portion of the cleaning bath, and configured to drain the cleaning liquid in the cleaning bath, wherein the one of the cleaning tool rotary shafts coupled with the joint device is configured to rotate together with the spindle shaft to perform at least one of deburring in the cleaning bath, cleaning in the cleaning liquid in the cleaning bath, and cleaning in the air for the workpiece. | 28,300 |
9,852,365 | 1. An information processing apparatus communicating with a management apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; a storage unit configured to store setting information including a plurality of setting values; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: receiving an instruction for importing setting information based on a user instruction; determining whether setting information held by the management apparatus and the setting information stored in the storage unit are in a synchronization state; changing the synchronization state to a suspension state, excluding predetermined setting information from setting information to be imported based on the user instruction, importing the setting information from which the predetermined setting information is excluded, and updating the setting information stored in the storage unit, in a case where the instruction for importing the setting information is received and the setting information held by the management apparatus and the setting information stored in the storage unit are in the synchronization state; and acquiring predetermined information held by the management apparatus by changing the suspension state to the synchronization state after finishing importing the setting information, wherein the predetermined setting information is setting information managed in the management apparatus as a setting value common to the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus. | 38,971 |
8,370,093 | 1. A system for calculating energy metrics of a building comprising: a first environmental sensor for measuring at least one of a temperature and a relative humidity of a first zone contained within the building; a second environmental sensor for measuring at least one of a temperature and a relative humidity of a second zone contained within the building; a thermostat in communication with the first and second environmental sensors, for passing data from the environmental sensors to a data acquisition unit; the data acquisition unit storing and formatting the data received from the environmental sensors into a profile; and an efficiency calculation system for receiving the profile from the gateway and determining one or more energy metrics for the first and second zones within the building, the efficiency calculation system providing energy metrics from other similar buildings in a geography containing both the building and other similar buildings. | 28,463 |
9,419,235 | 1. A method for producing a gel containing a nano-carbon material, wherein the nano-carbon material is stir-mixed with a gelling medium that satisfies the following conditions, the gelling medium being in a liquid or molten state: (1) the gelling medium is in a liquid state at ambient temperature or melts when heated; and (2) the molecular structure of the gelling medium contains two or more rings of at least one kind selected from optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon monocyclic ring and optionally substituted aromatic heteromonocyclic ring, the method comprising the steps of: preparing the gelling medium in a liquid state or molten state; while the gelling medium is in the liquid state or molten state, adding the nano-carbon material to the gelling medium in the liquid state or molten state; and agitating the gelling medium in the liquid state or molten state and the nano-carbon material, wherein the gelling medium does not include a solvent, and wherein the gelling medium is not an ionic liquid. | 22,762 |
9,811,420 | 1. A method for error correction in a memory subsystem, comprising: performing internal error detection in a memory device to detect errors in read data in response to a read request from an associated memory controller, the internal error detection to be performed with internal check bits generated within the memory device; selectively performing an internal error correction operation on the read data in response to detecting an error in the read data with the internal check bits; generating check bits indicating an error vector for the read data to compare against the internal check bits for performing the internal error detection and correction; and providing the check bits with the read data to the associated memory controller in response to the read request, the check bits for use by the associated memory controller in additional error correction external to the memory device. | 10,353 |
9,321,520 | 1. A drainage mast for draining liquids from an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) compartment of an aircraft, the drainage mast comprising: a first end connected to the APU compartment, and a second end that discharges the liquids to atmosphere, the drainage mast being a tube extending from the first end to the second end, the liquids flowing in an interior portion of the drainage mast, the drainage mast including an outlet sector having decreasing cross section areas towards the second end and an area of the interior portion at an initial cross section of the outlet sector being less than an area of the interior portion at any cross section of the drainage mast closer to the first end, the drainage mast being configured to drain the liquids from the APU compartment where the APU has a pressure that is less than an atmospheric pressure outside the APU compartment and outside the drainage mast, wherein a ratio between an effective diameter of the interior portion at a final cross section and a diameter of the interior portion at the initial cross section of the outlet sector is between 0.8-0.9, and wherein the outlet sector is further comprised of a nozzle with a streamline shape so that streamlines of the liquid in the second end are very closely parallel to an axis of the drainage mast. | 14,773 |
