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8,429,936 | 1. A method for manufacturing a glass substrate with reduced compaction comprising: flowing a molten glass over converging forming surfaces to form a glass ribbon, the forming surfaces converging adjacent a lower apex; cooling the glass ribbon at a first rate such that an average rate R of viscosity change with distance is equal to or greater than 6.0 meter where: (a) μ (b) μ (c) D is the distance along the centerline between said two viscosities; cooling the glass ribbon at a second rate such that as the viscosity at the centerline of the glass sheet increases from 10 and where D 11-16 is the distance along the centerline between said two viscosities; and separating the glass substrate from the glass ribbon at a score line. | 36,357 |
8,427,809 | 1. A thermally switchable dielectric comprising a non-conjugated precursor polymer having a leaving group that eliminates upon heating to a specified temperature, thereby converting the non-conjugated precursor polymer from an insulator to an electrically conductive conjugated polymer, wherein the leaving group comprises a halogen. | 14,420 |
9,537,153 | 1. A current collector for an electrochemical lithium accumulator constituted of an electronically-insulating viscoelastic foam and an electroconductive polymer film. | 5,856 |
9,457,435 | 1. A method for manufacturing a propeller blade, comprising: forming a longeron comprising a blade core; forming a blade preform comprising a fiber weave, the weave including a separating area wherein it is divided into two superimposed skins, the separating area comprising a location configured to receive the blade core; positioning the blade preform into an equipment comprising an indentation of the preform; opening the separating area by separating the skins; installing the longeron by inserting the blade core into the separating area; closing the separating area by bringing the skins closer together; injecting resin into the blade preform; polymerisation of the resin and machining of the blade preform; creating trackers which are reference marks at determined positions on the blade preform, during the forming the blade preform; forming the blade preform at a determined position in the indentation after the positioning, by coinciding the trackers with target positions set in the equipment; tightening the blade preform in the indentation outside the separating area before the opening of the separating area and until the longeron is installed. | 8,019 |
8,795,581 | 1. A process for the preparation of Slip-cast Fused Silica bodies comprising the steps of: a) preparing a slip cast slurry by ball milling a fused silica powder with B b) milling the slurry as obtained in step [a] for 24 to 48 hours; c) slip casting the milled slurry as obtained in step [b] in a plaster of paris molds followed by air drying to obtain slip casted fused silica green bodies; d) separating the dried silica green bodies as obtained in step [c] from mold and drying in hot oven at 180° C. for 4 hrs; e) sintering the oven dried green bodies as obtained in step [d] at a temperature of 1200-1300° C. for 2-4 hrs to obtain the desired high density Slip-cast Fused Silica bodies. | 11,997 |
9,374,843 | 1. A Bluetooth-based system for automatically matching a vehicle-mounted device with a mobile phone terminal, comprising a vehicle-mounted device ( 10 ), a remote server ( 11 ) and a mobile phone terminal ( 12 ); wherein, the vehicle-mounted device ( wherein the remote server ( the mobile phone terminal ( the ignition switch port ( the processing module ( wherein the microprocessor ( wherein the storage ( wherein the DSP chip ( the remote server ( the mobile phone terminal ( | 33,865 |
8,755,266 | 1. A method for avoiding traffic duplication in a network that includes at least a first data path between a source and a destination, the method comprising: establishing a second data path between the source and the destination that temporarily replaces the first data path, if a link in the first data path becomes inoperable, the second data path not including the inoperable link; dropping, at one or more intermediate nodes that are between the source and the destination in both the first data path and the second data path, first data packets associated with the first data path until the second data path is de-activated, the second data path having associated second data packets, the first data packets and the second data packets including same data; and if the inoperable link becomes operable then, | 12,528 |
9,502,698 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a power-generating element; and a battery container configured to house the power-generating element, the power-generating element including: the battery container including: the gasket comprising a PFA resin being a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether, at least a part of the PFA resin having undergone a melting treatment 2 to 20 times to be a first component, and the melting treatment including melting the PFA resin by heating at a melting temperature of 310° C. to 450° C. and then cooling the PFA resin back to a solid. | 48,511 |
8,968,938 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte comprising: a lithium salt and a solvent, the electrolyte containing, based on the weight of the electrolyte, 15-30 wt % of fluoroethylene carbonate, and 1-10 wt % of an aliphatic nitrile compound, wherein the aliphatic nitrile compound is succinonitrile, butyronitrile, valeronitrile or a mixture thereof. | 12 |
8,781,868 | 1. A method of optimizing a supply chain parameter of a node of a supply chain, comprising: calculating, by a computer, an inventory target for a node of a supply chain; by: changing, by the computer, a supply parameter associated with the node, the change in the supply parameter associated with a supply parameter cost or a supply parameter benefit; adjusting, by the computer, the supply parameter associated with the node, when the benefit of the supply parameter exceeds the cost of the supply parameter; and adjusting, by the computer, the inventory target of the node based on the adjusted supply parameter. | 14,201 |
9,711,990 | 1. A method of controlling an output voltage of a power converter, the method comprising: a. while in a sleep mode, periodically turning a main switch ON and OFF according to a burst mode of operation and detecting a load condition at an output of the power converter comprising the main switch coupled to a primary side winding and the load coupled to a secondary side winding, wherein the load condition causes the output voltage to decrease at a first rate during a wake-up time period, wherein a rate is an amount of output voltage decrease during the wake-up time period divided by the wake-up time period; b. applying a plurality of slew rate compensation adjustments to a driving signal for the main switch of the power converter, wherein each slew rate compensation adjustment results in a voltage pull-up of the output voltage during the wake-up time period to decrease the first rate to a second rate at which the output voltage decreases during the wake-up period; and c. discontinuing application of the plurality of slew rate compensation adjustments and resuming regulation of the output voltage at a regulated output voltage level after the wake-up time period. | 23,622 |
8,945,725 | 1. An organic electroluminescence device comprising, on a substrate: a pair of electrodes; and at least one organic layer between the electrodes, the organic layer containing a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains as a light emitting material a metal complex represented by formula (2) having a group represented by the following formula (I), a metal complex represented by formula (14) having the group represented by the following formula (I), or a metal complex represented by formula (A9) having the group represented by the following formula (I): wherein R R n Z represents a saturated 5- to 8-membered ring: wherein M 21 represents Ir; A Z Z L k represents an integer of 1 to 3; l represents an integer of 0 to 2; k+l is 3; S n and m each represent an integer of 0 to 4; n+m is an integer of 1 to 4; and S wherein A 141 to A 146 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Z Z E S n, m, k and l represents an integer of 0 to 2; n+m+k+l is an integer of 1 to 2; and S wherein R ia to R li each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a cyano group and at least one of R 1a to R 1i represents the group represented by formula (I); X—Y represents a monoanionic bidentate ligand selected from at least one of a diketone and a picolinic acid derivative; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. | 26,352 |
9,514,323 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving data from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag; receiving waypoint information relating to the RFID tag; setting an ownership of a discrete portion of the data based at least in part on the waypoint information; upon receiving additional waypoint information, setting a second ownership of a second discrete portion of the data based at least in part on the additional waypoint information, wherein at least some of the data in the second discrete portion of the data is received after receiving the additional waypoint information, allowing an owner of one of the discrete portions of the data to view the discrete portion of the data owned by the owner, or derivative thereof; and not allowing the owner to view discrete portions of the data that are not owned by the owner; wherein the ownership, of the discrete portion of the data by the owner, expires after a pre-determined period of time, such that the owner is prevented from viewing the discrete portion of the data after the pre-determined period of time. | 32,951 |
9,234,193 | 1. A method for preparing 7-epizingiberene and/or R-curcumene comprising: a) transforming a host cell with a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence at least 99% identical to the full length of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein in the transformed host cell the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide is operably linked to an active promoter; and b) culturing said host cell under conditions permitting production of 7-epizingiberene and/or R-curcumene. | 45,992 |
9,713,037 | 1. A method of deciding a target set of transmission rates of a wireless communication device, which transmits data packets according to a plurality of transmission rates of the target set of transmission rates, comprising: providing a plurality of candidate sets of transmission rates; transmitting a plurality of data packets according to a primary set of transmission rates; counting retry times of the data packets in a predetermined time period and generating a counting result accordingly; and selecting one of the candidate sets of transmission rates to be the target set of transmission rates according to the counting result; wherein the counting result is relevant to probability of the data packets encountering collision, the candidate sets of transmission rates comprise at least a candidate set of high transmission rates and a candidate set of low transmission rates, an average of the transmission rates of the candidate set of high transmission rates is larger than an average of the transmission rates of the candidate set of low transmission rates, and the step of selecting one of the candidate sets of transmission rates to be the target set of transmission rates according to the counting result comprises: | 26,878 |
9,379,406 | 1. A method for making an anion electrolyte membrane, comprising: dissolving a fluorinated poly(aryl ether) ionomer in a solvent in a protective gas, to form a ionomer solution having a mass concentration of about 5 wt % to about 20 wt %, wherein the fluorinated poly(aryl ether) ionomer has a chemical structure represented by a formula of wherein Ar is a chemical group of wherein R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, functional groups (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V): wherein X is at least one of F adding a crosslink component to the ionomer solution to dissolve the crosslink component in the ionomer solution, to achieve a transparent solution, a mass ratio of the crosslink component to the fluorinated poly(aryl ether) ionomer being about 1:100 to about 40:100; introducing an inorganic component precursor and water to the transparent solution, to form a sol-gel mixture, a mass ratio of the inorganic component precursor to the fluorinated poly(aryl ether) ionomer being about 3:100 to about 30:100, a mass ratio of the water to the inorganic component precursor being about 0.1:100 to about 10:100; mixing a crosslink catalyst with the sol-gel mixture at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 50° C., to form a membrane casting solution, a mass ratio of the crosslink catalyst to the crosslink component being about 0.5:100 to about 10:100; coating the membrane casting solution on a substrate to form a membrane, and heating the membrane in a first temperature range of about 50° C. to about 80° C. for about 3 hours to about 24 hours, following by heating the membrane in a second temperature range of about 100° C. to about 150° C. for about 8 hours to about 24 hours; and removing the membrane from the substrate. | 49,466 |
