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9,249,978 | 1. A retaining collar assembly for a gas turbine combustor comprising: a liner boss for the gas turbine combustor having a planar surface; a floating collar positioned along the planar surface and able to slide along the planar surface, the floating collar having a hole extending therethrough and an anti-rotation tab extending outward from the floating collar; and a collar cap secured to the liner boss for retaining the floating collar between the collar cap and the liner boss and permitting sliding movement of the floating collar on the planar surface, the collar cap having a flange extending from a body of the collar cap, the flange directly coupling the collar cap to the liner boss, the collar cap having a top edge located above a top edge of the floating collar thereby reducing any wear associated with vibrations of the floating collar from an oncoming stream of air. | 46,444 |
8,898,058 | 1. A method of processing an audio signal, said method comprising: based on information from a first plurality of frames of the audio signal, calculating a series of values of a first voice activity measure; based on information from a second plurality of frames of the audio signal, calculating a series of values of a second voice activity measure that is different from the first voice activity measure; based on the series of values of the first voice activity measure, calculating a boundary value of the first voice activity measure; and based on the series of values of the first voice activity measure, the series of values of the second voice activity measure, and the calculated boundary value of the first voice activity measure, producing a series of combined voice activity decisions. | 29,013 |
9,477,520 | 1. An apparatus for transferring virtual appliances, the apparatus comprising: a processor communicatively coupled to a plurality of virtual appliances, each of which having a plurality of virtual appliance characteristics; and a non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: | 28,829 |
8,411,849 | 1. A personal electronic device storage apparatus for assisting a user to keep the personal electronic device at a safe location during extended time periods, said personal electronic device storage apparatus comprising: a portable storage case comprising a body having a divider wall statically seated therein; a first cavity disposed above said divider wall, said first cavity being capable of containing the personal electronic device therein; a second cavity disposed below said divider wall; a lead plate seated within said first cavity for preventing electromagnetic waves from passing through said body; first and second retractable cords rotatably disposed within said second cavity; and first and second holders attached to distal ends of said first and second retractable cords respectively; wherein at least one of said first and second holders is capable of being tethered to the personal electronic device. | 7,000 |
8,505,244 | 1. A tower structure, comprising: a plurality of tower elements configured to be stacked vertically to form the tower structure; a first tower element of the plurality of tower elements, the first tower element including a plurality of first pre-fabricated concrete tower segments fitted horizontally side by side in a first ring, each of the plurality of first pre-fabricated concrete tower segments having an outer surface which forms a portion of an outer perimeter of the first tower element; and a second tower element of the plurality of tower elements, disposed below the first tower element, the second tower element including a plurality of second pre-fabricated concrete tower segments fitted horizontally side by side in a second ring, each of the plurality of second pre-fabricated concrete tower segments having an outer surface which forms a portion of an outer perimeter of the second tower element; wherein the number of the plurality of first prefabricated concrete tower segments in the first tower element is smaller than the number of the plurality of second pre-fabricated concrete tower segments in the second tower element. | 47,658 |
9,012,087 | 1. A device, comprising: an electrode, including at least one of a cathode or an anode including silicon or germanium nanowires, having a composite that includes a lithiated sulfur-based material, having Li | 46,700 |
8,836,433 | 1. A packaged integrated circuit comprising: a package substrate associated with a conductor configured to receive a power low voltage; a die disposed on the conductor, the die including a first transistor configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) input signal to generate an amplified RF signal, a second transistor configured to amplify the amplified RF signal to generate a RF output signal, a through wafer via configured to provide the power low voltage from the conductor to the second transistor, and a power low pad; and a bond wire electrically connected between the conductor and the power low pad, the bond wire configured to provide the power low voltage to the first transistor. | 39,464 |
9,351,480 | 1. A fish food dispensing assembly comprised of: a handle member; a perforated container configured to receive fish food therein and dispense fish food therefrom in a liquid environment; and a fish food containment ring configured to be magnetically linked to the perforated container and to the handle member with the perforated container positioned within the fish food containment ring, the containment ring configured to be magnetically linked to the handle member while the containment ring is on an opposite side of an aquarium panel from the handle member, such that the fish food dispensing assembly can be moved with respect to an aquarium by moving the handle member in order to position the fish food dispensing assembly in a selected location for feeding fish within the aquarium and such that the fish food is dispensed within the selected location, substantially preventing the fish food from extending to other locations within the aquarium, and further comprising: a lid for mounting on the containment ring, the lid configured to completely cover one side of the containment ring when the lid is mounted on the containment ring. | 13,921 |
9,676,427 | 1. A low drag low noise device having a lengthwise axis, the low drag low noise device comprising: an outer body having a first end, and a second end, the outer body defining a first opening, a second opening, an inner surface, and an outer surface, the inner surface extending from the first opening to the second opening and defining a passageway, the outer surface defining a plurality of peaks and troughs; and an inner body attached to the outer body and at least partially disposed within the passageway defined by the outer body, the inner body having a first end, a second end, and an outer surface; wherein the inner surface of the outer body and the outer surface of the inner body define a channel within the passageway of the outer body, the inner surface of the outer body and the outer surface of the inner body configured to allow a fluid to pass through the channel from the first end of the outer body to the second end of the outer body such that the fluid exits the channel at the second end of the outer body at an angle that is directed toward said lengthwise axis of said low drag low noise device and away from the second end of the inner body. | 19,168 |
9,234,507 | 1. A steam characteristics automatic measuring device comprising: a silica monitor for measuring a concentration of silica included in a condensate obtained by cooling steam taken out from under the ground, wherein the steam is divided into non-condensable gas and the condensate by the cooling; an electrical conductivity meter for automatically measuring an electrical conductivity of the condensate; an automatic non-condensable gas flowmeter for automatically and continuously measuring a flow rate of the non-condensable gas comprising a thermometer for measuring a temperature of the condensate; a level detector for detecting a liquid level of the condensate and for outputting a lowest level-detecting signal when the liquid level falls to a lowest level and outputting a highest level-detecting signal when the liquid level rises to a highest level; a processor for calculating a flow rate of saturated dissolved gas in the condensate based on the temperature, wherein the processor calculates a total flow rate of the non-condensable gas and the dissolved gas by adding the flow rate of non-condensable gas to the flow rate of saturated dissolved gas; and a data processing transmitter for automatically transmitting data measured by each of the silica monitor, the electrical conductivity meter and data corresponding to the total flow rate calculated by the processor. | 5,167 |
8,869,782 | 1. A delivery system for an inflatable article comprising in combination: a gun including a grip, an enlarged cylindrical bore, and a source of compressed CO a life preserver having an inflated state and an un-inflated state, the life preserver in the inflated state being circular and including a number of hand holds about its periphery; a layer of water permeable shrink wrap for initially securing the life preserver in its un-inflated state in an aerodynamic, bullet-like configuration; a water-activated pressurized gas release device interconnected to the life preserver, the gas release device being activated in the presence of water to inflate the life preserver; and a layer of water permeable foam secured between the life preserver in its un-inflated state and the shrink wrap, the foam lessening the impact of the life preserver after being fired from the gun; the life preserver in its un-inflated state being positioned within the cylindrical bore of the gun with an air-tight seal being formed between the life preserver in its un-inflated state and the cylindrical bore. | 47,897 |
9,566,072 | 1. A vasoocclusive implant comprising: a metallic wire having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to transition from a constrained, deliverable configuration to a deployed, expanded configuration for the treatment of a vascular abnormality; wherein, when in the constrained configuration, the metallic wire forms an elongate structure for delivery to a target site; and wherein, upon delivery of the elongate helical coil structure to the target site, the metallic wire is configured to transition from the constrained configuration to the deployed configuration to form a three-dimensional structure for the treatment of the vascular abnormality, wherein the three-dimensional structure comprises a plurality of loops providing a multi-faceted and multi-angular outer surface configured to engage the vascular abnormality; wherein the three-dimensional structure comprises: a first loop having a first diameter and a second loop having a second diameter, the first and second loops generally arrayed along a first axis and spaced apart from each other by at least a dimension equal to the first diameter; a third loop having a third diameter and a fourth loop having a fourth diameter, the third and fourth loops generally arrayed along a second axis and spaced apart from each other by at least a dimension equal to the third diameter; and a fifth loop having a fifth diameter and a sixth loop having a sixth diameter, the fifth and sixth loops generally arrayed along a third axis and spaced apart from each other by at least a dimension equal to the fifth diameter; wherein the first, second and third axes substantially approximate orthogonal lines, and wherein the sixth diameter is between about 60% and 80% of the diameter of each of the first through fifth loop diameters. | 18,892 |