8,640,137 | 1. A method for tracking jobs performed by computing nodes of a cluster computing system, the method comprising: transmitting, by a job scheduling system, a job description via a data network to a resource tracking system for the cluster computing system, wherein the job description specifies a number of resources for performing a job comprising a plurality of tasks, wherein the resource tracking system maintains a resource list comprising, for each resource of a plurality of resources, a respective availability of the resource and a respective network location identifying a respective computing node in the cluster computing system at which the resource is located; determining, by the resource tracking system, that a subset of resources from the plurality of resources is available in response to receiving the job description, wherein an availability of the subset of resources is determined by reference to the resource list; transmitting, by the resource tracking system, at least one network identifier via the data network to the job scheduling system, wherein the at least one network identifier identifies at least one computing node at which the subset of resources are located; generating, by the job scheduling system, a job state object for tracking a job status for the job; transmitting, by the job scheduling system, the job state object and the job to the at least one computing node; updating, by the at least one computing node, the job state object to describe an updated job status subsequent to performing at least one task of the plurality of tasks; transmitting, by the at least one computing node, job metadata extracted from the job state object in response to a job status query from the job scheduling system, wherein the job metadata indicates the updated job status; and transmitting, by the at least one computing node, the updated job state object to at least one additional computing node for performing at least one additional task associated with the job; wherein the at least one additional computing node updates the job state object subsequent to performing the at least one additional task and notifies the job scheduling system of the update to the job state object by the at least one additional computing node. | 49,795 |
8,780,531 | 1. A capacitor assembly comprising: a first solid electrolytic capacitor element and a second solid electrolytic capacitor element, wherein the capacitor elements contain an anode, a dielectric coating overlying the anode that is formed by anodic oxidation, and a conductive polymer overlying the dielectric layer, wherein the first capacitor element is spaced apart from the second capacitor element in a certain direction; an anode termination to which the first capacitor element and the second capacitor element are electrically connected; a cathode termination to which the first capacitor element and the second capacitor element are electrically connected; and a resinous material that substantially fills the space defined between the first capacitor element and the second capacitor element. | 17,222 |
8,846,911 | 1. A process for isolating enantiomer components from a mixture of enantiomers through particle-size-controlled crystallization, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a solution of a mixture of enantiomers (R) and (S) in a solvent in the absence of any further additives or agents; (b) seeding the solution of step (a) simultaneously or consecutively with seed crystals of enantiomer (R) and with seed crystals of enantiomer (S), wherein the seed crystals of enantiomer (R) differ in size and/or in quantity from the seed crystals of enantiomer (S) to allow separation of the crystals composed of a mixture enriched with enantiomer (R) from the crystals composed of a mixture enriched with enantiomer (S); (c) inducing simultaneous crystallization of enantiomer (R) and enantiomer (S); and (d) isolating crystals composed of a mixture enriched with enantiomer (R) from crystals composed of a mixture enriched with enantiomer (S) through size separation of the crystals, wherein the mixture of enantiomers (R) and (S) is a mixture of ((R)-(4-Imino-6-methyl-1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-dimethylamine (1) and ((S)-(4-Imino-6-methyl-1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-dimethylamine (2), wherein the enantiomers are present as a salt selected from the group consisting of the 2,4-dichlorophenyl acetate, the chloroacetate, the hydrochloride, the propionate and the succinate salts. | 38,649 |
8,939,158 | 1. A hair-coloring applicator particularly useful for touching-up hair along a hairline of a subject, the applicator comprising: a quantity of hair-coloring composition; a container within which said quantity of a hair-coloring composition is stored, said container including an outlet at one end of said container through which said hair-coloring composition is dispensed as a mist; an attachment attached to said one end of said container; and a shield projecting outwardly from said one end of the container including said outlet; wherein: | 21,544 |
9,265,955 | 1. A method of cardiac pacing using an implanted pulse generator comprising: a) determining a baseline rhythm including a baseline atrial event and a baseline right ventricular (RV) event from one or more implanted electrodes coupled to the pulse generator; b) determining a pre-excitation interval from the baseline atrial event and the baseline RV event; c) using a body surface electrode to acquire an earliest time of RV activation (T1) in an intrinsic rhythm; d) using an implanted electrode to acquire an intrinsic rhythm activation time (T2); e) determining an offset defined as a difference between T2 and T1; f) applying a correction factor to the pre-excitation interval for LV only pacing based on the offset; and g) configuring a processor to signal the pulse generator to deliver electrical stimuli to a left ventricle (LV) using the corrected pre-excitation interval before RV sensing time. | 25,474 |
9,796,142 | 1. A method for manufacturing a part of elongate overall shape from composite material for an aircraft structure, the method comprising: creating a pultruded preform in a first composite material containing reinforcing fibers embedded in a polymerizable resin, so that the resin of the preform obtained is in a state of partial polymerization; separately creating at least one reinforcing element from a second composite material containing reinforcing fibers embedded in a polymerizable resin so that the resin of the reinforcing element obtained is in a state of partial polymerization; then applying the at least one reinforcing element to a region of the preform which region is to be reinforced, wherein a pressure is applied to the at least one reinforcing element to hold it in position at the region of the preform which is to be reinforced prior to completing the polymerization; then completing the polymerization of the resin belonging to the assembly formed of the preform and of the at least one reinforcing element such that the reinforcing element is bonded to the preform by co-curing; and thus obtaining a part in composite material for an aircraft structure that has at least one portion reinforced by the at least one reinforcing element. | 355 |