9,091,739 | 1. A method for estimating a deterioration level or a discharge capability of a battery by comparing an impedance of the battery with a predetermined allowable range thereof, the method comprising: measuring, via circuitry, a current and a voltage of the battery; calculating, via the circuitry, an impedance Za of the battery from the measured current and the measured voltage and calculating a superimposed direct current (DC) component IDCa from the measured current; and estimating, via the circuitry, an impedance Zb of the battery in a case when a reference direct current IDCb is superimposed, from the calculated impedance Za and the calculated superimposed DC component IDCa, based on a predetermined relational expression between a superimposed direct current IDC and an impedance Z so as to determine the deterioration level or the discharge capability of the battery. | 36,968 |
9,524,724 | 1. Perceptual transform audio decoder, wherein the perceptual transform audio decoder is implemented using a hardware apparatus, or using a computer, or using a combination of a hardware apparatus and a computer so as to comprise a noise filler configured to perform noise filling on a spectrum of an audio signal by filling the audio spectrum with noise so as to acquire a noise filled audio spectrum; and a frequency domain noise shaper configured to subject the noise filled audio spectrum to spectral shaping using a spectral perceptual weighting function, wherein the frequency domain noise shaper is configured to determine the spectral perceptual weighting function from linear prediction coefficient information signaled in an audio data stream into which the audio spectrum is coded, or determine the spectral perceptual weighting function from scale factors relating to scale factor bands, signaled in the audio data stream into which the audio spectrum is coded, wherein the noise filler is configured to generate an intermediary noise signal; identify contiguous spectral zero-portions of the audio spectrum; determine a function for each contiguous spectral zero-portion depending on spectrally shape, for each contiguous spectral zero-portion, the intermediary noise signal using the function determined for the respective contiguous spectral zero-portion such that the noise exhibits a spectrally global tilt comprising a negative slope. | 23,085 |
8,439,640 | 1. A propeller blade pitch control system comprising: a propeller hub for mounting at least one propeller blade; a propeller shaft which rotates about an axis to rotationally drive the propeller hub; a pitch change yoke located within the propeller hub and configured to change a pitch of the at least one propeller blade in response to hydraulic fluid flow to a pitch change actuator; a propeller gearbox including a first, rear end and a second, forward end located between the first, rear end and the pitch change yoke, wherein the propeller gearbox is configured to apply torque to the propeller hub; at least one hydraulic flow controller; and a hydraulic transfer bearing located between the first, rear end and the second, forward end of the propeller gearbox and operable to selectively permit a flow of hydraulic fluid from the at least one hydraulic flow controller to the pitch change actuator, wherein the hydraulic transfer bearing co-rotates with the propeller shaft. | 42,595 |
9,819,269 | 1. An integrated DC-DC power converter, comprising: a gallium nitride (GaN) transistor chip comprising at least one GaN switch formed thereon; an interposer chip, bonded to the GaN transistor chip, comprising at least one power driver transistor formed thereon; through-silicon vias (TSVs) present in the interposer chip adjacent to the power driver transistor and which connect the power driver transistor to the GaN switch; and an on-chip magnetic inductor formed either on the GaN transistor chip or on the interposer chip. | 12,593 |
9,486,653 | 1. Emergency oxygen supply mask adapted for rescuing a passenger of an aircraft in an emergency situation, comprising: an oxygen mask having a mask body with a first opening for covering at least one of a mouth and a nose of the passenger and with a second opening connecting to said first opening for providing a breathable supply air, a physical reaction component connected to the mask body for receiving air, said air comprising exhaled air out of said mask body, adapted for converting said air into the breathable supply air by a physical reaction between said air and a physical reaction material in said physical reaction component to produce oxygen-enriched air and for supplying said oxygen-enriched air as the supply air to the first opening of the mask body, wherein: the physical reaction component comprises a number of flow beds enclosing said physical reaction material to receive the air and provide the oxygen-enriched air when receiving the air and wherein each of the number of flow beds is a sieve-bed having an inlet first side and an outlet second side for passing through the air and an outlet first side and an inlet second side for passing through the breathable supply air; the physical reaction component is releasably connected to a pressurized reservoir or manifold of air; the physical reaction component provides a flow path from at least a first flow path and a second flow path to the number of flow beds; an actuable switching valve integral to the mask body is adapted to change said flow path between the first flow path and the second flow path; and each of the number of flow beds comprises a first sieve-bed and a second sieve-bed, and: in a first breathing cycle, the actuable switching valve provides the first flow path in which the first sieve-bed functions as an adsorption bed for exhaled air and the second sieve-bed functions as a desorption bed for inhaled air, and in a second breathing cycle, the actuable switching valve provides the second flow path in which the second sieve-bed functions as an adsorption bed for exhaled air and the first sieve-bed functions as a desorption bed for inhaled air. | 25,996 |
9,461,553 | 1. A circuit for use as a DC/DC converter, the circuit comprising: a full-bridge subcircuit coupled in parallel to an input, said full-bridge subcircuit including a plurality of power semiconductors arranged in a bridge configuration; a high frequency transformer subcircuit coupled to said full-bridge subcircuit; a diode bridge subcircuit coupled to said transformer subcircuit; a parallel capacitor coupled in parallel to said diode bridge subcircuit; a subcircuit for providing reactive current for said power semiconductors for zero voltage switching of said semiconductors; wherein said parallel capacitor is coupled to an output of said converter; said subcircuit for providing reactive current is a single auxiliary subcircuit coupled to said full bridge subcircuit; said single auxiliary subcircuit being coupled directly between one of said plurality of power semiconductors in said full bridge subcircuit and ground; said single auxiliary subcircuit consists of an auxiliary inductor and an auxiliary capacitor coupled in series to one another. | 34,900 |
8,561,836 | 1. A container comprising: a base; a pair of opposed side walls; and a front wall at a front of the container, the front wall including a lower section and a pair of rails extending upwardly from the lower section, the front wall further including an upper section slidably secured to the pair of rails, the upper section slidable between an upper position and a retracted position, wherein access to the container through the front of the container is restricted when the upper section is in the upper position and wherein access to the container through the front of the container is permitted when the upper section is in the retracted position, wherein an outer surface of the upper section faces outward of the container in both the upper position and in the retracted position. | 10,896 |
9,719,839 | 1. An occupant sensor comprising at least one switching element, said switching element comprising a top carrier layer and a bottom carrier layer arranged at a certain distance from one another by means of a spacer, said spacer comprising at least one opening defining an active zone of said switching element in which said top and bottom carrier layers may be brought together in response to a force acting on at least one of said top and bottom carrier layers, and an electrode arrangement comprising at least a first electrode and a second electrode arranged within said active zone of said switching element between said top and bottom carrier layers in such a way that an electrical contact is established between said first and second electrode if said top and bottom carrier layers are brought together in response to a force acting on at least one of said top and bottom carrier layers, wherein said occupant sensor comprises a decoupling layer of a flexible material, said decoupling layer being arranged on a top side of said switching element in such a way that said decoupling layer covers the top carrier layer at least in the region of the active zone, and wherein said decoupling layer and switching element are laterally displaceable with respect to each other at least in the region of the active zone. | 20,609 |
9,639,392 | 1. A method comprising: translating, by a processor, a speculative transaction among a plurality of speculative transactions in a hardware transactional memory (HTM) to a non-speculative transaction; acquiring a global hardware lock for the non-speculative transaction, wherein a storage for a central processing unit (CPU) identifier (ID) is associated with the global hardware lock and stores the CPU ID corresponding to a CPU core for a thread executing the non-speculative transaction that acquires the global hardware lock, wherein instructions of remaining ones of the speculative transactions are executed speculatively and mark transactional bits in a cache for a cache coherency protocol of the HTM, wherein the global hardware lock is to be read by the remaining ones of the speculative transactions as part of a commit procedure subsequent to speculative execution that abort if the global hardware lock has been acquired, and wherein instructions of the non-speculative transaction are not executed speculatively and do not mark transactional bits in the cache; executing the instructions of the non-speculative transaction without speculation while the global hardware lock has been acquired for the non-speculative transaction; and releasing the global hardware lock and clearing the CPU ID from the storage upon completion of the execution of the instructions of the non-speculative transaction and in response to determining that the CPU ID of the CPU core executing the non-speculative transaction matches the CPU ID in the storage associated with the global hardware lock. | 48,248 |
9,151,630 | 1. An evaluation indication system comprising: a memory storing an evaluation indication program; and a processor that, when executing the stored program: | 49,915 |
8,932,769 | 1. A fuel cell assembly, comprising: a fuel cell unit configured to house a fuel cell; and a protective structure having a mounting surface configured to mount the fuel cell unit, wherein the mounting surface is disposed in a horizontal direction, the protective structure including a sloping frame provided obliquely relative to the mounting surface at a position opposing at least one side face of the fuel cell unit, the fuel cell unit having an inclined flange that is provided on the at least one side face and is inclined relative to the mounting surface of the protective structure, and the protective structure and the fuel cell unit being mounted so that the side face to which the inclined flange of the fuel cell unit is provided opposes the sloping frame of the protective structure, and so that the sloping frame and the inclined flange intersect when viewed from the side. | 35,700 |
8,351,410 | 1. A method for receiving broadcasting service information in a digital broadcasting system, comprising: detecting packets carrying broadcasting service information from Transport Stream (TS) packets received over a wireless network, the broadcasting service information being Program Specific Information/Service Information (PSI/SI); counting the number of the detected PSI/SI packets; storing the detected PSI/SI packets; generating an interrupt signal for reading the PSI/SI packets, if the packet count number reaches a predetermined packet number; reading the PSI/SI packets after generating the interrupt signal; activating a timer when a PSI/SI packet is detected; comparing the packet count number with 0, if the timer has counted a predetermined timer value; and reading the PSI/SI packets if the packet count number is greater than 0. | 18,160 |