9,762,147 | 1. A power conversion system comprising: at least one first power conversion circuit that is connected in parallel with one direct current power source and that converts an input voltage by operating a switching element; at least one second power conversion circuit that is connected in parallel with the direct current power source, that converts another input voltage by operating another switching element and that has an electric power consumption of a load smaller than the first power conversion circuit; an LC filter that is connected between the direct current power source and the second power conversion circuit; a resonance detection unit that is arranged at an input side of the LC filter and detects an occurrence of a resonance in the LC filter; a control switching element that is connected in series with a capacitor of the LC filter; and a resistance value change unit that changes a series resistance value of a current path, on which the capacitor is arranged, by operating the control switching element when the resonance detection unit detects the occurrence of the resonance. | 41,004 |
9,446,756 | 1. A power system of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: a battery group; a battery heater, connected with the battery group and configured to charge and discharge the battery group so as to heat the battery group; a battery management device, connected with the battery group and the battery heater respectively, and configured to, when a temperature of the battery group is lower than a first heating threshold and a residual electric quantity of the battery group is larger than a running electric quantity threshold, control the battery heater to heat the battery group with a first power when the hybrid electric vehicle is in an electric vehicle mode, and heat the battery group with a second power when the hybrid electric vehicle is in a hybrid electric vehicle mode, wherein the second power is larger than the first power; an electric distribution box, configured to distribute a voltage output by the battery group; an engine; a motor coupled to the engine to provide power for the hybrid electric vehicle; a motor controller, connected with the motor and the electric distribution box respectively, comprising a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a pre-charging capacitor connected between the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and configured to supply power to the motor according to a control command and a voltage distributed by the electric distribution box; and an isolation inductor, connected between the battery group and the electric distribution box, wherein an inductance of the isolation inductor matches with a capacitance of the pre-charging capacitor. | 17,277 |
8,428,788 | 1. An inverted pendulum type moving body system, comprising: a self moving body member and an another moving body member, each operable to move over a floor surface in a self standing manner; an information acquisition unit for obtaining a state information indicating a current state of the another moving body member including at least a posture information indicating a posture of the another moving body member, said information acquisition unit being operatively attached to one of the self moving body member and the another moving body member; and a movement control unit for controlling a movement of the self moving body member, based on the state information, so that a state of the self moving body member with respect to the current state of the another moving body member satisfies a predetermined condition established so that the self moving body member and the another moving body member move in alignment, said movement control unit being operatively attached to one of the self moving body member and the another moving body member; wherein said another moving body member is different from the self moving body member. | 2,347 |
9,099,821 | 1. A busbar plate comprising: a busbar plate main body, including a terminal accommodating chamber part having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, accommodating a conductive metal plate which connects a plus terminal of a battery and a minus terminal of an adjacent battery in each of the terminal accommodating chambers, and connecting the terminal accommodating chambers which are separately provided along a longitudinal direction of the terminal accommodating chamber part and are adjacent to each other by U-shaped elastic connecting members; and total plus/minus terminal blocks, which are externally attached to the terminal accommodating chambers at two ends respectively, and which are formed of terminal block main bodies and busbars, wherein one ends of the busbars are fastened to total plus/minus terminals in the terminal accommodating chambers at the two ends, the other ends of the busbars are fastened to an adjacent module or a connecting busbar of an external equipment, and flexible resin material is used for the busbar plate main body, and high strength resin material is used for the terminal block main bodies. | 31,529 |
9,135,488 | 1. An imaging system, comprising: a housing comprising a support surface and a raised ridge disposed around the support surface defining a gap, the housing and the support surface defining a generally C-shaped configuration; an image sensor within the housing; and an imaging assembly within the housing configured for focusing an image of an electronic device's display onto the image sensor; wherein the support surface is configured for supporting an electronic device while the imaging system captures an image of the electronic device's display with the image sensor and imaging assembly. | 9,600 |
9,422,515 | 1. A method for the treatment of a vegetable product in the form of crushed material comprising the steps of: (i) storing the crushed material in a first vat to let it ferment and form a cap of solid particles floating on a liquid mass therein; (ii) connecting a second vat to the first vat and transferring the gaseous products of fermentation, accumulated in the first vat and generated by fermentation, to the second vat; (iii) isolating the first and second vats; (iv) reducing the gaseous pressure in the first vat; and (v) connecting the second vat to the first vat at a point beneath the cap so that, due to the differential pressure between the first and second vats, spontaneous pouring off of the gaseous products in the liquid mass occurs, in such a manner that while rising the gaseous products come into contact with the cap. | 8,560 |
8,982,439 | 1. A solar light concentration plate comprising: a plurality of holograms which receives solar light and diffracts incident solar light having an incident angle; at least one intermediate light guide disposed between the plurality of holograms; and a pair of outer light guides disposed on outer surfaces of outermost holograms among the plurality of holograms, wherein at least one of the outer light guides has an outer surface having a tilt angle substantially inclined to an inner surface of the at least one of the outer light guides which is substantially parallel to an horizontal direction in a cross-section, and wherein the outer surface is configured to directly receive the incident solar light from outside of the solar light concentration plate. | 25,871 |
8,756,644 | 1. A method of providing supplemental information, comprising: receiving, via a network, by a service controller device and from a first user device, a request for information supplemental to video being displayed by a second user device, the video not being output by the first user device and the request comprising an indication of synchronization information associated with the video being displayed by the second user device; determining, by the service controller device and based at least in part on the synchronization information, the information supplemental to the video being displayed by the second user device; and providing, by the service controller device and to the first user device, the information supplemental to the video being displayed by the second user device. | 3,826 |
9,306,349 | 1. A current distributing device comprising: a first current conducting element, a second current conducting element, and a third current conducting element, wherein the three current conducting elements are oriented in or substantially in three orthogonal directions, wherein the three current conducting elements are coupled at each of the three orthogonal directions, forming at least one current supply component at each of the three orthogonal directions, wherein the at least one current supply component at each of the three orthogonal directions is a power socket, and wherein each of the three current conducting elements contains one or more single metal bended sheets without soldering. | 17,762 |
9,332,481 | 1. A wireless communication system comprising: a plurality of wireless terminals constituting a wireless ad hoc network, the plurality of wireless terminals including a receiving terminal and a plurality of transmitting terminals, each of the plurality of transmitting terminals being configured to execute direct communication in which information is transmitted directly to the receiving terminal or indirect communication in which the information is transmitted indirectly to the receiving terminal through at least one other wireless terminal; a reception side terminal number obtainer that obtains a reception side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which the receiving terminal is able to communicate directly; a transmission side terminal number obtainer that obtains a transmission side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which a target transmitting terminal, which is one of the plurality of transmitting terminals, is able to communicate directly; and a setter that calculates a hidden terminal number parameter that increases as a hidden terminal number which is the number of the transmitting terminals which are unable to communicate directly with the target transmitting terminal among the transmitting terminals which are able to communicate directly with the receiving terminal increases based on the reception side terminal number and the transmission side terminal number, selects the indirect communication when the hidden terminal number parameter is equal to or greater than a certain threshold value, and sets the target transmitting terminal so as to execute the selected communication. | 32,156 |
9,731,843 | 1. A joint for unfolding and locking a solar generator, a reflector, or other aerospace components that can be unfolded, consisting of: two half joints; a joint axis; and a drive, wherein a drive spring of the drive has a spring characteristic curve that compensates for a frictional torque that varies over the unfolding angle, the characteristic curve increasing over the unfolding progressively, over the unfolding angle of the two half joints. | 15,796 |
8,914,104 | 1. A multi-mode electronic medical device, comprising: a device housing; a panel mounted to a front side of the device housing, wherein the panel has an open position and a closed position; a first magnet mounted to the panel; and a second magnet mounted to an off-center portion of a user-movable mechanism that comprises a rotary switch and is part of the device whose movement from a first position to a second position changes the device from a first mode to a second mode and also moves the second magnet relative to the first magnet so as to automatically move the panel from a closed position to an open position when the device changes from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the user-movable mechanism is connected to an electric switch and operable to cause the electric switch to change the device from the first mode to the second mode using a same user-provided motion that moves the second magnet from the first position to the second position, and wherein a third magnet is mounted in an off-center portion of the user-movable mechanism and the first magnet is mounted to the panel away from a hinge for the panel so that magnetic force applied to the first magnet exerts a moment on the panel about the hinge, and magnetic interaction with the first magnet acts to keep the panel closed or to open the panel. | 40,758 |