9,677,784 | 1. A heat pump operation method for a heat pump which generates heat using power generated by a power generation device and power supplied from an energy supplier, the method comprising: obtaining, on a per time unit basis, generated power which is an amount of the power generated by the power generation device, load power which is an amount of the power consumed by an electric load which operates using the power generated by the power generation device, surplus power which is a difference between the generated power and the load power, and a magnitude of an impact of a reverse flow of the power generated by the power generation device on the energy supplier, wherein the magnitude of impact is based on a voltage of a power grid, and includes first, second and third states; and controlling operation of the heat pump to cause the heat pump to consume an amount of power for generating heat adjusted to follow the surplus power obtained on a per time unit basis, wherein in the controlling, when the magnitude of the impact is in the first state, in which the voltage of the power grid is greater than a predetermined first threshold value, the operation of the heat pump is controlled to cause the heat pump to consume an amount of power equivalent to a larger one of (i) a value two standard deviations above a mean of the surplus power obtained over a given prior period of time measured from a present time, and (ii) the surplus power obtained in the last one of the time units, when the magnitude of the impact is in the second state, in which the voltage of the power grid is less than or equal to a predetermined second threshold value, the operation of the heat pump is controlled to (i) permit the reverse flow of the surplus power and (ii) cause the consumption of power supplied from the energy supplier to approach zero, and when the magnitude of the impact is in the third state in which the voltage of the power grid is less than or equal to the first threshold value and greater than the second threshold value, the operation of the heat pump is controlled to cause the heat pump to consume an amount of power equivalent to the surplus power obtained in a last one of the time units. | 38,946 |
9,567,616 | 1. A process for producing a target substance, comprising: culturing in a medium that contains glucose as a sole carbon source a coryneform bacterium in which the activity of both FruK protein and FruA protein are lost as compared with a parent strain, wherein the bacterium can produce the target substance; allowing the target substance to form and accumulate in a culture; and collecting the target substance from the culture, wherein the target substance is an amino acid, a peptide or a protein. | 38,708 |
8,723,178 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a drain, a gate, and a source; a junction field effect transistor (JFET) having a drain, a gate, and a source, the source of the JFET being coupled to a drain sense terminal of the integrated circuit, the drain of the JFET being coupled to the drain of the power MOSFET and a drain terminal of the integrated circuit, the JFET and the power MOSFET sharing a same drift region on a substrate of the integrated circuit; a source terminal of the integrated circuit coupled to the source of the power MOSFET; and a gate terminal of the integrated circuit coupled to the gate of the power MOSFET. | 37,362 |
8,859,248 | 1. A method for producing ethanol comprising steps of: bringing a recombinant yeast strain having xylose-metabolizing ability into contact with an acetic-acid-containing solution under aerobic conditions, recovering the recombinant yeast from the acetic-acid-containing solution, and then, culturing the yeast strain in a xylose-containing medium to perform ethanol fermentation. | 33,253 |
8,669,257 | 1. A method for treating or lessening the severity of a disorder in a patient, wherein the disorder is selected from the group consisting of multiple sclerosis, plaque psoriasis, rheumatoid psoriasis, and vitiligo, wherein said method comprises administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of an effective amount of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: W is ═O, ═N—, or ═C(R)—; R if W is ═N—, then R if W is ═C(R)—, then R Q is —O—, —S—, —C(R) each R is independently hydrogen or an optionally substituted C R R n is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; each R m is 0, 1 or 2; and each R wherein each optionally substituted group is independently optionally substituted with halogen; —(CH each saturated carbon atom of an optionally substituted group is independently optionally substituted with ═O, ═S, ═NNR* each R* is independently optionally substituted with halogen, —R each substitutable nitrogen of an optionally substituted group is independently optionally substituted with —R each R | 27,506 |
8,410,754 | 1. A management unit for managing electric energy stored in a battery comprising a number of series-connected cells, the management unit comprising: a main equalizing circuit, which forms the primary of an electric transformer and has an electric alternating-current generator; and for each cell of the battery, a secondary equalizing circuit, which forms the secondary of the electric transformer and is therefore coupled magnetically to the main equalizing circuit, is connected parallel to the cell, has a one-way electronic device which imposes electric current flow to the cell in one direction only, and is connected to a drive device that can be activated to zero the voltage applied to the cell by the secondary equalizing circuit; the management unit being wherein the electric alternating-current generator is a constant alternating-current generator, which is powered by the battery and feeds alternating current of constant intensity through the main equalizing circuit. | 17,574 |