8,921,157 | 1. A printed substrate manufacturing method of forming solder bumps on a plurality of electrode parts of a printed substrate and mounting a semiconductor chip on the printed substrate via the plurality of solder bumps, comprising: preparing a thermoplastic film to be used as an underfill that covers a surface of the printed substrate on which the solder bumps are formed, wherein parts of the film corresponding to the solder bumps are removed and a peripheral edge of a part of the film on which the semiconductor chip will be mounted has a protruded form for preventing movement of the semiconductor chip on the printed substrate; covering the printed substrate with the film and thereafter bonding the film onto the printed substrate, wherein the parts of the film corresponding to the solder bumps are removed before covering the printed substrate with the film; mounting the semiconductor chip on the printed substrate and carrying the printed substrate into a reflow furnace; and bonding by applying heat and pressure to fuse the solder bumps in the reflow furnace. | 19,382 |
9,162,582 | 1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, said motor vehicle comprising a vehicle start system configured for maximal acceleration of the vehicle from standstill, at least one rechargeable energy storage unit storing electric energy, and at least one electric motor connected to the at least one energy storage unit, said method comprising: in a deactivated state of the vehicle start system, charging the at least one rechargeable energy storage unit up to a first charging state limit, which is below a maximal charging state of the rechargeable energy storage unit; and in an activated state of the vehicle start system and prior to acceleration of the motor vehicle, charging the at least one rechargeable energy storage unit to a further charging state limit above the first charging state limit and/or connecting at least one further rechargeable energy storage unit in series, wherein an energy amount required for charging the at least one energy storage unit to the second charging state limit is generated by at least one of the least one electric motor operated as generator, and a further energy storage unit. | 45,368 |
9,180,764 | 1. A hydrostatic hybrid drives system for road vehicles, comprising: a pump/motor unit connectable to a vehicle drive train; a control unit coupled to and controlling said pump/motor unit in pump and motor modes; a double piston accumulator including a housing having high and low pressure chambers with high and low pressure pistons therein, respectively, said housing having a central wall part separating said high and low pressure chambers, said high and low pressure pistons being connected by a common piston rod extending through said central wall part; a first working line connecting said high pressure chamber to said pump/motor unit; a line connection connected to said first working line and said control unit supplying control fluid to said control unit from said first working line; a control valve in said first working line to open and close said first working line, said line connection being between said pump/motor unit and said control valve; a second working line connecting said low pressure chamber to said pump/motor unit; and a fluid filter and a pressure reducing valve being connected in said line connection between said control unit and said first working line to supply filtered control fluid to said control unit from said first working line, said fluid filter being upstream of said pressure reducing valve. | 28,450 |
8,738,831 | 1. A method, comprising: retrieving an identifier of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device connected to a computer system; matching the identifier with a device identification stored in a systems library of the computer system, wherein the systems library comprises an application identifier corresponding to the device identification and an attribute corresponding to the application identifier; and executing, by a processing device, instructions associated with the attribute corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier. | 21,952 |
8,777,010 | 1. A blank for forming a container, the blank comprising: a central portion; an edge; and a marginal portion between the edge and the central portion, the blank comprising a radius extending from a center of the blank to the edge, the marginal portion comprising a plurality of score lines, each score line being positioned to intersect the radius and being positioned at an angle relative to the radius of the blank that intersects the score line, each of the score lines comprise a first end point and a second end point, the first end point being spaced inward from the edge and the second end point being adjacent the central portion, adjacent score lines of the plurality of score lines each have respective first end points spaced apart a first distance, and the adjacent score lines each have respective second end points spaced apart a second distance, the first distance is greater than the second distance. | 28,154 |
8,667,627 | 1. A blanket comprising: a bottom layer, a middle layer, and a top layer, wherein the middle layer is approximately one half the size of the bottom layer and the top layer, and wherein the bottom layer, the middle layer and the top layer are attached together to form the blanket, with three layers on one half of the blanket and two layers on the other half of the blanket, wherein the layers are attached via stitching and the stitching is a stitch around the outer edges of the blanket. | 1,648 |
9,559,256 | 1. A method for manufacturing at least one semiconductor structure comprising: providing a substrate comprising at least one semiconductor silicon surface; forming an amorphous silicon carbide layer in contact with at least one part of the semiconductor silicon surface; forming the at least one semiconductor structure in contact with the amorphous silicon carbide layer, the at least one semiconductor structure comprising at least a first part in contact with the surface of the amorphous silicon carbide layer, the first part comprises gallium, wherein the at least one semiconductor structure comprises a semiconductor wire. | 42,710 |
8,625,505 | 1. A method for controlling transmission resources for transmission and re-transmission of packets of a plurality of automatic repeat request processes comprising: allocating, for each of the plurality of automatic repeat request processes, a transmission resource for transmission of a packet of the automatic repeat request process; using a contention-based scheduling strategy to allocate transmission resources as one or more re-transmission opportunities for re-transmission of the packet of at least two of the automatic repeat request processes such that at least two of the at least two automatic repeat request processes share a transmission resource for at least one of the re-transmission opportunities, wherein a collision arises if two or more of the at least two automatic repeat request processes that share the transmission resource for at least one of the retransmission opportunities use the shared transmission resource for transmission at the same time; transmitting at least one control message indicating the allocated transmission resources; grouping the plurality of automatic repeat request processes into a number of groups; and allocating transmission resources as re-transmission opportunities such that the automatic repeat request processes of the same group share transmission resource, and automatic repeat request processes that do not belong to the same group do not share transmission resource, wherein a first re-transmission opportunity precedes a second re-transmission opportunity, and the grouping step further comprises letting the number of groups associated with the first re-transmission opportunity be larger than the number of groups associated with the second re-transmission opportunity. | 24,225 |
9,786,230 | 1. A projection device comprising: a mobile projector comprising a Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-System (MEMS) micro-mirror assembly configured to oscillate a projection light along an axis to project an image onto a display surface; a detector operable to detect characteristics of the image and a cooperating image projected onto the display surface by another mobile projection device, the image and the cooperating image to cooperate to on the display surface to form a composite image; and a controller operable to: | 35,580 |
9,321,516 | 1. A watercraft comprising: a hull; a deck disposed on the hull; a driveshaft disposed in part between the hull and the deck; one of an impeller and a propeller connected to the driveshaft; an overrunning clutch having a first race and a second race, the first race being one of an inner race and an outer race, the second race being an other one of the inner race and the outer race, the first race being connected to the driveshaft for driving the driveshaft; an electric motor having a motor output shaft operatively connected to the first race, the electric motor being disposed between the hull and the deck, the electric motor being disposed above the driveshaft; at least one battery connected to the electric motor; and an internal combustion engine having an engine output shaft operatively connected to the second race, the internal combustion engine being disposed between the hull and the deck, the driveshaft, the overrunning clutch and the engine output shaft being coaxial, the driveshaft and the electric motor being disposed on a first side of the overrunning clutch, the internal combustion engine being disposed on a second side of the overrunning clutch, the second side being opposite the first side, and the overrunning clutch being connected to the motor output shaft and the engine output shaft such that the electric motor selectively rotating the first race at a higher speed than the second race. | 3,486 |
9,717,674 | 1. A skin cleansing composition comprising: a. from about 0.1% to about 10% or from about 0.1% to about 1% by weight of the composition, of biodegradable abrasive particles comprising: b. a surfactant phase selected from the group consisting of b(i) or b(ii); | 2,668 |
9,536,805 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a substrate; an interposer coupled to the substrate; a processor; an auxiliary circuit coupled to the interposer, wherein the auxiliary circuit is at least one of a memory or a power management integrated circuit (PMIC); a first passive component disposed on the interposer and coupled to the auxiliary circuit; a patterned lid, wherein the patterned lid comprises a multilayer substrate having dielectric material and wherein the processor and the auxiliary circuit are electrically and mechanically coupled to the patterned lid; and a second passive component disposed on the patterned lid and configured to electrically couple to the auxiliary circuit. | 7,241 |
9,132,465 | 1. A system for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell stack, the system comprising: an upper die portion including a first heater plate configured to heat a workpiece and a blade configured to stamp the workpiece, wherein the upper die portion moves vertically; a lower die portion including a second heater plate configured to heat the workpiece and a flow field configured to absorb and support the workpiece; a driving portion configured to move the upper die portion vertically, wherein the driving portion includes a motor and a link arm connected to an output shaft of the motor and, simultaneously connected to a guide shaft of the upper die portion; and a clamp portion configured to clamp the workpiece by receiving power from the driving portion in conjunction with a rod, a shaft, and a clamp operated by a rotation of a cam plate mounted on the output shaft of the motor, wherein the lower die portion further comprises: a wear seat in contact with the blade; and a moving plate, wherein the wear seat and the moving plate are connected to a ratchet wheel configured to move the wear seat and the moving plate horizontally to prevent the wear seat and the moving plate from being repeatedly damaged. | 30,076 |
8,691,026 | 1. A drying method for dishwashing machines, the method comprising: circulating air between a drying unit and a washing compartment in an air circulation loop during a drying operation; detecting a temperature profile of air circulating in the air circulation loop at a location upstream of the drying unit and downstream of the washing compartment; and terminating the drying operation as a function of attaining a predefined temperature value. | 4,377 |