9,435,278 | 1. A control system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust gas purification apparatus arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and including an NO an electronic control unit configured to: obtain the temperature of said NO restrict the intake air quantity of the internal combustion engine in such a way as to make the air intake quantity smaller when the obtained temperature is less than a first predetermined temperature, as compared to when the obtained temperature is greater than the first predetermined temperature; restrict a fuel injection quantity in relation to the intake air quantity of the internal combustion engine; obtain a trapped PM amount, which is defined to be the amount of particulate matter trapped in said particulate filter; and correct a restriction value of the fuel injection quantity, when the obtained trapped PM amount is not larger than a predetermined amount and the internal combustion engine is in an accelerating operation state, in such a way that the fuel injection quantity restriction is decreased when the obtained temperature is less than a second predetermined temperature and the intake air quantity is greater than a predetermined air-quantity amount as compared to when the obtained temperature is greater than the second predetermined temperature and/or the intake air quantity is less than the predetermined air-quantity amount. | 38,568 |
9,389,265 | 1. A signal processing apparatus for reducing interference signals that are superimposed on a useful signal for locating a cable fault on a buried electrical cable, comprising: an apparatus input adapted to receive an input signal including interference signals superimposed on a useful signal; a first filter that has an input thereof connected to said apparatus input, and that is adapted to at least partially filter the useful signal out of the input signal to produce a filtered signal at an output of said first filter; a delay device that has an input thereof connected to said apparatus input, and that is adapted to time-delay the input signal to produce a delayed signal at an output of said delay device; a first signal combining node that has inputs respectively connected to said output of said first filter and said output of said delay device, and that is adapted to combine the filtered signal and the delayed signal so as to produce a first combined signal at an output of said first signal combining node, wherein the first combined signal at least partially includes the useful signal and at least partially omits the interference signals; a DC component estimator that comprises a median filter, and that has an input thereof connected to said output of said first signal combining node, and that is adapted to produce an estimated DC component signal at an output of said DC component estimator; and a second signal combining node that has inputs respectively connected to said output of said first signal combining node and said output of said DC component estimator, and that is adapted to combine the first combined signal and the estimated DC component signal so as to produce a second combined signal at an output of said second signal combining node. | 28,491 |
8,891,841 | 1. A method performed by a mobile communication device, the method comprising: obtaining, by the mobile communication device, one or more images; extracting, by the mobile communication device, one or more features from the one or more images; generating, by the mobile communication device, a feature vector based on the extracted one or more features; determining, by the mobile communication device, a dermatological classification for the obtained one or more images based on the feature vector and based on a dermatological analysis model, wherein the dermatological analysis model is generated by: determining, by the mobile communication device, a recommendation based on the determined dermatological classification; and providing, by the mobile communication device, information about the determined dermatological classification along with the recommendation to a user of the mobile communication device. | 12,850 |
8,408,875 | 1. Rotor blade attachment ( 17 ), for a wind power plant ( 1 ), for the connection of a rotor blade ( 5 ) with an attachment device ( 16 ) comprising: a transverse pin ( wherein the transverse pin ( | 42,086 |
9,851,062 | 1. An LED grow light system comprising: a panel configured to be positioned close to an artificial lighting source such that the solar panel is positioned to receive light emitted by the artificial lighting source; a mounting apparatus; and a first LED grow light module connected to the mounting apparatus and electrically connected to the solar panel, the first LED grow light module having at least four connecting ports and an LED powered by the solar panel, each of the at least four connecting ports configured to electrically connect the first LED grow light module to a connecting port of a second LED grow light module, the first LED grow light module being positioned relative to a plant such that the LED powered by the solar panel emits light to a location on the plant. | 33,605 |
9,075,661 | 1. A method for placing objects on hosts in an online service, comprising: determining, using a processor, when to place an object on one of a plurality of hosts in the online service, wherein the online service comprises databases, virtual machines (VMs) and physical machines, wherein the physical machines are arranged in farms that perform roles in a network; obtaining placement constraints for the object that comprise hard constraints and soft constraints, wherein application of a hard constraint eliminates one or more of the hosts from being selected on which to place the object, and wherein soft constraints determine which hosts are more suitable than other hosts; applying the hard constraints against hosts within the network that results in a pool of remaining hosts, wherein the hard constraints include high availability constraints, wherein applying the high availability constraints eliminates one or more hosts to ensure that objects having redundant roles within the network are placed on different hosts; applying the soft constraints against the pool of remaining hosts that results in a pool of selection hosts; automatically selecting a host on which to place the object from the pool of selection hosts; and automatically deploying the object on the selected host. | 22,356 |
8,947,000 | 1. A microcontroller based electronic switch for detecting an external motion signal, comprising: a controllable switching element, electrically connected between a load and a power source; a detection means, for detecting an external motion signal played by a user and converting said external motion signal into a message carrying sensing signal; and a microcontroller with program codes written and designed to read and interpret the message carrying sensing signal generated by said detection means, wherein said microcontroller is electrically connected between said controllable switching element and said detection means, said microcontroller controls a conduction state or cutoff state of said controllable switching element according to said message carrying sensing signal generated by said detection means; wherein when the controllable switching element is in the conduction state, said microcontroller further controls electric power transmission level from a power source to the load according to the time length of said message carrying sensing signal received from said detection means; wherein the detection means is an infrared ray sensor comprising a means for emitting infrared light to form a defined infrared ray detecting zone and a means for detecting infrared light reflected from an object moving into said infrared ray detecting zone, a circuitry responsively generates a first voltage sensing signal with a time length corresponding to the time interval the object entering and staying in said infrared ray detecting zone; when the object leaves the infrared ray detecting zone, the infrared ray sensor delivers a second voltage signal. | 2,848 |
9,736,822 | 1. A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers, the terminal apparatus comprising: a generating section that generates a response signal indicative of error detection results of downlink data respectively transmitted using the plurality of component carriers; and a control section that transmits the response signal using an uplink control channel based on a mapping rule, wherein: the mapping rule associates a pattern candidate of the error detection results with one of a plurality of resources of the uplink control channel and a phase point in the corresponding resource, the pattern candidate comprising a first error detection result corresponding to downlink data of a first component carrier and a second error detection result corresponding to downlink data of a second component carrier different from the first component carrier; a first resource among the plurality of resources is associated with at least a first pattern candidate in which the first error detection result is identical to an error detection result when communication with the base station apparatus is performed using only the first component carrier, and in which the second error detection results are NACK or DTX; a phase point associated with the first pattern candidate is identical to a phase point associated with the error detection result when communication with the base station apparatus is performed using only the first component carrier; at least the first resource among the plurality of resources is allocated for the first component carrier; and a resource other than the first resource and associated with a pattern candidate, in which at least the second error detection result is ACK, is allocated for the second component carrier. | 15,887 |
8,429,072 | 1. A computer-implemented method for processing a microtransaction, the method comprising: receiving a transaction request having one or more electronic information packets comprising information of a transaction initiated by a customer interacting with a merchant, the customer using a transaction account, the transaction request including a transaction amount; accessing a microtransaction threshold amount; determining whether the transaction amount is below the microtransaction threshold amount; when the transaction amount is above the microtransaction threshold amount, processing the transaction information through a first interchange entity as a non-microtransaction; and when the transaction amount is below the microtransaction threshold amount: | 19,487 |
9,826,472 | 1. A method of selecting public land mobile networks (PLMNs) by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: selecting a PLMN as a network that the terminal will be attached to in a manual PLMN selection mode; connecting to the selected PLMN, and storing the selected PLMN in a user selection PLMN list; detecting that the terminal is in a limited service state; and selecting, when the terminal attempts recovery to receive normal services in the limited service state, a PLMN to be attached to a network based on at least one PLMN included in the stored user selection PLMN list. | 23,802 |
8,522,736 | 1. A phase varying device for use with an automobile engine, comprising: a drive rotor driven by the crankshaft of the engine; a first control rotor rotatable relative to the drive rotor under the action of a torque means; and a phase angle varying mechanism operably coupled to the first control rotor in rotational motion relative to the first control rotor, the drive rotor and first control rotor rotatably supported by a camshaft of the phase varying apparatus, the phase varying device adapted to vary the phase angle of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft by varying the phase angle of the camshaft relative to the drive rotor, wherein the phase angle varying mechanism includes: | 48,536 |