9,833,805 | 1. A method for operating a surface treatment installation comprising the steps of: selecting at least one one-way filter module from a set of one-way filter modules based on an overspray type requiring absorption in a coating booth where the at least one one-way filter module is to be used, wherein each one-way filter module in the set of one-way filter modules has inserting the at least one one-way filter module in the coating booth; taking up and carrying overspray produced in the coating booth by an air stream to one or more one-way filter modules in which overspray is separated, wherein, once a limit loading with overspray is reached, a one-way filter module is exchanged for an empty one-way filter module, wherein each filter unit comprises filter structures which define a flow pathway for the overspray carried through the filter housing, wherein the at least two filter modules having different filter units have | 5,688 |
9,260,405 | 1. A process to produce cyclic carbonate comprising: supplying an epoxy compound and carbon dioxide to a reactor to be in contact with a catalyst system to form a cyclic carbonate compound, wherein based on an used amount of the epoxy compound as a calculation standard, an used amount of the catalyst system is 1 mmol % to 50 mmol %, and the catalyst system comprises a transition metal salt and an organic phosphine ligand, wherein the transition metal salt comprises a halo group, an acetate group, or a combination thereof, and a molar ratio of the organic phosphine ligand to the transition metal salt is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 50. | 41,129 |
8,627,921 | 1. An exhaust filter ( 10 ) comprising an inlet ( 12 ) in fluid communication with an outlet ( 14 ) via an expansion chamber ( 16 ), the expansion chamber ( 16 ) comprising an inner core ( 22 ) extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the filter ( 10 ) is provided with at least one accelerator tube ( 24 ) between the inlet ( 12 ) and the expansion chamber ( 16 ), wherein the inner core comprises an inlet gas deflecting cap ( 23 a ) at the inlet end of the inner core ( 22 ) to deflect exhaust gases from the inlet ( 12 ) toward the accelerator tubes ( 24 ), and an outlet gas deflecting cap ( 23 b ) at the outlet end of the inner core ( 22 ), and in that, the gases pass substantially longitudinally along the length of the filter ( 10 ). | 6,895 |
9,004,209 | 1. A motorcycle, comprising: an internal combustion engine having an engine main body; a vehicle body frame having the engine main body mounted thereupon; and a front air guide structure, said front air guide structure including a front cowl having a traveling wind inlet thereon, said traveling wind inlet disposed just above a front wheel and supported on the vehicle body frame, and an air intake duct for taking in traveling wind from the traveling wind inlet from a front end thereof extending forwardly from an intake system of the internal combustion engine in such a manner as to form an air passage for guiding the traveling wind to the intake system, wherein a bent portion which has an upright wall facing forwardly and is bent in an upward and downward direction in such a manner as to assume an upper portion toward the rear is provided at an intermediate portion in a forward and backward direction of the air intake duct, said front air guide structure further comprising a plurality of dewatering devices configured to be hit from the front by traveling wind and to remove moisture from the traveling wind, said dewatering devices being disposed at a plurality of locations in the air intake duct spaced from each other along the traveling wind flowing direction in the air passage in the front of the upright wall, while an overall extent of a range in which the air passage is visible up to a rear end thereof without obstruction when the air intake duct is viewed from the front of the traveling wind inlet is occupied by the dewatering devices. | 30,032 |
9,096,208 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric machine (EM); a clutch configured to couple the engine and EM; and at least one controller configured to command a change in magnitude of a current supplied to the EM in response to initiation of clutch engagement and based on engine torque such that a speed of the EM remains generally constant during clutch engagement while the speed of the EM exceeds a speed of the engine. | 49,563 |
9,661,576 | 1. A radio transmitting apparatus comprising: a power supply voltage measurement unit that measures a power supply voltage; a transmission power determination unit that determines a transmission power based on the power supply voltage that has been measured; and a radio transmitting unit that transmits by radio a plurality of advertisement packets including transmission power information indicating the determined transmission power, wherein a residual capacity of a battery is represented by the plurality of the advertisement packets and a combination of the transmission power information of the plurality of the advertisement packets indicates the residual capacity of a battery. | 15,033 |
8,767,415 | 1. An AC-DC voltage converter configured to convert an AC input voltage to a DC output voltage, the AC-DC voltage converter comprising: a) a first stage voltage converter configured to convert said AC input voltage to a series-connected N branches of first stage voltages, wherein N is a positive integer of at least two; b) a second stage voltage converter having a non-isolated topology, wherein said second stage voltage converter is configured to convert one of said N branches of said first stage voltages to a second stage voltage; and c) wherein said second stage voltage and a remaining of said N branches of said first stage voltages are configured to be series-connected and converted to said DC output voltage at an output terminal of said AC-DC voltage converter. | 41,431 |
9,751,767 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a carbon dioxide recycle stream that comprises hydrocarbons and 50 molar percent or more carbon dioxide; feeding the carbon dioxide recycle stream to a catalytic reactor at a pressure greater than about 300 pounds per square inch (psi); converting the hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide in the catalytic reactor by a catalytic reaction to form a purified carbon dioxide recycle stream, wherein the catalytic reactor comprises a shell and tube heat exchanger, wherein the shell and tube heat exchanger comprises an outer shell with a plurality of tubes within, wherein a volume of the shell and tube heat exchanger between the outer shell and the plurality of tubes is configured to boil a fluid, wherein a volume within the plurality of tubes comprises a catalytic material, wherein the catalytic material comprises a metal supported by an inorganic support, wherein the catalytic reaction occurs by passing the hydrocarbons through the catalytic material within the plurality of tubes, and wherein the catalytic reaction converts the hydrocarbons and oxygen to the carbon dioxide, water, and heat; and generating electrical energy by using the heat produced by the catalytic reactor in the conversion. | 32,743 |