9,057,302 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: an intake system for the supply of charge air; an exhaust-gas discharge system for the discharge of exhaust gases; at least one selective catalytic converter arranged in the exhaust-gas discharge system for the reduction of nitrogen oxides; an oxidation catalytic converter being arranged, as a further exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, in the exhaust-gas discharge system upstream of the at least one selective catalytic converter; wherein a bypass line branches off from the intake system and issues air into the exhaust-gas discharge system between the oxidation catalytic converter and the at least one selective catalytic converter; and a dosing device within the bypass line and being provided for introducing liquid urea as a reducing agent for the at least one selective catalytic converter into the bypass line. | 39,356 |
9,609,813 | 1. A method of growing plants in a mineral wool growth substrate, the method comprising: providing at least one mineral wool growth substrate comprising man-made vitreous fibres bonded with a cured binder composition, and positioning one or more seeds or plants for growth in the at least one mineral wool growth substrate, and allowing growth of the one or more seeds or plants, wherein the cured binder composition comprises the following initially uncured binder components: wherein the at least one mineral wool growth substrate further comprises a wetting agent; and wherein the sugar component is a reducing sugar having a dextrose equivalent (DE) of 40 to 100. | 29,129 |
8,972,629 | 1. A method of queuing buffers for garbage collection in a computer system, comprising: providing a global update buffer queue and a global array with slots for storing pointers to filled update buffers; writing to an update buffer with an application thread; when the update buffer is filled, writing a pointer for the filled update buffer to one of the slots of the global array for storing pointers; when the writing of the pointer to the global array fails, adding the filled update buffer to the global update buffer queue; and performing garbage collection in the computer system comprising: | 18,639 |
9,385,822 | 1. A calibration method for calibrating mismatches of a first signal path and a second signal path of a receiver, wherein one of the first signal path and the second signal path is an in-phase signal path and the other one of the first signal path and the second signal path is a quadrature signal path, the calibration method comprising: utilizing the receiver to receive at least a test signal via the first signal path and the second signal path, wherein each test signal possesses a specific frequency within a specific frequency band; calculating at least a calibration coefficient for each test signal respectively, so as to calibrate the mismatches between the first signal path and the second signal path of the receiver with respect to the specific frequency corresponding to each test signal; deriving an equivalent frequency respond corresponding to each test signal according to the at least a calibration coefficient of each test signal; deriving a tap coefficient of a calibration filter of a calibration filter unit according to the equivalent frequency respond corresponding to each test signal; and utilizing the calibration filter unit to calibrate an image interference caused by mismatches of the first signal path and the second signal path of the receiver in the specific frequency band for a received signal; wherein the step of utilizing the calibration filter unit to calibrate the image interference caused by mismatches of the first signal path and the second signal path of the receiver in the specific frequency band for a received signal comprises: making a conjugated signal of the received signal pass by the calibration filter of the calibration filter unit to generate a calibration filter signal after passing by the first signal path and the second signal path; making the received signal pass a specific delay time to generate a delay signal after passing by the first signal path and the second signal path, wherein the specific delay time is determined by the calibration filter; and adding calibration filter signal to the delay signal to obtain a calibrated received signal. | 40,889 |
9,728,590 | 1. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising: a substrate; a bank layer disposed on the substrate and having an opening, the opening, in a plan view, having a shorter length in a first direction than in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction crossing each other; and a functional layer disposed within the opening and containing an organic material, the functional layer, in a plan view, having a shorter length in the first direction than in the second direction, wherein the bank layer includes: inner wall surfaces of the first banks and the second banks surround the functional layer and define the opening, each of the inner wall surfaces being inclined, and the inclined inner wall surface of each of the second banks forms an angle θ the angle θ | 25,543 |
8,525,560 | 1. A driver circuit for an actuator, said driver circuit comprising: a voltage controller which delivers to a controller output a first direct voltage; a direct voltage converter, to which is applied, on a primary side, the first direct voltage delivered from said voltage controller, said direct voltage converter converting the first direct voltage into a second direct voltage available on a secondary side; and an end stage operated by means of the second direct voltage for converting a control signal lying on a signal input into a driver signal, wherein: the second direct voltage exhibits a magnitude which is always smaller than a magnitude of the first direct voltage; and the driver signal exhibits an electrical power which is higher than an electrical power (P | 3,435 |
9,522,854 | 1. A dimerization system for converting oligomers into dimer products, comprising: at least one oligomer-based composition or feedstock selected from the group consisting of terpene(s), alpha-olefin oligomer(s), and other mono- and di-olefins having from about 5 to about 30 carbon atoms; at least one solid acid catalyst for isomerization and dimerization of said at least one oligomer based composition feedstock housed in a minimum temperature zone to extend a lifetime of said at least one solid acid catalyst, and wherein a concentration of said at least one oligomer-based composition or feedstock is maximized during isomerization through protonation; a transfer device for recovering and utilizing the initial heat of said isomerization; at least one distillation/evaporation device that utilizes said heat of isomerization to actively recycle unreacted or isomerized said at least one oligomer-based composition or feedstock into said minimum temperature zone to produce dimer products with decreased trimers and heavier oligomers formation, and wherein said at least one distillation/evaporation device includes a first fractionation device that reduces pressure for the evaporation of unreacted said at least one oligomer-based composition or feedstock to further produce purer dimer products having less than 2 wt % total of trimers and heavier oligomers, combined; a hydrogenation system/device receiving said purer dimer products to produce fully saturated hydrocarbon dimer products that can be directly placed in use as diesel and jet/turbine fuels with a flashpoint greater than 61 ° C.; and a hydrocracking reactor system/device to reduce the molecular weight of said fully saturated hydrocarbon dimer products and/or to produce a lower boiling fuel product from said fully saturated hydrocarbon dimer products, said hydrocracking reactor system/device further comprising at least one hydrocracking catalyst selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, nickel, and combinations thereof being supported on a high surface substrate selected from the group consisting of silicate, aluminate, zeolite, and other mesoporous inorganic supports. | 12,251 |
8,842,915 | 1. A method of providing image data, the method comprising: identifying information associated with an object in an image; constructing a graph based on the identified information associated with the object in the image, wherein the graph includes connectivity similarity for a plurality of nodes in the graph and wherein constructing a graph includes: performing local smoothing between spatially close graph nodes, wherein performing local smoothing between spatially close graph nodes comprises performing an iterative method that includes: providing image data representing the object based on results of the local smoothing. | 46,545 |
9,175,882 | 1. A solar energy system comprising: a support structure; a pedestal defining a longitudinal axis and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said pedestal connected to said support structure; a frame that is supported by said pedestal and that is rotatable relative to said pedestal about said longitudinal axis, said frame supporting at least one solar device; a tracker assembly connected to said second end of said pedestal and disposed between said pedestal and said frame, said tracker assembly including an elevation drive and an azimuth drive controlled to position said frame in a stowed position and a tracking position, said elevation drive including a hinge point located below said frame and along said longitudinal axis, said elevation drive facilitating rotation of said frame about said hinge point, and said azimuth drive facilitating rotation of said frame relative to said longitudinal axis and capable of being disengaged to allow free rotation of said frame relative to said pedestal about said longitudinal axis; and a wind vane including a major surface and operatively connected to said tracker assembly, said wind vane urging said frame to rotate relative to said pedestal about said longitudinal axis in response to wind acting on said wind vane when said azimuth drive is disengaged, and said elevation drive positioned to orient said frame such that said wind rotates said frame into said stowed position where said frame is oriented parallel with respect to a direction of said wind so as to reduce bending moments imposed by said frame on said pedestal in response to said wind, and a greater portion of a surface area of said major surface of said wind vane is positioned in a location closer to said support structure than said frame such that if said frame is positioned in said tracking position, said wind vane is substantially unshielded by said frame. | 37,977 |
8,792,770 | 1. A method for arranging data streams containing video, audio and/or other data, comprising: defining a basic stream path being a sequence of consecutive descriptors (PlayItem) pointing to parts of a basic audio visual (AV) MPEG-2 transport stream of multiplexed elementary streams, wherein the order of said descriptors in said sequence define the temporal order for playing back said parts of said basic AV MPEG-2 transport stream; and defining sub stream paths arranged on a global time axis of the navigation file for synchronous play back with the basic AV MPEG-2 transport stream, wherein the sub stream paths comprise further sequences of one or more consecutive further descriptors (SubPlayItem) pointing to further data streams or to parts of said further data streams, wherein said further data streams are encoded in further elementary streams which are organized as a different further AV MPEG-2 transport stream originating from a data source external to said basic AV MPEG-2 transport stream, said further descriptors defining points in time and in the further data streams where a user is allowed, during play back, to substitute the decoding of a part of one of the further data stream by decoding a part of another one of the further data stream without noticeable effect, wherein said further descriptors define the start time and end time of the separate parts of the further data streams. | 47,100 |
8,948,159 | 1. A transmitter comprising: a generation unit configured to generate multiple OFDM symbols included in a predefined time unit; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the multiple OFDM symbols generated at the generation unit, wherein the generation unit arranges a primary synchronization channel at an end OFDM symbol in the predefined time unit, the primary synchronization channel being generated based on one sequence, and a secondary synchronization channel, where two types of sequences are alternately arranged in a frequency domain, at an OFDM symbol preceding the OFDM symbol where the primary synchronization channel is arranged, and a cyclic prefix is arranged for each of the multiple OFDM symbols, and any of specified different cyclic prefix lengths is used. | 26,202 |
9,540,215 | 1. A method for installing an elevator car sling associated with an elevator car, the method comprising: inserting an installation jig in a gliding device, the gliding device including at least a frame, a gliding part, and an elasticity device, the elasticity device configured to support the gliding part on the frame, the installation jig including a first branch and at least one second branch, the first branch being positioned against an inner gliding surface of the gliding part to form a temporary gliding surface to glide on a guide rail, the at least one second branch being positioned in an open space between the frame and the gliding part to rigidly fix the gliding part to the frame such that the installation jig temporary bypasses the elasticity device; attaching the gliding device to a side frame of the elevator car sling; positioning the side frame having the gliding device attached thereto on the guide rail in an elevator shaft so that the gliding part of the gliding device is connected to the guide rail to install the elevator car sling; and removing the installation jig after the elevator car is installed in the elevator car sling to install the elevator car sling. | 8,160 |