9,289,613 | 1. A system comprising: a first implantable medical device connected to a first electrode and a second electrode, the first implantable medical device being configured to deliver an electrical signal between the first and second electrodes; a second implantable medical device configured to sense the electrical signal; and a processor configured to determine an electrical parameter value indicative of an impedance of a path between the first and second implantable medical devices based on the sensed electrical signal, and determine whether a system integrity issue exists based on the electrical parameter value. | 7,086 |
8,917,441 | 1. A display device for an autostereoscopic display apparatus, the display device comprising: a spatial light modulator comprising an array of pixels; a first lens array and a second lens array, each aligned with the spatial light modulator and operable to direct light from spatially multiplexed sub-arrays of pixels into an array of at least three optical windows in a window plane, the optical windows of the first lens array being spatially offset from the optical windows of the second lens array; and a lens switching arrangement capable of causing the lens arrays to switch between operation in a first mode in which the first lens array operates and the second lens array has substantially no optical effect and a second mode in which the first lens array has substantially no optical effect and the second lens array operates. | 48,540 |
9,211,913 | 1. A structure for front side frames of an automobile in which a front side frame disposed in a fore-and-aft direction in a front part of a vehicle body is formed from a tubular hollow member, and the front side frame comprises a front-side first bent part and a rear-side second bent part at the rear of a power unit mounting part for a power unit to be mounted thereon, wherein the front side frame comprises a third bent part that bends convexly outward in a vehicle width direction in front of the power unit mounting part, a first weak part that is weaker than other portions of the front side frame is formed in the vicinity of the second bent part, and a second weak part that is weaker than other portions of the front side frame is formed in the vicinity of the third bent part, and wherein the power unit mounting part is formed by vertically superimposing two tubular hollow members. | 28,678 |
8,910,973 | 1. A seatbelt for a vehicle, the seatbelt comprising: a belt strap composed of a plurality of belt strap layers and at least one belt inner space, which can be impacted with a gas, wherein the belt strap is configured so that it is guided through a recess of a buckle tongue configured for insertion into a belt buckle; and a holding element is arranged on the belt strap, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the buckle tongue in a defined position when the belt strap is in a retracted state, wherein the holding element is fixed to precisely one of the at least two belt strap layers, wherein the holding element comprises an outer element arranged on an outer side of the belt strap layer and an inner element connected thereto and arranged on an inner side of said belt strap layer, and wherein the outer element or the inner element is flexible. | 39,093 |
9,334,200 | 1. A method for optimizing the effectiveness of a fertilizer composition by performing the processes of: measuring a particle of the fertilizer composition for size; establishing a body of ultrapure water; nano-sizing a predetermined amount of the fertilizer composition into fertilizer nanoparticles; adding the fertilizer nanoparticles into the body of ultrapure water thereby creating a fertilizer mixture; mixing the fertilizer mixture such that a plurality of water molecules coalesce about one of said fertilizer nanoparticles within the body of ultrapure water. | 17,171 |
9,376,736 | 1. A method for separating and recovering a plurality of rare-earth elements, the method comprising the steps of: introducing, into a liquid containing an organic solvent, a mixture containing a rare-earth oxychloride and a rare-earth chloride, the rare-earth oxychloride comprising a first rare-earth element, the rare-earth chloride comprising a second rare-earth element different from the first rare-earth element, thereby obtaining an insoluble matter containing the rare-earth oxychloride and a liquid in which the rare-earth chloride is dissolved; recovering the rare-earth oxychloride from the insoluble matter; and recovering the rare-earth chloride from the liquid in which the rare-earth chloride is dissolved. | 11,454 |
9,225,362 | 1. A power supply for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier that amplifies an RF input signal into an RF output signal, the power supply comprising: a first power converter to convert an input voltage to the power supply into a first supply voltage of the RF power amplifier; and a second power converter to receive the input voltage and the first supply voltage and to selectively convert either the input voltage or the first supply voltage into at least a portion of a second supply voltage of the RF power amplifier. | 38,549 |
8,876,495 | 1. A fluid circuit comprising: a first pump assembly including: a second pump assembly in fluid communication with the first pump assembly, the second pump assembly being powered by hydraulic pressure from the first fluid outlet of the first fluid pump when the first fluid pump is driven by the electric motor, the second fluid pump assembly including: | 29,320 |
9,151,861 | 1. A system for measuring geological data, comprising: a first transceiver having a housing, transmitter circuitry to generate an electrical current for injection into a subsurface area, receiver circuitry to measure at least one electrical signal, a power supply for providing power to the transmitter circuitry, and a communications module for communicating at least one of control or measurement data to a computing device; a link socket, disposed on the housing, to mate with a cable from a second transceiver; a first electrode socket, disposed on the housing, to mate with a cable of a first electrode; a second electrode socket, disposed on the housing, to mate with a cable of a second electrode; and a multiplexer, disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the transmitter circuitry; wherein: | 31,041 |
9,066,175 | 1. A portable device, comprising: a display module, comprising: a keyboard module, comprising: wherein the display casing comprises a speaker chamber therein, wherein the speaker is accommodated in the speaker chamber, and wherein the sound output opening is spatially communicated with the speaker chamber. | 8,689 |
8,632,376 | 1. A game system, comprising: a first mobile device comprising a microprocessor, a memory and a light generating device, and configured to project a light beam having a first characteristic on an overhead surface; and a second mobile device comprising a microprocessor, a memory and a sensor, and configured to: | 29,693 |
9,284,656 | 1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a p-n junction with a p-type semiconductor portion and an n-type semiconductor portion one on top of the other, wherein an upper exposed surface of one of the semiconductor portions represents a front side surface of the semiconductor substrate; patterned antireflective coatings on the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein said patterned antireflective coatings protect some of the semiconductor portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate, while leaving other of the semiconductor portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed, said other of the semiconductor portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate that are exposed form a grid pattern on the front side surface; a metal phosphorus layer located directly on the other of the semiconductor portions of the front side surface of the semiconductor substrate that are exposed, wherein vertical sidewalls of said metal phosphorus layer are in direct contact with a vertical sidewall portion of the patterned antireflective coatings; and a copper-containing layer located atop the metal phosphorus layer, said copper-containing layer having vertical sidewalls that are vertically coincident to said vertical sidewalls of said metal phosphorus layer, wherein said vertical sidewalls of said copper-containing layer are in direct physical contact with another vertical sidewall portion of said patterned antireflective coatings and a topmost surface that is located above a topmost surface of said patterned antireflective coatings. | 1,714 |
9,537,628 | 1. A method in a wireless terminal for receiving user data in a wireless communication system enabling coordinated multipoint transmission of the user data from a first cell site serving the wireless terminal and a second cell site neighboring the first cell site, said coordinated multipoint transmission comprising one of a coordinated scheduling of the transmission of the user data from the first and second cell sites and a joint transmission of the user data from the first and second cell sites, wherein the first cell site maps control signals and user data to a plurality of time-frequency resources according to a first mapping pattern and the second cell site maps control signals and user data to the plurality of time-frequency resources according to a second mapping pattern, the method comprising: extracting user data, according to the first mapping pattern, from time-frequency resources of a first transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the first cell site; detecting a control element transmitted by the first cell site, the control element indicating that user data associated with the control element is mapped to the time-frequency resources according to the second mapping pattern; and responsive to said detecting, extracting user data according to the second mapping pattern from time-frequency resources of a second transmission for the wireless terminal transmitted from the second cell site; wherein the control element comprises at least one of reference-signal frequency shift information of the second cell site and a number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols explicitly signaled for a control region of the second cell site. | 29,357 |
8,705,798 | 1. A method of operating a video processing system to count objects in video, comprising: analyzing at least a segment of the video in accordance with at least one initial parameter to produce an initial count; identifying a subsequent parameter with which to analyze the video based on at least the initial count; analyzing the segment of the video in accordance with at least the subsequent parameter to produce a subsequent count; and selecting a congestion level from a plurality of congestion levels based on at least the initial count, wherein identifying the subsequent parameter based on the initial count comprises selecting the subsequent parameter from a plurality of parameters corresponding to the plurality of congestion levels based on the congestion level. | 14,224 |
9,481,899 | 1. An engineered microorganism for production of an alkane or alkene, comprising: (i) a first nucleotide sequence encoding an aldehyde biosynthetic polypeptide that catalyzes the conversion of acyl ACP to a fatty aldehyde in an engineered microorganism, wherein the aldehyde biosynthetic polypeptide encoded by the first nucleotide sequence has at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 72; and (ii) a second nucleotide sequence encoding an alkane or alkene biosynthetic polypeptide that catalyzes the conversion of a fatty aldehyde to an alkane or alkene in said engineered microorganism, wherein the alkane or alkene biosynthetic polypeptide encoded by the second nucleotide sequence has at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 20, and wherein each of said first and second nucleotide sequences is operably linked to a promoter. | 25,910 |