8,556,814 | 1. A method for measuring a fetal parameter from three-dimensional ultrasound data, the method comprising: obtaining the three-dimensional ultrasound data representing a patient; applying a machine-trained classifier to the three-dimensional ultrasound data, the machine-trained classifier comprising a combination of a joint classifier for a plurality of fetal anatomies, including a first fetal anatomy, the first fetal anatomy being detected as a function of detection of a location of another fetal anatomy, and a sequence of marginal machine-trained classifiers to the three-dimensional ultrasound data, a first of the marginal machine-trained classifiers for translation of the first fetal anatomy within a volume represented by the three-dimensional ultrasound data, a second of the marginal machine-trained classifiers for rotation of the first fetal anatomy within the volume, and a third of the marginal machine-trained classifiers for scale of the first fetal anatomy within the volume, the third marginal machine-trained classifier for the scale corresponding to determining a size of the first fetal anatomy within the volume; detecting the first fetal anatomy as a function of the applying; wherein each stage in the sequence of marginal machine-trained classifiers searches through multiple locations in the three-dimensional ultrasound data to identify the locations with higher probabilities for the location of fetal anatomies and further removes false locations remaining from a previous stage in the sequence of marginal machine trained classifiers; wherein each of the fetal anatomies are detected by applying any numbers of degrees of freedom in the marginal machine-trained classifiers for translation, rotation and scaling; measuring the fetal parameter associated with the first fetal anatomy, the measuring providing a value of the fetal parameter; and displaying the value. | 26,683 |
9,369,001 | 1. A wireless power receiver configured to receive an alternating magnetic field produced by a wireless power transmitter, said wireless power receiver comprising: a capture resonator configured to produce an alternating electrical current when excited by the alternating magnetic field; a rectifier circuit electrically coupled to said capture resonator and configured to produce a direct electrical current when excited by said alternating electrical current; a controller configured to control the wireless power receiver; a voltage regulator circuit electrically coupled to the capture resonator and the controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive electrical power from the voltage regulator circuit when the capture resonator is receiving the alternating magnetic field, thereby activating the controller; and a voltage detection circuit electrically coupled to the rectifier circuit and in communication with the controller and configured to determine the voltage of the direct electrical current, wherein the voltage detection circuit is directly electrically connected to an output of the rectifier circuit and configured to sense when there is high voltage direct electrical current on the output of the rectifier circuit and send a digital signal to the controller. | 3,579 |
8,488,502 | 1. A reception device, comprising: a reception section for receiving synchronization information, address information, and data, the synchronization information including distribution data presence/absence information indicating whether or not the data is included in a frame including, in the following order: a determination section for determining based on the distribution data presence/absence information whether or not the address information is to be transmitted by the frame; and a power supply control section for controlling a power supply to the reception section, wherein: the power supply control section supplies power to the reception section if the determination section determines that the address information is to be transmitted; and the power supply control section interrupts the power being supplied to the reception section if the determination section determines that the address information is not to be transmitted. | 24,609 |
8,737,079 | 1. A method of operating an active patch panel including a plurality of channels, each said channel including a plurality of ports, said plurality of ports including a first port electrically connected to a second port, for at least some of said ports in said active patch panel the method comprising the steps of: determining the presence of at least one connector; enabling electrical power to said at least one connector; current limiting said electrical power to said at least one connector; reading a module type of said at least one connector; and adapting an equalization setting and a pre-emphasis for said at least one connector based on a corresponding said module type. | 15,762 |
9,335,975 | 1. A method for providing environmental impact information associated with code, comprising: a processor obtaining a measurement of an environmental impact of execution of a sequence of the code, wherein the measurement is obtained based on execution of the sequence of code on a computer system, the sequence of code being included in a binary executable file; the processor annotating a section of the code with environmental impact information, the section of code being associated with the sequence of code, wherein the annotating comprises embedding the environmental impact information into the section of the code in a portion of the binary executable file or a source file from which the binary executable is compiled, wherein the embedded environmental impact information with which the section of code is annotated comprises the obtained measurement of the environmental impact of execution of the sequence of the code, and wherein the environmental impact information with which the section of code is annotated is indicative of the environmental impact of executing the sequence of code on the computer system and includes at least one measure of power utilization, central processing unit utilization, memory accesses, and disk drive utilization associated with the computer system; and based on the annotating, dynamically selecting during run-time, from a plurality of computer systems available for executing the sequence of code, one computer system to execute the sequence of code. | 32,489 |