9,676,483 | 1. A temperature controlling system for an aircraft galley, comprising: (a) a galley housing for containing a plurality of galley carts in a side-by-side array and movable between a stowed position in the galley housing and a deployed position exterior to the galley housing; (b) a refrigeration bay positioned in the housing and extending from a forward position to a rearward position in the housing in an area of the galley housing between adjacent galleys when in the stowed position; and (c) a vapor cycle refrigeration system including a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a liquid-cooled condenser positioned in the refrigeration system bay and extending in the refrigeration bay from the forward position to the rearward position in the galley housing. | 19,228 |
9,694,268 | 1. A volleyball practice assembly comprising: a target unit being configured to be mounted to a support thereby facilitating said target unit to have a ball launched toward said target unit, said target unit being configured to register when the ball strikes said target unit thereby facilitating said target unit to aid in accuracy training with respect to the ball, said target unit including a housing having a middle section, a top section and a bottom section, said middle section having a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral edge extending between said front wall and said back wall, said peripheral edge having a top side and a bottom side, said back wall being configured to be coupled to the support, each of said top section and said bottom section having a forward wall and a perimeter edge; a control circuit being coupled to said target unit wherein said control circuit is configured to detect when the ball strikes said target unit; a remote unit being configured to be carried, said remote unit being in communication with said target unit such that said remote unit controls operational parameters of said target unit; a pair of top supports, each of said top supports being coupled to and extending upwardly from said top side of said middle section, each of said top supports having a distal end with respect to said middle section; each of said top supports having a first section being slidably coupled to a second section such that each of said top supports has a telescopically adjustable length; and said perimeter edge corresponding to said top section of said housing being coupled to said distal end of each of said top supports such that said top section is selectively spaced from said middle section. | 8,212 |
8,998,573 | 1. A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a plurality of arcuate shroud segments arranged to form an annular shroud, each of the shroud segments comprising low-ductility material and having a cross-sectional shape defined by opposed forward and aft walls, and opposed inner and outer walls, the walls extending between opposed first and second end faces; an annular turbine case surrounding the shroud segments, the turbine case including a bearing surface which bears against the shroud segments, so as to restrain the shroud segments from axial movement in a first direction; an annular nozzle support mounted to the turbine case and positioned on an axially opposite side of the shroud segments from the bearing surface, the nozzle support defining a radially-outward facing seal slot; a piston ring disposed in the seal slot and extending radially outward so as to contact an inner surface of the turbine case; and a spring element disposed between the nozzle support and the shroud segments which resiliently urges the shroud segments in the first direction against the bearing surface. | 42,393 |
8,540,371 | 1. A display device, comprising: a wall defining a viewer-side space; an observed object arranged in an object-side space partitioned off the viewer-side space by a portion of the wall; an imaging optical system of real specular image including a semitransparent substrate with a plane of symmetry for defining the viewer-side space and the object-side space as the portion of the wall to image a real image of the observed object in the viewer-side space with light passing through the substrate; a screen surface having a function of diffuse reflection and provided with the substrate so as to face the viewer-side space; and a projector optical system projecting an image on the screen surface in the viewer-side space. | 24,906 |
9,708,241 | 1. A method for producing (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)carbaldehyde, comprising the steps of: reacting a carbonyl group of 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone of Formula (1): with a triphenylphosphonium alkoxymethylide of formula (C 6 H 5 ) 3 P═CHOR 1 , wherein R 1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, to obtain a 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenylidenemethyl ether compound of General Formula (2): wherein R 1 is as recited above; and hydrolyzing the 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenylidenemethyl ether to obtain the (2,4,4-trimethyl-1-cyclohexene)carbaldehyde of Formula (3): | 18,432 |
8,422,111 | 1. A solar energy apparatus comprising: a waveguide having a top surface, a bottom surface, a collection end and a detection end; scattering features disposed on or within the waveguide, the scattering features positioned in locations extending from the collection end to the detection end; and wherein the waveguide further comprises multiple layers of at least two different dielectric constants (∈ | 17,227 |
9,730,906 | 1. A method for the therapeutic treatment of nerve fibre lesions in humans and mammals, comprising the administration to said human or mammal of a therapeutically effective amount of α-hydroxy-cis-Δ9-octadecenoic acid or a salt thereof, independently or in combination with at least one other compound. | 47,296 |
9,534,544 | 1. A method for increasing regenerative energy available during deceleration by reducing engine pumping losses, the method comprising: reducing fuel delivery to an engine during deceleration; closing an engine throttle during deceleration; opening an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve during deceleration to reduce a vacuum in an engine intake manifold during deceleration, thus minimizing engine pumping losses and increasing regenerative energy available during deceleration; identifying an intake pressure at the engine intake manifold during deceleration after the EGR valve opens to determine if the intake pressure is above a determined manifold pressure target during deceleration; identifying a catalyst temperature during deceleration after the EGR valve opens to determine if the catalyst temperature is above a catalyst temperature threshold during deceleration; and opening the engine throttle and the EGR valve during deceleration to reduce the intake pressure below the manifold pressure target during deceleration if the intake pressure exceeds the manifold pressure target and the catalyst temperature is above the catalyst temperature threshold. | 3,834 |
9,547,481 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a state chart generated via a technical computing environment, receiving a time-based operator or an event-based operator associated with the at least one state block, transforming the portion of the time-based operator or the event-based operator into a form that is understood by the graphical engine of the technical computing environment, initiating execution of the state chart, processing, during the execution of the state chart, the transformed portion of the time-based operator or the event-based operator and the at least one state block with the graphical engine of the technical computing environment to generate graphical results, processing, during the execution of the state chart, the textual code of the time-based operator or the event-based operator with the textual engine to generate textual results, combining the graphical results with the textual results to generate chart results, | 16,348 |
8,761,006 | 1. A method for provisioning a backup D channel in a media gateway, the method comprising: provisioning, via a processor, a primary D channel for an integrated services digital network application on a first media gateway card in the media gateway; provisioning, via the processor, the backup D channel for the integrated services digital network application on a second media gateway card in the media gateway where the second media gateway card is a physically different media gateway card from the first media gateway card, wherein the first media gateway card and the second media gateway card each bridges a core packet network and a time division multiplexing network and provides a call control and signaling functionality, wherein the backup D channel serves as a backup to the primary D channel on the first media gateway card and a plurality of other primary D channels, wherein each one of the plurality of other primary D channels is provisioned on a plurality of different media gateway cards; carrying, via the processor, signaling and control information relating to calls processed by the media gateway over the primary D channel on the first media gateway card, wherein the signaling and control information is contained in an integrated services digital network message; detecting, via the processor, a failure of the primary D channel caused by a hard failure of the first media gateway card, but not a hard failure of the primary D channel; and carrying, via the processor, the signaling and control information over the backup D channel on the second media gateway card in response to the detecting. | 15,922 |
9,273,937 | 1. A radar reflector operating device, comprising: a case including an accommodation space; a pull trigger accommodated inside of the case; a first detent disposed in the case and configured to prevent the pull trigger from moving in a first direction; a compressed air container configured to store a compressed gas, the compressed air container including a gas outlet and being accommodated inside of the pull trigger, the gas outlet being connected to a gas ejection nozzle that is disposed in a through hole of the pull trigger; a radar reflector made of a flexible material and folded inside of the case in a wrinkled state, the radar reflector including a gas injection nozzle that is placed at one end of the radar reflector and connected to the gas ejection nozzle, the radar reflector configured to inflate and exit the case when the compressed gas is injected through the gas injection nozzle, and to float in the water or in the air; a connection cable configured to connect the case with the radar reflector; a pull switch connected to the pull trigger and configured to move the pull trigger in a second direction such that the gas ejection nozzle approaches the gas outlet; and a press switch disposed at the case and configured to move the compressed air container such that the gas outlet enters the gas ejection nozzle. | 45,944 |
9,843,431 | 1. A method in a user equipment (UE) comprising: determining that there is a pending scheduling request (SR) transmission for a subframe; determining whether the subframe is part of a measurement gap; in response to determining that the subframe is not part of the measurement gap, determining that the pending SR transmission collides with a transmission of a repeated acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal in the same frame, the repeated ACK/NACK signal being part of an ACK/NACK repetition sequence, wherein the ACK/NACK repetition sequence comprises an ACK/NACK signal and at least one repeated ACK/NACK signal; responsive to the determining, refraining from transmitting the pending SR transmission; and responsive to the determining, refraining from incrementing an SR counter. | 2,254 |
9,808,975 | 1. A collapsible core assembly comprising: first and second sets of thread forming components that cooperate when operationally positioned to form a set of continuously extending female threads within an interior of a product molded around a portion of the core assembly, and that retractively move after forming the threads to different locations where the components are disengaged from the newly formed threads, wherein the first and second sets of thread forming components are configured to execute distinctly different types of retractive movement while traveling to the different locations; and a nest component to which the thread forming components of the first and second set are individually movably connected, wherein the nest component is provided with passageways through which elongate elements extend that are connected to the components of the second set that delay disengagement of the components of the second set from newly formed interior threads of a newly formed product until after components of the first set have begun to disengage from the newly formed interior threads. | 27,418 |