9,726,389 | 1. A portable evaporative cooling apparatus comprising: an induction nozzle; a primary passage for delivering a primary air stream to the induction nozzle; a secondary passage that is unobstructed and extends from an ambient air inlet to the induction nozzle, wherein a secondary air stream is induced through the secondary passage by the primary air stream, and the primary and secondary air streams are ejected from the induction nozzle into ambient air; an atomiser in the secondary passage, proximate the ambient air inlet, for emitting a spray of water into the secondary air stream; electrical contacts connected to the atomiser for supplying electrical power to the atomizer; and a fan for impelling the primary air stream in the primary passage. | 11,146 |
9,594,067 | 1. A system for determining an amount of NO 2 exiting an oxidation catalyst of an exhaust after treatment system, wherein the system includes an electronic controller, comprising: a space velocity generator configured to generate the space velocity of the oxidation catalyst; an NO an NO an NO | 44,026 |
9,333,741 | 1. A method of printing on a conical portion of an object, said method comprising using a printing head that comprises straight parallel rows of printing nozzles to print a printed image on a surface of a conically rotationally symmetrical region of an outer wall of said object, wherein said conically rotationally symmetrical region is specified by a cross-section, wherein said cross section is defined by an array of three parameters of said object, wherein using said printing head to print comprises controlling said parallel rows of printing nozzles taking into account pixel density to be achieved in said printed image, setting a printing density of a printing nozzle with regard to at least one reference parameter, and setting a variable offset between a pair of said rows of nozzles based on a change in relative speed between said printing head and said conically rotationally symmetrical region of said object. | 10,284 |
9,488,057 | 1. A micro jet gas film generation apparatus, installed on a work object, comprising: at least one airflow passing hole running through the work object; an airflow veering member which is located on a surface of the work object and corresponds to and covers the airflow passing hole, and forms a gap against the work object to form a spout communicating with the airflow passing hole, the spout being formed at a diameter of 5-100 μm; and an airflow input member connected to one end of the airflow passing hole opposite to the airflow veering member to send a gas via the airflow passing hole and the airflow veering member to the surface of the work object; wherein Reynolds number (Re) of the gas generated from the spout is smaller than 560 that is defined as Re=ρVD/μ=VD/ν; and wherein V is an average gas flow rate of the gas generated from the spout, D is the diameter of the spout, μ is fluid dynamic viscosity, ν is kinematic viscosity, and ρ is fluid density. | 11,291 |
9,215,980 | 1. A monitoring system, comprising: one or more wireless nodes communicating over a medical body area (MBAN) network on an assigned wireless medical frequency band; and an appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes to provide cableless monitoring of patient health. | 21,600 |
8,870,212 | 1. An apparatus for facilitating selective rotation of a binding with respect to a surface of a sportboard, comprising: a bottom capture plate having fastening holes therethrough and arranged in a pattern, said bottom capture plate adapted for attachment to a sportboard; a top plate assembly having fastening holes therethrough arranged in an identical pattern to that of said pattern in said bottom capture plate, said top plate assembly disposed above said bottom capture plate and fixedly connected thereto, said top plate assembly being aligned with said bottom capture plate such that said fastening hole pattern therein is aligned with said identical fastening hole pattern in said bottom capture plate; a retaining ring assembly sandwiched between said bottom capture plate and said top plate assembly and separated from each thereof by ball bearings allowing rotation of said retaining ring assembly relative to said bottom capture plate and said top plate assembly; a locking mechanism for selectively locking said retaining ring assembly relative to said bottom capture plate and said top plate assembly, thereby preventing rotation of said retaining ring assembly relative to said bottom capture plate and said top plate assembly when said locking mechanism is engaged; wherein said locking mechanism comprises an electrically actuated locking mechanism; wherein said electrically actuated locking mechanism compromises: an electromagnet disposed in said top plate assembly; and at least one pair of diametrically opposed ferromagnetic inserts selectively disposed around a perimeter of an interior region of said retaining ring assembly. | 2,535 |
9,455,976 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; | 38,308 |
8,595,542 | 1. A method of transferring data, the method comprising: propagating a clock signal through one or more clock lines, each of the one or more clock lines having one or more segments configured to delay the clock signal by an amount corresponding to a length of the one or more segments; extracting a plurality of phases of the clock signal from points associated with the segments; capturing electronic data comprising a plurality of pre-skewed data elements at least partially in response to the plurality of extracted phases of the clock signal; and transferring the captured electronic data to inputs of a group latch block via a plurality of data lines, two or more of the data lines having a length different from one another such that captured data propagating through the two or more of the data lines experience different delays to inputs of the group latch block. | 13,535 |
9,574,538 | 1. An idling stop control system for a vehicle, which stops an idling of an engine of the vehicle so as to automatically stop the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on automatic stop of the engine is established, and releases the automatic stop of the engine so as to restart the engine in the case where a predetermined condition on restart of the engine is established in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle, the idling stop control system comprising: a front information recognition unit that recognizes an object in front of the vehicle and assigning one of a plurality of predetermined types to the object; and a restart determination unit that determines the restart of the engine depending on the assigned type of the object in front of the vehicle, even if the restart condition of the engine is not established during the automatic stop of the engine, wherein: in response to a determination that the assigned type of the object is a first predetermined type of the plurality of predetermined types and the front information recognition unit detects a position change of the object, the idling stop control system performs the restart of the engine, in response to a determination that the assigned type of the object is one of the plurality of predetermined types not including the first predetermined type, the idling stop control system prohibits the restart of the engine, and in response to a determination that the assigned type of the object immediately in front of the vehicle is a motorcycle and the front information recognition unit recognizes that another vehicle in front of the motorcycle and in the same lane as the vehicle is at a stop, the restart determination unit determines to prohibit the restart of the engine even if the motorcycle moves. | 4,270 |
8,607,504 | 1. A stator element for an electrical driving of a slidable body, the stator element comprising: an elongate holder with a longitudinal length; a plurality of carrier elements arranged within the holder, the plurality of carrier elements arranged adjacently to each other along the longitudinal length of the holder, at least one winding arranged around the middle part of each carrier element, the winding being configured to connect to a voltage source to generate an electromagnetic field which produces a driving force acting on at least one counter-element on the slidable body, the counter-element being magnetized. | 3,466 |
9,203,544 | 1. A transmitting device for transmitting an optical signal containing data, comprising: an optical tone generator for generating a plurality of optical tones at different wavelengths, wherein the optical tone generator includes two or more cascaded optical tone generating units, a first optical tone generating unit of the optical tone generator is an optical intensity modulator which generates multiple optical tones at different wavelengths from a single laser source, a spacing of the optical tones of the first optical tone generating unit is provided by a first clock source, other optical tone generating units of the optical tone generator generates more optical tones from inputted optical tones, said other optical tone generating units each include a re-circulating frequency shifter which includes an optical I/Q modulator, Erbium doped fiber amplifiers, and optical filters, and a spacing of the optical tones of the other optical tone generating units is provided by other clock sources other than the first clock source; a plurality of encoders, each encoder performing advanced coding on an associated data signal of data signals to generate an associated coded data signal, each associated data signal carrying a corresponding part of the data; a plurality of mappers, each mapper coupled to an associated encoder for receiving the corresponding associated coded data signal, each mapper performing high order modulation on the corresponding associated coded data signal, wherein a number of the optical tones is equal to a number of the encoders and equal to a number of mappers; and an up-converter, coupled to the plurality of mappers, for up-converting the associated high-order-modulated data signal in each mapper into the optical signal to be outputted through the plurality of optical tones, wherein each of the optical tones at a different wavelength is used for the corresponding associated high-order-modulated data signal, wherein the advanced coding has a net coding rate between 20%-85% and a net coding gain above 5 dB at BER=10 | 24,548 |
8,521,927 | 1. A text entry system for an electronic device, the system comprising: (a) an input subsystem configured to receive user input operations, and interpret the input operations as letters, characters, symbols, commands or functions, wherein said input subsystem is configured to recognize as a letter entry input operations only keystrokes performed on a plurality of keys, wherein each of the letter entry input operation is a single keystroke performed on a single key and each said letter entry input operation is interpreted as a single letter location entry, wherein a single letter location is entered by one and only one said letter entry input operation and wherein said letter entry input operations for each said single letter location entry is comprising both either (1) single letter operations that select any possible letter from the alphabet, or (2) letter group operations that select a group of possible letters from the alphabet, and wherein the plurality of keys comprises single letter keys for the single letter operations and group letter keys for the letter group operations; (b) a text prediction subsystem which receives a sequence including both of said single letter operations and of said letter groups operations, and produces a list of possible words based on an a priori database of words, wherein said text prediction allows any operation of said sequence to be a single letter operation or a letter group operation, wherein said text prediction subsystem operates by searching said database for words which have letters that match letters entered by said single letter operations and resolve the ambiguity of letter groups entered by said letter group operations; and (c) a word processing subsystem, which receives said list of possible words, displays said list to the user, receives a user selection of a desired word and provides the desired word as a text entry for further processing. | 8,242 |