8,605,000 | 1. An antenna mounting structure of an electronic device, the antenna mounting structure comprising: an antenna comprising a signal receiving portion and a first securing member connecting the signal receiving portion, the first securing member defining a through hole therein; and a casing comprising a first pin, a first catch near the first pin, and a first rib extending from the first pin, the first pin extending through the through hole of the first securing member of the antenna, the first rib supporting the first securing member, the first catch fixedly clasping the first securing member on the first pin and the first rib. | 43,135 |
9,385,488 | 1. A connector configured for connecting with a cable, comprising: a housing having a base portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the base portion defining a receiving cavity for receiving a mating connector along a front-to-back direction, the first and second side walls being parallel to each other and backwardly extending from the base portion to define a mounting room; a plurality of contacts supported by said housing, said contacts each having a mating portion exposed into the receiving cavity and a mounting portion extending into the mounting room; and an inner board inserted into the mounting room along a back-to-front direction for supporting the mounting portions, said inner board having a first flange cooperated with the first side wall and a second flange cooperated with the second side wall; wherein in the front-to-back direction, the first side wall has a length greater than the second wall, and the first flange has a length smaller than the second flange. | 42,766 |
9,218,492 | 1. A programmable display comprising: a communication interface configured to connect to a control apparatus which controls a plurality of apparatuses; a display configured to display at least one screen and a plurality of objects arranged in the screen based on setting security level information and setting security group information and operation security level information and operation security group information of an operator requesting displaying of the at least one screen, which are determined by a processor; and a memory configured to store setting security level information indicating a level to which a candidate belongs among a plurality of levels obtained by ranking security in a horizontal division manner and setting security group information indicating a group to which the candidate belongs among a plurality of groups obtained by ranking the security in a vertical division manner among the plurality of levels, wherein the candidate comprises one of a screen from the at least one screen and one of the plurality of objects, wherein the memory stores the security level information and the security setting group for each of the at least one screen and for each of the plurality of objects displayed on the screen, wherein the horizontal division manner hierarchically divides the security into levels based on various levels of operation authority of operators, and wherein the vertical division manner divides the security into groups based on various targets corresponding to apparatuses from the plurality of apparatuses that the operators manage. | 39,996 |
8,393,072 | 1. A method for producing a stator for a rotary electrical machine comprising an annular body in the internal cylindrical face of which there are produced axial recesses and comprising a plurality of phase windings having conductors arranged in associated recesses in the annular body, wherein said method comprises the steps of: a step of depositing conductors on a linear support of a principal longitudinal orientation, a top face of which comprises transverse recesses, comprising a first phase of depositing conductors in the recesses so as to form a first layer of conductors, and a second phase of depositing conductors in the recesses so as to form a second layer of conductors that is arranged vertically above the first layer, transferring the conductors, from the linear support, onto an annular support with transverse principal axis whose external cylindrical face comprises transverse recesses distributed angularly about a transverse principal axis of the annular support, so that the two layers of conductors form two coaxial spirals on the annular support, and transferring the conductors from the annular support onto the body of the stator, in which, for each winding, a first deposition phase and a second deposition phase comprises depositing one and the same conductor on the linear support, so that a first portion of the conductor partly forms the first layer of conductors and a second portion of the conductor partly forms the second layer of conductors. | 17,552 |
8,757,438 | 1. A multiple compartmented and condiment dispensing apparatus comprising: a housing from which a plurality of condiment compartments are provided, and which are each in fluid communication with a spout providing multiple channels; wherein a plurality of condiments are provided in refill packets that are individually loaded into one of the respective condiment compartments, and from which the condiments are adapted to be individually or simultaneously dispensed therefrom; wherein the housing is of cylindrical shape and containing a plurality of condiment compartments arranged about a central axis; wherein the condiment compartments each include a loader door that is attached to and rotates about a pivot point; wherein the loader door is able to open outwardly as well as inwardly in order to access the condiment compartment and to dispense a condiment therefrom, respectively; wherein the spout is provided at a first distal end; wherein the channels each connect with ductwork located inside of the condiment compartment, and to which the refill packet connects thereto; wherein the refill packets each include a refill port capable of connection with the ductwork of the respective condiment compartment; wherein the condiment compartments include an inner wall, which interacts with an inner surface of the loader door in order to provide a squeezing action to the refill packet located inside; wherein the loader door is further equipped with a lock pin, which is spring loaded and extends rearwardly towards a second distal end of the housing. | 9,052 |