9,201,333 | 1. A heat-shrinkable resin tube for forming a resin layer on a rotary member for an image forming apparatus, wherein a maximum depth of at least one linear scratch on a surface of the resin tube is 0.8 μm or less, and, in the case of a plurality of linear scratches being present on the surface of the resin tube, the depths of each of the plurality of linear scratches is suppressed to 0.8 μm or less so that no linear scratch has a depth of more than 0.8 μm, wherein the at least one linear scratch extends in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the resin tube or in a direction tilted by 20° or less with respect to the axial direction:, a maximum length of the at least one linear scratch is 1 mm or less; the resin tube has a thickness of 100 μm or less; and the resin tube is obtained by the method in which a tube inflated by sending air inside the tube is pinched with two pairs of pinch rollers, thereby filling the tube with air, and the distance between the pairs of pinch rollers is decreased to increase the inner pressure of the tube, thereby inflating the tube, and a surface of the inflated tube is not rubbed with a fixing member. | 48,332 |
9,411,768 | 1. An address allocation method for high definite multimedia interface consumer electrics control (HDMI-CEC) devices of an HDMI-CEC device network, the HDMI-CEC devices comprising a plurality of HDMI-CEC devices consisting of at least two root devices, a plurality of parent devices, and a plurality of slave devices, each root device having a root identification (ID), the method comprising: confirming, by one slave device of the plurality of slave devices, whether or not a root ID and a physical address has been allocated for the slave device when the slave device is plugged into a HDMI interface of one parent device of the plurality of parent devices; sending, by the one slave device, a first address request to the one parent device if the slave device has not been allocated the root ID and the physical address; allocating, by the one parent device, the root ID and the physical address for the one slave device in response to receiving the first address request; and creating, by the one slave device, a routing table using the allocated root ID and the physical address to establish a serial communication with the one parent device. | 8,788 |
8,347,533 | 1. A labeled electrical cable, comprising: a cable body having an outermost sheath with convolutions defining alternating peaks and valleys; a machine-applied label having a label substrate, the label substrate having an attaching side and an opposed indicia side, the attaching side being attached to an outer surface of the outermost sheath and circumferentially contacting the cable body for substantially the entirety of the label substrate; indicia on the indicia side identifying at least one electrical characteristic of the electrical cable; and wherein the machine-applied label at least partially conforms to the convolutions of the outermost sheath. | 28,315 |
8,939,506 | 1. A carrier for an infant car seat, comprising: a lower support unit; two pairs of position adjusting units connected with the lower support unit; two pairs of angle adjusting units connected with the two pairs of position adjusting units; and a pair of upper support bars connected with the two pairs of angle adjusting units; wherein: the lower support unit includes: each of the pair of support rods of the lower support unit has a surface provided with a plurality of positioning holes; each of the two pairs of position adjusting units includes: the movable block of each of the two pairs of position adjusting units is provided with a through hole mounted on the respective support rod of the lower support unit; the press knob of each of the two pairs of position adjusting units is pushed by the torsion spring to move the positioning stub toward the plurality of positioning holes of the respective support rod; each of the two pairs of angle adjusting units includes; the compression spring and the toothed wheel of each of the two pairs of angle adjusting units are disposed between the housing and the rotation block; and each of the pair of upper support bars has two opposite ends each connected with the mounting tube of a respective one of the two pairs of angle adjusting units. | 1,803 |
8,706,103 | 1. A method for use in a wireless communication network for affecting changes in a power saving class (PSC) associated with a subscriber terminal and a corresponding base station, that are located at different ends of a communication link, the method comprises the steps of: providing at least one defined PSC for use by said subscriber terminal and said base station; at both of said subscriber terminal and said corresponding base station, setting the same counting value for a specific PSC from said at least one PSC to be equal to a predetermined initial value, such that saw counting value corresponds to a specific PSC that is currently being used; at one end of said communication link, when a change of the specific PSC from among said at least one PSC is to be affected, incrementing the counting value at the one end to another known predetermined value and transmitting a message towards the other end of said communication link, identifying said change in the specific PSC at the one end; and at the other end of the communication link, upon receiving said message, updating one or more operating parameters associated with that specific PSC and incrementing the counting value at the other end associated with the specific PSC to a pre-determined value so that when the counting values at both the BS and the subscriber terminal are the same value, both the BS and die subscriber terminal have been provided with the same definitions of the specific PSC. | 12,992 |
9,537,545 | 1. A method comprising: receiving information from nodes in a wireless communication network that includes multiple destination nodes and multiple client nodes, each of the nodes configured to at least wirelessly transmit and at least wirelessly receive data packets to form the wireless communication network, wherein at least one of the destination nodes in the wireless communication network is connected to a physical high-speed computer communication link; computing micro-routes over which data packets are to be sent between one or more pairs of nodes in the wireless communication network; characterizing a communication link between nodes in the wireless communication network based on information received from a transmitting node and one or more receiving nodes; and storing the characterization in a radiofrequency (RF) map and wherein the RF map stores two or more micro-routes for communication between nodes, wherein the two or more micro-routes include different transmit and receive beamforming parameters between same nodes in the wireless communication network; transmitting the micro-routes to the nodes for storage in micro-routing tables; and causing, via use of the transmitted micro-routes, at least some nodes having multiple antennas and beamforming circuitry to employ the beamforming circuitry to change transmit and receive directions according to the transmitted micro-routes. | 32,133 |
8,441,822 | 1. A method of controlling a power factor correction stage comprising a first power cell having a first inductor and a first switch and a first output diode, the power factor correction stage further comprising a second power cell comprising a second inductor and a second switch and a second output diode, the method comprising: evaluating whether a control parameter exceeds a threshold value, the control parameter directly related to output power and including one of a sum of a peak current through the first switch and a peak current through the second switch, and a total on-time equal to a sum of an on-time of the first switch and an on-time of the second switch; operating the second power cell, such that the second power cell becomes active and is not in antiphase with the first power cell, if the control parameter exceeds the threshold value; and operating, when the second power cell is operating, the first power cell such that one of: the peak current through the first switch is set to the threshold value less a value equal to a minimum peak-current through the second switch, wherein the threshold value is a maximum peak current through the first switch, and the on-time of the first switch is set to the threshold value less a value equal to a minimum on-time of the second switch. | 12,249 |
8,448,005 | 1. An information processing apparatus for comprising: an accepting unit configured to accept network addresses having been transferred from another information processing apparatus, thereby the network addresses are allocated for the information processing apparatus and not for the other information processing apparatus; and a responding unit configured to make a response corresponding to an access request from a host device, if a network address which is not related to a return of the other information processing apparatus from a power saving state to a normal state is accessed from among the network addresses having been transferred by the accepting unit, wherein the accepting unit is operable to accept the network addresses having been transferred from the other information processing apparatus and information about a network address retained in the other information processing apparatus, and wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises an access unit configured to access, via the network, the network address retained in the other information processing apparatus based on the information about a network address retained in the other information processing apparatus if the network address which is related to the return of the other information processing apparatus from the power saving state to the normal state is accessed from among the network addresses accepted by the accepting unit by the host device. | 2,414 |
8,631,474 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable code stored therein for passing messages from a service provided by a server in a first walled garden of a plurality of walled gardens to a client, wherein each of the plurality of walled gardens is identified by an affiliation value, the computer-executable code executable to perform steps comprising: receiving a message from the service intended for the client; examining a header of the message to determine whether the header represents a potential security violation; stripping the header from the message responsive to a determination that the header represents a potential security violation; determining permissions of the service with respect to the client, wherein the permissions are determined responsive at least in part to the service, the client, and an affiliation value of the first walled garden; including the determined permissions with the message in a second header; and passing the message and the second header to the client. | 3,718 |
8,710,671 | 1. A multi-level integrated circuit comprising a superposition of at least a first and second stacks of layers of materials, and including at least: a first row of first electronic devices realized in the first stack, the first row extending parallel to a first direction and fitting into a first volume with a substantially parallelepiped rectangle shape corresponding to a portion of the first stack and having, in a first plane parallel to a contact surface between the first stack and the second stack, edges perpendicular to the first direction and with dimension H a second row of second electronic devices realized in the second stack, the second row extending parallel to the first direction and fitting into a second volume with a substantially parallelepiped rectangle shape corresponding to a portion of the second stack, placed on the first volume and having, in said first plane, edges perpendicular to the first direction and with dimension H a plurality of electrical connection elements electrically connecting inputs and outputs of the first electronic devices of the first row to electrically conductive input/output contacts arranged above the second stack, passing through the second stack of layers, each connection element fitting into a third volume corresponding to a portion of the second stack and being placed on the first volume next to the second volume. | 5,729 |