9,472,629 | 1. A gallium nitride substrate with a primary surface for epitaxial growth of a III-group nitride semiconductor, wherein: the primary surface has a first area and a second area, an off-angle formed by a c-axis of the gallium nitride substrate with an axis perpendicular to the primary surface is minimum in the second area, a c-face of the gallium nitride substrate is concave or convex, and a curvature radius of R of C-plane of the gallium nitride substrate is equal to or more than 1.5 meters. | 26,792 |
8,785,530 | 1. A crosslinkable rubber composition comprising 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of a polyamine-based crosslinking agent with respect to a total of 100 parts by weight of a nitrile group containing highly saturated copolymer rubber having an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit and an acrylic rubber having an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit but substantially not containing methacrylonitrile unit. | 38,966 |
9,042,351 | 1. A radio communication system comprising: a mobile station configured to: the radio communication apparatus configured to communicate with the mobile station. | 17,046 |
9,711,246 | 1. A passive containment air cooling device with an isolated pressure boundary, comprising: a plurality of heat exchangers positioned inside and outside a containment, penetrating through an outer wall of the containment to be connected to the containment through a pipe and thus form a closed loop, and including a coolant; a plurality of air induction ducts circulating air outside the plurality of heat exchangers; and a cooled air exhaust unit formed in at least one of the plurality of air induction ducts to increase cooling efficiency of the plurality of heat exchangers, wherein each quadrant of an outer part of the containment is provided with one of the plurality of heat exchangers and one of the plurality of air induction ducts and the plurality of air induction ducts are converged into one in an upper part of the containment and have a single air outlet. | 39,858 |
8,769,415 | 1. A method for providing a User Interface (UI) component to a second Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) in a first RUIC, the method comprising: transmitting, by the first RUIC, specific information indicating that the first RUIC can operate as a proxy to RUICs incapable of directly receiving the UI component from a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS); upon discovering the first RUIC by the second RUIC among the RUICs, performing, by the first RUIC, a device capability matching procedure between the RUIS and the second RUIC; after completion of the device capability matching procedure, providing, by the first RUIC, the second RUIC with a UI component received from the RUIS and processed for the second RUIC based on the device capability matching procedure; and delivering, by the first RUIC, control information for the UI component from the second RUIC to the RUIS. | 11,035 |
8,448,730 | 1. A multi-axle hybrid drive system for a an articulated bus ( 1 ), the multi-axle hybrid drive system comprising: a first unit ( at least one further unit ( wherein during a gearshift, the articulated bus ( during a gearshift, recuperation is effected by the at least one further unit ( an energy accumulator ( the mechanically driven axle ( | 8,911 |
8,652,007 | 1. A pressure accumulation system, which is applied to an internal combustion engine in which an exhaust shut-off valve is provided in an exhaust path, the exhaust shut-off valve being able to switch between a fully-closed position where the exhaust path is closed and a fully-opened position where the exhaust path is opened, the pressure accumulation system comprising: a pressure accumulation container in which a pressurized gas can be accumulated, the pressure accumulation container being configured to introduce gas from the exhaust path on an upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve, the pressure accumulation container being configured to supply the gas to the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve, the pressurized gas being accumulated in the pressure accumulation container by increasing a pressure in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve; a pressure value obtaining device configured to obtain a pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve or a pressure value in the pressure accumulation container; a pressure adjustment device configured to adjust the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve; and a control device for controlling an operation of the pressure adjustment device based on the pressure value obtained by the pressure value obtaining device such that the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve is restricted to a prescribed exhaust pressure upper limit value or less when the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container, wherein the control device first increases the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve to the exhaust pressure upper limit value when the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container, and the control device controls the operation of the pressure adjustment device such that the pressure value in the exhaust path on the upstream side of the exhaust shut-off valve changes within a prescribed pressure range whose upper limit value is the exhaust pressure upper limit value, the gas is accumulated in the pressure accumulation container until a pressure in the pressure accumulation container reaches a prescribed target pressure, and a value that is lower than the exhaust pressure upper limit value and is greater than or equal to the target pressure is set to a lower limit value of the prescribed pressure range. | 9,440 |
8,962,994 | 1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode upon the substrate; a first semiconducting layer comprising zinc phthalocyanine; a second semiconducting layer comprising an electron acceptor and a metallophthalocyanine consisting of indium chloride phthalocyanine; an electron transporting layer; and a second electrode; wherein the second semiconducting layer is located between the first semiconducting layer and the electron transporting layer, the first semiconducting layer being located closer in distance to the first electrode than the second semiconducting layer; and wherein the electron transporting layer is located between the second semiconducting layer and the second electrode. | 39,442 |
8,976,857 | 1. A video compression system, comprising: a logic subsystem configured to execute instructions; and a data-holding subsystem comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem to: | 39,377 |
8,372,369 | 1. A method for enhancing hydrogen storage, comprising: doping a hydrogen receptor with metal particles, the hydrogen receptor being selected from carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, molecular sieves, silica gel, zeolites, metal-organic framework materials, and combinations thereof, wherein doping is accomplished by: exposing the hydrogen receptor to ultrasonication as doping occurs; drying the mixture to form a composition; subjecting the composition to a first gas flow at a first temperature; subjecting the composition to a second gas flow at a second temperature, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature; and cooling the composition. | 4,289 |
8,578,681 | 1. A connector assembly for affixing a main tower to a lower base structure, the connector assembly comprising: two connector portions, the ring includes a seat and the collar includes an abutment, the abutment being in contact with the seat for transferring the weight of said tower to said base structure when the ring is clamped within the collar by the one or more clamps; the ring has a main body and a flange, the main body having a circumference and the flange extending around said circumference and radially outwards from the main body of the ring, the flange having a first inclined surface, a projection adjacent to the first inclined surface, and a second inclined clamping surface adjacent to the projection and said first inclined surface providing said seat; and the contact between the seat and the abutment is along an interface that permits tilt adjustment of the ring axis and collar axis prior to said clamping engagement of the ring within the collar, the opening of the collar being arranged to receive the ring after said affixing of said connector portions to respective ones of the main tower and the lower base structure. | 12,573 |
9,694,151 | 1. An on-site medical gas production plant ( 100 ), comprising: a gas purification unit ( a first compartment (A) for storing the purified gas, and a main gas line ( wherein the main gas line furthermore comprises: a actuated valve (VA) arranged on the main gas line ( an operating device ( at least a first gas analysis device (D1) of which a first measurement line ( and in which the operating device ( | 14,866 |
8,535,534 | 1. A method of enhancing nitrification or anaerobic ammonium oxidation in wastewater comprising the steps of: determining the settling location of nitrifying bacteria or Anammox bacteria in a secondary clarifier, further comprising: obtaining samples of settled waste solids at predetermined sampling locations in the secondary clarifier; testing the samples using genus-specific analysis to determine the settling characteristics and concentrations of bacteria in the secondary clarifier; disposing an inlet port in the secondary clarifier to collect a recycling bacteria at the settling location of the recycling bacteria in the secondary clarifier, wherein the recycling bacteria is nitrifying bacteria or Anammox bacteria, or disposing an inlet port in the secondary clarifier to collect waste bacteria in the secondary clarifier and discarding the waste bacteria, where the waste bacteria is non-nitrifying bacteria or Anammox bacteria; returning the recycling bacteria to at least one wastewater basin to remove nitrogen contaminants from the wastewater. | 18,831 |
8,443,814 | 1. A comb system comprising; a comb having a handle portion, a toothed portion, and a central axis; wherein the handle portion comprises a first external rectangular groove and a second external rectangular groove disposed on opposing sides of the handle portion; a first level attachment comprising a housing having the general shape of a trapezoidal prism coupled with a level; wherein the level forms a first angle with respect to the central axis; wherein the housing has a channel and first and second flanges extending into the channel; wherein the first external rectangular groove slidably receives the first flange and the second external rectangular groove slidably receives the second flange; and wherein the channel receives the handle portion such that the first level attachment is removably attached to the handle portion of the comb adjacent to a base of the toothed portion; and an adjustable level attachment having a housing with a channel including third and fourth flanges that extend into the channel, the third and forth flanges being received by the first and second external rectangular grooves, respectively, to mount the housing for removable, sliding movement along the handle portion of the comb adjacent to the base of the toothed portion, the housing also including a bubble level mounted within a movable dial, such that the user may select an angle of the bubble level by moving the dial relative to the housing. | 21,668 |