9,369,538 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computer program code, and at least one processor, wherein the computer program code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to at least: prepare a first request message that comprises information specifying one or more information elements that are being requested from an access point; transmit the first request message to the access point; and receive from the access point a first response message in response to the first request message, the first response message indicating whether the first response message comprises the one or more information elements or a re-request indication, wherein the first response message comprises a come-back delay field that defines a predetermined amount of time for the apparatus to wait after receiving the first response message before transmitting the second request message; and if the first response message comprises the re-request indication: | 16,042 |
9,020,344 | 1. A switch fabric comprising: a plurality of transport elements adapted to communicatively couple and to communicate, via a first signal-communication medium, a first signal adapted for communication among any of the plurality of transport elements, wherein at least one transport element of the plurality of transport elements is adapted to communicate, via a second signal-communication medium, any of a second signal originating from a first network node and a third signal for termination to a second network node, wherein the second and third signals are formatted in accordance with a protocol for electrical signals, and wherein the first signal comprises an adapted form of any of the second and third signals wherein: the at least one transport element comprises a switch, the switch comprises: first, second and third ports; the first port is adapted to: receive the second signal; and adapt the second signal so as to form a first adapted signal for communication to any of the second and third ports; the switch is adapted to: communicatively couple any of the first, second and third ports; and mediate, in accordance with an access protocol for shared media, switching of the first adapted signal to any of the second and third ports; the second port is adapted to: receive the first adapted signal; and adapt the first adapted signal so as to form the third signal; and the third port is adapted to: receive the first adapted signal; and adapt the first adapted signal so as to form a third adapted signal for communication to at least one other transport element via at least one link formed in the signal-communication medium communicatively coupling the third port and the at least one other transport element. | 37,664 |
9,718,444 | 1. A wiper blade adapter for coupling to one type of wiper arm adapter ( 120 ) including an elongated hook-shaped base body ( 122 ) having a bend ( 124 ) of 180°, the wiper blade adapter comprising a coupling unit ( 10 ) which comprises at least one first coupling element ( 12 ) and a second coupling element ( 14 ), which include means for coupling to at least one other type of wiper arm adapter not having an elongated hook-shaped base body having a bend of 180°, and housing means ( 62 ) which are provided for delimiting at least one part of one of the coupling elements ( 12 ), characterized in that the housing means ( 62 ) and the one of the coupling elements ( 12 ) form one piece, wherein when the first and second coupling elements ( 12 , 14 ) are coupled together the wiper blade adapter is able to receive the wiper arm adapter ( 120 ), and wherein the coupling unit ( 10 ) includes receiving and securing means for securing the coupling unit to the one type of wiper arm adapter after receiving the one type of wiper arm adapter during insertion of the one type of wiper arm adapter into the coupling unit in a single direction with an outside of the bend leading the insertion of the one type of wiper arm adapter. | 3,558 |
9,139,372 | 1. A hand-held rescue auger for use in rescuing a victim trapped by grain in a grain storage bin comprising: a transport tube; a spout disposed on an upper end of said transport tube; an auger rotatably disposed within said transport tube wherein grain is transported up through said auger and out said spout when said auger is rotated; said transport tube having a diameter selected to match an outer diameter of said auger wherein grain is moved without being trapped between said auger and said transport tube; said transport tube having a length selected to match a rescue tube which surrounds a trapped victim wherein grain is removed from within an enclosed space defined by an interior portion of said rescue tube; an auger shaft centrally disposed on said auger wherein an auger flighting is disposed around said auger shaft which directs grain up towards said spout when said auger is rotated; and a shank portion disposed on an upper end of said auger shaft adapted to fit within a rotating power tool; and a handle disposed on a portion of said spout; said handle configured to be gripped by an operator's hand wherein said hand-held rescue auger is positioned by said operator to quickly remove grain from around said victim. | 49,105 |
9,491,054 | 1. A method comprising: providing one or more state variable values of an observed network state to individual applications that independently manage at least part of a network; receiving a plurality of proposed network states from a plurality of applications, wherein an individual proposed network state of the plurality of proposed network states proposes one or more changes to the one or more state variable values; merging at least a subset of the plurality of proposed network states into a target network state, wherein no individual one of the subset of the plurality of proposed networks states conflicts with another individual one of the subset of the plurality of proposed networks states; determining, by one or more hardware processors, differences between the observed network state and the target network state; generating, based at least in part on the differences between the observed network state and the target network state, one or more device-specific commands to write to one or more devices of the network; and writing the one or more device-specific commands to the one or more devices to change a state of the network from the observed network state to the target network state. | 3,120 |