9,831,367 | 1. A flexible solar panel module, comprising: a plurality of solar panels, each solar panel comprising a photoreactive device layer, a glass layer, a positive ribbon and a negative ribbon, wherein each solar panel comprises a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface extending between and connecting the front surface and the back surface; a plurality of glass covers, wherein each glass cover is disposed on the front surface of a corresponding solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, wherein each glass cover has a larger surface area in a plan view than the corresponding solar panel such that each edge of each glass cover extends beyond the corresponding edge of the corresponding solar panel in the plan view; a flexible back sheet disposed under the back surfaces of the solar panels, wherein the flexible back sheet has a plurality of openings therein; a first water-resistant sealant, wherein the first water-resistant sealant is disposed between adjacent glass covers, extends continuously between adjacent glass covers in a first direction, and physically contacts the flexible back sheet, wherein the thickness of the first water-resistant sealant decreases in the first direction away from each of the adjacent glass covers; and a second water-resistant sealant disposed between the glass covers and the flexible back sheet and covering the side surface of each of the solar panels, wherein the solar panels are laminated with the flexible back sheet and regions between adjacent solar panels are flexible regions of the flexible solar panel module. | 6,396 |
8,514,686 | 1. An objective optical system for an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus for recording information to and/or reproducing information from three types of optical discs including first, second and third optical discs differing in recording density by selectively using three types of light beams including first, second and third light beams respectively having first, second and third wavelengths, when λ when t when NA the objective optical system comprising an objective lens, wherein: at least one of optical surfaces of the objective optical system comprises a diffraction surface having a diffraction structure defined by an optical path difference function: where h represents a height from an optical axis, P the diffraction surface includes a first region contributing to converging the first, second and third light beams onto recording surfaces of the first, second and third optical discs, respectively; the first region includes a diffraction structure defined by a first optical path difference function defined such that diffraction orders at which diffraction efficiencies are maximized respectively for the first, second and third light beams are 1st-orders; when λB the diffraction surface includes a second region located outside the first region, the second region contributing to converging the first and second light beams onto the recording surfaces of the first and second optical discs, respectively, and not contributing to converging of the third light beam; the second region comprises a diffraction structure defined by a first optical path difference function defined such that diffraction orders at which diffraction efficiencies are maximized respectively for the first and second light beams are 1st-orders; the diffraction structure in the second region satisfies a condition: the diffraction surface includes a third region located outside the second region, the third region contributing to converging the first light beam onto the recording surface of the first optical disc and not contributing to converging each of the second and third light beams, the third region comprises a diffraction structure defined by a first optical path difference function defined such that a diffraction order at which a diffraction efficiency is maximized for the first light beam is an odd order, the diffraction structure in the third region satisfies a condition: | 4,465 |
8,935,308 | 1. A method for recovering a low-rank matrix A, noise, and a subspace from data in a form of a high-dimensional matrix X, comprising the steps: representing an objective function as such that minimizing the objective function to solve for E, D, and α, wherein the high-dimensional matrix is Xε assigning the low-rank matrix as A=Dα and the noise matrix as E, wherein the steps are performed in a processor. | 38,224 |
9,324,987 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate; a first collecting plate electrically coupled to the first electrode plate; a second collecting plate electrically coupled to the second electrode plate; a case having an opening for receiving the electrode assembly, the first collecting plate, and the second collecting plate; a first electrode terminal electrically coupled to the first collecting plate; a second electrode terminal electrically coupled to the second collecting plate; a first plate electrically coupled to the first collecting plate and the first electrode plate and configured to seal the case by covering substantially entire said opening of the case; a second plate coupled to the second collecting plate and the second electrode terminal; and an insulation plate between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the second electrode terminal is welded to the second plate at a location near a first end of the second plate, and a collecting plate hole is formed at a location near a second end of the second plate opposite the first end, and wherein the first collecting plate is inserted in the collecting plate hole. | 44,735 |
8,892,831 | 1. A method comprising: copying state information from a volatile memory of a managed memory system into a non-volatile memory included in the managed memory system, wherein the state information includes information used to map logical sector requests from a host system to the non-volatile memory; copying address information from the volatile memory of the managed memory system to a volatile memory of the host system coupled to the managed memory system, wherein the address information includes a physical address of the state information stored in the non-volatile memory; responsive to a power-related trigger event, reading the address information from the volatile host system memory; and using the physical address included in the address information read from the volatile memory of the host system to access the state information stored in the non-volatile memory. | 22,747 |
9,810,054 | 1. A system for monitoring downhole parameters, comprising: a completion system deployed in a wellbore, the completion system having a hydraulic load sensor system, the hydraulic load sensor system comprising: | 47,842 |
8,503,345 | 1. A method of handling a point-to-multipoint (p-t-m) Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service in a receiving terminal of a wireless communications system, the method comprising: receiving a first message used for carrying information of the p-t-m MBMS service via an MBMS point-to-multipoint Control Channel (MCCH) when a radio resource control (RRC) state of the receiving terminal is CELL DCH and the receiving terminal is receiving a p-t-m MBMS service, the first message comprising an instruction utilized to indicate the receiving terminal to release resources used for receiving the p-t-m MBMS service; and receiving a second message used for carrying information of the p-t-m MBMS service via a Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH) when the RRC state of the receiving terminal is CELL DCH and the receiving terminal is not receiving any p-t-m MBMS service, the second message comprising an instruction utilized to indicate the receiving terminal to acquire resources used for receiving the p-t-m MBMS service. | 43,106 |
9,816,736 | 1. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising: a first refrigeration cycle, in which a first compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a first expansion device, a first intermediate heat exchanger, and a first passage of a heat exchanger for heating are connected through a first refrigerant pipe; a second refrigeration cycle, in which a second compressor, a second passage of the heat exchanger for heating, a second expansion device, and a second intermediate heat exchanger are connected through a second refrigerant pipe; and a controller configured to selectively control at least one component of the first refrigeration cycle or the second refrigeration cycle, wherein a first refrigerant which is charged to the first refrigeration cycle and a second refrigerant which is charged to the second refrigeration cycle are each a zeotropic refrigerant mixture having different saturated gas temperatures and saturated liquid temperatures under a same pressure, heat of the first refrigerant and heat of the second refrigerant are exchanged by the heat exchanger for heating, the heat exchanger for heating is connected to the first refrigerant pipe and the second refrigerant pipe so that the first refrigerant which is supplied to the first passage of the heat exchanger for heating and the second refrigerant which is supplied to the second passage flow counter to one another, and the controller is further configured to | 29,713 |
8,452,122 | 1. An image restoration processing apparatus comprising: a memory storing an image comprising a plurality of channels and a plurality of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a location within said image, and having a pixel value corresponding to one of said plurality of channels; and a processor configured to: | 4,931 |
9,267,198 | 1. A method of coating an article, comprising the steps of: a) providing the article, said article having a metallic surface; b) providing a reactive element source, wherein at least 25 weight percent of the reactive element source is an oxide of Hf; c) providing an aluminum source, and wherein the reactive element source and the aluminum source are used in amounts such that reactive element source is from 1 to 30 weight percent of the aluminum source; d) providing a halide activator; and e) heating the article, reactive element source, aluminum source, and halide activator under conditions effective to cause vapor species comprising aluminum and the oxide of Hf to be co-deposited onto said metallic surface to form an aluminide coating. | 44,048 |
9,152,070 | 1. A transfer device to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium, the transfer device comprising: an image carrier having a surface to bear the toner image; a transfer member, disposed facing the image carrier, to cause the recording medium to contact the image carrier; a transfer electrical field generator configured to generate a transfer electrical field that transfers the toner image on the image carrier, charged to a predetermined polarity, onto the recording medium, the transfer electrical field generator comprising: a processor configured to control the AC voltage source of the transfer electrical field generator so that the strength of the AC voltage output from the AC voltage source when a leading edge of the recording medium is positioned in the transfer electrical field is set larger than the strength of the AC voltage when a portion of the recording medium other than the leading edge is positioned in the transfer electrical field, wherein the processor is configured to: | 2,713 |
8,465,618 | 1. A method of recovering rubber from a manufactured tire, the tire comprising one or more steel belts and a tread portion above the steel belts, the method comprising the steps of: (a) supporting directly the tread portion of the tire, the support being located directly beneath the tread portion; (b) providing a cutting blade, the cutting blade being located directly above the supported tread portion of the tire; (c) positioning the cutting blade so that the cutting edge of the cutting blade extends axially across the tread portion; (d) guiding the cutting blade through the tread portion until the cutting blade reaches the interface between the tread portion and the steel belts; and (e) moving said tire relative to the cutting blade so that the cutting blade separates the tread portion of the tire from the steel belts at the interface between the tread portion and the steel belts. | 12,040 |
8,637,121 | 1. A coating method through HVOF (high-velocity oxy fuel) spraying that comprises generating a combustion jet in a combustion chamber connected to one end of a barrel while controlling the temperature of the combustion jet by supply of an inert gas to the jet, feeding resin coating particles into the temperature-controlled combustion jet and leading the resin coating particles and the combustion jet to pass through the barrel, and spouting the resin coating particles through a spout port along with the combustion jet therethrough to thereby coat the substrate surface; wherein the length of the barrel, the temperature of the combustion jet and the physical properties of the resin coating particles are defined so as to satisfy both the following formulae (1) and (2): α: thermal diffusion coefficient of the resin coating particles (m t: heating time of the resin coating particles in the barrel (s), r: radius of the resin coating particles (m), Tav: average temperature of combustion jet in the barrel (° C.), Tcp: cohesion critical temperature of the resin coating particles (° C.), | 47,742 |