8,982,770 | 1. A wireless relay system in which a plurality of relay stations relay communication between two terminal stations that perform random access, wherein the terminal stations and the relay stations comprise: a slot synchronization circuit which synchronizes slot timing of a time slot indicating a unit time; and the relay stations comprise a time synchronization circuit which performs time synchronization for synchronization of the slot timing, a transmitter which transmits a transmission packet to a wireless line in synchronization with the slot timing, wherein a transmission right is allocated for at least one time slot to each of a plurality of groups in which a group of a relay station and a group of an adjacent relay station are different from each other, transmission rights in different time slots are assigned to different groups, the transmitter of the relay station transmits the transmission packet to the wireless line only in a time slot in which the transmission right is allocated to the group to which the relay station belongs, transmission rights in part of time slots assigned to all the groups are assigned to the relay station, the relay station performs random access on a time slot basis only in the time slots in which the transmission rights are assigned to the relay station, no transmission right is assigned to the terminal stations in advance, and the terminal stations perform random access in every time slot when transmission traffic is generated in the terminal stations. | 19,137 |
9,131,312 | 1. A method of monitoring a subject via an earbud module, the earbud module having a sensor region with an optical sensor, the method comprising: positioning the earbud module within an ear of the subject, wherein the sensor region is contoured to matingly engage a region of the ear at the intersection of the anti tragus and acoustic meatus and is oriented in a direction away from the ear canal; and detecting or measuring physiological information about the subject via the optical sensor. | 16,940 |
9,177,854 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: forming a first sidewall film on a lateral surface of a first layer in first and second areas of a semiconductor substrate, the first sidewall film being formed by a first sidewall process and having a first line width; removing the first layer; forming a first mask on the first sidewall film in the second area after the first layer is removed, the first mask being formed by lithography and having a second line width greater than the first line width; forming a pattern by processing a pattern layer above the semiconductor substrate using the first sidewall film and the first mask; forming a plurality of second sidewall films on a lateral surface of the pattern, the second sidewall films being formed by a second sidewall formation process and having a third line width equal to or smaller than the first line width; and processing a processing target layer above the semiconductor substrate using the second sidewall film as a mask, to form a plurality of interconnects; removing the pattern; forming a second mask to cover the second sidewall films in the second area after the pattern is removed, the second mask being formed by lithography and having a fourth line width greater than the third line width; and processing the processing target layer in the first area based on the second sidewall film, and, simultaneously, processing the processing target layer in the second area based on the second mask to form contacts, the contacts having a third dimension greater than the first dimension and being connected to the interconnects, wherein: | 15,630 |
9,653,943 | 1. A power management apparatus arranged with a controlled apparatus and electrically connected to a power system, comprising: an energy storing module electrically connected to the controlled apparatus; a switching module electrically connected to the energy storing module; and a comparing module electrically connected to the switching module, receiving a detection signal, and generating a periodic signal to control the switching module according to the detection signal; wherein the energy storing module stores an electric energy during a cycle of the periodic signal and releases the electric energy during other cycle after said cycle; wherein the energy storing module includes a first connection end and a second connection end, the switching module includes an energy releasing end that is electrically connected to an external energy storing element, an external power, an external loading or the power system; wherein the energy storing module comprises: a first energy storing element, one end of which is electrically connected to the first connection end and the other end of which is connected to the switching module; a first rectifying element, which is electrically connected to the first energy storing element and the switching module; and a second energy storing element, which is electrically connected to the first rectifying element and the switching module; wherein the switching module comprises: a first switching element electrically connected to the first energy storing element and the second connection end; and a second switching element electrically connected to the second energy storing element and the energy releasing end. | 8,630 |
9,070,421 | 1. A page buffer circuit comprising: a pair of first and second bit lines coupled to a first sensing circuit and with a first space therebetween; and a pair of third and fourth bit lines coupled to a second sensing circuit and with the first space therebetween, wherein the second bit line and the third bit line are adjacent to each other with a second space therebetween, and the second space is smaller than the first space. | 30,822 |
8,934,599 | 1. A method for applying temporally spaced X-ray pulses to inertial confinement fusion target material, comprising: a) providing a central target chamber for receiving a spherical fusion fuel pellet of an inertial confinement fusion target material and at least first and second pluralities of energy drivers arranged in symmetrical pairs about the pellet and oriented to respectively apply first and second temporally-spaced groups of symmetrical pairs of X-ray pulses onto the fusion target material in a 3-dimensionally symmetric manner about the pellet; b) applying a first group of X-ray pulses onto the fusion fuel pellet for the purpose of creating, compressing and heating a fusion fuel-derived plasma; and c) applying a second group of X-ray pulses after an interval of time from when the first group of X-ray pulses is applied; the second group of X-ray pulses, arriving from different directions from the first group of X-ray pulses, for further compressing and heating of the fusion fuel-derived plasma. | 31,655 |
9,013,254 | 1. A manual disconnect, comprising: a hermetically sealed housing comprising internal components for changing the state of said disconnect between connect and disconnect states, said housing comprising a cup for holding said internal components and a header covering said cup with an airtight seal, said internal components comprising a diaphragm structure in communication with at least one movable contact, said diaphragm structure arranged such that a force applied to said diaphragm structure causes it to flex and interact with said at least one moveable contact, causing said at least one moveable contact to change position; terminals electrically connected to said internal components for connection to external circuitry; and an external manual mechanism for controlling said internal components as needed to change the state of said disconnect between said connect and disconnect states. | 46,249 |
9,186,268 | 1. A surgical method, comprising: translumenally advancing a flexible elongate shaft having a vacuum chamber at a distal end thereof into a stomach of a patient; applying a vacuum force through the vacuum chamber to adhere stomach tissue to the vacuum chamber; and with the tissue adhered to the vacuum chamber, moving the vacuum chamber relative to the shaft in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft to form a fold in the stomach tissue. | 3,438 |
9,749,186 | 1. A method for information interaction between systems in a same portal in a distributed resilient network interconnection, used in each system in a portal of a link aggregation group, comprising: sending a distributed relay control protocol (DRCP) message via an intra-portal interface, wherein at least system information of a present system is carried; after receiving a DRCP message sent by an adjacent system, if it is judged that the present system and the adjacent system can form an portal of the distributed resilient network interconnection, determining an operational Key value of the present system; the method further comprising: after determining the operational Key value of the present system, setting up a distributed relay channel within the present system; the method further comprising: before negotiating a unified conversation distribution way with the adjacent system, disabling a data traffic forwarding function of an intra-portal link with the adjacent system; and after negotiating the unified conversation distribution way with the adjacent system and unifying a distribution algorithm, enabling the data traffic forwarding function of the intra-portal link. | 8,191 |
8,635,853 | 1. An exhaust system, comprising: a first treatment device situated to receive a flow of exhaust and convert a first constituent of the exhaust to a second constituent; a second treatment device located downstream of the first treatment device to reduce the first and second constituents; the first and second treatment devices being configured such that each receives the same volume of exhaust throughout operation of the exhaust system; a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of one of a temperature and an oxygen concentration of the exhaust; and a controller in communication with the sensor and being configured to vary the other of the temperature and the oxygen concentration of the exhaust entering the first treatment device uncatalyzed based on the signal such that a desired amount of the first constituent is converted to the second constituent by the first treatment device prior to reduction by the second treatment device. | 18,066 |
8,478,502 | 1. A system for controlling motors of a hybrid vehicle comprising a power source including an engine and a plurality of motors as a power source, the system comprising: a controller configured to determine a torque of each motor by comparing a total demand torque of the motors with a sum of continuous rated torque of each motor by using a torque distribution map when the total demand torque of the motors is less than a sum of continuous rated torque of each motor, wherein the torque distribution map is determined via a rotation speed of each motor and total demand torque of the plurality of motors, and the plurality of motors are controlled based on the determined torque of each motor. | 47,014 |
9,366,414 | 1. An illumination device for exciting a fluorescent substance by irradiating the fluorescent substance with laser light from a laser irradiation device to emit visible light for use as illumination light, comprising: a light scattering material; and a light projecting member for projecting fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent substance, wherein the fluorescent substance and the light scattering material are arranged in this order on an optical axis of the laser light so that the fluorescent substance is away from the light scattering material, the light scattering material covers and is attached to part of the light projecting member, and the light scattering material includes light scattering particles or surface irregularities and allows the laser light and the light from the fluorescent substance to pass through the light scattering material and the light projection member, while scattering the lights by the scattering particles or surface irregularities. | 9,104 |