9,009,509 | 1. A virtual computer system, comprising: a plurality of virtual computers; a plurality of devices provided in correspondence to the respective virtual computers and to be exclusively used by the respective corresponding virtual computers; and a hypervisor for controlling the virtual computers, each of the virtual computers including: the hypervisor including: in the case where the total power saving controller receives, from the power saving controller, a shift request requesting shifting the virtual computer corresponding to the power saving controller from an ordinary state to a power saving state, the total power saving controller judges whether two or more predetermined number of the virtual computers including the virtual computer which has outputted the shift request are in the power saving state, by referring to the virtual computer information, and in the case where the total power saving controller judges that the two or more predetermined number of the virtual computers are in the power saving state, the device control changer decides, out of the devices corresponding to the virtual computers in the power saving state, (i) one of the devices to be operated as an operating device and (ii) the rest of the devices to be operated as degraded devices, the operating device performing control of the degraded devices so that the degraded devices stop operating or operate in a power saving state while only the operating device operates in an ordinary state. | 25,795 |
8,464,965 | 1. A non-clogging, non-dripping and spillage and leakage-proof air-scenting device, regardless of its orientation relative to the direction of the gravitational acceleration force, said device allowing a predetermined rate of evaporation of air-scenting liquid, said device comprising: an initially-dry porous bonded fibrous mass, said fibrous mass having an initial dry mass MD, an extent L and a volume V, said fibrous mass having a body B and an exterior surface S, wherein said body having a capillary pressure BCP, a mass density MDB, an average fiber denier FDB, and a fiber orientation index FOIB relative to an axis or a direction, said fibrous mass being impregnated with an air-scenting liquid of mass MF where MF is not exceeding the dripping liquid mass DML of said extent L of said body B, thus i) retaining said air-scenting liquid in a squeezable liquid phase and held entirely within the open cells of said body B of said fibrous mass without dripping, spilling or leaking under the action of the gravitational force and regardless of the orientation of said fibrous mass relative to the direction of the gravitational force, and ii) serving the function of being a reservoir for holding said air-scenting liquid mass MF, by capillary action, within its pores, said exterior surface S comprising surface segments SG, wherein said surface segments SG having at least one of i) a capillary pressure SCP, where SCP is higher than said capillary pressure BCP, ii) a mass density of MDSG (gram/cubic centimeter) where MDSG is higher than said mass density MDB, iii) an average fiber denier FDSG where FDSG is lower than said FDB, iv) a fiber orientation/alignment index FOISG where FOISG is higher than said FOIB as measured relative to said axis or direction, and v) a surfactant coating applied to said surface segments SG, thus drawing said air-scenting liquid from said body of said fibrous mass to the surface of said fibrous mass and allowing said air-scenting liquid to evaporate, said surface segments SG having a portion P, said portion P being covered with a liquid-impermeable membrane or enclosure or contained within a container E, said membrane, enclosure or container containing no free-to-flow liquid mass, and an uncovered remaining portion RSG, thereby i) allowing a predetermined rate of evaporation of said air-scenting liquid to occur through said uncovered remaining portion RSG of said surface segments and ii) controlling the rate of release of said air-scenting liquid into the surrounding atmosphere, said fibrous mass and said membrane, enclosure or container E being non-reactive (inert) to and non-absorbent of said air scenting liquid. | 26,437 |
9,480,702 | 1. A method of treating sickle cell disease, comprising: administering to a patient having sickle cell disease a therapeutically effective amount of a chemically modified heparin having an antifactor IIa activity and an antifactor Xa activity, wherein the antifactor IIa activity is less than 10 IU/mg and the antifactor Xa activity is up to 10 IU/mg, the chemically modified heparin having a weight average molecular weight from about 6.5 to about 9.5 kDa, wherein the chemically modified heparin comprises polysaccharide chains having: (i) at least 90% of the sulfate groups of the corresponding native heparin; (ii) a reduction in chemically intact saccharide sequences providing an antithrombin-mediated anticoagulant effect, when compared to the polysaccharide chains of native heparin, and a reduction in unsulfated iduronic and/or glucuronic acid units when compared to native heparin; and (iii) a predominant disaccharide having the chemical structure: wherein R′ is a threonate residue and n is an integer of from 2 to 25, such that it comprises from 2 to 25 disaccharide units corresponding to molecular weights from 1.2 to 15 kDa. | 25,447 |
8,832,689 | 1. In a logically partitioned host computer system comprising host processors (host CPUs), a method for discovering topology of one or more guest processors (guest CPUs) of a guest configuration, the method comprising: executing a STORE SYSTEM INFORMATION instruction by a logical processor of a logical partition, wherein the STORE SYSTEM INFORMATION instruction defined for a computer architecture is executed by a central processing unit of an alternate computer architecture, the execution comprising: obtaining topology information of the guest configuration wherein the topology information comprises nesting information of logical processors of the logical partition, the nesting information comprising an indication of a maximum number of containers for each nesting level, wherein a container specifies groups of processors or groups of containers; and storing the topology information in a configuration topology table. | 28,571 |
8,821,124 | 1. An airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil comprising: an airfoil body extending between a first side and a second side and between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the body including a shelf that extends around an opening in the first side; and a panel attached to the body, the panel enclosing the opening and engaged with the shelf. | 17,632 |
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