8,833,056 | 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust purification system comprising: a hydrocarbon feed valve for feeding hydrocarbons arranged inside an engine exhaust passage; an exhaust purification catalyst for causing a reaction between the hydrocarbons injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve and NOx contained in exhaust gas arranged in the engine exhaust passage downstream of the hydrocarbon feed valve; a precious metal catalyst carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst; a basic exhaust gas flow surface part formed around the precious metal catalyst; and an electronic control unit, | 22,713 |
9,695,587 | 1. An automated structure for reception of modular constructions, the automated structure comprising: a first structure comprising an opening adapted to fit around a fixed shaft, a plurality of wheels arranged in a circle around the opening, a first side section and a second side section; a first lifting mechanism disposed on the first side section of the first structure; a second lifting mechanism disposed on the second side section of the first structure; a second structure disposed above the first structure, the second structure being coupled to the first and second lifting mechanisms, wherein the first and second lifting mechanisms are adapted to cause the second structure to move from a first, closed, position to a second, open, position relative to the first structure; a first locking mechanism comprising a first latch; a second locking mechanism comprising a second latch; and an anemometer. | 14,796 |
8,369,118 | 1. A current-driven synchronous rectifying drive circuit designed for a T-type voltage doubler rectifier, the drive circuit comprising: a clamp and energy feedback circuit; a high frequency transformer, a current transducer; an energy storage capacitor; an output capacitor; a first and a second synchronous rectifier; and a first drive circuit connected to the first synchronous rectifier and a second drive circuit directly connected to the second synchronous rectifier; wherein a non-dotted terminal of the high frequency transformer being directly connected to a non-dotted terminal of a primary winding of the current transducer, a dotted terminal of the high-frequency transformer being directly connected to a positive terminal of the energy storage capacitor, a source of the first synchronous rectifier being directly connected to a negative terminal of the energy storage capacitor as well as a drain of the second synchronous rectifier, a drain of first synchronous rectifier being directly connected to a positive terminal of an output capacitor and a dotted terminal of the primary winding of the current transducer, a gate of first synchronous rectifier being directly connected to an output port of the first drive circuit, a negative terminal of the output capacitor being directly connected to a drain of second synchronous rectifier, and a gate of second synchronous rectifier being directly connected to an output port of the second drive circuit. | 26,731 |
9,289,949 | 1. A composite laminate aircraft wing skin having an axis of loading in-plane with the aircraft wing skin, the composite laminate aircraft skin comprising: a plurality of resin plies in the aircraft wing skin reinforced with unidirectional fibers, wherein the plurality of resin plies comprises: a first set of plies having a substantially straight first fiber orientation of substantially 0 degrees relative to the axis of loading, the first set of plies extending a length of the wing, wherein the axis of loading substantially bisects the wing; and at least one first set of cross-plies having a second fiber orientation of ±θ degrees relative to the axis of loading and the first fiber orientation, wherein 0 is determined while the composite laminate aircraft wing skin is in a static position, where θ is greater than or equal to approximately 25 degrees and less than or equal to approximately 43 degrees. | 39,933 |
9,847,594 | 1. A cable connector comprising: a first body comprising a plurality of first slots and a plurality of second slots; a plurality of terminals comprising a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, each of the first terminals and the second terminals having a contacting zone, a fixing zone, and a riveting zone, and the first terminals and the second terminals are respectively in the first slots and the second slots of the first body; and a plurality of wires, each of the wires having a connecting part corresponding to one of the riveting zones of the first terminals and the second terminals and a part of some of the wires are covered by insulating layers, wherein the connecting parts of the wires are connected with the riveting zones of the corresponding terminals, wherein the riveting zone comprises a holding portion and a clamping portion bent upwards to clamp the connecting part of the wire, wherein the second terminals further comprises a plurality of connecting zones between the riveting zones and the contacting zones of the second terminals, a length of the connecting zone of one of the second terminals and a length of the connecting zone of another second terminal adjacent to the one of the second terminals are the same, and the connecting zone of one of the second terminals and the connecting zone of another second terminal adjacent to the one of the second terminals are not parallel in a top view, wherein the first body further comprises a locking portion, and the cable connector further comprises a second body, and the second body further comprises a locked portion and a plurality of fixing areas to fix the second terminals, the second body is fixed on the first body from a back side of the first body, and the second terminals are fixed on the first body with the locking portion of the first body and the locked portion of the second body, wherein the connecting zones of the second terminals are fittingly molded onto the plurality of fixing areas of the second body, and the riveting zones and the contacting zones of the second terminals protrude out of the second body, and wherein clamping portions of the plurality of first terminals are bent upwards and extended in a first direction in relative to an extending direction of the holding portion, and clamping portions of the plurality of second terminals are bent downwards and extended in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 18,460 |
9,783,537 | 1. A compound selected from the group consisting of: (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-fluorostyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4a); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxystyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4b); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)styryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4c); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(3-(trifluoromethoxy)styryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4d); (E)-2-(4-Chlorostyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4e); (E)-2-(3,4-Difluorostyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4f); (E)-2-(4-Chloro-3-fluorostyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4g); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(3-fluoro-4-methoxystyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4h); (E)-2-(2,4-Dihydroxystyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4i), (E)-2-(2,5-Dihydroxystyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one(4j); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxystyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4k); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrostyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4l); (E)-2-(3,5-Dimethoxystyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4m); (E)-2-(2,5-Dimethoxystyryl)-3-(4-ethynylphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4n); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylstyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3M-one (4p); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxystyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3M-one (4q); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3M-one (4r); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2-(naphthalen-2-yl)vinyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3M-one (4s); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2-(quinolin-2-yl)vinyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4t); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)vinyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4v); (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2-(5-nitrofuran-2-yl)vinyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one (4w); and (E)-3-(4-Ethynylphenyl)-2-(2-(5-nitrothiophen-2-yl)vinyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one(4x). | 8,195 |
9,416,561 | 1. A lock comprising: a cylinder having a keyway extending in an axial direction and one or more tumbler holes formed therein and extending in radial directions to the keyway; one or more tumbler pins, each disposed in a corresponding one of the tumbler holes; a sidebar disposed in a sidebar cavity formed in the cylinder and moveable within the sidebar cavity in a radial direction between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the sidebar extends outwardly from the sidebar cavity to engage a sidebar groove formed in a housing within which the cylinder is rotationally disposed so as to prevent the cylinder from rotating with respect to the housing, and in the second position, the sidebar is retracted into the sidebar cavity to disengage from the sidebar groove and permit the cylinder to rotate with respect to the housing; wherein each tumbler pin is configured to be moveable in a radial direction between a first position blocking movement of the sidebar from its first position to its second position and a second position permitting movement of the sidebar from its first position to its second position, and a slider disposed in a slider cavity formed in the cylinder and moveable within the slider cavity in an axial direction between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the slider blocks movement of the sidebar from its first position to its second position, and in the second position, the slider does not block movement of the sidebar from its first position to its second position, wherein the keyway is configured and oriented with respect to the one or more tumbler pins and each corresponding tumbler hole so that the width of the keyway is generally perpendicular to the axes of the tumbler holes so that a key having bitting formed on a side thereof will engage each tumbler pin positioned within each corresponding tumbler hole to move each tumbler pin from its first position to its second position, and wherein a portion of the slider extends into the keyway so as to be engaged by a key inserted into the keyway to move the slider from its first position to its second position. | 18,204 |
9,175,159 | 1. A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising: a (meth)acrylic elastomer (component A), a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of from 180° to 350° C., and having a functional group reactive with an epoxy group (component B), and a vinyl copolymer having a solubility in tetrahydrofuran and having an average of two or more epoxy groups in one molecule, (component C), wherein proportions of each of said components are: 40 to 95 parts by weight of component A, 5 to 60 parts by weight of component B, and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of component C, and a total of component A and component B being 100 parts by weight, wherein the component C comprises monomer units containing 50% by weight or more of monomer units (monomer unit c1) of which the SP value is from 17.5 to 25.0, and wherein a flow beginning temperature is from 180° to 350° C. | 3,142 |
9,531,103 | 1. A charging connector comprising: a source-side terminal connected to a source side; an inner housing for receiving the source-side terminal; an intermediate terminal having a power source connection electrically connectable to and electrically disconnectable from the source-side terminal and an inlet connection electrically connectable to and electrically disconnectable from an inlet-side terminal connected to a side of a vehicle inlet; and a cassette housing for receiving the intermediate terminal, the cassette housing being assembled to the inner housing and mateable with the vehicle inlet. | 39,438 |
8,741,685 | 1. A process for fabricating thin films of semiconductor I-III-VI 2 alloys that include sulfur, for photovoltaic applications, comprising: a) depositing a heterostructure comprising a thin film comprising elemental sulfur disposed on a thin precursor film on a substrate by: b) annealing the heterostructure to favor diffusion of the sulfur into the thin precursor film and at least partial crystallization of the I-III-VI wherein the proportion of sulfur in the I-III-VI | 32,157 |
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