8,408,492 | 1. An aircraft comprising a floor panel for forming a continuous loading area in a cargo hold of the aircraft, the floor panel comprising a plurality of beams that are arranged next to one another and connected to one another, each beam being formed by a milled profile having an upper flange and a lower flange which are connected to one another by a plurality of webs, wherein between the webs compartments are formed as regions of the beam that have been milled out completely from the beam or just partially milled away, wherein the upper flange is wider than the lower flange and, wherein the beams are firmly joined together along longitudinal edges of their upper flanges by friction stir welding. | 17,711 |
9,453,494 | 1. An omnidirectional building integrated wind energy power enhancer system comprising: a) a concealed power generating turbine comprising air blades that rotate about an axis, b) a first building integrated inflow chamber comprising: c) a first separation panel extending between the first inflow chamber and the power generating turbine; d) a first flow tube coupled with the first building integrated inflow chamber and configured to direct said first phase airflow from the first building integrated inflow chamber into the wind power generating turbine; | 1,896 |
8,488,764 | 1. A method, comprising: (a) receiving, from a subscriber, configuration information for a multiparty conference call, the configuration information including a plurality of: an identity of one or more of the participants for the conference call, contact information for one or more of the conference call participants, a start time for the conference call, an end time for the conference call, and a conference call duration, wherein the configuration information sets forth an order in which to join at least first, second and third participants upon initiation of the conference call, independent of a time to join the at least first, second and third participants, wherein the configuration information sets forth at least one event, wherein the at least one event joins the third participant to the conference call contingent upon a specific one of the first or second participants disconnecting from the conference call, and wherein the configuration information additionally sets forth at least a second even upon which joining the third participant is contingent and wherein the second even joins the third participant at a specified time in the conference call even if the specific one of the first or second participants has not disconnected from the conference call by the specified time; (b) creating data structures associated with the configuration information; (c) at an appropriate time, retrieving the data structures and contacting automatically each of the participants in accordance with the data structures; and (d) connecting each of the participants with one another to initiate the conference call. | 2,972 |
9,091,460 | 1. A system, comprising: a plurality of geothermal heat extraction borehole wells, each well having a heat exchanger therein including closed cycle system piping to and from the surface, and each well having plurality of appendages drilled in multiple directions in relation to the central borehole of the well and filled with heat conductive material in order to conduct heat from the appendages to the heat exchanger; and at least one upstream working fluid manifold connected at manifold inlets to piping conveying hot working fluid pumped from the closed cycle system piping of more than one of the plurality of geothermal heat extraction borehole wells and connected by manifold outlets to piping conveying the pumped hot working fluid to at least one heat engine. | 43,606 |
8,426,690 | 1. A seed of soybean cultivar 98164635, representative sample seed of said cultivar is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11162. | 33,913 |
9,188,329 | 1. A steam boiler, comprising: an outer shell; a first inner tube and a second inner tube within the outer shell, wherein the first inner tube is wrapped with a first wire in a first direction and the second inner tube is wrapped with a second wire in a second direction, and wherein the first and second inner tubes are spaced away from one another by the first and second wires; and a twisted ribbon positioned inside each of the first and second inner tubes. | 40,464 |
8,495,055 | 1. A method for evaluating a conjunctive query, the method executed as a computer program by a general purpose computer, the conjunctive query comprising an at least one first predicate having variables; wherein the at least one first predicate is a relational predicate that is evaluated with a first engine using a relational database, and an at least one second predicate having variables, wherein the at least one second predicate is an external predicate that is evaluated using a second engine without using a relational database; the method comprising the steps of: defining the relational predicates as treated and defining the external predicates as non-treated; defining a variable (X) as distinguished if it appears as an argument in a treated predicate and it is a variable of an expression of a non-treated predicate; selecting a distinguished variable (X) from the conjunctive query, in absence of a distinguished variable by definition, choosing one of the variables in a non-treated predicate to serve as distinguished; forming a binding column (Bx) that contains a superset of values that are possible values of the selected distinguished variable (X) that fit limitations imposed by being an argument of the treated predicates; wherein said binding column (Bx) includes all possible values if it was chosen to serve as distinguished; evaluating the non-treated predicates having the selected distinguished variable (X) as a variable using the possible values from the binding column (Bx); updating the binding column (Bx) to be limited to the possible values fitting the evaluated non-treated predicates; marking the evaluated non-treated predicates as treated; repeating the steps for additionally chosen or selected distinguished variables, until resolving the query. | 6,462 |
9,027,187 | 1. A cleaning system for removing contaminant particles on a surface of an image sensor, comprising: a gas blower configured to blow a mixed gas; two plate electrodes parallel to each other, the plate electrodes cooperatively defining a gas channel for allowing the mixed gas to pass therethrough; a high frequency voltage source configured to apply a high voltage to the two plate electrodes to ionize the mixed gas, thereby the ionized gas cause contaminant particles on the surface of the image sensor to be positively charged, and cause the surface of the image sensor to be positively charged; a vacuum pump device arranged adjacent to the two plate electrodes, and configured to remove the positively charged particles, which are repelled by the positively charged surface of the image sensor; and at least one high voltage electrode arranged adjacent to the vacuum pump device, and configured to ionize external air introduced by the vacuum pump device; wherein the vacuum pump device is further configured to remove the ionized air. | 8,419 |
9,471,896 | 1. A memo synchronization system, comprising: a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; at least one computer processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to, authenticate a first user by receiving authentication information of the first user from a mobile terminal via a memo application installed in the mobile terminal, synchronize first memo data stored in the mobile terminal with memo data stored in a web storage space of an online memo service based on a request for synchronization transmitted from the mobile terminal through the memo application, the request for synchronization comprising a synchronization request generated by the memo application according to an occurrence of a non-periodic event selected by the first user, the first memo data is associated with the first user, and the web storage space is associated with the first user, determine whether unsynchronized first memo data created by the first user is stored on the mobile terminal when a second user is authenticated via the memo application on the mobile terminal, display a message indicating the determination result to the second user on a display of the mobile terminal, authenticate the second user by receiving authentication information of the second user from the mobile terminal via the memo application installed in the mobile terminal, and synchronize second memo data associated with the second user stored in the mobile terminal with memo data stored in a web storage space associated with the second user of the online memo service based on a request for synchronization transmitted from the mobile terminal through the memo application, the request for synchronization comprising a synchronization request generated by the memo application according to an occurrence of a non-periodic event selected by the second user. | 46,096 |
8,759,557 | 1. A method of preparing a compound having Formula II wherein: A A R R wherein: X is an alkyl chain having 1-24 carbon atoms; Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, halide, acetoxy and an aromatic functional group; and Z is R the method comprising: providing a compound of Formula I, having a glycerolic backbone and at least one free hydroxyl group at the sn-2 position of said glycerolic backbone: wherein: A R R reacting the compound of Formula I and a compound haven. at least one, oxidized moiety and at least one reactive group, wherein the oxidized moiety is a carboxylic ester, to obtain a compound having a glycerolic backbone and at least one carboxylic ester-containing residue; and hydrolyzing the carboxylic ester to form Z; thereby forming the compound of Formula II. | 15,749 |
9,282,593 | 1. A heating device comprising: a heating zone; a plurality of inductive rings concentrically disposed across the heating zone and configured to receive a heating power; a power switching device coupled to the plurality of inductive rings and configured to produce the heating power; and a coil geometry switching device coupled separately to each inductive ring in the plurality of inductive rings, wherein the coil geometry switching device is configured to selectively energize a set of two or more inductive rings in the plurality of inductive rings, and to conduct the heating power serially through the inductive rings in the energized set of two or more inductive rings, and wherein the energized set of two or more inductive rings is selected to generate two or more concentric heating rings, wherein each heating ring is radially spaced apart from an adjacent heating ring. | 33,464 |
9,264,334 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by a management server computer, performance data related to operation of a plurality of computer-related resources; modeling, by the management server computer and based at least in part on the obtained performance data, a predicted future condition related to the operation of the plurality of computer-related resources; determining, by the management server computer and based at least in part on the predicted future condition, to terminate one or more executing program instances to reduce usage of the plurality of computer-related resources; selecting, by the management server computer and in response to the determining, at least one executing program instance to terminate using priority data associated with the at least one program instance; and terminating, by the management server computer and in response to the determining, the selected at least one program instance. | 32,006 |
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